I don't know when, on the official road that originally looked empty on the surface, several people who couldn't see their faces stood there silently, staring straight in the direction of this side.

There were five people in total, but all of them were executioners without exception.

Qiu Xuan weighed in his heart how sure he was that he would be able to get out of the situation in the face of these five people at the same time plus the chainsaw man who was eyeing him behind him, and came to the conclusion that it was about one percent.

She took a deep, cool breath.

"How much do you pay for tolls?" Qiu Xuan took a step back silently, but in the next second, she hit the rock-hard body behind her, she dodged a little, and the chainsaw man who was originally a few steps away from her position had already approached her at some point.

This chainsaw is in league with the executioners.

She can only come to this conclusion from the current situation. In the first few encounters with the chainsaw man, Qiu Xuan originally thought that this person was also a lone wolf, the kind who did not team up with others alone, but he didn't expect to be able to do it to such an extent in Osier.

"We don't want tolls."

At this moment, one of the five executioners spoke. It was a woman who looked a little older, and the years and frost had left marks in the corners of her eyes, but the momentum of the whole person from the inside out was not much more low-key than anyone around her.

Qiu Xuan was stunned, her heart was finished, and this chainsaw didn't know how much she hated herself, and even teamed up with others to kill her.

She barely raised the corner of her mouth and smirked twice, and the short knife slipped out of the palm of the hand that had been behind her back.

In the current situation, she is definitely at a disadvantage within a disadvantage, but if she takes the initiative at this moment, she may be able to delay and gain a little time by taking a first-mover advantage, and then keep running along the official road in front of her, she should be able to ...... Be the first to reach the next connected road?

Qiu Xuan probably went through the plan in her mind, and while casually saying perfunctory lines such as "then what do you want" attract attention, she secretly aimed the short knife in her hand at the woman standing at the front.

The woman didn't have any extra look on her face, she just said, "I want you to add ......"

Now is the time!

The figure that was caught in the middle of the confrontation suddenly disappeared in place, and by the time people saw the trajectory again, the treacherous twin knives were already quietly approaching in front of them! Qiu Xuan can see that among these people, the woman at the head is playing the role of "talker", as long as she can preemptively control her, then there may be a glimmer of life after that.

"Be honest! I ......"

"I want you to join us."

“……”

“……”

Qiu Xuan: "? ”

For a moment, the atmosphere in the area near the entire official road became silent, and everyone looked silently at the person in the center whose blades had been rested on the neck of others. And the person holding the knife and the person who was being coerced stared at each other, and in the end, the woman who was pointed at the knife was the first to exhale.

Woman: "What do you want to do?" ”

Qiu Xuan: "Help you wipe your sweat." ”

I don't know if it's Qiu Xuan's illusion, but the man's eyes are a little weird when he looks at him at this moment. "Do you remember it's winter?"

"Look at you, it's winter, and you're sweating hot." Qiu Xuan climbed up the pole without changing his face, "I don't care about you...... Oh, that's wrong! I thought you had sweat on your neck! ”

She wiped the woman's collar very easily, and was slapped down by the latter with a cold face.

"You only have two options right now." The woman looked at her with her arms folded, "Join us or die." ”

Qiu Xuan sighed, "May I ask why?" ”

"As soon as you stepped into the confines of that beam, someone called you by name and asked you to come over." The woman did not answer this time, but it was the words of a young man with freckles on his face standing behind her. After the young man said this, he seemed to look at the woman's reaction a little nervously, and saw that she did not mean to scold, so he continued.

"You don't have to know who that person is, because you'll see you later. As you can see, we are the occupiers of this official road, and our territory is divided all the way to the southeastern edge of the Otero Layer. After joining our organization, you only need to make 20 cups of blood or wine every month, and you can enjoy the protection and shelter of the organization. ”

Qiu Xuan didn't speak, and the young man had been waiting leisurely with the leading woman holding her arms, but seeing that the silence was getting longer and longer, the other party seemed to be indifferent, so he couldn't help but start to get anxious.

"Do you know how many people in Oser beg every day to join our organization? Do you know how hard it is to get lucky enough to have a place to sleep at night in this hellish place? We've all come to you on our own initiative, and this is an opportunity that everyone else has ever dreamed of! ”

Qiu Xuan didn't say anything, she wasn't deliberately taking Qiao, she just compared all the candidates in her heart, trying to find out who took such pains to bring her over here just to let her join the organization.

The Chainsaw Man had probably ruled it out just now, because the young man had blurted out "You'll see who that person is later". It means that the person is not in the team now, and she will not be able to see the other party for the time being.

So who will it be? Is it one of those forces in Drow, or is it a network of relationships underneath?

"Have you figured it out?" The woman lowered her arms, her expression returning to her previous indifference. "Join or die, so your choice is ......"

"I have a question."

"Say."

Qiu Xuan glanced up at her, "Your organization, can you bring your family?" ”

……

Speaking of an organization, you will find that these people are more like an adventurous team formed in a natural disaster.

Their main base point was a row of stone houses that looked no different from other buildings a few hundred meters behind Official Road 37.

Qiu Xuan didn't see many people when she walked in with the group, but the young man told her that there were twenty people in the organization. And twenty people, without exception, were all executioners.

When she said this, Qiu Xuan could probably guess what kind of collective they were.

In this testing ground, especially in Auxer, when the individual's ability is not enough to support himself to survive, then huddling together to keep warm is particularly important.

When the woman asked her before, she lied, saying that the "family member" she was about to bring over was also an executioner, because if she didn't say that, they would not have allowed Qin Jiuyuan to come in.

The woman was noncommittal, but left a faint sentence: "If that person can get 50% of the votes of the number of people, he can stay." ”

Later, Qiu Xuan learned that the so-called pass ticket was actually a "test that did not cause serious wounds" with other members of the organization, and she herself did not experience this link, because the young man said that she was "escorted" in by the team leader.

The team leader's pronoun is used as "she", indicating that the person who did everything possible to pull himself in was a woman. When Qiu Xuan knew the news, she even excluded the maid who was in charge of sweeping the floor in the Jima family, but no one was able to match the number.

At present, it seems that we can only wait for that "she" to appear automatically.

Within minutes of arriving at the so-called settlement, Qiu Xuan was kicked out by the woman to work and "contribute to the organization". Her original words were "We don't raise useless waste", and as she spoke, she asked Qiu Xuan and two other people to be responsible for guarding the official road and collecting protection money.

The other two people, specifically the young man she had spoken to earlier, and the Chainsaw Man.

Qiu Xuan's face turned green when she walked out of that door, even if she now knew that the chainsaw man would not eat her alive on the spot because she was in the same organization, but walking next to that hill always had the terrifying feeling that she would be caught in the excavator in the next second.

It's okay, at least the woman left her with someone.

"Actually, I have a question. According to you, everyone who remains in the organization has to hand in twenty bottles of wine or blood a month, but if I already have the ability to get twenty cups of blood, why not just give it to the beam to get out of Oser himself? ”

"You think it's that easy." The young man who was said to be called "Liang" shook his head and looked at her, "Even if you have the ability to get it, do you have the ability to protect them from a group of countless hungry ghosts on the way to the beam through the official road?" What's more, our place is almost the farthest point from the central beam, and the road to pass is several times more than others. ”

Speaking of this, Liang paused, "And in fact, we don't need to go out. ”

"What?"

"Have you noticed that our organization, at least on the fringes of Osser, lives the most like 'normal people'. Every month, a few of these people would send a few of them to Drow City with the wine they had offered, either to buy food or to make deals. And this group of people will come back to Oser every month, because for us, everything we have is in Osir, and this place can live more easily than the city of Drow. ”

This was the first time Qiu Xuan had heard of the saying "life in Oser is easier than in Drow City", and it was at this time that she first became curious about the organization.

Liang said: "As long as there is a way, as long as the method is used correctly, in fact, it is the same everywhere." After all, we are not the same as the aborigines, all we need to care about is to survive and survive...... Live to the day the trial is over. ”

Qiu Xuan smiled, "Then do you think this trial will really end, doesn't it mean that no one has found the main line so far?" ”

Liang stopped talking.

"We're all trapped in this cage."

Qiu Xuan and Liang stopped walking abruptly, Qiu Xuan paused because he couldn't believe that this was said by the chainsaw man, and Liang was surprised because the chainsaw man could speak?!

The two of them looked at each other in unison, and the tall figure walking alone beside them seemed to be surprised not to see the two.

"There is no exit from the cage, so after the people inside have tried their best to despair, the only way left is to vent and kill each other regardless of their means."

"......" Liang walked beside Qiu Xuan, he didn't pay much attention to what the chainsaw man said, his face was full of incredulity, and he carefully spoke to Qiu Xuan in a breath voice. What the hell is it today, not only did 'she' actually recruit you into the organization unusually, but even this person spoke! He's been here for less than a month, and we've always thought he's a mute! ”

Qiu Xuan was speechless, "Do you think he won't hear you say that he is dumb when he speaks like this?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the mountain-like figure in front of them turned around, and the narrow eyes above the hideous restraint mask they were wearing glanced at them.

Liang: "I was wrong, big brother! I'm mute, I am! ”

Fortunately, the Chainsaw Man didn't seem to want to deal with them, and after saying the metaphor of the cage, he really walked alone like a flash in the pan and silently. Liang and Qiu Xuan were left behind, and Liang didn't dare to whisper anymore, but whispered to Qiu Xuan to popularize some common sense of the organization.

Soon the three of them came to the official road occupied by the organization, Liang beckoned Qiu Xuan to go over and stand with him, and the place they chose was a place behind them in an abandoned tree house where they could see the panorama from a high vantage point.

"It's supposed to be simple in comparison." Liang leaned in front of the window of the tree house and pointed to the location of the official road below, "You just need to find a place to watch, as soon as someone enters the range or wants to use the official road to go to the beam, we will go down to collect the 'protection fee'." This price is based on the strength of the person who comes at first sight, and it is generally estimated a little above the psychological bottom line that the person seems to be able to bear...... It doesn't matter, after a few times, you will have experience. ”

Listening to him feel a bit metaphysical, after all, most people who judge people by their appearance don't end well. But these people are obviously used to doing these things, so they must have their own experience.

Qiu Xuan leaned in front of the window and suddenly pushed the beam next to her.

"Doesn't it matter if the chainsaw man is standing there? He has a big goal, so it's easy to be exposed. ”

At this moment, Chainsaw was not with them, but was alone, leaning against a dirt slope at the back of the official road, seemingly very casually. It's okay to disguise the others, but he can't stand the chainsaw, which is twice the size of ordinary people, and the dirt slope can't cover him at all.

"It's okay, we need to have a 'deterrence' on the surface to do our job, which is why Sister Rong asked the chainsaw man to come."

The three of them waited for almost two hours, during which Qiu Xuan kept staring at the ring on his hand. So much time has passed, there is no reason to come in Osel for a long time Qin Jiuyuan has not finished the gluttony contest on his side, but now the position displayed by the other party has not changed, and she began to feel a little anxious.

Liang sensed a little emotion and was a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Qiu Xuan withdrew her hand and stared at the red ribbon tied below with an expressionless face. Liang didn't want to say anything and didn't ask more, just squinted his eyes and dozed off, and asked her to help stare at it for a while before exchanging.

n.