dark moon

Chapter 381 Black Market
"Eh? Didn't you say that after death, you can be resurrected from the Life Archives?" Moria asked blankly, "Why are you still dead?"

"That also has limitations." Delia was in a low mood, as if recalling some bad memories, "I didn't explain it clearly to you on the way. From the time we are born, a chip will be implanted in our brains. The memory backup and writing are all done after the chip is connected to the life archive. One-to-one, without my own chip, my memory cannot be exported."

"After an abnormal death, the doctor will remove the chip, implant it into the newly cultured body, and then export the memory. But if the whereabouts of the body are unknown, or the chip in the brain is destroyed, then..."

"You'll never come back?"

"Well, that means complete death." Delia sighed, "It is said that this is how my parents died."

Sitting back at the table, the girl was in a daze for a while, and then she forced a smile to everyone: "Sorry, I was a little sad thinking about my parents, but I'm fine now. I haven't finished what I said just now, so I'll continue."

"Because of the characteristics of the Sky City, the residents in the city are divided into several groups. The military is responsible for protecting the city and resisting the mechanical beasts. The municipal agency is the largest and is responsible for the operation of the city, mainly the normal operation of the research institute, which is the most important part of the city. The most important departments. These two departments are concentrated in the inner city, which is also the best and most prosperous location in the Sky City."

"The East Outer Ring District is an industrial area. The residents there are skilled workers and their daily lives are relatively closed. It is considered a system of its own. The West Outer Ring District is ours. It is an agricultural area. Although agricultural production is also more important, Because the irreplaceability is too low, most people can do this job, so their status is the lowest in the Sky City and they are not taken seriously."

"It's not that simple." Mina was not confused at all and snorted coldly, "I have noticed when I have been in contact with other people before. Their attitude towards you is not contempt, but disgust and disgust. If you... When two people behave like this, you can also say that they have job discrimination, but they are all like this, and I’m afraid it’s not just the reason you mentioned.”

"Well, indeed." Delia said with a wry smile. "When they first fled to the Sky City, the residents of the Western Outer Ring District were just ordinary farmers. But as time went by, some of them committed more serious crimes. , but criminals who were not eligible for the death penalty were banished to the West Outer Ring District for life. Gradually, the residents of the West Outer Ring District became synonymous with criminals, and the connections between this area and other districts became more and more Very few, except for collecting daily necessities, we rarely have contact with other districts. Even if we do, it is just like the previous few days, in order to squeeze some credit points from those people before entering other urban districts."

"Mia." Shuer shook his head at the mountain elf, stopped her from questioning Delia's past intentions, and thoughtfully changed the subject, "What about the black market?"

"The black market is a very mysterious organization. They have many products from other cities, including weapons, armor, armor, luxury goods, daily necessities, and even various news and technological achievements that you are interested in."

"How did they get it?" Xiuer asked, "Didn't it mean that they can only be transported by shuttle? Even if they have a way to communicate remotely, how do they transport those physical items? The shuttle must be controlled by the city government." It’s inside, there’s no way they can take advantage of it.”

"That's why they are said to be very mysterious. No one knows how the black market transports these goods. Some people also suspect that they have connections with the city's top officials and smuggle some of the goods directly from the city government. But this is obviously impossible, because Many of the goods controlled by the black market are not even available to the city government, let alone the scientific research results of other cities."

"Most of these black market businessmen are dressed the same, with black suits, ordinary figures, ordinary appearances, and almost no sense of presence. No one knows where their headquarters is or what the true identities of these people are. I can’t find them even if I look for them.”

"Huh?" Miridi looked sideways at the little girl, "Their purpose is to do business. If they can't find anyone, what business are they doing?"

"That's how the black market is." Macajron leaned next to Militi and explained diligently, "When doing business with the black market, most of the time you don't come to them, but you let them come to you. Our guild sells the stolen goods. Yes, you are more careful than your counterparts here, if you don’t observe the transaction partner for ten days and half a month, you will never show up.”

"Well, if you want to trade with the black market, you only need to write a message wishing to trade on the message board of the city network. You don't need to indicate your identity and address. It won't be long before someone from the black market comes to your door. The municipal government People have always wanted to destroy the black market and have set up traps many times to try to trap them, but they have never succeeded. The military people also showed hostility to the black market some time ago, but several levels were mysteriously destroyed. The destroyers showed No less powerful than the military, this strong style has made the military restrain itself and become less willing to get involved in disputes between the municipal government and the black market."

"Aside from being hard to spot among the crowd, do people in the black market have any other characteristics?" Shuer knocked on the table and thought for a while before asking, "For example, strange behavior patterns, or common characteristics."

"Uncle, do you want to find them?" the question blurted out, but the girl immediately said with a self-deprecating smile, "That's right. You still want to go to other cities. The black market may be the only hope. After all, they can get products from other cities, so they should There must be other ways."

"Don't worry, Delia. In addition to being interested in other cities, we are also very interested in the Tower of Babel. Before going to other cities, we must go to the Tower of Babel first." Shuer smiled. He stretched out his hand and rubbed the girl's hair, "Besides, it's not a question of whether I want to find them or not. It's now a matter of them wanting to find us."

"It won't be long." Mia looked at the sky outside the window, "It's been almost two hours since we came here."

"Go on." Without explaining anything, Soul said to Delia, "Do they have any characteristics?"

"Well, most of their traders are very indifferent. They will never show up in front of others except for business. Even if they show up during trading, they will not mix any personal feelings. Everything is done in a business-like manner, even Bargaining is not possible. Even when facing the poorest customers, they will not show mercy and refuse to give in any credit points, so everyone thinks they are very greedy." Delia seemed to have recalled some bad memories and was angry. Said, "It's like this even when purchasing goods. They won't change the price after they have given it. It's useless no matter what they say. If they say too much, they will turn around and leave. It can make people angry to death."

"I suddenly have a crush on you, little girl." Macajerun looked Delia up and down, and made several difficult movements with his dexterous fingers, "I think you can let people from the black market come to buy goods from you. The probability that we are peers is very high. In our world, I am also one of the suppliers in the black market, hehehehehe."

Delia looked at the dazzling series of movements of Markajlen's fingers and was stunned for a while. She suddenly covered her mouth and laughed softly. She nodded vigorously, as if she had untied some knot in her heart and acted more naturally in front of everyone. .He is actually a colleague of Macajron. The view that the Western Outer Ring District is a gathering place for criminals is probably not only because it is a place of exile. No wonder the black market has a good relationship with the Western Outer Ring District. No wonder he was born here. It is not without reason that people are wary and hostile to residents of other districts.

"Delia, you just said, most of the traders?" Shuer did not delve into the identity of the girl thief, "In other words, some of them are not like this?"

"Well, I met one of their senior figures once. His appearance was disguised so that he couldn't tell. But unlike those traders who were cold and inflexible and rigid like machines, the senior figure in the black market was very gentle. , and he can bargain. At that time, he was looking for the mayor of our West Outer Ring District to negotiate a big deal..."

"what business?"

"It must be food."

"Huh?" Shuer was stunned. "In a city like yours, food must be handed over to municipal agencies for unified distribution."

"Yes, but who knows how much we harvested." The girl said proudly, "Once it's ripe in a month, we take off a little each time, and it's a large amount of grain in a few months. The batch we usually take away is consumed by ourselves. Yes, now I can save some and sell them to the black market, which can exchange for a lot of credits or gold."

Gee, this city of yours is still real, everyone sighed secretly.However, as long as it does not affect the normal operation of the city, there is nothing wrong with thinking for yourself. It is estimated that the city's top officials are not aware of it, but the amount detained does not exceed the bottom line, so the city hall pretends not to see it.

"When that man came to talk to the mayor about business, I happened to be arguing with a trader over the price of the goods. The price he offered was too low and he refused to give in. I originally planned not to sell to him, but in the end That person helped me reprimand the trader and ordered him to accept the price I offered, but I..."

"He made a lot of money."

"Hehe, I just made a little more money." Delia smiled brightly, obviously not as humble as she said.

"Sure." Safu, who was teasing the little girl and snickering, suddenly stiffened, "Someone is coming, and the target is towards this house."

"several?"

"only one."

"Yeah." The air in the room suddenly became solemn, but Xiuer shook his head to the worried Delia, "Don't be afraid, I just said it, it's not that I want to find them, now they want to find me, haha, better than me It’s a little faster than I thought.”

"People from the black market?" The girl was a little nervous, "Yes, uncle, you impersonated them. I forgot to tell Little Evan and the others not to tell anyone about you."

"I didn't forget, I did it on purpose." Shuer smiled, and the smile calmed down Delia's nervous mood.

"Dang, dang, dang," the gentle knocking on the door was very rhythmic, "Excuse me, is Mr. Seure here?"

Hearing this voice, the faces of the Shadow Chasers suddenly changed, and their expressions were full of surprise.

Everyone has never heard this sound, but everyone is familiar with similar pronunciation methods.

Straight, rigid, and without any ups and downs, this is the way Wei sounds.

Mechanical pronunciation.

(End of this chapter)