Indescribable cyberpunk

As a western city built on the edge of the desert and Gobi Desert, Takma City cannot compare with Ye City in terms of scale and prosperity.

But in terms of urban style alone, this place has its own unique scenery.

Perhaps because it is located in the western region, there is almost no winter here. April in other areas is the time of late spring and early summer. The temperature in Tacoma City has exceeded 25 degrees Celsius, reaching the hottest point of the day. Sometimes it can even reach the beginning of 3.

The buildings here are not as tall and gorgeous as those in Yecheng. Most of them have abandoned reinforced concrete and turned to steel structures. Steel buildings dozens of meters high and mechanical lifts hanging from the outside can be seen everywhere.

The social level is obviously only below the middle level. It may not even be comparable to the outer areas of Yecheng. However, the people living here do not have the numbness of those in the outer areas of Yecheng and the old city. On the contrary, even the people and the city have a sense of The stock is capable and wild.

After Zhu Jue and his group put their luggage in the hotel, they naturally wouldn't just stay there. They finally took a trip out and had a look around.

I asked people in the hotel what places worth visiting in Tacoma City, and the answers were surprisingly unanimous.

Tacoma Market!

Walking through two tall porches, you will see a trading market covering a large area. The street is still the original yellow land, and you can see many mixed footprints printed on the dust as people come and go. .

Different from the online trading in Yecheng, the stall-selling form of trading is still respected here. There are a large number of vendors downstairs in the yellowed machinery house. Above the market, you can see a continuous piece of tan sunshade cloth with mechanical supports. Those that were supported were also hung with bamboo poles that were used to lift them up very perfunctorily.

There was a stall owner wrapped in a headscarf but shirtless sitting at the back of the stall. He was holding a strange pipe in his hand. White mist came out of his mouth from time to time. He crossed his legs and talked to the shopping customers. .

A strong man over two meters tall, who had obviously undergone mechanical transformation, was walking through the crowds on the street, pushing passersby on both sides. In the end, he stumbled to the ground and fell to the ground, causing a burst of laughter.

There were also orange sparks that kept bursting out from the room behind the stall selling mechanical parts, causing many people to frown and walk around, and occasionally some grumpy ones would curse.

"Lizard, look, there's a lizard there!"

Li Qinglian tugged on the hem of Zhu Jue's clothes and fixed her eyes on several iron cages placed on a stall in front of the left. There were some gray-white hard skins in them. There were umbrella-shaped bone plates at the neck, and the body was nearly 30 centimeters long. A nasty looking lizard.

The pictures on the Internet are naturally not as wild as the actual ones. As Li Qinglian spoke, she took out her mobile phone and took pictures.

"Do you want to raise one? You have to ask the wind chime for its opinion. It is the talkative person of our studio's mascot position."

While looking at a stall full of firearms not far away, Zhu Jue, who heard Li Qinglian's voice, turned around and grabbed one of the claws of the wind chime in his arms, pressed the meat ball, and immediately five sharp claws were exposed. come out.

Obviously, the speaker did not agree that there were other pets besides it in the Weird Studio.

"Are the goods sold here so casual?"

Wu Tong's eyes were also on the gun stall that Zhu Jue had seen before. This was the first time he had seen weapons being sold so blatantly. Although the sales volume of weapons in Yecheng was much larger than this, they were still operating secretly in the black market. No one sells it like Chinese cabbage.

"Takma City is located in a remote location, and the western region has always had strong folk customs. There are large deserts and Gobi Desert outside the city. What's more, even in Yecheng, the prestige of the federal government may not be as high as that of Yuanfan Machinery Group, let alone Needless to say, the laws of the federal government are not as effective here as the guns in hand. This seems to be just something sold outside the market, there are probably more powerful ones inside."

Olivia had heard about this city in school, but she didn't expect that she would be able to come here one day.

"Is it dangerous here?"

Li Qinglian looked at the crowd around her and asked nervously.

"Don't worry, Tacoma City is the safest city in this area. As long as we don't provoke others, we usually won't have any trouble. Moreover, this city also has law enforcement officers, such as this densely populated city. The use of hot weapons is absolutely prohibited in the city, and a fight would involve using a knife at most. With him here, who do you think can get close?"

After relying on Olivia to know the whereabouts of Zhu Jue and others, it was logical to join them. Chu Yun put her arm around Li Qinglian's shoulders and said in a relaxed tone.

"Go in and have a look."

Zhu Jue put the wind chime on his shoulder and walked all the way inside, blending into the crowd. The shouts, bargains and discussions around him quickly created a lively atmosphere. They each bought their own food in front of a stall selling kebabs. I ordered two skewers, and Zhu Jue grabbed a handful alone. I have to say that it has a unique flavor.

Just as Chu Yun said, the further you walked into the market, the weirder the things on the stalls became. Zhu Jue soon stopped in front of a stall with many bones and stones.

"Boss, how do you sell these stones?"

With his free right hand, he picked up a palm-sized stone with a spiral pattern that resembled a conch, and Zhu Jue asked curiously.

"These are all fossils of ancient creatures. Such complete preservation and clear textures cost at least 50,000 federal coins."

His eyes swept over the people in front of him, and the stall owner said with a strange smile on his face.

"Is this the fossil of an ammonite? Boss, these stones are not homemade, right? It's a desert outside, and ammonites are completely marine creatures!"

Li Qinglian picked up another ammonite fossil with some defects and asked with a frown.

"Hey, it seems that this is the first time for you to come to Tacoma City. You may not know that the desert outside the city was covered by the ocean a long time ago. I also specially found the fossils here. If you go and collect it from scavengers in the Gobi Desert, 50,000 federal dollars is already considered a bargain."

"500, you can get it if you don't sell it."

Zhu Jue just thought this was interesting and planned to take it back as a collection. This did not mean that he was being taken advantage of. He glanced at the large pile of fossils in the store. It was obvious that they were not rare items. If he spent 50,000 to buy them, he might as well go there tomorrow. I'll look for it slowly when I'm outside.

"Fifty thousand, fixed price!"

The stall owner cut the price and seemed to be determined to kill Zhu Jue, the "fat sheep".

Putting the ammonite fossil back on the stall, Zhu Jue immediately prepared to leave since the price could not be negotiated.

"etc!"

Before Zhu Jue could take a few steps out, he heard the stall owner behind him trying to persuade him to stay. He thought he had compromised, but when he turned around, he realized that the ammonite fossil he had picked up before had been broken into two pieces and was being picked up. The stall owner took it in his hand.

"This is a fossil, how can you just throw it away? Now it's broken in half, what do you want to do!"

The stall owner who had been so flattering before had a different face now, and handed the fossil to Zhu Jue with a sneer.

"I saw with my own eyes that it was still intact when I put it down. I'm afraid you broke it into pieces yourself."

Wu Tong was standing next to him just now. Zhu Jue put no force at all when placing the ammonite fossil. No matter how fragile the fossil was, it would not break after being picked up and touched twice.

"I don't care. You were the last person to touch this fossil. Now that it's broken, it must be your problem. You have to pay for it. 50,000 federal coins. If you lose a cent, you can't even think about leaving. Just think of us as locals. Bullying?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several strong men immediately gathered around from the crowd nearby. Two of them had daggers hidden in their sleeves, deliberately exposing the blades and looking evilly.

Zhu Jue narrowed his eyes. The current situation was obviously a trap that the other party had prepared a long time ago, specifically used to target tourists like them from out of town. As long as he picked up the fossil, no matter how careful he placed it, it would probably break. .

"Hey, you just said that thermal weapons are not allowed here. If they attack first and I fight back, will I be caught?"

Zhu Jue turned his head and looked at Chu Yun and asked softly.

"You are a federally recognized first-level inspector of the Yecheng Monster Countermeasures Bureau. People from Tacoma City have no right to arrest you!"

Chu Yun rubbed her hands excitedly and continued,

"Are you going to fight? I have never tried to fight in a place like this."

"You and Olivia protect them, and I'll handle it."

After confirming that it would not affect his next plan, Zhu Jue immediately returned to the stall and picked out a delicate fossil the size of a human head in front of the stall owner. Compared with the ammonite fossil just now, this one was obviously a real one. Something precious.

Before the stall owner could react, he used both hands to break the fossil directly into pieces!

"Is the broken fossil my problem? You guessed it, it really is my problem."

Picking up another similar fossil, without saying anything, he turned it into a pile of debris. Zhu Jue looked into the stall owner's eyes and said slowly.

"You bite me?"