"Don't talk about this small zoo, the empire itself is evil."

The third uncle reached into his black leather waistcoat and touched it, but no cigarette came out.

I guess I forgot to bring it.

There was no cigarette to smoke, and the third uncle was obviously a little irritated. He licked his lips and cursed again:

"It's so damn evil. This is not the first time this has happened... This is not the first time a person has turned into a monster!"

His poor speaking skills made Chen Yan immediately understand that he was changing the subject.

The third uncle doesn't want to talk about the secrets he knows.

Chen Yan knew that he would not be able to ask about the things that the old man didn't want to talk about, so he stopped asking and listened to the third uncle's words.

"Street boy, if you hang out in society long enough, you will encounter some strange things... some strange, incomprehensible things, like dreams."

While the third uncle was talking, the snowflakes falling from the sky became heavier.

Snowflakes were falling all over the sky, and the four of them shivered and hid on the platform, losing their sight five meters away.

The snow on the ground was accumulating at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a moment, it was already up to the ankles, and it was still rising at an accelerating rate.

There is no way to move quickly on such a road.

Once you leave the platform and are exposed to the wind and snow, you will face the risk of losing body temperature at any time.

Once hypothermia occurs, the body's heat loss is greater than its heat replenishment, causing the body's core temperature to drop, causing symptoms such as chills, cardiopulmonary failure, and even death...

Vodafak is located in the northern part of the empire and is already severely cold.

Every winter, there are not a few deaths caused by hypothermia in Xiacheng District.

Moreover, if the body is exposed in the snow outside the station, the chance of being discovered by the little girl who has turned into a monster will also increase.

They all understand that their field of vision does not exceed five meters, but the monster girl's field of vision is not necessarily only five meters.

Four people were trapped on the platform.

Fortunately, the platform has a glass roof, which can withstand part of the snow and prevent the four people from being buried in the snow.

Third Uncle and Chen Yan spoke in their hometown dialect, and were not afraid of eavesdropping by missionaries or hooligans.

"Well... about ten years ago, the empire had not yet opened up new immigrants, and I had not yet entered Tai Shenghe's palace...

At that time, I was still on the westernmost pier of Wodefaq State..."

It was not yet 7 o'clock, and the street lights on both sides of the zoo's gravel road had not yet been extinguished. The third uncle used the dim light of the street lights to tell stories that Chen Yan had never known.

Ten years ago, my third uncle was in his thirties and in the prime of life.

Although the empire had not opened up immigration at that time, the momentum of the maritime era had already emerged, and dockworkers had become one of the most profitable occupations for the people at the bottom of the empire.

The third uncle had just arrived in the empire at that time, and he could not even communicate in the imperial language. He could only help carry goods on the dock and do some manual work of operating simple machinery.

At that time, my third uncle had a colleague who worked hard but was taciturn and did not communicate with others all day long.

That's an imperial man.

People in the Empire generally do not do hard labor because they enjoy the social welfare and security of the Empire. Even if they do not work, they are covered by the Empire.

At least I won't starve to death.

But the blond and blue-eyed colleague not only came out to work, but also worked two jobs by himself. It can be said that he worked very hard.

He worked hard but didn't make much money.

In the eyes of the ship owner who runs the ship, he is just a down-to-earth employee. Even if he works extra, he is just doing his duty and doing his job, and does not need to be paid more.

The third uncle had just arrived at that time. He didn’t understand the language and didn’t know anyone. He was bullied by other dock workers all day long.

Most of the other dock workers are Asian.

There are also a few people with dark skin, but generally they are mostly Asian.

At that time ten years ago, the people who bullied Asians the most were their fellow Asians.

This taciturn colleague was a warm-hearted person who always helped his third uncle.

The people of the same clan who bullied Third Uncle were more or less afraid of the Empire's white-skinned people.

Seeing that the third uncle had the white skin of the empire to protect him, as time went by, he gave up. At most, he would scold the third uncle in private as "Lord Rabbit".

"That's when I was like, hey, this guy is really fucking good."

When the third uncle said this, he had a look of fear on his face.

"It's really not bad..."

The colleague's name was Solar, but he didn't tell her his specific last name, and his third uncle didn't ask - at that time, his third uncle only knew that people from the Empire had a given name, and didn't know that there was a last name after the name.

Solar not only helped Third Uncle gain a foothold at the dock, but also became Third Uncle's Imperial Language teacher.

He taught seriously, and the third uncle was also practical and willing to learn. Within a few months, the third uncle was able to converse fluently with ordinary Imperial people.

Although he has some accent...who is not a native of the empire and doesn't have some accent?

Even rural areas in remote areas of the empire have completely different accents from those in big cities.

At that time, as long as Asians could speak a few words of imperial slang, they were extremely powerful—not only could they negotiate orders with shippers, they could also take over their own jobs and become their own bosses.

There is no need to go through an agency and have most of your salary deducted by the agency.

You can also enter the big cities of the empire and use the skills you have mastered to get a job that is much better than that of a dock worker.

The third uncle can not only speak the imperial dialect, but with the help of Solar, he is even proficient in most of the slang native to the empire.

This is really serious.

Unlike normal Asians who are down-to-earth and willing to work, Uncle San is not down-to-earth and likes to do speculative things when he has some money.

One time when I was doing business and someone else's goods were missing, three fingers were cut off on the spot by a local gangster in the empire.

Later, Uncle San's business was finally completed.

He participated in the rise of Tai Shenghe, and became prosperous in the gang. In just one year, he gained fame, status, women, and everything...

After achieving this achievement, the third uncle missed his old friendship and went back to find Solar.

The person who bullied the third uncle back then was still working as a coolie on the dock. When he saw the third uncle who was dressed richly and holding a cigar, he nodded and bowed to the third uncle, but he didn't even recognize him.

"I remember that day very clearly. When I arrived at the dock, the workers said that Solar did not work today and asked me to go to the workers' dormitory to find him."

The third uncle found Solar in the dark alley behind the workers' dormitory.

At that time, Solar was lying on a person, and the sound of chewing echoed in the dark alley.

"It was ten o'clock in the morning, and the workers had all gone to work. The dormitory area was very quiet, and I heard it clearly. To this day, those sounds still appear in my ears when I dream back at midnight."

Third uncle imitated.

"Click, click."

"Solar is eating the body."

"When he raised his head, he was completely unrecognizable. He turned into a monster like a rotting corpse, very much like the living corpses described in some horror novels..."
Chapter completed!