civilwarnovels Chapter 586: Simple Folk Customs (Wrong)
Chapter 586: Simple Folk Customs (Wrong)
Chapter 586: Simple Folk Customs (Wrong)
"Why are you here again?"
Stephen had a headache when he saw Zheng Shu again.
He now gradually acknowledged what Klaus said, that the guy in front of him probably had no ill will towards them.
But because there was no ill intention, it made people feel uncomfortable. Especially when encountering some of Zheng Shu's behaviors that made people hate him, the feeling of not being able to hit him was really unbearable.
"You're right. Of course I'm here to collect my 'salary'. We agreed that you would give me a fixed amount of living expenses every month. You're not going to default on your debt, are you?"
Zheng Shu was still sitting on the sofa with a leisurely look on his face, drinking black tea, and by the way, he greeted Klaus who came in after Stephen.
"How could we possibly refuse to pay you?!" Stephen felt that the blood vessels in his forehead began to throb before he could even say a few words to Zheng Shu.
"Then why didn't I get any money in the past six months?"
"It's because you don't have any bank cards in your name. We can't find you when we want to transfer money, and you're not in the house all year round. If I didn't know you were so strong, I would have thought you died on some street!" Stephen gritted his teeth.
Zheng Shu blinked, and suddenly realized that what he said seemed to be right, so he smiled awkwardly: "Ahahaha, cough cough, sorry, I forgot about this."
Sighing, and resisting the urge to beat up the guy in front of him - of course the most important thing was that he couldn't beat him. Stephen walked to the cabinet next to him and rummaged through it, and quickly took out a bank card and threw it in front of Zheng Shu.
"The password is written on the back. The living expenses for the first few months are all in it. And the living expenses in the future will also be transferred to this card."
"Oh, that really troubles you."
Zheng Shu happily took the bank card from Stephen and was about to leave when he met someone walking in from the door.
He is a young man with short grey hair and light black skin, with a perfect face and a gentle smile that is enough to make any woman fall in love with him.
Simply put, if Zheng Shu only strengthened Hercules's enhanced template, then he would not even be able to compare to the man in front of him in terms of appearance.
Just seeing the man's silver pupils, Zheng Shu's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Doug Hammer is one of Rikira's boyfriends in the original novel, or strictly speaking, one-half.
With his handsome looks, lively and cheerful personality, great strength and kind heart, he can almost be called a perfect man.
His nickname is simply the Perfect Man. He has an irresistible charm for women. K.K. and Jane Huang both feel very good about him, and even the warden who imprisoned him blushes when he sees him.
Of course, Doug is still just a newcomer in Libra. Although he has outstanding looks, he has not had time to show his abilities.
"Ah, hello!"
Doug, who had just entered the room, was stunned when he saw Zheng Shu, then he smiled cheerfully and took the initiative to say hello.
"Hello." Zheng Shu also nodded friendly.
Judging from the spiritual fluctuations emanating from Doug's heart, the other party is truly full of kindness towards the entire world.
The gleam in his soul even made Zheng Shu feel a little dazzling. If such a person were placed in the world of Western fantasy, he would be a genuine reserve hero favored by the goddess.
When Zheng Shu thought about the miserable things that Doug would experience in the future, he couldn't help but reach out and pat Doug on the shoulder.
"You are a good boy, but remember, boys must pay attention to their own safety when they are alone outside!"
"Ah? Ah...thank you?"
Although he looked confused, Doug still expressed his gratitude to Zheng Shu from the bottom of his heart out of kindness in his heart.
Looking at Zheng Shu's departing back, Doug tilted his head in confusion and turned to look at Stephen: "What did he mean just now?"
"Don't worry about it. This person always says nonsense for no apparent reason."
"Oh……"
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Walking aimlessly on the roads of Hersharemz, Zheng Shu was in a relatively happy mood.
Especially after he checked the amount of money in his bank card at the ATM in the convenience store, he felt even happier.
"I didn't expect that after not seeing the city for half a year, there have been so many changes."
Walking on a street in a commercial district, Zheng Shu couldn't help but feel emotional when looking at the bustling shops around him.
Compared with the depression comparable to that of a war-torn area more than half a year ago, Hersharemz is now so prosperous that it is even a little abnormal.
Of course, this is also partly due to the things sold in these shops.
Although the current laws of Hersharemz make the sale of organs from intelligent creatures and heavy weapons illegal, looking at the products in the shops before him, Zheng Shu deeply felt the tough customs of the people of Hersharemz.
Not to mention the modified RPGs or biologically modified humans, Zheng Shu even found that some stores were selling heavy combat mechas and various banned organs.
If I remember correctly, this kind of heavy mecha had just been invented half a year ago, and even the police were not fully equipped. But in such a short time, there are already stores that dare to sell this thing blatantly? !
Due to the special nature of the city of Hersharemz, there is no military in the city, and the so-called police is actually the largest violent group in the city.
If this happens in other countries, it would be like a country developing the most advanced weapons and equipment, which are then sold on the underground black market in just half a year.
Of course, the actual situation is not that serious. After all, in Hersharemz, there is a collision of technologies from two worlds, and a technological explosion is occurring every moment.
The weapons and equipment that were advanced half a year ago may already be outdated versions now.
Whether these shops can be considered underground black markets is another matter. After all, Zheng Shu has never seen such a blatant "black market".
Not to mention that all kinds of prohibited items are blatantly displayed in the shops, many shops even place the prohibited items right in front of the door, for fear that the "customers" outside will not see them.
If it weren't for the fear of the city's police force, Zheng Shu even suspected that these shops would have put up banners to advertise.
Simply put, apart from the "deadline" such as the prohibition of selling live humans, which these shops will not display openly, other "bans" are no different from bullshit to these lunatics who dare to open shops here.
"But... this is not the same store I'm looking for. Am I in the wrong place?"
After walking for a while, Zheng Shu had to admit that he was indeed a little lost.
However, Zheng Shu felt that the main responsibility did not lie with him. It was mainly because the city of Hersharemz developed too fast. Except for a few wealthy areas and high-rise buildings, most areas underwent a transformation in a short period of time.
There are even many places where the buildings have completely changed their architectural style and look more like biomass products than civil structures.
This was during the period when New York City was ruled by the United States. Such rapid changes in New York City were simply unimaginable.
But such rapid development seems quite reasonable in Hersharem.
"Forget it, let's use modern technology."
After a long detour, Zheng Shu gave up the idea of finding a suitable restaurant on his own and took out his long-unused mobile phone, connected it to the Internet, and opened some navigation and forum software.
"Let me look for it... Oh, I found it! The reviews say that this is a recently opened internet-famous restaurant. It's said to be quite 'hot', and the food is so good that even if the customers faint, they will still give a thumbs-up to praise it..."
Zheng Shu blinked, a little bit unbelieving: "Is this true? It's not mozzarella, how can it be so delicious?"
Regardless of the truth, Zheng Shu admitted that seeing these reviews piqued his interest.
After a quick search on the navigation, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a direct bus near me.
"It seems I'm not wrong. This place seems to be one of HL's key development routes. No wonder it's so prosperous."
After a quick search for the route, Zheng Shu finally decided to take the sightseeing subway to his destination, mainly to experience the future sightseeing route.
Because Zheng Shu found a "Hersharemz Tourist Guide" taken by someone in some forums. It is said that this is the future development plan of the city, and the road where this tourist subway is located is one of the tourist routes that is planned to be built.
Although Zheng Shu was very curious about which people were so desperate to come to this city for tourism.
Following the navigation to the station, Zheng Shu casually sat on a chair by the roadside and listened to the broadcast coming from the loudspeaker above his head.
"Go to Seagrave Hell Station. The No. 4 train from Seagrave Hell Station is about to depart... Welcome to take this train. The probability of survival this week is 63%. Passengers without approved travel vouchers will not be able to pass through the central double ticket gate. Next stop, Union Square Lost Site Station, Union Square Lost Site Station..."
Listening to the voice from the radio drama, Zheng Shu showed a subtle expression: "Is there a real-time survival rate broadcast so soon? This city is developing faster than I thought."
After all, more than half a year ago, the city’s public transportation system had not even been completely rebuilt.
If it happened in another city, as long as the country was an autonomous and sovereign country, and more than 30% or nearly 40% of the people died after a train left, the top leaders of the city would basically be fired from top to bottom.
But in Hersharemz, this "high" survival rate of 63% is the result of the Hersharemz police station spending a lot of manpower and material resources to continuously clear out possible dangers along the way and open up a genuine green route.
If Zheng Shu remembered correctly, the area where the protagonist of the original novel once lived was one of the top ten safe rental areas for outsiders because of its high survival rate of 61%.
Among the travelers waiting there, there were very few humans, and most of them were strange creatures from another world.
This is also normal. Even if the chance of survival is more than 60%, for normal humans, taking this train is an unimaginable life-risking behavior. Only creatures from other worlds with tenacious vitality and a hole in their brains would choose to take this kind of public transportation.
"Tsk, why do I feel like I'm scolding myself?"
Just as Zheng Shu was making fun of himself, a car came driving towards them quickly. It had eyes and teeth on the hood of its car, and on its head was a strange creature with a brain placed in a reinforced glass jar and soaked in an unknown liquid.
If you only look at the front of the train, it looks like a completely weird creature, but if you look at the rear carriage, you will know that this thing is the train in the city of Hersharemz.
Everything went smoothly afterwards. Zheng Shu was lucky enough to arrive at his destination by subway without any trouble.
"Oh! Is this the area that is going to be built into a food court? It looks pretty good!"
As soon as he stepped out of the station, Zheng Shu could feel that the popularity was obviously even more lively than before.
Compared to the deserted subway station before, there are dense crowds of people here, and the proportion of humans has increased significantly.
This is a very rare thing. Although humans account for slightly less than one-third of the population in this city, theoretically one in every three people should have a human face.
But the fact is that if it is in the normal Hersharemz area, the proportion of humans is pitifully small, possibly even less than one-tenth.
This is because the vast majority of humanity lives in an area that retains the appearance of what New York City once was, and these relatively normal humans will live there and continue to call it New York City.
Zheng Shu had also heard that it was an area in the old city that used a high glass roof to block out the fog and had strict inspections at the entrances and exits.
Some sarcastic people would call the residents of that area the Ghetto Heighis.
Zheng Shu didn't have any strong aversion to the humans in that area, but the existence of such an area meant that any human who dared to live in the normal area of Hersharemz had some problems to a greater or lesser extent.
Like now...
call out……
A sharp whistling sound was heard, and before Zheng Shu had time to look at the street in front of him, a rocket-like organism with a tail flame flew past his eyes and fell straight into the most crowded area, causing a violent explosion.
boom! ! !
A fireball with destructive power far exceeding that of a normal rocket exploded beside Zheng Shu, and the hot air wave hit his face directly.
Faced with such a horrific attack, most residents seemed quite calm.
Except for the unlucky ones affected by the explosion, most of the residents of Hersharemz, including humans, looked as if they were used to it. Some did not even plan to leave immediately, but stood where they were and looked at the explosion area from afar.
Even those aliens who were blown into two pieces tried their best to quickly crawl away from the core area of the explosion and stopped, looking like they wanted to watch the fun while being seriously injured.
Zheng Shu even saw a few people who, after crawling out of the explosion area, jumped back up using their upper arms, picked up their lower bodies and crawled out again.
Some unscrupulous guys have already started to stealthily pick up the "corpses" next to the body parts, and it seems that they are planning to sell them to some underground black shops.
These horrific scenes, which are enough to destroy the sanity of people in other cities, are "daily occurrences" in this city.
"It's really a city with simple folk customs..."
Thanks again to the readers of Taishang Daluo Tianxian Wanshou Emperor for the reward. The boss will never die.
(End of this chapter)