Hopless rushed over, and as soon as they met, he received Luo Qiu's ultimatum: "Let all the humans lay down their weapons, I can guarantee your safety, if you don't agree, then I will let my subordinates chop you all." ”

Hopeless thought that he had come to negotiate, and was stunned when he heard this: "Your Majesty, I have opened the city gate according to your instructions, shouldn't we be let out?"

Luo Qiu waved his hand: "You think too much, there is only one city gate, there is not much difference between opening and not opening, it just saves a little time, so I decided to keep your lives, as for whether to let you go or not, it is not up to you to decide." ”

"Your Majesty, who can decide?" Hopless hurriedly asked.

"Someone who is qualified to negotiate with me and meet my conditions. Luo Qiu said lightly.

Hopeless's head exploded, and he immediately remembered the joke-like conditions that Mobuck had reported when he was under the walls.

20 million gold, compensation for losses, surrender of the mastermind, burning of the code, establishment of a station, carbon emission tax, passage everywhere, most favored treatment.

These conditions that everyone who listened to them at that time laughed, feelings are not a joke made by the King of Steel Bones.

God, who is qualified to agree to such conditions, and who is qualified to negotiate? If these conditions are not met, does it not mean that they will have to be prisoners of the undead for the rest of their lives?

Almost fainted, and with a strong spirit, Hopless asked one of his most incomprehensible questions: "Your Majesty, what is a carbon tax?"

Luo Qiu probed his hand and held a cloud of air with his mind, and then let Gray go down with an analysis technique. The air immediately split into different components.

Luo Qiu said to Hopless again: "You exhale. ”

Hopless didn't know why, but he did it anyway. The air he exhaled was also restrained by Luo Qiu's thoughts, and he went down with an analysis technique.

Then Luo Qiu pointed to the two balls of air and said: "Look, the air should be like this, there are more elements of this kind, I call it oxygen, and then look at the breath you exhale, the oxygen decreases, another element increases, and the added element is called carbon." ”

"Oxygen is a necessary element for the survival of life, but carbon is not necessary, you humans inhale oxygen, but emit carbon, what is consumed is the necessary element of life, so you must be responsible for the oxygen consumed and the carbon emitted, so it is called carbon emissions. ”

"We undead beings don't need to breathe, we don't consume the necessary elements, but we share the consequences of oxygen consumption, it's not fair, we have to be taxed, understand?"

In fact, Luo Qiu secretly changed the concept, human beings are carbon-based creatures, the whole body is mainly composed of carbohydrates, and carbon is also an important life element, but he bullies you don't understand, how!

Hopliston suddenly realized, it turns out that human breathing is supposed to consume the elements of life, and undead creatures are known to not need to breathe, and it makes sense to pay for what they consume.

Hopeless had nothing to say, he bowed and withdrew, and before leaving, he said, "I hope that Your Majesty will let me reserve the right to communicate with the outside world, and let me rest and do my best to urge the fulfillment of these conditions." ”

In the past, Hopless thought that these conditions were a big joke, but now it seems that even if there is no negotiation, His Majesty the King of Steel Bones is capable of achieving his goals by force, not to mention that it is now linked to his life and freedom, so Hoppelis can't help it.

By keeping the channels of communication, he can at least work hard for his own destiny, and not all in the hands of others.

This is exactly what Luo Qiu wants, there is no point in pushing the human world flat, but it can't be ignored like now, being splashed with sewage by others, and the steel bone collar has no means of countering at all.

And Hopless can communicate with the outside world, and he will also bring the positive image of the steel bone collar to people in the outside world, at least let others know that those ghouls were not made by him, and he does not carry this pot.

The identity of the heir of the Southern Duchy of Hopeless is much more credible than him.

"You can keep all the channels of external communication without having to go through our audit. Your guards and guard of honor will also be retained, and the surrendered soldiers will be under your control, but hopefully you will make sure they are obedient, because my children are not very reasonable, and it will be troublesome to cause conflict. Luo Qiu said.

Hopless nodded hurriedly, what do you mean that you are not very reasonable, do those skeletons know what reason is? Ahh

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will restrain them, but please leave us some food and clothing and bedding, without which we will not survive. Hopless said.

When he arrived, Hopless found that the skeletons were carrying the supply warehouse, food, clothing, weapons, pots and pans, etc., and even the beds, as if they wanted to empty the Iron City.

Hopless was afraid that he would not leave them any food, that there would be no food to eat, and that it would be meaningless to say anything about restraint.

"It was originally for you, and we don't have to eat, and we moved away because the powder mist is spreading, and my people checked the food stored in the powder mist area, and found that they were all infected with the plague and could not eat. You can only grab the food from the area that has not spread first, and the powder mist will be a bit troublesome to clear up, and then your people may all have to withdraw from the city. ”

The specific gravity of the powder mist is very high, sinking to the bottom, diffusing but not dispersed, expanding slowly but firmly, Gray tried it, there was no way to neutralize it, it could only be blown away, but if it was blown away, there were too many uncertainties.

Will it spread with the wind to other places, such as Qiangwei Town, such as the human town north of Motie City?

As long as the slightest bit spreads out and falls into a densely populated area, it will become a pathogenic source, spawning ghouls, one to two, two to four, and it can quickly destroy a city.

So the best thing to do is to leave it where it is, wait for a heavy rain, and see if you can wash them away.

But in this way, there is no way to stay in the Iron City, at least not for humans.

Hearing the plague and thinking of ghouls, Hopeless's face turned white, and he hurriedly said: "Evacuate, evacuate, we withdraw from the city, the plague is invisible, it is safer to withdraw, please allow Your Majesty." ”

"Okay, let's go. Luo Qiu waved his hand.

Human beings obediently withdrew from the Iron City, set up tents on the wasteland or simply slept in the open, the climate of the wasteland is dry, as long as you pay attention to keeping warm, there is no problem in sleeping in the open air, but the sun is uncomfortable during the day.

So many humans began to learn skeletons, digging a hole in the ground, and then spreading a quilt on top of it to make a simple tent.

Time passed quickly, and four days later, Locks, summoned by His Majesty, rushed to the Iron Grinding City, and the mutated ghoul who had been hungry for four days was also dying, and only a few corpses hung from it every day, so that when it saw a lich like Locks, its eyes lit up, and it was eager to pounce on it and bite it.

Locks glanced at it, covered her nose with her handkerchief and retreated, and said in disgust, "Your Majesty, did you summon me to come so quickly for it?

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