Satisfied with the man's knowledge, Xu Huo turned around and went downstairs.
When he stepped up the stairs with his back to everyone, a player winked at the man behind the desk. The man looked at Xu Huo's back, but he hesitated and called off the sneak attack.
Xu Huo could easily restrain them, and the probability of hitting them with one hit was low. Once they started fighting, even if he could be killed in the end, he would suffer heavy losses and would only be mermaid meat.
The harsh environment made the people here learn to be flexible and adaptable. The man was not in a hurry to regain his face, but quietly ordered some specious news to be released, such as outsiders having trouble with the underground palace and threatening not to take the underground palace seriously.
Another example is that he seemed to have come to District 026 with injuries, so he didn't leave, and he was particularly "caring", distributing food to people in the alley, and planning to live here for a long time...
Xu Huo took the young man back to the lowest level. On the way, he had learned about the arrangements of the water shop. This was not surprising.
The slum may not look big, but there are many powerful gangs inside. They are afraid of being annexed by others, so they do not choose to go head-on on their own territory and use some false news to stimulate other forces and make others think that Xu Huo intends to do something here.
, so that he becomes the target of public criticism.
This little survival skill can unite the scattered forces that control the slums.
Xu Huo didn't care. He walked through the slums several times to confirm that there were no B-level players here.
Also, it's difficult for people who are just dawdling to be promoted to level B, and players who are promoted to level B will naturally not stay in such a ghost place.
"Thank you for saving me..." The young man still followed him and whispered his thanks.
Xu Huo nodded to show that he heard what he said. Then he walked up twice more, both times to the mountainside and then down again. He looked at the water facilities in the slums from a certain distance before preparing to return to the small hotel.
When we returned to the small hotel, many children came to the alley next to the store. They all received cookies, including the brothers. They huddled at the entrance of the alley, and when they heard the footsteps, they raised their heads and said with
The eyes that looked particularly big against the slightly sunken eye sockets looked at him hopefully.
The owner of the hotel stood guard at the door and said to Xu Huo with a frown on his face: "You brought them all. I told you first that they can't come in."
"None of these children have parents?" Xu Huo asked.
"Most of them don't." The boss said in a normal tone: "It's useless to give them one or two meals. Most of them won't live to be ten years old anyway."
People with strong physical fitness may survive in this environment, but children are the weakest of the weak. Let alone not being able to eat a decent meal, even if they eat half a bag every day, the toxins in the food can damage them over time.
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Xu Huo paid some money to the boss, "Buy some food to cook for them, and you can keep the rest."
The boss looked at him in surprise and confusion, but seeing that Xu Huo had no intention of explaining, he pinched the white money in his hand and said, "It's okay if you can have a full meal."
The boss picked two older children to go shopping with him.
Xu Huo asked the young man to bring the brothers to the hotel.
The younger one kowtowed to Xu Huo three times when he entered the room, raised his head and smiled hard: "Thank you, uncle!"
Xu Huo checked his brother's leg and found that the injury was not serious. It was just that the injury was not properly treated and the knee was swollen to the point where it could not be bent. It also took too long and affected the entire leg, so he could not walk.
"This is a treatment potion." He took out an injection of E-level self-healing potion and injected it near his knee. After checking the effect of the potion, he said, "You will be able to walk in a few days."
The elder brother's lips were trembling, and he thanked Xu Huo after a while.
The child came to the bedside and asked, "Brother, does your leg still hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt so much anymore." The elder brother held his younger brother's hand and looked at Xu Huo quietly again, as if something else was born in his eyes.
The young man on the side looked at the two brothers with envy. When he looked down and saw the bruises on his legs, his envy was quickly replaced by disappointment and despair.
The boss came back soon. Because Xu Huo gave him a lot of money, he conscientiously bought some semi-fresh vegetables, which even contained a piece of meat. When the aroma of the food wafted out, even the young man upstairs was a little distracted.
"Go downstairs." Xu Huo asked him to carry his brother down, but he had no intention of going downstairs.
"Uncle, don't you want to eat?" The younger brother sucked the saliva that was dripping out, "The rice tastes so good!"
"You go and eat." Xu Huo said with a smile.
The three children went downstairs, and soon the boss's shouts came from downstairs. At one time, he told the children to "stand in line" and "no fighting". At another time, he told them to "don't eat too much", but gradually
They were all drowned out by the sounds of children devouring their food.
Xu Huo ate some dry food and started to take out the account book from a water shop.
All the clean food in the slums is shipped from the big cities. Because the growing environment is not good, the price is high. You can't even find any leftovers in the trash cans in the slums, only where the players live.
, occasionally throwing out some leftovers, but those places have long been occupied by other adults.
There are very few people who can work in the slums, because there is nothing to do here. They are just repairing or carrying items for the players, or doing other errands. Men and women with a slightly neater face may be picked early.
After leaving, the rest are left hungry to survive, regardless of life or death.
However, childbirth is still encouraged here. Ordinary people can get a sum of money for giving birth to a child. If the child is born with good health, the player's influence may also give money to raise it.
But this is very rare. Most children will become orphans. Even if they are lucky enough to survive infancy, most will not live to be ten years old.
In comparison, the big city side is much better. Judging from the purchase list registered in the account book, the city side not only has grain and vegetable growing areas, but also produces fruits, clothing, and decorations, and can meet all daily necessities.
It is guaranteed that these forces with the ability to transport materials to the outside world are player groups, each with a name.
However, judging from the accounts, there is a fixed amount of daily necessities exported to the city every month. Sometimes the slums can buy more, and sometimes they can only buy a little.
In addition, the most important account is water. The water store must pay a fee to the city every month to purchase water rights. The monthly quota is rationed. If you use more, the balance will not be carried over to the next month.
A glimpse of the leopard can be seen from the account books of a water shop. It can be basically seen that the slums are almost stagnant. Most of the ordinary people living here have made no contribution. It seems that so many people can still live here without a source of food.
