Chapter 125: To Eat, To Live

Ah ……

Uhhh ……

Lips that quivered up and down, a dry, hoarse throat, a dull, lifeless face.

Looking at the rising fire in the distance.

The people of the town of Green Ox were as if their throats had been burned as well.

No crisp sounds could be made at all, only pure whimpering and agony remained.

The eyes were filled with despair.

The people at the bottom were the most capable of suffering, and a life of hardship often accompanied them throughout their lives; even if they were exiled to the border and were neighbors with dangerous demons, people didn’t feel any better.

It’s nothing but a life of suffering, made a little more bitter.

Exiled to the border by the Great Qian, the people of Qingniu Town didn’t break down.

Neighboring with the dreaded demon, the people of Green Cow Town didn’t break down.

They’re like weeds.

Stubbornly rooted in the border, it did everything it could to survive.

However, human beings are not cold, unfeeling machines, so how can they keep suffering without breaking down.

Right here and now, right here and now, the people of Qingniu Town finally couldn’t bear it and looked at the burning town in the flames, falling tears of despair and helplessness.

“Brother Xu, my family is gone ……”

“My family is gone. ……”

The dark man who always smiled nervously in the past.

Carrying his aged mother on his back, he let out a cry he had never heard before, a cry of pain and hoarseness.

That’s where he grew up and lived.

It was also a precious place that he regarded as wonderful.

Now it’s gone. Everything’s gone.

Bull bawled and cried like a child, so helpless and sad.

“Get up, Ox.”

The Xu system stepped forward and helped the hanyou hold the old man steady, then patted his shoulder, locked eyes with the pair of blank, lifeless eyes, and spoke softly:

“Let’s go.”

“Brother Xu, where are we going?”

“Go eat, go live.”

Short words with great appeal.

People who have lost everything, who have lost everything, always move on.

They don’t know the ideals, they don’t know life, but they know the importance of the word “food” and are fascinated by it.

Not by choice.

Followed that back into the snow and wind.

Wu Ying Xue gazed at such a scene for a long time until the group almost disappeared into the wind and snow, only then did she come to her senses in hindsight and quickly followed.

“Sir, wait for me!”

……

[Green Cow Town has disappeared]

[In the physical sense, burned to ashes by a flock of vicious fire crows, leaving nothing behind]

[You looked at the scene of the burning town of Green Cow, and at the disoriented people, and decided to lead the crowd and leave the winter border together]

[You left]

[The people of Green Cow Town followed you away]

Wu Yingxue once asked you why the people listened to you so much, and you denied it.

[Eating and living are instincts that everyone craves, and all you’re doing is guiding people in that direction, that’s all.]

[The winter borderline is infested with demons and you have encountered them many times, but fortunately you are amazingly strong and have managed to stop them every time]

[You decided to lead people along the pathway provided by Wu Yingxue into the hinterland of the 13 states of Daqian]

[It’s the only way you can think of to keep more people alive]

[The journey to the exit isn’t long, but that’s only for you and the maiden, for the people of Green Ox Town, this windy and snowy journey is really a bit too long]

[You had to take extra time and be vigilant and attentive to avoid people going missing on the road]

[On the way]

[You meet other towns also rooted in the borderline]

Compared to Green Ox Town, this town is even more tragic, with broken limbs everywhere, sprayed blood staining the snowy roads, and collapsed and skewed building ruins smashing through all the]

[The demons that attacked this place have left, leaving the town empty and silent]

[You enter the town and search, and find no usable supplies, but you do find a handful of people who have managed to escape from the demons.]

Standing in front of me.

Can it really be considered human?

Tattered clothes, disheveled and awful hair, hollow eyes as bad as they were.

“……”

No matter how much it was called out, there would be no response.

Obviously, the blows suffered by these few people were even better than those of the people in Green Ox Town.

“Yingxue, bring over a piece of jerky.”

The young girl quickly handed over a piece of jerky.

That’s made of demon flesh.

Xu System tore it open with his fingers little by little, and wrapped it with astral energy and qi blood to heat and soften it, and stuffed it into the mouths of the surviving people one by one.

Feeling the food in their mouths, they finally reacted and chewed mechanically.

“This World ……”

“It’s really not giving a damn.”

The Xu system sighed.

There were a lot of demons in winter, which caused the amount of demon meat to surge, so there was no need to worry about food for the time being.

As a result, the Hsu system was able to generously give food to the survivors.

Could be more.

There’s nothing he can do about it.

The Xu system was just an innate martial artist of the Realm of Observance of Reason.

He can kill demons and “people”, but he can’t restore collapsed towns, much less resurrect the dead.

“Time to move on.”

……

[You gave food to the other survivors.]

[Food reserves are plentiful, and in a demon infested winter, can even be considered adequate]

[The real difficulty is never the food, but how to get through this cold winter]

[What surprises you is]

[The people you gave food to finally stumbled after you, their desperate faces stagnant, but the scythes and pitchforks in their hands were so conspicuous.]

[They ask where you’re going and what you’re going to do in the end]

[Your answer is “alive.”]

[You’re outspoken, stating that you may end up making enemies of Qian, enemies of the “big people” that everyone fears.]

[Some people are shocked and call you a rebellious rebel who will be beheaded by the court adults]

[Some people are bewildered and do not understand why this matter of being alive has anything to do with Daqian.]

[Your answer is simple]

“The world is sick, very sick.”

“Daqian is sick, and so are you, and that’s why people can’t live.”

“What I want to do is cure this disease so that everyone can live.”

In a gale.

In the blizzard.

The Xu system said this to the surviving people who were chasing after him.

Some people seem to understand it, some people don’t understand it at all.

The eyes flashed with confused chaos.

One or two stayed where they were, choosing to remain in the ruined town.

More, armed with scythes and pitchforks, joined the ranks of the Xu system, with no complicated reasoning, but simply a feeling that the Xu system could keep them alive.