Chapter 680: Friend or Foe
People's hearts are full of flesh, Lin Shuo himself is a foodie, and he lives by himself, so he can't see others hungry the most.
This Li Tai'an is a borrowed cultivator.
The Li family's borrowed inheritance was passed down by the ancestor of the Yun family, called Hetuluoshu.
In fact, the Yang gossip of the Miao family was born from the Hetuluo book.
Similar to the Miao family, the heirs of the Li family are also refining gods, and borrowing things is their means of refining gods.
Since he is refining gods, then Li Tai'an has a divine thought barrier.
When they met for the first time, both parties were not familiar with each other, so it was inconvenient for Lin Shuo to directly observe the other party's physical condition with his divine thoughts, which would touch the other party's divine thought barrier, which was very impolite.
Even if he saw Li Tai'an's face blue just now, he didn't think much about it, because this person was calm and calm, not like he was hungry.
As a result, as soon as he heard that Li Tai'an wanted to eat, Lin Shuo couldn't stand it.
The head of the Li family has passed away, and this Li Tai'an is the current head of the Li family and one of the heads of the Kowloon family.
A leader of the dignified hunting gate, this is the same identity as the leader, he can take the initiative to eat in front of so many people, and he looks embarrassed, what kind of hunger is he already in?
I was so negligent.
Lin Shuo hurriedly called someone to move out all the food that could be eaten in the camp.
Russia's recent airdrop, in terms of food, is the field rations of their army, at noon Lin Shuo was hungry and ate a lot, and now there are still ten servings left in the entire camp.
In fact, there are a lot of things in the military rations, not only potatoes and beef stew, but also jams, chocolates, biscuits, and drink powders.
In order to take care of Li Tai'an's face, after Lin Shuo got ten military rations, he drove out all the others in his tent.
The head of the hunting door personally unpacked the package, picked out the snacks inside, and asked Li Taian to cushion his stomach first.
Then Lin Shuo set up the grill and lit a charcoal fire, and put the staple food on the grill along with the tin foil package on the grill to heat.
When the head of the Li family first ate snacks, he ate very slowly, unpacking the package with his hands steadily, slowly sending it to his mouth, chewing slowly, as if he was still suppressing his appetite.
The snacks were almost finished, Lin Shuo handed over the first hot staple food, Li Tai'an twitched the corners of his eyes, took it with both hands and thanked him first, and then lowered his head and took a bite.
The hot potato beef stew entered his mouth, and Lin Shuo found that this person's eyes were red, and he didn't chew a mouthful of food, as if he couldn't eat it.
Lin Shuo didn't feel very good at this time, but he didn't say anything, but used the hot water kettle at hand to brew a drink, and gently pushed it in front of Li Tai'an along with the cup.
Li Tai'an saw the drink, and instead of drinking it, he began to chew the food in his mouth with difficulty, and then swallowed it slowly.
This mouthful of hot staple food fell into the stomach, and this person seemed to be unable to suppress it anymore, and the more he ate the big mouthpiece, the faster he ate.
While eating, tears fell from my eyes.
A man in his thirties, the head of the family, the identity of the head of the hunting gate, borrowed the high cultivation of the Nine Realms, and cried while eating in front of Lin Shuo.
Why is this person crying, Lin Shuo just asked, the head of the hunting gate was waiting on the side, watching him finish eating a portion, and hurriedly handed over another hot one and refilled it for him.
Don't be in a hurry if you have anything to do, and then talk about it when you are full.
Ten servings of staple food, Lin Shuo handed them one by one, and Li Taian ate them one by one, and it took about 20 minutes before and after, and they were clean.
After eating, Li Tai'an had already controlled his emotions, he took the napkin handed over by Lin Shuo, wiped his mouth and eyes, and the oil stains and tears were no longer visible.
Putting down the napkin, the man looked up again, except for some bloodshot eyes, nothing else, and the whole person was calm.
The corners of Lin Shuo's mouth twitched, but he still didn't speak, waiting for him to take the initiative to speak.
The chief smirked. Li Tai'an hugged his fist at Lin Shuo, and then said, "I have been taught by my father since I was a child, and our Hunter Nine Dragons family has been monitoring the Nine Dragon-level xenomorphs for generations, and we have a heavy responsibility in the world.
Regardless of the size of the ability for the time being, first of all, the mind must be calm, everything should not be panicked, Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged.
So, my father gave me the name Tai'an.
I have adhered to my father's precepts for 30 years, but I did not expect that after his old man died, not only would I not be able to bury him properly, but I would ......"
Speaking of this, Li Tai'an's eyes turned red again, he took a hard breath, held back his tears, and continued: "More than half a year ago, after the earthquake of our Li family, the house was gone, and people fell into the rift.
When the survivors regroup deep in the rift, they find that the terrain is treacherous and difficult to get out of.
Among the thirty-eight survivors, my father was seriously injured and dying, and except for me, no one else could get out with his cultivation.
But I can't give up on them, and after my father died, I have the responsibility to defend the land as one of the leaders of the hunting gate, and everyone else can go, but I can't.
At the very least, I'm going to stay there and get enough information, otherwise what face will I have to meet you, the head of the hunting gate?
So I stayed there, and led my people to slowly maneuver around the things underground, and then found a cave where I could survive for a while.
It's just that these underground xenomorphs are very powerful, and our people are not only wounded on their bodies, but also lack food and water, and the prospect is once desperate.
I don't know if it was good luck or bad luck, but we found an underground water source.
But this round trip to fetch water is a Huangquan Road.
In order to get water and conserve water, most of the people were killed and injured, and even I was seriously injured and was forced to recuperate in the cave for more than three months.
During these three months, I could only see that there were fewer and fewer people around me, but there was nothing I could do.
During my recuperation, my second uncle Li Tianlan said that he found an edible xenomorph that was not strong in combat and the meat was quite fragrant, and it was very good to use it to recuperate and recover from my injuries.
When the meat was brought to me, it was roasted and had no bones.
I, Li Tai'an, have practiced for half my life, and I still understand the structure of the human body, even if I am roasted beyond recognition, I can still recognize it.
That's human flesh.
The flesh of the war dead of my Li family.
But what could I do in that situation?
Hold on to the ground again, that's a dead end.
Since the result of the destruction of the whole clan is inevitable, the only way is for me to recover from my injuries and report the information I have obtained underground these days to the Hunter Gate, so that there is hope for this matter.
So I can only pretend not to know, eat the flesh of my people, and nurse the wounds on my body.
Three months later, five days ago, I was almost recovered.
But the clansmen around me are only my second uncle Li Tianlan.
Four days ago, on the night of my departure, he had disappeared.
I didn't go to him because I could guess what he was doing, and I knew that if I didn't come out soon, I would probably be killed by the xenomorphs.
I couldn't let my people's sacrifice go to waste, so it took me four days to return to the surface from the depths of the rift, and only then did I meet the leader of Mr. Lin. ”
After listening to Li Tai'an's description, Lin Shuo's heart was heavy and admiring.
The Li clan adhered to the ancestral precepts of 10,000 years ago, and they still thought about how to hand over the information to the last person, which is admirable.
The transcendent status of the Hunter Gate Kowloon Family was not obtained in vain, this Li Tai'an is worthy of being one of the nine leaders of the contemporary Hunting Gate, and this trip can be regarded as a great help.
With him as an intelligence source, at least from today, the hunting party can continue to wander around this rocky terrain in order to collect intelligence, and can go straight to the Great Rift Valley, which greatly advances the progress of the sale.
At the same time, from his description, it is no wonder that his first bite of food just now will have such a big mood swing.
Because that's beef.
He thought he had eaten human flesh for three months underground, and if he was given a bite of normal meat at this time, it would be good if he didn't collapse on the spot.
However, from Li Tairan's words just now, Lin Shuo felt that there was something that might be up for discussion, so he said:
"Li Longtou doesn't have to blame himself too much, you may not be eating human flesh underground, what if there are human-like aliens in the rift? ”
Lin Shuo's words were not unfounded, because the hunting team had encountered such a group last night, humanoid xenomorph, and the body structure was indeed very similar to a human.
Cut out their flesh and roast it in front of him, not to mention Li Tairan, a borrowed cultivator, even if Lin Shuo, the inheritance of his own family, is cultivation, and his understanding of the structure of the human body is far above Li Tairan, and he may not be able to see it when he smells it.
Of course, Lin Shuo can't say that he is dead, on the one hand, this is Lin Shuo's own speculation, and at the same time, Li Tianlan is missing this information, and Lin Shuo can't ignore it.
Li Tai'an didn't look for him after Li Tianlan's disappearance, he probably thought that this second uncle had personally cut human flesh before, and he felt ashamed, but now he saw that he had recovered and his mission had been completed, so he went to find death.
In such an extremely harsh environment underground, there is no unsuccessful search for death, so there is no need to find it.
And if Li Tai'an didn't eat human flesh, then Li Tianlan didn't do that kind of thing, he was ashamed in his heart, and there was another reason for his disappearance.
Since Li Tai'an didn't realize this, Lin Shuo couldn't directly pierce it now.
Otherwise, even if the human flesh is not eaten, although the matter of eating human flesh is tragic, but there is a reason for it, Li Taian has obviously done a good job of psychological construction, and being able to say it to Lin Shuo shows that he has accepted this fact.
And the second uncle is kind to him on weekdays, and he served him underground for three months, and he didn't care about the disappearance of the person in the end.
This matter seems to be relatively small compared to eating human flesh, but Li Taian didn't realize that it might crush him at this time.
Now Li Tai'an can still speak normally in front of him, which is the result of hard work, in fact, his physical strength and will have reached the limit, and he can't be stimulated at this time.
Therefore, Lin Shuo's reminder was tentative, he felt that Li Tai'an should have never seen that kind of humanoid xenomorph, so he felt that he must have eaten human flesh.
As a result, Li Tai'an smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Don't comfort me, President Lin, I have been underground for six months, and I have never seen anything like that." ”
Lin Shuo smiled and said, "That may be that I was thinking too much." Li Longtou's trek must have been very hard for days, so it is better to sleep in my tent. When you wake up, we'll take stock of what we know so far before heading out into the Rift. ”
I haven't slept for four days, and there are ten servings of potato stew and beef stew, Lin Shuo can see that Li Tai'an's eyes are almost unable to open at this moment, and he is currently in a strong spirit.
In this state, it is not good to do this kind of thing of intelligence exchange, and his brain can't keep up, so he simply advises him to rest first.
In addition, when he wakes up and his mind is clear, he will tell him about the anthropomorphic at that time, he will eat and sleep enough, and his psychological tolerance will be strong, so there will be no big problem.
Li Tai'an listened to persuasion at this time, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Then it will disturb President Lin." ”
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