Chapter 35 "Livestock" Breeding Plan (I)
At the same time that Feng Bei raised his knife and roared, the six praying mantis behind him, which had returned to normal, also raised their big knives at the same time and roared in the same way:
"Knife in hand, follow me!"
"Kill the spider, rob the cuckoo!"
"Knife in hand, follow ......"
With the shouting over and over again, the praying mantis, who were originally just listening quietly, were also agitated one by one, and their blood was on their heads, raising their knives, and following the "hiss". A frenzied atmosphere spreads among the praying mantises, making them uncontrollable blind obedience, teeth and claws, and they don't know what they are excited about.
Seeing that the atmosphere was in place, similar to the scene when he obeyed the church and went to the countryside to hold a mission, Feng Bei took the lead, raised his big sword, and ran away into the distance. Behind him, six normal praying mantis followed closely, shouting slogans indiscriminately, and behind him, a large group of encouraged praying mantises, following in chaotic steps, lest they fall behind and not get the blessing of the Holy Envoy.
After running for about a minute, Feng Bei quietly turned his head and peeked at the black team behind him, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief-
Finally, he succeeded, and finally took the actual control of the mantis tribe from the hands of the original leader Mantes!
, in fact, since entering the mantis tribe...... No, it should be said that since the "coincidence" of Mantes, Feng Bei's nerves have been tense, and he doesn't dare to relax at all.
There are so many suspicions in that guy, so many that Feng Bei can't ignore them at all!
First of all, the first point, the system prompt clearly states that the praying mantis in the Praying Mantis Holy Land can communicate, and they also deliberately turned on the language permission for themselves, how did they get to Mantes's mouth, and those praying mantis became "consciousness is still relatively confused, and they can't communicate for the time being"?
This hardcore druid system contains great power, and the possibility of deceiving and misleading oneself in such a trivial matter is almost zero, and the only explanation is that Mantes lied, he lied that those praying mantis could not communicate, and through coercion and intimidation, he made other praying mantis submissive, creating the status quo that he is the only wise person in the tribe!
In order to make Feng Bei believe this, Mantes also went to Feng Bei's necessary road to squat on him in advance, wanting to get in touch with Feng Bei in advance, and implant a preconceived impression on Feng Bei through language and performance. It's a pity that this step is completely wrong, it is simply a snake, and its speed comparable to that of a snail falls into the eyes of Feng Bei, and its lies are punctured at once!
How can there be so many coincidences in the world?
The time when you arrive at the Praying Mantis Holy Land is random, how can you meet the leader of the tribe at the resting place as soon as you take a break? If you are a praying mantis with strong athletic ability and a large range of activities, it is just fine, and you don't look at your belly, is it suitable to go out?
This suspicion alone made Mantes be labeled as "untrustworthy" in Feng Bei's heart. And another suspicion made Feng Bei completely lose interest in communicating with the other party, and even killed him!
Mantes is well aware of the fact that the tribe has "a strict system of planned deaths" in place, and they have barely managed to hold out until now thanks to the corpses of their kind. So the question is, who is implementing this "planned death" system? It can't be those "planned" praying mantis who take the initiative to commit suicide, right?
Taking a step back, even if this planned death system is true, then according to common sense, a praying mantis like Mantes, whose mutated part is the stomach and intestines, and needs to consume a lot of food, should also be the first batch to be "planned".
The only explanation, even if what Mantes said is false, the compassion it shows for its fellow tribe is also false, it is itself, the executor of the "planned death", all the praying mantis in a huge tribe is its reserve food, it regulates the whole tribe by planning who to eat first, and who to eat later, so that it can live longer!
As the saying goes, "physical strength is not lost", Mantes is the strongest in the tribe, and when everyone is unable to move, it becomes the strongest combat force, and the same clan has become the only prey it can capture.
Feng Bei didn't know how many praying mantis Mantes had eaten, and he had no intention of using morality to evaluate the quality of his behavior - anyway, the praying mantis itself has the habit of cannibalism, not to mention that the existing praying mantis in the tribe are not all good, they have definitely eaten their own race, and they have eaten a lot of them, so they can live until now.
The only thing he regrets is that Mantes must have hidden a lot of secrets:
Why don't the praying mantis who are eaten run away like this? Even if the chances of running out and surviving are extremely low, it is much better than staying in the camp and being eaten by their own kind, right?
For example, how does it know its location and go to guard itself in advance? Is it a problem with the tasks released by the system, or is there any secret in its own praying mantis body that it doesn't know?
For example, what is Hallownest, how many species does Hallownest bestow wisdom, why does Mantes conclude that he is a messenger of Hallownest when he sees him, and on what characteristics does it judge?
However, for Feng Bei, it is more important to complete the main quest, improve the power of the Holy Light, and hurry up to go back to save people, these secrets can be known best, and it is only a pity that they can't be known.
After rebelling against the six Mantes' most loyal men, Feng Sorrow did not kill it, but abandoned it. This is actually a small habit he formed after coming to the other world and living in the church for so many years:
I don't do things perfectly.
Mantes's fate, let the Holy Light decide, if it can survive in the dense forest full of birds and small beasts, and move back to the camp step by step, then Feng Bei is willing to give it a chance to confess to himself, and truthfully explain to himself what it is hiding, and then decide whether to spare it a small life.
Just as Feng Bei was thinking, the praying mantis brigade had already traveled a long distance under his leadership, and after walking for a short time, they came to their destination - the human camp that had been abandoned and was full of debris!
Obviously, most of the praying mantis are no strangers to this place, they have all been here, and they have been subjected to inhumane transformation experiments, so one by one, they have a little resistance and disgust for this place.
Seeing that Feng Bei stopped here, the praying mantis also stopped, stretching their necks one by one, looking forward to what Feng Bei would say and let them do.
Feng Bei was about to speak, and the rotten pliers closest to him measured his voice slightly, and said in a very low voice:
"Great Lord, this camp of hairless monkeys, Mantes has led his people to raid it many times, and what can be eaten has long been eaten at all, you can ...... it."
The expression of the rotten pincers was a little nervous, it was afraid that Feng Bei would tell the praying mantis present that they could find something to eat here, which would inevitably disappoint the mantises, and it would also make the prestige of Feng Bei, the holy envoy, fall greatly, so that it that it had just betrayed Mantes and turned its head and hugged Feng Bei's thigh, and the situation would be very embarrassing.
Understanding the meaning of the rotten pliers, Feng Bei smiled indifferently, signaled it to be restless, and then paced a few steps, came to a fat beer bottle, pointed at the bottle with a large knife, and said:
"My people, now is the time for you to do your part.
The only thing you have to do is dig up the bottle near the camp and send it to me, understand?"
As soon as they heard this, the group of praying mantis below was in an uproar, and when they saw the holy envoy holding a big knife and sprinting full of blood, they thought they were going there to fight other creatures, but they didn't expect that they didn't have to fight, and only arranged such a simple task!
"Don't be surprised, you heard it right, there is no need for bloodshed, no sacrifices, just digging up this bottle. ”
With a mysterious smile on his face, Feng Bei said with confidence:
"Believe me, fellow citizens, if you dig up enough bottles, you can get rid of hunger and have an infinite future!"
Get rid of hunger!
The temptation was too great for the praying mantis! The bulging eyes, shrunken wings, and useless tentacles suddenly screamed, and walked towards the bottle not far away. Led by them like this, there were more than a dozen unknown praying mantises, and they also let go of their worries, and under the leadership of these three normal praying mantises, they were busy in full swing.
Feng Bei squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and he was sure of one thing: these praying mantis do have a lot of wisdom!
Obviously, he just received an instruction to "dig out the bottle", without any technical details, which should be a difficult thing for a creature like a praying mantis that has no digging instinct. But these praying mantis were not stumped, but did quite a rule:
First of all, they are in the group, find their hind legs and knife arms mutated companions, and they come to the bottle around it, and start digging a little bit in the position close to the mouth of the bottle. After the soil at the mouth of the bottle is cleared out and the gap is exposed, the other praying mantis will drill under the mouth of the bottle and act as a "backing plate", pushing the bottle up as much as possible with six legs;
It took about twenty minutes for the first bottle to be dug out of the dirt, pushed by a few praying mantises, and rolled to the feet of Feng Bei.
The whole set of actions is smooth and tacit, thanks to the few praying mantis that have returned to normal. They hissed incessantly, commanding their confused companions, and because they had just had a full meal and were full of strength, they were the main force in prying the bottle.
After the success of the first experiment, the surrounding praying mantis also mastered the method, and soon, they were divided into four teams, led by bulging eyes, shrunken wings, useless tentacles and hollow ears, walking towards the beer bottles in different positions, while the rotten pliers and the sluggish scythe stood beside Feng Bei, humbly bowing their heads, waiting for him to be dispatched at any time.
After looking at it for a while, I found that the four groups of praying mantis construction teams were doing a good job, and Feng Bei finally let go of the worries in his heart and was completely relieved. But with this relaxation, a tide-like soreness suddenly surged all over his body, and his spiritual sense was almost overwhelmed!
Today, there have been too many things to experience, catching moths, peeling spiders, fighting to avoid servitude, deceiving Mantes, plus a long journey of six hours, Feng Bei's body has accumulated a lot of exhaustion, which has made him feel intensely tired, and he desperately needs to take a nap at this time to restore his spirit that is about to collapse to the limit.
All praying mantis have work to do, there is no time to take care of it for the time being, the hearts of the guards around them should have been subdued, the possibility of betrayal in a short period of time is very small, and there is also a little evil energy diffused in the surrounding environment, other birds and beasts will not approach, it should be considered safe here, right?
With this thought, he reluctantly gave the order to guard the rotten pliers and the sluggish sickle, and Feng Bei could no longer control himself, and slowly lay down, his eyes darkened, and he fell asleep at a very fast speed.