Merit Book·Xinghai

Mia woke up in the long-lost mellow fragrance, before opening her eyes, her saliva overflowed in her mouth.

What needs to be explained is that during this period of time, the staple food of her and grandpa—Kolo lizard meat is dry, hard and astringent, and the taste is not much better than that of dry firewood. The internal organs are extremely smelly, and you have to pinch your nose every time to eat them.Coupled with the lack of fuel, lack of seasoning, and the lack of a cook who knows how to cook... the level of Mia's food these days can be imagined.

Therefore, with her eyes still closed, she involuntarily stretched her head towards the direction of the scent, sniffed her nose, took two big breaths, swallowed her saliva with a "gulp", and then opened her eyes expectantly .

——Meet another pair of clear and shallow eyes.

Mia blushed instantly with embarrassment.

Obviously the other party was expressionless, and his eyes were very flat, but Mia abruptly saw—or perhaps imagined—a bit of banter and laughter from it, and she wished that the ground would immediately open a crack so that she could Jump down.

The rich aroma is getting closer.A bunch of barbecued meat was handed to the front, the fist-sized piece of meat was roasted until it was burnt with butter, the skin was crispy and the meat was tender, just looking at it made mouth water.Mia really wanted to have the backbone to refuse, after all, it was a stranger who had never met before... Well, a strange man... And I don't know if I can trust him... No merits and no rewards... Cannibalism...

Mia tried her best not to succumb to her appetite, and her brain was turned into a mess, but when the smell of burnt and slightly spicy meat exploded in her mouth, she realized that her body was against the will of her mind , I have already picked up the meat skewers, and took a bite on my own initiative...

Well, it's delicious...

Every cell in his body seemed to be moaning comfortably.When she came back to her senses, she realized that the whole meat skewer had disappeared in her stomach, and she almost chewed and swallowed the wooden stick piercing the meat—if the other party hadn’t handed another meat skewer in time If you give it to her, she will really eat it!

After wolfing down and eating for a long time, Mia reluctantly stopped until she finally felt a slightly painful feeling of fullness in her stomach. At this time, her brain finally started to function again.

It was only at this time that she dullly realized that the reason why these pieces of meat are so delicious is not only because of a skilled chef who cooks them, but also because the ingredients themselves are very delicious—just five or six meters away from her, A huge corpse lay horizontally, the sharp teeth, the huge bone plate on the back and the triangular spikes showed the identity of the other party——

The Stegosaurus, about 20 meters in length, can usually weigh more than [-] tons. It is one of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Although the meat is tender and delicious, few people really dare to hit it and pay attention to it.

At this moment, a complete, fresh corpse of Stegosaurus Stegosaurus with few visible wounds was placed in front of her... By the way, its flesh was still stuck on the wooden stick in her hand.

Mia lowered her head slowly, looked at the meat that was still roasting on the fire, exuding an attractive aroma, and then slowly turned her head to look at the mysterious man, she could almost hear the "crack" from her neck bone the sound of.

While seeing the Stegosaurus just now, she also saw Grandpa Mi Dong lying beside him. Judging from the ups and downs of his chest, he was still alive, but temporarily unconscious.Mia breathed a sigh of relief, but she knew even more clearly that even if grandpa woke up at this time, he would not be a match for this person at all.

--who is he?What is he going to do?What does he want from them?

After coming here for more than half a year, Mia has established a clear and firm concept—in this world, there is no goodwill for no reason.For a strong stranger like the other party to be able to sit peacefully with them and let her share his food, then he must have needs.And if I can't satisfy him...

Mia took another look at the corpse of the Stegosaurus.

——I'm afraid that by then, the ones lying there will be her and grandpa.

With a "gulp", the girl swallowed her saliva and said cautiously, "My lord, thank you for your generosity of food... Is there anything I can do for you?"

The other party hooked his lips, as if showing a faint smile, and said for the first time: "Rong Yuan."

"...What?" Mia seemed calm, but in fact she was so nervous that she didn't hear his words clearly. She subconsciously asked a question and then hurriedly turned her head—damn, what did he say?forever?Redundancy?What's the meaning?What should I say?

"Rong Yuan." The young man sitting by the fire said it again very understandingly, and then explained: "This is my name, you don't need to call me Sir."

He turned his head sideways, and the orange fire light was reflected in those light brown eyes, which looked very warm, even with a bit of intoxicating tenderness.The slender and white fingers held the barbecue stick, flipping it from time to time, looking very leisurely, like a rich man who is having a barbecue on vacation in a place with beautiful mountains and rivers.

— But it’s all an illusion.

Mia was in a daze for a moment, then reminded herself.

——Those seemingly weak hands are also hands that can kill the beast Stegosaurus.

Mia shrank her hands, subconsciously clenched the hem of her clothes, and then said: "Mr. Rong." She carefully chose a title that would neither violate the other party's wishes nor be too offensive, and whispered: "I What can I do for you?"

Rong Yuan was silent for a moment, looked up at the sky, and said, "Tell me about this place." The "this place" he said obviously did not refer to this small flat piece of land where they barbecued, but this place. planet.

——What kind of request is this?

Mia was puzzled - didn't this man know where he came from?But she didn't think too much, and began to narrate following the other party's request.

This is a prison star.

As the name suggests, the entire planet is a huge prison.

The civilization on Prison Planet is at a very primitive stage. Not to mention that there are no various high-tech products that can provide convenience for life, even the basic diet must be obtained through breeding or hunting.Moreover, the cosmic environment where the Prison Star is located is extremely extreme. Even if someone from the outside world wants to "rob the prison" and break through the heavy warnings and blockades set by the empire, if there is no correct star map to guide them, they will still get lost in the chaotic sea of ​​stars.

In the Landia Empire, there are a total of four such prison stars, which are called blue prison stars, white prison stars, black prison stars, and red prison stars according to their appearance; , and release prisoners with different degrees of crimes.

Among them, the best condition is the Blue Prison Star.This blue planet from a distance has a suitable temperature, weak gravity, long hours of sunshine, abundant water resources, rich flora and fauna, and few creatures that pose a threat to human beings. Prisoners with special backgrounds have good residences, artificially bred animals and plants, and complete medical facilities on the planet itself. There are also spaceships that come and go regularly to deliver various living materials, and will also bring people released after serving their sentences back to the normal world.

However, for the people of Landia who are accustomed to ordering any meal and getting it delivered to their door, traveling with vehicles and spaceships, star network for information and entertainment, and living an extremely convenient and colorful life, the living conditions are very primitive. Prison star is already hell, not to mention the hell of hell—the red prison star with the worst conditions among the four prison stars.

It is said that a long, long time ago, the Red Hell Star was originally a mine star, rich in a rare and precious energy mine in the entire galaxy, and even triggered a war that killed and injured millions of people.At that time, this planet had a very important position, and it also had a meaningful name that could match its importance. Countless people and various mining equipment used to work here day and night, and the bright lights made it even at night. It also shines like a beautiful gem.

But as the energy mines were exhausted, people all left, and all kinds of machines that could still be used were taken away, and the lights that lost energy never came on again.What is left, besides a large number of garbage, are countless large and small mines all over the planet.It was once as beautiful as a peerless jewel, but now it is just an ugly red scar in the universe.For tens of thousands of years, people have never set foot here again, and this planet has become an insignificant dot in the star map.Until the empire put forward the "Prison Star Project", I don't know who turned it out from the pile of old papers, and then regardless of its past glory or name, it has truly become the "past". What exists today is all people in the empire. The "Red Prison Star" whose face changes when he hears about it.

According to the regulations of the empire, the prisoners placed on the Red Prison Star are all super villains who have committed countless crimes and can never be forgiven.Originally, such a guy should be sentenced to death, but after thousands of years of hard work by some humanitarian organizations, the Imperial Council finally passed a proposal to abolish the death penalty.After the death penalty was abolished, many people felt that, given the severity of some people's crimes, even endless imprisonment was too light for them.So under the impetus of this group, the Prison Star Project came into being again.In this plan, there was actually only one Prison Star—the Red Prison Star.

That is, the planet they are on at this time.

The sunshine and temperature of the Red Hell Star are relatively harsh, but they are still within the acceptable range of the human body. However, as an abandoned mine star, biological resources and water resources are extremely scarce, and almost all the buildings and tools left by early people are in the It disappeared in the polishing of time, but the harsh natural environment gave birth to some extremely dangerous creatures.The empire dropped prisoners and a small amount of living supplies on this planet by means of airdrops, and there would be absolutely no trace of metal in them.As for the fantasies in some literary works at home and abroad-the plot that the empire dumped a large amount of garbage on the red prison star is completely nonsense-it is not out of hygienic conditions or humanitarianism, but to avoid Some highly capable criminals have cobbled together a spaceship from the trash to escape Prison Planet.So people here, even if they want to pick up garbage to make a living, it is delusional.As for the spacecraft that can travel through the starry sky - even the aircraft that are about to be discarded will never land on the Red Prison Planet.

That is to say, all the prisoners who arrived here were sentenced to life imprisonment. They would never be able to get in touch with their family and friends, completely left the civilized world of the past, and struggled every minute and every second to survive or On the borderline of death, Rumao drinks blood to survive.Even if they formed a family here and gave birth to offspring, no one would send a spaceship down in the name of "children are innocent" to bring them the slightest hope of leaving.

"Then, what about the spaceship transporting the prisoners?" Rong Yuan asked.There is always a spaceship to transport the prisoners from the distant administrative planet of the imperial capital to this prison planet, right?

Mia looked down at the fire, and smiled wryly after a while: "In the past...some people did think that spaceship was the last way to escape, but they didn't know that the spaceships that sent prisoners to the Red Prison were actually 'no return'. Boat'."

——The so-called non-returning ship refers to a spaceship that will be abandoned due to various reasons. After dismantling all valuable devices including the manual operating system, it only maintains an empty shell that can barely sail, and carries a very small amount of space. Locking up a certain destination—maybe a certain star, maybe a certain black hole, or maybe a certain starry sky cemetery—going forward like moths to a flame to perish.

This is the funeral of the spaceship.

"The prisoners are all in hibernation on the way here. If some unfortunate guy wakes up halfway, and he wants to control the spaceship to escape... Well, let's assume he has enough skills to disarm the spaceship." The locked state of the automatic navigation system can take away the authority to pilot the spaceship, and the energy on the ship is not enough to allow him to sail to any habitable star. His fate may be buried with the spaceship, or in the dark universe Endless wandering, but the biggest possibility is...before he fell to any of the above-mentioned ends, he would have starved to death." Mia shrugged her shoulders pretending to be relaxed, but the expression on her face seemed to be filled with pity and pity. complex.

Rong Yuan looked at her and said casually: "Looking at you, you seem to know that someone has done this before?"

Mia froze all over, and all the reverence and fear on her face disappeared for a moment, as if she was suddenly pricked by a needle, her brows showed pain involuntarily.She looked at Rong Yuan hesitantly, and after a long time, she slowly said: "My grandfather...he wouldn't have come here..." Mia turned to Mi Dong who was still unconscious, looking at the old man's pale hair, The voice couldn't help being choked with sobs, "In order to save me, he and my two uncles deliberately provoked a big man and were sent to the ship of no return. They woke up halfway and wanted to take me away... Now, I Only grandpa is left."

Rong Yuan didn't ask what happened to her two uncles - they must have passed away.As for the cause of death, no matter what kind of conjecture it is, it is equally cruel.

"Sir," Mia suddenly looked straight into Rong Yuan's eyes, and begged, "Please...no matter what you want me to do, I can agree to it, please let my grandpa go...he is old, I ..."

At this time, she was no longer the timid little girl before. Although she was begging, her eyes were firm and sincere, and she would die without regret.

"Don't worry, I don't intend to do anything to you, I just want to understand my own situation." Rong Yuan interrupted her and said, "Thank you for your information, this thorny stegosaurus is my reward Bar."

After finishing speaking, Rong Yuan stood up, patted the dirt on his body, turned and left.Mia watched his slightly thin back gradually being engulfed by the darkness of the night, opened her mouth, wanted to say something, but closed it again.

Maybe the other party is playing hard to get... She can't keep such an unknown and dangerous person by her side...

Mia bit her lip.

Faintly, she felt that she seemed to have missed something, and she couldn't help feeling regret in her heart.

At this time, Mi Dong snorted, opened his eyes suddenly, and woke up.

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Rong Yuan left as soon as he said, without any regrets.His decisiveness surprised Mia behind him, who tossed and turned all night, thinking about it, wondering if he had done something wrong.

But Rong Yuan didn't have superfluous thoughts that caused this. On the road of life, he walked alone, leaving many people behind like this.As far as he is concerned, whether it is a partner, an enemy, or a passer-by who meets by chance like Mia, no matter how long or short the time they get along with each other, in the end it is just a scene of parting sooner or later.

In a place like Red Prison where power is the truth, a lone traveler like Rong Yuan is naturally easy to become the target of hunting.As he walked, he noticed that there were more sneaky figures in the shadows around him.But those who dare to travel alone at night have their own support, and none of those people acted rashly until they found out his details.

Rong Yuan glanced at the place where the suppressed breathing sound could be faintly heard, and didn't pay attention.

In his field of vision, the darkness that ordinary people can't see is not an obstacle, the ground, caves, stones, humans who want to ambush... everything seems to be shrouded in a layer of twilight, and the outlines are clearly visible, compared to daytime Not too much under the blazing sun.Moreover, the world he sees is a little different from that of ordinary people.

Those sneaky figures, more or less, exuded scarlet blood, even if they were hundreds of miles away, he could still see them clearly.This kind of blood color of different shades shows the sins that these people's hands are stained with.

The reason why he has this kind of vision is because he is the only contractor of the "Book of Merit" in this world.

Punishing evil and promoting good is for merit.

As a contractor of the "Book of Merit", he can see the amount of merit of others, and he can also obtain digital merit points by doing good deeds and punishing evil deeds. A certain amount of merit points can be recorded in the "Book of Merit". Exchange the corresponding goods in the mall.The commodities in the mall range from personal physical fitness to all the items that have existed in the past and present, from the magic weapons in fairy tales to the future technology in fantasy stories. It can be said that there are only unexpected things, and there is nothing that cannot be provided in the mall.At the same time, the higher the value of the commodity, the more merit points it needs.

For example, if he is trapped in an isolated place like the Red Prison, as long as he has enough merit points, he can exchange for an interstellar spacecraft, any space gate or a small wormhole, and he will soon be able to get out of the predicament.

But the problem now is: first, the "Book of Merit and Virtue" is not with him at this time; second, he doesn't have much merit in his hands.

Speaking of which, when Rong Yuan regained consciousness, the reason why he got close to Mia, his grandparents, and his grandson was that among the dozens of people around him, only the two of them were emitting white light, which showed that the two of them were very close. Merit is positive, that is to say, more good things have been done than bad things.Therefore, in his eyes, in such a bloody place, these two people stood out like light bulbs in the dark.

According to the rules of the "Book of Merit", helping such a person can also gain a certain amount of merit.However, the current Rong Yuan is no longer the powerless young man when he just got the "Book of Merit and Virtue". Even if he is in a difficult situation, he is not impatient and does not have a strong desire for merit.It's good to get more merit, but if others don't want it, there's no need for him to help.

——Speaking of which, when did this lazy mentality start?

He couldn't help but pause slightly, his memory quickly traveled through the distant time, and pictures flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern, before he touched the restricted area, he stopped in time.

A satisfied smiling face flashed past his eyes unexpectedly.

Mia rubbed her stomach and smacked her mouth after eating, just like a squirrel who was full.And when she devoured it, it seemed that even her brain was being manipulated by her body, which was even more gimmick.

Rong Yuan hooked the corner of his mouth slightly.

Once upon a time, he was also a man who could be called a "kitchen killer", but now the dishes he makes are just as mouth-watering.If an old friend knew about it, his jaw would drop in surprise, right?

After all, after losing all support, as long as you learn with your heart, there is nothing you can't learn.The "incompetence" in the past was just the result of someone willing to indulge.

In the night, under the light of a few stars, there was a slight smile on the face that was loved by the world, but it made people feel a kind of sadness that was almost sad for no reason.