Chapter 297: Control the Rules
“…… If you want to eat meat, you have to work. Well done, I still have a lot of meat here. But if you don't do it well, as long as you're still in this city, no matter where you hide, I'll make you like this. I pointed to the puddle of flesh on the ground.
Of course, I'm just bluffing.
If I had been so good at finding people, there would be no need to worry about the traces of the silent night now.
Speaking of which, in the original world, it was not difficult for me to find a worm within a certain range. But this world is full of the smell of insect venom, and I really can't tell it.
These people, attracted by the smell of my flesh and blood, were so dizzy that they almost lost their minds. I had to put the meat away for a while, and they gradually came back to their senses. But the memory of that piece of meat is still deeply imprinted in their minds.
The smell made them not care about the death of the previous leader, so they asked me, "What...... What's up?! ”
"Find someone."
"People?"
"Yes, two women, one looks like a normal person close to thirty years old, and the other looks like seventeen or eighteen years old. The big one, which occasionally turns into a snake. ”
In fact, when I mentioned the word woman, the expressions of these people began to become strange.
It wasn't until I finished saying that one of them immediately denied: "I can't find it, I can't find it!" Women come here, and if they act alone, they won't live for a day. At least the freedom will not last for a day! ”
Actually, I believe in this statement.
Because I've been in the city for so long, I really haven't seen a woman.
Although the insect is called a worm, it can be different from a bug. In the case of insects, most females are stronger than males, but in those infected with insect venom, the strength and speed of female parasites are slightly weaker than those of males.
Of course, there are occasional exceptions, like the speed of the silent night, and Ayimu, one of the king worms.
It's just that in this world without rules, the weak are doomed to a tragic fate.
So, that's what I'm most worried about so far. In fact, with Yu Xia's strong strength, he was alienated into a giant snake, and it was an existence that was difficult for ordinary insect venom parasites to fight. If she really protects Jingye, then in a short period of time, the probability of problems is not great.
But along the way, I felt more and more that something was wrong.
The three of us had only met for a few hours, and we didn't know each other, let alone any special emotions. But she "protected" Silent Night for the first time and escaped from the cave with Silent Night.
Why?
Kind of heart?
Although I hope she's a good person. But how good can a person who has lived in this world for so long be? Therefore, I prefer to believe that it is more beneficial for her to protect the silent night.
So, what will this benefit be?
What I thought about at the time was, eating.
She used the silent night as a ration. Although this matter may not seem friendly, at least Silent Night will not be killed by her immediately. But when I think about it, I think things are not that simple. Especially the process of following all the way to the city.
I sensed that Yu Xia was desperate to go back to the city. She shouldn't have known that I was chasing, we never met, and my body didn't even have the smell of insect venom at the moment.
How did she find me?
Since you can't find it, it's not hiding from my pursuit. So with or without my presence, she's speeding up her way into the city!
I remember Yu Xia saying that he had been imprisoned since he encountered the purebred snake man. And before that, because of the conflict of power, she was about to be executed. And when I absorbed his obsession before, I could feel that there was hatred in that obsession.
It's just that this hatred is not simply aimed at purebred snake people......
So if this article is added, I have reason to believe that Yu Xia is in a hurry to enter the city, in fact, for revenge.
Her enemy is probably the master of a force in this city, and the scale of the force should be not small. She couldn't see it directly, and she was afraid of startling the snake. In this world, the only thing that all parasites seek is powerful food. Although Jingye is not strong enough, she is a complete delicacy.
Therefore, the silent night is the key that Yu Xia saw the enemy.
Of course, here's the problem. She may be able to see her enemy, but can she take revenge? Yu Xia turned into a giant snake, which is indeed powerful, but not invincible. In the underground caverns of small spaces, and in the wilderness mire where you can crouch at any time, maybe it's okay. But the current location is not the most favorable terrain for her.
As for the magma in her body, it is only a reserve, and it will always be used up one day.
Thinking of this, I responded indifferently, "I know. So, you'd better move quickly. ”
"That'...... Then give a deposit! Otherwise, in case of death, aren't we working for nothing?! "He's going to give me a bargain.
"Do you think I can't find anyone but you?" I grabbed the man by the collar and stomped on the flesh of the ground.
The grinding sound of plasma and mucus made this guy's mind finally clear.
He recalled that in addition to our transactional relationship, his life was in my hands at the moment.
He looked at me in fear until I slowly let go of my hand. I love eBooks
"Don't worry, I'll keep my promises. As long as you can give me information about those two women, I will not break my word. The deadline is before midnight tonight. I'll be here then. ”
The men looked at each other and nodded at me.
The deal was done.
But I didn't intend to let them go just like that, I left one of them, this guy seemed to be the most sturdy of them than the others, and the body of the alienated queen was the most robust of them all. I believe that he has survived in this world for probably longer than the others.
"You...... What are you doing? He looked at me cautiously.
"Don't worry, no malice. Nor hungry. I just wanted to ask you, have you ever seen some special bugs? ”
"Special? What do you mean? ”
"Within 90 years, after alienation, the body is a 'worm' that is half human and half snake."
He nodded at first, then shook his head again, and then replied to me, "I've heard what you said, but I've never seen it." ”
"It's enough to hear about it, tell me about it."
"No, it's not big brother, I've just heard it, and I've only been in this world for more than ten years...... That's the story that one of my seniors told me. He lived for a long time, but a while ago, he was also eaten. So if there's something wrong with what I said, don't blame me. ”
"It's okay." I took out a piece of my flesh, and his eyes immediately turned black, and his face was bruised, and I put it in the palm of his hand, and he ate it like crazy.
Although it was only a small piece, he devoured it with all his might.
After eating, my whole body trembled and convulsed, and I looked at my blood-stained palm obsessively, "This ...... What kind of meat is this? Why, why is it so delicious? ”
Instead of answering his question, I shook the box with my meat: "Tell me everything you know." That's just a deposit, if the information you said is useful to me, I have a lot of meat, and I will double it for you. ”
"Good...... Good! ”
According to this guy, this city is rich in resources compared to the outside world. Although it is dangerous, the rewards of surviving here are also richer. Therefore, it attracts countless people who think they are powerful. Of course, most of them end up being food.
There are many gangs in this city, and they are not the strongest, because the strong are also a minority in this world.
If you can't fight a hundred with one, even if you are strong, you will become food for a hundred weak people.
As a result, the strong also began to give up mutual exclusion, and they formed alliances. At first, there was a bloodbath against the gangs of the weak, and the places where they lived were full of flesh and blood. But it's a crazy waste of resources. There are fewer weak people, less food, the cost of survival is higher, and the benefits are rapidly shrinking! They realized that if this continued, the strong would not be able to survive either. Their killing of each other will develop into a new round of groups of weaker people, a game of hunting the stronger.
As more and more people become aware of their fate, the powerful group begins to be in turmoil. This also threatens the lives and profits of the ruler. As a result, the strong gangs control the city and make rules to give the weak gangs a gap to survive.
The weak can hunt the strong, but only if they are outsiders who are not in the gang of the city masters, or who have broken away. The weak are also to be fed by the strong gangs, and the number of gang members must not exceed the control range.
These are the only rules, and any killing within the rules is allowed.
It's just that at the beginning of the establishment of the rules, the strong gangs had disagreements. One side adheres to the existing rules, while the other proposes a system of alternate supply of flesh and blood. But in fact, after countless years of proof, this does not hold. There is a balance between this, as one infected person needs to consume all the flesh and blood of the other infected person to survive in this world for a year. However, if you are injured, the cost of flesh will increase.
For example, if two people eat each other, if one of them eats only half of the flesh of the other person and survives for half a year, and there is half a year left, the infected person who consumed the flesh before will need to eat all the flesh and blood of the previous infected person to be able to maintain his or her life for the remaining half of his life.
In other words, within a year, one of the two must die.
Because the rules could not be established, the power also shrank rapidly, and was finally annexed.
And on the day of the execution of the leader of the forces, a strange insect infected person appeared, he did not look like a worm, he was covered in scales, half human and half snake. That thing came and went without a trace, and it couldn't be captured by anyone. What's even more bizarre is that some people have this thing in their memories, while some people don't admit the existence of this monster at all.
Those who remember him claim that he saved several people who were about to be executed.
If they don't remember him, they say that they have disappeared out of thin air.
"...... like this"
After the story is finished, the content is more complete than Xia's version.
But in fact, the rules in this city are not the main point for me, I am more concerned about the current controller of the city.
"In other words, since that incident, the city has not changed its owner until today, right?"
The man nodded, "No, that's right. ”
"Thank you."
"No...... You are welcome. ”
……
I left the deep alley.
Looking back at the two pools of flesh and blood inside, I wondered, shouldn't it be difficult to find the power of the controller in this city?