Chapter 6: The Sunlit Tower
Yuguang District, Labor Block 27.
Levi stole a bottle of dye from somewhere, and with Fengzi pursing her lips and looking reluctant, he dyed her conspicuous silver-white hair into dark green.
"Low-end dyes are filled with large amounts of sulfates, anilines and heavy metals, and nearly 1.24 percent of residents suffer from diseases every year because of these."
"You remember these messy data clearly."
“Because only real data won’t lie.”
Levi also smeared some dust on his face and messed up his hair. Compared with the old people in this neighborhood, at least his temperament was somewhat similar.
There was indeed nothing wrong with "Xincheng's" memory. Levi secretly looked in the mirror and he was sure that the handsome face in the mirror, which was handsome yet masculine, angular yet gentle, and perfect, was definitely a combination of the advantages of 3.67 million men!
Even her figure is absolutely perfect. She has muscles when she takes off her clothes and looks slim when she puts on clothes. No wonder such an amazing patented work is so popular that rich people are scrambling to buy it home.
If he were a woman, he would also be willing to spend money to buy one like this and play with it secretly at home.
But it was precisely because of his absolutely outstanding appearance that he now had to work hard to find ways to make himself ordinary.
Sometimes, being handsome is indeed a sin.
According to Fengzi, if they wanted to work as laborers, they had to wait until they got off work at night and then find a foreman to ask to join.
As for the waiting period, Levi took Fengzi and found a secluded place to hide temporarily.
As the sky gradually darkened, the shrill sound of sirens began to sound, and seven or eight blue cars with golden double-gun police emblems rushed into the community!
Four or five uniformed police officers got out of each car, each of them equipped with a gun, and conducted a detailed and rough search of the entire street.
These cops were obviously coming for them.
While Levi and Fengzi were hiding, Fengzi, who was sitting in the car, kept holding Levi's sleeves tightly. Her face was pale and her lips seemed to be white with fear, but her blue eyes were full of seriousness and earnestness.
"626, listen to me. If they find us, you must ignore me and run away! They dare not do anything to me. At most, they can only keep me under house arrest. But they will definitely kill you!"
Of course, Levi also learned from "Dad" that this crippled girl had a noble status and was more like a rebellious eldest daughter who had fallen out with her family.
He is different. Those people will cut his kidneys if they say so, and burn him to death if they say so!
"So what exactly are we trying to retrieve? Why are these people mobilizing so many troops?"
After entering this crappy game, there isn't even any background introduction. Even Levi doesn't understand what level of technology the world is at right now.
Even though such a sci-fi-like artificial being had appeared, the surrounding buildings and people's mental outlook were just like the serfs in medieval Europe, looking extremely poor and malnourished!
Hearing his question, Fengzi's eyes revealed anger that she could not hide.
She clenched her hands into fists and pointed in the direction behind Levi.
"See that tower?"
Levi turned his head and saw a tall white spire standing in the center of the city.
The buildings there were obviously more advanced, beautiful and cleaner. There were even skyscrapers similar to those in modern society. Compared with the shabby shantytown where they were now, it was simply a world of two different dimensions.
And at the top of the white spire, there is a golden light, which is as bright as the sunlight. Just one look at it will make people feel at ease.
"The stone on the top of the tower was left by my father. It is an entity of optical rules. He left it here so that everyone can use its almost endless light energy to better develop this underground city, reduce the burden on the workers, and make everyone's life better!"
Fengzi tried hard to keep her voice calm, but Levi could still hear the emotional fluctuations in her trembling voice.
"But those people treated the stone as a luxury item that only glowed! They placed it on the top of the tower and told everyone that residents of other underground cities could not enjoy such sunshine, only residents of the Sun City could!"
She finally couldn't bear it anymore and said through gritted teeth.
“So this tower became the glory of everyone in this city! Even the impoverished laborers, the beggars whose families were broken and who were living on the streets, and the lowly and mentally numb prostitutes, would straighten their chests with pride when looking at it!”
“Every day they look at the afterglow of the sun that is given to them, and they are even grateful to the elders in the parliament! No one knows what they have lost!”
"And you, 626! Dad brought you here from the central government! He wanted to promote the development of biology here, to innovate the biotechnology of this industrial underground city, and to provide good medical resources for those workers who were disabled due to work-related injuries. But they kept you in captivity and even wanted to use your body as a means of making money!"
Fengzi took a deep breath, as if she had controlled her emotions, and did not realize that her current words seemed to be inconsistent with what she had said before.
She looked up at Levi and met his eyes.
"After my father died of illness, I came from the central government to take back the things they had destroyed, and they put me under house arrest. After a lot of effort, I escaped and found you, 626. I won't let them kill you! Absolutely not!"
Levi had been listening quietly to Fengzi's story, and he finally got some general information.
But such information makes people feel more depressed, just like this city, like a cage without even a window.
As for Fengzi's previous statement that he didn't know why he was taken away as a child, and now he changed his words to say that it was to bring benefits to the city, Levi didn't ask any further questions.
He could feel that the girl in front of him had her own little thoughts, but she would never lie. Except for things related to her identity, everything else she said should be true.
Just when the sky was completely dark, a train whistle suddenly sounded in the distance!
It was a train with seventy or eighty carriages, which was slowly slowing down and finally stopped completely!
The doors of every carriage were opened, and countless figures poured out!
The noisy sounds, the salty smell of sweat, the crowds covered in oil stains and sand, and the lights gradually turning on on the roadside made this originally lifeless community begin to reveal its true appearance!
In the shadows, Levi looked at the scene with a faint expression.
The game developed by the company seems to be quite interesting.
Chapter 7 Scientist
"This time the compensation was rejected by the higher-ups."
Foreman Zhang Ling, who was wearing a gray vest whose original color could no longer be seen and whose messy hair was covered with coal dust, fiercely extinguished the cigarette in his hand after getting off the train.
Following beside him, Yan Li, the foreman at the coal mine, also frowned.
"I told you last time that the company above doesn't care about this little money, but the above has a quota every year. If the quota is exceeded, the mine will be banned from killing people."
Zhang Ling showed his yellow teeth and sneered, as if he was amused by the idea of banning the death.
"What if you don't pay us? Wouldn't it be a waste of our time to do those jobs? We took risks, but in the end we didn't get a penny?"
Yan Li seemed much more experienced, he shook his head and said.
"Don't worry. Even if there is no open compensation, as long as the families of the dead workers cause trouble, the mine will always give some benefits to those who lead the most violent troubles in private. The money will definitely pass through our hands."
"But this is still not enough! That's all my money!"
"Let's be more restrained this year. Next year, when there are new targets, we can use those old bachelors to squeeze out the fat of the land."
"This is a lousy company, full of hypocrisy, they even set targets for the dead!"
Zhang Ling cursed angrily, and just when he was in a very bad mood and was about to go home to vent his anger on his wife, a tall figure suddenly loomed over him.
He was cautious and did not swear first. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the person who was blocking his way.
This is a young man, no older than twenty years old.
He was very tall, nearly 1.9 meters, a head taller than Zhang Ling. His face was covered in dust and was dirty. He looked no different from the laborers around him, but he still gave people the impression that he was a good-looking guy.
The young man was accompanied by a girl who was wearing ordinary linen clothes and had half grey and half green hair. The girl kept holding onto the arm of the young man next to her and lowered her head, making people look down on her appearance.
"Foreman Zhang?"
The young man extended his hand enthusiastically. Zhang Ling was a little puzzled, but he still reached out and shook hands with him.
"We know each other?"
"This is the first time we meet. I heard about you from other people. My name is Zhao Wei."
The young man who called himself Zhao Wei kept smiling and looked like a very sociable and outgoing person. While speaking, he took out two crumpled cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to Zhang Ling and Yan Li beside him in a flattering manner.
Zhang Ling took the low-quality cigarette that only low-level laborers would smoke, and Zhao Wei immediately took out a match and helped him light it.
In the smoke, Zhang Ling enjoyed the pleasure of nicotine entering his lungs, squinting his eyes and looking at Zhao Wei with a smile.
"Is something wrong?"
"I want to find a job that can earn me a living." Zhao Wei said straight to the point, "The salary doesn't matter, as long as we don't starve to death!"
Yan Li, who had been silent, frowned. He was about to interrupt and refuse, but was suddenly stopped by Zhang Ling.
Zhang Ling glanced at the little girl following Zhao Wei, neither agreed nor refused, but continued to ask.
"Is there no one else in your family?"
"My parents died of illness, and I am the only one left with my sister. I don't ask for anything else now, as long as I can have a bite to eat and not starve to death."
"Do you have an ID card?"
"If there is, I won't look for you."
"That means he is an illegal resident." Zhang Ling flicked the ash off his cigarette and said slowly, "Since you have found out about me, you should know that the price for illegal resident is different."
"I understand. I'll pay you 80 a day, and I'll give you 35 as tea money. There's no compensation if something goes wrong, and you can bury the body where the person died."
"Just follow the rules. Meet me at Platform 5 at 19: tomorrow morning."
Zhao Wei immediately expressed his gratitude excitedly. After Zhang Ling waved his hand impatiently, he tactfully took his sister and left.
Looking at the tall and short figures walking away, Yan Li began to question in a low voice.
"Didn't you just say you're not going to do it this year? Why did you recruit him?"
Zhang Ling took the last puff of his cigarette and said with a smile.
"You can only focus on the compensation. This guy is not bad looking. Although his sister's face can't be seen clearly, she must be good-looking. Kill this guy and then sell his sister. Wouldn't that make more money than the compensation?"
Yan Li's character is much more cautious, but since Zhang Ling insisted on doing it, he would not interrupt or interfere, but just warned him.
"Don't overdo it. If something goes wrong, neither of us can escape!"
"Don't worry, I have a measure."
"That foreman named Zhang seems to have no sense of propriety."
Levi, who had casually changed his last name, said thoughtfully after returning to the alley.
Fengzi still grabbed her half-gray and half-green hair with a dissatisfied look on her face, just like a rebellious little girl.
"You have no sense of propriety? Can you still go back on your word and ask for the cigarettes back? I exchanged them for my clothes."
She seemed reluctant to part with the dress and was clutching a few coins tightly in her hand, looking like a miser.
That was when she was exchanging clothes for other things. She used all her words and reason to argue for more money. As soon as she got the money, she behaved like a squirrel in the winter and kept the coins carefully.
Levi glanced at Fengzi's useless look, but in his heart he was carefully recalling Zhang Ling's every move and the details of his expression.
"When he seems to be considering something, his eyes keep looking at you from time to time. It always feels like he is thinking about something bad."
When Fengzi heard this, she looked Levi up and down with a curious look on her face, which made Levi look at her strangely.
"What are you looking at me doing?"
"626, where did you learn these things? Did living in that testing ground allow you to understand the ways of the world and read people's expressions?"
Levi just said it without blushing or beating his heart.
"After you gave me that injection, I suddenly learned it."
Fengzi seemed to have blind trust in his words. Even if it was such an answer, she would believe it first and then look for the reason.
"You were created by combining 3.67 million excellent male samples. It is very likely that your brain cells also contain the thoughts and subconsciousness of these 3.67 million men! The key is to stimulate this subconsciousness, so that you can know it at birth!"
Fengzi's eyes sparkled.
"If those people at the Institute of Biology knew about this, they would definitely try every possible way to study your brain!"
Levi could see that she was suffering from her occupational disease again.
Whenever this lame girl faces problems in scientific research, she always shows extraordinary interest.
He is also very stingy and greedy for money.
"Instead of thinking about dissecting my brain, I should think about what's happening right now. The police are looking for us everywhere."
Hearing his words, Fengzi's face suddenly became worried again.
"Then shall we go with him to the train tomorrow?"
"Go, why not? We are not really going there to work as laborers. We just want to take a ride."
Levi is obviously the one who makes the decision between the two. As the first internal tester to enter the game test, he has rich experience. If he wants to advance the plot quickly, he obviously needs to think of some alternative ways.
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