The residents of the lower city had their own intelligence network, and the news that Chu Tianzhu was taken to the upper city had already spread throughout the neighborhood.Now that he is back, there are many people who are about to move around, and there are a few figures with malicious intentions, which are not far or near behind him.

Suddenly, someone in front shouted loudly: "Tianzhu!"

Chu Tianzhu looked up and found that there were several "salvage men" he was familiar with. The middle-aged man headed by him was thin and dark-faced. He was the leader of the salvage men in this block, Jin Liu.

The usual job of salvagers is to leave the lower city and go to sea to find the remains of human past cities and salvage the items.They work on the ship all year round, exposed to the wind and the sun, which is very different from the residents of the lower city who do not see the sun.

The urban relics under the sea are the remains of the heyday of human civilization.In the past, huge cities were scattered on every continent, and human beings galloped freely and created countless glorious miracles until a catastrophe struck.

The sea level keeps rising, swallowing two-thirds of the world's land, and the remaining human beings have built huge cylindrical cities around the mountains.

The area below the cylinder city is called the lower city, where most people live; the uppermost layer of the cylinder is the upper city, where the nobles who control the lifeline of the entire city live on the top of a high mountain.

There are now hundreds of such cylindrical cities all over the world, separated by vast oceans.

Jin Liu and his salvage brothers surrounded Chu Tianzhu and walked back together.They have been engaged in high-intensity physical labor all year round, with strong bodies and rough manners.Seeing that the target was so difficult to provoke, the people who were staring at Chu Tianzhu quietly dispersed and merged into the shadow of the street corner.

Chu Tianzhu and Jin Liu came to a dilapidated amusement hall.Pushing open the glass door covered with posters and entering, the air full of sweat and smoke is accompanied by the sound of loud music.

They set up a table and played a rowdy multiplayer video game in a circle.

After playing for a while, Chu Tianzhu casually said to go to the toilet, squeezed out from the crowd, and walked to the depths of the entertainment hall.

He walked through the narrow, smoky corridor, turned to the back door, flipped lightly over a pile of debris, and jumped up the blocked stairs. "Voice.

Walking along the stairs to the end, a dark doorway appeared, and a bald man stood in the doorway, almost blocking the entire road, half of his body hidden in the shadows.

Seeing that it was Chu Tianzhu, the strong man turned sideways to let him pass.

Chu Tianzhu walked along the quiet corridor until he reached the fifth door on the left, and he knocked on the door rhythmically.

After a while, the door opened a gap, and warm yellow lights poured out. He quickly dodged in and closed the door behind his back.

The room was crowded and full of people.As soon as Chu Tianzhu entered, they all stared at him with different expressions.

The masked person sitting at the top is the leader of their secret rebel organization. His real identity is kept secret, and his code name is Xi Yu.

Chu Tianzhu cupped his fists at him: "Boss."

"Tell me what's going on." Xi Yuqu tapped his fingers on the table, calling the attention of others, "You were suddenly taken away by the guards, and everyone thought you were exposed. Fortunately, the brothers near the elevator area Seeing that you were sent back, let us know in time."

Chu Tianzhu took out the envelope given by the Chu family in Shangcheng from his pocket, and handed it over.In the amusement hall just now, under the cover of the crowd, he quietly opened it and inspected it, and there were only some large contribution coupons inside.

"The Chu Yan on the news some time ago is actually a relative far away from my father. He left a will so that all blood relatives can inherit some of his property. According to their family tree, the notary office in Shangcheng, found me."

He hadn't even mentioned the ridiculous lottery with a pre-determined ending when a hoarse voice interjected: "Those selfish nobles in the upper city want to drain our last drop of blood, how could they give you the property? Don’t sell your brothers in exchange for it!”

The person who spoke was a fat man with beards, he was a small leader of the food processing factory, and now he was the liaison of the rebel army in the processing factory area, Chu Tianzhu didn't often deal with him.

"We watched Tianzhu grow up, and he will never betray." Said a thin old man beside Xi Yu.

"That Chu Yan is a bit different. It is said that after his wife died of illness, he locked himself at home for a whole month. When he came out again, his beard and hair were all white. The 40-year-old looked like an old man. He passed away in less than a year. It is not surprising that such a strange person would do something different."

Before the bearded fat man could refute, Xi Yu had already made a stop gesture: "Without evidence, I will not doubt the loyalty of any brother or sister."

He returned the envelope full of contribution coupons to Chu Tianzhu: "Since you inherited it, take it back. The next meeting will be the same as before, and Jin Liu will notify you of the time and place."

Chu Tianzhu put his hands behind his back and didn't go to accept the envelope: "These contribution points are all from the nobles in the upper city to exploit the people in the lower city. I won't use them. Please use them for the activities of the rebel army." Funding. In addition, I apply to temporarily not participate in the secret activities of the organization, and only carry out single-line tasks."

He understands the concerns of the members of the rebel army. The nobles in the upper city have always wanted to capture Xi Yu and completely disintegrate the rebel army.Just last month, when the secret meeting was in the middle, the guards were suddenly dispatched and quickly surrounded the venue.

Fortunately, some people informed them in advance, and they moved in time to escape the catastrophe.It's just that the information of the meeting is kept strictly confidential, and there is only a temporary one-line notification before the meeting. The raid by the guards means that there may be a traitor in the organization.

This time Chu Tianzhu was taken away by the guards, which inevitably aroused suspicion in the rebel army and caused people's hearts to fluctuate.He voluntarily left the core team, which can not only avoid causing internal divisions in the organization, but also sneak into the dark and act secretly to find the real traitor.

After thinking for a while, Xi Yu agreed to Chu Tianzhu's request. He emphasized: "Brothers and sisters here are all warriors who have experienced ups and downs together. You must not destroy the unity because of groundless suspicion."

After the meeting, everyone quietly left in different ways, but Chu Tianzhu was left behind, only him, Xi Yu and the old man were left in the room.

Xi Yu: "I have wronged you today, Mr. Zhang and I absolutely trust you."

Mr. Zhang was the old man who spoke for Chu Tianzhu.Chu Tianzhu lost his parents at the age of 14, and began to live alone. The downtown was mixed with fish and dragons. In order to survive, he almost went astray.Thanks to meeting Mr. Zhang, he was pulled back.

Mr. Zhang took good care of him, and Chu Tianzhu regarded Mr. Zhang as an elder, so after discovering that Mr. Zhang was a member of the rebel army, he joined the rebel army regardless of Mr. Zhang's objection.

He grew up in the rebel army, and he has long regarded the organization as his home, and he sincerely admires the leader Xi Yu.More than anyone else, he wanted to find out and get rid of this traitor who endangered Xi Yu and the Rebel Army as soon as possible.

Chu Tianzhu shook his head: "I don't feel wronged, this is the best solution."

"I understand your thoughts, but you don't have to rush to track down the traitor. Mr. Zhang and I will arrange it. During this time, there will be many people watching you. Try to keep a low profile and don't reveal your identity." Xi Yu said from the drawer He took out a folder from inside and handed it to Chu Tianzhu, "This is the new residence and activity funds arranged for you. The area is surrounded by our people, which can guarantee your safety."

Chu Tianzhu opened the folder, and inside was a copy of "Supply Station Operating Permit" and a thick stack of contribution coupons, all of which were common denominations of [-] or [-], and he took them silently.

Seeing that he accepted the arrangement, Mr. Zhang sighed: "I always hoped that you could start a family and start a business and not follow us and do these dangerous things, but you have always been a child with ideas... Go back and pack your things first, your family is no longer It's too safe, move to the supply station as soon as possible."

Chu Tianzhu smiled at Mr. Zhang. When he was expressionless, he carried a kind of calmness that didn't fit his age. Now he smiled from the bottom of his heart, with curved eyebrows and eyes, just like a big boy who has just grown up.

After bidding farewell to Xi Yu and Mr. Zhang, Chu Tianzhu slipped back to the amusement hall. Jin Liu and the salvagers were having fun, and Chu Tianzhu naturally blended into them. No one expressed any doubts about his disappearance and return.

After playing for a while, Jin Liu and the others swayed to check out and left. In the bustling amusement hall, everyone was immersed in the entertainment items in their hands. No one noticed that the rebel organization that was arresting everywhere in the upper city had just A secret meeting ended upstairs.

Chu Tianzhu went home to pack his luggage—in fact, he didn't have any luggage. There were only the simplest survival items in the simple ten-square-meter cubicle. This small cubicle was left to him by his parents.

Because the space is limited, the population must be controlled, and the residents of the lower city need to pay huge contribution points in order to have the opportunity to have offspring.

After submitting the contribution points, the technology company from Uptown will take away the applicant's genes, breed a baby, and become the applicant's child.

Such children can only appear in the population records of the lower city after they are registered in the upper city, and they can be rationed according to their certificates.

In the strictly closed lower city, the only source of food is the food company monopolized by the nobles in the upper city.

The food provided by the food company is divided into two types.

One is rationed, hard white pellets with a diameter of two centimeters. The specific ingredients are strictly kept secret. Only registered residents of the lower city can buy them with a certificate. One pill per day, and a maximum of seven pills can be purchased at a time.

Rationing is a necessity for downtown residents, and there have been cases of parents experimenting with natural birth and giving birth to unregistered children.In order to raise their children, they gave part of their rations to the children, and soon all three became seriously ill.

The downtown environment is deadly to humans if adequate rations are not ingested.

The other is rations, dark brown balls the size of ping-pong balls, one can meet the nutritional needs of ordinary people for one meal, and excessive intake can lead to obesity.

As long as the packaging is not damaged, the shelf life of ration meatballs is as long as 30 years. Chu Tianzhu always carries a small ration box and two ration meatballs in his pocket for backup.

After packing everything into a tote bag, Chu Tianzhu looked around for the last time.

He and his parents used to live here together. His parents were ordinary workers who had saved their contribution points for a lifetime and finally had their own children.It's just that this child came too late, they were already too old, and they passed away one after another before Chu Tianzhu reached adulthood.

Now, it's no longer safe here.Chu Tianzhu left home and went to the supply station that Xi Yu asked him to run.The address of the supply station is located on the outside of the ground floor, close to the place where the salvagers go to the sea. Most of the salvagers live in that block.

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