When I opened the door, it was pitch black outside. The headlights that used to be on at night in the factory were now silent. The slums had become like a desolate wilderness because no one lived there. Only the fake moon above my head provided a ray of light. Compared to the Lost Land, this place was actually darker.
Fortunately, this spirit body's physical fitness is strong enough and its eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people. The darkness cannot make it lose its vision.
The upper area has a map of the lower area. Xu Zhi has already memorized the divisions of the lower area in advance. Her goal tonight is to first find the gathering places of scavengers from other places.
There are many garbage dumps in the lower area. After all, the main functions of this place are, first, factories, and second, the storage and sorting of garbage thrown down from the upper area.
Choosing a large garbage dump closest to his current location, Xu Zhi controlled his spiritual body to find a car parked in the slums, "manually" started it, and drove towards that location.
She is now at the third garbage dump in the plain area. The closest one to her is the seventh garbage dump. The third garbage dump mainly contains domestic garbage, while the seventh garbage dump contains mechanical garbage. There are more scavengers there, and they are also "richer".
Of course, it is actually a funny thing for scavengers to compete with each other to see who is richer. What Xu Zhi cares about is that there will be more vagrants and scavengers gathering near the garbage dump.
These "rats in the sewer" have never been cared about by Liancheng, but they are tenaciously multiplying at the bottom. What she needs is a place where these people gather, where she should have what she wants.
There wasn't much gas in the car, but it was enough for Xu Zhi to get close to the seventh garbage dump. After the car was completely turned off, Xu Zhi had already seen the headlights standing tall on the plain in the distance. They were the lights of the garbage dump. In such a dark night, they looked like a beacon to attract scavengers.
When approaching the seventh garbage dump, Xu Zhi had already seen several sneaky figures trying to sneak into the garbage dump to pick up trash in the dark. She did not enter the garbage dump, but chose a place with a better view outside to wait.
About two hours later, Xu Zhi saw three male scavengers carrying backpacks quickly coming out from inside. In the darkness, Xu Zhi could see their eager steps.
Looks like I found something good.
The girl followed the three people silently.
The three of them traveled together and were able to get out of the garbage dump so quickly without being robbed. I think they have a certain "reputation". The place they live would not be where some low-level scavengers just build a house on the roadside. They must live in a gathering place for scavengers.
Sure enough, following the three people, Xu Zhi gradually saw a gathering place that was larger than the slum where Qi Yanxin lived.
People were constantly coming in and out of the gathering place. After all, in the lower-level area, night was the time when unemployed scavengers would come out.
They don't pay much attention to the people around them. After all, the flow of people in such gathering places changes almost every day. At most, they know the more famous people in the gathering place or their good friends and neighbors.
It was easy for Xu Zhi to blend in with the crowd. The face she sculpted for the spirit body was not very conspicuous to begin with, and the black clothes she wore were the most common color among the scavengers. She lowered her head slightly to appear indifferent, and then she completely blended in.
At this moment, the exit of the gathering place was obviously the most crowded place. Xu Zhi walked to the shadows on the side, lowered her head to reduce her presence, and listened carefully to the small conversations of the scavengers coming and going, extracting the information she needed from them.
Soon, she heard what she wanted.
A female scavenger was waiting for his companions at the door. The man who had arrived was obviously late, so the woman asked him what was wrong. The man explained, "There was a welcome ceremony for new members today. More and more people are joining the sect, so I'm late."
The woman was silent for a moment when she heard the word "church," then she asked, "Have you made up your mind?"
The man nodded. "Of course! I finally got the priest's approval. He said he'll hold a ceremony for me tomorrow. As long as it's successful, we won't have to be scavengers anymore!"
The woman's tone became a little more intense after hearing this: "Is it so easy to become a transcendent? You know those people who died! I'm really scared."
"Don't talk nonsense! Don't question God!"
The man hurriedly covered the woman's mouth, then looked around vigilantly, and pulled the woman away.
After the two men walked away, Xu Zhi walked out from the shadows.
church
There are many churches at the bottom of society because life here is so desperate that people need faith to get through painful moments and give themselves a reason to persevere, but those churches are basically fake and money-making scams.
But this one is what Xu Zhi is looking for.
cult.
Since the appearance of the [Cup] in the league live broadcast, it is foreseeable that a spark will undoubtedly be ignited in the hearts of these struggling little people at the bottom of each city.
There will inevitably be a lot of religious groups that believe in the [Cup], but most of them are spontaneous among the people, and among them there will probably be some real ones.
[Cup] will not miss this opportunity to expand its influence and recruit believers.
According to the man's description, what else could this church, the so-called God, that could grant him supernatural powers, be except the [Cup]?
Extraordinary people with other attributes will not come to the lower class to do charity. Even for the Tianxin Society, it is not easy to transform an untalented mortal into an extraordinary person.
The man's tone clearly showed his firm belief that the priest could do this, and the woman's disapproval revealed that she knew the priest could really turn people into extraordinary beings, but the price was high and many people would die.
From the conversation between the two, it seems that quite a few scavengers have joined the cult.
Xu Zhi was not surprised by this.
Places like the bottom layer are undoubtedly the best soil for the development of the [Cup]. Life here is desperate and boring, and almost everyone here has a strong desire to become extraordinary. After all, this is enough to change their destiny.
They will not refuse the Cup.
Xu Zhi entered the gathering place to look for the location of the cult. Soon, she locked onto a two-story building in the southwest of the gathering place that was relatively "bright and beautiful" compared to the other dilapidated houses.
Even at night, scavengers rarely light lamps, but here it is brightly lit.
There was nothing related to the [Cup] hanging outside the small building. Xu Zhi just saw a lot of people wearing cloaks walking in the direction that seemed to be coming out from here.
After approaching the small building, Xu Zhi smelled a hint of blood through the night breeze.
"How blatant!"
Yes, Liancheng never cares about such places, so it is said that this is the best soil.
The girl turned over and went downstairs, came to the door of the small building, raised her hand and knocked gently.
When the door was opened a crack, a pair of faintly bloodshot eyes looked at her from the crack. Xu Zhi controlled her spirit body to look at them. When the other party asked "what's the matter", she replied:
"I want to join the cult, is there any way?"
I have written a little bit of draft, but I have to go back to the countryside tomorrow and can’t write anymore, and I don’t want to ask for leave, so I have to use it tomorrow, and start adding more when I come back tomorrow!
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