Under Xue Xi's perception, there were at least three or four more rooms like this in the village that sold slaves. Resisting slaves were continuously dragged inside, implanted with chips, then shoved into cages to await sale.
The golden light of investigation in her eyes gradually dimmed. She had already understood everything clearly, so there was no longer any need to keep up the disguise.
At that moment, the burly man from before noticed that Xue Xi had stopped in front of the wooden door without going in. He impatiently shouted, "Damn it, why are you making such a fuss over taking a piss? Didn't I tell you not to listen around? Are you deaf?!"
As he spoke, he set down the ledger he had been tallying and approached Xue Xi with ghostlike speed, slapping a hand onto her shoulder. "Little girl, you insist on causing trouble for me, huh? Want to go in and have a taste of getting a chip implanted too?"
Xue Xi, her back to him, did not answer. Her previously frightened expression faded, replaced by calm indifference. Looking through the wooden door at the horrific scene inside, she let out a long sigh. "Humans... this vile nature of greed and cruelty still disgusts me so much. You can go so mad even against your own kind. Why keep the lot of you alive?"
Her voice was low, as though she were muttering to herself. The burly man frowned and viciously tightened the large hand gripping Xue Xi's shoulder, wishing he could crush her shoulder blade outright. "You're lecturing me now? Get the hell back in there! If it weren't for your young master, I'd make sure you got a taste of my methods today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he tried to throw the