When I traveled through time and became a player, I just wanted to commit suicide

Chapter 187 Reunion after a long separation (page 13)

On the fine brown parchment, the names of the two fell gently——

"Lithern" and "Tifa".

A bloody fingerprint on the edge of the paper connects the name to the individual and seals the contract.

Under the gaze of the notary, two faint blue lights of the contract flew out from the middle of the parchment and merged into the bodies of Tifa and Li Shanren respectively.

Immediately afterwards, Tifa suddenly felt relieved, and the consciousness that connected her heart was suddenly disconnected.

On the other side, strands of distant or near consciousness extended like slender ropes, actively connecting to Li Shanren's spirit.

Those conscious subjects also seemed to be aware of the changes in the slave mark controller.

Uneasiness, panic, sadness, worry...all kinds of negative emotions are transmitted along the conscious connection.

Li Shanren conveyed some comforting emotions.

However, the effect is not very good.

He continued to comfort her for a while, and then those negative emotions gradually faded away.

"Is this what it feels like to control a slave mark?"

Li Shanren can clearly perceive the general location of those children. The closer the distance, the clearer his perception.

Two of them seemed particularly far away from him, and their connection with him was somewhat vague.

But even if he is far away from him, Li Shanren can still control the other person's life and death through the slave seal, and even forcefully order the other person to move to where he is.

This is the tyranny of the slave mark. Once it is marked, life and death are entrusted to others, and there is basically no hope of recovery.

Even if someone becomes an ownerless slave because their master dies, there will be a special slave-hunting group to capture these people and return them to the slave market.

"The slave handover has been completed, do you two have anything else to do?" the notary of the exchange asked with a smile.

"I want to redeem a few people."

Li Shanren took out a small bag of gold rosso.

"No problem, distinguished guest, please tell me where your slaves are, and I will take you to see them." The notary smiled politely, and he was also one of the hosts of the slave exchange.

"East." Li Shanren took a moment to feel the four children closest to him and replied.

"plz follow me."

The notary led Li Shanren and Tifa through the crowded hall, and finally came to a corridor with many rooms.

Clear crystal mirrors are installed on the walls, allowing people to see the scene in the room.

The room is quite large, with eight beds in the form of bunk beds.

Surprisingly, each room is equipped with a separate washroom for people to clean themselves.

Through the crystal mirror, you can see some people with numb eyes curled up on the bed, lying in front of the lenses, or sitting on the ground blankly.

"These are all slaves who have separated from their masters for various reasons and are locked up here by us." The notary introduced in a gentle tone, "We will keep the people here for a short period of time to wait for their slaves. The master of the seal came to redeem them."

"However, the vast majority of people will not be redeemed... they may be sold directly to the exchange." At this point, the notary shook his head regretfully, "Because for the owner of the slave print, Our ransom price may not be very friendly, maybe the money to redeem them is enough for the slave owner to buy a new slave."

"Of course, you are different from those indifferent guests. You are willing to redeem your slaves. To them, you must be a benevolent master." The notary praised Li Shanren with a smile.

"What would happen if...the slaves were neither sold to the exchange nor redeemed?" Tifa suddenly asked.

"Well... that's a bit troublesome." The notary rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "You have to know that we are not a relief center or a charity home. We have been raising a group of people who cannot be sold, and we can't just do it casually. The slaves we killed were also a burden to us.”

“If any exchange is willing to do this, I can guarantee that without strong financial support, it is only a matter of time before it goes bankrupt.”

“So we have prepared a room that can accommodate hundreds of people for those slaves who have not been redeemed for a long time. They can move around freely in it. We will arrange a certain amount of food and water for them at regular intervals, and then... We won’t pay attention to the rest.”

The notary finished speaking with a smile on his face and a somewhat meaningful look in his eyes.

"The food and water you provided are not enough, right?" Li Shanren looked at the notary and asked calmly.

The notary of this exchange was not introducing the situation of masters and slaves to him for no reason. He was deliberately revealing a piece of information to Li Shanren——

If there are slaves who are not redeemed on the exchange for a long time, what awaits them will not be a good end.

This is implicit pressure.

"Then it depends on the number of slaves in the room..." The notary still had a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant.

Li Shanren tilted his head back and remained silent.

Even if the notary does not explain, in a closed environment, if the survival resources are not enough to sustain everyone's life, the evil of human nature will undoubtedly be infinitely magnified.

Violent fights, rape and killing, even cannibalism... anything can happen.

"Of course, if something unfortunate happens and someone dies, and the slave owner later finds us, we will cooperate with him to find the slave in question and sell it to the slave owner at a low price as compensation." The notary said with a smile. added.

In a sense, it can be regarded as increasing sales, and it can also clear the relationship to a certain extent.

After all, it was not the exchange people who took action, they just created such an environment.

Those slave owners who were unable to offend the exchange could only accept the apology offered by the exchange and take back a slave who did not know whether he was a scapegoat to vent their anger.

Of course, there are some cautious slave owners who will not buy the slave who is used as a scapegoat. After all, no one knows whether the original owner will come back to the slave he bought to vent his anger or compensate.

Throughout the entire process, the slave exchange would maintain a stay-out attitude.

"Here, please find your slaves by yourself according to the contact of the slave seal. I will cooperate with you to bring them out." The notary was half a step behind, letting Li Shanren walk in front.

Li Shanren glanced at him calmly and said nothing.

Tifa didn't seem to like the notary very much, so she followed Li Shanren's right side side by side, staying away from the man.

Following the feeling in his heart, after walking about ten steps in the corridor, Li Shanren stopped in front of a room.

The furnishings of this room are no different from the previous ones, except that the slaves in it are younger and all are male.

A little boy with disheveled hair sat alone on the innermost bed, hugging his knees and staring at the ground in a daze.

The others basically had similar expressions.

They've been locked up here for a while.

"Is your slave in this room? You can ask him to come out." the notary reminded.

Li Shanren conveyed a message to the slightly familiar little boy through Nuyin, "Look outside."