The Star Core Age: A numb human heart

After bidding farewell to the village chief and thanking Liu Swordsman, I embarked on the journey.

The assembly camp did not know the exact coordinates of the bandits, only that it was probably in the southwest direction. I carried a backpack with water, compressed biscuits, and other resources on my back, a smart glove in my right hand, and a crystal hunting blade tightly strapped into my backpack. Liu Swordsman told him that unless it was absolutely necessary, he would try not to let the crystal hunting blade come out.

Because of the star core, the compass has completely failed, and the only thing that can indicate the road at night is a map.

In the past few days, I don't know how many mountains I have climbed, how many rivers I have waded over, and I have seen countless scenery along the way, which is also unique.

On the third day, after climbing over a large mountain, I saw a market. "What is this?" I excitedly checked the map, "Ole Town!" "You know, don't talk about people in the past three days, I haven't even seen a ghost, and now I see such a crowded town, not to mention how happy I am.

Rushing into the town, I temporarily left behind the task bandits or something.

When you come to the bazaar, you will find a wide variety of goods, including all kinds of dry food, rice, vegetables and fruits...... But more often than not, there are survival tools, daggers, knives, saws, flints, etc. This also shows how much these people are afraid of the catastrophe brought by the star core.

"Boss, two packs of compressed biscuits." I walked up to a stall and said that I had almost eaten all the dry food for the past few days, and it was time to make up for it.

"Okay!" A middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears pulled out two packets of green biscuits.

I picked up the biscuits on the table and wanted to leave, but the boss grabbed my arm: "This guest, you haven't paid yet!" “

"Give money?" I subconsciously repeated it and slapped my thigh suddenly. In the concentration camp, the village chief procured food for unified distribution, and I didn't need the money at all.

"Damn it!" I couldn't help but curse secretly, "I already knew to ask the village chief for money!" “

"Eh, I said you're weird enough to buy things without paying...... Do you want to rob openly? The boss raised his voice, and the voice could be heard by the vendors around me, and they all stopped me with hatred and disdain in their eyes.

Seeing this scene, my old face turned red, and I put down the compressed biscuits in the middle and walked away. Far away, I could still hear the voices behind me.

I struggled to get those voices out of my head and began to recall the time when the village chief had spoken about money.

In this day and age, the currency is a coin called "pec", which does not have the complex currency exchange rate of the past, and all mankind uses one coin. There is only one unit of "Vic", and that is "Vic". Just now a pack of compressed biscuits is two bigrams; 30 catties of rice sold on the street 30 pounds and 30 grams; Those knives that are still sharp can be sold for 2,000 grams each.

I had no money on me, shook my head gently, didn't intend to stay too long, and continued on my way after a short rest.

I put down my backpack and sat in the shade of a large tree.

After a while, an old man in ragged clothes and legsless crawled into my field of vision. His eyes were glazed, his cheekbones were deeply sunken, and his whole body was so thin that he was only skinny and bone-covered.

"Okay, okay, I haven't eaten in three days!" The old man's voice was hoarse, sounding like his throat had been soaked in mud for three days and three nights, and he had been trampled by hundreds of alpacas. It makes me uncomfortable to listen to this sound.

"Okay...... he wrapped his arms around a middle-aged woman's thigh, "Give me something to eat, I'm going to starve to death......"

"Go away, go away!" The woman's face was full of impatience, "The old lady can't eat enough, where can I get something for you?" With that, she kicked the beggar in the face and walked away.

The old man was kicked and collapsed to the ground, he looked extremely weak and his breathing became slow. "Food...... Water ......" he muttered, rolled his eyes, and fainted.

The pedestrians on the road seemed to be surprised, and the old man gradually lay there, but no one reached out to help.

"It's so pathetic!" I sighed and took out the only water and bread left in my backpack and put them in front of the old man. He came to his senses when he smelled the food, and when he unscrewed the mineral water, he devoured it.

"Thank you! Thank you! A good man has a safe life! He kept kowtowing to me, tears and snot.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out in the tavern in the distance, deafening and incomparably clear. The road exploded in an instant, screaming, fearing, running away, fleeing like ants on a hot pot.

I was already running to the tavern.

The shot was shot by a strong man with a cigar in his mouth, shirtless, with hideous tattoos on his body.

"Chick, you dare to hit me!" He dragged a delicate girl tightly, his fingers tightly choking her throat, "Try to resist one more, will the next time the gun fall on you?" The strong man held a smoking pistol in his hand, which had been fired at the ground.

"Brother Long, what are you doing here? She just arrived and is not sensible. A woman with a shiny face rubbed her hands together and greeted her as respectfully as she looked.

"Hmm......" The girl who was strangled by the neck in his hand kept struggling, and her cheeks turned blue and purple.

"She upset Lao Tzu, is there a problem?" Brother Long glanced at the woman contemptuously.

"Uh...... Brother Long, if you have something to say, let go first, this girl is not sensible. “

"What if I don't let go?" Brother Long played with the gun in his hand.

"Brother Long...... What are you doing here? "The woman's face was ugly, like eating a dead fly.

Seeing that the girl was about to suffocate, but no one dared to resist - so many people drowned even one person with a mouthful of spit!

I clenched my fist and was about to rush forward, but my shoulder was gently grabbed.

Looking back, it was a middle-aged uncle. "Don't make yourself unhappy." He said coldly.

"Didn't you all see that? He's going to strangle a girl! I said angrily.

"How's that going? What does it matter to me whether she dies or not? Protecting yourself is the main thing these days! “

"Do you just watch a man die in vain?" I looked at him in disbelief.

"Or else? Do you want to be a hero to save beauty? He's a well-known gangster in our town, and he's not going to end up messing with him! “

I didn't bother arguing, and when I looked at the girl again, she was no longer breathing. Brother Long threw her to the ground heavily. She had two deep handprints on her white neck, and her eyes were purple and blue, and she looked very painful

"Gan!" Anger rose from my heart, and evil came to my guts, I pushed away the uncle behind me, and rushed forward directly to kick Brother Long.

He didn't react and fell to the ground.

"! Where's the little brat! Brother Long struggled to get up and wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, "Lao Tzu will kill you!" With that, he grabbed his pistol and pointed it at me.

I shot his arm with a quick finger, and he screamed and covered his bleeding arm, and the pistol fell to the ground.

"Back!" I let out a loud cry, and the bone fingers flew back from his wound, and the second time he was hurt, and he almost fainted in pain.

"Isn't it murder? Isn't it a gangster? Keep getting up and dragging! I approached him step by step, a sneer on my face.

"Big ...... Eldest brother...... I was wrong, I'll give you all the money you want, lots and lots of money, don't kill me......" Brother Long sat on the ground like a ghost, his body trembling slightly.

"Is your home Dunhuang? There are so many murals! "As I spoke, I punched him in the head." "I heard the sound of a broken skull. After a few punches, he didn't move.

"Good!" There was applause around, "Brother Long is dead, so happy!" “

The way the people in the town looked at me changed, and they took me all the way to the exit of the town, and they even brought me a few bags of dry food. If I hadn't made a move, Brother Long would have become their eternal nightmare!

Looking at the town of Ole, I couldn't help but smile wryly, "Absurd times, numb hearts!" “