System: Arena of the Gods

Chapter 1043 Oppression

Pingcheng was built on the mountain. There are several mountains in the city. A large number of residents live on the mountains. The east and north are directly connected to the mountains.

At first, Wang Chu was very curious when he saw the mountains in the city, so he led Shangguan's master and servants to climb the mountain.

Along the way, he saw countless emaciated residents, and he could clearly see the pain on their faces.

The residents did not hide their fear after seeing him. Even the ignorant children wanted to go home quickly when they saw them.

On the dirt road trodden by many people, chickens and ducks are running around, lambs are grazing, and there are cows braying in the distance.

Wang Chu found that almost every household among these people raised pigs, ranging from one or two to three or four. They were all modified species after the recovery of the former domestic pig breeds. They were larger, grew faster, and had better meat quality. But there was no enlightenment.

These pigs are not considered monsters and cannot practice cultivation. They just have much greater strength and appetite, and their temperaments are similar to before. They can be raised by ordinary people.

This is a method that the Special Bureau of Investigation specially issued after the revival of vitality to solve the problem of ordinary people's difficulty in eating meat. In the past, the spiritual consciousness of poultry and livestock was cut off before they mutated on a large scale.

Since this type of race does not have blood inheritance, after countless generations of human cultivation and domestication, the will of the race collapsed. Most of the offspring born in this way have retained their physical changes but their intelligence is still low, and they will not pose a threat.

However, there will always be fish that slip through the net. Some are more receptive to vitality. There are also poultry and livestock that are pushed to B level in less than a month in the early stage of recovery.

For the treatment of these monsters, the Special Investigation Bureau only gave two options. Those who did not cooperate were killed directly, and those who cooperated became farmers, and they were allowed to manage the descendants of their own race who had their spiritual consciousness cut off.

Many monsters who originally promised to cooperate, after watching for a long time, either collapsed and rebelled and were suppressed, or simply passed themselves off as humans to escape their inner condemnation, or they secretly escaped to join the monster clan and became the most brutal murderers.

Wang Chu even thought of the younger brothers who made a fortune in Jicheng. Among them, the Chicken Dafu and the Pig Demon were mutant pigs from ordinary domestic chickens and pig farms that he defeated outside. Later, after being trained by the special department, Zhu Qian turned them into They are given to prosperous wealth.

It has been some time since he left Jicheng and established Wumen. Chicken Dafu and Pig Demon stayed in Jicheng. Although he was not familiar with them, he couldn't help but feel worried when he saw this situation.

Wang Chu didn't want to have any interactions with these residents. He only went to the other side of the mountain to have a look, because it was not cost-effective to build a city around the mountain.

Xiaohui was quite curious, it was the first time she had seen such "animals". She ran after chickens and ducks, and touched the lambs grazing on the roadside, smiling like a child.

As the three of them walked forward, the residents, without exception, hid themselves like snakes and scorpions.

When the three of them reached the top and saw the scene in the distance, Wang Chu realized the helplessness of the Special Investigation Bureau.

The mountains here are so long that they are not suitable for building large cities. There were many turmoils at the beginning of the recovery. Population migration and resettlement were a big problem, so cities could only be built on the spot.

The outer edge of the mountain surrounding the city was cut into a vertical cliff more than 30 meters high. The cross section was polished to be very smooth. A barbed wire fence was stretched across the outer edge. The iron wire was half as thick as a little finger.

The city wall is directly embedded into the cliff, blending into one body. At first glance, it is the handiwork of an earth-type superpower.

There are also countless formation patterns engraved on the inside of the city wall, and there are also faint formation fluctuations in the rocks behind the cliff, making up for the gaps on this side.

They saw more chickens, cows and sheep roaming freely on this side of the mountain, which was reassuring because they couldn't escape at all.

There are many sentry towers standing on the inside of the barbed wire fence. Wang Chu believes that the original intention of the special coordination office is to guard against enemies approaching from the mountains.

But now he is being used by this sect to monitor the mountain people who are trying to escape.

But now that the war has begun, no one is left guarding this sentry tower, but no one still dares to approach it. What kind of cruel rule have these people experienced?

Wang Chu walked around to the eastern edge of the cliff, and then followed the iron fence all the way north. The three of them were silent during this period.

Until they reached the north end, the three of them saw a large hole opened in the heart of the mountain, which exuded a strong smell of blood.

Some people wearing leather jackets and rubber gloves, covered in blood, ran out, pulled down their masks and supported the trees to vomit until they could no longer spit out the bitter liquid.

They calmed down for a while, held their stomachs and straightened up. Suddenly they spotted Wang Chu and the others not far away. Their faces turned pale with fright, and their legs went weak and they knelt down on the ground.

When they raised their heads again, Wang Chu and the others had disappeared, but they did not dare to get up immediately.

In the distance, Wang and Chu stood on a big tree and watched. Xiaohui asked doubtfully: "What is that place over there?"

"Slaughterhouse, a place used to slaughter livestock." Wang Chu responded coldly.

After a while, the three of them saw a group of people walking out of the cave, each with a hunched body. Two people were carrying a load of meat and walking away from the mountain.

During this period, an old man stumbled and the meat hidden in his arms fell out. Several people around him surrounded him at the same time.

Wang Chu thought that the old man was bound to be beaten and was ready to rescue him, but his mind heard that things were not what he thought.

"Old Li Tou, you don't want your life!"

"Fortunately, no one has been watching over the past few days, but no one can tell whether someone will be hiding in the dark and watching. Why do we have to take such a risk?"

"My granddaughter is starving to death. The food distributed is not enough to raise chickens and feed pigs. She eats bran and vegetables every day. How can a child endure it? I just want to steal a piece of meat to replenish her body."

"Hurry up and pick it up. We're blocking it so no one will see it. But if it doesn't happen next time, we won't be able to hold it."

They tried their best to suppress their voices and supported the tearful old Litou, without letting others notice anything strange.

Wang Chu silently let go of his clenched palms, silently.

How long has it been since the Special Investigation Bureau was withdrawn? The residents of Pingcheng have been oppressed to this point. They don't even dare to resist. Even if they want to help, they have to be wary of someone snitching, even if they are also victims.

It turns out that all the skinny bones are caused by hunger, and people's lives are worse than the pigs and sheep that will be sent to the slaughterhouse at any time. Even the animals they feed frugally will not be able to get a piece of meat for themselves in the end.

As for where the meat will be sent, it is nothing more than dignitaries in the city, surrenders, and sects that they don't know have been eliminated.

This is not an isolated case. This phenomenon is definitely inevitable in today's world. The difference between order and civilization, as well as the difference in strength and vision, has created the misery of ordinary people.

The Special Bureau's national practice plan may have anticipated this situation, but unfortunately, the timing was not right.

In order to keep things under control, the Special Investigation Bureau's national practice pilot program had just been implemented and had not yet been implemented. As a result, the hidden sect re-entered the stage of history.

Wang Chu felt deeply powerless about his compassion. At this moment, no one understood what he was thinking. Even though Shangguan and Xiaohui were kind-hearted, they were very worried when they saw this scene and still couldn't empathize.