Under the scorching sun, the fly-infested garbage dump was already filled with scavengers in ragged clothes.
The dynasty's garbage truck slowly drove over and poured down the mountain of garbage. Another new mountain of garbage rose from the ground. The scavengers who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward and rummaged through the garbage to find rotten food that could still satisfy their hunger.
Someone climbed to the top of the garbage hill and felt something soft in the garbage pile. Just as he thought that it was some kind of treasure, he pulled it with all his might, only to see half an arm sticking out from the trash pile.
The man was so scared that he peed his pants and rolled down the garbage mountain. Wei Guanqing had also rolled down the mountain with the collapsed garbage, and was covered by a small pile of garbage.
The wounds on his face did not disappear at all. His face was bruised and swollen like a ghost mask, looking quite terrifying.
A dirty little girl walked to his side and carefully removed the trash covering his head and wiped the dust off his face.
Wei Guanqing suddenly opened his eyes, scaring the little girl so much that she fell to the ground.
"Don't be afraid!" Wei Guanqing said in a hoarse voice.
The little girl nodded in shock and handed him the moldy half of the bread in her hand.
" You won't die if you eat bread…" the little girl said timidly.
Wei Guanqing looked at her innocent appearance and felt a ripple in his heart. He shook his head slightly and rejected the little girl's kindness. He wanted to support his body to get up, but he felt as if his entire body was paralyzed and he could not move. It seemed that this place had caused his recovery ability to become worse and worse.
The scorching sun was scorching above their heads. The little girl walked to the side and picked up a broken wooden board, blocking Wei Guanqing's head.
"Thank you!" Wei Guanqing said.
The little girl smiled, revealing a small canine tooth, and said,"Mom said to help those who need help.”
" Your mother is so nice," Wei Guanqing said." Where is she?" Why are you alone?"
Hearing this, the little girl's smile disappeared in an instant. Her eyes became moist as she replied,"Mommy is dead, and Leah is the only one left.”
Wei Guanqing sighed. Combined with what he had seen and heard during this period of time, he could not understand where he was and why such an absurd thing had happened. In her memory, the man called Old Gu had tried everything to find the entrance. Was this the place? Right now, he had no clue and was like a headless fly. This world was full of danger and he did not know where Lu Ye was.
" I'm sorry, Liya..." Wei Guanqing said apologetically.
" I'm sorry." Leah shook her head and asked," Why are you sorry?"”
Wei Guanqing was at a loss for words. He did not know how to explain his feelings to a little girl, so he could only comfort her and say,"Everything will get better."
Leah nodded, and the two of them waited from day to night.
When Wei Guanqing felt that it was about time, he slowly stood up and limped towards the scavenger camp under Lia's lead.
Although it was called a camp, it was actually a ruin with a bonfire burning. The homeless scavengers searched for food in the garbage mountain during the day and gathered in the ruins at night, spending the night around the bonfire.
Seeing Wei Guanqing's unfamiliar face, everyone stared at him warily.
Wei Guanqing didn't want to stir up trouble either. He followed behind Leah with his head lowered, but he was still blocked by a few men who seemed to have some strength.
Wei Guanqing quickly shielded Liya behind him and asked them what they wanted to do.
"Why haven't I seen you before? Where did it come from? Are they the Empire's lackeys?" The fierce-looking man questioned.
" You're thinking too much. I'm in this state because of the Empire. He's our common enemy," Wei Guanqing said.
When the men heard this, they looked at him again. Seeing Wei Guanqing's miserable state, they felt that it was not unreasonable, so they nodded and sat back around the bonfire.
"Leah! Come here!" A woman's voice came from outside the bonfire.
"It's Sister Ku Yi!" Leah said happily and quickly led Wei Guanqing to the darkness. Through the dim light of the fire, they could vaguely make out the appearance of a young woman.
"And this is?" Ku Yi was a little confused when he saw Wei Guanqing.
Wei Guanqing told Ku Yi about how Leah had saved him. After Ku Yi learned that Wei Guanqing had been captured by the Empire for experiments, he also expressed his indignation that everyone here had been persecuted by the Empire.
Wei Guanqing suddenly enjoyed being able to express himself freely. He had too many questions in his heart that he wanted answers to. Thus, after some indirect discussion with Ku Yi, Wei Guanqing gradually gained a new understanding of this sector.
This place was called Gabiji, which bordered Tuyi, the capital of the empire. Although it also belonged to the empire, it was a no-man's land. Just as Wei Guanqing had seen, this place was desolate and deserted. Other than the garbage trucks from the Empire that would appear here on time every day, very few people were willing to come to this lousy place. As a result, this place became a free paradise in the Empire's control. Although it was called a paradise, it was actually a refugee area. Countless people had died here.
Ku Yi also told Wei Guanqing that Garbiji wasn't a refugee land full of garbage. There was a Ronin Market in the north of Garbiji far away from here. It was a rather lively place. Not only was it a trading center with abundant supplies, but it also had the only port that could leave Garbiji.
Hearing this, Wei Guanqing had a goal in mind, but he glanced at Leah who was sleeping soundly on Ku Yi's lap and could not help but ask about Leah's situation.
" Leah, I don't really remember when I met her,""It was a very cold winter. A group of refugees had just arrived here when we saw a little girl crying in the crowd. Beside her was her mother's corpse.”
"What about his father?" Wei Guanqing asked.
Ku Yi shook his head to show that he didn't know, and then asked,""You also know that she's a cyborg, right?”
"Cyborg?" Wei Guanqing shook his head in confusion. Whether it was the first time he heard the term cyborgs from Luther or from Ku Yi, he was quite puzzled.
Ku Yi frowned and thought for a while, then said,""How should I put it? It's just that everyone in this world, including you, me, and Leah, is a set of codes. However, we are different from cyborgs like Leah. Our code group has more special core code than theirs, and the core code affects our thinking and behavior, which is something that cyborgs can't have.”
"How do you know all this?" Wei Guanqing asked curiously. In his opinion, Ku Yi's knowledge and conversation were completely different from the scavengers in the ruins.
"I don't know how I know. Maybe I learned these things before the catastrophe. Do you know about the catastrophe?”
Wei Guanqing shook his head again.
Therefore, Ku Yi told Wei Guanqing everything he knew about this world.
"Are you saying that everyone lost their memories after the catastrophe, and the reason why this world has become like this is also because of that catastrophe?”
Ku Yi nodded and then turned the topic back to Leah, saying,""I heard from my peers that they hid here from a very, very far place because there were some people called Raiders who specifically hunted them. Leah's mother starved to death, so she left all the food for Leah…"
In the end, both of them fell silent and fell asleep as the bonfire gradually dimmed.
When he woke up the next day, Wei Guanqing had mostly recovered. His condition was completely different from yesterday, which surprised Leah and Ku Yi.
Wei Guanqing patted Liya's head and told her that he was about to go to a very, very far place. When he was done, he would definitely come back to find her.
Leah nodded, believing his words without a doubt.
After bidding farewell to the two of them, Wei Guanqing followed the direction that Ku Yi had told him and walked towards the Ronin Market.
In the dynasty's laboratory, Kent was tied tightly to an instrument, and on the other end of the instrument was another dynasty soldier.
He was on the verge of death, and his face was covered in black blood. However, even though Kent had been severely beaten, he did not reveal any information.
"If you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then I'll let you experience the latest creation of the Imperium!”
After the captain finished speaking, he greeted the laboratory personnel. As the experiment started, the two of them were teleported to the middle cabin at the same time.
This was the memory coverage experiment that the dynasty had previously researched.
When the experiment was over and the white light dissipated, the captain walked to the side of the cabin and looked at the unconscious Kent. His face revealed some anticipation, but he was still not sure if the experiment was successful.
After the cold air blew out, Kent stood up unsteadily. He looked at the captain and saluted.
At this moment, Suval was calm. No one expected a storm to come.
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