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Chapter 84 Upper Town and Lower Town

Although the old woman sat down, she still appeared very reserved, not daring to breathe loudly at all. Her head was lowered, just like the boy's before.

It's like awaiting a death sentence.

Lin Yuan poured a cup of tea and pushed it towards them. "Old man, we just want to understand the situation here. Also, why do you call us 'Master'?"

The old woman listened for a while before slowly raising her head, looking at the three women and one man in disbelief.

How could such beautiful-looking elephants possibly be raised in the remote, impoverished areas of a steel city?

They can only appear in bustling places like the city center.

Although she had never been there, her appearance must have been extremely rare.

"Four esteemed guests..." Seemingly remembering something and fearing to offend them, the old woman quickly spoke up, "Four guests, you didn't come from the city center?"

"We're from out of town," Lin Yuan said, taking a sip of tea. "We're not very familiar with this steel city, so we hope you can enlighten us."

Are you from out of town?

For some reason, the old woman's panicked expression gradually eased, as if she had breathed a sigh of relief.

When looking at the four people, Huaxiazi, who was initially reserved, gradually became bolder after seeing that the other party's expression remained unchanged and that they did not intend to punish him.

The four of them didn't urge her on, but listened quietly as the old woman's speech progressed from initial restraint to a somewhat resentful outburst at the end.

However, we gleaned a great deal of useful information from those words.

The Steel City has eighteen rings, divided into the Upper City and the Lower City by a dividing line of ten.

The differences between upper cities are vast, and the gaps between lower cities are even more significant, with the difficulty of acquiring resources increasing exponentially.

According to the old woman, this was already the lower city of the eighteenth ring, and the place where the old man with the metal lived was the sixteenth floor.

The environment here is vastly different from other places. The closer you are to the center, the more advanced the technology becomes, and the stricter the order is.

In the inner city, green vegetation is no longer something that ordinary families can afford to grow; it is a blatant luxury!

As for the things sold around here, they are all things that have been rejected from here and reassembled countless times.

The price is set quite high!

For those who live here, all they can do is look on with envy and sigh.

The younger kids go to work in other circles at a young age, and they can only do the hardest and most tiring jobs.

The money I send back from working myself to the bone is barely enough to support my family; I don't need to worry about anything else.

"Old woman, what are you doing here?" The old woman came forward carrying vegetables. Seeing the thoughtful expressions on the four people's faces, her heart sank. She kicked the wooden stool. "Aren't you going to the back to pick some vegetables!"

The old woman naturally dared not disobey, and quickly got up and walked to the back.

Seeing his wife leave, the old man put down the dishes and said with a forced smile, "Four esteemed gentlemen, please don't listen to my old woman's nonsense. That old thing doesn't know anything, she just likes to ramble on and on all day long."

The old man pointed to his head and said, "My wife isn't clear-headed here. I'm waiting for a spot in the renovation workshop so I can fix her brain."

Lin Yuan glanced at the old man, but didn't pay too much attention to what he was saying. After all, he already knew what he wanted to know, so he waved his hand to indicate that he was done.

"Then, esteemed guests, please enjoy your meal. Please call me if you need anything."

The old man backed away and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

As soon as the door was opened, the old woman stood there with tears in her eyes. When she saw her husband return, she quickly went up to him and took his hand.

"Old man, did I say something wrong?"

The old man hugged the old woman and gently comforted her, "No, just try to talk less in the future and don't reveal anything to others."

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The old man turned around, and although he couldn't see Lin Yuan and the other three, he said, "Men and women with such physical appearances are not people we can raise here. Avoid contact with these people."

"We can't afford to mess with them."

"But they said they came from outside." The old woman looked up, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "I couldn't help but say a few more words when I heard them say they came from outside."

"Whether they're from outside or from higher up, don't talk to them. Be obedient, you old woman."

"Okay, sure."

After settling his wife in, the old man took a deep breath, composed himself, forced a smile, and went out the door.

When he left, there was no vinegar left on the table, only a pile of clean plates with a sentence written in black pen on a napkin.

[The food was delicious, thank you for the treat!]

Upon seeing this sentence, the old man slumped onto the bench, his back already soaked with cold sweat. When Lin Yuan and the other three returned to the tenement building, it was already 7:30 pm.

The old man with the metal body breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them coming from around the corner. He stepped forward and handed them the four small beads.

"Keep this with you, don't take it off."

Lin Yuan pressed the button, and the small beads quickly unfolded, as if they were alive, and rapidly covered his face.

With a click, the entire metal mask covered his head, leaving only his eyes and nostrils exposed for breathing.

Upon seeing this, the three women's expressions instantly turned cold. They quickly adjusted their positions, forming a triangle around the old man with metal.

Flames erupted from Gu Siyu's palm as she stared at the old man in metal with hostility. "If anything happens to him, you will become a lump of molten iron."

Sweat beaded on the old man's forehead, whether from nervousness or the sudden heat, it was hard to tell. He raised his hand to wipe it away and said, "He's fine. This is just a necessary cover for us to enter the underground casino."

Lin Yuan raised her hand, signaling them not to get agitated.

This metal mask is quite novel. It started as a small gadget, but when the button was pressed, the internal mechanism quickly activated and transformed into a mask.

The behavior is even more interesting; it's like a facehugger covering your face directly.

Most importantly, this thing is very intelligent; it can change its appearance according to the temperature. When it's stuck to your face, there's absolutely no stuffiness or heat.

If you didn't know beforehand that your face was covered by a metal mask, you would hardly feel its presence!

If the technology on the sixteenth floor is this advanced, how terrifying must the technology on the first ten floors be?

Is this just a flawed version of Steel City?

"You should wear them too."

The three women made no move, their eyes warily fixed on Lin Yuan.

Gu Siyu went even further, stepping forward and kicking the old man in the back. With a cracking sound, the old man instantly collapsed to the ground, his mechanical parts making a series of clattering noises.

The scorching flames were less than five centimeters from the old man's face; the intense heat was enough to melt him, and he dared not move an inch.

He could only pray in his heart that the old lady would hold the flame steady and not burn him.

"How can we trust you?" Wang Xi stared coldly at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised by this scene. He hadn't expected these three women to be so cautious, afraid that he would be controlled by the mask.

The moment they raised their hands, the three women tensed up, like cheetahs ready to strike at any moment.

Lin Yuan raised her hand and took off the mask from her face. The moment she took it off, the mask shrank continuously until it finally turned into the shape of a metal sphere.

"Now, am I credible?"

Wang Xi didn't speak, but just looked at Gu Siyu. Then she walked forward and circled around Lin Yuan's body, examining him closely. She didn't find any wounds or injection marks.

No problems have been found so far.

Gu Siyu lifted her foot, but the flames did not go out.

The old man made his way up from the ground, rubbing his metal spine repeatedly. He felt a pang of heartache when he touched the broken parts.

They were too afraid to make a fuss about it.

After all, this woman really could kill him!

"Damn it, once I win some money! I'm going to get a full-body metal Mills!" the metal old man screamed in his mind.

"Let me try first." Han Miao directly opened the sphere, and without any surprise, it unfolded and eventually covered her face. Her palms kept stroking her face, feeling the coldness of the machine. "Huh? That's strange. I don't feel uncomfortable at all."

"I'll go first." Wang Xi looked at Gu Siyu, took out her metal sphere and covered her face. "You cover the rear."

"good!"

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