Trickster Hunter

Chapter 372 Settlement Point

Before Sun Hang approached, a man carrying a steel pipe got off a van. He was wearing a motorcycle helmet without goggles and looked at Sun Hang unkindly.

But what surprised Sun Hang was that this guy just looked at him and did not make any aggressive moves or walk towards him. Instead, he watched him cross the road, pass through the parked cars, and enter the construction site.

Fortunately, Sun Hang changed his clothes on the way here, otherwise he would have appeared here covered in blood, and some unnecessary conflicts might have really occurred.

Sun Hang continued to walk forward. According to the scavenger girl, the scavengers and homeless people living here are basically concentrated in the eleventh and thirteenth buildings, because these two buildings are the only two buildings in the entire building complex with running water. Although the running water has a strong smell of rust and is often cut off, it is better than nothing.

Sun Hang walked to the entrance of the eleventh building. These buildings had not yet been equipped with doors and windows. In order to resist the cold wind outside, the scavengers made fences with simple materials such as foam boards and plastic sheets to block the gaps where air leaked. Looking up, as long as the windows were blocked tightly, it was the floor where people lived; and the floors with open windows were the public kitchens used for cooking.

As for the problem of going to the toilet, it must be solved in those uninhabited buildings or the sand pit behind the construction site.

The scavenger girl told Sun Hang that there was once a homeless man who did not follow the rules of the building and defecated directly on the staircase corridor. As a result, this guy was beaten up by a group of scavengers. Before driving the guy out, they forced him to eat what he had defecated...

Although it is very chaotic here, there is also a set of "rules" that everyone silently abides by in the chaos.

In Sun Hang's view, this place is more like a "small community" that evolved from a settlement.

As soon as Sun Hang approached the fence at the gate, a cunning eyeball appeared behind a peephole dug out on the fence. After the owner of the eyeball looked at Sun Hang for two seconds, a sharp voice came from behind the fence: "New face... First time here?"

"Yes." Sun Hang replied.

He came to inquire about things, not to fight. Since the other party had not shown any malicious intent, Sun Hang could naturally communicate with the other party in a friendly manner.

"Looking at your dress, you don't look like a homeless down-and-out man... Could you be a plainclothes officer?" the other party asked

But Sun Hang did not hear any fear in the other party's tone.

"Do you think I look like him?"

"A little bit." The other party pushed the fence open a crack.

This is a little old man with shifty eyes. He looks about 50 or 60 years old. He is thin and has a severe hunchback that makes him look like a human-shaped river shrimp. He pushed the fence open with some effort to make a hole big enough for Sun Hang to pass through. He whispered: "Except for the cops and businessmen, no one will come to this kind of place... and you are empty-handed, you don't look like a businessman at first glance." The old man said.

"Businessmen? Do you mean those who buy things picked up by scavengers?"

"Yes, they always come in vans or trucks. After all, the scavengers here are all bartering, and money has long been useless."

In the current situation of Tianfu City, banknotes are indeed not much different from waste paper... The most urgently needed materials are all under the control of the government and are strictly distributed according to the number of people. Even if you have money... without a strong "connection", it is difficult to buy those materials.

"Do they come frequently?" Sun Hang asked again.

"Asking this and that right away, you still say you are not a cop?" The little old man glanced at Sun Hang and said.

"I didn't say I wasn't, I just asked you if I looked like it." Sun Hang looked around - it was called the first floor, but in fact it should be the overhead floor under the building, which was usually used to place express cabinets or park non-motor vehicles for owners, but now it has been transformed into a "youth version" of a large flat.

The fence blocked the leaks, and the load-bearing walls were cut with thin plywood. A rechargeable emergency light was hung in the corner of the ceiling, and the brightness was adjusted to the most power-saving level, emitting a dim light.

"What's wrong, has someone stolen something that shouldn't be stolen? Or... someone died?" The old man asked lightly.

"Why do you seem to be not afraid of the sheriff?" Sun Hang asked curiously.

"I haven't done anything wrong, why should I be afraid?" The old man pulled over a rocking chair and sat down tremblingly. "As for those who should be afraid of you, they had already packed up their belongings and ran away before you came."

"Strictly speaking, everyone who lives here can be considered a thief, right?" Sun Hang asked tentatively.

"Strictly speaking? How strict is it? We are just a group of garbage collectors. Who knows who threw those things there?" The old man said, "Is this also illegal?"

"Learn about the crime of illegal occupation."

"Okay, then you can handcuff me." The old man honestly stretched out his bony wrist and sneered, "There are more than one or two sheriffs who came here to investigate, and you are the first one who is so serious."

"Oh, have other sheriffs been here?"

"They probably feel guilty because they know that the superiors are unable to support us and can only let us find ways to make a living... so they just turn a blind eye. It's okay if you want to convict us. We still want to go to jail. At least we have food and drink in prison, a bed to sleep on, and we don’t have to suffer from the cold... Isn’t it better than being in this hellish place?” the little old man said.

"Just kidding...I mainly want to inquire about someone." Sun Hang said.

"Who am I asking about?"

Sun Hang took out his mobile phone. What was on his mobile phone was a portrait painting, which Sun Hang reconstructed based on the face of the deceived scavenger he saw... He even used a little help from his thoughts. The ability to succeed.

"Oh... this guy." The little old man smacked his lips, "This guy likes to brag. I don't like him very much... He has been away from here for more than a week. I heard that he is elsewhere. He made a fortune...what happened to him?"

"He is dead." Sun Hang said.

"Oh, he's dead." After hearing the news of the scavenger's death, the little old man didn't show any surprise. "If he's dead, he's dead. One of us froze to death two days ago... What’s the big deal if someone dies?”

"But he was killed by a strange thing, so I need to come here to collect evidence." Sun Hang said, "I heard someone said that when he left, he didn't take anything with him and left it all here."

"Tricks?" The expression on the little old man's face finally changed. "Are you trying to find his relics? That might be difficult... He hasn't come back for two days, and those things have long been taken away by others."