District 9

Late at night, around 8:40, mist rose from the sea and the moonlight dimmed.

In the evening work area of ​​Yandao, many people are working overtime, and more than twenty private armed members responsible for guarding are having a meal outside the work shed and eating a big pot of rice.

After Lin Chengdong observed the surroundings for a long time, he slowly walked to a team leader, nodded and bowed and said, "Mr. Matsui..."

"Is something wrong?" The other party turned around and asked expressionlessly.

Lin Chengdong grinned: "I'm working overtime tonight. I want to earn more points by staying awake. I can buy two cigarettes at the end of the month. Do you think that's okay?"

"Is there anyone willing to trade with you?" Matsui frowned and asked again.

"Yes, yes. It just so happens that Lao Lu is not feeling well today. He wants to take a day off. I will take his place in the evening." Lin Chengdong replied immediately.

Matsui thought about it for a long time: "Okay, after the roll call is completed, you can stay on duty all night, but you can't sleep!"

"Okay, okay, thank you, Captain Matsui."

"It's okay, just go ahead."

"Hey, by the way, there is one more thing." Lin Chengdong scratched his head and bared his teeth and said, "I didn't bring my luggage out of the work shed. Can I go back and get it?"

Matsui turned around and glanced at the people working around him. Seeing that the place was not too busy, he nodded and replied, "Okay, you can go ahead."

"Okay, okay, thank you."

"Um."

After saying that, Lin Chengdong turned around and left, walking quickly towards the work shed area.

In the past four years or so, Lin Chengdong's performance on the island has been very honest. Not only does he work hard, but he is also very good at getting things done. He often takes the initiative to take over the clothes and socks of some team leaders and team members and wash them. Of the work points he earns from his usual work, less than half is spent on buying things and secretly giving them to the people who look after him. Therefore, the people in charge of things in this area have a good impression of him, and their daily work is not too difficult for him.

…

Since most of the armed personnel were eating and resting at this point, and all the workers were collectively waiting for the late roll call, there were not many people near the work shed. There were only a dozen guards, and no one was standing outside. They were all waiting inside for their shift to change.

In the past few years, Lin Chengdong had become familiar with the life patterns, routines, and even the routes taken by the guards during daily shifts, so he took the things he had hidden in advance next to the work shed and followed the goods. In the direction of Cangcang, we walked all the way to the seaside.

He was thinking about running away all the time, and today he would finally take action.

Around nine o'clock.

Lin Chengdong came to the seaside loading area, hid behind the container that had been stepped on in advance, and waited quietly.

After waiting for about five minutes, three figures came over quietly from the left. They were the people who had made an appointment with Lin Chengdong to run together.

The strong man named Yang Kun, who was thirty-six or seventeen years old, and the one who was slightly younger than him was named Yang Yong. They were cousins. They were also tricked into working in Yandao and never escaped.

The other one is Xu Tao, who is responsible for cooking for everyone on the island and is a bit timid. But because he could get dry food and other food at work, Lin Chengdong nudged him to join the team. Because Yandao is surrounded by the sea, once they run out, they must have enough food to satisfy their hunger. However, they cannot hide the food they usually eat during work, so they can only find such a person to cooperate.

After the three of them arrived, Lin Chengdong asked in a low voice: "Xiao Tao, have you brought enough?"

"I have brought enough." Xu Tao patted the two big bags behind him: "There is everything in it. According to what you said, the four of us will definitely have enough."

Under the moonlight, Lin Chengdong looked at Xu Tao and said softly: "Bring me a bag. It's too heavy for you to carry alone."

"Okay." Xu Tao immediately handed over the large canvas bag.

After Lin Chengdong slung his bag across his body, he immediately said to the three of them: "Go to the left, away from the watchtower. Let's find the speedboat and drive directly north."

"Damn, the key you stole is correct, right?" Yang Yong asked with beads of sweat on his forehead: "Once the speedboat can't drive away, all four of us will be killed."

"It must work. I've tried it." Lin Chengdong nodded.

"Then do it."

"Walk!"

After the four people finished their discussion, Lin Chengdong led them out of the loading area and quietly moved from the side to the boat parking area on the seaside.

There are tens of thousands of tons of dilapidated freighters here, as well as many heavy transport ships, as well as small speedboats, armed ships, etc. that can be seen everywhere.

Lin Chengdong has been here for more than four years, and he doesn't know who the boss behind the island is. Some people say that it is the big capital of the European Union, and some people say that it is a resource area directly controlled by the three major regions of the Asian League. In short, there are all kinds of things. But no matter who is behind the management here, Lin Chengdong has no good impression of them in his heart, because there is no human rights at all on this island.

Armed men are like gods here. With guns in their hands, they can kill people at any time and deprive workers of everything they own. Modern civilization is not reflected here at all. Instead, it is more like the slave society mentioned in books.

Some areas on the seaside are fenced with barbed wire to prevent people from escaping. On the north side, there is a four-story building, which is usually occupied by people who pull goods from outside the island, and some are responsible for it. Armed men on patrol.

The four-story building at this spot was brightly lit, and most people were eating and resting. Lin Chengdong and others walked slowly along the pier for a short distance and came to a speedboat.

"You go up first, go up first," Yang Yongzang shouted next to a cargo ship: "See if the key can start a fire."

"Shh, don't make any noise." Lin Chengdong turned around and made a silencing gesture.

"Be careful, don't let anyone see you." Xu Tao's face turned pale at this moment, and he was so nervous that he exploded. He has been on the island two years longer than Lin Chengdong, and has seen too many people who wanted to escape tortured to death.

"Stop talking." Yang Kun was an irritable man and growled at Xu Tao with his eyes wide open.

Lin Chengdong took out the key, slowly approached the speedboat, and bent down to get in.

"Tap tap tap!"

At this moment, footsteps suddenly appeared on the freighter next to it. A middle-aged man in blue work clothes said to the two leading armed men: "When you get off the batch of goods, I will help you bring some women over. The price is still the same, five thousand per head..."

"Someone, someone!" Xu Tao couldn't help but remind Lin Chengdong when he heard the movement above.

"Don't fucking make any noise!" Yang Kun frowned and covered Xu Tao's mouth.

Xu Tao leaned against the side of the boat, listening to the footsteps on the iron stairs, his heart beating loudly.

After a while, the three people next to him walked along the path to the fourth floor. Yang Kun slowly released his palm and cursed: "Don't make any more noise."

"Buzz!"

At this moment, an electronic ringtone suddenly sounded.

Lin Chengdong suddenly turned back and looked at the three of them.

"What the hell is going on?" Yang Kun asked with eyes wide open.

"...I...the phone I stole rang..." Xu Tao stuttered back.

"I'm so happy!" Yang Kun called out with a slap in the face.

Not far away, two armed men turned back and frowned at the speedboat: "Who the hell is there?"

…

Songjiang.

The two cars slowly stopped at the Riverside Hotel, and Guan Qi opened the door and got out of the car.

On the steps, Qin Yu, Lao Mao, Ma Lao Er, Fu Xiaohao, Cha Meng and more than a dozen people looked at him blankly, grinned and shouted: "Welcome home, brother!"