Chapter 10: Into the City
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Bass smiled: "Lager, if the people of Shu see that we are both alien and young after entering the city, we will definitely not even be able to get our hands on metal copper." ”
Rag said solemnly: "Bass, your logic is a bit confusing, is there any inevitable causal relationship between age and copper metal?" Could you please explain why I was able to enter the city and get copper by pretending to be an elderly creature? ”
Bass was a little helpless, his two sapient companions were much more knowledgeable and senior than his own, and he didn't have the authority to give any orders to them what to do, even if their biological boss was dead. I can only patiently explain to them some of the characteristics of living beings that intelligent humans do not have, and that humans have in common.
Bass has a superhuman mental power since he was a child, so his interest is also a bit different since he was a child, he liked to watch those interstellar travel movies and cartoons in his childhood, and the stories of legendary characters who were forced to land on underdeveloped planets always impressed him.
But intelligent people do not have childhood, they are input a lot of practical information and instructions at the beginning, and then become more rational through the accumulation of experience. They can't build in their minds some kind of idol that they will imitate consciously or unconsciously, as a result of their childhood experiences, like biological people.
Bass sighed and said, "Alas, Rag, you still lack understanding of some of the common psychology of biological people, in the interstellar travel stories I have read, those alien creatures who are forced to land on underdeveloped planets are the ones who can successfully do great things in the end, and they are the kind of people who are older and have rich life experience.
Not only is it because these older alien creatures have more intelligence and knowledge, but also because humans on underdeveloped planets tend to trust the elders more. They often make older aliens gods, so if you disguise yourself as a biological person and become a god worshiped by the Shu people, it is very easy for us to ask them for metal copper!"
"I agree with Bass's reasoning, Rag, you should follow Bass's advice and dress up as an old man with a long beard to make the locals think you're a foreign god." ”
Rag said dissatisfiedly: "Raco, you just claimed that we want to be the leader of fairness and justice in the earth world, and now you are working with the bass to ask me to disguise myself as a god to go to the people of Shu to engage in deceptive activities, this is no longer an unconscious logical confusion, but you deliberately conspire to make me a liar and criminal in this world." ”
Both bass and Raco laughed.
Bass said helplessly: "Rag, Rake and I have no intention of causing you to go to Shu to engage in deceptive activities, you just said that we are in the business of spies, there is nothing else on the spaceship, but the goods pretending to be ghosts are very complete, for the sake of our brothers, please follow my advice and pretend to be an old man with superhuman abilities, and I will be your apprentice."
I can assure you that we will soon get the help we need from the Shu people through legitimate and legal transactions, disguised as a pair of masters and apprentices from afar. If, in the course of your actions, you believe that any of my suggestions are unjustifiable, you can refuse to cooperate. ”
Raco said in a serious tone: "Rag, if you want our spaceship to be able to fly in the air again, then we must repair the rift as soon as possible, for our current situation, survival is the first need, the earth world is not Moluo Star, the people here are still in the early stage of civilization, and brutal fighting with each other is the normal state of their survival, if we think about legal issues all the time and do nothing, we will only stay in this broken spaceship and wait for the destruction to come." ”
Rag finally relented, "Okay, I'll pretend to be an old man." Bass, you are a biological person, and you have emotional needs compared to us intelligent people. Have you ever wondered how we will exist in this world even if we repair the rift in the spacecraft but still not be able to go into space, and we will have to exist in the Earth world for a long time? What is the meaning of existence? ”
Bass sighed again and said, "I haven't thought that much yet, however, the obvious fact is that once we have successfully repaired the spaceship and can fly at low altitude in this world, we will be the true gods of this world." Don't forget that our ships are equipped with weapons systems, and although we don't have much combat power left after the battle on Russ, it is enough to fight the most powerful army of the earthlings. ”
Raco asked, confused, "Bass, do you want us to join forces to conquer this world?" Does such an existence make sense? ”
Bass is silent, as a biological person, if he can become the overlord of the world, this kind of existence is of course meaningful, but to become the overlord of this underdeveloped world, it is necessary to kill countless people, and his intelligent human companions will definitely not agree with this way of existence.
Sure enough, before Bass could clearly say what he was thinking, Rag objected, "The conquest of the underdeveloped world by force is a naked crime, and it will eventually be discovered and eliminated by the Dopp Alliance or the Russians." I believe that such an existence will be meaningful if we can unify the human race of the earth by peaceful means and promote the progress of civilization in this world. ”
Bass said helplessly: "Rag, my biological age is only nineteen years old, and I admit that I don't have the wisdom and life experience to peacefully unify this world. However, I believe that if the three of us join forces, we are fully capable of helping a kingdom achieve its aspirations for peaceful development. However, I think that once we have repaired the ship, the best course of action is to first travel around the Earth world for a week and see what is best for us to exist in the long term. ”
Because the materials for the makeup were complete, it only took ten minutes for the bass and rag to be transformed as planned.
The costumes worn by the two and the shoes on their feet were not replaced, because there were no clothes and shoes in the spaceship that were similar to those of the Shu people in the video, and no one expected in advance that they would be forced to land here. It's just that the skin color and head and face parts of the two people exposed outside their clothes need to be changed.
After observing the wild plants in the mountains, they determined that it was the late summer and early autumn season, and the climate outside was warm, so they needed little clothing.
Rag is an intelligent person, his body color instantly changes from red to yellow-black, and the color of his eyes changes from blue to brown and black. He wore a black and white wig on his head, a silver beard around the corners of his mouth, a particularly long beard on his chin, and a cane with a weapon in his hand.
The bass used paint to turn the exposed skin tone yellow-black, then dyed the silver-gray hair black, and put on a special language hat with the brim hanging down, hoping that this would cover up a little of his two provocative ears. In order to prevent the people of Shu from seeing his blue eyes, he built a pair of contact lenses into his eye sockets to make his eyes look almost dark brown.
In order to dress up as a pair of masters and apprentices from afar, he specially prepared a cloth bag, considering that there was no money from Shu and no gold and silver, so he filled the cloth bag with some dry food and filled water for when he was hungry and thirsty. In addition to the two single-man mountain bikes, the rest of the life-saving supplies prepared in the spaceship are food and water for biological people.
Before leaving the ship, Rako, who was stationed on the ship, reminded the two companions to check the weapons and equipment they were carrying. Bass carries two miniature energy guns, and Rag carries a spare energy block in addition to his cane weapon and his own built-in weapon system. Because the intelligent people can only rely on the sunlight to replenish their energy after leaving the spaceship, and the sky is gloomy today.
After getting ready, Raco opened the warehouse at the bottom of the ship and released two solo cars, Bass and Rag each rode one to set the target direction to the castle in the east, and then the two said goodbye to Raco and headed for the vast forest sea below.
The flying car is moving quickly through the woods.
Before the two of them left the ship, Ra could detect a forest on the plain outside the mountains that stretched from west to east to the west wall of the castle through the ship's observation system. Thus, even during the day, Bass and Rag could drive from the woods directly to the castle and walk into the city.
The two speeders drove one after the other along the dense woods until they came to a stop a few hundred meters beyond the city wall, and Rag stretched out his electronic eyes to look through the trees to the castle for a while, and said to Bass: "Outside the woods is an uneven weed area, there is no road, and I find that the west wall does not have any entrances and exits, so we have to make a choice, enter the city from the south or from the north." ”
"Do you still need to think about it? Which side is closer to the other. Bass Road.
"Our position is close to the north, but there are no woods over there to cover it, and to the south..."
Rag stopped here as he spoke, for his big sensitive ears heard a peculiar sound first, and then the bass heard it, and it came from the north, and they traveled a little further north to the end of the woods.
Rag stretched out his electronic eye to observe, and said, "There is a large group of soldiers on horseback who are approaching the city from the north quickly!"
Bass's naked eye could see the cavalry army rushing from the gloomy sky to the north, and he said in surprise, "Could it be that a foreign army is going to attack this castle?"
"Probably not, because their banner is the same as the one on the city's head, but their banner is in tatters, and it looks like these armies have just fought." Rag said.
The two of them did not say anything more, but silently watched the cavalry army rise and fall here "Da Da! The horses' hooves rushed to the castle, and finally disappeared, presumably through the north gate.
"We're coming into town from the north!" Bass said.
Raga acquiesced to the bass's suggestion, and the two set their respective flying car control systems to return the same way, and the two flying cars left automatically.
The master and apprentice tidied up their bags and walked out of the woods to the northwest corner of the castle, where there was no road outside the woods, and the ground was bumpy and littered with weeds and gravel.
"If the people of Shu are in a period of war, it will be beneficial to us, and we can directly propose to the king of Shu to help them fight the war after entering the city, and the trading condition is that they give us enough metal copper and allow us to use his factory to process copper plates." The bass said as he walked.
"This kind of deal sounds the simplest and most straightforward, but it means we're going to kill people." Rag hesitated.
"Rag, don't forget that our boss has been killed, and we have almost destroyed ourselves. If the city were invaded by outsiders, we could save the lives of thousands of people in the city by killing the enemy to protect it. In addition, the city is one of only six civilizations on Earth, and we should protect this civilization castle from being destroyed by the barbarians, even if not for the sake of obtaining metallic copper. ”
"Okay, I agree with your suggestion, let's scout if it's in a war time when we enter the city." Rag Dao.
The bass is secretly happy that the intelligent person will go all out to execute a certain plan once it is confirmed that it is reasonable.
"Rag, enter the city, and your voice must match your appearance, otherwise it will arouse the suspicion of others." Rag suggested.
Rag immediately said in an old voice, "Disciple, is this sound good?" ”
Rag couldn't help but "Hey, hey! Smiled, "Very well, Master!" ”
When they reached the north, they found that there were significantly more soldiers on this side of the city, and that there was a straight and wide road outside the north gate that stretched into the northern sky.
However, at this time, the road was unusually scarce of pedestrians and carriages, and Bass looked up at the sky, the sky was covered by thick clouds and could not see the position of the sun, but judging by the sky, it should not be dusk.
A large group of soldiers with cold weapons stood guard inside and outside the north gate, and there was a commotion among the soldiers as Bass and Rag approached.
A soldier leader came up and pointed a bronze knife at the two visitors and shouted, "Stop! Who are you? What are you here for? ”
Bass's gaze swept over the soldiers at the city gate, and he quickly felt the restlessness that permeated the soldiers. Coupled with the tired and tired army that had just entered the city, his intuition told him that the shadow of war was like a dark cloud in the sky that had enveloped the city.
In an old but loud voice, Rag asked instead of answering: "Fellow soldiers, may I ask if you are in a state of war here?" ”
"None of your business! Get out of here, you weird-looking people are not allowed to enter the city! The leader of the soldiers waved the knife in his hand and shouted loudly.
Rag silently looked at the bass next to him, meaning to test your mental power. On the way, they had agreed not to show their superhuman strength unless they were forced to do so.
Bass looked into the eyes of the soldier leader and said calmly in his unfluent vernacular, "Our master and apprentice are here to help you defend the castle, why do you refuse us to enter the city?" ”
While speaking, the bass secretly used mental power to affect the other party's emotions and psychology.
In the surprised gaze of the soldiers behind him, the tone of the soldier leader became obviously friendly, "Because the Yu tribe has summoned a group of strange-looking but talented people to help them attack our Shu Kingdom, we have lost the border fortress in the north, and the Yu tribesmen will soon come to attack our capital." ”
Bass said: "You go and tell your king, just say that our master and apprentice also have abilities, we can help your Shu Kingdom win the war, but we need a certain amount of reward." ”
Bass turned to look at Rag, suggesting that he showed his hand.
Rag realized, and under the terrified gaze of the soldiers, Rag's body slowly rose until his face was parallel to the top of the high wall in front of him, and then slowly landed on the ground.
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