"I thought you would bring back news, but I didn't expect you to bring back people directly." Returning to the warehouse stronghold with the one-armed man, Yu Wanzhi seemed to think that Aaron's results exceeded his expectations.

"Anything can happen in this hellish place in District 9 now." Aaron sighed with a wry smile and briefly explained his experience.

"Old Chen, what do you think?" After hearing this, Yu Wanzhi blinked his eyes and turned to ask Brother Chen.

"Someone with the surname Zhang, someone with the surname Liu, or someone from outside." Brother Chen immediately gave three options, "Since there are local gangsters with us, outsiders are unlikely.

The streets are out of control, and it doesn't look like there is any spare power to rob the population. The most likely candidate is the man named Liu. His group of killers have done everything in the past, and they are absolutely professional in killing people and stealing goods."

"But what does Mr. Liu want people to do? Isn't his organization always very precious?" Yu Wanzhi asked strangely.

"Who are you asking me?" Brother Chen rolled his eyes, "Since it's useless for him to arrest people himself, most likely he is doing things for others, who knows who he is cooperating with."

"Who to cooperate with?" Hearing what Brother Chen said, Aaron muttered subconsciously.

"What did Chief Chen remember?" Yu Wanzhi immediately noticed his reaction.

"I have a general idea." Aaron stretched out his hand and scratched his head, "Boss Yu, how many people lived in District 9 before this disaster?"

"The permanent population is probably between 1.5 million and 2 million. If you include the small 3 million people living between the two sides, there is no census like outside. Many people live there from birth to death.

Without a registered identity, probably no one in the world can figure out the specific number of people." Yu Wanzhi gave him a number that he thought was reasonable, "Why do you ask this?"

"Since the incident until now, has District 9 experienced any serious fires, or been found to have a large number of drones dedicated to cleaning up?" Aaron continued to ask without answering.

"No?" Yu Wanzhi was even more uncertain this time, "What's wrong?"

"It may be a bit inhumane for me to ask this. Don't you think the streets outside are too clean?" Aaron asked again.

"You're talking about the corpse." Yu Wanzhi finally realized what Aaron was going to say.

The total area of ​​the Ninth District is not large. It is just one of the dozens of districts in Jincheng City. In order to accommodate a population that obviously exceeds the designed capacity, the Ninth District has grown wildly toward the sky and underground respectively, forming a prosperous construction industry and intricate underground.

Maze, but even so, District 9 is still the place with the highest population density in Jincheng. Before the disaster broke out, it was no exaggeration to say that it was crowded with people. Aaron was shocked by the "popularity" here when he first came here.

It is true that District 9 lost a large number of people in that disaster, including the robots who were infected with the virus and went crazy, the swarm of drones that appeared to be dropped by the military but were actually controlled by who knows who, and the survivors who risked their lives for a bite of food.

Or, the result of the three destructive forces fighting each other is that the once over-prosperous population of the Ninth District is probably now gone, but the number of bodies scattered on the streets does not seem to match the tragic death toll.

"Actually, I discovered it a long time ago," Brother Chen shook his head triumphantly, "I just thought it would be useless to mention it, so I never mentioned it."

"Everyone is the same as you. We have nothing to show off." Yu Wanzhi rolled his eyes at him, "Mr. Chen, do you think there is something wrong with the disappearing corpses?"

"No, I suspect that most of the disappeared 'corpses' are not dead at all. They are probably still alive in some form." Aaron calmly threw out an explosive inference.

"What..." This inference is so unbelievable that even people like Yu Wanzhi who have seen the world find it difficult to accept it for a while.

"I know this inference is difficult for people to accept, but I want to ask everyone, except for the day of the disaster, how many people have you seen killed in total?" Aaron continued to ask everyone.

When asked such a question, everyone looked at each other and did not answer. As long as the guys who were still standing here were without exception, they were immediately sheltered after escaping from the initial chaos, and stayed there in the next most chaotic days.

Living a quiet life in their own safe house was the only way to survive the past few days. When they were either forced by the shortage of supplies or for their own purposes, they resumed exploring the ruined ninth district of the destroyed city.

At that time, this land was already the most familiar stranger to them, and they could only rely on their imagination to figure out what happened outside in the past few days.

"I guess that's the case. Everyone thinks it must be hell outside in those days, but no one has seen what hell is really like, because those who have seen hell will never come back." Aaron's face showed some irony.

smile.

"You want to say that when we thought the outside was full of melees and massacres, there was actually an unprecedented scale of population kidnapping going on outside?" When Yu Wanzhi and Brother Chen were both stunned by this inference, Du Du, who had been listening silently,

The arm man said.

"By the way, you don't know this news yet." Aaron took out the most important piece of information at hand, "We all thought that the drones outside were controlled by the military. In fact, these drones are under the control of the military.

It was already out of the control of the military when it was first put into the Ninth District. They even shot down a military rescue helicopter when it flew over the Ninth District, causing the plane to make an emergency landing on the rooftop of the district government.

superior."

"This..." Suddenly the one-armed man's expression became similar to that of Yu Wanzhi and the others, "Then who is controlling the drone outside?!"

"I want to find out too." Aaron sighed, "Do you think a guy who can make such a big deal will easily let us insiders know the truth?"

"It seems we have to have a good chat with Lao Liu." Just when the atmosphere became very strange, an old but sturdy voice sounded from behind a few people.

"Uncle Hong." Hearing that voice, Yu Wanzhi turned around and bowed his head respectfully.

"Master Hong." Not only Yu Wanzhi, but also Brother Chen and the one-armed man all lowered their heads in unison. You must know that these three people used to belong to three different organizations, and their respect for Master Hong was obvious.

More than respect for an old doctor.

"There are always some benefits to being old." Finding Aaron casting a confused look at him, Mr. Hong said with a smile.

It was this harmless smile that made Aaron think of the existence in District 9 that was somewhere between legend and reality - the Talker.

"Are you the one who talked about it?" Aaron asked tentatively.

"Me, Dazhang, Lao Liu, all three of us." The smiling Hong Ye did not hide anything from Aaron this time, "Wan Zhi is working for me, and when it was time for me to hand over power, he should have taken over.

My team."

"No wonder..." Aaron suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. Many disconnected places in the power structure of District 9 were finally connected.

"Unfortunately, being the same speaker does not mean that the three of us are of the same mind. It is better to say that just because we are not of the same mind, we can represent the majority of the 9th District as speakers." Mr. Hong looked up at the gray sky.

said.

"That is to say, we cannot rule out the possibility of a traitor among the people talking." This is how Aaron understood Hong Ye's words.

"If you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth." Mr. Hong sighed with a smile, "If you can get greater benefits by cooperating with people outside, or if you don't cooperate with people outside, you will not be able to survive. There is probably no one among the three of us.

Who would choose to fight to the end, but Lao Liu... He has the most contact with the outside world, and he is probably regarded as the most vulnerable corner of this triangle."

"Master Hong, this is the truth." Brother Chen said straightforwardly.

"No, I am the most vulnerable, and I know this best." Mr. Hong shook his head, "Unless the other party doesn't want to live in District 9 at all, they should come to me first."

Others present looked at each other in confusion, not sure whether they had misunderstood the meaning of Hong Ye's words.

"Wan Zhi, from now on, you don't have to treat Lao Liu's people as your own." Master Hong didn't intend to explain to them, but directly ordered Yu Wan Zhi.
Chapter completed!