【001】 Megacity
Xiahai City has a population of more than 300 million.
Moreover, the population is increasing rapidly every day, and cities are constantly expanding.
This is an unimaginable metropolis, an unprecedented super city in human history.
Baihe took a spaceship and after three days, he finally saw a corner of Xiahai City.
Half an hour later, the spacecraft landed in front of the huge city wall. Everyone walked out of the spacecraft and began to undergo medical examinations. At the same time, they registered their names and obtained temporary residence permits.
After completing a series of procedures, Baihe and his group followed Li Gang through the city wall, walked through the winding passage, and truly entered Xiahai City.
"Get out, get out, Buddha doesn't welcome you, get out all!" A group of people sat on the ground with masks when they saw someone coming in, immediately got up and raised the sign and started shouting.
Li Gang said to Baihe with a cold face: "Don't worry about those poor people. Although they are indigenous people of Xiahai City, because they have no ability and the prices in Xiahai City are getting higher and higher, they can only continue to move to areas with relatively low prices. So they hate outsiders like us, who don't do serious business every day, and hold signs to protest at various entrances and exits."
These people did not have the courage to approach, but just held up the sign and whispered. Baihe glanced at them, and then followed Li Gang to continue walking.
Because of his supernatural powers, even if he walked forward without looking straight, he could still quickly understand the city.
Ancient civilizations and advanced science are perfectly integrated in this city.
In the distant street, monks were chanting scriptures and begging for alms, while not far from the monks, robots were transporting goods.
Young man is dressed in fashionable clothes and is walking on a floating skateboard. Middle-aged man is wearing a suit and sitting on a floating car and is having a meeting with company members through virtual equipment.
Noisy and vanity, busy and peaceful.
This is the first impression Xiahai City gave to Baihe.
"We outsiders usually stay in Shisuizhuang for the first time when we first arrived in Xiahai City. The boss of Shisuizhuang is also an outsider. Because we felt that the people who came from behind had a difficult position, we opened a chain of Shisuizhuang. As long as we hold a temporary residence permit, we can move in at a low price." Li Gang walked in front and introduced while walking.
After a while, Shisuizhuang appeared in front of everyone.
Shisuizhuang covers an area of about the same size as a community, with a total of five rows of houses. From the density of the door, it can be seen that each room is not big.
Li Gang took everyone to register and pay the fee, and then checked in.
Of course, he paid the money temporarily.
Baihe finally saw the appearance of Hope Coin when Li Gang paid.
As expected, Hope coins were like Li Gang described, using golden paper, on one side was Tathagata Buddha, on the other side was Zen Master Guanyue, on the back, on the back was an aerial view of Xiahai City.
After everyone put their luggage, Li Gang took everyone to eat the welcome meal. After the meal, everything was up to him.
Although Li Gang is not poor, he has no obligation to take care of these people all the time.
He just had a friendship with Shirakawa, and the others were just accompaniment.
At the dinner table, everyone was relieved and drunk.
Only after entering Xiahai City did everyone feel truly safe, especially the surrounding environment, which made them feel like they were back before the end of the world, and they felt an indescribable touch in their hearts.
The next day, Li Gang and Baihe went to the auction house and sold the good sleeping fruits and some of the medicines. Baihe did not embezzle the money, but distributed it according to the performance of everyone on the road.
This is also what he did for these people in the end. He will no longer be the leader of everyone, but just a small citizen in Xiahai City.
Next was to buy communication watches and various clothes. Finally, Baihe brought Zhou Xue and Lin Qiaoshuang into the house introduced by Li Gang.
Although Shisuizhuang is cheap, every room is too small.
There is no problem with the bachelor living in it, but Baihe is a man with a wife, so it is inconvenient to live in Shisuizhuang.
The house introduced by Li Gang is in the third level of expansion in Xiahai City, and the living environment is much better than Shisuizhuang.
Of course, the price is much more expensive, and you need to pay 5,000 Hope Coins as rent every month.
The reason why Baihe brought Lin Qiaoshuang with him but did not take care of other children was because Lin Qiaoshuang's appearance was really unpleasant, and other children were willing to adopt them, but Lin Qiaoshuang was excluded, so Lin Qiaoshuang became a responsibility he could not avoid.
Fortunately, Zhou Xue did not object to his adoption of Lin Qiaoshuang, otherwise he would be in a dilemma.
On the third day, Gu Dao brought his junior brothers and sisters to recognize the door, and then had a lively meal together.
Of course, I didn't drink this time.
Orphans under the age of sixteen can receive a considerable scholarship every month after completing their final registration as official citizens.
After discussing with the students, Baihe decided that everyone below Zheng Fei had to go to school. Some of the tuition fees depended on the scholarship, while some of them were collected by him and Gudao.
Xiahai City is changing with each passing day. Baihe really feels like a countryman entering a metropolis in the past two days. There are many things he has never heard of, and occasionally he is in a hurry and is very embarrassed.
He knew very well that the easiest way to integrate into this city is to enter school and re-study in school.
Currently, there are two types of schools in Xiahai City. One is a regular school that starts education since childhood, and the other is a crash course that allows outsiders to integrate into society faster.
After considering it, Baihe decided to sign up for his students to complete a crash course when he had money.
Because Li Gang also has a job, it is impossible for him to keep wandering around them. Baihe took Zhou Xue and Lin Qiaoshuang to wander around the rental house in the next few days to increase his experience.
He desperately needs a job that is enough to support his family.
However, most of the stores are done by robots, and there is no way to apply for a job.
For more advanced tasks, all require citizen certificates and superpower identification certificates.
Li Gang is already helping them apply for a citizen certificate, but it will take as soon as one month. After all, survivors enter every day in Xiahai City, and the population continues to increase. The review work cannot be handed over to the robot, so it can only be manually reviewed over and over again, so no matter how fast the process is, it will take a long time.
As for the ability identification certificate, Baihe has made an appointment with Li Gang and will go to the private appraisal institute opened by Li Gang’s friend to complete the appraisal together. His first ability is very special. It is better to keep it as confidential as possible.
One afternoon, Baihe stood on the balcony and looked at the people in the square diagonally opposite.
"Believe me, the city has been hollowed out by demons, and the insects are hiding in dark corners, controlling their believers, slowly eroding us. The end of the world is coming, and it is coming!!!" A man in autumn clothes opened his hands and shouted loudly in the street square.
Baihe has been observing this person for two days. He walked to the square almost every day, and then shouted loudly, saying that the insects would be hidden among the people.
But obviously no one takes his words seriously.
Xiahai City has a large number of suspended surveillance eyes, patrolling the streets with almost no dead corners. If there are really insects, it is almost impossible to hide them from the surveillance eyes.
And Baihe's superpowers did not discover the existence of the insect man.
But strangely, this man did not lie. If he lies, it would be impossible for him to be free of loopholes under the monitoring of the Baihe superpower.
So Shirakawa cares a lot and wants to find out whether he is a madman. After all, madman sometimes even an illusion will be regarded as a reality.
But soon he didn't have time to pay attention to this person.
Because Sunday is here.
Early in the morning, Li Gang came over in a very sci-fi blue leather jacket, and then Baihe went to the private supernatural appraisal center with him.
Shuttled through various alleys in the city, and finally the two stopped in a very remote store.
"Brother Li, this...isn't it a black store, right?" Bai He looked at the store in front of him and couldn't help asking.
The store in front of them is almost impossible for someone to come from remote people, and the store does not even have a signature, so it looks like a kind of black store that cheats people.
"You don't think that private ability identification is a legitimate business, right?" Li Gang said in a funny way.
Baihe suddenly understood and said, "So that's it, let's go in."
"Wait, I'll go and tell the secret code first!" Li Gang said immediately.
He walked forward, knocked on the folding door five times, and then waited quietly.
About two minutes later, the middle-aged man's voice came from the door: "Who are you looking for?"
"I'm looking for Uncle Five!" Li Gang replied.
The middle-aged man said indifferently: "There are no fifth uncles here, only the third uncle. You are in the wrong place."
"Uncle San has a long second, but isn't it the fifth uncle? Open the door!" Li Gang said with a smile.
Sure enough, the door opened immediately, and the middle-aged man smiled obscenely, "Old Li, long time no see."
"I just went to find a lady together more than ten days ago. I've been to you for a long time." Li Gang immediately smiled and scolded, while holding the middle-aged man's neck with his right hand and exerting force.
The middle-aged man grinned for a while, looked up at Baihe, and asked, "He is your mistress?"
"Don't talk nonsense, otherwise Brother Bai will beat you up and I can't save you." Li Gang put away his smile and said quickly.
The middle-aged man broke free from Li Gang's right hand and turned around and said, "Come in, I'm ready for what you said."
"Brother Bai, don't mind. This guy is just a polite person and deserves a beating. Next time he will swear around. I won't beat him to death without you taking action!" Li Gang turned around and smiled.
Baihe smiled and followed Li Gang into the black store.
There is also a layer of blue cloth covering the folding door of this black shop. When you pass through the blue cloth, there is a counter with goods all around it.
Li Gang took Baihe through the side door through the container and entered a small path. After several turns, the surroundings suddenly became brighter.
This is a white room with various instruments that look like high-tech. In addition to middle-aged men, there is also a man and a woman here. After Li Gang came in, they all greeted him with a smile, obviously they were familiar friends.
"Let me introduce it. The slutty guy is called Zhang Shouzhong, the handsome guy is called Chen Qishu, the beauty is called Liu Jiaxin, the buddy behind me is called Baihe. Everyone knows what I'm here today, so I won't say much." Li Gang patted his legs and said with a smile.
Baihe looked at the three of them and smiled and said, "Please trouble you all."
"No trouble, I just want to see more rare and rare superpowers, so I joined this team." Chen Qishu immediately smiled.
Chapter completed!