South Huangzhou is very large.
If you look at it from above, you can see that its plate is an irregular oval shape, surrounded by the sea.
Although it is more like an island and land away from the ancient continent and across the endless sea, the scope is so vast that many people cannot complete it in a lifetime.
However, most of the places within it were difficult for the human race to step into, and were blocked by the Truth Mountain Range that ran diagonally through the entire Southern Phoenix Continent.
The southwest of the Truth Mountain is an extremely vast forbidden area.
It occupied nearly 70% of the area of Nanhuangzhou, and only the northeast area of the Truth Mountains was the residence of the human race.
Even so, the number of human races is not large.
In this northeast region, there are many large and small cities densely populated like stars, some strong and some simple.
However, the places where these cities were built avoided a small forbidden area in the northeast region.
When there is a choice, no one wants to live around the forbidden area, living in a crisis where danger will come at that moment, only outlaws will gather together as a last resort, red eyes, licking the blade of the knife and struggling to survive.
Thus, a scavenger camp was formed, and almost every forbidden area was surrounded by such camps.
At this moment, standing on the top of the mountain, what caught Xu Qing's eyes was such a camp.
From a distance, the camp is not very large, and it looks like hundreds of people live inside.
Perhaps because of the early morning, the smoke is billowing, although it is not as prosperous as the city, but it is also very lively.
There were faint shouts, scolding, shouting, and unscrupulous laughter, intertwined and transmitted far away.
It's just that the valuable house in the Lei team's mouth, from the inside out, the structure is getting simpler and simpler, and the outermost one is basically just a tent.
Not far behind the camp was a dark jungle.
The fog is shrouded there, as if a terrifying existence is hidden.
Even if the sky is sunny, it cannot be reflected in all of them, if there are gods and demons, it will indifferently shock all directions.
It is also like a black alienation point on a person's body, which is shocking and distinct from other ranges.
"How do you feel after seeing it?" On the top of the mountain, the Thunder Team spoke.
"It's similar to a slum." Xu Qing thought for a while and answered truthfully.
Team Lei smiled, said nothing, and walked forward.
Xu Qing retracted his gaze and followed behind the Thunder Team, and the two of them went all the way down the mountain, getting closer and closer to the camp.
On the way, I also met people who had returned from going out in twos and threes, and their clothes were similar, mainly dark gray leather jackets.
Xu Qing noticed that after seeing Team Lei, these people all showed awe in their expressions, and most of their eyes were curious, sweeping towards them.
This made Xu Qing have more speculation about the identity of the Thunder team.
In this way, when the sun was three poles up, Xu Qing followed the Thunder Team into the plain below the mountain and into the camp of this scavenger.
The camp has no city walls, and the ground is very messy, dusty, dead leaves and garbage can be seen everywhere, and there is a sense of smoky miasma.
And as he walked, the sounds he had heard on the mountain before also reached Xu Qing's ears more clearly.
In addition to the simple buildings, there are also many waste pickers.
Some are as tall and burly as cruel cows, some are as thin as firewood and have vicious eyes, and some are old as if they can't open their eyes, but no one dares to provoke them.
There were also some young people like him, huddled in the corner, looking at the sky blankly.
Some of them are disabled.
There were still many people in it, Xu Qing's eyes closed slightly after seeing it, the aura on those people's bodies made him feel the fluctuations of spiritual energy.
All kinds of people, some are buying and selling, some are fighting with each other, and some are lying on big rocks and eating the sun.
and some walked out of the tent with bright feathers with their pants, their faces showing lewd intentions.
Xu Qing walked into the camp with the Thunder Team, and in the eyes of outsiders, it seemed as if he had walked into hell.
But apart from his inner vigilance, there was nothing unusual, and he even had some familiar feelings.
"It's indeed very similar to the slums." Xu Qing muttered in his heart, his eyes swept over the feathered tents, and saw a figure that seemed to be a white flower inside.
Even in a tent, a young woman in clothes walked out, smiling and waving to Xu Qing with a lazy expression.
"Don't look around." Team Lei glanced at Xu Qing.
"I know where it is." Xu Qing withdrew his gaze and replied.
The wrinkles on Team Lei's face piled up into a dumb smile, and he didn't say anything, taking Xu Qing through the camp until he reached his destination.
It was a huge wooden building in the center of the camp, shaped like a colosseum.
Xu Qing was observing along the way, and most of the map of this camp had been constructed in his mind.
This is his habit, and many times, familiarity with the environment can often change the situation of a crisis.
At this moment, he looked up at the Colosseum-like building in front of him and noticed that in addition to the huge field, there were many simple benches inside.
In addition, there were bursts of roars of fierce beasts, coming from inside the building.
There are also some wooden shed-like row houses around, and there are a few scavengers who are obviously cleaner talking and laughing outside the row houses.
With the arrival of the Thunder Team, a thin middle-aged man swayed out of the Colosseum.
This person was wearing a long shirt that was different from that of a scavenger, with three squints on his face, and there were also spiritual energy fluctuations on his body.
"Newcomer?"
"The rules are already known." Team Lei spoke slowly.
"What's your name?" Sanhu asked casually.
"A little brat, if you have a name, just call it a child." Team Lei said lightly.
"Then come with me, child, you are lucky, there are already a few in front of you, and you can almost start tomorrow."
Sanxi let out a sigh, turned around and walked towards the terraced house.
Xu Qing glanced at the Thunder Team.
"Go, I'll pick you up tomorrow." Team Lei looked at Xu Qing with some expectations in his eyes.
Xu Qing glanced at Team Lei deeply, nodded, said nothing, and stepped behind Sanhu.
Until they arrived at the terraced house, the three beards explained a few words to the scavengers on the side, then turned around and left.
Xu Qing was also arranged into the terraced house and was told not to go out without permission.
The moment he stepped into this row house, Xu Qing saw four pairs of eyes converging on him at different points in the house.
It was three young men of his age and a young man, three men and one woman.
The two teenagers seemed to be a few years older than him, and at this moment they swept Xu Qing and looked at him without paying attention.
As for the girl, she was a little younger than Xu Qing, huddled in a corner, with a huge scar on her face.
She looked at everything around her nervously and vigilantly, including the original three people, including the new Xu Qing.
As for the oldest young man here, he seems to have been a scavenger and is now just changing camps.
So after seeing Xu Qing, the corners of his mouth curled up, a little disapproving, turned his gaze, stared at the girl in the corner with aggression, and licked his lips.
But obviously, he did not officially obtain the right to live in the camp, so he did not dare to be presumptuous now.
Xu Qing ignored them, found a place by the door, crossed his knees, closed his eyes, and meditated silently.
Time passed slowly, perhaps because Xu Qing was too quiet when he arrived, gradually the three people in the row room except the little girl ignored him and started talking to each other.
In the words of the two teenagers, it was obvious that they had the intention of pleasing the young man.
Most of the content discussed was also related to this trial.
Through their conversation, Xu Qing knew that every once in a while, when enough people wanted to obtain residency qualifications, a trial would be held in this camp.
The rules of trials are simple.
Because the camp owner of this camp has kept many mutated beasts in captivity, the trial to obtain residence qualifications is to draw lots in public and fight with the drawn beasts.
Either live or die, and they are each other's prey.
Those who are alive can take away the loot and obtain residency qualifications.
The dead, everything about themselves will become food for raising fierce beasts.
And every trial will be held in this Colosseum.
At that time, most of the scavengers in the camp will buy tickets to watch this bloody scene, and while getting pleasure from it, the camp owner will also open a gambling game to make a profit.
In this cruel world, human life is very worthless.
But if you are not qualified to enter the city and cannot enter the camp, and live alone in the wild, the risk of death will be greater.
Of course, the slums are also an option, but obviously those who can decide to enter the scavenger camp have their own stories in their hearts that they have to come here.
Xu Qing listened while meditating.
It wasn't until they were talking about the gods opening their eyes a few days ago that a young man suddenly spoke.
"When I came, I heard that you were a survivor of that catastrophe?"
As soon as these words came out, Xu Qing slowly opened his eyes.
When I looked around, I noticed that the object of the boy's words was not himself, but the little girl in the corner.
The little girl's body trembled and she nodded silently.
Xu Qing's eyes fell on this little girl.
Everyone else had heard of it, and he had experienced it all, so he knew deeply that the people who could survive the catastrophe and come here may not be as fragile and simple as they see.
seemed to have noticed Xu Qing's gaze, and the little girl looked up at Xu Qing.
Xu Qing closed his eyes again and continued to meditate, he wanted to buy all the time to practice, which was the foundation for him to live a better life.
Just like that, the night passed.
The next morning, with the chaos and clamor from the outside world, the door of the terraced house was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
When the sun shone in and covered the body of the scavenger standing at the door, and its shadow fell into the house, shrouding the figure of the little girl in the corner, a cold voice came.
"Pack up and follow me, it's time for your show to be staged."
"Finally waited."
The young man in the house, who seemed to be a scavenger, was the first to get up, walked over with a smile, and said hello to the person at the door.
The two teenagers also hurriedly followed, Xu Qing was the fourth to walk out, and the little girl was the last.
The scavenger at the door seemed to know the young man, and after laughing and scolding a few words, he ignored the others and led the young man towards the Colosseum.
As they approached, the noise, the noise, and the shouting became thicker and thicker.
Until their group stepped into the Colosseum, the sounds around them suddenly erupted.
It can be seen that on the benches around the Colosseum, there are more than a hundred people at this moment, both men and women, as if surrounded by demons, watching a good show together.
Their voices were very loud, and the little girl's body trembled obviously, and the two teenagers were also pale.
Only the young man looked at the audience with some excitement in his eyes.
Then there was Xu Qing, his expression did not change much, and he began to observe the environment in the Colosseum and the fighting area.
"The range is not very large, not suitable for pulling, no cover, not suitable for dodging."
"The surrounding wooden boards are very high, not suitable for leading danger to the audience, but there are several door marks, as if there is another passage."
"So...... Either delay using the shouts of those scavengers to scare the beasts and find an opportunity to shoot, but it may also cause the beasts to be furious, so it is most advantageous to be able to make a quick decision."