Doomsday Code

Chapter 535 Slums

When Huidun heard this, he was stunned.

He never thought that the man with a smile on his face would actually be someone who had eaten human flesh, and could even describe the taste with a smile in front of so many people.

When Chen Cheng saw Huidun's expression, he said expressionlessly:

"Are you very angry? Do you think he is very cold-blooded to say this in front of so many people?"

"But you know, the one who's the most angry isn't you, but him."

"You know, during disasters and epidemics, people eat each other."

"I believe your teachers have taught you many history books, so you should be very familiar with words like this."

However, at this moment, Huidun couldn't accept it and murmured:

"But...but..."

"Before, all you saw was a sentence and a few cold death figures, but just now you saw a person who had survived a great disaster and epidemic.

So he will tell you in a joking way that meat tastes bitter.

Perhaps he is telling you that if that day ever comes and you become a starving person and want to eat each other, you might remember today that meat is bitter.

After saying this, Chen Cheng did not try to comfort Huidun anymore, but clapped his hands and said:

"Let's go, we are in a hurry today."

Don’t ask Chen Cheng why he knew that meat would be bitter after an epidemic. It’s because he saw Lao Ke doing experiments in his previous life.

And this experiment is related to long-distance interstellar travel.

Because the biological nutrition chamber technology was not mature at that time, pilots who were going on long-distance interstellar exploration voyages had to stay awake at all times.

This means that the astronauts' essential elements for survival must be guaranteed.

Protein intake is extremely important, but the capacity of an interstellar spacecraft is limited. If living organisms are brought on board, a larger biological support system needs to be established.

So Lao Ke and his team focused on viruses, bacteria and even cancer.

Because these things can maintain stable appreciation as long as they provide sufficient energy, Lao Ke did projects such as inducing cancer in pork and then using it as a source of protein.

Of course, there are also things like bacteria and viruses that transform animal flesh, giving it the same tenacious vitality as bacteria.

Finally, these animals, which had metabolic disorders due to starvation and then contracted diseases, died and were then cooked.

When Lao Ke gave him a taste, the bitter taste was something he would never forget.

At that time, Lao Ke joked to them:

"How is it? Does it smell like tea polyphenols?"

At that time, for this purpose, they blocked Lao Ke for a month and asked him to treat them to dinner.

So when Chen Cheng heard the big man say that the tea leaves tasted like meat when chewed, he thought of the piece of meat that Lao Ke had tricked them into eating.

Given the big man's attire and physique, he was not in a position to conduct rigorous virus-free experiments on animals and produce bitter-tasting meat.

The only thing I can think of is that after a major disaster or epidemic, there is no food and people start to eat each other.

Chen Cheng brought Huidun to the Acropolis. After they entered the city, Chen Cheng took him to walk through the streets.

At this time, Huidun also came back to his senses. He came to Chen Cheng and said:

"I will have someone investigate what happened to that big brother when I return.

Since he is from the vicinity of the royal capital, the court will keep records of any major disasters or epidemics.

Moreover, this kind of disaster happened around the royal capital, so disaster relief matters would be issued immediately. If cannibalism occurred, there must be someone who was enriching himself from it.

Although I can no longer bring those people back to life, I will definitely hunt down those criminal officials who deserve to die and execute them on the spot."

Huidun was very quick-witted and immediately discovered the man-made disaster.

But Chen Cheng brought him out today not just to let him deal with those damned officials.

Because if we kill this batch, there will be another batch, which cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

Chen Cheng did not answer Huidun's words, but took him to continue walking through the streets and alleys, going deeper and deeper.

Just as the two turned into an alley, they saw several dirty and skinny children playing and fighting inside.

Chen Cheng stopped here and turned to Huidun and said:

"We've arrived at our destination. You can go and listen and see for yourself now. Tell me your answer later."

At this time, Chen Cheng was no longer as serious as before, but instead had a slight smile on his face.

Huidun walked out from behind Chen Cheng and was stunned when he saw the scene behind the alley.

This is not the royal capital at all. Behind the alley is a slum, with shacks supported by a few thin wooden sticks and broken wooden boards standing side by side.

These shacks can't even provide shelter, let alone protection from the wind and sun.

A few skinny women, wearing only tattered clothes that could no longer cover their bodies, were constantly scrubbing gorgeous clothes in their hands.

If a woman of normal body shape wears such clothes, it will definitely attract the attention of many men.

But here, through the tattered clothes, what can be seen is not delicate skin, but patches of skinny and darkened bodies from the sun.

Anyone who sees it will not have any desire.

The clothes they carefully washed in their hands were nothing compared to themselves.

When several women saw Chen Cheng and the other man coming in from outside, they just looked up and glanced at them, then continued to do their repetitive and numb work.

The children who were playing with the sewage accumulated in the potholes on the road, when they saw Chen Cheng and the others, looked at them with their bright eyes.

Among them, an older one had one eye turned outward, and it was obvious that he was blinded by a sharp weapon.

Chen Cheng ignored Huidun and squatted down, and like a magic trick, he produced a bag of cheap brown sugar from his space bag.

Huidun walked into the slum.

When Chen Cheng had distributed the last bit of brown sugar foam in his hand, he looked at the children with a smile on his face, and saw happy and satisfied smiles on their faces because they had eaten the candy.

After Chen Cheng finished distributing the food, the boy with one blind eye came forward and said shyly:

"Big brother, can you give me the paper in your hand?"

Chen Cheng handed him the paper.

Seeing this, the boy immediately took out a small piece of brown sugar that he had stuffed into his pocket.

He wrapped it carefully in paper, then lifted up his clothes and licked the remaining sugar foam in his pocket.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng touched his head and said:

"Why, isn't this candy sweet? Why don't you eat it?"

The boy shook his head and said:

"No, the candy my big brother gave me is very sweet, but my father is working hard outside, so I want to save the candy for him to eat together when he comes back."

Chen Cheng did not ask the boy's mother. It was obvious that the boy did not mention his mother, so something must have happened.

Then Chen Cheng looked at the children who raised their heads and looked at him expectantly. He sighed heavily and then said with a smile:

"Don't look at it, brother brought this much today, there is no more."

As he spoke, Chen Cheng made a gesture of turning over his pockets.

It's not that Chen Cheng is cold-blooded, but what he can do alone is just a drop in the bucket. Even if he brings in Prince Huidun, he is still unable to do it.

Only by truly changing this cannibalistic social structure can we truly save these people at the bottom of society.

And he dragged Huidun out today because he wanted to take Huidun to this most filthy place to see what the lives of his lower-class people are like.