Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

While dodging the girl's attacks, Zhuang Damao tried to persuade her, "We can work together to find a way to save your sister. Put down the syringe first, and we can talk properly."

"What can a native like you do?"

The girl wouldn't listen to reason; she believed that the group of natives must have used some unknown mechanisms to subdue Zeen and the others in the shop. So she still recklessly lunged at Zhuang Damao.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade her, Zhuang Damao channeled his inner strength, stepped onto the metal bed, leaped into the air, jumped behind the girl, and chopped at her neck with his hand.

The girl's body went limp and she fell to the ground. Zhuang Damao quickly used an electromagnetic lock belt to tie her up.

Zhuang Damao hoisted the girl onto his shoulder, secured the electromagnetic lock strap, and used his light-footed skill to quickly leave the abandoned factory.

When he finally returned to the small restaurant, everyone was surprised to see him carrying the girl on his back.

Zhuang Damao put the electromagnetic lock strap aside and threw the girl on the ground.

Lin Xiaoqian stepped forward, glanced at the girl, and asked with a puzzled look in her eyes, "What's going on?"

Zhuang Damao breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the group of people still lying on the ground: "Tie them up first."

The group secured the person on the ground with electromagnetic straps and began to recount their ordeal in the abandoned factory. As everyone listened, their expressions grew increasingly grave.

"Zehn? Fiona? Who are these people?" Liao Zhuang asked in confusion.

Zhuang Damao pointed at the girl: "Why don't you just ask her directly? Hey, you must have woken up on the way, stop pretending."

The girl slowly opened her eyes, a hint of panic flashing in them, but she quickly regained her composure.

She looked at everyone, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "I didn't expect you few natives to be so capable."

"A native? The scarred man just said that too, what does that mean?"

The girl frowned slightly: "You don't even know this?"

Seeing the four people looking blank, she slightly raised her chin and explained, "Native people are those who haven't undergone mechanical or genetic modifications. You look no different from ordinary people, so they can recognize you as native people at a glance. Most of us, however, have undergone some degree of physical modification in order to survive in this cruel world."

Therefore, all of them bear traces of mechanical modification to some extent.

The girl suddenly looked at Zhuang Damao warily, guessing that Zhuang Damao might have undergone genetic modification.

However, people who have undergone genetic modification will experience some obvious changes in their physical appearance. But Zhuang Damao looks no different from an ordinary person. The girl was full of doubts, but she didn't dare to say anything.

Lin Xiaoqian nodded thoughtfully: "I see. Then who are this Zehn and Fiona?"

The girl's eyes were filled with complex emotions as she said, "Zane is the scarred man you mentioned. He's Fiona's brother. Fiona is the boss of this shantytown. She's ruthless and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. I heard she recently got involved with Dark Night, the largest terrorist organization in the Mechanical City. She cares deeply about her brother Zan, who raised her. If you capture Zan, she won't let you go."

As she spoke, her eyes dimmed slightly. Fiona certainly wouldn't let her and her sister off the hook.

I initially thought these people were all natives and should be easy to control. I was thinking of taking one of them back to exchange for her sister's life, but I underestimated them.

A wave of regret and helplessness washed over the girl.

Lin Xiaoqian and the others exchanged glances, their expressions grave.

Lin Xiaoqian looked at the girl and asked, "Your injuries were inflicted by Zeen, right? Why are you still helping Fiona?"

The girl bit her lip and remained silent for a while before saying, "I have no choice. If I don't do what she asks, she'll kill my sister immediately. I have to take a gamble."

In shantytowns, human life is worthless. Every day, people starve to death or are bullied to death in shantytowns, and no one cares about them.

Perhaps it would have been better if she hadn't taken that beef pie back, so that the people of Zeen wouldn't have discovered they had high-class food.

In the cyber world, apart from the upper class who can eat normal food, most ordinary people's food is usually synthesized from various chemical substances and biotechnology, such as nutrient solutions, nutrient pastes, and some people even eat fried insects, cheap artificial protein foods, and so on.

Such fragrant beef pies appearing in a shantytown was undoubtedly extremely rare. She had intended to take them back for her sister to try, but she never expected it to cause such a big problem.

Meanwhile, Zeen suddenly woke up and found himself and his men tied up. He immediately began to struggle angrily.

He glared at the people around him and shouted, "You bastards, let me go!"

Hearing the commotion, Lin Xiaoqian and the others came over.

Lin Xiaoqian looked at Zeen and said calmly, "You were the one who came to our store to cause trouble first. You were outmatched and kicked a hornet's nest, so you should just admit defeat."

Zeen snorted coldly: "If you natives dare to touch me, you're all dead when my sister Fiona comes back."

Zeen seemed certain that Lin Xiaoqian wouldn't dare to lay a hand on him, and a smug look appeared on his face.

Lin Xiaoqian frowned slightly and looked at Zeen, saying, "Do you think your sister can save you?"

Zeen, however, was unconvinced. "She's now a member of Dark Night, the most powerful terrorist organization in the Mechanical City-State. She has countless subordinates and advanced weapons. If you dare to mess with her, you're just asking for death."

Zhuang Damao sneered, "We're not easily intimidated. If your sister is so powerful, why resort to such underhanded tactics to blackmail us?"

Zeen was speechless for a moment, then said firmly, "That's your own fault. Who told you to have such good food and not hand it over obediently?"

Jiang Shuang laughed at the matter-of-fact tone: "Why should we give you our food? That's ridiculous."

Zeen glared at Jiang Shuang. "In this world, it's survival of the fittest. If you don't have the strength to protect what you have, don't blame others for taking it from you."

Lin Xiaoqian nodded repeatedly: "Ah, right, right, so you don't have the strength to escape, so just stay here obediently."

Zeen's face turned somewhat ugly after being choked by those words.

No one paid him any more attention, and Lin Xiaoqian and the others went back to the kitchen to continue making beef pies.

As for Fiona, she can come whenever she wants, but once she's inside the shop, she won't be able to leave easily. Lin Xiaoqian and the others really don't care much about Fiona or anyone else.

Lin Xiaoqian and the others were busy in the kitchen, and the aroma of beef pies filled the air.

Zahn sniffed greedily, his stomach growling with hunger.

The subordinates around him also woke up. They smelled the fragrance and thought they were dreaming. Then they realized that their bodies were being controlled by the electromagnetic lock. They panicked at first, but then they calmed down when they saw their boss was also there.

Some people, drooling, fawned, "Boss, once Miss Fiona returns, we'll raid this entire restaurant. Then you'll be able to enjoy fine food." They hoped he'd get a taste too.