Doctor, I'm really strong!

In the game, Shattered Bones and his sister met a tragic end, but here, he found his sister Misha. The Reunion Movement also did not cause any tragedies in Lungmen and Chernobog. Even Mephisto was sent to school by Liu Jiuli to study, and he and Faust roamed in the ocean of knowledge together.

What? You're saying you're a freshwater fish and about to die?

How could that be? It must be because you're not used to it yet. Someone, add some Huanggang exam papers to it! If you can't adapt to seawater, you'll definitely adapt to the Dead Sea. This is called stimulating evolution. Guiguzi, the UP master in the Bilibili knowledge section, talked about it. It's 1000% guaranteed. You're welcome. Keep up the good work!

Mephistopheles: Gurgle gurgle gurgle (Translation: I'm going to die, I'm going to die).

However, this speed is still too slow and cannot quickly realize Liu Jiuli's plan to absorb a large number of laborers in a short period of time.

Since that's the case, we have no choice but to unleash our ultimate move and revitalize the logistics industry!

To be precise, it's the logistics within Lungmen, including delivery drivers, a completely unified super industry giant. Liu Jiuli directly invested 10 billion Lungmen coins as start-up capital (exchanged from the red gold produced by the Omnipotent Factory, which also served as reserves for the Red Guards' People's Bank; the Red Guards should have their own bank too), and then began recruiting a large number of people.

Longmen, a trading city, has no shortage of white-collar workers. In Liu Jiuli's view, these white-collar workers who have never experienced the scythe of capitalist free trade are ready-made leeks to be harvested. He will immediately arrange for them to have food delivery, express delivery, Pinduoduo, mobile games, and light luxury goods, so that they can experience the wonderful life of Alipay, JD.com, and credit cards.

As for the infected, there are plenty of jobs for them at the construction site and inside District Six. This also ensures that ordinary people outside cannot accept the fact that they are infected. You should know that even though Liu Jiuli has made a lot of efforts, he has only barely managed to resolve the gap between ordinary people and the infected, and that is still in District Six of Longmen and Chernobog, two places that he absolutely controls.

The outside world needs more spiritual enrichment, and it is also necessary to appropriately enrich their cultural life.

There were so many things to arrange that Liu Jiuli felt that even if he could blow out ten thousand monkeys from a single hair, it wouldn't be enough.

But people can't always be surrounded by work, or they'll become dull. Going out and taking a break is also part of the revolution.

Humming a little tune as he rode his bicycle, Liu Jiuli felt he should get closer to society and go out to investigate.

But after he left District Six and went to inspect the surrounding blocks, the smile on his face disappeared at a visible speed.

If you feel like you're in heaven, then the outside world must be hell.

Chapter 69: Master Huang is kind-hearted and cannot bear to see the poor.

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What do you think constitutes a chaotic era?

The law has vanished, human life is worthless, the strong prey on the weak, families are torn apart, and people are forced to eat each other to survive.

This is a scene described to us through history books, but words are words after all, and images are ultimately separated by a screen. Only when you are in the midst of it can you truly know what a chaotic world is like.

In the post-apocalyptic wasteland, everyone who survives faces chaos, and the so-called peace and prosperity are the privilege of a very few.

The location of Lungmen District 6 is a slum. There are three other slums around it: District 3, District 7, and District 5. There used to be a slum in District 4, but with the rapid development of District 6, in last month's block adjustment, the location of District 4 was replaced by District 2, which is a wealthy area where the house price is over 100,000 Lungmen Dollars per square meter.

What does this mean? The purchasing power of LMD is equivalent to that of the US dollar before the collapse of the Bretton Woods system.

It's exaggerated, but perfectly normal.

The most expensive things in the wasteland are survival and safety. Mobile cities can guarantee survival and relative safety, while wealthy areas are the safest places in mobile cities. Survival is the basic requirement, and the cost is naturally so high that it makes people question their existence.

Oh right, there's also property tax, which is like protection money. You have to pay it, otherwise no matter how hard you struggled to buy the house, they won't say a word when they confiscate it. If you dare to resist, they'll let you experience the firepower of American police shooting black targets. Therefore, living here is very difficult. Many white-collar workers who work in wealthy areas live in slums or working-class areas, depending on which is closer.

Even so, people flock to these affluent areas, which are basically the bustling areas within the mobile city, equivalent to the city center. The bright lights here contrast sharply with the sparse lights of the slums and working-class areas next door.

What Liu Jiuli found most unacceptable was the security and sanitation of the slums. Gangs were rampant and sewage flowed everywhere. Although it hadn't developed to the point of being like medieval Europe, where gangsters were everywhere, it wouldn't be surprising if you accidentally stepped on a landmine.

As Liu Jiuli was passing a corner, he was stopped by an old lady while pushing his bicycle.

"Sir, please have mercy and buy my daughter! I'll pay whatever it takes!"

This was a scene Liu Jiuli had never expected before leaving home. He looked at the woman in front of him and the little girl behind her, with a yellowed weed tied to the little girl's head (there was definitely no straw to be found here).

The woman said this was her daughter, but judging from her appearance, one would believe she was her granddaughter, Liu Jiuli.

Liu Jiuli subconsciously said, "Old man, selling your daughter is illegal."

The woman pleaded, "How would I know any of that, sir? Please, have mercy and buy my daughter. Just give her some food. We haven't eaten for three days, and someone is about to die. Please, have mercy, please!"

As she spoke, the woman knelt down and began to kowtow. But then, another woman dressed similarly ran out from the side, also pulling a child, and shouted, "Sir, we sell too! We sell too! Ours is better!"

This was like a signal; in the blink of an eye, a circle of people appeared around Liu Jiuli, all of them selling children.

Descriptions that were once incomprehensible, scenes that were once unimaginable, are now clearly presented before Liu Jiuli, and then condense into five blood-red words—human life is as worthless as grass.

"Quiet! One by one!" Liu Jiuli's shout silenced the crowd. He then asked a woman, "Why don't you go to the Sixth District to look for work? They have everything they need, except people."

The atmosphere around them instantly fell into an eerie silence, and then the crowd gradually dispersed, like zombies.

This baffled Liu Jiuli. Did these people not want to work? But they didn't seem like the kind of parasites who only thought about how to take advantage of others and didn't care about labor at all.

Suddenly, a possibility flashed through Liu Jiuli's mind.

Damn it, could someone have tampered with the recruitment process at Future Technology, like taking kickbacks or using labor dispatch?

Liu Jiuli thought of his second uncle, who was thrown into an electronics factory through a labor dispatch agency. He injured his hand while working and was passed around between the labor dispatch company and the employer. Because he didn't understand the law and couldn't afford to make a fuss, and because he lacked evidence, he was kicked out after receiving less than two thousand yuan and was forced to sign some kind of letter of understanding.

At that moment, Liu Jiuli was furious. He kept thinking about whether the Sun Prison or the Fire Copper Chamber was more suitable to house this beast. In order to find out the truth, Liu Jiuli found the woman who had grabbed him earlier.

"Hey buddy, let me ask you something. Why don't you go work in the Sixth District next door? Don't you know about the job postings there? Or is someone giving you a hard time?"

The woman shook her head with a pained expression, saying nothing. This is when money is essential.

Liu Jiuli immediately handed over a 100-yuan Lungmen dollar note.

The woman's eyes lit up instantly, but she still hesitated. Liu Jiuli then added another card.

"That's fine now," the woman said, taking the Longmen coin. "Because this is Master Huang's territory."

In that instant, Liu Jiuli immediately imagined the classic scene of "Let the bullets fly, please be dignified, nine ways to kill you."

No, no, no, it can't be that kind of nonsense. If there really is a Zhang Mazi, I will definitely find him and do something big, like liberating all of Terra.

"Who is Master Huang?"

"Huanglong, also known as Master Huang, is the one here."

The woman gave a thumbs-up, a common expression in the underworld, signifying the local gang leader.

"He won't let you go to District Six?"

The woman nodded: "Master Huang calls the shots in this seventh district. Everyone here owes Master Huang money. Even if you don't owe him yourself, if your relatives do, they owe Master Huang money. With interest compounding, it will snowball and you won't be able to pay it back in no time."

Loan sharking is indeed one of the means of controlling others, but loan sharking alone is not enough; collection methods are also necessary.

So Liu Jiuli used his money to inquire around and asked many people, and learned about Master Huang's influence here.

As the largest local gang in District 7, Huang Long's influence extends to all local businesses, including prostitution, gambling, and drugs. Beyond his impeccable record, there's an even darker side lurking in the shadows: human trafficking, which can be done wholesale or retail.

If you think it's not cost-effective, we also have bulk options. One of our major clients is Swire Group, and we also have Rheintech's branch in Lungmen, Lungmen Rheintech.

Given that all the nations of Terra have a penchant for human experimentation, the fate of these people is predictable.

For such gangs, population is their source of wealth. Even the Taikoo Group has to back down against Future Technology's combat power, so these rats are clearly not to be trifled with. Therefore, they can only resort to this method of confrontation.

Gang members monitored the locals, preventing them from leaving, and through coercion and bribery, the Seventh District has become what it is today.

This is just the beginning. The neighboring Third and Fifth Districts will surely follow suit. At that time, the number of employees recruited by Future Technology will drop sharply, forming an invisible semi-encirclement.

Liu Jiuli even suspected that Wei Yanwu was involved. After all, if he confronted him head-on, he would be slapped to death. But this kind of proxy game was a tacit battle of wits.

As for these ordinary people who were sacrificed, in Wei Yanwu's heart, they must have been "the common people who suffer even more".

"This can't go on."

Liu Jiuli looked at the lifeless Seventh District with the same cold glint of "edible" in his eyes as Huazhong Agricultural University would when examining a bamboo rat.

It's time to purify this filthy world.

Chapter 70: Don't come any closer!!!

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After changing his clothes, Liu Jiuli went to the Longmen Governor's Mansion alone, still by bicycle.

The gatekeepers all recognized Liu Jiuli. Although it was said that even a seventh-rank official had to stand before the prime minister's gate, the gatekeepers were still very perceptive when it came to a guest like Liu Jiuli, whom the governor had specifically instructed to pay special attention to. They immediately invited Liu Jiuli to wait in the living room and went to inform Wei Yanwu.

About three minutes later, Wei Yanwu appeared in front of Liu Jiuli with a smile.

"It is Dr. Liu Jiuli who has graced us with his presence. I am very honored."

"Good afternoon, Governor Wei. I'm here today to bother you mainly to resolve a small issue."

Wei Yanwu nodded. He knew that Liu Jiuli was the kind of person who liked to get straight to the point, so he sat down opposite Liu Jiuli and asked, "Please speak. If I can help, I will certainly not refuse."

Liu Jiuli: "My sixth district is almost fully developed, but now there is a bit of a shortage of space. I plan to buy the adjacent blocks as well. I wonder if Governor Wei could do me a favor."

Wei Yanwu fell into deep thought.

Buying blocks is nothing special; it's a normal land transaction. He wasn't worried about whether Liu Jiuli could afford the price.

The problem is that he is very worried about the future of technology in Lungmen. Judging from the current development of the Sixth District, it is possible that it will become the second core district of Lungmen in the future. Money can buy anything. If you have money and nuclear bombs, you can go to heaven and earth at your own discretion.

If this continues, I fear my position as governor will become worthless.

Liu Jiuli naturally knew what Wei Yanwu was thinking, so he said, "Governor Wei, there's no need to worry. My current development focus is Chernobog. To be honest, I've already bought that city (Black Snake: Bullshit! You didn't spend a penny). Future Technology's development in Lungmen is only for making money; I have no other intentions."

"Hahaha, Dr. Liu Jiuli is really joking. I was just worried that your company's cash flow wouldn't be enough. Now it seems that my worries were unnecessary. No problem, as long as your price is right, we can discuss it."

So Liu Jiuli directly placed a contract at the Longmen Governor's Mansion, buying out the third, seventh, and fifth blocks, expanding the land area of ​​Longmen in the future technology sector to nearly one hundred square kilometers.

The total surface area of ​​Longmen is only a little over a thousand square kilometers. Moreover, Liu Jiuli not only bought the surface usage rights of the block, but also the lower area.

Such complete block transactions often signify the birth of new mobile cities.

Yes, Terra's mobile cities have adopted a completely new development model since the beginning of the new millennium. Previously, they were built from scratch, but now they purchase blocks from other mobile cities and then expand and build using those blocks.

Each block in each mobile city has independent expansion redundancy; as long as you have the money, any block can be developed into the core area of ​​the next mobile city.

The fact that Liu Jiuli bought so thoroughly suggests that he might one day go out on his own or turn the purchased blocks into new blocks in Chernobog. Such transactions are permitted, indirectly proving that Liu Jiuli has no other interests in Lungmen.

Businesses that are just looking to make a small profit and pay taxes according to the law are welcome everywhere.

"They're evacuating people again, ε=('ο｀))) Sigh, but it's all for the best."

Lin Gerui, the Rat King, is the underground emperor of Longmen, Wei Yanwu's former comrade-in-arms, and now the godfather of Longmen's underworld. You can also think of him as Wei Yanwu's front man.

The boss in the "Noisy Rules" event of Arknights, an old man who likes to stroll around and hack and slash his way through the streets.

The ability is Sandstorm Funeral, cough cough cough, it's manipulating and creating quicksand, but the effect is really no different from Sandstorm Funeral.

As a philanthropist with a special identity, Lin Gerui is dedicated to improving the slums of Longmen. Therefore, the Rat King is very gratified by what Future Technology has done. Even though Liu Jiuli is not the godfather of Longmen, he is happy that a great figure who truly cares about the locals has appeared in this often forgotten land.

Now Liu Jiuli has bought up three adjacent blocks in the sixth district, all of which are slums. The Rat King's forces here will definitely have to withdraw, otherwise, given the Red Guards' grassroots control capabilities and their efforts in cracking down on prostitution and organized crime, even if it's not his own people, they'll probably be surrounded and wiped out by those wolf-like agents in no time.

Lin Gerui absolutely cannot intervene in this matter. Influence is one aspect, but the key point is that he is truly no match for Liu Jiuli.