novelden Chapter 195 The boy I picked up is called Hope
Chapter 195 The boy I picked up is called Hope
Bottom nest abandoned area.
"Be careful! Pay attention to your feet and heads, and stay away from places with cracks."
The childish voice echoed in the empty abandoned area.
More than a dozen figures of all sizes were searching the abandoned area, picking up useful things.
Osside and two teenage boys, with submachine guns slung over their shoulders and gripping the handles, stood on the periphery, looking around vigilantly like wolves foraging for food.
Always be prepared to respond to danger that may arise at any time.
"what!"
A boy of about eight or nine was knocked down by a creature that jumped out of the shadows and let out a scream.
It was a mutant cockroach as big as a washbasin, covered with spikes and with serrated mouthparts that seemed able to bite through steel.
Just as the boy was about to be bitten on the neck by the mutant cockroach, there was a slight "puff" sound, and a dagger flew out of the darkness like lightning and accurately pierced the nerve center at the back of the mutant mantis's head.
The mutant mantis' body immediately stiffened, and its limbs twisted randomly for a few times before stopping moving.
The boy quickly pushed the insect away, stood up, gasping for breath, and with all his fear, he pulled the dagger out of the cockroach's corpse and returned it to its owner.
"Thank you. I owe you my life."
Osside nodded, shook off the slime on the dagger, wiped it clean and put it back into the sheath. He said coldly: "Watch your surroundings when you look for something. I may not be able to save you next time."
"I will!"
"Come here, I'll teach you how to deal with the corpse of the mutant mantis..."
Osside patiently explained to the new children the key points such as which meat can be eaten and which gland can be used to make medicine.
The successive changes in the hive city have left more orphans in the bottom nest. Osside has been assigned some new family members, and he needs to lead them to learn how to be self-reliant in the bottom nest.
This is how Chief Mario led the children back then.
"Brother, come here quickly!"
Just as he finished speaking, he heard anxious cries from his companions, as if something terrible had happened.
Osside led his men over and found a figure lying on the ground among the children who were watching.
It was a young boy who was about his age, wearing a ragged robe common among bottom nest scavengers, with short black hair, delicate features and pale skin.
You can tell at first glance that he is not from Dichao. People from Dichao don’t have such good complexions.
His body was covered in blood and had several wounds that were emitting a foul odor and had begun to fester. Osside touched the black-haired boy's forehead and found it was very hot. He had a fever.
The children looked at Osseid eagerly, waiting for his decision.
“…Take it back home.”
After thinking for a moment, Osside said calmly: "Chief Mario taught us to maintain basic humanity and help the weak."
Several older children worked together to carry the black-haired boy back to the mutual aid association's secret base.
After reporting to Chief Mario, the person was carried to the infirmary and received treatment by a professional doctor.
Three days later, Osside remembered the boy he had picked up in the scavenging area and went to the infirmary to check. He was surprised to find that the boy had been discharged from the hospital.
After asking around, I found someone in the forging room.
The black-haired boy, who looked energetic, stood in front of the blackboard, explaining to a group of craftsmen in the mutual aid society the key points of repairing various firearms. A group of technicians and craftsmen in the mutual aid society, even Chief Mario, the number one mechanic of the mutual aid society, listened very attentively.
Osside was stunned by this scene. He never expected that the person he picked up randomly turned out to be a master of mechanics.
"Well said!"
After the black-haired boy finished speaking, Mario Hughes led the applause and said with emotion: "Kid, you are an apprentice of the Mechanicus, right?"
He knows so much about mechanics at such a young age. Only those weirdos in the Mechanicus have such ability.
The black-haired boy rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and said with a simple smile: "I actually only know a little more than everyone else."
It is indeed billions.
Mario Hughes added in his mind.
"No matter who you were before, since you are willing to work for the Mutual Aid Association, we are a family from now on. Welcome to join our big family!"
Mario led the applause.
From that day on, the boy named Clark Kent became a member of the Weak Mutual Aid Association and quickly stood out.
"Osseid, you're just in time. Clark will live with you. Take him to get his rations and get familiar with the surroundings."
"Okay, Chief Mario."
"follow me."
Osside led the way, silently observing the black-haired boy.
Clark Kent also said nothing, silently following Osside to the logistics department to collect personal supplies and to the dormitory to arrange a bed.
After Clark was settled, Osside took him to the public dining hall for meals.
At the dinner table, looking at Clark who was absent-mindedly eating starchy paste in small bites, Osside suddenly asked:
"Clark, you're not from the hive, are you?"
"Eh? Why do you ask?"
"You are very special... I have seen the masters at the top of the tower, and you are different from them. So I guess you must be from another world."
"...Okay. You guessed it right. I do come from far away."
"Don't be nervous. No one here will delve into your past as long as you don't betray your family...Um, can you tell me what the outside world is like? I'm really curious about how people in other worlds live."
Kraken was silent for a moment, then said with a look of reminiscence: "My hometown is a beautiful blue planet, with vast oceans, endless forests, grasslands with galloping beasts, and fields full of grain..."
Clark told Osseid about a wonderful world that he had never imagined, never seen, or even heard of.
Osside looked at Clark with shining eyes, full of envy and even jealousy.
"Does such a beautiful world really exist?"
Clark nodded seriously and said with a smile: "It exists. I believe that as long as people work hard, this place can also become such a beautiful world."
At that moment, in a trance, Osside saw a kind of light in Clark that made him feel ashamed of himself.
That was something that these children who grew up in the dark nest city would never have, something they had only heard of in the stories told by Chief Mario and in myths.
If I remember correctly, that thing should be called [Hope]...
"Innocent."
Osside said coldly, looking at Clark indifferently, "With such naive thoughts, you will die in the bottom nest sooner or later."
In the face of Osside's rebuke, Clark was not angry and always had a smile on his face.
"Osside, how about we make a bet?"
"What are you gambling?"
"I bet I can change this dark world."
"cut……"
"You do not dare?"
"Who dares? Tell me, what do you want to bet on?"
"It's simple. If I win, I want you to be my comrade."
"Comrade? What's that?"
"It refers to people who have the same ideals and pursuits. In ancient times, they are called like-minded."
"I see. You just want me to follow you. You nobles always like to beat around the bush. Okay, I agree. What if you lose?"
"Haha, of course I will be your little brother from now on."
"Okay! It's settled then!"
Osside felt that he had picked up a powerful younger brother for free, and he laughed with joy.