The other side clearly hadn't expected this commotion and hesitated to show themselves. Seeing this, Lin Shuyu and Zhang Miaomiao exchanged a glance, and the two of them quietly flanked them from the left and right.
"No, don't shoot!"
"Yes, we are the same kind."
From behind the shelf came a little girl's weak voice, with a slight nasal tone, as if she were crying.
Hearing this, Lin Shuyu and Zhang Miaomiao did not lower their guard. Since the other party was willing to communicate, things would be much easier.
"come out!"
There was no movement behind the shelf again. Just when the three were about to run out of patience, a girl wearing a tattered dress crawled out from behind the shelf, trembling.
Upon closer inspection, the girl's legs appeared strange, bent at an odd angle, as if they had been forcibly broken in the middle. This caused the girl, who was only six or seven years old, to become even smaller, and she could only crawl on the ground like a dog, using her hands to move.
Looking closer, the girl's exposed skin was covered with scars—countless injuries from beatings, falls, burns, and whip marks, old wounds piled on top of new ones, some of which had begun to fester and ooze pus, emitting a foul stench.
Fortunately, his face was still presentable, and none of the scars remained. It's hard to tell whether it was luck or intentional.
Upon seeing the girl's miserable state, Zhang Miaomiao quickly put away her gun and prepared to help her up, but was grabbed by the arm by the nearby captain.
Only after this action did Zhang Miaomiao vaguely realize what was happening.
Approaching someone without fully confirming their identity is definitely not a wise move.
"Young lady, why are you all alone? Where are your family?"
A human suddenly appeared in the vast warehouse of the eerie market. Although the human looked miserable, it only made him more suspicious.
"I...I have no family left," the girl said dejectedly, looking down at her blood-stained dress.
"This is the warehouse of the Ghost Market Commercial Street. Are you alone?" Su Luo asked coldly, his words carrying a hint of icy intent, as if he could kill the girl the next second if her answer didn't meet his expectations.
Upon hearing this, the girl simply shook her head, then nodded after a moment's thought, looking at Su Luo and the others, but made no attempt to call for help.
The three exchanged quick glances. Since they were all at peace, Su Luo didn't want to meddle. As long as the other party didn't attack her, she could let her go out of consideration for their kind. It would also let the president of the Chamber of Commerce in the provincial capital, Gui City, know who had taken his things.
Wouldn't that be more interesting?
Facing the little girl, the three quickly retreated to the branches of the money tree. Just as they were about to jump up, the girl suddenly used both hands to push forward and approach the three of them.
"Please, can you take me with you?"
"Take you away?" Su Luo glanced at the girl and said coldly, "What do you have that's worth me taking you away?"
She's too weak to carry anything now, and taking anything with her would just mean taking more mouths to feed. Even if her starting village is short of villagers, it's not an orphanage, so there's no need for her to bring everything home.
“They have guards here, and I can tell you where they are.”
Su Luo didn't even look up, coldly uttering two words, "Not enough."
With her abilities, the group of guards the girl mentioned were no match for her at all; this condition alone was not enough to sway Su Luo.
Seeing this, the girl slightly opened her eyes, feeling a kind of despair that was so close yet always out of reach. With a determined bite, she revealed the secret she had learned.
"This warehouse contains not only grain, but also things that are even more valuable than grain!"
Something more valuable than grain?
Upon hearing this, Su Luo looked up and glanced at the little girl, then jumped off the money tree and slowly approached her with his hands behind his back.
"Miss Su!"
Seeing this, Lin Shuyu spoke up to remind him, but Su Luo gently waved his hand, signaling him to calm down.
"Take us to see it."
Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in the girl's eyes, but she didn't immediately lead the way. "I'll take you there, but you have to take me with you!"
“Of course,” Su Luo sneered. “As long as you have enough chips, I’ll keep my word.”
She's not a madman like Xia Ming. Although she's cold, she's not devoid of humanity. If there really is some treasure, taking away a mouth to feed is still something she can consider.
Seeing that Su Luo agreed, the girl turned to look at Lin Shuyu and Zhang Miaomiao, quite wary, showing she had a sharp mind.
"I am Lin Shuyu from Noah Base. Don't worry, as long as you're not lying to us, we'll take you with us."
Upon hearing the words "Noah Base," the girl suddenly looked at Lin Shuyu with great eagerness, almost bursting into tears, repeatedly repeating those four words.
"Noah Base, Noah Base."
With those four words, there was a guarantee, not to mention that the other party had given their name. The girl nodded, wiped away a tear from the corner of her eye, crawled around, turned in a different direction, and gestured for the three of them to follow her.
The girl crawled out from under the pile of rotten food, and the three of them followed her in. They then discovered an exhaust fan inside. The passageway was small, but fortunately, Lin Shuyu was just able to squeeze in.
In the narrow passageway, the little girl 'walked swiftly' ahead, and Su Luo was not to be outdone. After all, she had done this kind of thing quite often in her previous life, climbing walls and scaling ventilation ducts with ease, and even sparring with people in this confined space.
As for Lin Shuyu and Zhang Miaomiao, things were a bit unfortunate. For boys, the passage was indeed a bit too small. Looking at the two people in front of them who were walking on flat ground, they were willing but unable to move forward, and could only slowly move forward at a snail's pace.
After climbing for about twenty or thirty meters, the little girl suddenly stopped, signaling Su Luo to stop for the time being. Then she suddenly folded her body, reversed direction in an extremely twisted form, and took a few steps back to face Su Luo.
bright.
It is a protective mesh for the ventilation opening.
The girl gestured for Su Luo to come forward, then looked down at the scene under the isolation netting and mouthed something to Su Luo.
There are guards.
There are three on the east side near the door, and four more on the west side, making a total of seven.
"The warehouse guards usually work in groups of seven, in three shifts. In ten minutes, it will be their shift change time, with a five-minute break in between. We can use that opportunity to go down!"
Seeing this, Su Luo gave the girl a meaningful look and mouthed in response, 'You seem to know this very well.'
Hearing Su Luo's words and realizing she might be suspected, the girl quickly explained, "These past few days, I've been searching for a way to leave, and I even figured out the guard's shift change schedule myself."
Su Luo stared at the girl calmly for a while, then sneered and didn't say anything more.
Whether it was a real trap or a fake escape, the moment Su Luo looked down through the isolation net, he saw exactly what was placed under heavy guard.
Green, familiar liquid.
That's... a regenerative fluid!
It's also a high-grade commodity circulating among the strange creatures: the Resurrection Fluid!
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