Demon Lord 3

Before leaving, Bai Jingyi asked if we should hide for a while. I finally made up my mind and said we should go and see if we could leave some people here, so they'd mistakenly think we were all here. Even if they came in a rage to capture us, it would be a diversion at best. The real force had already hidden, and they couldn't kill those people. After all, everyone outside was watching. Even in times of turmoil, there has to be a master and a country. The entire world can't be plunged into chaos. Internal and external troubles might just lead to new leaders. Zuo Chenwei thought for a long time, then finally gritted his teeth and went to the village to see how it was designed. He'd find out what was available there, what was needed, and how we could recruit those people and bring them to the city. But then I thought, that would probably increase the number of beggars. When we reach the border between the village and the city, we'll be given a token. If we don't return within a certain number of days, the city will send people from the village to bring us back. I said, can we do that even if we're beggars? The gatekeepers in the city told us that as long as we live in the city for a long time, even if we are not residents, even if we are beggars, we will be protected by the city. This is considered a contribution to the city. When I went to the countryside, I found that it was completely different from what I imagined. I imagined that this place was at most poor, but the sky here seemed to be much gloomier than that in the city. The world here seemed fake, and the world over there was deliberately pretended to scare people. In such an environment, let alone studying, even reading a book or a newspaper seemed very difficult. I suddenly understood that these people did not want to study hard. Apart from being geniuses and having a photographic memory, what other environment could they use to learn? They would be supervised to work every day, and then the food grown here would be sold to the city at a very low price. They did not know the prices in the city, nor did they know the city According to the information from the city, people in the city are not willing to come here. If they come here, they can only eat some cheap food. If they want to buy the things here back to the city by themselves, it is definitely impossible. People have also given a reason, that is, without the advanced certificate of the city, they cannot purchase food. Many people have made a lot of money by doing this. With this certificate and this license, they can purchase ingredients and food from the countryside, but those ordinary people can only give up their work in the city, working from nine to ten every day, or resign and take a vacation for a while, come to this remote countryside, and eat a few bites of pollution-free vegetables. But for the sake of production, which of these vegetables is pollution-free? A lot of waste is also discharged here, and the air is polluted. I suddenly thought, if the city becomes like this, where will everyone go to the countryside? At that time, many people in the city were talking about how there were a lot of good vegetables in the countryside and they were very cheap, but the prices were raised before they were sold in the city. These people in the city had long been unable to afford to eat. The countryside was great, with beautiful mountains and rivers, birds singing and flowers blooming. The air was gentle and fresh everywhere. But only those who came here realized that it was not like that at all. It was just that not enough people came here, and even if they did, the news would not reach the ears of those around them. When I saw this place, I felt an inexplicable pang of heartache. I didn't know if it was for those people, or for myself, or what else I was thinking. When we got here, we didn't see many people, and I was a little scared. I don't know if it was because there were so few people here, or if people were afraid to come out. As I got closer, I realized that when outsiders came here, the people inside didn't dare to come out casually. City dwellers have a privilege: they can shoot anyone here at will, as if they were prey. Hearing this, I felt very unbearable. On closer inspection, there might be a lot of people here. When I ordered them out, I only used a gentle tone, but I didn't expect those people to be so scared that they came out trembling. Then I realized that each family in a small house had about 20 people living in it. I suddenly became curious: why do they have so many children? Aren't they very poor? But I heard them say that they don't have enough to eat, and they said that having children will give them rewards, otherwise they have to do a lot of work.