They wanted to return to the administrative units under the Source Star Society system, as it would provide them with a greater sense of security.

But at the same time, each of them had some memories in their own towns that were hard to look back on.

Although they trusted Shi Xuan's judgment, they were subconsciously afraid of repeating past mistakes.

After all, there are almost no kind-hearted capitalists on the Source Star.

Joining under Ren Zhong might bring stability, but it would still be impossible to escape the fate of exploitation.

The previous boss of Starfire Resources, Yang Bingzhong, was a character most of the Qi Mountain marauders were well aware of.

Who knows if the current Ren Zhong would become the next Yang Bingzhong, or even outshine him?

But children born in the tribe, who have never seen towns, simply looked forward to their new home.

The children remembered the words of the adults.

"There, the nights have very safe communal sleeping pods. We sleep inside without worrying about silently dying in the mouths of nocturnal Ruined Beasts."

"There, it is a legal settlement, and Hunters won't come rushing in for our lives."

"There, people can sleep at night wearing rented wrist watches, earning 0.1 Contribution Points a day. 0.1 Contribution Points can buy a lollipop or three large pieces of synthetic Nutritional Ointment enough to support a day's food consumption, especially nutritious."

"There, we'll have our own new house."

"There, there is wind."

"During the day there, we can see the blue sun and twin moons in the sky. We can look at them as long as we want every day without worrying about suddenly being snatched away by Ruined Beasts."

"So, when you get to the town, you must listen. Don't fight, and don't make other residents angry. Otherwise, mom and dad will be driven away with you."

"If you see people wearing particularly new and beautiful clothes, be sure to keep your distance and don't provoke them. They might be Citizens, and Citizens can take our lives. Also, when hiding, be careful not to make it too obvious. If someone mistakenly thinks you despise them, you're done for!"

"Among all the Citizens, there's one person you can get closer to, seize the chance to make a connection with him. That's Boss Ren! He's a great person! Oh, no, you're not an adult yet. I heard he's only interested in adult beauties. Later, tell your sister, she's so beautiful and grown-up. If Boss Ren likes her, your family could get rich."

...

To calm these children, the adults wove many wonderful futures and reminded them of many precautions.

The children couldn't help but imagine how delicious that Nutritional Ointment must be!

On stage, Shi Xuan first glanced down, then said to Ren Zhong, "Still remember when we first came here, there were ruins everywhere, couldn't even find a complete house. This hall had collapsed like a ruin. We spent ten years building it, and now we have to leave suddenly. Actually, I still feel somewhat reluctant. Sigh."

Ren Zhong also observed this city built from ruins.

Ren Zhong pointed to a relief mural on the stone wall behind them, asking with curiosity, "Who painted this?"

In the mural, a person without armor was fighting a Ruined Beast with a long spear.

The lines of the mural were beautiful, the shadows used very delicately, and the depiction of the person and the Ruined Beast was vivid and realistic.

On the stone wall surrounding this mural, there were dozens of similar murals arranged with varying degrees of damage, some still intact.

Shi Xuan turned around to take a look and shook his head, "Don't know. These were probably recorded by the Qi Mountain people in some former era, depicting what they saw themselves. They existed when we first got here. During reconstruction, we saw these were well painted, so we preserved them, leaving them all on this wall, considering it a feature of Qi Mountain. I initially wanted to use this to develop tourism, but no one came in the end. Cough, cough, I was overthinking."

Ren Zhong laughed, "Indeed not bad, I hadn't noticed before. It must be very old then?"

Shi Xuan nodded, "Judging by the images, it must be one or two thousand years old."

Ren Zhong laughed again, "But my equipment's half-life detection shows the erosion time of the stone grooves exposed to air is only a thousand years."

Shi Xuan froze, "Uh."

After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then maybe a thousand years ago, humans still had the habit of fighting Ruined Beasts with their flesh, or perhaps people of the time were longing for the ancients? Hmm."

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