"Ah, City Lord Lei, hello, hello." Lu Chenxing quickly shook hands with Lei Tai.
"Boss Lu, don't be so reserved! Hahahaha!" Lei Tai was truly in a bright mood today, constantly smiling, never stopping.
He originally didn't think he would ever get a turn at something that relied on luck, but to his surprise, this juicy piece of meat that everyone was fighting over had fallen into his lap!
The group exchanged a few casual pleasantries, then Lu Chenxing, surrounded by several Sixth-Tier bigshots, walked towards the secret realm in Tianyuan City.
Lu Chenxing had heard before that secret realms named after cities, like those in Tianyuan City, were quite unique. For instance, about eighty percent of the secret realms in Tianyuan City were dark attribute secret realms, making it a paradise for dark-type professionals.
It was said that this situation was due to the influence of the Zhu Tian Battlefield.
The teleportation gates of the Zhu Tian Battlefield would overflow with various energies. These energies, under mutual forces, would flow and gather in one place, eventually affecting the secret realms near the teleportation gates, causing secret realms of the same attribute to be gathered together.
In Lu Chenxing's understanding, this was the effect of electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces of the universe he had studied in his previous life.
Like poles repel, opposite poles attract, and under the mutual pushing action of positive and negative charges, a magnetic field would form, leading to this phenomenon.
If the other twenty percent were not dark attribute secret realms, then they should be at the edge of the magnetic field; without the interference of electromagnetic force, they would be normal, randomly generated secret realms.
Of course, these were all Lu Chenxing's own conjectures, but he felt that it should be roughly like this.
Because next to Tianyuan City was Yu Guang City, where over eighty percent of the secret realms were light element secret realms, making them seem like light and dark twins with Tianyuan City.
As the few of them walked along, there were no guards protecting them or anything; with these five bigshots present, it wasn't necessary. The group chatted and laughed as they walked towards the secret realm, like ordinary citizens.
The five of them chatted amongst themselves, not disturbing Lu Chenxing. Even Dan Qiuchan, who was usually the most impatient, didn't rush him. Everyone didn't want to put more pressure on him at this time, but rather let him adjust his state on his own.
Just as Lu Chenxing was thinking about some random things, his peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a small alley beside a main street, and his expression couldn't help but freeze.
There was a person lying there—no, to be precise, a child, dressed in rags, filthy, with disheveled hair and a dirty face. Her aura was weak, and she looked like she was about to die.
Lu Chenxing scanned around and found that everyone was accustomed to this sight, but no one stopped to offer the child a helping hand.
In this world of universal transcendence, beggars were almost extinct. Even orphans whose parents had died would be adopted by orphanages arranged by the government, as it was uncertain if someone might awaken a good talent.
But Lu Chenxing saw such a young beggar here, which was very strange.
"City Lord Lei, what's going on here?" Lu Chenxing couldn't help but point to that spot and ask.
Lei Tai glanced at it, then paused slightly, sighed, and replied, "I know this little girl. She's a visitor from another world. She suddenly fell into the city from a spatial rift more than a month ago. When we asked her, she didn't know where she came from, only cried and said she wanted to find her mom and dad."
"After that, we had no choice but to send her to an orphanage. We originally hoped she could grow up safely, but the orphanage teachers found she had foreign race features when cleaning her body, and then they refused to take her in."
"After that, we sent her to several different places continuously, but they all refused to take her, or took her in and then threw her out. This time, it looks like she's been thrown out again."
Lu Chenxing understood the choices made by these orphanages, because having been born into this world, he clearly understood that people in this world held a clear hostile attitude towards foreign races.
Not to mention that this was Tianyuan City, a military supply station, and the last line of defense for the human race.
Such a child of unknown origin, who suddenly appeared and possessed foreign race features, would certainly not be welcomed.
"So she's a spy sent by the foreign race?" Lu Chenxing continued to ask.
Hearing this, Lei Tai shook his head slightly and said, "We've already tested her with various methods. She is indeed a human and seems to have no relation to foreign races, but the foreign race features on her body are real. Even with a clear report, it still can't change her situation."
"Now there's no place willing to take her in. In her situation, I can't possibly keep her in the City Lord's Mansion or the military camp. After all... one must be guarded against others. I still have to be responsible for the people in the city."
Lu Chenxing nodded in understanding, with no other questions in his mind.
On this matter, Lei Tai's decision was not problematic. After all, he was the City Lord and had many things to consider. He couldn't, for a moment of soft-heartedness, allow an unknown risk factor into the City Lord's Mansion and military camp, as this risk could become a risk for the entire city, and even all of humanity!
However, although he understood, Lu Chenxing was not the City Lord, so he didn't consider as much. He simply saw someone in difficulty and happened to have the ability to help, so naturally, he lifted his foot and walked towards the child.
As he walked, he continued to ask, "What will happen to this child after this?"
Lei Tai and the others exchanged glances, then followed him. "We'll try again and see if any family is willing to adopt her. If there really isn't, she'll be sent to another city to try again."
The few of them crossed the road and came to the entrance of the small alley, seeing the small figure curled up on the ground. The clothes on her body could no longer be seen in their original color, but one could vaguely discern that the style of the clothes was not from this world.
Her hair was also dusty and grey, like a clump of withered grass.
"Since that's the case, then leave this child to me." Lu Chenxing slowly squatted down and reached out to pick up the small bundle on the ground.
"Ah, this..." Lei Tai hesitated, but finally reminded him, "Boss Lu, it's a good thing that you're willing to adopt her, but because of this child's special nature, if you get involved with her, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for you to achieve anything in the military later..."
He was being very subtle. To put it more clearly, it meant that if Lu Chenxing adopted this child, he could forget about developing in the military. The military would absolutely not allow any unstable factors to appear!
Lu Chenxing actually understood all of this, but feeling the light weight in his hands and the faint breath of life, he couldn't bring himself to abandon a life for his own future.
Even if he hardened his heart at this moment, he would still wake up in countless sleepless nights, haunted by this matter.
Moreover, he had never thought of developing in the military. Currently, he and the military were only in a cooperative relationship, so he actually had nothing to worry about. The only thing he needed to pay attention to was to be true to his conscience when making decisions.