The So-Called World Government Member Nation

The two rows behind them dragged mops along the streets, each person moving like a machine as they cleaned the streets dirtied during the day.

Their eyes were hollow, as though they had lost all hope of living, yet their hands never stopped working.

Several soldiers in Sorbet Kingdom uniforms stood around them, whips in hand, glaring viciously at the workers.

"You worthless peasants, hurry the hell up! There are several more streets to clean. If you don't finish before dawn, don't expect any food!"

As soon as one soldier finished speaking, he lashed the whip across a child at the front. The child, already so starved that his chest clung to his back, was knocked to the ground by the blow.

"Get the hell up!"

Seeing the child unable to rise, the soldier repeatedly whipped him. The other street cleaners merely passed by coldly, without the slightest trace of pity.

Qi Yuan was shocked by what she saw. As someone who had once been saved by the Marines, her sense of justice drove her to her feet, wanting to help the child.

But Mu Chen reacted quickly and grabbed the impulsive Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan did not understand why Mu Chen was stopping her.

"Zhiyuan, this is the reality of this country—no, even the reality of this world. We can't change anything right now. We can't save him."

Though Mu Chen said that, Qi Yuan, having been saved by the Marines herself, deeply empathized with what she saw.

But just as Qi Yuan wanted to argue, Mu Chen immediately cut her off. "They've already lost the will to live. If you save that child, should you save everyone else too?"

"And even if you save them all, what then?"

"Do you think there are only this many people being