North City, in front of the Major General's office.

Zong Heng knocked lightly on the office door.

Knock knock.

No one responded.

After waiting for about a minute, Zong Heng pushed the door straight in.

With a click, the lights turned on.

The office was empty, and Zong Heng walked to the desk where the major general often stayed.

A few documents were placed on the table, and Zong glanced at them, on which were the personnel transfers and material transfers of various departments in Beicheng.

"Hey."

Zong Heng sighed, walked around the desk, and slowly walked to a small bed behind the desk.

On the bed, a small cup of tofu cubes is placed there with sharp edges, as if to indicate that the owner of the quilt is very attentive to housekeeping.

Zong Heng grabbed the head of the bed with one hand and pulled it hard, then squatted down and pressed a bulge in the corner of the wall.

The walls clicked to the sides, and inside was an elevator.

Zong Heng entered the elevator, pressed the button, and the elevator slowly descended.

Ding dong

Until a crunch sounded.

The elevator reached the target floor, and the elevator doors slowly opened outward, revealing the destination of Zong Heng's trip.

This is a deep space, and outside the elevator door is a layer of suspended steel ladders, through the gaps in the steel, you can see a faint red light shining below.

In the dim light, the only source of light is the miniature lighting fixture at the corner of the steel ladder.

Knock knock.

Zong Heng walked on the steel ladder that rotated downward, thinking about the news he had heard when he returned.

"Ahh You wicked."

Suddenly, an abruptly stopped scream sounded, interrupting Zong Heng's thoughts.

The latter frowned, and looked down to see that on the ground six meters above here, inside an iron cage, there were some naked men and women lying in it.

One of the women appeared to have a cut in her wrist.

The crimson blood was flowing like a stream into the darkness in the distance

Zong Heng's legs, who were frowning, sped up.

Boom.

Boom.

Boom.

The shiny steel-soled leather boots and the spinning steel ladder under his feet made a thudding sound, and this sound also told the people below that someone was coming.

Soon, Zong Heng came to the ground where the air was turbid and smelly.

It is unusually spacious, with a wide area that resembles a large underground car park.

It's just that the place where the parking space marking line should have been drawn on the ground has become. All sorts of obscure runes.

A large number of runes formed a mysterious array of unknown functions.

In each node of the array, there was a large iron cage, and in the middle of Zongheng's rough stroke, there were at least forty iron cages.

There were no less than sixty humans lying in each cage.

The Major General was sitting behind a table in front of an iron cage at the moment.

He ate on a veal-like bloody diet, and with graceful gestures, the silver cutlery refracted blood-red.

"I'm back."

The young general's voice brought Zong Heng, who was frowning, back to his senses.

The latter quickly ran to the young general, folded his hands in front of him, and said respectfully: "I'm back." ”

The major general still maintained the action of eating, "Thank you for your hard work, how are things done." ”

"It's not hard, it's done, the plasma has been delivered to Basrow."

Zong Heng thought for a moment and continued: "The demon tide has begun to assemble, and it is expected that the attack will be launched in two to three days, Basro said that he will advance to the general level in five days, and if the skeleton man enters the battle at that time, he said that he will give the other party a chance after taking the skeleton man, if the skeleton man is not interested, then kill the skeleton man immediately." ”

The young general held the hand of the silver fork for a moment, and after gently lowering the fork, he took out a white square towel and gently wiped the blood stains from the corner of his mouth.

After wiping it up, the black flame rose silently, devouring the square towel in the blink of an eye.

"Hehe, it's pretty confident." The Major General chuckled.

Zong Heng said loudly: "Why did we only give him half of the plasma each time? If you give it all to him, the process will be faster."

"I'll use that half of that for something else." The major general waved his hand and said, "Give me the needle." ”

Zong Heng was stunned for a moment, subconsciously took out a black box from the space ring and put it on the table, and asked suspiciously: "Young General, after the city is broken, doesn't Basro need plasma?" ”

The Major General did not answer immediately, but gently opened the black box and carefully examined the quantity.

Thirty-three silver needles were quietly stacked in the box.

The major general waved his hand and put the box into the space ring: "There is no need to collect plasma for the time being, put the needle here for you."

The young general was speechless, as if he had thought of something, and then in Zong Heng's more and more doubts, he said: "I have other uses for the needle, so you don't care." ”

"If there's nothing to do, you can go back and get some rest." The young general looked up at Zong Heng with a hint of inexplicability in his eyes.

"There's something." Zong Heng thought for a while and said: "When I came back, Wang Mingyang, the officer on duty at the west entrance, came to me and said that the minister of the logistics department and some other high-ranking officials wanted to invite me to dinner, and the location was in Dingxiang Building, and the time was tonight. ”

Zong Heng quickly repeated the various flattering words said by Wang Wei's father to the young general.

"Huh." After listening to this, the major general made a sneering sound.

"A bunch of wine bags and rice bags, all day long only thinking about fighting for power."

The young general smiled: "Human nature is like this, it's nothing, since they are trying to win you over, then you can do what they want, go and try their quality." ”

"I see." Zong Heng nodded, and then prepared to turn around and leave.

But the moment he turned around, Zong Heng turned around again and looked at the young general worriedly: "When you came back, you heard someone saying that the skeleton people surrounded Beicheng?" But I didn't see it."

"You don't need to worry about this!"

The young general interrupted directly, he looked at Zong Heng's chapped lips and dusty beard, and added: "Go and eat with them early, and then hurry up and rest, you have a hard time." ”

Zong Heng nodded silently, then turned around and walked towards the steel ladder.

And the young general sat there quietly watching Zong Heng's back.

Until the moment Zong Heng stepped on the steel ladder, the young general spoke: "Zong Heng, if something happens to me and someone asks you, you can say nothing you don't know." ”

"Then you go to the base camp and go to Qin Youde or. Commander, all you have to do is say that I commanded you, and they will treat you well. ”

Zong Heng's body stiffened suddenly, and he was keenly aware of what seemed to be happening that he didn't know.

Just as Zong Heng wanted to ask out loud, the young general said again: "Go ahead." ”

Zong Heng clenched his fists and said nothing and returned to the ground along the steel ladder.

Not long after Zong Heng left, the young general's eyes suddenly turned red and full of tyranny.

"Damn angry!"

The major general cursed in a low voice, and then took out a pitch-black jar.

The mouth of the jar is a film made of the skin of unknown creatures.

The major general gently lifted the film, and a hot wind surged from the jar, and the strong wind came straight to the young general's slightly hideous face.

The young general did not dodge or dodge, and let the hot wind hit his face.

Even, the young general took a greedy sip.

As the hot wind attached to his face, the major general's red eyes gradually became extremely clear.

When his eyes were about to return to normal, the major general reluctantly withdrew the jar that flashed red.

Looking up at the iron cages around him, the people inside were all unconscious.

The turbid air was filled with the smell of sticky blood and feces, as well as the smell of rancidity.

The smell made the major general raise his hand and wave it in his nose.

Very often, the major general was reluctant to come here.

Whether it's the murky air, or the filthy smell, or the wails that people wake up with.

The major general didn't like it.

But he seems to have forgotten that these are the products of his own making.

The major general slowly got up, stretched his body slightly, and the crunch of fried beans sounded.

He walked to a rune array node, and a black flame rose between his hand.

"Predictions, never wrong"

"It's better to believe it than to believe it."

The young general muttered, and with a flick of his fingers, the black flame hit the rune node.

The moment the black flame came into contact with the node, a miniature spark rose.

Whoa

With the destruction of this node, there was soon a ripple effect on the rest of the nodes.

A large number of sparks rose one after another, and soon the rune array disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.

And what disappeared were the large number of iron cages and the people held in them.

The blood fused with the molten steel, and soon the ground was submerged.

The Major General waved the disgusting air in disgust, and between his legs he wanted to return to the ground with the steel.

But soon, he raised his eyebrows and didn't know what he thought, and he returned to the table.

The Major General took out the jar from the spatial ring.

"I'll help you one last time."

The Major General took out a pen and paper and began to write something on the paper.

As the sound of paper and pen rubbing sounded, a large number of black-red magic patterns flashed around the neck of the major general.

Also, his eyes began to gradually turn scarlet and bulging.

Every word I write is like a struggle over something.

By the time he finished writing the last sentence, the major general was already sweating profusely, and his protruding eyes looked like devouring ghosts crawling out of hell.

In just a few lines, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength.

People take food as the sky, and if there is demand, there will be a market.

Even in today's world, there are still many places for people to have fun, vent, and entertainment in the safe zone.

Not everyone has the courage to face the demon seed head-on.

Even in later generations, Demon Seed Hunters are often synonymous with a few powerful groups.

Many more people are confined to safe zones, working in various industries that serve minorities.

It seems to be a common practice that industries such as car and ship shops will never disappear because of the change of the world.

The largest restaurant in the north city, Dingxiang Building.

On the surface, this five-storey building is the best restaurant in Beicheng, but in fact, there is a black market and a bar under the restaurant.

As Ding Xianglou obtained the channel of edible demon meat from the military, the reputation of this restaurant has become more and more famous.

At the door of Dingxiang Building, several beautiful women wearing slit cheongsams are lining up in two rows waiting for distinguished guests to come to the door.

"Cheer up, your guests will be here soon!"

The foreman trotted out of the restaurant, commanding the beautiful women with a high spirit.

Although the foreman did not dare to go out to kill the demon seed, he could still have a good income and a respected social status if he could work here.

The big boss above said that there would be a big man from the military who would come to eat later, so let the foreman wait at the door early.

Even some of the officers who came to dine from time to time were politely arranged by the foreman at the makeshift plastic tables outside the restaurant.

"What do you mean by that? Don't know who I am? ”

An officer who was entertaining a friend glanced at the open-air food stall-like dining table, and said with a blue face: "Why, I don't give money?" Or your Dingxiang Building"

Before he could finish speaking, the foreman hurriedly came, he glanced at the officer's red armband and the rank of major, and soon understood that the other party was a person who did not dare to go out but had a small relationship in the security zone.

The foreman pulled away the cheongsam woman next to him who couldn't speak, and hurriedly smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Today, the building was chartered. ”

"You" The officer who was persuaded by his companion seemed to be even more angry, and his trembling fingers wanted to poke into the foreman's eyes.

"The charter of the deputy minister of logistics." The foreman whispered a word first, and then shouted at the people sitting outside: "All consumption today will be 50% off!" ”

The small turmoil quickly subsided.

The foreman reverted to looking around.

Although it is said that it is a chartered venue, it is only limited to those who dare not go out, and only dare to stay in the safe zone to show their strength to their kind.

If it is a person from the combat unit, the foreman will politely invite him into the box in the building, and arrange a one-stop service for free by the way.

The foreman was looking around, and suddenly saw a large and small figure walking towards this side under the solar street lamp in the distance.

"There's no way here, come to dinner?" The foreman was a little puzzled, Dingxianglou sat on a wide ground, facing the main road, and there was no other road next to it.

If you want to eat, the cost here is very high, and you should come by car.

But these two

When Qi Rin and Xiao Di were still in the distance, the foreman began to look carefully, he really couldn't tell the identity of the high-level Chosen One from Qi Rin.

Judging from his appearance, the emaciated young man in the black robe looked like a refugee who had just escaped to safety.

After Qi Rin and the two approached, the leader who originally wanted to send the two away keenly noticed that the eyebrows and eyes on Xiaodi's mask were clean and clear.

Although the thin young man next to him was wearing a mask, there was no dirt in his eyebrows and eyes under the broken hair on his forehead.

The foreman's nose moved slightly, and he didn't smell any strange smell.

"Oops! You people who don't have the strength to see the guests coming, don't you see the guests coming? Hurry up and come over for a treat! ”

The foreman yelled at the group of beautiful cheongsam women who were standing still looking for other visitors, and then bent down and greeted Qi Rin warmly: "Guests, please!" ”

After the foreman led Qi Rin and Xiaodi to a clean plastic table and sat down, he smiled and said: "Guest, I'm really sorry, the building was chartered tonight, and you were wronged to dine here, and your consumption tonight is 50% off!" ”

Qi Rin glanced at the foreman who was diligent in helping him and his children take off their backpacks, and then glanced at the empty building, and the various officers who were sitting on the plastic table and the open-air food stalls like himself around him, and said with a smile: "It's okay, thank you." ”

For passers-by who have no stakes, or passers-by with a polite attitude, Qi Rin has always been a warm, polite and sensible boy next door.

"Hey! Thank you for your understanding! The foreman folded his hands and waved, and then said to the cheongsam woman who came over with the tray: "Take good care!" ”

After the foreman finished speaking, he bent over Qi Rin and took two steps back with a smile, and then turned around and left to entertain the guests who came one after another.

"If you want to eat something, order it yourself." Qi Rin took the menu and handed it to the child.

"Uncle, I'm not hungry." The child was still immersed in the sadness that Qi Rin didn't want him.

"It's not decided yet, we'll go and see it after dinner." Qi Rin touched the child's chicken nest head and comforted.

"Let's order, I'll talk about something after eating."

Under Qi Rin's persuasion, the child finally looked at the menu.

But the child who didn't want to order just glanced at the menu on the first page, and on the first page, only one mushroom chicken was the cheapest, selling for two silver coins.

And in Qi Rin's previous life, ten silver coins could buy a human life in the safe zone.

"Sister, just want a mushroom chicken." The child pursed his lips and said to the cheongsam woman waiting next to him.

Qi Rin raised his eyebrows, and just wanted to say, "Don't worry, be bold, we have money." ”

As a result, the cheongsam woman who was pushed out by her companion was puzzled: "The two guests can't eat one serving, right?" Or half a portion? What a waste! ”

It's not that the cheongsam woman doesn't have eyesight, because it's none of her business to finish eating.

The more guests order, the more bonuses she will get back as a table and a service.

However, if the two people in front of her who don't look like high-level chosen ones can't afford to pay for the overlord meal if they eat the overlord meal, then she

Qi Rin felt that she seemed to be embarrassed, glanced at her, and a gold coin was gently placed on the table: "You remember it normally, it's okay." ”

The cheongsam woman was stunned, she had been working here for two months, and she had never seen anyone easily take out a gold coin!

She hurriedly said in a panic, "Guest, I."

"Is there hot milk?" Qi Rin asked, waving his hand.

"Yes, yes!" The cheongsam woman smiled.

"Then you remember the hard work, a servant of hot milk, if there is fruit, add a servant of fruit, and then a soup, a servings of beef."

After Qi Rin ordered several dishes, the cheongsam woman couldn't help but leave with the menu, and when she passed by the group of cheongsam women, she raised her head proudly, as if laughing at their eyes.

Qi Rin ignored the nearby news that the ghosts in the soul link were reporting all the time, including the actions of the cheongsam woman, he just said to the child: "Eat more to grow your body." ”

"Don't be afraid of waste, we can pack it if we can't finish it."

Just as Qi Rin was talking to the child, the ghost reported: "Master, here comes a group of people, looking at the costumes should be high-ranking officers, they are surrounded by two people whose energy fluctuations are about to reach the silver rank. ”

"One of them is someone who just returned to the North City before."