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Until we passed by a scavenger concentration camp.
The scavengers' concentration camp was set in the open air. Several skinny, pale-faced poor people wearing ragged and smelly clothes gathered together and lined up to receive porridge.
The porridge was so clear that you could see the bottom. Chu Qi had excellent eyesight and could vaguely see that the porridge was made of chopped sweet potatoes. A poor man got his own bowl of porridge and was so happy that he took the bowl and took a big sip without even having time to walk to the side.
The refugee chewed a few times, and Chu Qi heard the tooth-grinding sound of sand breaking apart.
The clear sweet potato porridge is mixed with mud and sand...
It seems that those people are the slum scavengers who came to the base to work and make a living according to the background provided by the system. Chu Qi understood and felt a little upset.
Humans are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless?
Chu Qi was not an extremely cold-hearted person. Seeing those poor people struggling on the survival line, her heart palpitated slightly and she felt a little pity.
The map man kept smiling slightly, a smile that showed the joy of returning home. When the others paused, he also noticed the poor people over there.
"Are you hungry?" The map man's eyes flashed.
"Hiss, what are those people doing? Prisoners of forced labor?" Li Fei blurted out.
"A scavenger who came into the base to repair the wall." The map man said in a flat tone.
"You eat that to repair the wall?"
Li Fei's dream was shattered in an instant.
Looking at those poor people, what flashed through his mind were the days before he met Sister Lin, when he was living from day to day, with no idea where his next meal would come from.
"The wealthy areas are clearly divided into different levels, and people of different status should receive different treatments."
The map man looked at Chu Qi meaningfully, "Let's go, we can't wander around after dark, I'll take you to your accommodation."
After a pause, he looked at Chu Qi: "Seventh Brother, do you want to live in the superpower community, or live with us?"
Chu Qi: "Let's go with you guys first."
I have just arrived and am unfamiliar with the place. Instead of wandering around like a headless fly, I might as well follow the map guy who is obviously very familiar with the base.
After all, I have experienced life and death together with these people, so I can barely be considered half their friends.
Chu Qi's thoughts turned around, but she didn't show it on her face.
Chu Xuan had no objection at all. Ever since her brother saved her that night, she had regarded her brother as the closest person in the world.
Wherever her brother is, she is there. It would be even better if she could stick to him all the time.
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A certain residence.
An old man, who is over fifty years old but has gray hair, sits in a rocking chair to enjoy the cool air.
This is an open-air balcony. There are swaying shadows of trees outside and occasional breezes blowing by, making rustling sounds.
The mottled sunlight, scattered through the gaps between the leaves, was cast on the old man's weathered face.
The old man seemed to be asleep, leaning back in the recliner in a relaxed posture with his eyelids closed.
Suddenly, there was a slight sound of a door opening, and the old man immediately opened his eyes, his eyes clear and bright.
He turned his head slightly to see who came in.
A thin man walked in quickly, holding a box of exquisitely wrapped gifts in his hand, "Doctor, I found the starry night grass!"
The corners of his mouth stretched into a huge grin.
“Found it?!”
The old man, who had originally had a calm expression, became excited and stood up to greet him.
The thin man took two quick steps, rushed over, opened his arms and called affectionately: "Doctor, I miss you so much!"
"Snap"
The old man snatched the gift box from the thin man's hand and said, "Get lost."
"...Oh." The thin man said aggrievedly, "I haven't seen you for half a year. Doctor, don't you care about how your students are doing? Are they hungry, cold, or bullied?"
The old man didn't even look at him when he heard that, and just replied perfunctorily: "So how are you doing?"
"Not good," he sat down naturally on the recliner where the old man had just sat, and held the old man's teapot to his mouth, raised his head and gulped down a big mouthful, then said slowly:
"It's really dangerous outside. The bodyguards who went out with me were all killed. If I hadn't been lucky enough to have a lightning-type mutant as my partner, it would have been a question whether I could have come back alive..."
He gulped down another mouthful. "Even if I had lost a thigh, I would have almost died in the sea outside our base..."
The old man finally checked the starry night grass and confirmed that it was real starry night grass. He finally put his heart at ease and finally paid some attention to the students:
"Someone has caused a big mess in that sea. I don't know who killed the snake king's child. Recently, the snakes in that sea have been going crazy. They stay near the base all day long. When they see people going out to sea, they want to knock down the boat and swallow them."
"There's still this. No wonder they don't care about their lives. They were electrocuted to death so many times but they didn't run away." The thin man was still frightened:
"By the end, our lightning-type psychic had all fallen into a coma. If there wasn't another psychic hidden in the team, I would have been finished."
The old man was surprised and frightened and said: "It was really thrilling!"
"Yeah, you almost lost an excellent student."
"My nightshade almost didn't come back."
They both spoke at the same time.
Thin man: "...Doctor, do you still have a heart? Do you really not care about me at all? I am so hurt---"
"There are braised pork and sweet and sour fish in the kitchen." The old man interrupted the spell.
"You should have said it earlier." The thin man rushed out of the balcony like a gust of wind.
Soon, he ran back with the braised pork and ate it in front of the old man.
"I've told you so many times not to eat in the breeding base..." The old man pushed the young man out, cursing.
"Doctor, smell it, what is this?" The thin man mysteriously put the braised pork to the old man's nose.
The old man was about to curse when he suddenly smelled something and froze: "Ginger? This smell... why does it smell so familiar..."
"Non-toxic ginger! It's exactly the same as the one before the apocalypse. I've carefully checked and tested it." The thin man put away his carelessness and said while eating the meat, "I got this stuff in exchange from a man. It cost me two kilograms of pork."
"Where did he get it?" The old man looked fanatical, as if he had discovered some rare treasure.
"He said he found it on the road. Strange, why didn't I find such a good thing on the road?"
"Where is he now? I want to find a chance to meet him. How about going now?"
As the old man spoke, he took off his white coat and opened a darkroom in the breeding base.
There was a single bed for sleeping and some spare clothes.
He went in, closed the door, and came out in a changed suit. His weathered face was rarely energetic: "Come on, take me there quickly."
"No, teacher, do you also like to eat and drink?"
The old man glared at her and said, "You only know how to eat it. Do you know how difficult it is to make non-toxic ginger? Even if I go through layers of experiments, I can't make it completely non-toxic..."
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