Lin Jie had been in the lower city for almost a month, and he knew most of the people here. Unfortunately, Lin Jie always used his soul to change his image, so these people did not have much of an impression of Lin Jie.
It was the first time that the old tent was crowded with people. Usually, no one was free, and they were working almost 24 hours a day.
Red had an ominous premonition. She walked forward quickly, and as soon as she reached the crowd, she heard someone shouting.
"She's here!"
Red subconsciously shrank her feet, and hid the moldy flour in her hand behind her back. Her breathing was slightly rapid.
Countless eyes fell on Red, and they slowly opened a path for her. A few tall managers stood in front of the small tent where Red and Lin Jie lived.
The pile of garbage in the house was basically scooped out and thrown to the ground. The tent was torn apart.
The manager was the one who had been following Red. He was leading two tall and skinny black dogs. The dogs showed their sharp teeth, as if they were also contaminated by the gray fog. Long saliva flowed out like a transparent line.
Red could not help but take two steps back.
The manager's green cheeks were embedded with a pair of crazy golden eyes. He saw little Red's fearful expression and showed a cruel smile.
The tentacles on his chin wriggled greasily, and there were vegetable residues on his yellow teeth. Remember the website: m.9biquge.com.
"Red, right?" The manager asked in a hoarse voice.
"Yes … Is there anything I can help you with?" Red lowered her head and answered softly.
"You even know how to say 'please'. It seems that your grandmother taught you well." The manager said with a smile. He then raised his hand, and a necklace fell from his fingertips.
The moment she saw the necklace, Red's pupils shrank to the size of a needle, and she swallowed violently.
"Then didn't your grandmother teach you not to steal?"
"No, no!" Red trembled in fear like a rabbit. She raised her hand and waved it vigorously. "I didn't steal it. My grandmother and I found it when we were mining."
"Huh?" The manager pretended to be in disbelief and said, "Don't you know that private property is not allowed in this underground world?"
"Woo …" The two black dogs whimpered and stared greedily at Red.
"I …" Red's pale and weak mouth opened, but she could not say a word.
The two dogs couldn't wait to pounce on Red and barked at her. Red was so scared that she almost fell to the ground.
"You should remember the punishment for stealing and keeping property, right?" he said with a chuckle. The manager loosened the chain in his hand.
Her red eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. In the next second, she mustered up the strength that came from nowhere and grabbed Lin Jie's arm.
"Run!!"
She had been starving for days, but she still roared loudly. She grabbed Lin Jie's hand and ran.
The two ferocious dogs were running at high speed. Their long tongues were wagging, and their lean bodies were almost stretched into a straight line.
Perhaps because of the pollution, the physiques of the people in the lower city were much stronger than those in the upper city. Red pulled Lin Jie firmly and was half a step ahead of the two hounds.
Lin Jie's breathing was steady, and he ran with Red as if he was running on flat ground.
The manager stood behind them and laughed out loud. He walked to the communicator and said a few words to the person on the other side.
"I don't want to die …" Red sobbed softly as she ran.
"Let go of me, you can run faster," Lin Jie said behind her.
"You're an idiot, you can't run far," Red shouted as she cried.
"Didn't you want to take me as a hostage in the beginning?" Lin Jie said calmly, "Didn't you want to take revenge in the upper city?"
Red pouted, and her eyes were wet with tears. She could not see the road ahead, but Red had walked hundreds of times. She could pass through this tunnel even with her eyes closed.
Maybe this is my home … I don't have the right to go up.
The person in her hand was so lucky to be able to live in the upper city. Just by holding his hand, she felt like she was holding his dream in her hand.
"Now, you're my friend." Red said softly, but Lin Jie's hearing was sharp, and he heard her clearly. She said, "There's a magic in you, I have to protect you. Maybe you're the most precious ore in the lower city."
"One day, you can bring me back to my home."
Home …
Lin Jie's brain, which was solidified by the gray fog, slowly cracked open. Countless memories of people and things became clear. The surging emotions flowed from the cracks in his petrified heart to his limbs and bones along with his blood vessels.
"But my home isn't here." Lin Jie gradually found his voice. It was as if his short memories on Earth in Nuo Jin were fighting with his tens of thousands of years of memories as a space traveler. He said, "Maybe, my home is at the bottom."
"That's where I was born."
It was clearly written in the notebook that he swallowed the entire archeological team and ate his mother. In the end, he was brought to Earth by his severely injured father.
Because of him, he had destroyed many, many people.
If he accepted his "identity" as a human, would he be responsible for those people?
"That's not it!" Red turned her head. She didn't know why Lin Jie suddenly said that his home was at the bottom, but Lin Jie definitely didn't belong there.
In the past month, she had spent with Lin Jie. Although he was always like a stone, with a dull and indifferent face, he supported her incredible dreams.
He would comfort her about her grandmother's death, and he would save her on the fourth and third level.
These things didn't exist in the lower city at all.
There was no family, no friendship, no love in the lower city … They were just cold tools.
But Lin Jie had them. To Red, these were the most precious things.
"That's not your home. Your home is the same place as mine. You are you, you are Boss Lin …" Red forced a smile, tears still hanging on her face.
"I really want to go back to my home …" Red cried and said, "Can I go to Boss Lin's bookstore? I'm very strong, I can dig for you … "
The hoarse broadcast almost pierced her eardrums, interrupting Red's words. Dozens of loudspeakers hung in the tunnel shouted at the same time.
"Street 32, Red, violated the first-class regulation and is currently on the run. The person who catches her will be exempted from three precious ores."
The broadcast repeated. When Red heard the broadcast, her eyes widened and her footsteps slowed down. The workers around with shovels all looked at her, as if to confirm whether it was her or not.
Before Lin Jie could react, a huge shovel suddenly hit Red's back.
Red screamed because of the sharp pain.
"You're Red, right?" A white-haired man held the shovel shakily. "I don't care if you're Red or not. Red has to die anyway."
Red fell to the ground because of the blow. The barking dogs pounced on her. The man's action made everyone rush to Red and push Lin Jie away.
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