Zhou Lin

January 4, 2219.

Longjun, the magical capital.

This was originally a small fishing village on the East China Sea. For some years, it was called the Paris of the East; and I don’t know when, this city had a name that sounded like the base camp of a villain in a juvenile comic.

The cities built by humans, like the dynasties established by humans, will rise and fall due to various factors in the long river of history, experiencing rise and fall.

However, the Magic City has not changed much in the past two hundred years; it is still one of the largest, most prosperous, most densely populated cities in the world, and one of the most resource-intensive cities in the world.

The feeling of Magic City is contradictory. Residents living here enjoy the convenience and preferential policies of various metropolitan areas, but they also endure tremendous pressure from many aspects.

To put it metaphorically, Modu is like a rich relative who appears out of nowhere and generously sponsors your college education, but at the same time always touches you every chance he gets.

For those who are truly in the upper class of society, Magic City is by no means a place they would like to live for a long time, Crystal County is; but Magic City... does have a unique charm.

It is like a huge gambling table for speculators and adventurers, a gray area that no one can completely control... money, power, talent, beauty... countless desires and capital are intertwined here; people will Your life is staked on this table, and then you tear each other apart, fight against each other, and devour each other until the last trace of value is burned.

Those who commit themselves to this dark world, if they win, they will overlook the bright neon lights from a high place; if they fail, they will be accompanied by the sand at the bottom of the Huangpu River.

Today, a professional gambler came to the muddy waters of the Magic City.

His name is Sakaki Wuhuan, and he is known as "Hua Sakaki".

Although in this world and this era, population migration is quite common and convenient, Sakaki is a person who has never left Sakura Mansion since he was a child, and rarely even leaves Kagetsu Town. This time he came to Ryūgun, It can be said that this is the first time that I have traveled far away.

But the purpose of his trip... was even something he couldn't determine.

Two days ago, the black card with the "reverse cross" logo in Sakaki's hand suddenly changed. On the side originally printed with the cross, a map and a row of small numbers appeared - "221901050000 ".

The numbers are easy to understand, and you can tell at a glance that they refer to the date and time; but the map cannot tell you where it is at a glance.

Fortunately, the functions of electronic maps in this era are very powerful. In this case, you only need to take a picture and search it in any software with satellite positioning service, and you can search for matching maps around the world. Place.

Therefore, Sakaki quickly found out that this was an overhead view of the central and southwestern parts of the Magic City; from this, he speculated that the information on the card should be telling him: at midnight on January 5, 2219, in the Magic City Something happens in this area.

With anxiety and curiosity, Sakaki finally bought a plane ticket...

After spending a day taking care of things and packing his luggage, he embarked on the journey to Long County.

He didn't know what he would encounter on this trip, and he wasn't sure whether he could find the person who rescued him from the sea (at least that's what he thought)... But no matter what, it didn't hurt to take a trip, even if he found nothing. Just think of it as traveling.

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It was the afternoon of the 4th when Sakaki arrived. Since the airport in Shanghai was very busy, it took Sakaki more than an hour to pick up his luggage and wait in line for a taxi. By the time he arrived at the hotel and put down his luggage, it was already dusk outside the window. Mingming.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he lay down on the bed and was about to take a breath, the phone on the bedside table rang.

Sakaki thought for two seconds, then rolled over to the counter. Since it was the hotel's internal line, he picked it up without even looking at the caller ID: "Hello?"

"Hello, this is the front desk. Is this Mr. Shen from Room 1203?" The sweet and polite voice of the front desk lady came from the other end of the phone.

"It's me." Sakaki is a cautious person at first. After dealing with the "Winner and Loser Master", he became more cautious, so when he came here this time, he used the same name whether he bought a plane ticket or stayed in a hotel. The false identity of "Shen Qiang".

Let me digress here. Some people may wonder why it seems so easy to use fake documents to stay in a hotel or even fly in this era? It seems like more than one character in this book has done something similar.

In fact, the reason is very simple——

First, because on Earth in this universe, taking a plane is almost the same as taking a bus.

Advanced security check and scheduling systems have greatly shortened check-in time (of course, you still have to queue at airports with high passenger volume), and the flight delay rate has been reduced to a negligible level, which makes the vast majority of citizens Flying has become the preferred mode of travel across cities.

Under this premise, it is imperative to make the check-in procedure easier and simpler... So how to simplify it? To sum it up in three words, it is "automation"; the document inspection and baggage check-in processes that were originally done manually are now done by the passengers themselves in front of the machine. Anyway, the entire planet is federal territory, and there is no "visa" at all. After all, there is no problem of "smuggling"... As long as anyone buys a ticket, he can fly wherever he wants. Therefore, the supervision in this area has naturally been relaxed over time.

Secondly, in this technologically advanced future, various counterfeiting technologies are also advancing with the times.

Fake goods, like genuine goods, are also a "you get what you pay for" market; if you want to be cheap, the fake documents you buy can't even be deceived by machines, but if you are willing to spend money, you can get them even by manual labor. It’s hard to see the problem with the good stuff.

After all, Sakaki is also a master who has been in Daoer for many years, and he still has some connections. It is not difficult to get a few high-quality fake ID cards.

"That's it, Mr. Shen..." After confirming the identity of the other party, the front desk lady asked, "Someone just sent an envelope to the front desk, saying it was for you. Would you like to come down and pick it up yourself, or should I let you Will the waiter bring you to your room?"

"Envelope?" Hearing this, Sakaki immediately became suspicious. He paused for a second and asked, "What kind of person sent it?"

"He is a boy about fifteen or sixteen years old. He is thin and looks like a local from Long County." The receptionist replied.

Because population mobility is relatively frequent, in this universe, no matter which continent you are in, it is also common to mention race when describing other people's appearance.

"Well...I understand. I'll come down and get it right away. Thank you." After saying this, Sakaki hung up the phone.

Then, he thought silently for a moment, took out the black card he carried with him, looked at it and said: "I have clearly confirmed that I was not being followed, but I was still found as soon as I stayed. Men... um... I can vaguely smell the smell of Zihongmen Banquet..."