Chapter 111
“I don’t know what you mean by ‘Huaxia.’ Is it a region name? This place is the ‘Land of Forgotten Things.’ The people here are all abandoned by Star City. There is no civilization, only life and death. Over the past five hundred years, we have gone from only being able to wait for death to being able to survive and reproduce. Our ancestors paid too much with their blood and tears.” Ah Ma finally said something useful.
The Forgotten Land! As the name suggests, is it a place for people abandoned by Star City?
“Fu Le, if you weren’t so thin like us, people might think you’re a resident of Star City. Here, if a resident of Star City shows up, they’re locked up. Nobody doesn’t hate the residents of Star City. They not only take up all the resources of this continent, but they also use secret rituals to extract our life force so that they can live forever!” As she said this, hatred appeared in Ah Ma’s eyes, a hatred that had accumulated over several generations.
"Extract life force?" Fu Le was taken aback and puzzled.
"Yes, the Forgotten Land is also known as the Forgotten Continent. It's a continent built upon an array, and that infamous array is constantly draining our life force. No one cares whether we want it or not. This is what the rulers of Star City have done!"
Looking at Ah Ma's face, which went from peaceful to ferocious, Fu Le felt as if something was weighing heavily on his heart, causing him great distress.
A formation that can extract life force from a person? What the hell is that?
No wonder these people eat so well yet are so thin, like skin and bones; it's because their bodily functions are constantly failing.
No wonder everyone's eyes were numb and empty. "Didn't you try to resist?"
“Resist? Heh, we can’t find a way out of this continent. Star City is just a name passed down from our ancestors. We’ve never seen what Star City looks like. In short, it’s just called Star City. Where it is, nobody knows.” As she said this, Ah Ma’s eyes became somewhat obscure and dark as she looked at Fu Le. “How come you know nothing about it?”
Fu Le: ...
Is he going to turn evil?
Fu Le tensed up, ready to take action.
"Hahaha... Fu Le, don't be afraid, your mother won't hurt you. If you were really related to Xingcheng, you wouldn't have had your life force drained like us..." Your mother suddenly burst into laughter, returning to her kind and amiable demeanor. She could still tell whether someone's life force had been drained or not.
Fu Le: The goosebumps I felt just now were definitely not an illusion, and this woman is definitely not as harmless as she appears.
What do you use for trade? Money?
"Fluorite is a stone mined from energy mines. It comes in seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. Purple fluorite has the strongest energy and is also the most expensive. Purple fluorite can be exchanged for one hundred blue fluorite. The exchange sequence is red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple. Red fluorite is the cheapest. This is it." Ah Ma took out a round glass ball about the size of a thumb from the belt around her waist. It was red and looked like a child's marble, except that it was only red inside and had no other colors.
Fu Le took it, his fingertips were warm, still carrying his mother's body temperature. "Aren't you afraid it will fall?" How many marbles can you fit in a piece of cloth?
"This is the belt space, specifically for storing fluorite, and it can only hold fluorite." Ah Ma chuckled and pointed to the linen belt around her waist.
Fu Le: !!!
"Shuttle, do you have the mesenchyme you wanted here?" Fu Le's breath hitched as he communicated with the shuttle in his mind.
Yes, I sensed a very strong meson energy.
Fu Le's heart stirred, but on the surface he still looked puzzled.
Seeing that Fu Le was puzzled, Ah Ma didn't say anything more.
"That's about enough, this is enough for everyone to have a meal."
Two hundred pounds of fish and meat, for one meal? There were only a dozen or so people in total.
Fu Le stood up, his expression hard to describe, and walked out.
She wasn't going to ask any more questions; she'd deal with everything once they reached land.
The grotto they mentioned is most likely a cave or similar structure.
For the next few days, Fu Le helped her mother with the kitchen ingredients. When she had nothing to do, she would sit on the deck and daydream. Apart from her mother, no one talked to her, including Captain Guan Ya.
The shrimp and crabs that no one wanted to eat were thrown into large wooden barrels, sprinkled with pesticide, and left to rot and ferment, turning into fertilizer. Once on land, people would come and collect them in exchange for fluorite. Fu Le's liver ached at the sight. Those shrimp were so delicious, with so much tender white meat, and those crabs had so much roe...
What a waste! What a waste!
Finally, ten days passed, and it was time to return to land. Early in the morning, for the first time, Ah Ma woke Fu Le up, saying that they needed to pack up and prepare to disembark. Only then did Fu Le realize that the big ship was the captain's personal property, and he was going to pack it away. All of their personal belongings had to be packed away.
As the large ship sounded its long horn, the wide dock gradually came into view.
At first glance, it is a haphazard pile of brown boulders covered with countless small stones, filling in the dock. The dock looks like a brown line that stretches out and seems to have no end.
At the dock, many large ships like theirs were unloading cargo, and the thin workers were busy moving between the dock and the ships like ants carrying food.
After Fu Le's boat docked, more than a dozen workers came over. The man in charge said something to Guan Ya, then boarded the boat and carried out the barrels of fermented seafood. After all the barrels were moved, the man walked over to Guan Ya and handed her about a dozen orange fluorite stones.
"Fu Le, you should go now." A-Jian finally acknowledged Fu Le again, but this time he was there to get rid of him.
Fu Le: ...What grudge do you hold? Why are you in such a hurry? Will staying a little longer cost you a piece of flesh?
Fu Le nodded and walked towards Guan Ya, who looked at her with suspicion as she approached. The gazes of the others also fell upon her, some wary, some fearful, and some disgusted; in short, there was no goodwill whatsoever.
Touching his nose, Fu Le realized for the first time how unlikable he was.
"Guan Ya, can you give me an address? I told you I would repay you. You saved my life and brought me ashore."
Guan Ya, who is nearly two meters tall, is like a giant, and Fu Le, who is 1.7 meters tall, has to look up at him.
Upon hearing this, Guan Ya narrowed his eyes, not understanding what this strange girl wanted to do. As for her mention of repayment, he had absolutely no need for it.
"You can leave, I don't need you. Ah Jian, go find Ah Gong, it's time to unload the cargo!" Guan Ya walked away like that, as if Fu Le were some kind of monster.
Fu Le, abandoned and despised: ...
Take a deep breath... take a deep breath... damn it!
If you don't want it, then don't! I'm leaving!
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