Soon, after a hearty al, the newly hatched sea locusts grew to the length of an arm. They swam in the dirty water, with scales and shells gradually hardening, sprouting several slender legs. The beginnings of wings appeared on their backs, but without enough nutrients, they couldn't fully develop.
Hunger, still hungry.
Following the scent of decay, it pounced, consuming the remaining corpses along with the bones, but it was still not enough. Driven by the sweet aroma, it crawled into a crack in the sewer.
There, it saw a tender face covered in gri and bewildernt.
A child curled up inside.
Food!
In an instant, it let out a joyous screech, eagerly pouncing forward. But imdiately after, what its compound eyes saw was not terror, but the child's delighted smile.
Filled with joy.
The child grinned, revealing missing teeth.
Food!
Bam!
A rusty steel rod ca down from the side, stabbing into the sea locust. Quick as a flash, it pinned the airborne sea locust to the ground. Then two or three people, holding their breath and focusing, pounced on it, desperately holding the sea locust down. Steel rods and hamrs pounded onto its head until the newly hatched sea locust was completely still.
The starving crowd rushed forward, tearing the sea locust apart and sharing it among themselves. Even the child used as bait got a piece as big as two fists.
The child held the bloody piece of at in both hands, bending over and crawling quickly in the sewer, falling several tis before crawling into a long-abandoned pipe.
In the stench, a curled-up figure covered by half a worn blanket lifted a face swollen and oozing pus.
"Look, mom, at, there's at!" The child brought the large piece of at to her lips, "Mom, eat, mom, eat!"
"Yes, mom will eat, will eat."
She gently took a small bite; her swollen face seed to show a smile, hugging the child: "Good child, eat, eat quickly."
The child continued to hold up the food.
One bite for mom, one bite for .
They continued until it was completely gone. In the child's embrace, the mom fell into a deep sleep. The child bent down, gently kissed her, and then crawled out, searching for new food.
Just beyond the narrow edge of the sewer, waste water rolled and surged, with a foul sll perating the air.
In the distance, it seed like shouts and screams could be heard.
And wailing.
On the crowded square, torches and lights continuously flickered; disheveled refugees gathered together, holding up makeshift banners and signs, shouting slogans chaotically.
Soon, they were dispersed by the forceful water cannon.
Leaving only a ss on the ground.
The torches extinguished, and in the dirty water, a decree of the lowest wages of the Seven Cities and a flyer for social aid gradually blurred.
Amidst the sounds of gun bolts being pulled, a booted foot in military shoes stepped through the dirty water, trampling the flyer into the mud, making it indistinguishable.
Yet no one cared.
.
.
Day by day, ti passed, yet Luo Island continued to operate steadily. Aside from the occasional small sea locust attacks, everything seed normal.
The once overwhelming disaster beasts felt like a mirage, leaving everyone's minds.
It's been over a week now, such a long ti without incidents. Perhaps it was already over?
But only Ji Jue knew that there was no end, it hadn't even begun.
In his observations, the secret pollution of the Tyrant was still spreading… Stealthy and swift, without disturbing a thing, yet abnormally fast!
It was like sneaking back over a weekend holiday, quietly making a key to return and steal the company seal, knowing each cara's location like the back of one's hand.
This familiarity wasn't the first ti!
"Those incompetent fools of Sujano..."
Ji Jue was grinding his teeth in fury, not expecting to still clean up the ss for these bastards at this point: "Isis, double their workload for !"
"Okay."
If I can't work them to death, then I'll work them ragged!
These incompetents thoroughly deserve it!
Collaborating with the Tyrant like negotiating with a tiger, and they weren't even cautious, unaware they'd already been rabble-roused!
According to Seno's testimony, the Sujano Family had been collaborating with the Tyrant for a long ti, tracing back hundreds of years to the early establishnt of their base on Luo Island.
At that ti, the two sides shared common interests, forming an imdiate agreent. According to their arrangent, the Sujano Family was responsible for regularly providing the Tyrant with healthy living humans, regardless of race or gender.
In return, they could use the Tyrant's power to navigate so dangerous routes, expand their business, or secretly suppress other families' forces, disguising as disasters or accidents.
Over the years, they colluded with each other, blending seamlessly, even creating that wretched "Bloody Mother" thing.
The main issue was that the Abyss Lord couldn't co ashore, and the Sujano Family couldn't go to sea, each side needing the other; otherwise, they wouldn't have maintained such a long-lasting collaboration.
But now, with the Sujano Family gone, the thousands of people scheduled to be sent to the Sea Abyss this quarter were instead taken by Ji Jue into his own factory.
Although he couldn't understand the significance of this group to the Abyss Lord, if he wasn't hopping mad with renewed hatred, then there was a real problem.
When the Lou Family was still around, he naturally didn't dare show himself, but following the disaster wind, the situation had drastically changed… After a couple of shots of cat's urine, now rejuvenated, he stealthily extended his hand into Luo Island again.
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