Qiu Ming had no choice but to put some food, and after thinking about it, he added two bottles of water, "They are all poor people."
They just took a cool road to go, but they didn't expect the child to come back soon, use a slingshot to throw stones at them, and said: "You have destroyed all our traps, who wants your things!"
Although he couldn't hurt anyone, the boy hit them in the face every time, which was a bit annoying. Cao Qinglin threw out the prop and caught the boy, and said with a stern face: "Just hang him here."
"Don't be so rough," Qiu Ming picked him up and said, "Forget about a beating. Come on, you press your legs and I'll take off your pants."
When the boy heard what he said, he immediately turned red and struggled, shouting, "My elder brother will not let you go!"
"Hey, who is your eldest brother?" Qiu Ming pinched his cheek and pulled hard, "Call him out and let me take a look."
"If you dare, come with me!" The boy bared his teeth and said, "My elder brother will definitely beat you to pieces...let me go..."
"Okay, kids are good at scaring people." Cao Qinglin saw that his attack was not serious, so she had to stop her, "If his elder brother was so powerful, the things arranged in the passage would not be gadgets. This kid deliberately set a trap. Most likely they want to lure us into taking the bait, so leave them here."
Qiu Ming was a little puzzled, "The player who set the trap must not be strong."
"I can't say for sure, maybe those props are just to create suspicion." Cao Qinglin looked at Xu Huo.
Xu Huo had no objection. There was more than one child nearby. Whether he wanted to lure them away or set up a trap, there was no need to go into details.
"Have you ever eaten candy?" Xu Huo motioned to Qiu Ming to put him down and gave him a small bag of fruit candy. "This and the food just now are not poisonous. You can take it and share it with your companions. We will soon Let’s go, don’t worry.”
The boy didn't throw the thing out this time. He took it carefully and turned around to run away. He even looked back at them at the end of the passage.
After he ran away, Xu Huo turned around and saw Qiu Ming and Cao Qinglin staring at him. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Why, you want to eat too?"
The two of them smiled and walked forward. Qiu Ming asked for something to say, "I can't tell that you have a child at such a young age. It is said that players have long life spans, so there is no need to rush to get married and have children. Of course, it would be fine if you had already given birth to children before becoming a player." .”
"But who dares to get married and have children as a player? Maybe the only ones left behind will be orphans and widowed mothers."
Xu Huo didn't notice it either. He was quite rough and his mouth was broken.
However, Qiu Ming did not need his response and kept talking to himself. Occasionally, Cao Qinglin would respond to him, which meant that there was a connection.
It didn't take long to get through the small town, and the underground passage didn't reach the edge of the city, so they came up from the underground in advance, planning to use props to cover the distance.
"Hey!" The boy appeared on a nearby small building and said to them, "Do you want to go somewhere cooler?"
"Do you know the way to Liangkeang?" Xu Huo asked loudly.
The boy with the candy in his mouth quickly ran down, stood in the shadow of the building and said, "There is a road in the woods not far from the city that leads to the underground river. The underground river has long since dried up and people can walk."
Qiu Ming and Cao Qinglin looked at each other and then looked at Xu Huo. Xu Huo agreed without hesitation, letting the child go under the suspended umbrella and taking them to find the underground river.
"How old are you this year?" Xu Huo asked.
"Fifteen." The boy sucked the candy.
"Are there any brothers or sisters at home?"
"Yes, they all died. Some died of hunger, some died of illness. I am in good health and have survived until now."
"Want to live in another city?"
"No, it's nice here."
"Is it nice here?" Qiu Ming interrupted, "Your brothers and sisters are all dead."
"It's just as hot in other places, and there are still players killing people. No one will find us if we hide here." The boy looked at him sincerely.
Qiu Ming was a little speechless, scratched his head and said: "It's impossible for 023 to be a high-temperature area except for the active area of alien species..."
"Just move to another zone." Cao Qinglin thinks it's not difficult. As long as players go out, it's okay to get a few non-player tickets.
"This is my home, why should I move to another district?" The boy said, "My home cannot be given to others."
"You're such a strange kid." Cao Qinglin said. Generally, children like this grow up in a difficult environment and should yearn for good living conditions. Especially a place like this, which cannot be regarded as a place for human life at all. Those abandoned houses and the barren land are not worthy of nostalgia, and they cannot survive. How can there be the concept of "hometown".
But the boy said: "My home is my home."
What he said so solemnly made Cao Qinglin and Qiu Ming a little silent.
Xu Huo looked at the boy's facial features that were similar to those of the players who attacked them before, and said, "Maybe they are particularly attached to their hometown and home."
"We're here." The boy pointed to the woods ahead. "If you see the unbroken dry tree, you can reach the underground river down the slope."
This forest has long since dried up, but occasionally there are one or two dwarf trees standing with only their fruits, which is easy to identify.
The boy didn't look back and walked straight forward and said: "The underground river is very long. If you keep walking in this direction, you can go out after dark..."
As he was speaking, a hand was pressing down on his shoulder.
Xu Huo smiled and said, "Okay, I don't need you to lead the way anymore, just go back."
The boy looked at him doubtfully, "Do you dare to go if I don't go?"
Let him explore the path is normal operation.
"Just walk along the underground river, right?" Xu Huo said, "It's so simple and we won't get lost."
After saying that, he took out a prop dagger and put it in the boy's hand. "You can only have a future if you live well. It's not worth risking your life for a trivial matter, not to mention it's meaningless."
The boy held the dagger tightly and was at a loss for a moment, but soon he forced a smile. Now even Qiu Ming could tell something was wrong and grabbed him: "What's in front of you?"
The boy kicked his legs, "The river has dried up, don't you have to go to a shady place... Let go... I can't breathe..."
However, Qiu Ming changed his previous easy-going attitude and grabbed his throat with his other hand, "I'm young, but my heart is quite dark. I told you that we were just passing by, but you tried to kill us again and again!"
In just a few seconds, the boy's eyes rolled up, his hands drooped, and his face turned blue from holding back.
"Okay." Xu Huo said.
"He wants to kill us. In the game, the elderly and children are not innocent!" Qiu Ming said with a sullen face.
Xu Huo signaled him to let go, "There should be a random copy ahead."
They may not necessarily die if they enter the random dungeon, but the boy will definitely die. Obviously he knew this, so he deliberately brought them in.
"I have something to ask him." Seeing that Qiu Ming was just relaxed but refused to let him go, he couldn't help but frown.
(End of chapter)
