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Chapter 80 The Basement
"I spent a lot of money on your city guards just to worry about the safety of the store in the middle of the night." Qian Yigeng roared loudly in the communicator. "He An, you think about it, if you"
"Why, you want to give me a price too" He An's voice in the communicator was particularly cold. "I'm not Ji Xiaoman's girl. For now, it's still a private matter between us. When A Yu finds out about this, guess what he will do to Qian Yigeng. People have to learn to accept what they like. It's only been a few years, You really think we are a regular police force"
Qian Yigeng immediately swallowed the second half of the roar. He gave the woman beside him a few kicks and tugged at his hair, and then he adjusted his mood, "I speak fast and I speak fast, you understand. Ji Xiaoman was just taken away, and this happened again at night. Someone is harassing me, He An, you know what I am personally is my personal business, my business can not conflict with the dungeon convention, and it is not illegal to use machinery to make money."
After that, he shivered and poured himself a glass of wine. "This is the largest bionic business on the market. The women who survive these days are all ruthless characters. How many potential dangers I have solved for the city will make my store collapse, and how many more things will happen on the street"
"The crime rate really hasn't dropped too much. Humans sometimes prefer to toss with others." He An replied lightly. "Don't come here, talk about something."
"When Ji Xiaoman comes up with a suitable electronic brain, I can also use the excuse of the underground store to get some to pretend to be a human being and sell it. Then you will also have a share." Qian Yigeng wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"At that time, I'm afraid most of them will be genuine human beings." He An sneered twice. "Come on, it's a character after all. They burnt down your store, but it's not the end of the world. I forgot, your end has come a long time ago."
"It's good for you if I fall," Qian Yigeng's voice sharpened again. "Don't look at the small storefront, the business of that store is very good. Q2 is our signboard, she is"
"It's an old-fashioned electronic brain as good as mine." There was no emotion in He An's tone. "You must take her as an example, if it wasn't for my position outside the shelf, she would be He An now, and I am the unfortunate Tiantian."
"I'm not here to settle accounts with you"
"Listen, the surname is Qian." He An's voice became cold, "I will check the store's affairs, and you shouldn't be murdered here, thinking that there are fewer and fewer new people here, and there are only a few organizations, at least We didn't find anyone trying to touch you."
"So I deserve to pay for the loss of the store." Qian Yigeng tugged at the nightgown on his body, irritated. "It's not as good as before. When something burns, it really burns, and I can't find the second one. The people's marks have been put on the sky, you tell me it wasn't premeditated."
He An directly interrupted the call.
"Damn it, get out." The woman Qian Yigeng shrank at the foot of the bed waved annoyedly and drank the remaining wine in the glass. "The top ones are useless, the big deal is that I can find them by myself."
After He An cut off contact, he stood alone outside the burning shop.
Because of his "human affection", Qian Yigeng's store enjoys the highest priority security treatment. The fire had just subsided, and the smiling face in the sky had not yet completely dissipated, and the defenders rushed to the scene to maintain order as always.
The initial chaos didn't last long in order to keep the near-city thing working just fine. In order to ensure the basic safety of most people, people still set up violent institutions by convention. The selected defenders took up arms and began to play the role of a quasi-order maintainer, and could get some of the resources and welfare of the entire city.
People with a little kindness will try to join this organization, but in this period, kindness will always be a scarce commodity. Young people prefer those crazy forces that form gangs. They are stronger, have a fearlessness that is either heroic or stupid, and are more inclined to predatory than protective. The turbulent turbulence between the forces lasted longer than the chaos, and a delicate balance was finally achieved
The gangs are willing to give in to the defenders who represent the majority to some extent, and minimize market overlap with each other. Despite the friction, there have been far fewer major conflicts in recent years.
Qian Yigeng is one of the group that grasps the erotic market. Although the profit is not as big as that of inferior synthetic drugs and psychedelic mushrooms, it is also one of the best. From He An's point of view, the other party is not even a hero. He has climbed to the current height entirely on the courage of a mouse and a little sense of morality.
This is what his memory told him. He An smiled sarcastically. His human partner was looking for traces of the prisoner near the store. He was not worried that the smile would be discovered by the other party.
The former human He An did not like to laugh like this. His smile should be more frivolous, or more steady, but not so sharp.
He An and Fu Yu have always been the best defenders of the city, and everyone who has lived here for a while knows that. Human He An did not die in war, explosion, or omnic attack. After working for a long time as a city guard, he died of a mediocre typhoid fever.
Fu Yu obviously couldn't accept the death of his close friend. It's a pity that living people are ignored. Except for u01's minions, no one can obtain memories from the dead brains of corpses. He had to piece together his memory and reprocess it, find the best doctor, and inject it into the electronic brain he bought.
In a sense, this may count as one's own "birth".
He An shook his head and changed his smile to greet his partner, "Ayu, how are you?"
"It was ignited by chemicals, and it was arson." Fu Yu wiped the ashes from his face and sighed. "The people who do this are quite familiar with the structure of the store and have access to chemical resources. Is there any news from Chang Yaqi?"
"The cake of medicine in his hand is big enough, and he won't use Qian Yigeng right now." He An replied very confidently, twitching the corners of his mouth. "Although Qian Yigeng also has a small trick to steal some of the drug market, even if that General Chang Sheng wanted to do it, he would pick a more suitable time. In addition, Chang Yaqi had no motive to steal Ji Xiaoman. Everyone on the road knows, That girl's head full of chemical knowledge is all for the electronic brain, not the human brain."
"I also think it's weird." Fu Yu pinched his brows, "Chang Yaqi's mark has nothing to do with the smiley face, but I can't think of it."
"Emerging forces, let's go to Da Yulu to demonstrate with both hands. The surname Chang is too cruel, Qian Yigeng is a tortoise, just right to use it for surgery. We haven't heard any news, and it is estimated that the scale will not be large, twenty people are in the sky. It's over." He An took out a cigarette from his bag, "I guess you won't know until you get the messiest piece. It's not peaceful there. You go back to rest, and I'll check it out."
Fu Yu was stunned for a while, and his eyes moved to the rough homemade cigarette, "You smoke"
He An's hand paused, and then a bright smile appeared. "Well, you see from what I found in the room, I also have a lot of things to hide from you."
"I'll go with you." Fu Yu opened his mouth and finally changed the subject.
"Come on, you, there are a lot of sick people in that place." He An patted Fu Yu on the shoulder, "It's enough for me to go alone, why, you can't trust me"
The other guard was silent.
He An smiled and retracted his hand, "I will bring your favorite noodles back, don't worry."
However, there were still three customers in the all-night noodle restaurant.
Yu Le frowned at the bowl of noodles in front of him, "I see that you eat deliciously, why is it so fishy."
"Is that so? I think it's delicious." Tang Yibu replied sternly, Ruan Xian just ordered a few boiled eggs conservatively.
"I can't eat it." Yu Le put down the branches and chopsticks, "Young people are amazing, I just ate two bowls before, and now I can't hold it anymore. That scene just now."
Not long ago, after Ji Xiaoman fell asleep, the two young men took him to the so-called live-in prostitute.
"We went as a guest. As a result, the people in the store mixed the champagne with drugs and took us to Qian Yigeng's place." Tang Yibu pointed to the seemingly harmless store in the dark.
At that time, there were many people standing outside the small store, and the window of the store that was supposed to display "commodities" was empty.
This was supposed to be a tentative first step in action. Do some damage, start with the most familiar store in the opposing force, and do it as soon as possible. This way, you can try to put the suspicion away from the new visitors, gain more preparation time, and observe Qian Yigeng's reaction.
As far as the combat policy is concerned, Yu Le has no confidence that he will be thrown away. No matter what Ji Xiaoman decides in the end, they will never make a mistake in the opening move. From misleading "bluffs" to step by step, he doesn't have much opinion on the battle plan of the two lunatics. At least they are happy to participate in the fun game of "overturning Qian Yigeng" instead of attacking him early. Force out the whereabouts of the old resistance army site, and get yourself out of the muddy water as soon as possible.
So he happily followed the two of them around the guards, sneaked into the store, and secretly released the teenagers and girls in the store, even if he wasn't sure whether those beautiful young people were human. The person who put Qian Yigeng on fire and burn two rooms at random is enough for a small test. Horizontally and vertically this is just an ordinary prostitute, except for the slightly extravagant soft decoration, there is nothing special about it.
After seeing the scene under the store, Yu Le completely changed his mind.
It was rare that he did not look at himself for the first time, but looked at the two people beside him. Yu Le suspected that the scene was beyond his tolerance, and he had to find two references with a lower bottom line, so that he could calm down quickly.
However, Ruan Lijie had a rare serious face, and Tang Yibu, who seemed to be indifferent to everything, also sank his face, and the two were terribly silent. To be honest, the latter's face is even more ugly.
The huge basement was brightly lit, and the pale light reflected on the dried blood. Many people do not know whether the human body is soaked in the nutrient pool like a swimming pool, densely packed like white fish. The imitation electronic brain and the old-fashioned electronic brain are neatly stacked on the shelf. The difference is very obvious. The former is exactly the same as the one in Ji Xiaoman's bag, which is a bit plastic. The latter is more metallic, opaque at all, and the blue light is barely visible.
This is like a bloody meat workshop, if you don't consider the metal barrel that looks like a gasoline barrel in the corner.
The metal buckets are filled with human brains, and they are not meant for organ preservation, they are more like waste to be disposed of.
Those incomplete brains were thrown roughly at the bottom of the cylinder, emitting a disgusting fishy smell. There's an almost plausible sense of madness and absurdity like a dramatic scene. The large incinerator was burning at the far end of the room, and none of them bothered to explore its contents. The blood on the operating table in the room was enough to say it all.
And there was a multi-legged insect-like machine hanging on the operating table, and the tip was soaked with bloodstains that were not dry. Yu Le didn't know its function, and he didn't really want to know.
The most comical thing is that there is no combined machinery. All the machines carry the pre-apocalyptic character without much trace of modification. Even if Yu Le is not an expert in machinery, he can see that these machines belong to the pre-apocalypse.
"I have a question." Ruan Lijie looked at the machinery in the room without blinking. He didn't get a response, so he continued talking.
Tang Yibu was holding his hand unconsciously, and the hand of the boy surnamed Ruan was turned white by him, but he did not intend to stop.
"Anyone. Can anyone answer me, what were these things used for before the rebellion?" Ruan Lijie's cold black eyes locked the operating table, and his voice was extremely cold.