Vol 2 Chapter 25: Life in the City (1)

Ethan originally thought that the seven inhumans of them would be taken to the Moral Court for interrogation and ruling, but in fact they were transported directly to the Forbidden City after being driven from the Magic Flute, and there was almost no chance of getting involved in land outside the Forbidden City.
Coming out of the transport plane, in front of me was a hazy sky and an empty field covered with rough stones spreading to the distant high wall. The wind with a certain clammy smell blew on my cheeks, which instantly evoked two months ago. The feeling of just entering the forbidden city. Everything here is dilapidated and dirty, and even the air is denser and turbid than outside the city. Ethan squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the crooked concrete buildings not far away from the empty field that seemed to collapse at any time. The strong desire for life on the red earth suddenly became as distant as moonlight.
They were unbuttoned the shock collars around their necks. A fierce-looking guard pointed a gun at them and ordered all of them to take off their clothes. Another guard used a scanning mirror to see through them. Seven inhumans stood naked in front of all the guards, as vulnerable as babies. Ethan wrapped his hands around his body unconsciously and glanced at Samuel squintingly, seeing that Samuel was standing straight, without shame on his face.
"Fifty went out, only seven came back. It's really a very mission." A guard whispered to the person next to him, and even laughed a few times.
"I heard that you guys got into big trouble?" The vicious guard smiled viciously. "I don't know how to cherish it. It's all right now. Not only I can't get the score, maybe I will be deducted a few. Hundred percent, just wait to die in this place."
All non-humans are like lifeless wooden people, no matter what the guards say, nothing happens. The Alpha guard who scanned the whole body saw Ethan and unexpectedly blew his whistle, "Isn't this the government secretary? Look at you, a weak scholar who survived."
"Hahaha, look at his neck, the red thing is a tooth mark that is about to heal, right? Most of it survived by eating Alpha bananas~" The ugly words were endless, and Ethan bit the meat on the inner side of his lower lip. , Bite to the mouth full of rust, resisting anger and shame. The guard leaned to his ear at this time and asked ambiguously, "Hey, you used to mix so well on top, didn't you rely on this too?" After he finished speaking, he patted his and made a sound. Crisp sound.
Ethan's whole body trembled sharply, his brows furrowed tightly, and his lips pressed into a line. In order to cover up the anger that was about to gush out, he closed his eyes tightly, because he knew that he could not show any emotions, if he didn't want to take the opportunity to get rid of it, after all, he was in a very bad situation now.
After a series of checks and humiliations, they were disbanded. Ethan followed Samuel back to their room. The latter was also taciturn along the way, exuding a cold air. Even those inhumans who wanted to say hello to him were so scared that they touched their noses and hurried away.
There was chaos in the small room, Ethan's bedspread and quilt were gone, and the toilet utensils he had received were thrown on the ground, as if he had been looted. On the other hand, Samuel’s things were not touched much. Ethan stood by the bed in a daze, "Where's my stuff?"
"Huh, don't you think that the people in the forbidden city will still respect personal possessions. They heard that you were going to take part in the very mission, and they thought you were a dead man." Samuel lay down on the bed, stretched out strong and strong. body of.
"Then why is your stuff okay?"
"Hmph, they only dared to touch my things after they confirmed the news of my death." His tone was a bit arrogant, and Ethan was irritated.
These scumbags who bully and fear hardship...
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that he himself is a part of these scumbags...
Since they just arrived today, they are spared the work in the morning, but they still have to go to their respective positions in the afternoon. The forbidden city itself is a small ecosystem. Food needs to be grown and synthesized by itself, clothes need to be patched and cleaned, streets need to be cleaned, and garbage needs to be disposed of. Everyone has to work to maintain the operation of the entire forbidden city system. In addition, the surplus manpower in the forbidden city has to help some companies outside the forbidden city to produce some goods, because non-persons do not need to be paid, which can effectively reduce costs. And some people with special talents, such as Derek, will remotely assist the government or some large companies in the research and development of confidential projects.
Samuel changed into a construction worker's clothes, put on a worn-out helmet that had been knocked off, and opened the door as if to leave. Ethan asked him quickly, "What should I do?"
"They didn't tell you what your job was?"
Ethan shook his head. He was taken to Red Earth when he first came to the Forbidden City, and he didn't even finish his breakfast. Samuel took it out of his pocket and put it on the cigarette, and said casually, "Go find a guard and ask. I'm not your mother." Then he went out.
Ethan sighed. It seemed that Samuel was still angry with him somehow, and didn't know when he was going to be angry. He shrugged his shoulders, and suddenly felt very sticky. He rummaged under the bed for a long time and found that all his clothes had been robbed. No way, he simply found a set in Samuel's closet, and ran to the bathroom to take a shower while the whole building was almost empty. Samuel's clothes were a little too generous on him, he rolled up his sleeves, wiped his glasses with the corner of his clothes and went out.
At this time, the streets in the residential area seemed a bit empty, but every few steps, one could still see the robotic policeman standing silently by the side of the road, with the red light flashing on his head slowly rotating along with his steps. Every time I passed these killing machines, I felt nervous. Ethan walked quickly across the long street, looking around, looking for the guards. It's strange to say that guards are everywhere, but now when he wants to find someone, he can't find one.
It's not how much he wants to work, it's just that the sheets and quilts have been robbed, and he has to ask if there is any extra.
However, he didn't know if he went the wrong way. The more and more remote he went, the buildings on both sides became more and more dilapidated, and some had even collapsed in half. He had just arrived and had no idea what area this was, and he was not sure whether he should continue walking.
However, at this moment he heard a call for help.
The voice was very sad and miserable, it was heartbreaking, and it reminded him of the turbulence of those people who were swept away by the tentacles that he heard on the red earth. The horrible memory swept in like a wave, and almost made him run away. But the man's repeated crying and begging made him unbearable, so he crept over to find the voice.
In a building that had collapsed more than halfway down, several guards were laughing, surrounded by a man whose hands were hung from a exposed steel beam.
To be precise, it was an Omega non-human, and Ethan actually knew this non-human.
Isn't that his former colleague in the Energy Bureau and one of the researchers in charge of Project Zero-Sbarro Taifeng?
I saw that Omega was scarred and stained all over, trembling in the wind. He had never seen the Alpha guard headed before, but his appearance was impressive. The lanky guard did not wear a hat, and showed gray hair. His long and narrow face looked too shabby, and his eyes were reminiscent of a vulture. He was playing with a baton with electric shock function in his hand, and the crackling blue electric flowers kept flickering.
Tai Feng was already crying, and kept begging, "Enough, enough, I will never dare anymore! I was wrong!"
The guards laughed joyfully, as if the tears of Omega could bring them the greatest happiness. The gray-haired guard didn't show any pity, and once again slammed the baton against Tai Feng's inner thigh. Omega let out a scream that made his bones chill, his whole body tensed like a bow.
I don't know how long he has been tortured like this, and there is even a pool of excrement and unknown filth under his suspended feet.
Ethan had a good relationship with Taifeng when he was in the Bureau of Energy, and he did not expect that he was thrown in.
Is it also because of Project Zero?
However, what scared him more at the moment was the twisted smiles on the guards' faces. They admired Tai Feng's twitching body, appreciating the foaming from his mouth, appreciating his struggle on the edge of death. They are so committed, as if they were torturing someone who had a deep hatred with them, rather than an Omega who had nothing to do with them.
These guards suddenly made him feel more terrifying than the mother goddess on the red earth. Because he suddenly realized that there are no rules in the forbidden city. Those guards, as legal citizens, can do anything to them, inhumans, even if they are killed. They can freely vent their darkest emotions on inhumans.
Ethan didn't know what to do, he wanted to help Tai Feng, but he knew that if he rushed out at this time, he might not end up better than Tai Feng. The best choice is to sneak away quickly.
He hid behind the half of the earth wall and fell into a battle between heaven and man, and his conscience and fear saw each other. In the end, fear prevailed.
No one can blame selfishness in a place like the Forbidden City, right? Even if he rushed out, it won't help?
He comforted himself like this, turned around and tiptoed, intending to slip away while all the guards had their backs to him, but was suddenly seen by Tai Feng who had just opened his eyes after slowing his eyes. Tai Feng was like grabbing the last straw, shouting hoarsely, "Help me!!! Help me!!!"
The guards wondered why he suddenly screamed so confidently again, but Ethan behind them couldn't move.
With Tai Feng's desperate eyes staring at him, he really couldn't pretend to leave without hearing. Just as he hesitated for a while, the gray-haired guard had already turned his head and saw him.
"You..." Falcon-like eyes narrowed, as if staring at a desperate mouse.
Ethan was so frightened that his legs were weak, and his heart screamed, "Reporter! The inhumane on the construction site is fighting! The scene can't be controlled, they told me to come for reinforcements!"