Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

"Grandpa, will they be okay?" A crisp voice came from the dark pipe, with a hint of worry in his tone.

Sticky water falls.

"Don't worry, good people are rewarded..." an old voice sounded in relief.

The old man surnamed Li carried his granddaughter Li Yin'er on his back and trudged through the abandoned oil pipeline. The space here was very wide, but it was pitch black. Only the broken holes above his head leaked out the little bits of light from the uptown area all night long as a guide.

Look from afar.

It's like the sky is filled with stars.

The drifters followed the caravan and successfully climbed onto the platform of the depression lagoon.

For these sojourners, the law enforcement team did not strictly check them. Firstly, their faces were familiar, and secondly, the sores on each person's body could not be faked. Even the technology hunters from the Black Scratch could not get into them for a while. .

not to mention.

It seems that law enforcement hunters are reluctant to contact them.

After a brief interrogation, they dispersed.

The old man surnamed Li saw with his own eyes that the caravan was taken away by the master mechanic's apprentice, and he knew in his heart that they were probably out of trouble.

It was complicated. Even if he told his granddaughter about it, the little girl couldn't understand it. He could only explain it with the theory of karma, which he himself didn't believe in.

"Yes." Li Yin lay on her grandfather's back and nodded heavily.

She didn't understand the complicated things, but she still knew who had helped them just now.

After the wind and rain, she has now regained some of her energy.

After a while, an old man and a young man had arrived at the shack they had built. The pipes here were cracked in the middle, and wooden boards were obviously laid in the middle to communicate with other places in the lower city.

Just when the old man breathed a sigh of relief and was about to light the oil lamp and make the bed, he heard a quarrel coming from the darkness.

"Are you sure you are going in this direction..."

"How dare I say that? I may not have been here for many years."

Their voices were very low.

But in this pipe layer, where there are only the squirming insects and rats and the waves of the lake, it seems extremely clear.

The old man suddenly became alert.

His hand like a withered pine reached for the waist knife hidden under his clothes.

"Well...it's that sister's voice."

Li Yin rubbed his eyes and said in a daze.

Just when the old man was about to say something bad, his granddaughter's unintentional remarks must have spread, but after hearing her words clearly, he realized what he said.

In the sounds of quarreling.

One of them seemed to be really similar to the girl who reminded them of the poisonous pool before them.

The bickering stopped.

"Ah, we meet again." Bo pretended to be discovered, and his tone was not as cold as before in front of everyone, but with a hint of intimacy.

"Big sister!" Li Yin said excitedly.

"It's really you. I haven't had time to thank you before..." The old man realized that the other party did not have any malicious intent. Coupled with the previous encounter, a heartfelt gratitude emerged from his words.

He can tell the difference between good and evil.

If this highly skilled girl had any ill intentions, there would have been no need to take them with her during the previous swim.

If they don't need to explore the poison pool.

The Drifter is a pure liability.

Not to mention the heavy rain and the rising tide of the pond. If it hadn't been for the light of the caravan's beast chains, their group of drifters would have been dispersed long ago. Not to mention the danger, at least all their previous efforts would have been wasted.

Bo waved in response.

Chad stood silently with his arms crossed.

With their strength, it can be said that it is not easy to sneak here without being discovered by the drifter grandson.

Not to mention making the mistake of speaking and being heard.

Bo noticed that someone was living there, and this was their agreed meeting place, so it was inconvenient to change it.

Because he was worried that their ghostly figures would scare these ordinary drifters, Bo Cai signaled to proactively reveal his whereabouts in advance.

‘Are these anti-slavery people so thoughtful? ’ Chad felt that he had learned a lot.

In terms of level of care alone, people like them at the legion level can control the rhythm of battle and the surrounding battlefield environment. Even if there is a difference between good and bad, no matter how bad it is, it will not be much worse.

But it was indeed the first time for Chad to use this power of observation on this seemingly insignificant matter.

The old man lit the oil lamp.

A little light like a bean illuminated the dim passage.

"Excuse me," Bo smiled, "But if you want to thank me, don't thank me——"

Hearing this, Li Yin blinked and looked at Chad, who was leaning against the wall.

He shook his head quickly.

"Who do you want to thank?" the little girl asked in confusion.

The old man couldn't help but laugh. His granddaughter was still a bit upright. Now these two people were obviously being modest, but she actually took it seriously.

I really want to find the third person.

"You two," then the old man surnamed Li lowered his voice and said, "You might as well come over and talk..."

He had already guessed the other party's identity.

One of them is familiar with the terrain of the depression lagoon and can even penetrate into the lower city area that ordinary technology hunters will not set foot on, and the other one is following closely behind.

What's more.

When the technology hunters interrogated their caravan, they left early and privately, apparently to avoid the strict law enforcement team.

Then, the answer is ready to come out——

"Smuggling?"

Chad pointed at himself and said in surprise.

"Don't worry, this is not a rare thing in Xiacheng District." The old man interpreted the surprise on his face as the panic of having his secret revealed, and he quickly comforted him kindly.

"This girl." He looked at Bo, "She must be the snakehead."

Although I have never seen it before.

However, the community in Xiacheng is spread out in all directions, chaotic and complex, with many forces intertwined. Even he cannot recognize all the capable people. At most, he only knows a few top leaders.

On the surface, Bo Ming led the caravan, but secretly he led people to the Lower City area to smuggle people in... Those who work in this business are already walking in a gray area, and the most basic ability is to take both black and white.

"It's just, young man..." the old man said to Chad with a slightly encouraging tone: "In the lower city of the Depression Lagoon, although there is a chance of becoming one of the technology hunters, it is not that simple to get ahead."

Chad had mixed feelings.

He is usually not showy or public, but his attendance success rate and points amount have always been among the best in the organization. He can be regarded as an extremely excellent front-line hunter. Otherwise, he would not be qualified to participate in the acquisition of Aikang Town. Come in.

If we were to compare our results, most of our colleagues would be subdued.

As a technology hunter, Chad knew about the existence of Lower City, but he was not familiar with it. Unexpectedly, in the end, he was recognized as an unidentified stowaway by an old drifter.

However, the old man's words reminded Chad of the time when he swam from Ai Mine Town and narrowly escaped death before he became a technology hunter... At that time, they, the later Ai Mine Hunters, could not Are they no different from stowaways?

So he didn't refute and remained silent.

However, the friendly smile on Bo's original face was somewhat frozen: "Old man, you are saying that the Technology Hunters now select members from Xiacheng District... What about the original Lake Town people?"

"Yes." The old man was a little surprised that Bo didn't know. He didn't turn around after hearing the other party's name. He touched Li Yin's head and thought for a while, "You said people from Huzhen...oh, I heard this baby My mother mentioned that there used to be ordinary residents in the upper reaches of Lake Town, but as the hunters became more and more powerful, many blocks of houses were expropriated. Now the people living there are either technology hunters or people who can work for them. As for the rest of the service people, they have all moved to Xiacheng District. After a long time, they can no longer distinguish each other..."

Seeing that Bo was silent, he kindly reminded:

"Girl, this smuggler is really good at what he does. You have to be careful around here. The 'Leopard' boss in our community is very powerful. If you bring someone in without greeting him, you will be discovered. If..."

Seeing Bo's skills, the old man originally thought that she was an experienced smuggler, but he just realized that she didn't seem to be very clear about the recent situation in Xiacheng District of Hu Town. She was afraid that she was not a newbie in the industry or a newbie in this community, so he became a little worried. Get worried.

But before he could finish speaking, there was another sound coming from the pipe.

It was the sound of steel rubbing against each other, and it was continuous, as if someone was pressing the steel pipe against the pipe wall and scraping all the way over.

Extremely flamboyant.

Crackling, there was more than one person.

"It's broken!" The old man's expression changed, and he immediately lowered his voice and said to Bo and Chad, "Hurry up and hide, don't make a sound-"

Before the two of them could react, he stepped forward to block the oil lamp with his body, creating a shadow. At the same time, he hugged his granddaughter and signaled her with his eyes.

Li Yin nodded heavily.

Keep your mouth shut.

"Old man Li, it's so stormy outside, I almost thought you wouldn't be able to come back." The frivolous voice came from far away, "You have grown up, the harvest from this trip... must be good, right?"

"Brother Qi, what are you talking about!" After hearing this, the old man's expression changed again and again, and finally he forced a smile and said, "It's just a small business, and it's all thanks to your blessing..."

Sparks flashed, illuminating the face of the person who came, and saw that he had a pierced tongue and a fierce face. Although he was not young and was in his thirties, it still seemed quite weird and funny when the pale-faced and white-haired old man called him brother.

However, when sparks flashed in the hands of the man named Brother Qi, it was not a steel pipe but a mace covered with spikes. He had just used it to scrape out iron filings from the old oil pipeline. Set ablaze in the air.

The firelight along the way even surpassed the oil lamp that the old man used frugally and kept cutting the core, illuminating the dark pile of gangsters behind him.

Brother Qi snorted softly: "Since you know, then you don't need me to say more, right?"

He waved.

A young man behind him came forward and pulled out a cloth bag, which made a heavy and clear sound.

They are all scattered coins.

A little makes a lot, but there is also a bag full.

"I understand, I understand..." The old man smiled and took out a bunch of coins from his prepared pocket, "It's the same as usual."

The boy just took a cursory glance and swept the coins into the bag.

But it's not over yet.

The remaining gang members went around the two men's shack and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets. Even the old man's body was touched, and finally they took out a stack of round coins and piled them together.

The money was mainly carried by the old man and was obtained from his trip. As for the shack at home, even if he had money, he would not dare to keep it.

The gang members who were renovating the house were made to scream bad luck several times.

These coins are roughly equal to the regular money handed over by the old man.

Seeing that he knew the rules so well, Brother Qi nodded appreciatively, but then he said with disgust: "I have been busy for half a lifetime, but in the end I can only earn so little. If I am so poor, what's the point of living... I might as well stop living."

"Yes, yes..."

The old man just nodded his head in agreement, regardless of what the other party said.

Brother Qi was a little bored, so he walked forward, grabbed a handful of Kai coins, and threw them into the bag for collecting regular money.

Some of them were thrown inaccurately.

They just scattered under the tide outside the pipe and disappeared.

In the past, the old man must have felt even more distressed.

But today, he saw that these gang members searched through boxes and cabinets, but did not find the two benefactors, indicating that they had already successfully left. The old man was also relieved, and hoped to delay these people for a while, so that the snakehead girl and the illegal immigrant could run away.

"Old man Li... you are honest." Even Brother Qi was a little surprised at his obedience, and then laughed, "Brother Bao is right, you are the most sensible person in this community - old people are smart, unlike Huang Xiang who doesn't know what's good for you."

Hearing Huang Xiang's name, the old man looked up in surprise - that was the thin man who helped him take over his granddaughter when he was swimming.

Only then did he see that the mace carried by Brother Qi was stained with drops of blood, and even the dampness of the lower city could not remove it.

The muscles on the old man's cheek twitched.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "You and Brother Bao are talking about..."

As Brother Qi spoke, he pretended to grab more from the Kaibi. This time, the old man finally couldn't help but stretched out his hand to try to stop him: "Brother Qi, at least leave some for me, just think of it as buying a candy for my disappointing granddaughter..."

Brother Qi stopped his hand after hearing this. He didn't really want to take it. No matter what, he had to leave a way out for these low-level drifters, which would not only reduce unnecessary troubles, but also ensure a long-term life in the future. He just looked at the little girl in the old man's arms with disdain: "Buy candy, buy more rice to supplement. If you continue like this, you will grow into a ghost, and no one will want you even if you want to sell it to human traffickers. What will she do if you die, old man..."

Little Li Yin widened her eyes.

The tears didn't roll out.

But just when all the gang members were ready to call it a day and the old man thought that he had passed this stage, Brother Qi suddenly stopped and shrugged his nose.

Then he grinned and said, "Old man, you are not honest... There are still people hiding here!"

"Otherwise, there is still such a strong smell of blood in the air!"

The old man was shocked immediately. He instantly thought that the two people might have been injured when they sneaked into the lower city, but he was too weak to notice it, just like he could only smell the moisture of the lake at this moment but did not sense any blood.

But it was too late.

Brother Qi was not him.

As a capable general of the local community leader Leopard, he instantly locked the target, jumped out with a move that all the gang members could not see clearly, and swung the stick towards a hidden corner in the dark.

The spikes of the wolf's teeth flashed silver light, intertwined with the remaining blood.

The next moment, red and white things shot out like a fountain.

"You two... why are there still barking mad dogs at the place where we meet?" Lu Meng put two fingers together and pierced the man's head like a dagger, "Isn't it time to clean it up?"

"I agree."

A cold female voice sounded from the depths of the passage.

Her position just blocked everyone's retreat.

Behind Lu Meng, there was a long package lying on the ground, with dark red stains constantly seeping out of it, faintly revealing the shape of a human body.

It exuded a strong smell of blood.