Chapter 550 Tragedy in Azure City (13)

some time ago.

Viscounty of Avak, Azure City.

In the residential area of ​​Azure City, the large-scale collective apartment built by Viscount Awak had a total of three floors and could accommodate 60 families. More than 200 people lived here.

Most of them are rural young people who come here to work in factories, and there are also some families who have not saved enough money to buy a house.

There's nothing wrong with that.

Although it is a bit troublesome to go to the toilet, bathe and do laundry in the collective apartment, it can be tolerated once you get used to it. The folk customs in the Viscounty of Avak are quite simple, and there are many people who are willing to help their neighbors. Some elderly people will even help take care of young people who work outside. child.

It is different from Nanling which is still in the pioneering period. Located inside the western plains of the rear area that the empire has developed for who knows how long, life in the Avak area is quite tranquil.

Although there are no opportunities to make a lot of money, there are basically no problems with food and clothing. There are always job opportunities and there is always enough food.

Viscount Awak himself would occasionally take care of his subjects, such as designing some cheap and durable collective apartments - after all, he knew very well that only by making people live comfortably could he rule more easily.

In addition, people on the continent of Terra do not have so many ways to obtain information, and they do not have much ambition and desire. They occasionally drink alcohol, eat meat, and have a carnival during festivals, which makes them quite happy.

Normally, the family lives an ordinary life, bragging and chatting with friends, and doing household chores. It can't be said that they are unhappy.

Aunt Lydia is a well-known enthusiastic person in the apartment. She always cooks extra meals and gives them to the young people who come home exhausted from work every day, so that they will not hurt their bodies because they are too tired to cook and eat properly.

In addition, if something happens to any family, she will definitely help, and she can always be of real help.

Lydia lost her parents due to a mining accident when she was young. It was the kind people in the apartment who helped her find a job, which has supported her until now.

Nowadays, life is getting more and more prosperous. According to her words, you have to do something, otherwise you will not feel at ease.

Basically all the residents in the apartment have been helped by Aunt Lydia, and her family all lives in the apartment, renting three apartments, with her son and daughter around. Although she has money long ago, she can buy a separate house. I went to live there, but because I couldn't let go of those "unreassuring people" in the apartment, I stayed here.

Recently, there are only two things that worry my aunt the most.

One incident was a mother and son who lived on the second floor. The mother married an out-of-town ghost when she was young. The child's father died of illness when the child was one or two years old, and she had to endure all the hardships to raise the child alone.

But now that the child has grown up, it was supposed to be a time to enjoy life, but it turned out that the other party wanted to go out and have a career.

Although he certainly didn’t have this idea himself, according to his son’s words, he wanted to go to the Grand Duke to strive for wealth and better bring his mother to enjoy happiness in the future - but the fact is that he will leave his old mother alone. In my hometown, I am all alone.

It's not that my mother didn't agree.

The trouble was that my mother agreed too easily.

Although she really wanted to live with her son, she couldn't bear to refuse his wish... What's more, as a mother, who wouldn't have unrealistic 'trust' and 'expectations' for her child? , believe they can succeed without any reason?

But over the years, Aunt Lydia has seen how many young people want to go out and make a career?

In a ghost place like Terra, if you go out and wander around, if you can come back five out of ten, you have to thank Huaiguang for your blessing!

She had seen too many mothers and fathers watching their children leave town and then waiting, never waiting for their children to return.

From yearning to worry, from worry to uneasiness, from uneasiness to fear, from fear to confusion.

In the end, the confusion turned into "despair" when hearing the word "missing".

"Ruixi is still too soft-hearted... She has worked so hard for so many years, and I don't want her to collapse when she finally hears the news about Miles's disappearance..."

Aunt Lydia, who is also a mother and even a grandmother, is of course not optimistic about her son's thoughts.

But she didn't want to simply deny a young man's wishes and dreams. What's more, because Ruixi was usually so kind to Miles, her son didn't understand. Not only dangerous to yourself, but also quite selfish.

So these days, she has been thinking about how to quietly remind Miles of his mother's hardships, as well as the coughing and dizziness that have become more frequent recently...

As for the second thing, that’s actually it.

Recently, a strange plague has gradually appeared in Azure City. Those who are sick will have symptoms of dizziness, stars appearing in front of their eyes, and will gradually become unable to concentrate.

Many people have suffered from this disease. Many people speculated that the virus was spread by spies from Feiyandi, which caused a small panic. However, when the Archduke's envoys brought special medicines and distributed them to everyone, the disease It’s eliminated.

Aunt Lydia thought that the epidemic was over at first, but just a few days ago, a similar illness reappeared, and many people including Ruixi, mainly those who were weak and almost all the elderly, were even sicker. more serious.

It is precisely because of this that Miles, who originally planned to leave in July and August, has stayed in Azure City to take care of his mother, and has vague thoughts of staying. This is why Aunt Lydia wants to persuade her again. s reason.

For young people, you can only listen to what they say, otherwise, once the rebellious mentality comes up, if you ask them to stay, they will definitely leave.

Insinuations are only useful if they themselves vaguely have this idea.

"It can be considered an opportunity."

With this thought, the aunt felt that the epidemic came at the right time. She had never worried about the method that could not solve the epidemic - the group of bastards in Feiyandi would also use this method, whether it was the Grand Duke or the Empire, it must be very simple to develop a special medicine.

Just like last time, within a few days, the alchemist from the Grand Duke sent over a special potion.

But Aunt Lydia never thought of a thing.

No matter the Grand Dukedom, Feiyandi, or even the Empire and Lingzhi Academy, they did not expect the accident to happen.

And the tragedy that will happen to them next.

With worries about Ruixi and the Miles family, Aunt Lydia finished buying today's ingredients and prepared to go home. The tall and spacious three-story apartment could already be vaguely seen, and she couldn't help but feel a little happy: "I'll make it today. Let's order the radish stew, let the dough rise, and make some bread tonight..."

No matter what happens, days will always pass day after day. This is the daily life of most ordinary people on the Terra continent - worrying about family affairs and thinking about today's and tomorrow's dinner.

But suddenly, Aunt Lydia felt something was wrong.

——It's too quiet.

Are the streets around the apartment complex usually so quiet?

In addition, there is extra noise in the apartment. It seems that someone is quarreling? There seems to be a fight. How could it happen? Everyone is very kind to each other...

With such doubts, Aunt Lydia slowed down, and at this moment, she vaguely saw a man covered in blood supporting an old man and stumbling out of the apartment with a little girl in his arms.

At first, she couldn't see clearly, but soon, the aunt was shocked to find that the man was her son, and the unconscious old man he was supporting was her husband, and the man in her son's arms was, It was also her most beloved granddaughter Cynthia.

Snap, Aunt Lydia put down the rattan basket containing the ingredients in her hand and wanted to come forward. The man also saw his mother's figure, showing a complex expression of surprise, joy and fear.

"Mom?! Hurry, hurry up..."

He shouted loudly, but his steps could not go faster - there were quite deep wounds on his shoulders and thighs, which were slashed with a knife: "There are people going crazy in the building, Rosie... Rosie has been chopped by them." He’s dead, let’s run away!”

The man's eyes were blood red when he said this. He wished he could turn around and fight those madmen now. His mother has been helping the residents in the building for so many years, and he has always tried his best to help everyone, even if he is pregnant. Even light cannot deny their kindness without asking for anything in return.

The results of it?

His wife was just chatting with other women in the apartment, but suddenly she was hacked to death by several crazed lunatics!

If he hadn't been trying to protect his father and daughter from rushing out, he would have done his best!

Aunt Lydia was stunned.

Rosie? Her daughter-in-law, who is usually a bit dull, but is quite gentle and kind, and is also good at baking bread?

Is she dead?

Just... just die like this? !

For a moment, a silent shock swept through the old woman's heart. She began to feel dizzy, and stars began to appear in the sky before her eyes.

And these Venus stars, if you look carefully, can be vaguely seen. They are clearly all of Lydia's life experiences, all of her memories and ways of thinking.

And everything is recorded by a kind of mysterious fluctuation, and then condensed into an invisible and qualityless 'existence'...