The Lost Item
Sun Jirou and Tao Chengxin looked troubled. Sun Jirou asked, "How did you finally escape? Why did the Government Hall and LT Biological Pharmaceutical Company spare Fairytale City?"
"It wasn't that they wanted to spare us. It was the sacrifice made by the last Players to escape Fairytale City!" The old man grew agitated. "They gave their lives to secure our last refuge. Those people from LT were too afraid to enter Fairytale City, so instead they tampered with our drinking water. Apart from the children who escaped back then, not a single child has been born in Fairytale City in twenty years. Twenty whole years!"
"They wanted to wear down all the Players and people in Fairytale City this way. The young people here know nothing about the truth and don't believe it, lost in Tourist City's false prosperity... They've never thought about how the algae shells and conches they buy and sell all grow on living people... What's the difference between that and eating people?"
"People in Fairytale City have gotten used to it," Sun Jirou said. "Especially the Alien Viewing Route. They treat their former kind like animals for amusement, and they never tire of it."
"I saw it when I came here, too." Tao Chengxin found it unbelievable. "Some of the people who turned into Aliens could be their friends or relatives, but everyone here acts as if they don't care."
"This is Fairytale City. Perhaps everyone is happy to live in a fairy tale," Xu Huo said calmly. Then he asked, "Were the man and woman commemorated at True Love Plaza Players, too?"
"Yes..." The old man began to cry again. "They risked their lives to protect the people of Fairytale City, but in the end, they were driven out and left