When Valk opened his eyes again, he was awakened by pain.
A strange child of the same age was riding on top of him, strangling his body with one hand and holding his neck with the other, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing him wake up, the other person seemed a little surprised and his eyes were a little panicked, but he still endured it.
"you're awake."
"I saw you lying on the snow outside, so I brought you back." He let go of his hand and stood up.
"Ahem..." Holding his slightly red and painful neck and chin, Valk struggled to stand up and looked around. Here was a temporary triangular shed, surrounded by shabby clothes and blankets. Although It was dirty and messy, but compared to the ice and snow outside, it was still a lot warmer.
"Thank you." Valk's voice was weak because he was so hungry.
"It's okay." After saying that, the two of them were silent for a long time.
"My name is Valk, what's yours?" Finally, Valk couldn't help but ask.
"Me?" The boy opposite paused, his eyes wandering around, finally stopping on the outer packaging of an abandoned can.
"My name is Greed." Greed is the name of a bad beer.
Knowing that this might be a temporary name, Valk did not reveal it. He no longer had the energy to care about such a trivial matter.
The two of them continued to sit in the triangular shed like this until it gradually darkened outside.
Suddenly, Greed raised his head and looked outside. There was a gap in the curtain, and the wind and snow outside could be vaguely seen.
"It's time." He said and stood up slowly.
"When is the time up?" Valk was puzzled.
"Food. It's time to get food." Greed explained, with a bit of excitement in his eyes.
"Follow me." Then he lifted the curtain and walked out of the triangular shed.
The two walked one after another in the snow, through the wilderness, and gradually came to a ruins. Collapsed and rusty buildings could be seen everywhere, which were obviously traces of the mining boom of that year.
After losing maintenance, these buildings were exposed to the poisonous rain of corrosion, damaged day after day, and turned into ruins that could collapse at any time. Even homeless people would not easily live in them.
After walking for nearly forty minutes, the two finally arrived at a remote town. This should be a rest stop on the highway for transporting minerals. Drivers often stop here to take a shower, sleep well, and eat. Order something warm and delicious.
"Listen up, the restaurant over there will be closed later, and the waiters will throw the garbage into the trash can 100 meters away from the restaurant. There must be something edible in it."
"So let's go get it, right." Valk quickly understood.
"That's right, but it's not only us who are eyeing these things, but also others." Greed warned.
"Let's join forces so that we can all have something to eat, do you understand?"
"Understood." Valk nodded.
"Very good, let's find some handy guys now." Greed led Valk towards the ruins on the street. In one corner were the sticks and scrap iron bills he had hidden before.
Although the two of them were very weak, they gained some confidence after holding the cold iron block.
Time passed slowly, and after half an hour, a clerk walked out of the store with a garbage bag.
They stared at the clerk until he finished throwing away the trash and left.
"That's it now." After saying that, Greed and Valk ran there quickly. However, due to hunger and weakness, they began to pant within a few steps and slowed down.
At this moment, another figure rushed out from the corner. He arrived at the trash can first, rummaged through the contents, and then took out edible things and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Hurry up, or he will finish eating." Greed urged again, and the two had to speed up their pace.
Soon, the man turned around when he heard the voice, and Valk could see his appearance clearly. He had a face like a monkey, with saggy and black eye bags, his hair was messy, his fingernails were full of black mud, and he was covered in It smells bad.
"Whakaka—" He seemed unable to speak and could only yell randomly.
At this time, Greed had already rushed forward and hit the opponent with an iron bar, leaving a red mark and making the opponent scream in pain.
However, the opponent began to resist at this time. He grabbed the iron bar, tried to snatch it off, and then grabbed Grid.
Seeing this, Greed was shocked and frightened, but he did not dare to let go of the iron bars, because once the other party got a weapon, he would definitely not be able to defeat this adult tonight.
"Quick! Get up!" Greed shouted hurriedly as he endured the claws from the other side.
Valk no longer hesitated at this time, and then rushed forward and hit the opponent on the head with a stick, causing the opponent to scream in pain again.
After receiving assistance, Greed also clenched the iron bar, broke away from the opponent's grasp, and attacked again.
Under the siege of the two men, the thin homeless man had to escape and finally gave up the trash can.
After driving away the competitors, the two of them sat on the ground panting, looking at the leftover food scattered on the ground, and couldn't help but smile happily on their faces.
The two of them shared this rare delicacy that day, and then started walking together. During this period, they battled wits and courage with other homeless people, wild dogs, and low-level self-discipline units, and finally survived in the wilderness.
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"It's such a touching past." Partridge said while wiping tears, lamenting Valk's past hardships.
After he finished speaking, he sniffed, then walked aside, picked up the cup and drank water, and then calmed down.
"I grew up in South District 1. I didn't expect that there would be such a difficult wilderness environment in Jade Skirt." Partridge sighed. He used to think that eating a T5 level meal was the most difficult life, but he didn't expect that there would be other people. Will eat garbage.
"Although the Four-leaf Crystal Star Region is not wealthy, it is still no problem to maintain the most basic life of the residents."
"Industrial products have become cheaper, but they are still needed and can provide many jobs, making the jade skirt generally stable."
"Then how did you obtain federal resident status? It's not that simple."
"Thanks to the help of Pastor Boyce. He took me to the home of the elder who abandoned me. He gave the other party a sum of money to confirm and testify, and went to the Archives Bureau to confirm my identity."
"Although my mother abandoned me, fortunately she left a genetic sample in the federal genetic database. After verification, it was confirmed that I am her descendant, which makes it much easier to pass the review."
"That's true." Partridge touched the cup and thought carefully.
"The federal government has the strictest scrutiny on bloodlines of unknown origin. If your parents were originally federal residents, this will be relaxed a lot."
"I'll do a test against your genes later. Maybe I can find out which generation of human descendants you are from the Jade Skirt immigrant."
"Historically, there were three main periods of population expansion in the Emerald Skirt. The earliest batch were basically elves. They were people who responded to the legacy of the 'Golden Flame Rose' and went to various desolate planets to develop and transform the environment."
"The second batch was in the early days after the transformation of Jade Skirt. The environment here has gradually become suitable for living. A lot of people migrated from all over the federation, including humans and a small number of orcs. They were often wandering and could not integrate into the local area. People who love the environment came to this new environment to explore."
"The third batch was the civil war more than 400 years ago. At that time, this place was an important military industrial star. A large number of factories were built and a lot of workers and technicians were needed. So the Federation transferred personnel from various star fields."
"Times have changed, and there are very few elves on the planet today. The important military-industrial groups from back then have also relocated one after another under the arrangements of the Federal Council..."
"It's really touching. If those military-industrial groups stayed, the Four-leaf Crystal Star Region would probably be extremely powerful."
"But just think about this kind of thing. With so many powerful military-industrial giants gathering together, the upper echelons of the federation will not be at ease. It is inevitable to split up and transfer after the war."
"The military industry is booming and declining. The Four-leaf Crystal Star Domain is just one of the sequelae of that protracted war. We can only wait for time to slowly heal these things."
"However, the problem of poisonous rain control and the population at the bottom is still difficult to solve. It may not be that the top people don't know the solution, but that some people don't want to do it."
"Why don't you want to solve it? If there weren't these problems, the Jade Skirt would be much better." Valk was puzzled.
Partridge glanced at the strong young man on the hospital bed and did not answer directly, but slowly drank tea.
"Yes, it is suffering for some people, but it is like rain for some people."
"When it rains, the umbrella seller should be very happy."
(End of chapter)
