Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 591: Rotten Leaves of the Sea Forest
Facing Li Miao’s question.

The only young man who was still conscious had fear in his eyes and was unable to answer him.

Seeing this, Li Miao also stopped the pressure on the opponent.

"answer my question."

"..."Faced with Li Miao's question, the young man gritted his teeth and remained silent for a moment before he said unwillingly: "...We are almost starving to death, who cares whether you are strong or not!"

"starve?"

Hearing this, Li Miao frowned. To be honest, he seemed not to have seen any beggars or obvious poor people since he landed in the sea forest, so it was naturally difficult for him to associate it with this aspect.

"Tell me carefully."

Li Miao nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Seeing this, the young man, in order to survive, also told the reason why he attacked Li Miao.

They were indeed so hungry that they were almost dying, so they targeted Li Miao.

Because although Li Miao was not wearing armor at this time, he was wearing the [Scab Pendant], which looked like a valuable treasure.

"Can't the Sea Forest provide you with jobs and food?" Li Miao was surprised.

As he traveled along, he rarely saw any oppression or exaggerated gap between the rich and the poor in the sea forest.

"If you want to settle here and get a job and food... you must become a formal resident of the Sea Forest. Outsiders only have the right to pay for firewood or sell precious items..."

When the young man said this, there was reluctance in his eyes.

"Aren't there a lot of space cracks near the sea forest? Can't we enter them to get flame materials and treasures?" Li Miao frowned.

"Haha..." The young man laughed at what he said. "It's true that there are a lot of fire materials and treasures in there, but it will never be the turn of lowly guys like us to get them."

"On the tree islands outside the Sea Forest, those 'rotten leaves' guys have long colluded with the officials in charge of this area and have firmly controlled the rights of becoming residents of the Sea Forest."

"If you want to become a resident of the Sea Forest, you have to listen to them and go to those dangerous places to die, and hand over the spoils of life and death..."

Thinking of this, the young man gritted his teeth.

"That's fine, there's still some hope, but the people in Rotten Leaf are greedier than each other. If we want to see the person in charge of the residents joining us, we have to bribe them one by one!"

"Even if you want to escape, it's impossible. They will always keep an eye on you! Always pay attention to every single refugee!"

The young man clenched his fists and took a deep breath.

"So, I would rather escape here and hide, or even do something I don't want to do, than go back!"

"Today...I was wrong."

"Now, either you let me go, or you kill me."

The young man said this with his neck stiffened, quite courageous.

Seeing this, Li Miao chuckled and said, "Why did you use a stick instead of a knife?"

There was a knife in the young man's pocket, which he noticed at the beginning.

"I just need to stay alive. Killing people won't do me any good except attract the guards."

The young man spoke very calmly, without saying anything high-sounding like killing was bad.

"Interesting." Li Miao casually took out a piece of flame material and threw it to him: "There are more than one people like you, how about taking me to see where you usually live?"

Looking at the flame in his hand, the young man hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement for the sake of the flame.

……

There is no land in the sea forest. The upper layer is where the formal residents live, and below, there are roots and the sea surface.

But here, there are a lot of rotten leaves from the sea forest and some wood chips and branches piled up, forming a strange "ground".

The roots of the huge and thick trees have carved out natural "streets", but their dense number makes the place seem cramped and small. The space is dark and damp, filled with mosquitoes, flies and stench, but there are still many people lying on it to rest and catch their breath.

This seems to be the "lower level" of the sea forest, which exists completely dependent on the dark side of the sea forest.

Wow! New game scene!

"This is where most of the refugees live. Rotten Leaf's lair is also here... I won't go any further. If you want to go, go by yourself."

The young man shook his head and refused to go any further.

Seeing this, Li Miao did not force him to do anything, but just threw him another flame: "Go fill your stomach first, and then wait for me at the place where you come down."

Seeing this, the latter's eyes naturally lit up, and then he left.

"Rotten Leaf... No wonder it's called this."

Li Miao looked down at the leaves under his feet.

Then he walked in and began to observe the environment on the lower level.

Just as the young man said, this is the lair of "Rotten Leaf", and there are many people wearing the same clothes patrolling here.

Although it was dirty and messy here, Li Miao still saw residences made of wood in some important places. Judging from the guards at the door, that should be the lair of Lan Ye.

Just as Li Miao was observing carefully.

There was suddenly a noise nearby. Li Miao glanced sideways and then walked over.

……

"Idiot, come here."

"What did you eat? Let me see!"

"Bring it to you!"

"Tree bark? Oh, it's not tasty. Eat this. It's chewy. I'll give you some tree leaves."

"I still have a little nose here!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"He ate it, he really ate it!"

"He is indeed a fool..."

In a corner, a group of people wearing rotten leaf clothes were surrounding a tall and strong man who was sitting on the ground with his knees hugged.

Although the man was obviously tall and strong, his face was dull and wooden. At this moment, he was biting sharp stones and dirty leaves very hard with his mouth, and blood kept flowing out of his mouth.

The leader looked at the idiot in front of him, touched his chin, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Oh right, since this idiot is an eyesore here anyway, why not take him to the abandoned place? Don't the monsters in the deep pit only like to eat meat? Why don't we just throw this idiot to him to eat?"

"The monster is most vulnerable when it is eating. We should take this opportunity to kill it. If we are lucky, we might be able to obtain a large piece of firewood. Then we will be rich!"

"When the time comes, we can give some tribute to the boss, and we will be more comfortable!"

"Ah? This... this is not good. The leader said that we are not allowed to attack fools..." A younger brother next to him hesitated.

"Yes, the leader should value him very much." Another younger brother also echoed.

"Nonsense!" The leader of the Rotten Leaf spat, "If the leader really valued him, would he still be chewing stones here?"

"Let me tell you, his brother, that cold-blooded bastard, offended too many people. If we kill him, I wonder how many people will jump for joy."

"It's a waste for him to stay here anyway, so we might as well make full use of it, hahahaha..."

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(End of this chapter)