Chapter 4: The fighting never ends and the people are suffering everywhere!
Bibisi flapped her wings, and a brilliant and dazzling white light burst out from the wings of the Goddess of Light Butterfly, falling from the sky and covering all the refugees on the official road in front of her.
These refugees, who looked skinny due to hunger, felt a stream of heat flowing out of their bodies. The light dispelled their fatigue, lifted their spirits, and even gave them a slightly uneasy feeling of fullness.
"It's a miracle. You two are so beautiful, you must be goddesses. Please save us!"
The refugees knelt on the ground, bowed down to Bibixi and Qian Renxue, and stretched out their hands, ready to accept the gift from the "Goddess".
Looking at the refugees' rough and black hands and the unpleasant smell, the pampered Qian Renxue couldn't help but take a step back.
However, Bibisi strode forward, helped the refugees up without hesitation, and put the food she had bought into their hands.
Each person was given about half a pound of brown bread and a small piece of bacon, and those who did not have bacon received an extra boiled egg.
This is a very simple meal. In small restaurants in small cities, such a meal is probably worth no more than ten copper soul coins.
But here, this is the biggest reliance for a person's survival, whether he can successfully reach a big city and settle down.
Qian Renxue looked at Bibixi with a holy smile on her face and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Ever since she could remember, in the few times they met, she had never seen that woman show such an expression.
As if she had made some kind of decision secretly, Qian Renxue also joined Bibixi's team and distributed food with her.
A quarter of an hour later, each of the refugees had an extra piece of food in their hands, enough for them to have a full meal and to survive until the next day.
Those who received the food knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. They thanked the two "goddesses" in front of them loudly and shouted the names of their dead relatives from time to time.
Some people even choked on their food while swallowing it in big mouthfuls, and almost suffocated to death. Fortunately, Bibisi was always monitoring the movements of these people, and from time to time she rescued these choked civilians, so this tragedy did not really happen.
"Old man, where are you going?"
Bibisi supported the old man and his little granddaughter, and sat together under the shade of the tree, then asked the old man.
Although he was somewhat surprised by the extraordinary beauty of Bibixi and Qian Renxue, the old man quickly answered Bibixi's question.
"We are going to Tiandou City, the capital of the empire. I heard that Tiandou City is extremely prosperous. We can beg together there, or sell ourselves to those noble masters."
"Of course, those nobles would definitely not look down upon an old man like me. But children like my granddaughter and those strong laborers should be able to do so."
"As long as they sell themselves for a good price, not only can they find a place to eat, but their family can also continue to survive."
After the old man said this, he touched the skinny little girl's head next to him with a sad look.
His son and daughter-in-law both starved to death on the road, leaving only this little granddaughter to this old man.
He will not keep the money from selling his granddaughter, but will leave it to his granddaughter. He is too old, and he must arrange a chance for his granddaughter to survive before he closes his eyes.
Bibixi exclaimed when she heard this: "You mean, selling yourself into slavery?!"
The old man smiled bitterly and nodded.
Slavery?! It was the abominable slavery! This parallel universe still had this evil system?!
You know, slavery, a system filled with blood and sin, has long been abolished in the Eternal Empire.
Moreover, the buying and selling of intelligent creatures is absolutely prohibited in the empire, and anyone who violates this rule will be sentenced to death immediately. Yes, not just humans, but all intelligent creatures.
Because the Eternal Empire has already reached an extremely high level of development of this universe, and those people who are not in the Douluo plane, or even non-human "aliens", can have the status of citizens of the Eternal Empire as long as they are willing to serve the empire.
Thinking of this, Bibisi looked a little dazed, and finally developed a hint of ill will towards this parallel universe.
Is it really like what Emperor Xuanyuan said, that this world is on the wrong track?
Bibixi's eyes flashed with a strange light, and she asked: "What about the royal family and nobles of the Tiandou Empire? Don't they care about you?"
Yes, didn't the old man from the Xue family say that the people under the rule of the nobles lived happily? Then what about these refugees?
Not far away, Qian Renxue, who had been observing Bibixi's expression calmly, sighed helplessly.
Are you finally starting to feel bad about this world? Yes, seeing this scene, even I can hardly hold back my bad feelings towards those inaction bastards in the Tiandou Empire.
When I was young, my grandfather often told me stories about how the first generation of angel gods eliminated dangers in the world and saved Douluo Continent.
But now, all she could see was the people in mourning, but she was powerless to do anything. Her current identity was the Crown Prince of Tiandou, and if she interfered too deeply in the state affairs, she would inevitably attract the suspicion of the Emperor.
But if Bibixi, the only person who has a good impression of Douluo Continent, really changes her mind, then wouldn’t this world be in real danger?
Thinking of this, Qian Renxue became a little anxious.
She had to say something, she must not let this woman lose hope in this world!
"Don't be fooled by their pale and skinny appearance. Once they reach Tiandou City, there will be many nobles and merchants who will accept them." Qian Renxue interrupted. "After all, they..."
"After all, they are all cheap labor, right?" Bibisi said softly.
"Uh" Qian Renxue was suddenly speechless. What Bibixi said was absolutely right, but this also completely blocked her from saying the next word.
"Wow, Uncle Erleng and Brother Xiaoqingzi are all dead."
The old man’s granddaughter took a few bites of food, then seemed to remember something. Her little mouth pouted and she started crying again.
Bibixi asked: "Old man, did these people starve to death on the road, or..."
The old man said sadly: "The guys from Xingluo wanted to attack us, and Erleng and his men all enlisted in the army. But we lost the battle on the front line, and the obituary was delivered. We had no choice but to leave our homeland and beg all the way to get here."
"Years of war and chaos have continued, and it is us ordinary people who suffer the most."
"I know that having a son is bad, but having a daughter is good. If you have a daughter, you can still marry her to your neighbor, but if you have a son, he will be buried with the grass."
Bibixi nodded gently and rubbed the watch on her hand. Qian Renxue beside her didn't know what to say, so she could only lower her head and remain silent for a while.
At the same time, in Tiandou City.
"Teacher, we found it. This is Shrek Academy, the location of the first mission given to us by the Emperor."
"According to the mission description, it seems that we can find our parallel universe variant here! I wonder what we will be like in this world. I am really looking forward to it!"
(End of this chapter)