Chapter 1524: Human Dignity

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Xu Taiping felt strange about everything he saw.

The cost of building such a large dungeon is very high. With Labrador's previous attitude towards people like Bulma, it is absolutely impossible for him to spend such a large cost on people like Bulma, let alone in the dungeon. He also gave Bulma and the others such a generous life.

Labrador must have a motive for doing this, so what is his motive?

Xu Taiping thought about it for a long time and only came up with a few points. One was to reduce costs and gather the scattered villagers in one place. This would reduce the management cost. Moreover, the scattered villages had to work every day. It is also very expensive to use cars to deliver food to them everywhere. Therefore, if we centralize it, these costs will be greatly reduced. Another thing is centralized management. If people are gathered together, it will be very easy to manage.

Apart from this, Xu Taiping couldn't think of anything else. Perhaps this underground city was also designed to deal with human rights organizations?

"Are everyone's lives the same as yours?" Xu Taiping asked.

"Well, yes." Bulma nodded and said, "Although we don't have enough to eat now, at least we eat better than before, and we are fuller than before. Moreover, there is not as strong sunlight here as on the ground, and it is cooler. , living here is like paradise.”

"But... you are humans." Xu Taiping frowned and said, "As humans, how can you live underground?"

"We didn't look like humans when we were living on the ground. Here, at least we can fill our stomachs, so who cares if we are humans? If we live like humans, can we eat and drink enough?" Bulma asked .

Bulma's words made Xu Taiping a little unsure of how to answer.

"What you call human rights is no better than a piece of bread here. We don't need anyone to rescue us, as long as we can have enough to eat." Bulma said, taking out Xu Taiping from her pocket The tracker given to him said, "Thank you for always thinking about us. However, our family is very happy living here now, so I give this to you."

After speaking, Bulma handed the tracker to Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping took the tracker, looked at Bulma and said, "Are you sure you don't want to return to the ground? What if you can have a life like this after you return to the ground?"

"How could we have the life we ​​have now when we return to the ground? Impossible." Bulma shook her head.

"How do you know it's impossible if you don't give it a try?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I'm just a child, how can I try? Now let me go back up there, I don't even have a home, there is only a dead end." Bulma said.

Xu Taiping remained silent because he felt that what Bulma said was right.

The so-called human dignity is really worthless to people like Bulma who have been on the verge of starving to death for a long time. People like Xu Taiping may think that living underground is not good and has no personality, but for For Bulma and the others, as long as they have enough to eat, their personality can be discarded.

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly heard a scream coming from not far away.

Xu Taiping followed the sound.

I saw two soldiers in camouflage uniforms, talking and laughing while pulling a woman towards the house next to them.

Although this woman was very thin, she could still tell that she was pretty. Her hand was held by someone, and her whole body was almost dragged towards the room.

The woman screamed crazily, but it was of no use. Beside the woman, a man was begging. He clasped his hands and kept begging the two soldiers not to take his wife away. However, those two soldiers But completely ignored it.

Just like that, the woman was dragged into the room, while the woman's husband could only stand outside, his body shaking constantly.

Everyone around looked at all this indifferently, and no one stood up.

"Stop looking and let's go." Bulma said, walking forward.

Xu Taiping frowned and followed Bulma forward.

In the house not far away, women's cries kept coming out, which was heart-wrenching.

At this moment, the man standing at the door suddenly roared, opened the door of the house next to him and rushed in.

Roars and curses came from the room, and all these sounds fell silent after a gunshot.

A soldier walked out of the room, holding the foot of the previous man with one hand.

The man was dragged on the ground, leaving a long trail of blood.

The man was face down, lifeless.

The woman in the room cried and shouted, but to no avail. The remaining soldier in the room raped the woman wantonly.

The dead husband was casually thrown on the roadside. Then, the soldier next to the husband looked around proudly and walked back to the room.

Xu Taiping did not stand up, he followed Bulma and walked away.

As he walked, Xu Taiping murmured to himself, "Are dignity and personality really that unimportant?"

Bulma lowered her head and said nothing.

Perhaps, for Bulma at this age, having enough to eat was far more than anything else.

Bulma moved the bag of contents to an open space.

You can see that there are already many such bags in the open space.

Bulma wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked to the person in charge of registration.

"Your bread." The man handed a fist-sized piece of bread to Bulma.

The bread was a little dark in color and seemed not very fresh, but to Bulma, it was definitely a delicacy in the world.

"Thank you." Bulma bowed to the person who registered. The person smiled, reached out and touched Bulma's face and said, "Bulma, there is still a lot of bread in uncle's room, do you want it?" Come on, I can give you many."

"Really?" Bulma asked in surprise.

"Bulma, you're back." Xu Taiping stood aside and said in a deep voice.

"But he has a lot of bread for me." Bulma pointed to the middle-aged man in front of her who was responsible for registration.

"As long as you have enough bread, let's go!" Xu Taiping said, holding Bulma's hand and walking aside without any explanation.

Although Bulma was a little annoyed, she suppressed her inner annoyance after thinking that Xu Taiping and the others had given her money.

The middle-aged man was not annoyed, and sat in his seat with a smile, watching Xu Taiping and the others leave.

"From now on, you move things, take the bread and leave, you know?" Xu Taiping said.

"Why?" Bulma asked.

Xu Taiping was a little embarrassed to speak. Could it be that he wanted to tell Bulma that the middle-aged man might be a pedophile? For a child like Bulma, pedophilia and sexual assault are all very far away.

"Anyway, just take the bread and leave. It's for you and your mother." Xu Taiping said.

"Okay then." Bulma shrugged and put the bread into her pocket.

"Don't you want to eat?" Xu Taiping asked.

"I'm going to keep it for meat." Bulma said proudly.

"You really need to eat more meat, you are too thin!" Xu Taiping said.

"After you have meat, you can make broth and eat it. It is definitely the most delicious thing in the world." Bulma said.

Hearing Bulma's words, Xu Taiping still felt a little sad. Although he had already seen through the world, Xu Taiping still had trouble controlling himself when something happened right in front of him.

His concentration is getting worse and worse. This is an obvious weakness of Xu Taiping after he retired from the world of killers.

Xu Taiping followed Bulma back to their residence while chatting.

Their residence is located on the north side of the underground city. The family lives with another family in a two-story building. Bulma and the others sit on the first floor, and the other family lives on the second floor.

Naturally, Bulma's mother did not recognize Xu Taiping, who had turned into a black man. Bulma's mother was extremely surprised when she saw that Bulma had brought a man back.

Xu Taiping didn't explain much. He asked Bulma to help him keep the secret of his identity. He told Bulma's mother that he was just a friend he met on the road.

Bulma's mother didn't think much about it. She was lying on the bed with several children. Although she still looked haggard, she was much better than when she was on the ground.

"As you can see, this is our life now. We have a house to live in and food to eat. There is nothing wrong with it." Bulma said.

"Do you really don't want to go up?" Xu Taiping asked.

"No." Bulma shook her head.

"Okay then." Xu Taiping sighed. He wanted to save someone, but the other person didn't need to be saved by him. In this case, Xu Taiping didn't bother to spend that effort.

Perhaps, for the vast majority of people here, being able to eat enough is really enough to make them willing to stay here.

Xu Taiping has made a decision. Since the people here are living a good life, he will no longer do unnecessary things.

"I hope you will be happy living here!" Xu Taiping said, turned and left.

"Thank you," Bulma said.

Xu Taiping smiled, waved his hand with his back to Bulma, and then walked forward.

Not long after, Xu Taiping disappeared in front of Bulma.

Seeing Xu Taiping walk away completely, Bulma walked into her home, handed the bread in her pocket to her mother, and then said, "Mom, I'll carry a few more bags, and we can trade for meat tomorrow. "

"Don't be too tired," Bulma's mother said.

"No!" Bulma shook her head, then turned and walked out of the house.

At the same time, Xu Taiping had moved away from Bulma's home.

However, Xu Taiping is not in a hurry to leave. In fact, Xu Taiping is still very interested in such a huge underground city. Putting aside everything else, it is also a pleasure for Xu Taiping to explore this underground city. .