46 The Reality of Captivity
"Is this the last place for human beings to survive, as I expected."
Facing Reiner, who was abnormally out of shape, Chu Xuan just nodded lightly and said something that seemed to be completely out of the horse's mouth.
However, Reiner understood the meaning behind these words, he looked at Chu Xuan's poker face that was as calm as a mask in surprise, and asked in disbelief:
"Could it be that you, who have been living in the 'wall', have already guessed the truth of the 'outside'?"
"It's not that difficult, but it's even stranger if there is no doubt about the current state of humanity."
Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and replied indifferently.
"With the current productive forces of mankind, the manpower, material resources and man-hours required to build such a majestic wall are incalculable, not to mention that there are three such 'walls'.
If human beings really have so many idle people, idle things, and idle labor, if they invest these productive forces and means of production in the production of weapons and equipment, even if they cannot completely destroy the giants, they will not fall into the situation of being trapped in an isolated city like now.
Then there is only one answer - these three 'walls' were not actually built by human beings themselves, but by other 'people' who have the ability to build such majestic walls...... Or what the giants have built.
However, those giants who wander outside the 'walls' obviously do not have the wisdom to build walls of this level, so in the places unknown to the humans within the 'walls', there must be a race of giants with enough intelligence, and only they have the ability and wisdom to build these three incomparably strong giant walls for mankind.
But why would wise giants build walls for humans to stop the brainless giants, instead of destroying the brainless giants for humans? If these two giants are not hostile, but together, then there is no need for intelligent giants to do such good deeds for their common enemy, right?
When considered in this way, it is easy to come to some results - the intelligent giant does not want too many humans, but it still needs humans, so it is also not able to completely exterminate humans.
This can be explained by the fact that wise giants built walls for humans, just as humans built pigsty for domesticated wild boars, so wise giants built a huge pigsty for humans so that humans could safely thrive in it.
However, in the same way that humans keep domestic animals in captivity, giants do not keep humans in captivity for good intentions, but to pull out a portion of the 'fattened' human beings to kill meat and eat them when they need it – and at best, to single out some of them as rare ornaments or playthings, or to do a particular kind of work.
In other words, human beings who inhabit the 'walls' 'peacefully' are born with the status of domestic animals, pets, or slaves, and the 'walls' are not guarding them, but confining them.
As for why there are still four doors in the 'wall' that allow human beings to 'freely' access the 'outside world', I think this is exactly what the wise giants have done the most cleverly.
In doing so, the humans within the walls have changed from simply 'captivity' to a combination of 'captivity' and 'free-range' – just like humans raise chickens, ducks, or cattle and sheep.
Keeping livestock and poultry in a certain amount of exercise and a good mood will increase their milk and egg production, and their weight gain will be faster and their meat will be more delicious.
Leave a few doors, so that human beings can always see the hope of counterattack, so that human beings can always have vitality, and will not become lifeless or even self-destructive because of long-term captivity.
And after the race has multiplied to a certain extent, human beings will automatically send the 'superfluous' part outside and 'deliver' it to the brainless giants or intelligent giants for 'use', so as to avoid the collective panic caused by the collective panic caused by the regular coming of the intelligent giants to 'harvest', and even completely lose their vitality and begin to self-destruct because of this inevitable 'objective law'.
I wonder if all these speculations about the 'walls' and 'outside' are fully in line with the facts? ”
Chu Xuan spoke for several minutes in a dull voice that was as smooth and uninhibited as ever, and it would have been heard for three seconds, if it was usual, Reiner and Berthold would have been drowsy, but now they opened their eyes wide and glared at him again with the eyes like looking at monsters.
It's a nostalgic feeling...... When they first met, they also looked at Chu Xuan with this kind of eyes and this mentality.
Originally, they thought that achieving that level was already the limit of being a human being, but they didn't expect that Chu Xuan would now completely subvert their understanding again, allowing them to truly see the limit of human "wisdom", letting them know that in this world, there is a power called "Chu Xuan", and there is also a kind of wisdom called "Chu Xuan"!
- Moreover, is this really the limit of the reading power species of "Chu Xuan"?
"No...... We don't know whether the part of your guess is right or wrong, but the part of the 'history' that we know is exactly right! ”
The shocked Reiner stared intently at Chu Xuan's poker face, which was no different from usual, and muttered to himself as if in a dream.
He really doubted now that he was dreaming, in fact, he didn't really go to test Chu Xuan, but fell asleep because he was too tired, and now he was actually in a dream, and what Chu Xuan said was just a certain degree of reprocessing based on the facts he knew, and he said it with Chu Xuan's face and tone.
"If you wonder if you're dreaming...... How about pinching each other's faces hard? ”
Seeing that Reiner and Bethold's gaze had begun to drift, Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly and made a very sincere suggestion.
"Uh......"
"Sizzle......"
After subconsciously taking the advice of Chu Xuan, who seemed to be omniscient and omnipotent, Reiner and Berthold's eyes really returned to clarity, but the side effect was that the right side of their faces was swollen.
This can probably be regarded as a small punishment given by Chu Xuan to the two of them, compared to the pain felt by innocent humans who have been displaced or even lost their lives because of them, this pain on their faces is only a drop in the bucket.
But...... If Chu Xuan really thought so, he probably wouldn't have planned to exterminate the human race.
"Chu Xuan, you have obviously deduced the truth, but why do you want to destroy the human race? What we can't do, we can't do for you!
No...... If it were you, I think you would have a way to do it! ”
After his mind regained his clarity, Berthold, who rarely expressed his personal opinions, suddenly became unusual, and asked Chu Xuan loudly, even forgetting to hide the sensitive word "extermination of mankind".
It seems that this man is not completely motivated, and the reason why he has neither personal will nor positive surname is because he has completely despaired of himself and the future of mankind.
Unlike Reiner, who is determined to conscientiously complete the ultimate task of "giving all human beings a dignified death", Berthold has been listlessly perfunctory in this task, planning to bury herself in a hastily pit when the mission is over and after fulfilling her last obligation.
But perhaps it is precisely because of this that Berthold's psychological pressure is not as great as Reiner, who has carried all the responsibility and guilt on his shoulders, and there are no signs of psychological splitting, but he is not motivated by anything.
Compared with Ani, who desperately escaped from reality and was not even willing to have more contact with two "fellow villagers", Berthold had a sense of responsibility, so that he could still barely complete his "sacred mission" in confusion. (To be continued.) )