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"Oh, by the way, Mr. Li Xiang, why did you come to this world? It can't be that you people from another world are keen on traveling around the world, right?"
Why did I come into this world?
Such a question is indeed difficult to answer.
But for Li Xiang now, this is not a difficult question to answer.
Because Rentaro and Tendo Kisara have already answered half of the question for Ryougi.
Li Xiang looked sincerely at Rentaro and Tendo Kisara, then answered firmly, "I came into this world, of course, to help this 'hopeless' world!"
Li Xiang's answer was so sincere and so powerful.
Tian Tong looked at Li Xiang with a face full of doubt. Of course, she didn't believe that people from another world came here simply to help this world.
How could there be such a purely kind-hearted person?
But Tian Tong could only see Li Xiang's sincere gaze.
At this moment, Kisara Tendo also understood why Rentaro trusted this person from another world.
Because Li Xiang's words were imbued with heartfelt sincerity and an inexplicable power.
This force seems to be subtly inspiring everyone around them.
"jingle--"
Suddenly a bell rang, attracting everyone's attention.
Rentaro slapped the alarm clock shut.
"Give it to me! I was supposed to go to school to teach today, and I'm going to be late. As a teacher, I can't be late!"
Rentaro was originally going to teach a class today, but he ran into Hisa and Ryouko on the way and later brought them back to the company.
They've all forgotten they were supposed to be teachers!
"Hey... Rentaro! Can't you be a little more reliable?!"
Tendo slapped Rentaro on the back.
Seeing the force, Li Xiang thought that Tendou Kisara might be trying to kill him.
Rentaro, however, took the slap unscathed and hurriedly prepared his things to rush to school.
Li Xiang could only think to himself that the people in this world seemed to have a very special constitution.
"Rentaro, please wait a moment!"
Li Xiang quickly called out to Rentaro, who was about to rush out the door.
"Huh? Hibiki, is there a problem? I'm in a hurry to get to school!"
"Rentaro, may I go to school with you?"
Rentaro was a little confused.
Going to school by yourself is for attending classes, so why is Li Xiang going with you?
"Um...can I ask why?"
"Because I want to understand this world! Although you can give me information about this world, I believe that to truly understand a world, we should first understand the children of that world! The world seen through the eyes of children is the most authentic version of this world!"
"Good!" Upon hearing Li Xiang's words, Tendo Kisara slammed his hand on the table.
"In that case, let's go together!"
"Since Rentaro's class is in the outer area anyway, let's all go and listen to Rentaro's class!"
Thus, under the leadership of Kisara Tendo as president, [the decision was made].
Everyone in the company is going to school together.
Fortunately, although Tiantong Civil Security Company was a little poor, it still had vehicles.
The group sat in the car and headed to a school in the outer district.
On the bus, Rentaro explained to Li Xiang that he was not actually a professional teacher, but rather a civilian security officer who often went to the outer districts to take care of the cursed children and try to improve their living conditions.
And attending classes was the request that Rentaro received this time.
This made Li Xiang feel even more that Rentaro was a kind person.
Therefore, this time when we went to the outer areas, the car was also filled with a lot of food and daily necessities.
The Tiantong Civil Security Company was already impoverished, yet it has continued to help and care for children in the surrounding areas. Just for that reason alone...
— Li Xiang knew that this so-called "hopeless" world was not actually beyond saving!
However, Li Xiang also began to think about other things.
For example, he learned from Tendo and Rentaro that the so-called outer district was actually the ruined area on the edge of the city called Tokyo.
The children of the curse are ostracized by society, and most of them live in dilapidated buildings and makeshift shacks here.
They face discrimination from ordinary people, the government does not establish formal schools for them, and their education and survival depend entirely on the assistance of a few kind-hearted individuals.
When Li Xiang asked why the children of this world, the so-called cursed children, were discriminated against, Tendo Kisaragi handed Li Xiang a document she had compiled about the social environment and history of this world.
"Take a look at this. After you read it, you'll understand why this world is beyond saving."
The document contains the numbers 102, 718, and 4957.
"Ms. Tendo... what is this?"
"Oh, that... I accidentally mistyped something, but the company is poor and doesn't have the money to buy more paper, so please bear with it..."
This was the first time Li Xiang had ever seen such a poor company.
Chapter 57 Feel the despair of this world, alien!
In this world, humanity is on the verge of extinction because of a viral monster called "Gastrea".
These monsters are mutated from infected organisms and possess extremely strong regenerative abilities and aggressiveness.
The remaining humans hide within walls constructed of a special metal called "Hua," barely managing to maintain civilization.
In order to combat anti-guinea pigs, humans used children infected with the virus as a weapon; these children were called "cursed children."
Seeing this, Li Xiang's veins bulged and his fists clenched tightly.
He even accidentally crushed the paper in his hand, which calmed Li Xiang down a bit.
People in this world are actually using children as weapons!
Li Xiang absolutely cannot accept this!
He absolutely cannot accept the idea of using children as weapons and sending them to the battlefield!
Children are the hope and future of the world, and adults should protect these precious treasures!
But Li Xiang forced himself to calm down; getting angry now would do no good.
He continued to peruse the documents, but the more he looked, the more Li Xiang frowned.
Humans typically mutate rapidly after infection, but some female fetuses infected with the virus in the womb retain their human form after birth—these children are known as "cursed children."
Gastruosus is fatal to male fetuses, so only female fetuses can survive and become the cursed child.
Moreover, all the cursed children are girls under the age of 10, because the virus shortens their lifespan, and most of them do not live past puberty.
The cursed children contain the genes of the gastritis virus, which gives them physical abilities far beyond those of humans, such as super strength, speed, reaction speed, regeneration, and other special abilities.
The most noticeable characteristic of these children is that their eyes turn red due to the virus.
The rate of viral erosion within a cursed child's body increases with age or injury in battle. Once it exceeds 50%, the child will irreversibly mutate into a Gastrea.
The very existence of these children is a countdown, destined to either mutate or die in agony.
These children, though humanity's only hope against Antiguians, are met with fear and hatred from ordinary people.
They considered them "monsters" and discriminated against, abused, and even killed them.
Many children are abandoned by their parents and can only struggle to survive in the outskirts... to put it bluntly, in the slums.
The human governments that use children to fight against them merely treat these children as tools of combat, granting them no rights and even tacitly condoning their persecution.
In order to control these cursed children, the government introduced a police pairing system, with each guard team consisting of one human and one cursed child.
Humans are called the Promoters, and the Cursed Children are called the Beginners.
After reading all this, Li Xiang put down the documents in his hand with a heavy heart.
He is now utterly disappointed with the governments of this world!
But Li Xiang calmed down because little Xisha was sleeping next to him, hugging the faintly glowing Xila.
Li Xiang couldn't let these two little ones wake him up.
Also, after Shisa cried out the lead in her eyes, her eyes began to recover slowly.
Li Xiang was unsure how strong the recovery abilities of these so-called cursed children were, so he was very worried and planned to see a doctor.
Unexpectedly, Sheila stayed by Shisa's side, continuously releasing her power to heal Shisa's eyes.
Therefore, Li Xiang stopped bothering Sheila and let her treat Sheisa.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sheila."
Li Xiang gently covered the person and the bird with a blanket, not wanting the two little guys to catch a cold.
After driving for a while, the car finally arrived at its destination—the outer area.
The group got off the bus. Enju had been to the outer area with Rentaro before, so she skipped and hopped ahead of them, familiar with the place.
Hisa, on the other hand, had just woken up and was still groggy.
She even rubbed her eyes unconsciously because they felt itchy.
Li Xiang looked at the ruins before him—these ruins were the homes of the children who lived here.
But inside the city... despite the apocalypse, the city was incredibly prosperous.
What a terrible world!
An elderly man with a cane was waiting by the roadside; this was the school principal.
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