This can't be hell.

Ye Miaomiao thought that she would be able to spend the last few days smoothly and slowly step into the next disaster, but she didn't expect that man's plans are always inferior to God's plans.

It turned out that Yunshen Yuanshun had noticed someone missing and had come to inquire if Hungheng had come. After explaining the person's characteristics, Hungheng's security team realized that they had indeed seen them, not within their territory, but rather glimpsed them crossing the grasslands during their night shift.

Yun Shen Yuanshun wanted to see the "law enforcement recorder" footage, which was internal information, so he had to wake Ye Miaomiao up temporarily.

Ye Miaomiao squinted her eyes, half asleep, and glanced at the record. Seeing no secrets about the territory, she agreed. However, not long after she agreed, before she fell asleep, news arrived: those people were already dead.

Ye Miaomiao was completely awake.

Hu Mifeng withdrew his men. It wasn't safe outside at night, and since the person was already dead, it wouldn't be too late to search during the day. Ye Miaomiao, on the other hand, lost all desire to sleep and watched the video over and over again, feeling something was amiss.

After falling asleep in a daze, I read it again the next day when I woke up, and suddenly everything became clear to me.

Ye Miaomiao took the video to Fang Yan and asked the "expert" to verify her hypothesis: "Look? These people are forced to move forward, right? Starting from two hundred meters outside the territory, here."

Recently, the centrifugal cannon is almost mature, and Fang Yan no longer needs to supervise the guard mission.

He stayed in the research institute every day to tinker with mechanical experiments. He had already made a gun rack, but because the most important joints seemed to be beyond the current level of development of civilization, he could not make it no matter what.

Ye Miaomiao thought of the "centrifugal cannon" and asked the mechanic to study it with him, and came up with the concept of a steam portable cannon.

The two of them recently worked together on some research and actually came up with something.

The two were conducting an experiment just now. Fang Yan took off his helmet, his hair slightly damp, and brought a fresh smell of sweat when he approached Ye Miaomiao. He was unaware of it and squinted his eyes and said, "Indeed, this person was normal before this, but then suddenly his hands and feet became clumsy. Your guess is very likely, but..."

"There's no one around them. Do you think it was done by the 'Invisible Man'?"

Ye Miaomiao took an awkward step back. "It's a reasonable guess. Besides... if it was an invisible man, wouldn't that make sense? Long Guohai killed these people in revenge for Hu Mifeng."

"Yes, but..." Fang Yan looked at Ye Miaomiao with appreciation. He took another step closer and pointed to the north edge of the screen: "I noticed that the grass here has changed."

Yes, it was like...someone was walking by.

"They are from the north!" Ye Miaomiao reacted and exclaimed, "And Long Guohai is in the south." She remembered that the territory in the north was the territory of St. Mark.

Now she no longer cared about whether she was close to Fang Yan or not. Ye Miaomiao frowned and hurriedly told Hu Mifeng about it.

She remembered that there was a merchant named San Marco in the territory, but when she rushed to look for him, she was extremely confused.

The invisibility gadget clearly belonged to Long Guohai, so why was it linked to Saint Mark? Could it be that Saint Mark stole Long Guohai's gadget? After all, Saint Mark was definitely more powerful.

But...Ye Miaomiao's people watched Long Guohai every day, but they didn't see any fighting or war scenes.

At this moment, Ye Miaomiao suddenly remembered what the customer service said. With the attitude of giving it a try, she took a screenshot and sent it to 001. While waiting for the result, she was almost at the merchant's residence.

Fang Yan watched Ye Miaomiao walk away and put on his helmet. "Continue."

The middle-aged mechanic saw the two young men getting so close to each other and tutted his tongue. He wanted to see through it but couldn't help asking, "Aren't you worried?"

"What is there to worry about? Isn't she worthy of your trust?" Fang Yan adjusted the equipment in his hand: "As long as that person..."

Before he could finish the second half of his sentence, the mechanic waved his hand and said, "Don't blame me. I trust the Lord." He hurriedly said it and sighed. Look at him, he even forgot to button his helmet. Who wouldn't be worried?

The security team received a notice from Ye Miaomiao and has already cordoned off the merchant's residence.

The angry merchants, who had waited for a long time but did not see St. Mark, shouted madly, "All your things belong to God! I am only taking your things away and returning them to God. You have no gratitude and are disobeying God's instructions. God will punish you!"

Residents: “?” Is Ning okay?

Everyone was far away, with only one group standing closer. They were three young men, all blond and blue-eyed, carrying tattered cloth bags that couldn't even be called props.

Several of them were covered in dust, ragged clothes, and skinny, looking like refugees fleeing famine.

"Let's go, don't we still have to go look at houses?" Xu Lu asked.

She didn't want to stand here. These people looked similar to the traveling merchants, and the surrounding residents were now avoiding them.

"Wait a moment." The leading man was called Apu. He held the luggage bag tightly and stared at the traveling merchant.

He is from Country B, 21 years old, and was originally in college with a happy family. But everything was destroyed by a sudden apocalypse.

Fortunately, they found their family, and the family supported each other and took care of the elderly and children, barely surviving. Who would have thought that a religion called "Theism" would emerge, and these people were so crazy about believing in God that they almost lost their minds.

They occupied the territory of San Marco and elected the Pope as the new lord.

From then on, Apu and his family lived in dire straits.

In San Marco, each household was required to hand in a certain amount of food every day, based on the number of people in the household, as a token of gratitude to the gods for providing them with shelter. However, the elderly and children were not able to harvest the same amount of food. In fact, they were often beaten in public and insulted for occupying the territory's resources.

Women are the property of the religion, and no one knows the humiliation they suffer better than Apu, because he has a sister.

No one wants to escape from San Marco, but almost everyone has only one ending - death.

This time the lord recruited people ostensibly to "spy", but in fact he just sent them to test the waters. If anything goes wrong, they will be abandoned immediately.

The lord also threatened them that their entire family would stay in San Marco, and if they changed their minds...

Apu had had enough. How long would this continue? He didn't care about religion or not. He just wanted his family to be safe and happy. But this was as elusive as a fairy tale.

The merchants stayed in "Hungry Hungry" for several days and couldn't get out. The territory had a high military strength, and Saint Mark didn't dare to rush in. Their mission was to find out what had happened, or in other words... whether what the merchants found was worth Saint Mark sending troops.

"Hungry Hungry" is an extremely dangerous territory, as Apu and his companions knew before arriving. They were determined to die, but...

But they did not lose their lives.

They even felt as if they had returned to the time before the end of the world.

After the suited-up team members performed the routine baggage check and entered the territory, they were greeted by a bustling scene. A wide road led directly to a nearby bonfire, flanked by numerous vendors. Steam-powered buildings stood in a multitude, overwhelming in number.

It was completely different from the quiet San Marco. Here, everyone was smiling, as if they were living in some unknown paradise. The smell of food wafted from afar, and everyone was wearing similar clothes, very decent and warm.

While Apu and others were still in shock, someone asked them if they wanted to rent a house.

A room that includes a mattress, a wooden bucket for fetching water, dishes and chopsticks, etc. costs three points a day and can accommodate up to a family of four. If you don't need the above, you only need two points a day. There are even empty rooms without furniture such as beds and cabinets, which only cost one point a day.

The price is really fair and affordable!

This person is a little girl. When Apuchad saw her, he felt worried for her for a moment. But then he remembered that this was not San Marco, this was Hungry Hungry.

Really...it's okay for a girl, but even such a young girl dares to do business. I don't know whether to say she is brave or that the security is too good.

This is not at all what the Lord said - Hell!

Apu and his companions looked at each other. The lord gave them points, but for the sake of frugality, they still only rented a house worth one point.

The further I walked in, the more shocked I was. These people all had iron tools on their waists! Could it be that they all had one?

What are these people wearing? Why are they all so similar? Could it be made in the territory? Impossible... In their territory, a dozen weavers work for days to make a single robe for the Pope... Why is everyone here wearing one?

The small stalls next to them are selling all kinds of things, combs, basins, bowls and chopsticks... These people just put their afternoon tea around them. Aren’t they afraid of being stolen?

"Mom! Chef Zhang made a big strawberry cake today! I want to eat it! And there's strawberry milk. Mom, let's buy a cup for Grandma too!"

A little girl not far away ran over laughing. Her voice was bright and brilliant, and it automatically turned into a language that Apu and others could recognize when it entered their ears.

"Strawberry cake!" Everyone around became agitated. Some people didn't even clean up their stalls, leaving the people next to them to watch while they went to buy food.

Apu stared at the scene and suddenly felt extremely sad.

His sister also loved cake, but after the apocalypse, she couldn't even eat a full meal. They were both little girls, so why could she act so coquettishly in her parents' arms?

Apu suddenly felt a desire to live here with his family.

"Don't look anymore." The companion patted Apu's shoulder: "Our family is still in San Marco."

They walked all the way to the rental house and immediately saw their target, the merchant. However, the merchant was surrounded by a group of soldiers. They stood still for a moment, then saw a young girl approach the merchant, showing a confrontational attitude.

The female landlord next to them gave them an answer.

She could only be heard mumbling, "Why is the lord here? Is this matter so important?"

Lord?

A Pu and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. Could this girl actually be a local lord? She looked young, but how could she have made Hungry Hungry so powerful?

"Woman! A woman is worthy of being a lord! You have insulted God's land! If I had known that a woman was a lord, I would never have set foot on this territory! Give me back all my points, damn woman! You don't deserve my points!"

Ye Miaomiao was speechless for a moment: "If you yell again, I'll turn you into a woman too."

"I!" The merchant shouted halfway before his voice died down, his voice more than halved. The people watching couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Someone said "coward", which caused another round of laughter.

"But regardless of gender, treating you like a human being is an insult. Tell me, how much of Hungry Hungry's stuff did you secretly acquire?"

The merchant shook his head: "I didn't buy anything! You can't wrongly accuse me!"

The team member whispered, "Lord, the informant is anonymous for fear of affecting business, and we can't find any witnesses. We've been observing him for several days, and we haven't seen him buying clothes."

"Are you still going to search my things forcibly? As far as I know, this is illegal!" The merchant's voice became louder.

Ye Miaomiao nodded, and in everyone's eyes, she was suddenly stunned, as if she was stumped by the merchant's words.

The traveling merchant immediately glanced up at Ye Miaomiao with a smug look, like a victorious rooster: "Women are like this, they can never beat us, so men are the messengers of God, no matter where they are."

"Now," he continued, "I demand to leave your defiled territory with honor!"

"Does anyone know what he acquired?" the onlookers asked each other, looking at each other in confusion. "Are they really going to let him leave the territory?"

If the merchants leave safely, their mission is completed, and they don't have to do anything, they can get a medicine and a food when they return, but...

Apu suddenly felt an urge. He looked at the faces of the merchants—the same faces were everywhere in San Marco. He didn't want his sisters and mother to endure this anymore. He wanted to change everything, even at the risk of death.

Apu looked back at his two brothers and said, "You can say you don't know me."

After saying that, he stepped forward and said loudly, "I am also from the San Marco territory. I can testify that he must have acquired something from the territory."

Unexpectedly, at the same time, the landlady next to him also stepped forward and said: "I am the person who made the anonymous report. I can testify that I saw him trading sweaters with someone with my own eyes."

The two voices sounded at the same time, almost overlapping.

"You..." Xu Lu remained anonymous because she was afraid that others would think she was exposing the tenant's privacy. She didn't expect this matter to be so important that she had to speak out.

But this new guy...

"I..." Apu scratched his head and was about to say something when his two brothers stood behind him.

"Apu, what are you talking about? If you can leave, who wants to live in San Marco forever? My mom said a long time ago that if you can avoid going back, just pretend I'm dead. Anyway, I'm not an official resident, so who knows..."

"Me too..."

"What are you talking about..." Apu patted his shoulder heavily.

Ye Miaomiao, who was stunned in front of everyone, was actually just checking the 001 text message that suddenly popped up -

"From Customer Service 001: This is actually a reptile tail! You actually found a virus? Unbelievable! However, this is only the reptile's tail, its primary ability. If you can find the reptile's head, its secondary ability, or its main body, we can capture the reptile completely."

"The office searched your entire district and couldn't find it. How did you find it just by taking a picture? That's strange."

Ye Miaomiao: "Which territory are they from?"

"From Customer Service 001: Yunshen Yuanshun, these people are dead. If you're looking for the bodies, I'll send you the location."

Ye Miaomiao: "Which territory is the one using the reptile from?"

"From Customer Service 001: What are you talking about! How can humans use crawlers? Reptiles can't be combined with humans. Okay, enough talk. Don't worry, with the tail, we'll find the head soon."

Ye Miaomiao: “…” How can she feel at ease about this?

She silently looked at the closed light screen and rubbed her forehead. It seemed that the reptile was either in Dragon Crossing the Sea or in San Marco.

Hu Mifeng also sent a message at this time: "It shouldn't be the props from Dragon Crossing the Sea. It's said that after He Shengli died, the props disappeared and can't be found. This is what the fence-sitters who sided with me again after the last diplomatic trial said. These people will say anything for their own benefit, so there should be about 70% truth in it."

Seeing the man from San Marco who suddenly stood up to testify, dressed in rags, in stark contrast to the well-dressed merchants, it was obvious that he was not of the same kind. Ye Miaomiao looked him up and down, and he shuddered.

"Search for merchants."

Finally, there was a witness to testify. The team members excitedly subdued the traveling merchant, and everyone looked at Apu and others with much kinder eyes.

"Damn it! Are you from San Marco? Impossible! Lies! Liar! And you! Woman, what you say can't be trusted!" He was pushed to the ground halfway through his words. His mouth touched the soil, and the fishy smell made him so disgusted that he stopped talking.

"Found it!" A moment later, a team member came out of the house carrying a large sack, and his hand shook slightly -

Only twenty or so cotton coats, several sweaters, and various iron tools were shaken out, and there were about a thousand points left, scattered all over the ground.

Fortunately, there were no weapons or life potions, indicating that most people in the territory were awake. Ye Miaomiao glanced at the merchant struggling in vain on the ground.

"You should know that these cannot be purchased." Ye Miaomiao casually built a blueprint for an iron cage and placed it in the open space of the training ground. "Stay here until I have a deal with your lord."

One man suppressed the cursing merchant, while the other whispered, "Should we return these things to the seller?"

Ye Miaomiao shook her head: "They chose to sell it themselves. If I give it to them again, they will sell it again. There is no point in giving it back to them."

After that, the team members put the things away. Ye Miaomiao took a few and handed them to A Pu and the others: "Thank you for your testimony."

Apu quickly waved his hands, feeling embarrassed to accept it: "I just said what I should say." The brothers behind him took several steps back, and they didn't even say a word.

"Take it. The merchant might pay a high price, but in reality, it only sells for 12 or 20 points in the territory."

Apu looked at the snow-white clothes in shock. There was no need for Ye Miaomiao to lie to him. These good clothes were actually... so cheap?

"Thank you very much," Ye Miaomiao took out 100 points from the 1,000 points and handed them to Xu Lu: "This may have affected your business, so this is compensation."

"This... so much..." Xu Lu swallowed her saliva and shook her head quickly, but seeing Ye Miaomiao's insistence, she took it embarrassedly: "Thank you, Lord."

The onlookers were extremely jealous.

Look, this is the victory for the residents of Chaoyang District!

Apu wiped his hands, but they were not clean. He simply put his hands back into his sleeves and took the clothes with his sleeves. He said in a complicated tone: "Thank you... Lord."

St. Mark was often involved in fights, and his own clothes had been torn in several quarrels.

He thought of his relatives and wished that his whole family was here at this moment.

Ye Miaomiao smiled and shook her head. These things were not given for free. "I have something to ask you. In the Saint Mark Territory...are there any props that can make you invisible?"

Several people looked at each other in confusion. The Pope often performed miracles, but none of them were related to invisibility... They suddenly remembered the group of people who excitedly returned to the territory last night. At that time, they were accepting tasks in front of the Pope and happened to hear what "miracle" was?

Ye Miaomiao remembered the crawler activity that the customer service had noticed last night and asked in a different tone, "So, did you guys see anything unusual in your territory last night? Or did you get any seemingly ordinary but actually extraordinary treasures?"

Yes! Several people were cheered up.

When those people shouted "miracle" last night, they were holding up an ordinary oil lamp. Apu still remembered that there was only a little fuel left in the oil lamp, but it was still regarded as a treasure by those people.

"Sure enough..." Ye Miaomiao was overjoyed. Now she not only knew that the reptiles were in San Marco, but also knew what the reptiles were specifically!

Don't let her catch me! Ye Miaomiao thought to herself: He secretly did something to cause her to lose so much wood? And he wants to block her technology? No way!

"Are you targeting San Marco?" Seeing Ye Miaomiao gritting her teeth, Apu was surprised: "Then we know who can help you! Margaret's territory has always been San Marco's mortal enemy. You can definitely cooperate with them!"