Doomsday game, my supplies increased tenfold

"So what's the way to leave you mentioned? Give it a try, maybe we can leave."

"Those who want to leave need to find an item for the city lord... I don't know the details, but I learned it from other elderly people who came to visit me. For details, you should ask the city lord..."

Xiao Qi thought it over again and again, simply helped the old woman settle down, and planned to leave to find the city lord.

Along the way, Xiao Qi once again looked at the happy couples and found that some of them even had children...

At this moment, an abrupt voice appeared in Xiao Qi's mind. It was an exceptionally sweet and lovely female voice. No one else around could hear it, and it seemed to be spoken only to himself.

"Dear guest, it seems that you want to make a deal with me, then bring back what I need, and I can fulfill any of your wishes."

After this sentence, there was no movement around again. Xiao Qi stood there, with the "item" that the city lord needed forcibly implanted in his brain.

A flower with a steel exterior...

Then, my mission also changed.

"Quest updated. Find the city lord's iron heart. It grows on the top of the driest iron city."

Xiao Qi ignored the task for the time being. After all, she didn't know anything yet. She went back to find the old man who was waiting for her and told her that her lover was safe and sound and could possibly rescue her.

"She is staying in a paradise where people can do whatever they want. Young men and women can fall in love, get married, and some have even given birth to children. You don't have to worry too much. Although I can't bring her back now, there may be hope. The city lord said that as long as you can complete the task she issued, you can make a wish. I think you can be reunited then."

There was a gloomy look in the old man's eyes. He had thought of all kinds of situations, but he had never thought that his lover would be fine.

"Thank you, child... I am already very satisfied to know that she is still alive. How dare I ask you to help me bring her back..."

"I'm not sure it will succeed, but I have to give it a try, right? But I still don't know anything about the city lord's mission. You have been staying in the city. I want to ask, do you know where the Iron City is?"

When he heard the words "Steel City", the old man was slightly stunned, with an indescribable expression on his face.

"Does the city lord want a heart of steel?"

"You...seem to know something."

The old man stood up, looked out the window, put his hands behind his back, and after a while he sighed and shook his head.

"Do you know that the so-called Food City was originally called the Mining City? There are a lot of minerals buried underground here, and it should have been a rich place. There was also a beautiful mineral flower on the top of our city, which was known as the Mineral Heart. Later, the arrival of the city lord changed everything. She took away the Mineral Heart and then turned the entire city into a Food City..."

"I have always suspected that there is some huge conspiracy hidden in this. Does the city lord want to collect these flowers just because he likes them?"

The old man's words had hidden meaning, which made Xiao Qi fall into deep thought.

If the so-called iron heart is taken away, will the iron system also become like this?

"Are you worried that the Steel City will become the second Food City? But if the people there are also suffering, why not let them live this kind of life? Although some people in this city cannot accept the changes in the city, more people seem to like this kind of life."

Everything the old man said was just speculation, so there was not much to say. He did not argue with Xiao Qi, nor did he say much. Instead, he pointed to the southernmost part of the city and told Xiao Qi to go out of the door here and go straight forward, and he would be able to find the so-called Steel City.

"Go find the Iron Heart. If you find it, you can make another wish with the city lord. You don't need to bring her back for me. If you leave the Food City and want to come back, you need to pay a high price, or three tickets. This is also the city lord's way of controlling the people here and trying not to leave. How are you going to pay the high fee of 1,500 yuan... I am an old man and I can't help you. I don't have much savings... But I know there is a black market where people are keen on collecting small things brought by outsiders. If you brought anything when you came, you can go there."

Another invitation letter... Xiao Qi had previously doubted that this thing was of no use, but he didn't expect that it would be needed everywhere in the mission, and the purchase price was extremely high. If ordinary people wanted to go out, they would have to exchange it for the things they had on them, which was another considerable expense.

"Okay, thank you. I'll leave now."

"this is for you."

A map with extremely complete functions of each building was handed to Xiao Qi. This was the map of the food city that his grandfather had worked hard on for several years. It was extremely detailed and perfect. In addition to the food city, some surrounding terrains were also included.

Xiao Qi set off with the map.

When she arrived at the south gate, several guards were sitting together chatting. Apart from herself, there was no one else who wanted to go out, but there was a steady stream of people who wanted to come in.

The guards soon discovered her, and when Xiao Qi suggested that she leave, the guards and the people who were checking their tickets to enter all opened their eyes wide in surprise.

"Why are you leaving? Reason."

"I'm going to go out and look for something. I'll probably be back tomorrow."

Hearing that she would come back, these people were relieved. After all, how could anyone leave the food city on their own initiative when countless people were scrambling to get in?

After a simple verification, these people let Xiao Qi leave.

The scene outside the food city successfully kept Xiao Qi in place for three minutes.

The dry and cracked land, the endless yellow sand and the dim sky, with the fiery red sun hanging in the sky, looked quite eerie and dreamlike. Xiao Qi clearly remembered that this was not the scene he saw in the Food City. Why was it so?

It is no exaggeration to call this land a wasteland. There is no sign of life in the lifeless surroundings, except for a winding team outside the Food City. There is only desolation and darkness as far as the eye can see. It is a hundred times more dilapidated than the city in the doomsday game. It is hard to imagine that there were humans living here not long ago.

After walking a hundred meters away, Xiao Qi took out the End Car and started heading south.

After about two hours, there was still nothing to see on the road except endless yellow sand. Trees and living things seemed to be an unattainable luxury.

Fortunately, the sky was getting darker, and at dusk the next day, the top of the building gradually came into sight.

The outline of the city appeared, and Xiao Qi's mood instantly improved. However, as she got closer, the scene before her shocked her.

Countless huge chimneys stand in the city, and the height of almost all buildings is several times that of a normal city. The scope of the city also looks extremely large, which is not comparable to the magnificence of a food city. Although there are only sporadic lights at the moment, it is not difficult to see how magnificent this city was when it was alive. Xiao Qi sighed, and seemed to understand why the city lord had set his sights on this city.

After a while, Xiao Qi entered the outskirts of the city. She put away the end car and walked into the city alone.

Almost all the buildings in the city are made of steel, copper and iron. Everything that should be heavy and difficult to carve looks particularly lifelike here, including the patterns on the doors and the street lights on the roadside.

There are still many people living in this city, but they all look extremely bad, malnourished and decadent. On the streets that should be bustling, there are only a few vendors selling things, and there are even more homeless people lying on the roadside, and beggars constantly begging for alms.

Unfortunately, people in this city are now starving. Who can help them?

Xiao Qi even saw corpses discarded on the roadside, with no one paying attention.

After she walked for about ten minutes, she found a light ahead. It seemed to be a convenience store. Although it looked extremely run-down now, since there was a light, it was obvious that there were things for sale. She walked in. The owner was a little girl who was almost skinny. The little girl lay listlessly on the table. Under the table was a silver dagger that was gleaming with light.