Chapter 890 Chapter 888·"Snow in the City (Part 1

 Along the way, Su Mingan walked down the road and became more and more aware of the pain and poverty of this world.

There are many refugees lying on the street, lying on straw mats like smokers in ancient times. There were several corpses sleeping under the bridge. They had been frozen to death for several days, and their hair was floating in the river like water plants.

As long as they see stray dogs and stray cats, extremely hungry people will rush towards them and chop at them with machetes, daggers, and hoes, just to get a little bit of meat.

Whenever they see someone falling, people will surround the body like vultures pecking at carrion, frantically snatching away any items on the body.

 The **** of human nature, the **** of hunger, the breeding ground of greed and ugliness, where children are exchanged for food, fathers and brothers kill each other, and the body is sold. The strong bully the weak, and the weak wield their swords against the weaker.

What Su Mingan saw was such a hellish scene.

 He had heard about some historical sieges before, but he had never seen these shocking cruelties with his own eyes.

 Arrive at the next distribution point. The hungry and cold people immediately gathered around.

"thank you all!"

 “Thank you to the church for your grace!”

 In front of the clergy, people waited like good children for Li Mingyue to distribute food in turn.

Seeing three- and four-year-old girls queuing up to receive bread, Su Mingan asked Li Mingyue tentatively: "Godfather, you are very powerful, why don't you lead people out of this city? Or just destroy the alien species?"

"Even if they leave here, they still have no way to go and will only become refugees." Li Mingyue looked at these people who lowered their heads and gnawed on the bread.

These people were all dirty, and they just found a flat ground beside the ruins to sit down and eat. Very few of them looked up at the sky.

"Humanity has lost nearly 80% of its land. It's the same pain wherever it goes. Without knowledge, technology, or family resources, they are refugees wherever they go." Li Mingyue said lightly: "It seems like this city is a prison, but for the poor , the world is full of prisons...come with me."

Su Mingan looked up and saw a dilapidated tavern in front of him. Being able to open a tavern in such a chaotic place shows that the tavern owner himself is pretty good.

Li Mingyue opened the curtain, and what came into view were old iron-red tables and chairs. Sitting behind the bar was a stout, bald middle-aged man who was the owner of the tavern.

 “Dad, we have a guest.” Hearing the sound of the glass against the curtain, a girl came out of the back room. Her black hair is draped behind her back, with a bright red butterfly hairpin on her head. She looks beautiful and wears a JK skirt. Being able to wear a short skirt in such a chaotic area shows that she is well protected.

 The bald middle-aged man raised his head: "Li Mingyue? You actually come to a place like me."

Li Mingyue asked: "I asked you, did Yu Xuan come to the city to choose someone before?"

Su Mingan looked sideways. He had never heard of the name "Yuxuan".

The bald head nodded and said: "Yes. You also know that joining the [City Guard Department] is too dangerous. It is better to join the military and earn a living."

Li Mingyue looked at Su Mingan: "The [Urban Guardian Department] is recruiting people. If you are interested, you can go as an intern."

Before Su Ming'an could speak, the bald head interrupted in surprise: "Li Mingyue, you are the godfather of this child. When he has just grown up, you are going to push him to the [Urban Guardian Department]? Do you know how many people there are?" Danger?"

Hearing this, Su Mingan checked the information on his watch: one of the four major forces, the [Urban Guardian Department], has branches in various cities and is the most righteous organization among the four major forces.

　　【Holy Alliance Army】Affiliated to the church, they don’t care whether the people live or die, and they burn others to death at every turn. [Human Self-Rescue Alliance] is determined to confront the gods and do whatever it takes. The [Old Holy See] were pure anti-social elements who massacred ordinary people. Only the [Urban Guard Department] is an orderly organization that has close ties with the military and has a very strong sense of social responsibility.

 【Urban Guardian Department】Proactively go deep into dangerous areas, test the rules of instant death, eliminate potential "abnormalities", and protect the harmed people.

 The military is fighting the black fog on the front line and fighting the enemy bravely. The [City Guard Department] protects the city from behind. Helping each other in tandem prevented human civilization from overturning.

"Mr. Xia came to my place for a drink early this morning. Judging from his happy look, you must have great talent. You will take the college entrance examination in two days and go to Beiqing University. What kind of job can you choose after graduation?" The bald man looked puzzled. : "Nowadays, people want to live a stable life and wish they could live in the city for the rest of their lives, but you want to push people to dangerous places?"

The [Urban Guard Department] is more dangerous than going to the front line. It is a small team of three or four people, walking through the streets and alleys under the night. If there is danger, it is too late to return to the big team. The mortality rate is as high as 60%.

Li Mingyue’s expression remained unchanged:

“If I really want to be comfortable, I won’t stay in this city for long.”

Bald head and silence.

Li Mingyue is so powerful that there is no need to stay in such an abandoned city. The bald boss could only guess that Li Mingyue wanted to protect the residents of these cities.

"So..." The bald man took a puff of cigarette and twitched his mustache: "I have never understood the courage of idealists like you."

Su Mingan heard the system prompt:

 …

 “Ding dong!”

　　【Get in touch with the plot of "Urban Guardian Department" in advance. 】

　　【Participating in the "Internship of the Urban Guardian Department" is the fourth link of your main mission, and you can now contact it in advance. 】

 …

The two walked out of the tavern, and Su Mingan wiped the smell of wine from his body. It seems that contacting the City Guardian Department is also part of the main line, but it was brought forward by Li Mingyue.

—He is the deputy director of the Department of Urban Protection, and he is going to participate in an internship at the Department of Urban Protection.

 —He is the number one Dream Patroller and a high school student.

 There is always a feeling of "I" but not "me", a fusion of the ordinary and the weird. He is not only a being who stands on the top of mankind, but also an ordinary student who is about to do an internship. It was as if the two identities overlapped harmoniously.

 After that, Su Mingan and Li Mingyue went to twelve fixed locations in the city to distribute relief supplies.

 There are several locations that left a deep impression on Su Mingan.

In the house where the grandfather and grandmother lived, old singing music came from the old radio, babbling.

 “Who is it?”

 “Hey, it’s from the church! Old man, come out quickly!”

When Su Mingan knocked on the door, the old couple was embarrassed to take the relief items for nothing. They exchanged their collection of antiques for food, and also offered to stay with them if Su Mingan encountered difficulties.

　Until Su Mingan left, the old couple were still waiting at the door, watching him leave.

 …

“Who is knocking on the door? What is your purpose?”

 In the room of a mother with a little boy. When Su Mingan knocked on the door, her mother opened the door cautiously and exchanged her sweater for food.

 …

 “Are you from the church?”

 There lived two wandering girls holding musical instruments in the park. As Su Mingan approached, the girls said they knew some routes. If Su Mingan gives them musical instruments, they can tell the information about these routes.

When Su Ming'an left, they played "Farewell" to Su Ming'an as a reward for the food Su Ming'an gave them.

 …

"need any help?"

  There is a group of kinder soldiers living on the edge of the city. The soldiers said that if Su Mingan could provide them with enough money, they could help Su Mingan sneak out of the city and leave here completely.

The system prompt keeps ringing:

 …

 【(Old couple) Favorability: 50+5 points! 】

　　【You have obtained antiques*1, and you have obtained the right to (stay overnight). 】

 …

  【(Mother and little boy) Favorability: 30+5 points! 】

  【You get a trading opportunity (exchanging cloth for ready-made clothes), collect rags and gold coins, and you can get finished clothes of a certain quality here. 】

 …

  【(Wandering Girls Band) Favorability: 30+5 points! 】

  【You have obtained information about the (treasure route). You can exchange musical instruments for more route information and explore more high-quality items. 】

 …

 【(Kind soldier in the outer ring of the city) Favorability: 40+5 points! 】

  【You have obtained black bread*1, filthy fresh water*1, and you have come into contact with the conditions (leaving the city). 】

 …

 Along the way, Su Mingan became more and more aware of an interesting feeling.

  —A sense of game.

Just like exploring a map, in a doomsday survival game, players can choose their daily travel locations, and different locations will yield different rewards.

Go to the old couple’s house and you can get the antiques they collected. If you find precious antiques, you can exchange them for more money in the trading market.

 Go to the mother's house with her little boy and you can exchange rags for ready-made clothes.

Go to the homeless girl in the park and you can exchange musical instruments for route information.

Go to the edge of the city and you can get some relief from soldiers for free. Also, this feels like the ultimate “end game” mission. As long as the soldiers are given enough money or resources, they can sneak out of the city.

Su Mingan has always felt that Dream Patrol is very game-like, but now he realizes that the world he lives in also has a certain degree of game-like nature.

However, rather than saying this is like a game, Zhai Xingben is like a game.

Collecting this information bit by bit, Su Mingan gradually realized that there seemed to be an unknown iceberg hiding under the sea.

 (End of this chapter)