Chapter 142 Retrograde Civilization
After leaving the confines of Hammerfall City, Zhang Yi and others truly saw the living conditions of ordinary people in this world.
The purpose of Zhang Yi and the others' trip was Count Nefara. This guy was originally the leader of the Mafia Nefalla family. Later, he acquired ion energy and transformed into a super criminal. Not only did he have superhuman strength and speed, he could also fly and even It can also fire laser beams from its eyes.
It's like a weakened version of the Kryptonian's sense of déjà vu.
Zhang Yi believed that the energy drawn from him would definitely replenish the time controller with a lot of power.
Since the victory of the criminals, Count Nefara has semi-retired. If Barton hadn't mentioned it, Zhang Yi would have ignored this guy.
Thanks to Eagle Eye's intelligence, it became easier for Zhang Yi to move with these targets, and among these targets was the Moonstone. Zhang Yi remembered that the Moonstone was also a member of the Thunder Agents, and at the same time It is also one of the targets of Hawkeye's revenge on this trip.
In other words, if his speed is fast enough, maybe the two parties can meet at the location of the moonstone.
This road is not easy to walk on. The original towns have long since disappeared and turned into independent small towns scattered on the map.
But it's not easy to stop there because you can't be sure if there are any living people in that town.
The wide and flat roads have also become a source of income for gangsters to collect tolls. Ordinary people who want to travel far here can only take the mountain trails and sleep in the hills and graves.
But these places seem to be a hundred times more dangerous than the gang's territory. No one can be sure who the eyes staring at him in the darkness belong to.
After climbing over Mount Shemutam, what we saw was a small village located at the foot of a barren mountain.
Zhang Yi is not sure whose territory this is, but judging from the appearance of the village, this poor place does not seem worthy of the patronage of gangsters.
Looking from a distance, the village is surrounded by wooden fences. The houses erected here have no beauty at all, and there is no lighting at all. They may even be built haphazardly, because Zhang Yi saw many The roofs of the houses were all leaking, and one even collapsed in half.
The road from the barren mountain to the village is winding and rugged, with no grass growing on the road. Everything seems so desolate. Only the cultivated fields in the village have some crops as embellishments, making the place seem to have a trace of life.
Zhang Yi and the other three wore robes and hid their faces under their hoods. After exchanging glances with each other, they slowly entered the village.
There is no such thing as a "gate" in the village. There is only a wooden sign stuck in the ground, with the name Daphnia Village crookedly engraved on it. It took Zhang Yi a long time to recognize it. The reason was that one of the letters was written wrong. It can be seen that The cultural level here is low.
After entering the village, Zhang Yi and the others soon attracted the attention of the local residents.
But it's just a matter of attention.
They were doing farm work in the fields and just watched from a distance. No one wanted to come over to talk, and no one tried to get close to Zhang Yi and others.
They just watched.
There was extreme vigilance and numbness in his eyes.
Zhang Yi couldn't see any humanity in them. They were like a group of programmed NPCs, and they were like walking zombies, lifeless.
"Is this really the 'future' world?" Pietro sighed sincerely.
"This is the regression of civilization brought about by the wasteland era. Here, everything will undergo earth-shaking changes. Those in power have the greatest resources in their hands, and they can eat and drink without worries, and enjoy themselves as much as they want. But for ordinary people, this place is different from the prehistoric era. There is no difference." Zhang Yi said quietly.
Originally, Zhang Yi was thinking about whether he could collect some supplies from this village, because he didn't have much fresh water resources in his hand. Although he didn't have any money, he did have some fast food that he could exchange for.
But now, Zhang Yi gave up this idea. Looking at these villagers who could barely survive, he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible.
While passing a house, a child caught Kara's attention.
It was a little girl who looked to be no more than four or five years old. Her body was dirty, her clothes were a little torn, her bare feet were scarred, and she had calluses that shouldn't exist at her age.
The house she was in had been seen before Zhang Yi and the others came in. It was the dilapidated house with half of the roof collapsed.
When they got closer, they realized that this place was worse than they imagined, because not only the roof, but the entire house didn't even have a door. There was also a big hole in the wall. From the gap, Zhang Yi and the others could easily He could clearly see the situation inside the house - there was a younger boy inside.
When Zhang Yi and the others looked inside the house, the little girl also saw Zhang Yi and the others. I wonder if it was the first time they saw outsiders. The little girl looked extremely frightened.
Her big eyes were full of fear. The little girl seemed to want to find a place to hide, but unfortunately, the house was too dilapidated and there was no place for her to hide.
Seeing this, Kara's fists gradually clenched.
Zhang Ye understood that Kara was thinking of her and her brother, but he couldn't comfort him about this kind of thing and could only let her come out on her own.
Stopping, Kara took out a piece of candy from her pocket. After taking two steps forward, a smile slowly formed on her stiff face, trying hard to show kindness to the little girl.
Seeing this scene, the little girl was stunned.
Maybe this was the first time she saw this expression?
I don't know how long it took, but the little girl checked her heart and limped out with feet covered with scars.
She was like a little deer, the slightest fright would cause her to flee back to her little house and never open her heart to outsiders again.
Kara kept holding the candy in her hand, looking at the little girl getting closer and closer, the smile on her face gradually filled up.
The little girl gently took the candy from Kara's hand, and then showed a big smile to Kara.
This is the smile she should have at her age.
Then, the little girl ran all the way back to the dilapidated house. Under Kara's surprised eyes, the little girl slowly walked out with a bowl of water. Perhaps, this was the only thing she treasured.
The appearance of the bowl is very shabby, giving people an unclean feeling, but the water inside is very pure, without any debris.
Taking the bowl, Kara smiled slightly.
She couldn't describe her inner feelings at this time. She only felt that her heart ached, and at the same time she wanted to lament the injustice of the world.
Just when Kara raised her hand to take a sip of water.
Her arm was suddenly grabbed.
Kara turned around and saw Zhang Yi's calm face hidden under the brim of his hat.
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And an indifferent sigh.
".The water is poisonous."