Chapter 983: The Shopkeeper Hu is in charge
Whether there will be a 'human gathering place' outside the ruins of every city, Li Zhi doesn't know, but after he came to the apocalyptic world, he has been to two city ruins, the first is where the 'Doomsday City' is now stationed, and the second is the current 'Tian Glaze City'.
Anyway, it feels weird to Li Zhi, the previous cities were all for human habitation, but now the city is just the opposite, but it has become a 'forbidden area' for human survivors, and the whole thing has been reversed.
The scale of this human gathering place outside Tianyan City is quite large, just according to rumors, I heard that there are more than two million survivors in it, how many there are, the exact number, no one has counted it, so Li Zhi doesn't know.
Anyway, it's very large, and in terms of numbers alone, it's at least more than ten times that of 'Doomsday City'.
If the population is large, the scale must be large, and the other is 'chaos'. Chaos is rampant, and if there is no effective and fast management mechanism for these many people, it is difficult to gather all the survivors together and form a 'fist'.
Before arriving at this large human gathering place, Li Zhi sensed that it was very 'messy' from the mouth of the Blood Bat Dharma King Red Sea, and when he really arrived, he knew how messy it was!
Here, neither the survivors nor the evolutionaries are morally bound and can do anything except prohibit killing people in the gathering place.
As long as you pay enough 'money', you can kill people in the city!
Peace?
There is no so-called law and order, ability is king, capable people can decide the life and death of those who are incapable, can occupy more resources, can override and humiliate others, for ordinary survivors, this is hell.
But no one wants to leave here, hell is true, but in this cannibalistic hell, people can still live by gritting their teeth, and if they get out of here, there is a chance that they will not survive.
Because none of the people who walked out of here ever came back.
This large human gathering place is in a valley, surrounded by mountains, with only two exits, and the valley is covered with a towering defensive wall, although it is already very high, there are still many people who continue to build and labor.
"Hey, where did you come from?"
Li Zhi and Shi Sha rode Lao Huang and did not hide it, they walked over directly with a swagger, and when they arrived at the gate of the city wall of the gathering place, they were intercepted by the gatekeepers.
The other party didn't seem to be afraid of Lao Huang at all, but looked up and down at Shi Sha who was sitting in Li Zhi's arms with green eyes, and even a few throats were stirring and swallowing saliva.
The aura on Lao Huang's body was hidden, so he estimated that these gatekeepers only thought that Lao Huang was an ordinary mutant beast.
"Can we go inside?" Li Zhi did not answer the doorkeeper's words, but asked rhetorically.
The gatekeeper tilted his head and said, "Want to go in?
"Hehe, boss, at first glance, it's two stunned blues. ”
"That's it, that's it, we have a good mouth today...... No, get rich, a woman like this now, but a 'scarce' resource in the city. ”
"It's not bad for me to look at this mutant beast, at least it can produce a few thousand catties of meat, and it should be worth a lot of money!"
It seems that in their eyes, whether it is a beautiful woman or Lao Huang sitting down with Li Zhi and Shi Sha, they are already people's.
This is more terrifying than a bandit, Chiguoguo's desire to invade, without the slightest cover-up, a few soldiers guarding the gate dare to do this, so it is not difficult to imagine the style of officials in this human gathering place city.
Haven't you heard that sentence, what kind of general, what kind of soldier to bring, and his subordinates are like this, can the official be good!
"Lao Huang, they said they wanted to eat your meat!" Li Zhi raised his head and patted Lao Huang twice on the head.
Lao Huang realized that he instantly released the aura of his 'emperor-level creature' and rushed towards the other party.
"Emperor, Emperor...... My lord!"
"The small, the little ones have no beads, they have no beads, please, please punish the adults......!"
Thump!
A team of soldiers guarding the door, all kneeling, desperately begging for mercy, in front of the royal creatures, as long as the other party yawns, they can take their lives.
"I'm curious, isn't there a person in charge in this human gathering place?" Li Zhi touched Lao Huang to his head, and let it take back its momentum, and accept it when it is good, after all, they have just arrived, and they are mainly focused on finding out the bottom line, and it is not too good to be too strong.
"Yes!" The person kneeling on the ground nodded desperately, but he didn't dare to raise his head and glance at Shi Sha in Li Zhi's arms.
As for the people around, they also avoided with fear on their faces, watching from a distance, and as for whether anyone went to notify the 'big man' above, it was unknown.
Li Zhi frowned and said, "Since there is a manager, why is the management still so lax? Aren't you afraid that the mutant beasts in the ruins of the city opposite will rush out and take your life?"
In the face of the threat of mutant beasts, shouldn't the surviving evolutionaries of humanity be united?
Why did Li Zhi see here only squeezing and planing?
"The mutant beasts don't dare to come over, and we have reached an agreement with the adults in Tian Glaze City, we can enter Tian Glaze City to hunt at will, but we need to 'tribute' a certain number of people or treasures every year in exchange for peace!" explained the gatekeeper's head trembling.
Tribute?
A certain number of people and treasures, in exchange for peace?
Li Zhi frowned, how long can such a peace last, I really don't know what the upper echelons of this large human gathering place think.
After thinking about it, he asked, "In the gathering city, are there any emperor-level creatures?"
"Yes!" said the little man who guarded the door without hesitation, nodding affirmatively.
"What about the super creatures?" Li Zhi looked at him and continued to ask.
The little head guarding the door hesitated, then nodded and said, "Are you talking about super creatures the 'Heavenly Gods'?"
Tenjin-sama?
Li Zhi heard this kind of title for the first time, thought for a moment and said: "It's an existence that is more powerful than an emperor-level creature, whether it's a celestial god or not, I don't know, we all call such creatures 'super creatures'." ”
The little head guarding the door nodded and said, "Then it should be the 'Celestial Lords', yes, there are also many Celestial Lords in our gathering place, and they live in the innermost part!"
"A lot?" Li Zhi frowned and repeated these two words again.
The little head guarding the door kowtowed a few times, and said in a mournful voice: "Big, my lord, don't be embarrassed by the little ones, how can we know about the affairs of the gods and adults, please let us go!"
A handful of snot and a handful of tears, very pitiful.
Poor people must have something to hate, in front of ordinary survivors, bullying the weak, and in front of those who are stronger than them, they are like reptiles, such people have been 'wasted', and there is no morality of their own.
If this huge base of survivors with a population of more than two million people, all the people are like them, is there any use?
The bad guys should also have their own code of conduct.
"Let's all get up, do I need any formalities to get in?" Li Zhi looked at the other party and said.
"No, no, a few adults can come and go as they please!" the little head guarding the door raised his head and shook his head vigorously with a smile.
Li Zhi looked at him for a while before asking, "We are calling the outside world, and it is the first time we have come to your gathering place, so we can go in directly without any formalities?"
"Yes!"
The little head guarding the door nodded with a smile, stretched out his hand to signal Li Zhi and the others to come in and out at will, but muttered in his heart, don't look at what kind of bullshit 'royal creatures' you are, when you enter, there will be 'gods' adults who will come forward to clean you up, hum, a few outsiders dare to be so arrogant, I really don't know whether to live or die.
Maybe at this moment, the gods have already set their eyes on these outsiders who don't know the depth, thinking of this, the little head guarding the door is in a happy mood again, his eyes secretly glanced at the woman in the man's arms, and sighed secretly, it's just okay, such a beautiful woman can't fall into his hands!
Since there is no need for any formalities and you can enter and exit at will, Li Zhi did not stop at the gate of this large gathering place, and directly let Lao Huang walk inside, as for him and Shi Sha, they have no intention of getting off Lao Huang's body.
"Boss, what the 'Tian Glaze City' gave me was fear, deep fear, from the depths of my heart, I don't know why I feel this way, but I really don't want to step into the 'Tian Glaze City' in my bones. ”
Shi Sha paused slightly, and continued: "This large human gathering place gives me the feeling that it is weird, very weird, although there are human survivors all around, it really doesn't fit in, you look at their eyes, it's different, such eyes shouldn't appear on human survivors, and I feel that they don't seem to be human survivors, but ...... Mutants!"
Shi Sha also has this feeling, Li Zhi also has it, but it is not as obvious as her, the people in the gathering place, when staring at Li Zhi, Shi Sha and Lao Huang who sat down from afar, there are fear, disgust, desire and cruelty in their eyes.
They want to kill Li Zhi, Shi Sha and the mutant beast Lao Huang!
This sentiment is still very obvious, I don't know why this is happening.
"Three adults have come from afar, and they have missed the distance, and they have sinned and sinned!" An old man came from the corner of the street with a group of people, whose age was not telling, but the goatee he had was gray, and his appearance was a little obscene, and his small eyes were not big, giving people a shrewd and cunning feeling.
Behind the old man with a goatee was a group of soldiers with mounts and heavy armor, and their appearance gave the impression of being very strong, at least in the eyes of ordinary people, very 'strong', with a number of about one hundred and fifteen people, swaggering through the streets, and no one dared to speak.
"Are you?" Li Zhi hugged Shi Sha and asked with a puzzled expression.
The goatee old man's mung bean-sized eyes swept down Shi Sha's body, and quickly moved away, looking at Li Zhi and smiling and saying: "The contemptible surname is Hu, and the one who is called Hu Shopkeeper is one of the 'stewards' here, and several adults can call me 'Hu Steward' or 'Hu Shopkeeper', it's okay!"
Shopkeeper?
Li Zhi raised his head and touched his nose, this is a bit interesting!
"Oh, it turned out to be Steward Hu, I didn't know that Steward Hu brought so many people over, but what did we do?" Li Zhi looked at each other and asked with a curious smile.
"Fei Ye, Fei Ye, I just received the news, I heard that several big people have just arrived in the city, so I specially came over to invite the two of them to go to the city lord's mansion to talk!"
This is not a big problem, since he has come, then Li Zhi is not afraid of where to go, he is still worried that he can't find the manager of this place, and now people take the initiative to send it to the door, so there is less trouble for him.
"Okay, since Steward Hu invited, then let's go to the City Lord's Mansion to have a look, it just so happens that we are also quite curious about this large human gathering place!" Li Zhi smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Steward Hu, please lead the way!"
"Refreshing, three of you, please follow me!" Steward Hu squinted and smiled and turned around to lead the way, his expression was so bad that there was nothing slacking, everyone knew that it would not be too simple for a young man who could use a 'Emperor-level mutant beast' as a mount.
In this world, if you want to live longer, you have to be cautious and careful.
Who sent the message to the 'Hu Steward', Li Zhi and Shi Sha don't know if there is another person behind the Hu Steward, and the two of them don't know. But this butler was indeed the first 'big man' the two of them saw after entering this large human gathering place.