"I'll take you to the south of the city." Chang Le paused, then added, "Since you're pregnant."
"Thank you, I will definitely help you stay in the safe city in the south of the city."
The woman asked again, "I still don't know the name of my benefactor."
Chang Le paused for a moment, then said, "Just call me 'Xiao Le'."
"Xiao Le, happiness is always joy, what a lovely name," the woman said with a smile. "My name is Wen Yuqiao, you can call me whatever you like."
Chang Le thought to himself.
She knew that Fu Guang's mother had a very beautiful and gentle name, "Wen Yuqiao".
Jade Bridge means rainbow.
“Aunt Qiao,” Chang Le called her, “if you’ve regained some strength now, we need to get to the south of the city as soon as possible before it gets dark. Otherwise, if we wait until night, I can’t guarantee the safety of the two of us… the three of us.”
Wen Yuqiao was amused by her change of address.
Wen Yuqiao's cultivation level wasn't low, reaching the sixth rank, but she had no combat ability and her physical fitness was average. Coupled with her pregnancy and injury, Chang Le was afraid of slowing her down, so he carried her on his back. However, this time, he walked exceptionally steadily, afraid of bumping into the newly formed little cub.
With her lover and her lover's dearest family members on her back, Chang Le couldn't help but laugh; this was quite a unique experience.
She protected Fuguang once too.
...
The two arrived in the southern part of the city at dusk.
A defensive line was urgently built on the southern outskirts of the city, with strict checks on those entering and leaving, including those with special abilities, to prevent the infiltration of alien species with special abilities.
Chang Le saw that there were many people on the verge of death being turned away from the defense line. Their relatives and friends were crying and begging to be allowed to enter for treatment, but they were all refused.
Due to the scarcity of various resources, especially medicine, priority was given to supplying members fighting on the front lines. In order to ensure the circulation within the city, those who were seriously injured and unable to recover, as well as those who were unable to work, were directly turned away.
Although Chang Le and Wen Yuqiao were both superhumans and capable of contributing to the city, they still couldn't help but feel a chill upon seeing such a scene.
Chang Le was alright; she knew that weakness and death were intertwined. But Wen Yuqiao was clearly afraid and was forcing herself to stay strong. Although she felt sorry for those people, she wisely refrained from uttering a single complaint.
Meanwhile, some people around were pushing their way in, pointing and whispering indignantly.
Chang Le responded: You're sick!
If someone is willing to take these people in and has the ability to treat them, she admires their righteousness; but if they don't have the ability, yet ask others to spend their resources to treat them, and then accuse others of being heartless, that's just plain stupid.
For example, her and the brother in front of Wenyu Bridge.
Clutching a schoolbag, she spoke with considerable sympathy for those who couldn't get in, saying, "How can they be so heartless? That's a human life too!"
It would be fine if he said a few words, but he's been rambling on for almost ten minutes since we started queuing.
Chang Le couldn't help but peek at him from behind.
It's so noisy! It's really so noisy!
The noise was so loud that she couldn't concentrate on observing her surroundings.
Chang Le wanted to use vines to make two holes in his face to shut him up.
Now it was the person in front of you's turn to be checked to enter the city.
"Where are you from? Name? Age? Put your hand here."
The soldiers conducting the inspection asked him questions as usual, and then made him put his hands into a semi-transparent box on the table.
The box is 30 centimeters in size and contains a hand-polished "stone". There is an opening at the top of the box for people to reach in.
This is a simple detection instrument that can distinguish between the original and the prokaryotic within a living organism. Humans are the original and are detected through entry; prokaryotic organisms are foreign and will be eliminated on the spot.
The brother hesitated and didn't reach out, but instead half-opened his bag and whispered something to the soldier in a conciliatory manner.
Chang Le tilted his head and caught a glimpse of the gold in his schoolbag and the unresponsive testing stone.
No wonder he complained. This person didn't have awakened any special abilities and didn't meet the requirements to enter the city. It turns out that his previous actions of standing up for others were just paving the way for public opinion against him.
“You do not meet the requirements. I'm sorry, please leave.” The soldier pushed back his hand that was displaying the gold and sternly asked him to leave.
The man immediately jumped up and down in a tirade of angry curses: "You selfish and heartless cowards! We've earned so much money and paid so many taxes to support you for so many years! Now that something's happened and there's danger, you just kick us, the civilians who need protection, aside? What powerlessness, what superpowered individuals? I think you just look down on us and love to fawn over the powerful and wealthy! You damn city guards! You're all liars! You don't want to save us; you just want us to be cannon fodder to feed those aliens! Heaven is unjust!"
The soldier, unable to get a word in edgewise, waved his hand as if to signal for someone to drag him away, when the man suddenly scattered a handful of gold bars:
"Everyone, be the judge! Why can't we go in?! We should be the ones going in! You people with superpowers, those who are capable, should protect us from outside!"
Gold is a hard currency, and it still has its uses as long as the economic system hasn't completely collapsed. The helpless and severely injured relatives and friends who were stuck outside were suddenly spurred on, shouting and shoving as they pushed their way in.
Chang Le shielded Wen Yuqiao, frowning as he looked at the man who had rammed into the soldier with his body.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and then silence fell.
An officer stepped forward, walked straight up to the man who was inciting the crowd, and said coldly, "You tell me why you're not allowed in. Fine, I'll ask you, once you're inside, can you support yourself?"
The man retorted, "I have money! I can..."
"Can gold be exchanged for urgently needed medicines on the front lines?"
The man choked.
Can gold be exchanged for food? Can your money and gold feed yourself? Can they help people in the city obtain resources for survival? Can you hunt other species to survive on your own? Do you need someone else's protection?
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