Chapter XXXVI The Outer Zone

The weather was nice today, and it was cloudless all day.

If you stand in the wide area, you can see the huge stone monument standing in the distance, which is 1.618 kilometers high and 1 kilometer wide. Defend like a guardian the last home of humanity.

Buildings resembling megaliths are located in other places, including the former Tokyo Prefecture, the former Kanagawa Prefecture, the former Chiba Prefecture, and the former Saitama Prefecture, and the megalithic monuments enclose the interior. As for the rest of the territory, it has long been a hunting ground for protozoa.

If a weak human stepped out of this reserve, he would be devoured by those monsters in a matter of moments.

No matter what time it is, classes always exist, and the so-called outlying area is a place similar to a slum, because the various buildings damaged by the war have not been rebuilt after the war because of the drastic population decline, except for some highly polluting factories that are still built here, and other than that, there are only those cursed children who are not accepted by most human beings.

Although due to historical reasons, those cursed children are quite vigilant about human beings, but because of the little lark, Li Chenxing still found their hiding place very easily. However, after calculating the time, it is about time to eat, and it is practical to bring some food for these children who are scavenging in the garbage heap every day. Li Chenxing made a special trip back to Earth to buy some food, which was still very expensive in this place where the planting area had been reduced due to the loss of land. Why do you have to buy expensive food when you have cheap food?

The more you move forward, the wider your horizons become. That's because there are only crumbling buildings and half-ruined houses in front of you, and the buildings that block the view are gone. Finally, through a dilapidated street, the little lark took Li Chenxing into a solar power plant. Knocked on a sewage manhole cover.

"What's the matter?"

A little Lori with orange hair pushed open the manhole cover and came out, she was about seven years old, the little Lori was wearing shabby clothes, but her hair was neatly tied with a few small braids, although it was a bit rude for a girl, but Li Chenxing didn't smell any stink from her body, it seems that she is often cleaned. However, his body is still slender and his face is a little pale, which looks like a result of long-term malnutrition.

"I have something to do with your elders."

Li Chenxing squatted next to the manhole cover and said to Little Lori.

"Ah, that's ......"

Little Lori turned the manhole cover up with one hand.,Sure enough, the Loli in this world are very violent.。

Looking at the open sewer entrance in front of him, although there was an unpleasant smell after being soaked in sewage for a long time, Li Chenxing still climbed down the ladder and stood in the sewer. The interior is surprisingly spacious, looks expanded, and cleaner than expected.

Little Lori took the lead, and it seemed that she was used to the smell here.

"It's nice to meet you, it seems like you have something to look for me......"

The elder was a middle-aged man who looked to be forty or fifty years old, with very ordinary appearance, brown and white hair, a black-rimmed glasses on his face, although he stood straight, but he still looked not tall, holding a rubber cane in his hand, and wearing a somewhat whitish garment.

"Hello, I'm Li Chenxing, are you an elder?"

"That's right, Elder is just a nickname."

For people like Matsuzaki, Li Chenxing admires it, just like those volunteer teachers with hope, Matsuzaki is not a homeless man, it is estimated that these children came to live here spontaneously. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth when he talked to Li Chenxing, giving people an intellectual feeling, I am afraid that he had also done a profession similar to the classroom before.

"My surname is Matsuzaki. Responsible for taking care of the children here. In order to be able to live a normal life in the crowd one day. I hope that at the very least, they will learn how to control their emotions so that their red eyes will not be discovered. The world is cruel to them. ”

"So what do you need to find me?"

"yes, the world is too cruel for them."

As time passed, Li Chenxing's eyes slowly adapted to the darkness, and through the firelight in the corner of the wall, he saw that there were still many seven or eight-year-old girls sitting around. Without exception, the face is pale.

"I'm not in a hurry for the time being, but I've brought a gift."

Li Chenxing handed over the backpack he used to cover up, the backpack didn't contain any high-end things, it was finger sushi from a roadside stall, this kind of thing that only costs four yuan for a box of soft girl coins, not only is the portion sufficient, but the taste is not bad. When Li Chenxing was a student, he often went out of school to buy these things in order not to eat in the cafeteria.

For children who can't eat enough all day, anything that can be eaten is delicious, not to mention this fresh food that has been added with various condiments. Elder Matsuzaki just glanced at it, and then beckoned a slightly older girl over and asked her to take charge of the distribution. Every child is waiting quietly, and these children who have experienced hardships are sensible and distressing.

"I'm here for two main reasons."

Seeing the children happily eating food, Li Chenxing and Elder Matsuzaki walked into another passage.

"First of all, I'm a little worried about them, and the reason you know is that ordinary people are too hostile to them."

"If only everyone could think like you......"

Hearing Li Chenxing's words, Elder Matsuzaki let out a long sigh.

"The shadow of war doesn't fade so quickly, and they're just victims."

"Also, I need their strength."

"That one is your starter, but why do you need anyone else?"

Elder Matsuzaki had some doubts about Li Chenxing's words.

"It's not for fighting, they have a talent that is difficult for ordinary people to surpass, and when building certain places, they are more dexterous than machines, and these children also need to suppress the potion, although there is no fierce battle, but as they get older, they always have hidden dangers without the inhibition potion."

Elder Matsuzaki kept tapping the floor with his cane, as if he was lost in thought, and the scene suddenly fell silent. These children are a great burden for groups that do not have specialized production tools, these children are no more than ten years old, and in addition to the fact that the infection rate is excessive and converted to protogastar due to the lack of suppressants, food, clothing, shelter and transportation are also a huge problem, and more cursed children are abandoned over time.

These expenses require money, and such organizations are basically not profitable, let alone in a situation where most people are rejected, which is why they are so embarrassed.

"Then please......"

Elder Matsuzaki thought for a long time and said to Li Chenxing with difficulty.