Chapter 888 Snow in the City (Part 1)(1/2)
Along the way, Su Ming'an walked along the way, and became more and more aware of the pain and barrenness of this world.
There were many refugees lying on the street, lying on straw mats like ancient smokers, chewing dry yellow tobacco, and looking at the sky with dull eyes.
Several corpses were asleep under the bridge hole, and they had been frozen to death for several days, and their hair was floating by the river like water plants. The bodies were robbed, taking a naked and shriveled posture, and even their clothes were stripped away without dignity.
Whenever you see stray dogs, stray cats, and hungry people will rush up and use machetes, short swords, and hoes to chop them desperately just to get a little meat.
Whenever people are seen falling, people will surround the corpse like vultures pecking at carrion, snatching any items on the corpse in a frantically way.
But when seeing the strong soldiers, people would penetrate into the dark zone like mice, fearing that they would be killed by these raiders.
I am always worried, I am always cold and hungry, and I am always hopeless.
The hell of human nature, the hell of hunger, the breeding pool of greed and ugliness, the strong desire to survive. Change children and eat, fathers and brothers are robbed, and the body is sold. The strong bully the weak, and the weak swing the sword to the weak.
——What Su Mingan saw was such a hellish scene.
He had heard of some historical siege battles, but he had never seen these impactful cruelty with his own eyes. Now they are intuitively presented to him.
After walking with Li Mingyue for more than ten minutes, he saw three looting incidents. He finally understood why Su Luoluo insisted on picking him up from school yesterday. Because in a place where he could not see the naked eye, the environment was too dangerous.
He just received a call from Su Luoluo, and she said she would go back to her own house first.
"I want to explain things clearly with my dad," Su Luoluo said on the phone.
"Call me if you are in danger." Su Mingan knew in his heart that this was unlikely, and it was difficult for the gambler to persuade him to come back. But this was Su Luoluo's idea and he would not stop him.
After hanging up the phone, Su Mingan looked back and Lu Shu followed silently.
Arrived at the next distribution point. The hungry and cold people immediately gathered up.
"Thank you! Thank you!"
“Thank you for the grace of the church!”
In front of the clergy, people waited like good children for Li Mingyue to distribute food in turn, instantly fading away the ugliness of snatching others.
In places with extremely harsh environments, faith plays a role in "admonishing" people, making them feel awe of sin.
Each person has two pieces of bread, a bottle of water, and a piece of cloth. If a strong person lives, the weak person dies. It is like a battle of survival of the fittest in the beast circle.
Seeing the three or four-year-old girl queuing up to collect bread, Su Mingan tentatively asked Li Mingyue: "Godfather, you are very powerful, why don't you take people out of this city? Or just destroy that alien species?"
Li Mingyue sorted out the bread bag in her hand and glanced at him.
Su Mingan realized that when distributing these relief items, Li Mingyue was no longer as unpopular as before. Li Mingyue was really pitying and granting these people favors. Compared to Li Mingyue, a national teacher who is like an immortal in "Lou Yue Kingdom", this modern Li Mingyue looks a bit more vivid.
"Even if they leave here, they still have no way out and will only become refugees." Li Mingyue stared at these people who lowered their heads and chewed their bread.
These people were dirty all over. They just found a flat ground beside the ruins and sat down and ate. Few people would look up at the sky.
"Humans have lost nearly 80% of their land, and their living space is extremely compressed by the black fog. It is the same pain wherever they go. Resources will only provide the top-level people. Without knowledge, technology, and family background, there will be refugees everywhere." Li Mingyue said lightly: "At least, this city is the hometown of these people, there are also fields and work here, and some people can support themselves with their hands - it seems that this city is a prison, but in fact, for the poor, the world is prison everywhere."
Su Mingan looked into the distance.
There are some fields and factories in the city, located on the edge of the city. Because it is relatively close to the outer army, the order is not too chaotic.
That is a place where people with skills and wealthy resources can go. And the relief areas he and the ones Li Mingyue walked through were the most chaotic areas, and the people here had no family background and could only survive.
"As for alien species, it is difficult for me to capture traces of alien species. If I have the chance, I will kill it so that the city can be liberated." Li Mingyue said: "Let's go and go in and take a look."
Su Mingan withdrew his gaze and saw a dilapidated tavern in front of him. Being able to open a tavern in such a chaotic place means that the tavern owner himself is pretty good.
Li Mingyue lifted the curtain and saw the old iron red tables and chairs. Behind the bar was a sturdy bald middle-aged man, who was the owner of the tavern.
"Dad, the guest is here." Hearing the sound of glass collisions in the curtains, a girl came out of the back room. Her black hair was draped behind her, and there was a bright red butterfly hairpin on her head. She looked beautiful and had a rosy face. She was wearing a JK short skirt. Being able to wear a short skirt in such a chaotic area shows that she was well protected.
"There will be someone coming in broad daylight..." The bald middle-aged man looked up and saw Li Mingyue wearing a white robe.
In a dark and dirty tavern, Leonardo is pure white like an immortal, which is extremely eye-catching.
"Li Mingyue? You actually came to a place like me." The bald middle-aged man said in a familiar tone.
Li Mingyue asked, "I'll ask you, did Yuxuan come to the city to select people?"
Su Mingan looked sideways. He had never heard of the name "Yuxuan".
The bald man nodded and said, "Yes, he also asked me to say that I have a large flow of people here and asked me to help see if there are any new people. You also know that joining the [Urban Guardian Department] is too dangerous. You always have to face dangerous abnormalities. It is better to go to the military to make a living. These days... it's not easy for everyone to do it."
Li Mingyue looked at Su Mingan: "[Urban Guardian] is recruiting people. If you are interested, you can go for an internship."
Before Su Mingan could speak, the bald man interrupted in surprise: "Li Mingyue, you are the godfather of this child. He just became an adult, and you were going to push him to the [Urban Guardian Department]? Do you know how dangerous it is?"
Upon hearing this, Su Mingan checked the information with a watch: [Urban Guardian], one of the four major forces, has points in each city. It is an orderly and kind organization, and the most just organization among the four major forces.
[Saint Allied Army] belongs to the church, only carries the gods, and does not care about the lives of the people at all, and burns others to death. [Human Self-Salvation Alliance] wants to fight against the gods, do things by any means, and accepts gray neutral figures. [Old Holy Church] is a pure anti-social element, even with some alien species, slaughtering ordinary people on a large scale. Only [Urban Guardian] is an orderly organization with close ties with the military, with a strong sense of social responsibility.
[Urban Guardian] Take the initiative to go deep into dangerous areas, test the rules of death, eliminate lurking "abnormalities", and protect the injured people.
The military fights against the black fog on the front line and fights bravely to fight the enemy. [Urban Guardian] protects the city in the rear. They help each other one after another, so that human civilization has not fallen out.
"Is there any problem?" Li Mingyue said lightly.
"Of course there is! Teacher Xia came to me to drink early this morning. Looking at his happy appearance, your child must be very talented. After two days of college entrance examination and went to Peking University, what job can't be chosen after graduation? Civilian positions in big cities, positions in coalition governments, and civil servants in independent cities, aren't that just picking?" The bald man looked puzzled: "Now people want to live a peaceful life, and they want to crouch in the city for the rest of their lives, but you want to push people to dangerous places?"
[Urban Guardian] is more dangerous than going to the front line. It is a three or four-person team system. Walking through the streets and alleys under the night, you can't even have time to return to the team when you encounter danger. The mortality rate is as high as 60%.
Because of this, there are fewer and fewer newcomers in recent years. When filling out applications, people tend to be safe civil servants. Those who want to fight tend to go to the front line, and very few go to the [Urban Guardian Department].
Li Mingyue's expression has not changed:
"If I really want to be comfortable, I will not stay in this city for a long time."
The bald head was silent.
Li Mingyue is strong and doesn't have to stay in such an abandoned city. But for some reason, Li Mingyue has never left. The bald boss can only guess that Li Mingyue wants to protect the residents of these cities.
"So..." The bald man took a sip of his cigarette, his beard shook: "I have never understood the courage of you idealists."
Su Mingan heard the system prompt:
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"Ding Dong!"
[Informed with the plot of "Urban Guardian" in advance.]
[Participation in the "Internship of the Urban Guardian Department" is the fourth link of your main task, and you can now contact it in advance.]
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The two walked out of the tavern and Su Mingan dusted off the fragrance of wine on his body. It seemed that contacting the urban guardian was also a link in the main line, but Li Mingyue was advanced.
"Wen Sheng. You must have no problem passing the college entrance examination. During this period, you can go to the Urban Guardian Department to participate in part-time jobs." Li Mingyue said.
Su Mingan nodded.
——He is the deputy minister of the Urban Guardian Department, but he has to attend the internship of the Urban Guardian Department.
——He is the first dream of visiting the family and a high school student.
There is always a feeling that "I" is not "I", and the ordinary and weird are merging. He is not only an existence on the top of mankind, but also an ordinary student who is about to be intern. It seems that the two identities overlap harmoniously.
Afterwards, Su Ming'an and Li Mingyue went to twelve fixed locations in the city and distributed relief supplies.
There are several locations that Su Mingan was deeply impressed.
Living in the old man and grandma's house, the old singing voice came from the dilapidated radio, babbling.
"Who?"
"Hey, it's from the church! Old man, come out quickly!"
When Su Mingan knocked on the door, the old couple was embarrassed to give relief supplies for nothing. They exchanged their collected antiques for food, and also suggested that if Su Mingan encountered difficulties, they could stay with them.
Until Su Mingan left, the old couple was still waiting at the door and watching him leave.
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"Who is knocking on the door? What's your purpose?"
In the mother's room with a little boy, when Su Mingan knocked on the door, her mother opened a crack on the door vigilantly and exchanged her sweater for food.
Su Mingan said goodbye to her, and a little boy in the room leaned his head and thought to him.
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"You are from the church?"
There are two wandering girls holding musical instruments living in the park. When Su Mingan approaches, the girls say they know some routes. If Su Mingan gives them musical instruments, they can tell information about these routes.
When Su Mingan left, they also played Su Mingan a song "Farewell" and regarded it as Su Mingan's reward for their food.
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“Need help?”
A group of kind soldiers live on the edge of the city. When Su Mingan approached, the soldiers said that if Su Mingan could provide them with enough money, they could help Su Mingan smuggle out of the city and leave here completely.
The system prompt keeps ringing:
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[(Old couple) Likelihood: 505 points!]
To be continued...