Above Destiny

Chapter 404: The Eye and the Electric Stick

The sky began to drizzle again, and thunder was heard in the distance.

Under the erosion of cold and dampness, the crowd gathered in the mud became more and more agitated. The people in the front were shaking the barbed wire vigorously. Their dusty faces were distorted in anxiety and their original appearance could no longer be recognized.

"Brother, please be kind and make some concessions!"

"I was here just yesterday."

"We are visiting relatives, really. If you don't believe me, I can ask him to come out..."

"What are you doing? I'm here to place an order!"

Shouts, roars, even low sobs and shouts, gathered together and turned into an irritating wave of sound. In the gap between the roadblock and the barbed wire, the members of the management team were pushed and pulled, constantly shouting and yelling, pushing away the hands that were stretched out again and again, and they were almost unable to hold on.

At this moment, seeing Lao Gou finally appear, he seemed to be relieved for a moment.

Just in front of Luca, Lao Gou directed a few people to stack up a few boxes, barely turning them into a small platform. He stood on it but did not say a word.

He just weighed the loudspeaker in his hand and waited quietly until a pair of eyes finally fell on him and the boiling voices finally subsided a little. Then he turned on the microphone, put on a simple and honest smile, and shouted: "Dear fellow villagers, dear friends... We are the Xinquan City Appearance Management Team..."

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!!"

Before he could finish, an angry voice rang out from the crowd, shouting. Suddenly, the crowd surged again, shouting noisily: "Give us a way to live!"

"Lao Gou, it's me, Lao Gou. We are old acquaintances..."

"What do you want to do, you bastards!"

"Doctor, I want to see a doctor!!"

"You can't just ignore our lives..."

Buzz—! ! ! !

A shrill whistling sound suddenly broke out, and Gou Er suddenly turned up the volume of the speaker to the highest level. The sharp buzzing sound pierced countless eardrums and caused the sound to pause briefly.

"Please cooperate with our work and maintain order."

Gou Er still had an honest smile on his face, and comforted the crowd: "Don't worry, everyone. The rainy season has come early. We are just conducting an exercise to prevent chaos. The blockade is only temporary. It will be open in the afternoon! Please wait for a while.

Friends with passes, please go to the right. If you are here for recruitment, please wait on the left, Xinquan will definitely..."

"Liar! Liar!!"

Several high-pitched voices suddenly rang out from the crowd, inciting the crowd, but they could not be found: "Don't believe him, they want to capture us and make us slaves, don't believe him!"

For a moment, the angry voices and shouts reached a new climax again.

There were even more people who became excited in an instant, making noise and shouting. Taking advantage of the large crowds, some people threw stones and mud at here, and Gou Er's face was instantly covered in dust.

"You bunch of bastards, don't be so——"

Gou Er was furious and roared, but in an instant, his expression changed drastically. He subconsciously pressed his ears, listening to the orders from the other end, and his expression gradually twitched.

In front of everyone, he gradually became hunched over, nodding and bowing in a fawning manner.

His voice came from the speaker that had not yet been turned off.

"Okay, okay, okay, right away."

After a brief communication interruption, his expression twitched and he glared at the crowd. His instructions to the people around him could be vaguely heard through the loudspeaker.

"Move the fence and let them in."

For a moment, the people at the front couldn't help but show their joy and cheer.

But among them, a few people were stunned, as if they had not expected such a situation. Subconsciously, they instinctively turned around and looked behind them...

In the crowd, one face froze for a moment.

Immediately, his face changed to anger.

Because he saw the look that Gou Er gave him from the podium.

The hunchbacked man stopped smiling.

There was no expression on his wrinkled and muddy face, but a certain hideousness emerged in his dark eyes.

"Oh, the one with the grey hat!"

Gou Er suddenly roared: "It's him!"

Where the hell are the headphones? Earwax is more like that!

If he was going to contact the boss for something as trivial as this, what the hell was he going to do... Besides, the two people he was talking to were from the security department, not the management team, so how could they listen to his orders? !
In an instant, in this sudden change, he had found the commander hiding in the crowd, and beside him, A Nuo pulled the gun out of his pocket without thinking and aimed at the face that had no time to show fear.

With your fingers bent, you are about to pull the trigger...

Then, no gunshots were heard.

Before that, he was kicked aside by someone who had been waiting for who knows how long.

"Don't get in the way—"

Amid the sound of steel rubbing against each other, the giant suddenly rushed out, broke through the barbed wire, raised his hand and swung a stick, smashing it down on the man's head - in mid-air, the top of the stick suddenly expanded, emitting dazzling electric sparks.

Electric baton!

Without mercy, he hit one of the instigators in the face. The terrifying power and the blazing electric light poured out violently, and in an instant, a wisp of green smoke rose up with the violent convulsions.

The instigator fell to the ground, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

The 'giant' has already taken a step, breaking through the crowd and rushing towards the commander step by step!
That is...that is...

——Special exoskeleton system for the Security Department!
With a terrifying weight of over 600 kilograms, bulletproof armor stacked like scales to protect vital parts, even the face is wrapped in it, force feedback operating system and electromagnetic transmission spine, battery pack function, and sixteen motors throughout the body... it is enough to turn any weak consumptive patient into an indestructible steel giant.

At this moment, there is more than one heavy exoskeleton running rampant.
Sixteen security guards equipped with exoskeletons suddenly jumped out from the truck trailers on both sides. It was unknown how long they had been waiting, but they rushed into the crowd like a tiger into a flock of sheep.

The explosion-proof shield in one hand was advancing like an iron wall, and the electric baton in the other hand almost left an afterimage, rushing forward with overwhelming force, and instantly crushed the crowd.

Amid the shrill alarms, one high-pressure water cannon after another was raised with the cooperation of the dark-skinned strong men, releasing a torrent of water to disperse the chaotic crowd.

"Killing! Killing!"

"The coast is killing people!"

"Everyone, run quickly..."

The cries of grief and support were drowned out by the high-pressure water cannon before they could even spread. The leading security guard in an exoskeleton had already charged into the crowd alone.

He raised the bullet-proof shield without any warning and blocked the sniper bullets that came from nowhere.

Then, the hinge of the electric baton in his hand twisted automatically, and dazzling electric light spurted out, separating from the rain, and blue light ran. Just like that, he raised it, swung it in a circle, and threw it towards a truck piled with goods outside the crowd.

The gunman, who was holding a gun under the camouflage cloth of the truck, didn't even have time to react.

All he saw was a ferocious, spreading blue light that was like a cannonball, rushing towards him. Long before he was electrocuted to death, a solid metal electric baton pierced his eye socket. He could not be deader!

The commander with a changed expression subconsciously turned around and wanted to run, but it was too late.

He had been pulled by the collar by the operator of the exoskeleton, swung up, and mercilessly plunged into the mud. He instantly vomited blood and twitched, but the ruthless iron hand dragged his legs again, pulled him up, swung it in a circle, and aimed it at a protruding stone on the ground.

Bang!
Blood gushed out.

Then, trample.

Completely dead.

It was a smooth attack that took less than ten seconds.

It's not even a warm-up.

Among the fleeing crowd at this moment, the controller looked around and saw only a group of garbage men running around. He couldn't help but feel regretful and walked back in disappointment.

Until now, Gou Er is still standing there in a daze.

sluggish.

Didn't react.

As he passed by him, the operator took off his helmet, revealing Lu Feng's face.

Glanced at him.

He took another look at A Nuo who was still lying in the mud and the gun in his hand.

Suddenly I understood something.

"Don't do those nonsense all the time." Lu Feng said: "Follow the rules and do practical things. Your boss never treats his own people unfairly."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Gou Er finally reacted and nodded rapidly, his hanging fingers twitching as he tried to suppress the trembling.

Then, Lu Feng's gaze fell on A Nuo lying on the ground.

"Boy, what's your name?"

"Report, report!"

Ah Nao instinctively straightened up, stood at attention, and shouted back, "My name is Li Nao!"

Suddenly, laughter came from all directions.

They were all the security guards holding high-pressure water cannons, grinning, and no one knew what they were laughing at, whether they were laughing at his name or his ridiculous standing posture. "Hey, you have a pretty loud voice."

Lu Feng grinned slightly and glanced at Lao Gou: "It's a good kid. It's a pity for him to follow you. How about sending him to the security department later?"

“This is his blessing!”

When he asked his name, Gou Er was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and was overjoyed. He jumped off the box and kicked the idiot hard:
"What are you still standing there for? Call someone!"

Li Nao opened his mouth instantly, but hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to call him, so he could only imitate his uncle: "Hello, Master Lu!"

Lu Feng nodded and walked back. He heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Gou Er's smiling face approaching him. He couldn't help but shake his head: "He has too many tricks up his sleeve."

"That's what you taught me."

Gou Er rubbed his hands together, nodded and bowed: "I will definitely change it, I will definitely change it!"

"It's a good thing to think more about it, but just don't use it recklessly."

Lu Feng withdrew his gaze coldly and suddenly asked: "Is your last name really Gou?"

"real!"

Gou Er nodded vigorously.

No matter whether you have a surname or not, from now on your surname will be Gou.

Lu Feng didn't look back at him again. He just waved his hand indifferently. After taking off the exoskeleton, he went back to the lounge to continue picking his feet and watching short videos.

Naturally, Gou Er, who was eager to show off, would handle the chaos at the scene.

With no one instigating or causing trouble, everything was naturally in order. No matter whether it was the crowd that had just dispersed or those who arrived along the road later, they were all stopped outside Xinquan, settled on the spot, and waited for news.

It was not until the afternoon that Ji Jue finally showed up.

It seemed as if he hadn't rested for a long time, his eyes were dark and he was yawning.

"I'm sorry for being late. Thank you all for your hard work."

He sat in the conference room and flipped through the report in front of him: "I have a general understanding of the situation. Is there anything important?"

Lu Feng shook his head nonchalantly: "A bunch of noobs, it's not difficult at all, they can't even swing the electric baton with all their strength."

"Someone must be behind this." Gou Er, who had secured the qualification to attend the meeting, reported cautiously after seeing Yan Jian's expression, "There may be more trouble in the future."

"I know."

Ji Jue nodded calmly.

After all, when you are famous, you are prone to gossip. There is a limit to the amount of money in the world. If you earn one more dollar, others will definitely earn one less dollar. There is no telling how many people have had their wealth blocked by the coast, not to mention that there are a large number of settlements that are jealous of Xinquan.

They have monopolized the ruins and remains of Quancheng. It's hard to imagine how much money there is in such a huge garbage disposal business. However, they only cooperate with Yulou Trading in Yacheng and Tianchi Construction in Chaocheng. If others want to make money, they can only wait for Chen Yubo and the people from the Lou family in Chaocheng to pick up the leftovers after they have eaten their fill.

Not to mention the insane output of the coastal industry in the past few months. They make money from everything and sell everything. Many settlements are almost bankrupt due to the squeeze of Ji Jue.

All the ways to make money without doing anything have been blocked by Ji Jue. It would be strange if I didn't hate him to death.

The currently booming coastal industry has long been the target of public criticism.

The reason why he seemed to be restrained before was that he was frightened by the massacre when Ji Jue cleaned up Diaomao Town. He could only hide his minions and endure, waiting for the opportunity to stain the mouth of Quancheng River with blood...

Ji Jue was also waiting.

He really wanted to know whose blood would be the one that dyed the mouth of the Quancheng River red.

At this moment, after briefly flipping through the reports on the table, his eyes fell on the bottom.

The proposal put forward by Gou Er.

There are still many typos and the order is reversed, but they are subtle and do not affect the reading process, and the language is also straightforward.

How should I put it? It is not easy to write a good report, but it is very easy to write a rough report. The trouble is... I can write such a rough report but still make it understandable to others without affecting comprehension.

There is a beauty in having some tricks but nowhere to use them.

Still free...

The workload is not saturated, right?

Ji Jue glanced at him, and Gou Er straightened up instantly, waiting solemnly.

However, Ji Jue did not make any comments, but just told him: "The measures and resettlement plan you proposed are very good, let's do it this way."

Gou Erti’s plan was very simple.

Taking advantage of the early arrival of the rainy season, they seized the opportunity to "add insult to injury" and selected a group of young and strong laborers from among the garbage men. They lowered the price and took the opportunity to sign them up to work like slaves.

It is indeed heartless, but the irony is that this kind of thing has almost become a kind of norm and rule in the wilderness.

Moreover, compared with other places, the treatment here at Ji Jue is already as generous as it can be, almost tantamount to charity.

You have to know that in those large settlements, if you want to surrender yourself now, it's not as easy as just spending a lot of blood.

The better ones picked people who could do hard labor and were useful to be used as slaves, while the worse ones were directly used as slaves. There were even many settlements that had a sideline business of human trafficking, both living and dead. Once you got in, you were not much better than the animals waiting to be slaughtered in the pen.

Ji Jue even guaranteed your personal safety, and allowed you to bring two people into Xinquan, and even provided food and accommodation... He just let you do hard labor, and even taught you how to repair TVs and refrigerators...

He is simply a saint.

Logically speaking, garbage collectors would be going against their conscience if they didn't kowtow twice when entering the door.

Unfortunately, 'good people are often bullied' is a universal law in the wilderness, just as there are no corpses when repairing bridges and roads.

You are so kind, why can't you help me for free? You are so rich, with a big family and a big coast, you can afford to support a useless person like me, right?
Among the crowd who wanted to break through the checkpoints and force their way in this morning, I wonder how many people had the same idea, just like the bunch of rubbish that Gou Er and his men had cleared out from the shantytown.

Otherwise, what use would it be even if a few people cheered and instigated behind the scenes?

In addition to taking the opportunity to recruit personnel, Gou Er also suggested selecting relatively clean and honest "good citizens" for resettlement, and providing them with a loan so that they can rent a house in Xinquan for temporary settlement.

For those who have no skills but are willing to work, Coast also has a loan training program, commonly known as paid work. Coast trains for half a year, and then works like a slave for ten years, not a day less.

As for those who really have no money, no ability, and don't want to work...

Then why don't you just die?

To put it bluntly, even if this kind of person dies in front of the gate of Chongguang Church, the church will not care.

And at the end of the proposal, there is another one.

If Ji Jue really wants to take care of those children who have no parents and no relatives and are unable to work for the time being, that’s fine - didn’t the market just expand?

There is a shed to keep out the wind and rain, and a mattress can be spread on the wooden board for sleeping. Anyway, one mouth can't eat much, so soak expired compressed biscuits into paste and cook porridge with two pickles, you will definitely not starve to death. If you can't do heavy work, go to clean the sewers and sweep the streets to clear the mud.

There are no labor laws in the wilderness, and no protection for minors. Although the coast is a bit harsh and cruel, at least they can give them a way to survive without having to sell their bodies or become consumables...

"Your method is very good, let's do it as you say."

Ji Jue nodded: "I'll get a charter out later and report it to Yan Gong to see if there's anything we can work with. If there's not enough room to live in, we'll find a few chosen ones from the ruins to expand it."

It can be predicted that after this wave, the coastal industry will probably continue to grow and develop, and productivity will increase! UP! UP!

But the problem is...there is already excess productivity!

After all, the current market is only the wilderness, and the people in the settlement are basically poor guys, so it’s hard to squeeze much money out of them. There’s no way to satisfy Director Ji, so he can only apologize.

We need to develop sales channels as soon as possible.

Should we work hard towards Longyuan or the nearby Shanzhou?

Ji Jue pondered and thought.

Isis' voice was heard.

"Data summary and calculation completed, high-threat target location confirmed—"

The screen suddenly started up, and the images from the surveillance cameras appeared one by one. A red dot appeared on the map of Xinquan overlooking the drone.

The near riot of the crowd during the day had already activated Isis's warning. There must be some conspiracy behind this strange situation.

After several hours of analysis, retrieval and continued final tracking, the possible hiding place of the target has been found.

Ji Jue took a look and immediately laughed out loud.

Angry.

After he was done with the matter, he didn't run away right away, but hid on the spot...

And it’s right inside Xinquan! ?
really interesting.

"It's dark."

Ji Jue turned around, looked at the night gradually emerging outside the window, then looked at Lu Feng meaningfully: "Brother Feng, are you interested in warming up?"

"You still want me for this little Karami?"

Lu Feng shook his head instinctively, but suddenly understood what Ji Jue meant.

The two looked at each other and grinned silently.

During the day, there are many people and eyes, so some things are naturally difficult to take out. But when the lights are turned off, who can still tell the difference between power armor and exoskeleton?

It’s been so long since I got the new thing, it’s time to start using it!

(End of this chapter)