life copy game

Chapter 310 It Wasn't Our Fault (Da Zhang laughed at the busyness of the world)

The old elevator made a creaking sound, which was like a summer gust of wind passing through the ruins and valleys, like a dead old tree screaming desperately.

Petunia stared blankly at the leading young man in front of him wearing a big earring and a big gold ring, "Is there any problem with this elevator?"

He Ao sent a message to Penny this morning, and called her two taxis, asking her to bring everyone to the Hope Mansion to meet other wanderers in the wilderness.

There were a total of ten of them, including the boy He Ao had saved, and they all came together.

"There is no problem. The elevator was only maintained three years ago."

The young man with the big gold ring looked back at Penny and said with a smile.

Petunia looked at the rusted iron sheet in the elevator, and the rust-wrapped retractable fence door in front of her, which didn't fit the elevator style at all, and nodded slowly and cautiously.

When she nodded, her wandering eyes could even see the rough welds on the iron grille door and the edge of the elevator.

Obviously, the iron fence door and the elevator are not original.

If she hadn't left the city yet, she would even have thought that this was a camp in the wilderness, a camp for wanderers in the wilderness that had dug out architectural relics from the cataclysm era, and then used all kinds of scrap metal to rebuild human society.

Petunia did not expect that such a place existed in the city.

Compared with the hotel where she and He Ao lived before, this place is nothing but ruins.

boom--

The old elevator shook violently, and stopped when everyone lost their balance.

The retractable fence gate was slowly opened, and what Penny saw was a dilapidated square, densely packed with dirty curtains interspersed horizontally and vertically, hanging on the square, barely dividing the square into a small grid that could be 'lived' Room'.

A foul stench mixed with feces and urine came to the face.

However, there are many worse environments in the wilderness than this, and the people standing here are not the kind of people who have never seen the world. Everyone only showed a little surprise on their faces, but there was no other expression.

The young man with the big gold ring glanced at the surprised crowd behind him, smiled and spread his hands,
"Welcome to the Hope Building, the people living here are hopeless people."

Then he turned around and led the crowd forward, "This floor is not our destination. To get to the destination, we have to take another elevator."

Petunia followed the young man blankly, passing by the 'rooms' surrounded by dirty and smelly curtains.

Most of these curtains are not tightly sealed, and are only fixed to the ground by some bricks or ropes, and there are wide gaps all over the place where the curtains meet.

Through these gaps, Petunia saw unkempt people.

They sat in groups on the filthy floor, most of them next to a yellowed mattress where they slept.

When Petunia and the others passed a certain room, a little girl stood up, lying on the crack and watching them.

Her eyes are as beautiful as pearls.

She lay prone on the curtain, her small body pressed the curtain forward, her messy hair like withered yellow straw painted on the dilapidated curtain, printing a cloud of shadows.

She stared curiously at Petunia, at the group of people passing behind the curtain.

After a long while, she looked back, sat back on her yellowed cushion, took out a black and cold starch stick from the side, and bit it hard.

Petunia turned her eyes away from the little girl. Most people on this floor were not as curious as this little girl. Their eyes were cloudy and numb. They let Petunia and the others walk by as if they didn't see anything.

"them···"

Penny spoke softly.

"I know what you want to ask," the young man standing at the front spoke slowly. He lit a cigarette, held it in his hand, and said as he walked,

"You want to ask why they are here. Every 'Mister and Miss' in the city who comes here will have such questions, but I didn't expect you wilderness wanderers to have such questions."

Then the young man didn't give Petunia time to respond, and continued, "Some of them were born here, and some came here because they couldn't live outside.

Some of them owe debts to the consortium, and every salary will be deducted by the consortium, making it impossible to live outside.

Some were born with no property, no land, no houses, nothing at all. They didn’t even have money to study, so they relied on doing odd jobs outside to make ends meet. Some worked as waiters, and some helped factories with simple manual work.

Of course, none of these jobs pay much, and don't even help them afford the cheapest rent, and they either live on the streets or pay a little money to live here.

This floor is the cheapest. The weekly rent ranges from 5 to 18 federal dollars. If you can afford more, I hope the building also has single rooms or apartments with kitchens. The highest rent will not exceed per Weekly 100 federal currency, the cheapest house in Chenxi City is here.

Of course, you can't expect anything from the environment.

Living here at least has a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and there are people managing it. It can only be said that it is better than sleeping on the street. "

"Who's running this place?"

Penny asked suspiciously.

"Gangs, all kinds of big and small gangs, the blond gang, the black-haired gang, the bald-headed gang, the noodle gang, whatever the name is, they are each in charge of their own area, and they maintain the basic order here,"

The young man held the cigarette in his mouth, "But there are also gangs fighting here, if you meet, stay away."

Speaking of this, the young man glanced back at the 'room' where the little girl who was looking at them just behind him was,
"That little girl, last time there was a gang shootout downstairs, her father didn't run away and was killed by a stray bullet. The three of them used to live in the single room downstairs. After the father died, they had to move up. Working a few jobs, trying to move back, even sending her to school."

The young man turned around and sighed, "There are many people like this on this floor, some of them succeeded, moved to other floors, and even left the Hope Building, but most of them stayed here forever .”

He raised his head, and suddenly found that the girl in front of him had disappeared.

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The little girl was biting the dark starch stick with difficulty, when she suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps.

A dark-skinned girl appeared in front of the crack. She glanced at the little girl and handed over a packaged bread.

The little girl blinked, clenched the starch stick in her hand, and looked at her suspiciously and vigilantly.

Seeing the little girl's expression, Petunia reached out and tore open the bread bag in her hand, tore a small piece into her mouth and ate it, then passed the bread over again.

The little girl blinked again, she rummaged by the mattress, found a silver glass bead, wiped it clean with her clothes, and handed it to Petunia.

Petunia glanced at the glass bead and nodded slightly.

The little girl smiled. She stuffed the glass beads into Petunia's hands, and quickly took the bread from Petunia's hands.

She carefully tore a small piece of bread and stuffed it into her mouth, then looked at the bread in her hand, paused, carefully closed the bread bag, and stuffed it under the mattress.

When she raised her head again, the girl standing in front of the crack was gone.

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Petunia returned to the team, and the young man didn't ask her where she was, but still led them into the next elevator.

Penny's bread was bought by He Ao for them before, and they ate more than half of it last night.

There was some left over, and when they came over, everyone shared a portion for brunch, and she gave away her own loaf.

The elevator was still creaking, and they went all the way up, finally reaching the top floor.

The young man led them out of the elevator, and what they saw was a wide space.

Weak wilderness wanderers were sitting on the ground, and some young wilderness wanderers with a little strength were distributing food in an orderly manner.

Ronald's camp has placed great emphasis on discipline and order since Ronald's father's time. These things have been engraved into the bones of young people who grew up in this generation of camp.

This made the food distribution organized by them very orderly, and there was no looting.

Of course, not every wanderer in the wilderness adapts to such an order, but out of respect for He Ao who rescued them, and for the loaded guns in the hands of those who maintain order, they did not show dissatisfaction. Cooperate.

"This area was originally the residence of a certain big gang in the Hope Building. Boss Victor just took care of them two days ago, and this area was vacated,"

The young man smiled, and glanced at the well-ordered wilderness wanderers, "To be honest, you really don't feel like wilderness wanderers to me."

Then he waved his hand and walked towards the elevator, "We will deliver the food for these two days on time, I hope you will recover soon."

Penny looked at the wilderness wanderers around again. At this time, a surprised voice suddenly came from the crowd, "Penny? Linda?"

"Dark?"

Penny was taken aback.

Duck was the young man who held a shovel in the factory and took advantage of the power outage to lead the wilderness to rebel against the foreman. When he saw Petunia, he walked over excitedly.

Dak and Penny were originally part of a hunter team and had a good relationship. He liked Penny's cousin Linda.

The three met again, smiling and chatting while walking.

Penny also shared with Duck and Linda about the wilderness.

When they heard that He Ao killed the bitter ape, brought the bitter ape's body back to the temporary camp, and dug out the bitter ape's heart, both of them were extremely excited.

At the end of the discussion, Petunia suddenly asked softly when she saw the densely packed wilderness wanderers, "Did the leader tell you how to arrange everyone?"

"No," Duck shook his head, "I just said to settle here temporarily."

"We can go back to the wilderness," Petunia said softly, looking at the dense crowd, "With so many people, we might be able to rebuild a more glorious camp."

Hearing this sentence, Dak fell into silence.

After a long time, Duck watched the wilderness wanderers in the square, and said slowly, "In fact, everyone doesn't want to go back to the wilderness."

He has been in the factory and knows the minds of the people in the factory.

"why?"

Linda on the side asked softly.

"Because there are no strange beasts here."

Penny answered instead of Duck, she looked at Duck, "But the city doesn't welcome us."

Duck lowered his head and fell silent.

Except for Petunia, all the wilderness wanderers here have expired visas, and once they are found out, they will be expelled from the city.

They live in the city, avoiding the FBI, avoiding the Morningside Police Department, gangs and hooligans will not be friendly to them, and they can't find a formal job, so they can only find ways to pick up some jobs that don't require a social security number.

Dak had already asked members of the Money Rat Gang if there was such a job.

Yes, but the price is low, and the money they earn can only allow them to live in the Hope Building.

They can only live in the city like mice.

Or one day, get snatched again by a factory like Kyle Manufacturing, and become a one-time-use labor force.

But even so, they don't want to go back to the wilderness, to the wilderness where they never know who will come first, dawn or death.

Even a once extremely prosperous camp like Ronald's camp would be shattered in a strange beast attack.

Every time a camp or family in the wilderness is attacked, many people's lives will be taken away, and countless people will become a meal for alien beasts, or become a hotbed of flesh and blood for their offspring.

In the city, can live.

Even if it is like a mouse, living humblely, living with a shortened lifespan.

The three fell silent at the same time.

Silent dark clouds covered the sky.

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By the time He Ao came to the Hope Building, it was almost evening.

The sky was shrouded in dark clouds like night, He Ao walked past wanderers in the wilderness, and finally saw a lonely figure in the corner.

Petunia stood alone in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, under the dark clouds and the dark sky, watching the city full of brilliance.

She stood there quietly.

He didn't even notice that his arm was cut open by the sharp scrap steel, and the faint green blood overflowed from the long wound.

She seemed to hear footsteps behind her, and she turned her head.

He looked at He Ao in confusion.

He Ao stood beside her, watching this glorious city under the dark clouds with her.

"leader,"

Petunia opened her mouth softly, a tear slid down her side face, "Why do we have to face the dangerous wilderness, or live a humble and fearful life in the city?"

She looked up at Ho Ao,

"Did we do something wrong? We were just born in the wilderness, and we have to bear this fate?"

She looked at He Ao, tears poured down like springs, she staggered and sat on the ground as if she had been drained of strength, "Are we born with mistakes?"

He Ao squatted down, hugged her gently, and patted her on the back.

Penny is very similar to the young Ronal.

He Ao stared at the void, as if saying to this girl, but also as if saying to himself,
"It's not our fault."

　On this day next year, Qingyun will go, but he laughs at the busyness of the world.

Come on for the college entrance examination.

Too much to write, a little later.

　
(End of this chapter)