Chapter 179: Unexpected Contact
Everyone divided up and searched for a long time, and sure enough, they found a hole like a rabbit hole nearby, which was very hidden, but was blocked by a strong piece of thick earthy yellow cloth, and covered with thick sand, if you didn't look carefully, it was difficult to find.
"These guys actually live underground, no wonder they disappeared after a while." Seeing this, Loulan thought about it, and said to Xu Cheng: "Ah Cheng, let your wolf go in and take a look, and if the hole is not deep, dig it out and kill it." ”
Xu Cheng looked at Loulan when he heard this, and immediately understood what he meant, now that it was about to get dark, they were bound to find a place to spend the night nearby, if these goblins were allowed to hide underground, then it was very likely that they would attack them at night, so the best way was to find out and kill these guys, so that they could be safe at night.
Xu Cheng's silver wolf has shrunk a lot because of its size, and it is effortless to enter this cave at this time, and the silver wolf and Xu Cheng have a heart-to-heart connection, and the situation detected can also be truly reflected to Xu Cheng, almost as if Xu Cheng personally went down to investigate.
Unfortunately, after the silver wolf went down, he found that this cave was not only very deep, but also connected to a huge underground cave system, which extended in all directions, and the goblins had already disappeared without a trace at this time.
Seeing this, Loulan frowned and thought for a long time before saying: "Now I can only gamble, let's see if there are other caves nearby, if there is, we must rush overnight, if not, then set up camp in this place tonight to light a fire, and take turns to watch the night!" ”
Hearing Lou Lan say this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they immediately understood what Lou Lan meant, if there are many holes here, then they will definitely not be able to prevent the enemy's night sneak attack, and if there is only this one hole, then they only need to take turns to keep an eye on this place, and the others can rest.
The result of the search is neither good nor bad, because there are only two holes in this place, and after some discussion, everyone decided to stay and camp, but there will be one more person on duty at night, but even so, it is better than traveling overnight, in that case, everyone will not be able to rest.
After deciding to rest in place, Loulan walked around one of the holes for a while, and after thinking about it, she took out the hovercraft and covered it on top of a hole, this thing weighs several tons, and there is naturally no problem in sealing this hole, so that they only have one hole to worry about, and this move was immediately applauded by their partners, so that the tense atmosphere was instantly relieved.
After relaxing, Xie Meina immediately resumed her previous travel adventure thoughts, and then commanded Luo Haixuan to make a barbecue for everyone, this Nizi should have been preparing to do this before she came, so she actually prepared a full set of barbecue utensils in the storage space, and even carried the best wild boar ribs and chicken wings, green peppers, mushrooms, and ale wine produced by the farm, and after tinkering for more than half an hour, the tempting aroma began to waft into the air.
During this period, the others were not idle, Loulan and several of their men were responsible for setting up tents, while Guan Jingyun burned a big pot of dried shrimp, wild vegetables, corn, potatoes and mushroom porridge, since the last time I ate this thing on the farm, especially after hearing that Loulan likes to drink it very much, she learned this dish with the bearded man, and even stored a lot of raw materials, even if it was burned for a month, it would not be a problem.
Roasted sizzling wild boar ribs, chicken wings that are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, accompanied by mellow ale, plus some refreshing vegetables and fruits and delicious dried shrimp, wild vegetables, corn, potatoes and mushroom porridge, let everyone eat regardless of the image, and the partners of the same age are together, and there are countless words to say, the atmosphere is extremely warm for a while, almost making them forget that they are still in a dangerous other world at this time.
Just when a few people were eating happily, they suddenly found that a group of goblins appeared near the camp again, although the sky was completely dark, but the goblin's unique green eyes were exceptionally bright in the dark night, and they were easily discovered.
The appearance of this group of goblins made Loulan and them nervously pick up weapons, but the two sides were deadlocked for a long time, but the goblins had no intention of attacking, and in such a dark night, Loulan was naturally not suitable for them to take the initiative to attack, so the situation fell into an awkward confrontation, and both sides were unwilling to take the initiative to attack.
After this situation lasted for nearly an hour, as if to see that Loulan and the others would not take the initiative to attack, the group of goblins actually began to gather together, as if discussing something, but soon a heated argument broke out, and then fell into an awkward silence.
After such discussions---- quarrels---- silence cycled at least three times, a goblin suddenly broke out of the group and walked towards Loulan and the others alone.
This guy walked very carefully, walked three steps and stopped two steps, and from time to time opened his mouth to Loulan and shouted loudly, but because the distance was a little far, plus this guy was thin and weak, Loulan They couldn't hear what he was saying at all.
After more than ten minutes of tossing and turning, Loulan finally heard this guy's voice clearly:
"Can you hear me? Answer me if you can hear it! ”
Loulan thought about it when she heard this, and then replied loudly: "I heard your words, you can continue." ”
"Great, scared me to death" The goblin made a very exaggerated sigh of relief, and said quickly, "Please don't attack me, I have no ill will, I... We're hungry, can you give us something to eat? ”
Loulan was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect this goblin to say such a thing, you must know that these people had just killed their two partners! Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Yifei, who shook his head at him.
"I know it's hard for you to believe, but you see, I don't have a weapon on me, I don't threaten" The goblin seemed to have guessed what Loulan was thinking, and continued: "Please let me go, I will give you a reasonable explanation." ”
"You just stand there and say" Lou Lan's face sank when she heard this, "If you go any further, I won't be able to guarantee your safety, and besides, you only have one minute to explain." ”
"Okay, I won't move, don't kill me" The goblin immediately stiffened when he heard this, stood still in place, and said eagerly: "Goblins hate fighting, goblins are afraid of fighting, but our tribe has no food, adults can starve, but the children can't stand it, otherwise we won't risk robbing you, please help us, give us some food, children... I'm dying of hunger. ”
"Kid?" Loulan's heart softened when he heard this, he didn't expect this guy to say such a reason, the worst thing is that this reason seems to be very effective for Loulan, oh no, it should be very effective for all of them.
Glancing at Wang Yifei again, this time the latter was also a little undecided, unable to give him any advice, Loulan's heart struggled for a while, and finally sighed and said, "You go back, let the children come by themselves, I will give them food." ”
"This..." The goblin visibly hesitated when he heard this, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
Seeing this, Loulan said coldly: "Are you afraid that I will kill them? Or are you lying to me? ”
"Please... Please wait a minute, I... I'm going back to discuss," the goblin said quickly.
"I'll give you five minutes," Lou Lan said, "If it exceeds five minutes, what I said before will be invalid." ”
"No, our children really need food," the goblin said in a bit of a panic, "We'll discuss it." ”
After the goblin finished speaking, he hurriedly retreated, Loulan was also relieved when he saw this, the reason why he only gave this guy five minutes was not that he was cold-blooded enough to watch children starve to death, but these goblins were too timid, and they even tossed for a long time to send someone over to talk about a sentence.
Sure enough, the goblin group that got the news broke out into a fierce quarrel again, and then there was silence and discussion, but fortunately, the decision was finally made within five minutes, and soon, a small figure with a height of only one-third of the other goblins appeared, and walked towards Loulan and they walked alone.
There is no suspense about the things behind, with Xie Meina and Guan Jingyun, the treatment that a child can enjoy can be imagined, the fattest barbecue and the soup with just the right temperature make the little guy gobble up so much that he almost swallows his tongue, and this scene fell in the eyes of those goblins, and it immediately triggered a chain reaction, and soon more than a dozen little goblins appeared, this time they didn't use it to go, but rushed over directly.
After some tossing and turning, the little ones finally had enough to eat and drink, but they had no intention of leaving at all, but chased and played in their camp in Loulan, laughing happily, as if they were returning home.
With this group of little guys in her hands, Loulan was not afraid of what tricks those goblins played, so she came to the front of those goblins alone, and found that they really didn't carry any weapons, so she took some dry food such as steamed buns and flatbread and gave them them.
These guys are obviously hungry and dying, and when they get the food, they gobble up the food and almost choke to death, Loulan had to get them water to drink again, only to find that these guys are really poor, and they don't even have water to drink.
After the goblins were full of food and drink, they all walked to Loulan's side one by one, sat down next to each other, and after a while, they faintly surrounded Loulan in the center.
Seeing this, Loulan's heart sank, and she sneered: "What? Do you now have the strength to avenge your companions? ”
"Honorable lord, please don't get me wrong, our Copper Slag Goblin Tribe is reasonable" A familiar voice suddenly sounded, it was the goblin who had negotiated with Loulan and them before who spoke, just now while they were eating, Loulan asked their names, so he knew that this guy was called Jerry Copper Slag, and this name reminded Loulan of Jack.
"If you weren't our opponent, we would have killed and eaten you," Goblin Jerry Copperslag continued, "Since we are not your opponents, then death was also brought upon us, you killed our people for self-preservation, and we are the one who caused the war for no reason, so there will be no hatred between us." ”
"You mean, you don't hate me?" Loulan frowned when she heard this, and couldn't help but say, "But after all, I still killed the two of you clansmen, this is a blood debt!" ”
"Actually, we think it's a fair duel," Jerry Copperslag sighed, "and we have to bear the consequences if we take the initiative to provoke the killing without any vendettas, and we have discussed this issue many times before we start robbing you." ”
"What's more, you've helped us," Jerry Copperslag continued, "to be precise, to save us, because there is no food or water left in our tribe at the moment, and within three days, we will all starve to death, which is the only reason why we are attacking you." ”
"Since that's the case, then let's be cleared" Loulan thought for a while when she heard this, "Before we leave tomorrow, we will leave you some more food, I hope it can help you." ”
"Then there is no need, my lordship," Jerry Copperslag said, "We have decided to follow you from now on, and from this day forward, we of the Copperslag Goblin Clan will be under your lordship and at your disposal." ”
"Follow me?" Loulan was stunned when she heard this: "This... You guys... Eat it, right? ”
This group of goblins actually wanted to follow him, which made Loulan very shocked, but what he originally wanted to say was: What use do I want you beggars to do? But I felt that this was a bit hurtful, so I was embarrassed to say it, so I had to say such a sentence after holding it for a long time.
"We've all discussed," Jerry Copperslag continued, "we can't survive here, following you is the only way out, and if you refuse, we're going to have nowhere to go, and we're basically going to die." ”
"I can't live here, I can move!" Hearing this, Loulan hurriedly said: "I can give you more food, you can start all over again in a different place, this... You don't have to follow me.,After all, we're not very familiar with each other.,This... We don't know each other yet! ”