Chapter 17: The Dark Land
At 6 o'clock in the morning, the artificial sun slowly appeared from the east, and the slightly reddish light spread to the city little by little.
Jean stood at the Bridge of Weeping, looking back at the sun behind him like a giant fireball, the artificial sun simulates the correct position of the sun, and is the best way for the sun to rise and set, maintaining a warm climate of 15 degrees Celsius during the day and dropping to a maximum of 10 degrees Celsius at night.
The climate will not change too much, such a temperature is conducive to the growth of a large number of crops, but at this moment, where Jean is located, it is dim, this is the real world, after the destruction of the earth.
There are a large number of abandoned houses, dilapidated streets, old abandoned cars, and many places on the ground have been solidified, but on the edge of this big ravine behind him, some crops are planted.
Jean walked slowly, crouching down in front of the crops, many of which were extremely malnourished, but some of which looked full, for the artificial sun above the Bright City occasionally shone on the edge of the ravine as it rose in the east and set in the west.
It looks like there are a lot of potatoes planted, and the soil here is still moist, because there is a waste dump below, but although these crops are edible, they have long been polluted, but people who live in dark places don't care about this.
Signs of human activity can be seen in the distance, and the lights are on, and the world will fall into the point where you can't see your fingers at night, except for some places on the edge of the ravine, relying on the lights of the bright city at night, the sight is slightly better.
Looking up at the sky, the thick black clouds would be a little gray, so the world was like a rainy day during the day, but light could not penetrate the polluted clouds.
Jean took out the multi-purpose light bag from his pocket, called up the wardrobe function, and soon his black uniform returned to the closet with a flash of light, and then a thick linen coat was worn on his body, as well as a black bandana and white veil.
In the barrier area where there is no light, the temperature is 0 to 5 degrees Celsius all year round, but it will not rain or snow, because the cloud and rain system built by light and shadow materialization technology in the sky above the Bright City will start to extract water molecules from the air at night, and then artificially produce water.
And these large numbers of water molecules are through the special filtration system that the defense wall has at the beginning of its establishment, and those that are sucked into the barrier will only absorb water molecules, but this is a top secret to the outside world, and the guild claims that the city has an underground reservoir that can be used by humans for hundreds of years, so don't worry about it for the time being.
In fact, the underground reservoir was dried up a hundred years ago, and more than a hundred years ago, you could still see the rain falling, but now you can't see it, and the barrier area is dry and cold all year round, like a desert at night.
Water is an extremely scarce resource here, and the guild will regularly distribute solid compressed heavy water to the people in the barrier area every month, which is developed by relying on liquid deformation technology, a fast 500 ml of solid compressed heavy water, the actual water volume after liberation can reach 1 ton, the weight remains the same, only the form can be compressed to only 500 ml.
Coming to the dilapidated neighborhood that has long been corroded by the chemicals that leak through the air, there is no one living here, and the surrounding ravines of the bright layer have a wall of light and shadow, which will isolate the harmful chemicals that are discharged.
Looking at a car that had been dismantled to the point of being empty shell, Jean sat on the car, took out a cigarette, and waited quietly.
Jean came to the Barrier Area in order to plan to run around the perimeter of the Barrier Area in the past few days and interview all the independent armed forces, which is the only thing he can do now, and directly eliminate those radical armed forces.
If the problems in the Bright City erupt, the biggest threat comes from the outer barrier area, where a large number of vicious people live, and the sun and the darkness are two very different worlds.
A world with the laws of civilization and a world where power reigns supreme, and the two worlds have long been divided by that chasm.
Gradually, in the distance, a man dressed like Jean walked briskly, and the figure was a woman.
"Lord Jean, my name is Hermione."
As soon as she came over, the woman took off her black veil scarf, revealing a somewhat pale and vicissitudes of life, the woman was upright and beautiful, with large and small black spots on her face.
Jean nodded, took out a cigarette and handed it over, helping Hermione light it, Hermione took a sharp puff as if she had been reborn, raised her hand, and the light and shadow in the bracelet flowed, and a proof of identity appeared.
It belongs to the 3rd Military Section, operation code 3BK00189.
"Do you have something to eat, Lord Jean, these days ........"
Without waiting for Hermione to speak, Jean opened the locker of light and shadow, which contained bread and meat, and Hermione swallowed and ate it in large gulps, as if he had been hungry for days.
BK is the eyeliner of the 3rd Military Section in the Barrier Zone, and the biggest purpose is to prevent the people in the Barrier Zone from planning to invade the city, and many other things.
In between Hermione's meals, Jean looked at the light and shadow report that Hermione had transmitted to him.
At present, there are 793 large and small armed forces in the barrier area, and the incomplete population statistics are about 7 million people, of which there are more than 14,000 mutants, of which about 40% are over 100 years old, 30% are children, and the remaining 30% are young adults.
The numbers are too different from what Jean has seen before, among which more than 14,000 mutants are the biggest threat, and it is not difficult to break through the guard station, because most of the mutants have the ability to harden, bullets cannot penetrate their bodies, although they can activate the light killing weapon, but if the bridge is destroyed, it will become extremely difficult to rebuild, and the invisible defensive barriers that shroud the perimeter of the Bright City will also be affected.
"Lord Jean, to be honest, I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to go crazy if I stay in this place any longer, can you give me another cigarette?"
A well-fed Hermione hugged her legs, curled up her head and leaned on her knees, Jean took out a cigarette directly from the light and shadow locker and handed it to Hermione.
"Thank you."
"Has your mission expired?"
Hermione shook his head, they are all specially trained 3rd Military Section personnel, they are mutants with A-level or above strength, the general mission period is 10 years, and after 10 years, they can return to the Bright City, and they will no longer need to work, and they will be supported by the Congress.
Jean could see that Hermione was tired, that this dark place was filled with the darkest parts of human nature, and that violence was a part of life here.
"It's only been four years, and the last time you came over, Lord Jean, I remember was two years ago."
Jean patted Hermione on the shoulder.
"Take me to the town of the largest armed force in the vicinity."
Hermione was shocked.
"What are you going to do, Lord Jean?"
But soon Hermione realized, and she bowed her head silently, and with a slight light, she walked with Jean.
There was a frolicking sound, accompanied by the shouting of a woman.
"You little scraps, hurry up and help the old lady, you don't want to live?"
They have come to the living quarters of the residents of the barrier area, they can only live in the houses that humans once had, these houses that have long been dilapidated, many of them have collapsed, and the streets look quite lively, and people wearing thick and shabby clothes are gathered here in twos and threes, among which there are many elderly people.
Several children were happily playing around a rusty bicycle, and the fat woman who was washing clothes on the side scolded the group of children.
"Phew, the old immortal, we won't go!"
One of the older children replied, which quickly caused the people next to him to laugh, but the eyes of the people on the run-down street were all on Jean and Hermione, and some of the younger, stronger men were looking at Hermione behind Gene.
"Yo woman, don't you have nothing to eat, the woman over there come here, let me feel refreshed, I'll reward you with a meal."
After a while, the people who were heathing came around, some of the guys had weapons with them, and the children who were still playing with them also followed the adults, and Jean stared coldly around.
For a moment, the atmosphere froze a little, and many of the men here stared at Hermione, and Jean pulled out a cigarette, which made one of the men with a knife rush up with a shout.
The smoke was burning violently, and the moment Jean exhaled a puff of smoke, the person was gone, and everyone looked at it in surprise, but the first man who rushed up had already fallen to the ground, and Jean held up a finger.
Immediately the scene became chaotic, but as Jean shuttled through the chaotic crowd, after a person knocked him out with his fingers, the surging crowd gradually quieted down, Jean walked up with Hermione, and those who did not faint behind him began to take advantage of the fire to rob, looting all the usable things on the fainted person, even a pair of underwear.
This town is headed by a group called the Zombie Society, with nearly 3,000 people and 76 mutants, and the group's boss, Zhang Wang, has the level of A-class mutants.
Jean and Hermione quickly shuttled through the uninhabited alley block, trying to avoid the main street, and gradually the two stopped, in an abandoned factory, which was in full swing, a large number of people wearing different colors of clothes, gathered together to talk and laugh, a black flag fluttered at the top of the factory, black background, the pattern is hideous zombies, and these people's exposed arms are tattooed with zombie patterns.
Most of them were young people, some of the older ones were working as waiters for the young men, the factory was remodeled, and the pillars on both sides of the gate were heightened to make a watchtower with searchlights on it.
"Master Jean, are you going to kill them all?"
Hermione asked, and Jean shook his head.
"You find a place to hide, and I'll go alone."
Jean walked slowly out of the dilapidated hallway to the factory, where some young men spotted Jean and stopped him at once.
"Boy, I haven't seen you, take off your veil."
"Call your boss out."
Immediately, a lot of people gathered around, Jean was motionless, a stout guy pushed up, but found that he couldn't push Jean, and there was laughter from the side.
With a bang, Jean held up a finger, and at the moment of flicking his fingers, the sturdy guy in front of him flew out more than ten meters away and fell to the ground unconscious, and the scene became chaotic in an instant.
Jean walked softly and dexterously in the attack, constantly knocking down one zombie after another, and gradually some guys exclaimed, because they saw that the mutants were all knocked down with one blow, and in an instant the searchlight on the watchtower lit up, and the bell rang.
With a bang, Jean kicked open the door, pinched a man's neck with one hand and fell to the side, hundreds of people had already fallen behind him, and some people with weapons looked at them in shock, not daring to come.
There was a creaking sound, a mutant appeared in front of him, his body became like the surface of a rock, the person had already collided, after Jean easily dodged, an accurate hand knife cut the mutant's neck, and with a click, the mutant's nosebleed spurted out and fell to the ground, and the ground was dented with a bang.
"Give him death."
One guy shouted, came out of the door with an RPG, and was about to fire, but quickly gave a pair of old hands to hold it down.
"Jean, why are you bastard here again, intending to destroy us?"
A man with large and small pustules on his face walked out, limping, everyone got out of the way, he was Zhang Wang.
"If I really want to kill you, it will only take 1 minute and there will be no more voices here."
"It's all scattered for Lao Tzu."
Zhang Wang shouted, and many people around him were muttering, 13 Kee's Jean.
Soon Jean followed Zhang Wang to a large, slightly furnished room on the second floor of the factory, where all the cadres of the Zombie Society were there, and they stared at Jean with hostility.
"I didn't expect you to establish your own group in just two years."
Jean said and took out a cigarette and handed it over, Zhang Wang smiled, showing his dark teeth.
"Hmph, it's not by killing."
Zhang Wang took off his coat, revealing countless wounds on his body.
"Long story short, you help me call all the armed bosses in the west, you should have this strength now!"
Zhang Wang snorted coldly.
"There's something big going on in the city, Jean, hehe, you guy, you should have seen the situation on our side, too? Don't you feel that your conscience aches as a human being? Now not only do they not think about how to solve the problem of the barrier area, but they also plan to kill us? Jean you're such a real asshole, that's what I thought two years ago. ”
Jean smiled and took a drag on his cigarette.
"I'm just here to negotiate, and I'll call all the forces in the four regions out for an interview, and your misery is self-inflicted, no matter how miserable it is, this is not a reason for you to live under the sun and hurt others, and you can only get something for nothing, and useless scum can only be excluded."
Zhang Wang looked at Jean angrily, someone couldn't help it, and was about to rush over, Zhang Wang raised a hand.
"There's nothing to talk about as cold-blooded people as a machine like you, I'll make an appointment for you, but ........."
"Tomorrow, I will ask the people of the 3rd Branch to bring some food, water, and medicine."
Zhang Wang raised a hand and laughed again.
"Deal."
Jean shook it.