Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

"I want some candy?"

"A little new quilt would be nice!"

"Is it really okay? Professor... then, then I want a new dress!"

"Dean, can you really choose?"

On the Chuyao ship, at the boarding bridge of the port, Su Zhou, surrounded by a large group of children, crouched down, listened carefully to what gifts they wanted, and kept all these gifts in mind.

The man who took the initiative to ask the children what gifts they needed originally expected to hear some exaggerated requests, such as a knight's sword that many local children liked.

But Su Zhou didn't expect that the children in the orphanage even had such practical wishes. They didn't dare to have any gifts that were beyond their common sense, and even asked for some candies and clothes, which didn't seem to be 'necessities'. Everyone will feel scared and uneasy.

"Clothes, candies, some spare potions, and flowers that can be planted."

Standing up, Su Zhou repeated the children's wishes and nodded: "Is it because I didn't have time to bring out the flowers raised in the orphanage? This is my mistake, little Moxi. This time I will definitely bring a pot with the same flowers as before. The same flowers for you."

Of course, in addition to these normal gifts, Su Zhou also received some more special requests.

Isabella, the girl who had a fever and was cured by Su Zhou, timidly made a wish to him: she wanted Su Zhou to lift him up and spin him around, which was her father's favorite thing to play with her. game.

She had never dared to ask like this before. After all, the dean was indeed very busy. Although the girl wanted to, she was really embarrassed.

As for now, as the dean, Su Zhou is obligated to do so.

Lifting the lithe little girl up and circling around on the deck of the Chuyao ship amid the laughter of the other party, Su Zhou took Gaza and Luo Ya away from the boarding bridge of the seaside capital.

Gasha was carrying a metal box that looked quite heavy on his back. This was an unbearable load for an ordinary teenage boy, but for the black-haired boy with dragon blood, this was just an exercise at best. When he was still warming up, he took the initiative to ask Su Zhou for this task.

As for Luo Ya, holding the list of goods that Su Zhou was going to buy when he entered the seaside capital this time, he waved goodbye to his friends behind him and made a few faces.

Just like airplanes in previous generations, it is impossible for the mobile city to perfectly connect with many mobile ships of different specifications. The port staff use a boarding bridge similar to the 'airbridge' to connect, and the entire mobile city port presents an indented semicircle. Shape, with steel passages extending from it, leading directly to the battleship deck.

Surprisingly, the boarding bridge operates automatically, just like an elevator. As long as you step on it, there is no need to walk, and the rotating stairs will drive people forward.

"It's the privilege of the VIP channel."

After sighing softly, Su Zhou couldn't help but nodded: "It seems that the industrial level of the Aian continent is quite good. When I was in Aiwende City, I was only thinking about killing the noble, but I didn't carefully observe the technological level of this world."

"If you think about it carefully, if you can create a behemoth like a mobile city, the technology cannot be too different."

The seaside capital is a very large mobile city, and its landing port is essentially a hollow hill made of metal. This is an impossible task without the assistance of powerful extraordinary beings for construction, and in fact it is.

The founders of the seaside city were a couple of Tianlong nobles and Yiren nobles. Because of their love affair that was not allowed by their families, the two young people took their respective family fortunes to explore the world of Aian, and finally chose the Sangui zone in the southeast as their home. It took more than a hundred years of construction to open up the land for the foundation.

During this process, they repelled a swarm of energy beasts and fought against the family's pursuers who came to clean up the door; they defeated all enemies who peeked at their wealth, and faced natural disasters head-on, becoming strong in disaster situations in times of crisis. , and finally built the greatest mobile city in the southern part of the continent in the wilderness.

Their descendants adhere to the codes of 'equality and co-prosperity' and 'trust and tolerance' and rule the coastal city, which has been passed down to this day.

This mobile city has a total of three layers of walls, sixteen outer urban areas, eight inner urban areas and two core cities. It is divided into a land structure and a sea structure. The overall area is three times that of Aiwende, with nearly 10 million people. People live directly in it, and a large number of people who cannot be counted live temporarily in the outer city.

Counting other vassal mobile cities, there are probably more than 30 million people attached to it, and its scale is comparable to the imperial capital of the Asmodei Empire.

Su Zhou is currently in the eleventh urban area of ​​​​the land structure.

Leaving the automatic boarding bridge is equivalent to leaving the scope of the port. There is a buzz of people and a large number of port workers are working hard, controlling machinery, and even carrying various materials with their own hands, creating a busy scene.

There are even many energy-driven engineering vehicles and forklifts here, making slight earthquake noises.

In order to facilitate visiting businessmen and tourists, there is a passage in this busy port that leads directly to the city. After Su Zhou glanced at the overall structure of the port, he took the two children directly towards the city.

Mingxiao needed to guard the warship, so he couldn't leave easily. Suiguang, as the only force other than Su Zhou and Mingxiao, naturally couldn't leave the warship unmanned, so he stayed to accompany Seneca and Aunt Daria. child.

As for Gaza and Luo Ya, their cultivation path is very smooth, and their talents are indeed excellent. However, they are limited by their past experiences and family background, and it is difficult for them to understand some broader concepts and things.

Just like Gaza, he doesn't even understand how big the 'world' is, and has no idea of ​​distance or territory.

This is also a common problem among most children who only live in mobile cities.

This is not okay.

Whether you are saving the world or destroying it; whether you are the future devil or the savior, you must at least understand the ground beneath your feet.

Su Zhou planned to take them out to see the world and see its vastness.

There are several city guards at the end of the passage leading into the city. They are wearing full-body armor and even have special anti-gas breathing masks. There are thick metal purifiers on the back, which can almost be used as shields.

After checking the voucher given to Su Zhou by the Yiren receptionist, the two of them saluted solemnly, returned to their original place, and continued to check the following pedestrians.

There was no blackmail, and there was no hint of bribery. In Professor Svetrey's memory, this was almost impossible to happen - too many people wanted to be city guards just because this profession wanted to take advantage of it. It's too easy.

Su Zhou noticed that one of the two guards was a demonizer.

But the mask and armor concealed his features, so no one knew about him.

The seaside capital is indeed a bustling metropolis.

The outer city area alone is already bustling with people. People from all over the world are walking through the streets between high-rise buildings, and various strange vehicles are driving in the middle of the avenue.

According to the previous Wingman receptionist, the large trading house in the seaside city is located at the junction of the inner and outer urban areas, and the seaside auction house that holds the year-end auction is located in the second core city near the sea.

What Su Zhou has to do now is to use the perfect metal he made to mortgage it at the auction house in exchange for some cash to buy some more urgent supplies.

Because it was already early winter, most people were dressed very tightly, and their individual characteristics could not be distinguished. Following the flow of people, Su Zhou looked around with curiosity, and Luo Ya, who seemed too calm, was wary of possible dangers in the crowd of people around him. Gaza entered a broad avenue.

As the crowd came and went, Su Zhou noticed some interesting things.

That is, there are indeed a large number of demonized people walking on the streets like normal people.

In other mobile cities on the continent of Aian, demonizers cannot enter the inner city. When encountering ordinary people on the street, they need to give way and hide aside. When encountering nobles, they must kneel down and retreat, even if they encounter a shadow. Blasphemy will be beaten to death.

But in the coastal city, this is not the case.

Su Zhou took the children and observed the city while walking.

He noticed that most of the demonized people were wearing armor or what seemed to be extremely tight clothing, and quite a few of them also wore equipment similar to gas masks.

At the same time, most of the city guards patrolling the streets, maintaining order, and stopping disputes and quarrels, were also demonizers.

If the ratio between ordinary people and demonized people is one tenth, then the number of demonized people among the city guards accounts for six out of ten.

Guard regiments, city guards, patrol guards, and guards in front of each store... A considerable number of demonized people serve as these grassroots armed forces.

They move, they work, they look confident.

Unlike their kind who are discriminated against in the outside world, the demons in the seaside city are friendly and approachable. They will respond to tourists' inquiries and greet the familiar residents around them, except for those who are probably set up to avoid the infection of demons. Apart from their masks and clothing, they are no different from normal people.

Demonized people are indeed contagious, but if it is not a direct source of energy contact or a negative distance contact, the possibility of infection is less than one in 100,000.

It is basically impossible to turn a normal person into a demonizer just by relying on breathing and skin contact. Just like there are children in the Xiguang Orphanage who are not demonized. They have been living with a large number of demonizers for three or four years. But still healthy.

But in the coastal city, most of the demonized people voluntarily put on breathing masks that can isolate source energy fluctuations, and thick clothes.

By making this almost trivial sacrifice, they gained the right to communicate normally with normal people.

"At least in this aspect of life, they have dignity."

Su Zhou looked back and forth to confirm that this was not a special situation, but a normal situation. He nodded: "The seaside capital is indeed beyond my imagination."

"It's so hard to imagine..."

Even Gasa couldn't help but murmur to himself. He, who is also a demonizer, looked at the people walking on the street with a somewhat envious look: "We can...walk on the street openly..."

"There will come a day, and the whole Eian world will be like this."

Su Zhou nodded slightly, and then continued to walk forward.

The seaside city is indeed different from Ayvind City. Most of the people here, even in the outer city, have no worries about life, and the buildings are basically tall and solemn buildings. Even the hotels and restaurants where you stay are extremely luxurious. , and even has a bit of a shadow of the earth's metropolis.

No, rather, a seaside city with a permanent population of tens of millions is one of the top metropolises even on Earth.

On the way, Su Zhou admired this city, which was so bustling and bustling that people would forget that the holy day was about to be extinguished. The two children were so dazzled by the sight that they needed to hold Su Zhou's clothes to ensure that they didn't get lost.

However, the more bustling the city, the more likely it is that accidents will occur.

Just when Su Zhou was about to reach the junction of the inner and outer city areas, suddenly, there was a roaring and cursing sound from the distance, violent source energy fluctuations, and a crowd of people retreating in fear.

Apparently, due to some squabbles and conflicts, a battle between professionals started.

"****, how dare you, a little bitch, to say that my products are not good? You have searched the entire Linya Sea and you can't find any pure source energy pearls than this!"

"Robert, you are the waste gas of the demon moon and the excrement of wild beasts. Even if I am blind, I can see that you are just the most ordinary black clam pearl with a layer of source energy film attached - okay, There are a few real ones out there, but you’re going to sell this crap to me? I’m a ****!”

"Slandering me? I won't let you shut up completely today..."

The shaking sound of arguments came from the trade market not far away. It seemed to be a very common farce where a liar was exposed and the exposer started to fight.

Su Zhou's group, including Luo Ya who was already hiding behind Su Zhou, all looked in that direction with curious faces.

——Come here, there is always something fun to see.

So the trio, one old, two young, went upstream and went over to watch the fun.

Coincidentally, there are also many people with good self-control who have chosen the same action and watched the direction of the market from a distance.

"Robert is the leader of the fishermen on the Linya Sea. He is quite powerful and powerful. The surrounding fishermen will listen to his orders and form fleets to go fishing. There are also several seafood breeding plants. There is no need to make fakes. .”

"That one over there seems to be Bator, right? I remember he was a very famous wandering knight. How come he is facing off against Robert?"

"Hi, Batour has an adopted daughter who is suffering from demonic disease. She needs to use energy pearls produced by black clams as the main medicine to relieve the symptoms... You understand, right? Care leads to chaos."

Such discussions can be vaguely heard.

Su Zhou looked up and saw that inside the market, most of the other vendors had run away. The two people who were arguing were now on top. The fisherman with a rough face and the knight with a sad look were yelling at each other. The person they were communicating with had changed from the other's. The immediate family fast forwards to Grandpa Great’s cat.

The anger became more intense, and their energy intertwined, setting off a blue-purple wind in the center of the market. Counters one after another were frozen and dissolved, and a terrifying impact was imminent.

"Stop, don't disrupt the market order!"

At this moment, a stern scolding sounded.

With rapid and heavy footsteps, a group of Coast City guards patrolling the surrounding area arrived at the scene.

"Oops, damn it, there will always be guys like this who are powerful but arrogant!"

When the captain at the head saw the two people who were about to start fighting, he naturally knew that this battle could no longer be calmed down with words. Wearing a full body armor and a gas helmet, he pulled out the long sword on his waist, and the bright sky was blue. Colorful brilliance flowed on this long sword, and the almost substantial brilliance even made the two professionals who had already started to fight look sideways.

"Don't interfere!"

"You are not strong enough, don't die!"

Obviously, they all knew the difference between a private fight and a fight that resulted in the death of a Coast City guard, but now the two proud and arrogant people would never stop fighting, so they planned to speak up and let the other party retreat on their own. .

But before that, the patrol leader had already swung his sword.

Su Zhou narrowed his eyes.

He saw that behind the patrol leader, the roaring shadow of a killer whale vaguely emerged - although it was only for a moment, it was indeed the light of the heart that can only be found in the 'mind light state'!

And the strength of this patrol captain is only a high-level spiritual brilliance!

"Demonizer..."

The man whispered to himself, and his eyes became serious: "Catalyze your demonic symptoms and forcibly increase your strength - this is to exchange your own life for an explosion of strength!"

Everything happened in an instant. As the patrol captain drew his sword and slashed out, a sky-blue water ripple passed through the streets and markets with a clang, setting off strong winds and raging waves. The rapid wind moved in the direction of the onlookers. Come, Su Zhou's white hair is flying backwards.

Facing this sword light, the faces of the two fighting men changed drastically at the same time. They were fighting and immediately gave up on each other and retreated, avoiding the blow.

A sword mark nearly a hundred meters long extended from the front of the patrol leader to the place where Robert and Batour were.

The streets were silent.

Until the captain took back the accessories in his hand and made a clear buzz.

"You two, follow me back to the Supervision Bureau and accept the punishment for disrupting the market!"

At this moment, the patrol captain's voice was extremely loud, and his momentum was extremely fierce. The expressions of the two people who were originally filled with anger changed, but in the end they did not refuse forcefully, but looked at each other fiercely, and after saying a few harsh words, Then he obediently followed the patrol guards to the Inspectorate.

This farce ended quickly.

"That sword is so powerful!"

"Aunt Yelena seems to be able to perform this sword attack as well, and it's a little easier!"

"But whether Aunt Yelena is an intermediate or high-level Xinguang, she must be stronger than that armored uncle!"

Luo Ya and Gasha lowered their heads and whispered, while Su Zhou narrowed his eyes.

He stared in the direction in which the patrol guard and the two prisoners were leaving, and let out a breath.

"That guy exploded his demonic ability, activated his demonic disease to deepen and temporarily gained strength... Indeed, he did gain the strength to suppress the two troublemakers, but it would cost him at least twenty years of his life."

Su Zhou's eyes were solemn and his tone was filled with confusion: "If there is no way to reverse it - according to the patrol captain's inner sigh, there should be no way to reverse it - if he breaks out like this two or three more times, he will really become a demon. The disease is catalyzed to the extreme, and the soul becomes filthy and dies.”

"Is it worth it?"

"There's nothing worth it."

On the side, a certain wingman professional who was watching the fun with Su Zhou heard Su Zhou's muttering to himself. He was obviously a local and flapped his wings. He smiled nonchalantly and said, "You don't know that the coastal city has to be guarded by city guards?" , how generous the patrol’s death compensation is! Good guy, most people can’t earn that kind of money in ten years! There are also preferential treatment for children!”

"Many demonizers value this and deliberately take advantage of their illness to break out and suppress those troublesome people. In this way, no matter whether they die on the spot or not, the subsidy will be given."

"Isn't it worth it to exchange for money for the next ten years from a life that is already about to die?"

Having said this, the Wingman professional looked in the direction of the patrol, even showing an expression of envy: "Obviously these demonizers are taking advantage, but the master above seems to not know, and keeps recruiting these demons. Transformers...their strength is great when they explode, but with so many subsidies flowing out, isn't it too much of a loss?"

"Is it really a loss?"

Just when Yi Ren was about to continue complaining, Su Zhou's long voice sounded, interrupting his words.

The man squinted his eyes. After looking around the entire city, he nodded thoughtfully: "It's a blessing to be at a disadvantage..."

"If you don't make others feel like you're at a disadvantage, how can you attract people who like to take advantage..."

"Let's go, Loya, Gaza, let's continue to the core city."

He shook his head, ignoring the stunned Yiren professional behind him, who was frowning and thinking about the stupid logic of "suffering a loss is a blessing", and walked towards the center of the inner city.

But this time, Su Zhou did not continue walking, but called an energy-driven vehicle for transportation.

On the way, he and the driver talked about the situation in the coastal city, the history related to the city, the status of demonizers in it, and other normal people's views on demonizers.

Everything is similar to what Master Suiguang said - because it was originally a city created by a couple of interracial love, the coastal city is open to any race, even demonized people are treated equally, thus making it the most popular city on the entire continent of Aian. , the city where all powerful demonizers are most willing to settle.

In addition, due to strict protective measures, the chance of infection is even lower than that of other industrial cities. The seaside capital is also loved by normal people.

And most of their views on demonizers are similar to that of the previous wingman professional. They do treat each other as equals, and they even envy some of the other's advantages... but they are far from it. Take advantage and let yourself become a demonizer.

"You are very talkative, old gentleman!"

When they got off the bus, Su Zhou and others had arrived at the core city of the coastal city, an area full of high-rise buildings that looked more like a modern city on Earth.

The bearded driver gave Su Zhou a thumbs up sincerely. It was the first time he saw a tourist who could make him faint with his talk - good guy, he sounds like he knows almost everything, and he is indeed a long-time man who has lived for so many years. By.

Most of his experiences were fabricated, and Su Zhou, who even wanted to say 'thank you' for the invitation, waved goodbye to the driver brother happily after getting a lot of the information he wanted.

Then he turned his head.

Compared with the dozens of tall buildings around it, a small building that was not very tall, with mediocre decoration and no hint of luxury or exaggeration, appeared in front of Su Zhou.

【Auction House】

There are no redundant prefixes, just three words: auction house.

There were several greeters in uniforms waiting in front of this small building. One of them seemed to be aware of the credentials Su Zhou was carrying, so he immediately walked forward quickly and spoke with a very respectful, yet confident and proud expression. The tone said: "Please come in, distinguished guest."

“Welcome to the seaside capital!”

Thanks to Replay Holiday guy for the Silver Alliance reward! This counts as 10 more updates, totaling 100,000 words, and more updates will be added later.

I originally wanted to celebrate with 10,000 words today, but I went out to eat at noon. I really had no plan. It was too much of a surprise, so I had to celebrate it tomorrow!