Many people often ask, what kind of world can be considered hell?

For these people who are behind bars but unable to extricate themselves, it may be right now.

Although the two warehouses that imprisoned this group of slaves who were about to be transported to the Eastern Continent in exchange for real money and silver were very large, they could only rely on a few dim oil lamps for lighting all year round, even for the rich Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, whale incense worth thousands of gold was just an ordinary object, but merchants would always be particularly harsh in this regard, and they would not be willing to give out any of them if it was not unnecessary money.

Not only was it dark all day, but the ventilation system in the warehouse was not very good, so the smell of the perennial accumulation at the bottom was not even as good as the open manure pits in the countryside, and cleaning this place, and going down to feed the slaves, was always the responsibility of the new sailors who were bullied by everyone.

Veterans bullying recruits, old sailors bullying new sailors, in fact, it's the same thing, everyone wants to have a certain authority, which is understandable, but Gu Xuan, who was sent to do this kind of drudgery, didn't care much, it was true that the smell and air here were so foul that it made people faint compared to the refreshing sea breeze with a fishy smell on the deck, but he could still rely on perseverance to endure it.

The suffering caused by suffering and torture is actually the same for everyone, some people do not cry out because they can bear it, and those who shout at the slightest suffering are doomed to fail.

The chained slaves were huddled together in the same cage like a herd of captive livestock, with only a little food and water to maintain their daily minimum needs, which would not only reduce their daily expenses, but also keep them in a state of extreme weakness, even if they were lucky enough to break the locks and leave the cage, they would never be able to turn over any storms.

However, in the history of the extremely dark slave trade, there were indeed intelligent and united slaves who made a big determination to starve some people to death, so that the other part of the people were fed and drunk, and always maintained abundant energy, and finally succeeded in the rebellion, taking advantage of the night to seize control of the ship at sea, killing all the crew members and finally escaping, but after this incident, the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce learned one thing, they put trace amounts of toxins in the slaves' daily meals, which will not be fatal, but will never make people feel good。

Speaking of which, as for the reason why Gu Xuan readily agreed to do this kind of dirty work, in addition to the fact that the situation was stronger than people and he was forced to be helpless, it was also because he met a very interesting person here, a mixed-race child.

He is a mixture of the earth and the human race, and has successfully inherited the advantages of both sides, his figure is not as short and thick as the earth people, like a dwarf, but as tall as the human race, with a hard face contour, the rough and the introverted nature of the earth race and the introverted nature of the human race, in other words, from the perspective of the human race, he is actually a beautiful man full of exotic style, presumably the noble ladies in the atrium are willing to spend a lot of money to buy him.

Unfortunately, the half-breed man was not in a good situation at the moment, as the only foreigner in the two-story cabin, he had a steel cage that belonged to him alone, and it was far away from the others, and it was relatively clean.

Correspondingly, there are far more iron chains bound to his limbs than normal, and even some of them have been embedded in them, sticking together with his broken flesh and blood, which is very terrifying, his whole person looks very weak, even the iconic brown skin of the earth people can't hide the paleness, but the only thing that catches people's attention is that his eyes are still so clean and clear, just like the sky on a clear sea.

Expansive, vast, bright and clean.

This is indeed a pair of very beautiful eyes, and even Gu Xuan is a little envious.

"Bao, you're here again. ”

He sat quietly against the wall of the cage, almost indistinguishable from a dead man if it weren't for the occasional blink.

His voice is very calm, allowing people to peek into a part of his inner world, in fact, he is not very old, according to the calendar of the human race, he is only twenty-five years old, even from the perspective of the human race, he is not an old man, let alone a long-lived earthly clansman, so judging from his face alone, he is even younger than Gu Xuandu.

Gu Xuan grabbed the mop that had been screwed together in one hand, and the wooden barrel filled with soap-soaked seawater in the other hand, rushed to the ground, and then began to bow down and vigorously wipe the viscous ground mixed with various dirt, and the smell that rose was enough to make a person with a sense of smell out of condition sick to vomit, but he still didn't care.

"Yes, by the way, come and see you, Adam. ”

The name Adam, which means the Son of God in the language of the Eastern Continent, seems to have had high hopes for him, but perhaps his ill-fated fate is also due to this name, after all, in the human tradition, a person's name is too big to bear, and it is a disaster for that person.

His father is one of the orthodox bloodline heirs of a large tribe of the Earth Clan, so in terms of blood, he is actually one of the princes of this tribe, and he is a grandson of the same human empire, and his status is not low.

And not only did he inherit the talent of the earthlings, he was born with infinite strength, the defense of his skin was excellent, and he could also use some simple spells given to them by Mother Earth, and he also inherited the wisdom that the human race was most proud of, which was definitely an outlier among the simple-minded and well-developed earthlings.

Under the deliberate guidance of his mother, he has been reading and studying the books of the human race since he was a child, learning in all aspects, and from the perspective of racial continuity, he is undoubtedly the best choice for the future of this tribe, but in terms of blood, in this era of deep estrangement between several major races, half-breeds are destined to be a displeasing existence on both sides.

After a bloody coup d'état, his father and mother were killed, and he desperately escaped, in order to escape his own uncle's pursuit of him, he had to sneak on the cargo ship of the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, cross the sea of stars, and flee to the western continent.

In terms of life experience, he and Gu Xuan actually have some similarities, but his luck doesn't seem to be so good, after his own uncle agreed to cooperate with the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce in all aspects, the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce used a lot of manpower to find him hiding everywhere in the Western Continent, and arrested him, and is now sending him back to the Eastern Continent as a gift to his allies.

When he got there, what awaited him was nothing more than a dead word, which may be the general fate of losers.

"Visit me? Do you know what I dislike most about the Terrans, which is that I like to go around and around and never get to the point. Adam gently shook the chains in his hands and said unhurriedly, " I've heard that you are also a stowaway who was caught by them from the ship, and you can actually speak the language of our Eastern Continent, which is rare in your Western Continent, so your identity must not be simple, and I have been carefully observing you these days, from the first day to now, every time you come to this hellish place, you have never shown any disgust, I think unless you are a weirdo who likes to smell this way, or in a phrase that my mother often told me, that is' Those who achieve great things must be able to endure what ordinary people can't.' ”

Gu Xuan listened to it clearly, but the work at hand kept stopping, and he was still communicating with Adam in the common language of the Eastern Continent, and he was not afraid that these slaves who had lost hope in the vicinity would listen.

Not to mention that they definitely don't understand the language of the Eastern Continent, even if they find someone else to report, what should they say in exchange for freedom?

That new sailor was always talking to that half-breed?

Is that a big deal?

To be honest, instead of talking to those black-hearted businessmen who only look at profits, they were sold and counted the money, it is better to please Gu Xuanneng to make their cages cleaner, open the door for a while, ventilate them, and breathe a little free, which is the right reason.

"Adam, I know what you're thinking, but please forgive me for not being able to do anything about your current situation, indeed, I have my secrets, and I have things I have to accomplish, so I can't take any chances. ”

Adam sighed and muttered helplessly, "Indeed, if I were you, I wouldn't have taken a huge risk to help such a person. ”

Gu Xuan used the long wooden plank he carried with him to sweep the dirt accumulated on the ground into the bucket one by one, then stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead due to the stuffiness under the cabin, and continued to ask: " If you really want to be free, then why not accept their proposal, I heard that they have talked to you seriously, they are willing to fully support you to go back and fight for power, I also know that in the Eastern Continent, especially among the Earth Clan, one-on-one duels are sacred, and they are recognized by the Father, and your enemies cannot refuse this invitation to dueling, after all, you are indeed the legitimate heir, as long as you win, you can naturally get everything you want. ”

Adam smiled disdainfully and shrugged, causing the chain beneath him to rattle.

"They? they're just a bunch of hyenas with no bottom line, as long as they have meat to eat, they can even kill their own kind without guilt, this is the biggest difference between me and them, if one day I can only eat the meat of my own kind to live, I'd rather die, don't think I don't know their dark thoughts, want to control me to expand their influence in the Eastern Continent? ”

His tone first changed from calm to excited, but finally returned to loneliness, he lowered his head, looked at the heavy constraints on his body, smiled helplessly, and sighed: "Maybe for most people, this kind of perseverance is just a joke." ”

The loneliest thing is when you make what you think is the right choice, but you are not understood by the people around you.

Here, Gu Xuan's hand mopping the floor suddenly stopped, turned his head to look at Adam, and said: "No, everything we cherish in our hearts is worthy of our lives to defend, Adam, never give up hope." ”