HPDBC Chapter 20 Preparations for the Ceremony
Chapter 20 Preparations for the Ceremony
West of Liberty City, in the city center, McDonald's pickup counter.
Yang Lan is patiently waiting for her takeout order to arrive.
Having finally escaped the cycle of being a baby, she was reborn as a food delivery worker.
This time, Yang Lan learned her lesson and worked honestly, avoiding dangerous activities.
Finally, the food was ready for takeout.
Under the strange looks from the McDonald's employees, Yang Lan loaded the takeout onto the motorcycle that the original owner had modified.
"Hey buddy, are you sure you can deliver this food to Zone O by yourself?"
Seeing that Yang Lan was still young, the McDonald's employees couldn't help but speak up to remind her.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem with Zone O?"
"Remember to bring your gun."
Liberty City is a very free place, and it's normal to carry a gun on the street.
"Why do food delivery drivers carry guns?"
"Where are your companions?"
Looking into Yang Lan's clear eyes, which revealed a hint of foolishness, the blood pressure of the MaiMai employees of the same age was already about to explode.
Damn it, Block O is the most dangerous place in the entire western city, with a consistently high murder rate.
I'm just trying to be helpful by warning you about the danger ahead.
Who delivers food without a gun? If you're not delivering food in a team, you really don't value your life!
"I have no companions."
When the opportunity arose with a delivery driver, Yang Lan kicked her male companion.
If two people deliver the goods, everyone has to share the money; if one person is kicked out, she can earn more by covering the entire cost.
Anyone would know that he would definitely go it alone.
Watching Yang Lan leave, the employees of MaiMai looked quite helpless.
"Why are all the delivery drivers I've encountered lately so audacious?"
"He dared to deliver food all by himself just to earn delivery fees."
Previously, almost all the delivery drivers he encountered appeared in teams.
One person was responsible for regular food delivery, while the other was armed and provided protection.
The reason why the delivery fee is so high is also because of this.
The employees of MaiMai are set up as locals, so they know very well just how crazy this seemingly normal city of freedom is on the surface.
Without someone to protect safety, accidents are highly likely to happen.
At best, the food delivery will be lost, and the delivery fee will not be collected.
In severe cases, it can lead to death, as well as the loss of both the person and the food.
Based on Yang Lan's delivery address, McDonald's employees speculated that Yang Lan's fate was likely the latter.
Liberty City is a hybrid of various realities of the Free State, created by guerrillas, and therefore contains some backward and terrifying places.
In particular, the O area where Yang Lan was delivering goods this time was a cannibalistic neighborhood.
It's not the kind of cannibalism described by the famous writer Zhou Shuren, but cannibalism in a real physical sense.
District O is a chaotic neighborhood comprised of a group of bizarre believers!
No one could guess how she would eventually emerge from this situation.
Block O.
As soon as Yang Lan rode her motorcycle into the outer edge of the neighborhood, a strange, fishy stench hit her.
The raw meat had a gamey smell mixed with the metallic smell of rust and an indescribable smoky aroma; Yang Lan couldn't distinguish any other smells.
The entire neighborhood was filled with an atmosphere of dilapidation and decay.
Is this place really inhabited?
Yang Lan was very suspicious.
At the border, a young man with the same appearance and skin color as Yang Lan blocked his way.
"Hey, Bro, Imperial Jade Liquor."
The other party was using coded language, but Yang Lan was, after all, a player of the horror dungeon.
The terrifying dungeon kindly transformed her into the Dragon Kingdom's everyday code words; all she needed to do was answer the next line correctly, and it would automatically switch back to the gang's code words.
"Dude, what are you talking about? I'm just a delivery guy. The delivery address is inside. How can I get paid if I don't deliver the food?"
"Don't wait, the takeout will get cold."
The gang member ignored him, saying, "Even delivering food requires skills. If you can't answer that, you can stay."
Yang Lan had long been steeped in foreign liberal ideas, and had no recollection of Chinese folk sayings or slang.
On the day she fully awakened and opened her eyes to the world, everything in China was vulgar, while only Western free art was high-class and elegant, with its own sacred aura.
As a result, she still couldn't answer.
They were stopped outside by gang members.
"Hey, can't you be reasonable? I'm delivering food to your neighborhood. What if your boss wants McDonald's and you delay it? Can you take the blame for that?"
Yang Lan used her tried-and-true method.
Although the item wasn't expensive, Yang Lan didn't want to lose the money.
She didn't understand the hardship of earning money and the difficulty of making a living when she was taking time off work to prepare for the civil service exam.
She had finally gotten a job in China that paid 10,000 yuan a month, and she didn't want to give it up easily.
"this……"
The thug was clearly swayed by these words, and he took out his phone and dialed a number.
Not long after, an older Mexican man came out from inside.
He grabbed Yang Lan's takeout and took a closer look.
The address was confirmed; it really was a gang leader's takeout order.
The Mexican leader waved his hand, and several thugs behind him stepped out into a passageway.
After several twists and turns, Yang Lan finally passed the first hurdle.
She finally understood why the shop assistant had looked at her so strangely.
So what? I'm capable, so I still managed to get in!
I'm definitely going to make that $50 today!
The community is small, but walking back and forth still takes some time.
Yang Lan's delivery motorcycle is temporarily seized by gang thugs, and she has to take things one step at a time.
……
As Yang Lan ventured deeper into the area, the thugs who had been hiding in the shadows became active one by one.
I finally mustered up the courage to ask the Mexican junior leader a question.
"Boss, why did you let this guy pass?"
"Didn't our father just say that with the Ghost Festival approaching, we need to worship the spirits and outsiders aren't allowed to enter?"
"Yes, yes, Uncle has been drawing ritual arrays day and night, he's almost scratching his head in frustration."
"Boss, isn't it a bad idea to let an outsider in and disturb them?"
"If anything goes wrong, we'll all be the ones to take the blame."
The thugs weren't comfortable with it.
Upon hearing this, the elder Mo flicked his fingers, beaming with pride.
"I just checked the address; he's delivering it to Uncle Ken's place."
The other thugs quickly shook their heads, their eyes filled with extreme fear, and a chill ran down their spines.
Uncle Kentucky! Known as Uncle Fried Chicken, he's a notorious ruthless character in the underworld.
Combined with key information such as the "Festival of the Haunted" and "worship," how could they not know what would happen next?
This is hardly what you call letting outsiders in.
This is clearly preparation for a ritualistic summoning!
Area O is a gathering place for strange believers disguised as gangs. If a liberation ceremony isn't performed on the ignorant masses, they will be the ones who are liberated.
The Mexican leader didn't want to become a sacrifice himself.
He's so old, his meat is tough and chewy, it doesn't taste as good as young people's, and it doesn't please the boss.
I finally mustered up the courage to ask the Mexican junior leader a question.
"Boss, why did you let this guy pass?"
"Didn't our father just say that with the Ghost Festival approaching, we need to worship the spirits and outsiders aren't allowed to enter?"
"Yes, yes, Uncle has been drawing ritual arrays day and night, he's almost scratching his head in frustration."
"Boss, isn't it a bad idea to let an outsider in and disturb them?"
"If anything goes wrong, we'll all be the ones to take the blame."
The thugs weren't comfortable with it.
Upon hearing this, the elder Mo flicked his fingers, beaming with pride.
"I just checked the address; he's delivering it to Uncle Ken's place."
The other thugs quickly shook their heads, their eyes filled with extreme fear, and a chill ran down their spines.
Uncle Kentucky! Known as Uncle Fried Chicken, he's a notorious ruthless character in the underworld.
Combined with key information such as the "Festival of the Haunted" and "worship," how could they not know what would happen next?
This is hardly what you call letting outsiders in.
This is clearly preparation for a ritualistic summoning!
Area O is a gathering place for strange believers disguised as gangs. If a liberation ceremony isn't performed on the ignorant masses, they will be the ones who are liberated.
The Mexican leader didn't want to become a sacrifice himself.
He's so old, his meat is tough and chewy, it doesn't taste as good as young people's, and it doesn't please the boss.
After some explanation, the young thug finally understood how things were going to develop.
However, the demons in the instance space didn't understand at all.
"You Xing, is this saying that your enemy is going to die again?"
"More or less."