Lobi Town Start 3

Chu Li worked hard for most of the day and finally prepared the meal. However, just as the steaming hot meal was served and she hadn't even taken a bite, the stinky man You Chengze actually arranged for her to fetch water from the river.

At first, she had been magnanimous enough to let it go, considering his face and his responsible attitude towards the two fur balls. But she had never expected that after a few rounds, the man's demands would become more and more intensified. Now, no matter how slow Chu Li was, she realized that this bastard was playing a trick on her.

Chu Li was furious. He dropped his shoulder pole and was about to push the door open to confront You Chengze. Just as he was about to raise his hand, he heard You Chengze's voice from behind the door: "Your master may not seem very smart, but he raised you two very well. You are so well behaved."

What's not smart?!

Before she traveled through time, she was a graduate student at a well-known university who had won numerous awards. This man actually gossiped about her behind her back. She must have been mistaken!

A scholar can be insulted but his IQ cannot be insulted. Chu Li could no longer tolerate this and was about to break in when he saw this.

"But I'm really curious how she, with her muddled brain, mistook the restroom for her home. How did someone with such poor directions survive until now?" You Chengze said this without any aloofness. His handsome face was filled with tenderness. He gently rubbed the furry heads of his two pets with his large hands and sighed, "But don't worry, since I've decided to help your two masters, I won't let you follow her around and get lost, sleeping on the streets, and having no food to eat."

Upon hearing this, Chu Li froze in place, his face turned embarrassed, and he immediately retreated.

She scooped up some water and splashed it on her face. The cool touch stimulated her skin, and she was now completely awake.

Can she be blamed for this!

She was just a novice who had just arrived in this alien world a few days ago. She was only familiar with the roads around her home. Isn't it normal for her to mistake the toilet for her home?

Chu Li kicked the gravel on the ground hard, trying to ease the embarrassment of being ridiculed.

The next day, Chu Li was still feeling ashamed and angry about You Chengze's words, but when he saw the detailed map and backpack full of food that he threw to him, the embarrassment disappeared in an instant.

A real man can bend and stretch. If such a useful "nanny" has a sharp tongue, let him be sharp-tongued.

Now that the Spirit Pet Ambassador selection competition has begun, we really have to hurry up and go to various towns to collect stamps.

According to the map drawn by You Chengze, their current location is next to the town of Lobi, but because there are no buses in this alien continent, travel is extremely inconvenient, and the fastest arrival time will take at least a day and a half.

Chu Li did not delay too much and set off immediately.

At that moment, the town of Lobi, their destination, was completely silent. The orange-red sunset shone almost parallel to the ground, casting rays of light across the empty streets. A slight breeze blew, ripping the tattered flags hanging from the poles and swaying them. The leaves on the ground were blown far away, their scraping sounds echoing.

The entire town of Lobi was empty, looking as if no one lived there.

The ragdoll cat nestled in Chu Li's arms, its whiskers twitching slightly, as if sensing something, immediately drooping, its ears drooping as well. It struggled restlessly for a moment, trying to find a safe place in its owner's arms.

If you listen carefully, you can even hear the intermittent whimpering of discomfort from the tip of its nose.

Chu Li felt very distressed and stroked its soft fur with his warm palm soothingly.

"The environment is not right, and the spirit pet is easily affected." The person who spoke was You Chengze, who had remained silent all the way.

Chu Li glanced at him and the equally lifeless lop-eared rabbit, and nodded in understanding. He then reached out his hand, gently patted the two fur balls on the head, and soothed them softly, "Be patient, little darlings. We'll complete our mission and leave soon."

After saying that, Chu Li quickly walked forward and ran towards the mayor's residence.

In the dim moonlight, they caught a glimpse of the road signs on the wall, and then they stopped and looked around.

The air was still filled with the whistling sound of the wind. The branches that should have been neatly arranged in a row, growing lush and majestically towards the sun, now stood desolately in the dim light, exuding an inexplicable sense of creepiness.

There was no light on the entire street, including the so-called mayor's residence.

After a long time, Chu Li tightened his grip on the Ragdoll cat, took a deep breath, and mustered up the courage to knock on the door.

A long while passed, and apart from the cold wind blowing in, no one responded.

Chu Li frowned and knocked several times in a row without stopping.

The dull knocks and long silence still echoed in the air.

"The address is correct, why is no one responding?"

Chu Li murmured, lowered his eyes, and tried hard to look at the map full of marks in his hand in the bleak moonlight.

After a long while, she sighed softly and asked You Chengze, "Could it be that we've come to the wrong place? This is actually their old site, and it's now abandoned."

Hearing this, You Cheng, who always kept silent, looked up at her lazily, and the look he cast at her seemed to mock her ignorance.

Well, you are such a taciturn person, if I ask you, you will just get a cold stare.

At this critical moment, it is better to rely on yourself than on men.

Chu Li curled his lips, withdrew his gaze, then took a step forward, ready to see if there were any other side doors nearby.

The single-family house was surrounded by weeds. In the abandoned flowerbed, the flowers that should have been blooming freely had already withered and turned yellow. The leaves blown down by the wind from the big trees in the backyard were scattered all over the ground, making a mess.

It looked like it had been abandoned for a long time.

Chu Li frowned and couldn't help but wonder, since the person was not here, where would he go?

At the moment, the whole town is shrouded in an inexplicable feeling of depression, with no sign of life at all. She is really not sure if there is still anyone living here.

As she was thinking about it, she felt the fur ball in her arms tremble uneasily, and its two drooping ears instantly stood up.

Before she could react, she heard a rustling sound suddenly coming from a corner of hay not far away.

Chu Li frowned, his heart started to panic, and his whole body and mind were focused on the messy pile of hay.

She had heard from people at the market that Xumi Continent had always coexisted with nature, and situations like animals attacking humans were almost impossible. However, thieves wouldn't do that. They would steal spirit pets, abuse them, tame them, and even sell them for exorbitant prices.

Chu Li was afraid of encountering these evil thieves, and was also afraid that she would not be able to protect her furry friend.

Suddenly.

The noise in the haystack continued, and suddenly, a golden, skinny little hamster jumped out from it.

He took steps with all his might using his two little feet, front and back.

Reaching You Chengze's side, the poor little hamster widened its moist eyes, opened its little mouth, and bit the man's pants tightly.

The little hamster showed its little white teeth, and a ferocious look on its face that didn't match its cuteness. It tried its best to express something with all its might.

You Chengze lowered his eyes coldly, leaned over and was about to pick it up.

The little hamster jumped away like a frightened bird, and then ran towards the end of the town.

Out of concern for the animals, Chu Li didn't have time to think and ran in the same direction as Mao Rongrong.

I don’t know how long we walked, so long that the moonlight gradually became brighter and dreary, and the wind blowing on my face became colder and colder.

Chu Li saw her ragdoll cat suddenly stop in front of her with its tail standing straight up, and she instantly realized that something was wrong.

Without taking care of her own fatigue, she followed forward.

The next moment, the little hamster, which had just started running with its short legs, fell directly into the arms of a girl.

The little girl was wearing ragged clothes, her hair was messy, her face was dirty, her eyes were pale, her lips were dry, and she exuded a sense of powerlessness.

"Before my father left, he told me that someone would come to save us. I've been waiting for a long time, and now you're here."

The girl spoke in a very soft voice, and if you listened carefully, it sounded a little hoarse. I wonder if it was because she hadn't spoken for a long time.

Hearing this, Chu Li was confused. Before he could say anything, he heard the girl speak again.

"My name is Mu Yu, and I'm the daughter of the mayor of Luobi Town."

"That's great. I was just looking for your father. Let me see him so I can go to the next destination quickly." Chu Li's voice was full of joy, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Mu Yu's eyes dimmed, and the hand that was stroking the little hamster's head stiffened. Upon closer inspection, one could still detect a slight tremor.

After a long while, she finally said, "I know why you're here. You want the seal, right?"

Chu Li nodded.

"I can give you what you want, but before that, you have to do me a favor."

After she finished speaking, without waiting for Chu Li's response, she turned around and walked towards the end.

Chu Li was filled with confusion at the moment, and coupled with her obsession with the competition, she picked up the ragdoll cat and followed without thinking.

I saw the Happy Street at the end of the road, which was crowded with people.

Each of them was extremely thin. Some looked like the dead wood on the roadside when they came here, while others were even more terrifying, with sunken eyes, high cheekbones, and blank and weak eyes, as if they had been drained of all their energy.

As if they sensed the presence of outsiders and the other party's inquiries, the old and young who were huddled together all looked over, their eyes suddenly becoming sharp and terrifying.

Chu Li couldn't help but feel a little nervous when being stared at, and took a few steps back involuntarily.

"This is a resident of the town."

When Mu Yu said this, Chu Li felt his scalp tingling.

Before coming, she read a lot of information about the town of Lobi provided by You Chengze on the way.

There are many residents in this small town, and every family has friendly and neighborly relations. Life can be said to be happy and harmonious.

It was completely different from the person described by the little girl and the scene he saw.

What exactly did this group of people go through during this period?

Chu Li couldn't help but sigh with regret, and then he patiently asked his doubts, and only then did he sort out his thoughts.

The small town of Lobi relies on rice for its livelihood. At the beginning of the year, residents were delighted to see the crops growing well on the ridges of the fields. However, as autumn harvest season arrived, a sudden locust plague shattered everyone's hopes.

They had never experienced such a disaster before, and this time they were completely unprepared, and it was too late to remedy the situation. All the winter food was wasted, and the little food left was gone within a month.

Some people were old and had not eaten for a long time, and were already extremely weak, and eventually starved to death; some people were young and strong, and threatened to go out hunting and picking fruits, but they never expected that they would never come back.

Those who stayed behind were a group of old Confucian women and children who had difficulty working.

With nowhere to go, they could only suffer from hunger and follow the mayor's orders, waiting for someone to come and rescue them.

Undoubtedly, Chu Li is this person.

The situation became particularly tricky.

Chu Li's brows furrowed. She had thought collecting stamps was a trivial matter, but she hadn't expected to encounter famine refugees. She was a kindhearted person, and she couldn't bear to see people suffer.

Whether it was for the seal or for this group of people, now that she had encountered it, she would naturally not sit idly by.

Chu Li cast a sympathetic look at the refugees, touched the shoulder strap of his backpack, and then thought of something. He turned to You Chengze and asked, "Would you mind sharing the food in our backpacks?"

You Chengze was rarely cold and heartless. He comforted the lop-eared rabbit in his arms and shook his head to indicate that he didn't mind.

After getting her permission, Chu Li took off his two backpacks. As soon as he opened them, he saw the refugees who had been cowering in the corner suddenly rushing up.

Before Chu Li could react to what was happening, he saw the two backpacks prepared by You Chengze being surrounded by a group of refugees, who were shoving and pushing them, scrambling to get food into the backpacks.

She opened her mouth to stop him, but was pushed out and lost her balance. If You Chengze hadn't been standing behind her, she would have almost come face to face with the earth.

Before she could recover from her shock, several pairs of eyes suddenly turned towards her. Their gazes were filled with insatiable desire and excitement, like a wolf king staring down its prey after a long period of hunger.

Chu Li panicked and became careless.

They had originally planned to stock up on more food after finding a place to stay, so the backpacks only contained enough for one week, which was indeed not enough to solve the problem of everyone going hungry.

She sighed heavily, then scratched her head in distress. What should she do? She couldn't just watch these people starve.

Just when she was feeling bored, the ragdoll cat beside her legs meowed at her. The soft sound made Chu Li's heart soften. She thought the kitten wanted to be held, and just as she leaned over, she saw the ragdoll cat take a short walk and run towards a woman holding a child in the corner.

Chu Li frowned, his heart full of doubts. The next moment, he saw the ragdoll cat's ears move, and a light green healing light instantly enveloped the pale child.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she came up with an idea.