"What a bunch of gophers with eyes on their heads. As long as we have any other choice, we don't want to go back to this disgusting place again, bah!"

While Tang En was sitting in the office eating, a group of wanderers walking out of the new city holding the 'Rehu Map' couldn't help but spit at the towering giant wall behind them.

It's a little unbelievable to say that it is obviously a place they never dared to enter in their dreams before.

It is not only full of the warm atmosphere of civilization, but also has inexhaustible resources.

But now, everything has changed.

It only took less than half a year for them to clearly realize the hypocrisy of the Gopher Man.

In other words, it allows them to clearly recognize the invisible "shackles" on their heads.

yes.

He became a resident of the shelter, but so what?

Shelter just replaces the word homeless with the word new city resident, which is still discriminatory in nature.

"If we can't find that wandering tribe, won't we come back?"

A homeless man was walking in the queue, looking a little worried.

As a leader among the residents of the new city.

If they stay in Qinggang Shelter, they can maintain a normal life for at least half a month based on their accumulation in the past.

But outside the shelter, a makeshift coin with Edmund's face on it won't buy a single bird feather.

"Then what can we do? Our coins can't buy anything except wine."

After touching the cold metal coins in his pocket, a person at the back of the team answered.

There is no free trade in Qinggang New City.

Even though they received currency, this thing can only be used during a fixed time period every day.

For example, at breakfast time, if you hand over a coin, you can receive a half-full meal at the relief point.

At the lunch and dinner stages, you can exchange two coins for a slightly larger portion of food.

If you want to change more, it is prohibited in name, but in actual operation there is basically no restriction.

After many people have exchanged one for themselves, you can ask those who cannot afford breakfast to help exchange for another, and finally give them a small reward.

But no one thought that the person who set up this set of rules had already expected this.

When winter comes, a special supervision rule emerges.

Due to the shortage of supplies, each meal can only be prepared according to 70% of the number of homeless people.

Excluding some people who really don't have money to eat, as long as someone exchanges an extra portion, the other person will go hungry.

In addition, if someone reports this behavior, they will get a free meal.

Violators need to pay five times the price of the food to be exempted from additional penalties.

With a two-pronged approach, the original secret behavior suddenly stopped working.

This also led to the fact that although the escaped wanderers still had a lot of coins in their hands, they could not exchange them for any supplies.

As for selling it at a discount?

There are people who have this idea, but the illusory wandering tribe is really too far away.

Before making sure that the other party is really willing to accept them and help them get through this difficult winter.

These coins are their only assets.

"Stop talking, we will definitely survive, as long as that damn Gandalf doesn't lie to anyone."

The tall man in the lead cursed in a low voice, but his eyes were still locked on the dark ruins of the city ahead, wary of the radioactive beast that might come out of a corner at any time.

His name is Trek, and he is not a wanderer, but a lucky man who survived the previous siege.

As a predator who is not willing to surrender to his fate.

Continue to hide in the Qinggang Shelter until all the coins in your hand are used up, and then you are forced to walk out of the giant wall.

This is not a decision that anyone in their right mind would make.

So as soon as he heard Gandalf's words in the tavern, he immediately decided to go and find out whether it was true or false.

It doesn't matter if it's fake.

According to the markings on the map, it only takes up to two hours of walking from Jubi to the distribution point.

This distance is not even close to the distance he used to stay at once when he went out at night.

Really, then go and try it.

He was extremely interested in Gandalf's words such as "work must be paid", "free trade" and other terms.

The reason why he followed those looters to attack the giant wall of Qinggang before was because he didn't want to live a life without dignity and be deceived like a fool.

He wants to live.

Use your hands or fists!

"careful."

A cunning mutant hyena jumped out from the corner and wanted to attack the rear of the team, which was obviously a little distracted.

Trek's exclamation reminded those who were already highly nervous.

But by the time the distracted people reacted, the hyenas had already pounced and bit them.

The two unlucky guys rolled on the spot, only to have their skin scratched by sharp claws.

But the remaining person was not so lucky. He was bitten on the thigh by fangs and let out a scream.

"How brave, you beast!"

Trek's eyes widened with anger, and without thinking, he took out the wooden spear on his back and stabbed the hyena.

But who would have thought that this beast was like a spirit, and could run away before the spearhead arrived.

Ha. Haha.

A deep breathing sound came from the hyena's mouth, as if it was tasting the flesh and blood it had just torn off.

If it had been in the past, it would never have let go just now, and would not stop until it bit off a piece of meat.

However, since my mind is no longer so chaotic.

It's not in a hurry.

Looking at the group of wanderers in front of him, the hyena knew very well their attitude towards the injured.

"Can I still leave?"

Trek looked down and frowned.

The two people whose skin was bruised were okay. It was freezing cold, so they were not afraid of their wounds worsening in a short period of time.

As long as they are disinfected in time, there will basically be no major problems.

But the person who was bitten on the thigh was in dire straits, as the bloody holes punctured by the four fangs could not stop the blood from oozing out.

If you look closer, you can even faintly see the bones.

"Let me go!"

The stinging pain on his thigh was temporarily relieved by the secretion of adrenaline, and the unfortunate man quickly took Trek's hand and begged.

He regretted walking out of that safe giant wall.

But now, regret is of no use.

As a wanderer, he knew all too well what would happen if he suffered such an injury.

Being abandoned can only be said to be a certainty.

This place is at least half an hour away from the distribution point, and no one would want to protect a tow tank in the dangerous ruins of the city.

The only thing he could do was to plead with the other party not to regard him as 'prey' and to give him the last chance to survive.

"How many coins do you have?"

An unshaven homeless man came over, his eyes full of aggression.

"Twenty-one, I, I will give them all to you."

"Oh, this is not the case"

"That's enough!" Trek interrupted the bearded man and glanced at the others coldly.

"I'll take five and you divide the rest. Is there any problem?"

Counting the unlucky guy, there are nine people in the team.

Sixteen coins were divided among seven people, which was obviously not enough for everyone to get the same amount.

But no one had any objections to Trek's arrangement.
To be continued...