Chapter 139: Starvation (1/2)

Chapter 139 - Starvation

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

ED: NoriPixel

“So, what is your world like? Is it only one main island with six satellite-like islands surrounding it? Were there further expeditions going beyond to places not explored yet?” Liu Gan asked Zhou MingLiang. There were a lot of things he didn't understand about this world, so this was a good opportunity to find out more.

“No, we are part of large country. Once we cross this vast ocean, there are more countries. However, after the catastrophe, many of the networks shut down. We are at NinJing city, but we don't know what the conditions are like at the main city. Therefore it's pointless to wonder about countries that are even further away.” Zhou MingLiang answered Liu Gan.

“On this planet, are oceans a large portion of it? How many countries in total?” Liu Gan continued asking.

“Yes, around 95% of it are covered by an ocean. Only a small portion of it is landmass. There's around a hundred countries. It's all separated by the ocean. Our country, Cathay Country, is considered quite large. There are some countries that are even smaller than NinJing City.” Zhou MingLiang added.

[TL: Cathay Country is the old name for northern China, back in the medieval ages.]

“On your planet, does everyone speak the same language we are speaking right now?” Liu Gan asked after thinking for a little while.

“There are different spoken languages! There are people of gold colored hair with blue eyes, as well as very dark skinned people. They both speak different languages than us. Even in our surroundings, there are people who are of the same color but speak different languages than us.” Zhou MingLiang shook his head.

The players had become very confused after they heard what Zhou MingLiang said, and it was reflected within their expressions. This world seemed to be quite similar to their own, but there were actually quite a lot of differences.

Liu Gan didn’t speak afterwards. The interaction between the players and the survivors intensified. The survivors started questioning the players about their world. Thus, they chatted about the games they played, novels they read, songs they sang, competitions they watched, artists they like. They chatted about everything. Between this cultural exchange, it was confirmed that both world had their differences and similarities.

For example, many of the more famous songs that have been heard in the real world had also existed here, in this world. The composers and artists were different, however.

“When you were at the hospital with over hundreds of survivors, where did you find food to eat?” Han GuangMing suddenly asked after the chatter had begun to die down.

“Yes, after these couple of days, we didn’t see any of you guys come out from the hospital?” Wang DeCheng continued questioning the survivors.

The survivors from the base in the hospital had two reasons for attacking the supermarket. The first reason was that Tiger Lord had kidnapped the female survivors from there. The other reason was that they had no food, so they had to steal food from the supermarket.

During this period of time, they had caught a trespassing player, but they didn’t use this player for hostage exchange for the women who were caught by Tiger Lord. Instead, they wanted to exchange with Tiger Lord a fifty kilogram bag of rice. Needless to say, Tiger Lord hadn’t cared about the player’s safety. He ambushed the exchange site and slit the hostage player’s throat on the spot.

When they had to quickly depart, the hospital had many elderly and sick people escaping. The numbers were close to a few hundred. It didn’t seem like there were disorder amongst the people. It couldn’t have gotten to the point where people had started eating each other, could it?