Gunfire, Punk & Necromancers

Chapter 3 Chapter 2 You have to think about who you are
Zhuang Xuteng, a native of Peicheng, was born and raised in the seventh alliance town of Peicheng——Greyworm City.

My father worked on a protein farm, bowed his head facing the nutrient pool for raising "mealworms", and his head was covered by a steel and glass shed, and was illuminated by the radiation of growth-promoting lamps all his life.His daily job is to provide raw materials for the food factory in Peicheng.My mother worked as a handyman on the same farm, and at the same time shouldered the jobs of correspondent, secretary, accountant and doctor, and she could only get one person's salary together.

The income of the family is stable and low.

In life, parents are very strict with themselves, and then put all their energy on their children. They have to take good care of them and let all three of them go to school. The cost is not small, and it also consumes their health.Fortunately, after graduating, my brother successfully found a job in a company that researched a certain type of oil, and his income was not bad, which greatly subsidized the family.

He said to Zhuang Xuteng: "Parents will leave it to me. I will first find a way to let them take care of their bodies and get them comprehensive treatment. In this way, we have no spare power, and we can only rely on you to take care of my sister—besides, she closer to you."

Zhuang Xuteng is the second son in the family, five years younger than his brother and five years older than his sister, so it is only natural that he should take on this job.

Compared with his elder brother, he is not a material for studying. If he cannot go to a "higher talent school", he will definitely not be able to become a white-collar worker.Zhuang Xuteng gritted his teeth and finally found a job on the production line after barely graduating from a mechanic training school.Twelve hours of mechanical work and inexplicable overtime work made him physically and mentally exhausted. Sometimes he really wanted to sleep directly in the scarlet magic crystal factory without taking a step further.But he still chose to rent an apartment far from the factory.

It is very close to the place where my sister goes to school, and it is cheaper than the school dormitory, and it can avoid the risk of sharing with others.

For "lower class people" like them, risks exist all the time, and they will die if they are not careful. This is too common in Peicheng.

The fingers slid across the skin of the face, and there was some pain on both cheeks, but nothing serious.The left side of his face was scratched by the splashed wall bricks. Thanks to the hard work of the platelets, the bleeding had already stopped, and the new scab had begun to play a protective role.He was slapped by Ge Gongdao on the right side of the face, which was obviously a minor injury.

People who lose their jobs, cannot get compensation, and lose income will face great risks in Peicheng.Next, Zhuang Xuteng is likely to be kicked out because he can't pay the rent. Without a fixed address, it is impossible to find a new job, and he will fall into a vicious circle.Not only is it bad for him, but his sister's studies are bound to suffer as well.

He must strive for every opportunity to earn money, including some small and odd jobs, and of course the compensation he deserves. On June 6, the workers organized a protest to put pressure on him, and he was sure to be one of them.It's just that no one expected that things would become so bloody in the end.

Including the PCPD, a total of 270 people were killed at the scene, and four times that number was injured, which has shocked the citizens of Peicheng.But it was the death of an "important person" that really alarmed the top management, which is totally unacceptable.After discovering this, all survivors were arrested by PCPD and interrogated one by one.

"The PCPD wanted to find out what happened at the scene. From their words, I was sure that someone important was dead, an explosion. This made them very annoyed." Zhuang Xuteng said in a volume that only two people could hear: "Ge Hei Face, this matter involves the Scarlet Group."

"Nonsense, we all went to protest the Scarlet Group, so it must have something to do with them."

"No, you didn't understand me." Zhuang Xuteng said: "In the interrogation room, besides the PCPD, I also saw a guy. He didn't wear a police uniform, only a normal blue shirt and black trousers , a tan coat by his side. He sat in the corner without saying a word, but he was the most dangerous character, because I vaguely saw the red and white patterned shadow wristband hidden in his sleeve."

Ge Gongdao shook his head, and asked what was so special about this shadow follower's wristband.

"That special shadow wrister is only equipped by the special operations team at the headquarters of the Scarlet Group. When I was working in their factory, an old master told me the rules. People who use that kind of equipment must be respectful and extremely careful. It’s only for serving. Let’s put it this way, all the people in the Scarlet Group’s branch in Peicheng, combined, are not as authoritative as the user of the shadow wristband.”

"Such a person to participate in the interrogation in person?" Ge Gongdao gasped, touched his cheek nervously, and sighed: "My dear, this matter looks like it will become very troublesome."

Zhuang Xuteng nodded, and said: "PCPD was very anxious. They put a book on my chest, beat me with a stick, and asked those questions over and over again: who am I, what am I here for, what did I see... Later, The blue shirt blinked twice, and the PCPD took out the needle, touched my arm, and injected some mediocre medicine."

"Fuck! What did they call you?"

"I only know that after taking the medicine, I became more and more dizzy, and I wanted to talk very much. I would say whatever I asked, and I couldn't control it at all. I would become more and more sleepy, my whole body was very relaxed, and finally lost consciousness. I don't know. I know how I got back."

"You were brought back by the PCPD. They threw you on a chair, put your head against the wall, and then left. You slept soundly throughout the whole process—this must be the effect of the drugs." Ge Gongdao patted Zhuang Xuteng's chest, and said: "Does it still hurt when I hit you a few times? It's a bit heavy, I'm sorry."

"It's okay, you were right to wake me up." Zhuang Xuteng thought for a while and said, "Ge Heimian, I think the PCPD and the Scarlet Group don't pay much attention to the protest itself. You are a protesting worker or a mercenary just messing around. It doesn't matter. As long as you're not involved in bombings and killing people, in the death of someone important, it's fine."

"I was just here to mess around. When we fought...I probably didn't kill important people." Ge Heimian tapped his head with his fingers.At that time, the scene was very chaotic, including him, everyone's mind was very confused, most of the process was like a dream, and they couldn't remember the details clearly. "Gee, I don't know what happened."

"I have a suggestion: You just tell the truth, for example, you are a mercenary, you took money to support the scene, and then you fought."

"It's hard to say. Although I'm not one of them, there are killers among the mercenaries. If they suspect it, it will be troublesome. Mercenaries generally carry inexplicable suspicions."

"No matter what you say, whether it's protesting workers, or mercenaries, I think they will still drug you. I'm telling the truth, and I'm treated like that. Unless you can resist drugs...compared to Next, you will be more suspicious if you are found out for lying. I don’t know what methods they will use in the future, but they will definitely torment you. Are you not afraid of being tortured to death?”

Ge Gongdao's face changed back and forth several times, obviously carefully weighing the pros and cons.He agreed with Zhuang Xuteng's suggestion, especially not to lie in front of PCPD, at least this time he must tell the truth.However, he has other reasons...

Mercenaries don't have a good reputation in Peicheng. Everyone doesn't like this group, and all kinds of slander and prejudice are commonplace. "Boneless thugs", "money-chasing corpse vultures", "big cockroaches in the sewers" and more.But mercenaries are useful after all, especially in the eyes of the PCPD.

In many cases, mercenaries are the PCPD's eyeliner and consumables, a buffer zone between them and the various gangs entrenched in the neighborhood. The PCPD nominally wants to maintain order in the city, but in fact their ability and willingness cannot accomplish that goal.Those gangs really go deep into the grassroots of the seven main urban areas of Peicheng, and behind the gangs are often the shadows of companies.

The city government did not dare to provoke the company, and the PCPD obeyed the city government.They are all thugs, and the thugs of the city government are weaker than the thugs of the company. Naturally, the PCPD will be restrained in front of the gang.At this time, mercenaries who are not allowed to join any gangs become natural middlemen. With some money from the PCPD, mercenaries can solve troubles or create troubles that are beneficial to themselves. This is much more suitable than direct conflict and desperate efforts.

The mercenaries have a special "friendship" with the PCPD, roughly: the mercenaries don't care about the interests of the PCPD, and the PCPD continues to let the mercenaries be "useful tool people".

Therefore, Ge Gongdao firmly believes that if the company intervenes, it will be safer to rely on PCPD.

"Thank you, I will seriously consider your suggestion." He patted Zhuang Xuteng on the shoulder twice to express his gratitude.

Meeting by chance, this gratitude is just a little higher than the intimacy of strangers.The two of them got to know each other easily, and Ge Gongdao would not tell him his inner decision because of this.

Zhuang Xuteng smiled and nodded, all he could do and say was done.He looked down at his empty hands.With these hands, how are you going to prepare food for the dining table for him and your sister? What are you going to do tomorrow?
In order to repair the damage caused by years of hard work, my brother is doing his best to support his parents for soul and body treatment, and there is no way to spare.Zhuang Xuteng must take good care of his sister. This is an agreement between the two brothers.

Zhuang Xuteng has never wavered about this promise, but the situation is obviously worse now.After the chaos last night, the Scarlet Group will definitely handle it with "heart", which means that they will never pay compensation, even if they should.

The idea of ​​the company has another standard that is different from that of normal people: if you give money when there is trouble, then there will be endless trouble.Zhuang Xuteng has heard many stories about the Scarlet Group, and understands the company's diabolism: if you beg it hard, it will maintain its dignity; if you dare to blow your hair, it will only speak with fists.

After a lot of chicken feathers last night, their group of workers can't let Scarlet Company produce a single feather.In the past, at this stage, the company would let the local gangs deal with it, disrupting the protest demonstration, or "breaking" the protesting demonstrators.It is said that the Black Bat Gang is the thug of Scarlet Corporation, and this kind of thug must not be the only Black Bat Gang.

We must earn money and continue to pay the rent as soon as possible. This is the most short-term expenditure in the near future.

Or go to be a zombie again?Perhaps that was too dangerous.The last time I lent my body to someone else, when I woke up, I was lying on the bank of the Pei River, and I was only five centimeters away from falling through the gap in the railing.The turbulent river will take him to the Poison Light Wasteland outside the city, where all living things will be completely changed, and then they will slowly scream and die.

The danger is on the one hand, the key is not earning much money.Zhuang Xuteng only got 500 yuan from the last "zombie operation", and the guy who controlled his body and almost killed him didn't pay the final payment, and just disappeared!What a jerk!
Zhuang Xuteng sighed, but he also knew the reason: it would happen without guarantee.You can't do it alone, without someone to take care of you when you lose consciousness and control of your body.Every time I become a zombie, I rely on luck to survive. This has happened three times, and I can’t think that I can continue to be lucky.

"It won't work like this," he glanced at Ge Gongdao who was thinking, and an idea came to his mind: "There are many friends and many paths, why don't you ask the mercenaries if they can make money quickly?"

Before he could speak, the door of the detention room opened.Two PCPDs in black protective clothing walked in with electric batons, drove the others away, pointed at Ge Gongdao and said, "Hey, it's time for you to be questioned!"

"Me? Okay!" Ge Gongdao quickly stood up and asked with a flattering smile, "I've been here for a long time, can I have some water?"

"Go to the sink and take two sips, and I'll give you 15 seconds."

In fact, after only ten seconds, Ge Gongdao lay on the water pipe and sucked a few mouthfuls of water before being taken away.Hearing the sound of water, Zhuang Xuteng licked his lips, he was also a little thirsty.

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