After crossing over, he has no taboos among the zombies.

At the same time, on the western outskirts of the pier, there was a street corner.

"Hit me!"

"Finally caught you!"

"Little thief!"

"You are dead!"

"..."

Three Shun army soldiers surrounded a thin young boy and beat him up crazily with punches and kicks.

The boy did not resist, but curled up his body and tried his best to protect his head and vital parts, allowing the three men to beat him.

For people who hang around in the market.

Getting beaten is a technical job.

There are roughly two key points: one is not to resist, and the other is to learn to pretend.

Let’s talk about the first one first, don’t resist.

When the other side outnumbers you and there is no hope of escape, you must not resist, just lie down and take the beating.

Because futile resistance will only lead to more severe beatings, and when you resist, the space-time gate will be wide open, and it is easy to be hit in the vitals and seriously injured or even killed.

You have to lie on the ground like a puddle of mud, so rotten that the abuser will find it boring to beat you.

That's it.

Then you have to know how to pretend.

How to pretend?

Grasp the right time to pretend, and make sure you pretend to be realistic.

When someone just takes action, you can't pretend, because the time is too short and your trick will be exposed.

As for how to pretend to be like one, that’s a long story.

This is a technical job within a technical job.

In short, everyone has bad luck. Only by learning to endure the beatings can you have a strong and long life.

Otherwise, you will die after being beaten up, and you will not survive for more than three months on the streets in such a chaotic world.

Hou Xiaoliu is very good at taking a beating.

He lay on the ground, using the corners of the wall and his limbs to protect his vital parts, and allowed three Shun soldiers to beat him.

He bit his tongue and held the bleeding in his mouth. When he felt he had been hurt enough, he took advantage of Shunjun's kick to his stomach to spit out a mouthful of blood.

Then his eyes rolled back and twitched a few times, and he held his breath and stopped moving.

Seeing this, the three Shun soldiers kicked him twice, then reached out to feel his breath, and found that he was dead, so they left cursing.

After they walked away, Hou Xiaoliu opened his eyes, took a few breaths, and stood up tremblingly with the help of the wall.

This was the nth time he had been beaten up, and he managed to survive again, but his injuries were quite serious.

The last two kicks he took while pretending to be dead, although the force was weakened, both hit his chest.

Based on his experience, Hou Xiaoliu knew that at least three ribs were broken and his chest was burning with pain.

After resting against the wall for a while, he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, took out two dirty steamed buns from his arms, thought for a while and put one back, and swallowed the remaining one with a salty and fishy taste in his mouth, which he swallowed voraciously.

"Being beaten again?"

Just then, a sudden voice sounded from the opposite side.

Hou Xiaoliu was so frightened that he trembled, and instinctively thought that the three soldiers had returned.

However, when he looked closely in the moonlight, he found that they were not soldiers.

But that master.

He appeared again, hiding under the opposite wall, like a shadow, silent and motionless.

If you don't stare at him, you won't be able to see him at all.

"Yes yes~"

Hou Xiaoliu quickly swallowed the last bite of steamed bun in his mouth and nodded.

His strong intuition told him that this master was probably already there when he was being beaten.

This made him alert, because he really didn't know why this master was always staring at him.

I was just a beggar and didn't have any silver to share with him.

"Have you ever thought about changing the way you live?" Qin He looked at Hou Xiaoliu and asked quietly.

Hou Xiaoliu's intuition was correct. Qin He had been there since Hou Xiaoliu was forced into a corner.

He stood a few steps away, quietly "appreciating" the entire process of Hou Xiaoliu being beaten, his performance, and his weakness and hunger.

"Change your living method?"

Hou Xiaoliu chewed over Qin He's words and shook his head in confusion.

He was just a skinny monkey, who went hungry one meal and full the next. People thought he didn't have enough energy to work, but he was too young to join the army. He really couldn't think of any other way for him to make a living except being a thief.

Qin He smiled slightly: "Let's get straight to the point. I have a job that I don't have a suitable candidate for. If you are willing, I will give it to you."

"Business?" Hou Xiaoliu was a little confused. These two words were too far away from his world and too difficult to look up to.

No master would hire a thief to do things.

"Why, you still need to consider it?" Qin He asked.

Hou Xiaoliu was a little tempted and asked cautiously, "Is the food provided?"

"I can eat my fill." Qin He smiled helplessly.

"Then...is there any salary?" Hou Xiaoliu asked again.

"No wages." Qin He shook his head.

"Is it far?"

"In the city."

"How long can it last?"

Qin He pondered for a moment and said, "This job is a bit special. Once you do it, you have to do it for the rest of your life. You can't regret it."

"What will happen if I change my mind?" Hou Xiaoliu asked in surprise.

"will die."

Hou Xiaoliu's expression changed. After a pause, he asked again, "Can you tell me what the errand is?"

"No." Qin He shook his head, his tone firm.

Hou Xiaoliu hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Can I take Yingzi with me?"

"Eiko?"

"She is my benefactor's daughter. Her name is Xiuying. You have met her." Hou Xiaoliu said with a little anticipation.

For him, a job that can earn him a living is attractive enough, no matter what it is.

Life in troubled times is really difficult, and Hou Xiaoliu feels like he can’t hold on any longer.

Might as well give it a try.

"Okay." Qin He nodded.

"Then when can I start working?" Hou Xiaoliu was a little happy.

"It's hard to say, it could be as long as a few months or as short as three to five days. Before that, you have to prepare first." Qin He smiled.

"what to prepare?"

Hou Xiaoliu's heart skipped a beat. This mysterious mission must be a gamble.

After many years of being in the market, his vision and ability to think things through far exceed his age.

"I have to change your face." Qin He grinned.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hou Xiaoliu collapsed to the ground without any warning and fainted.