Like many fortresses, Fort Ares also has many homeless people. These people may have once been residents of the fortress, and may have even owned their own businesses, but later lost their jobs for various reasons, lost their ability to work, and could no longer maintain their daily expenses, so they became homeless.
However, Ares Castle is much more tolerant than other fortresses in managing homeless people. In addition to distributing relief supplies to homeless people on two fixed days every month, it also sets aside an area for homeless people to live.
The former is out of humanitarian considerations, and the latter is actually for the convenience of management, but with these two days, it will be easier for homeless people to survive in Fortress of War.
Of course, it is possible that these homeless people will suddenly die one day, and other homeless people will not care too much about them. Life has already made them indifferent and numb, and they have long lost their former enthusiasm for life.
In previous bacterial infection incidents, many people died in the homeless camps, so that the camps now look much emptier than before.
Napas was happy to see such changes. His original neighbors were reduced from four to only one, and the old man who looked like he would die at any time would soon give up his place.
After he had fewer neighbors, Napas took over the places of his neighbors and surrounded them with barbed wire, so that his living space suddenly became much larger.
In addition to having space for a tent, Napas could even have a small garden, and the pistol that Time carried around his waist was a guarantee for defending his territory.
It was getting late, and Napas dragged his tired steps towards his nest, his safe haven, his paradise.
Napas once ran two hotels in Castle of War and his business was good, but when he became addicted to gambling, he became unable to make ends meet.
In the end he had to declare bankruptcy, and his wife successfully married a restaurant owner after wandering with him for a year and two months, thus escaping from the ranks of the homeless.
Now, the only thing that can comfort Napas is to use the money he earns from collecting garbage outside the city every day to buy a bottle of cheap liquor that he would never even look at before.
Napas' greatest wish was to die unconsciously from the damn alcohol one day.
When he returned to his residence, Napas saw a man sitting under a nearby street lamp. He wrapped himself in a cloak full of holes, and a pair of dirty feet appeared from the cloak.
Napas sneered, took out the gun from his waist, gestured and drove the wanderer away: "Get out of the way, this is my place, you can't stay here."
The wanderer raised his head from his hood, looked at him, said nothing, and turned away.
Napas chuckled, regaining his forgotten sense of superiority. He hummed a tune, opened a copper lock with a rusty key, pushed open the "door" made of wooden boards, and walked into the "world" he had enclosed with barbed wire.
After getting into the tent, he lit the lamp he had found at the garbage dump, threw himself onto a few piled-up cushions, kicked off his shoes, and gulped down a mouthful of wine.
"This damn world..." Napas looked up at the top of the tent, his eyes empty and his heart filled with endless emptiness.
He picked up the pistol and tried to put it against his chin, with a wheezing sound coming from his mouth.
"Be brave, Napas."
"It only takes one bullet to end it all."
"Come on, press it."
"asshole!"
Finally, he threw the pistol at the entrance of the tent and cried bitterly for his cowardice.
Napas was immersed in his own sadness and did not notice a figure appear at the entrance of the tent.
The entrance of the tent was opened silently, and someone went in. After a moment, a scream was heard from the tent, followed by a suppressed scream.
With a "puff" sound, the tent shook, and a moment later, blood flowed out from under the tent.
At the same time, in Jinxi Manor, Xitong suddenly sat up from the bed. A tuft of hair on her head floated up silently, and light flickered rhythmically between the strands of hair.
The ends of this tuft of hair pointed in the direction of the homeless camp.
... ... ...
In the morning, a convoy drove out of the scavenger city and passed through the canyon near the city.
On both sides of the canyon, many eyes were looking towards the convoy, assessing its value and whether it was worth following and robbing. But when they saw the logo on one of the magnetic vehicles, their eyes shrank back and quickly moved to other directions to avoid misunderstanding.
The logo is a hand holding a lightning pattern, holding thunder, which is the symbol of the Speaker of the Thunder Council.
Anyone who sees this pattern knows who is sitting in the car.
The young speaker of the Thunder Council, the man who will become the lord of the Scavenger City, Tianyang!
The sunlight coming in from the car window gently passed over Tianyang's face and illuminated his eyes. He and Chiying sat together. The modified carriage was extremely spacious. Not to mention just the two of them, even four more could be squeezed in with ease.
Looking out the window, Tianyang recalled his meeting with Acate Chaolis last night.
The young man who came on behalf of Lightning Castle and the Chaolis family brought the goodwill of Lightning Castle. Lightning Castle was willing to support the construction of the Scavenger City, support Tianyang to become the city lord, and sent a batch of lightning stones as a gift.
In addition, on behalf of Lightning Castle, Akart invited Tianyang to choose a day to go to the castle to discuss important matters. Tianyang has agreed and set a date for departure.
He will go to the Great Desert of Tariqivia and visit Lightning Castle after the fort construction ceremony.
This incident was beyond Tianyang's expectations. He did not expect that the Kaolis family, who also came from the Sand Bandits family, would decisively choose to support him. With the support of Lightning Fort and God of War Fort, it would be almost impossible to interfere with the construction of the Scavenger City Fort.
Everything was going according to plan. Tianyang was in a good mood and ready to enjoy the time ahead.
A few days later, he saw the gate of the War God Castle.
After entering Jinxi Manor, Tianyang saw Xun, which surprised Tianyang because it was daytime and usually at this time, Xun should be in the biology laboratory.
"Are you taking a rest today?" Tianyang asked casually as he and Xun were walking on the way to the main building of the villa.
Xun, who wore a pair of small glasses on her nose, casually combed a few strands of hair that fell in front of her eyes, shook her head and said, "No, I specially checked Xitong's body today."
Tianyang was startled: "She is sick?"
Xun frowned slightly: "She is normal, but these past few days, she has locked herself in her room and refused to come out."
"Xiao Niao told me about this situation, and I thought she was sick, so I brought some instruments to the manor today, and checked her in the morning."
"So strange."
Tianyang also felt that something was wrong. Xitong had always been healthy and lively. Why did she lock herself in her room when she was not seriously ill
The situation here is very abnormal.
"I'll go see her."
Arriving at Xitong's room, Tianyang knocked on the door. Before he could say anything, he heard Xitong's voice from inside: "Don't come in."
Tianyang coughed dryly: "Why, even Dad can't come in?"
"dad!"
A soft cry was heard in the room, and then the door opened with a bang. Xitong was standing behind the door. After she saw that it was Tianyang, she threw herself into Tianyang's arms, her body shaking constantly.
Tianyang noticed that her body temperature was slightly lower than usual, and quickly put his clothes on his daughter: "Tell me, what happened?"
Xitong raised her head, her eyes rolling in her sockets, but she shook her head: "I don't know, I just feel so scared."
"Afraid?" Tian Yang asked curiously, "What are you afraid of?"
He really couldn't imagine what his daughter would be afraid of. This was the God of War's Castle, and there was a powerful heavenly master like Wang Lingjun in the manor.
Although Old Wang doesn't seem to be very strong, it depends on who he is compared with. As long as he doesn't face a strong man of the level of his father or Yun Hai, even if Wang Lingjun cannot defeat him, he can still delay time.
As long as there was no way to kill Wang Lingjun instantly, the masters of the War God Castle would arrive upon hearing the news. In this situation, Tianyang really couldn't think of anything worth worrying about or being afraid of.
Xitong huddled in Tianyang's arms, curled up into a ball, as if only this posture could make her feel safe.
"I don't know. I just feel scared, like something terrible is about to happen."
"I can feel that something is watching me. It's very similar to the feeling when I play hide-and-seek with Sister Hongxiu. Every time I hide and Sister Hongxiu comes to find me, I can feel it."
"But this time the feeling was stronger, and I was scared of the thing that was looking for me. If it found me, I felt something bad would happen."
Tianyang held her little hands and felt that they were as cold as ice. He blew gently on them, rubbed Xitong's little head and said, "I understand."
"Dad will take care of it. Don't be afraid. No matter what happens, Dad will protect you."
Xitong raised her head, looked at Tianyang, and nodded slightly.
A moment later, Tianyang brought Xitong to the hall. Hongxiu had changed her clothes and combed her hair. The little girl looked much more energetic than before.
Tianyang had food prepared, and asked Xun to cast a 'Mind Peace' on Xitong. After receiving Guanghui's comfort, Xitong calmed down a lot, and now she was holding a piece of meat pie in her little hands, eating it in small bites.
When Tian Yang told everyone about Xitong's situation, everyone knew why the little girl had been hiding in her room for the past few days. Xiaoniao patted her chest and said, "I will stay with Xitong 24 hours a day and will not let her get hurt."
Tianyang nodded, and asked Xingluo to join Xiaoniao and the others. With two Level 6s together with Xitong, they could take care of each other if something really happened.
At this time, Wang Lingjun came out and said with an obligatory look: "Wang will do his best to watch over the gate and prevent the scoundrels from harming the young lady."
As he spoke, Old Wang glanced at Chiying who was standing next to Tianyang. As a strong man, Wang Lingjun's intuition told him that this woman was a strong threat to his position next to Tianyang.
Tian Yang nodded, then asked, "Has anything unusual happened in Ares Castle recently?"