Chapter 1 Meeting Point

Soon, Su Mo and the others followed Jia Lan to the end of the passage, and the scene before them suddenly opened up.

A very narrow underground gathering area came into view.

Here, square-shaped buildings were constructed, and the roads were very narrow. However, many children could be seen squatting together playing, laughing from time to time.

Judging from the scale, this was a gathering area of ​​more than 20,000 people.

"There is an open space over there. You can rest there first. Without our permission, you are not allowed to leave that open space. If there are any updates, I will notify you."

Jia Lan led Su Mo to a relatively spacious open space.

Actually, it wasn't that Jia Lan and the others looked down on Su Mo and the others, but that there were too many of them, and there was simply no suitable place to accommodate them all at once.

"Okay."

Su Mo and the others had no objections. They weren't picky.

Then, Jia Lan turned and left.

Lin Ming said to everyone, "Rest where you are."

When everyone heard this, they sat down on the ground.

At this time, many of the Hongji Empire's natives and children curiously surrounded them. Most of them were seeing outsiders for the first time.

Their eyes were full of curiosity and surprise.

However, they did not dare to approach rashly, still having some instinctive fear.

At this time, many of the resting people took out a nutrition bar from their pockets, preparing to eat and replenish their strength.

Although they had eaten before, the high-intensity escape had greatly reduced their physical strength.

Just as they were about to start, they saw pairs of curious and somewhat eager eyes staring at them.

Many children in worn-out clothes swallowed their saliva, with eager expressions on their faces.

Although these children didn't know what a nutrition bar was, seeing that the color of the nutrition bar was so beautiful and that it was being put into their mouths, they naturally knew it was delicious.

At this moment, Karinsha smiled and handed a nutrition bar to them.

A little girl hesitated for a moment, timidly reaching out her hand.

Karinsha nodded encouragingly at her.

The little girl then walked up, reached out to take it, a happy smile on her face, and said to Karinsha.

"Thank you."

At this time, other children saw this scene and gathered around.

Lin Ming and others, seeing this, were not stingy and handed out nutrition bars one by one.

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In the distance, an old man in a cyan robe with a mechanical crutch was looking at this from afar. Seeing this scene, he showed a thoughtful expression.

At this time, Jia Lan walked over and respectfully greeted him.

"Grandpa."

"Jia Lan, you were a little reckless this time."

"I'm sorry."

"What's the point of saying that? I didn't object to your approach. From the current point of view, this may not be a bad thing. At least, these outsiders give me a decent first impression. Of course, this cannot represent my final view of them, but our current situation is indeed getting more and more difficult. If we cannot change, we may not be far from destruction. We have indeed lost in the competition with the artificial intelligence Hei Zhou."

"Grandpa, that won't happen."

Jia Lan kept shaking her head.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. After thinking about it, you brought them back, so you will be responsible for contacting them. To show sincerity, I will allow you to take some of them to visit and understand our gathering area. Also, you must ask them clearly about their background."

"I will."

Jia Lan nodded emphatically.

"Silly child, you don't need to have too much psychological pressure. Take it slow. Even if we are not doing well, we won't collapse in a short time. But there is one thing I must remind you: don't trust these outsiders too much. Humans are very complex beings with a strong capacity for deception."

"I understand."

"Go ahead and make bold contact. As for the different voices from the Council of Elders, I will suppress them for you. The future ultimately belongs to you young people."

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Inside the temporary camp, Su Mo and the others sat together, whispering.

Lin Ming directly stated his thoughts.

"I just observed it a little, and I found that although this place is dilapidated, the level of civilization is well preserved. Not to mention anything else, the air quality here is not the same as in the sewers at all, which means that there is a complete air filtration system here."

Karinsha agreed.

"Not only that, but if you look closely at the houses here, they are not ordinary metal structures. They are all constructed with alloy. They should be made of materials plundered from the security guards they killed. They should have considerable processing capabilities and should have retained some manufacturing capabilities."

"According to what you said, they are not ordinary Hongji Empire remnants."

Su Mo pondered for a while and said.

"They may be core members."

Lin Ming nodded and said.

"What's the difference?"

Witke asked puzzled.

"The difference is big. If they are core members of the Hongji Empire, they must know how to leave here. At the very least, they know what methods to use to leave. You must know that until now, we have not figured out how we crashed into this damn place."

Su Mo explained to Witke.

"I don't think so. If they knew how to leave, they would have left long ago."

Witke wasn't optimistic.

At this time, Qian Chengxue reminded, "Okay, let's not discuss these things. That woman named Jia Lan is coming over."

Su Mo and the others all closed their mouths.

At this time, Jia Lan walked over, and Lin Ming and the others greeted her one after another.

"Hello, Miss Jia Lan."

Jia Lan glanced at Lin Ming and the others, then focused her eyes on Su Mo, ignoring the others and saying, "You, come with me."

"Ah, me?"

Su Mo was also stunned.

"Is there a problem?"

"No."

Su Mo reacted and quickly responded.

Qian Chengxue and Karinsha saw this scene, their lips moved slightly, wanting to speak, but gave up again.

They could only watch Su Mo leave with Jia Lan.

After the two walked away, Witke said with some worry: "They took Su Mo away alone. Will it be bad for him?"

Although Witke didn't like Su Mo very much before, after this period of escape, Witke admired Su Mo from the bottom of his heart.

"Don't worry, have confidence in Su Mo. We don't do anything now to avoid arousing the other party's suspicion."

Lin Ming also trusted Su Mo very much unconsciously.

"Okay."

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On the other side, Su Mo accompanied Jia Lan all the way towards the residential area.

Along the way, many heads poked out of the windows of the buildings, curiously watching Su Mo.

Su Mo felt like a monkey, very uncomfortable.

He originally wanted to find a topic to chat with Jia Lan, but he felt that it was not appropriate to say anything. He was not good at public relations.

Especially since Jia Lan was a woman, Su Mo had even less experience.