Xia Chujian followed Quan Yuxun into the South District, which was famous for its "dirtiness, disorder and poor conditions". She was very calm and not at all afraid or panicked.

And in order to have evidence, she even secretly turned on the pinhole camera on Shao Siming's black and silver mecha.

Originally, this camera was installed on the mecha's helmet, but because she pressed the helmet into a neckband, the camera became an inky black dot in the middle of the neckband, and the working principle remains the same.

With this, Xia Chujian was not afraid that Quan Yuxun would default on his debt.

As the weaker party, Xia Chujian also has his own trump card when cooperating with a behemoth like Quan.

However, Quan Yuxun had to try his best to control himself so as not to show any strange expression.

Although he had learned a lot about the southern area of ​​Mulan City on Starnet before coming here, it was only when he came here in person that he realized that the terrible conditions described on the Internet were not even a fraction of what they were in reality.

Walking in through the door is like walking into another world.

Time seems to have stopped thousands of years ago.

The cement road was cracked and sunken, and the heavy snow had been roughly shoveled away and piled up in the ditch on the side of the road.

There are no neat skyscrapers here, only crooked houses made of scrap steel bars and cheap cement, scattered high and low, looking like mountains from the front and peaks from the side.

Various waste industrial garbage was piled outside the house, and sewage of unknown color was flowing at the door, making it almost impossible to find a place to step.

Although it is a cold winter, the air here seems to be full of chemical toxins. Every breath, even if filtered by a mask, makes the lungs feel hot.

Quan Yuxun thought, if he hadn't known there was a problem long ago, he might have actually believed it was a chemical plant leak...

Xia Chujian was just looking around and sighing in his heart.

This place has remained the same for more than ten years without any changes.

She could even see the relatively tall commercial building, exactly as she remembered it.

Xia Chujian followed Quan Yuxun all the way. The narrow alleys were empty, as if they had walked into another world.

Suddenly, several young women wearing backless short skirts in the cold weather came out of the low shed on the side of the road.

They looked average, with rough skin, pale and thin faces, as if they had been hungry for a long time.

Seeing Quan Yuxun walking by, even though he now looked like a middle-aged loser with a deep hatred and a deep vengeance, these women still pounced on him like bees seeing nectar.

"Would you like a massage, sir?"

"Sir, I can give you massages. It's only the price of a flatbread. I guarantee you'll want a second massage after the first one!"

"Have you had breakfast, sir? Would you like to come to my house and have a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up?"

The woman in the backless dress was almost sticking to him.

Quan Yuxun hurriedly took a few steps back and said in a slightly embarrassed tone, "Excuse me, everyone. I'm here from Luoxu Prefecture to visit relatives. I'd like to ask how to get to Wuyou Lane in Area 404."

The women who were smiling and soliciting business just now immediately changed their expressions.

"What's this about Area 404 not having a lane? I've never heard of it!"

"Get out of here! If you're not doing business, don't block the road!"

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Only one woman whispered to Xia Chujian, "Are you here to seek refuge with your relatives as well?"

Xia Chujian's voice was changed with voice changing equipment, but it still sounded like a child's voice.

She nodded and said, "Yes, my father and I came here from Luoxu Prefecture to live with relatives... We can't make it over there anymore. Sister, can you give me something to eat? I'm so hungry..."

The woman, still holding a cigarette in one hand, was stunned for a moment when she heard her being called that. Then she went back to the pigsty-like shack and took out a tube of low-grade nutrient solution. She said, "This has never been opened. You can't even afford low-grade nutrient solution, right?"

This is the minimum consumption, one tube is only one cent, but eating one tube can keep you from feeling hungry all day.

Xia Chujian shrank her neck, acted pitifully, and whispered softly, "...We have no money."

The woman tutted her tongue and stuffed the nutrient solution into her hand. "Here you go. It's rare to meet someone poorer than me. Area 404 is just ahead. Go about two miles and turn left and you'll be there."

Xia Chujian: “…”

Quan Yuxun: "..."

The woman looked them up and down, especially Quan Yuxun, from his weather-beaten face to the thick cotton-padded jacket he wore, which was crusted with oil after who knows how long. After a while, she said, "Why are you going there? It's been sealed off. There are no normal humans there anymore, nor are there any human-like pariahs."

Quan Yuxun acted surprised. "No way! My brother came here seven or eight years ago and wrote to me saying it's better here than Luoxu Prefecture. There's less sandstorms here, and we don't have to scrape for food on the grassland all day. He kept urging me to come and join him!"

The woman scoffed, took a drag from her cigarette, blew out a puff of smoke, and said, "It was pretty good seven or eight years ago. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. Now, there's really no one there."

"Sister, can you tell us what happened? Why is there no one there?" Xia Chujian said, giving an address and saying, "My uncle lives there."

When the woman heard the address, she shook her head and said, "That's in the heart of Wuyou Lane, District 404. Your relative is in great danger."

Quan Yuxun and Xia Chujian looked at each other, both trying to figure out how to get anything out of this woman.

Xia Chujian showed a worried look and murmured, "Maybe they have all moved out? Sister, do you know how to contact those who have moved out?"

The woman felt even more sympathetic, and she brushed her frizzy, dry, yellow hair with her hand, saying, "It would be great if you could move out..."

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