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"It's exactly 7 o'clock! How wealthy a family can afford this? This could have been avoided. Xiao Yu, we can't make this mistake again, no more!!!"

After the system finished yelling, it found that Yu Tong had not said anything.

It coughed dryly, a little embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I was too excited. I didn't mean to be mean to you, please don't be sad."

Yu Tong was not sad.

Looking at the boy's still young face, he suddenly realized that the system was right.

He has indeed been looking for the shadow of Brother Chen in his memory in the little villain, but they will never be exactly the same.

What's more, Yu Tong's memory was flawed to begin with, and the Brother Chen in his memories contained some of his fantasy.

It's time for him to get to know the real Chen Xi.

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After panting for more than five minutes, Chen Xi finally recovered. The food in the orphanage was too poor, and he couldn't get enough nutrition.

The little yellow chicken was jumping around the abandoned shelf, wanting to see what was on it.

Chen Xi held the chicken in both hands and tiptoed to carry him up.

On the top shelf sat a battered piggy bank.

Just now, the system saw a strange light flashing in the corner of the room. It thought it was the crying little mouse coming back, but it turned out to be just a little pig.

There was a very small hole on the piglet's head. Yu Tong inserted the chicken head into it and saw a pitch-black thing inside.

The system looked at it curiously, "Ah... Why do I feel that this thing looks so much like a surveillance camera?"

"Don't you think that the strange red light flashing in its eyes is very similar to the salted fish surveillance camera in your house?"

[Fuck! If that's the case, then the sheep head ornament hanging at the dormitory door, the goddess portrait on the wall of the staircase landing, and Uncle Jill just now, are all surveillance cameras?]

"Yeah, Uncle Gil isn't a surveillance camera, he's a robot."

The system blinked blankly, [But, but this is a world of swords and magic.]

"Didn't we see a lightbulb on the dorm roof on our first day here? And every child in the orphanage has a pocket watch, which shows that pocket watches and electric lights are already common. This world isn't the Middle Ages you imagine; the level of technology is far from low."

How did you know I always thought this was the Middle Ages?

'Because you have been looking at them with the eyes of the ancients.'

[But there are elves, dwarves, and dragons here...]

'Will their existence affect technological development?'

The system is numb.

In fact, compared to the high-tech world, Yu Tong still feels that this world is more like a technology tree that has gone astray.

This is a very common phenomenon in novels.

A group of warriors armed with shields and swords drank wine and ate meat under the electric lights.

The magician here is still making fireballs, while the alchemist on the other side is making an otherworldly version of a telephone.

It’s just that the phone may not be called a phone, and the principle is different from that of a phone.

But in terms of functionality, the difference between the two is not that big.

From the first time Chen Xi brought him back to the dormitory and he saw the light bulb hanging from the ceiling, Yu Tong knew that this was definitely not a simple world of swords and magic.

But looking at Chen Xi's appearance, he seemed unfamiliar with the surveillance cameras.

After calmly checking the piggy bank, Yu Tong whispered to the ground below: "There's nothing useful up there. Chenxi, I'm about to jump down, catch me!"

After Yu Tong shouted, he jumped down and landed accurately in the boy's palm.

He vaguely felt that the little villain's attitude towards him was slightly different from before.

Chen Xi carried her back to the cabinet with both hands. Yu Tong followed his sleeve, skipped to his shoulder, and whispered in his ear: "Do you know why the orphanage locked you up?"

Chen Xi lowered his eyes and thought, "They said it was to punish us."

"What actually happened?"

"I don't know. I just know that the charges they brought against me are false."

Yu Tong tilted his little head.

Chen Xi lowered his head and hugged his knees. "You heard it too. Those kids called me a stinky fox. You've never left the orphanage since you were born. You may not understand the meaning of the word fox."

"In this world, fox orcs, elves, and mermen are recognized as the most beautiful races. After the orcs were defeated by the human empire, their status has become increasingly low. Hunters often travel to the orc kingdom to kidnap and capture orcs and sell them as slaves."

The system didn't understand why the topic had gone so far. Just as it was about to ask, Yu Tong stopped it.

"The larger context of this world is related to the origins of the orphanage. Why do you think this orphanage could harbor so many monsters and capture so many children from respectable families? It must have been a mess outside."

【Wow, is it like this? 】

Yu Tong relaxed again after discovering that the system had evolved but not completely.

He still prefers the naive and innocent Tong.

As if remembering something sad, Chen Xi clenched his hands and his eyes turned red uncontrollably.

"At first, the slave traders only captured orcs and sold them. As time went on, they realized they could use orcs to breed orc cubs. This way, they only needed to capture a male and female orc pair, and they would have an endless supply of orcs."

"Thus, the price of orc slaves began to drop. They went from being a commodity only the nobles could afford to becoming everyday necessities that even the most affluent commoners could purchase."

"Because most fox orcs are recognized as beauties, there are far more buyers than other tribes. And most of those who buy fox orcs do so for the pleasure of sex. So, fox orcs, who can be bought and played with by anyone, have become..."

Chen Xi didn't know how to describe it.

He is too young and doesn't know much about certain things.

After being stuck here for a long time, Chen Xi finally managed to utter, "Anyway, 'fox' is a very insulting word. Many people rarely use it even when insulting others."