Chapter 64: The Fear of Being Ruled by the Beasts
A low canyon with towering cliffs on both sides that shield itself from the sun's rays and make it look unusually grey.
The canyon is located in the middle of a lush forest, flanked by a high canopy of trees, which at first glance looks like a crack in the ground, but surrounded by greenery, it is not particularly remarkable and can easily be overlooked.
However, this canyon, which resembles a crypt, has something extraordinary.
Holes have been dug into the rock wall about 10 meters above the ground, and if you look closely, you will find that each hole is a cave dwelling, and the humans of this planet are living here at this time, living like wild apes and animals.
At the top of the canyon, a network of thick hemp ropes and some steel cables is woven into a net, as if to defend against attacks from the sky. At this time, some vine-like plants grow on this protective net, and the thick stems and vines are constantly intertwined, making the protective net stronger and more resilient.
It's just that in this way, the already dim canyon has become even darker, and the yin here is so heavy that even the air seems to be filled with a clammy and cold smell.
Suddenly, a violent roar attracted the attention of the people here, and those who lived in the caves or were picking wild fruits outside looked towards the place where the roar sounded, and through the sparse holes, they saw a black thing suddenly flying in the sky.
A little bit of it, like a burst of waves, for a moment they were stunned.
Soon a light rain began to fall in the sky.
"Ah, this is the flesh and blood of the desolate beast, and it was a desolate beast that exploded just now!"
The inhabitants of the canyon exclaimed, and then their faces turned pale, and they all ran to their lair as fast as they could, as they watched the pieces of flesh fall from the sky. At the same time, the mechanisms at the entrances and exits at both ends of the canyon also fell quickly, and with a bang, the boulder connected to the counterweight fell steadily under the operation of several teams of personnel responsible for defense, and in an instant, the entire canyon became a completely closed cage.
People awaited in horror for the follow-up announcement.
"Chief, this is the flesh and blood of the desolate beast, look at the exoskeleton scale armor attached to this piece of meat, this is a scaly desolate beast crawling on the ground."
A young warrior picked up the flesh on the ground with a long blade, looked at the black scale armor on it, and said with a solemn expression.
"The scale armor that crawls on the ground, this kind of desolate beast has extremely strong athletic ability, and its attack methods are also unguardable, and it is very difficult to deal with, but now it has ended up like this, could it be that other stronger kinds of desolate beasts have entered its territory?"
The man who was called the leader was a sturdy man in his early forties, and his face was not easy at this time.
Since the fall of human civilization from the peak three hundred years ago, the overlord of the land has changed one stubble after another, from the beginning of the flying beasts, to the later scale-armored beasts, the level of the beast group has been continuously improved, and the species have become more and more prosperous. Right now, even the scaly beasts are slowly withdrawing from the stage, and can only live in the forest, guarding their own one-third of an acre.
Today's Great Hung Star is already the world of megalodon beasts.
Therefore, seeing that there were scaly beasts crawling on the ground being "torn" into pieces of flesh, the leader's first reaction was that a stronger beast had come here.
This is not good news.
For this canyon settlement of 50,000 people, what challenges will they face next?
The thought that the human condition was becoming more and more difficult made his heart sink.
"Chief, do you want to send an investigation team to investigate?" A fighter proposed.
"Yes, Chief, we must not sit idly by, we must confirm as soon as possible what kind of desolate beast has come here, if it is a megalodon desolate beast, we can only move out of here as soon as possible."
"The Bazren settlement next door was breached by the Wild Beasts just last month, and according to the survivors, it was the Megalodon Wild Beasts who did it."
The leader's face sank, nodded slightly, and he looked at a person in a brown shirt next to him: "Erin, you take the team to investigate, remember to pay attention to safety." ”
"Yes!" The man named Arryn nodded, and soon set off with his teammates.
"Chief, what are we going to do if it's really a megalodon? These monsters are like mudslides, and they are not at all capable of human beings......"
"Yes, we can't use weapons against ordinary wild beasts, but this megalodon ...... Hey, all that's left is to escape! ”
After Erin left, the scene continued to sound with fear.
The leader's hand clenched into a fist, and finally put it down weakly, he sighed: "Let's get ready first, if that's the case, we have to choose to leave ......"
"Ah, but where can we go?"
"We have lived here for more than 100 years, tens of thousands of people, and which settlement is willing to take us in?"
"I've heard that the megalodon doesn't have to kill us all, as long as it meets its requirements, ask...... The problem is not very big. That's what Noah's settlement did, and it's still the largest human settlement. ”
"Shut up!"
The leader shouted: "It is forbidden to mention the Noah's settlement in the future!" Look at the people behind you, even if we die, we can't follow the example of Noah's settlement, trading the lives of our loved ones for our own survival! ”
"Chief, I'm ...... That's not what I meant......" The man was a little flustered when he saw the leader's reaction.
The leader glanced at him coldly and snorted.
There was silence at the scene, and the leader sighed, waved his hand, and asked everyone to return to their respective posts and quietly wait for the follow-up news.
Today's world is getting more and more difficult, and with the advent of megalodons, there are fewer and fewer places on this planet suitable for human habitation. As the man said, Noah's settlement was indeed attacked by megalodons, but they are still the largest human settlement, with a population of nearly five million.
For no other reason, the actions of this settlement are trying to cater to the "appetite" of the wild beasts.
The beast will eat the fruit, okay, everyone shrinks their clothes and eats, and gives all the fresh fruit they have picked to the beast.
If the beast wants to eat meat, it is okay, and all the prey obtained from hunting is also offered.
Of course, as the beasts on this planet are rampant, the number of primitive animals is decreasing, and humans can only obtain limited meat, so they have to target some low-level beasts, so every hunt will cause a certain degree of casualties.
But that's not the biggest trouble, the biggest trouble is that wild beasts like to eat people!
Humans are the most delicious food in their eyes!
An adult megalodon beast eats 100,000 humans a year!
Those who were wounded from hunting, or who were dying, were sacrificed to the megalodons.
Of course, this is far from enough, in order not to anger the desolate beasts who rule their territory, those settlements that have surrendered have to regularly offer sacrifices every year, and childbirth has become the top priority to maintain the survival of the race, and if there are not enough people in their own tribe, then go to conquer and conquer another tribe, and there will be a large number of sacrifices!
In this world, human beings are like livestock, and some settlements do not hesitate to alienate themselves into beasts as savage as wild beasts in order to survive.
They don't care if they are fed up, as long as they can live, why not surrender?
Their "strength" depends on the strength of the desolate beasts to which they are attached.