Number 1 quickly understood what the strange ant meant.

Because these busy people have one thing in common, that is, they are expressionless and work like robots.

"It's as if these people have been drained of their souls." Number 1 muttered to himself.

"Drained of souls?" The strange ant repeated what Number 1 said, "Hmph, that's right, you kid is really much more interesting than these people." ”

"They, why did they become like this?" Number 1 asked quietly.

These people are no longer human beings, but machines that only know how to obey orders.

"Why is this happening?" Strange Ant turned to look at the busy crowd and said, "Although you kid looks like a dog now, you will definitely be like this in a few months if you are forced to maintain a neat formation every day like they are now, and forced to work at the same pace!" ”

"Forced, forced?"

"Hmph, of course it's forced, do you think someone would voluntarily become like this?" The strange ant turned around again and pointed to the front of the factory and said, "Do you know what's there?" ”

"I can't see it clearly, it looks like there's a huge machine."

"Yes." The Strange Ant nodded and said, "It's a machine that can turn the vegetables and fruits into a giant jelly-like machine. This jelly is one person tall and one person long, round like a big bucket. ”

"Water, buckets?" Number 1 imagines in his mind what this giant bucket of vegetables and fruits will look like.

"Yes, the buds of each lotus flower are stuffed with vegetables and fruits, enough to make 30 jellies of this size." The strange ant leaned over to No. 1 and whispered, "And the people here are divided into 10 groups of 30 people each. The daily workload of each group is to empty all the food in the four lotus flowers! ”

"All the food?" Despite his poor brains, Number 1 still calculated quickly, "Oh, that means each group will make 120 giant fruit and vegetable jellies a day." ”

"yes, you understand how much work this is now, right?" The strange ant smiled slightly.

"A group of 30 people, 120 pieces of jelly, which means that each person needs to carry the equivalent of 4 pieces of jelly per day." Number 1 thought for a moment and said.

Although it may seem difficult to carry vegetables and fruits that can fill four large buckets, it seems that it can be done in one day.

"Hmph, don't you kid think that's nothing?" The strange ant immediately saw through No. 1's expression.

"No, no." No. 1 hurriedly denied it.

"If it's more than enough to carry food for four buckets in one day, maybe half a day of work is enough, but you're naïve." Pointing to the machine at the front of the factory, the Strange Ant continued, "That's a machine that can compress food!" ”

"Compressed food?" Number 1 seemed to understand, "That is, it takes more food to make a fruit and vegetable jelly than it takes to fill a large bucket?" ”

"Hmph, they all say that the turtle people lack wisdom, but you don't look stupid." The strange ant stretched out his hand again and touched the round stubble and said, "The compression ratio is about 3 to 1, which means that you can only make one fruit and vegetable jelly with food that fills three large buckets." ”

"Doesn't that mean that these people need to carry vegetables and fruits that can fill 12 large buckets of water every day?" Number 1 said in surprise.

A huge bucket that is high and long and fills 12 buckets a day?

And there are no conveyor belts, no carts, everyone is carried by bare hands.

"Hmph, it seems that you are gradually getting to understand what kind of work this is." Strange Ant stretched out a round finger and said, "Let me give you a simple calculation, it takes about 10 times to fill a bucket with your bare hands, and a trained person can complete one move in 10 minutes." ”

"In other words," No. 1's eyes looked into the distance, his eyes gradually shifting, "it takes 100 minutes to fill a bucket, and the daily workload is to fill 12 buckets, so it takes 1,200 minutes?" ”

"Hmph, that's right."

"That's 12 hours?" Number 1 suddenly turned his head and stared at the strange ant and shouted.

"Ahh Qi Ant said with a disdainful face, "1200 minutes is 12 hours? You do the math! ”

"Yes, 20 hours?" Number 1 was completely stunned.

"Well, now you finally understand what these people do every day. Because of the 20-hour work, they are left with only four hours a day to eat, drink, and sleep. ”

"4 hours. In other words, these people spend almost the rest of their lives in food in their hands and the silver-white tiles of the factory in their feet, and they go back and forth in labor. ”

"Hmph, you kid is a good descriptor, it's really much more interesting than these people." The expression on which the strange ant looked at No. 1 was like staring at a plate of delicious dishes.

"But, didn't you say that this fruit and vegetable factory is the easiest of the three?"

"Yes, it's not only the easiest but also the safest." Qi Ant looked at No. 1 with a smile and said, "Do you want me to introduce you to the situation of the other two factories?" ”

Before No. 1 could react, the strange ant continued.

"Hmph, the second factory is similar to the fruit and vegetable factory, but all kinds of meat are piled up there, which means that the factory produces meat jelly. The compression ratio is also 3:1, but it's clear that meat weighs a lot more than vegetables and fruits, right? ”

"Yes, it's a lot bigger."

"With the exception of you kid and No. 4, all of your brothers have been assigned to the Meat Jelly Factory. Although there were more than 400 people at the beginning of the jelly factory, according to the supervisor there, Chiwa, each person worked at least 22 hours a day. ”

"At least 22 hours?" Number 1 was so surprised that his jaw dropped.

"Hmph, that's why Lord Ben has assigned almost 200 of your brothers there out of compassion for his subordinates, just to lighten their burden, and with these more laborers, I think the people there can have four or five hours of freedom every day."

"I see." The short and fat strange ant suddenly became much taller in the eyes of No. 1.

"Hmph." "The third factory is at the end of the first two, and nothing is produced there. This is because the jelly and jelly produced by the first two factories end up being transported there via a conveyor belt. ”

"Pass, conveyor belt? And the conveyor belt here? Number 1 was surprised again.

Mistress Strange Ant is like a drawer full of secret documents, and he can surprise people at any moment when he pulls out a piece of paper.

"Of course, the machine at the front of the two factories not only processes the frozen food automatically, but also sends the frozen food to the third factory via a conveyor belt."

"So, why don't you lay more conveyor belts so everyone can ......"

"What do you kid think?" Lord Strange Ant rudely interrupted No. 1's unfinished words, then looked at No. 1 with a smile and said, "Lay more conveyor belts?" How much does that cost? Although the Bureau is very rich, if not very rich, there is not a single ruling class here who does not love money. Over the years, all the people who served on the huge island of Tokatsu had no more than two places, either they were sent to the ice crystal mines further north of the Ice Continent to mine, or they were sent here to work as coolies. That is, free labor is endless, and who is going to waste money laying expensive conveyor belts? ”

"Yes, that makes sense." Number 1 muttered, "And what does the third factory do?" ”

"Hmph, it's better to call it a nest than a factory."

"Lair?" Number 1 immediately remembered the information he had made in the Tempestal Harbor, "There, that's where the beasts are fed?" ”

"Hmph, that's right, since you know about the beast, I won't hide it anymore. The lair was located in the innermost part of the lower space of the Wind Turbine, next to the wall on the north side. Although from the outside, the nest is far less tall than the first two factories, and it is only a two-story building, but it can be said that there is a hole inside. It was a circular building, thirty meters in diameter, with a deep pit in the center twenty meters in diameter. The top of the pit is covered with a rounded glass with feeding openings on all sides, while the bottom of the pit is covered with indestructible thousand-year-old ice crystals. ”

"The beast is locked up in this pit?"

"Yes, maybe it's because the beast doesn't like light, so it's so dark that I can't tell how deep it is, but I guess it's at least thirty meters deep. Including your compatriot 4, there are only about a hundred people working here. Every day, they step on the ground, less than five metres wide, and put the jelly from the first two factories into the feeding mouths. The Behemoth eats once a day at noon, eating at least 500 pieces of jelly. ”

"500?" Number 1 was stunned again, the beast's appetite was simply incredible.

If it weren't for the Great Harbor of the Wind, a place where the resources of the entire Ferry God Island were gathered, it would really not be able to raise such a giant beast.

"Do you understand how dangerous that nest is? It was so dark that every feeding port was much larger than a person, so if you weren't careful, you would fall into a deep pit. According to Mera, the supervisor there, there are always a few people at the end of the day. The strange ant spoke with a strange smile on his face.

Fall into the pit of a deep, dark, and furnishingly hungry beast?

No. 1 can't help but be creepy.

"Okay, that's pretty much it, now you know how good I am to you kid."

"Yes, Lord Strange Ant is simply my reborn parent, and I will never forget your great kindness for the rest of my life." No. 1 hurriedly said.

In the eyes of No. 1, the strange ant, who is already a lot taller, is about to stand up to the sky.

"Hmph, don't be in a hurry to pat my ass yet." The expression on the face of the strange ant did not change, but a light suddenly flashed in a pair of small round eyes.

It was a greedy light!