There is no suspended electric rail in the Ansa black market, so the train stopped in a small town five kilometers away from the Ansa black market.
More people got off at this stop than Tu Ran had imagined.
Tu Ran blended into the crowd, went to an empty corner, changed into men's clothes, put on a hat, mask and sunglasses, wrapped herself tightly, and then walked towards the black market.
There were some shops scattered along the way, selling food, water, and camouflage clothes.
Most people who come to the black market know to prepare these things and will not buy them here, so the front of these small shops is deserted and almost no one stops.
The closer you get to the black market, the more people there are, the more shops there are, and the more things they sell.
Tu Ran estimated the distance and thought that she was probably at the edge of the black market. She looked down at the time. It was 2:55.
Xie Xu said someone would come to pick her up, so she would just wait here.
Tu Ran began to look at the shops on both sides of the street.
A shabby clinic, a shabby hardware store, a shabby casino, a shabby bar, a shabby restaurant…
Everything was grey, and every shop sign looked precarious. In addition, the people coming in and out were all wrapped up in grey or black clothes. The entire street was without a single bright color and was extremely depressing.
Many people who came and went were dressed similarly to her, some even wrapped themselves more tightly than she did, and some ostentatiously exposed their entire faces, but their faces were covered with colorful tattoos. Although eye-catching, it was impossible to tell their original appearance.
Everyone on the street was holding a weapon. The various firearms and artillery shells opened Tu Ran's eyes. Some people even carried a gun in front and a long knife on their back, with a long section of the knife tip sticking out from their backs. People passing by would deliberately avoid him.
What caught Tu Ran's attention most here was the mechanically modified humans.
Either a leg or an arm was remodeled, with their iron-like limbs exposed, proclaiming their strength and bravery. In addition to the limbs, Tu Ran also noticed that one person's two eyes had become mechanical prosthetic eyes, like the two lenses of a camera.
There are also people who have replaced their entire heads with mechanical materials. For example, the burly man walking towards her has a mechanical head, but his exposed limbs are no different from those of a human. Tu Ran can't tell whether he is a robot that looks like a human, or a human that looks like a robot. Is his brain still a human brain? Tu Ran can't tell either.
Tu Ran took two steps to the side and passed him by. Just as their bodies intertwined, Tu Ran heard a very low voice.
"Follow me."
Tu Ran looked around. No one else heard the sound except her. She turned around and looked at the source of the sound, the man with the mechanical head.
It was the person sent by Xie Xu to contact her.
He has gone far away.
If it weren't for his conspicuous silver metal mechanical head, Tu Ran probably wouldn't have been able to find him.
She quickly walked up and followed him not too far away.
There were other pedestrians between them.
No one could tell that he was the one who guided her.
After turning a few corners, Tu Ran followed him into a small clinic. From the outside, this clinic was integrated with other shops and there was nothing special about it.
Once inside, the small and cramped space was filled with the pungent smell of cheap medicine.
If Tu Ran was a customer who happened to come to this clinic for medical treatment, after smelling this odor, she would definitely think that the doctor here was a cheap quack and would leave quickly.
(End of this chapter)