Wei Yi walked slowly down the street with the old man. He looked at the bustling crowd around him, thinking about what was going to happen next as he walked. He now needed to figure out the route to the inner city, and then work out a feasible plan in detail. But this premise is that he must be able to figure out the situation in the inner city.

And the old man obviously wanted Wei Yi to have a better understanding of this place. As he walked, he gave Wei Yu a detailed introduction to the situation around him. And Wei Yi also took the opportunity to ask the old man a lot of questions.

They just talked and walked away. After walking for a while, the old man pointed to the front and said to Wei Yi, "Well, the front is the inner city." ”

Wei Yi hurriedly looked in the direction the old man was pointing. He saw that not far from them there was a wall that stretched far from them to the left and right. Directly opposite them, there was a very high gate. On both sides of the gates, heavily armed guards guarded them.

In addition, at a certain distance from the city gate, there are many automatic patrol robots constantly patrolling. "Such a tight defense!" Wei Yi said in surprise.

"More than that." The old man whispered to Wei Yi, "Do you see those big bumps on the ground? ”

"Big pimple?" Wei Yi was stunned. It was only under the old man's instructions that he saw the big bumps that the old man had said. It was a round cake made of metal one piece after another.

They are in turn distributed a few meters away from the city walls. If the old man hadn't pointed it out to Wei Yi, Wei Wei really wouldn't have been able to find out. "What are those things?" Wei Yi asked.

The old man shook his head and said to Wei Yi, "It's better that you don't want to know." That's all horrible stuff. ”

As he spoke, he continued to walk to the side. Wei Yi had no choice but to continue to follow. On the next road, the old man took Wei Yi to many places. After they had walked around, they returned to the old man's shop together.

This trip out has gained a lot for Wei Yi. He learned more or less about the layout of the entire outer city, and also knew where the inner city was, which was very helpful for his next things.

In the following days, Wei Yi and Wei Zitong continued to stay in the old man's shop to help. The old man will also take Wei Yi out every few days to familiarize himself with this world.

Occasionally, in the middle of the night, the elderly would also provide food to those who came to knock on the door for free. Wei Yi once inadvertently asked about this, but the old man flatly denied it, which made Wei Yi a little confused.

It wasn't until this day that several heavily armed soldiers came to the door that Wei Yi understood what was going on. As soon as the heavily armed soldiers entered the shop, they immediately asked the old man if he had given food to others for free.

The old man naturally denied it. But the soldiers did not intend to spare him, they knocked the old man to the ground and tied him up with all kinds of flowers. When Wei Yi saw it, his heart suddenly became angry.

He immediately rushed over and shouted, "What are you doing? Why hit someone? ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to reason with those people. But the old man who fell to the ground desperately told Wei Yi to leave quickly at this time. Wei Yu did not choose to leave, he rushed to the soldiers and snatched the old man over.

When those soldiers saw Wei Yi, they were stunned at first, and then looked at each other and smiled. One of the soldiers said to the old man, "Okay, you dead old man." You still dare to hide people privately. Let me ask you, is this person registered? ”

"They were new yesterday, and I haven't had time to register them yet. I'll take them there in a moment. You are well done, and I am well acquainted with the king's treasurer in the inner city. He can vouch for me. ”

"you. What is the king's treasurer, not the king's treasurer. Let me tell you, the shopkeeper Wang was taken away yesterday. Your affairs will soon be revealed. The soldier's eyes lit up with a fierce light, and he scolded the old man viciously, "I warned you a long time ago, but the situation is different now. You dead old man, you just don't listen, today we will let you know what will happen if you don't listen. Take it with me. ”

As soon as the man's words fell, the rest of the soldiers immediately stepped forward and wanted to take the old man away. Wei Yi intervened again to stop them. The soldier who opened his mouth to reprimand the old man turned his eyes sideways and shouted at Wei Yu: "I think you are a man, I don't care too much about you, no matter how nosy you are, I will even take you away." ”

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes and continued to say to Wei Yi: "You are a newcomer, and you are really not afraid of death. Let me tell you, before it gets dark today, you must register, otherwise, you will be good-looking. ”

As he spoke, he tilted his chin triumphantly, waved his hand, and ordered, "Take this old man away for me." ”

The soldiers immediately responded, and stepped forward to forcibly lead the people. Wei Yi couldn't bear it anymore. The anger in his heart was already burning brightly. "I see which of you dares!" Wei Yu let out a loud shout and stomped heavily on the ground.

I only heard a loud "boom", and on the flat earth, I was suddenly stepped out of a pit more than half a meter deep by Wei Yi. The soldiers were stomped on by Wei Yi, and their hands and feet weakened with fright, and they all fell to the ground softly.

The soldier leader who scolded Wei Yi at the beginning was also extremely unbearable. He fell limply to the ground, his pants wet. He looked at Wei Yi with frightened eyes, his hands and feet trembled, and he couldn't get up for a while.

"I repeat, fuck me off at once, or I'll turn you into scum." Wei Yi said viciously to the soldiers. The anger in his chest had gradually become uncontrollable.

Ever since he had been haunted by what Wei Zitong said about ancient witchcraft, he had been trying to restrain his emotions and try his best not to let himself get angry. Because once he gets angry, he probably won't be able to stop it.

But today's incident made Wei Yi unable to suppress his anger anymore. He only felt as if there were 10,000 galloping wild horses in his heart, running wildly, about to rush out of his body.

"Calm down!" Just when the anger in Wei Wei's heart was about to break through his suppression and rush out, Wei Zitong's voice seemed to pierce the sky from outside the sky, and quickly drilled into Wei Wei's heart, forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart.

Wei Yi exhaled, glared at the soldiers fiercely, and said, "Fuck off." If you dare to make trouble here, I'll break your dog's legs. ”

When the soldiers heard this, they fled in a hurry. A few people even forgot to take their guns with them. Wei Yi looked at the backs of those soldiers fleeing in embarrassment with disdain, and spat at the ground.

"Uncle, are you alright?" Wei Zitong asked while loosening the old man's ties.

The old man shook his head and untied the rope on his body with Wei Zitong. He jumped up sharply, pulled Wei Yi and ran inside. Wei Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?" Didn't I chase them away, why are you in such a hurry? ”

"Oh, you kid, you're in trouble. I've got to get you out of here, or you'll lose your life." The old man said to Wei Yi anxiously, and without looking back, he pulled Wei Yi and ran inside.

Wei Yu froze his body, pulled the old man in, and asked, "Uncle, what's going on?" Tell me about it. I'm confused, I don't know anything. ”

"Alas!" The old man glanced at Wei Yi, looked up and shouted to Wei Zitong, who was not far away, "Zitong, you quickly close the gate and throw out the guns on the ground." Don't keep it. By the way, wear gloves and don't leave fingerprints. ”

Although Wei Zitong also felt confused, she answered, and according to the old man's instructions, she threw several guns on the ground a little far outside the store. As soon as she returned, she closed the door.

"Uncle, what the hell is going on? What are you afraid of? Wei Yi waited for Wei Zitong to come back, and then continued to ask the old man.

The old man sighed and slowly explained the reason. After Wei Yi listened to the old man's story, the indignation in his heart became even worse. It turns out that this city, I don't know when it began, began to require all people to be registered, and anyone who did not register according to the requirements would be forcibly taken away.

And many people here are people who came to the city very early, and they are very reluctant to register the system. Therefore, the administrators of the inner city came up with a way to govern it. They imposed that all shops selling food must sell food according to their requirements and according to a registration system.

All shops could only sell goods to those who were registered, and no one was allowed to provide them with any food even if they died of hunger.

And the old man secretly gave food to those who had not registered, which violated this new rule, so the soldiers came to the door.

After hearing this, Wei Yi was slightly surprised. It's really the first time he's heard such a strange rule. He thought for a moment and asked, "Didn't you say that everything in your store is poisonous poisoned food?" Then I see that all you have been giving them are things from your store, what are you doing this for? ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, looked at Wei Yi with some surprise, and asked, "You, have you seen it all?" ”

Wei Yi nodded and said, "I've seen it all." You're so nice to those kids, though. I just don't understand, why don't you offer the same non-toxic food to everyone else? ”

The old man shook his head, and with Wei Zitong's support, he slowly walked towards the house. He said to Wei Yi as he walked: "It's not that I don't want to, it's that I have more than enough heart and not enough strength." ”

As he spoke, he slowly told Wei Yi and the others about the reason, and after Wei Yi listened, he realized that it was not to blame the old man, but that the non-toxic food that the old man could get was really limited. In addition to maintaining his normal consumption, he can only help a few people.

Nor did he intend to offer the poisoned food he sold to poor people who were not registered. But seeing that more and more people are starving to death because they can't get food, the old man can't hold on anymore, so he distributes food for free in the middle of the night.

"There is an antidote to this poison." The old man said, looking sideways at Wei Yi, and said slowly again, "The antidote is in the inner city." ”

When Wei Yi heard this, his footsteps paused slightly. He looked at the old man and asked softly, "What do you want from me?" ”

"Help them." The old man said to Wei Yi in a trembling tone, "Help those people." Help them find the antidote and let them all recover. ”

As he spoke, with Wei Zitong's support, he sat down on the table next to him, and said slowly again: "I'm too old to walk." I've been staying at this place for more than twenty years. Anyway, there are feelings. Those old neighbors, old neighbors, all of a sudden, have changed, and I feel so uncomfortable. ”

He paused and continued: "But what can I do as an old man half-buried in loess? I can't do anything. But you're different. ”

As he spoke, his eyes shining brightly at Wei Yi, he said earnestly: "You have the ability, you have the ability. I felt it the first day you came. Ordinary people can't come in without coming in through the main entrance. All newcomers have to drink ecstasy soup. But you don't. You're not the same. ”

It was only at this time that Wei Yi really understood why the old man was so enthusiastic and hospitable to them when he first saw them. It turned out that the old man had long seen that they were different.