After paying twenty Arcane Yuan coins, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao smoothly entered the outer city.
The young girl collecting the entrance fee even threw several flirtatious glances at Ye Feng, as Ye Feng had used over five hundred Arcane Yuan coins for the payment…
The outer city of Mech City was vastly different from the outskirts where Ye Feng had just been. There were quite a few five or six-story flat buildings, interspersed with a few tall ones. Those refugee camp-like tents were nowhere to be seen…
"Huh?"
Just as Ye Feng was about to assume there wouldn't be any messy tents, he suddenly spotted two dilapidated tents not far away.
And as he looked in the direction of those two tents, he saw more and more tents, stretching as far as the eye could see…
"Damn, what the hell?"
Ye Feng stuck his head out of the driver's cabin to observe. After a while, he huffed and sat back in the driver's cabin.
"Big brother, were we tricked!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice rang out.
Because she had also noticed that the gate they had just passed through with Ye Feng was not the only passage into the outer city; there were several other passages nearby…
However, this gate was connected to two large rocks nearby, and surrounded by a lot of trees. If one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't notice the other passages.
Coupled with the guards standing in two rows, leaving a large space in the middle… it was easy to mistake that as the only passage into the outer city…
"No wonder there weren't many people at the city gate just now! This gate design… seems to understand psychology quite well… deliberately tricking people unfamiliar with Mech City…"
Ye Feng felt a surge of annoyance. After all, being unfamiliar with the place, he had been fleeced like a fat sheep the moment he arrived.
"Bang bang!~"
Just then, a guard with a gun walked over and tapped on the car window.
"Sir, you have paid the vehicle storage fee, and we can guard it for you for ten days!"
As soon as the car window rolled down, the armed guard began to speak.
While speaking, he pointed to a spot not far away where many vehicles were parked.
"Vehicle storage fee? That twenty Arcane Yuan coins at the city gate just now?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and pointed towards the outer city gate.
"Mhm~"
The armed guard nodded, his expression indifferent, as if he was used to Ye Feng's confusion.
"That wasn't just…"
As soon as Ye Feng started speaking, he felt a wave of frustration.
Because he remembered that the large black board stated "Fee: 20 Arcane Yuan coins," and it didn't say it was an entrance fee…
"Whoever designed this… is cleverly using psychology to rip people off…"
Ye Feng immediately understood.
Logically, if someone were like him, they would mostly feel cheated and very unhappy. But with the twenty Arcane Yuan coins being converted into a vehicle storage fee, it would instantly dissipate a lot of their anger…
Especially since those who came to Mech City were here for trade or had needs from Mech City. They generally wouldn't conflict with the Mech City officials over twenty Arcane Yuan coins…
After a slight hesitation, Ye Feng parked his solar-powered SUV in the spot indicated by the armed guard.
After all, it was a bit chaotic here, with all sorts of strangely dressed people moving around and shouting. He didn't want his car to be stolen or have a wheel removed…
"Grandpa, you must be tired from your journey. Let me find a young girl to give you a shoulder massage!"
"Don't worry, the girl is absolutely beautiful and just turned sixteen!"
As soon as Ye Feng parked the car, a middle-aged woman holding a fan and wearing revealing clothing ran up to him, enthusiastically beckoning him, completely ignoring Xiao Xiao standing beside him.
"Uh…"
The middle-aged woman clearly hadn't brushed her teeth properly in a long time. Her teeth were terribly yellow, and the breath that came out of her mouth made Ye Feng's stomach churn unpleasantly.
"How much is the girl? Is it very expensive? I'm a bit tired, can you massage me!"
Before Ye Feng could reply, Xiao Xiao became interested.
"I…"
Ye Feng was speechless. He directly pulled Xiao Xiao and walked away without looking back.
"Hey, grandpa, don't leave! We can negotiate the price… Hey…"
Hearing the fan-wielding woman's words, Ye Feng quickened his pace.
…
"Xiao Xiao, that person you just mentioned didn't mean the kind of 'little sister' you're thinking of…"
It took Ye Feng quite some time to make Xiao Xiao understand that the "little sister" the middle-aged woman was referring to was not what she understood as a little sister.
"This is so troublesome…"
Ye Feng felt a bit depressed. He realized that some things might not be suitable for him to teach Xiao Xiao. Ling Xi or Leng Yue, who were also girls, might be better suited.
"So that's how it is… that woman is a brothel madam like Leng Yue sister mentioned…"
"I didn't even understand what she was saying about 'little sister' just now…"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao turned her head to look at the fan-wielding middle-aged woman.
Ye Feng quickly turned Xiao Xiao's head back. He didn't want that woman to misunderstand and chase after them…
"Xiao Xiao, did Leng Yue tell you about this?"
Immediately after, Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao with some confusion.
"Mhm!~"
Xiao Xiao nodded. "Sister Leng Yue said that this apocalypse is very dangerous and there are many messy things… I'm out of touch with society and need to learn more. She taught me a lot! Sister Ling Xi also taught me some before…"
"Uh, okay~!"
Ye Feng felt a slight sense of relief.
Then, he began to survey the outer city of Mech City. He noticed that it wasn't just crowded with people, but also with various forms of transportation. The most common were horses, cows, donkeys, and mules, as well as animals Ye Feng couldn't name.
There were also quite a few vehicles coming and going. Few of those vehicles ran on fuel; most were solar-powered…
What caught Ye Feng's attention the most was that several cool-looking vehicles were actually powered by arcane energy, similar to what he had seen at the Tyrannosaurus Rex base.
"It seems that relatively stable large human survivor bases have all developed civilizations that utilize arcane energy as an important energy source!"
Ye Feng quickly understood.
"Boom boom boom~!~!"
At this moment, a rumbling engine sound came from behind.
Ye Feng turned his head and saw a heavy-duty truck slowly approaching. The truck wasn't carrying ordinary cargo, but three mechs.
"Hey, Li Er Lengzi, business is good!"
"This is the third time this month, right? And you're transporting three mechs this time. The client didn't skimp on the shipping fee, did they!"
A burly man with a beard walked up to the large truck and cheerfully greeted the driver's cabin.
"Not bad!"
A lean man's head emerged from the driver's cabin window. He smiled broadly. "Zheng Hu Zi, how has your month been?"
"Don't even mention it!"
Zheng Hu Zi sighed. "They say I'm a mechanic, but I can only repair faults on mech components. If the spark is the problem, I'm completely clueless and don't know how to fix it, so I can't earn any money!"
Saying this, Zheng Hu Zi cautiously looked around, then leaned closer to the driver's cabin, threw in an apple, and lowered his voice. "Old Li, are the mechs this time also having spark issues?"
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