Chapter 52

Iron Shavings Star, also known as Garbage Star.

This does not refer to the criminal slaves inside, but to the real garbage. The major federations of the Azure Star Alliance have all dumped large amounts of waste here. From highly toxic substances to abandoned starships, everything is present; large amounts of mineral slag and small quantities of failed research drugs are scattered everywhere; some ferocious experimental star beasts and countless difficult-to-dispose-of experimental corpses are also thrown around.

Someone once said: Apart from the sea, Iron Shavings Star has no land. What it has is just piles of garbage.

A few hundred years ago, this statement was absolutely true.

Now, not much has changed.

Criminals have built one iron ruin city after another in the mountains of garbage. These cities are generally called penal cities, which are the main places where the major federations exile criminals. With the entry of some scientific personnel, life on Iron Shavings Star has slightly improved, and these iron ruin cities have taken on a semblance of order. Without the rule of the federations, they seem like a group of free people.

Except for the inability to fly ten thousand meters high, Iron Shavings Star has become a free paradise. However, only the 'cities' have become better; other places are still mountains of garbage, with little change.

Du Nan looked at the gray sky, feeling unusually calm.

At this moment, it felt like he had returned to the life in the slums. One mountain of garbage after another, one strange sky track after another, one group of mutated beasts after another... and the human families living in large iron cabinets and abandoned starship holds. Compared to Baiquan City, these scenes felt more real.

Survive, strive to survive, everything for survival.

No hypocrisy, just to live.

"Sir, would you like to have some fun?" Du Nan was walking between the garbage mountains, on a dangerous half-broken track. Suddenly, a door of an old starship hold half-embedded in a slag pile opened, and more than ten young women called out in soft voices, slowly walking out.

They were only wrapped in half-old scarves, their alluring figures completely exposed.

Snow-white peaks, wasp waists, round buttocks... They were like graceful models, displaying their beautiful figures to the utmost. Their slightly malnourished faces were filled with the sweetest smiles. One of them even offered a cup of light wine. Her respectful attitude was like that of the most obedient servant.

"No, thank you."

Du Nan smiled and declined.

It wasn't that he had no money, but that he had no interest. Du Nan did not look down on these pitiful people; this was just their way of surviving. Without protection, they had no other means to survive.

"If you don't like them, sir, there are others."

The leading woman laughed lightly, showing no displeasure at Du Nan's refusal, and maintained a respectful demeanor. She clapped her hands lightly, and a few more people walked out of the old starship hold.

Four young girls.

Equally beautiful, but with rabbit ears and fluffy white hair. There were also slender, elongated figures, almost half the size of normal people, known as 'jade stick people.' There was a blue-skinned, fanged, pointed-eared, hoofed half-beast. The last one was a naked, bright white body with deep black eyes and a pair of butterfly wings on her back.

"Sir, is there anyone you like?" The leading woman approached, her full body almost touching Du Nan.

Du Nan shook his head lightly.

Before the woman could speak, suddenly, the sound of motorcycles roared.

Several violent motorcycles sped by, and seeing the women who hadn't had time to retreat into the starship hold, a whip like a snake flew over. It bound the most valuable moth girl, ignoring her cries of pain and help, and pulled her back onto the motorcycle.

"Ha ha ha, good luck, didn't expect to find such a treasure in this hellhole." A giant man on the motorcycle grabbed the girl like a chick, his stinky mouth already arching over.

Whoosh!

The air hummed, and Du Nan took the wine glass from the serving woman, using one hand to pull the moth girl away from the brute's embrace, saying, "The wine is good, I like it."

"Who the hell are you?" The leading giant man was stunned, then roared.

A slight surge of magical power enveloped his body, ready for any eventuality. The violent motorcycle gang didn't care who their opponent was; they opened fire with long and short guns, all aiming at Du Nan. They didn't care about accidentally killing innocents or whether the other party was friendly or hostile... in Iron Shavings Star, a fight meant taking the other's life, no mercy, an ironclad rule.

"Ah!" The girls under the gunfire screamed in terror.

The next second.

A blue water curtain rose, repelling all the bullets. When the motorcycle gang was shocked and shouting 'misunderstanding, stop,' Du Nan simply waved his hand, and dozens of motorcycle gang members exploded into pieces, turning into flesh and blood mist.

Buzz.

Du Nan finished his wine, looked up, and several motorcycles and weapons flew to his feet. He returned the wine glass to the leading woman, saying, "Thank you, this wine is very refreshing. I have nothing on me now, so these things will be my return gift. Ladies, is there anything you like?"

The girls were stunned, then overjoyed.

Just as they were about to crowd around Du Nan, seeking his favor, he instantly moved ten meters away.

The girls were shocked but did not chase after him.

They quickly picked up the guns and weapons, bowed to Du Nan in gratitude. With these things, they could live a little more securely. The high-ranking magical power warrior in front of them was beyond their reach. At this moment, they could only be truly grateful.

Du Nan walked away.

The scenery along the way was similar.

Garbage formed peaks, and strange beasts filled the mountains. Poor people gathered to live, and violent gangs roamed everywhere. Many people searched for 'food' in the garbage, and many were suddenly swallowed by strange beasts, becoming 'food.' There were children playing in the bones of giant strange beasts, and children who had been eaten down to bones by strange beasts.

On the main roads and in iron sheds, adult men embraced women fiercely; on broken motorcycles and large iron boxes, girls rode on boys, shaking wildly. Occasionally, strange beasts would pounce, tearing apart the men and women in the act, but this didn't cause panic. They would just move a little further away from the danger and continue their 'great cause.'

Perhaps, this was the only happiness they could enjoy.

Du Nan saw all this, whether poor people or violent gangs, their armor was more than their clothes.

In this place.

Cloth was a hundred times rarer than iron.

On the main road, it was common to see men and women with no clothes at all. They were mostly wrapped in some armor pieces and withered vines. Large motorcycles charged by, and those who couldn't get out of the way were crushed into pieces. This only caused a series of crazy laughter and indifferent gazes from passersby. Almost no pity or sympathy could be seen.

"Is this Iron Shavings Star?" Du Nan felt a bit melancholic.

This place was also a deliberately suppressed existence by the entire Azure Star Alliance. The various powers did not need a normal society, only a place to dump garbage. Whether material garbage or 'human garbage' they couldn't control, everything was thrown here.

Rumble!

Three giant starships landed, bringing a stench of blood.

The people living in the garbage mountains, like sharks smelling blood, rushed crazily to where the starships landed. The cargo doors opened, and countless industrial wastes and half-dead experimental beasts fell from the sky. Some people who ran too close, unable to grab any loot, were crushed into bloody pulp.

Du Nan had no intention of watching.

When one of the starships accelerated, using the dumped garbage as a weapon to bury the fleeing famine victims, Du Nan was enraged.

At that moment, he seemed to hear the laughter of the beasts on the starships.

Creak!

Du Nan raised his hand, and five ten-meter-long scrap iron pillars floated up nearby.

With a punch, the five iron pillars shot out like bullets, nailing into the power room of the starship. "Run, run" voices echoed, and Du Nan was already near the starship, his sixth-level body technique's super gravity control fully unleashed. Even the other two starships, trying to pull their companion up with steel cables, were ineffective.

With sixth-level super gravity and damaged power rooms... the other two starships quickly abandoned their companion and flew away.

They didn't want to risk their lives.

"Help, don't go" voices echoed as the starship crashed heavily to the ground.

At that moment, Du Nan saw the famine victims' eyes change. If they were weak mice seeking food a moment ago, now they had turned into wolves. Even the violent gangs from a distance rushed over. Their expressions were not for the sake of food or useful machinery, but a kind of indescribable hatred.

"Ah, ah, ah..."

There were a few gunshots from the starship, quickly replaced by screams.

The crazed people, like a horde of zombies, dragged the crew out of the starship. They seized their weapons, stripped their armor, and pounced to bite and tear. At this moment, the famine victims were not infected by a virus but driven by an unresolvable hatred, forcing them to eat their flesh. The violent gangs did not immediately seize the weapons but wielded knives and daggers, fighting for a piece of raw meat to chew.

At this moment, even some children were not spared.

They ignored the chilled milk, sweet fruits, medium-rare steaks, and delicious candies they had never tasted in their lives. They rushed into the crowd of adults, trying to tear off a piece of meat, even if they were trampled to death, their hatred did not fade.

Du Nan witnessed all this.

He was unable to calm down for a long time.

At this moment, with three-star magical power and sixth-level body technique, Du Nan still felt a bit uneasy. Those hateful eyes seemed to make him feel a hint of fear. Even though he could kill this crowd with a wave of his hand, that kind of gaze was 'unkillable.'

"Thank you!"

More than half an hour later, the crowd surged back. They all knelt before Du Nan, worshipping him like an emperor. Apart from saying 'thank you,' they didn't know any other words to express their gratitude.