Whoosh!
Suddenly, Lao Liu's vision shifted, and he felt as if he were rising upside down. The scene before him was shifting and slowly turning black.
Before the pain even began, he landed and saw his headless corpse.
Even after his death, the sixth brother's face still bore the marks of shock and profound terror...
The woman lay prostrate on the ground, waiting to die, when suddenly she felt there was no sound. She quietly opened her eyes and saw a tall man standing in front of the soldiers' vehicle with his back to her.
The headlights were still on, and the engine was still running.
But everyone on the train died.
The deaths were all very similar, with clean cuts at the decapitation points, without a single burr.
The blood started flowing two or three seconds later, staining the carriage red.
The woman's lips turned white, and she trembled as she said, "Spare...spare my life..."
Qin Che turned his head and glanced at the scene. Besides the woman, there were seven or eight slaves standing on the grass, all stunned.
Qin Che coughed lightly.
They were so frightened that they all knelt down and prostrated themselves on the ground, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
"Don't be afraid, I'm a human, not a ghost," Qin Che said with a smile.
"Thank you for saving us."
"What a great kindness!"
"I thought we were definitely going to die..."
"The master is an angel!"
The slaves obediently kowtowed several times.
Qin Che was too lazy to make them stand up and speak, so he made them kneel down and speak.
"Where did you come from?"
“It’s a manor outside Zeolite City; we all escaped from there.”
Qin Che asked, "Why did you try to escape? Don't you want to be a slave anymore?"
"No, no!" the slaves vehemently objected, and then recounted the landlord's cruel deeds.
They spoke haltingly and incoherently.
Finally, it was the woman who, holding her terrified son, added the finishing touches.
Qin Che frowned, his expression quite unpleasant.
They take pleasure in torture and killing, and then call themselves 'civilized people' to the outside world.
He chuckled in exasperation and said, "There's a campsite ahead. Aren't you all hungry?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than one of the slaves' stomachs began to rumble.
After running for so many days, running a marathon against death, many of their companions died of exhaustion along the way.
The slaves lowered their heads, and Qin Che heard their answer, so he said, "Then come with me."
"Sir, are you from a merchant caravan?" The woman seemed quite knowledgeable.
"Fine, what do you want to know?"
The woman asked, "Master, are you going to Zeolite City? We dare not go back; we escaped."
"If you come with me, you can go back, and no one will bother you," Qin Che smiled.
The woman was still afraid, but she silently followed Qin Che's footsteps. This man was very powerful. He killed all the armed soldiers as easily as stepping on an ant. The woman had once heard her husband say that if they encountered a caravan in the wild, they should seek refuge with them. Those who could run trade routes in the wasteland were all strong.
The woman didn't understand at first, but now she does.
The seven or eight slaves followed Qin Che back to the camp.
Little Stone's heart had long been at ease; he had sensed that the Master would return while they were at the camp.
Li Xin asked, "Why did you go alone, but so many people came back?"
Qin Che rolled his eyes.
Li Xin joked, "You turn into a saint the moment you step out the door."
Little Stone grinned from the side: "I begged Master to go, and that's why he went, because Master dotes on me."
“Ah, right, right, right…” Li Xin shrugged.
Qin Che walked up and sat down, giving Xiao Shitou a wink.
Little Stone scooped up a few spoonfuls of broth and handed them to them, saying, "The master saved you, you should be grateful and come with us to be his servants."
The woman's full name was Hu Ting.
But no one remembered her real name; everyone in the manor called her 'Fukuda'.
Because it was a homonym and easy to remember, the woman changed her name to Fukuda.
Some of the remaining slaves didn't even have names, so Little Stone named them Fu Lu Shou Cai (福禄寿财) on the spot.
They can become household slaves and go to the frozen land together, so that there will be someone to serve them.
Life and death are predestined, but they were lucky enough to latch onto the coattails of three extraordinary beings...
Hu Ting led Fu Lu Shou Cai and the others to kneel down and kowtow several times to Qin Che.
“From now on, you are the master, and our lives are all yours.” Hu Ting obediently pressed her son’s head down.
Qin Che noticed the little boy had snot running down his nose and asked, "What's his name?"
Hu Ting shook her head: "Sir, he doesn't have a name."
“I think he looks more like a stone than you,” Qin Che said, looking at Little Stone.
“Master…” Little Stone was still angry because this name could only belong to her and could not be given to anyone else.
Li Xin said from the side, "I've thought of one, let's call it Grasshopper."
Qin Che said speechlessly, "What kind of nonsense is this..."
In the end, it was him who directly called out the three words "Little One," and Hu Ting hurriedly kowtowed to express her gratitude.
Congratulations on your fortune, prosperity, longevity, and wealth! There are six characters in total, representing six people. Including Hu Ting and Little Dot... Qin Che's team has expanded again.
Although they were slaves, it was still convenient to have more people.
“That’s more normal. Even if it were just anyone in Zeus City, they would suspect our identities if they saw the three of us come all the way here empty-handed.”
Li Xin replied, "So what if you have doubts? What are you afraid of?"
"I just didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble. Disguising myself as a caravan was the most convenient option," Qin Che said.
Little Stone also thought it made a lot of sense: "We can't just go around shouting that we're from Leopard Court, can we? That would be too much trouble."
Li Xin didn't care; he just wanted to get going.
Hu Ting became the steward among the slaves, calling Gong Xi over to serve Li Xin, Fu Lu Shou Cai over to serve Qin Che, and personally serving Xiao Shitou.
She was still very observant; along the way, the master and Miss Stone were chatting and laughing, as if he doted on her.
Miss Stone is probably a relative of the master's family...
They can't possibly be father and daughter; they don't look alike.
In two or three days, they got closer and closer to Zeolite City.
Hu Ting and Gong Xifu Lu Shou Cai both looked uneasy and nervous.
"Don't be afraid, Master is here," Little Stone comforted him.
Qin Che stood with his hands on his hips, gazing at the city. The view was good from the plains, and it was pretty much as Li Xin had described—just a small fortress built on a mountain, emitting thick white smoke.
Zeolite City is most famous for its hot springs.
But Qin Che still prefers the hot springs in the desert oasis.
It symbolizes extravagance and debauchery.
Zeolite City doesn't even need to compare to Leopard Court; any random city in the desert is more magnificent.
The procession headed into the city...
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