Volume 2 Frontier Chapter 18 Disheartened
The crowd under the tulou expressed their opinions with horror, discussing the news of Mu Chen's return, because after he left, the other pioneers parted ways, did not communicate with each other, and no longer advanced and retreated together as before, and the reputation of the hired people was also mixed among the cities, which made them not know how to face this familiar stranger, some were afraid, some resisted, some were uncertain, negative emotions were high, and no one dared to come forward to decide on countermeasures.
"Isn't he dead? Why did he come back?"
"You really believe he's dead, you've heard of any mercenary who actually died. β
"I still don't understand, what are you doing when you come back after so many years of walking, you just stay in the wasteland if you don't die, how do you run around. β
"I guess I can't stay anymore, don't you see that the people of the wasteland are even rushing to buy bread, that kind of living environment, a big man like him can stand it, and it's not bad to hold on for three years. β
"But if he finds a wasteland woman and supports the wasteland people in the future, can we still talk about it in the black market?"
"This is not under his control, I thought that it was the same as the beginning, even the royal family respected him for three points, and the current pioneers are not as beautiful as they were back then, and they are all attached to the nobles. β
"Then he's going to make trouble again, don't forget, he's the one who broke into the palace. β
"That was back then, how many people followed him back then, and now they only recognize money and not people. β
"I'm still timid, or let's stop stalling these days, and we'll do business when he leaves the border." β
"I found out how we have such a waste in our black market, I just talked to a few other stall owners, and they said the same thing. β
"That shows that we are wise, unlike you who make money and don't want to die. β
"Gotta get it, don't talk about these useless things, let's think about what to do now, let's beat his woman and drive him out, can he give up?"
"Aren't there two other supervisors here? won't they settle accounts with us, right?"
"Those two goods have a fart, and when the time comes, they will definitely push it all away to save themselves. β
"Then what do you say, or we can hide. β
"I said brothers, I've been listening to this for a long time, and you two haven't talked about the punctuality, inform the young city lord and the patriarch, can this matter be solved by us shouting here?"
"He is the head of the pioneers, and he has survived in the wasteland, can the patriarch be his opponent? He also informed the young city lord that the young city lord really brought troops here, and our black market must not be razed to the ground, what will you rely on to eat when the time comes, whether to go back to farming, or go into the mountains to hunt, your idea is the most unreliable. β
"I said buddy, let you say all this, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, don't just complain here, do you have a trick?"
"Look over there, those wastelanders over there, see it? β
"Ah, see, what's wrong with the wastelanders?"
"I haven't understood yet, it was the wastelanders who injured his woman, and it was over from them, we all unanimously pushed it to the wastelanders, and it is true, if you want to take revenge and find them, it has nothing to do with us little people, I don't believe that he can kill innocents indiscriminately no matter how unreasonable he is. β
"Dude, it's still you who lose, this trick is good. β
"Yes, let's just say that the people of the wasteland did it, and it has nothing to do with us. β
"Everyone, listen up, don't be afraid, it's the wasteland people who fight the wasteland people, it has nothing to do with human beings, whoever comes is the same, let's just talk about it. β
"That's right, don't be afraid, everyone. β
"Okay, listen to you. β
"The affairs between the people of the wasteland have nothing to do with us. β
Unexpectedly, these small people in the market seemed to have no clue to talk nonsense, but they really discussed countermeasures, Li Jackal listened upstairs and felt that it was feasible, but thinking that Luo Crocodile might have other plans, he didn't say anything, and shouted twice to maintain order.
"Master Li, we can't be unlucky with this matter between people in the wasteland. β
"Li Jian City, I heard it, you just need to convey it truthfully, it's nothing to do, don't be afraid of him. β
"My lord, it's okay. β
"Okay, okay, let's disperse, disperse, this is not something you should worry about, Luo Jian City and I naturally have a way to deal with it, and then we need your cooperation and then notify you, don't surround it, disperse." β
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the horror on everyone's faces disappeared, and the human race reached a unified opinion on the issue of dealing with Mu Chen, although Li Jackal did not agree, but everyone already knew it, and whether he nodded or not did not affect the overall situation.
The wastelanders present listened to the whole process and knew that they were the betrayed party, but they were surprisingly calm and did not resist at all, every time there was a situation that was unfavorable to humanity in the black market, whether it was related to them or not, it was always them who were unlucky, this had become the default solution, and they had long been accustomed to it. Besides, it was indeed the wastelanders who injured Chunyue this time, and they had nothing to argue with.
Most of the wasteland people who often come and go here are from the Boundary Map Department, although they have probably heard the name of the pioneer Mu Chen, but no one cares, except for the Patriarch of Homeland City and the mercenary Zhang Wuyang, the rest are not in their eyes, only the two of them are celebrities known to all the Boundary Map Department in the entire human continent, they have fought with the twelve guards respectively, and they have never seen the victory or defeat, and the rest of them have never shown themselves even if they have a big aura, so in their hearts, what Mu Chen who went to the wasteland is simply a joke made up by human beings, and no one has seen it with their own eyesγ
Luo Crocodile was thinking about how to deal with it in the house, Li Jackal walked in and asked: "These people want to put the responsibility on the wasteland people and ask for my opinion, I didn't answer, I'm afraid you have other plans? Now the reward order is useless, we won't lose, right?"
"Don't worry, Brother Jackal, we never do loss-making business, it is definitely useless to make such a reward order, as long as Mu Chen comes to the black market, he can learn the news of this wasteland woman as soon as he inquires, and when the time comes, ask the two of us, we still insist that we haven't seen it, isn't it a contradiction." β
"Then what do you say? The spirit stone in hand just flew like this, what a pity, it was a spirit stone, a spirit stone. Li Jackal suddenly raised his voice.
"Scared me, I don't need to get the spirit stone like a bounty order, let's tell the truth when I come, this time I am the most confident in my heart, I don't deceive people or act, I can tell him how things happen. β
"What's the matter, you listened to the discussion of the gang downstairs, and you also want to push it to the wasteland people, this is a trick, but what else do we have to do with this, how can we make money, I have wasted half a day's energy, I haven't got anything, what's this picture?"
"You don't need the wasteland people to carry the black cauldron, they are chess pieces, how can they let them operate the game. This wasteland woman smashed the stalls, disrupted the order of the market, and blatantly slaughtered human beings, although it was an attempt, but these can be used as a rhetoric. Let's see that she is Mu Chen's acquaintance, and forcibly let her go despite everyone's objections, so he can still give him money?"
"What do you mean, you can pay for this alone?"
"Of course, Brother Jackal, you still don't know Mu Chen, according to my observation, he is a person who has a clear distinction between public and private, and is reasonable and trustworthy. This wasteland woman made such a big move, causing losses to the entire market, the vendors did not dare to go out of the stalls, the customers did not dare to come to the door, everyone was panicked, for fear that she would come back to retaliate, we were under great pressure to appease them, so that they could operate normally, so did he have to bear the loss. In order to stop her from doing mischief, we also hired the wasteland people to persuade her, although she was injured in the end of the fight, but this is also the result of her insistence, and he has to pay for the hired people. Since she was let go, the stall owners and villagers questioned our injustice, and the rules of the black market became a dead letter, no longer an iron law. β
"It's still your brain, you have thought so much in such a moment, you have to follow the ideas of the stall owners, simply rely on the wasteland people, how can you still have this opportunity. β
"Brother Jackal, thanks to your thoughtfulness and didn't agree, hehe. The two patted each other on the back, and their relationship may have been built on this basis.
"I still have a killer feature here, he Mu Chen is most anxious to find this woman, we know her whereabouts, when the time comes to sing a double reed, I will desperately persuade each other with good intentions, everything I do is for the sake of him and the wasteland woman, you just echo on the side, mention a few words about the cost by the way, and finally explain her position, and then hint at how difficult it is for the two of us, and it is absolutely impossible to give people and money. Haha, haha. Luo Crocodile laughed in satisfaction with his seamless plan.
"Didn't you say that you don't act, why do you still sing double reeds, haha. Li Jackal teased a couple of words and laughed along.
The black market has regained its calm, and they have all found their own ways to deal with it, human beings shirk their responsibilities, the wasteland people consider themselves unlucky, and the prison market continues to make money, and the negative effects of fear of Mu Chen have not had time to spread, they have been perfectly controlled, and now they are just waiting for his arrival.
Chunyue walked on the way back to Shanling Village with her arms hanging her head in frustration, she should have been in unbearable pain or heartbroken, but the expression on her face was consistent, calm as if nothing had happened, just staring down at the road under her feet, without blinking her eyelids, if it weren't for the occasional tears coming out of her eyes, no one would believe what she had just experienced.
"In order to come here, to survive in the wasteland, I took refuge in slaughtering the enemies of our tribe, killed the black dragon who kindly helped me, lost the spirit stone that proved my growth, and even the cyclops who have been with me, those who care about me may be worried about me, but I have become such a waste person in order to satisfy my own selfish desires, everything is not worth it, I was wrong from the beginning. After experiencing this series of blows, she finally couldn't bear it anymore, her mind was full of negative thoughts, and she used all the unsatisfactory to deny herself, and she was disheartened.
The scenery on the road is still the same, only more dazzling in the sunset, the scenery that attracted her when she first stepped into the human continent has now lost its color, and the adventure that she thought was easy has become difficult to control, and the dreams she imagined with a curious state of mind are all shattered today.