Center for the Protection of Human Civilization

It's been three days since Ryan stepped off the boat... Following the ocean currents and the borders of the country, passing through the internal river channels of the country, I came to the hinterland of the interior of Selbia.

Sitting in a dilapidated transit station, the ground smells of fishy fish that lingers, and it looks even more dilapidated than the classical townscape of the thriving port area....

As soon as I got off the boat, there were no staff members to check the tickets, and no one searched for what was loaded here, only a group of shirtless workers and unknown armed men in black clothes sat on the edge of the river, watching the new steamers swarm up, and under the selection of similar foremen, the selected ones happily boarded the deck, and the unselected ones squatted back silently.

Some of them looked to be in their sixties and seventies, with gray hair, wrinkled arms, and dark skin, apparently former fishermen, but still begging the foreman to give him some work... But in the face of those sixteen or seventeen-year-old young men, he could only sit back on the edge of the dock by holding on to the wall under the gaze of a group of armed men in black.

As a port, there are only a few dilapidated fishing boats that are clearly no longer in use, but they still hold the river, and some small boats and canoes that are still in use, but are only used to cross the river and are no longer fishing.

As for the reason .... Perhaps the upstream paper mills can give an answer that is fully compliant with local laws.

Ryan had unconsciously clenched his fists and silently jotted down everything... Looking back, he will report this place to the company, hoping that the company will be able to open its business here by then... At least it can improve the lives of even some of the people here.

"Here we are, Ida Town, on the edge of the slum area.

Cobos finally stopped holding his cigarette, and he also changed into a fellow version of camouflage uniform, like a mercenary from the Middle East, and even Modis changed into the same uniform, with an exoskeleton hidden in a wide robe.

"Slums are generally attached to large cities, and this is no exception, and if you go north, you will come to the mega-urban agglomerations of the European Union. The

European Union... Ryan remembered that his daughter went to school there, and he never thought that now was the closest he had been to his daughter in the past year.

"Remember, we are now your bodyguards for the Middle East, you are a merchant from the Lighthouse Country, this Albert is your butler, come here to talk about business, operate in secret, pay some protection money, and we should be able to reach the place you said in three days.

Kobos spread out a complete map, and the mission target was inside the large slum in the distance, and the drive was about half a day, and if a few people were marching in a hurry, it would only take two days at most.

Of course, taking a car is the best option.

"Prepare for the worst, and if the local area doesn't welcome her, we'll take her away.

Ryan looked at the black card in his hand, this card came from the Beacon State Bank, and the five million euros in it were enough to buy an entire villa complex in this place... It is enough to squander a lifetime in developed countries.

Of course, the company will give reasonable guidance, deposit this money into the company's fund, withdraw it regularly, and do its best to make the best arrangements for the descendants of the martyrs.

"The nearest company base here is hundreds of kilometers, and I won't be able to ask for support for a while, but unfortunately my big gun... Can't take it away.

Because it was too public, the 20mm sniper rifle Albert dismantled and sank into the sea, and replaced it

with a 9mm whispering sniper rifle, which could be folded and placed on the inside of the suit.

"If the route is okay, there will be no fighting, and the weapons will be redundant... However, given the local environment, it is safer to carry a weapon.

"And if nothing else.....

the five of them had just gotten off the steamer with their luggage, and almost instantly, they surrounded the local folks, and they kept saying something in that broken English, and Ryan instantly became vigilant, and always leaned his hand on the

electromagnetic pistol at his waist.

"It's okay, if nothing happens, someone will come to pick us up, some of them are black car drivers, but one of them is our internal response, don't talk, come with me, this is the territory of the black smoke faction, it's quite obedient, only engaged in the tobacco and alcohol business, and can't fight with them.

Listening to Kobos's whisper, Ryan nodded slightly, watching him point to an old driver with a pale face, and after the others left the scene with disappointed eyes, the five of them carried large bags of emergency food and weapons to a ... Looks shabby on a pickup truck.

Nuclear batteries have swept the global energy market almost instantly, but after all, it is nuclear energy, and many households have a low acceptance rate of nuclear vehicles, so most of the world's vehicles are still fuel vehicles.

"Get in the car. The

inferior petrol engine roared and puffed choking smoke, and the suspension operated in an almost metaphysical fashion, jolting back and forth on the dilapidated asphalt road.

It seems to be some kind of rural-urban junction, with the dilapidated mossy government offices in the distance and the low brick houses of the nearby settlements, the land here is not suitable for farming, but in order to survive, pigsty and chicken coops are everywhere, and children in dirty clothes draw the classic hopscotch on the ground in chalk, only the joyful sounds of children seem to be unaffected by the heavy atmosphere.

If you want to check, Ryan has no doubt that 90% of these species are dp raw materials, but PG's hand can't reach here, this is a place where the light will never shine in.... Government agencies are paralyzed here.

"Selbia is divided into east and west, east by the sea, is the coastline, the economy is okay, the west borders the European Union, and it used to be prosperous... But since the construction of the wall in the West, approvals and transactions inside and outside the wall have been strictly prohibited, and the city has been completely reduced to a large slum.

As Cobos explained, Ryan looked into the distance... Sure enough, you can see a slight bulge on the horizon in the distance, which is probably the spectacle that geography classes talk about: the wall.

Hundreds of meters of concrete walls, steel-cast gates of tens of meters, and all-day patrols separate the prosperous and peaceful western Europe from the war-torn eastern Europe, with the night city of flowers and wine on one side, and the barren land of hunger on the other.... The wall, which was built for hundreds of kilometers and spanned six countries, is a masterpiece of modern industry.

"The rich area of Selbia is where you landed, it looks good, right, many high-ranking officials and children of wealthy businessmen are there, and very few people can get out of this slum... After all, the illiteracy rate here is as high as 70%. The

truck was still moving slowly, and the plants here were not lush in the countryside, but full of a sickly wilting feeling.... As a country with low productivity and environmental capabilities, countless people have traded the cheapest labor for Western technology products at the cost of health and nature.

The cultivation of DP drains the nutrients in the field, and even weeds do not want to grow here.

Around the city, the sound gradually increased, and several equally dilapidated cars could be seen driving on the road, and some people appeared in front of them.... It's just that there seems to be a bad smell in the air.

High-rise buildings and dilapidated houses dot the land, the streets are narrow and crowded, filled with the smell of sewage and garbage, and the sun cannot penetrate the thick haze, leaving the city in a dark place.

"Oh, by the way, what do you guess this place relies on to grow its economy? I mean there are always legitimate citizens to survive except for those black zones.... In addition to the cultivation of DP in such suburban areas, the largest economic center here is the municipal garbage dump .... Don't be surprised, the vast majority of the EU's garbage is dumped directly here, toxic and harmful, organic and inorganic, all in the city center, and many people depend on this for their survival.

In the heart of the city there is a huge dump that serves as a public toilet, kitchen and garbage disposal site for slum dwellers, as well as a dump of EU garbage.

Before you even reach the dump, the city's sidewalks are littered with worn-out furniture, discarded food packaging, broken glass bottles, etc., which emit a disgusting smell that attracts swarms of flies and rats.

The architecture here is much better than in the suburbs, and you can see the industrial-style buildings of the last century and a few skyscrapers in the distance, but the glass of those skyscrapers is jet black, and the lights inside cannot be seen at all, making the atmosphere of the city more oppressive and uneasy.

As the vehicle continued to move forward, there was a traffic jam...

In the distance, you can see a scene where Ryan almost drew his gun again: more than a dozen militiamen with red belts, or gangsters.... In fact, a simple toll gate was set up with sandbags in front of him, and everyone who entered the city was interrogated.

They had brand new European rifles in their hands, and there were twin standard machine guns on their sandbags... There was a specialized machine gunner and two observers, who aimed their guns at the vehicles parked in front of the sandbags and their owners.

"Ahead, it's the entrance of the gangs.... There is no government fee window here, but there are gangsters, as for what kind of gangsters it is, it depends on who is the most powerful this month, and it is useless to pay in advance, and I don't know how much to pay.

"I'll speak then." 」