Last Totem Novel - Chapter 34

Chapter 34 Ling Lan
On this day, Tieshan Town welcomed a bustling new year. People were happily lined up on the streets, ready to receive God Rain’s blessings and receive freshly baked toast. The queue for blessings was very, very long, almost from the street to the end of the street.

A little boy and a one-eyed old man stood in the middle of the line. The little boy looked at the long queue in front of him and said anxiously, “Grandfather, there are so many people. Will the bread be finished? I’m so hungry.”

The old man narrowed his eyes and looked at the queue. He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said, “There are indeed a lot of people today. Perhaps we will really finish the distribution.”

The little boy almost burst into tears when he heard this. He waited for the stars and the moon to eat toast. Afterwards, the little boy rolled his eyes, then left the old man and ran to the front of the line. The old man watched the little boy run in front of him and couldn’t decide whether to continue to line up or chase after him. If he chased after him, he would have to give up his current position. However, if the little boy did not catch up, it would not be good if he did not get into trouble, not only would he not be able to eat bread at that time, but the grandfather and grandson would also attract a beating. Then, the old man thought about it. His grandson was still young. In the past, the nuns liked children better. Thinking of this, the old man sighed and said to himself, “Let him try his luck.” If they gave up their current position, four large pieces of bread for two people would probably be gone. This was their dry rations to the south.

After the little boy left the old man, he ran to the front of the line. When he saw the people taking the fragrant toast from the hands of the nuns, he felt even more hungry. So he squeezed in, wanting to cut in to get bread.

At this time, a skinny man standing at the front of the queue noticed that the little boy was squeezing towards him. He immediately cursed, “Damn, you dare to join my team.” Before he could finish his sentence, he directly kicked him!

There was a muffled sound and the little boy was kicked out. Another muffled sound followed, and the back of the little boy’s head landed heavily on the floor. The little boy was thrown to the ground. He first got up and looked blankly at the person who hit him. Then, he felt a terrible pain in his chest and head. Then, like all bullied children of his age, he sat on the ground and cried out loudly.

“Don’t hit anyone!”

The little boy was crying when he suddenly heard a scolding coming from above his head. The voice was clear and loud, and it carried an indescribable aura, as if thunder was coming from the heavens. The little boy wiped his tears with his sleeves and opened his eyes. The skinny man who had kicked him just now was trembling all over his body, his mouth opening and closing, but he did not say anything.

The little boy turned around curiously and looked at the owner of the voice. The owner of the voice was an elder sister dressed in light blue. Her face was icy cold, as if there wasn’t a trace of emotion or warmth. This was the first time the little boy had seen such a solemn expression. He was so scared that he didn’t even dare to look straight into his eyes. He almost wanted to close his eyes immediately.

However, in the next second, this elder sister, who was like a thousand years of ice, revealed a faint smile to him.

At this moment, it was like an iceberg cracking, and the dark clouds dissipated …

He seemed to see light, hope, and the end of the world. Qing Cheng’s smile had already left an indelible mark on his young heart. From this moment on, he had a new definition of beauty. Perhaps in his lifetime, he would never be able to see anything more beautiful than this.

“Little friend, where is your family’s adult?” The elder sister in light blue asked. However, the little boy’s head seemed to have been knocked unconscious, and he was dumbfounded for a long time without reacting.

“I’m his grandfather. I… I’m here.” A one-eyed old man ran over and pulled up the dull-faced little boy. He scolded, “Cry, cry, cry. You know how to cry.” The old man clasped his hands together and bowed to the girl in light blue. Then, he explained piously, “Lord Priest, I’m very sorry. I didn’t take good care of my grandson. He hasn’t eaten for a few days, so he ran around and caused trouble for Lord.”

A nun stepped forward and scolded, “As an adult, you have to take good care of children. Now that there are so many people and children are so young, it’s very easy to get hurt …”

The goddess raised her hand and stopped the nun from continuing. Then she took out five pieces of bread from the nun’s vine basket, packed them in paper bags, and handed them to the little boy. Finally, she pointed at the skinny man who had just hit him and said to the nun beside her, “He lost one.”

The goddess’s indifferent voice seemed to have no tone, but when the skinny man heard this, he touched his chest as if he had been granted amnesty. Although the goddess in front of him was very beautiful, he did not dare to take a second glance at her who had seen the world before. The reason for that was because he knew that the priests of the Divine Rain Prayer Palace possessed extremely high religious status and transcendent status. All she needed was a single sentence and a single glance. An ant like him would be annihilated.

At this moment, a handsome man walked over. This man was in his early twenties, and he was dressed in a gorgeous military uniform, full of dignity. The skinny man only took a glance and knew that the other party’s identity was extremely noble. At least, it was the young master of a large family in Silver City who had such a graceful appearance. Therefore, he immediately lowered his head and became even more humble. After all, these people were all giants who didn’t spit out their bones.

“Lily of the valley, what happened?” The handsome man asked.

“It’s alright. Go get busy with you.” The goddess replied indifferently.

As the goddess spoke, the little boy carefully noticed that a trace of displeasure flashed across her face. Although the little boy was young, he was sure that the priest sister did not like that uncle. Therefore, he wanted to speak for the priest sister. He wanted to say, “I don’t like you, you go.” However, just as he was about to open his mouth! The old man who had been waiting beside him, with his head lowered and his hands hanging down, suddenly covered his mouth. The old man then pulled him away while nodding and bowing, “Thank you, my lord. Thank you, my lords.”

After a while, the old man dragged the little boy into the alley and pushed him to the ground. The little boy was about to say something when he suddenly realized that the old man was covered in cold sweat. His aged body involuntarily trembled. The old man seemed to be extremely frightened. He reached out his hand trembling to support the wall, as if he could no longer stand on his own.

“Grandpa, you … you … what … what happened to you?” The little boy was stunned for a moment. This was his only family member. He didn’t dare to imagine a world without his grandfather.

“Good … Good, Grandpa … Grandpa is fine.” The old man patted the little boy’s head affectionately and said intermittently.

“Grandfather, I… I won’t talk nonsense anymore.” The little boy said.

“Do you know that you almost caused a catastrophe just now?” The old man said earnestly, “If you offend that Silver City noble, then from now on, there will be no place for us in this world. Even if our grandfather and grandson go to the ends of the earth, they will be in danger of being killed at any time.”

“I don’t believe that the world is so big, can he find us?”

“Yes! He can! He can! They have money, power, organic armor, armor, aircraft, endless resources. They have everything, and they can pay the whole world to hunt us down.” The old man gritted his teeth and said fiercely. As he spoke, he involuntarily looked at Silver City in the air.

“Is he stronger than iron slag?” The little boy asked. In his heart, the iron slag was the most powerful person in Tieshan Town.

The old man sighed and continued, “Compared to him, Iron Slag is nothing more than a piece of trash, not even a piece of trash …” Actually, Iron Slag is not bad, even a bit fierce. As long as you are not bad, he is not bad either. ”

Just as the grandfather and grandson were talking about the iron slag, the iron slag itself was leading Ye Xinling around the parts market not far from them.

The spare parts market is one of Tieshan Town’s biggest sources of income. The people of Tieshan Town sorted out the garbage thrown down from Silver City. Some of them were recycled locally, some were gathered together and transported to Sand City for refining, some could be used directly, and some were dismantled into parts and sold in the market. The people of Silver City lived luxuriously. They would throw away anything that was slightly old or something that was slightly broken. However, it was precisely because of their waste that the people below could pick it up and use it. In this regard, it was hard to say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

Iron Slag’s red comet was assembled from Silver City’s garbage. Half of its parts were found in the garbage dump by Iron Slag and Old Bull, while the other half came from the parts market in Tieshan Town.

The parts market was located to the east of Tieshan Town, covering an area of tens of thousands of square meters. There were hundreds of stalls inside. The stall was made up of rectangular tables, and then a few poles were erected. Finally, canvas was pulled on top of the stall to shade the sun. The stalls were close to each other, filled with all kinds of old and new parts.

Tie Zha was wandering in the market place. He could not understand the various parts. He came here today mainly for Old Niu. Although Old Niu was kindhearted, his temper was fiery, and it was easy for him to have conflicts with others.

Tie Zha wasn’t worried about Old Niu’s combat strength, because Old Niu could be considered a traditional evolver. Although the evolution of entering Old Niu was inferior to his, there weren’t many people in Iron Mountain Town who could defeat Old Niu. Moreover, the old cow knew a kind of “ancestral martial art” (as the old man from Sand City said), and it was said that it was quite awesome to fight.

But then again, why did Tie Zha say that the Old Bull was a “traditional” evolver? That was because the Old Bull’s direction of evolution was somewhat different from that of ordinary humans. His evolution was mainly focused on strength and endurance, with little improvement in other aspects. Therefore, the old cow’s agility and reaction speed were much slower than Tie Zha’s.

In Old Niu’s own words, it was–“The heavens wanted me to be a mechanic, so they gave me all the bull’s strength, but they didn’t give me any other benefits.”