It felt almost like entering the core of a first or second-tier city upon entering the Rich District.

It was as if returning to a world of civilization.

However, when you come to the Lower City District, it's like going to a slum in India, the stench of rot, and all sorts of things hitting you at once.

The iron sheet shanty structures are clinging to each other like a beehive.

Clothing woven from bulletproof fibers sways on the clothesline.

In the drainage ditch, a bloated corpse floats—it might be a junkie, or an innocent person robbed and stabbed to death.

Children chase each other in a mountain of tires, wielding crossbow arrows welded from steel pipes to shoot mutated rats. Among the garbage heaps gnawed by the rats lay a semi-buried corpse, with only bones and some metallic prosthetics remaining.

An ordinary person from the Upper City District seeing this scene on this street in the Lower City District will surely feel nauseated and develop an indescribable fear of the Lower City District.

Maybe they will never want to step into the Lower City District again in their lifetime.

In the surrounding alleys, numerous junkies or other people of unknown identity lurk, casting unfriendly glances towards the convoy from the Upper City District.

When Chen Che thought that all places in the Lower City District were like this, the vehicles continued onward, and once they passed the exit of this street, the scene that appeared once more filled everyone's hearts with surprise.

The street before them appeared clean and tidy, completely different from the street they saw beyond the checkpoint.

Although the surrounding buildings still consisted of simple structures built with various iron sheets.

But clean.

Clean is the only word that describes it.

On the surrounding streets, although shadows sat smoking, you could see the peculiar sight when they gathered their cigarette butts to collect them all.

At first glance at this different street, a word automatically surfaced in Chen Che's mind.

Urban Village

That's right, it's an urban village.

It felt much like an urban village he's familiar with but with a strong sense of one that's undergone demolition and restructuring.

But the difference is that this urban village was incredibly clean.

Very different from that previous street.

The whole shantytown layout was orderly, seemingly well-arranged.

Quite unbelievable.

Neither Anna nor Bobby had seen anything like this before, in their impression, the environment of the entire Lower City District should be similar to that observed through the street surveillance.

At least it shouldn't be like this.

This came as a complete contradiction to everyone's impression of the Lower City District.

Chen Che's initial shock in his gaze gradually disengaged, as though understanding something, his eyes turned slightly amused.

The vehicles continued moving, and at a fork in the road, another car appeared ahead, with a flag bearing Kamon's family emblem attached to its front. Bobby recognized it.

They communicated in advance, so they assumed these people were here to greet them.

After seeing them, Bobby rolled down the window and greeted them.

"Hey, brother, we're here for business."

The person was a burly Caucasian with a deep scar on his face, leaving a strong first impression.

The burly Caucasian had already received the message and, after confirming their identities, nodded and guided the way forward, allowing Bobby to follow behind with the car.

The burly Caucasian remembered that his boss had said this was an important meeting.

Because almost no one from the Upper City District actively sought collaboration with the Lower City District.

In the eyes of those lofty Upper City humans, it seemed a line of class division had been drawn in the Lower City District.

The class division similar to the ancient hierarchy of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants.

This feeling was like the ancient literati proactively offering goodwill to the merchants.

The vehicles continued forward, and Chen Che, playing with Xia Na's feet, started looking at the scenery outside the street through the car window.

Beyond the checkpoint, the district area did not have the imagined chaos; the ground was paved with concrete, swept very clean.

Chen Che's eyes were filled with amazement because he truly saw sanitation workers sweeping the streets.

Besides this, he believed he would see mostly casinos, brothels, and opium dens in the Lower City District—all areas under strict control by the Upper City. Without certain strength, these three places couldn't be easily established.

If not controlled, these places would spread like locusts, quickly engulfing the entire district.

The whole district would face great instability, with brothels, casinos, and opium dens waging fierce turf battles for business.

It was a normal occurrence.

Therefore, the Upper City District imposes strict regulations on the number of these facilities.

Nearly everyone believes that the Lower City District is lenient in its governance.

Thinking illicit goods should be sold everywhere, vendors should abound, and disease-ridden streetwalkers should be everywhere.

But the shops along the street were mostly craft workshops.

Weapon repair shops, car repair shops, junkyards... and even small clinics.

Somewhat surprising to Chen Che was seeing outside that clinic a small hoodlum whose half a face was modified with metallic prosthetics, covered with tattoos, coming out of the clinic with a cigarette.

Several hoodlums were doing the same.

After finishing their cigarettes, they opened a small metal box they carried, tossed in the cigarette butts, tucked it on themselves, and returned to the clinic.

Catching sight of this scene, Chen Che raised an eyebrow.

At some point, Xia Na curled up her legs, sitting beside him, also seeing this scene, her beautiful violet eyes filled with curiosity.

Apparently, this was also Xia Na's first time seeing such a Lower City District.

The surroundings were so eerily quiet, tranquil, and peaceful.

Chen Che tweaked Xia Na's foot with a raised brow and said, "Nana, this place is nothing like what we had imagined."

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