touch of empire

Darkness enveloped the airport.

Scattered battleships, mixed with passenger ships, float in this port, like fragments scattered in the dark space.

The port is a civilian port established 100 years ago, but because of the tense war, it has also been used as an occasional berth for some passing warships in the past two years, but without exception, they came and left in a hurry. The cruel breath of alien beasts fighting.

It was still early, and the shops built on both sides of the airport hadn't opened their doors yet. There were only some hawkers driving their own large trucks, before the police got up, taking advantage of the darkness before dawn to sell some commodities that travelers needed.

In front of a gray bus, a thin boy in a worn-out T-shirt was bargaining with vendors.

"Electronic map, can it be cheaper?" The boy's skin was slightly dark, his eyes were dark and bright, and he looked around vigilantly from time to time.

The vendor was an obese middle-aged woman. She gathered the woolen scarf wrapped around her neck, and shook her head unwillingly: "No, no, [-] universe coins is the cheapest! It can't be less... What is the price for?" No money?"

Without an electronic map, it is impossible to move an inch. You must get this before you can board the ship.

The boy gritted his teeth and reached out to fumble for his trouser pocket, only to find it was empty.

Not to mention thirty universe coins, he doesn't even have three universe coins now!

"Hmph, no money, don't just want to take advantage of it for nothing, right?" The fat woman rolled her eyes and glanced at the latest arrest warrant in the district.

The young man showed a troubled expression. On the street in the distance, there were bursts of police sirens, which were especially piercing in the dark and silent night.

"Sister, let me tell you the truth!" The boy gritted his teeth and said with a stampede, "On the way here, I met a robber, and all my belongings were taken away..."

The fat woman looked at the boy again, squinted her eyes, and exhaled white mist: "A robber? I think you are a robber! I hate liars the most, especially such a young child!"

The young man was shocked, and immediately after, he saw the fat woman throwing an electronic map, and the startup screen was the latest arrest warrant.

On the wanted notice, it is impressively written that the wanted object this time:

Shi Luo, male, 16 years old, was rewarded with [-] universe coins for murdering the gentleman in the district, Bi Bode, for reporting his whereabouts.

There was also a photo of the fugitive on the arrest warrant. The fugitive had a square chin, thin shoulders, and dark eyes.

It was the photo of the boy himself!

Shi Luo knew that he couldn't get what he wanted from this vendor, so he simply put the electronic map on the truck, turned around and left.

The sirens were approaching, and he couldn't be caught by those policemen, otherwise he would die.

"Oh, wait!" the fat woman shouted behind the boy.

The boy in the cold wind turned his head abruptly, his two black eyebrows twisted into a Sichuan character, and his large torn T-shirt was also shaken by the wind: "Don't tell me you still want to catch me and exchange for a bounty?"

The fat woman's eyes were shining, she stared at the boy, her lips trembled slightly, and there was excitement in her voice: "Did you really kill Beard?"

The boy hesitated for a moment, then nodded his head: "I killed it! He killed my grandma, that is my only relative, I want revenge!"

A happy smile immediately appeared on the face of the fat woman. She took off her woolen scarf and threw it to the boy through the pile of goods: "Okay! Okay! That bastard is finally dead! Hahaha, good job!" !"

The boy was hit by the scarf, and he looked at the woman in surprise.

"Bieberd raped my daughter. My daughter went to the court to sue him, but she was framed as seducing a member of the Ethics Committee and thrown into prison. My daughter refused to accept it and appealed in prison, but she was beaten to death by people sent by Beard. "

When the woman said this, her voice was choked up, and her eyes turned red: "My husband is a military officer, and he filed a lawsuit against the military department because of this incident, but Beard killed my husband as well. "

Shi Luo mourned in his heart. His grandma's experience was similar, but she was beaten to death after speaking a few words for a child bullied by Bibold's nephew. He was thrown into a concentration camp and nearly died.

The woman wiped the tears from her face and looked at Shi Luo: "I thought I would never have a chance to take revenge in this life, but I didn't expect to hear that he was killed a few days ago! Finally... retribution!"

The woman found the latest electronic map from her truck, and threw two packs of compressed food into the boy's arms: "I'll give you all! Run, take the black boat to the hunting area, the police can't catch it!"

The boy wrapped the wide scarf around his body and felt his body and heart warmed up a lot. He bowed deeply to the woman and said solemnly: "Thank you! If I can come back in the future, I will definitely Repay your life-saving grace today."

After finishing speaking, he turned and ran towards the port.

When the boy was nowhere to be seen, a team of gendarmes also chased after him, and shook the arrest warrant in their hands towards the vendors in the square: "Has anyone seen this fugitive?"

The vendors all lowered their heads and sorted out their products on their own. They all knew that the boy just now was a wanted criminal, but no one revealed the boy's whereabouts.

Ten minutes later, the boy was wrapped in a dark red woolen scarf and huddled in a corner of the cabin.

This black cargo ship heading for the hunting area has left the airport and is heading towards the vast universe.

The young man looked out from the window of the bulkhead, and his hometown gradually became smaller and became an ordinary planet floating in the vast universe, and it went further and further away.

"Little brother... I'm hungry..."

Shi Luo turned his head and looked at the space he was in.

The black cargo ship was very crowded, and there were rows of locked iron boxes against the bulkhead, which contained some of the smuggled goods this time, and were tightly locked with iron chains.

And the vacated space of less than [-] square meters was crowded with more than a dozen stowaways like myself.

An old woman, two young girls, and several boys who were even thinner than themselves.The only adult man, also looking thin and tender, wearing glasses, squatted in the corner silently.

Either they had already fallen asleep, or they were silently eating what they brought, only the little girl next to him neither ate nor slept.She looks about ten years old, with a few freckles on her thin yellow face, wearing a torn shirt that obviously doesn't belong to her, her thin hands are tightly clenched, a pair of big eyes, full of longing, She timidly looked at the bag of compressed food in Shi Luo's hand.

"I'm very hungry……"

"Here you are!" Shi Luo divided his two packs of food into one for the girl, took off the woolen scarf and wrapped it around the little girl, "I'll get some water, don't worry, eat slowly .”

The girl nodded vigorously, but she didn't hear the second half of Shi Luo's sentence at all. She tore open the packaging bag with trembling hands, and immediately threw the dry food into her mouth without chewing. Chewing, just swallowing it.

The compressed food quickly bubbled in the stomach and swelled up. The girl hiccupped. The food that swelled up so quickly made her stomach ache, but she didn't dare to snort. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she bit it lips, silently endured.

Shi Luo patted the little girl's back to help her relax, then stood up, bent her body and touched the cabin door.

The cabin door was locked from the outside. He patted the door and whispered to the guard outside: "Is there any water? Can you give me some water?"

On the cabin door, a small window was opened from the outside, and a man with a fierce face yelled at the inside: "Be quiet! You are smuggling, not traveling! Here!"

A palm-sized plastic bottle was thrown in through the window, half filled with cloudy liquid.

Shi Luo picked up the plastic bottle, shook it, the sand in the water was clearly visible, it had to settle for a while before he could drink it.

He silently returned to his original position, leaning against the bulkhead, looking at the electronic map in his hand.

The empire is divided into five districts, the capital district is the most strictly managed, and it is also the most prosperous and beautiful place.The remaining districts are either chaotic or black. They are said to be the ruled areas under the jurisdiction of the empire. In fact, they all act independently. More than 100 years ago, the name was already in vain. Now, ordinary people don't even know what the emperor's name is.

But the hunting area that Shi Luo planned to escape to was a messy and dark place where pirates were rampant and military bandits were rampant.

There is no law, no justice, only power.

Whoever has the greatest power is the truth.It is all the fugitives, those who have committed crimes take refuge in heaven, or hell.

This black cargo ship belongs to a smuggling gang in the hunting area, specializing in smuggling various supplies and war supplies from other areas of the empire, and of course smuggling people.

The young and strong ones are sent to be exiled into the army; the old and weak ones are sent to be miners; as for the young and beautiful but weak - military prostitutes are their best home.

Shi Luo never thought about what he would do in the hunting area, but as long as he can survive, he can do anything!

Bi Bode is a bastard full of crimes, and he owes too many blood debts. Shi Luo never thought that he would use his own life to pay for the life of such a bastard.

Maybe they will go to mines, or they may go to the army as cannon fodder to earn some military pay.

Shi Luo was tired, cold, and a bit hungry, but he didn't dare to waste precious food when he didn't need his physical strength, so he stuffed the remaining half pack of compressed food into his large T-shirt, After tying his shirt in a knot, he fell asleep.

After killing Bi Bod, he has been running for three days and three nights without closing his eyes, so he is finally tired at this moment.

Shi Luo was awakened by a slight restless sound, the first thing he felt was the petite body snuggling beside him, warm and trembling, and then, a low muffled hum came into his ears.

Shi Luo opened his eyes, and saw the little girl leaning against him, her face was flushed, her whole body was hot, her originally dark eyes were now covered with a layer of water vapor, she was holding his arm with a small hand, trembling slightly .

"Brother Shi Luo..." The girl named Eva hummed softly, her lips were so chapped that they were bleeding.

Shi Luo quickly unscrewed the half bottle of water he wanted, poured a little clear water into the bottle cap, and brought it to the little girl's lips.

Eva drank the little bit of water all at once, but her lips were even more chapped, cracking holes at a speed visible to the naked eye, and bright red blood spilled out from those holes.

Her hand gripped Shi Luo's arm even tighter: "Brother Shi Luo...I...so cold..."

Shi Luo touched the girl's arm, he felt that thin body like a ball of fire, obviously had a fever.

Shi Luo stood up, bowed again and walked towards the hatch, patted.

The ferocious guard probed again: "What are you doing!"

"Is there a doctor? Someone here has a fever. It seems to be dysentery."

"No!" The guard roared unhappily, "I am smuggled out of danger, and I still want a doctor, what a dream!"

"Then... what about antipyretics and anti-inflammatory medicines?" Shi Luo glanced back, the little girl had already fallen into a state of insanity, not only tore off the scarf Shi Luo gave her, but also used her thin hands, Pulling her own shirt, she tore off two buttons of the shirt, exposing her thin, undeveloped breasts.

If it is not treated in time, this little girl will probably get sick immediately and die here.

"No, no!" The guard slammed and closed the window, "Throw it out if you die, and don't come to me if you're not dead!"

Shi Luo had to return. He was just 16 years old. After his father died, he took over his father's business to mine. He didn't read much, let alone heal the sick.

He didn't know what to do, so he could only comfort her in a low voice beside her: "It's over with Renren, it's okay..."

But this consolation is obviously useless, the little body is getting hotter and hotter, and the thin yellow face has been burned red at the moment, the girl's words are frantic, and she moaned softly: "Uh... um... I It's so hard...um...I...I want...I want..."

"What do you want?" Shi Luo was a little anxious, and when faced with this situation, he felt a little manic.

At this moment, the thin young man in the cabin leaned over to Shi Luo's side, and poked Shi Luo's arm with his hand: "Hey, who is she?"

"It's not someone, can you save her? Are you a doctor?" Shi Luo asked.

The young man shook his head and squatted down: "Don't worry if she's not someone, she's not sick, but — she's having menarche."