31 Underworld: Savages
The next day, we were finally going hunting.
The place of hunting is behind the salt lake, further away.
We split into five groups, a dozen people in a wave.
After the division, the boss Zhao Lizhu said: "I tell you again, don't go to the innermost, there is the entrance to the fifth floor." β
I asked, "Why?" β
The boss glanced at me: "The fifth layer is the territory of the savages, and the fourth layer is the territory of everyone's public. Those wild people don't mess with it. β
Ten Thousand Poison Treasure took the initiative to follow me. The boss didn't speak, so he walked away side by side with me. "I've been to the fifth floor a few times, and it's fun there, it's full of animals," he said. β
Me: "Really? I don't believe it! β
Him: "Really! It's full of bugs, mosquitoes! There were a lot of plants and mushrooms, and a lot of birds, and a lot of mice. β
Me: "No way. β
He grabbed me: "I saw it with my own eyes, and I never lied!" β
I sighed: "There are laws in this world, and nothing can exist in disobedience to the laws. I ask you, how is the oxygen we breathe produced? What do those bugs eat? What energy do plants have to grow? And there is no sunshine! β
Wan Poison Treasure frowned.
I continued to sigh: "Actually, I don't even understand why we are alive. It stands to reason that we should have died a long time ago! We either starve to death or suffocate to death. β
Ten Thousand Poison Treasure's eyes widened.
I then said, "You know what? A long time ago, there was a demon cult in the world called the Sun Sect. I have read their teachings, and they say that everything in the world is the sun. In fact, this is completely true, plants draw energy from sunlight, and then animals eat plants, people eat animals, and the energy is passed down from one level to another. The sun is everything, without the sun, there is no day and night, there are no seasons, nothing exists in this world. Later, the four major religions - Shenjiao, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism rose. They may have disagreements, but they all believe that the sun is irrelevant, so the Sun Sect must be a demon sect, and in the end, the four sects actually wiped out people! β
Wan Poison Treasure listened blankly and said, "I don't understand! I don't understand at all! Tell me about it. β
I said magnanimously, "Just ask!" There's nothing in this world that I don't know. β
Him: "You ask me, 'How is the oxygen we breathe produced?', but what is oxygen?" β
Yes! The first question is that hard!
Me: "A breath in the air, for animals to breathe." β
Him: "That plant doesn't have to breathe?" β
Me: "They breathe too." They breathe carbon dioxide, which is the animal's exhaust gas, and then excrete oxygen. The qi of animals and plants circulates with each other. β
Him: "It's like people cannibalizing each other? β
I twisted my head around and said, "Ah...... Similar. You can also understand it this way. β
Him: "You always talk about energy, so what is energy?" Is it internal strength? β
All right! I was stopped by him. I'd love to explain the theorems of physics to him, but I guess he doesn't.
I put it succinctly: "You can think of energy as internal strength. β
Him: "Internal strength? My father said that the internal strength is all fake! Everything is hard work, that is, fists. Every time, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disguises hard power as internal power and poison as internal strength. β
Me: "Hey! This one is too messy, the concepts are different, I can't explain it clearly! You ask something else. β
Him: "Is it fun up there?" β
Me: "It's not fun, it's like hell." β
Him: "Is it better than ours?" β
I have to admit: "This ...... Better than you guys. At least the sun is shining. β
Him: "What is the sun?" β
Me: "The Sun is a star, very big. It shines, its little energy shines on the earth, but it makes the world come alive. β
Him: "What is a star?" β
I was furious: "Don't ask me for the explanation!" Ask for something else! β
Him: "What is the Earth?" β
Me: "Earth is a planet, our world, and we are all on its surface. It has an iron core in the middle, stones on the outside, and land and sea on the top. It is 40,000 kilometers long. β
Him: "They always say the moon, but what is the moon? β
Me: "A satellite of the Earth." β
Him: "What is a satellite?" Stars? What are stars? β
Me: "The star is the largest, the planet is in the middle, and the moon is the smallest." The stars you saw in the sky - ah, I remember, you haven't seen the stars......"
Him: "I've seen fireflies!" There are a lot of fireflies on the fifth floor! They say that the stars are like fireflies in the sky. β
Me: "Well, it's very similar. Every star is like a firefly, every star is a sunβfor the most part, there are hundreds of billions of billions of stars. The universe is infinite, and we are smaller than dust. Our time and space are ridiculously small. What's even more ridiculous is that we think we are important. β
He looked at the sky with oily black eyes, and it was pitch black in the sky, pitch black around him, and pitch black in the underworld.
He went on to ask, "What is a day?" Why do you divide your time into days? β
Me: "The earth rotates. When the sun shines on it, it is called day, and when the sun does not shine on its back, it is called night. A day and a night together are called a day. β
Him: "What is January?" β
Me: "The moon orbits the earth for 30 days, and people call it January. β
Him: "What's a year?" β
Me: "The time it takes for the earth to revolve around the sun is 365 days, and people call 365 days a year. β
Him: "Ah, I see! I've asked people for ten years, and no one else knows why, and as soon as you say it, you make me understand! You always say 'called', which means you can also 'not be called', right? Actually, there is no such thing as a day, a month, a year, it's just that everyone says so, so there they are, right? You know, I've been underground, and I always don't understand why everybody is saying a day, a month, a year......"
Me: "I like you a lot, because that's what I used to think." Everything is man-made, and they have no sacred meaning. Some idiots always commemorate their own birthdays, the birthdays of dynasties, but they are all meaningless. Some demon cults even believe in constellations, birthdays, zodiac signs, and prophecies, and they simply laugh off their big teeth! For example, it is said that the apocalypse will come in 20 years. However, the word '20 years' itself has no meaning! Could it be that the earth revolves 20 times around the sun and the apocalypse will come? Damn, I also said that Neptune's third moon orbits Neptune 6769 times, and the apocalypse is coming! There are hundreds of billions of billions of stars in this world, which one is not going around in circles?! Some people really think of themselves as the center of the universe! β
Wan Poison Treasure was stunned for a while, and then continued to ask, "I didn't think about it that much. Last question, what are the four seasons? Why is there spring, summer, autumn and winter? β
Me: "Ah, that's a problem. Because the angle of the Earth's rotation and revolution are different...... Let me first explain to you what rotation and revolution are, and what gravity is ......"
Wan Poison Treasure continued to ask, "What is a cloud?" Why does it rain on the earth? What is Thunder? What is Flash? Are your plants green? Why is it green? β¦β¦β
So I explained the way to him.
Fortunately, he asked me, I know everything, and I can't answer if I want to change someone else!
β¦β¦
He said, "Ah! How I want to go up there. Even if it's only for one day, I'm willing to die! β
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Our squad crossed the salt lake and continued deeper.
There are more and more small bugs on the ground, which makes me a little nauseous.
Wan Poison Bao whispered, "Stop! β
He pricked up his ears and listened.
I listened too, but there was nothing around but insects crawling on the ground, rustling like a breeze blowing through a pine forest.
I watched too, but it was pitch black, only the torches flickered.
The iron spear in the hand of the Ten Thousand Poison Treasure was thrown out, plunging deep into the darkness far away. There was a squeak inside.
We rushed over and a large rat was pinned to the ground. The mouse had no eyes, no hair, and wrinkled white skin, and even the veins inside could be seen clearly. It has a large mouth with baring fangs, and the nails on its claws are ten centimeters!
The hunter took out his knife and was going to cut it.
Wan Poison Treasure continued to shout in a low voice: "Stop! β
He pricked up his ears to listen to the silence, his eyes widening into the darkness, and the expression on his face was very serious.
He raised the other iron spear in his hand and threw it with all his might. This time the spear roared out, and the sound was sharp and piercing.
Sparks flashed in the distance.
Suddenly, a man appeared in the darkness, and suddenly came, like a ghost.
Wan Poison Bao stepped forward and fought with him.
I couldn't see them at all.
A dozen or so people from our side also stepped forward to join the melee.
The shadow was a black one, and I couldn't see it clearly.
It was over after 10 seconds, and there was a man lying on the ground, with a deep handprint on his chest, and blood on his mouth, but still alive.
Wan Poison Bao and a dozen of us stood aside.
The man was no more than 1.7 meters long, very thin, his skin was even whiter, his hair was silvery, his eyes were green, and he was shining in the dark.
Is this a savage? Why do wild people look the same as us? The wild man in my heart is a two-meter-tall, blue-faced and fanged ghost.
The wild man struggled and said, "Fifteen of you beat me one!" β
Damn, even the dialect of southern Gyeonggi is spoken! What a wild man this is!
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A man who looked like a Taoist priest raised his machete and slashed down.
The Taoist priest himself flew out with a swoop, and there was a deep hole in his chest.
In the darkness, another man rushed up.
One person fought more than a dozen of us, and they fought back and forth. Each of those people can kill the role of the leader of the martial arts alliance in seconds!
In the darkness, several more people rushed up. Our side gradually fell out, and a few people flew out screaming.
There was a commotion in the distance, and the remaining four squads on our side arrived, a total of dozens of people joined the battle.
In the darkness, the other party came a few more.
There was a big battle between the two sides. I was tempted to describe the battle, but I couldn't describe it, and I saw a large black shadow fighting around. Dozens of torches burned on the ground, and their figures shone deeply into the darkness of the sky and beyond, making them even more eerie.
Suddenly, the boss's voice appeared: "Stop! β
The crowd parted.
There were eighty or ninety people on our side, and eleven on the opposite side. There were five dead men on the ground, four of the hunting squads, and one of the other party.
The boss Zhao Lizhu said: "Don't fight, if you beat us again, we will all die!" Didn't you say that you don't want to fight in groups? β
The leader on the other side said, "Yes." But you're going to kill my son, so I'm going to bring someone here. β
The boss said, "Then we'll stop here." β
The other party said, "There will be a period later!" β
They carried a dead man away.
We carried four dead men away.
The dead rat was crawling with bugs, and it was eaten by the bugs.