Chapter 1: Youth

In the blue sky, there is a beautiful city suspended - Silver City.

According to the four seasons there, it is like spring, and every day is warm; The streets are clean and clean, and there are no piles of smelly garbage; There are many beautiful houses built there, nestled between the gardens and the lake; According to the people, they are friendly to each other, and there is no need to worry about the knife in the back; It is said that there is enough food every day......

These rumors have been circulating in the slums under the Silver City. It's a topic that people talk about in their spare time. Just as men dream of Snow White and women dream of Prince Dark, people always dream of a beautiful new world.

However, dreams return to dreams, and reality returns to reality. The slums beneath the Silver City are home to millions of civilians. They live on the garbage left by Yincheng, find valuable things in those discarded and even toxic garbage, and then return to the furnace to recast, and then send raw materials to Yincheng in exchange for a certain amount of living expenses. For Yincheng, they are like factories that dispose of garbage.

At this time, the afternoon sun shone on the silver city, casting a huge shadow on the ground.

In the shadows, there are mountains of garbage, the amount of which is indescribable, like mountains with mountains on top of each other, as far as the eye can see.

A teenager stood on the garbage heap, looked at the bottom of the silver city, and silently said in his heart, "19, 18, 17, 16, 15......"

As time goes on, more and more people converge on the garbage heap. When he counted to zero, the heavenly city rang with continuous bells, and all kinds of garbage were like pouring waterfalls, falling into a sea of garbage at a height of hundreds of meters.

No one dared to approach the garbage waterfall, which was filled with all kinds of heavy objects, such as refrigerators, color TVs, wreckage of machines, seats, and even cars......

Once hit, it will definitely become a pile of meat puree.

Except for the teenager! I saw him squint his eyes and rush into the falling garbage, dodging left and right, looking for something valuable in extreme danger.

"Damn! It's iron slag again, it's really deadly. ”

"He, like the old man in their family, is a person who doesn't want to die."

"He robbed all the good things!"

Those who were waiting to pick up the garbage stood on the periphery of the garbage dumping area, pointing fingers at the teenagers from a distance and talking about them.

After a while, the garbage disposal is over, and people rush up to scramble for the garbage that has just fallen. Before that, the boy known as Iron Slag had long since left the garbage heap in order to avoid clashes with the looting crowd.

"Hey! Iron slag, what good things have you picked up again? No sooner had the boy jumped off the garbage heap than he was greeted by a stocky middle-aged businessman.

Iron Slag smiled and opened his hand to show him. I saw a crystal clear glass tube lying in the palm of his hand.

"Good thing...... the merchant looked at the things in the hands of the iron slag, his eyes were shining, and he repeatedly rubbed his hands, and couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing the merchant's greedy expression, Iron Slag put his hand away and walked past the merchant towards the town. The merchant hurriedly caught up and licked his face, "Brother Tie, make a price." ”

"I don't lack food, drink, or food, what are you going to exchange for?" Iron Slag asked as he walked, without stopping to discuss.

"Brother Tie, how old are you this year?" The merchant's eyes flickered and he asked him.

"What does it have to do with you?" Iron slag went faster and faster, and replied impatiently.

"I remember it's almost eighteen this year, right?" The merchant laughed, his eyes, nose and mouth squeezed together, looking very lewd. He chased after the iron slag and whispered, "Have you ever seen a woman?" ”

"Not interested!" Iron Slag frowned, and walked forward quickly in three steps and two steps.

"Brother Tie...... Tie Ge ...... Wait for me...... "Iron Slag walked extremely fast, faster than the average person running, and the merchant chased after him, a little out of breath.

"Are you bothered? I can save my life, you don't have anything of equal value, don't think about it. Iron Slag stopped, impatient.

"She's different from the girls you've usually seen, it's completely different, come and come, just take a look, just take a look." The merchant was tirelessly pestered.

The two usually have a deal, and they are half friends. Iron slag couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to take a look.

More than ten minutes later, the two walked along the potholed gravel road into Iron Mountain Town. The streets were as dirty as ever, with dust and confetti flying everywhere. The streets are filled with stalls selling bizarre semi-scrap items. Every corner of the alley or corner of the building is occupied by wanderers, with a mess of household items, black quilts, and shabby sticky clothes......

Every once in a while on the street, a man can be seen wearing a dark blue canvas shirt and trousers. They are the cleaners of the town, but they don't clean the garbage, they only carry the corpses that can appear on the street at any time.

The merchant mixed well here, and many people who set up stalls greeted him along the way. He opened a grocery store here. The so-called grocery store is to sell everything and collect everything, as long as it is valuable.

At this time, an old man with gray hair and only one eye rushed out of the corner of the street, and stood in front of the merchant with a smile on his face, "Boss, I have good goods, good goods." ”

The merchant frowned and took a step back. The old man's blind eye was dripping with pus, and his gray hair was covered with sticky blood scabs, which made him look very disgusting.

"Go, go, go! What good things can you have, while going, I'm busy with big business. ”

"Spine, fresh spine, a young man who just died today! Good stuff. The old man persevered.

"Okay, okay, come to the store and look for me in a moment." The merchant waved his hand and motioned for him to leave.

"Boss, I haven't eaten for a few days......" The old man still didn't want to go, and stood still there.

The merchant interrupted him impatiently, "You old blind man, don't you die, don't you, you can see who the people around me are!" Dare to spoil Brother Tie's business, you have a few lives! ”

The old man wiped his eyes with his dirty, smelly sleeves and saw the people around the merchant. I saw that his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly retreated and made way out of the way.

After walking more than ten meters, the two came to the merchant's grocery store. It was a house made of wood and tin sheets, and the words were scrawled all over the walls:

'Dead to the Thief - Iron Mountain Town Municipality. ’

"Brother Tie, please come here." The merchant opens the door and invites the iron slag in.

The shop was pitch black and smelled of oil. There are all kinds of old parts, broken electrical appliances, and ......

The merchant turned on the light, and a dim light illuminated the room, and a young girl appeared in the corner. She curled up, chained to the corner, sold like a commodity.

When he saw the girl, he was secretly amazed. He had never seen such a white woman, as white as in a book, like an angel who had fallen to the earth.

According to the merchant, it was sold to him by a group of desert travelers a few days ago. As far as they could see, they found her in the desert and brought her back. Last night, he asked Lao Tzu from the brothel to examine her body, and she was still in perfect condition, which was worth a lot of money.

Iron Slag walked up to the girl and took a closer look. She was wearing a dirty white dress, stained with oil and dust, and the dress was torn in many places, revealing the fair skin inside. This kind of skin color is definitely not something that people living on the ground can have.

"What's your name?" Iron Slag lowered his voice and was as friendly as possible.

The girl looked up, a pair of starry eyes hidden in her messy silver curls. She pursed her lips tightly and stared at the iron slag without saying a word.

"If you can send it to Sand City, you will definitely be able to sell it for a good price." The merchant arrived.

"I'm not a commodity!" The girl shouted, then coughed violently.

Iron Slag took out the water bottle on his body and handed it to her. The girl snatched the kettle and drank it in one gulp.

"I'm not your enemy." Iron Slag said calmly, "If you are willing to come with me, I will take you to Sand City, and find a kind rich man to buy you, it should be much better than the situation here." ”

"Traffickers! Bastard! Scum! The villain ...... "The girl who drank the water got up and cursed the teenager in front of her with all kinds of vicious words.

The merchant's face was red and white, and the girl had given him a great headache before, and had even bitten him. Now she still dares to insult his most honored guest, which is simply shameless. In a fit of rage, he raised his hand and slapped it!

The girl instinctively closed her eyes and turned her face sideways, but she didn't wait for the slap.

"How can I sell it for money if it is broken?" The lazy voice of the young man sounded in her ears, and the girl slowly opened her eyes, and the forehead of the merchant in front of her was beading with sweat, and his whole face was distorted, and his expression looked very painful.

"Brother Tie, I'm angry for you." The merchant was crying, and the iron slag just now waved his hand casually, blocking his slap. He only felt his wrist hit an iron plate, and the pain was almost tears.

"Jusang, I'm sorry." Iron Slag grinned, although he was apologizing, but it was unknown how sincere he was.

The merchant turned his head and saw that the girl was actually snickering, and he immediately straightened his face, "This girl, I'm good for you, this iron brother, but a good person, it's your luck that he wants to buy you, you know?" ”

"Cut~ Traffickers or good guys?" The girl looked disdainfully.

"You fainted in the desert, and if it weren't for that group of travelers who saved you, I guess you'd be a pile of bones." The merchant said earnestly, "It is only fair that they sold you to me in exchange for saving you; If they sell you to the brothel old one, I'm sure they'll get paid more; In the same way, if I sell you to those who are swordsmen and ghosts, I believe the price will be higher; You know, in this kind of place ......"

"Long-winded!" Iron Slag let out a low growl for no apparent reason, interrupting the merchant's words. He straightened up and drew a machete from behind his back. This is a single-edged knife made of steel bars, the back of the knife is very thick, and the blade is rolled a lot, which looks pitted. The merchant didn't know what he was going to do, so he hurriedly got out of the way. Iron slag clasped his hands together and slashed at the girl!

"Ahh Seeing the arrogant boy raise his knife and slash at him, the girl screamed silently!

With a 'ding' sound, the blade was full of sparks, and the iron chain broke in response.

"Let's go." Iron Slag said to the girl, "As long as you walk out of this shop, I guarantee you won't live for more than three hours." ”

With that, Iron Slag took out the crystal clear glass tube and threw it to the merchant. The merchant hurriedly caught it, and cursed in his heart, 'Crazy! What should I do if it is broken? Can't you just hand it to me? The whole family is crazy! ’

The girl was stunned for a while, and then looked at the boy incredulously. Then, she slowly walked around the boy and the merchant, turned and rushed out the door!

"She actually ...... Really ran away. The two men in the grocery store looked at each other.