Chapter 175 News
She didn't dare to help the woman recover on a large scale. After all, she didn't know what her condition was.
Moreover, there are many poor people in the world, and Nan Chi just wants to find out the situation of the village from them.
After hearing Nan Chi's words, the little girl sat there blankly, returning to her previous lifeless appearance.
"Is it just you and your mother? Where's your father?" Nan Chi saw that the woman showed no signs of waking up, so he wanted to talk to the little girl.
The little guy's eyes moved, "Xiaoman doesn't have a father."
"Your name is Xiaoman? What a nice name." Nanchi smiled.
"Why do you live here?" Nan Chi looked towards the adobe hut not far away from the door.
Although those houses are also very simple, they are better than this stone house built with big stones.
As soon as it rains in this place, there will be water everywhere.
How can people live here?
Xiaoman was silent again.
At this moment, the woman opened her eyes. Xiaoman's eyes lit up and she immediately rushed over. Her voice was choked with sobs and anxiety, "Mom!"
"Cough!" The woman coughed lightly and blinked several times before slowly regaining her focus.
The next second, I saw a young man in white sitting on the only stone bench in the room.
Nan Chi watched the woman subconsciously hug her child and look at him with horror, so he said, "Auntie, I have no ill intentions."
Xiaoman explained softly in her ear: "Mom, it was this brother who saved you..."
Xiaoman's words slowly relaxed the woman's tense body, but her cloudy eyes still held a deep sense of vigilance.
Nan Chi frowned almost imperceptibly.
It is normal for people to be wary of strangers, but it is strange that this lady was so wary of her savior.
Nan Chi thought for a moment and explained again and again: "I came from the other side of the mountain. I'm an adventurer. I'll stay here for a day or two and leave soon..."
As he spoke, he took out another nutritional supplement and handed it to Xiaoman, "Drink it. This stuff will keep you full for the whole day."
Xiaomen didn't take it, but looked at his mother hesitantly, although there was a strong desire in her eyes as she looked at the nutrient.
Nan Chi's eyes flickered slightly. It seemed that this woman had taught the child very well. Even when all else was left, the child still had a bottom line.
The woman shook her head slightly at Xiaoman.
Xiaoman's eyes dimmed again, and she asked in a low voice, "Do you need our help with something?"
"Yes! I want to ask you for help. This is the advance payment." Looking at this sensible child, the smile on Nan Chi's lips became gentle.
Xiaoman looked at the woman again, and this time, the woman nodded slightly.
After receiving permission, the little girl happily took the nutritional supplement, opened the lid, and carefully drank a sip. Then her eyes lit up: "It tastes so good! I've never tasted water this good before."
The smile on Nan Chi's lips was a little stiff. You know, this kind of nutritional supplement has no taste, and can even be said to be unpalatable.
It was several minutes later that Xiaoman carefully finished the tube of nutrient solution that was as thick as her finger.
"I'm really full." She touched her stomach in surprise.
"Sir, what help do you want from us, mother and daughter?" The woman spoke at this time.
Nan Chi smiled slightly. "It's not a big deal, actually. You know I'm unfamiliar with the place. I just want to know what's going on in this woods and this village. Also, is there a city outside your village? How far is it from the city?"
Nan Chi asked a bunch of questions, but as she continued to ask, the woman's expression became more and more confused.
"What is...a city?" she asked.
Nan Chi couldn't even keep the smile on his face anymore.
What could a woman who had never even heard of the word "city" know?
"This village? Why are there so few people? And there are no elderly people?" Nan Chi had no choice but to ask some simple questions first.
The woman had a full stomach and was in high spirits after being treated by Nan Chi. After hearing Nan Chi's words, she looked at her strangely. "Here, if someone reaches the age of seventy, they will be sent to the back mountain to be offered to the Black Lord."
"Black Lord?" Nan Chi frowned and looked towards the back mountain where the woman mentioned.
Isn’t that the place I just came out of?
Didn't see any black lords?
"The Lord is the god who rules our area. Anyone who dares to disobey his will will suffer terrible punishment..."
“Every five years, our village has to hand over five young men and five girls who have just turned 18.
If we fail to hand it over, the lord will get angry and our village will cease to exist.
There was a village not far from ours. They disobeyed the Lord’s order and tried to hide the young girl, which led to the death of all the villagers…”
After hearing what the woman said, Nan Chi's beautiful brows were already furrowed tightly. "What's the difference between this Lord and the monsters in Journey to the West?"
"So what about the young men you handed over? Have they ever come back?"
The woman looked at Nan Chi strangely again, tears in her eyes. She said slowly, "Those young men died the moment they were handed over to the lord. We, the entire village, are like livestock kept by the lord..."
Nan Chi's eyes turned cold.
Keeping humans like livestock?
No creature has ever achieved this, right? This is a disgrace to the entire history of humanity!
"Why don't you resist?" Nan Chi asked in a deep voice.
"Resist? You can't win! Anyone who resists will die!
My grandfather told me that in ancient times, we humans were indeed the masters of this land. Later, we were defeated in the war, and this is how it became..."
There were still tears in the woman's eyes, and there was no trace of hope in them.
Defeated in battle, they were enslaved like animals!
Nan Chi pursed her lips. She remembered that she had killed the chimpanzee not long ago. That guy said in an arrogant tone that he had killed many humans!
Wait! Chimpanzee? Black Lord?
"Have you met that lord?"
"I've seen it before. It's as tall as a mountain, and its body is covered with black hair..."
"If you're talking about this guy who lived in the back hill, I'd say he died yesterday."
The woman stared at Nan Chi blankly, as if she couldn't react to what she said for a moment.
Nan Chi had no choice but to repeat what he had just said.
"Dead, dead?" The woman's words seemed to be squeezed out of her throat, hoarse and harsh.
"He's dead! Even his body was split into two halves. I saw it when I passed by there today." Nan Chi said seriously.
He repeated the characteristics of the chimpanzee.
"Is he really dead?" The woman's weak body suddenly filled with strength and she stood up from the bed. She took a few steps towards Nan Chi and stared at the young man in white with a crazy look.
Nan Chi nodded carefully.
"Hahaha!" The woman suddenly burst into laughter.
(End of this chapter)
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