Since it was a long-distance migration, it was necessary to pack their belongings and take care of their families. Although the people in the broken peak didn't have many things to pack, they only had a small amount of food, tattered clothes, bedding, and some common tools. So in less than one night, they were all packed. Hearing the village chief Gao's call, everyone gathered together.
In the cold wind, Chu Yunsheng was surprised to see that the old, weak, and sick people were quickly kicked out of the group. Under the cruel law of survival, they didn't even have the qualification to follow the migration. In order to ensure the survival of the settlement, these people were regarded as "burdens" and "burdens".
If there was no accident, once the village chief Gao left, these old, weak, and sick people would immediately become barbarians, and it wouldn't take long for them to die in the wild.
This was an extremely cruel decision. In Chu Yunsheng's worldview, this kind of thing was absolutely not allowed to happen. If it was him, he would rather die fighting than to abandon his family in this icy and scorched land. However, the people here all silently followed this "law of survival". Even the village chief Gao was mercilessly prepared to leave his broken mother behind.
In fact, Chu Yunsheng soon learned that more than half of the barbarians in the wild were old, weak, and sick people who were kicked out of the settlement. The food was extremely scarce, they didn't allow them to raise a useless "useless person", even if that person was their family member!
This was the law of survival in the scorched earth. Everyone silently obeyed this almost heartless and cruel law. Even though they knew that there would be a day when they would fall sick and grow old, they would still adhere to this law. This was because this was the only way out of the settlement, as well as the only way for them to continue living!
But Chu Yunsheng couldn't accept this fact. This was a huge conflict with his worldview. In order to survive, they would abandon their loved ones. Was that still a human?
Looking at these so-called "old people" who were actually less than 40 years old, Chu Yunsheng didn't say anything. The reality was always oppressive. Whether it was the zero-dimensional space or the outside world, it was the same. The darkness was no longer in the sky above their heads, but in the cold heart hidden inside their bodies.
The lack of food, the lack of medicine, and the lack of clothes to cover their bodies were the reason why they aged so quickly. In fact, there were only a handful of them who could live past 40 years old. Any small illness or famine would be a disaster for them, not to mention the harsh environment, the ferocious monsters, and the oppression and slaughter from the ruler!
Chu Yunsheng was slightly angry. It was not because he was righteous, but it was purely because of his personal anger. From the first time he saw the black-robed man's flaming sword, he could almost see Yao Xiang's shadow in them. Because the style of those swords was different from the cloaked man's, it was exactly the same as the sword he made for Yao Xiang in Jin Ling city. Even the flames were so similar.
But he was a selfish person, subconsciously, he didn't want to think in that direction. Like ordinary people, whenever it involved his enemies, he would always speculate from the worst perspective. But whenever it involved the people around him, he would instinctively and unconsciously defend them and find the best excuse from the best perspective. If it weren't for this, when he died on the island, he would not have died hoping that some people would not betray him.
However, the cruelty of reality stung him again.
He was not a person who was willing to contribute, but he was also not a person who liked to bully and exploit others. Even when he was at the peak of his power, he had never done such a thing.
He didn't expect the people and forces who got the stack of papers to do anything to save the people, because he couldn't do it himself and had never thought of doing so. But at least they wouldn't be so brutal to the point where they would slaughter their own kind like pigs and dogs, right?
If that was the case, what was the difference between them and those aliens? Or were they already the second alien race?
Chu Yunsheng stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the black dust in the sky coldly. Maybe Jin Ling city had already changed, then what about other people?
He didn't want to think about it. The cruelty of fate and reality would never change just because he thought about it. Sometimes, Chu Yunsheng even thought that maybe people like him were not suitable to live in this dark world.
It was just because the senior practitioner chose his ancestor, so he had no choice in many things.
He turned around indifferently and picked up the girl who looked like an old man from the back of the eldest son of the Yu family.
The boy did not resist. The way he looked at Chu Yunsheng was filled with tenacity, persistence, and silence that was different from his age. In this boy, Chu Yunsheng seemed to see his own shadow.
In the past three days, because of the little girl, Chu Yunsheng almost stayed with her family. Such a poor and miserable family, there were no secrets at all. Three days was enough for him to learn a lot of things.
The boy's father had already been crushed by the cruel life. He could only protect himself in front of others. His mother was covered with diseases because of giving birth to the child. The second sister had sacrificed her whole life for this family. The third brother was still young, so he couldn't support the whole family. The fourth sister was supposed to have the same fate as the second sister, but because Chu Yunsheng woke up, she was lucky enough to escape. Finally, there was still a baby who had to be fed every day.
This kind of family, even if it was Chu Yunsheng, he would still feel desperate and helpless. However, the eldest brother took the tools from his father's hands and carried them on his soft shoulders without saying a word. He worked day and night harder than anyone else, just to get more food from the village to feed the "old man", his second sister, his mother, and the rest of the people who should have been expelled and abandoned a long time ago.
However, such a strong person also had a weak and soft place. Since Chu Yunsheng brought his fourth sister back, he had been avoiding his sister's eyes. Every day, he was the first to get up, and the last to lie down. He had to do endless hard work to avoid those places in his heart that could not be touched.
Later, Chu Yunsheng learned from his younger brother that he "didn't want" to go to the forbidden area of death that night when they drew lots …
But when the village chief Gao announced that no one was allowed to bring the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, the boy resolutely carried his second sister on his back, and told the village chief that he could still keep up with the group with his sister on his back.
At that moment, Chu Yunsheng was touched. He suddenly realized that on that night when the boy drew the lots, the weight of his life was no less than Chu Yunsheng's!
Thinking of this, Chu Yunsheng let out a sigh and moved his eyes away from the boy. The old girl was terrified in his arms. Her eyes were filled with panic and inferiority. She was like a humble mouse that only dared to hide in the dark.
She didn't dare to see anyone, and she didn't dare to talk to anyone. God, or Chu Yunsheng, took away her entire life and all her hope when she was nine years old. The only thing she could do now was to look at other people's faces and live a humble life.
"I will cure you. What I stole from you, I will give you back double." Chu Yunsheng gently stroked the little girl's shriveled hand and whispered in her ear.
The girl's hunched body suddenly trembled. She looked at Chu Yunsheng in panic and confusion, and then quickly dodged to the side.
…
The migration was surprisingly smooth, probably because of the monster rampage three days ago. The black-robed men from the Sword Fort did not show up, and the other monsters were nowhere to be found. Along the way, there were all kinds of strange-looking monster corpses.
Chu Yunsheng recognized some of the bodies, they were from the spore forest, but most of them were completely unfamiliar to him. But the strangest thing was, other than the place where he woke up, he didn't find any more bodies.
He didn't know why, but this should be a happy thing, but it made him feel a little uneasy. Maybe it was because of Dark.
Without the monster seal talisman, he couldn't sense whether it was still alive or not. If it was still alive, where was it? If it was not …
Unlike Chu Yunsheng, the village chief Gao was very excited. Along the way, they collected a lot of monster's meat. Because there were too many monsters' bodies, the people in the broken peak settlement acted like a nouveau riche. They only picked the ones that they could recognize, the ones that had the best meat quality and the least amount of poison.
The eldest son of the Yu Family had borrowed the broken sword from him. Although it was a little broken, it was still many times sharper than the messy tools in the hands of the others.
With Chu Yunsheng's broken sword, the boy's harvest was much more than the other adults. If it wasn't for the fact that the village chief Gao was worried that the black cloaked man would catch up with them, so he only collected some of the bodies, he might have collected even more.
Chu Yunsheng also collected some bodies. While other people were busy, he picked some bodies that looked like they had a hard shell and stored them into the storage talisman. In order to not attract too much attention, he did everything secretly. But now that he was very familiar with the storage talisman, it was not a difficult thing for him to do.
After passing through a tall forest that was destroyed by the monsters, they passed through a mountain road. Surprisingly, they were safe all the way until it was almost completely dark. In a valley, which was the village chief Gao's first destination, they successfully set up camp there.
Originally, Chu Yunsheng wanted to find out more about the situation from Fang family's second son, who brought back the piece of paper. However, the young man was very vigilant and uneasy. No matter what Chu Yunsheng asked him, he didn't say a single word.
…
In the middle of the night, Chu Yunsheng woke up from the cold wind. He went around to a big rock to relieve himself. But when he came back, he immediately calmed down and looked at the dark sky.
The good luck of the broken peak settlement finally ran out before the next day. In the dark, an aircraft that was emitting thick smoke wobbled towards the place where they were staying.
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