District 9

cataclysm.

After the sudden disaster, the earth was devastated, species mutated, food was scarce, the living environment was harsh, the era was completely destroyed, and civilization was gone.

…

Three hundred kilometers to the left of the 9th Special Administrative Region, in the unplanned anarchy zone, on an unnamed street, a 23-year-old young man walked briskly with his clothes pressed tightly and his head lowered.

The streets are dilapidated and ugly, and the underground sewage system has been completely disabled many years ago. The simple outdoor toilets emit a foul smell and are connected to rows of shopping malls. There are few lights in the entire area. From time to time, a group of people can be seen standing together on the roadside, but most of them are women and there are fewer men.

The young man who walks quickly and keeps his gaze straight is named Qin Yu. He is 1.82 meters tall and has a strong build. He is unemployed today and plans to buy a formal resident status in the 9th Special Zone to complete the first step of his plan.

Qin Yu used to be a handsome guy with clear eyebrows and regular facial features, but now he is dressed a bit slovenly. His beard is unshaven, his slightly long hair is stuck together, and his clothes are full of oil stains and stains. In short, Very inconspicuous in the crowd.

While walking quickly, Qin Yu looked up at the intersection and prepared to return to his residence from the left.

"Brother, little brother...!"

There was a crisp shout, and a woman wearing a washed-out white dress and a coat gently pulled Qin Yu on the side of the road.

Qin Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked back: "What are you doing?"

"Thirty yuan." The woman held up three slender fingers, looked back at the dilapidated sales room behind her, and whispered, "Let's go there."

"Haha, I can't afford it." Qin Yu smiled and continued walking.

"Wait a minute." The woman stretched out her hand and pulled Qin Yu again: "Twenty-five, is twenty-five OK?"

Qin Yu turned around and looked at the woman, paused for a while and continued shaking his head: "I have no money."

"Don't you like me? There are people in the house."

"I really have no money." Qin Yu shook his arm: "Let me go, I'm in a hurry to go home."

The woman bit her red lips and held Qin Yu tightly with her little hands. After a long silence, she added softly: "Two bowls of rice are fine, but you have to use my bowl to measure."

Qin Yu frowned: "Did I say, get out of here!"

The woman still didn't let go. She looked back eagerly at a group of seven or eight-year-old children next to the sales room and said: "...I have three children. If there is no business tonight, I can't feed them...Brother, please do a good job. You help me once, even a bowl of rice, and I will kneel down for you."

Qin Yu looked at the woman and said indifferently: "How many years has it been since the world became like this? In such an environment, if you have no ability to support yourself, what will happen to you?"

The woman was stunned.

Qin Yu shook off his arms vigorously, held his clothes tightly and continued to move forward.

After the woman stood there for a long time, she quickly ran back to the sales room and said breathlessly: "That man has it, he has it. When I pulled him, I saw something in his clothes and arms."

…

About half an hour later.

Qin Yu returned to a dilapidated six-story building, followed the old and dusty steps, and entered his home on the fifth floor.

Only Qin Yu and his friend Xiaozhuang live in this building. Many of the outer walls have collapsed. It was considered a dangerous building on the verge of demolition before. But in this era, the meaning of home is limited to where you are, and has nothing to do with where you live. Qin Yu chose this place because it has no electric lights or water sources, and he does not need to bear any expensive living expenses.

The house is very simple, with one bed, two broken cabinets, no entertainment facilities, and the only torn-out military fan magazine, which was published in 2019.

After entering the house, Qin Yu took off his dirty coat, took out a polished canvas bag from his arms, carefully came to the bedside, picked up a broken bowl, and began to serve tempting food from the inside. of white rice, and opened his mouth and shouted: "Xiaozhuang, is the rice ready?"

"Not yet, I just came back." Someone in the back room responded, and a young man about the same age as Qin Yu came out, with dark skin and a resolute face.

"Deng Deng Deng!"

Just when Qin Yu was about to talk to Xiaozhuang, deafening footsteps suddenly came from downstairs. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately hid the bag and bowl in the cabinet, and walked to the door with only an old wooden door.

In less than ten seconds, seven or eight children under the age of ten appeared in the stairwell, leading dozens of men and women.

The stairs were outdoors, the cement was cracked, and the iron railings were old. So many people rushed up together, and their pace was so fast that the building seemed to be shaking.

Qin Yu immediately stretched out his hand and shouted: "Don't... don't go up so hard, damn, the stairs are going to collapse."

"Uncle, I'm hungry."

"Uncle, I want to eat..."

"...!"

The children each took a small bowl and stood on the stairs, looking at Qin Yu dirtyly.

"Uncle, I'm hungry too. Have you had dinner at your house? Didn't you eat some of us?" Qin Yu replied with a playful smile.

The children have pure eyes and simple thoughts, but the adults behind them have torn away the most basic disguise of human beings. A strong man with a shaved head was the first to shout: "Get the food, you can't get out without it."

"I don't have food," Qin Yu waved his hand and replied, "I really don't. We are all hungry ghosts in the area to be planned, and it's not easy. If I really have it, I won't protect you, but at least I will give it to you..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I saw you carrying food." The strong man continued to shout: "Hurry up, we will leave after taking it. If you don't ask for more, just take half."

"No."

Qin Yu shook his head.

"Enter his room." The strong man shouted with a rich voice.

"Uncle, I want to eat."

"Give me something to eat."

"...!"

The crowd swarmed up, and the stairs hanging outside the building shook again, as if they might collapse at any time.

Qin Yu looked at the huge crowd, his eyes turned red for a moment, he raised his right leg, pulled out a dagger from his dirty trouser leg with his right hand, pointed at the crowd and shouted: "Damn, are you a lone wolf who bullied me? ! Who is so afraid of death hanging around here? I have food, I will break the knife and give it to you."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the strong man shouted indifferently: "The children are in front, stab them all first."

"What the hell...!" Qin Yu was speechless for a moment.

"Come into the house and get the food." The strong man waved his hand and roared again.

As soon as he finished speaking, people on the steps crowded forward, and the children immediately surrounded him, dragging Qin Yu and shouting: "Uncle, give me something to eat."

"Uncle, I haven't eaten for several days."

"Get out of here!"

Qin Yu held the dagger and shouted helplessly at the children: "Otherwise I really stabbed them, I stabbed them..."

Inside the house, when Xiaozhuang saw a conflict at the door, he immediately stepped forward to stop Qin Yu and shouted to everyone: "Don't be impulsive. If you have anything to say, talk it over."

The children were so hungry that they were not afraid of anything. They only pestered Qin Yu, while the adults behind him had already squeezed in from the gap.

Qin Yu was a strong man. He took a step forward and got stuck at the door. He stared at his eyes and shouted: "I only live for myself, don't force me!"

The crowd rushed to the door crazily, and no one paid attention to Qin Yu's words.

Qin Yu was kept being dragged toward the door by the short children, but he couldn't really stab him, so he could only struggle with his body and prepare to deal with the adults coming up.

"Uncle, just give me a bowl of rice..."

"roll!"

When a ten-year-old child pulled Qin Yu hard, the latter swung his arm and prepared to break away. However, he didn't expect that the child bumped into the rushing crowd. Then his steps became unsteady and he fell from the sky on his back. He fell through the gap in the iron fence.

"ah!!"

A child's frightened scream echoed for a long time.

"Bang!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of the body falling to the ground resounded downstairs.

Qin Yu and Xiaozhuang were stunned. They gasped and looked at the iron railings, feeling a little at a loss for a moment.

The crowd fell silent and the stairs returned to stability.

"Child, that child fell." Xiaozhuang shouted urgently first.

Dozens of people turned their heads and glanced downstairs with blank expressions. They were silent for less than two seconds before collectively turning their heads away again. The child's mother was stunned for a while, then rushed downstairs with a cry.

Qin Yu was stunned.

"food."

"The child has fallen. If he is not given food, he will definitely not be allowed to leave."

"Snatch him."

"...!"

The shouts were loud and the momentum was overwhelming. None of the other people turned around to look at the child who fell downstairs, but continued to crowd together and rush in.

Xiaozhuang stood at the door, looking at the crowd of people with wide eyes. He knew very well that if he didn't bleed a little today, he would definitely have to fight for his life, so he licked his lips and shouted: "Okay, you guys are awesome. I give in, I admit it...I'll get it for you."

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu immediately grabbed Xiaozhuang's arm and ordered in a low voice: "You can't give it, not even a bit."

Xiaozhuang looked at the crowd of people outside the door and responded with his eyes wide open: "The food has been leaked. If we don't give them something sweet, these people will definitely not be able to leave."

"It will be more trouble if you give me sweeteners." Qin Yu responded in a very serious tone: "I would rather fight for my life than let go."

"Bullshit!" Xiaozhuang had different views from Qin Yu. He insisted: "You are the only one between us who can make a noise, but there are so many people outside, are you sure you can suppress them? If you can't suppress them, then we can They must be robbed. They are already red-eyed, can’t you see it?”

"Just listen to me and that's it. I'll go back and get the ring."

"Xiao Yu, didn't you see? They didn't leave even after the child fell. These people have lost their sense..." Xiao Zhuang pulled Qin Yu's arm away and responded in a low voice: "We have eaten enough It’s time to change money. All those who should change money have changed money. Giving them a bowl of rice will not cost us much, so I don’t want to risk my life. I have a share of the food, and I have the right to decide how to use it."

Qin Yu was speechless when he heard this.

Xiaozhuang straightened his position, stared at the leading strong man and shouted: "The area to be planned also has a way to survive in the area to be planned. Take the rice, stop causing trouble, and get out of here!"

"If you don't starve to death, you will definitely get out immediately." The leading strong man nodded.

Xiaozhuang retreated after hearing the sound, walked back to the house to get a large bowl of rice, and placed it on the ground with a clang: "Get out of here."

Dozens of people looked at the rice on the ground, with greed in their eyes, but none of them took the initiative to get it.

The leading strong man was silent for a few seconds, then reached out and took off the cloth bag tied around his waist, and poured the rice into it in one breath.

"Get out of here!" Xiaozhuang said impatiently.

The crowd stood at the door and did not move. The leading strong man looked at the two of them, tied the rice around his waist with sweat on his forehead, and did not leave immediately.

"I'm letting you go, don't you understand?" Xiaozhuang frowned and drove away again.

After a moment of silence, someone in the crowd shouted: "Damn it, he can give us a bowl of rice, or at least a big bag of rice!"

"Give me some more, there are too many people, I won't be able to eat enough."

"Give me rice."

"Otherwise we can just go in and grab it, so there's no need to talk nonsense."

"...!"

The shouts and curses spread throughout the six-story building again, and this time someone in the crowd secretly took out a knife or murder weapon, looking at Xiaozhuang with a gloomy look, his expression completely unappreciative...

The leading strong man spread his palms and said in a low voice: "As you can see, these people are going crazy with hunger. I can't hold them back at all. Otherwise, if you take out the rice bags, we will share half of them."

"You fucking...!" Xiaozhuang became anxious and took out the knife from his arms.

"What are you doing? You want to fight?"

"Are you afraid? I'm going to starve to death, are you still afraid of using a knife or a gun?"

"...!"

Everyone was not afraid of Xiaozhuang at all, and followed the strong man into the house.

Xiaozhuang was stunned and stood there at a loss. He wanted to take action at this moment, but he didn't have the confidence to deal with these crazy food-grabbers in front of him; but if he didn't take action, he would obviously not be able to protect his own things.

"Crack, bang!"

At this moment, Qin Yu pulled out a twenty-centimeter-long, three-barrel rotary-loading large-caliber pistol from the cabinet. He immediately turned the slide and loaded the bullet.

When the crowd saw the gun, they instinctively stopped.

Qin Yu pulled out a large bag of grain from the cabinet with an expressionless face, threw it on the floor and shouted: "All the grain is here, you can come up and get what you want."

The crowd fell silent.

"Who are you scaring?" the leading strong man shouted with red eyes: "If you don't have food, you will die. Are we still afraid of you getting a broken gun?"

Qin Yu looked at the other party with a crooked neck, pointed at the grain bag with his left hand and shouted: "The grain is right here. You can take it away with your long hands. Come up?!"

The leading strong man only hesitated for half a second, then turned around and shouted: "There are so many of us, and he only has a gun. I don't believe he can kill them all."

After saying that, the leading strong man stepped forward and reached out to grab the grain bag.

"Kang!"

Guns fired, gears turned.

After the leading strong man flew half a meter away, blood spilled on the floor, and a big hole was blasted out of his chest.

Qin Yu held a gun in his right hand and shouted with a calm expression: "Without food to eat, you may starve to death in a few days. But whoever reaches out for it now, I will kill him with one shot."

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other and said nothing.

"I'll give you two bullets, will you take them?" Qin Yu suddenly shouted and asked.

Everyone took two steps back when they heard the sound.

Qin Yu stepped forward, bent down and took off the grain bag tied to the strong man's waist, and shouted in a low voice: "Xiaozhuang, get your things, let's go."

Xiaozhuang immediately returned to the house after hearing the sound.

Qin Yu held a gun in his right hand and shouted: "Two rows apart, make way for me."

The crowd didn't move.

Qin Yu raised his hand, pointed the muzzle of his gun at the person closest to him and shouted: "Do you want to give up?"

The man hesitated for half a second and immediately got out of the way. At this time, the others followed suit and got out of the way to go downstairs.

Five minutes later, Qin Yu walked downstairs and saw the mother crying loudly while holding the injured child.

Qin Yu was silent for a few seconds, then reached out and threw the rice he just gave to the strong man and said, "They will be coming down soon. Hide the food."

The mother was stunned, and immediately took the bag of grain and said, "Thank you, thank you, I kowtow to you. If you have grain, you don't have to die..."

Qin Yu led Xiaozhuang and quickly disappeared into the night.

…

At around three o'clock in the morning, in the endless Gobi Desert, Qin Yu divided the food and threw it to Xiaozhuang and said: "Take your things, let's separate."

Xiaozhuang was confused and asked very puzzledly: "As for it? Isn't it just that we had a disagreement just now... I don't think I have one either..."

Qin Yu waved his hand and interrupted: "Xiaozhuang, if we don't share the same philosophy, don't get together. This will easily harm you and me. I'm going to District 9... Take care of yourself."

After saying that, Qin Yu turned around and left without any nostalgia, heading for the first stop of his new life, the Ninth Special Zone.

…

In the army camp on the left side of the planned area, a black man bared his big white teeth and asked in fluent Chinese: "There was a shooting inside just now, do you want to go take a look?"

"Look at the ghost. Food is being snatched here every day and people are dying. They dare to ambush the army's vehicles. Who do we think we are...?" In the house, an old gunman smoking low-quality dry cigarettes lay lazily on the old wooden floor. The bed responded.