Although he was mentally prepared, Song Ming was still hit by the sudden reality.

Caroline took Song Ming and walked forward, saying as she walked: "This is indeed Hope City, but it is a dirty area in Hope City, and there are still street lights in the central area at night." ”

Song Ming nodded numbly, the situation here was even worse than he had imagined.

As they advanced, Song Ming saw more, the dark and narrow streets were full of scrawny people, their cheeks were sunken, their skinny bones were thin, their bodies were dirty, their clothes were poor, and many of them were even homeless, so they lay on the side of the road and fell asleep.

I've seen the worst, will it be even worse next? I'm afraid Caroline also planned to do the same, so she let Song Ming see the situation at the bottom of Hope City as soon as she came out.

Finally, Song Ming couldn't help but whisper to Caroline: [How long has your Free Army been established? Is there no progress at all? These people appear to be completely uncared for. 】

Caroline sighed: "It's only been about a year since the establishment of the Free Army, and although we have been trying to protest to the shelter, we have had little success, but because of several clashes and the relationship between the city garrison, it is becoming more and more difficult to carry out activities. 】

Then Caroline looked at Song Ming with a serious face: [And these people are a minority even in Hope City, the vast majority of them can get food and clothing through work, and some people are even better off than before the Day of Destruction. People who give up on themselves are useless no matter how hard others try. 】

[Thought determines attitude, attitude determines height. 】

Somehow, such an emotion popped out of Song Ming's mind.

[Very appropriate, no matter how desperate you are, you can only see hope if you work hard to live. But these people ...... The Free Army has been here several times, trying to mobilize them, but they have failed, and since then, we have abandoned this place. These people, they have given up on living, and now they are just waiting for death. 】

Song Ming asked Caroline rhetorically: [So what did your free army do for them? Moreover, in the end, even the Free Army with such a great goal gave up on them, who would care if they lived or died? 】

Are you sarcastic about us? 】

[That's right. If the ideal of your Free Army is to be their backer, then how can they be motivated if you don't give them hope? 】

Under Song Ming's gaze, Caroline's head slowly lowered, and the voice that came through was also very depressed: [It's hard to save people if they don't save themselves, I've obviously worked hard, but why...... Why don't you all understand me? 】

Song Ming sighed, and couldn't help but reach out and pat Caroline's shoulder, [You guys have been working in the wrong direction from the beginning...... Instead of praying for their unrealistic handouts, why not try to create conditions for dialogue on an equal footing between the two sides? 】

[Do you think everything is as simple as you think?] 】

Indeed, although Song Ming said so, many things are not as simple as imagined, and the goal may be very simple, but there will be many obstacles in action.

As they spoke, they had reached the end of the street, and there were three intersections in front of them, and Caroline did not hesitate to walk towards the one on her right.

To be honest, there are basically no lights on the streets around here, and the buildings on both sides are very simple, looking like haunted houses, which makes Song Ming feel that the city is lifeless and has no breath of life.

More than half an hour later, Song Ming saw the first street lamp, the dim light illuminated the street at night, under the street lamp sat a person who was not clothed, his hair was dirty like a grass nest, his eyes were deep, the wrinkles on his cheeks were black, he couldn't tell her age, and a pair of shriveled *** drooping in front of him could be seen in the holes in his clothes - this was a woman.

After getting closer, Song Ming found that she was holding a child in her arms, and the child was wrapped in a rag, because her face was very thin, she couldn't tell the child's age at all.

Born in such a nightmarish world, the fate of this child is a sigh of relief.

When passing by the woman, Song Ming thought of his father's teachings, and couldn't help but feel a little compassion and stopped.

There was a strange smell in the air, probably the smell of the woman, who held the child's small skeletal hand, and perhaps because of hunger, the child did not even have the strength to cry, and lay quietly in her arms. She looked up at Song Ming, her godless eyes were extremely hollow - she had already been tortured by this world in despair.

Song Ming asked softly, "How old is the child?" ”

The woman didn't know what she was thinking, she glanced at the big bag that Song Ming was carrying behind her, tightened the child in her arms slightly, and said, "...... Four years old. ”

Her voice was low and hoarse, like an old-fashioned radio out of tune, with hardly any feminine voice. But compared to her voice, the actual age of the child shocked Song Ming even more, this child was already four years old? But he looked even weaker than a baby of a few months! What kind of lack of food and nutrition made him what he is!?

Song Ming glanced at Caroline, Caroline's expression was very strange, cloudy and uncertain. Song Ming guessed that seeing this woman's situation aroused the anger in her heart.

Song Ming remembered his father's teachings again, sighed, and took out a can of eight-treasure porridge, a few ham sausages, and a can from his bag and handed it to the woman.

The woman looked at Song Ming in disbelief, a glimmer of light appeared in her empty eyes, her hand rubbed a few times on her clothes, and then she wanted to take the food.

Song Ming found that her hands were shriveled like chicken feet, probably because of the cold, and she was still shivering.

"Don't."

To Song Ming's surprise, Caroline actually took action to stop Song Ming.

The hope in the woman's eyes was shattered for a moment, and she lowered her head and cheeks into the shadows, and then she said, "This young lady is right...... We're dying, and this food doesn't help the Song Ming people at all, so you can stay. Food is precious, don't waste it. ”

Song Ming looked at Caroline with an incredulous expression, at this moment Song Ming was so disappointed in Caroline, she looked at this woman and could be indifferent? Could it be that all she said before was a lie!?

Caroline frowned, "Don't-"

"Waste? What is waste!? Song Ming's voice couldn't help but raise a tone, interrupting what Caroline was about to say, and looked at the woman, "The purpose of food is to make us eat, and now you need this food more than me, and it is definitely not a waste to give you these things!" ”

Under the woman's surprised gaze, Song Ming broke free of Caroline, stuffed those things to her, and then snorted coldly, ignoring Caroline, and walked forward.

Caroline's faint sigh came from her ears, but Song Ming pretended not to hear it and ignored her.

"Song Ming, if you are such a person, then I really can't help you in the future."

Caroline's voice sounded in Song Ming's ears, and then he was pulled by Caroline again, Song Ming turned his head to look at Caroline, her eyes were very complicated, and after struggling for a while, she seemed to have made up her mind, "In order to make you more aware of what kind of world it is now, I will help you one last time." ”

Caroline couldn't help but pull Song Ming in the direction he came, and soon came to the street lamp.

When Song Ming came over, the woman fell to the ground, a strange man was trying to tear the ham sausage, and when he saw Song Ming turn back, he couldn't help but hold the food in his arms.

Song Ming's pupils suddenly constricted, and the child was thrown on the cold ground under his feet.

"I ...... Hurt their ......!? ”

The woman was obviously dead, and in just a few minutes, she had been killed because of the food Song Ming had given her. Looking at that man, the killing intent in Song Ming's heart boiled.

Caroline snorted coldly, Song Ming noticed that the man trembled, as if he wanted to hide in the dark, Caroline stepped forward, turned her head and said coldly to Song Ming: "Stare at your eyes wide, what kind of world is this!" ”

"Article 2 of the Law of Hope City-" Caroline stared at the man coldly, and when she heard Caroline's words, the man suddenly trembled like chaff, and fear appeared in his empty eyes, and he struggled weakly: "I'm not wrong!" It's not me who is at fault! ”

A cold light flashed in Caroline's hand, and then her voice fell, "-Whoever maliciously steals other people's food is guilty of death." ”

A crack appeared in the middle of the man's forehead, blood and brains gurgled out, Caroline let go of her hand, and the man fell to the ground, apparently dead.

Song Ming said hatefully: "He deserves to die!" ”

Caroline looked at Song Ming and said, "You think that woman is innocent?" ”

Song Ming was stunned.

Caroline said, ripping open the rags that had wrapped the child.

"Caroline, you-"

Song Ming's voice stopped abruptly, his head seemed to be smashed hard by a hammer, and what he saw in front of him made Song Ming's throat dry and itchy, even Song Ming, who had seen many exaggerated pictures, almost vomited.

The child wrapped in rags was horrible, the flesh on his legs had disappeared, and only the pale skeleton remained. The underbelly was empty, half of the intestines were hanging outside, the fracture seemed to have been torn apart, and the flesh and blood on the wound had not yet changed color and rotted, which showed that it was ......

"I told you before I came that if you were still so naïve, you would be deceived in Hope City, and you wouldn't even have any bones left. As a result, you are still so naïve! ”

"There are no children here, no loving mothers, and she is not worthy of your pity."

"There is only one animal here, which has lost its human dignity. Your actions will only condone these animals that have no lower limit. ”

"This is the world now, the world of one cannibalism!"

"Article 1 of the law of Hope City, those who eat human flesh are guilty of a capital crime!"