Divine Tribulation of the Star Civilization - Chapter Extra 121. Private transactions (5)

[Extra 121. Private transactions (5)]

In fact, Joyner had already smelled the smell of onions.

The purpose of asking this is just to test these people’s reaction to him, and to ease the strange atmosphere.

“These stone beans and onions were the first ones I discovered. They must have grown from the fields outside to the ceiling of the cell… Ouch, what are you doing…?” The little man with dreadlocks grinned, showing a few yellow and black teeth. , but before he finished speaking, he felt someone stabbed him in the back.

Another older man sat on the ground, with a weathered face and wrinkles on his skin as if carved by a knife, and stood up slowly.

He was the one who had elbowed the little girl in the lower back just now, and he was always looking at Joyner coldly with suspicious eyes.

“Who are you, and how did you find this place?”

The man with a vicissitudes of face said nothing from the beginning, and only then stood up.

Joyner looked at the other person. The old man was also skinny. A thick iron chain around his neck was connected to both arms. His ribs and arms were covered with scars. He didn’t know how many whips he had received.

“Oh, don’t get excited, I’m just asking casually.” Joyner stretched out her hand to show goodwill. “My name is Joyner.”

Although there are many traces of mud on her arms, her skin can still be seen to be smooth and young. She is very different from most people in this era, like a pampered aristocrat.

“Joyina…? I don’t care who you are, you’d better answer my question first.”

The vicissitudes of the old man did not shake hands with Joyna, but continued to stare at her, his eyes full of indifference. After he stood up, the chains on his body kept shaking and making clanking sounds.

“Oh, that’s true.”

Joyner looked calm and had no intention of hiding anything, but her answer was very vague.

“I was imprisoned a few days ago. I had nothing to do today. I walked around here and saw a hole over there, so I crawled through it.”

“Are you a prisoner who just came in? So…you are offended. Mr. Xuanming?”

“Yes.”

“What is the hole you just mentioned?”

“Well, it’s just below the room.”

Following the direction of Joyner’s finger, several people turned their heads. Show a surprised expression.

“You’re lying. It’s a mud ditch that has been smelling for thousands of years. You can’t climb out even if you get stuck in it. No one dares to walk down there.” Little Dirty Pig didn’t believe it.

“This is our secret base. We have already seen the surrounding terrain. There is a dead end over there!”

“Yes, how did you get up from such a high place?”

“Is it possible that you can fly?”

Several people She laughed sadly for a while, her expression became uncertain again, and she didn’t believe what Joyner said at all.

“No, I was just lucky and didn’t die in the mud.” Joyner pointed to her feet, which were covered with mud, and said, “I did get stuck once, but I came out quickly. Later, they kept looking for a foothold along the cracked wall and crawled here randomly.

“What!”

Several people looked at Joyner’s body and calves with doubts on their faces, from top to bottom. The dirty look seemed to verify the truth of these words, so I started to believe them.

But Joyner had long felt that something was wrong with the way these people looked at her, as if they were hiding an animalistic hunger.

She knew that women rarely appeared in prison, especially women with a bright appearance like herself. These people have been imprisoned here for a long time, and it is always difficult to resist when they see women. I am afraid that their repressed desires are even more extraordinary than ordinary people.

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, she thought this was normal and didn’t pay much attention to the looks of these people.

Afterwards, both parties asked some tentative questions.

After constant exchanges, the prisoners’ suspicion of Joyner soon disappeared, and then they accepted her and allowed Joyner to sit down and share the delicious meal.

Their idea was simple: since Joyner had seen it and both parties were prisoners, the secret of their gathering here didn’t matter.

Because there is no need to hide these secrets. Who knows that one day they will die?

Through simple communication, Joyner was even more surprised by these prisoners.

The reason is that these people are not locals, but come from another human settlement called Iron Castle.

“Iron Castle”?

Joyner imagined the place in her mind, but drew a blank.

Iron Castle is a town on an important traffic road. The straight-line distance from Yinsha Castle is only a hundred kilometers, which is not too far.

But the roads in the middle are very difficult to walk. They either cross a large wilderness of death, or enter arid continuous sand dunes, plus a terrifying mountain that is difficult to cross.

In the direction of this road, because the natural conditions are too harsh, it is difficult for all kinds of crops to grow, and the products are poor, so there are few human settlements, and supply and safety along the way are big problems.

Only family caravans that are strong, armed, and familiar with the routes dare to travel between the two places. Therefore, these families should be able to make a lot of money.

In addition, Joyner also learned that the situation in the Iron Castle area was very different from that in Hidden Sand Castle.

If Hidden Sand Castle is like an oasis in the desert wilderness, then Iron Castle is a trading place in the mountains. There is a large population there, but the land is barren, mostly hills, and the food output is very small. Ore, metal products, earthen weapons and ancient cultural relics sold everywhere are the specialties there.

Most people in Iron Fort are good at doing business.

Many years ago, dealers sold goods to other places in the Western Continent, even the Central Continent, and obtained a large amount of property. At that time, business opportunities began to appear, and the town developed.

Relying on the prosperous trade routes, this free trade city-state has fed many residents and prospered the local economy.

But the scary thing is that although Iron Castle has a larger population than Hidden Sand Castle, its folk customs are fierce.

Historically, several major wars have broken out in this area, such as: “Blood Dance”, “Seven Kings’ Struggle”, “Assassination Night Banquet”, and the trade route dispute with Hidden Sand Castle – the famous “Three Years” tug of war”.

The result of the “three-year tug-of-war” is that Hidden Sand Castle won.

There are more than a dozen factions in the Iron Castle, which are very fierce and cruel, but they cannot be twisted into a rope, and the overall combat power is like a piece of loose sand. After being defeated by everyone, Iron Castle had no choice but to withdraw from the trade route operation. If the Rocket Gang hadn’t resisted the pressure for them, I’m afraid these gangs wouldn’t even be able to return home.

This led to intensified friction between Iron Castle and Hidden Sand Castle in the future, with overt and covert fighting never ending.

The barbarism and martial prowess of the locals in Iron Castle are well known to everyone, and they will not let anyone off as long as they are not local businessmen.

They were like a pack of hungry wolves, preying on passing business travelers, killing people, setting fires, and collecting tolls and protection fees along the way. In order to protect themselves, there are many businessmen who pay for murderers, which in turn stimulates businessmen to hire locals as bodyguards.

Mercenaries and killers gathered together, and they were actually equated in Iron Castle. They were both black and white, and undercurrents could be felt everywhere in the city.

Since there is no strong dominant force, several gangs are mixed in and compete with each other.

Entanglements, vendettas, and family exterminations occur frequently, and the order is chaotic. This place has become a well-known place for outlaws, and the weak cannot survive, like lambs trapped in a fence.

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