Blackstone Town was a small town in the Phoenix desert. The town was built around a prison. It was very small, and the townspeople depended on the prison to survive.
There was no way to farm in the desert, and there was no way to raise livestock. The people there relied on small businesses to survive. Their customers were prison workers and the families of the prisoners.
The town was very famous in Phoenix. It was nicknamed "Orange Town."
Orange was the main color of the prison's prisoners' clothing. Orange clothes referred to prison uniforms. Many of the residents of Blackstone Town had settled down after being released from the prison. They used to be prisoners, so they wore orange prison uniforms. That was why the town was called Orange Town.
Similar to Miami Prison, Blackstone Town Prison also targeted people who committed minor crimes. Most of the criminals there were thieves and swindlers. They were not very harmful to society.
The houses in Blackstone Town did not have locks. This was a special feature. The locals would not lock their houses. As mentioned earlier, many of the residents were thieves who were released from prison. They were best at picking locks.
Under such circumstances, the residents were very clear that if someone really wanted to steal something, it would be useless even if they locked the door and tied a dog. The thief might even steal the dog.
They did not lock the door. They just left it open for anyone who wanted to go in.
However, the prison had cameras everywhere. If someone dared to break into a house to steal, they would not be able to escape.
The situation in Blackstone Town was unique in Phoenix. It was quite interesting. As the global tourism industry became more and more popular, as long as there was a little bit of interest, there would be tourists.
It was said that the prison and the town were now thinking of ways to develop tourism. Just like Pelican Bay and Alcatraz, they used the prison's name to attract tourists.
It was not easy to start a tourism industry. It was not easy to earn money from tourists either. If the prison wanted to make money, the auction in front of them was more reliable.
More than two hundred treasure hunters squeezed into the prison yard. The spacious yard suddenly seemed crowded.
The warehouse was originally located at the back of the prison. However, the warden did not dare to let the treasure hunters go too deep into the prison. They would pass through the cells of the prisoners. It would be terrible if there was any trouble.
Therefore, he instructed the prisoners to clean up the things in the warehouse and move them to some of the houses in front of the yard.
These houses used to be prison cells, but after years of disrepair, they were no longer suitable for living. As the government built more buildings here, these bungalows were abandoned, and now they were used as warehouses.
Also, because the house had not been lived in for a long time, it looked dilapidated and full of the vicissitudes of life. At first glance, the treasure hunters would think that it was a prison warehouse and would not know that the warden had moved the goods to another location.
This was a very important point. In the process of transporting the goods, the warden had asked some people to help him search for valuable items. Now, everything in the house had been filtered out.
If the treasure hunters knew about this, the allure of the auction would be greatly reduced. Many people might even sue the prison for engaging in commercial fraud.
Li Du and Hans knew this. Li Du had come to the prison yesterday to check on the auction items, but when he went to the rear of the prison and released the little bug into the warehouse, he found that it was empty.
At that time, he had already guessed that the things in the storage unit had been moved away, but he was not sure where exactly they had been moved to. The little bug could not be too far away from him.
Although he had not been able to check on the condition of the warehouse in advance, Li Du was not anxious or regretful. There were so many treasure hunters participating in this auction, and he had all the time in the world to carefully check on the warehouse.
The Black Stone Prison had accumulated a lot of things over the years. The prisoners had stuffed the abandoned cells into more than twenty rooms.
The warden, who was standing on the top floor of a tall building overlooking the auction, was very dissatisfied. "That Fox kid is really something. If I had known that he could get 200 people, we should have split the things up."
The more warehouses there were, the more money they could earn.
People started to line up to view the warehouse. Originally, each group had one minute to view the warehouse, but there were too many people. Hence, the auctioneer hired by the prison decisively reduced the viewing time. Each group only had 30 seconds to view the warehouse.
That was not enough time, and the rooms were very full. The treasure hunters had to look carefully to know what was going on.
Li Du released the little bug to view the entire warehouse. As long as the warehouse had not been auctioned off, he could continue to check on the condition of the warehouse.
He found something good in the first warehouse. He found a square black canvas box on a metal shelf, and there was a gun inside!
The gun was unusual, and its design was very sci-fi. The whole body was made of black and yellow plastic, and the magazine was half the size of a normal one. There were no bullets in it, but a small box with complicated workmanship.
Li Du recognized the identity of the gun at a glance. It was a Taser gun, also known as a stun gun.
The little bug flew into the muzzle of the gun, and he saw two small darts in the barrel. The darts had a barb in front and a thin insulated copper wire at the back.
This discovery confirmed his guess that these were the bullets of the Taser gun, also known as "electrode darts." After being shot into the human body, it could discharge electricity and make the person lose the ability to resist.
There was a small nameplate on the handle of the gun, which had the model and serial number of the gun. The model was X-26X, the most advanced stun gun in the American market.
When Li Du was shopping for self-defense equipment, he had wanted to buy a Taser gun. This was his first choice, but the control of this weapon was stricter than real firearms, and he could not find a good one in the civilian market.
Taser guns were a common tool of violence used by prison guards. He saw that this was the X-26X model, which had just been released a year ago. He did not know how it had ended up in the warehouse, but it was very attractive to him.
This kind of gun was a self-defense weapon that he needed very much. It was very suitable for self-defense in the city, and its power was just enough to make the opponent lose the ability to move, but not enough to kill them.
After Hans looked at the door, he frowned and began to rub his hands.
His action meant that he had encountered a difficult choice, so Li Du asked, "What's wrong?"
Hans looked around and whispered, "What do you think of this warehouse?"
Li Du nodded. "Not bad, we can try to take it down."
In addition to the Taser gun, there was a box in the warehouse containing some silver coins, which could also be sold for some money.
Hans said, "Very good, then let's take it down. I saw something good, a box, and there might be a gun in it!"
Hearing this, Li Du was a little surprised. Hans was quite good now, to be able to find the Taser gun. The canvas bag of the gun was hidden in a pile of trash, and it was very difficult to find it.
He was about to ask when the auctioneer walked into the warehouse and said to a prison guard, "Take out that box, I think there's a gun in it."
The treasure hunters sighed regretfully. "F * ck, he found it!"
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