Chapter 23: The Underground Black Market

The house of the small inn is extremely not soundproof. When passing through the corridor, you can even hear the high-pitched and contrived voice of a woman in the room separated by a door.

The quarrels in the hallway, the false stimulation of women, and the low-pitched roars of men as they phase rush.

Link can only say...

chaos!

It's so messy!

The whole corridor is more like a symphony of life, and the joys and sorrows are heard through the wooden door.

Link walked to Room 505, which was written on the room card.

The room number was missing a nail, and the number was hanging from the door crookedly.

Link reached out and flicked his index finger, and the house number spun frantically around the nail.

Aw, a room with a crooked house number!

Link opened the door with the key, and there was a strong smell of mildew inside.

Covering his nose, he walked into the room, opened the shabby curtains, and opened the windows to let the room ventilate.

The sand sculptures hovered in the sky, seeing the window open, one swooped down on the edge of the window and got into the room.

Fu closed the door, hung the backpack on the hanger, and sat on the bed.

The treasure hunter also jumped from Link's shoulder to the bed, and the next second his small body was bounced up.

Link stood by the window playing sculpture, his eyes drifted into the distance, thinking about the next action plan.

"Boss, do we have any plans next? Are we going to live here forever?" A'Fu asked.

There was still a belief in Shadu before, but now that he has arrived in Shadu, Ah Fu suddenly feels that he has no goals and beliefs.

Link turned back and gave Ah Fu a meaningful look: "Sleep well now, I have a task for you at night."

"Have a mission? Boss, talk about it first!"

"I'm afraid if I tell you now, you'll be scared, so I'll tell you later at night."

"How is it possible! For the sake of the boss, I will go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​​​fire without batting an eyebrow. What else is there to dare!"

Ah Fu got up, upright, with determination written on his face.

At night, when the sun sets, the neon lights and various light pollution sources in the slums begin to light up, and the whole city suddenly has a cyberpunk flavor.

"Boss, am I really not going to die? I'm suddenly so scared..." With a cry, A Fu was pushed out of the door by Link.

Link patted Ah Fu on the shoulder and said in a persuasive manner: "Don't worry, you can sell the chips normally, and the price will be as I told you. I will protect you in the dark."

Ah Fu's eyes were begging: "But boss, I'm not talking about selling chips, I want to say, can you not release army ants on me..."

For A'Fu's request, the reasonable Link naturally vetoed it by one vote.

"The place I'm taking you to is the underground black market. More than half of the prohibited items in Shadu are traded here. As long as you have money, you can buy almost anything."

"After you go later, just follow what I told you before. The store will definitely accept this price, don't look back after you get the money, come back immediately, understand?"

A Fu nodded again and again, constantly reviewing the words of the boss before in his mind.

The slums are still crowded at night. After a day's work, everyone takes to the streets at night to enjoy a moment of happiness.

The lights on both sides of the main road illuminate the street. There are pedestrians and hawkers on the side of the road. There are various neon lights in the streets and alleys. There are scantily clad escort girls soliciting customers, and the upper body is naked from the windows of the dilapidated buildings. The business woman, not at all ashamed that she was not wearing clothes, lit a cigarette, and kept scratching her head and making gestures at the passing crowd below.

It's just that such a scene only exists on the main road, and there are various things that can't be seen in some sheep intestines trails that are not illuminated by lights.

Even while Link and Alfred were gone, no less than four or five gunshots were heard.

A Fu was already nervous, and when he heard the gunshots, the fat trembled in fright.

Looking at the boss and the passers-by around him, there was no change in the expression on his face, and he was not moved at all.

Ah Fu couldn't help but ask: "Boss, why are you all unmoved when you hear the gunshots. You are like this, and so are the passers-by on the street."

Link thought for a while and said, "Will you put down your work and go out to watch because someone was whipped in the slave camp?"

A'Fu's face was flailing, and he shook his head to indicate that he would not.

"Then why don't you go?"

"Because slaves are whipped every day, what's so good about it." A'Fu said of course.

"Then do you understand why everyone is not surprised by the gunshots?"

Afu nodded with understanding, and seemed to understand the psychology of these passers-by.

But the next second, when Ah Fu mentioned it at the top of his heart, he was a little panicked.

If there are more gunfights, isn't the chance of being killed by a bit higher?

"Boss, then if we stay here in the slum, will we be in danger of being shot?"

Link glanced at Ah Fu and said meaningfully, "I have two ways to avoid being shot."

Ah Fu's eyes lit up, and he thought that he was still the boss. He had already thought of two plans in minutes, and he looked like he was waiting for the explanation.

"One, kill all the bad guys, so that no one will hold a gun at you. The second is to be them, to be the most powerful person, so that they don't dare to point a gun at you."

Well, this is the same as not saying it.

Afo suddenly looked like a deflated ball.

But in Link's heart, this is not a joke, he has made his own choice.

Between words, Link and Alfred have already walked to the depths of the slum.

They went out tonight to make a shipment.

From the ancient ruins of the desert all the way to Weeping Hollow, Link has found a lot of things from mercenaries and mechanical fanatics.

Firearms, bullets, medical supplies, these consumables Link does not plan to sell, nor can they be sold at any price.

But the primary chips of the Mechanicum are very popular in the underground black market.

If all five of this thing were out, it could bring Link a lot of money.

By the way, he can also earn a little extra money to facilitate the next plan.

"Boss, are you almost there?" Ah Fu was already nervous, but now he hasn't reached the place after walking for a long time, and his heart is even more uncertain.

"Don't worry, it will be there soon."

After walking through the busy street, Link saw a dilapidated sign that read 'Shadow Alley' on the side of the road.

arrive.

Link took Ah Fu into the dark alley.

The trash cans in the alley are full of rubbish, sewage ticks on the ground along the edges, and there are annoying flies buzzing on them.

The alley was dark without lights, and Ah Fu was a little scared, and followed Link timidly.

The picture is a bit grotesque. Link is thin and thin, and walks smoothly and steadily; Ah Fu is tall, but with a timid expression, he shrinks and walks behind.

Shadow Alley is the entrance to the Shadu underground black market.

The outer part of the alley was deserted, and no noise could be heard.

But as you turn the corner, the view suddenly widens.

There is a small square between the residential buildings, and there are homeless people leaning against the wall, smoking cigarette butts on the ground.

Link kept his eyes fixed and walked straight to a vending machine with neon lights flashing.

Ah Fu still looked curiously left and right, meeting the hazy eyes of the homeless man, and immediately shrank back in fright.

These guys all look hairy.

"Boss, are you going to buy a drink? I have pure water in my bag..."

Link took out the 10 yuan coin he had exchanged in advance from his pocket and threw it into the lunch box of the homeless man lying next to the vending machine.

The coin fell into the metal lunch box, making a jingle and vibrato.

Without saying a word, the homeless man reached out and knocked on the blue brick wall beside him.

After two seconds, the vending machine opened a door, and a minion with a mohawk covered in tattoos scrutinized Link and Fu, and frowned slightly when he saw the linen clothes on their upper bodies.

Link didn't change his face, and said indifferently: "Shipping."

The minion glanced left and right, and reached out to greet the two of them.

Walking into the dark corridor, it was followed by deafening earth music and laser beams that blinded dogs.

"Follow closely, don't get lost." Link approached Al Fu and said.

The green, purple, red and blue laser lights swayed wildly, outlining the graceful and exposed figure on the dance floor.

Although it was extremely dark, Ah Fu still saw a lot of pictures that made people blush and heartbeat. The woman on the high platform in the center of the dance floor covered key parts of her body with a slap and a big cloth. In Ah Fu's opinion, these fabrics were added up to make treasure hunters. Not enough clothes.

What's more fatal is that with the dance, as long as the amplitude is slightly larger, the key parts will be exposed.

With the dim laser, looming, there is a different kind of stimulation.

Who can resist this!

Ah Fu, a simple and fat man from the desert country, when he saw this kind of picture, he quickly lowered his head and followed Link, his cheeks were flushed and his mouth was thirsty.

The minion took the two to a secret door, and then opened the door to signal the two to enter.

Link's face remained expressionless, while Ah Fu was like a country bumpkin entering the village, feeling curious everywhere.

boom!

As the secret door was closed, the loud and deafening music finally disappeared, and the pictures that made people's blood pumping also disappeared.

Ah Fu breathed a long sigh of relief, and the soul-stirring test was finally over.

"Okay, this is the underground black market."

Link put his hands on his chest, and then watched Ah Fu perform.

If you're lucky, you should be able to make a small fortune today.

Ah Fu looked at the long descending stairs in front of him with a confused expression.

The picture in front of him is somewhat different from the underground black market he imagined...

"Boss, this is the underground black market? Why is there no one?"

"I haven't reached a place where there are people yet. This is the subway operation line in Sandu, as well as the underground shelter. After humans returned to the surface, this place was abandoned, and was later transformed into an underground black market by the entrenched forces. Every night, there are large The deal was born here."

"Sand has two kinds of rules. One is the rule of the day, and the other is the rule of the night."

Link spread his arms and gestured to the abandoned subway line in front of him.

"This is the birthplace of the rules of the night, the underground black market."

Link looked back at Ah Fu and said, "You can change your clothes now. Do you remember the steps I told you before?"

A Fu nodded again and again and repeated: "Keep a distance of twenty meters from the boss, the boss stopped and found a stall called 'Dave Watch Shop', and then took out the primary chip, and the price is 10,000. During the period, the other party did not answer any questions, took the money and left directly."

Link snapped his fingers: "That's right, let's change clothes and start working!"

Ah Fu handed the backpack to the boss, then took off the linen clothes, revealing a fitted white shirt, straight black trousers, and shiny black leather shoes.

"Put your sunglasses on, too."

Ah Fu took out the sunglasses, put them on the bridge of his nose, put on a small black vest, fastened the buttons, and instantly turned into a businessman.

Touching the primary chip in his jacket pocket, Ah Fu took a deep breath...