Chapter 39: Chapter 39: Underground Haven
"Um... handsome guy, can I stand in front too?"
Xu Tong raised his hand and asked in a low voice with anticipation.
Victor glanced at him and said, "Are you a beautiful woman?"
"Uh, no."
"Come closer."
Victor hooked his finger at Xu Tong, and Xu Tong came over happily upon hearing this.
"Scram!"
"Ah!"
Looking at Xu Tong who was kicked away by Victor, everyone laughed.
Xia Dou even held her belly and laughed so hard that she fell backwards.
Only Bai Yuekui shook her head expressionlessly.
She muttered "idiot" to herself and jumped onto the flying sword.
Dashan, Suixing and the others hurriedly followed, and even a few people who were 'picked up' climbed up.
Under Victor's spiritual control, the flying sword slowly took off.
Xu Tong climbed up from the ground, patted his butt, turned around and found that the flying sword had already left the ground.
"Hey! Wait for me, I'm not on the sword yet! I'm not on the sword yet!"
Victor made a gesture with his hand, and Xu Tong flew into the air, his butt landing heavily on the flying sword, making him grimace in pain.
Victor gently patted Xia Dou's little head and said, "You will be responsible for showing the way."
"Okay, no problem!"
Xia Dou raised her delicate hand, pointed in a certain direction and said, "Fly over there!"
A few minutes later.
Under Xia Dou's guidance, the flying sword finally landed outside a hidden cave.
Xia Dou said, "Go down this cave and you will reach our village."
Because the cave was small and not suitable for flying, everyone had to get off and walk forward.
Victor then put the Xuanbing Sword into his Purple Mansion.
"How magical! It disappeared in a flash."
Xia Dou suddenly came up to Victor and observed his forehead.
"Are you really okay with a sword that big flying into your head?"
Victor was always very patient with the cute little girl. He explained, "The Xuanbing Sword did not enter my head, but the Purple Mansion."
Xia Dou tapped her red lips with her index finger and tilted her head: "Purple Mansion? What is that?"
Without waiting for Victor to explain, Bai Yuekui raised her hand and tapped Xia Dou's head gently: "Don't ask so many useless questions, just go in quickly."
"That's right, this is not the place to talk."
Xia Dou also understood the situation clearly and quickly put away her curiosity.
The cave was dark and damp. Seeing this, Victor frowned.
Can people really live in this kind of environment for a long time?
But as they went deeper, the originally dark and damp cave gradually became brighter, and the air became clearer.
After walking for a while, the narrow tunnel suddenly became open!
What came into view were houses built of worn-out iron sheets, children playing and fighting on the muddy roads, and adults working in the fields with hoes in their hands.
This place had become a secluded town isolated from the world.
"How about it, handsome? Isn't this place pretty good?"
Xia Dou put her hands on her hips and looked up as she spoke. She looked so proud, just like a child showing off her treasure to her friends.
"Well, as far as this world is concerned, your village of survivors on the ground is indeed okay."
Victor pinched his chin and commented seriously.
Bai Yuekui said, "Xia Dou, Suixing, Dashan, the rest of you should take the newcomers to familiarize themselves with the environment."
"Gu Yan, Xu Tong, the two of you go report the situation to Master Lai."
"Okay boss!"
After the others left, Bai Yuekui looked at Victor and said, "Want to talk?"
Victor nodded slightly: "Well, it just so happens that I have something I want to ask you about."
"Then follow me."
Bai Yuekui brought Victor to the place where she rested and practiced.
"Sit."
Bai Yuekui pulled out a worn-out stool from under the bed and gently blew away the dust on it.
Victor didn't mind and sat down.
"I'm sorry, I don't have anything to drink here, so I can't treat you properly."
"It's okay, I have some things here."
Victor took out a bunch of snacks from the system space.
These were things he had bought and put in there when he had nothing to do, thinking that he could take them out and try them when he felt hungry in the future.
"Just tell me what you want to talk to me about."
Victor adhered to the principle of ladies first and gave the initiative of the topic to Bai Yuekui.
Bai Yuekui didn't rush to speak. She looked at the table full of snacks, picked up a bag of potato chips and started eating.
The long-lost familiar taste!
After stuffing a few more potato chips into her mouth, she slowly said, "Would you be willing to exchange some food for us? The more the better."
"That's it?"
He thought it was some big deal, but it turned out to be just wanting food.
Bai Yuekui said: "This may not be a big deal for you, but for those of us struggling in the ruins of the apocalypse, food is a matter of life and death."
Even though they now had underground planting technology, the yield was not high and couldn't feed too many people.
However, every once in a while, they would go out and pick up some people.
Over time, their supply would collapse sooner or later!
Victor nodded and said, "Okay, I'll get you some food then, and I'll also tell the other group members."
It was very easy for them to get a lot of food.
"Thank you."
Bai Yuekui breathed a sigh of relief.
With the food provided by the group members, they would no longer have to worry about food.
"By the way, where did you find those newcomers?"
After Bai Yuekui finished talking about her affairs, Victor took over the topic.
From the beginning he had been curious about the newcomers; they were just so strange.
They all looked to be in their fifties or sixties.
How could such old people survive in this doomsday when they didn't even know the Return to Origin Heart Method?
Bai Yuekui explained: "To be precise, we picked them up."
"Since you know the plot of this world, you should also know about the lighthouse, right?"
"Of course I know, the flying pot lid, where the protagonist Mark is."
So it was true that Mark was the protagonist of this world?
No wonder Master Lai always said that Mark was the key to salvation.
Bai Yuekui nodded and continued, "Those newcomers are the ones we picked up from under the lighthouse."
"Every once in a while, the lighthouse will throw those who are weak, sick, or too old to be of any value to the ground and let them fend for themselves."
"If we meet them, we will pick them up and let them join us."
After Bai Yuekui said this, Victor recalled some of the plot.
The lighthouse would indeed do such inhumane things.
"Have you met Mark now?"
Victor continued to ask.
Bai Yuekui put down the empty packaging bag in her hand, then opened a pack of instant noodles and answered while eating, "Not yet."
So, the story hadn't started yet?
If he remembered correctly, at the beginning of the story, Bai Yuekui and Mark looked at each other from a distance.
This incident also completely shattered Mark's original worldview and shook the three major laws he once firmly believed in, thus planting the seeds of rebellion in his heart.