In the darkest corner of the brightly lit luxury city, a dirty creature hugged his knees, wearing thin clothes, nestled in the dark, damp corner with a group of skinny children, tremblingly looking up at the street lights emitting a faint Soul Power light on the street not far away.
"Sister, are you praying again?"
In the dark corner, among the group of children, there was a seven or eight-year-old boy with bright eyes, his clear and confused eyes swaying slightly, looking not far away at a thin figure wearing tattered linen, kneeling on the ground, with his hands clasped together, praying silently in the direction of a streetlight emitting faint light in the distance.
The little girl, whom the boys called Sister, was thin and could not be older than twelve or thirteen years old. In this already precocious world, she was in the prime of her youth, but her face was pale, her cheeks were sunken, and she was in a state of exhaustion and weakness.
This state is extremely rare in the super metropolis Suotuo City, which is known by the outside world as having rich products, high quality and low prices. But there was a group of people who looked similar to this little girl behind her.
"." The little girl did not answer the boy's words, but silently knelt on the ground and prayed silently.
"Sister, Xiaojiu may be dying." The boy in the corner said weakly.
"If Dad knew you were like this, I would be so sorry. Sister, please go away and leave us alone."
There were also seven or eight skinny children around the boy. They opened their numb and confused eyes in the darkness, silently looking at the small figure kneeling on the ground in the faint light.
They were not originally the original residents of Suotuo City, but with the expansion of Suotuo City, some of them divided their original villages into the jurisdiction of Suotuo City.
The land was occupied, the houses were bulldozed, and most of their parents traveled far away with the Suotuo City Infrastructure Team team. However, in a Soul Beast attack, the civilians in the Infrastructure Team suffered heavy casualties. By the time the soul masters reacted, the casualties were already irreparable.
Then Technology Guild's pension money came, but it did not flow into the hands of their families. Even they, civilian orphans, were constantly evicted by the city Patrol Team to the 'slums' with the worst environment.
". Sister"
"Needless to say." As the oldest child, the girl slowly stood up from the ground, a trace of struggle flashed in her eyes, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Mother Lin came to me and said that he would provide me with a job. I will definitely be able to support you!"
The little girl's name is Bai Ping, and the 'Mother Lin' she refers to is a skin and meat business in this area. Although Bai Ping has not developed very well due to nutritional problems, her eyes are very clear and beautiful, and her bones are handsome. If she can keep up with her nutrition, she will also be a delicate beauty.
"My father took everyone out. I will definitely be responsible for you!" Bai Ping said with firm eyes.
When their village was undergoing development, Bai Ping's father organized a labor contracting team in line with the times, recruiting fellow villagers to work on construction sites outside. But he was unlucky, and none of them came back.
This group of children originally stayed at home with a few lonely elderly people. After learning that their relatives were in trouble, they became furious and their health deteriorated. Eventually, they died one by one. In the end, only this group of children who persisted until the end were left.
Bai Ping can only do odd jobs nearby to barely support everyone. But I don't know why, but everyone's physical condition is still deteriorating, just like the old man in the village, who saw his physical condition deteriorating little by little, but it was unavoidable.
It's not like Bai Ping didn't want to go to the City Lord's Mansion's people and try to get back everyone's pension, but whenever she wanted to get close to the inner city, she would be stopped by the guards guarding the gate and driven out. As a civilian, Bai Ping couldn't resist at all. In the end, she didn't even have the ability to get out of the slum. The intersection outside had been blocked by guards. Under the slogan of beautifying the environment, people in the slum were strictly restricted from flowing to the bustling area of Suotuo City.
"If something happens to me one day." Bai Ping quickly turned to look at the scrawny children behind him. He weakly took out a small purse from his hand and weakly handed it to the boy with the brightest eyes among the children named Ye Han.
Then, she didn't see Ye Han reaching out to pick it up. Instead, she saw the rapidly growing fear in the other person's gradually widening eyes!
"You, you, after."
"What will happen if something unexpected happens?" A young man dressed in majestic and luxurious Black Gold Robe, with a strange halo in his eyes slowly appeared from the distant street lamp, and appeared behind Bai Ping, speaking in a calm and peaceful voice.
"Ah?!" The appearance of the Black Gold Robe man immediately startled Bai Ping. She turned around and couldn't help but scream. After seeing the luxurious clothes on the man's body, her already pale face suddenly lost all color!
Bai Ping was so frightened that she wanted to escape, but driven by responsibility, she suppressed the fear in her heart and stood in front of the group of children to prevent the mysterious soul master from harming them.
Tread. Tread. Tread.
However, the mysterious soul master did not pay attention to Bai Ping, but walked towards them step by step in the eyes of the frightened children. Bai Ping wanted to turn around and stop the other party, but found that his whole body was trembling, and all the cells in his body were emitting fear. His legs and feet were cold and numb, and he was unable to move at all!
Chen Hong, wearing Black Gold Robe, frowned and walked in front of the group of abnormally skinny children. He stretched out his fingers and gently pulled. Under the control of Martial Soul Psychic Power, one child's head was turned away, revealing a few abnormal bruises on his neck.
Chen Hong frowned even more tightly, his eyes were cold, and a pressure that made everyone present feel their souls tremble suddenly appeared in everyone's heart!
'Oops. Are you going to be silenced in the end? ' When an aura that made her soul tremble surged from the bottom of her heart, Bai Ping felt that everyone might be in trouble tonight.
However, just when Bai Ping thought she was going to be silenced, she suddenly heard the mysterious soul master suddenly smile calmly:
"Oh, 1000 Gold Soul Coin business is still being done. I've only been away for half a year, and you're doing this to me?"
Chen Hong's eyes are as cold as a thousand-year-old ice cave. For soul masters, 1000 Gold Soul Coin is a limit of no more and no less. But for many civilians, 1000 Gold Soul Coin can allow their family to live a good life for more than ten years.
This number is the pension amount that Chen Hong finally designed for the Technology Guild pension system after careful consideration.
But now, Chen Hong still underestimates the greed of human nature.