Surprise Hotel

"Only after being appointed as officials, can relatives live in the city-state?" Lu Xing asked curiously.

"What? The chief, as a member of the camp, don't know this regulation?" Old Jason was suspicious.

Lu Xing didn't look at him, but he said casually, "I thought that soldiers' families can also enter the city-state life. After all, they are soldiers who defend the camp. Soldiers' families should be given preferential treatment."

"Then you really live in a temple and don't know much about the lives of the people at the bottom." Old Jason sighed, turned his head, and continued on, "The city-state established by the camp is for the middle and high class people to live and work in peace. No one They care about the life and death of those of us inferior ones. They think that only those with middle- and high-level brain chips are worthy of becoming city-state residents and carrying the task of prospering. The way to upgrade middle- and high-level chips can only be achieved through meritorious deeds. The whole family can gain a higher level of status if one person builds meritorious service. As for those of us inferior people, we can only rely on ourselves, build our own defenses here, and build our own living quarters. In fact, many times I regret leaving the dungeon, but Once you leave that kind of place, you can never go back."

The bitterness is beyond words.

Only then did Lu Xing understand that the city-state had such a barrier to entry.Not all residents can live in peace, and the inferior will always be the one that is not valued.

This reminded him of the cruel era of slavery.

The nobles and popes are in charge of all rights and resources, and the lowly untouchables can only be their cannon fodder, workers, and handyman.

In fact, soldiers like Hargris do not have the right to live in the city-state.They can only live in the corps of the camp, ready to charge at any time.

However, when they really sacrificed, they couldn't get any benefit.They only have the name of heroes. After the sacrifice, their families will not even receive compensation, nor will they be accepted by the city-state.

They are so desperate for nothing more than a chance to build meritorious works.

This is the only opportunity for all low-ranking people to improve their status, because the distribution power of the brain chip is in the hands of the highest-ranking leader.And his camp development only needs a few superior people.

In this wasteland era where resources are scarce, the excess inferior residents will only increase the burden on the city-state.

Lu Xing lamented the injustice of the world.

At the same time, his education gave him a bold idea...

"Here, that's it." Old Jason stopped in front of a concrete building.

This relatively primitive construction technology can only be seen in the exodus camp.

Old Jason opened the iron door, and Lu Xing squeezed into the door cautiously in his mecha, for fear of knocking away the loose bricks on the wall.

Inside is a courtyard, the courtyard is not big, there are mountains of broken copper and iron everywhere.

Lu Xing stopped the mecha in the pair of scrap iron and jumped out of the cockpit.

"It was seriously injured. Can you fix it?"

"The structure of the mecha is not complicated, but I can't do anything about the heavy weapons. If a small refugee camp has mastered that kind of technology, it would have established its own camp long ago." Old Jason laughed at himself.

"Then just repair the mecha, how long will it take?" Lu Xing asked.

Old Jason looked closer, "The mechanical arm, the steering column, the hydraulic lever, the system circuit...There are still a lot of damaged locations, how can it take a day or two to fix it."

"At that time, I can only rely on you to take in." Lu Xingtan said helplessly, "After all, I am also a homeless person."

"Why didn't the sir not return to the camp?" Old Jason took out his wrench and started work immediately, while questioning Lu Xing.

"I... don't want to go back again." Although it was just a casual lie, Lu Xing did not want to go to such an impersonal camp.

"Defection is a capital offense, are you really thinking about it?" Old Jason took off the casing and carefully observed the circuit inside.

"If it weren't for being pulled by Hargris, I would have died on the battlefield." Lu Xing's eyes were drooping, and his expression was a little sad.

He really felt sorry for the blond man.

The guy couldn't even get up again, try what it feels like to sit in the cockpit of the mech.

Watching a person die with regret, most of the time, it is easy for bystanders to empathize.

Speaking of Hargres, old Jason's emotions were touched again.He stopped worrying about Lu Xing's affairs, and at the same time buckled the mecha line shield back.

"This thing won't be repaired for a while, let's get it later. Judging from the heat of the mecha engine, you should have driven a long way." He turned and walked towards the reinforced concrete house, "It is better to rest first. Take a break and eat something."

Lu Xing looked at the mecha thrown in the yard with some worry, thoughtfully.

Old Jason understood his concerns and pressed the switch on the pillar outside the house.The gate is automatically closed and locked.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much. After all, there are not many people who know mecha driving skills in the exodus camp." He said while leading the way.

Lu Xing had to admit that driving a mecha is much harder than driving a car.

He also became more proficient after upgrading the cranial chip, otherwise, with his previous technique, he would definitely knock down the brick wall when he entered the door.

As the old Jason moved, the lights in the building gradually turned on.

The two went upstairs and walked to the end of the corridor.As the door slowly opened, a warm style appeared in front of Lu Xing.

The floor lamp overflowed with goose-yellow light, reflecting the whole room.

All the furniture in front of the eye is made of carbon fiber. In Lu Xing's cognition, only super sports cars and space vehicles in the 21st century will use this expensive material.

"It looks pretty good here," he said casually.

"Don't be jokes, everything here looks too old. Not everyone likes this retro style like me. Some people suggested that I should also make the room all-alloy materials. In fact, I do I made a room, but sitting in it is like sitting in a cage, cold, without a trace of warmth." Old Jason asked Lu Xing to sit down and turn to the refrigerator to get something, "I have seen it in historical materials. The most warm interior furnishings are actually medieval buildings thousands of years ago. At that time, people were used to using high-grade wood and leather to make furniture, and there were flowers and grass in the courtyard. However, these things are for people on the wasteland. It's such a luxury."

Lu Xing was slightly surprised, and suddenly remembered the barrenness he saw when he came along.

Sure enough, after nuclear radiation and the doomsday crisis, plants and many animals disappeared.It is difficult for people in the wasteland era to appreciate the living standards of the affluent era. Although they have higher technology, most of their happiness comes from the food, clothing, housing and transportation that are most closely related to life.

Compared to previous lives, people in this era are more like struggling to survive.