Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

The first batch of bread was distributed early in the morning, but the townspeople basically grabbed it and ran away, leaving no possibility of communication with them at all.

Lovis knew that everyone was starving, and now they were basically like a group of wild beasts driven only by instinct. So even if he wanted to do something in the current situation, it would be very difficult.

Not to mention how much chaos it would cause if food flowed into the town in such a completely disorderly manner. Even if we could get enough food to feed everyone, but after one day, two days... what could everyone do after they were full?

How can real change be achieved in this hopeless place? After all, everyone knows the consequences of living in this town.

The forest... this sword hanging over everyone's head makes them lose all hope in life and live a life of drunkenness and dreams.

When people had enough food and clothing, they could still hear some laughter in the streets, but now, there is only numbness.

It is only the instinct of survival that keeps this town alive, otherwise it might have become a dead city long ago.

Of course, Chen Xi, who didn't know the inside story, naturally wouldn't show any sympathy. All he saw was everything that was unpleasant here.

If he hadn't been a bloodthirsty person, perhaps this eyesore town would have been wiped off the map.

After all, when the rain comes, everything will disappear with the rain...

Noticing Chen Xi's sudden low mood, Anya tightened her grip on Chen Xi's hand and gently pulled him closer to her.

The two of them strolled past one hut after another thatched cottage that was not even as tall as themselves, looking at each other in silence. After all, in such an atmosphere, even if they wanted to find a topic, they couldn't get around the heavy feeling.

Before they knew it, the two had been walking here for more than half an hour. Apart from the things they encountered at the beginning, almost everyone they met later wrapped themselves in an atmosphere of death. No one would talk to them, and no one would even look at them twice. This also made Chen Xi gradually let down his guard against these creatures that seemed like background boards.

However, accidents are likely to happen at such times.

"Little...Miss."

A middle-aged man with gray hair suddenly fell in front of the two men, holding a muddy broken bowl in his hands and raising his hands tremblingly.

"Give...give me something to eat."

As he spoke, he slowly lowered his head and crawled on the ground, like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy.

"My child hasn't eaten anything for almost three days."

"Please, please, give me something to eat."

Seeing someone asking for food, Anya didn't think much about it and planned to take out the bread she brought with her. Chen Xi didn't even have time to stop her.

As expected, the moment the bread appeared, everyone's attention was immediately focused here. The sudden pressure made Chen Xi's scalp numb. Mystical arts surged out, and he roared around with a ferocious face:

"Don't even come here!"

Then he quickly snatched the bread from Anya's hand, pried open the old man's mouth in front of him, and stuffed the bread in.

"Eat! Chew and swallow! Do you hear me? Swallow it!"

The old man he caught struggled desperately and refused to swallow it no matter what. Only two crystal drops could be squeezed out of his long-dried tear glands, which were then swallowed by the wind and sand.

In the end, Chen Xi forced the small piece of bread down the old man's throat. He collapsed to the ground, sobbing:

"This is for my child, for my child... I, I can't eat it."

Without paying any more attention to him, Chen Xi stood up and left without looking back, without even wiping the bread crumbs off his hands.

Another figure staggered over from the distance.

"Master, give..."

"roll!"

……

"Eat, eat, haha, my child is saved, haha."

The old man propped himself up to go home, and in a secluded place, he reached out and vomited out the food he had already swallowed.

Staring at the broken, dirty food in the broken bowl, the old man's eyes flashed with desire and reluctance. His mouth unconsciously moved closer and his lips moved.

"father!"

Suddenly coming to his senses, the old man slapped himself, stood up, and muttered:

"This is for the child. With this, the child can be saved, and I can hear her calling me daddy again..."

……

"Zhu, hurry up and bring my little sister out. Daddy has found some food. My little sister is saved."

"Zhu, what's wrong? Go quickly. What are you standing here for? Go quickly!"

When he opened the door, the first thing he saw was his son standing in front of him. But no matter what the old man said, the young man in front of him remained motionless. The feeling of uneasiness accumulated in his heart. Without caring too much, he pushed his son away and rushed into the house.

He thought he had prepared for the worst, but the truth was...

In the house, the stove, which had not been used for a long time, was burning quietly. In the only pot in the house, floating in the water was the body of his dying daughter before he left.

"Ah! How could you! She is your sister! You..."

"She's dead!"

The father grabbed his eldest son who had just gotten up from the ground, but was glared at by his eldest son.

"Dad, she's dead."

"Dead...dead."

After uttering these two words, as if his last bit of strength had been drained away, the father slid down to the ground, muttering silently.

"died."

The house fell into silence again, only the soup in the pot was still bubbling.

Time gradually slipped into the night, and the man still sat there motionless, a bowl of soup was placed in front of him.

The night is still quiet and silent. Only a father swallowed his own flesh and blood and the motivation to live.

……

"Chen Xi..."

As night fell, the two did not return to the wilderness. They spent the whole day looking at the city, from the father to the suburbs.

"It's okay, it's not your fault."

Even Chen Xi himself had not expected that he would see the scene of famine and starving people everywhere.

The scene recorded in the history books, when it actually appeared before his eyes, was so shocking that even now he felt like vomiting when he recalled it. However, in front of Anya, he still wanted to appear as reliable as possible.

Anya stroked Chen Xi's back to help him soothe his physical discomfort.

It was uncomfortable for a grown man like me to see such a scene, and Anya, a little girl, must have felt even worse. But even so, she still comforted herself. It was really too lame.

Thinking of this, Chen Xi also forced himself to cheer up and said that he was fine.

Seeing that Chen Xi seemed to be fine, Anya felt relieved, but at the same time she felt a little regretful: You could have relied on me more like before, why did you like to force yourself again?

It must be that Chen Xi was led astray by that bad woman named Arcana when he went out some time ago. This account must be settled with her sooner or later!

Chen Xi, who didn't understand Anya's thoughts, saw her pouting and thought she was still angry about what she saw during the day, so he smiled and patted her head.

"Thank you, Anya, for being willing to stay with me forever."

"It's okay, as long as you want, I can always be with you like this."

"Well, I mean, it's nice to have you."

In the suburbs, the two of them leaned on each other, neither of them speaking, feeling the quiet and sweet atmosphere at the moment.

However, Chen Xi didn't know that Anya actually didn't feel anything about what she saw today.

She was originally a demon spirit who was ignorant of the world and was curious about everything. It could be said that she didn't care much about anything except Chen Xi and the people related to Chen Xi.

Even with just Chen Xi's order, she could kill everyone in the town without any hesitation.

However, it is better not to tell Chen Xi about these somewhat terrifying ideas. After all, wouldn’t it be more interesting to let him discover it himself later?

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Take a shower, there is another chapter to read in the evening.