Chapter 804: Tribal 2
Zombies are raging, so the destroyed villages, towns, and cities are unknown, and the powerful knights and mysterious wizards in the eyes of ordinary people do not dare to shuttle through the dangerous wilderness and jungle at night.
Qi Ming, who came here, confirmed the crowds and walked towards the nearby dilapidated villages and towns. Even the destruction of the world could not affect the enjoyment of the nobles and lords who were high above, and the situation between the places used by the nobles such as big cities and fortresses to survive and the rural villages and towns was like the difference between heaven and hell.
Two trembling villagers, huddled in a wooden sentry post, took turns poking their heads out carefully from time to time to watch the situation outside the wooden fence.
It is said to be a sentry post, but it is a small shack that barely shelters from the rain and can't block the cold wind and low temperature. The work of the night shift, not to mention being on the front line of contact with the outside of the town, has the highest degree of danger, and the hellish low temperature has tortured the villagers on duty enough.
Fortunately, everyone knows that the early warning on the front line is very important, and no one withheld the necessary supplies, causing them to freeze to death on the job. The relationship between the villagers was already in the past, and after the hellish zombie disaster, these guards, as the only remaining resistance force in the village and town, had a much higher status than before.
In the cold season, people always think of making a fire to ward off the cold, but now no one dares to do it at night. Zombies are very sensitive to heat within a certain range, and if one of them is unlucky and attracts zombies who happen to pass by, the whole town will face the danger of extinction.
It was Yuki's turn to go out to make his rounds, and the view from the small window on the wooden house was restricted, so it was not foolproof. Jerry wrapped himself tightly in two quilts, revealing his upper face and staring warily at the entrance of the village and town through the small window.
The hut was covered with hay and cotton, so that the heat emitted by the body was not taken away too much by the cold, so that they did not die from the cold.
The sentry posts of the two are on the front line, and there is no function of resistance. When the problem was discovered, the alarm bell was immediately sounded, and the retreat entered the second line of defense, a circle of decent civil walls.
Except for the two passages into the village, the other city walls are full of traps, obstacles, and alarm bells, and the patrol squadrons alternate back and forth at night, and the patrol must not be neglected!
"There is a situation! Ring the bell!! ”
Yuki rubbed his blurred eyes in disbelief, praying in his heart that he would not see the bright sunlight for a long time, and his eyes were dazzled. However, under the light of the magic lamp, a humanoid figure did walk in front of him, and he quickly reminded Jerry to ring the bell in the room.
"Jingle Bell !!"
Hearing the ring, the night guards in other places also mournfully rang the bronze bell of their guard, and for a moment the desolate bell rang over the town, like a proclamation of death before death.
In the silence and darkness of the night, the bell finally rang.
The mayor of the town (the former lord had already fled to the big city) and the security officers quickly went to the entrance of the village and town to take up their duties. The old man and the child quickly retreated into the deep burrow as if they had been rehearsed in advance. Adults, both men and women, hold 'weapons' that may work, guarding the walls in sections to guard against other possible zombie attacks.
"Don't be nervous, there are no zombies, with me here, even if there are zombies, you can't be presumptuous."
The rumors are nothing more than that, and you can imagine how difficult the situation of ordinary beings is under the crisis of world destruction.
"Master Mage?! Zombies can't talk, we don't have to die! ”
Tang Mu and Jerry, who were running away, stopped in surprise and looked back. After confirming that the living people were not zombies, the two cried with joy and hugged each other, sharing the joy of escaping death.
is worthy of being a person on night duty in this world, and if you are someone else, you will run into the second city wall first, close the entrance and then distinguish the authenticity.
The mayor, who ran for his life, went up to the city wall only to find that there was a stranger on it, and his appearance was quite different from theirs.
"Hello lord, I am a traveling wizard, and I have come here to borrow your land for a few days of rest."
Qi Ming said politely.
Calling oneself a wizard but not a non-teacher is easier to win the trust of others. After the Dark Ages, there was a legend circulating in the subsidiary world of the Great World of Gods and Demons that black hair and black eyes were the symbol of demons. The mages are all noble lords, how could they have an affair with a demon. Wizards who claim to be mysterious and strange do not have this loophole, and ordinary people are mostly misled by rumors, and in their opinion, it is not strange for wizards to do anything.
With the blessing of the initial favor of Tiandao's help, the mayor warmly welcomed Qi Ming's arrival, as if the chaos caused by him did not exist. Without the blessing of goodwill and the relatively credible identity fabricated, the result would be the same, but the townspeople would not be less suspicious and vigilant.
In a word, you can't treat ordinary people as ants just because you have great power. Disdainful of explanation, unwilling to waste an extra time of thinking for them. Reversed afterwards, pretending to slap his face, harvesting and worshipping, he was happy, and all kinds of unnecessary processes during the period were really a waste of time.
If it is a domineering monk who exerts his momentum and suppresses all doubtful thoughts, the effect will be the same.
Do people pretend to beep in front of ants, and when they are seen, they will only think that they are stupid, and it is definitely a thing to lose their strings. It is better to say that treating sentient beings like ants is to exalt them, but it is better to say that they are selfish and selfish by nature.
Danger lurks, tomorrow is a world of luxury, and the respect that comes with power is extraordinary. Qi Ming was treated as the most important guest of honor, and lived in the mansion of the former lord, fearing that the service would not be considerate.
The towering bluestone mansions stand in stark contrast to the dilapidated wooden dwellings of the town's commoners. didn't expect Qi Ming (at a glance, expected wool), the guy who collected taxes three years in advance before running away, how good can he be.
The information collected from heaven and earth, the former lord wanted to collect it for ten years, no, to be precise, to take away all the belongings of these untouchables. The guard, who was born locally, disagreed, and looked at the madness in the guard's eyes before dying, and the former territory was frightened by the madness in his eyes.
A touch of rage, continuing to be tough, will only provoke a rebellion.
Suppressing a group of untouchables was not a problem, but he knew that the more guards who escorted him to the big city, the better, and the horror of zombies and the allure of wealth, the former lord chose to keep him useful. 'Take the initiative' to take a step back, collect only three years of taxes and leave in a hurry, of course, not forgetting to curse these untouchables who died with their goods.
Qi Ming couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, he could ignore the death of ants, but he couldn't ignore the miserable situation of the entire human race.
Come to think of it, the views of the innate gods and demons on the acquired souls are similar to our ignorance of the life and death of insects. It has nothing to do with good and evil, it is purely that they don't regard each other as real lives, and naturally they don't think about their joys, sorrows, and disobedience.
When I got up early the next morning (Qi Ming's usual routine had not changed), I had already sensed that the town mayor, the chief of the guard (sheriff) and other village and town leaders were waiting outside the gate.
Their purpose, Qi Ming knew very well, was nothing more than to help clear the evil in the vicinity. Dozens of beginner warriors born only by world consciousness are okay to defend against ordinary zombies, and when they go out hunting, there is a high chance of casualties when encountering zombies. The subsistence needs are not self-sufficient, and the production of food crops around villages and towns is getting lower and lower, and it is imperative to hunt farther away.
Perhaps, there is still some faint expectation, praying that the mysterious wizard can solve the problem of population reproduction.
The situation was worse than they could have imagined, and whether it was a small surviving place, a fortress used by the noble lords to protect themselves, or other races, they were in danger of almost no new life being born. If it weren't for finding the way to call for help in the Mall of Ten Thousand Worlds, the world consciousness would be ready to give up the old life and guide the generation of new life that adapts to the yin attribute energy, and fight poison with poison.
"Good morning, Wizard."
Last night, they didn't dare to look directly at the legendary incomparably evil wizard, and the light of the magic lamp was blocked by the fog, so they couldn't really see Qi Ming's face. At this time, no one would think how evil the down-and-out Qi Ming was, and it was a plus to optimize his handsome appearance N times because of his cultivation.
"Honorable lord, the contemptible people have a little light wine, please appreciate it."
With the worst intentions, such as sacrifices, the mayor and others who came to see him were relieved. The wizard in front of him is a righteous man at first glance, and even if he can't solve the problem, he will definitely not make excessive demands.
Under the introduction of the mayor, along the way, Qi Ming took the general situation of the entire village and town into his eyes.
"Damn the zombie scourge! In the past, our town was a veritable town, and although the lord was greedy and stupid, everyone's life was not bad. In order to protect the safety of the townspeople, they had to abandon the areas that could not be defended and shrink into the current town. The buildings and facilities on the periphery can be demolished, and those that should be demolished are demolished, and the materials for building the city wall are finally enough. ”
Speaking of the prosperity of the past, the mayor of the town is honored.
As he spoke, he showed a yearning look. The previous mayor may not have had a good life, and there are many people who can bully him, but he can't change the mayor's idea of preferring to be a peace dog rather than leaving people for chaos.
"If I could, I really wanted to exchange my status as the mayor for a peaceful life in the past."
Today, when it is possible to be destroyed at any time, the heavy responsibilities of the mayors and sheriffs far outweigh the benefits of power. Although they feel pressured, they can't pick and choose. The mentality of the other townsfolk was even worse, and without their encouragement, the entire town would have self-destructed before the zombies could strike.
Qi Ming deeply agreed, and did not think that the mayor was boasting. These small-town officials must have selfish intentions, but they are flawed. In times of crisis, they have the heavy responsibility of shouldering the burden of maintaining the existence and order of the town, and their performance is good enough to be worthy of boasting.
The only remaining hotel in the town is not much better than the houses of the common people, and it is really impossible to entertain the wizard here.
Judging from the amount of living materials in the town, the mayor and others have invested heavily to buy a large table of banquets.
Without the explanation of the mayor and others, Qi Ming already knew the weight of this table in this town. The courage of the town officials surprised Qi Ming. If memory serves, most of the civilians' food is nothing more than grassroots noodles, and the officials are only full.
"I belong to the Terrans, and now that the survival of the Terrans is at stake, I should always do something. I deserve this banquet of yours. ”
Qi Ming omitted the polite part in one sentence, and began to move the chopsticks after speaking, signaling everyone to sit down and eat together. The consciousness of obeying the strong has long been imprinted in their bones, and the mayor and the others don't think there is anything wrong with Qi Ming's anti-guest-oriented behavior.
Knowing that Qi Ming, a wizard, was not difficult to get along with, and was tempted by the 'sumptuous' feast, the people at the table gradually stopped being cautious and ate all the meals like a whirlwind.
"Hiccup, make you laugh. To tell you the truth, the taste of green vegetables has not been tasted for half a year. ”
The mayor burped and apologized for the faux pas.
After the meal, it didn't take long for the mayor to beg Qi Ming to make a move.
To be alive is endless despair, and the mayor doesn't seem to have much to worry about, dying early and dying late is death. Once cleaned up, zombies from other places will come again, and the fate of a town without the protection of the strong has long been doomed.
Whether the town in a material predicament can barely survive can only be counted on by this powerful wizard who dares to rush at night.
Qi Ming is not a young man who has just set foot in society, and the procedures that should be taken are indispensable, and it is necessary to meditate hard and experiment many times. If you solve something that no one else can do anyway, you will solve it immediately, and anyone will have the idea that he is fooling people. Not only can we not speed up the pace of solving the problem, but because of distrust and lack of enthusiasm for cooperation, more time is delayed.
Field investigation is not just about dealing with people, in the eyes of the Oriental monks, the simple and clear formation can make local mages and wizards collectively blind. What's more, whether it was the transformation of Yin attribute energy into Yang attribute, or the extreme environment within the Yin and Yang Harmony Formation, the theoretical knowledge in it was not something they could understand.
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, from the layout of materials to the extensiveness of application, to the difficulty of learning, even if a point does not meet the requirements of promotion, it is a failure.
The focus cannot be placed on one city or one town, otherwise, it will be dealt with one town by one, not to mention the waste of time, and the cucumber vegetables will be cold.
I also have to work tirelessly, day and night, risking my life to transport the array disk... The requirements are too high, slavery has not been abolished, how can the nobles have such noble sentiments.
The wizard didn't have to lie to them, and he didn't look down on the little possessions in the town. There is a certain concern that the rumors of wizards are indispensable forbidden rituals that can harm human lives and even more terrifying.
"No matter what the wizard does, is there any other choice but to obey?"
The mayor was worried, and so did the others, all thinking of the same thing. The mayor of the town stopped a young and vigorous official with a look, he understood what reality was and what there was no way out.
The town officials prayed to the gods they worshipped in their hearts, praying that the words of the wizard in front of them were not playing tricks on them. The possible mutilation of civilians is not the time to care, the whole town can become a dead town at any time, and no amount of sacrifice is worth it!
Losing contact with the outside world, a severed point of survival, in the face of a terrible crisis, people with combat effectiveness are especially important. In the face of life, who cares about dispensable identity.
Qi Ming easily handled the matter of the formation alone, but he still sent some tasks within his power to the townspeople. Doing what you can doesn't mean it's easy, on the contrary, it's dangerous!