Before the sky turned completely dark, snowflakes the size of goose feathers began to float down. After the sky turned dark, the snow became heavier and heavier, covering the entire city with a thick layer of white blankets.
This city was called Yin Mountain Outpost.
In the past, when Li Sihai ruled the entire Star Zone, he had built an outpost here, where a large number of pirate groups and scouts were stationed.
As a result, due to the influx of outsiders, the outpost gradually became a city with a population of five million. The people in the city had been living and thriving until today.
Yin Mountain Outpost was located at the border of the Li Weilan Star Zone. It was one of the most important supply points when entering the Star Zone. Many ships of unknown origin would resupply here.
Pirates or smugglers would stop their ships at Shady Mountain Outpost. They would refill the ship with water and stuff food and ammunition into the cargo hold. The crew would enter the city and drink in the taverns for three days. They would sleep with a few coquettish women to relieve the boredom of living on a ship for a long time.
When the clock pointed to ten o 'clock in the evening, Old Yu heard a knock on the door.
In Yin Mountain Outpost, it was not a good thing to have someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night. Most likely, it was those drunk pirates who were fooling around. Decent people in the city would never go out after dark, not to mention that it was snowing heavily today.
Old Yu's wives, nephews, and daughters all showed a frightened expression when they heard the knock on the door. The fat second wife hurriedly held her two daughters in her arms. Her fat body was shivering, and she looked out of the window with uneasiness in her eyes.
Her nephews took out weapons from under the table and behind the sofa. There were old-fashioned kinetic weapons and titanium alloy machetes. The blood on the back of one of the machetes was still wet.
It could be seen that Old Yu's family was by no means easy to deal with.
However, in a place like Yin Mountain Outpost, good people would never live long. But Old Yu's family could live in this city, and they were living quite well.
After all, in the Li Weilan Star Zone, the survival of a group of people was often based on the fact that others were hacked to death. The rule of survival in the outer space was so simple and brutal since ancient times.
Old Yu frowned, came to the door, and looked out through the peephole.
His nervous face immediately relaxed. He turned his head and said, "It's okay. Those who should sleep, go to sleep."
That was a very wise statement. Who was the one who should go to sleep, after all?
Of course, it was Old Yu's wife and children. As for his nephews, they were even more vigilant. They found a place to stand and hid the weapons they had just picked up in a dark corner where they could easily find them.
After his wife and children went upstairs, Old Yu opened the door.
It was snowing heavily outside, and the cold air and snowflakes entered the living room through the door. The temperature in the living room dropped immediately. One of Elder Yu's nephews hurriedly ran to the old-fashioned air conditioner and raised the temperature by five degrees.
When Old Yu closed the door, there were two foreigners in cloaks in the living room. One was thin, and the other was slightly fat.
Old Yu winked, and his two nephews walked over and took the cloak from the stranger. They shook off the snow on it and put it near the air conditioner vent to dry.
Old Yu observed the two strangers. The skinny one liked to smile. When his nephew took his cloak, he thanked him. The fatter one looked impatient. No one knew whether it was because he hated the weather or the place.
Anyway, the two foreigners were surrounded by Old Yu's eight nephews, but they were not afraid at all. They went straight to the sofa and sat down, looking at Old Yu's house.
By now, Old Yu had completely believed that these two were the distinguished guests he had been waiting for. If nothing unexpected happened, these two people would decide the fate of his whole family.
"Have you eaten?" Old Yu asked nervously, and his voice unconsciously trembled.
The thin one waved his hand, "Don't bother. We are not hungry."
"Then, how should I address you?"
The thin one smiled, "I heard that your family name is Yu?"
"Yes."
"Then we are your distant nephews. My name is Yu Fan, and he is Yu You."
Old Yu was overjoyed. Although these two had nothing to do with Old Yu's family, with their status, he would even be willing to pretend to be Old Yu's father, not to mention his nephews.
The Nebula Alliance offered Old Yu's family a very generous price. If this was done, Old Yu's family would all move to the Nebula Alliance.
That way, Old Yu's family would be noble people in the region, and they would also have a lifetime allowance of 2,400 alliance dollars per person until their death.
No one liked to live in such a hellish place like the outer region. Every outsider wanted to immigrate to the prosperous inner region one day.
Unfortunately, the region didn't care much for the people from the outer region. If they were scientists, artists, or warriors, the region might give them a way out and give them an immigration certificate. However, ordinary people would never be able to step into the region in their entire lives.
Moreover, the condition of the Nebula Alliance was that Old Yu's entire family would be given an immigration certificate, not his own family.
In the Yin Mountain Sentries, Old Yu was definitely the number one.
Old Yu himself didn't have any special abilities. Although he was good at scheming like all profiteers, fighting ability was a must to survive in the outer region. Old Yu's fighting ability was infinitely close to zero.
However, Old Yu had nephews. Not only did he have a lot of nephews, but they were also fierce and good at fighting. There weren't many people in the Yin Mountain Sentries who dared to bully Old Yu's family. No matter who it was, they had to think about the strength of Old Yu's nephews.
Old Yu's ancestors came from one of the most remote star areas in the outer region, the Desolate River Star Area.
In the eyes of the people in the outer region, the Desolate River Star Area was so poor that they couldn't even afford to wear pants. Even the pirates didn't bother to visit because they knew that there was nothing but people in this godforsaken place.
The people in the Desolate River Star Area were so poor that they dared to do anything. In the past, there were often absurd news of pirates being robbed in the Desolate River Star Area.
In the Desolate River Star Area, people were the most worthless thing.
The way they robbed the pirates was very barbaric. They used people to pile up. No matter how many people died, they weren't afraid. Anyway, the decrease in population was never a bad thing in the Desolate River Star Area. The land was so small, but there were so many people. Only when a part of them died would the rest have food to eat.
Thus, the people of the Desolate River Star Area robbed everything. If one thousand people weren't enough, they would take ten thousand.
No matter how good a pirate group was, they couldn't fight ten thousand people alone. That wasn't logical. Thus, groups of pirates got off the ships and ran to the villages to rob women and money. However, they never came back.
Old Yu's family was one of the few rich people in the Desolate River Star Area. He had his own business in the Yin Mountain Sentries. Every few years, Old Yu's family would come back to Desolate River to recruit people.
With just one sentence, the young people in the Desolate River Star Area would be squeezed until their heads exploded.
Old Yu gathered the young people who wanted to find a job and let them kill each other. In the end, whoever was still alive would be brought to the Yin Mountain Sentries.
Thus, these nephews of Old Yu were the most ruthless characters in the Desolate River Star Area. Each of them had taken countless lives, and there were even superpower users among them.
There was a chance that humans could gain superpowers by opening their seventh brain region.
Basically, one in a million newborns would gain superpowers.
The Barren Creek Star Region had nothing but a lot of people. So, no matter what, there would always be some superpower users. These superpower users became Old Yu's subordinates and became his nephews, which helped Old Yu's local influence grow.
Xia Fan observed his surroundings. He didn't feel any fear in this unfamiliar environment.
Before he knocked on the door, Xia Fan had already learned about Old Yu's family through his superpower of smell. He knew that Old Yu wasn't playing any tricks, and there were no suspicious people hiding in the house.
Old Yu thought that Xia Fan didn't trust him, so he quickly said, "It's okay. These are all my nephews. They are my family."
Xia Fan nodded. He knew that Old Yu's nephews were divided into two types. One was his family, and the other was the thugs he recruited from the Desolate River Star Area. However, these thugs had changed their surnames.
In the future, when Old Yu went to the star area, he would bring his nephews and family along.
Therefore, there was a common interest here. In order to leave this godforsaken place, Old Yu and his nephews would never betray Xia Fan.
The contract had been signed. If Old Yu went back on his word, the Nebula Alliance would not let him live.
Xia Fan smiled. "Let's get to the point. If you have anything to tell us, say it here."
Old Yu was troubled. "To be honest, you two look like extraterrestrials, but …"
"But what?"
"But you will still be found out if you speak."
"Interesting. Let's hear it." Xia Fan crossed his legs.
Old Yu lowered his voice and said, "Just now, my nephew took your cloak and you said thank you. A real Barren River man would never say thank you to others."
Xia Fan touched his head. "Does that mean I'm not fierce enough?"
"Not enough. Far from it. You always have a smile on your face when you speak. I say, from now on, you must put away that smile. People from the Desolate River Star Area have suffered a lot. They can't smile."
"On the other hand, this person is very similar to us Barren River people. He has a kind of aura that pushes people thousands of miles away. If you raise your eyes a little higher and put on a look of contempt, then there will be no problem."
Xia Fan nodded. Fo You's lackadaisical and nonchalant aura did make him feel a little distant.
This time, Fo You played the role of his henchman. It was a good idea to raise his eyes a little higher. In this way, he would look down on others.
As for himself, smiling was a natural habit. Since the day he was born, Xia Fan had never cried. Even when the blind grandpa and the troublemakers died, although Xia Fan was sad, he still wore a smile on his face. It was just that his smile was a little bitter.
Xia Fan thought for a moment. "What do you think?"
While speaking, Xia Fan put on a serious face without any expression.
It was not difficult to get into this expression. When Xia Fan was thinking, he would unconsciously become serious and his face would lose its expression.
But in the eyes of others, Xia Fan could not tell that he was thinking because he was very smart. He could multitask. He was talking to others, but his mind was constantly thinking.
Old Yu nodded gently. "That's a little interesting. But your attitude is not fierce enough. It doesn't reflect the fierceness of the Barren River people."
Fierce?
Of course Xia Fan was fierce. After all, he was the descendant of the Demon Sealing Knife.
But this was not a battle, so Xia Fan was not forced to risk his life.
Xia Fan was born with a sunny face, and it was like a spring breeze to everyone.
The colleagues in the bureau all liked to be friends with Xia Fan because they felt comfortable around him.
As for Fo You, except for friends like Xia Fan, who had been through life and death with him, his attitude was a little cold, and he was not very sociable.
Old Yu thought about it carefully. "How about this, for the next few days, you two will have to go to the shop with me and learn from my nephews."
"Yu Jiang, come here."
Old Yu called over one of his nephews, Yu Jiang. This young man was a little smarter than the others. Old Yu's other nephews all looked bitter and resentful.
After Yu Jiang came over, Old Yu said, "Tell these two sirs, what kind of expression and tone do you usually have?"
Yu Jiang scratched his messy head and bowed slightly. "Uncle, I think, in fact, the expression and tone of the sirs are not important. It's enough as long as they can keep a straight face."
Xia Fan smiled. "Then what's important?"
Yu Jiang swallowed his saliva. "The key is how you do it. No matter how much you talk or how similar your expression is, it's not as good as actually doing it. Fierceness is not shown on the face, but in this way."
As Yu Jiang spoke, he shook his clenched fists. There were many scars on his fists. They were all old wounds, layer upon layer. It seemed that although Yu Jiang was young, he had experienced a lot of battles.
Xia Fan nodded slightly. "Be more specific."
"To be specific, it's to kill people. If one is not enough, then kill two. If two is not enough, then kill four."
"As long as you do this, even if you are smiling, others will think that you are ruthless. You are smiling and ruthless."
"When I was young, there was a mad dog in our village. This mad dog couldn't bark, and all its fur was falling off. It was staggering as it walked, as if it was drunk. At first glance, it was just an old dog that was about to die."
"But when we saw this dog, we ran away without saying a word."
"Why?"
"Because we were afraid! Although it did not bark and wobbled when it walked, it would really bite us to death! "
"The other dogs in the village, no matter how fiercely they barked, we were not afraid. At most, we would find a stone to smash it. But this mad dog, even after 20 years, still gives me goosebumps when I think about it."
Xia Fan listened to this wonderful story and almost applauded. He did not expect that there were really smart people among Old Yu's nephews.
A barking dog isn't scary, but a mad dog is the scariest. Although this principle is easy to understand, it is also an unchanging truth.
"You are Yu Jiang?"
"Yes."
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