A glimmer of light rose from the horizon of the Kama Continent, and although it did not bring much light to the slums that were covered in smoke and dust all year round, it was a message of dawn for the criminals entrenched here.

The dark alleys gradually darkened, and the bark of the huge old trees covering the roofs of the slums was dyed gray-yellow in the mist, and the countless shacks under the old bark were not bright because of the bark.

The stumps of the huge ancient trees that stood in the middle of the slum were lifeless, and the place was as ominous as ever, and the gloomy atmosphere permeated the surroundings.

The people who lived here gradually got up and moved, and carrying the homeless people who starved to death in front of the shacks they lived in to the cemetery to the west was the first thing they had to deal with.

The rough men who carried the corpses and cursed towards the cemetery showed no mercy for the dead.

One, two, three

Well, today three more people finally went to hell from this hellish place that is worse than hell.

The eastern sky was covered with yellow sand, the land barrier laid by the feder's sorcerers to isolate the people of the slums from the area where they were.

It's another day, let's get to the end soon, people thought numbly.

The slums grew lively, filled with the prodigal laughter of low-class dancers and the sounds of criminals fighting.

"Catch that little bastard!"

With the sound of eager footsteps, men in Union soldier uniforms roared as they ran awkwardly through the cramped, cramped alleys of the slums.

"Damn, dare to steal it from Lao Tzu, I'll teach you how to be a person today!"

The ragged people around exchanged glances lazily.

Oh, it's the lord "there", no wonder this shiny uniform looks so out of place here, maybe the little scourge is causing trouble again.

The man's voice was quickly drowned out in the cacophony peculiar to the slums, and no one paused for the vignette.

The boy who was chased by the man was what people called Shi Di, although he had a harmless baby face, his physique was already very straight, his short black hair was erected because of the ochre headband tied to his forehead, his brown eyes flashed with a cunning light, and the yellow cowhide bag he was carrying was undulating with his run.

If it weren't for the money bag in his left hand and the dagger in his right hand revealing his identity as a thief, he would have been a good-looking teenager.

At this moment, this good-looking young man is holding the money bag in his hand tightly, flexibly shuttling back and forth in various lanes, and humming a small song in his mouth, which shows that he is comfortable and in a good mood.

Joke, this is his home turf, and who else is more familiar with this slum than a labyrinth.

Enough of teasing this idiot, it's time to go back to the yard.

The young man who was thinking like this suddenly stopped, turned around and handed out the money bag to the man with a sneer, and said while panting heavily,

"This, this chief, the small, the small one is really, really can't run, the chief, the chief is worthy of being the elite of the Federation, it is the small one who is not long-eyed and collided with the chief, begging the chief to have a large number, let go of the small one, this money bag is returned to the chief, you see, there is no one missing. ＂

The man was just a junior soldier who had been in the army for less than half a year, and when he heard that the young man was a commander and praised him as an elite of the Federation, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in his heart, and he reached out to pick up the money bag without thinking about it, and hummed a little proudly, "It's too late to beg for mercy now, watch Lao Tzu tie you up and hand you over to the city guard officer in a while, and teach you how powerful Lao Tzu is!"

"Even you idiot wants to tie up my little brother and me, wait for the next life!"

The young man's tone suddenly changed, and he turned and ran away.

The man looked down and saw that there were still eight gold coins and silver in the money bag that he had just received today, which had long been replaced with small stones. I just wanted to raise my legs to chase after him, but I found that the riding boots were firmly stuck to the ground by some unknown mucus at some point, and I couldn't lift them.

By the time he took off his riding boots in a fit of rage and chased in the direction of the boy's escape, there was no trace of the boy to be found.

As the soldiers walked out of the slum barefoot and gritted their teeth in an even more embarrassed posture than when he came, there was a burst of laughter behind him, as if the people who had always been looked down on by him were accustomed to it.

Untouchables, the soldier spat hard, and a grim expression that did not match the tall uniform crossed his face, little bastard, don't let me catch it!

"Shi Di, humming again, it seems that he has gained something!"

As soon as Shi Di walked into the courtyard door with the gold coin, he heard a familiar voice sound, and turned his head, isn't it his good brother Tamer since childhood.

Unlike Shi Di's eccentric spirit, which is not clever or cunning, Tamo can be called the outstanding-looking part of the Kama continent, with long silver hair, blue eyes, a straight nose, and a whole face with sharp edges and perfect proportions, which shows that the creator has put some effort into shaping him.

What is rare is that although he grew up in an orphanage in this slum with Shi Di, Tammer has not been contaminated with any atmosphere here for many years, he is always so gentle and elegant, polite to everyone, although he wears shabby coarse cloth clothes, he can't hide his good temperament.

He seemed more unfit to be here than the nobles in the federal government.

He was gently wiping his wooden bow, and the young archer clearly cherished his weapon.

"Tamer!" Shi Di put his hand on Tamer's shoulder.

"Today I can be regarded as testing the "dd44" I invented two days ago, the effect is good, look at my harvest today, eight gold coins, in addition to the family can also save two gold coins, or it won't be long before the travel expenses of our continent-wide adventure plan will be completed!"

"Are you serious? I'm still fooling around with you, what will Aunt Kusha and the other little ones do if we get out of here?"

"I wish this little scourge was serious, and my ears would be cleared when he was gone, and the little ones would follow him one by one. ＂

Aunt Kusha walked out with a freshly dried quilt and answered this question for Shi Di.

"It turns out that my aunt dislikes me like this" Shi Di looked lonely, looked at the ground in a daze, and really shed a few tears.

Aunt Kusha glanced at Shi Di's handsome face, and sighed in her heart that it was a waste, and a violent shudder knocked on the top of Shi Di's head.

"Stop acting, get ready for dinner. ＂

At this time, Di Di was really about to burst into tears.

For as long as he can remember, he has lived in this small orphanage, which is located in a slum on the edge of the federal government district, and there are five other orphans living here, except for Aunt Kusha, who is the nurse. He and Tammer were both abandoned babies who had been picked up by Aunt Kusha sixteen years ago, and neither knew who their parents were who had ruthlessly abandoned them, and they didn't know anything about their origins. The two grew up together in the slums, and although they were not brothers, their relationship was better than that of brothers. It is not easy to survive in such a Shura field, as the two oldest teenagers in the orphanage now, they also have to shoulder the responsibility of protecting other young orphans, in addition to relying on each other, they are more life and death, and the general brotherhood is naturally not as strong as the strong bond born in this harsh environment.

It is called an orphanage, but in fact it is just a few of the hollows in the trunk of a huge dead old tree in the center of the slum. I don't know how many years the old tree has existed, the material of the dead wood is very special, it has not been weathered over the years, and there are thousands of people like them who live in the tree cavity in this slum.

When Shi Di was 14 years old, he got some stained glass from some hapless church, and worked with Tammer to make the doors and windows of the tree hole, and made a passage between the "bedroom" and the "dining room", which made the orphanage look like a whole.

Although Shi Di and Tammer tried their best to make Aunt Kusha and the other five little ones in the orphanage live better, it was undoubtedly too reluctant for eight people to squeeze into this small space of dozens of square meters, and even the toys that the children had finally picked up couldn't be put down.

The youngest, Carriana, cried for a long time before Aunt Kusha left her doll, which was dirty and even had only one arm, but which Caryanna regarded as a treasure and could not be separated from her for a moment.

It's not easy to survive, and having toys is indeed a luxury.

The slums have always been a lawless zone where all forces disdain to intervene, a place of filth, poverty, devastation, and dark trade and crime that is forbidden in the lawless zone.

Order? What is that? Silent death is the norm here.

The people of the slums call the federal government not far from them "there", and the people "there" seem to live in two worlds with them, "there" is better than heaven and "here" is clearly worse than hell in stark contrast.

The night sky in the distance to the east is faintly reflected, a symbol of the bustling business of the red light district in the federal government district.

Who said that "there" is not far away from them, it is clearly far, far away, far away.

Although there are 1,000 and 10,000 bad here, Shi Di is still mixed like a fish in water in this slum, with the best skill of the human race, Shi Di not only did not die young, but became a small scourge that people here talk about, men like Shi Di's clever and obedient mouth, and women like Shi Di's handsome face. Love the house and Wu, and even the old and young people with the orphanage have a much better life.

Do I yearn for "there"? Shi Di asked himself in his heart, looked at the humble courtyard around him, and then looked at the few little guys who gobbled up and didn't forget to make a fuss, Shi Di showed a signature smile on his face, and the answer was obvious, he didn't yearn for it.

So what made me want to leave "here"?

Is it a desperate desire to learn about your own background?

Is it a deep desire to explore the unknown?

Is it by nature that you are adventurous?

Or was there really something in the distance that he had been expecting calling him?

Perhaps the reasons are much more complicated than the previous ones, but Shi Di didn't want to spend time searching for the answer to such a meaningless question.

The color of the full moon in the night sky is an eerie reddish color, which can only be seen in the middle of the Kama continent.

Before you know it, it's late at night.

Easter Egg Theatre:

Audience: dd44?

Bottle: Yes, you guessed it right, just try it, maybe there will be a good engine oil 44944 in the future.

Audience: (black line)

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