Chapter 45: I feel like playing and want to tease the dog.
After many days, Jiang Jie and his companions finally entered the city again. After seeing so much of the vast wilderness these past two days, they felt a bit nostalgic when they suddenly saw the towering buildings.
However, no matter the former or the latter, both are almost becoming deserted places, no longer as bustling and prosperous as they once were.
The outskirts of City N, where we had just stepped into, were also desolate. Looking around, the streets were full of signs of destruction. It seemed that many alien creatures had appeared there before.
As the car continued to drive in, they noticed that many shop doors had signs of human damage and were wide open, presumably having been looted.
It doesn't look like a panicked looting before the end of the world, but rather like some people are still collecting things recently.
"Brother Jie, there's a sound of fighting nearby." Lin Mian turned his head and looked towards the north.
"I heard it." Jiang Jie didn't drive over directly, but stopped.
Listening carefully to the noise coming from over there, I found that there were people with special abilities dealing with the mutants. It sounded like there were quite a few of them, at least three or four.
In this city, there is a team of superpowers.
Jiang Yan thought deeply for a while, then turned around and said, "Let's change cars."
"Ah?" Lin Mian didn't react for a moment.
A few minutes later.
On the quiet and deserted street, Lin Mian put the RV into the space and got into an SUV parked nearby with Jiang Jie.
I just randomly found a car on the roadside and picked the cleanest one I liked. The key fell on the seat. I don't know what happened to the previous owner.
"Brother Jie, do you think that there is a person with superpowers managing this city?" Lin Mian sat in the driver's seat and turned to ask the person next to him.
"Rather than management," Jiang Jie propped up his chin with his hand, "it's more about wanting to control."
There are always some people with special abilities who feel they are special after awakening, are no longer content with being ordinary, and intend to show off their abilities.
They call on ordinary people to listen to them, saying that they will give them protection, but in fact they are more interested in satisfying their own vanity of being praised.
This is also the original reason why some private security zones were established.
A common problem with these safe zones is that most of them don't last long.
Jiang Jie guessed that this was the current situation in City N.
Because until the end of his previous life, he had never heard of the name of this safe zone. It was so unknown, and it was likely that it died halfway due to lack of ability.
During the short delay they had made, the sounds of fighting in the distance had stopped, and it looked like the mutant had been successfully dealt with.
Jiang Jie raised his chin and said, "Let's go and take a look at the situation."
Upon hearing this, Lin Mian started the car.
"Boss, a car is coming."
On the other side, after several psychics who killed the mutants high-fived each other, the person on guard noticed the sound of an approaching car.
"It's strange. We're the only ones who dare to drive around the periphery."
"Ordinary people are hiding in the central area and dare not come out."
"He must be an outsider."
A few people gathered together, laughing and joking, not taking it seriously.
The one called the boss was calmer. He raised his hand to signal them to be quiet. After careful identification, he found that the car was indeed coming towards them and was now very close.
When Lin Mian drove over, several people were standing or leaning and waiting at the intersection. Some of them were smoking cigarettes, looking nonchalant.
He inexplicably felt that this scene was somewhat familiar.
After thinking about it, oh, it’s just like when I was in junior high school, those uneducated and unlearned hooligans would wait at the school gate waiting to fight or blackmail the good students.
This association made him laugh for a moment.
He turned around and glanced at Jiang Yan who was sitting next to him, and suddenly felt that the other person's lazy and unruly spirit was more impressive.
Probably because of the good looks, as well as the equal parts strength and confidence.
The car stopped at the intersection, meeting the gazes of several people, and Lin Mian rolled down the window.
The man standing in the middle walked forward, his eyes wandering around his face, then turned his head to look at Jiang Jie in the passenger seat. He raised his hand to remove the cigarette from his mouth, exhaled the smoke, and said, "Brothers, you don't look like locals?"
Behind him, several other people also followed and looked at him with presumptuous eyes.
The smell of smoke made Lin Mian, who had a keen sense of smell, frown and raised his hand to cover his nose. "We passed by City N."
The man put his hand on the car window, bent over and moved closer, looking at the silent Jiang Jie intently for a few times, and then said, "If you are not from here, it seems that you have some life-saving skills. Do you have special abilities?"
The closer he was, the more noticeable the smell of cigarette smoke on his body, mixed with the smell of sweat and blood. It seemed that he was stained with the blood of the alien creature. Lin Mian leaned back and moved a little further away from the car window.
His disdain was a little too obvious. The man's expression darkened. He raised his hand, took another puff of cigarette, and prepared to spit it into his face.
Before he could react, the flying water ball hit him in the face. He swallowed the cigarette again and stepped back coughing.
"Fuck! How dare you attack our boss!"
"Boy, you're looking for death!"
"I'm going to beat you to death!"
The people nearby were immediately furious. Someone tried to pull the car door, but the water coming out of the window hit the back of his hand with a "bang", and he immediately shrank back in pain.
Some people were dissatisfied and raised their hands to use their supernatural powers.
"Stop it!"
The boss, with water droplets still on his face, shouted and stopped several people. His eyes were fixed on Jiang Jie in the car, "Brother, you do have some skills."
He didn't see any obvious movements from the other party just now and was attacked silently.
He raised his hand to wipe the water off his face and said, "I'm not sure what you two should call me. My name is Qian Wei."
Lin Mian glanced at Jiang Jie, then, after receiving his gaze, turned around and said, "My name is Lin Mian, and he is Jiang Jie."
Qian Wei observed the interaction between the two of them and realized that the man sitting in the passenger seat was still in control, but until now, the other party had not said a word.
He sneered in his heart, "What a pretentious guy!"
Pushing aside his damp hair, he continued, "Meeting is fate. We can say we've known each other for a long time. I wonder if you two would be interested in joining us in the central area?"
It doesn't matter if they have a weird temper, as long as they have the ability. It would be a good thing for them if they could attract more people with special abilities to join.
"Boss!"
Some people were dissatisfied and wanted to say something, but he glared at them and they had to shut up.
Jiang Jie's eyes finally landed on him, and he raised his chin slightly, "Okay."
"Okay, that's a breeze!" Qian Wei flicked the cigarette butt from his hand and waved to the person behind him to start driving. "We'll lead the way, just follow our car. There are still many mutants in the city, so be careful."
Jiang Jie didn't reply and looked away.
"Thanks for the reminder." Lin Mian smiled at him and rolled up the car window.
The moment his face was reflected in the glass, the smile on Qian Wei's face fell. He took two steps back and watched them drive the car forward a little.
The brother next to him handed him a cigarette again, but he waved his hand and refused to take it.
When their two cars drove over, he got in and sat in the back seat.
After closing the car door, in the confined space, the person who followed finally couldn't help but say, "Boss, why are you being so nice to that guy? It makes me angry just seeing him act so arrogant. Everyone has superpowers, and there are four of us. It's easy to beat them up!"
"What's the point of just getting your moment's pleasure!" Qian Wei scolded him, "Why not bring someone into the team and give us some extra support so we don't get bullied by those guys all day long?"
There were more than a dozen people with special abilities gathered in City N, but they were not united and secretly split into two factions.
One group is led by Qian Wei. In addition to the few who followed out, there are a few who stayed in the central area. All together, there are only seven people.
The other faction that was at odds with them had the advantage in numbers, and with three extra people, they were often at a disadvantage.
If the situation does not change, the leader of City N will probably be the boss of that faction, and all of them will be trampled underfoot.
I don’t know if it was because God couldn’t bear to see him being inferior to others that he sent other people with special abilities here today.
Jiang Jie didn't care what they were thinking. He turned around and watched the other car drive away, motioning Lin Mian to follow.
"Brother Jie, why should we go with them?" Lin Mian stepped on the accelerator and asked him.
He thought that with the other party's personality, he would not pay any attention to those people at all.
"Since we're just passing by, let's go see what a bunch of rabble can do." Jiang Jie leaned lazily on the seat, looking at the car in front. "I was planning to stay here for two days anyway."
To put it bluntly, I just felt playful and wanted to tease the dog.
Lin Mian glanced at him and silently criticized him in his heart.
Jiang Yan turned his head sharply and looked over, raising his eyebrows. "Are you saying bad things about me in your heart?"
"No." Lin Mian shook his head decisively.
How can it be considered a bad word? At most it's just a complaint.
Jiang Yan didn't pursue the matter further. He just smiled and reached out to pinch the back of his neck.
The central area those people mentioned was actually the most central area of the city, where most of the survivors of City N gathered.
Due to limited conditions, they are currently unable to cordon off the entire area like a regular safe zone. They can only try their best to clear out the alienated objects nearby to reduce the danger.
Just like the original H city.
However, these people with special abilities are obviously not that dedicated and responsible. They don’t really care about the lives of ordinary people, and their management is not that strict.
Although some people can be seen on the periphery, most of them are pale and thin, and look timid and insecure.
The car continued to move forward and entered a luxurious villa area. It seemed that all the superpowers lived in this place.
The people's car stopped in front of a villa, and everyone in the car opened the door and got out.
Lin Mian also slowly stopped the car and turned his head to look at Jiang Jie.
Qian Wei walked to the side of their car and knocked on the glass, "You two, get out of the car."
Jiang Jie was the first to open the car door and step out.
As soon as he came out, Qian Wei realized how tall he was. He was a little short of the 180cm that he was so proud of. Visually, he looked more oppressive.
Not to mention the way the other person looked at him with his eyes downcast, it always felt like he was looking at some garbage.
Before he felt unhappy, Lin Mian got out of the car and walked around the front to their side.
Facing him, Qian Wei obviously relaxed a little. He adjusted his mood and gestured towards the villa, "Brother Jiang, Brother Lin, please come in."
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