"Where are the people?"

"It was in front of me just now, how come it turned a corner and disappeared?"

The suppressed voices were filled with anxiety, and the two figures took two quick steps stealthily, trying to find the person they had lost.

Ruan Shiqing breathed lightly, pressed his body tightly against the stone wall, and observed his shadow cast on the ground from the side.

There were two men on the other side, both of them were strong.

After assessing the strength of both sides, Ruan Shiqing decided to strike first. His research institute was affiliated with the military, and in their spare time, the institute would organize military instructors to teach them some fighting skills for self-defense.

As it happened, Ruan Shiqing's performance in fighting class was very good.

He fumbled for a small stone from the uneven wall and threw it gently in front of him. The slight sound of the stone falling to the ground really attracted the attention of one of them, who quickly walked over to investigate.

Taking advantage of this moment, Ruan Shiqing suddenly appeared and took action.

He punched the man's nose first, and then kicked him hard down the stone steps while he was in pain. The stone steps were steep, narrow, and very slippery, so even a fall would be difficult, let alone a complete roll.

The other man saw his younger brother rolling down the stone steps, and panicked to catch him. However, he lost his balance and slipped, and the two brothers immediately rolled down together.

Ruan Shiqing: “……?”

He was also surprised. He didn't expect to be able to deal with two strong men so easily. He picked up the little robot. He listened to the movement below and was about to leave when he heard sobbing sounds coming from the dark corridor.

It started with suppressed sobbing, then turned into loud crying, and finally turned into a wailing duet.

???

No way? Did I make him cry?

Ruan Shiqing was stunned. After hesitating for a while, he decided to go down and take a look out of humanitarian concern.

Don't beat him up so much that he becomes sick.

Taking out a homemade flashlight from his pocket, Ruan Shiqing went down a dozen steps and saw two big men sitting on the ground, holding their heads and crying.

As he cried, the black bear ears on the upper half of his head trembled.

It's tragic yet a little funny.

Ruan Shiqing quickly pinched the tip of the dog's ears and finally managed to hold back his laughter.

He cleared his throat and asked the robot to translate: "Are you all right?"

The two big men stopped crying. The eldest blew his nose and looked at him: "Are you going to beat us again?"

The second brother continued, "It's wrong for us to rob you, but we have no choice. We can't get our wages, and we haven't eaten for three days."

After saying this, his empty stomach seemed to be unwilling to be lonely and made gurgling sounds one after another.

The two brothers held hands and looked at each other with tears in their eyes, and they wanted to cry again.

I'm so hungry and life is so fucking hard.

WuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuQAQ

Ruan Shiqing: ...

How did such a big guy end up in such a miserable situation?

Because the scene of the two bears hugging each other in pain was so touching (?), Ruan Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but still took out two tubes of nutritional supplements and handed them to them: "Here. After you've eaten, find a proper job and don't imitate others in robbery."

Otherwise, if I meet a tough guy again, no one will be as kind as me to give him food.

The second brother took a look at the nutritional supplement with his eyes full of desire, but he didn't reach out for it. He stammered, "We offended someone and can't find a job."

This story starts with the brothers' work. They were apprentices in a repair shop. According to the rules of the repair shop, to be an apprentice, you need to pay a tuition of 5,000 star coins, and you will be taught and trained within half a year. You can also choose to stay in the repair shop and work, with a monthly salary of 1,500 star coins.

On the 3024 Garbage Planet, the most common thing is various repair shops. The living standards of the residents here are not high, and most of the machines used at home and the vehicles for transportation are bought from the garbage dump. Naturally, they are easy to break, so the business of the repair shops is getting better and better.

The two brothers discussed it and decided that this was a good deal, so they paid for the tuition with all their savings and became apprentices in a repair shop.

But after half a year, they could do nothing except help out. After they finished their apprenticeship, the owner of the repair shop kept them and asked them to do all the dirty and hard work, but for three consecutive months, they didn't receive even a single star coin in salary, except for two tubes of nutrition supplements a day.

The two brothers then realized something was wrong and started asking for their wages.

It turned out that their boss, Kadlu, had connections with the inner city patrol captain. Not only did he not pay them, he also hired someone to beat them up and kicked them out, and also spread the word that no one else was allowed to hire the brothers.

The brothers couldn't find a proper job, so they tried to find some valuable things to sell in the garbage dump, but when the buyers heard about their story, they either refused to buy them or offered them a very low price. The brothers struggled for a month and a half, and were really desperate, so they set their sights on Ruan Shiqing, who was single.

I didn't expect that Ruan Shiqing, who looked frail, was actually so vicious and could beat people up so hard.

The eldest brother sobbed, as if he was angered by the humiliation of the past, and said with a strong nasal voice: "Let's go find Kadlu. He made our life difficult, so we will make his life difficult too!"

"That's right, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes!" the second brother said immediately.

As the two brothers spoke, they supported each other and stood up, looking as if they were going to die with Kadlu.

“…”

Ruan Shiqing thought that there was a reason why these two brothers were bullied like this, they were really stupid.

Fortunately, he is not a bad person, so we can investigate him.

"I'm just thinking of hiring two people to do the job for me." Ruan Shiqing stopped them in time.

It's not that he was overly compassionate, but he thought that in this strange place, he had to have a place to stay. The abandoned aircraft shells in the garbage dump could be used, but he couldn't move them alone. These two were big enough, which was just right.

He also planned to sell the hidden drive and engine as soon as possible. If the two brothers could pass the inspection, this matter could be handed over to them.

Ruan Shiqing made up his mind and took the initiative to offer the conditions: "One hundred star coins per person per day plus two tubes of nutrition. Try it for one day first. If the work is done well, you will be paid later if there is work."

One hundred star coins a day is not a lot, but for the two brothers who are desperate, it is like a timely help.

The two brothers wiped their tears and noses. If it weren't for the dull pain in their bodies, they would have wanted to lift Ruan Shiqing up and spin him around a few times.

Looking at the calm and thin boy in front of him, the second brother touched his nose subconsciously.

Ouch, that hurts.

After the three of them had agreed, they left the underground market together.

The two brothers followed Ruan Shiqing on the left and right. The eldest brother, Xiong Fangfang, was relatively calm and didn't talk much. The second brother, Xiong Yuanyuan, was a chatterbox and never stopped talking.

Ruan Shiqing didn't find it annoying at all. Instead, he got a lot of useful information from it.

For example, it turned out that the place they were in was just the outer city. There was an inner city in the east, which was stable and prosperous, but one had to have an ID card to enter. Another example was the snake-faced man he met before, named Hornik, the boss of the southern district of the outer city. He was insidious, cunning, and vengeful, and his beastly form was a giant black mamba snake.

"Even Kadlu doesn't dare to provoke Hornik easily." Xiong Yuanyuan said: "Hornik's teeth are extremely poisonous, and no one is willing to fight him. Except for the boss of the North District, Marin, whose beast form is the Alda Giant Eagle..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Hornik and his men walking towards them with great momentum.

Speak of the devil and he will appear.

The two brothers looked nervous and protected Ruan Shiqing, preparing to move to the side to avoid being accidentally injured.

Ruan Shiqing did not move, but instead signaled with his eyes for them to step aside. The two could only retreat to the side hesitantly.

Hornik naturally came to find Ruan Shiqing.

He had had all the parts removed from the Silver Falcon, but when he sent it to a repairman in a shop, he said the damage was too severe to be repaired.

No matter how valuable a part is, it is worthless if it is broken.

After wasting so much time and effort, he only got a bunch of garbage and lost a hundred star coins. Hornik was furious. He suspected that the guy who led him had sold the information to others, so the drive and engine of the "Silver Falcon" were taken by others first.

Before Ruan Shiqing came back, he had already sent people to search for him several times, intending to capture him and torture him. As soon as Ruan Shiqing showed up, he received a message from his men and hurried over with his men.

Ruan Shiqing had anticipated this. He hugged the tattered little robot tightly in his arms, hunched his shoulders, and looked at Hornik with fear in his face, as if he had done something shameful.

Hornik was too lazy to waste time talking to him, so he grabbed him by the collar and pulled him up: "Who else did you tell the news about the Silver Falcon to?"

He didn't think the boy had the guts to hide the drive and engine. With his status, he probably didn't even know where the drive and engine were. Most likely, he had sold the information to someone else before him.

"No, no one." Ruan Shiqing's words were translated haltingly by the little robot, which made him look even more guilty.

"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you right now." Hornik sneered, his forked tongue sticking out of his mouth, his two fangs ready to move.

Ruan Shiqing seemed frightened, his body trembling slightly, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "If I tell it, I will die too."

Although he was extremely scared, he still clenched his teeth.

Hornik didn't think he had any guts. Instead, he looked thoughtful. There was only one person who dared to set his sights on his territory in the South District. "Is it Marin?"

Ruan Shiqing's body trembled suddenly, but he still shook his head and said in a low voice: "You, you can't beat him..."

"Huh?" Hornik was actually amused by him and said gloomily, "Then just wait and see. After I kill him, I will come and deal with you."

After saying this, he pushed the man away and headed north with his men.

Getting up from the ground, Ruan Shiqing first glanced nervously at the kid in the coat, and seeing that the kid was not scared at all, but looked at him with wet eyes, he couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

Ruan Shiqing: My child is so good

Rong Heng: Tsk, just continue acting.

The crisis was resolved. Ruan Shiqing dusted himself off and asked the two Xiong brothers, who were all in a state of confusion, to lead the way: "Let's go to the North District."

Xiong Fangfang led the way. Xiong Yuanyuan stuck to Ruan Shiqing, looked around, and asked stealthily, "How did you get into trouble with Hornik?"

"I didn't provoke him." Ruan Shiqing said: "To be precise, he provoked me."

So he just responded reasonably.

Xiong Yuanyuan didn't understand why it mattered who provoked the other first, she just worried, "Will Hornik come to trouble you again?"

"If he is still alive, probably." Ruan Shiqing was not worried about this.

One is the boss of the South District, the other is the boss of the North District; one is a snake, the other is an eagle. It sounds like they are mortal enemies for ten lifetimes. Now he has added fuel to the fire. It is still a question whether they will still remember him after the fight. Besides, even if they really come to him, he will not be afraid after he is familiar with this world.

So he followed his brothers to the North District in a very good mood, and then sent the two of them to find an aircraft shell that met the requirements, while he took his son with him to stroll around to select a site and familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.

Located in the same landfill, the environment in the northern area is not much better than that in the southern area.

The only difference was that the North District seemed to have a richer variety of species. In addition to the Bis people, there were ancient humans like him, and evolved humans who were stronger than the ancient humans.

——The Bis people are a race with bestial features like the Bear brothers and Hornik. In fact, they all have their own races, but for the convenience of distinction and naming, they are all collectively called the Bis people.

He learned from Xiong Yuanyuan that the planet they were on belonged to the Galaxy Empire. The Galaxy Empire was very large, with nine administrative regions spanning twenty-four star systems, more than three hundred planets under its jurisdiction, and more than a thousand races in total.

Among these races, the ancient humans he belonged to were the weakest. In the long history of cosmic development, both the Bis and the Evolved Man became more adapted to interstellar life. Only the ancient humans did not make progress and remained weak.

When he listened to Xiong Yuanyuan's story, he felt that there didn't seem to be much difference between ancient humans and evolved humans. In fact, evolved humans evolved from ancient humans. Why did they split into two races?

But only after seeing it in person did I understand what Xiong Yuanyuan meant when she said that ancient humans were too weak.

At the edge of the garbage dump, there are evolved people working.

The male Evolved Man was more than two meters tall, and could lift a damaged aircraft shell that was four or five times his size with his bare hands. The female Evolved Man was slightly shorter, but still over 1.8 meters tall, and seemed to be no less powerful than the male.

In such a comparison, he does look weak.

Perhaps due to malnutrition caused by long-term undereating, he is now estimated to be about 1.75 meters tall, with a thin frame, and looks increasingly frail.

Not to mention lifting an object that is four or five times heavier than itself, it would probably be difficult to even drag it on the ground.

However, Ruan Shiqing was not discouraged at all. In his original world, there were too many races stronger than humans in the long history of the universe, but in the end, after passing the test of survival of the fittest, humans were the only intelligent species that survived.

Human beings may not be strong enough physically, but their intelligent minds are their best weapons.

This principle is still the same even in today's world.

Ruan Shiqing was not the least bit timid because of his thin physique. He calmly chose the location for his new home and paid no attention to the vague or even malicious glances from people around him.

By the time he had chosen a good spot, the Xiong Fangfang brothers had just returned carrying a huge aircraft capsule.

The author has something to say: Rongzai: Although he is young, he has a lot of ideas.

Xiao Ruan:? I shouldn't say that.

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