Chapter 278: The Human Heart Is Inherently Evil
The shopkeeper was only halfway through his words, he looked up at the sky, kept beating his hands together, and finally said slowly, "You must all die." ”
The crowd began to boil, and we do not know how much conscience condemnation they have received at the expense of their comrades in order to survive, but they have long since adapted to this time of deceit.
People live in comfort and die of stress, and these people's brains are already crazy, and they just look at the shopkeeper blankly, and they don't even hear a word.
The shopkeeper ignored them, and continued, "I had hoped that you would die, but I didn't expect that the outcome would be so bad today. ”
As he spoke, he walked into the counter, reached out and picked up a pack of gauze-like things in the counter and threw it to me, and the hoarse and withdrawn voice said lightly: "Only the last survivors are qualified to leave, this is the purpose of our experiment, if you want to leave now, you can do it immediately, and even, I can pay him three times my salary." ”
Perhaps the shopkeeper is still hoping to attract a group of customers who are useful to him, but unfortunately he is no longer what it used to be, no one can be evergreen, and no one can live long live.
Just when the shopkeeper turned his head to fumble for the lighter, several people rushed back to him, the first one in the charge, obviously has been infected by this strange virus, if now, maybe the original of the virus will be more and more, by that day, I am afraid that even if there are witnesses, it will be useless, because no one wants to die inexplicably, in their eyes, the shopkeeper has already become a god.
Whether it is a god or a man, the people will always pray for peace and contentment.
It was that dark night that the shopkeeper died, and everyone knew why he died, but no one said it.
When Ma Lao Er came out of the stable, the shopkeeper was already dead, and he excitedly touched the shopkeeper's artery, as if the powerful heart was still running, and Ma Lao Er's heart was full of disappointment.
But disappointment turned into hope in an instant, and hope turned into a frenzy again, and in the end, the people of the town divided the shopkeeper's food, and a whole big living person was instantly torn apart.
Who wants to endure for the rest of their lives, who doesn't want to create a great cause, but unfortunately, in this gloomy town, even conversation has become a luxury.
Only the shopkeeper knew, because after he was swallowed by the people on the first day, the next morning, the fog was still hazy, the sky was gray and dark, no one thought that the shopkeeper, who had already been stripped of bones, would walk out of the house again, he slowly walked into the crowd, and when people saw him, they retreated in fear, and the original siege of the city collapsed in an instant.
"Who are you?" One of the most daring men, in a deep flattering voice, said, "I am willing to sell my soul and give it to you first." ”
The shopkeeper didn't even look at him, he went straight to the deepest part of the crowd, because it was the only place where the most dazzling eyes could be seen.
The shopkeeper squeezed all the way to the center of the crowd, and he looked around at the people, including the wounded with broken arms, the women with **** bodies, and more people who could still survive.
The shopkeeper said, "You can eat me, at least there is time." By the time the shopkeeper said this, he seemed to have regained his own glory from the past. At this moment, he didn't look like a neurotic wandering around in the middle of the night.
The shopkeeper finished asking in one sentence, but no one answered.
Maybe it was fear, maybe it was hunger, but in short, no one made the slightest sound.
The shopkeeper pinched his throat, and then coughed vigorously, as if to clean up his throat, he said: "Life has been transformed by animals since ancient times, and now returning to the basics is the right way, but unfortunately, the greater the benefits, the easier it is for friends around me to become their opponents." ”
The shopkeeper shook his head: "I already knew what was going to happen here, don't blame others, because ...... This is your destiny and ours. ”
After saying that, he turned around and was about to enter the courtyard, when a person suddenly stood out in the crowd, his smile was so disgusting, but he was born with a good voice, he said lightly: "Do we have to kill you to undo everything that happened here." ”
The shopkeeper should have walked into the yard and closed the gate in an instant.
But when he heard this sentence, the whole person froze, like a sculpture that had not been moved for thousands of years, and he couldn't say a word.
All the survivors waited for his reply, but none of them realized that he had been transformed into a statue.
The days went on, and there were fewer and fewer people, until at last there were only eight men left, the eight strongest laborers, and only the strongest could take more food, which was the only law of nature.
However, living to the end is not necessarily a victory, at least, at this time, no one regards living as a victory, they just hope that they can die naturally, instead of being scraped and eaten by others like other companions.
In the first rays of sunlight that morning, the shopkeeper appeared in front of the door of his house as he had done the other day, and without any strange movements or terrible scenes, he opened the door and walked out of it.
The eyes of the eight people widened in surprise, knowing that the shopkeeper had died a few days ago, and now it was a human or a ghost who appeared in front of them.
A strong man trembled and asked, "Are you alive, or are you already dead?" When he asked, his crotch was already soaking wet, and he didn't want to ask, but the other seven told him that if he didn't ask, he would eat his meat next time.
The shopkeeper smiled, still mysterious; "I wanted to stop a catastrophe, but you deserve to treat me as a criminal." His body was hoarse and still vicissitudes, and no one could understand whether he was happy or sad.
The eldest of the eight asked again, "When are you going to let us go?" ”
The shopkeeper shook his head and said in a strange dialect, "No one will be able to leave, and perhaps more people will enter the town." ”
Dahan was surprised: "Why? "His hope has long been devoured again and again, they no longer care about life or death, but more about the reason.
"Why don't you ask the people behind you, they already know." As he spoke, the shopkeeper turned back into the courtyard and closed the door as if God had closed someone else's window, and sealed the last door.
The big man looked at the person behind him in despair and anger: "Why! Why are you doing this. He felt that he had fallen into a situation where his brothers, who had thought they were united, had instantly become enemies.
The other seven people looked dazed, and each shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand at all.
But there was no point in quibbling or explaining, and the big man just wanted to know why they had made the town what it was.
These eight people have been worshipping since childhood, and if it weren't for this, they would have already become a meal in other people's wombs.
The seven people suddenly became angry, and one of them said sharply: "This matter is a trap, you ask us like this, do you suspect that we have forgotten the friendship we once swore and grew?" ”
The big man snorted and scolded: "I never thought that you would do such a bad thing, I didn't even think about it......"
Before Dahan finished speaking, one of the seven people had already rushed out, and he used a pair of scissors to insert Dahan's skull fiercely, like inserting a dilapidated box.
The big man fell to the ground unwillingly, none of the seven brothers hesitated, and suddenly pounced like a hungry wolf, no one cared about brotherhood anymore, and no one cared who was eating in front of them, they only knew that if they didn't eat this person, then they would probably die the next moment.
Division, once a group creates a separation, it is no longer a collective, but a society.
The seven people did not suspect each other at the moment of the death of the Great Han, because they only cared about eating and living, and it seemed that living was more important than anything else.
When food is cut off again, when the horn of the end of life is blown again, they begin to crack.
Why did the big man say such strange things after all, why did he once say that he died on the same day, the same month, and the same year, but when the other party died, he pounced without hesitation.
There is another emotion in everyone's heart, everyone is waiting for the other to die, because only the death of the other party can give them more chances to survive.
The next night, one of the seven died again, and he died peacefully, as if he were asleep, but his head hung around his neck.
No one wondered why, they were suspicious of each other, they no longer trusted each other, and even thought that the other had killed their siblings in order to eat fresh flesh.
The struggle happened again, and the remaining six people split into two collectives, a three-on-three duel, they monitored each other, controlled each other, and even prayed to each other to die sooner, only death can be exchanged for the rebirth of the other party, and only death can bring the other party hope to continue to live.
People's hearts are selfish, no one will give nothing, no one will die for another person.
A three-on-three struggle finally broke out between the six people.
Where there is struggle, it means death, and death means rebirth, they never understand why this is after all, and they never think about what all this is about, they only think that as long as the other party dies, they will live.
But he never thought about how long he could live even if the other party died, even if the other party dedicated his body to himself, who would be the final winner!