Star Rail: Embracing the Milky Way

"Boy, this is the second time I've caught you. Last time you told me that you had an alcoholic father and a seriously ill mother at home, so you had to work alone. You also said that you were already twelve years old, but you looked young because of malnutrition."

Oleg looked at Chu Mu and continued angrily:

"Although I let you go at that time, I was also cautious. I went to the Rivet Town Orphanage to investigate. My goodness, you are indeed a member of the orphanage. You are only six years old this year. You exaggerated by twice as much!"

"Oh, I was wondering why the old director suddenly put me under house arrest for a week. So this is the case." Chu Mu suddenly realized.

"As a result, you slipped out again just after the house arrest? Fortunately, I was cautious and kept an eye on you here. Sure enough, I caught you! What do you think now!" Oleg looked at Chu Mu sternly.

"I think... um..." Chu Mu hesitated, "I think, uncle, you are quite cautious."

"Hmm???" Oleg widened his eyes in disbelief.

"Don't play tricks!" Oleg became even more angry, "Do you know how dangerous the work in this mine is? What if it collapses? You will be buried in it! Do you think those black-hearted guys will rescue you? They will just cut the rope and cover the hole as if nothing happened! You just disappeared from the face of the earth!" You just disappeared from the face of the earth!" "How terrible!" Chu Mu showed a frightened expression. "Are you really aware of the fear?" Oleg was furious, "Even if you are lucky, you have good luck every time and live to adulthood without any danger. But do you think that all these years of mining work have no damage to your body? Take the most common pneumoconiosis among miners, you will definitely get it. In the future, you will only be lying in bed in your twenties and thirties and become a useless person!" "But even if I don't go mining now. Don't we, the children in the orphanage, have to do such work when we grow up? "

As soon as Chu Mu said this, the air seemed to be a little quieter.

Oleg's face twitched violently for a few times. He wanted to refute something, but it seemed that he could not refute anything.

In the end, he could only say helplessly:

"But at least you are still young now, the orphanage will provide you with food, and you don't have to go to the mine to work. At least, you can still spend a relatively happy childhood. "

"Childhood... People like us, who have no parents, will not care about us even if we die. What kind of childhood can we talk about?" Chu Mu looked up at Oleg stubbornly, "Commander Oleg, for me, childhood is painful."

At this moment, the boy's clear eyes were like a knife, deeply hurting Oleg's eyes. Oleg turned his head away reluctantly and sighed:

"I won't tell your dean about this matter, don't come to the mine in the future. "Well, Commander Oleg, you are a good man." Chu Mu nodded, picked up the empty woven bag containing ore on the ground, and walked away until he disappeared from Oleg's sight. Oleg looked at the soldiers beside him and said sternly: "You will keep a close eye on this place in the future, and no children are allowed to come in!" "Yes!" The iron guard saluted. At this time, an iron guard smiled and said: "Commander, I don't think he will come again in the future." "Why?" "People like him have been named by the iron guards. No one will dare to hire them in the mine in the future. If he comes, he will be driven away." "What else can he do in the future? I mean when he grows up?" "I don't know, probably pick up garbage. Didn't he pick up a woven bag and leave? These children are like moles in the burrows, they can always find work to do. Don't worry about what will happen to them when they grow up. How many people in this lower area can survive to adulthood? Commander, you are too soft-hearted. You will get used to this kind of thing. "

After listening to the iron guard's ridicule, Oleg didn't say another word.

But his originally straight back hunched at this moment. He felt deeply powerless.

Chu Mu's last words echoed in his ears---Captain Oleg, you are a good man.

The boy did not blame him for cutting off his livelihood, but thanked him.

This made Oleg very uncomfortable.

Why, he is a good man, doing a good thing, but hurting people.

Why, the victim didn't scold him hard! That way he would feel better.

This world is really terrible, terrible!

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Big garbage dump.

When Chu Mu stepped in here, his legs couldn't help but tremble.

As a place to bury garbage, the city hall will not install any heating equipment here!

But fortunately, this is underground, even without heating, the temperature is much better than the ground.

At least, you can move.

"You won't be frozen to death in half an hour. "Chu Mu said to himself.

According to Chu Mu's experience, half an hour is enough for him to go around. After finding the target, he will come back to warm up and continue digging after his body warms up.

Although most of the garbage dump is garbage, it is possible to get good stuff.

There are often such legends in the lower area that someone dug up a treasure from the pre-war era, sold it at a sky-high price in the market, became rich, and moved his family to the upper area.

However, the garbage in the garbage dump has been dug by scavengers for hundreds of years. By now, there is no good stuff here.

Chu Mu did not have any hope for this. He could pick up some scrap parts and sell them to scrap buyers by kilogram. One kilogram was also worth a lot of money. It can be sold for one Winter City Shield.

After receiving the parts, the merchants will find the good parts and repair them, and sell them for dozens of Winter City Shields.

The profit difference between the two is dozens of times.

Chu Mu can only sigh that technology is priceless.

If he can learn a technology, it can be regarded as a direct change of destiny.

Unfortunately, in the lower-level areas, the spread of technology is extremely conservative, and people will not easily pass on the door they rely on for survival to others.

Chu Mu sighed at this desperate world, but he could do nothing about it.

When he came to the big garbage dump, he also went to see an old friend.

"Swarovski, I come to see you again. "

Chu Mu came to a pile of steel ruins and swept away the snow on it.

A huge humanoid robot was buried under the ruins, with only its head exposed.

Chu Mu also considerately put a few steel plates on its head to block the wind and snow, but it was useless. After half a month, the snow would cover the steel plates again.

Chu Mu came here regularly to sweep the snow and chat with his old friend.

Although they are old friends, they have only known each other for a year.

However, Chu Mu has few friends in this world and is young. It is well deserved to say that Swarovski is his old friend.

Although, it is a robot.

"You are six days, eight hours, seventeen minutes, and twenty-four seconds later than the last time."

Swarovski's language module seems to have some problems, but Chu Mu knows that the language module is the one with the least problems on him.

God knows what this robot has been through!

"Sorry, something happened and I was confined to the yard." Chu Mu felt a little embarrassed.

"No need to apologize to me. "Swarovski said word by word.

"No, since I promised you, I will sweep the snow for you once a week. I will do what I promised you, unless I die one day."

Death seemed to be a very ordinary thing in the boy's mouth.

"You, won't, die." Swarovski looked at Chu Mu quietly.

"No, Swarovski." Chu Mu shook his head and looked at the furnace core in the distance. It was the center of the entire underground world. The huge furnace was like a giant pillar supporting the sky, connecting the upper and lower worlds.

The boy's voice was extremely light:

"Swarovski, I'm dying."

The red light in Swarovski's eyes flashed fiercely, but he didn't speak after all, and looked at the furnace core in the distance with Chu Mu.

Perhaps for it, all it can do is accompany.

The dying boy and the dilapidated robot looked at this lingering world together!

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