Chapter 36
Soon the psychic made human skins for the two of them. As long as they put them on, they could maintain this image for a period of time.
Wen Bei took the lead in urging Qiu Ding to take the mask and put it on.
Qiu Tin raised his eyebrows and put it on without any objection. In an instant, the face that always revealed a bit of evil began to change. The corners of his eyes drooped, and his three-dimensional facial features began to become a little rounded. Gradually, he changed from an unforgettable handsome guy to an ordinary dull man, but his appearance was still considered handsome.
However, there was a hideous scar running through his entire face, which completely destroyed his originally upright and honest appearance and made him look more like a bandit.
The culprit of this big scar was the special request from Wen Beigang.
At this moment, he was grinning with his eyes squinted, a little proud, and a cunning glint flashed in his cat's eyes.
The polluter was a little worried that the man would be angry, but he just glanced at him casually through the reflective mirror, with an indifferent expression.
Wen Bei laughed enough before he took out his own mask and put it on his face.
This mask also changed his appearance, making him look a little delicate, like a student who had just graduated from college and was not very worldly-wise.
Wen Bei was curious about where the distortion had occurred in him. Just as he was about to take a look at himself, he saw the hesitant gazes of several other people fixed on his head.
There's still some itchiness on top.
Wen Bei felt uncomfortable being stared at and twitched his ears.
ear? !
He finally realized something was wrong, reached out and touched it, and felt something warm and furry!
Huang Qian couldn't help but want to laugh: "Very cute."
These three words directly ignited a switch. Wen Bei confirmed again and again, and finally had to confirm that he just had extra cat ears.
Moreover, these cat ears are connected to nerves. He touched them too hard just now, and the pain caused his ears to become airplane ears.
Wen Bei turned around to look for the polluter, but was pulled back by a pair of large hands grabbing his collar.
Qiu Ting had an undisguised smile in his eyes and gently fiddled with the pair of furry cat ears with his fingers: "They are quite cute."
It was clearly the same touch, the man's fingers only lightly touching, but Wen Bei felt as if an electric current ran through his body. His eyes widened, and he covered his ears and stepped back suddenly: "Don't move!"
Qiu Tinge actually withdrew his hand and said seriously, "The transaction time is almost up, we can't delay any longer."
Wen Bei looked at the time, gritted his teeth and gave up the idea of changing his image. His ears twitched unhappily and said, "Let's go."
His small face looked ugly, but the two triangular ears on top ruined the atmosphere. Not only did he not look fierce, but he also made people want to tease him.
There was a faint black mist around Qiu Tinge that stirred for a moment, and then disappeared at the moment when Wen Bei was about to notice and look over.
Huang Qian followed, trying to comfort him, "Actually, many polluters have animalistic abnormalities."
Wen Bei didn't expect that he didn't get anyone wrong, but ended up losing himself instead. He was a little unhappy: "For example?"
Huang Qian: "Our guild has a Defiler that's distorted and heading towards the wolf."
Wen Bei blinked: "Did he grow ears too?"
Huang Qian: "...No, his hands turned into wolf claws."
It sounds very impressive.
The kitten ears on Wen Bei's head drooped again.
And he didn't recover until he entered the black market.
But Wen Bei pretended not to care, with a calm expression on his face, not knowing that the little cat ears on his head had already exposed his aggrieved mood at the moment.
The entrance to the black market is very hidden and requires a secret code to be let in.
The secret code was also revealed by the fat man at that time.
Wen Bei looked at Huang Qian: "Have you been here before?"
Huang Qian hesitated for a moment. "I've only been here once, to buy weapons. I heard the black market's code changes every three days, so I haven't been in since."
All in all, I'm not familiar with this place.
Fortunately, there was a man named Qiu Ting standing among them. He was tall and taciturn, and the scar that ran across his face was enough to scare away those who were secretly spying on him.
Not long after Wen Bei walked in, he noticed some eyes on him and the pockets around his waist.
He slowed down his pace for a moment, and Qiu Ding just happened to meet him, blocking his view, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Everything is sold on the black market, and some substandard and dirty meat is also bought and sold as edible meat.
The contamination level of this meat has exceeded the base's standards for edible meat. Eating too much will increase the contamination level in your body more quickly.
Wen Bei: "Is there anyone who wants to buy meat like this?"
He passed by a stall whose owner was a polluter with a long pig nose on his face. He was chopping meat with a bloody bone-cleaver in his hand.
The meat he chopped was bright red, mixed with some fur.
Huang Qian: "This kind of meat is cheap, and some unscrupulous vendors will add this kind of kneading to meals and sell them."
As for whether something bad will happen to the guests after eating this kind of food, they don't care at all.
Wen Bei took two more steps forward, and this time someone called him.
When he turned around, he found a skinny old man wearing a black hooded suit. He looked like an old wizard from a fairy tale book.
He tremblingly pulled out a glass bottle from his pocket: "Want to buy it?"
After saying that, he stretched out another finger, indicating that he only wanted this number.
"One hundred crystals?"
The old man nodded.
His cloudy eyes stared at Wen Bei.
In that glass bottle was a whole human finger, but the broken end was covered with fine and dense mycelium.
Huang Qian explained, "Some people take the risk, thinking it's better to be a polluter than an ordinary person in the apocalypse. They buy this kind of pollution on the black market and consume it."
The pollution level on your body will skyrocket.
This is undoubtedly a disguised form of suicide.
No one knows what superpowers one will possess after becoming a polluter. Even everyone's physical fitness is different, so eating the same thing will result in different consequences.
Huang Qian: "I know a pair of twins who ate the exact same contaminant on the same day."
The woman whispered, "And then?"
When she was bought back by Li Shu and tortured, she had thought about drinking the blood of the filthy creature as a gamble, but fear still prevented her from having the courage to do such a thing.
Huang Qian glanced at her with a hint of regret: "My elder brother became a polluter, and my younger brother didn't make it. His pollution level shot up to over 90, and he died a few days later."
"Even more regrettable was that the elder brother's pollution level was only 53, and the superpowers he obtained were also useless. He didn't dare to join the mercenary group, so he went to build the outer wall of the base. A few days after his brother's death, he was also bitten to death by a filthy creature that attacked from the sky outside the base."
Although Huang Qian seemed to be telling a case that had nothing to do with her, Wen Bei still noticed that her right hand was trembling slightly.
Perhaps to her, the brothers were once very good friends, but it was a pity that separation was so common in the end of the world.
Wen Bei did not refuse the old man's offer. He bargained and successfully bought the finger for 75 crystals.
Just think of it as a souvenir to bring back to the hotel, and you can also use it to unlock new recipes.
After a tour, Wen Bei had a general understanding of this black market.
There were not many people in the black market tonight because they all gathered at the underground auction house in advance.
There used to be an underground casino there.
The population transaction that Fatty and Li Shu mentioned is among them.
The conditions for entering the auction house were obviously more stringent. If Fatty and Li Shu had not been so afraid of death that they revealed all the details they could, they would probably have been turned away.
Even if you go in, you can only sit outside.
Wen Bei saw several people from the Dark Fire Guild here. They were all here to buy people.
Some are from other public households or businesses.
Huang Qian's expression turned grim: "Sure enough, not everyone deserves to be called a human being."
The woman lowered her voice and asked, "What should we do next? Should we just call in the Lawful Army?"
Her face was a little pale, and it was obvious that the environment here made her recall those bad memories.
Wen Beixin bought a pager so that he could keep in touch with Captain Lan at any time.
After the end of the world, the magnetic field was destroyed and mobile phones and telephones could not be used normally. Only the pager developed by the research institute could be used, but it had great limitations and could only be used within the base, and the signal often disappeared.
Wen Bei shook his head: "Calling him over now will do nothing but expose myself and ruin this deal."
The reason why this exchange has been able to exist for so long without the Lawful Army finding any evidence must be that there is a hidden secret.
They were too cautious. Even though the auction was going on, they did not release the "slaves". They just replaced them with pieces of paper with their names on them.
The scenes in the TV series where people are put into cages and their dignity trampled upon, and then bought and sold at will, did not happen. Everything was done very covertly.
Even if the lawful army rushed in head-on now, they would not be able to find any evidence and would instead be bitten back by the other side.
This is also one of the reasons why the base has been unable to stop human trafficking despite taking it very seriously.
Woman: "Then I'll take you to where the hostages are being held."
She was very anxious because she was finally able to find a place where she could be used.
Wen Bei: "Thank you so much."
After saying this, he pretended to be very interested in the auction and continued to look at the audience.
The woman and Huang Qian raised their voices slightly to explain that they were going to find a toilet.
The man in black who had been standing by and observing every customer heard and took a look, but did not become too alert.
They were let out smoothly.
After a while, Wen Bei calculated the time. When the auction was in full swing, he shook his ears and said casually, "Brother, let's go back. It's so boring here."
He should go and pick up Huang Qian.
Qiu Tin glanced at him, and his pupils, which had turned silver after being disguised, flashed a little red with excitement, but quickly returned to calm.
He stood up and acted very dull: "Let's go."
As soon as Wen Bei went out, he wanted to use the pager to contact Huang Qian and the others, but when he turned it on, it was full of noise.
It was the sound of someone running and panting.
He suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next second Huang Qian's voice came from the other side, with some gritted teeth: "We were deceived. They have already moved to another place to hide people. We have been discovered."
After he finished speaking, the pager was hung up.
Wen Bei took back the pager and his expression became slightly serious.
He was not worried that anything would happen to Huang Qian. After all, she was the president of the First Guild. It was impossible for her to get into trouble so soon even if she was tricked. What he cared about more was that there were less than ten minutes left until the end of the auction.
If they still can't find where the hostages are hiding, they will have no chance at all.
When Wen Bei lowered his head and thought, the kitten's ears suddenly twitched, and he heard the sound of a successful auction coming from the auction house.
"Congratulations to boss No. 2044 for winning tonight's auction item No. 4!"
The kitten's ears stood up, looking very alert, and a bold idea came to mind.
If you can't find a place to hold hostages... then take yourself as a hostage.
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