Chapter 375: Continuous Revelations
The mother and son killed by Fu Baiwei included a child who was a student taught by Chen Peiqiong in the school at the garrison.
The mother and son did indeed cheat people frequently as Fu Baiwei said, but they did so out of necessity.
In times of natural disasters and chaos, it was not easy for them, an orphan and a widow, to find a stable job. When they wanted to cultivate the land to grow crops, every time they plowed the land, someone would come to grab it.
The mother and son were always bullied and could not save any supplies, so they could only cheat and deceive to get some food to solve the problem of food and clothing.
The mother and son were wrong, but their crime did not deserve the death penalty.
When Chen Peiqiong passed by their house, she heard a fight inside and wanted to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, as soon as she got closer, she saw Fu Baiwei killing her student.
If Fu Baiwei hadn't killed her student, she would never have meddled in other people's business.
Xia Xiaoman patted her shoulder and said, "People's hearts are fickle. Just pretend you don't know Fu Baiwei and treat her as a stranger!"
"If Sun Haiyun were still alive, seeing Fu Baiwei like this, I wonder if she would regret saving her." Chen Peiqiong sighed, shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about her. I just heard a piece of news that Yunhai City is in chaos. I estimate that in two days, our Fucheng will also be in chaos."
"What do you mean?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Chen Peiqiong lowered her voice and said, "I don't know who spread the news about the problems with the ozone layer, including the meteor shower, space dwellers, and the number of people that the underground city can accommodate."
Only a few people knew about the ozone layer and meteor showers, and most of the survivors were not aware of these things. They had always believed that Xia Country wanted to build an underground city simply because the surface environment had changed so much that they had to move them underground to survive.
When the survivors learned that the reason for building the underground city was that the ozone layer was destroyed and humans would not be able to survive on the surface in the future, they belatedly realized how important it was to enter the underground city.
At this time, someone broke another explosive news. The underground cities across the country were built with reference to the capital's underground city, and their sizes were similar. However, the capital's underground city could only accommodate 300,000 people at most.
Yunhai City only built one underground city, but the current population of Yunhai City is more than 400,000 and close to 500,000. Some of the survivors were later transferred to Yunhai City from other areas.
Nearly 500,000 people, that is, more than 100,000 people were unable to enter the underground city. At this time, the news of the meteor shower was revealed.
The survivors knew that a meteor shower would hit Blue Star in a few months, and they panicked and tried every means to find out how to enter the dungeon. Knowing that a large number of points were required to enter the dungeon, many people took the extra supplies at home to the trading point to exchange for points.
But those who have no supplies or points can only use extreme means to snatch points from others.
When Yunhai City was in chaos, another piece of news was revealed. Someone spread the news about the spacers. In the past, only people with some power knew about the spacers, but now even children of five or six years old know about the spacers.
"The person who spread the news is very scheming. He deliberately misled everyone, saying that the space user has a space and must have hidden a lot of supplies. Now everyone in Yunhai City is looking for the space user. Once someone is suspected of being a space user, they will be hunted down by many people."
"If these suspected people were caught, the final result would be very tragic. They would either be disemboweled, tortured to death, or have their heads smashed through."
Chen Peiqiong sighed, "Anyway, if you are suspected of being a spaceman, your fate will be very miserable."
"Fucheng is so close to Yunhai City. Maybe in two days, everyone in Fucheng will know the news. I guess Fu Baiwei and the others may have received the news from Yunhai City, so they went to rob other people's supplies."
Chen Peiqiong looked at Xia Xiaoman, "You should be careful during this period and try not to go out. If anything happens, you can climb over the wall and come to my house. Material points and other things are not as important as life. You can give them up to save your life when necessary."
Xia Xiaoman nodded, "I understand. Sister Pei, you should be careful too. You can make some traps near your home just in case."
Chen Peiqiong responded, "Okay, I'll go back first."
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After climbing over the wall and returning home, Xia Xiaoman sat on the kang and thought for a moment, then took his coat and went out.
When she reached Lingxu Gang, she saw Zhou Qiuyang and other members of Lingxu Gang fighting with others from a distance. Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman took out her Tang sword and rushed forward.
The other side didn't have many people, and the fight was over before Xia Xiaoman had killed a few of them.
Zhou Qiuyang asked his men to tie up all those who came to cause trouble and take them away for questioning. After making all the arrangements, he walked over to Xia Xiaoman.
"Sister Xiaoman, thank you very much for what happened just now. Are you not hurt?"
"No. Who are those people and why are they causing trouble for you?" Xia Xiaoman asked.
Zhou Qiuyang shook his head. "I don't know much about it either. They suddenly came to our territory to rob us. I got the news and brought my brothers to help."
Xia Xiaoman frowned. Before she came, she guessed that if the people in Fucheng heard the news from Yunhai City, they would probably come to trouble Lingxu Gang. After all, many people saw Lingxu Gang building greenhouses to grow cotton. In the eyes of many people, Lingxu Gang was just a local rich man. Who else could they rob?
"Where's Sister Yu'e? Is she home? I have something very important to tell her."
Zhou Qiuyang nodded and said, "At home. We just bought a batch of supplies some time ago, and Sister Yu'e and Chen Ya are settling the accounts." As he said that, he took Xia Xiaoman to Li Yu'e's house.
Li Yu'e was still busy calculating the points that needed to be distributed to Lingxu's gang. When she saw Xia Xiaoman coming, she quickly stood up and poured her some water.
Seeing this, Xia Xiaoman said, "Sister Yu'e, stop busying yourself and listen to me first." She stopped Li Yu'e and told her everything Chen Peiqiong had said in a few words.
The more Li Yu'e listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. "Is that bastard so wicked that he deliberately leaked this information at such a critical moment?"
The underground city is about to be completed, and with so much shocking news coming out at this time, how can Yunhai City not be in chaos?
Xia Xiaoman shook her head and said, "It's not clear who leaked the information. Sister Yu'e, many people know that your Lingxu Gang built a greenhouse to grow cotton. Just now someone came to your Lingxu Gang to cause trouble, so you have to be careful."
"It's best to go out with friends if you can. You can also set up some traps near your home. Don't take it lightly. Some people will do anything to get into the dungeon."
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