Chapter 4 The Protagonist in Trouble

That's not a human cage.

It was more than one meter high and fifty to sixty centimeters wide. The iron sheets on the railings around it had rusted and peeled off, revealing the rough iron filings underneath. Mixed with unknown bloodstains, the air was filled with a fishy smell.

Pei Du was originally standing at the corner. He noticed the alien in the cage and unknowingly walked to the center of the venue.

After being infected with the virus, the human body will undergo mutation, either decaying and changing taste, or regenerating through lamina. In either case, they cannot maintain their original human form.

It has claws like a beast and crawls on all fours; it has scales like a fish and bulging eyes.

Aliens that can live like normal humans after being infected almost never exist in the world where Pei Du lives today.

The alien in the cage was tall, with the collar of his ill-fitting shirt torn open, and bruises all over the skin around his collarbone. His wet hair stuck to his face, and the lower half of his face was blurred. His long, cold eyes looked around vigilantly like a cheetah.

Pei Du looked at the tightly stretched muscle lines on his arms, with bulging veins. They were not the blue veins that ordinary humans have, but an obvious dark red - this situation already suggested that he was a survivor of the virus.

"It's illegal to buy him. He's a human being..."

"The previous laws have already been issued. Mutants that have completely lost their humanity no longer have citizenship. What is the difference between them and beasts? Don't forget that the virus in their bodies is contagious!"

"Even if you don't buy it today, you'll be shot if caught by the military. But who is tired of living and buys this thing to take home?"

"If he bites you, you're done..."

Pei Du stood in the front row of the crowd. He looked at the man curled up in the iron cage, his emotions unchanged in his eyes.

This alien, which was banging its head against the iron railing before he arrived, finally stopped after suffering from torn flesh.

The flesh on his forehead had rotted away. He was like a trapped beast that knew it was going to die. He knelt and collapsed in a small cage that was so narrow that he could hardly straighten his back.

Pei Du looked at him intently. As if feeling Pei Du's gaze, the person in the cage turned his head, and his amber pupils looked into Pei Du's eyes - along with his fierce face.

Pei Du's breathing stagnated.

... Envy

What's going on?

Sheng Shixian has been receiving treatment in the Sheng family's nursing home after being infected with the virus. How could he be in the black market and in such a miserable condition?

Isn't he the main male lead?

Pei Du asked himself in his heart, "How can I survive if I try to escape?" The "How can I survive if I try to escape?" floated in the air, and it made a sound of "tsk".

"Oh, the male protagonists in Qidian are all like this, with a big downturn before a big upsurge. Even though he looks so miserable now, he lived to be ninety-three years old in his previous life, which is seventy years longer than you!"

Pei Du: “…”

"Being abused is a blessing! How can he grow if he is not abused? How can he rise if he is not abused? This is the basic treatment of the male protagonist——"

Pei Du looked at the bruises on Sheng Shixian's body and curled his lips, "It seems I'm still okay."

"Yes, yes." Gou Qie Tou Sheng comforted him, "It's a blessing for you to die early. You haven't suffered any hardship."

Pei Du: "...Do you want this blessing?"

Survive and survive: "..."

Pei Du ignored him and focused his attention on the iron cage in the center of the field.

All he had in his hand now was a guide to the book, and other than that, the only things left were the names of the two protagonists provided to him by Goujue Tousheng.

After being infected with the virus, Sheng Shixian was admitted to a nursing home for nearly two years. Two years later, he joined an army specially formed by alien species and achieved the transformation from a businessman to a military commander.

And with the help of Sheng Shixian, An Jia returned to the upper class society and successfully became a new generation of wealthy daughter.

The man is talented and the woman is beautiful, which makes others envious.

Of course Pei Du didn’t know about all this. As a supporting actor like him, all that was left was his ashes floating in the sky.

After hearing this, Pei Du casually asked about Gou Qie Tou Sheng's final outcome. Due to the current laws against mutants, which prohibit mutants from marrying ordinary people, Sheng Shixian did not end up with An Jia.

An Jia married someone else, and Sheng Shixian retreated behind the scenes and waited for her all his life. This was their final ending.

Pei Du couldn't help but gasp. Sheng Shi was envious of the male protagonist. He was tortured to death throughout the whole process, and in the end, his wife was not his own.

Gouqiu Tousheng, however, was extremely envious and admired Sheng Shi: "You are already the male lead of Qidian, why do you still need a wife? Career is the most important thing!"

Pei Du and Gouqie Tousheng had nothing to say about this system, and he looked forward again.

Sheng Shi enviously knelt in the cage with his body hunched over. He pursed his lips through the wet hair on his forehead and fixed his eyes on Pei Du.

Pei Du suspected that Sheng Shixian had recognized him. He pulled the mask on his face tightly and asked Gou Qie Tuosheng secretly: "If I pretend not to see him now, will he want to kill me in the future?"

"Uh." He hesitated, "...maybe"

Pei Du clicked his tongue.

Sheng Shixian will definitely not die in the black market now, but if he holds a grudge against Pei Du because of this, Pei Du may be killed again by Sheng Shixian's tricks before he finds the murderer.

Sheng Shixian was still looking at him, his hands grasping the iron railings, his lips slightly opening and closing as if he wanted to say something. But before he could utter a word, he was grabbed by the hair by the vendor outside and dragged out of the cage.

"He has a good and obedient personality, and he will never bite anyone! Look, he still has muscles, and his appearance is amazing! You can buy him and raise him as a cat or a dog..."

"Hmm!" Sheng Shixian frowned deeply, his scalp was stinging, and his facial features were crumpled in pain.

The vendor used pliers to pry open his lips and teeth, and forcefully pried open his mouth. "Look, his teeth are similar to those of an ordinary person. This kind of humanoid mutant is very rare. I have examined him, and the virus he has is a common influenza virus, which is extremely low in infectiousness. Don't worry."

The man standing in front of Sheng Shixian had a big belly. Sheng Shixian looked up at him, his vision blurred by the dark air.

His lips were almost split from being stretched, and the sound of their bargaining filled his ears.

"It's really not contagious, but he doesn't look well behaved. Why is his leg twisted like that? Is it broken?"

"Alas - that's to prevent him from escaping. It won't cost you much to treat him... Forget it, I'll give you a 50% discount. How can it be any lower..."

"He won't let me touch him. He gets mad when I touch him. He has a bad temper. It will be a pain to buy him back."

"Hey, are you going to buy it or not? It's normal for him to have a little temper. Even cats will nudge people."

Sheng Shixian's fingertips curled up, he looked upwards with empty eyes, his eardrums were pierced by the sound of their conversation.

...what do they think of him?

Dead meat on the chopping block, or a stray dog ​​that no one wants

He is human!

Sheng Shixian's breathing was heavy. He gathered his strength, tensed his muscles, and when the merchant was not paying attention, he suddenly hit his head on him.