Chapter 996: The Castle
He didn't believe anyone and kept the supplies in his own hands.
Ariana couldn't help it, and sarcastically said, "If you and I both die, won't all these supplies be wasted?" ”
Stark shrugged: "When I die, I don't care if it's flooding." ”
5 people, 3 teams, cautiously moving forward in the jungle, from time to time with walkie-talkie communication, there are a lot of jungle animals in this area, but smart Stark and Ariana have found that something is wrong, because many animals should not be the species that should be on the isolated island of the Pacific Ocean, if the cave on the other side of the island, the bear named Boris is a survivor of the shipwreck, then the animal species brought by the shipwreck to the island are too complete, and even have to wonder if someone did it intentionally.
Ariana followed Stark with her bare hands, looked at the various beasts fleeing in panic, and whispered: "These animals are not the first time they have come into contact with people, and besides, they are very afraid of people. ”
"It's not surprising," Stark said, "the natives of this island must have hunted for food, and the animals are naturally afraid of humans when they see them. ”
Ariana was about to say something when suddenly a bush slammed and a large animal, a lion, sprang out! Lioness!
Stark was stunned, and suddenly raised the gun, Ariana couldn't help but flash behind Stark, and the two and the lioness, only 3 or 4 meters apart, confronted each other.
Although Stark has a gun in his hand, he is also a little panicked, although the gun in his hand can kill the lioness, but the lioness's desperate blow will definitely hurt him. Even if you have medicine to treat it. But being injured means that your strength is weakened, and your subordinates will definitely take the opportunity to rebel. He regretted it a little, he should have given Ariana a gun, two guns for the two, and he would be much more sure to deal with the lion.
However, the lioness let out a threatening roar at Stark, and after a moment of confrontation, she turned around and ran back into the bushes, making a loud noise. Took the initiative to leave.
Stark let out a sigh. His hand was a little weak, and he was rejoicing that the lioness had taken the initiative to retreat, when Ariana behind him suddenly said, "No, this lion." Afraid of people. ”
Stark hadn't come back to his senses. Subconsciously: "What did you say?" ”
Ariana said, "The reason why the lioness didn't attack us. It's because it's afraid of us, it's afraid of us humans, and this fear has a deep impression on it. So much so that they actively run away from us. It's not surprising that small animals are afraid of people, but even powerful carnivores like lions can run away when they see people, which only shows one thing--"
Stark blurted out, "Those natives are so powerful that even lions are afraid of them!" ”
Other than that, there is no answer.
Stark was originally wary of the natives, but he didn't pay attention to it, with guns in hand, killing the natives is not like killing pigs, and it is not a problem to repeat the conquest of the Inca Empire by a small team of Spaniards.
Now, he was starting to assess the power of the natives who had not yet seen them. He used the walkie-talkie to ask the rest of the team to be careful.
The search party made their way through the jungle to the grassland, and in the distance the smoke and dust rose loudly, Stark and Ariana crouched down in the grass more than half a man high, the smoke getting closer and closer, and the ground trembling faintly in the sound of rumbling hooves.
It's a herd!
A herd of nearly a hundred cows snorted and passed by Stark and Ariana, and the two did not dare to move, let alone shoot, for fear of startling the herd and trampling themselves alive.
After the herd passed, Stark and Ariana looked at each other, and Stark swallowed: "Do you think that these cattle are also raised by natives?" ”
Ariana's eyes flashed: "You can also see, there are cows in those cows, and there are many calves, judging from the ratio of adult cows to calves, if it weren't for the natives raising and protecting them, fierce beasts like lions would definitely attack them, and the proportion of calves should not be so high." ”
Stark was silent for a moment, knowing that Ariana had volunteered in an African nature reserve and knew more about the habits of wild animals, so she didn't need to lie to herself.
He smiled suddenly: "It's great, this indigenous settlement knows how to graze, and if we conquer them, the living conditions will be much more comfortable than on the Cape." I decided that such a clever slave should be captured alive as much as possible. He also really used the walkie-talkie to sternly order the other team members not to easily harm the natives.
Stark bluffed, in fact, his heart was heavy, of course he knew that the more intelligent the natives, the more difficult it was to deal with, thinking that hundreds of years ago, when Westerners came to the New World with muskets and cannons, the Indians would only use bows and arrows and spears, and the arrows and spearheads were still made of stone or bone, and the Westerners were still killed and wounded, if it weren't for the Westerners who used the flu to spread the Indians who were not immune to it, the outcome was unpredictable.
However, the benefits are also extremely huge, once such a clever natives are conquered, their own group can live like a soil emperor, no worse than the legendary paradise island, if there are eye-catching women among the natives, then - Stark has a hideous smile on his face.
Stark became more and more cautious, and after a while, another member of the team shouted over the intercom: "Boss, there's something here, I think you should come and take a look." ”
Stark and Ariana made their way to a hill on the edge of the prairie with a low-lying gutter that had been caused by an earthquake caused by a volcanic eruption.
The two team members were pointing and talking about something in front of a cliff, and when they saw Stark coming, they hurriedly greeted him: "Boss, it's a little weird here, I think you should come and take a look." ”
Stark was brought to the cliff, and he only had to look at it to know what the two team members were talking about—a black mine was exposed on the cliff, it was coal, but there were obvious traces of manual collection on the ore belt, and there were many broken cinders scattered on the ground, and the traces of the slag disappeared into the grass.
These natives actually know how to collect coal mines!
, this is the weirdest Native Stark has ever seen!
Stark had dealt with the natives before, in the tropics, because there was plenty of food, the productivity of the natives was very low, and even in the 21st century, there are still many natives who use stone and wooden utensils, and do not farm, weave, let alone use mineral deposits - they use ore as a dye to dress themselves.
The natives of this island obviously understand the real purpose of coal - burning, but the climate on this island is hot, Stark and others are sweating like pulp in their clothes, and the natives need a lot of coal to burn for what?
This native, more and more mysterious!
Stark immediately made a decision, and through the walkie-talkie, he called another team member to the side of the coal mine, and he said coldly: "The gun is loaded, the natives here are weird, we can't disperse our actions anymore." ”
The search party set out again, and when they saw a well-tended field with rice, wheat, corn, potatoes and other crops, they were already numb and amazed, the indigenous people of this island had done far more than everyone realized.
Stark pulled off a handful of rice, rubbed it in his hand, removed the husk, put the snow-white crystal rice in his mouth and chewed greedily, Stark closed his eyes in intoxication, let out a long sigh, and when he opened his eyes, his eyes were full of ferocity: "Listen, we must capture all these natives alive!" With them as slaves for us, all of us can live here like emperors! ”
He turned to Ariana, "Ariana, I know you hate me, but if we can capture the natives who are good at farming, mining and grazing, even your disabled brother Bill can live a good life." ”
Ariana knew that Stark was right, as long as Bill survived the infection of the wound, he would not need to work on his own to be well cared for by the natives.
Ariana said categorically: "I listen to you, give me a gun." ”
Without saying a word, Stark untied the pistol from his waist and threw it at Ariana.
He showed eight big white teeth and smiled: "Let's go, let's conquer this world!" This little island is the whole world, the whole world, to these shipwrecked sailors, and they are going to reign and dominate here, enslaving all living beings!
Stark led the group along the apparently well-tended farmland, which was still dotted with branches and half-decomposed corpses of birds and beasts, apparently used to intimidate and drive away the birds and beasts that were stealing food.
After walking through the large cornfield, Stark, the leader, suddenly stopped, and he couldn't help but let out a long gasp of cold air in a fierce and cunning manner, in fact, it was not just him, including Ariana, all the crew members were stunned.
In the distance, on the grassland, stands a castle made of shipping containers.
Stark was the first to react, he kicked and beat the stunned people back into the cornfield, and shouted in a low voice, "Hide! Take cover! Damn it! That's not indigenous! It is a modern man who has been shipwrecked! ”
The people were lying on their stomachs in the cornfield, covered by the tall corn stalks, and the people in the fortress could not see them, and then their hearts were settled.
Only then did one of the team members come to his senses: "Boss, this is trouble, it is not the natives who occupy this island, but the modern people, look at those containers, damn, where would the natives build such a fortress?" I also saw solar panels and wind turbines! ”
Stark waved his hand: "Shut up!" I'm not blind! Damn it! Damn it! There is such a large-scale camp on such a small isolated island. Could it be that this is the legendary paradise island? No, no, no, it can't be, the legendary paradise island is heavily guarded, with multiple lines of defense at sea, in the air, and on the ground, how can we sneak in so casually? But, with the size of that container camp, even if we were to send out all the wounded from Bill, we wouldn't be able to kill them! (To be continued......)