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Chapter 1077: Natives?

Chapter 1077: Chapter 1077: Natives?

"Our world has experienced the apocalypse, and there aren’t many people left alive now," Zheng Da explained the scene of destruction within the city, "Because some animals have evolved to be good at burrowing, the city walls aren’t completely effective at keeping them out, so we can only focus on reinforcing the inner city district. For safety, people mostly move about within the inner city district."

As he was speaking, the vehicle passed through a towering gate.

Indeed, behind the gate, it looked better than the outside, the buildings on both sides of the street were also sealed with metal bars of various sorts, but they looked a lot neater and cleaner.

The sound of the truck prompted people inside and outside the houses to come out, and upon hearing the driver say, "We have guests," the people on both sides of the street changed from hopeful to excited, with some even rushing to the side of the truck, vying with each other to catch a glimpse of the people inside the vehicle.

Not to mention the players, even the people from District 002 felt that there was something off about this situation.

"Make some space, don’t scare the guests!" Zheng Da stood at the rear of the vehicle and yelled outward, then those people backed off a bit, but they were still craning their necks.

"Sorry for the laughs, as you know, conditions here are not good, food is scarce, people are usually underfed, so they are especially eager for guests to arrive." He then turned around to explain to Xu Huo and his group, "When guests come, the Guardsmen will slaughter a cow to welcome them, and everyone can have a good meal of meat."

"So that’s how it is." Guan Shu sighed empathetically.

Xu Huo leaned against the rear of the truck, looking at the people left behind by the truck, not so much yellow and emaciated, but not very healthy either. What stood out was their teeth, which were somewhat red and cracked, and their eyes were filled with a desperate longing as they looked at each person on the truck.

It was longing.

Among those who came out, only a sparse few were old and haggard women with numb expressions, the rest were men. It was understandable that they hadn’t seen women in a long time and instinctively fixated on the women on the truck, but they were the same towards the men, which couldn’t help but be seen as strange.

"Do they eat people?" Xu Huo suddenly asked.

This caused everyone in the vehicle to pause their actions, and they all turned to look at him.

"I think they’re a bit weird," Xu Huo continued, apparently not noticing the surprise and hints from his companions, and pressed Zheng Da with another question, "And there are too few women."

This was the reality before their eyes, and it was normal to have doubts.

Zheng Da first sighed, then spoke with a look of regret, "Those who have survived the catastrophe either had good luck, or they were physically fit. Before the establishment of Xiaohe City, they indeed survived for a while by cannibalism, but now they no longer have to."

"Although the Guardsmen are few, they are enough to ensure that everyone here gets to eat."

"They have eaten human flesh, can they really go back to normal?" someone from District 002 asked.

"No one would do it unless it’s a last resort; they also did it out of desperation," Zheng Da pointed to some people sitting under the eaves, "Look at them, although they are alive, they can’t get over it mentally, living a life neither human nor ghostlike."

"It’s surprising that you still keep them, if it were our district, these people would have been abandoned long ago," the inquirer remarked.

"We’ve considered what you said, but as you can all see, there aren’t many people left in the whole of Xiaohe City; this is the last population of our world," Zheng Da said, "Anyway, they are our fellow people."

The atmosphere was a bit off, and Xu Huo wisely didn’t pursue further questions. After understanding the situation, he leaned motionlessly as he had before.

The final destination of the truck was an old commercial building in the center of the inner city. After the vehicle stopped, Zheng Da hopped out first, greeting a few people who came out from the building.

They had notified the city’s Guard Squad in advance. The arrivals were two males and two females, all players, who greeted them amiably before inviting them to clean up first.

"Facilities are limited here, and we only have four bathhouses, three for men and one for women. If you don’t mind, families can go together. The water is clean." The alluring female player pulled along several women from District 002, trying to bond with them, "Usually, it’s just smelly men coming and going, it’s hard to find anyone to chat with, but now it’s good to finally see some clean girls."

She spoke while giving a piece of candy to the little girl who had bitten someone earlier.

The girl, ravenous with hunger, took it and stuffed it into her mouth, but remained very wary, hiding behind Chi Minghong as soon as the candy was in her hand.

"My surname is Ma, you can call me Miss Ma," the female player said, not minding the girl’s rejection and prepared to lead the way.

The two male players with Xu Huo were called Sun Jing and Zeng Shangping. The former took the initiative to explain that the male and female baths were not far from each other and reassured them to go ahead and bathe.

Then Zheng Da and others took the Alien out of the vehicle, shouting orders to prepare for a big feast that evening.

In this manner, they took the elevator to the third floor, using two bathhouses that faced each other.

Since there were more men, two bathhouses were used. Sun Jing and a few others made arrangements and left, saying they would prepare a place for them to rest, and that they should relax in the baths. They would send something over for them to eat later to stave off the hunger.

The inhabitants from District 002 entered one bathhouse, and Xu Huo’s group entered another.

Ruan Qiyuan checked the bathhouse first, saying, "There are no devices installed here."

No equipment, no props.

"They dare to bring us into this building without any precautions, which shows they are not worried about us causing trouble," Guan Shu said with doubt, "It makes you wonder what these people are really up to."

"This building has spatial restrictions," Xu Huo said as he sat down on a low stool, not planning to enter the water, "Spatial Artifacts can no longer be used."

Ruan Qiyuan and the others also tried and You Xuewen sneered, "These people clearly have no good intentions; they wouldn’t be planning on serving us up as the main course, would they!"

From the moment they encountered the inhabitants of Xiaohe City, they suspected that the players living here were also cannibals.

"Very likely," Xu Huo said, "I guess they not only consume it themselves but also share it with those people outside."

"If there’s not enough food to go around, why keep those ordinary people alive?" Ruan Qi said, "Why not just kill them and exchange for a life in a different district?"

"Do you really believe they are the original residents?" Xu Huo looked up at him, "With basic living needs unmet, what reason would players have to stay and support a bunch of useless people?"

"If it’s true what they said, that only the people of Xiaohe City are left, there’s even less reason to stay, unless they are so noble as to take on the duty of human continuation."

"But even so, it’s impossible."

"First, the environment is no longer suited for human survival, and second, those people outside probably do not all come from the same place."

"Apart from District 002, from the districts I’ve been to, the human appearance is not much different, but if you look closely, there are differences, because of the different external environments, people from different districts will develop some concentrated traits throughout evolution, the most obvious being skeletal changes, which reflect in one’s appearance, the forehead, lower jaw, the width of the face, as well as the shape of the ears and nose, the length of the hands and feet."

"Normally, the closer people live, the more similar their physical features are, unless the inhabitants here were selected from different places to ensure the diversity of the human species. Otherwise, they probably aren’t the original residents here either."

"Indeed," Guan Shu said, "a group that survives the apocalypse would not be assembled from different places. Usually, a large group survives until the end, and only a small part remains."

"With that said, those players can only have one identity."