624 From the Sky (2/2)
She said while kissing Jiang Chen's shoes.
Wang Xie's pleasing action took Jiang Chen a moment to process.
He didn't think as the leader of a force, she could commit an action without any dignity.
Contempt flashed across Sun Xiaorou's eyes. She gently closed her eyes, and the finger beside the trigger silently opened the switch.
Smoke dispersed from the muzzle.
Blood burst out from Wang Xie's mouth. Her eyes widened in disbelief as blood gushed out of her mouth.
Gradually, she stopped moving.
A daunting blood hole was on her frail neck.
”Sorry, I misfired.” Sun Xiaorou rolled out her tongue and closed the safety.
Jiang Chen let out a sigh and kicked away the bloodstained face.
”Tell me before you fire. You stained my shoes.”
[Whatever, there are plenty of captives.]
…
Inside the spacious basement, Jiang Chen saw water treatment plant clan's ”collections”.
Naked bodies watched from the cage without any spirit in their eyes, they didn't react to the strangers that stepped into the basement. Some were cuffed down and some were tied down to torture equipment. From the bloodstains on the equipment, it was not difficult to see the cruelty that happened there.
It was no different than the basement of the Huizhong Mercenaries; the raiders were typically associated with human trafficking and naturally, the hideous sex slave trade existed. The unfortunate women came from nearby fallout shelters, or survival camps, or from merchant fleets, or were lone travelers…
The genetics of the 22nd century people were quite superb and it was difficult to see someone ugly. The ”collections” included some gorgeous women, and the uncivilized raiders wouldn't give up the opportunity to enjoy them.
Jiang Chen furrowed at the atrocities within the basement.
The stink filled the air along with the smell of mold. It was nauseating.
The boots felt sticky stepping onto the ground, the tiles on the floor reflected a greasy color and it looked like blood and fat that was unable to be washed away. It was a prison for the slaves; no one would clean this place.
”What do we do with them?”
”If we can save them, send them to Fishbone Base Welfare. If we can't, end their misery.”
”Brother-in-law is compassionate.” Sun Xiaorou gently whispered beside Jiang Chen.
”Am I compassionate? I'm just not committing unnecessary evil. Especially with so many single men in the NAC, this is also another part of the consideration.”
The men to women ratio on the wasteland were abnormal. While the birthrate was the same, the survival rate was completely not on the same level. Although the people that became the slaves of the raiders suffered greatly both psychologically and physiologically, with NAC's medical technology, and with proper care, they could eventually recover.
The slaves recused from Huizhong Mercenaries were mostly married by now. This included the wife of the Sixth Street's director, Chu Nan.
The people struggling in the apocalypse were not picky in some aspects.
”No need to explain.” With hands behind her back, Sun Xiaorou grinned.
”…” Jiang Chen chose to stay silent.
When they were alone together, she was surprisingly more active compared to being inside the mansion.
Speaking with Sun Xiaorou subconsciously made the depressed feeling less noticeable.
Jiang Chen strolled inside the prison before surprisingly discovering a man. The man was naked on top but was still wearing pants. He had a cut on his forehead and was chained to the chair, looking lifeless.
From the redness still visible on his face, he didn't stay there too long.
When the man noticed the noise outside, he immediately raised his head.
When he saw that they were not the raiders, he immediately had an expression where he looked like he was saved.
”I'm thankful for the ideology of the Federation. Friends, thank you for saving me.”
”You should be thanking the ideology of the NAC. I'm not from the Federation,” Jiang Chen joked.
The person's expression numbed for a split second before he laughed in awkwardness.
”Sorry, I thought… Wait, you are from the NAC?”
The man seemed to have suddenly realized something. He looked like Jiang Chen with an expression as if he just saw a ghost.
”That's right. Is there a problem?”
”No, nothing.” The man shook his head and smiled at Jiang Chen. ”I'm just surprised since Hucheng is 600 kilometers from Wanghai… The Federation did hear about the NAC before and said they are a powerful force. It is indeed true after witnessing what happened today.”
”Even if you don't try to flatter me, I'll still let you go.” Jiang Chen shrugged while joking with him, ”So, you are the sex slave of Wang Xie?”