You've become the warden, and you're telling me I'm an undercover agent?

Chapter 287 "He Promised to Kill You"

When the group arrived at the city of Shariwa, the yellow waves had already submerged half of the sun, and the desert night looked very desolate.

When entering the city, escorted by three cavalrymen, he still received many awe-inspiring glances.

Wherever the group's camels passed, people stood silently on either side. Chi Ping glanced over, but no one dared to meet his gaze.

The woman held the child tightly in her arms and carefully blocked his mouth; the merchants and passersby dismounted from their mounts and comforted the animals;

Even the guests in the restaurant stood up from their seats and quickly swallowed the food in their mouths.

The cries of hawkers, solicitations, and bargaining—all the controlled sounds—diminished. The straight, busy street was now empty, a single aisle cleared in the middle. Even the elderly vendors, with limited mobility, hurriedly moved their goods to the sides.

For a moment, the only sound on the street was the "click" sound of Chi Ping and others' mounts as they rode.

This scene made Chi Ping realize for the first time the lofty status of advanced humans in the world of ruins.

"Ah!"

A donkey's bray broke the silence on the street.

In the distance, a donkey in the shed finally broke free from its owner and ran onto the street like crazy.

The donkey's owner was terrified and tried desperately to catch the donkey from behind, but the donkey had a problem: it would kick anything that tried to approach it from the side or rear.

The donkey owner had been kicked two or three times in a flash, but he didn't care about the pain and was still trying to pull the donkey. After several unsuccessful attempts, he actually pulled out a sharp ox-ear knife and tried to pull the donkey into the alley and then kill it.

In the eyes of the donkey owner, even if he kills the donkey that supports his family, he cannot let it disturb the higher human beings.

Chi Ping reached out and rubbed out a small ball of hair from the camel, flicked his finger, and hit the donkey.

The donkey straightened up instantly and fell down stiffly. Chi Ping did not kill it, but only knocked it unconscious.

Then, I saw the donkey owner kneeling in the middle of the road, sweating profusely, mumbling something inaudible.

Tuo Tu didn't translate it immediately, so Chi Ping could barely understand a little bit.

Basically, they were just pleading for mercy. He had family to support. His son was too young to be a livestock breeder to take over his job, so he hoped the adults would show some mercy.

Chi Ping didn't know how to say this, so he just waved his hand, meaning to let him go and forgive him.

Seeing what Chi Ping was doing, the three escorting cavalrymen raised their bone spears in unison, drove the camels under their crotch, and were about to charge at the donkey owner.

This made Chi Ping stunned for a moment. Apparently, the three cavalrymen had misunderstood the meaning.

Take "let him go" as "kill him".

For a moment, the donkey owner was so scared that he collapsed to the ground, his eyes and heart filled with panic.

This group of cavalrymen are not as good as Wei San in their ability to read people's expressions.

Or is it that all the higher-level humans here do this, so the cavalrymen are used to it?

Chi Ping could only wave his hand again, and then -

A flash of light passed by, and Wei San stood between the cavalry and the donkey owner.

The bone spears in the cavalry's hands snapped, their cross-section smooth and neat. Although the bone spears were severed, the immense inertia of the charge had not been dissipated.

Wei San grabbed the reins of a camel with one hand and pulled it hard towards the middle, causing the camels on both sides to crash into the camel in the middle.

Three cavalrymen, three camels, and for a moment they felt a little dizzy.

The cavalrymen fell to the ground one after another, and the camels also knelt on the ground.

How much power does this have to be?

Wei San's move shocked the surrounding people, but they did not show much surprise, perhaps because they were accustomed to the power of higher humans.

And this is also the capital that enables advanced humans to always be at the top.

Many people only dared to peek out of the corner of their eyes. Even the three cavalrymen, who had recovered from their shock, were a bit confused. They didn't know when they had offended the higher human masters, causing them to take action personally.

In addition, Wei San's appearance is ferocious, and you can tell at a glance that he is the kind of master who is difficult to serve.

So, not only the donkey owner, but also the three cavalrymen were a little nervous.

Fortunately, Tuo Tu finally came forward, but she seemed a little reluctant.

That evening, Chi Ping and his group were entertained by the Lord of Shariwa City. He was called "Lord" because the title of Lord of several major cities in the Ruins World was inherited from a certain noble lineage.

The city lord was a middle-aged man in his forties, with long silver hair that fell to his shoulders. The deformed part was his head, where a small tail seemed to have grown from the back of his head.

Its ability is also related to this tail, and it is said to have considerable combat power.

The city lord was accompanied by a girl who was no more than twenty years old. She was probably his daughter. Her appearance was very similar to that of an ordinary human, if it weren't for her colorful feathers.

During the reception, Chi Ping could sense the respect shown by the city lord's family. However, his daughter was shy and remained restrained, looking rather nervous.

The two sides drank and chatted, Tuotu handling everything, and then returned to their respective rooms.

Chi Ping told Tuo Tu about his doubts about why the higher humans did not know their language, but they still did not doubt it.

Tuotu was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed and said, "We are."

Chi Ping asked again, but she didn't answer.

Sure enough, the Riddler deserves to die.

The four people were assigned four rooms, and there was a man named Shalimai living next to Chi Ping.

The Internet, computers, televisions and other electronic products have not yet developed here, so there are fewer entertainment options, so people go to bed early.

Chi Ping, who was used to working outside, tossed and turned in bed and couldn't fall asleep.

Around eleven o'clock, everything was quiet, and moonlight shone through the window onto Chi Ping's bed. His eyes had already adjusted to the brightness of the moonlight, and a sense of tranquility settled over the house.

The quilt on the bed is filled with the down of a kind of water bird, which makes it light and warm.

The temperature difference between day and night is so great here that in a while, there will be poor people freezing to death every day.

When you can't sleep, you tend to overthink. Ikehei even pondered random questions like whether Erlang Shen's middle eye would twitch for good or evil, or whether Ultraman would kill the teacher if he raised his hand in class.

But the result was that not only could I not sleep, I became even more excited.

At this moment, a sound was heard outside the room.

There was the faint sound of a door opening and closing, followed by a series of footsteps. Chi Ping followed the sound and groped his way out.

Surprisingly, he discovered that a dark shadow was following him in the sand, climbing over the wall of the City Lord's Mansion and out of the door.

Chi Ping had some impression of this black shadow. If he was not mistaken, it should be the donkey owner he met at the market today.

But it’s so late, what are they doing so sneakily?
In order to find out the situation, Chi Ping even woke up Tuo Tu.

The latter was still mumbling: "I called you to go to bed outside and you didn't go, then you sneaked in and woke me up."

"The word 'do' shouldn't be used lightly."

Chi Ping said this and quickly pulled Tuotu, who was wearing pajamas, to catch up with the donkey owner and Sha Limai.

Sharimai and the donkey owner turned left and right, quickly disappearing from the city lord's mansion. Leaving the wealthy area, they entered a low-rise area. Most of the houses here were made of stone and wood, and many families kept dogs.

The actions of the two people caused a lot of dogs to bark.

After traversing streets and alleys, and then diving into sewers for another ten minutes, they finally stopped in front of a wooden house in the slums. They looked around, making sure they weren't being followed, and then they set up a ground ring in front of the house.

An entrance appeared beneath the earth ring. Their true destination wasn't the wooden house in front of them, but the basement beneath the earth ring.

After the two of them went in, Chi Ping Tuotu followed suit and sneaked in as well.

Inside was a dark, narrow tunnel, the floor paved with stone slabs. If you stepped lightly on them, they would make a sound, which was used to prevent sneakers from entering.

Fortunately, Chi Ping and Tuo Tu are not mediocre, so this difficulty is not a problem for them.

The routes in the tunnel are even more complicated than the traffic route map on the ground.

After following halfway, Tuo Tu had a preliminary guess about the identities of the two people buried in the tunnel. When he saw them enter the tunnel, Tuo Tu knew that his guess was correct.

Sharimai belongs to a resistance organization that is mainly fighting against the advanced humans who play a dominant role in the ruins.

Their organization believes that superior humans are the source of all inequality, the promoters of exploitation and the vested interests.

However, the main members of this resistance organization are mostly invalid deformers and inferior humans, and lack the fighting power to accomplish anything.

The crisscrossing underground network was also dug out over time by generations of organization members.

The place they finally arrived at was a relatively large stone chamber. Inside the stone chamber, there were about ten people sitting.

It was as if he saw the person who was supposed to be buried in the sand appear alive in front of him, and he was extremely excited and thrilled.

Next, with Tuotu's translation, Ikehira finally understood what they were talking about.

They had been planning something before, which was to assassinate the patrolling team of high priests.

If the administrative system in the ruins is entirely run by the aristocracy, then the religious hierarchy is entirely composed of high-level humans.

The highest executive officer formally needs to be appointed and dismissed by the Pope. Here, religion has a higher status than the administrative system.

Similar to the Brahmins and Kshatriyas in Ikehira's previous life.

The chief executive was held in turn by several noble families.

Every three years, the Pope sends the church's second-in-command, the high priest, to inspect various cities to search for possible "chosen ones."

The resistance organizations are naturally at odds with these high-level officials, so they naturally choose them as targets for hunting.

However, before the high priest's inspection, each city will be swept in advance to eliminate some inferior humans and invalid deformers.

So, Shalimai was arrested.

This afternoon, the donkey owner joined forces with some brothers from the resistance organization and prepared to ambush and kill a group of cavalry from the City Lord's Mansion on the road to avenge Sharimai.

But who would have thought that the person buried in the sand was actually there? It was a blessing in disguise.

After the members of the resistance organization learned that Chi Ping and his group were advanced humans, someone immediately proposed to hunt them down.

This proposal was strongly opposed by Sharimai.

He thought Chi Ping was a good person, especially the short, chubby lady, who was like an angel. She healed Sharimai, both physically and mentally.

Soon, someone stood up and called Shalimai a traitor.

Sharimai was very stubborn and refused to cooperate with the others in the assassination of Chi Ping. Someone even punched Sharimai in the face, forcing the donkey owner to separate them.

Sharimai's eyes were determined, like a lone warrior. He did not fight back against those who hurt him, nor would he betray those who helped him.

"What did you do to him?" Tuotu lowered his voice and asked Chi Ping quietly.

"Just save him a little." Chi Ping spread his hands.

Perhaps due to his personality, Ikehira himself hadn't noticed, but his attitude towards Sari was completely equal.

On the road, he had a camel, and Sha Limai naturally had a camel as well;
In the City Lord's Mansion, he sat at the top seat, and naturally Sharimai also had a seat;
At night, Ikehira has a spacious and comfortable place to stay, and Sarimei naturally has one too.

Sarimei paid special attention to the way Ikehira looked at him. It was like looking at an ordinary friend, without any contempt or neglect.

This touched the heart of a person who had lived at the bottom of society for a long time.

"Do you know what he said?" Tuotu asked.

"What?"

"He said he would rather endure torture than betray the organization; he would rather die than betray you."

Chi Ping nodded, thought for a while, and then said, "But people like this often can't please both sides, right?"

As Ikehira finished his words, Sarimei was hit by another punch.

Some blamed him for betraying the organization's beliefs, some said he was deceived by the enemy, and some even said he was corrupted by money.

Sha Limai was speechless for a moment. Seeing that the situation was almost out of control, even Chi Ping was considering whether to take action.

At this time, another person walked into the dark and narrow passage.

Chi Ping had also seen this person.

The visitor was a woman, and judging by her attire, she must be either wealthy or noble in the ruins.

She was about twenty years old, with a pretty face and a graceful figure. She was the city lord's daughter, the shy girl.

"You're here."

One of the rebels said this, and the others stood up. It seemed the city lord's daughter was of high status.

"What happened?" asked the city lord's daughter, referring to the assassination of Chi Ping and his group.

"He hasn't agreed yet." someone answered.

The city lord's daughter's face darkened.

In the tunnel, Chi Ping nudged Tuotu and said, "You translate."

"They're trying to convince Shalimai to kill you."

"and then?"

"Sarimai disagrees, and the City Lord's wife is very unhappy."

"The City Lord's Wife? She is the City Lord's Wife!" So she is the wife. Chi Ping was a little surprised, but it was also normal.

Soon, Chi Ping saw the city lord's wife drive everyone else out, leaving only Shali buried in the stone chamber.

Next, the two of them discussed for a while. Chi Ping kept waiting for Tuotu to translate, but Tuotu seemed to be fascinated by what she was saying, so Chi Ping couldn't help but push her gently.

"That's what you said."

"She asked him to control his feelings so that it would be better for all three of them."

"Ah?" This sentence made Chi Ping think for a while. The three people should be the city lord, Sarimai and the city lord's wife, right?

"It's over." Tuotu suddenly blurted out these words without any context.

"What's wrong?" asked Chi Ping, who hadn't finished eating the whole melon.

"He promised to kill you."

(End of this chapter)