Luo Jiujiang's mind worked so quickly that in a flash, he remembered that the scarred man's heavy sword was always aimed at his neck, and sometimes he even gave up the empty space on his chest for it.
...I think it has something to do with the value of this living thing.
The man briefly explained. It turned out that this plaque was implanted beneath everyone's skin before they were transported to this world. When it rubbed against their owner's flesh and blood, it could detect whether they were alive or dead. If the plaque was removed while the owner was alive, it would remain red. But if the owner died, in the blink of an eye, the plaque would turn a bleak green.
If the owner of the life card is still alive after leaving the body, it will turn into a very bright orange. If anyone dares to use the orange life card to exchange for something, that person's life will come to an end.
"So, in the final analysis, the real bargaining chip that can be used for barter is actually other people's lives."
Luo Jiujiang was silent for a long time before he whispered, "Those guides told you to cut a hole in your neck and stuff the sign in, and you actually did it? Aren't you afraid there might be some clue hidden in it, and that it could explode and kill you with just a thought?"
"No, how could that be?" The man laughed sadly, his laughter so shrill that it was unbearable to listen to. "People like us, worthless lives, will die dozens or hundreds of times every day. Killed by others, killed by our own people, eaten by others, eaten by ourselves... How can we be supervised by such a powerful disposable sexual instrument? No one would do such a losing business."
After asking all the necessary basic questions, Luo Jiujiang gripped the hilt of his knife and pondered, "Where is your exchange market?"
He had kept the bag of tags before because he thought it must have some origin, but now that he knew what they meant, Luo Jiujiang didn't want to spend them anymore.
Call him stubborn and inflexible, call him hypocritical because he has little experience and should be taught a lesson, or call him a young master with bad habits. At this moment, Luo Jiujiang really cannot accept such a naked deal that costs human lives.
As for the market, he refused to believe that the people guarding it were all at the Foundation Establishment stage or above. If he were ever truly starving, he would risk his life to snatch something from there. It was better than being like those skeletons covered in human skin, digging a huge hole in the snow, waiting for innocent passersby to fall in.
"You really know nothing." The man sighed and even closed his eyes. He didn't know if he was too hungry to think. "Is the market there waiting for you every day? The market falls from the sky every few days, and we can see it every time it falls. The opening time is irregular... Otherwise, how could we be so hungry?"
Having said this, the man's body suddenly tilted, and a handful of small wooden signs, some red and some green, suddenly emerged from his clothes.
The man's voice gradually faded, his breath barely audible. "Also... people without a badge under their skin can't trade at the market. You can't."
"...Thank you." Luo Jiujiang sighed. He had originally just wanted to find someone to inquire about something. Now that he had a clear understanding of the basic situation, the next step was a bit troublesome.
Luo Jiujiang's hand silently pressed down on the hilt of the knife at his waist. In his opinion, few people in the world could see this group of people without feeling a mixture of disgust and pity. However, after those chaotic and mixed emotions were suppressed, someone would always give an outcome and an explanation.
If life is like this, I might as well be dead. Luo Jiujiang silently scanned the snow cave. In one corner, piled with yellowed human bones, they bore traces of tooth marks and blackened marks from smoke and fire. They had clearly been gnawed countless times. All the small bones were gone, presumably because everything that could be chewed had been swallowed.
Things like this are half due to human nature, and half are because the people who control this place deliberately take pleasure in the suffering of others.
"I have a set of sharp knives. Wherever the blade strikes, heads will fall. You will suffer in life, but you won't have to suffer any more when you die," Luo Jiujiang thought quietly. He bit the thought in his throat and didn't say it out loud, so as not to terrify these people before their death.
And besides that…
Luo Jiujiang looked up at the sky, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
He would definitely rush out of this world and pull down the condescending manipulator to see what qualifications he has to play with the lives of living people in this way!
The man's head had completely drooped, but in this situation, he seemed to have guessed Luo Jiujiang's thoughts without even looking: "Kill us before you leave."
"Although it's said that a good death is worse than a miserable life...but what's the point of living like this?"
Luo Jiujiang paused, then asked, "I think you understand better than them. If you knew this earlier, why did you do it in the first place?"
"Because I was hungry, and everyone around me was doing it, I didn't want to eat the meat anyway." At this point, the man suddenly chuckled. "Forget it, I'm a hypocrite. When I was extremely hungry and took my first bite, I ate no less than anyone else. Little brother, you look at me with pity and hate today, but don't you know that others will look at you with hate and pity tomorrow?"
"No." Luo Jiujiang said firmly, "If I had been in this situation, I would have cut my throat with a knife long ago. If I were to be in such a terrible state tomorrow, no matter who kills me, I will definitely die with him."
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After Luo Jiujiang walked for a while, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from under the snow cave that had been buried on the spot, dug through the thick snow, and climbed out with difficulty, panting heavily.
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