Universal Simulation: I have countless talents
Chapter 394: Dependence on each other.
Because of the earth dragon turning over more than a decade ago, the imperial city was reduced to ruins, and the people suffered heavy casualties. After that, a large-scale plague broke out. Of the three million people in the entire imperial city, not one survived.
In addition, the earth dragon turning over caused a great change in the terrain of the area around the imperial city, and the fertile fields were destroyed and the crops were harvested.
Most of the people who survived by chance died on the way to escape due to food shortages.
There are also some old, weak and sick people who remain in the ruins of the imperial city, eating grass roots, eating tree bark, and competing with wild dogs for food, and they survived tenaciously.
Shortly after the earth dragon turned over, many generals who were close to the imperial city and held military power led their troops into the imperial city as soon as possible.
They naturally would not kindly help the victims. Their goal is the wealth in the imperial city!
The imperial city is the center of the ancient country of Kongming. It is extremely prosperous, and many dignitaries and noble families live in it!
On weekdays, these generals can only kowtow in front of these dignitaries, and naturally dare not make plans against them.
But now it is different. In troubled times, only those with soldiers are the bosses.
Many people did not die in the earth dragon turning over, but were robbed by these generals.
There was even a prince who survived by chance, but was chopped by these daring soldiers.
Except for some wealth buried underground due to the earth dragon turning over, there was really no way.
The entire imperial city was looted openly.
If the wealth obtained was just for enjoyment, it would be enough for these generals to enjoy wealth and glory for a lifetime.
After all, how much money can be spent on pure enjoyment?
But these generals wanted to start a business, relying on the wealth looted from the imperial city, recruiting soldiers and horses, and wanted to dominate the world.
At first, because there was no shortage of wealth, these generals expanded their power quickly. At that time, the princes who had no appearance of a leader were still eloquently deceiving the local noble families to support themselves in the barren land of the border.
The Cangsheng Dao is still limited to the land of one state, cheating and deceiving, and only wants to make money.
But today, these generals have been eliminated, some were defeated and killed, and some took the little remaining property and hid their identities.
The once prosperous imperial city is now only left with broken walls and ruins, telling of its past glory.
In the ruins of the imperial city, a small town with a certain scale exudes new vitality.
Although the town is small, it has everything.
The world is bustling, all for profit; the world is bustling, all for profit.
As long as there is enough profit, there will be no lack of traces of people in any poor and bad place.
Not to mention the ruins of an imperial city.
At the beginning, many generals around the imperial city led their troops to plunder the imperial city and looted a large amount of property, but there were still many treasures, and the property was buried deep underground.
These treasures and property are ownerless, whoever finds them will own them!
Therefore, many people, with the mentality of getting rich overnight, passed through layers of obstacles, braved hardships, and came here by trekking through mountains and rivers.
Over time, a small town was naturally born on the ruins of the imperial city.
Every year, there are lucky people who find treasures, change their own destiny, and become superior people.
But more people died quietly in a dark corner of the ruins of the imperial city.
Killing people for treasures is normal, either for two taels of silver, or for a hairpin, or even a quarrel.
The fact that human life is as worthless as grass is vividly displayed here.
But even with such dangers, people still come to the imperial city in an endless stream.
Compared to death, many people are more afraid of the days that can be seen at a glance.
Are the people stupid?
Not stupid!
On the contrary, there are many smart people among the people.
But in such a world, smart people often die the fastest.
Because smart people have too many ideas.
And this situation is not what the beneficiaries want to see.
The class solidification in the ancient country of Kongming has reached a pathological level, which is why there are so many beautiful married women in the Haitian Yisese Building.
And the husbands of these women are not ashamed of it, but proud of it.
Because they really can't find a better way to change their poor life and class than the Haitian Yisese Building.
At the edge of the town, there is a shantytown that stretches for thousands of meters.
The densely packed shanties are close to each other, messy and disorderly, sewage flows on the ground, feces and urine can be seen everywhere, and the air exudes waves of unpleasant stench.
Although the town is small, it is not something these people can afford to live in.
They are struggling on the edge of life and death, not seeking to find treasures or get rich overnight, but only wanting to find food for the next meal for the family from the ruins of the imperial city.
"Cough cough."
In the narrow, dark and damp room, a few wooden boards and a bed covered with hay, coughs are heard from time to time.
It's called a room, but it's actually just a house made of some branches and thatch.
These houses are not only comfortable, but also cannot keep out the wind and rain.
If it rains a little harder, it will leak.
When the wind blows, the whole room will creak and shake, as if it will collapse in the next moment.
But this is the home of Li Hao and Li Rongrong.
Li Hao and Li Rongrong are the survivors of the earth dragon turning over more than ten years ago.
Back then, their family was lucky and they all survived.
Their father left them to flee, and their mother died of the plague soon after.
Only two children, Li Hao and Li Rongrong, were left.
Over the years, they often went hungry and full. As they grew up, their appetites grew bigger and bigger.
After all, they were young boys, and they were not just talking about eating their parents out of money.
Fortunately, there were often kind people who helped them in the past two years, so that they survived.
Li Hao looked at his sister who was in pain, his face full of worry.
In this era, with their family conditions, every illness meant a separation of life and death.
You can only rely on hard resistance, and if you can't resist, you will die.
"Sister, it's all your brother's fault."
Li Hao wet the rag, then applied the rag to Li Rongrong's forehead, choking and said.
"Brother. Cough, cough, I feel so uncomfortable, am I going to die?"
Li Rongrong's face was red, and she coughed while talking, and her mind was a little fuzzy.
"No, it will get better, it will definitely get better!
I won't let you die!"
Li Hao couldn't hold it anymore, and two lines of hot tears flowed from his eyes.
The brother and sister have been dependent on each other since childhood. Once the sister died, he would be left alone.
Li Hao would never tolerate such a thing!
"Go to sleep, you won't feel uncomfortable when you fall asleep.
Brother promises you that when you wake up, your illness will be cured!"
Li Hao comforted her softly. After a while, he watched Li Rongrong fall asleep, then he got up quietly, bent over, and left the hut.
The only way Li Hao could think of was to find a treasure in the ruins of the imperial city, and then sell it to ask a doctor to treat his sister.
Although everyone knows that there must be a lot of wealth underground in the imperial city, it is not so easy to find.
Easy-to-find wealth has long been discovered in these years.
But Li Hao had no choice.
If he couldn't find the treasure, his sister would die.
On the way, Li Hao walked into the ruins of the imperial city with ease, with expectation in his eyes, and began to search around.
The scorching heat made Li Hao sweat profusely in just a moment.
Pull his lips, Li Hao wiped some sweat randomly, and continued to search in the ruins.
At the edge of the town, in a shantytown stretching for thousands of meters.
"The food stored at home is only enough for three days. I will go to the ruins of the imperial city to see if I can earn the next ration."
An ugly old man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks said to an old woman.
"Be careful and pay attention to safety. Take this multi-grain cake with you and eat it when you are hungry."
The old woman kept reminding him, took out a large cake made of unknown grains and handed it to the old man.
The multi-grain cake is very hard after it cools down, and the taste is no different from chewing soil and stones.
But for people living in shantytowns, even such multi-grain cakes are rare delicacies for them.
Chang Kun took the multi-grain cake and went out with a simple hoe made by punching holes with a broken knife and tying it with a rope.
This outfit is professional at first glance.
Many people living in shantytowns can only dig with their hands, or use a sharpened stick to dig the soil.
In this way, the harvest is naturally not as good as Chang Kun.
People like Chang Kun, whose families can still have several days of food, are already considered upper-class residents in the shantytown.
After Chang Kun went out, he did not walk towards the ruins of the imperial city.
After walking in the complex maze-like shantytown for a while, Chang Kun stopped in front of a thatched house.
No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!
With a smile on his ugly face, he lifted the door curtain and bent over to get into the shabby thatched house.
Looking at Li Rongrong lying on the hay, Chang Kun reached into his arms, took out the grain cake, put it on the bed formed by several wooden boards and hay, and took off his clothes impatiently.
After a while, bursts of low roars and painful groans came from the thatched house.
After a while, Chang Kun lifted the straw curtain and was about to leave when he bumped into a middle-aged man.
"Oh, old man Chang, you came really early today.
Tsk tsk, you are so old, aren't you afraid of dying on this woman one day?"
The middle-aged man greeted Chang Kun familiarly.
When he looked at Chang Kun, there was envy in his eyes. If he could still have this ability when he reached Chang Kun's age, it would be great.
"Aren't you the same? Why, aren't you afraid of being discovered by the yellow-faced woman at home?"
Chang Kun joked with a look on his old face.
The two stood outside the door and exchanged a few words, and the middle-aged man got into the thatched house impatiently.
"TMD, do you have any morals? Do you have any sense of public morality?!
A bunch of bastards, they never clean up after they are done!"
The middle-aged man looked at Li Rongrong lying on the hay, his eyes jumped, and he couldn't help cursing.
Although the middle-aged man cursed, his hands were not slow at all, and he took off his clothes in a few seconds.
Don't look at the middle-aged man scolding Chang Kun for being immoral and having no sense of public morality.
But when it was his turn, he was no different from Chang Kun.
"Like a dead man, he doesn't move at all. I'm exhausted. I only have one steamed bun today."
After getting dressed, the middle-aged man took out two steamed buns and put them down. After thinking for a while, he took one back.
Seeing that Li Rongrong didn't refute, the middle-aged man just thought that Li Rongrong was in the wrong and acquiesced.
The middle-aged man who saved one steamed bun was in a good mood. He hummed a song he heard from somewhere and walked away leisurely.
In the past two years, kind people sent some food every now and then. Li Hao just thought that his brother and sister were lucky and met kind people.
But where are there so many kindhearted people?
Everyone has fallen into the slums, and life is not easy for everyone. Where can we get extra food to give to strangers? !
The truth is cruel.
This is the truth of the matter.
The so-called food sent by kindhearted people is actually exchanged by Li Rongrong with her own body!
Li Hao spends most of his time every day looking for valuable items in the ruins of the imperial city, so Li Hao has been kept in the dark and has no idea about this matter.
Not long after, another person came to the thatched house.
Usually these people would only look for Li Rongrong once every three or five days. After all, they were not rich, so they could only save money and secretly save some food for Li Rongrong without telling their families.
But I don’t know what happened today. It seems that they have discussed it and came to Li Rongrong in groups.
Li Rongrong was already seriously ill and had a high fever.
This caused Li Rongrong’s condition to get worse and worse, and the whole person was weak.
But no one noticed Li Rongrong’s abnormality, or perhaps they didn’t care.
After all, in their eyes, Li Rongrong was just a commodity for them to vent their anger and a tool for them to exchange goods.
In the ruins of the imperial city, Li Hao, who had been busy for half a day, got nothing.
At this time, Li Hao was thirsty, hungry, and exhausted, but when he thought of his sick sister at home, Li Hao did not dare to stop.
He was afraid that once he stopped, he would not be able to find items of sufficient value to exchange for money, and his sister would be completely hopeless.
Time passed little by little, and the sky began to darken.
Li Hao's hands were full of wounds of various sizes, all of which were caused by Li Hao digging the ground full of tiles and porcelain fragments with his hands.
But Li Hao seemed to feel no pain and repeated one thing.
He kept digging the ruins with his hands, hoping to dig up valuable items in the next moment.
But as time passed, Li Hao's hope was shattered little by little.
Can't find, can't dig!
Not even a copper coin was dug!
Li Hao laughed bitterly and sat on the ground. The anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, and the whole person's spirit seemed to dissipate at this moment.
He collapsed and cried.
Although Li Hao was the elder brother, he was only born a moment earlier than Li Rongrong. He was only a 15-year-old boy. The pressure that had been accumulating for a long time finally crushed Li Hao at this moment.
I don't know how long it took, the sky had darkened, and Li Hao struggled to get up.
Emotions are over, and life has to go on.
My sister is still waiting for me at home.
Li Hao staggered towards his home.
"Plop!"
Li Hao was tripped and fell.
There was a piercing pain on his forehead, and blood flowed down his cheeks.
But Li Hao didn't care at all. After wiping his face with his hands, his eyes were burning at the thing that broke his forehead.
He knew this thing!
Three years ago, someone dug this thing and sold it for hundreds of taels of silver!
Li Hao's heart began to beat violently. He didn't need hundreds of taels of silver, just a few taels would do!
Just a few taels of silver would save his sister's life!
Li Hao was afraid that he wanted to save his sister too much, which led to hallucinations. He lay on the ground and looked carefully.
After looking again and again, Li Hao couldn't help laughing.
"Yes, it's ebony!
My sister is saved!"
Li Hao was ecstatic. Without hesitation, Li Hao started digging with his hands and feet.
It was not until the moon was high in the sky that the ebony was revealed in its entirety under Li Hao's digging.
It was a coffin made of ebony!
Cracks spread on the coffin, as if it could fall apart at any time.
"Dong, dong, dong!"
"Old man, if you know what happened in the afterlife, please forgive me.
I had no choice but to disturb your sleep.
We are destined to be together, and you have opened the door to convenience for me.
I swear here that from now on, I will add a stick of incense to you during festivals."
Li Hao swallowed his saliva, kowtowed three times to the coffin, and then without hesitation, he flew up and kicked the coffin hard.
Li Hao was not stupid. He couldn't move such a big coffin back by himself.
On the contrary, even if he could move it, with such a large size of the coffin, he might die at home tonight if he carried it around the city.
Li Hao's target was the burial objects of the coffin owner.
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