Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 299 Slums

The situation in the city's slums was far worse than Lin Xuan had anticipated.

He originally thought that as the ruling planet of a level three civilization, how bad could the lives of the poor be?

But when they actually saw it, they were still shocked by what they saw.

This is no slum; it's more like a garbage dump.

The sewage pipes in the wealthy area lead directly to the slums, and the treated wastewater, as well as some hazardous waste that cannot be biodegraded, are all crammed into the living areas of these ordinary residents.

The most outrageous thing Lin Xuan saw was a sewage pipe that ran directly through an old lady's house, exposed to the elements, visible as soon as she looked up from inside.

That's not all. The real problem is that, perhaps due to years of neglect, the pipe has become loose at the bend, and foul-smelling water is dripping into the house.

The safety hazards involved are obvious. If this pipe were to suddenly explode one day, it would truly be a stroke of bad luck.

"Is there no one to maintain the infrastructure for these residents?"

Su Zilin frowned as he looked at it. Although slums also existed on Mind Earth, they were not as extreme as on Mechanical Earth. At least the residents' basic living conditions were guaranteed.

"Who will fix it?"

Himerath posed a soul-searching question.

"Who do you think would care about the lives of these poor people?"

"If anyone really cares, the municipal center will find a way to move them further away from the city center, so as not to get in the way of those high-ranking officials and dignitaries."

The veteran nodded slightly, agreeing wholeheartedly.

"Indeed, the rich and powerful never care about whether the poor are doing well or not. The reason they donate to charity has nothing to do with whether they are compassionate or not. They simply find these poor people an eyesore or want to show off their own kind image."

The veteran smiled helplessly.

"Speaking of this, it reminds me of something that happened on Mechanical Earth a few years ago. Back then, an organization that helped low-income and no-income groups had a conflict between their donation event and their stray cat adoption event. Guess what happened? They simply canceled the donation event and extended the stray cat adoption event by one day."

"After all, adopting a stray cat and donating money to the poor, the former clearly highlights their compassion, doesn't it?"

"and after?"

As a cat lover, Su Zilin was actually more concerned about what happened later.

"And then what happened next? After the hype died down, the charity ran out of money, so of course they had to find a way to get rid of the cats. They sold the ones they could, and euthanized the ones they couldn't sell. They couldn't really spend money to keep them alive, could they? The purpose of starting a charity was to make money."

Everyone was silent.

As they were talking, they saw an old man walking shakily toward them from the end of the street.

He was holding a bowl in his hand, clearly intending to beg from the group because they were dressed relatively cleanly.

"Sir, please have mercy and give me some money. I'm starving."

Su Zilin wanted to give the other party some money out of his own pocket, but was stopped by Simothers who was standing next to him.

"Don't be fooled by their pitiful appearance. These people who come to beg may be richer than you. People who are really struggling to afford food will not ask you for money."

Upon hearing this, Su Zilin also felt that Simothers' words made sense, and he wanted to turn around and leave.

But Lin Xuan, standing to the side, generously took out a 100-yuan bill from her wallet and, to everyone's astonishment, put it into the old man's bowl!

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!"

The old man thanked her repeatedly, but before he could finish his thanks, Lin Xuan reached out again and began rummaging through his bowl.

Then, everyone just stared blankly at Lin Xuan as she took the change from the old man's bowl, and when they counted it, it was exactly 100 yuan.

"Shock level from Cosowhite +31!"

Everyone was shocked by Lin Xuan's outrageous actions.

Although everyone guessed that Lin Xuan was unlikely to donate money to these scammers, who would have thought that he would directly exchange change from their bowls!

And most importantly, what Lin Xuan gave the old man was money from the Spiritual Earth!

How are people supposed to spend that money?