Chapter 14: Border City
"Why is there ham in this sandwich but not in the one I ate before?"
Sitting on a small cart used to transport coal slag, Fengzi looked at the gap in the sandwich she had just bitten off with a suspicious look on her face.
Levi was in a good mood and hummed a tune, pushing the cart in the direction indicated by Fengzi.
When he heard Feng Zi's question, his expression remained unchanged.
"Maybe the chef who made the sandwiches stole some because he was greedy. There's a saying that goes, 'If the chef doesn't steal, the crops won't grow."
Fengzi held the sandwich and blinked.
"Which city's proverb is this?"
"Woodskeysod City."
She tilted her head and searched carefully in her mind for the name of this underground city that sounded very similar to the name of the Western District, but she could not figure out where this city was.
The cold night wind grew stronger and stronger, blowing sand and dust everywhere.
Levi pushed Fengzi and walked along the edge of the barrier. They walked about three or four kilometers towards the southeast, and in the deep night, they vaguely saw a huge building like a ferocious beast!
It was a complex of four or five abandoned high-rise buildings, with dirty words written all over the exposed cement exterior walls, rust all over the unremoved scaffolding, and the dilapidated plasterboard shed began to shake when the wind blew.
The first impression of this place is very bad. Dirty, messy and poor are the best ways to describe it.
"Border City, this is one of the black markets in Sun City. Ninety percent of the people living here are illegal residents who don't have Sun City ID cards."
Feng Zi also looked up at the ugly and huge building and spoke softly.
She grabbed Levi's arm and limped down from the cart. It was obvious that this was her first time in this place, but there was an inexplicable loneliness in her eyes.
Levi didn't care. Even if it was ugly, it just meant that this was the unique design language of the art team.
As they approached the building, three or four young men wearing patched floral shirts and with messy dyed hair came out from the shadows at the entrance of the outer staircase, carrying rusty iron pipes.
There were ten wine bottles thrown where they had been, and the ground was littered with cigarette butts and peanut shells.
"Hey, a new face."
The yellow-haired leader looked nonchalant. He just glanced at Levi and then looked at Fengzi with a playful look.
"What do you want to do in the border city? Is your man short of money and wants to sell you here?"
Fengzi didn't even look at the yellow-haired man. When facing people other than Levi, her eyes were indifferent and she never took the initiative to communicate.
Levi didn't even look at the yellow-haired man. Instead, he spat out the cigarette that he had been holding in his mouth for a long time and asked casually.
"What is the identity of the person we are looking for here?"
Fengzi hesitated for a moment, and finally she answered.
"Feng Yanyi, Uncle Feng, he should be the leader here."
After hearing this answer, Levi seemed to know what to do. He searched the ground for a while, then picked up a rusty steel bar that was about one meter long.
Being ignored like this, Huangmao's face changed immediately.
The two younger brothers behind him also felt the change in atmosphere, tightened their weapons, and took two steps forward.
"Where did you come from, you idiot? Don't you know where this is?"
Levi casually turned the heavy steel bar between his fingertips twice. He seemed very satisfied with this new weapon.
"Let's go find Feng Yanyi." He looked at the yellow-haired guy, "Do you know this person?"
The yellow-haired man was completely enraged by his attitude, and rushed up angrily with the iron pipe in his hand!
"I know you're a jerk!"
"puff!"
The steel bar hit the yellow-haired man's waist and abdomen heavily. He didn't even hold on for a second before he fell to the ground and began to wail in pain!
Behind the yellow-haired man, the two younger brothers who were originally rushing forward subconsciously stopped after seeing this scene. They stared at Levi who was smiling, swallowed their saliva, and were unable to move forward or backward for a while.
"Go find your superiors and tell them that someone is here to mess things up."
After hearing what Levi said, both the yellow-haired man lying on the ground wailing and his two younger brothers changed color suddenly!
The two younger brothers didn't dare to stay and ran into the building immediately!
The yellow-haired man lying on the ground still shouted loudly even though his face was twisted in pain.
"How dare you say you're going to ruin the party! You're done! You're definitely done for today!"
Levi ignored his words and took off his bloodstained shirt, exposing his masculine upper body, walked to the yellow-haired man, and pulled off his patched plaid shirt under his horrified gaze. The shirt didn't fit him well, but at least it was dry and neat.
When he learned from Fengzi the identity of the person they were looking for, Levi figured out the simplest and most direct way to find that person.
When asked directly for the name, these idiots didn't recognize it, which means that either the man named Feng Yanyi hid his real name, or the territory has changed hands.
For people like them who have neither status nor say, it is simply a pipe dream to ask these idiots to help them find someone. Even if they pay bribes, it will most likely make them even more greedy and want to snatch everything away.
Instead of wasting time, Levi simply chose the most direct way.
beat.
Keep fighting until you are qualified to meet the leader here, and then you will naturally know where Feng Yanyi is.
He had learned from Fengzi during the day that the city had extremely strict control over guns. Except for the company's core security and police officers, no other organization was qualified to carry guns.
Without a gun, ordinary people could not pose any threat to him.
As for scientists, those big shots who live a life of luxury, there are only a few of them in the entire Sun City, let alone in such remote places.
Soon, two young men came out with more than a dozen people holding machetes.
As a result, within a minute, all these people were just like the yellow-haired man at the beginning, lying on the ground and wailing helplessly.
Levi still left one person behind, and he brushed the dust off his floral shirt.
"Keep reporting. I'll see when this news can get to your real boss."
The survivor was still one of the two younger brothers behind the yellow-haired man. At this time, his legs had begun to tremble, and he ran back into the building with a terrified look on his face.
This time the wait took a little longer. Levi sat aside, knocking on the empty wine bottles on the ground with the steel bar in his hand to pass the time.
Three minutes later, a fat, bald man wearing a greasy apron, bare-chested, holding two boning knives in his hands, and looking like a butcher with a stern face walked out.
This man obviously had some skills, as he wielded the two boning knives with extraordinary dexterity, as if they were extensions of his limbs!
So, he lasted a full 20 seconds under Levi's hands.
Levi kicked the butcher who was lying on the ground like a dead pig, and raised his head to his younger brother who was completely frightened down the stairs.
"Go and report the news again."
"no need."
At this moment, an old man with a blind left eye and wearing a black suit walked out from the shadow of the stairs.
He bowed to Levi and Fengzi.
"Sir, please come in and talk."
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Levi certainly no longer had the mood to continue fighting, but he did not drop the steel bar in his hand. This was the most handy weapon he had ever used since the wooden stick.
Fengzi didn't say a word the whole time. When there were outsiders around, she was just an indifferent cripple and mute. No matter what she said or did, it was all decided by Levi.
The two followed the one-eyed old man and walked into the building named "Border City".
When you enter this narrow, pigeon-cage-like space, you can clearly feel the atmosphere of life!
It was already six o'clock in the morning. A faint halo of light was lit up in the thick clouds. The corridors of the buildings were piled with all kinds of sundries, and the rooms had all been converted into various shops. The air was filled with rich hot steam used to steam breakfast.
This is a town that is located in an unfinished building. There are all kinds of things for sale, including butchers, pharmacies, and restaurants. Halfway through, Levi even saw a man dressed in a black robe, like a church pastor!
The people living here look like the laborers, thin and malnourished, but their mental state is much more enthusiastic and positive.
As they walked along, although everyone was busy early in the morning, most of them had smiles on their faces. When they saw the one-eyed old man leading the way for Levi and the others, they would call him "Master Thirteen" affectionately.
The Thirteenth Master brought Li Wei and Feng Zi all the way to the top floor of the border city.
Compared with other floors, many rooms here have been connected and transformed into a simple classroom, where there is actually a group of young children studying!
Both Levi and Fengzi couldn't help but look at the classroom a few more times, and finally, they came to the end of the top-floor corridor.
The Thirteenth Master pushed open the door at the end, and a stream of scalding hot air surged out.
He made a gesture of invitation, and Levi walked in with Fengzi.
This looks like a blacksmith's shop. The surrounding shelves are filled with various rough iron pieces, and in the middle of the room stands a furnace spewing high-temperature flames!
Behind the stove, there was a middle-aged man with a naked upper body covered with scars and an extremely strong body.
Shiny sweat slid down his bronze skin. Under the orange-red firelight, he raised the hammer in his hand high and smashed it hard on the iron block in the furnace!
"Boom!"
The flying iron flowers were like a meteor shower, illuminating the entire dark space!
(End of this chapter)
