Night Hacker

   Chapter 90 Sin City

  Chengzhai District is located in the northwest of Liuguang City, in the north of Jianggu District and in the east of Lanmutang.

   It was still morning, and a motorcade with a Seth logo was on its way to the Walled District.

Elizabeth was sitting in the back row of one of the off-road vehicles, looking through the window at the city that was getting closer and closer. It was strange that she had lived for so many years and lived in Jianggu District for nearly a year. Never been to the Walled District.

  The so-called upper-class people almost never visited the walled city, as if there was a huge wall separating it.

   Sin City, another name for the Walled District.

   "Ayako, do you know the history of the Walled District?" Elizabeth asked Ayako, who was also in the car, and wanted to chat with someone.

   "I don't come here much..." Ayako sat in the front row, not quite understanding what she meant.

  Although Ayako has worked for her, in a short period of time, Ayako's every move will still be guarded by the security guards next to her.

   Monk Wuzhen and Taoist priest Yucheng were in other cars, and they also went into the city with her to investigate today.

   Last year's city walled fire case was the first major case that the Red Rain investigation team focused on.

Since    was announced to TV all over the city last night, the investigation team has received numerous reports involving various cases.

   Elizabeth couldn't see it alone, and it was difficult to tell the truth from the fake. For the time being, she had to rely on the team members assigned by her family, as well as the cooperation with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Mystery Bureau.

   Her strategy is that since she has no skills, she will catch the big case first, and the master will guide her to the walled area.

   However, there are no valuable clues about the fire in the temporary reports.

   "More than 50 years ago, the Chengzhai District was the first housing project launched by the municipality to benefit the people."

   Elizabeth looked out the car window and told Ayako about the history of the fortress.

   "At that time, the municipality planned to build a new district on this land. At that time, countless citizens gathered a lot of money, enthusiasm and hope... About halfway through the construction, the project was stopped, and the municipality said that there was no money to build it any more, and the economic crisis.

   "The people who subscribed for the houses looked at the unfinished buildings and launched a fierce protest, but they failed to allow the construction to continue...

"Now everyone assumes that it wasn't that the municipality ran out of money at the time, but that the project was stopped by the New World Bank, because the bank didn't want the housing price of the whole city to drop. At that time, the bank expressed its willingness to provide loans to continue the construction of the project, but in this case, every Every home buyer will have to take on a heavy mortgage, and it will take the whole family to work hard for a lifetime to pay it off, and there is no 'benefit for the people' that was mentioned at the beginning."

   Elizabeth was talking about the history she had learned from books with a complicated expression. She would not be born until more than 30 years later.

   "This is a game, a financial scam designed by both Santo and Seth."

   "Then what?" Ayako asked without commenting.

   "Then some buyers moved directly into the unfinished building. Some of them paid for the materials and decoration themselves, and some took a few pieces of cardboard to block the wind and lived there.

   "In the end, almost all the buyers moved in, built and built, expanded and expanded, and it became the current Walled District.

   "The streets found a use for those unfinished buildings."

  While Elizabeth was speaking, the convoy drove into the walled area.

  The lanes began to become smaller, but the traffic and people flow on the road began to increase. There were many dilapidated high-rise buildings on both sides of the street, which were closely attached to each other, and there was almost no gap of one meter.

   Just one night more than fifty years ago, the unbuilt streets were suddenly covered with all kinds of shacks and tin covers.

  House buyers and dingoes from all walks of life breed like bacteria here, and there are all kinds of races, making a mess.

   Even now, traces of unfinished buildings can still be seen from these buildings. Some of the reinforced concrete that has long been broken is exposed like that, and various additions and reconstructions are extended in a strange structural way.

   In this tattered chaos, the iron racks on the walls of the buildings are covered with neon signs of shops, which cannot be seen at a glance:

   "Benevolence Clinic", "Beautiful Life Photo Gallery", "StripteaseClub", "Knife Shop", "Bandung Rice Shop"

   In the sky above the driveway, between the high-rise buildings on both sides, there is a bridge that looks crumbling not far away, connecting the buildings on both sides.

  Elizabeth can see people coming and going on the overpass, shuttle between the buildings on both sides, which is only more lively than the street on the ground.

   It is said that this is the case everywhere in the Walled District. Here, a street in the shape of a mouth is used as a "city wall", and each walled city is connected to each other.

  Different castles are different tangkou of the Walled City Gang. If their own territory is threatened, there will be a war between tangkou and tangkou.

   The Red Rain investigation team is going to the "Daxing Walled City" today, which is the site of the Walled City Council.

  Elizabeth knew that the Walled District was a place that neither the municipality nor the Metropolitan Police could control. It grew savagely in its own way.

"The New World Bank has always wanted to demolish this area and take away this area to build higher-end and more expensive commercial buildings. It has tried several times and failed. Now Santo has launched a repurchase and renovation plan for the walled area." She added. said.

   "I think the chengzhaimen are tougher than the boxers in this regard." Ayako finally said something, "We boxers don't like the Shengshou Boxing Gym, but it was built anyway."

   During the conversation, the convoy stopped at a street intersection. No matter which city it was going to enter, it was impossible to drive in.

  Elizabeth got out of the car and set foot on the city street for the first time, looking at the entrance of a dark and narrow alley ahead.

Daxing Walled City, this mouth-shaped street is surrounded by a small area. There are hundreds of buildings, countless narrow alleys, nearly 100,000 people, thousands of shops and small workshops, all of which are densely packed. Inside the building.

   "Miss Sterling, please come with me." The middle-aged man in charge of leading the way was Ding Mo, a native of the city.

   When strangers enter the Walled Area, there must be such a "tour guide" to lead the way.

   Elizabeth soon understood exactly why.

A group of them followed the guide into the crowded alleys in front. After walking for a while, they found that these small and narrow alleys were not straight, but criss-crossed. They had to turn when they walked. If they didn't recognize the way, they would immediately To get lost.

  Because there are many passages between buildings, and residents draw road signs on their own, if you follow the map or address to find the destination, it is impossible to get there, and you will only make mistakes again and again.

   Looking up, there is not a trace of sky between the buildings, but no matter it is sunny or rainy, there are always water droplets dripping from above.

  Because the sunlight can't penetrate, it is dark and gloomy everywhere, the street lights are intermittent, and many neon signs are out of order.

  If you can find a ray of sunshine here, you have found a location that can be covered and expanded.

  Each Walled City is a complex; the entire Walled City District is a whole building.

  Elizabeth noticed the reactions of passers-by to her. They were wary and indifferent, and did not want to see her.

   She could only nod to them and walk past.

   After walking for about half an hour, the tour guide Ding Mo took them into a building where the Walled City Council is located.

  The corridors and stairwells in the building are equally cramped, dark, damp and dilapidated, crowded, messy and dirty.

  The road was blocked by plastic bags and various rubbish, as well as the clothes of the residents hanging out, and there was a lot of graffiti on the walls with peeling paint.

   And in those rooms with tight iron doors, no one knows what illegal activities are hiding.

   After walking several floors in the building, Elizabeth and the others took the old elevator to the rooftop. In the Walled District, rooftops have a different meaning.

  The sound of the elevator clattering led them to the rooftop of the high-rise building. The elevator door opened, and there was a commotion.

   Elizabeth stepped out of the elevator, the sky above her head was completely open, and the previous narrowness and depression were greatly released.

  I saw people coming and going on the rooftop, like the most lively pedestrian street square, surrounded by various simple shops and stalls, covered with neon lights, intertwined with messy wires and antennas.

  Vendors were shouting, customers were patronizing, groups of children in old clothes were running past, not far away there were crowds cheering for a rooftop boxing, and gang members were collecting numbers.

   They didn't even pay attention to the arrival of the Red Rain Investigation Team.

  Elizabeth saw the "Rooftop Postman" again.

   The Metropolitan Police Department has no place here, and the Walled City District is governed by the Walled City Council and the various halls of the Walled City Gang.

  The postman on the roof is the strength of the council, responsible for transmitting information between the gates of the city walls, conducting liaison and mediation, and sometimes also responsible for public security.

   The Red Rain investigation team came here to ask for clues at the postman headquarters on the rooftop of the council. The postmen are the most well-informed people in the city.

   They are dressed in a blue postman uniform and have body modifications that are beyond what ordinary people can bear. Obviously, they are all extraordinary. They ran and jumped directly between the building and the roof of the building, with high speed and flexible posture.

   There are also some children and teenagers chasing them and running together, and jumping between the roofs of the buildings that are not wide.

   It looked very dangerous, but the young runner burst into pure laughter.

   Elizabeth couldn't help smiling and looked up. The sky was so blue that she seemed to be able to embrace the whole world on the rooftop.

   "Ayako, this rooftop is a paradise for them."

   "Jianbao Dictionary is launched, 'Tiantai', p. 9652, the meaning of the word is: The place where investment losers gather, the rooftop of Chengzhai District has the most investment losers in the world." Jianbao suddenly spoke.

   "Jianbao..." Elizabeth said helplessly.

   The figure of the investigation team still attracted the attention of the people on the rooftop. Fortunately, everyone didn't hear much of Jianbao's words.

   "Miss Sterling, I'll go shopping." Taoist priest Yucheng said softly and walked away, as if he was going to do a separate investigation.

   And Elizabeth nodded to the people and said hello, and took Ayako, Wuzhen and others to the postman headquarters on the rooftop of the council, which was a several-storey building built on this rooftop.

   Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a ticket for support! Ding Mo is guest-starred by book friend Poro Saya Nicholas.

   Thank you Shilian Kneeling for 3000 gold coins, Taxi Commuter King for 1500 gold coins, book friend 20210709194637902 for 200 gold coins, Can Mengdie, book friend 20170124185029573, book friend 20190818210114191 for 100 gold coins. Thank you!

   (end of this chapter)