Chapter 539: A Lie of Last Resort.
Originally, when the Siberian girl said the 'word' of prophet, Zhang Yide had already guessed that it was herself, because when he rescued those survivors, one of those people did have a child who called him the title of 'prophet'. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is enough to prove that these survivors in front of them are the people who were later collected by the original group of survivors.
But Zhang Yide doesn't remember when he promised to come back one day to save these people? Did he really say such a thing?
Zhang Yide's slightly frozen expression made Yakov on the side mistakenly think that this young man of the Celestial Empire was embarrassed by the story of the Arabian Nights, indeed, in the eyes of outsiders, what prophet, what Valkyrie and the like, it is similar to some brainwashed religious madman, even Yakov himself heard such a statement for the first time, it is difficult to accept.
He is an atheist.
However, the story is true.
Thinking so, Yakov coughed lightly, attracting Zhang Yide's attention, and then explained in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang, it is like this, there is indeed a powerful man who saved the leader of our camp and handed them three guns, and I have one of them, but he had other important things to do at that time, so he left, and left without leaving his name, so our leaders called him a prophet without permission....... It's not a pretend, it's a respectful title, and I think the mysterious man wears a high-tech armor and can provide such a powerful firearm, I think he must be a powerful warrior in some big force. ”
Yakov's words were quite quiet, and because of the distance, they were not heard by the young survivors, otherwise it would have been possible for the fanatical young people to refute them.
When Zhang Yide heard this explanation, he secretly said in his heart, this is a person who understands, so he also whispered: "What is the matter of leading you to the land of God?
When asked this question, Yakov was speechless for a while, how would he answer? Is it true? The powerful man really didn't say this before leaving, and if he said it was false, it would not only make the young man of the Celestial Empire in front of him look down on him, but if it was heard by the young people on the side, it would also cause a big blow to the morale in the camp, so Yakov could only prevaricate: "Well....probably, in fact, I don't know very well." ”
Seeing Yakov's hesitant appearance, Zhang Yide suddenly understood everything.
The fact that the 'prophet' will return and lead everyone to the God-given land is probably a lie made up by the camp higher-ups, the truth of which is known only to a very few people, and the scar-faced man in front of him with a strengthened weapon is one of them.
As for why he made up such a lie, Zhang Yide could understand with his feet that this was to draw a big pie for the many survivors in the camp and provide an illusory hope.
Life in the camp should be quite difficult, but this is also a small town with a scale of at least a hundred thousand people, or even several small towns combined, there are only so many survivors left with more than 100 or 200 survivors, it is no wonder that such survivors can have a better life, and they have experienced so many terrible tribulations, I am afraid that the nightmare every night alone is enough to torture them to go crazy, not to mention the lack of supplies, and they have to live frugally every day.
These people must have accumulated a lot of negative emotions when they gather together, if there is hope in life, everyone will work hard to survive, and will selectively ignore the current suffering, in case these people don't even have hope, many negative emotions are pressed in their hearts, I am afraid that the string in their hearts will break, and their psychology will collapse.
They need a way out, a reason to support themselves.
And they may not be able to find a way out.
With only three fortified weapons in this camp, it is impossible to protect everyone from leaving here and going to a new place of safety, and besides, they don't know where it is safe, it is completely isolated from the outside world, and they have not received any news at all.
If you rush on the road, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties.
Under such circumstances, they can only be helplessly trapped here.
And how long can they survive if they continue to be trapped here? Like this time, the team searching for supplies was almost wiped out, and the monsters would not sit idly by and watch them leisurely obtain supplies, every time they came out to find supplies, it was equivalent to fighting for human lives, and the materials in the supermarket were limited, even if they didn't die, but the food in the supermarket would always be eaten up one day.
What about then?
Zhang Yide knew a little about the inside story, and he could judge that these survivors were like living on an isolated island full of monsters, with no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground.
These less than 200 survivors, with only three strengthened firearms, are really difficult to survive for a long time in this town infested with mutant monsters, and they can't even leave.
The leader of the camp must have realized this and knew that there was no way out for the time being, so he needed to make up such a lie to comfort everyone, bring everyone hope, and give everyone a reason to persevere.
If we don't, maybe the camp won't be able to sustain itself.
Even the camp leader himself was expecting this lie to come true, otherwise it would really be a dead end.
Understanding this, Zhang Yide has a preliminary understanding of the situation of these survivors, of course, the specific need to be close to the leader of this camp to understand, maybe this camp leader has another trick?
Thinking so, Zhang Yide glanced at Yakov, who had an unspeakable face, and then at those hopeful young people, and couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
The expression on the face of Yakov, one of the only high-ranking people in the room with a strengthened weapon, was really hard to believe that these camp leaders, or that leader, had any tricks.
"Mr. Zhang......" Yakov saw Zhang Yide's expression, and suddenly understood in his heart, I am afraid that this black-haired young man of the Celestial Empire has already guessed the truth of some things.
In fact, it is not difficult to guess, he himself did not give a positive answer, as long as the other party thinks a little to know what is going on, but Yakov really does not want to lie, and he does not dare to lie, because Yakov is not sure where this black-haired young man with the same power as the gun in his hand comes from, and whether it will have something to do with the 'prophet'.
This connection is not even much, even if this black-haired young man has only passed by the sphere of influence where the 'Prophet' is located and heard about the existence of the 'Prophet', Yakov must not take this risk.
Otherwise, once it arouses the evil feelings of this dark-haired young man or that 'prophet', then everything will be over.
He could only secretly be depressed in his heart that the girl spoke too briskly, and said everything that should be said and what should not be said, making him so passive, and at the same time said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang, some things, you just know, please don't publicize it, I beg you." ”