Apocalypse: I have a supermarket stocked with supplies-Chapter 184 - A little bit early
Chapter 184: A little bit early
Chapter 184: A little bit early
Their bubbles of water ended up drawing even more attention.
Anyone would take a second look.
Lin Murong tugged at Chi Yan’s arm.
“Don’t you think we’re sticking out too much?”
Chi Yan’s footsteps faltered. “So, you going outside?”
“No, no, no.” Lin Murong shook his head vigorously; he was still holding food in his hands, if he went outside, he’d just get entangled by women again.
Then why talk nonsense.
Chi Yan didn’t say anything, but his eyes seemed to say it all.
Lin Murong shivered.
There was an aura of killing intent; Chi Yan wouldn’t really drive him out, would he? Thinking thus, Lin Murong grabbed Su Yinhe’s hand.
Su Yinhe: “???”
She was enjoying watching the beautiful woman; what was this now?
“Galaxy, let me stay close to you.” Lin Murong tried to make himself small, stammering as he hid next to her.
Originally standing in the middle, but fearing Chi Yan would toss him out, Lin Murong moved to the outer side of Su Yinhe, now placing Su Yinhe in the middle.
This positioning hampered her view of the pretty woman nearby.
Su Yinhe frowned, she saw the trembling look on Lin Murong and ultimately said nothing, nor did she ask to switch back.
She’d make do with the view.
Standing in the middle wasn’t too bad.
It was just a little obstructed.
They looked all the way, but didn’t find a decent shop.
“I have a feeling.” Lin Murong looked up deeply… ah no, there was no sky here, this was Underground City.
“What feeling?”
Chi Yan was uninterested, not expecting anything substantial, but Su Yinhe was a bit curious.
“I think this is the place with the most women so far. Have they really not kidnapped women from other places here?”
Such a lot of them.
And these women, they don’t look like they’ve been starving.
Unlike the women at Sun Base, who are mostly emaciated.
The women here are pale, possibly due to living underground without sunlight.
But the women here aren’t particularly thin; quite a few are rather plump.
Though Lin Murong was trying not to look, his glance still unavoidably caught sight of some.
And he noticed several were quite… voluptuous.
“This Sweetheart Base is quite large, there must be many smaller bases around, it’s easy for those to dissipate, and then they join this base and women are brought down here. The mortality rate of women in Sweetheart Base should be lower than that of men. Lower than in other bases too.”
Once in, they were taken underground, fed and monitored, making it hard to die.
And being underground should be safer.
Unlike other bases where dozens or hundreds might die in a disaster.
Both male and female mortality rates are high here.
But, the food and drink here, it’s not known what they want in exchange.
They certainly won’t keep these women for nothing.
Now, it’s like…
Su Yinhe felt it was pathological.
To the newcomers, it’s normal, and for those who have been living here, it’s just the daily routine.
Looking at it just made her uncomfortable.
These people were captured upon entry, then tied down underground, never to go up, although they had food and drink and didn’t face natural disasters, but did everyone really want this?
Definitely not.
These people wearing such scanty clothes, was it their choice?
Even if one or two might choose to dress this way, she believed certainly not everyone wished to.
“This place is a bit like brainwashing,” Lin Murong remarked as he observed.
He felt they had been brainwashed.
Possibly the first batch of people were unwilling, and some were brainwashed, intimidated, or beaten until they had no choice but to agree.
As more people arrived.
They might gradually get accustomed.
Thinking that since everyone around is doing it, it must be normal.
Su Yinhe “hmpf” sounded, then slowly said, “A large-scale cult.”
“Destroying it might be a bit difficult,” Lin Murong continued.
With so many people, how could they destroy it? If they did, there was a great chance many people would hate them.
Many people have grown accustomed to living here, they’ve become dependant.
Here it’s like a greenhouse.
Having stayed in the greenhouse for so long, could they really face the harsh disasters outside?
Many of the women here lacked superpowers, and even those who had them were extremely weak.
How would they survive outside?
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Before coming down, Lin Murong always thought of it as a rescue mission.
Thinking of being a hero and such.
But now he was unsure.
By destroying this place, would it really be a good thing for these people?
He wouldn’t end up, in the end, doing something terrible, would he?
Lin Murong looked down, feeling rather sad.
They probably shouldn’t have come down here.
Maybe even shouldn’t have come to Sweetheart Base.
Not coming to Sweetheart Base, they wouldn’t have known about Eden Garden, wouldn’t have inquired in every way, and wouldn’t have come down here, not seen this, and he wouldn’t be feeling so troubled.
“What’s on your mind? You look like you’re about to cry,” Su Yinhe said as she looked at him and patted him.
“I’m just feeling a bit distressed.”
“Why are you distressed? Did you see something, feeling unclean now?”
“No. I was thinking…” Lin Murong, feeling dejected, shared his thoughts with her while Chi Yan silently listened.
“You’re worried about this? Don’t fuss over it. I think it’s just not right.” Isn’t this just like a tycoon keeping a canary.
The tycoon provides the canary with a big house, all sorts of jewels, costly clothes, extravagant meals, everything.
But not freedom.
When she read novels, she felt like the tyrants were tiptoeing on the edges of the law.
Not to mention, the women here aren’t even treated as well as the canaries.
From the moment they stepped into the base, they lost their freedom.
They never had the right to choose, were forcibly lived into this seemingly safe “Eden Garden,” Underground City.
Kind of ridiculous.
“But I’m afraid, afraid that if we destroy this place, they’ll die,” Lin Murong wouldn’t usually mind killing a few people.
After the apocalypse, if he didn’t kill, others would kill him.
But he had no grudge against these people; if because of him, these people who could have lived longer died, and a lot of them at once, he couldn’t bear it.
“Actually… we might not be able to destroy this place,” Su Yinhe’s little mouth opened and closed, splashing him with a dose of cold reality.
Lin Murong: “…”
“Though you’re quite amazing, and Chi Yan too. But it doesn’t mean, just the three of us can destroy this Underground City.”
That was a fact.
“This…”
“So, thinking about this might still be a bit premature.”
