My players are too fierce!

Chapter 26 The Nest of Knowledge

Knowledge is the foundation of a city.

Emma woke up, leaning weakly against the headboard, while her sister Cabbage was feeding her the porridge bite by bite.

"Sister, we were so worried about you!"

The white cat with the human face, Little Fish, rubbed against Emma's fingers, its tone full of worry.

Emma finished the last bite, sighed softly, her lips moved slightly, but she said nothing.

They all knew that after their parents passed away, Emma would have to support the family all by herself.

Saying things like "The spirit world is dangerous, sister, don't go" will only make Emma feel worse.

Aside from black market traders and the Sage's Disciples who lacked test subjects, no one in this nest welcomed them.

Even the dirtiest entertainment venues refused to see her.

Simply because she has cat ears.

cat ears...

Cabbage placed the bowl of porridge on a pile of books beside her and saw her sister's cat ears swaying, which showed that she was in a good mood.

The three siblings depended on each other for survival, and she naturally knew her older sister's little habits very well.

"Sister, were there many interesting things on this trip to the spirit world?" She looked at Emma with admiration.

Emma flashed a bright smile and exclaimed happily, "Yes, I've found a place where they don't hate our ears! The people there are brave and fearless! They can protect us very well!"

His eyes were a bit strange, like he wanted to eat her up...

"We don't need to wear cloaks there!"

It just means I have to wear weird clothes...

"There, we won't have to eat bone meal of unknown origin!"

At least bread of unknown origin is much better than bone meal of unknown origin...

Wow! Really?!

"certainly..."

"Of course it's fake!" Little Dried Fish waved its paws impatiently, interrupting Emma.

"Look at myself now! Humans are utterly wicked!"

Little Fish's face contorted into a grimace, its fur bristled, and a low growl emanated from it.

Just like a real cat.

Several years ago, when Little Fish and Cabbage were about three years old, Emma entered the spirit world as usual, while he was taking care of his sick twin sister.

Cabbage had a high fever that day and probably wouldn't make it to Emma's return.

He then searched his house for something, intending to find someone to exchange some medicine.

He was already being very careful.

Covered with a tattered cloth, he avoided the crowd.

There were already quite a few mutants in the area where they lived, so no one paid much attention to this little kid.

Unfortunately, a group of homeless people were passing by this street.

The drainage system in Chaodu is discharging wastewater by simulating rainfall.

The refugees noticed the dried fish and started yelling things like, "Damn mutants! They made us lose our jobs!"

They swarmed forward, took the dried fish away, and sold it to a disciple of a certain biological sage.

Emma returned from the spirit world that very day; she found the dried fish in a biological waste bin.

He was already in this state; the pill was embedded in the pad of his paw, almost merging into his flesh.

That day, she painstakingly scooped out the pills and fed them to her younger sister.

That same day, she vowed to take her family away from here.

Emma watched the dried fish emerge from the pipe, and she and the cabbage fell silent.

Cabbage began to move towards Emma's fleshy palm and gently grasped her hand.

After a long while, perhaps as Emma's muscles regained their strength, she asked, "Ah Cai, how many days' worth of your inhibitors do you have left?"

A drug used to suppress the continued distortion of mutant bodies, a drug that allows mutants to maintain a basic human form.

It's probably the only product that consistently sits on the shelves in the stores here.

Of course, it's hard to say whether it's due to overstocking, but most locals simply can't afford it.

"Um..."

Cabbage counted on her fingers; her little finger was so short it was almost gone.

But this is the only way she can count.

Perhaps the medicine came too late, or perhaps her brother's flesh and blood still contained some kind of toxicity at the time, but her brain remained at the age of 3.

"It seems like there are still 3 days left?"

"That's good."

Emma breathed a sigh of relief.

Her biggest fear was that her younger siblings wouldn't survive until she found a way to take them to the spirit world.

In the City of Knowledge, every passage into the spirit world is controlled by a sage, who usually doesn't concern himself with such trivial matters and mostly leaves them to his disciples.

The residents of the hive, unable to make ends meet, had no choice but to sell themselves cheaply to the disciples, becoming a footnote in their story.

Mutants don't even have the chance to enter the spirit world and die.

This is because Emma was lucky enough to have a way to scavenge in the spirit world without going through a portal.

She must find a way to bypass the Nest City system and enter the spirit world in her physical body!

Boss Roland probably won't refuse her younger siblings.

As long as she sells herself to him, it doesn't matter how long the contract is extended, since the tavern has enough food for three mouths anyway.

She opened her small bag.

She took out the bottle of spirit realm essence, carefully placed it aside, and then tossed the bag onto the ground—

slam-la-

A dagger and several metal canisters containing supplies lay on the ground.

Mixed in with a pile of sand.

Anything she used in the spirit world would turn into sand after she woke up.

Then the items were put back, the last one being the bottle of raw liquor.

Emma lifted the curtain and glanced at her sister.

"Sister! Be careful!"

Cabbage waved to her sister, her face beaming and her eyes shining.

I put on a robe, avoided the crowd, and slipped into the alley.

Emma arrived at the usual spot with practiced ease and knocked on the door, which was secured with several large locks.

The door creaked open, letting in a crack.

"purchase?"

"Sell."

A hand reached out.

Emma placed the original essence of the elixir on it.

The door closed, and a moment later, a hand holding a money bag was handed to Emma.

Then, the door closed.

There was no haggling; everything was tacitly agreed upon.

Emma counted the money and made the allocations.

Guns and bullets... Hellfire bombs... Awakening rune materials... Inhibitors...

Emma jogged away.

"Isn't it interesting?"

In the black market shop just now, a hoarse male voice, completely different from that of the black market owner, rang out.

"How could a mutant, bypassing the rift in the hive, obtain unlabeled spirit world materials?"

"And this lasted for several years!"

"Interesting...it's really interesting..."

boom--

A gunshot rang out, the heavy object fell to the ground, and the room fell silent.

This was just a minor incident in the Nest City black market, and nobody paid any attention to it.

Inside the tavern.

The five players were panting heavily.

They worked tirelessly for several hours. Although there were only ordinary zombies wandering the streets outside the Fifth Ring Road, the work still exhausted them.

It wasn't just the walkers attacking the tavern, but also those from the surrounding streets.

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The enthusiasm of the Niu Ma player was immediately boosted, and he collected enough ashes to attract three more players.

Well, there are no fish in the pond, so we can only pull one out first.

Under the expectant gazes of the five elders, a black robe was lifted up by ashes.

but...

He's only about 1.4 meters tall.

"No, sister, who are you?"

"Little sister, are you an adult yet?"

"This game is allowed for minors? What's that cutie in the group chat doing?"

...

Roland slapped his forehead. Oh no.

"Dude, why can't we adjust the character models in this game?! The models' heights are exactly the same as real people's!"

A voice, both anxious and angry, rang out.