Merit Book·Xinghai

Bai wanted to show off to Michelle, and after forcing him away, he finally left.Immediately Ulves bid farewell to Rong Yuan, perhaps because he felt that the water in Rong Yuan's place was too deep and he didn't want to wade into it, so he went to find his daughter alone with his luggage on his back.

After Zhihuo saw the scene of swords and swords just now, he became more determined to follow Rong Yuan, and even picked a room closest to Rong Yuan, imagining when he could have a chance encounter at night.She also secretly glanced at Mia, feeling that this girl is her worst enemy, hoping that when she can be picked up by that grandpa who has never been seen.

It just so happened that Mia was thinking the same thing.She thought that she had already arrived in Central City. If grandpa came, it would not be easy to find her in such a big city. It would be terrible if she went to a place she shouldn't go in order to find her and provoke powerful people. .Therefore, Mia secretly watched Bai Le several times, hoping to use his channel to release news that Mi Dong would come here to find her, but she didn't know how to speak.

As for Bai Le, the anger of being packaged by his father and sent to the enemy was burning in his heart. He didn't dare to provoke Rong Yuan, so he turned his attention to the other people, asking them to clean the room for a while, and for them to lift the furniture out After washing and drying in the sun, after a while they asked them to move the furniture around and change places, making Mia and the others erratic.Bai Le is powerful, surrounded by such a powerful father, and this is his house, even Okotto, who is always smiling, dare not really say no to his orders.After a while, all of them were sweating profusely, and Zhihuo was covered in dirt, casting mournful eyes at Rong Yuan frequently, but got no response.

When Bai Le started to jingle and toss about, Qiao Fei moved a chair and a small table in the yard with great winking, and made a new pot of tea.Right now Rong Yuan was sitting on that chair, resting his head with one hand and closing his eyes, wondering if he fell asleep.

Bai Le also looked at Rong Yuan frequently.He didn't do these things to decorate the house, but to provoke Rong Yuan.In the end, Rong Yuan didn't respond at all, as if he was singing a one-man show.The more Bai Le thought about it, the angrier he became, so he ran to question Rong Yuan as soon as his head became hot.

"You asked me why I didn't give them a head?" Rong Yuan looked at him in surprise, thought for a while, and then said: "If it were you, if you saw a baby snatching another baby's pacifier, you would rush up and give him a pacifier." Slap, and then help the latter snatch the pacifier back?"

"Hahahaha, of course not! Isn't this sick?" Bai Le laughed loudly.

"So, neither will I."

After Rong Yuan finished speaking, he closed his eyes again.Bai Le thought about it for a while before he understood, and said angrily, "Damn!" He clenched his fist and swung it twice, but finally he didn't dare to really hit it, and turned around and ran to torment Mia and the others again.

After being so busy and chaotic for a long time, under Bai Le's blind command, not only did the small building not become clean and tidy, but it looked even more messy.Seeing the faces of the few people who were daring to speak out, Bai Le's anger mostly subsided, and he wanted to find Rong Yuan again.As a result, when I turned around, I found that there was no one on the chair, and there was a cup of cold tea left on the table.

"Where did he go?" Bai Le grabbed Okotuo and asked.

"I don't know." Okotto wiped the sweat off his brow, looked left and right, and said, "Huh? Qiao Fei is gone too."

Only then did everyone realize that Qiao Fei had also left at some point.No wonder they didn't see it before, the stool in the corner was more present than the taciturn boy.Judging from Qiao Fei's previous behavior, it's not difficult to imagine that after he found out that Rong Yuan had left, he quietly followed without disturbing the others.

Bai Le found out that he hadn't seen him for nearly a hundred years, and that Rong Yuan's status as the "number one dogleg" that he had never admitted had changed hands. He was really relieved and saddened. After a long while, he cursed: "Fuck!"

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The bottom layer of Central City is known as the "black market".

It is called the black market not because it is a secret transaction outside the jurisdiction of the law, but because it is really dark here.

Even though the top floor of the central city is equipped with many light analysis panels that are comparable to the sun, the light emitted by them still has places that cannot be reached after being refracted layer by layer.Even at the brightest time at noon, there is only a little faint light on the bottom floor, which is barely enough to walk without bumping into the wall. Most of the time, it is so dark that you can't see your fingers.

But here is also the place where people like to trade.

Because of the special urban structure of the central city and the traffic system that was built at will, the routes here are extremely complicated, and even veterans who have lived all their lives may get lost.Sometimes, it may be just to reach another building more than ten meters away, but it takes half a day to walk there.Under such circumstances, it is naturally extremely inconvenient for people to go shopping and buy some daily necessities.

But there is one route that no one can get lost in, and that is up and down.

The black market was born out of necessity.

In order to facilitate access to the black market, ropes of varying numbers and lengths are hung outside almost all high-rise buildings. Some floors are so high that it takes more than a dozen rope relays to go up and down smoothly.For this reason, almost all the residents who live in the central city all year round are masters of zipline downhill and freehand climbing.

Qiao Fei was following Rong Yuan right now, walking in the middle of the street in the black market.

He followed Rong Yuan, crossed several overpasses, took the help of the hanging ladders outside several buildings, and went down to the bottom floor in a short time.Although this is Qiao Fei's first time in this city, he believes that even the most familiar people in the city cannot be faster than Rong Yuan.At the same time, he also felt that if Rong Yuan was alone, if he hadn't followed behind, it would actually be faster.

Qiao Fei didn't ask why Rong Yuan came to the black market, nor why he was so familiar with the route in the city, but just followed Rong Yuan quietly, like a silent shadow.

According to the time of this planet, it should be evening, and the black market is truly dark, except for the dim light from the lanterns hanging from the stalls on both sides of the street, illuminating a small area of ​​the road stingily.Most of the stall owners themselves are sitting in the dark, with their heads bowed and hands folded, and at first glance, they look like statues or corpses.

There is no yelling or bargaining here. There are many people walking on the street, but like those stall owners, they are as silent as walking corpses.Occasionally, when I saw something, I would squat down and whisper a few words to the stall owner. Some of them could not even speak, but just made a few quick gestures. After a consensus was reached, the transaction was completed. If the transaction was not successful, they would not bother. Instead, he left quietly and quickly.

Qiao Fei recalled what Babaru had said when he introduced Central City to them—there were naturally large and formal shopping malls and various shops in the city, and those were under the protection of several major forces, so there would be no such thing people's affairs.There are the best and most complete products of Prison Star, and the price is naturally high.Ordinary people, if they don’t have a lot of money but want to buy something of higher value, will go to the black market to look for it; or if someone wants to sell something, they will find a place in the black market, set up a small stall, and wait for customers to come to their door.

Many people in the black market are bartering, and the chances of buying fake goods are quite high. Sometimes it is not uncommon for them to be stabbed and then robbed of all their property without paying attention.Therefore, in order to prevent people from seeing the depth and taking the opportunity to grab a vote, all the people here will hide their true colors in the dark.

But Rong Yuan didn't do that, and Qiao Fei naturally didn't either.He could feel how many malicious eyes were turning around them in the quiet darkness.

However, the people who exposed their true appearance in this kind of place were either idiots or rookies or superpowers. Before finding out the strength of the two of them, no mouse in the dark would rush to attack.

"How old are you this year?" Rong Yuan asked suddenly.

Qiao Fei was stunned for a moment before realizing that the words were addressed to him, and he replied, "Sixteen."

"Was he born on Prison Star?" Rong Yuan asked.

"Yes."

"Where are the parents?"

"I don't have a father." Qiao Fei said, "My mother passed away when I was very young."

Rong Yuan didn't ask him how he grew up, he was not interested in the boy's past, it could be seen that Qiao Fei himself didn't take the past to heart, whether it was suffering or pain, it had already happened and there was nothing to worry about. Things changed.They focus on the present and focus on the future.

"Mia followed me because she couldn't trust other people, Zhihuo wanted a better life, Okotto wanted to find opportunities to gain greater benefits, Michelle wanted to test my depth, Ur Weiss wants to come here to find his daughter." Rong Yuan said.

Hearing that Rong Yuan knew everyone's thoughts clearly, Qiao Fei's expression did not change at all, and he listened quietly.

"Everyone who follows me has their own purpose, what about you? What do you want?" He heard Rong Yuan ask.

"I want to become stronger." Qiao Fei said without thinking.

"What do you do to get stronger?"

Qiao Fei was at a loss: "Do you have to do something?"

Hearing what he said, Rong Yuan showed a faint smile.

These days, among all the people Rong Yuan has come into contact with, Qiao Fei is the one he communicates with the least, and also the most special one.

People who come to Prison Star, whether they have just arrived or have lived here for many years, whether they have a trace of warmth and morality in their hearts like Hei Feng and Ulves, or they are as cruel as the Kibei brothers to the point of losing their hearts. Human nature, whether it is like Zhihuo who uses up all chips to win a better life, or treats life like a game like Okotto, no matter how many huge differences they have on the surface, there is one thing that must be the same .

That is despair.

They have lost all hope for the future and their own lives, living in numbness in pain, perhaps so numb that they themselves can no longer detect it, but that sense of despair has always enveloped them, making them cowardly and making them Crazy, and therefore more extreme than people in the normal world.

Perhaps it was because they were once in heaven, so when they fell into hell, they fell more quickly.

Having said that, the kind of mindless optimism that persists after going through such a gap is probably only the kind of super stupid who has a small brain capacity and needs to periodically clear the cache of past memories.From this point of view, Bai Le's talent can really be called unique.

But Qiao Fei is different.

There was hope in his eyes.

As long as today is a little better than yesterday, and tomorrow can be a little better than today, he will always be calm and content.

For other people, living is a kind of suffering in itself, and they don't know why they can still endure this kind of life, they just don't want to die like this.But for Qiao Fei, as long as he can live, it is a happy thing, and he doesn't have so much resentment in his heart.

Before that, Rong Yuan had only seen one person who was similar to him - that boy named Ye Zi.

Although it was only a glimpse of Ye Zi, Rong Yuan could see many of the same qualities as Qiao Fei from that boy, such as tenacity, persistence, infinite desire for survival, and an attitude of indifference to himself.They are like unpolished colorless diamonds, inconspicuous to look at, but extremely pure and extremely hard.

This may be a trait that can only be seen in real prison star people.

Because they were born in hell and grew up in hell, they don't have so much yearning and nostalgia for the life of the outside world.Because I have never experienced it before, I don't know what kind of peace and beauty it is.Those descriptions from hearsay, maybe they are as nihilistic as fairy tales?That's why I can calmly accept all the bad luck in my body and regard it as normal, endure all the pain, and keep my eyes on the land under my feet instead of falling on the distant heaven. Polished into a hidden sword.

If such a child is in the military academy of the empire, he will be the talent that all the troops will want to grab, right?

Thinking of such a scene, Rong Yuan found it very interesting.He glanced at Qiao Fei, the young man was always following him not too far away, but his presence was so thin that he would not attract anyone's attention, and he didn't even make Rong Yuan feel any discomfort of being violated in his personal sphere. Yuan was even more satisfied, and said again: "In this world, there is no gain without sacrifice. If you want to get something, you need to pay the same price. If you want to gain power, then what can you give me?"

Qiao Fei said without hesitation: "Anything is fine."

"Generally speaking, people who say such things are also people who have nothing." Rong Yuan said.

Qiao Fei didn't defend himself when he heard the words.In his opinion, no matter how much good things are said, it is false, as long as they are done.

Rong Yuan stopped in front of a small black figure, lowered his head, with a slight pity in his eyes.

This is a child about ten years old, his limbs are as thin as sticks, and his head looks big and round. There are only two hideous black holes where the eyes should be. There are scars everywhere on the face and body. It festered and festered, and the whole body exuded an unpleasant stench.

The boy was naked and knelt on the ground, stretching out a small hand with crippled fingers, quietly waiting for a little charity that he didn't know where to get, and he didn't move for a long time.There is a small circle of glowing vine leaves wrapped around his left wrist, which is also the only light source on his body.Even in a completely dark environment, that tiny bit of light is difficult to attract people's attention, just like its owner, waiting for death in an unknown corner.

Qiao Fei stepped forward and put a palm-sized qi root hidden in his bosom into the boy's hand.Qigen is the rhizome of a prison star plant. It tastes sweet and is rich in water and nutrition. It is a rare fruit. I don't know where he found it.

The sudden extra weight on his hand made the boy stunned. He bowed down respectfully to thank him, then touched Qi Gen, carefully brought it to his mouth and took a bite. The sweet taste made him show a humble and innocent With a smile, he quickly ate in small mouthfuls.

When he opened his mouth, both Rong Yuan and Qiao Fei saw that the boy had ragged and rotten teeth, and the depth of the mouth was also black, and there was no tongue that should be there.

Qiao Fei lowered his eyes.He knew that if Rong Yuan hadn't saved him by chance, maybe this was what he would look like in the future.

Rong Yuan squatted in front of the boy, watching him eat all the Qigen.The boy's stomach was obviously small, and he couldn't eat half of it, but he forced himself and stuffed the rest down his throat.

——When you can eat, you must try to eat as much as possible, because you may not be able to find food for a long time in the future.

- Don't leave leftover food, because it will be snatched away soon.

This is the simple and cold truth he summed up from his past experience.

Then he felt his cold body warm up suddenly, and the warm cloth wrapped his whole body, and then he was hugged.The sudden feeling of being suspended and restrained made the boy struggle in panic, and then he heard a low and gentle voice: "Don't be afraid."

The boy stopped struggling and lay docilely in Rong Yuan's arms.But Rong Yuan knew that it was not because he was no longer afraid, but because his rationality made him choose to obey in order to avoid more harm.

Rong Yuan's movements were softer and his voice was very gentle, but there seemed to be black clouds and thunder in his eyes, and the invisible anger made the space around him collapse.Qiao Fei couldn't help but take a few steps back, as for the peeping eyes around him, he quickly dodged away as if he had been burned.

Rong Yuan remembered Bai Xiang's words.

【"I've heard of Bliss City too, but I'm not interested in that kind of place, so I don't know much about it. And I've heard that guests who go to Bliss City will be blindfolded and take a long and winding secret passage, It is completely impossible to identify the direction, so except for the organizer, no one knows where the Elysium City is. If you want to know the details, you should ask the people in Elysium City instead of me.”

"Where can I find their people?"

"Black market. If you're lucky, you'll pick up one or two things thrown out of the City of Elysium."

"thing?"

"Well, fortunately, something that crawled back from the animal pen."

"... What are the characteristics?"

"No features. But when you see it, you know it's what you're looking for."]

Indeed, when Rong Yuan saw this boy, he knew he had found his target.and……

He lowered his head and glanced at the numerous wounds on the boy's body that seemed to have never healed. With cold anger burning in his chest, he thought to himself: How can this be called a human being?

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Qigen, his name is Qigen.

He thought it was a sweet-sounding name.

But in his memory, he only ate Qigen once.That was when he was very young, his mother—yes, he still had his mother at that time—exchanged his body for a small piece of wild gooseberry, and happily fed it to him.

It was the first time he ate such a delicious thing, so he was also very happy, and he ate it quickly with big mouthfuls.During this process, the mother licked her chapped lips and kept looking at him with loving eyes.

In the countless cold and dark days that followed, this small piece of memory was always a treasure that he treasured deep in his heart.He recalled his mother's warm embrace and loving eyes over and over again, and then he truly felt that he was once loved so deeply and without any impurities. This love made him feel a little happiness, The taste of Qigen is also the sweetest taste in his memory.

He subconsciously avoided the screaming, struggling, cold corpse, scalding blood, and the burning hunger after he was taken away day and night.

It's just that every time he recalled it, he would feel a trace of regret and guilt. He blamed his young self: You are so greedy, how could you eat all that piece of root?You should leave half of it to your mother!

Then, until just now, he ate the Qigen with the same name as himself for the second time, a large piece, but there was no one to share it with him.

Qi Gen listened with his ears sideways.

He couldn't see, and his skin became numb due to layers of scars. He only had one pair of ears, which seemed to have undergone a special mutation in the dark, and he could hear no matter how small the sound was.Moreover, when his upper and lower teeth touch lightly to make a "click" sound, the echoing sound waves will construct a clear black and white image in his mind, allowing him to "see" better than people with intact eyes. more clearly.

He is going up, going up, up to a very high place.

The wind was cool and strong, brushing over the wound, bringing dull pain, but the soft cloth relieved the pain.

There are many sounds that can be heard in the ear: the sound of quarreling, the sound of fighting, the sound of metal knocking, the sound of someone spitting, the sound of "chicking" when vegetables are poured into hot oil, the sound of water running, the sound of cloth shaking in the wind the sound of……

Many lively voices seemed so lively that it made him feel uneasy.But the arms holding him were always stable. This embrace was as warm as the mother's embrace in memory, but more solid and powerful.

Qi Gen didn't think about questions like "What does he want to do?" "Where is he taking me?", because thinking about these is meaningless, he can't change anything, he can only bear it.

——As long as you don’t die.

He thought, and then secretly hooked the collar of the man who was holding him with two intact fingers, yearning for the feeling of this moment.

The man stopped.

Qi Gen couldn't help moving his head.

The warm sunshine shone on his face, and his nose could smell the fragrance of flowers and plants. He didn't need to look at it with his eyes. He also knew that this must be a very beautiful place.

"Huh? What did you bring back?" someone yelled.

"Wow - that's scary!"

"Wow - how pathetic!"

Two women shouted almost at the same time.

"All go out."

The person holding him was very authoritative, and everyone left with just a few words.Then he was carried on, up, down a flight of stairs, left, right, right again, and he was put on a warm bed.

Qi Gen's fingers unconsciously flexed and stretched twice, grabbing the bed sheet.

A cool hand stroked his forehead, eye sockets, throat, chest, abdomen, and calves, and touched his broken fingers. The movements were very gentle, as if he was afraid of touching his wound.

Such tenderness makes people intoxicated like taking drugs.

When that hand came back to his forehead again, Qi Gen couldn't help turning his head sideways and rubbing it lightly.

——Like a stray puppy who has been hurt all the time, still yearning for the warmth of humans.

Then he was taken aback by his "reckless behavior", shrank his neck, and waited for the next punishment.

However, that hand only exerted a little force and rubbed the top of his head.

For some reason, Qigen suddenly felt like crying.

The hand stroked his body again, and the warmth penetrated into his body like melting sunlight. He tried hard to stay awake, but he couldn't help but yawned and fell asleep.

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When Qigen woke up again, he was in an unprecedented comfort. He was stunned for a long time before reaching out and touching himself in disbelief.

The pain that was always present all over her body disappeared, and the wound... the wound seemed to have healed.Although the uneven scars can still be felt at the fingertips, it even feels smooth to the touch.

Someone took a bath for him, and he exuded a faint fragrance.He was also wearing a new dress, the fabric was so soft and dense that he had never felt before, he raised his arms carefully, for fear of accidentally tearing the clothes.

He touched his face, a bandage was tied around the eyes, covering those hideous scars.

The big bed under him was also incredibly soft, lying on it was like lying on a cloud.

Qigen lay down for a long time before forcing himself to get up from the bed.From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to break the tranquility and comfort at this time, but such treatment also made him feel deeply disturbed.

His teeth clicked lightly, and he made a "click" sound. He "seeed" that he was in a rather large bedroom. The curtains of the bedroom were drawn, and the door was not far away. No other constraints.

He opened the door, and the sound of fragmentary conversations came from not far away.

"Is he still sleeping?" Bai Le said angrily, "Sleep sleep! Is he a pig?"

"You are talking nonsense, Mr. is not sleeping, he...he is thinking!" Mia plucked up the courage to refute.

"Yes, he's thinking about problems that your brain can't understand at all!" Zhihuo hid behind Mia, staring at Bai Le and said.

"You two, you've eaten the bear's heart and leopard's guts!" Bai Le roared angrily, "Come here!"

"It's only a fool!" Zhihuo stuck out his tongue, and pulled Mia to the other side of Rongyuan.

They didn't know what happened during the cleaning in the morning. Anyway, they saw Bai Le's stern nature. They were not afraid of Bai Le at all now, and they were sharp-tongued when they quarreled with him. Very angry.

Rong Yuan still leaned on the back of the chair and "closed his eyes to rest his mind", he didn't respond to their noise at all.Qiao Fei stood by, and if the tea got cold, no matter whether Rong Yuan wanted to drink it or not, he would immediately replace it with a new cup.There was also a plate of dried fruit snacks on the table, and although he was already hungry, he didn't even take a bite of that snack.

"Okay, okay, don't run away if you have the ability, and see if I don't throw you into the animal pen!" Bai Le threatened, just like an adult saying, "If you cry again, the big bad wolf will take you away" when scaring a child.

So Mia was not afraid at all, and asked curiously: "What is the animal pen?"

"Hey, why did I tell you guys!" Bai Le said arrogantly.

Zhihuo rolled his eyes, and begged in a soft voice: "Brother Bai Le, just tell me! We are all new here, so we don't know anything. It's better than you who know everything about this place!"

"It's good to know, figure it out, you will ask me a lot in the future!" Bai Le raised his chin, coughed lightly, put his hands behind his back, pointed in a direction with his chin, and said, "See the white railing over there?"

Zhihuo stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction he pointed for a long time, but he didn't see any white railings, so he pouted, "Where is there?"

"Is that what you're talking about?" Mia pointed hesitantly at a row of toothpick-like white poles in the far northeast corner, because those railings looked thin and small, and seemed to be only only on the edge of the city.

"That's right, there is a very wide mine tunnel leading deep underground, and some super dangerous monsters often climb up inside. That's why we built that beast pen." Bai Le threatened them and said, "You know? No The corpses claimed by people will be thrown to the animal pen, and within a few hours, they will be dragged away by wild animals, and they will be eaten clean to ensure that there will be no bones left!"

Mia looked at the white and clean railing, and thought of how many people's bones were buried there, she couldn't help shivering.

"Haha, are you scared?" Bai Le said proudly.

Zhihuo refused to admit defeat, put his hands on his hips and said, "I don't believe it, Mr. Rong is still here! Do you dare to bully us?"

Bai Le stared: "What am I not afraid of?"

Zhihuo challenged, "Do you dare?"

Bai Le eagerly glanced at Rong Yuan, was cowardly, and said with flickering eyes: "The young people nowadays really don't know how to respect their seniors. One day you will know when you suffer a disadvantage..."

"I'll just ask you, Mr. Rong is here, do you dare to come over?" Zhihuo asked forcefully.

"I...I..." Bai Le raised his head and said, "I don't believe he will stand up for you! Rong Yuan, I'm standing here, come and hit me! Come on, come on, come on and hit me!" He made a grimace and shouted at Rong Yuan, looking very cheap.

Then he was beaten.

A dried fruit hit Bai Le's head with little force, but the damage to his soul was enormous.Bai Le covered his forehead, looked at Rong Yuan accusingly, and cried out aggrieved and sadly, "You hit me? You actually hit me?"

With that appearance, she was just like a loving wife who found her husband's scumbag face.

Rong Yuan opened his eyes helplessly, looked at him and said, "He's an old man, can you be more mature?"

"Damn, I'm very mature! I'm almost ripe!" Bai Le said forcefully.

Rong Yuan rubbed his forehead and sighed.After searching for most of the day with mental power, he still couldn't find the location of the City of Bliss. Even he would feel tired and had to rest for a while.Stretching out his hand, Qiao Fei had already handed over the teacup just right. Rong Yuan took a sip and asked, "So what are you guys arguing about? Forget it, don't tell me, I don't want to know."

Bai Le shut his mouth resentfully, not knowing what he wanted to sue.

Zhihuo and Mia also looked more well-behaved.Because they suddenly discovered that although Bai Le looked terrified of Rong Yuan, the relationship between the two of them was obviously very familiar, and Rong Yuan's attitude towards him was also very tolerant.So it's okay for them to use Rong Yuan's tiger skin to provoke Bai Le, but if Rong Yuan tries to suppress Bai Le for their sake, that might not work.

Bai Le watched Rong Yuan put down his teacup, couldn't help but leaned over, and asked, "Hey, where did you bring that dirty kid back? Ask this kid, he won't tell if he lives or die." After speaking, He also gave Qiao Fei a hard look.

Qiao Fei ignored him at all.

Rong Yuan frowned and said, "I suspect...he might be from the City of Elysium."

"Elysium City? The Elysium City you are looking for?"

"Yeah. I wanted to know the location of Bliss City from him, but it seems..." Rong Yuan paused, looked sideways to the door, and asked, "Are you awake?"

Everyone turned their heads and saw a small head protruding from the door, like a little squirrel carefully exploring the surroundings.Despite the bandages on his face, he still looked horrific.

Zhihuo took a deep breath, forced himself to look at that face, forced a gentle smile, and kept thinking in his heart: [Rong Yuan is looking at you!Rong Yuan is watching you! ] Only then did he not turn his gaze away.

The boy was startled, and shrank behind the door.Rong Yuan raised his hand to stop Bai Le's attempt to lift him up.After a while, the boy stuck out his head again, tapping his teeth lightly, and quickly found the direction of Rong Yuan accurately. After hesitating for a while, he came out and walked slowly towards Rong Yuan.

As he walked, he asked himself in his heart:

——Will it be a trap?

—Who cares about your bad life?

——What if it was a trap?

——I have experienced the worst, can it be worse?

—Are you afraid of death?

- not afraid.

He walked up to Rong Yuan, raised his head, and couldn't see the appearance of this person, but in his heart, he outlined a tall and gentle appearance that gave people an infinite sense of security.

His best imagination of his father was like this.

He stretched out his small hand tentatively, and lightly touched Rong Yuan's fingertips, the cool touch made him show a small smile.The boy opened his mouth slightly and drew a question mark in the air.

Rong Yuan thought for a while, and said: "You want to ask me, why do you want to find the City of Paradise?"

The boy nodded.

"Naturally, we want to destroy it." Rong Yuan said flatly.

The boy looked down, biting his lip.Rong Yuan just looked at him quietly, without making further inquiries.Bai Le wanted to say something, but was blocked by the inexplicable atmosphere, and his heart beat suddenly.

After a long time, the boy finally raised his head, his small body seemed to contain huge explosive power.He took off his shirt, revealing countless scars all over his body.Mia let out a low cry, then quickly covered her mouth.

The boy raised the sharp fingernail of his right thumb and scratched it down from the throat. A faint bloodstain connected many old and new scars on his body. Small drops of blood oozed out, but the boy didn't seem to feel it. Seeing the pain and continuing to row, Mia and the others showed unbearable expressions, but Rong Yuan didn't stop them, and there was a little more wonder in their expressions.

When the boy finished drawing, a crooked and extremely complicated line appeared on his body.Although it was not stated, everyone understood.

This is a map.

A map leading to Elysium.