Chapter 60: I Am a Cage
Thousands of white, fat worms wriggled and crawled on the walls, devouring humus and grass roots in the dirt.
There are even other insects.
Behind them, several shepherds with long poles struck the walls and the ground with muffled noises, driving the worms in one direction and preventing them from burrowing into the dirt.
The Worm Tribe is located on the edge of the Iron Country, but it has a small reputation throughout the Iron Country.
The worms they raise are large, fat, delicious and juicy, and are sold throughout the Iron Country.
All of this is thanks to the skilful methods of these pastors.
But now the shepherds of the tribe all stopped their long poles, stared with bated breath, and pressed their ears to the wall, listening carefully to the sound coming from the tribal outpost.
There, the warriors of the tribe caught two large fish, enough to feed them a feast.
Listening to the distant conversation that came to their ears, several worm herders had satisfied smiles on their faces.
Those outsiders are about to be pierced and become today's meal!
"Boom!" A loud bang came suddenly, followed by a continuous loud bang, which passed like thunder through the walls and corridors!
The worm herders who were sticking to their ears only felt as if they were being stuffed into a roaring earth fire, and they were dizzy in an instant, and many people's fragile eardrums were even shattered, and the blood flowed nonstop!
Accustomed to the faint sound of the Iron Country's underworld, this sudden loud noise almost made them faint!
What the hell is going on!?
In the outpost of the Worm Tribe, there is already a river of blood at this time!
Shen Feng and Firefly were expressionless, and pulled the trigger before the iron spear could stab their bodies.
Bullets pierced the soft, pale bodies of the worm shepherds in an instant, tearing their limbs apart and sending a storm of blood.
The web woven from grass roots and tree roots was easily cut, and the two outsiders were like silent grim reapers, spewing the flames of death with the iron pipes in their hands.
In just a few seconds, the worm herders present had all collapsed in a pool of blood, and could only let out a miserable moan.
Shen Feng walked up to the leading worm herder, looked at his face that was constantly spewing blood foam, and said:
"Do you think I was put in prison and became your prey?"
The leader of the worm shepherds was bleeding from his mouth, unable to answer, and there was only fear in his eyes.
Shen Feng didn't need the other party to answer, the speaker on his chest had been turned on instantly, and his voice was low, facing the long road of the Iron Country, the labyrinthine realm in the darkness, roaring like thunder:
"It's you guys, locked up with me! You will be hunted and hunted by me, and you will be conquered by me! ”
"If anyone dares to challenge, I will hunt him down with blood for blood, tooth for tooth, and hunt him down to the end of the Iron Country!"
"Fear! Tremble! Because, I'm coming! ”
The leader of the Worm Shepherd finally understood what a terrifying existence he had provoked, but that was his last thought.
Shen Feng and Firefly listened attentively, and could hear the sound of those stumbling footsteps in the distance in the darkness rapidly moving away, and there were even some panicked conversations, like frightened beasts.
Obviously, Shen Feng's killing and declaration had a good effect, and the hunters who were ready to move in the darkness had already understood the price they had to pay.
The cowardly ones are completely gone, but the remaining hunters are the most powerful......
"Honorable outsiders, forgive our offense, and we will present you with the fattest worm feast, begging for your forgiveness."
Several worm shepherds came out of the darkness, trembling and holding a pan made of iron sheets.
The pot is boiled worms, seasoned with tree roots, grass roots, cockroach powder, and rat oil to enhance the freshness.
As a tribe that lives on herding, they really shouldn't be unable to suppress their greed.
Shen Feng looked at the contents of the pan, couldn't arouse the slightest interest, and said:
"Which tribe is next to you? Is there a map of the Iron Country? ”
Several worm herders hesitated for a few seconds, and one of them immediately returned to the darkness, took a cube woven of wire, and held it in both hands and sent it to Shen Feng.
"Dear outsiders, this is the map drawn by the shepherds of our tribe, the border where they graze is about fifty tribes away, so they can only draw a map so far, but it is already one-third the size of the Iron Country!"
The worm herder seemed to have a faint pride when he said this.
Shen Feng looked behind the night vision device and saw that inside this cube were also curved and circling iron wires, which were connected to each other to form an extremely complex three-dimensional space extending in all directions.
At first glance, it looks like a nest of termites.
"No, this map is not for seeing, but for touching." Firefly said, grabbing one of Shen Feng's fingers and placing it on a wire in the upper left corner.
Shen Feng's fingers immediately touched a small gap, and the worm herder hurriedly said:
"We're right here."
Shen Feng had already understood at this time that each wire represented a road, and when he touched down the wire, he would touch some gaps from time to time, and these gaps represented a platform or a tribe's territory.
The curved and swirling wires in this cube frame are bent according to the shape of each corridor.
For a place like the Iron Country, that's the correct way to express a map.
Judging from these intricate corridors, the Iron Country has long ceased to be the subway system it once was, but is like a mutated monster, giving birth to countless tentacles.
Who dug up these tunnels?
How do they solve the problem of water leakage in underground spaces?
Especially in a place like the old magic capital, which is near the sea?
"The closest to our Worm Tribe is the Moss Tribe, who are good at drying moss for food and clothing, and then the Gatherers, who collect everything from the Ancient Era, and then the mighty Rat Whisperers!"
At the mention of the Rat Whisperer, a hint of horror flashed across the Worm Shepherd's face, clearly terrified of the other party.
"The Rat Whisperers are able to communicate with the Blood Rats and drive them off, and they are said to control all the dead nests of the Blood Rats in the vicinity, and are the true rulers of the region, and we hand over two baskets of worms to them every once in a while in exchange for their protection."
Shen Feng nodded, human beings are really creatures with a strong desire to survive.
Able to adapt to almost any environment, and then build a system and rules that make you comfortable.
"Commander of the Rat Whisperer tribe?" Shen Feng touched the map in his hand, "Then let's conquer it first...... Let me think about it, rats are actually more afraid of snakes, right? ”
As he spoke, a "hissing" sound came from his chest, as if thousands of poisonous snakes were spitting out letters in his chest, ready to jump out.