When Chu Tianjiang woke up, he was already locked in a prison cell. There are no windows, just an iron door with a sliding window that can only be opened from the outside. The cell was cramped, with a bed and a toilet. The room was filled with the smell of choking feces and urine, and there was a faint smell of blood.

No one came looking for him, except that every once in a while, someone would bring a plate of paste-like food.

Although the taste was very bad, or there was no taste, it just looked disgusting, but Chu Tianjiang still ate these foods.

He needs to understand this world, and he needs to recover his strength.

In this completely sealed cell, Chu Tianjiang's concept of time became very vague, and he could only make a rough judgment from the degree of hunger in his belly and the number of times he delivered food.

After the person outside delivered food for the tenth time, Chu Tianjiang summoned a figure.

"What's going on?"

The figure was very small, suspended in front of Chu Tianjiang, and the light emitted was very dim. "I don't know what to say, but you'd better not provoke them."

"They!?"

"Survivors on the ground, mutants, farmers."

Chu Tianjiang let out a long breath. "I didn't provoke them, but ......"

"You have entered their territory, and it is clear that this is a world where strangers are not welcome. To them, you are a stranger. ”

"What will they do with me?" Chu Tianjiang had long realized that the people living here not only did not welcome strangers, but also distrusted strangers very much.

"I don't know what to do."

"I don't know what to do!?"

"Like you, I've just come to this world." The figure sighed and said, "To be sure, this is an isolation room, and the air pressure is significantly lower than the room outside. Perhaps, those people think that you are already infected and therefore need to be quarantined for observation. ”

"And then?" Chu Tianjiang was very annoyed. If he had known that such an encounter would occur to Lu Dao, he would not have entered the farm.

"It depends on their mood."

"What language do they speak?"

"It's a very complex language, and I'm working on it intensively."

"Processing?"

The figure nodded and said, "I don't know this language either, so I need more morphemes and time." Once I'm familiar with the language, it's automatically written into the language center of your brain, and you'll be able to understand the language and speak it with a little practice. ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the figure disappeared immediately, and Chu Tianjiang also cleanly eliminated the very disgusting food on the plate.

The door was pushed open, and two men entered, one tall and one short. Because the light was shining in from behind them, Chu Tianjiang couldn't see their faces clearly. The tall one said a word to Chu Tianjiang. Because he couldn't understand this language, Chu Tianjiang didn't know what he was talking about.

Feeling a sharp pain on his cheeks, Chu Tianjiang fell unconscious again.

When Chu Tianjiang woke up again, he was already outside, in a clearing, tied to a wooden stake by several thick iron chains, naked and drenched in water. The sun was on the horizon, but Chu Tianjiang had lost his sense of direction and couldn't tell whether it was a rising sun or a setting sun. There were a lot of people around, men and women, old and young, and some people with disabilities, between a hundred and two hundred. Except for more than a dozen people wearing armor and swords, the others were wearing cloth clothes and looked very sloppy. There was a lot of standing water on the ground, like it had just rained heavily, and it was sandy ground with mud mixed with animal feces everywhere.

Someone walked over, and it was a middle-aged man in his fifties.

He wore no armor, but had a large sword hanging from his waist with a red gem inlaid with the hilt, and he was dressed more ornately, or rather neatly.

Perhaps, he is the leader here.

The man said a word, and seeing that Chu Tianjiang did not react, he beckoned to the two strong men in armor next to him, and then stepped aside.

When the strong man walked up, Chu Tianjiang did not struggle.

What do they want to do?

It wasn't until he was tied to the cross that Chu Tianjiang suddenly understood. These people really don't welcome strangers and see strangers as a threat.

Are they going to crucify me, or will they set up a bonfire and burn me alive like the people of the Middle Ages did with witches?

Thinking of this, Chu Tianjiang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Of course, there is nothing to worry about for the time being. As long as he summons the Rainbow Warframe, he can escape at any time, at least not be burned alive.

When the cross was erected, the middle-aged man stood with several other people, including a woman.

They were discussing something in a whisper, but Chu Tianjiang couldn't understand it.

What to do?

The discussion went on so vigorously that there seemed to be an argument. Apparently, they are the masters of the farm, and there is a conflict over what to do with this stranger.

A moment later, the quarrel stopped with the middle-aged man's stopping, and he and the woman walked over.

The middle-aged man said something to Chu Tianjiang again, but Chu Tianjiang still couldn't understand, so he didn't speak. Then, the middle-aged man shook his head and said a word to the woman. After the woman replied, the middle-aged man walked away, but she stayed.

She was between forty and fifty years old, and was well-dressed, perhaps the middle-aged man's wife.

After saying a word to Chu Tianjiang, she kept looking at Chu Tianjiang, waiting for Chu Tianjiang's reply. It's just that Chu Tianjiang didn't know what to say at all.

Although Chu Tianjiang could speak Chinese and English, he knew that speaking a language that the other party didn't understand would only complicate the situation. These people do not trust strangers and are even afraid of strangers. Remaining silent would make them feel that Chu Tianjiang just didn't want to speak. If it was a language they didn't understand, it would make them believe that Chu Tianjiang was a stranger or a dangerous stranger.

"This is your last chance."

Suddenly, Chu Tianjiang understood what the woman said.

"No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you have to identify yourself and prove yourself, or we will have to leave you here and your kind."

After saying this, the woman looked at Chu Tianjiang with a disappointed expression.

"Kind!?" Chu Tianjiang spoke.

The woman was startled, then looked back at the middle-aged man standing behind her.

The middle-aged man walked over, and he heard it too.

"Jack ......"

The middle-aged man nodded at the woman, walked up to Chu Tianjiang, and said, "You can speak our language, why didn't you answer my question before?" ”

Chu Tianjiang didn't speak, just stared at the middle-aged man.

"Jack, he can talk, and he's ......"

"Lucia, we don't know him, we don't even know his name, we can't take any chances."

"Do you want to leave him here and leave him to fend for himself?"

The middle-aged man glanced at Chu Tianjiang and turned his gaze to the sun in the distance.

"Jack, we've all been here, and everybody here has had the same experience. He can talk, he can eat our food, he is not afraid of being exposed to the sun, and he has not mutated during the quarantine period, he is certainly not a night demon and we can't leave him here. ”

The middle-aged man let out a sigh and said to the woman, "Since you decided to help him, you have to be responsible for it." ”

The woman nodded, her expression determined.

The middle-aged man didn't say anything more, walked and asked the two strong men to put Chu Tianjiang down from the cross. Subsequently, the crowd of onlookers dispersed.

At this time, Chu Tianjiang realized that it was the sunset, not the rising sun, and the night was coming.

The down-to-earth feeling made Chu Tianjiang feel very comfortable. It's just that the naked appearance makes him a little awkward.

The woman handed over a piece of clothing that looked like a robe, and at the same time carefully looked at Chu Tianjiang. "You're fine, are you?"

Chu Tianjiang shook his head, picked up his robe, and draped it on his body.

"Come with me." The woman glanced at Chu Tianjiang again, turned around and walked towards the farmhouse not far away, and when Chu Tianjiang followed, she said again, "No matter who you are, no matter what you are doing here, you shouldn't be silent, otherwise it will cause others to misunderstand." ”

"What misunderstanding?"

"Only people speak."

"Really?"

The woman glanced back at Chu Tianjiang and said, "Are you a traveler?" ”

"Pretty much." Chu Tianjiang felt that this was the most reasonable explanation, because he didn't know about this world, and he didn't know about this farm.

"Where did you come from?"

"A place far away."

"The New World, the Northern World, or the Union Continent?"

"What?"

The woman glanced at Chu Tianjiang again. "Why, you don't even know where you're from?"

"No, I just don't know what you mean."

"Really?"

Chu Tianjiang noticed that the woman had begun to become suspicious. "I'm from a small island, not a continent."

"The island?"

Chu Tianjiang nodded. The tectonic plate structure of the Earth has completely changed, and so has the distribution of the land, but there are many islands in the oceans.

"You don't have a night demon there?"

"What is Daredevil?"

The woman stopped and looked at Chu Tianjiang very carefully. Her eyes made Chu Tianjiang a little hairy, as if she would see through it.

"Soon, you'll know what a night demon is." The woman smiled and shook her head, saying, "My name is Lucia. ”

"Skyler." Chu Tianjiang didn't say his real name, but made up a name casually.

"Skyle, is that the name?"

Chu Tianjiang smiled reluctantly, this is indeed a very strange name.

"Okay, remember my words. If you meet someone you don't know, it's best not to keep silent and let them know that you can speak. ”

"Where are you going now?"

"Go underground."

"What!?"

"And dinner."

The sun had set, and the last rays of light were fading. The woman quickened her pace, and Chu Tianjiang followed behind her. When he entered the farmhouse, Chu Tianjiang glanced back.

Night is falling at breakneck speed.

The moment the door of the farmhouse closed, a low, chilling roar was heard in the forest to the east.