Chapter 21 Everything's Lacking Here

"This place lacks everything..."

Mingmei followed Mu Chen to dump the sand, then returned upstairs. Mu Chen was quite conscientious, packing up his luggage and moving it to Mingmei's place.

After moving in, Mu Chen quickly found his place. He went to the kitchen, took out two charcoal-like things that could burn from the cabinet, placed them in a small stove on the counter, and started boiling the water he had brought.

Mingmei curiously stepped forward to take a look. This water was better than that of the game in old Earth.

"It's not that everything is lacking, it's just that resources are controlled by a few."

Mu Chen remembered the supplies in the hands of the merchants in the underground city last night. Compared with those in the underground city, the people living above ground seemed to be having a harder time.

"So why don't they just move underground?"

While curious, Mingmei looked up at the dark clouds gradually drifting over in the distance.

This reminded her of the thunderstorm weather at the Sixth Army base. She hadn't gone out these days, and had been awakened by the thunder several nights. She was really afraid that her house would be struck by lightning unexpectedly.

Even though there was a defense system over the base, the first lightning strike was always unreasonably accurate, which triggered the air defense system.

The worst thing was that she had asked the logistics department about the safety of her house.

Mingmei really didn't want her house to be the target of the first lightning strike. To Mingmei's worries, the logistics department slapped their forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot to install a lightning rod on your roof!"

Mingmei: ???

Before entering the game this time, she had watched those people install the lightning rod on her roof.

Now, looking at the dark clouds outside, Mingmei couldn't help but wonder if her building in the game would also be struck by lightning?

"What are you looking at?"

Mu Chen poured the boiled water into a cup next to him and saw Mingmei standing silently aside.

"I'm thinking, if there's a sandstorm at night, will there be a thunderstorm during the day?"

Mingmei looked at the increasing number of dark clouds. Mu Chen also glanced out the window, lost in thought.

"So, describing the climate here as 'harsh' is really that harsh."

The sandstorm that could bury people had just passed, and now a thunderstorm was coming? Even Mu Chen had to admit that the weather was not only harsh but also extremely changeable.

"In this kind of weather, there's no way to go out during the day."

Mingmei and Mu Chen each took a cup of hot water back to the living room. When she came back just now, Mingmei had opened the window on the balcony to let the air in. Now the air was noticeably humid, indicating that it was going to rain heavily later. She could even see flashes of lightning in the churning dark clouds.

"They're all nocturnal creatures."

Mu Chen took a sip of hot water. After he came in, his character identity explained things about this place in great detail. Those with strength basically made a living in the underground city at night.

"So, if that's the case, the underground city should be expanded a bit to leave some places for people to live." Mingmei once again expressed her incomprehension for those living above ground.

There was no electricity, and life wasn't exactly primitive, but compared to the modern society of the interstellar era, this was really like going back to ancient times to survive.

Even if there were energy stones, some of the equipment here was obviously so old that it wasn't even from the same era as the energy stones, and the energy stones couldn't even power them.

But then again, Mingmei remembered that when she was selling boxed lunches yesterday, she saw the vendors across the street trading energy stones with those people.

Energy stones as currency, whose idea was that?

"Living in the underground city requires following the rules."

Mu Chen sighed softly and mentioned the morning incident to Mingmei. He was robbed just because he walked past someone with a water bottle in his hand, and no one cared.

Mu Chen snatched it back and killed the person, and no one cared. Even the corpse was taken away by others who thought it was profitable, and no one would pursue the matter.

This was only the case above ground. These things were not allowed in the underground city.

For these people who were so arbitrary and had no concept of law, you wanted them to live in the underground city?

What a joke?

"According to you, the underground city is actually managed by someone? And it sounds quite formal?"

"Yes, the underground city naturally has its own rules. Those who are willing to be governed by the rules of the underground city can naturally apply to live below.

Like the four-hour underground trading market time, that is also one of the rules. In addition to targeting transactions, there are many aspects that are set.

It is also because of this that even though the conditions in the underground city are not bad, the number of residents in the underground city and those living above ground is still three to seven."

"So few? I thought there would be many in the underground city." Mingmei was surprised that so many people were unwilling to live in the underground city, and couldn't help but wonder, "Are there really a lot of complicated rules?"

"Compared to the Empire's lengthy legal articles, the rules here are quite simple. If you want to know, I can tell you in detail. It would probably take about an hour to finish."

"No, no, no, no need." Mingmei quickly waved her hand. She was asking Mu Chen while also asking Guigui, but Guigui's response speed was not as fast as Mu Chen's. Now Mu Chen knew the underground city's living regulations clearly, and Guigui didn't dare to respond so casually, okay?

Guigui was depressed. The system was not easy.

"It's like you live in the underground city."

"Yes, my character does live in the underground city."

"Huh?"

"I only came up today to get the luggage that this character used to have when they lived above ground."

Hearing Mu Chen's answer, Mingmei was even more surprised. She looked at the luggage placed in the room, blinked incredulously, turned to look at Mu Chen, and asked, "Then you are now..."

"Temporarily put it here, I'll take it back later. If you're willing, I can take you to live in the underground city."

"I see that you've been planning this all along."

Mingmei snorted. She originally thought that Mu Chen was really going to move in and live with her.

As a result, now it seemed that he was going to take her to start a business together.

Mu Chen didn't say much about Mingmei seeing through his thoughts. He only heard Mingmei ask another question: "Have you seen any other players? How many of them live above ground?"

"I'm not sure about that, but there are quite a few living in the underground city."

Even if many players were initially transported to the above-ground area, where people killed and cheated each other everywhere, those who had suffered and survived would probably go to the underground city.

Mingmei wasn't very interested in missing the thoughts of the players living above ground. Mu Chen didn't think there was anything wrong with that, but they had to be alive to not miss them...

On the other side, a small starship was flying towards the outer star sea.

Hu Yue sat on the starship with a listless expression, looking very complicated.

In this game, she had turned into a group of exiled star pirates fleeing for their lives.

Just yesterday, when she had just entered the game, she was stunned by the extremely chaotic scene. Before she could recover, several big hands grabbed her and ran bumpily. Hu Yue dared to swear that she had never been so close to a starship explosion, so close that the shockwave from the explosion behind her instantly pushed her into a small starship used for escape.

She raised her eyes and looked at the entire starship. Including her, there were only five people, each with tired eyes and disheveled clothes.

"Where... where are we going?"

Hu Yue managed to ask this question with difficulty.

"Nonsense, of course it's the outer star sea. We just hijacked a passenger starship, and were even caught up by the Third Army after tearing up all the tickets before we could destroy the corpses. Now there are wanted orders for us everywhere. In short, let's avoid the limelight first."

The words spoken by the star pirate piloting the starship made Hu Yue's eyes darken...