Chapter 4130: When the Pumpkins Ripen (Part 23)

Pride refused to discuss anything about large wild beasts and code names with them, just blindly walking toward the Chinese supermarket. Greed, however, was full of interest and said, "I think you can make a map and mark all the nature reserves and the large wild beasts inside. That would definitely be very interesting."

"If that were the case, there would definitely be many humans looking for death," Brainiac said, "My purpose in isolating them from the crowd is to let them avoid contact with the crowd as much as possible, not to let them be the demon king in the castle, and then let ordinary people be like heroes, rushing forward one after another to deliver takeout to them."

"Fine. But you will lead the enemy there, right?"

"You are making some meaningless guesses," Brainiac said, "If I knew that child kidnappers and victims were hiding there, I would rescue them at the first opportunity, instead of treating that place as an arena and playing a battle royale game of who can survive to the end. For a program, this is meaningless."

"This is a bit boring," Greed shrugged and said, "If I were you, I would regularly drop a batch of heinous criminals into the nature reserve, start a live broadcast, and then collect tickets; it would definitely make a fortune."

"If I did that, would they attack the dropped criminals, or unite to attack me?"

"You are quite smart, it's really boring."

They came to the front of a large supermarket together; it was called a supermarket, but it was a square-shaped large building, which didn't look aesthetically pleasing, but because all the buildings here were square-shaped, it was actually quite harmonious.

As soon as they walked in, they saw a piece of bright red. I don't know if it was the aesthetic of the warehouse center manager or Brainiac's stereotype, but the decoration inside was very typical Chinatown style. Lanterns were hung on various wooden pillars, "Fu" characters were pasted, and there were some calligraphy characters with inexplicable vocabulary.

"What does that mean?" Pamela pointed to a calligraphy character hanging on the wall and asked.

"Friend of women," Greed started talking nonsense as soon as he opened his mouth.

"That is 'Make yourself at home'," Pride said.

"What about that one?"

"Catch a toad and squeeze out the urine."

"That is 'A bright future, carrying forward the past'."

They chatted all the way and selected the seasonings and ingredients they needed. There was no need to buy fresh chicken and duck, Greed had his own, mainly to buy fresh vegetables and seasonings.

This supermarket was outrageously large, and the goods inside were everything you could think of, and there was nothing you couldn't buy, even some relatively rare local seasonings could be found, such as various chili powders.

"Seriously, New York should also have a supermarket like this, so I don't have to run to five Chinese supermarkets on Saturday morning to make up for the goods," Greed complained.

They strolled inside for more than two hours and bought a large shopping cart of things. Pamela was originally worried that they couldn't take so many things, but just saw a gray mist drift by, and all the things disappeared.

"He should draw you a separate nature reserve," Pamela said to Greed, "Code name 'Big Eater'."

"Then I hope my habitat is in this Chinese supermarket. And I already had a code name, called 'Guest in the Mist'. How about that?"

"Sounds like it matches Ouroboros quite well."

"We have to go to the liquor supermarket to turn around," Pride said, "I mean, the beverage supermarket."

"Why don't you make pumpkin juice?" Pamela asked.

"Pumpkin juice? What's the difference from pumpkin soup?"

"Of course, pumpkin juice is not the kind of thick one you imagine. After stirring, it also needs to be precipitated, and the final product is a very clear juice with the fragrance and sweetness of pumpkin."

"Perhaps it's also possible, but the blade of my blender has borne too much, we might have to change one," Pride said.

They went to the beverage supermarket. This was a larger supermarket, and all the beverages were placed on the shelves. However, the difference was that there were shopping guides here, who seemed to be former dock porters, and were now introducing the origin of the juice to customers according to the list.

Several people couldn't buy much, so they didn't look for shopping guides and went to the shelves to pick them themselves. This was actually a bit difficult, because a lot of wine was placed on very high shelves. Fortunately, Pamela could use vines to take them down.

They bought all kinds of juices and sparkling water, calling it taking them back for reference, and then went to the daily necessities supermarket to buy blender blades and jars for storing juice.

By the time they left the supermarket, it was already time for lunch. Although there were some small restaurants near the warehouse center, because of the tourists, the prices were falsely high and the food quality was average, so they decided to walk further into the East District to find a better restaurant.

The changes in the East District were not big; the previous integrated buildings, that is, the integrated super-large buildings, had not undergone much renovation. Although several years had passed, the building quality was very hard, and various supporting facilities had not started to age, still being the most densely populated area in Cat Getan.

Precisely because it was a large residential area, it needed a lot of supporting facilities, and there were a lot of jobs, and it was very close to the dock, the food was fresh, and the prices were low, so most people didn't want to move away.

Even many people could go to live in villas in the community at the level where Schiller lived, but they didn't want to go, preferring to live in apartment buildings here.

Supporting facilities were one aspect, but actually, it was mainly psychological shadows. Because before Brainiac came, the community rules in the United States were simply like hell, and community segregation was too serious, leading most people to stay away from communities that didn't match their income status, because they knew that even if they mixed in, they would be driven out.

If you couldn't afford the expenses to maintain the decency of your income class, then everyone in the community would unite to exclude you until you rolled to where you should stay. Although there was no such situation after Brainiac came, psychological shadows were not so easy to clear. They would rather choose safer apartment buildings than go to those seemingly high-end rich communities, because just trimming the lawn and cleaning the surface of the house would cost a large sum of money, and they were worried that they couldn't afford it, and finally lose both people and money.

Apartment buildings also had the benefits of apartment buildings; the first was that the East District was the only place in Cat Getan with centralized heating. In integrated buildings, not only was there heating where people lived, but the corridors and community stores in the buildings also had heating, and it was very warm wherever you went, so you didn't need to chop wood to burn it yourself.

Then it was in the social environment created by Brainiac, barter was an indispensable link. Because most daily necessities required points, and points were very precious. If you spent them in the wrong place and couldn't return the goods, it was best to exchange them for things, otherwise it would be too much of a loss. And building a mature barter market required a large population base, and only communities living in apartment buildings had such conditions.

Another was the school. Under Brainiac's control, the teaching level of public schools gradually rose, because teachers here had a series of welfare benefits, not only point subsidies, but also various material subsidies, plus they taught more students, and their experience was richer, so the teaching level here was better than some sparsely populated communities. Even for the sake of their children's education, parents were more willing to stay here.

So, even though many old manors and old houses in the West District were vacated, not many people were willing to experience the aristocratic life. The population of the East District was continuously growing. It seemed that Brainiac still wanted to expand the integrated buildings outward, but there was no place in the city, so the next step should be land reclamation.

"What is that over there?" The group had already reached the rooftop, and Greed looked into the distance and saw a taller building, a bit like a lighthouse, but different.

"The entrance to the undersea tunnel."

"Undersea tunnel, leading to the North District?"

"Leading to the Gulf of Mexico."

"Ah???"

"Built by the Atlanteans," Pride said, "Of course, it was originally Oliver's idea, used to transport food to Mexico. But later they cooperated with Atlantis and built the tunnel directly into the Gulf of Mexico. Brainiac didn't abolish this tunnel either, but used it for the transport of agricultural and industrial raw materials. That is one of the entrances."

"Jesus," Greed exclaimed, "It's really a big project. But is there a possibility that it would be faster to go from the sky?"

"If there were stable aircraft, that would indeed be the case, but unfortunately we don't have them. And Atlantis's magic is exceptionally magical, and going under the sea is also relatively hidden, and it can also become an evacuation channel at critical moments."

Greed nodded, seemingly thinking. Pride turned his head and asked, "Do you want to get one too?"

"Yes. Others don't matter, but I also have to find something for the sea race in that universe to do. They basically don't contribute at any time, and that won't do."

Pride understood that Greed's symptom of not being able to see people idle had flared up again. However, compared to the Atlantis here, the sea race in Marvel indeed didn't show up much and didn't come in handy in the war.

They walked along the rooftop all the way. Because it was a holiday now, many children were playing on the roof. Most of the sports venues were set on the roof, many people were calling friends to play football, and there were quite a few vegetable plots on the roof, where adults were taking care of them.

Then they came near a ring-shaped building; this was a very famous commercial street in the East District, also inside the integrated building, but the structure was a bit like a coliseum: a ring-shaped building, all of which were storefronts, and the dining area was the open-air circle in the middle.

They took the elevator down, and then ordered food on Brainiac's software. The dishes were served very quickly.

Just at this moment, Pride received a message from Jason. He picked up the phone, dialed the number, and then said to the other side, "It's me, Jason. How is it? Is that so? Sounds complicated. We are having lunch at the ring square, do you want to come over?"

In less than ten minutes, Jason and Barry both came over. As soon as Barry sat down, he couldn't help but exclaim, "My God, we took the elevator at least four times and walked through ten corridors to get here. How on earth do you manage not to get lost here?"

"This place was built under my watch," Jason said, "My friends used to basically live here, some worked in that auto repair shop, some were social workers, and some were teachers in kindergartens. We often ate together around here, how could I not find it?"

"Brainiac shouldn't let you be a behavior analyst, he should let you be a mapmaker. In the past, I followed his navigation and never walked to the right place!"

"Where did you walk to?" Pride asked with a smile, "Wickwood?"

"Forget it, last time Brainiac let me keep walking, telling me there was a door in front, and I would arrive at the destination after pushing it open..."

"And then you arrived?"

"Arrived at the Atlantic Ocean!" ===== CHAPTER 4131 =====