After spending some time together, Ye Zhou gained a better understanding of Zou Ming and Sarah's backgrounds.
Sarah lived in an era similar to the Western Middle Ages on Earth. She was the youngest child in the family and probably the weakest one. Although she was a vampire, her behavior habits were no different from those of humans.
There is a soul over 400 years old living in this small body, and sometimes the way he speaks and acts makes people feel strangely uncomfortable.
As for Zou Ming, he has a taciturn and rebellious face, but he is a very gentle person.
But strangely, the employees were willing to get close to Sarah, a "monster".
But he was unwilling to get close to Zou Ming, who was a human.
In order to prevent Zou Ming from feeling isolated, Ye Zhou could only say a few meaningless words to Zou Ming from time to time.
"Your land can't be cultivated anymore?" Ye Zhou chatted with Zou Ming in the lounge.
They sat on the sofa, with brewed green tea and snacks on the table. Ye Zhou asked, "So humans haven't become extinct yet?"
Land and water are the foundation of human survival.
Ye Zhou couldn't imagine what would happen if the land couldn't be cultivated.
Zou Ming held an orange in his hand. He peeled off the skin. The overbearing fragrance and slight sourness of the orange defeated the tea fragrance and filled the room.
He said calmly: "The few unpolluted lands are fine."
Ye Zhou: "Is there such land where you live?"
Zou Ming hesitated for a moment and shook his head slightly.
Ye Zhou had realized something, but the thought flashed through his mind, and he still raised his question: "Then how did you make a living before you got the employment system?"
"I was born in the A35 base." Zou Ming cut the peeled orange into two halves and handed one half to Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou took it subconsciously: "Thank you."
Zou Ming continued: "The A35 base does not have soil for planting, but there is water."
Ye Zhou: "You can take the water and exchange it with others."
Zou Ming shook his head. He glanced at Ye Zhou. His dark eyes showed no sadness or joy, like a bottomless dry well. "No one wants to do business in a place without order and rules."
Ye Zhou: "...by robbing?"
Zou Ming nodded.
Zou Ming pulled the corner of his mouth and revealed a half-smile.
Ye Zhou did not continue the conversation on this issue. He asked in a low voice: "Do you want to order other fruits?"
Zou Ming nodded slightly: "Anything is fine."
Ye Zhou walked out of the lounge.
He has seen many movies and literary works, and all the movies about wastelands have a cruel and dark tone. When there are only a few resources left, humans will inevitably fall into an endless struggle in order to survive.
The premise of collaborative cooperation is that resources can meet the needs of most people.
And the wasteland era obviously cannot meet this premise.
But fighting will result in even fewer resources, creating a vicious cycle.
Ye Zhou could understand it when he watched movies or read novels and cartoons, and he didn't think there was anything strange about this social structure. He had seen much darker and more cruel themes.
But the senses that illusion and reality bring to people are absolutely different.
Ye Zhou felt a little regretful when he took the fruit - why did he ask so many questions? As long as the other party worked hard here and could protect his safety, wouldn't that be enough? He wasn't going on a blind date with the other party, so why did he ask so many questions?
After all, there is a contract. Even if the other party is a "bad guy", at least he will not harm him.
After returning to the lounge, Ye Zhou did not ask any more questions about the plane where Zou Ming was.
Instead, he turned on the TV and watched a movie with Zou Ming.
Just as the finale was about to come, Ye Zhou heard footsteps and voices coming from outside the supermarket.
Logically speaking, he should not have heard any noise outside since he was in the lounge, but he didn't know when he started to be very sensitive to all the sounds around him. Although he couldn't be said to have clairvoyance and clairaudience, Ye Zhou felt that he was almost the same as a human.
Ye Zhou found it novel at first, but after a while he felt it was no big deal.
Moreover, this ability did not bring him any substantial benefits, but only made the world around him even noisier.
"I'll go out and take a look." Ye Zhou stood up.
Zou Ming also stood up and walked out behind Ye Zhou.
Ye Zhou walked quickly to the entrance of the supermarket. Zou Ming behind him had already held the gun. Even Sarah, who had been playing somewhere, rushed over. She did not bring any weapons, but her pupils, which were originally slightly red, had turned dark red.
Except for Ye Zhou, the other two were ready to fight.
"Immortal!" Chen Liu rolled and crawled to the ground at Ye Zhou's feet.
He described himself as dishevelled—not in terms of his attire, but in terms of his expression and the feeling he gave people at the moment.
It seemed that he had not been saved long ago, but had turned back into the poor man who was in constant fear.
Wu Yan and the others were panting, as if they had been running all the way back.
Ye Zhou is no longer embarrassed now. These days, neither Zou Ming nor Sarah reacted to the employees calling him an immortal, let alone laughed at him. Ye Zhou also gradually stopped taking this title seriously.
Strategy! This is his strategy to save his life. There is nothing shameful or embarrassing about it.
Seeing Wu Yan and the others' anxious looks, Ye Zhou thought they were in danger, and frowned and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
In an instant, Ye Zhou imagined many dangers they might encounter.
Attacked by refugees? Robbed by bandits?
"Immortal!" Wu Yan took a deep breath and then told the story of what they had encountered.
Chen Liu had already opened his bag, and the glittering golden jewelry almost blinded Ye Zhou's eyes.
——Although his parents also loved to buy gold and believed that gold could maintain its value, they kept it in the bank and never took it out.
His mother had bought gold jewelry, but at most they were earrings, rings and bracelets, never such complicated styles.
Even Ye Zhou, who considered himself "well-informed", was shocked by the jewelry made by skilled craftsmen of this era.
"They probably have more than just these things." Wu Yan didn't look at Chen Liu, who was lying on the ground with tears streaming down his face. He stood in front of Ye Zhou, lowering his head slightly. "They said they were going to escort extremely valuable items to the south, but they treated these jewels like trash. I'm afraid the things they have must be very light."
Wu Yan expressed his guess: "I'm afraid it's news that can affect the current situation."
For Wu Yan, even though he thought he no longer belonged to this world, he had been an ordinary citizen of the Liang Dynasty for decades after all.
These things still matter to him.
However, Ye Zhou did not care about the so-called "current situation". He did not want to dominate this feudal society. He just wanted to make money.
Seeing Ye Zhou was silent, Wu Yan said cautiously, "Although they were bandits, Chen Liu said they never robbed houses. They only killed corrupt officials and wealthy people who were unkind to their wealth... I wonder if it's possible... If not, we can send the things back to them."
The temptation of money in front of me almost made me blurt out the word "yes".
Ye Zhou tried hard to look calm.
He felt himself set up.
Wu Yan and the others all believed that Ye Zhou could know everything about the world without leaving his house, and Ye Zhou couldn't ruin his own plans at this time.
While Ye Zhou was thinking, Wu Yan and his group were also secretly looking at Zou Ming and Sarah.
Perhaps because Ye Zhou was present this time, the security guards did not panic and run away, but their faces turned pale with fright because of Sarah.
Wu Yan, on the other hand, had read books and knew that there were still high-nosed and blonde-haired barbarians in this world. Although he was also shocked, he did not think that Sarah was a goblin or a monster.
Ye Zhou pretended to think for a moment and then said to Wu Yan: "You go and rest first, I will make my own arrangements."
Wu Yan and his group carried Chen Liu and went to the back door of the supermarket together.
Before they left, Ye Zhou emphasized to them that they could not go directly into the supermarket after returning, but had to go to the back door to wash up and change into clean clothes.
The supermarket is so big that if bedbugs and fleas really got in, I don’t know how many bottles of insecticide I would have to use.
The weather is hot now, so you won’t catch a cold even if you wash with cold water.
After Wu Yan and the others left, Zou Ming stepped forward and picked up the bag full of gold jewelry.
Sarah also walked over, but neither of them was obviously interested in these things.
After returning to the original plane, only the salary Ye Zhou gave them could be used for shopping. Even if they could take some back, to Zou Ming, it was just a golden stone. For a vampire like Sarah who had lived for more than 400 years, there was never a shortage of gold items.
"It's really well made." Sarah looked at the intricate patterns on the gold ornaments. "It would be great if I could bring the craftsmen here to my place."
Ye Zhou: "Don't you have any good craftsmen?"
Sarah shrugged. "Humans are poor."
"The king and queen are both covered in lice."
Ye Zhou: “…”
It’s better not to be a king if it comes to this.
Ye Zhou's knowledge of history is average, and his knowledge of Western history is even more average, not to mention the Western Middle Ages. Anyway, his knowledge of the Middle Ages is limited to castles and witches in fairy tales.
She never expected that the medieval kings Sarah lived in all raised lice.
"Have you thought about how to tell them?" Zou Ming asked him.
Ye Zhou said in a relaxed tone: "Anyway, those people released them, so they shouldn't be considered bad people."
But Ye Zhou thought about it and frowned slightly: "Those people should be fleeing. They will definitely not be able to defeat Wu Yan and his men. Besides, at this time, gold, silver and jewelry are just scrap metal. Instead of leaving them there, it's better to take a gamble."
"I'm still not sure whether it's good or bad." Ye Zhou held his chin and thought.
If he had known this earlier, he would not have come up with the excuse of saving good people, and put himself in shackles.
It would be better to just say save people.
Zou Ming suddenly said, "Pick out a few items and tell them that you don't want them. You don't have to explain to them why."
Ye Zhou looked at him in confusion: "Why?"
He could hardly keep up with Zou Ming's train of thought.
Zou Ming said calmly: "It's a smokescreen. Let them think about why they didn't accept those things. Then they won't worry about whether those people are good or bad."
Ye Zhou suddenly realized: "Divert attention! OK!"
Anyway, the person who exchanges things will never meet them again, so there is no need to worry about this practice being exposed.
Ye Zhou gave Zou Ming a thumbs up, but before he could say anything to praise her, Sarah suddenly squatted down, picked out a few items from her bag and put them aside, then looked up at Ye Zhou and said, "I've chosen."
Sarah's big eyes were filled with joy.
Ye Zhou: “…”
What does she mean? She wants me to praise her?
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It was almost noon, and the shade of the trees could block the sunlight, but it could not block the heat coming in from all directions.
"Brother Yang, will they come back?" Li Qing took a sip of water. It was called a sip of water, but in fact it was just a little bit that touched his lips.
Yang Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "How should I know?"
Zhao San couldn't help but get angry: "Where did this immortal come from? Even an immortal can't turn six horses into something! Chen Liu must be lying to us! We shouldn't let him go. Since we used to be brothers, how can we suffer while he enjoys the good life?!"
Yang Zhi chewed the bread. It didn't feel like dry biscuits and didn't choke his throat. He looked at the "bread" in his hand and curled his lips: "Leave him here and wait for death together?"
"He stays, and we die together."
"Now that he's gone, we can still take a gamble. As long as he comes back, we can all survive."
Yang Zhi looked at the glaring sun in the distance and swallowed the last bite of bread.
They had traveled a long distance, lost seven horses, and suffered a lot, not just to wait for death here and now.
If there really is an "immortal", can the "immortal" save his life? Can he save him from the sea of suffering and save all people in the world from the sea of suffering?
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