The cold winter has soaked every building, and even the broken ground has a hint of coldness.

Compared with the fragility of human beings, various plants and spores that have never experienced such extreme weather were not affected too much, and they crawled crookedly among the cracks and moss.

Qinggang City seems to be becoming more and more dilapidated.

Buildings that were already weak began to topple over, and rumbles could be heard almost every moment.

Those once useless metals that originally supported the last glimmer of the city are now beginning to collapse with the disaster, like wooden signs broken by urchins.

Looking around, the southern part of the city was hardest hit.

The collapsed ruins and primeval forest suddenly merged together, and many radioactive beasts were hiding in corners waiting for an opportunity to move out.

The impact of metal aging disasters is still far beyond what is seen now.

The envoys who hurried back to the new city slowly breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the lightning wall that was still being rebuilt.

“This place is absolutely terrible!”

Sid wiped the black ash mixed with sweat on his head, and suddenly said something with emotion.

No names were mentioned, but everyone present knew it.

really.

They didn't feel anything strange when they went there. After all, they had lived in this city for half their lives.

You can come back here after seeing the vibrant Tianyuan territory outside the city.

The rain fell sporadicly, and the tiles and walls were broken.

Dead branches and leaves, ruined walls.

Although they are separated by less than 200 kilometers, why is there such a huge gap in living environment?

If they had a choice, they would rather go out and visit the Tianyuan territory every day, or even stay there permanently!

"No way, who made us residents of Sunny Harbor Sanctuary?"

Sam shrugged and said something that was originally a matter of pride, but now it turned out to be self-deprecating.

Those who are worried about the future of this shelter are not just Commander Edmund, Deputy Manager Tang En, nor Manager Hades, nor some old guys in important positions.

Ever since the raiders invaded the Lightning Wall, they have turned the industrial area into chaos.

Almost every resident of this shelter is worried about the future of the shelter.

Especially those of them who are at a certain height but not in such a high position, there is no hope at all.

This strange world is simply too strange.

For example, the recent metal aging disaster has broken many people's psychological defense lines.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for the dozens of starch and protein manufacturing machines underground that could still operate, the current Qinggang Shelter would have been in a serious existential crisis.

This is simply too scary.

If a replacement for the machine cannot be found soon, who can afford to feed the more than 200,000 people in the shelter?

Yes, there are also those damn tens of thousands of homeless people, the so-called ‘new city residents’!

I met the hard-working residents of Tianyuan Shelter, and then look at these lazy, dirty, and sneaky New City residents.

No one can't help but feel the obvious gap.

"Should we truthfully report what we saw and heard today? I'm afraid Mr. Tang En will be so shocked that he can't sleep well."

"Then what else can we do? We can't keep hiding it from them, right?"

Between complaints.

The emissary team has arrived at the lightning wall of the new city, which is still under repair.

Several guards shivering from the cold were hiding in a corner warming themselves by the fire. When they saw the leaders were Sid and Sam, they didn't even bother to move.

"These lazy people, when we pay them wages, are we asking them to be lazy?"

Secretary Pine had obvious anger on his face.

But the reply from a soldier next to him made his face turn the color of pig liver.

"Strictly speaking, we do not pay these guards a salary. The work tickets they receive after work can only be exchanged for the same work meals and some daily necessities that cannot be used in half a year."

Before understanding the salary system of Tianyuan Shelter, their internal system can still be understood.

But still the same sentence.

People are afraid of comparisons with others, and goods are afraid of comparisons with goods.

After comparing these systems together, the advantages and disadvantages are simply obvious.

"Okay, then aren't they going to take care of these bugs that are out of the city?"

"This is within the scope of their responsibilities!"

Seeing a few wanderers with grimaces sideways walking out of the open door, the guards still looked indifferent, Pine said unconvinced.

"I can't control the fact that there are many people running away every day. Commander Edmund is willing to let them go to reduce the material pressure on the new city."

Sam answered Pine's questions on the side.

If we can't provide supplies, we can't provide jobs, we won't let people leave.

Edmund didn't want to make any more big news while Hades was still awake.

He would rather these damn wanderers disappear completely and return to the city's sewer pipes.

That's just right, the material pressure on Sunny Harbor Refuge will be reduced by 90% this winter.

"Well, damn it!"

He met the leader and saw the disdain on his face, so Pine stamped his feet angrily.

Catch up and beat these guys up?

Putting aside whether he can beat him or not, the Rangers are not afraid of the Gopher Man's fists.

Since they dare to leave Sunny Harbor Sanctuary and return to the outside world, they must be prepared to die.

Die, die.

Turning around and walking into the new city, Pine cursed silently in his heart as he watched the figure disappearing in the distance.

But soon, when the team approached the west side of the inner city, he quickly put all his thoughts back.

Inside the magnificent manager's temporary office.

As the first building to be rebuilt in the new city, it was basically where Edmund used to work.

But recently, due to Hades's awakening, Tang En was somewhat unable to withstand the constant pressure.

I had no choice but to move it out from underground, and eat, sleep and work here.

At this time, as the news of the return of the envoy team came up, Tang En, who was still dealing with official duties, raised his eyebrows.

"Quick, let them in."

Although I don’t expect these people to bring back any big news, I don’t even expect them to succeed.

But it is good to gain something, as long as it can be done by Hades.

The door opened, and Sid walked at the front, leading the rest of the people into the queue one by one.

"How's it going? Nothing unexpected happened, right?"

"No, the other party didn't deliberately make things difficult for us, it was just."

Sid quickly talked about the matter of being searched and gave his guess.

Sean nodded in anticipation.

"It's not surprising. We underestimated Tianyuan before. It's not surprising that they have such technology."

"Then, what are the results of the detection of the things you brought in?"

"It didn't turn out well."

As the questions and answers continued, the chatter box in the office completely opened up.

Starting from Sid, to Pine, to Sam and every warrior.

Everyone began to complain about what they saw today.

"The industrial core is not within the opponent's territory. The signal we received is still one bar. I'm afraid the core has been taken further west by those damn plunderers."

"The energy level response of that kind of explosive has been off the charts. The opponent has obviously prepared a large number of weapons for a long time, waiting for our Qinggang Shelter to take the lead. Fortunately, we did not attack them rashly, otherwise the shelter would be

I'm going to be blown to pieces."

"Their development is very healthy, much healthier than our new cities!"

"The trade there is very prosperous, and every resident has money to spend."

"Their guards are conscientious and much better than the lazy bunch of people we have at Sunny Harbor Sanctuary."
To be continued...