I am the former civilized hero.

It's just a common sense question. Of course it would be best if you can make money.

Ryan listened quietly, occasionally asking a question, and formed a general impression in his head.

As expected, morality and law are the first things to collapse. However, human beings are complex, and some people are born to crave disorder. Then, as desires grow, this situation becomes more and more prevalent.

All kinds of evil gathered in the abandoned area, different ideas collided here, and the attitude of the Fire Moth was also ambiguous, which Ryan could not hide.

Because counting with fingers is all good for the Fire Moth.

First, it is better to guide than to block. Get rid of those who disagree with you to avoid internal friction in your own territory. For example, the white left saints and the like, go and experience it for yourself, it will definitely touch your soul.

Second, the supply of materials has been reduced, and useless people have been discarded in a reasonable and legal manner. The crimes in protected areas are now punished severely, just like Ryan was chased by the police for destroying public property that day.

Those who are caught will be sentenced to hard physical labor. It is easy to escape and you can go to the abandoned areas to seek wealth.

Third, some data or materials can be obtained without casualties. Anyway, the files of these people have been deleted and they have long been missing, so it is also convenient to conduct human experiments.

It is just the sewer of normal human society, draining all the dirty and chaotic things into it. No wonder the public security in major cities has improved.

Ryan gave a bitter smile. After the third Herrscher, the world was very turbulent for a while, but it only took a year for it to stabilize. The people above were indeed a group of old foxes.

A lawless area has been designated. Except for a few people who want to challenge themselves, there is no need to commit crimes in the protected area. Just turn left when you go out, you can kill anyone you want and do anything to anyone you want.

'It's really morally corrupt and crazy to come up with such a dirty trick. But I have to admit that it's a dirty trick, but it's useful.'

Without channels for venting, society would have exploded long ago, but it’s also filled with filth.

"You mean, you can bring people here and then take them back?"

"Yes, but the Fire Moths are only allowed to leave but not come in. Ordinary people can't go back once they leave. Of course, people with certain special identities can come in and out freely, and they can even bring bodyguards." Tongxiu had a sarcastic look on his face. He lit another cigarette, took out a few photos and threw them on the table.

"There are some special services in the abandoned area that you can't enjoy inside. If you have enough supplies, you can do anything. It's better here. I heard that the fun in Africa is more expensive. Are you interested in learning more?"

"Not interested." Ryan took a look at the photo and felt a little disgusted even though he was well-informed.

It's not those perverts. They are looking for information about Honkai Beast. It seems to be someone from Fire Moth.

Tongxiu had probably come to a conclusion, but instead said more enthusiastically: "I'll get the things you want quickly. Scavengers know best where the inaccessible areas are. You've found the right person. If you run around on your own, you'll get nothing."

"How to say?"

"The Fire Moth sent those humanoid monsters here, but they found nothing after searching for a long time. There is a legend in Snow Prison Town." He cleared his throat and sang in a strange voice:

“A ghost is wandering in the snowy plains. It has countless eyes and ears. When you look for it, you find nothing. When you worship it, it appears before your eyes again.”

Ryan stood quietly, repeating his words in his mind. The humanoid monster must be a fusion warrior, and it was most likely a Honkai beast.

Spiritual? What about worship?

“Where did this song come from?”

Tongxiu did not hide anything and raised his hand to point somewhere. Ryan looked over and saw a figure in a robe whispering to a customer.

He might have pissed someone off and been knocked to the ground by a punch, or been spat on in the face, but he did not resist, but just stood up silently and walked to the next person.

In this crazy nightclub, the silence seemed very mysterious.

"That is?"

A trace of disgust appeared on Tongxiu's face. He shook his head and said, "A lunatic. There are lunatics everywhere here."

......

It was late at night and the lights in the room were flickering, which was a phenomenon of unstable voltage. The room was cramped, with only a bed, a square table, and a smelly toilet.

This is the best hotel in Snow Prison Town. It costs thirty bullets or two cans of food a night. Ryan washed his face, sat at the square table, and listened to the "oh oh oh" panting sounds from next door.

After a day here, he has roughly figured out what the abandoned area is like. It is a paradise for venting desires and negative emotions, the sewer of the world. But when he thinks about it carefully, it is better than the survivors in the occupied area.

At least the Honkai disease hasn't spread out yet, so there's still a chance to survive.

Ryan is hardly a partner in justice, being a calm and rational man who knows that being a saint is pointless.

He could not create enough food to feed all of humanity, nor could he invent a better system. To be more precise, he could not even judge who was a good person and who was a bad person.

The one who can make the judgment is 'God', and he, Ryan, is just a human being.

"Forget it, let me think about my own business. According to Tongxiu's intelligence, this snowfield is not that simple. No matter how powerful the force is, it will only be effective when it hits the enemy."

Ryan guessed that there was a strange Honkai beast, like an early warning radar, monitoring the Honkai energy response in the area, and would hide when it detected the appearance of a fusion warrior.

For a moment, he felt it was a bit troublesome and thought of hunting in another place, but he quickly abandoned this idea.

"A Honkai beast with unknown abilities. No, this area is filled with an unknown aura. It's really interesting."

This actually aroused his desire to explore. After all, Ryan's destiny was not simply to kill and compete to see who contributed more. He preferred the subtle "smell of defeat" in Honkai.

It is difficult to understand, constantly brings surprises, and requires humans to explore.

Those crazy believers are not that simple. Theoretically, it is impossible for them to have any connection with the Honkai beasts, but nothing is absolute.

Ryan was thinking about this aspect when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He frowned, got up and opened the door. After thinking for a while, he pulled out his loaded pistol.

The door opened a little, and he immediately saw a young girl standing at the door. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with chestnut hair, pretty features, and was wearing a white dress and gray tights.

She seemed to be very cold, and she forced herself to control her trembling body and forced a smile: "Sir, would you like some help?"

Chicken girl?

Ryan looked her over and shook his head: "No."

As he closed the door, he saw a small black leather shoe blocking the crack of the door. Just as he was getting a little impatient, he heard the girl's pleading voice.

"Please be kind. If I don't get any business tonight, I'll be sold to the tavern."

"Does it make any difference?"

"When you work outside, at least you have the right to choose. If you stay there, you will have to accept all the perverted customers."

This... is so fucking realistic.

Ryan looked at the girl outside the door again, more carefully this time, and turned slightly to the side.

"come in."

The girl smiled as if she had been relieved and hurried into the room. She was obviously very familiar with the layout of this room. She immediately found the bed, took off her coat, revealing her fair skin.

Her movements were very skillful. As soon as Ryan turned his head, he saw that the girl had taken off all her clothes except her underwear, revealing her thin and white back with many scars on it.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The girl turned around blankly. Her breasts were not big, but firm because of her age. Her stockings were also untied in many places. She tilted her head and it took her a long time to react.

"You like to do it with your clothes on?"

"I don't mean to do anything with you."

Then why did you let me into the house? To chat?

The girl blinked. Ryan was too lazy to play guessing games with her.

"Put on your clothes, come sit over here and chat with me." Ryan opened a can of luncheon meat and added, "Eat while we talk."

What kind of weird hobby is this? Why do I feel like this gentleman is a bit perverted?

The girl was a little wary, as the man looked mysterious. But when she saw the can, she swallowed and hurriedly put on her clothes.

The lights in the room were still flickering, and Ryan sat on a tattered chair, chatting casually with the girl.

Her name is Christie. She had just graduated from high school when the third collapse occurred. She used to live in Havito in the east, and then when the Fire Moths retreated, her family fled to Gothenburg.

Unfortunately, none of their family members were granted residency, and their mother was blocked from entering the city due to Honkai disease. They also had their savings swindled by a scammer.

Seeing that things were not making any progress, her father took his family away again, ready to try his luck in the next city.

Then on the road, the cold, bandits, and Honkai beasts took the lives of her entire family, and she ended up in Snow Prison Town. There is nothing much to say about what happened afterwards.

Her body is her only capital. Only by selling her body can she get food and shelter, and everything goes smoothly.

Ryan was silent. These things happened within a year, which was enough to overturn a person's worldview and destiny.

"Have you ever thought about what to do in the future?"

"Sir, I have no future. I can only recall my past life in my dreams." The girl smiled numbly and miserably, pointing to the empty can. "My future is to eat as much as possible, not get sick, and meet kind customers like you."

Life is just inertia.

Ryan nodded and asked again: "So that's why you went to that church to seek redemption? Don't you hate Honkai?"

"I hate it, but there is nothing I can do. I am not the only one who has encountered this kind of thing. It will happen to Gothenburg and other cities too. I have to pray for them."

"Pray for what?"

"Being killed directly by Honkai, unlike me, who has no courage to die and can only struggle in hell. Just like the priest said, in this kind of world, a direct and clean death is a blessing."

Christina's eyes were empty, numb and made people dare not look directly at her. From a psychologist's point of view, anyone who experiences drastic changes in a short period of time will become more or less abnormal.

Ryan looked away slightly. He had no intention of refutation. He didn't intend to be a saint by letting this girl in. The reason was very simple.

He sensed a hint of destruction from the other person.

Chapter 162 My Pioneering Path

Ryan is not a nosy person. In other words, he knows what's going on.

Of course he could use his authority to allow the girl to return to her previous life, but he could not heal her psychological trauma, nor could he save all those who had similar experiences.

He couldn't do it, the Thirteen Heroes couldn't do it, and the Fire Moth couldn't do it either.

So Ryan didn't think much about it, nor did he refute the other party, saying something like you shouldn't turn hate into love.

The future is like an abyss, he only focuses on the present, such as the abnormal Honkai energy on the girl's body.

“How many times a week do you go to church?”

"Twice. You can sleep there. It's very noisy when you go back to the store. Sometimes you will be woken up to help when you are sleeping."

"Just sleeping?"

"Ah."

Ryan stared into her light blue eyes to make sure she wasn't lying, but he grumbled in his heart.

This is strange, could it be an instrument error?

He secretly measured it with a detector and found that the girl's Honkai energy was several percentage points higher than that in the air. She herself was not a Honkai disease patient. Generally speaking, this kind of energy should not appear in ordinary people.