The bustling city gate was full of people moving back and forth. Although it was not as spectacular as the scene during the Spring Festival, it was rare in this apocalyptic world with a declining population. Chen Guangda and others were somewhat unaccustomed to this kind of bustle, so they were bumped into.
The feeling when I hit it was as if time and space were out of place, as if I had returned to a tourist attraction in the past one night.
"Oh! This is your new ID card. You will rely on it to enter and exit the city from now on..."
Wei Kongkong suddenly ran out of a registration room, holding a stack of brand-new IDs in his hand. Chen Guangda took them over curiously and looked at them. These IDs were all plastic, and not only did they have the stickers they had just printed on them,
The mugshot actually showed height, weight, and facial features, but it was signed "Temporary Resident ID Card of the First Resettlement Camp."
"This is the remaining gold coupon. It cost more than 500 yuan to pay taxes and management..."
Wei Kongkong handed over another stack of change. People here no longer call the money RMB, but call it "golden coupons" according to the name of the place. However, Chen Guangda shook his head in disgust.
We paid more than 500 yuan when we entered the city. This was because Wei Kongkong found connections and paid a lot less tax. If he had followed the rules, he would have had to double the amount.
"Let's go! The goods have been arranged..."
Wei Kongkong quietly winked at Chen Guangda. Chen Guangda subconsciously looked at the inspection gate next to him. Six large carts were filled with supplies they had not exchanged, and several inspectors were holding metal detectors.
After careful inspection, Chen Guangda discovered that their detector was not turned on at all.
"Ha~ it's easy to get things done wherever you have money..."
Chen Guangda laughed sarcastically, waved his hand and led everyone towards the city gate. Yang Hao and others also hurried up to help the coolies push the goods, but a young officer suddenly brought a few
The sentry came out, stopped them directly and said, "Check the goods in the car for me again!"
"Haha~ Sir! I don't think there's any need to bother. I just checked very carefully..."
The officer was clearly here to beat the autumn wind. Wei Kongkong quickly ran over and handed over a stack of bills, which also contained a few blue ten-yuan gold coupons. But who knew the officer directly pulled out the gold coupons and raised his hand?
He sneered in his hand and asked: "What do you mean? Do you want to bribe me in public?"
"Oh~ I'm so sorry! I have too many things in my hand, and I even got all the money in them..."
Wei Kongkong's head turned very quickly, and he hurriedly took a few gold coupons and stuffed them into his pocket, but he knew in his heart that this guy couldn't be spent with just a few dozen yuan, but just when he wanted to signal Chen Guangda to increase the amount, Chen
Guangda said with a smile: "Commanders, please go ahead and investigate, we are all good citizens who abide by the law!"
"Uh~"
Wei Kongkong looked at Chen Guangda in shock. They had carried more than twenty guns in the cargo, and the most deadly ones were three rocket launchers. If they were found out, they would definitely be shot, but Chen Guangda secretly used a weapon on him.
He winked and tilted his head slightly back.
Wei Kongkong immediately looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a group of inspectors glaring at the young officers angrily. The young officers also stared at them arrogantly. Wei Kongkong immediately understood that these were their own people.
They are engaging in internal strife, and the unlucky ones like themselves are the ones being affected.
"Wang Yan! What the hell do you mean? Why do you still check the things we have checked? Are you deliberately looking for trouble..."
A dark-faced inspector suddenly strode over. Judging from the armband he was wearing, he should still be a squad leader, but officer Wang Yan put his hands behind his back and said contemptuously: "Who do I want to check? Do I need to report to you? Check anything suspicious."
The target is the responsibility of our security brigade. If you are unhappy, you can go to our leader and complain, but now please give in, we have to fulfill our responsibilities!"
"Unload all the goods and let the superiors inspect them. Open all the boxes..."
Chen Guangda waved his big hand without hesitation, and a group of coolies had no choice but to prepare to unload the goods. However, his calm and leisurely look made Wang Yan frown slightly, and suddenly pointed at the two pallets behind him that were about to exit, and shouted loudly
He yelled: "Stop them all and don't let any of them go!"
Immediately, there was a lot of excitement in the city gate. Several guys with guilty consciences actually ran away. Wang Yan suddenly took out his gun and raised his hand to knock down one of them. The remaining people immediately knelt on the ground in confusion. In the blink of an eye,
He was pushed to the ground by a group of ferocious sentries and beaten violently on his head and face.
"Bring them to me..."
Wang Yan rushed to the side of the cart angrily and tore open the bottom few large paper boxes. Unexpectedly, the weapons and ammunition were not found, but several bags of transparent crystals like MSG were revealed. Wang Yan picked some out and used them.
As soon as his tongue tasted it, he immediately sneered at the group of people and said: "You dare to sell drugs, you bastards will wait for death!"
"It's just a joke, it's going to be dog bites dog soon..."
Chen Guangda saw all this. The captain of the inspection team's face was already darker than the bottom of the pot. Wang Yan deliberately came to trouble him today, but Chen Guangda was too lazy to watch the fun anymore and waved his hand slowly.
He left with everyone.
"My brother! Where do you get your confidence from? Do you know that there is a problem with the guys behind you, or do you have any other countermeasures..."
Wei Kongkong secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and his black face almost turned into a white one, but Chen Guangda said with a smile: "I have a stupid strategy. I let the coolies unload the goods just to make it easier for them to get guns.
If we really go up to inspect, we will do it directly, who is afraid of whom these days!"
"..."
Wei Kongkong was stunned for a moment. He looked at Chen Guangda like a monster. Today he finally knew what a real outlaw was. He actually dared to stand up to him under heavy siege. Zhu Fei then said: "
Don’t think that having more people is a big deal, their guards are relatively lazy and they will definitely not be able to react within a minute of the gunshots being fired, and we will have already escaped by then!”
"Stop talking! I don't dare to dance at night anymore..."
Wei Kongkong was sweating profusely and crying. He didn't expect that he would actually walk in front of the gate of hell. However, Chen Guangda and others took a leisurely look at the surrounding scenery. The place was obviously overloaded to accommodate the population. Judging from the design here
It can only house 20,000 to 30,000 people at most, but over 100,000 people have just moved in.
The first impression the Golden City gave them was that it was crowded, like a can filled with sardines. There were simple prefabricated houses and tin houses almost everywhere, and even the hillsides on both sides were covered with broken houses.
Moreover, there are no beds at all in the house. They are all made of wooden boards or cardboard floors, which is a good interpretation of the concept of "covering one's head with tiles."
Just like the champion sniper said before, the Golden City is definitely not a paradise, and it even does not live up to its name. The vast majority of people here are skinny, shabby, and as lifeless as walking zombies.
There were no lively bragging sounds from visiting relatives and friends, but only moans of "hungry, hungry, hungry", which were like a magic spell that kept destroying people's mood.
A group of people all stopped talking. Their mining town was like paradise compared to this. People in mining town slept on the road for entertainment and indulgence, but people here slept on the road because they were too hungry to walk.
On the way, many people lying on the roadside couldn't tell whether they were human beings or corpses. They all looked like they were starving and had bloated stomachs. It looked like they had drank too much water.
"The beggars here are the real beggars..."
Chen Guangda sighed quietly. There were almost groups of people on both sides of the road holding bowls begging for food, but no one paid any attention to them. There were even many young girls and young women among them, but the prostitutes here were probably the same.
With scarce resources, the imbalance in the ratio of men to women is even worse than there. It is estimated that one person can have enough money even if he has three wives.
"There are more than 120,000 people. Even if each person only eats half a catty of rice a day, it will cost a full 60,000 catties. There is simply not enough food to feed them..."
Wei Kongkong, who was touched by the scene, also sighed and said helplessly: "There are six disaster relief sheds in the slums, but they are only open to women and children under the age of forty. The rest of the men or the elderly have to find their own solutions.
, but I think receiving relief food is the most fucked up thing. Two bowls of gruel every day hanging on your life is simply worse than death!"
"I can understand the difficulties of the leaders here. It is really difficult to support so many people..."
Chen Guangda sighed sincerely. Almost all the land around here was planted with food and vegetables, and there were even soldiers with live ammunition patrolling back and forth. It was obvious that the food was in danger. If he were to be the leader, he would definitely
It's also a head with two big heads.
"Oh~ It's really a hell on earth..."
Yang Hao suddenly sighed heavily, took out a bag of biscuits and walked towards a little girl. Unexpectedly, Wei Kongkong grabbed him and said urgently: "Don't give them anything, otherwise all the beggars around will be dead."
They will all come over, and when the time comes, you won’t be able to leave even if you want to, and if you get anxious, they will snatch your things, and even calling the police will be useless!”
"Oh~ what kind of world is this..."
Yang Hao had no choice but to put away the food, and everyone began to speed up their pace unconsciously. After they quickly turned a corner, the magnificent sea and beach immediately appeared in front of them. However, it was no longer a beautiful golden beach.
Not only was a not too high wall built on the beach, but there were also densely packed houses behind it, and a strange smell of body odor and excrement could be smelled from a distance.
"Why build a wall on the beach? Will there be anything coming up from the sea..."
Chen Guangda looked at Wei Kongkong in confusion, and Wei Kongkong immediately said exaggeratedly: "The things in the sea shouldn't be too scary, okay? Have you ever seen a mutated whale? Even its intestines can pop out and attack people. If a small fishing boat encounters them,
There is only one way to die. I heard from the navy that there are even more terrifying big guys who can even capsize warships!"
"Is anyone still fishing..."
Chen Guangda looked at the pier in the distance with confusion. There were at least a hundred ships of various types docked there, and many people were coming in and out of the ships. However, in the sea not far from the pier, there was a soot ship leaning on it.
Chen Guangda didn't know how advanced this destroyer was, but looking at the criss-crossed weapons on its deck, he knew that it would definitely not be a problem for it to destroy the Golden City.
"Of course! Crustaceans and shells are virus-free, and many marine plants can be eaten, so even if the sea is very dangerous, many people are willing to go to the sea to try their luck. A lobster is now
They all sold for thirty yuan..."
Wei Kongkong rubbed his hands with some salivation, while Chen Guangda nodded and continued walking forward. Unexpectedly, the front suddenly became quiet. Not only were there no messy shabby iron houses, but even the beggars rubbing shoulders were gone.
However, there was a row of girls hanging with cardboard on the roadside.
"Fuck! Selling yourself..."
Everyone walked over and was immediately shocked. It turned out that the girls had signs hanging around their necks. They were either betraying themselves for the first time, or they wanted to sell themselves completely. Various academic qualifications, heights and body measurements were also clearly written down.