Chapter 53: Suburb Black Market, Earth-modified Semi-trailer of Unknown Power

On the other side of the district, Zhang Jie drove a small taxi, pressing the accelerator to the floor, afraid that the hunting squad's people would catch up.

Normally a hunting squad has five members, usually composed of the four main positions: assault specialist, hacker, defender, and striker, but there are normally at least two people equipped with Stanweistin.

What Zhang Jie fears most right now is Stanweistin; if two or more people wielding Stanweistin surround them, Zhang Jie will be the biggest weakness.

Actually, for this problem, Zhang Jie has never come up with a good solution; only by reaching the third realm of martial arts, blood refining spirit, could he possibly confront it head-on.

Zhang Jie glanced at Weiniya, but found she wasn't panicked at all; instead, she was unusually excited.

"Teacher! Did you see my move just now?"

"That girl—I hit her with a lifting Yin leg, followed by a big ear melon seed, plus a rabbit kick to the eagle!"

Weiniya excitedly waved her little hands, punching and kicking the air, a picture of over-the-top excitement.

Seeing her silly, giggly appearance, Zhang Jie's anxious heart relaxed a bit, and he said with a smile.

"Before, for the sake of fighting, many tough tech tasks weren't assigned to you—now you're feeling good, huh?"

Previously, Weiniya's combat power was indeed suppressed too harshly, with all kinds of rules and restrictions; but now seeing her unleash her nature, Zhang Jie is very happy.

"Mm-hmm! Awesome awesome awesome!!!"

The car sped past all the way, heading straight for the suburbs.

Weiniya doesn't often ride in fast cars; she stuck her head out the window, just like a Husky drooling with its head out.

"Wuhu!!!"

The suburbs are nothing but a desolate stretch; far off, a row of bungalows can be seen, flickering with faint lights.

Far from the city's clamor, the suburban air is much fresher.

They parked the unlucky driver's small car in a relatively reliable lot, waiting for him to return and pick it up.

After getting out of the car, the two found themselves in a relatively bustling suburban market, offering not only various snacks and drinks, but also many small shops selling prosthetics.

Zhang Jie then pulled out his phone to quickly browse the news; the Cyber Madman's story appeared prominently on the hot search list, but he saw nothing about himself and Weiniya.

It seems someone deliberately hid it.

Zhang Jie pondered a bit, then reopened his previous procurement channels, many of which were dark-zone websites, yet he also didn't find his own wanted notice.

"'Killing two hunting squad members on the street—why is there no news at all?'"

Soon Zhang Jie realized: the hunting squad was killed by two completely unrelated people, and moreover they struck first—this whole affair itself defies common sense.

And if this were to come out, it would be hard not to suspect that the hunting squad had premeditatedly killed people inside the wall zone.

"Teacher? What are you looking at?"

Weiniya had somehow bought a big bunch of meat skewers and was eating them one by one.

Seeing her appearance, Zhang Jie helplessly pinched Weiniya's cheek.

"Nothing much—go buy some supplies around here; I'll send you the list on your phone later."

"The teacher has to go out to handle some business."

"Mm-hmm, teacher, be careful."

Weiniya bolted out like a frolicking puppy, constantly strolling past several snack stalls.

"This little thing..."

Zhang Jie laughed, shook his head, then figured out his position and headed to the other side of the market.

A good prosthetic doctor needs not only strong theoretical knowledge and manual skill, but also a reliable procurement channel.

Before, he chose to enter a big company for advanced study precisely for this—accumulating connections and procurement channels to peek into the city's dark market.

Here is one of the places he often chooses to procure from, possessing the most complete variety of black market goods in the entire C District.

Here you can buy everything you can think of, but Zhang Jie didn't come here for those reasons.

But because this place holds the C District's sole point where one can sneak in and out without going through the wall zone's main gate.

He's no idiot; the hunting squad is surely watching them somewhere, and walking straight out the main gate would be pure brainlessness.

Zhang Jie changed into a fresh set of clothes, tossing his blood-soaked white coat into the trash bin.

As he walked, he sent Weiniya a list of the supplies they were about to purchase.

Besides the hunting squad often hunting giant beasts outside the wall, there are also many mercenary squads that gather resources out there and transport them back.

Therefore, this place is extraordinarily luxurious.

Zhang Jie first came to a land-modified vehicle shop.

The vehicles here all have a wasteland-end mechanical style—things like the Hundred-Ton King, three-wheeled trailer haulers—all are top-notch.

All kinds of Lu Bu riding dogs, all kinds of earth-modified vehicles with unknown power—everything you could want is available.

To endlessly push the vehicles to their limits, the brothers selling cars here each possess techniques worthy of being called mechanical wizards.

All kinds of beast-like battle tanks are neatly lined up, with handwritten signs on their sides clearly marking each vehicle's top speed, acceleration, as well as its advantages and load capacity.

After searching, Zhang Jie finally chose an off-road vehicle resembling a camper, with a top speed of nearly 310 kilometers per hour.

Not only does it support off-road driving, but its interior has been modified with a bunk bed, a portable kitchen, and its energy supply is still a fusion reactor bottle.

Although it's slower than the five- to six-hundred km/h speeds of normally modified off-road vehicles, it's still fast enough to evade most giant beasts' pursuit.

Moreover, the ruins of the old civilization outside the wall zone have basically achieved global coverage, and everywhere you can see the once-repaired highways.

Even though many years have passed, these highways are still usable.

It can only be said that it's no wonder it's an ancient civilization capable of developing deep-earth material extraction.