Chapter 3: Refugees and Demons Underground
The crowd of people who walked by didn't seem to be interested in the carriage in which Luluna and Gendina were riding. They didn't just look hurried, they looked like they were still hiding from something. Such a collective has such a appearance, and in general, only war can bring about such changes. But it shouldn't be this time. Although Zhendina was still a child, war was never a distant and foreign thing to her, and she knew very well what it would bring...... At least not how the group of people in front of her felt right now.
To put it bluntly, these people smell of pain and misery, but they are missing something...... The breath of corruption. That's what it tastes like in a world where there is no mercy at all, when life is completely ruined by war. Life has become cheaper, and people's minds have gradually become indistinguishable from those of animals.
So Zhendina is sure that these people should not have fled because of the war. "What happened to these people?" asked Gendina to Lulunaka, "They look like they've been driven out." ”
"At least not after being massacred. "There's nothing more fortunate than that." ”
Gendina doesn't think it's lucky. If such a thing as luck really existed, then these people who hurriedly walked by with luggage would not have such tired and dazed expressions.
These people who looked like refugees did not just look in a hurry, they did not see any vitality in them, and they left their homes with old and weak women and children, as well as hastily collected food and heavy luggage...... It doesn't get any bigger than that.
The adults had no spirits, and just like that, they crossed Lulunaka's Whimsy. A tattered child came to Lulunaka's side, looking curiously at the whimsy, which was larger than the carriage on their side. The children's limbs were so thin that they were skinny and bone-covered, but here, they were the only ones who still had some energy, and they didn't look like they were about to fall. At least Zhendina doesn't smell decay in them.
Lulunaka smiled very gently at the children who gathered around. She pulled out some short, stiff breadsticks and threw them at the children—Zhendina couldn't see where she had come from. The children catch Lulunaka's food and start screaming. "Thank you, sister!" they shouted, and ran away, as if they were afraid that Lulunaka would take her things back.
"What a rude little ghost. Lulunaka said with a smile, and even though she said so, she showed no signs of anger. "Teeth are going to break. Zhendina kindly reminded. Those kids looked like ...... She was starving, and she wasn't sure if they would just shove the hard enough bread into their mouths like that, which was not a good thing. You have to soak it at least to eat, otherwise it won't be good for your teeth.
"That's not what I can care about. Lulunaka said, "Somebody will care about them anyway." ”
As Lulunaka said, these children are indeed not left unattended. Her charity really drew people in. It was an elderly woman who came to Lulunaka's side, "Thank you two young ladies for your help...... We don't have enough food on our side, and the children have been hungry for days. ”
"You're so polite, just some food that's about to go bad. Lulunaka laughed, not very polite, "If you don't want to have a stomach problem, just dispose of it." ”
Zhendina thinks that Lulunaka's attitude is very appropriate, and it is not good to be too close to the existence of refugees, even if they are pitiful beings, it is just pitiful.
"What's going on? I look like you're living in the same place. It's not normal for so many people to walk together. ”
Lulunaka's inquiry caused the old woman to let out a lamented sigh, "It's good that you met us, two young ladies...... Hurry back now, for if you go any further, you will reach our village...... Now it's hell, a paradise for the devil. ”
Hearing the old woman's words, Lulunaka's brow twitched a few times. This was a sign of Lulunaka's great interest, and she did not interrupt the old woman to let her continue.
"Demons have come out of the ground, one after another, and those demons with carapaces have dragged half the village away, and only we have ......escaped," said the old woman, hiding her face and crying, "Many young people are gone, and some of the children's parents are also ......"
Hearing this kind of thing can make people feel uneasy. It's just that this underground demon made Zhendina think of some not very good things.
"Something terrible has happened...... Lulunaka also had a sympathetic look on her face, whether she was pretending or not, only she knew. And Zhendina didn't believe that Lulunaka really had such a thing as compassion. Listening to the old woman's words, Jindina understood something, but more was still in the fog. At least Zhendina doesn't believe in demons underground, if there are demons underground...... Then the old woman wouldn't be standing here. Zhendina also understood that these people were indeed refugees who had fled, and indeed only refugees seemed to have no interest in everything around them—because they only had the desire to live.
But this is also the most dangerous, if it becomes a difficult thing to survive, Zhendina knows very well what they can do. So now she wants to distance herself from the refugees, and it's better not to see her again.
After that, the old woman returned to the group, bringing with her some dry food from Lunaka. Seeing Lulunaka's kindness, Zhendina was not without opinion, "We can't help them with this little food." Zhendina said.
"This kind of thing, the most important thing is to make yourself feel at ease. Lulunaka said something that Zhendina couldn't believe at all, "But it's not for nothing, at least we know where we're going next." ”
Zhendina had a bad feeling, "You don't want to go to the village where demons are drilled underground?" ”
"Don't miss out on something interesting. Lulunaka laughed, "Don't you think so?"
Zhendina didn't have that idea at all.