A weak cough came from Xia Simeng's throat, and a difficult smile appeared on the corner of her pale mouth, "It's okay... I'm the captain of the [Phoenix] team... Phoenix... how can it be so easy to die?"
"No matter how strong the Phoenix bloodline is, they can't withstand their torture of you every day!" A girl's eyes were red, and she carefully inspected the wounds on Xia Simeng's body. The more she looked at it, the more frightened she became.
"Oh...it's okay. Let me rest for an hour...I'll be able to jump around again in no time."
"These beasts... I'm going to fight them!" Another burly girl suddenly stood up and was about to hit the door of the birdcage!
At this moment, a hand pressed her shoulder.
"Linglin, calm down." Vice Captain Cao Sha's eyes were bloodshot, but he still said calmly, "This door cannot be opened at all in the divine realm... You are making too much noise now, not only
You yourself will die, and those ordinary people will suffer after you."
Linglin clenched her fists tightly, her chest heaved violently, and finally she leaned on the birdcage and sat on the ground in despair.
"Cao Sha is right. You mingled among ordinary people at first and were not discovered by them. Now in their eyes, I am the only night watchman... If you are also exposed, the targets of their torture will become our entire team.
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The phoenix blood in you is thinner than mine, so it is impossible for you to survive their torture... No matter what you see or hear, you must not expose yourselves."
Xia Simeng's tone was unprecedentedly serious.
[Phoenix] Everyone in the team was silent.
After a long time, Xia Simeng's injuries recovered somewhat. The Phoenix bloodline gave her terrifying hematopoiesis and regeneration abilities. Although it was not as abnormal as the Anqingyu blood rebirth, it was still possible to repair some non-fatal injuries.
She supported her body, sat up from the pool of blood, and looked at Cao Sha beside her:
"How are the others doing?"
Cao Sha opened his mouth and said, "More than 600 people died today...more than yesterday and the day before yesterday combined. Most of the people who died were older people, and some were caused by panic and external factors.
Those who died due to worsening of underlying diseases, some died of starvation.
Although this birdcage is close to a stream and can barely provide them with water, they still can't survive without food for three days... If this continues, more and more people will starve to death."
Xia Simeng frowned and said angrily: "These Greek gods locked them up here, can't they give them something to eat?"
"Their purpose is just to use us as threats and cannon fodder in the final battle... They won't care about the life or death of the cannon fodder. They just need to wait until the decisive battle comes and some of us are still alive."
According to this situation, it may be okay for young adults to carry it for another two days, but the elderly and children will definitely not be able to survive it."
Xia Simeng's eyes swept across the birdcage, looking at the poor figures huddled in a ball due to hunger, and pursed her lips slightly.
The dim sunlight gradually dimmed, and darkness enveloped the birdcage.
Under the faint light of the stars, moans could be heard from the crowd from time to time, but the vast majority of people huddled in various parts of the birdcage, relying on their remaining body temperature to resist the cold wind in the mountains, saying nothing, like a group of people.
Numb corpses.
In the corner of the birdcage, a girl was holding the cold corpse of a baby in her arms. Her body was shaking constantly and she was making suppressed whimpering sounds.
She didn't dare to cry too loudly. Firstly, she was worried about disturbing others, and secondly, she was worried that crying too much would attract those vicious guards. In the past few days, she had seen many people who yelled being torn apart alive by them.
into pieces.
As she cried, her eyes began to darken, and she subconsciously fell backwards while holding her brother's body in her arms.
At this moment, a hand held her body firmly.
The girl came back to her senses and was about to see the scene in front of her clearly when another palm covered her eyes.
"Who is it?" the girl said in panic, but she was too weak to break free.
"Don't be afraid, open your mouth."
A man's gentle voice came from the side.
The girl was startled, and just as she was about to say something, she felt something dripping onto her lips. She subconsciously licked it gently, and a fishy salty taste with a rusty taste slid down her throat and into her body.
After several drops in succession, the girl suddenly felt as if she was no longer hungry. Her cold body gradually regained its warmth, and her exhausted body regained some strength.
After a moment, the palm that was covering her eyes was released, and a man made a "shh" gesture to her. Because it was too dark, she could not see his face clearly.
The girl looked at all this blankly. Then, the man took advantage of the night and slowly walked through the sleeping crowd and came to a seven or eight-year-old boy. He also covered his eyes and whispered something.
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Vaguely, the girl saw him raising his bloody palm to the boy's lips, and drops of blood flowed out from the hideous scars on his palm and dripped into the boy's mouth.
The man's figure kept moving through the crowd, feeding his own blood to the younger children. Every few minutes, when the scar on his palm was about to heal, he would take out a knife and cut the wound again to ensure that there would continue to be blood.
outflow.
An hour later, his face turned extremely pale... After feeding the 200th child, he returned to the edge of the birdcage door with staggering steps, and sat down carefully while holding on to the fence, for fear of disturbing the people around him.
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"Cao Sha."
A voice suddenly sounded from beside the man.
Cao Sha, who had just sat down, narrowed his pupils and suddenly turned his head to look. He saw Xia Simeng, who was leaning against the birdcage, looking at him weakly with a complicated expression.
"Captain..." Cao Sha opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
Xia Simeng looked at him and spoke slowly, "When... did you start feeding them?"
"...Today is the first day." Cao Sha looked at the dark birdcage and said bitterly, "Captain, if this continues, these children will not be able to survive until the end...Phoenix blood contains endless power.
Just a few drops of energy can help them relieve their hunger for a day...so I thought..."
"Idiot!" Xia Simeng grabbed his neck with one hand, anger appearing on her pale face, "With some Phoenix bloodline, do you really think of yourself as a Phoenix?! Don't forget, this bloodline is artificial
Introduced into your body! Do you think you can create phoenix blood quickly? Do you think there is no cost to bloodletting?!
The phoenix blood you are releasing now is your own life!!"
Xia Simeng had already suppressed her voice to the extreme. Under the glare of those bloodshot eyes, Cao Sha just lowered his head and remained silent.