Drawing cards can't save the weird world

In 1980, Li Gen came to power. He was quite legendary, and he was the only actor among the generals.

You used to be filming in Hollywood, and later you became a general. You say it's a miracle, right? In Zhao Hao's impression, it seemed that Wu Ermao had reproduced this operation.

The year that President Li Da came to power was the most difficult time for Aramco in recent years. During the financial crisis brought about by the second oil crisis, nearly 8 million people in Aramco were unemployed.

The average hourly wage of workers has dropped by 5% compared with before 1976, while the average personal tax rate levied by the federal government is as high as 67%. The national debt is nearly 1 trillion yuan, and the fiscal deficit is serious...

In order to end inflation, Li Dacommand tightened the money supply. Just stop printing money, make money less, and take the initiative to make American knives valuable.

This caused an uproar, we are all so poor, you still tighten? Do you want me to die?

Aramco's economy has been in a sharp recession since July 1981. The past Christmas Eve can be said to be the worst time for Aramco. In the past ten years, the American people have never had such a poor Christmas...

The economic recession is still within Zhao Hao's expectations. After all, in his unreliable financial knowledge, he probably remembers that the actor-born Commander Li was re-elected because he revitalized the economy.

What he didn't expect was that a few hasty words on the Internet turned out to be so difficult in reality.

Let's put it this way, there are several times more women in those alleys standing on the street in simple clothes than in previous years. Moreover, they are so introverted that they can basically go to a side alley to do business for a banknote.

And there are more than three times as many homeless people spending Christmas in leeward corners of the street this year than last year!

That day, Zhao Hao and the agents of the Bureau of Mystery ran around to catch all kinds of extraordinary creatures in the other world. There were homeless people and beggars in almost every block. This can add a lot of trouble to the task.

And after all, this is not an ordinary, materialistic world. The economic distress to such an extent is a great frustration and harm to people's hearts.

And widespread negativity is not a good thing in this world.

It's just that Zhao Hao didn't know what to do at the time. He was still waiting for the economic recovery and the high-quality resources he bought at the bottom soared.

After all, he is not an Ami person, and he naturally lacks a sense of belonging and responsibility.

Besides, he was immediately called by Colt to be promoted to be one of his "thirteen special members", and after that, he was divided into groups and awarded honors. He is now full of vigilance.

History has proven that it is not a good thing that Amei treats you suddenly.

He had already started to make preparations in secret. If he really tore his face, he would have to withdraw as soon as possible.

Of course, the best way is to be able to maintain the balance of the surface. Since I still have value to use now, I won't be punished for a while.

...

On this day, he was sent another mission to investigate a disappearance case.

This case is a bit strange. It was originally suppressed, and even the intelligence department of the Liberty City branch failed to get any information. If someone hadn't escaped and attracted the attention of the police, they might not have been discovered by now.

The incident happened in the slums of the Bronx, where there are very huge slum blocks, connected into a large area.

Especially now in this economy where personal and corporate bankruptcies are almost everywhere. Once the work bills are gone, the house may be gone. The better ones slept in the car, and the worse ones rolled up the street with their bedding. Once caught in this situation, there is basically no chance of turning over.

It can be said that in the past two years, the number of "residents" in the nearby slums has more than tripled.

Originally mostly black families, it now includes more minorities and some white homeless.

This is considered a high degree of civil autonomy, and several large blocks can almost become a new city independently.

This local government is very fragmented, and often a large slum spans several counties and consists of more than a dozen independent counties, towns and blocks.

These fragmented local governments are like small businesses, with independent administration and independent taxation, and they only serve taxpayers within their own jurisdictions, which greatly promotes polarization.

The result is high taxation, good security, and beautiful public infrastructure in wealthy areas.

Taxes in the slums are low, infrastructure has been abandoned, and the fire brigade has been dismantled, let alone law and order.

The low-cost apartments in the slums of the Bronx are connected by countless illegal buildings, forming a huge building complex extending in all directions, often covering the streets, and the earliest buildings are probably more than a hundred years old.

You support me, I support you, he connects you and me, and they are intricate and messy with each other. It is a three-dimensional behemoth, like a monster formed from ruins... a bit like the Kowloon Walled City.

Basically, the police don't go here, the nearby police stations have also been cancelled, and many alleys have been specially built as roadblocks, and police cars can't get in.

And the police are not willing to go in. In fact, the probability of dying in this area is very high. He didn't even want to call the police.

How about self-government?

Generally, what happens here is resolved by the gangs or communities here, and the police basically cannot solve the problem, and even come to have a look after a few days, and leave after asking a few words.

And yesterday, a black man stumbled and escaped, saying that there were monsters eating people in the slums.

To be honest, even the agents in black don't want to enter such a place.

It is simply a three-dimensional dark ant nest built from industrial ruins, and you have to get lost when you walk into it.

What's more, there may be a poor man with a numb expression staring at you at any corner, or a homeless man lying in a gap that can only be accommodated, or a group of gangsters with malicious intentions, or even crazy people. Junkie...

But extraordinary events must not be delayed, this is an iron law.

Up to now, there hasn't been any supernatural event that can be resolved on its own without delay. Basically, there will be more and more dragging.

It is conservatively estimated that there are 15,000 people living in this slum. The exact number cannot be counted, and the circulation is too great.

Some people may suddenly appear one day, stay for more than ten days, and suddenly disappear one day, and it is impossible to know whether they left or died.

Entering the entrance of a slum, the stench of the untended street fills the nostrils, and from the open door there is a worse, more terrible smell of poverty.

What can be seen are exhausted and hungry mothers, dirty babies, old women as ugly as witches, lazy and sloppy young girls, and bony homeless people leaning against the corner and panting.

The evasive faces behind the doors and windows were all wary.

...

"Is this the way it used to be here? Psychic fluctuations are too high!" Zhao Hao asked, wrinkling his nose.

To be honest, too sensitive five senses can sometimes become a weakness. For example, now, the smell is so irritating that Zhao Hao can't stand it.

He pretended to touch his nose, and made a small enchantment to cover his nose.

An agent in black rummaged through the information, and replied: "Although the psychic reaction was quite violent before, and it often fluctuated. But after using the negative emotions in the game to dispel the array, it has improved a lot. Now it looks like Changes after Christmas..."

Now on the psychic tester, the psychic response of the ruins of the ten-story building in front exceeded that of ordinary transcendents. It's not normal, it's way too high. This is not the other world!

"Why did you only find out now? Why is the intelligence department becoming more and more useless?" Zhao Hao complained.

You don't know until you get into trouble, so what's the use of you guys? I hired a few old ladies on the street who are better informed than you.

The black-clothed agent looked left and right, then leaned over to Zhao Hao and whispered: "Zhao sir, it is said that this time someone has secretly blocked the information channels of the intelligence department, and even the information sources of several extraordinary items have failed..."

Zhao Hao suddenly realized that just like the Japanese ninja wave last time, someone was secretly engaged in a mysterious situation.

He raised his chin towards the slums tens of meters away, "Did Colt say what to do here?"

The agent said: "Boss asked the higher-ups for instructions, but the higher-ups did not agree to the demolition. After all, the economy is in a recession now, and there is no financial resources to move this slum. After all, there are several places like this in Liberty City. The higher-ups said..."

"What did you say?"

"To say that as long as the impact can be contained in the slums, it is mission accomplished."

"Damn it..." This is to completely abandon the poor here, life and death depend on wealth and wealth!

Zhao Hao thought of the blond young man he met at Christmas last year, and he had a good saying in the future: Maybe this is life~

From the moment of birth, it has been settled.

Now Zhao Hao has a choice: he only needs a large barrier to block this place, no matter what kind of ghosts can't get out, his mission will be completed.

I can also take the opportunity to collect a wave of wool from the bureau's warehouse. After all, how can there be a big project but pass it by?

However, there are still more than 10,000 people in this slum!

Although they are in extreme poverty, they struggle to survive every day in order to make a living. Many people are sick and have no hope, even waiting to die. But they're not dead yet?

Is this really good?