Of course, from the perspective of those who came later, acquiring Players this way was no different from killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, with endless troubles to follow. But nobody knew what District 023 had been like at the time.
"What kind of disaster would make the government commit such an atrocity?" Qiu Ming gritted his teeth. "They didn't even spare the children?"
"Forget Human Nature. Have you ever seen a District Government this stupid?" Xu Huo replied. "It was probably done by outsiders."
Calling the act of forcing ordinary people to evolve "killing the goose that laid the golden eggs" hardly did it justice. It was basically cutting off all hope of recovery. Never mind how many Players would emerge—how many of those who weren't qualified to be among the first batch would survive entering the game completely unprepared?
And even if they survived, would Players who had endured such horrific events really stay in this sub-district?
No one with any sense would do such a thing.
This was nothing new in the game. Cao Qinglin and Qiu Ming fell silent for a moment, then began looking for a vehicle they could use.
The cars out on the street were too badly damaged to start, so they could only try their luck indoors.
Qiu Ming quickly found an off-road vehicle in a corner. He pried batteries out of the other cars and gathered some emergency supplies. "I don't know which of these will work. Let's take them all."
While helping, Cao Qinglin strained her injury. She was about to ask Xu Huo for a hand when she saw him crouching to pick something up.
The car blocked their view, so neither of them could see what it was. But after exchanging glances, they silently went back