Underneath the stone pot, the fire burned vigorously.

The surrounding villagers all knelt respectfully, looking respectful, and their hands clasped in front of their chests, as if they were praying for the old man.

Someone saw Yu Qing in the distance, and suddenly let out a surprised sound, and then an adult man got up and walked towards Yu Qing, holding his hands and smiling and saluting, "I don't know if a distinguished guest is coming, I lost my courtesy, and I ask the guest not to be surprised." ”

Yu Qing glanced at this person in surprise, his attitude became gentle, and he returned the salute: "My brother and I passed by your place, and there are many disturbances, please forgive me." ”

"Even if you come from afar, the wasteland is already dangerous, and we Terrans naturally have to work together to tide over the difficulties. The middle-aged man still had a gentle attitude, and made a gesture of invitation to Yu Qing: "Today happens to be the grand ceremony of my village, and the guests must be tired and hungry, so they might as well go into the village to have a full meal." ”

Yu Qing couldn't help but roll his eyes, can we talk without being so civil, it's tiring to travel, I can have a car.

But......

There are many disasters for the remnants of the wasteland, the day is precarious, many rituals and laws no longer exist, and human nature is even more indifferent, I can't imagine that the remnants of this village can talk elegantly and pay attention to etiquette, which is also strange.

Compared to the Federation, the wasteland can be said to be a barbarian world, and the people who live here have difficulty even having a full stomach, and where to pay attention to education, for a while, Yu Qing was full of some good feelings towards the people in this village.

No matter what kind of difficult situation, there are always people who are willing to abide by the way and etiquette in their hearts, let alone a wasteland, even if it is a peaceful and prosperous world, there are not many people who can do so.

The remnants in front of him are harmless, of course, the most important thing is that the strength of these people is too weak to pose a threat to themselves, let alone Yu Qing, the scorpion Xiaozi can easily slaughter this village.

Without much hesitation, he took Lin Qingshan into the village.

Suddenly, outsiders arrived, and the humble village suddenly quieted down.

However, looking at the expressions of these remnants, it was mainly an accident, and there was no murderous intent.

Soon, the old man sitting in the pot raised his head and nodded respectfully at Yu Qing, and did not get up, it is estimated that if he gets up, he will expose his lower body, and he feels indecent, and he also gave a long bow before speaking, "The descendants of the ancient Hagi clan have seen guests, and Tang suddenly asked you what is important to visit, if there is a place to serve, the descendants of our clan will not refuse." ”

Yu Qing didn't know how to say these words at all, thousands of years have passed in the era of etiquette and rejuvenation, how can the current human beings have the leisure time to pay attention to this, just politely responded: "I traveled far away with my brother and wanted to go to the gathering place to beg for a living, I wonder if the old man can know where the nearest gathering place is?"

"Please forgive me, our Ogishiki clan has been stationed in the ancestral land for many years, and we don't like to travel far, so we don't know where the guests are going. Di Di didn't know what gathering place there was nearby, but he still smiled humbly and beckoned the disciples of the clan to meet Yu Qing.

After a specious greeting, Yu Qing learned through a conversation with the villagers that their clan doesn't like to go out, just guarding the ancestral tomb of their ancestors, if there is a monster coming, they will hide in the hole that has been dug before, and there is not much monster clan nearby, although a few people are often taken away by monsters, but the clan can continue after all.

After talking, Yu Qing shook his head, since he couldn't get the news he needed here, it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, and after the bothering, he said goodbye and planned to leave.

I didn't think that the adult man who talked to him at the beginning was really enthusiastic, and he didn't let go of his hand, saying, 'You are friends from afar, how can there be a reason not to invite friends to dinner', you must invite Yu Qing to dinner.

Yu Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the remnants of the wasteland had lived in the world for a long time, but he didn't expect to still maintain such a simple character, his true feelings were revealed, and he sincerely invited, Yu Qing couldn't refuse, and smiled happily: "I'm bothering Uncle Di." ”

Di Di was overjoyed and scolded the adult man, "The fire is small, why don't you hurry up and add firewood, how can you delay the guests to eat, isn't it not a friend!"

The adult man hurriedly gave up his hands, listened to the teachings, and kept adding firewood to the bottom of the pot.

Yu Qing said to Di Di: "Can the old man be sick, this kind of Tujia home remedies cannot cure the disease, but will cause damage to the body, the old man should be careful to recuperate." ”

"The guest misunderstood, the father was not healing, but performing a family salute. The adult said, "My father is seventy-four years old this year, and he has reached the age of one, and he was supposed to perform a family salute today, but he did not expect that there would be a guest at the door, so he also had food to entertain the guests." ”

Yu Qing was confused by the adult man's words, and his heart was suddenly shocked: "What do you mean by this, you have made it clear, why do I sound as if I want to eat people?"

"The clan ritual is like this, our life is already poor, my father is old, he has no hunting ability, and now the village is short of food......" The adult man was a little embarrassed, "so I had to ask my father to perform the clan ceremony." ”

Yu Qing only felt creepy.

Yu Qing's eyes showed a fierce light, "Do you really want to invite me to eat your father?"

The adult man nodded, as a matter of course, "The clan ceremony is like this, the guest is lucky today, and it just happened to be a coincidence......"

Without waiting for him to say anything, Yu Qing kicked him to the ground and roared angrily: "Lao Tzu killed you, this disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous guy!"

Yu Qing used a lot of strength, even a big tree could be kicked off, and the adult man was suddenly kicked more than ten meters away, blood spurting from his mouth, and screaming miserably.

The old man Di Di who was sitting in the pot suddenly had a worried face, "Why did the distinguished guest act in vain and harm my child, but he didn't take good care of it, if so, the old man will apologize to you." ”

The other villagers also came forward to plead, explaining that neither Didi, who was about to be used as food, nor the other villagers felt that there was anything wrong with the meal.

Since the revival of the aura two hundred years ago, human beings have been migrating and becoming food for monsters, and the remnants living in the wasteland have long been lacking in education.

After more than two hundred years of fleeing, the average lifespan of the inhabitants of the wasteland is not long, and under the threat of monsters, the average lifespan is even less than thirty years.

In two hundred years, more than ten generations, the indoctrination etiquette has become more and more backward, and has even degenerated to the primitive period.

Life in the wasteland is hard, and when people are old, they can no longer hunt, and if they live, they will waste food and become a burden to other people. In that time of famine, the 'custom' that was passed down from time to time was like this, and the old man who was old and weak would become a good meal and become the ancestor of the blessed people. The old man himself was willing, and the other remnants didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and the young man at this time, if he didn't become food for monsters in the future, would have embarked on this path.

The remnants of the wasteland call it 'Legacy'!

What can Yu Qing say and do?

A village of hundreds of people, each with a gentle attitude, simple and kind, and even more kind to others, what else can he do?

Yu Qing looked at everyone fiercely, his fists clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched. At this moment, he had the idea of slaughtering this village and then burning it down.

However, looking at the simple eyes of those villagers, he still couldn't do it.

There is an abyss in people's hearts, and once they step out, they will never be able to climb up again.

After thousands of years of ritualization, once the inheritance is broken, it can only gradually degenerate into barbarianism.

Yu Qing suddenly looked at Di Di and said, "There are so many people in your village, haven't you ever thought of arresting me and eating me?"

Di Di was shocked and shook his head again and again: "You are guests who have traveled from afar, how can I harm you? How can it be so ridiculous!"

Yu Qing could see that the old man was telling the truth, and there was no way except to smile bitterly, so he grabbed a handful of Blood Qi Pill from his pocket, put it in the old man's hand, and said: "If the food is not enough, then the prime of life will work harder and hunt more, how can it harm the old man." Old man, let's come out quickly. ”

As he spoke, he was about to carry Di Di out of the iron pot.

Di Di smashed the Blood Qi Pill on Yu Qing's face, and his angry beard trembled: "The erector is rude, how can you slander the ancestral etiquette and law, and not be a gentleman!"

Yu Qing smiled bitterly, had nothing to say, took Lin Qingshan straight out of the village, and left quickly.

After walking for three or four miles in a blink of an eye, Yu Qing was still embarrassed in his heart. What is it to eat people, in ancient times, famine, it was more common to eat children, and now monsters are entrenched, and more people have died, what really frightens him is that the attitude of those remnants here is accustomed.

What I saw and heard today was simply shocking.

The wasteland is indeed understood.

The people who live here are just a group of poor people who have been forgotten by the world, abandoned by the Federation, struggling and dying.

Did they do it right?

They didn't do it right.

But...... Are they doing something wrong?

Who cares?

"Lin Qingshan, there are some things you don't understand, and I don't want you to understand, but there are some things that you need to keep in mind that you can't touch no matter what, once a person walks into the darkness, no matter how dazzling the sun is in the future, he will never be able to get rid of it. Yu Qing whispered, as if he was talking to Lin Qingshan, and as if he was talking to himself to remind himself.

The decomposition system can decompose monster corpses, so can it decompose human corpses? Yu Qing didn't know, and he had never tried...... Although this is a good way to destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, he can't get over the hurdle in his heart.

"Apart from this village, do you know of any other places where people gather?" Yu Qing asked again.

Lin Qingshan thought for a while and pointed in one direction, "Dad said that there are many people living in the east, and he told me before that when I grow up, he will take me to move, but it is too far away and the road is too dangerous, we haven't been there, so I don't know if there are people there." ”

Yu Qing nodded.

East?

Now that he's lost in the wasteland, he might as well keep walking in one direction, and maybe find a gathering place.

The two men walked all the way east for three days.

In the past three days, the two of them have encountered a lot of dangers, and there are a large number of wasteland monsters, and they will naturally be targeted by monsters if they are exposed to the wild.

Fortunately, there are no monsters that are too powerful, and Caesar can easily solve them himself.

Noon on the fifth day.

The two walked up a hill, and suddenly there was a sound of fighting at the bottom of the hill.

Finally met people.