Subway Station
Since the launch of the Sky Curtain Project 20 years ago, the Dark Star has lost its sun and the temperature has dropped rapidly. Except for the major cities protected by psychic protection arrays and life support systems, the wilderness outside the cities has almost become a restricted area for living things.
However, in this extreme climate where even bacteria and microorganisms cannot survive, the former subway has become a gathering place for wilderness people.
Everyone knows that the wilderness people follow the law of the jungle, the strong prey on the weak, and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. But in fact, 20 years ago, when the city maintenance system was just established, the people in the city called the wilderness people "abandoned people."
Each region has only one city, and the city's protection range is limited. No matter how big the city is, it cannot accommodate all the people of Dark Star.
This symbolizes that humans must make choices.
Therefore, the Dark Star Royal Family and the Sky Group jointly decided to implement an elite preservation system. After storing the genetic data of humans and most species in the database, they granted city residence rights to useful people, people with high utilization value, and those at the top of society, while the rest of the mediocre majority became abandoned.
They cannot enter the city and can only wait for death outside the city, so they are called "abandoned people". They hate the people in the city and struggle between life and death in the wilderness. Over time, they naturally become "greedy and unscrupulous lunatics" in the eyes of the city population.
The temperature dropped at that time, and almost all the abandoned people outside the city died. Only a few survivors managed to survive and hid in the old subway.
Fortunately, the psychic life-support equipment in the city covers a very large area, far exceeding the city's scope, so the heating pipes radiate very far.
The old subway lines happened to be heated by the city's pipes, allowing these survivors to struggle for survival on the subway lines.
Although only a few of the "abandoned people" were killed, the population base of Dark Star is huge, and the remaining survivors are also a large number.
With so many people and so few resources, gang fighting is natural.
The capable people formed gangs and occupied the subway stations they desired, sealing off the stations and turning them into small kingdoms. Visitors had to pay tolls to pass through, and the people in the subway stations had to pay taxes on the supplies they hunted or obtained.
Their universal currency is daily necessities and bullets and ammunition, among which the most widely recognized are bullets, which are the most consumable and difficult to replenish. Standard bullets circulating in the city are rare hard goods, and they are consumables. They are gone after they are used up, so powerful subway stations usually organize ground armed groups to return to the ground, bypass some blocked stations and go to other subway stations or subway stations on other lines to "collect taxes".
These lunatics are all desperately poor and extremely greedy, with no regard for their lives at all. Sometimes, when they see wandering cults passing by, they dare not even think beyond their own ability to rob them.
Although they usually don't cause any substantial harm, their tactics are insidious, cunning and malicious. Wherever they go, there are traps everywhere. It's time-consuming and dirty to deal with them.
This is why Black Cat said he was afraid of encountering armed groups collecting taxes at other subway stations and asked Wu Ci to drive faster.
The subway line that Wu Ci and Black Cat are going to now is the subway line that was built by the White Lake Security Company 20 years ago for the purpose of smuggling arms. The terminus is at White Lake Station, but because the Sky Curtain Project 20 years ago was rushed and not fully completed, the White Lake Security Company was swallowed up by the Skyline Consortium with a large amount of debts, and the subway station was also sealed as the property of the Skyline Consortium.
At that time, the Sky Group had swallowed up too many things, and the property collected every day was like water flowing in. No one had time to look at it carefully, so the list was directly incorporated into the Ministry of Finance's warehouse.
Although 20 years have passed, the Sky Group has become increasingly powerful, with "legitimate" financial deposits flowing into the company every day. As a result, the news about this subway line has never been exposed until recently when Cecilia, the newly appointed Minister of Finance, planned to defect with Wu Ci and Black Cat.
This subway line occupies a very good area, and there happens to be a high-powered spiritual life-sustaining pipeline passing through the city, which can radiate heat energy for their survival.
Naturally, Cecilia made false accounts on the spot after receiving the news, using her position to transfer the ownership of the subway line to the fake identity she had obtained in the aristocratic circle.
Even if Zhen Shanhe needs to use this subway line one day in the future, if he suddenly remembered to check, he could only find three siblings from the side branch of the Folster family. The family tree can be related to Dextal, and with the protection of Queen Mother Ines, it is impossible for them to directly take away the ownership of this subway line.
Wu Ci drove into the hidden canyon unhindered according to the map Cecilia had imported in advance into the screen's built-in system, and turned into a dark cave. He drove the car over walls, cliffs, and snowfields, but the car miraculously did not flip over.
The headlights of the spiritually powered car lit up, and as they went deeper into the ground, the temperature began to rise from more than 200 degrees below zero.
Finally, in addition to the strange rocks and ice in front of the car, there appeared a heavy gate with the emblem of the Sky Group on it.
That means this place has been sealed off and has become an asset of the Sky Group.
Wu Ci raised his hand and showed the unlocking barcode that Cecilia had given to Black Cat. With a clang, the gate opened and he drove the trailer into the subway platform.
Because this Baihu subway line is a private line of the Baihu Security Company, it does not pursue comfort and beauty. It is full of practicality and cold military style. The platforms and tracks are extremely simple, and there are no protective measures to prevent falling off the tracks.
Only the crude signposts on the top of the metal walls thoughtfully marked the locations of areas such as the warehouse and waiting room, temporary lounge, training ground, medical emergency room, cafeteria, and company senior management offices.
There were even some large and small army green boxes piled up around the platform that had not been moved away in time, with words such as "mortar", "rocket", and "handheld firearms" printed on the boxes in white paint.
Wu Ci was quite satisfied.
As a starting point, although this place is not as big as those subway line stations that serve as transportation hubs, it has everything. From this, we can see how big the Baihu subway terminal station, which was located under the headquarters of the Baihu Security Company at that time, was.
He stuck a hand out of the window, and the scanning equipment at the entrance recognized the biological signal and automatically turned on the backup power supply from 20 years ago, lighting the subway station with cold white lights and starting the exhaust fans to circulate the internal air, evenly dispersing the heat source radiated by the psychic pipeline to everywhere.
Indoor temperature 15 degrees Celsius.
Although it is still a bit cold, the temperature here has finally risen to a level where humans can survive. If you want to be warmer, you have to go further to the terminal and get closer to the pipeline.
Wu Ci took off his helmet, put his hand on the steering wheel, and found that the track next to the subway platform was empty. He thought that the subway train had already been taken back by people sent by the Sky Group to offset the "debt" of the White Lake Security Company.
Without stopping, he rushed onto the platform and onto the track.
Not to mention, the White Lake Security Company might have smuggled a huge amount of arms at that time, and the subway tracks here actually match the freight cars of the psychic train.
The tracks matched and there were no obstacles on the track, so Wu Ci rushed directly to the terminal. When he reached the end, he stepped on the brakes. The truck carriage being towed behind him slid on the track for a while with sparks and sharp sounds.
“——Crack.”
Before the truck compartment was about to hit the trailer where Wu Ci was, the black cat pressed against the mechanical axle and forced it to stop. This saved Wu Ci the process of separating the [Chu Ci] to stop the compartment.
Black Cat jumped down from the truck, wobbling a bit as he walked. "Brother Aci, your skills...are really suitable for escaping in harsh environments, not for walking on flat ground like us."
"I seldom walk on flat ground. When I drive, I am always running for my life." Wu Ci said something that was consistent with the truth of his original self.
He was right. He had never had the chance to drive since he got his driver's license in his previous life. After all, Wu Ci was very poor and very busy. After he was framed as a murderer, he was always on the run. He was completely in a hurry to drive. The ignition was stuttering and he even forgot how to change gears.
In fact, they were being chased anyway, whether they were being chased by the traffic police or the special police, it made no difference. Wu Ci always felt that he had wasted so much money on getting a license, and now he still felt a little regretful when he thought about it.
He closed the car door and shook his hands, which were numb from the continuous and steady input of spiritual energy.
It probably took up as much spiritual energy as it took to summon [Chu Ci] in synchronized state for 10 minutes, which is acceptable.
Wu Ci raised his hand and swiped open the door of the truck compartment. He straightened his clothes, stood at the door and smiled, "We're here, everyone."
No one in the carriage responded.
Wu Ci looked down and found that all the passengers were lying on the ground, holding onto the handrails in the corners.
"…I remember to try not to make the car too bumpy?"
Eliza propped herself up and said, "It wasn't very bumpy, but I felt like there were armed helicopters and a group of criminal police chasing me from behind. They were shouting through a loudspeaker and telling me not to get excited. Fruit bombs kept grazing my ears, and people kept throwing hand grenades at me."
Wu Ci's smile remained unchanged. "Then I don't know what's going on either."
Eliza's sixth sense sensed something was wrong, and she wisely changed the subject, "...Are you somewhere safe?"
"Compared to the wilderness above, it is indeed safe here underground."
"Oh, thank you very much." Eliza took a long breath.
Wu Ci was silent for a moment, "…I don't understand what you should thank me for, Miss Eliza."
"No need to say! We all understand!"
Eliza, who was half dead just now, interrupted him excitedly, "I saw you secretly rescue the necromancer, but he hasn't woken up yet. The hole in his throat is a bit big, so it may take a while."
Wu Ci heard this and deliberately showed a bit of surprise and guilt, "Sorry, it's an emergency. Did I scare you?"
"That's not necessary, sir! You must be on some dangerous mission, and it would be great if we could help you!"
People chattered:
"Yes, sir! Being alive is good enough!"
"Sir, you are a good man. How old are you? Where do you work? When this is over, I will go to your unit to present you with a banner and introduce you to a girlfriend. I have a pretty niece."
People were talking at once.
Wu Ci looked helpless and apologetic, and quickly raised his hands and said, "I'm sorry, everyone. I really want you to leave, but because I'm undercover in the Seven Sins Council, I can only send you here temporarily in order to keep you alive. Maybe, before I get the information from the Seven Sins Council, you can only be considered dead in name only."
"Sir... I have nothing to do with you, but I still have a loan that I have to pay back every month..."
"Yes, sir, I have parents to support at home... If I fake my death, the labor contract I signed with the company will require them to pay for my failure to complete the work targets on time..."
"Me too... I can get a promotion after completing this order. My daughter is about to be born, and my wife lost her job because of pregnancy... I can't let them..."
Wu Ci listened to them quietly and did not blame them for not cooperating with the work. Instead, he expressed his empathy for their concerns. Then, he gently took out his spiritualist certificate and showed it to everyone, "Please be patient, everyone. Regarding this accident, it will be regarded as the Sky Group and the Special Management Bureau forcibly requisitioning your working time. I will apply for death insurance for you and distribute it to your relatives, and it will be paid on time every month during the time of your 'death'.
I can also apply for the Sky Group to issue a written statement not to hold you responsible for any unfinished work."
People were quiet for a while, then burst into applause and cheers.
No need to work, no need to pay compensation, and there is even death insurance while slacking off! And this is a way to get the wool from the Sky Group! This is the first time that Dark Star has had such a good thing in all these years!
Amid the excitement and frenzy, Eliza opened the high-resolution image of her artificial eye and noticed the date of birth on the witch's certificate.
She discovered that Wu Ci was the same age as her, younger than she had imagined.
"Sir, considering your age and the fact that you are a high-ranking Heroic Spirit [Chu Ci], combined with the previous news, you must be the mysterious executive whose code name has not been announced, right?" Eliza took the opportunity to sneak up and ask Wu Ci secretly: "You are the one who was invited by Her Royal Highness Princess Morningstar to have afternoon tea and destroyed the palace, right?"
"I don't want you to delve into this too deeply. It might damage the reputation of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"So it's true?"
"Please don't tell anyone, Miss Eliza. This is my request."
"Yes, sir!" Eliza saluted solemnly, and then said softly, "With your status, why don't you just give the order directly?"
Wu Ci shook his head helplessly, "Miss Eliza, please don't be like this. I personally think that my status is not higher than yours."
His attitude was too calm, and there was sorrow in his eyes. Eliza, who had lived in a class-class society since birth, was like a passerby in a game whose favorability increased after a few words were said. She pretended to be calm and covered up her panic, and waved her hands hastily, "Okay, okay, then where are we now?"
"Wilderness, White Lake Subway Line, Terminal Station. You may need to spend some time here, but I believe that your abilities will allow you to live well without invasions from other subway lines or stations."
Wu Ci leaned sideways and raised his hand, revealing everything behind him.
The White Lake Subway Terminal has a spacious waiting hall, cold metal walls, and a high dome that casts bleak light.
The former White Lake Security Company was a company that could secretly build subways for the purpose of smuggling arms, and it also engaged in some other black businesses. Therefore, the terminal station under the headquarters is larger than the starting station, and all facilities are fully equipped. According to the information provided by Cecilia before, the area here reaches 1.35 million square kilometers, which is even larger than the transportation hubs of those big cities 20 years ago.
Wu Ci said to the passengers in the carriage who were all technical talents, "The normal temperature at Baihu Terminal is 19 degrees Celsius, and the water and electricity are connected because of the spiritual energy pipeline.
Because this is the terminal station of the entire subway line, even if someone outside accidentally knows this line and wants to break in, it is easy to defend inside.
This route is independent, and there will be no Wilderness gangs blocking checkpoints and charging tolls when entering or leaving other stations. The entire route is yours to move around in.”
He faced the bleak lights, smiled and saluted, "Finally, I will use your talents. I hope you can regard this as a pastime to improve your quality of life during your paid vacation."
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