Chapter 160 Welcome to Luwei City
"How much do you sell your chicken for?" the man asked. He was a fox man, his eyes fixed on Captain Ban who was standing beside Xiao Zhen.
Captain Madara grunted in displeasure.
Xiao Zhen said, "This chicken is not for sale."
The fox man looked at Captain Ban greedily. He licked his sharp teeth with his bright red tongue. "10,000 credit points."
After hearing the amount, Xiao Zhen remained silent, "..."
"20,000 credit points?" Seeing that Xiao Zhen didn't respond, he added: "25,000?"
"you……"
"30,000 credit points!" The fox man swallowed his saliva and said, "Be a straightforward person! I see that your chicken is not very heavy, and there is not much meat. It will probably be a bit dry to eat. 30,000 credit points are more than enough."
Captain Madara jumped up and flapped his wings and shouted, "You don't have much meat!!"
The fox man was shocked, "It can talk!!"
"You'll taste like firewood!!"
"You should have told me earlier. It turns out to be a bionic chicken, or it has undergone some weird genetic modification." The fox man glanced at the angry Captain Ban in front of him with displeasure, "I knew it wasn't something new and good."
The fox turned and left. Xiao Zhen stood there and said, "He offered 30,000 credit points."
"What's wrong? Are you moved?"
"He offered 30,000 credit points for a chicken," Xiao Zhen said. "Anyone would have to think about it."
"You're going to sell out your friend for a mere 30,000 bucks??"
"Don't get excited." Xiao Zhen touched his chin and said, "Don't you think it's weird?"
"What?"
"Why would he be willing to spend 30,000 credits on a chicken?"
"Because he's a fox man? You know fox men love to eat chicken."
"Don't you think it's even weirder that a fox who is good at business but stingy is willing to pay 30,000 credit points for a chicken?" Xiao Zhen said, "I can't imagine that Boss Han is willing to pay so much for a chicken."
Captain Ban said, "I don't know. I'm hungry." He raised a wing and pointed to a fast food . "I want to buy a fast food. I've had enough of the nutrient solution on the ship."
"Me too."
Xiao Zhen and Captain Madara walked into a fast food restaurant next to the terminal. When he pushed the door open, everyone in the restaurant looked at Captain Madara. Xiao Zhen heard someone swallowing. "Chicken!!" "Look, it's a chicken!!" "It's actually a live chicken!!" The guests were talking about it. In the interstellar world, chicken is a very common and widely consumed food. Because it is too common, Xiao Zhen feels a little weird that these aliens are paying attention to chickens.
"Look how much attention you're getting, Captain Madara," Makoto whispered.
Captain Madara shrank his neck and said, "Don't you think their eyes are weird? I don't want to be noticed ."
They arrived at the counter, and Xiaozhen was surprised to find that all the meat dishes and photos on the electronic menu were gray and out of stock.
"Excuse me, is there no meat-based fast food here?" Xiao Zhen said, "Are there no pork hoof burgers, bacon slices, or anything like that?"
The waiter replied weakly, "Sorry, we are out of stock of all meat fast food. We only have vegetarian burgers and vegetable juice now."
But I really want to eat meat now. After a voyage where he could only drink nutrient solution, Xiao Zhen's dreams were filled with the grilled, fried, smoked, deep-fried and crispy meat that whetted his appetite. It's better not to eat vegetarian fast food without meat.
"Then I'll go to the next store." He whispered.
"You won't be able to eat it at the next restaurant." said a customer.
"What?"
"You can't find a restaurant that sells meat even if you go all over the city. Meat has been out of stock in the city for more than half a year. Only the rich and powerful can afford to eat meat like chicken." Another customer said, "We haven't been able to eat meat for almost half a year." He stared at Captain Ban next to Xiao Zhen, "How much do you want for this chicken? I'm willing to pay 40,000."
"I'll pay 45,000!! It looks like a good roast chicken." Another customer tried to pick up the chicken, but Captain Ban hit him hard with his wing and he pulled his hand back.
"I'm willing to pay 50,000!"
“62,000!!”
Xiao Zhen quickly said to Captain Madara with his mind, (Think about it, your value is rising.)
(You want to sell me for money, you beast!)
(I think it's entirely possible for you to find a chance to escape after I sell you out. This would be a profitable business with no investment.)
(Look at the looks in the eyes of these diners, I think my neck was broken at the moment of delivery!!)
At this time, the price of the chicken in the fast food restaurant had reached 70,000. Xiao Zhen suspected that if he stayed any longer, these customers would probably attack Captain Ban directly, so he quickly left the fast food restaurant with the chicken.
“This city is really weird.”
"It feels like these people haven't eaten chicken in hundreds of years."
…
"Luwei City Scientific Fishing Guild." Xiao Zhen read the information on the screen. This was the destination where Ze Jin entrusted him to deliver the goods.
This city is made up of various square buildings arranged in an endless queue. Moving walkways crisscross, and a traffic network composed of aircraft flows continuously. It is far less prosperous than Zhiyexing, but it is also a vibrant interstellar city. The mirrors of the city buildings reflect the dazzling sunlight, and giant three-dimensional advertisements output information to the citizens in a fancy manner. Xiaozhen looked for a while and found that all the advertisements were promoting a kind of fireproof clothing.
The local means of transportation is a flying silver floating saucer. Xiao Zhen ordered a saucer using the street self-service system, and a short Teteta driver drove a silver flying saucer and stopped in front of them. "Ah, chicken." The Teteta driver looked at Captain Ban and exclaimed, and he swallowed his saliva very obviously.
"Stop looking at it! I can't eat it!" Captain Ban shouted.
"Tsk, an inedible bionic chicken." The Teteta driver sighed regretfully, "Get in the car, you outsider without a fireproof suit. Welcome to Luwei City!"
Xiao Zhen and Captain Madara sat in the saucer and fastened their seat belts. "I thought all the transportation here was automated. "
"It is indeed automated. But half a year ago, a Corrodo fire-breathing dragon came to this city, and everything here has changed."
"Kolodo Charizard?"
"Yes, it's the Corrodo Fire-breathing Dragon, a rare and endangered species in the galaxy. It fell from the sky half a year ago and has not moved since. To prevent accidents, all transportation has been changed to manual driving."
"Am I listening to some old fantasy story? Are your city guards doing nothing?"
"That's the problem," said the Teteta driver. "This dragon is a rare and endangered species. We can't use force to drive it away. According to the laws of the Galactic Federation, when an endangered species appears, the local government has the obligation to protect the life safety of the species."
"so?"
"That is to say, until the local council can figure out how to drive this dragon away, we still have to keep it well. You don't know how much this dragon eats!"
"Could it be that all your local meat products have been eaten by this dragon?"
"It's a long story. The parliamentary faction and the legionary faction of the city council had a fierce debate on how to deal with the dragon. The parliamentary faction believed that the dragon should be hypnotized and transported to the Itami Natural Zoo, while the legionary faction believed that the dragon should be hypnotized and dragged away to be released into the wild. The two factions argued against each other every day in the council and could not make a final decision. Even the parliamentary faction and the legionary faction had different opinions on how to hypnotize the dragon. Before the final resolution came out, the council specially established a temporary committee to deal with the Colorado fire-breathing dragon, and the people on the committee were responsible for ensuring the supply of Colorado fire-breathing dragons. Meat products for dragons. However, the committee members took the opportunity to lower the price of imported meat products. The harsh conditions they put forward angered several interstellar meat joint enterprises, and they refused to supply local meat. The local meat could not keep up with the consumption. Especially the dragon, it really eats too much!! Its favorite food is chicken, not bionic chicken, but the native chicken without genetic modification. The preference of this noble creature has resulted in the fact that you can't buy a single chicken on the market in this city now. "The driver of Teteta glanced at Captain Ban, "As long as you don't say anything, it will be guaranteed to be the dragon's favorite variety. "
“…”
Xiao Zhen said, "You can just raise the price of meat and let the Interstellar Meat Food Corporation bring in the meat."
"The council members suggested that raising the price of imported meat would reduce voter support, and local poultry and livestock meat farming companies would also protest. The council members would not do something that would obviously reduce support, " said the Teteta driver. "Ah, you can get off now."
"Are we there yet?"
"Flying vehicles are prohibited from entering this street." The driver of Teteta pointed the way. "This is Manye Avenue, which is closest to the Luwei City Scientific Fishing Guild. You can walk to the Fishing Guild from that alley. That building is your destination."
Xiao Zhen and Captain Madara got out of the car.
A broadcast voice echoed on the street: "Please wear fireproof clothing when you go out, and pay attention to street safety. I repeat, please wear fireproof clothing when you go out, and life safety starts with protecting yourself."
"Fireproof suits..." Xiao Zhen looked around. There were very few people on the street, and the few passersby were all wearing fireproof suits and masks. "I have a bad feeling..."
" I repeat, citizens please wear fireproof clothing when going out..."
There was a rumble, and a wave of heat suddenly hit from above. Xiao Zhen saw the rising black smoke and the blinding white light. A huge creature was spewing flames and shaking its head and tail in the smoke. It had shiny black scales, and the ground was shaking with every step it took.
This is a dragon.
A giant Coral fire-breathing dragon.
Passersby on the roadside wrapped their fireproof clothing tightly and walked away calmly without looking around.
"Dragon!!" Captain Madara shouted.
"Yes, it's a Colorado fire-breathing dragon." Xiao Zhen said, "It's breathing fire in the middle of the city. I almost thought I was on the set of the final season of Game of Thrones." Dozens of aircraft appeared in the smoke, flying up and down and spraying water mist to extinguish the flames burning behind the Colorado dragon.
A flying broadcasting device followed the Charizard and shouted: "Attention, citizens! The Corrodo Charizard is passing through the Manye Avenue. Please check whether your fireproof clothing is safely put on. The Corrodo Charizard is passing through the Manye Avenue!!"
“What an orderly city life.”
"This dragon is coming, get out of the way!!"
Another ball of fire came towards them, and the hot air wave blew Xiaozhen and Captain Madara to the left and right. A sprinkler flew in front of Xiaozhen, "Mr. Citizen, you are not wearing a fireproof suit, you are not wearing a fireproof suit, you are not wearing a fireproof suit..."
"I'm just delivering the goods and leaving."
"Warning! Warning!! You are not wearing a fireproof suit!!"
Another sprinkler dropped from the sky. "Pay 2,000 credits to get a highly effective fireproof suit. Recommended by Luwei City Hall, quality guaranteed, strong heat insulation and high temperature resistance..." Before it finished introducing itself, a ball of orange flames engulfed it. It landed heavily on the ground, emitting white smoke. "Fireproof suit, fireproof, fireproof, only 2,000 credits, fireproof, fireproof, fireproof..."
"It's miserable." Captain Madara sighed as he stood beside the smoking sprinkler. The heat was rolling and the smoke was lingering. Captain Madara looked up and saw the Corrodo Charizard staring at him from above. Its scales were like the night and its eyes were like flames.
Captain Madara said softly, "Uh, I think it's looking at me."
"I'm sure it wants to eat roast chicken." Xiao Zhen said, sensing the Colodo dragon's shallow consciousness.
“…”
"Run!!!" Xiao Zhen grabbed Captain Madara and turned to run.
