Chapter 127 Free is the most expensive
Chapter 127 Free is the most expensive
This is a city where steel and colored glass meet, located in the middle of a canyon. Only a dim strip of sky can be seen above the towering canyon. The thick fog rolling in the sky covers the sky above tightly, and the whole city is filled with a pungent smell of chemicals.
Many people around coughed from time to time when they smelled the smell, with unbearable pain on their faces. Occasionally, there would be a few people who had the desire to survive and knew to find some wet clothes and cover their mouths and noses.
There were only a few people with fully equipped ventilators on their faces, looking at the three people with somewhat malicious eyes whose clothes clearly did not belong here.
Looking at the green bubbling industrial wastewater in the ditch and the foul smell emanating from the wastewater, Kassadin and Taliyah frowned subconsciously, their eyes full of astonishment.
"This is...Zuan?"
The scene here is completely different from what Kassa remembers. When she was young, before her home was swallowed by the void, her father often brought back things from the Twin Cities.
Every industrial creation here filled the young Kasa with interest.
It was not until she came to Zaun, the city in the canyon, that she realized how far her fantasies about Zaun were from reality.
The exact opposite of what she had seen in Piltover.
Zhang Xu and his three companions bid farewell to Malphite and set out on their journey again. Riding on Sina, they soon arrived at the two cities adjacent to Ixtal - Piltover and Zaun.
Before landing in Zaun, Kai'Sa clearly saw the city located above Zaun.
Technology and industry are everywhere, and it is a bustling trade center.
Kai'Sa originally thought that Zaun should be similar to Piltover, but she didn't expect the environment here to be so bad.
"Logically speaking, Zaun's environment is bad, but it shouldn't be this bad."
Zhang Xu frowned and looked around.
This level of exhaust gas pollution would not cause any harm to any of them, at most they would just find the smell a bit pungent.
"I feel like I'm going to stink if I stay in a place like this."
Kassa complained silently. She could endure the dark environment of the void and the bloody smell in her nasal cavity, but the stench and irritating smell of chemical pollution was really unbearable for her.
"Since we're already here, let's just take a stroll. I feel like the smell here seems a little unusual."
Taliyah looked around curiously, her sights falling on the workshop forest area nearby.
The factory had obviously stopped production because of the pungent poisonous gas that filled the air. But it was worth noting that the scene at the corner of the alley near the factory was completely different from that outside.
Unlike the lifeless scene beside the stinking ditch, the scene here can be called lively.
A slightly skinny boy was squatting at the entrance of the alley, wearing a punk-style leather jacket. The jacket was a bit big and looked a bit out of place on him.
He had a large cloth bag on his chest and a very basic breathing mask on his face, which completely blocked his face and made it impossible to see his features clearly.
In front of him, there was a line of people, neither too long nor too short, seemingly waiting to receive the things he was distributing. Most of the people in the line were gang members from the streets, but their expressions and behavior were very polite, and they did not rush to snatch the cloth bag from the boy's chest.
Seeing this, Kasa immediately became interested and hurriedly pulled Zhang Xu and Talia along the muddy plank road and into the alley.
From time to time, bursts of conversation could be heard in the alley. The few people listened carefully for a while and barely heard a few key words from their dialect.
'Alchemy factory accident', 'highly toxic smoke', 'the worst disaster in decades', 'Dear Lady Renata', 'free basic breathing equipment and replacement filters', these key words string together a complete story.
Zhang Xu's eyes narrowed slightly and he frowned subconsciously.
Alchemist Baron...Renata?
Zhang Xu had never played this hero in the game, not even in the Abyss. From Zhang Xu's superficial perspective in his previous life, Renata was not even a hair better than Seraphine, so he naturally abandoned this hero.
Zhang Xu knew nothing about Renata's background story.
I just remember that this guy seemed to have...some kind of ambition?
Can't remember.
Zhang Xu shook his head and did not interrupt the boy's action of distributing breathing devices, nor did he try to go up and talk to him.
"They distribute breathing apparatus for free and also provide replacement filters... It sounds like this person named Renata is pretty good!"
It can be seen from the clothes these people are wearing that the people of Zaun should be quite poor.
Or in other words, the rich had already taken the tower up to Piltover, and the residents who remained in this lower city were definitely not wealthy.
This act of free donation is definitely a great act of charity for the residents living in Zuan.
With this level of poisonous gas spreading around, if you sell breathing devices, you will definitely make a lot of money.
But Renata didn't do that. He gave up the opportunity to make a fortune, but he could let these poor people continue to live a healthy life...
Although she has not met Renata in person, the kind-hearted Taliyah has already been filled with good feelings towards her.
"Not bad?"
Zhang Xu shook his head slightly, without making any comment.
Sometimes, free things are more valuable.
Showing compassion to the residents here, we distributed a large amount of respiratory equipment free of charge...
How could a person who holds a very important position in Zaun City be so kind and benevolent?
This is a city full of chaos, a city where there are more gangsters than ordinary residents, a city where countless filth and ugliness exist in the shadows.
Such people cannot survive in Zaun.
"Alchemy Baron, Lord Renata!"
"Support Lord Renata to become the Alchemy Baron!"
"Long live Lady Renata!"
"It was Lady Renata who saved us!"
"Lady Renata will lead us to prosperity!"
"My sincere respects to the respected Lady Renata!"
Seeing the gang members coming out of the alley and shouting slogans in support of Renata, Zhang Xu shrugged, put his hand on Talia's shoulder and patted her twice, and said earnestly:
"Taliyah, sometimes the gift of fate has already been secretly marked with a price. And this price... may be something you cannot afford."
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