Chapter 39 Black City
In the dim and gloomy wasteland, the temperature slowly dropped again.
Li Yan's body was covered in blood, and it was hard to tell whether it was his blood or the alien insect's blood. It seemed that his arm had been bitten by the alien insect's mouthparts just now, and it was unknown whether he was injured.
Hearing Jiang Mian's question, Li Yan just raised his eyes slightly and glanced at her, and casually agreed: "It's okay."
He didn't look at Jiang Mian again and neatly put away his double-edged scimitar.
The group quickly arrived outside the Black City.
The outer perimeter of the Black City is built with layers of black bricks and stones. The entire city does not look big. There is no distinction between the main city and the secondary city. It is a small city.
Although the city is small, it is very close to the airport, so there are still quite a lot of people queuing to enter the city.
At the entrance to the city, four men carrying guns, wearing bulletproof vests and oxygen masks collected money and let people in, performing a series of operations.
"What do you mean? We are both going into the city, why do you charge me more than the person in front?" A man started arguing with the person who collected money in front.
"He's staying for a month, you're staying for a day, so the rates are different!" The man with the gun seemed very impatient. "Damn it, didn't you see the notice on the wall? This is our Black City fee standard. If you think it's too expensive, get out!"
The man was about to say something when a gun was pressed against his head, "If you keep causing trouble, my gun won't reason with you."
Soon the man paid the money tremblingly and walked in.
There are two different entrances to the city, and the man went in through the second one.
After a while, a man came with a loudspeaker and shouted, "Please pay attention to the notice on the wall before entering the city, and then come and line up. We don't have time to explain so much to you!"
Jiang Mian paused, then walked over to look at the notice posted on the wall.
She took a quick look and probably found that the charging standards for long-term and short-term stays were different.
Stays of more than one month are considered long-term residences, while stays of less than one month are considered short-term residences.
Short-term stays are charged by the hour, 5,000 star coins per hour, which is just 5,000 star coins less than the airport.
Jiang Mian planned to stay here for eight hours, which would cost him 40,000 star coins.
There are some exceptions.
Healers of level E or above can stay for free.
Doctors who stay for a long time can also stay for free.
High-tech personnel who stay for a long time can also stay for free.
From this perspective, these are the technical personnel that Exile Star is particularly short of.
In fact, there are very few human women on the Exile Planet.
Most of the people in the queue were men, or one man with several female orcs, or a family of free orcs.
When Jiang Mian looked over, he saw that he was the only human female in the queue.
The healing power of human women is extremely valuable, and generally they will not be exiled to the Exile Planet even if they make serious mistakes.
However, the healing ability level is like the original owner's F level, which does not seem to be precious.
This notice also clearly states that the healing ability of the healer must be above level E.
F grade is the lowest grade. It takes half a month to purify a leaf, and its healing ability is very useless.
Jiang Mian queued up and soon discovered that the entrances to the city were different for long-term and short-term residents.
Soon it was her turn.
"What's the level of healing power?" the man asked her a question he didn't ask anyone else.
"F-level." Jiang Mian didn't plan to stay here for long.
Even if he planned to live in the next White City for a long time, he would not reveal that he was a level 3S healer. Although this would get him good treatment, in this exile planet where healers were so scarce, not only humans wanted a healer, but even orcs would want a healer because of their manic period.
Exile Star is too chaotic, so Jiang Mian won’t reveal his strength so quickly.
She plans to open her own clinic in Baicheng.
And there are still many things I want to do.
Jiang Mian paid 40,000 star coins, and the five orcs also paid 40,000 star coins like her and walked into another passage.
A long passage is a channel that slowly isolates the polluted air.
Jiang Mian finally entered the Black City.
All that came into view at once were crowded houses with more than ten floors. The ground was damp, and there were only a few flashing lights on the street.
A light shield covered the entire city, isolating it from the polluted air.
As the sky darkened, the air became colder, and the pile of buildings looked messy, crowded, dark and damp.
But there are still so many people in such a crowded building. Some of them are lying on the ground or squatting in the corners. They all look like sloppy beggars.
There is garbage everywhere, and it feels like walking into a slum.
However, the Exile Star here seems to be no different from the slums.
"Human sister, can you give me 10,000 star coins? I only have half an hour left to live here." A skinny, dirty, ragged boy with cat ears suddenly knelt in front of Jiang Mian, kowtowed repeatedly, his voice filled with tears. "If you don't give me 10,000 star coins, I'm going to die here or outside."
The system in the urban area is the same as the one at the airport, which can identify people who exceed the time limit and then shoot them.
Jiang Mian paused and looked down at the cat-eared boy who was so thin that even the bones on his back were protruding.
Rong Fei next to him frowned slightly and was about to remind Jiang Mian not to be deceived and not to give meaningless charity.
"But I can save you for an hour, can I save you for a lifetime?" Jiang Mian spoke softly.
"I will try my best to earn more money to survive in one hour!" The cat-eared boy kept bowing to her, "Please give me one more hour to survive."
"Sorry, I can't give it to you." Jiang Mian frowned slightly, "Go and cheat someone else."
When the cat-eared boy heard the last sentence, he knew he had been exposed and ran away.
"Oh, I thought you were going to pay, sister." Chi Lin's chuckle came.
Jiang Mian was silent for a moment and didn't say anything.
Although she knew this was a scam, she also knew that there were many possibilities that it was not a scam. But as she said, she could save them temporarily, but not forever.
And there are too many children like this in the slums.
As long as she gave one, countless children would come up.
Where is the kindness when it comes to survival?
Before the age of eight, Jiang Mian had experienced a lot of evil and knew what the slums were like.
"Let's go and find a place to rest." Jiang Mian walked out first.
Several orcs looked at Jiang Mian's back, not knowing what they were thinking, and then followed him.
You have to pay a city fee to enter the city and an accommodation fee for accommodation.
The accommodations were all shabby and crowded small rooms, with nothing to choose from.
Another 40,000 star coins were spent.
A room can only accommodate two people at most; no more than that.
"Li Yan, sleep with me tonight." Jiang Mian glanced at the strong muscles on Li Yan's body and spoke.
(End of this chapter)
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