Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

The old man took his granddaughter from Chad's arms and walked toward the depths of the pipe over the corpses and body parts on the ground without waiting for anyone to respond.

He walked onto the wooden fork road that was built later. As soon as he stepped on it, it made a dangerous creaking sound, as if it would break and collapse at any time and fall into the bottomless lake below.

It's just that although the old drifter is holding Li Yin in his arms, he still walks steadily, and he is obviously already familiar with the road.

"Are you following?" Bo looked at Lu Meng.

A bean-like light hung above Lu Meng's palm. He had killed no less than a hundred people in an instant, and he had done so with one hand. The oil lamp in his other hand did not even flicker the flame.

Chad leaned aside. He understood what Bo meant. His group went to the lower city area firstly to avoid the technology hunters above, and secondly to find out the dark side of the depression lagoon.

So as soon as he took action, he targeted the top boss of the Drifter community in order to gain the power of thunder. Their numbers are small and their goals are low. Even if outsiders investigate and search, there is nothing they can do.

But whether to come into contact with local drifters in the process is another matter.

"Let's go." Lu Meng took the oil lamp and shined it in a circle, then put it back to its original position and extinguished the wick, "They have invited us."

Bo smiled.

Chad stood up and moved forward, picking up the bag on the ground. Because the movement was too rough, there was a faint moan coming from inside.

They move together.

Soon he caught up with the old man in front.

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…

The thin man woke up from a coma with a haggard face. There was a smell of tide and rancid smell in the surrounding environment, which was disgusting.

But the man didn't have any special expression. He was already used to it because this was his home.

What really made him unbearable were the burning and painful wounds on his body.

There are some holes, and they are still bleeding.

"Guri's attack was really cruel." Huang Xiang touched his forehead, where he had scratched his skin when he was thrown against the wall. "I saw that before they left, they seemed to be going in the direction of Uncle Li... …”

The man suddenly became alert: "Who!"

"It's me!"

The old man opened the filter and got out, holding a thin and small person in his arms: "You're fine! Fortunately, you're not as impulsive as I thought..."

"Uncle Li," Huang Xiang was a little surprised when he recognized the person, "Why are you here? Qi Gou and the others didn't make things difficult for you, right?"

What he was referring to was the previous leader. Huang Xiang had martial arts skills, but he was just unwilling to obey the gang that failed to join the community management gang. He originally didn't obey the so-called Brother Qi, but now he didn't do it in front of him, but behind his back. Nature no longer assumes color.

But even so, this behavior was still a bit reckless. The old man was about to subconsciously remind him not to talk about trouble, but he remembered something again and just sighed: "It's okay."

The castaways are in the same community and have no other choice but to help each other.

Huang Xiang has great abilities and usually takes on a lot of responsibilities. Sometimes he stands up to support when negotiating with gang leaders. But over time, he will inevitably be regarded as a thorn in the flesh. Even if he doesn't think about removing it for a while, he will definitely teach him a lesson. .

"If this is okay..." Huang Xiang smiled mockingly, and the body he had just stood up suddenly swayed and was about to fall down.

The old man was startled and had no time to help him.

A black shadow flashed.

Supported his back.

"Thank you... who are you?" Huang Xiang was also surprised and turned around to look.

"She..." The old man didn't know how to introduce her.

Bo: "Snake head."

"No!" Bo didn't deliberately disguise or cover up his face. Huang Xiang had already recognized it, "You are the girl who helped us lead the way before!"

"He's also a snakehead," Bo said.

Huang Xiang and the old man met their eyes, and saw the other party hesitated for a moment and nodded slowly.

"So that's it." He stood firm first, and then slowly sat down against the wall. "It's a pity that my home looks like this, so I can't properly entertain you and thank you."

The man pointed at the surrounding walls.

The place where they were was just a small groove in the pipes extending in all directions in Xiacheng District, just squeezing out a space.

But even in this place that could barely be called home, the only bottles and cans had been smashed, and the rotten furniture had been overturned.

"How could they do this to you?" The old man also noticed and said fearfully.

"It's not that we haven't reached an agreement on the previous path..." Huang Xiang said halfway. He looked at Bo and realized that he had made a mistake. He said, "Girl, our group of drifters who have returned appreciate your kindness, but you have to come." It’s not the right time, business in the Depression Lagoon has not been easy recently... But don’t worry, if you need anything, just ask, I won’t refuse if I can do it.”

"It's unnecessary if it's extra..."

Just as Bo opened her mouth, another voice came and took over her words: "We don't have many problems, but if you don't deal with your own problems, it will be difficult to deal with in the future."

I saw a tall young man walking out. Huang Xiang felt his heart tightening when he was exposed. He frowned and said, "Who are you?"

Lu Meng pointed at Bo: "Her employer."

Bo paused and nodded.

Behind him was Chad. After Huang Xiang noticed it, his eyes immediately shifted to Chad.

"My customer." Bo said.

"Stowaways," the old man added.

Chad: "..."

Before he spoke, his identity had been clearly arranged.

It seemed that this genuine technology hunter would have to bear the title of smuggling when he returned to the base this time.

"Okay." Huang Xiang's mouth twitched. He didn't care about the identities of these people. With the endorsement of the old man surnamed Li, there was nothing to doubt. The man looked at Lu Meng: "Looking at your appearance, you are also a stranger. You actually brought the business of recruiting people to the territory of Leopard. I'm afraid you are either brave or have some skills? But you don't know that he is most taboo about this matter."

"Why not... join them directly?"

Treat Lu Meng, a stranger, Huang Xiang didn't speak as kindly as he did to Bo, but although his words were thorny, the meaning of his words was still to let Lu Meng act carefully and warn of the risks.

It was also due to his personality.

Hearing this, Lu Meng hadn't said anything yet, but Chad on the side couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Huang Xiang frowned, "You are a stowaway. If something goes wrong, you will be the first one to be arrested!"

Chad: "..."

"You still have this temper!" The old man put down his granddaughter and hurried forward, "Why are you talking more anxiously than before? Actually..."

"Because Mr. Huang feels that his injury is serious and he probably doesn't have much time left. There is no need to be so restrained, right?" Before the old man finished speaking, Lu Meng squatted down, and his eyes under the bamboo hat just met Huang Xiang's trembling eyes, "It's better to be casual and free and comfortable."

"What's going on!" The old man was shocked.

"Brother, what happened to Uncle Huang..." Even the little girl Li Yin beside him understood the seriousness of the words, stepped forward and pulled Lu Meng's sleeve, with a hint of anxiety in her thin yellow face.

"I am very happy that you can call me brother, but I always feel that I have lost my generation at this time." Lu Meng took off his bamboo hat, revealing a head of white hair. He ignored Huang Xiang's obstruction and lifted the other's trouser leg, followed by a foul smell.

I saw that the other person's legs were already covered with rotten flesh, and the wounds were so deep that the bones could be seen.

The rotten smell in the room.

It all came from here.

It's just that the environment of the entire Lower City is not very good. Not to mention the sewage and dead insects and rats discharged from the Upper City, it's not uncommon to see a few dead bodies floating from somewhere. The old man didn't feel anything unusual before.

Looking at the extent of the leg injury, compared with the previous serious injury from Brother Qi's mace, those were only superficial injuries.

"Is this... the injury left by you protecting Xiao Si last time? Didn't you tell me that it's healed?" The old man was shocked by the shocking scene and asked painfully, "So you lied to me."

Seeing the secret exposed, Huang Xiang could only smile palely: "In this environment, it's not easy to get injured, but... it's just to save some money on medicine, haha."

Living in the Lower City, the climate is humid and the sanitation is poor. If you accidentally enter a poison pool every time you swim back and forth, it will be a serious injury to the wound... But if you don't do this, you can't survive.

Saving money on medicine was just a joke, because he couldn't afford it and had no channels.

Lu Meng was right. Huang Xiang's behavior and words were indeed much more casual now, and he could still make jokes at this time.

But the old man didn't laugh out loud.

Instead, he felt very sad.

The reason why he came to Huang Xiang was, first, to confirm his safety, and second, because the environment in the lower city was complex. Although the division of the sphere of influence had been fixed, the specific forces and personnel changed frequently. Not to mention a year, even a group of people might be replaced in a month.

Even Bo could only remember the general building passages he walked when he was a child, and he was not familiar with the drifters and the culture of the gangs.

Huang Xiang was an exception. He was not only familiar with the local community, but also had friends in the four major communities outside.

The old man vaguely guessed that the three people around him had a great background and ambition. They had just come to the depression lagoon and eliminated the leader of a large community on the first night. They would definitely not stay in this community temporarily, but would need someone to lead the way.

Others were insignificant and could not give any valuable rewards. They could only do what they could and help introduce commissions.

The news of the leopard's disappearance and the shock of the local community will surely spread soon, and it is unknown how much waves it will cause by then... But the old man did not expect that before those things happened, this drifter companion who always helped others might leave them first, not to mention the extra help.

On the other side, Bo had stood up and stopped the little girl, holding her away from Huang Xiang's almost dead meat rotten legs. The anti-slaver finally figured out why the other party did not notice the blood on his body and the blood-stained cloth bag carried by Chad before - the high fever of inflammation probably made the other party a little confused and his vision blurred.

Lu Meng looked at this scene.

Thoughtfully.

He suddenly said, "Five years ago, you were already in the depression lagoon, right? At that time, do you remember that a slave ship came here, which was the cargo of the Hunter Gang, and then went to Ai Mine Town?"

"...Slave ship?" Huang Xiang looked at the young man who exposed his injuries. He originally wanted to keep it secret and didn't want others to know, so he was a little angry at first.

But after really accepting this fact, looking at the people around him, whether it was the drifter grandfather and grandson, or the other strangers, their eyes were not indifferent, but with unconcealed concern.

Being able to complete the last journey in such an environment, instead of rotting alone in the pipes full of stinky water and moss in the lower city, this feeling... is not bad.

So, he was much more open-minded at this moment. He did not feel offended by Lu Meng's sudden question, but thought carefully: "Yes, the depression lagoon is a transit point for many places, and it is also a neutral force. Large-scale slave ships have come several times... but I can't know which one you are talking about."

He probably understood the old man's intention to bring him here. This time, he returned to the city with a serious leg injury and finally couldn't support it anymore. He couldn't do other work, but he could still provide some information.

Just treat it as the final reward.

"...Why do you ask this?" Hearing the two words slave ship and hunter gang, Bo's back tightened, and he also looked at Lu Meng, "And so many years ago, it's been too long, right?"

In the United City, whether in the north or the south, although the composition of the aristocracy is different and the interests are not completely consistent, they all widely adopt slavery.

In the north, the slave trade is dominated by the slave trade guild of Lady Kana, a first-level licensed merchant. "Yamudu"'s subordinate, the sharpshooter headhunter, used to be a slave hunter in it.

And in the south.

The violent armed organization called "Hunter Gang" is responsible for capturing and managing slaves. Compared with the slave trade guild, it regards slaves as a highly profitable commodity. The existence of the Hunter Gang directly serves the noble families and is responsible for providing cheap labor for the production of major city-states. It is rumored that the mastermind behind the scenes is also a certain city-state lord.

Naturally, it is also the enemy of anti-slavery.

"Find someone." Lu Meng said.

The other party followed his master and wandered around without a fixed place to live. Unlike several other important combat forces with great potential, there is no fixed place to search.

You can only try your luck.

However, at this point in time, he may not have been bought by the master who is blind and ignorant, so he is still wandering in a slave market.

It's a pity that when the slave ship arrived five years ago, Lu Meng's personal strength was still very low. It was not safe to travel and protect himself in this world, not enough to support him to come to the depression lagoon, let alone the more deserted Ai Mining Town.

Now the person must have been taken away by the Hunter Gang.

Fortunately, there are still clues.

"But it's okay, you can ask questions slowly later, and you must remember it very clearly..." Lu Meng looked at Huang Xiang and said in the other's eyes of incomprehension, "Because, there was another celebrity on the slave ship at that time."

"Ask slowly..." Huang Xiang pondered the subtle meaning of these words, and a flash of knife suddenly flashed in his eyes. He was so shocked that he subconsciously crawled back.

Lu Meng held a long knife with a bright red blade in his hand and slowly pulled it out of the sheath: "As for your symptoms, I have seen many times-"

"Only amputation is possible."