Chapter 2: Star City
Since the Great Calamity, the world has been invaded by demonic beasts. The powerful demonic beasts' terrifying attack power forced the weak humans to retreat one after another. Bullets can kill first and second-level demonic beasts, but third-level and above demonic beasts have a defensive power that is truly frightening, ordinary bullets cannot penetrate their defense at all.
Although humans began to cultivate martial arts or other means of enhancing their strength from the great disaster, the time was simply too short, and they were not a match for the demon beasts at all, so they retreated in defeat, and humanity fell into despair.
It is often the case that when a real crisis arises, there will be someone who stands up to the challenge, and these people are what we call heroes. Heroes often have their own unique abilities, either being extremely powerful or having exceptional leadership skills.
It's ironic that the great disaster was caused by a few of these people, but it wasn't until many years later that the reasons behind it were known. At that time, humans didn't know whether to resent or be grateful to those few revered figures.
But at that time, these people who stood out got the worship and respect of all, and it was under the leadership of these people that Huaxia and others resisted the beast tide and rejected those powerful monsters to the present place.
After withstanding the beast tide, it was defense, followed by the present several large cities and the star cities around them. During this period, countless people died or were injured, and the population of China, a vast country with a population of over 10 billion, was reduced to only 2-3 billion. How many families were broken, how many people were separated from their loved ones by life and death, is unknown.
The dead are gone, the living must continue to survive, there is no time for humans to mourn, the invasion of the demon beasts continues unabated, humanity is still dying rapidly, and also growing rapidly.
The Huaxia region has five massive city-states, which are also the main cities of Huaxia. They are Jiancheng (Sword City), Daocheng (Knife City), Juncheng (Army City), Zhancheng (Battle Array City) and Ancheng (Dark City). Around these five major cities, there are some smaller star cities. Although these star cities are not as magnificent as the main cities, each of their city masters is an extraordinary figure. Otherwise, not many people would live in these star cities. After all, having a stable environment is everyone's wish under this beastly disaster.
Yedu Chen went to a star city on the outskirts of Jiancheng. Yedu Chen appeared at the gate of Xing City with Shanmao on his back. Although Xing City is not as large as the main city, it can accommodate a population of one million, which is much larger than those ancient cities.
The defensive power of the Star City is also very strong, and its security is also very high. Every time you enter or leave the Star City, you need to show your credit card, which is different from the credit cards before the Great Disaster, but more intelligent. Even two people can transmit credit points face-to-face without having to go through self-service banks or bank transfers like before.
"Hey, isn't that Ye Chen? You've already got next month's harvest on the second day of this month?" A middle-aged man standing at the city gate, holding a long sword and wearing black combat attire, smiled as he spoke to Ye Chen who was approaching him.
"Hehe, this month's luck isn't bad, I've already encountered a mountain cat in just two days." Ye Chen patted the bundle on his back and said with a smile. From leaving the city to hunt at fifteen years old to now being eighteen years old, Ye Chen had experienced many things and also knew many people, including the guard standing at the door.
"Ha! This time even the mountain cat was hunted, if one day you hunt a third-level demon beast, I wouldn't be surprised," said Xu Hao, the middle-aged man.
"Haha, Big Brother Xu is joking, a third-level demonic beast isn't something I can hunt and kill. Anyway, let's not talk about it now, I'll head into the city first, we can catch up another day." Ye Chen placed his wrist on the detector, confirmed everything was correct, then waved goodbye to Xu Hao.
"Uh-huh, no problem." The middle-aged man said casually.
Ye Chen entered the Star City, in this densely populated city, the outside ruins were invisible, and everything was bustling like the metropolises before the Great Disaster. However, the buildings here were different from the skyscrapers of the metropolis, but rather antique-like structures.
Since the Great Calamity, the increase of heaven and earth spiritual energy on Earth has led to some martial arts secret books being re-researched and re-practiced by humans, giving birth to many warriors. The physical quality of human beings has also been rapidly improved. The calendar after the Great Calamity is called the Ancient Calendar, in memory of those ancient people who created the secret skills and techniques.
It is now the 178th year of the Revival Calendar, and the influence of the ancient sages can be said to be profound. Just looking at the buildings in front of us can tell. The Star City, viewed from the outside, has a high city wall that doesn't reveal much, but inside are those revival-style buildings. At first, this type of building was not liked by people because it had low defensive capabilities and was unstable. A single impact from a demonic beast could shatter it, but all of this was resolved under the powerful array of Array Master Zhen.
Ye Chen gazed at the bustling streets and ancient buildings, lost in thought. After a while, he shook his head silently, feeling that all this had little to do with him. As long as he could fill his stomach and take care of his sister, that was enough; thinking too much about it wouldn't serve any great purpose.
Ye Chen arrived at the store that sold demonic beasts, a small shop with an elderly owner named Tian. Mr. Tian was very kind and fair in his prices, taking good care of Ye Chen.
"Haha, Little Dust is back so early this month, looks like you're in luck!" Uncle Tian said with a warm smile at Ye Chen, feeling a sense of admiration for the young boy who had taken on family responsibilities at such a tender age.
"Well, this month's luck is not bad, it's a mountain cat. Uncle Tian, just take a look and give me a price." Ye Chen said with a smile, Uncle Tian's price was fair, and Ye Chen wasn't worried that Uncle Tian would lowball him.
"Hmm, not bad, a first-class demon beast! Two fangs, I'll give you 550 points. The cat skin is basically intact, that's 50 points. A pair of cat eyes, 100 points. Adding the other things, that makes a total of 800 points. What do you think?" Tian Shu looked at Ye Chen with some surprise, previously he could only hunt wild beasts, now he can actually hunt a first-class demon beast, quite an improvement!
"Alright, thanks Uncle Tian!" Ye Chen knew that this mountain cat would be taken to another store and could only be sold for at most 750 points. Uncle Tian gave him 800 points, so he basically wouldn't make any profit. To think that one point was equivalent to 10 yuan before the Great Calamity, and 50 points were equivalent to 500 yuan back then - enough for a frugal person to live on for a month.
"It's not easy for you either, hurry back, Xiao Xue might be waiting anxiously." Tian Shu said jokingly.
"Well, I'm off." Yexin smiled and nodded before leaving the small store, earning 800 credit points. He had many necessities to buy, so he spent 100 points on fireflies at a large department store. After leaving the store, he spent over 10 points buying some vegetables at the market, leaving him with over 600 points remaining. Yexin then headed towards his home.
