Oh My God! Earthlings are Insane!

Of course the Survival Council has always wanted to solve the problem of the remaining three hive cities.

But the biggest problem with Dragon City is not Nest City.

Not a monster either.

Nor are they zombies or out-of-control superhumans.

The problem is no money.

Both Lu Siya and Gao Ye were right.

Any city needs to "suck blood" from the vast surrounding countryside, through the continuous influx of funds, resources or population, in order to maintain its daily operation and metabolism.

Only a well-developed industry can provide enough jobs for nearly tens of millions of young people who are starving for food.

However, the premise of industrial development is a consumer market that is ten times larger. Without an external market, industrial development would be impossible.

From the first day of crossing, Dragon City has turned into a deformed freak. It is only under the stimulation of survival threats that people have to hug together to keep warm, and they barely maintain it until today.

Relying on the discovery of new energy sources such as psionic energy, as well as the substantial development of biochemistry, runes, and life sciences, Dragon City has temporarily maintained the "miracle" that tens of millions of people are trapped in an isolated city, but it is still orderly. ".

But the other side of the miracle is that Dragon City's financial situation has been on the verge of collapse all year round.

To be able to demolish seven hive cities and build a large number of ordinary communities in just twenty years is already the limit of the limit.

Being in a state of war all year round, the Survival Committee has to prepare a pension budget for a large number of disabled and dead soldiers every year.

There are also basic living allowances for many disabled citizens, including the food problem for more and more unemployed youths, which must be resolved by the authorities.

The construction funds invested in the construction of the northern new area are also astronomical.

Just ensuring that tens of millions of citizens can eat the synthetic canned luncheon meat made from earthworm meat is enough to make all the bosses of the Survival Committee have a splitting headache.

To demolish the last three hive cities, find enough open space in the already overcrowded Dragon City, build new public rental housing complexes, let the residents of the hive city move in, and find new jobs for them. In the process, ensuring the stability of social order and avoiding major disturbances - this task is too difficult, even higher than launching a northern offensive.

"Instead of renovating the Nest City, it is better to expand outward, build a new district, and then raise more funds from the development of the new district, and then go back to solve the problem of the Nest City." This is the basic idea of ​​the Survival Committee in the new stage of urban development.

Of course, it's not just about money.

Nest City has existed for nearly half a century, and has its own governance logic and intricate interest groups.

There are still a large number of gray industries that do not exist in the outside world, but they are popular in the labyrinthine and cramped cobweb alleys of Hive City. Countless people rely on the oldest industries of human beings and sell their bodies in various ways to survive.

There are even more extremely dangerous wanted criminals, who are most likely hiding in the depths of the hive city.

For these people, even if the Survival Committee builds luxury houses outside and invites them to move out respectfully, they will not agree.

It is impossible for the Survival Committee to use force to storm the hive city.

After all, 90% of the people living in Hive City are ordinary citizens.

The crowded and messy environment of Hive City can easily lead to fire or building collapse.

Criminals with extraordinary strength are best at creating large-scale damage.

If he went to war in Nest City in order to capture a transcendent who was out of control, there was no guarantee that the other party would not jump over the wall in a hurry and drag hundreds of thousands of innocent residents to be buried with him.

Now is the period of the monster war, the main contradiction is the competition between humans and monsters for living space, it is impossible for the Survival Committee to create such a large-scale chaos inside Dragon City.

Besides, human society is never black and white.

There are always gray areas.

Now most of the gray industries in Dragon City are concentrated in the three hive cities, which are relatively easy to monitor and manage.

If the three hive cities are destroyed and these gray industries are allowed to spread throughout the city, wouldn't it be equivalent to the spread of cancer cells, making things worse?

Eighteen or nineteen-year-old Meng Chao may find it difficult to understand why Dragon City, a "city of heroes and an outpost of human civilization in another world", tolerates the existence of such a filthy place like Nest City.

However, Meng Chao, who had returned from the end of the world, combined the information from all sources, and his mind changed, and he quickly understood the problem.

The "Golden Teeth Nest City" that Lu Siya mentioned was the largest of the three remaining Hive Cities.

It is said that there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of people-no one has ever counted them.

There are various human beings' oldest industries in it.

Naturally, it also includes monster gladiators.

Compared with the legitimate monster arenas outside, the monster arena in Hive City has two most attractive features.

The first is the illegal monster wrestling in Nest City. Monsters are often modified in various ways, turning them into tyrannical, bloodthirsty, terrifying, and even injected with various prohibited genetic drugs to completely "crazy" the monsters. Bring unparalleled stimulation.

The second is gambling.

It is a legal monster arena, and gambling is also allowed.

However, there is a limit on the upper limit of the amount, and the information of the gambler must be recorded. Even if you win, you must pay a high "gaming tax" to support the development of biochemical modulation technology and include it in the pension fund for disabled and dead soldiers.

At the same time, the existence of illegal lending is strictly prohibited, and citizens are absolutely not allowed to borrow money to place bets.

It can only be said that it is a "small gamble for pleasure", just for fun.

Of course, there is no such problem in the illegal monster arena.

As long as you cough, you can borrow 100,000, 200,000, or even a higher amount of funds to bet in minutes. Of course, the interest rate is also horribly high. Many people are deeply involved in it, and they can no longer look back. They even lost their normal jobs outside. And life, can only be integrated with the nest city.

"Jin Yongqiang is a frequent visitor to the underground monster arena in Golden Tooth Nest City. The people there know that he is a middle-level member of 'Tiangong Machinery' and a mechanic at the pinnacle of the realm. He has a lot of opportunities to make money, so naturally he is relieved to lend it to him." less money."

Lu Siya told Meng Chao, "Actually, the first two years were fine. Jin Yongqiang was just playing around and didn't lose much money. Last year, he seemed to have won a lot.

"But this year, for some reason, I lost everything and even mortgaged the house.

"Even so, he still enjoys it and goes to the Golden Tooth Nest City when he has free time—maybe he also knows that with a normal salary, there is no way to redeem the house, and he can only go to the monster arena to try his luck.

"But, does this have anything to do with the 'Sega Tiancheng Biochemical Beast Murder Incident'?"

Meng Chao sorted out the clues and told Lu Siya what he found.

"The underground monster arena in Golden Tooth Nest City of course has the technology to modulate monsters, and it is even more insane than the legal laboratories of 'Spiritual Creation Creatures' or 'Nongda University'. Regardless of the slightest rules, they have the technology and motivation to create monsters." Mutant rabies virus'."

Meng Chao said, "Perhaps, this virus existed in the first place, and it was designed to make monsters fall into a state of madness, increase their attack power and excitement, and attract audiences.

"Jin Yongqiang is a frequent visitor to the underground monster arena, so he naturally knows the way here, maybe there is also a channel to get the 'mutated rabies virus'.

"That is to say, as long as we find the underground arena where Jin Yongqiang often goes, and then find his friends there, most likely the pharmacist, beast master or veterinarian of a certain monster team, we will find the answer!"

"That's right!"

Lu Siya said excitedly, "Meng Chao, I found that you are really my lucky star. It seems that you can turn the impossible into the possible every time. In just one day, you can basically find the answer from the mess of clues. Go to Golden Tooth Nest City!"

"etc--"

Meng Chao hesitated, "Just the two of us? As far as I know, there are still many gangs entrenched in Golden Tooth Nest City. Many factions have existed since the zombie crisis decades ago, and their history is longer than the Survival Committee. Just the two of us going in, what if the situation gets out of control?"

Lu Siya was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Of course it's not just the two of us, I'll gather all the clues to the Alien Beast Investigation Bureau now, and let the top send elite soldiers to support us in the future."

"so……"

Meng Chao was thoughtful, "Wait, I seem to see Shen Yupeng."

"What?"

Lu Siya raised her voice, "Where are you, how did you see him?"

"I'm at the door of the 'spiritual creation'."

Meng Chao explained, "The secret police monitored the laboratory of 'Lingchuang Biology'. Gao Ye got the test report and immediately reported it to the secret police. Shen Yupeng probably came to him to understand the situation."

"Damn it, this guy's sense of smell is better than a dog's, so you must not let him smell it!"

Lu Siya hurriedly said, "Hurry up, don't let Shen Yupeng see you, race against time to join me at the entrance of Golden Tooth Nest City, we must find the person who gave Jin Yongqiang the mutated rabies virus before Shen Yupeng and the secret police !"

Meng Chao blinked.

Standing at the gate of "Lingchuangbiology", watching the black car driven by Shen Yupeng getting closer.

"Okay, here we come." He said to Lu Siya on the phone.

...

From the outside, Golden Tooth Nest City is just a dusty concrete forest with extremely dense buildings, most of the entrances and exits are blocked by construction waste and burned-out vehicles.

The so-called entrance is just a seemingly ordinary vegetable market that sells various monster flesh and blood materials.

Only the strong aroma lingering in the air for a long time shows the difference between this place and ordinary residential areas.

This is the taste of "Hundred Poison Feast".

While the internal organs of many monsters are highly poisonous, they taste extremely delicious, which is even better than the puffer fish in the earth era.

In the past, it often happened that citizens couldn't resist the temptation to cook the highly poisonous offal of monsters, resulting in food poisoning.

Over time, the Survival Committee explicitly prohibited the sale of the poisonous offal of monsters for the purpose of eating.

But in Golden Tooth Nest City, a lawless place between black and white, the so-called ban is just a dead letter.

The "Hundred Poison Banquet" composed of hundreds of highly poisonous viscera of monsters has long been a well-known feature.

There are indeed quite a few citizens who made a special trip to Golden Tooth Nest City to satisfy their appetites.