Chapter 30 Half a Dog below
Su has always had a headache with spirits, and even when she saw the tavern, she began to have a headache. But in the face of his first subordinate, he didn't know how to refuse. Sue was perfectly able to relate to Quinn's deep ecstasy, and was amazed at his feelings for Penny. In this era, the way of survival in the wilderness is not much different from that of wild animals, and the main purpose of women is to reproduce and vent their desires.
Over the decades, many things have changed in the people who roam the wilderness. They become more tolerant of radiation, and their footprints move towards a wider area. There are even some strong people who can get close to the edge of the nuclear explosion of that year. Another benefit of increased radiation resistance is that there is more food to eat and more water to drink.
The constant threat of death has led to faster growth and development, with girls often starting at the age of 8 and having children by the age of 11. The standard time for pregnancy has changed from 10 months to 6 months, and the chance of multiple pregnancies has increased dramatically. It's just that the chance of babies being born with mutated tissue has skyrocketed, and the survival rate of babies has regressed to the level of the old medievals. Mutant tissues are not all harmful, they are the body's main organs that absorb and resist radiation.
Like other mutated creatures, humanity is rapidly changing to adapt to the harsh New Age, and the truth has once again proved the truth of the theory of "natural selection" evolution more coldly and accurately than ever before. Those who live in shelters or underground bases still retain the characteristics of old-time humans. In their eyes, the increasingly ugly wilderness outcasts are moving closer to the beasts day by day, as evidenced by their forms of existence, social structures, and even the strange and strange mutations that can coexist with the ontology. When these people walked out of the underground base, relying on the food, drinking water and technical machinery provided by the base, they also went through a difficult process, and finally re-established a new base on the ground with a relatively reliable and safe environment, and gradually expanded the control area. This is where the families and the pure-bloods under the banner of the Bloody Council come from.
In the wilderness, like "friend," love is a word that has long since disappeared.
In Saratoga's tavern, Sue sees mostly new faces. Although it's only been a few months since he last arrived, Saratoga's residents have changed at least a third. The little girl who sold him alcohol last time is also gone. In the wilderness, even the people living in the settlements are like the herds of wild horses on the grasslands, and every year they change in number, and the number is always so large.
Compared with Sue, who was slightly sentimental, Quinn was very happy, and he drank almost all three bottles of whiskey alone. During the casual conversation, Sue explained to Quinn the Dark Dragoon's rules regarding obedience, and Quinn gave full knowledge of his abilities. Quinn has a number of first-order abilities in the spell-like domain and the fighting domain, which is of course for self-preservation, and there is nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, in the wilderness, Quinn, who has such abilities, is no longer something that ordinary strong men can challenge.
To Su's surprise, Quinn's main ability turned out to be in the shaping of the auxiliary ability domain. Shaping makes use of some of the abilities of quasi-spells and perception domains to guide the formation of metals or other materials through the control of the mind force field or magnetic force. This requires an excellent sense of space and numeracy. The main application area of shaping is the production of parts and components with very high precision requirements and unique design, while artwork is another use, in addition, the top non-standard special ammunition and weapons almost all require the participation of senior shaper.
Quinn, who is a third-order Quinn, can already be called an intermediate shaper. With this skill alone, he can easily secure a position in the company.
"Why not join a company?" Sue asked, the strong alcohol that made his consciousness start to dull a little.
Quinn, who had already poured two large bottles of spirits, was already slurring, and he stared at his eyes that were obviously out of focus, and said, "What are you doing when you join the company, do you look at other people's faces?" I'm the boss on this turf! Dignity, freedom, wealth, they can't give me anything I want. They couldn't cure Penny, and they didn't even dare to ask the Dark Dragoon for a cure. The real bigwigs in the Dark Dragoon think that the people who survive in the Wilderness are dogs, so the guys in the company with less mutated organizations will feel like they're just half a dog. They curry favor with the big guys and bark at us because they're just half a dog! Brother, oh no, I should call you master now, damn it, I hate that word. But you're willing to save Penny...... Well, master. Do you know what it means to be half a dog, it means that if they run out into the wilderness, they will be torn apart by us wild wolves! ”
Quinn burped and glared at Sue with straight eyes: "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what are you doing here?" ”
"I'm here for you. You must know the steppe to the north, and I want to see if it's possible to build a supply line through it. ”
Speaking of the bank, Quinn sobered up a little, he shook his head vigorously, frowned, and the light in the depths of his pupils flickered. Su knew that this was a sign peculiar to those who perceive domain abilities when they were calculating or searching for a large number of numbers. After a while, Quinn said, "Yes, but you have to use a wildebeest or a two-headed ox cart." The grassland seems to be more than 200 kilometers long, and there are countless swamps and wetlands in it, which is not easy to walk. There are also a lot of poisonous weeds there, so I had to bring a few more horses with me for the first time. But what are you doing walking through the grasslands? To the north, there seems to be nothing but mountains. ”
Su nodded and said, "There is a base there, I am going to activate it, and in the future, I will take that base as the center and continue to explore to the northwest." Tomorrow I will go to the grassland, try to find a safe route to go, you prepare during this time, and when I return, we will take Penny to Dragon City. ”
Quinn took another big sip of wine, patted Sue on the shoulder, and said nothing.
However, Su was a little curious, and the Dark Dragoon was known for being expensive. This medical expense will never be a small amount, and I am afraid that ordinary small companies cannot pat their chests and guarantee that they will be able to pay immediately, so why is Quint so confident that he can pay this money without asking much? You know, the Dark Dragoon's technical level is not known how many years more advanced than the wilderness similar to the primitive state, and there is almost no demand for the wilderness except for primary materials such as mineral deposits and primary energy. Of course, beautiful women will always be bought, but the problem is that if you use the aesthetic standards of the old era, women in the wilderness are not only ugly, they can only be described as strange with all kinds of mutated organizations.
Sue asked the question.
"It's a slave." Quinn's answer surprised Sue again. "Over the years, my biggest business has been chasing down wandering mob communities. Kill all those who dare to resist, and then sell the strong men and women to various companies to do hard labor. As for the children, I will take away those with few mutated tissues, and let them fend for themselves if there are many mutated tissues. You know, settlements don't need people, but corporations do. There were quite a few strong men among the mob, and they ate meat, all meat, so they had a lot of strength. Those companies are very welcoming to what I offer. Of course, I am the only one in this area who has the ability to capture mobs as slaves. I now have more than a hundred people under my command, and I can easily wipe out the entire tribe of mobs! ”
Quinn's narrative is bland and devoid of any emotion.
Su was speechless, this was the reality of this world, and it was also the reality that he would see every moment before he joined the Dark Dragoon. No one has ever treated displaced people and mobs as human beings, even the inhabitants of the settlements.
The Dark Dragoon itself does not use slaves, and all service personnel are pure-blooded humans. But almost all of this behemoth's peripheral companies use slaves. These slaves were at least able to understand their masters' words and were not picky about what they ate, so they were very popular with the company.
Drinking until dawn, Sue dragged the drunk Quinn home. The quiet Penny hadn't slept yet, she prepared hot water and carefully wiped Quinn's body before putting him on the bed and covering him with the quilt with Sue's help. Then, at the head of his bed, Penny placed a wildflower.
"Penny." Just as Penny was preparing a place for Sue to sleep on the couch on the first floor, Sue stopped her. Su Bi's eyes were fixed on her ankles. At the lower end of the skirt, there were a few streaks of blood running down Penny's exposed calves. Those pink mutations are actually very delicate and fragile, and Penny must have worn out a lot of places after being busy for so long. Mutated tissue is much more sensitive and painful than normal flesh. But the woman smiled quietly, as if she didn't feel any pain at all.
Sue opened the basic medical kit, which was less than the size of the palm of her hand, took out the trauma spray and a painkiller that could be used multiple times, put it in Penny's hand, and explained to her how to use it. The spray has the ability to stop bleeding, heal wounds, relieve pain, disinfect and inhibit mutated tissue, and can effectively relieve Penny's pain.
Penny bowed deeply to Sue before taking the spray and needle and going upstairs. However, Sue was very skeptical that she would use these things that were obviously beyond the level of the wilderness on herself, and this woman would probably keep these two things for Quinn's emergency use. And she herself will continue to suffer in silence.
Su smiled bitterly, but there was no other way.
Early the next morning, Sue left Saratoga, and his first servant was still hungover. This time across the grassland, Su's mood was completely different from the previous escape. In the mountains at the end of the prairie, there was a deep sleep of the 958 base, where he and Persephone first met. Soon, 958 will become his transit point and supply point, and Su will rely on this place to explore vast uncharted areas.
Su was not prepared to gather too many servants and troops, and 958 would not be able to support the supply of more than 100 people until new energy was obtained. And because the base is in an unknown area, some malicious dragoons may follow them at any time, just like the dragoon captain of the side branch of the William family did. In the Dragoon Civil War, the role of ordinary servants is not very large, especially in unknown areas without any information, and Sue is the opposite, he has the greatest mobility when he is alone, and in the familiar wilderness, he can exert the greatest combat effectiveness.
The crossing of the prairie was a smooth one, and Sue returned to Saratoga in just four days, while Quinn was busy moving slaves from concentration camps everywhere. Among this group of slaves, there were more than 100 middle-aged males classified as class, most of the rest were class, and there were more than a dozen female slaves listed in the class, with a total number of nearly 1,000.
Sue knew that all the slaves were from a mob known as the "hyena of the wilderness", and understood why Quinn would be so cruel to the mob. It was only after knowing the number of slaves and seeing the more than 100 slaves that had been transported to Saratoga in advance that his smile could not remain natural.
The first ones were all slaves, and the so-called class was a man who was an adult and able-bodied man, and who had no intellectual defects. These slaves were strong, with significantly more developed muscles that set them apart from the common inhabitants of the settlement. These people were all hideous-looking, with large knotted muscles exposed. They were scarred, their hair was messy and hard like a steel mane, many of them had horrible tattoos on their faces, and their bloodshot eyes stared at Sue viciously, but they couldn't help but show fear when they saw Quinn. Perhaps because of generations of wandering in the wilderness, the mob was more adaptable to the environment than the people in the settlement, eating almost a qiē of meat and drinking first-class water, which allowed the mob to survive almost anywhere and made it very cheap to feed them.
All the slaves stood in ten large wooden cages and were chained together. The shackles were heavy, and the inner ring was spiked so that the slaves could not exercise vigorously and could not resist.
Quinn noticed the change in Sue's expression, and he spat at the slaves fiercely, saying, "Don't pity them, these are scum!" Not even the rotting wolves of the wilderness will kill their healthy kind, but they will! And feed on it! ”
Su sighed secretly in her heart, knowing that Quinn was telling the truth. Mobs often claim to be the kings of the wilderness, making a living by wandering and preying on other outcasts and settlements. Most mobs believe that the weak should be their food for their own pleasure. It's just that if you think about it deeply, why isn't this the case with the Dark Dragoon?
Su left Quinn two maps, one a topographical map of the grasslands and a safe route to travel, and the other a schematic map of the road to Dragon City. Sue also left a letter to Quinn attesting to him as his servant, and stamped it with the coat of arms of the dragoon.
After explaining the matters to be paid attention to, Su rushed to Dragon City alone. He had a good harvest in the grassland this time, finding two first-level mutant biological samples and eleven second-level mutant biological samples. However, Su only has a portable sample box, which can be stored for seven days at most, and within seven days he must rush back to Dragon City. Only biological samples that are sufficiently active can be sold at a good price.
After getting the start-up capital, Sue's next place to go is Pendulum City in Roxerland, Roxerland's size and ability are not large, but Lily and Rigoray are both very potential figures. Through Guò Sally, Sue also knows another side of Rigore's unknown, which makes Sue feel good about him.
The two sides had a very unpleasant experience in the past, but that was all in the past. Now Sue has also become a member of the Dark Dragoon, becoming a big man in Farsr's mouth. Maybe you can induce, or force the two of them to become your subordinates. In addition, there should be more potential characters in Roxerland. After the successful sale of biological samples this time, Su estimated that he could scrape together the registration fee of the two servants, and as for the other benefits, he had to owe it first.
Sue felt that her thoughts were a little shameless, and she didn't know if she had too much contact with Persephone. At this time, he suddenly remembered the modified pistol that was shattered by his own hands, and his mood suddenly became a little gloomy.
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