Chapter 268: Inhuman (76) (1st update + 2nd update + 7300 thunder 3rd update) [VIP]

"Okay, I'll stay with him," Huang Mao quickly agreed, while pulling Lu Yun's hand, hoping that he would let go of Xiao Tang's wrist. "Trust me, Xiao Tang and Er Si are very strong, nothing will happen."

"No." Lu Yun was silent for a few seconds and still said the same thing.

"Then hold me," Xiao Tang sat down on the ground like a scoundrel and waved to everyone, "You guys go, I'll stay here."

"You..." Lu Yun obviously didn't expect that she would be so stubborn.

"What do you mean by 'you'?" Xiao Tang had one of her hands tightly grasped by him. She was the one whose movements were restricted, but now it seemed as if she had become the one in control of the situation. Her tone was rogue and matter-of-fact. "You only have two hands, and you are not an octopus. No matter how powerful you are, you can only stop two people."

"And now..." She took the initiative to hold Lu Yun's other hand, "Okay, now you can only stop me."

Lu Yun's chest rose and fell violently, and he was obviously very angry with her.

Now he was the angry one.

"Puchi, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" Xiao Tang was happy, she laughed out loud, "I said we won't die, we won't die, what can you do to us?"

This girl really doesn't play against the wind.

Bai Jinshu shrugged, looked at Lu Yun who was about to die of anger and Xiao Tang who was laughing wildly on the ground, and gestured to the others: "Let's go, we have to find a way out."

The roads in Purple Street were complicated and they had no idea where they were and where the small courtyard was. Seeing this, everyone did not waste any more time and quickly walked out of the tent.

At this moment, everyone's eyes blurred.

The world suddenly brightened.

The roars of the undead monsters in my ears disappeared, and outside the tent was the rising sun, while a few skinny purple street people were walking back and forth on the road.

Dita, who was the first to walk out, was stunned for a moment: "Wait a minute?"

She almost suspected that there was something wrong with her eyes.

"Why is it suddenly dawn?" She turned and looked inside the tent.

Soon, she discovered that she was not the only one who was confused.

Behind him, everyone had a blank look on their faces.

The confusion on Xiao Tang’s face was the most striking.

Her smug look had not yet disappeared when she suddenly became a little confused due to the sudden change in the environment. Soon, after figuring out what had happened, Xiao Tang's face suddenly twisted.

"You..." She looked angrily at Lu Yun who was holding her wrist.

The ground was a mess. Lu Yun fell asleep while holding her wrist. With only half of his eyes exposed, thick bruises could be seen under his eyes. It was obvious that he had not had a good sleep for a long time.

"It was because the nightmare master was too disgusted by our attempt to leave," Bai Jinshu said slowly, "so in the illusion he controlled, it was dawn."

"It seems..." Yuan Shanming silently said what was lingering in everyone's mind, "Next time, let's not open the champagne at halftime, Xiao Tang."

Xiao Tang: ...

She held her wrist in silence for a moment, then suddenly burst out: "Ahhhhhhh, I'm so mad!"

"This damn kid!" She tried hard to shake off Lu Yun's hand, but found that he was holding it very tightly. After shaking it a few times, she failed to shake off the hand and woke Lu Yun up instead.

His eyelids trembled and he opened them slightly: "Sister Xiao Tang..."

Under Xiao Tang's murderous glare, Lu Yun slowly got up from the ground, looked at everyone staring at him, and said in a gentle tone: "Good morning."

"I'm not good!" Xiao Tang replied quickly, "What did you do last night!"

"Last night?" Lu Yun's face was truly confused. "What happened last night?"

"Fuck!" Xiao Tang cursed loudly, "Have you forgotten what you did?"

Lu Yun silently pulled out the "quilt" that was pressed under her, folded it up and put it in the shed: "Oh, I'm sorry."

He apologized very quickly, and Xiao Tang was very angry.

"Can this be solved by saying sorry?" She had been sitting cross-legged on the ground, but now she jumped up. "This is a matter of principle! Forget about family. Even though you are my ancestor, you cannot interfere with my actions! Break up! Break up immediately! And don't eat my food anymore."

Lu Yun looked up at her silently: "Okay."

Xiao Tang almost passed out from the breath.

Along with these words, the world around seemed to be quickly refreshed with a filter, and suddenly became blood red.

Before Bai Jinshu could do anything, he was instantly overwhelmed by the huge hunger.

Not to mention him, the other people in the shed were not necessarily in a good condition either. The yellow-haired guy didn't even have time to react and half-knelt on the ground.

Dita, who was closest to the outside, staggered and almost fell into the blood on the street outside.

Yuan Shanming squatted and took several deep breaths, but finally he couldn't hold on any longer and half fell to the ground.

Compared with these people, at least Bai Jinshu and Huai Jiamu gave him a helping hand.

"I...you..." Xiao Tang was speechless for a moment.

Is Lu Yun, the nightmare master, poisonous?

The first sentence said not to eat her bread, and the second sentence could instantly make him burst into extreme hunger and undermine everyone's will to act.

This is simply a threat.

But the person who made the threat was still unaware of it and was slowly packing up the shed despite the hunger that was enough to defeat anyone.

"Alright, alright, don't take it! Go eat it quickly! Go eat it!" Xiao Tang stood there and took a few deep breaths. He pulled out a piece of bread from the bag and stuffed it into Lu Yun's mouth without bothering him.

The illusion around him still hadn't changed back to color.

Lu Yun silently pinched the bread in his hand and looked up at Xiao Tang.

"Why are you looking at me? Eat!" Xiao Tang was annoyed.

"If I eat it," Lu Yun said silently, "you can't take it back because I can't afford it."

Everyone present could almost hear the alarm of Xiao Tang's blood pressure soaring.

"Do I need your little money?" In the early morning in the Purple Street neighborhood, Xiao Tang's full-throated curse echoed, "Damn it, do I look like I need money? If I want money, why don't I just smash a jewelry store? Eat! You have to give me food even if you don't want to eat today!"

A gang member passing by the door was carrying a corpse that was no longer recognizable as a human.

"Lu Yun?" The leader lifted the curtain, looked at everyone in the shed, and said briefly, "Adding people will cost extra money."

Lu Yun, who was buried in the bread, raised his head: "But before..."

"That was before," the gang member motioned for him to look behind him, "You know the recent situation. The situation at night is getting more and more serious. Not only do you have to pay the rent in your jurisdiction, but every household has to pay it. The earlier you pay, the less you can pay."

"Your newcomer here..." He glanced at Xiao Tang's bag of bread, "We all heard about it yesterday. It's not that we can't afford it."

"Brother Fan..." someone called him from behind, "Stop chatting. If you continue, we'll have to leave."

What was going to disperse? Of course, it was the corpse they were carrying in their hands.

No one knew what had pierced it, a huge hole went through his chest, and his upper and lower body were precariously connected by the unpierced parts next to it. The man was carrying the upper part of the corpse and talking for too long, and the body tissues pulling the upper and lower body together had shown some signs of tearing.

"Got it." Brother Fan responded and walked out again.

"What do you mean?" Xiao Tang was interrupted in the middle of his anger and suddenly lost his temper. "What he just said about making up the money..."

"It's protection money," Lu Yun quickly stuffed the remaining half of the croissant into his mouth. The cold croissant had a strange greasy taste, but he still licked his lips with satisfaction before continuing, "If you live in Purple Street, you have to pay protection money, calculated per person."

As Lu Yun ate, everyone who was knocked down by the debuff gradually recovered.

"To the gang?" Yuan Shanming reacted.

"Yes," Lu Yun glanced outside, "Only if you pay enough protection fees... can you be qualified to live here, otherwise you will be kicked out."

“But you guys are not short of money…” The fitness guy didn’t react.

"It's not that we don't have money," Bai Jinshu seemed to be thinking, "but you used up all your little money to pay protection fees?"

Protection fee.

This term, which is often associated with school bullying or some gangster activities in the outside world, has returned to its literal meaning in Zijie.

--Protect.

Only by living within the gang's jurisdiction can you be protected at night.

On nights when the undead appear, gangs will fight to protect the residents.

Being "driven out" undoubtedly means dangerous nights and lives that may end at any time.

"About that..." Lu Yun answered concisely. His eyes lingered on the bag in Xiao Tang's hand. Xiao Tang couldn't help but took out a red tea roll and threw it to him: "Eat it quickly, don't make it seem like I'm torturing you."

Lu Yun continued to eat without stopping.

"The sooner you pay, the better," he mumbled as he chewed, "I'll take you guys to get some money later."

"Come on, I'm counting on you," Xiao Tang leaned back speechlessly, "It's better to count on Ersi and me than on you. If you like any jewelry store in the city, we'll smash it for you."

It sounded like she was just bragging.

Who knew that Lu Yun actually started to think about it. After a few seconds, he raised his head and asked, "Is the South District also okay?"

"The South District is the commercial shopping district," Dita commented quietly, "All the stores there are luxury brands. I heard that in order to prevent being bought for free, most stores rent double-story stores and even rent rooms in special locations so that they can set up positions at intersections."

"Hiss..." Yuan Shanming took a breath of cold air, "Is it necessary to do this just to prevent a zero-yuan purchase?"

"The southern area seems a bit difficult," Lu Yun lowered his head and made his own judgment, "Then we can go to the central square and the area near the train station."

"There are more security guards in these two places, but there are also more fights. It's okay to smash a store during the chaos," Dita whispered. "The disadvantage is that there are too many people, and they may not be able to escape after the chaos."

Bai Jinshu hummed: "It doesn't sound suitable."

"Then let's change one." Lu Yun was obviously immersed in it. "Let me think of other jewelry stores..."

"Hey," Xiao Tang said, "Hey, hey, hey, you're still picked, right?"

"Since we are going to smash up stores, we must be prepared," Lu Yun nodded seriously and looked at Dita. "Where do you think is suitable? Not too far from Purple Street. It would be best if most of the jewelry is gold and silver jewelry, which is hard currency. Pearls and diamonds are worthless second-hand and can only be sold at a tenth discount on the black market. Jade and jadeite are too fragile and there are too many fakes, so it is difficult to sell them. If there are no sellers, the discount on the black market will only be greater, so it is not suitable."

When this topic comes up, he becomes more talkative.

Xiao Tang was speechless beside him: "You are not really planning to rob a jewelry store, are you? Have you done so much homework?"

"I had planned it before," Lu Yun answered simply, "but the person I lived with before died, and I couldn't do it alone, so I put the plan on hold."

"Are you planning to rob the South District?" Dita raised her voice.

"No," Lu Yun was very frugal with his words again, "I plan to rob the cash register of the store outside Zi Street."

Everyone:……

From the South District where the sniper rifle was mounted to the cash register in the convenience store... the difference between the two was at least fifty train stations and the central square.

"So you mean the South District..." Dita twitched her lips. "Do you know how many sniper points there are in those stores? If we don't bring a company with us, even the most powerful leader in the Capital of Violence won't be able to escape unscathed."

And there are only eight of them here.

"Thank you so much for your kindness..." Xiao Tang gritted his teeth, "Eat quickly! Let's go after we finish eating!"

In fact, the only one who really needs to eat here is Lu Yun.

If he is full, the whole family will not be hungry. After all, everyone's condition is actually only related to him.

Lu Yun quickly stuffed the rest of the black tea roll into his mouth and wiped the corner of his mouth: "Let's go."

On both sides of the street, many people who were still staring at the sky in the sheds yesterday have disappeared. The wooden sheds are empty, making the place seem a lot quieter.

"Where are they?" Xiao Tang muttered, "Weren't they all in power saving mode yesterday?"

She thought these people would pounce on them when they saw them. After all, they might be the only ones here who could eat enough.

"They all went to get the money," Lu Yun took the initiative to answer their questions, probably because he was full. "The sooner you pay, the less you have to pay."

"Why?" Yuan Shanming didn't understand. "This isn't a loan. The protection fee comes with interest?"

"It's not interest," Lu Yun shook his head, "It's because the protection fee will increase all the time, so the sooner you pay, the less you will pay."

Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows: "Doesn't it mean that how much you pay is determined by the gang's mood? They raise the price at will, and you can only passively accept it?"

In the ecological chain of Purple Street, the gang that protects this area is at the top. For these people in Purple Street, no matter what actions they take, no matter whether they are reasonable or not, they cannot disobey and can only accept them.

"He can raise the protection fee and evict people at will. This power is too much," Xiao Tang couldn't help but add.

"No," Lu Yun stopped and answered seriously, "It's not that the protection fee is raised arbitrarily."

"There are too many undead and ghosts at night recently," he glanced around and said in a low voice, "People die every night. If we don't increase the protection fee, no new people will be willing to join the gang."

If no one is willing to join a gang, there will be a lack of manpower for nighttime protection. The lack of manpower will make it very likely that the undead and ghosts will be unable to be dealt with, ultimately leading to the death of all residents in the area.

And gangs are not omnipotent.

We have seen this twice in the last fantasy. When encountering some extremely powerful enemies, the gang may all die in order to protect the residents in the jurisdiction.

The safety of residents in every district of Purple Street is based on the deaths of gang members at night, and the deaths of these gang members are based on the fact that people from Purple Street provide a large amount of protection fees.

"And actually, Brother Fan and the others..." Lu Yun walked in front, and seemed to be a little hesitant about whether to say this, "They can't hold on any longer."

"Too many people died?" Bai Jinshu guessed.

"Yes," Lu Yun nodded, "Another reason is... there are more and more undead and ghosts in Purple Street in recent years. Not only them, but other gangs have also lost a lot of manpower. In order to keep the gang going, the entire Purple Street is raising protection fees."

“So it’s the same everywhere,” he added, “Brother Fan and his team don’t actually charge that much, it’s just that there aren’t many ways for people to make money.”

It sounds like the entire Purple Street is in dire straits right now.

Xiao Tang couldn't help but ask, "What if Brother Fan and his men can't hold on any longer, or if they all die, what will you do?"

"Then there will be new gangs appearing," Lu Yun raised his head and looked outside, "We are almost at the edge of Purple Street."

"Everything in Purple Street..." He thought for a moment and said something that was not suitable for his current age, "Everything has a price."

It seems to be true.

The gangs in Purple Street look prosperous, and are supported by a group of Purple Street people in the area at the cost of not having enough food to eat. But every night when the undead enter the area, they are the front line facing these monsters, and the last line of defense before the residential area.

They feel relieved only because the gang in the previous nightmare was too strong, which led them to make a wrong judgment.

But not every gang is that strong, and most gang members are as precarious as the Purple Street people.

"By the way, Lu Yun," Bai Jinshu suddenly remembered, "Do you know anything about other gangs?"

"Not much." Lu Yun answered ambiguously.

"Then do you know the biggest gang in Zijie, Qianjie?" Xiao Tang also responded, "The two big brothers of that gang are named Guan and Hang, and they have a child."

She didn't know whether the gang was called Front Street, but it seemed that they called that area of ​​the community that way in the fantasy, and Qiao Bie's nickname was also "Front Street Kids."

"I don't know." Lu Yun shook his head. "We're here, at the store in front."

So during the entire zero-yuan purchase process, everyone was trying to get information out of Lu Yun.

Which timeline's nightmare have they entered? Looking at the gang members carrying corpses passing by in the morning, we can probably tell that last night was not the night the yard burned down. So what timeline are they in now?

However, Lu Yun really didn't care much about gangs, and everyone couldn't get any answers after asking him for a long time.

Nightmares are generated based on the situation of the nightmare owner. Lu Yun didn’t know, so the Front Street had never appeared here.

All of a sudden, everyone became worried.

But worrying did not hinder their actions.

"Take it and go, go, go, go!" Xiao Tang controlled the clerk at the back of the convenience store and urged the team members who were grabbing money from the cash register in the front, "Hurry up!"

The convenience store clerk was a girl who looked very thin, but she had amazing explosive power. Xiao Tang almost failed to hold her down just now. Thanks to her strong hands, she was able to control the clerk.

"Are you from Zi Street?" The clerk's hands were handcuffed behind his back, so he could only ask intermittent questions.

"Yeah," Xiao Tang replied casually as he watched his teammates quickly grab the money, "How did you know that?"

She felt that the way she was dressed wasn't like Lu Yun, who looked like someone from Purple Street, right?

"You didn't break the glass," the clerk said calmly, "Only people from Purple Street don't break glass."

Xiao Tang, who went to the Zero Dollar Bakery yesterday and smashed all the windows, shrank his neck guiltily and asked humbly, "Why?"

When they came in, Lu Yun did repeatedly emphasize that they should not smash the things in the store or the windows, and just rob the money and leave.

“Because other people’s robbery or zero-dollar purchases are just short-term needs and impulse,” the clerk said, “but you, Purple Street, need sustainable development.”

"Once the glass or decoration is damaged, the store will be closed for a long time for renovation, so you can only find a new store," the clerk silently glanced at Xiao Tang who was holding him down, "Did you just enter Zi Street?

In other words, they were frequently visited by people from Purple Street.

At this moment, Xiao Tang felt really sorry for the clerk and the owner of this convenient store.

The next second, she was no longer pitiful.

"With your fighting power, there's no need to wander around the Purple Street," the clerk lowered his voice, "Our convenience store is still short of a duty clerk, with a monthly salary of 8,000 yuan, including food and accommodation. If you don't have an identity, you can still get a job, but you won't be covered by the five insurances and one housing fund. The attendance requirement is that the number of successful zero-yuan purchases during the working hours each month must be less than 10. If you make an extra purchase, 500 yuan will be deducted. Do you have any interest?"

Xiao Tang: ...

She wondered why the clerk answered all her questions and was so friendly, it turned out he was trying to poach her.

"Xiao Tang, let's go!" Bai Jinshu shouted, "The police are coming!"

"Thank you, I declined," Xiao Tang let her go, his tone very sincere, "I don't really like going to work, I just like the feeling of robbing people and getting something for nothing."

The clerk was stunned, as if he didn't expect there would be such a shameless person in the world.

"How much did you get?" Xiao Tang ran to his teammates and looked at the bag.

"Not much," Lu Yun judged, "These are not enough to pay the protection fee. I have to rob two more families."

"Then continue," Bai Jinshu said, "What other stores have you done research on?"

"Let me think about it," Lu Yun looked up and looked around, "We can't steal too many in one day. We need sustainable development, otherwise these stores will not open."

This sustainable zero-dollar shopping event lasted for a whole day.

By the time they returned to Purple Street, it was already getting dark. Lu Yun went to hand over the protection fee to Brother Fan in their area, and he gave him a surprised look: "So soon?"

"Well..." Lu Yun replied vaguely, "We robbed a few stores."

"Your... friends," Brother Fan's eyes scanned the muscles of the fitness guy, "are you interested in joining us?"

He picked out a portion from the pile of messy banknotes and said, "After joining, all the protection fees paid by the jurisdiction will be distributed to you."

"Me?" The fitness guy pointed at himself a little embarrassedly.

He is not the best fighter among this group of people. If we talk about fighting ability, Ersi Xiaotangdita and even the mysterious boss who has not taken any action are much stronger than him.

But his muscles are too intimidating.

Lu Yun gently pulled his sleeve with his thin fingers.

"Well... no, no," the fitness guy scratched his head, "I'm not good at fighting, I just have nice muscles..."

He left the gang's door feeling somewhat guilty.

This man who looks like a tough guy when lifting weights in the gym has admitted for the first time that he is just a show-off in front of the talented people in the Novice Village.

"Is this gang so short of people?" Xiao Tang lowered his voice as he walked, "This is too..."

No one would ask whether they want to join when they go to pay protection money.

"It seems like the pressure is really great." Bai Jinshu nodded.

Otherwise, gangs shouldn't at least recruit new members this way.

At least when they followed the children's illusions, they never saw the courtyard recruiting new members.

They are always the same gangsters, with Lao Guan and the tall and thin man in charge, and they haven't lost a single member in more than ten years.

"You pulled my sleeve just now to say..." The fitness brother looked at Lu Yun.

"Brother Fan... is a good man," Lu Yun said in a muffled voice, "but if you join a gang, you will die."

As if to provide the most solid and powerful evidence for his words, a not-so-peaceful night passed, and the next day among the gang members carrying corpses passing by the door, Brother Fan became the one being carried.

The body being carried in the hands had lost its most recognizable head. People in Zi Street looked at the gang members passing by in a daze. The headless body was carried past Lu Yun, and he suddenly whispered, "It's Brother Fan."

"I recognize his hand," Lu Yun said, "He has a missing section on his ring finger and little finger. It's an old injury from killing a ghost a few years ago."

The gang boss who was still recruiting new members the day before died just like that.

With the death of Brother Fan, this already fragile gang collapsed one day like a big tree that had been hollowed out from the inside.

But just like Lu Yun said.

As soon as one gang dies, a new one quickly emerges.

The obsession that formed Lu Yun's nightmare seemed to be hunger. All the flashbacks he had were of times when he was hungry. Before, with the arrival of Xiao Tang and the others, Lu Yun no longer had to work so hard to collect money to pay protection fees, but with the emergence of the new gang, his illusion turned blood red again.

The previous gang died during the protection fee payment period, and the new gang will not do charity and exempt them from the fees during this period.

Zi Street fell into a more prolonged hunger.

Several times in the morning, Bai Jinshu felt like he was woken up by hunger.

Lu Yun seemed to be never full, no matter how much food Xiao Tang provided him the day before, the illusion flashed, and the sky and the ground were all blood red again.

At first, Xiao Tang would complain that those who didn't know would think they were abusing Lu Yun. He was so hungry every day that it felt like the end of the world when he opened his eyes. Later, everyone learned to have fun in misery. Yuan Shanming, lying half dead on the ground, said that the scene looked like the set of Neon Genesis Evangelion. He didn't expect that he could travel through the second dimension painlessly in his lifetime.

Lu Yun seemed to be extremely afraid that they would go out and die at night. Every time night came, the scene would flash and turn into day.

Xiao Tang once asked him rudely, what's the difference between having the curtains drawn or not in your shed? This is not a building with a high level of protection. This broken shed will fall apart if it is hit.

Lu Yun thought for a long time and gave everyone an unexpected answer.

"I don't know either," he said. "The rule of closing doors and windows tightly to prevent light from entering is passed down from outside. The city guards told the citizens to do so, and that's how we learned."

"No one wants to ask the city guard why they do this?" Yuan Shanming didn't understand.

"No one knows when the City Guards appeared, but after they showed up, the official night emergency plan advocated by the City of Violence was to close doors and windows to prevent light from coming through. This may be because the City Guards can only appear in the dark night." As a Purple Street native, this is all Lu Yun knows about the City Guards.

Everyone looked at each other.

Obviously not for this reason.

Otherwise, what about the city guards who were dispatched in broad daylight before they came in?

But Lu Yun knew nothing.

Lu Yun only knew that he had to pay enough protection fees in Purple Street to avoid being kicked out, that he had to find food every day or he would die, and that everyone in Purple Street was trying their best just to stay alive.

His hunger still persisted, even though Xiao Tang brought him food every day. But his hunger was no longer a physiological hunger. Rather than an empty stomach, his symptoms were more like a psychological illness.

In other words, Lu Yun, the nightmare master who was forming an illusion, felt that he should be hungry now and that he would never be full, so even if Xiao Tang almost brought him a full banquet, her teammates would still enter the standby power saving mode in a sea of ​​blood.

The new gang also entered a vicious cycle of deaths every night. The protection fees kept increasing, and the entire Purple Street was caught in a terrifying vortex. Hundreds of gang members died every night. Those who could no longer afford the protection fees were either driven out of the gang's jurisdiction and died in the next dark night, or took a gamble and joined the gang, also dying in the next dark night.

The street that was full of people when they first passed by was no longer crowded when they passed by these few times.

"I feel like something is wrong," Xiao Tang would sometimes stop Bai Jinshu and whisper, "If this trend continues, the entire Purple Street will be over sooner or later."

What Purple Street lacks now is not money, but people, people who are capable of accurately driving away the undead every night.

As long as there is such a person in an area, the residents of the entire Purple Street will rush in crazily.

Bai Jinshu shook his head slightly: "I feel... this time period may be too early or too late."

During this time, it is very likely that the Front Street Gang was not established or had already died out.

A Purple Street like this simply cannot accommodate a place like Front Street.

"Tsk," Xiao Tang frowned, "Then how do we get rid of this hallucination? I feel like Lu Yun is a man who can never be fed! Last time we deliberately fed him enough for at least three or four people, but he didn't react at all. When he woke up the next day, his face was still blood red."

This person cannot be full in the physiological sense. He must be made to believe from the bottom of his heart that he is full.

"We'll see," Bai Jinshu touched his chin, "If this time is before the front street, maybe we can let him move in once the front street is opened."

The root cause of Lu Yun's hunger is a lack of security. After too many days of going hungry, anyone would doubt whether he can find food and survive the next day.

Heart disease can only be cured with heart medicine.

"It's so troublesome..." Xiao Tang curled his lips.

Although she complained a lot, in fact, she had always taken care of Lu Yun.

As the vortex of Purple Street grew larger, the little money they earned from buying things in zero yuan was no longer enough to cover the expenses of the nine of them.

Zero-yuan shopping can no longer solve this problem. The vortex of Purple Street has expanded to the outside world, and many stores are on the verge of bankruptcy due to the continuous robbery by people from Purple Street.

They had to find another way to make money.

Lu Yun said that before they came, the main way he got money was stealing.

"Stealing!" Dita's eyes widened. "How dare you steal in the city of violence?"

This is a violent city. People in this violent city will beat thieves to death without mercy if they find them.

In other places, stealing is a craft, but in the city of violence, it is a physical job, because generally speaking, thieves who dare to face being surrounded and beaten to death after being discovered will choose to rob in one step.

"Of course not stealing citizens," Lu Yun lowered his eyes, "stealing newcomers would be fine."

"Those newcomers to the city of violence are the dumbest and the most likely to steal." As soon as he said this, the newcomers and team leaders were all speechless.

"Okay," Dita breathed out weakly, "I know why the players in my previous teams were inexplicably short of money."

We are of the same root, so why are we so eager to fight each other?

Now it's their turn to steal the money of the newcomers.

Lu Yun is a veteran and can tell at a glance the stupidity in the eyes of the newcomers who have just entered the city of violence. He is thin and not easy to attract other people's attention, so he can often succeed in one strike.

This kind of technical work is not the domain of the triggerers. Generally speaking, everyone just stands by to prevent Lu Yun from being discovered and beaten up and unable to escape.

After so many times, everyone has a certain understanding of this kid's skills.

No wonder he could survive in Purple Street, this kid's stealing skills are really high.

Unfortunately, no matter how great your skills are, you will run into difficulties one day.

One day, Lu Yun finally failed.

Just when he was about to take the money out of the bag, the short-haired girl carrying the bag turned her head suddenly and grabbed his hand: "Huh? We caught a thief."

"What should we do?" Xiao Tang beside him suddenly became nervous, "Should we go up?"

"Wait a minute," Bai Jinshu stopped him, "Lu Yun seems to have a solution."

Lu Yun does have a solution.

"Sister," he shrank his neck, his tone suddenly softened, "I...I didn't mean to steal your money."

"I can't afford to eat. I...I won't dare to do it next time."

"Next time?" The short-haired girl looked at him and said, "I've seen many thieves like you. I worked at the police station before I died. You've just happened to me today."

Lu Yun was really unlucky. He actually stole from a policeman.

"Let's go," the girl waved her arm as usual, "Come with me to the police station."

"Hey, Xiao Huo," just as everyone was about to step forward to stop her, the female leader suddenly stopped her, "Don't send him to the police station. Anyway, you haven't lost anything, let him go."

"How can that be possible?" Xiao Huo looked puzzled. "Brother, you don't know, I've seen a lot of kids like this. They are used to stealing when they are young. What will happen when they grow up? If you let him go this time, he will do it again next time, and it will get worse and worse, and he will become a social drifter. This kind of person must be strictly educated and his parents must be notified to take him away..."

“Xiao Huo, Xiao Huo!” The leader pulled her and lowered his voice, “This child is most likely from Purple Street, an orphan. If he doesn’t steal your money, he might not be able to survive tomorrow.”

"Ah?" Xiao Huo was stunned for a moment.

"Besides, in this violent city..." The leader paused, "thieves are beaten to death. There is no option for education and reform. If you send him to the police station, he will die."

"This... is so barbaric?" Xiao Huo was a little confused. "What is Purple Street?"

"The slums," Lu Yun said before the leader could answer, "a place where you can be alive today but dead tomorrow. I don't want to die, so I came here to steal your money."

"That's it..." The team leader You Ge, who looked fierce but had a good temper, said, "These children are pitiful. There's nothing we can do. Let's just let them go and don't pursue the matter."

Lu Yun seemed to be sure that these team leaders would not pursue the matter. They knew that the children in Purple Street were pitiful and stole things to survive, so after living here for a long time, they would be more tolerant of them and would most likely not send them to the police.

That's why he dared to steal the exploration team members.

Generally speaking, after the team leaders say this, the team members will let him go, and then he can continue to look for the next target and then...

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by something being stuffed into his hand.

"Then... here you go." Xiao Huo actually took out a handful of money from his bag and stuffed it into his hand. "This way you don't have to steal things anymore. Don't make a living by stealing things. Otherwise, what if you get caught and beaten to death?"

She shook her short hair and walked away with her teammates.

Only Lu Yun was left standing there in a daze.

This is actually a good guy.

He watched the good old woman go away, while in his heart he despised her naivety. What kind of place is Zi Street? How could such a small amount of money be enough? It was not even enough to pay for his protection. He would have to continue stealing.

But he slowly clenched the fist again, for this was the first time the money was not stolen by him.

Behind him, the remaining triggerers were also not calm.

"Damn, I didn't see it wrong! I didn't see it wrong!" Dita couldn't help herself and stood up, looking in the direction where the team was going away.

"You're not seeing things." Bai Jinshu also stood up.

Just now, they saw a familiar face in that team.

A square-faced man.

That...the member of the city guard who appeared in Qiao Bie’s fantasy.

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