Although they mix things up, they can still tell the priorities apart.

In the Celestial Essence Community, there are more than four thousand people, nearly three thousand of whom are adult men, and they simply cannot afford to offend them.

Not to mention, recently that "Poison Hand Dragon" has been acting crazy, aggressively marking territory like a madman, fiercely protective.

Just last night, someone in B-6 had a conflict with their people, and as a result, people from B-7 rushed over directly and dragged the opponents half-dead out.

To provoke trouble at this time is purely asking for it.

"Bro, if you have money in your pocket, be careful, getting entangled with these people is not a good thing."

Boss Huang also noticed the bulging pile of Happiness Coins in Jiang Chuan's pocket.

Just by the shape, he could tell this person was carrying at least a few hundred coins, which was worth about a month's income from labor for them.

"Thanks, brother, drinks on me."

Jiang Chuan's eyes rolled, and he suddenly pulled out two ten-denomination Happiness Coins from his pocket.

Boss Huang subconsciously swallowed his saliva, but thinking of Elder Qu and Long's instructions, he still shook his head and said, "No need, just a small gesture, all the districts are in a bad situation now, everyone's living tightly, you keep it for yourself."

Don't even want the money?

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't chase after them to say more, instead, he trailed far behind Boss Huang and entered Zone B-7.

It was quite strange, clearly only a street away between B-6 and B-7.

But crossing this boundary, the pervasive desolation and chill in the air seemed to be abruptly cut off by something, retreating for the most part.

Stalls on the roadside had suddenly increased at some point, pieces of rag were spread on the ground, forming a line against the walls, displaying various trinkets.

Most of the stall owners squatted at the base of the wall, not even trying to solicit customers, their gaze not even falling on their own stalls, but instead all staring intently at the pedestrian street not far away.

The sound of jingling mixed with faint shouts and crisp metallic clashes could be heard.

Supposedly, right after the wave of infection, the Buffer Zone should be sparsely populated, at least one or two months before new people join, and autumn arrives for it to revive. But at the entrance of the pedestrian street, hundreds of people were crowded, a dense mass surging, even those on the outermost rim were tiptoeing to look inside, their faces surprisingly showing a hint of vitality.

Jiang Chuan noticed clearly, it wasn't sadness, nor numbness, but a state of tense anticipation.

With a loud bang.

A loud boom suddenly exploded, causing the ground beneath to tremble slightly.

The two four-story illegal earth buildings on the outer edge of the pedestrian street suddenly collapsed inwardly, shattered bricks, yellow earth mixed with decayed wood soared to the sky, the scattered dust resembling a mushroom cloud, choking those in the front row to cover their mouths and step back.

A few figures in work clothes emerged from the dust, holding crowbars and hammers, shouting to the crowd, "Make way! Once these two rooms are demolished, the path will be cleared!"

"Old bro, what are they doing?"

Jiang Chuan squatted against the wall like the stall owner, watching the bustling crowd nearby, unable to help but ask, "Why so bustling?"

"Demolishing the pedestrian street, what else?"

The stall owner smacked his lips, "Heard they are going to rebuild here, the entire pedestrian street is to be razed and redone, paving new roads, building shops, and even constructing a small factory."

"Ah?"

Jiang Chuan was taken aback, instinctively straightening his back, "How much money does that cost? Where does a small community get so many resources?"

"Who knows." The stall owner gently shook his head, his tone filled with intense envy, "The Celestial Essence Community with thousands of people, only lost a few dozen to the infection tide this time, considered minimizing losses. Heard they even received a 'Happiness Third-Class Merit', and the funds allocated from above could probably refurbish half the street."

"Happiness Third-Class Merit?"

Jiang Chuan was completely stunned.

He instinctively felt that this Third-Class Merit might be related to Cheng Ye, but an Intern Inspector...

After thinking for a moment, he lowered his voice, "Do you know if there's an Inspector Cheng around here?"

"Don't know."

The stall owner honestly shook his head, "We just saw the order in B-7 was good, and it didn't fall into chaos after the infection tide, so we dared to set up a stall here. If you want to inquire about a person, you have to ask people from the Celestial Essence Community, they call the shots around here."

"Then Boss Huang..."

"Patrol team, specialized in maintaining order, you are looking for the right person."

"Thank you!"

Jiang Chuan nodded, not asking more, but a storm was raging in his heart.

The Buffer Zone has been under the control of the Idealist Faction all these years, and although the Inspector's position is esteemed, the power of the inspection office itself has actually been continuously shrinking.

In the past, they had the authority to directly retrieve all information from the Buffer Zone, now no matter what they do, they have to submit an application upwards.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he did not dare to apply for information about Zone B-7.

Just asked, good heavens, is Zone B-7 going to turn the world upside down?

While pondering, suddenly cheers erupted not far away.

Turns out the last section of retaining wall was pushed down, revealing a wide passage behind it, a few workers were holding hammers cheering, and scattered applause erupted from the crowd of onlookers.

Soon, the huge clods were smashed into fragments with hammers, and the crowd of onlookers voluntarily stepped back, leaving a narrow path.

Six wagons entered, the carters rolled up their sleeves, bending down to shovel clods into the wagons, working swiftly and skillfully.

Jiang Chuan thought for a moment, got up and moved to the outskirts of the crowd, deliberately seeking out a friendly-looking woman.

"Big Sis, can I ask you something?" Jiang Chuan tried to make his tone appear gentle, "Has any big figure recently visited this Zone B-7? Otherwise, why suddenly start demolishing the street and rebuilding?"

The woman looked up at him, a hint of wariness flashing in her eyes, but seeing that he was dressed decently, not like someone looking for trouble, she pointed at a tall man nearby commanding the clearing, "If you have any questions don't ask me, go ask him, Chen Dong, you can call him Captain Chen."

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