Chapter 10: The Language of the Kobolds
Liang Xiaofeng was a little reluctant, and he said to Chen Chunan: "Do you really believe that Leonid will care about our life and death?"
"Of course not, but that's the only way we can get rid of them. Chen Chunan explained to Liang Xiaofeng: "Wait a while, we will go around to the back of the stockade, so that their snipers will enter the blind spot, and then we will create a little more chaos for them, so that we can find an opportunity to escape." ”
Liang Xiaofeng smiled, he didn't think of this for a while, and felt in his heart that Chen Chunan was really a genius.
But he looked back confidently and couldn't smile anymore.
"Your plan doesn't seem realistic. Liang Xiaofeng motioned for Chen Chunan to look behind him.
The seven snipers on Leonid's side surrounded the kobolds' stockade from seven directions, and the blind spot in Chen Chunan's mouth did not exist, and their plan was completely ruined.
"Tom!"
"Fuck......" An explosion sounded in the kobold's village, and Liang Xiaofeng shouted as those foreigners learned.
A 25-millimeter airburst bomb was fired into the stockade from behind the two men, killing and wounding many kobolds, and many kobolds rushed out of the stockade.
"I*%......"
Chen Chunan and Liang Xiaofeng resisted the urge to scold their mother, and ran backwards.
Bang, bang, bang......
Sudden ......
The sound of sniper rifles and submachine gun bullets reaching the ears of the two men, who selectively avoided Leonid's direction and prepared to pass past the two snipers lying on the ground.
The kobolds in the stockade were completely blinded by the instantaneous explosion and attack, and many kobolds who rushed out of the stockade in a panic were killed by Leonid's submachine guns, and the rest of the kobolds were suppressed back into the thatched huts by the surrounding snipers.
When Chen Chunan and Liang Xiaofeng thought they could escape, Leonid strafed a volley of bullets under their feet.
"If you fall into my hands and want to escape, don't daydream about it. Leonid tied them up again.
The "flock" that followed behind the ten seemed to be frightened by the cruelty of the uninvited guests, and they quietly retreated.
Seven snipers broke into the stockade together, and from time to time there was the sound of gunfire, and they quickly took control of the entire stockade, controlling the remaining dozen kobolds and gathering in the center of the stockade.
"Why do you do this, they don't pose any threat to you at all. Looking at the devastated kobold village, Chen Chunan couldn't help but feel pity for the kobold in his heart.
"Soon, you'll find out. "Under the threat of the PS90 in the hands of Leonid, the two came to the center of the stockade.
These kobolds are powerless in the face of modern weapons.
The dozens of corpses on the ground showed Leonid's brutality, which filled Chen Chunan's heart with anger.
"Aren't you very talented in languages, as long as you can communicate with them, maybe I'll let you go as soon as I'm happy. ”
Leonid's words made Liang Xiaofeng feel a little funny.
The so-called language talent is limited to humans, and the vocal organs of other animals are different from humans. Even if someone can understand the language of an animal, it is difficult to communicate with different species because of the different vocal organs.
"Your brain is in water, how can people communicate with other animals?" Liang Xiaofeng relieved Chen Chunan.
"Shut up!" Leonid put the PS90 in his hand against Liang Xiaofeng's forehead and said to Chen Chunan: "If you really can't communicate with them, then it's useless for me to keep you." ”
"If you want to kill, you can kill, do you think Lao Tzu is a vegetarian? Why make any excuses!" Liang Xiaofeng glared at Leonid without fear.
Click, click!
Leonid loaded the PS90 in his hand, his eyes full of murder.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......"
"Woo Woo ......"
A dozen kobolds leaning side by side in the middle of the stockade continued to howl wildly.
Although the seven snipers had killed a lot of kobolds just now, this was the first time they had seen kobolds in their lives, so their hands were full of sweat and their eyes were full of suspicion.
"From now on, give you a minute, if you still can't communicate with them, I'll kill Liang Xiaofeng first, and then kill you. ”
Leonid glanced at his watch and shouted: "Start ......"
Chen Chunan's mind was a little confused, and under Leonid's persecution, he subconsciously began to listen to the sound of the kobold howling.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......"
"Woo Woo ......"
The sound of frantically roaring made Chen Chunan have no clue at all.
Chen Chunan had never seen kobolds, even though their shouting sounds were similar to those of dogs on the earth, but how could Chen Chunan understand their language and communicate with them in a hurry?
I don't know if Leonid is crazy or Chen Chunan is really special, he would actually make such a request to Chen Chunan.
Even the seven snipers felt that Leonid was a little strong, but the murderous aura and unquestionable expression exuded by Leonid made many people dare not disobey his orders.
"Ten seconds to go. Leonid looked at his watch and began to count down Chen Chunan: "9, 8, 7...... 3、2、1。 ”
"Wait a minute!" Chen Chunan opened his mouth to stop Leonid, looked carefully at the barking kobolds, and said, "I should be able to understand their language, but I need time." ”
No one believed Chen Chunan's words, including Liang Xiaofeng, but Leonid asked, "How long will it take you?"
Chen Chunan said: "My fastest record for learning human language is seven days, but they are not human after all, and I can't assess how long it will take." ”
"Well, I'll give you seven days. ”
Leonid prepared to camp there, and at Chen's request, he had a dozen kobolds locked up in three separate rooms, and then one room was vacated as a place for him to study kobolds' language.
A kobold was tied to a pillar in the room, and this kobold became the first subject of Chen Chunan's research.
"Don't be funny, are you really going to study the language of kobolds?" Looking at Chen Chunan's fake appearance, Liang Xiaofeng couldn't cry or laugh, he didn't believe it, how could people and dogs have a common language?
"A man has a man's words, and a beast has a beast's language. Even lower animals need to communicate with each other, so in this world, in addition to the language of people, there is also the language of birds and beasts. Chen Chunan replied very seriously.
"Really?" Liang Xiaofeng didn't believe that people could communicate with other animals without barriers, at least he didn't think that Chen Chunan could do it at this moment.
"In fact, animal language is much simpler than human language, and in a broad sense, language includes sounds, smells, behaviors, and physical expressions......
"Gotta get it...... You're a master of language, I can't talk about you. You can study it, and I'll see if there are any holes in their defenses so we can escape. ”
Liang Xiaofeng just wanted to step out of this room, but was blocked back by a sniper at the door.
"TM, what's the big deal, one day, you don't want to fall into my hands. Liang Xiaofeng scolded and retreated.
In fact, Chen Chunan found that the kobold's vocal system was very similar to that of humans, and for seven days, of course, he couldn't communicate with the kobold without obstacles, but when the time came, he felt that he should be able to understand some kobolds' language.
The fact that kobolds can walk upright and build thatched huts is enough to prove that their body organs and intelligence are quite close to humans, and they are consciously imitating humans.
In order to accomplish this kind of work, it is indispensable to cooperate with each other, and since cooperation requires language communication.
The reason why people can produce language with a specific meaning is that the lungs, diaphragm and thoracic cage in the human body provide the necessary aerodynamic force for pronunciation, and under the impetus of aerodynamic force, the vocal cords in the larynx will vibrate, and the vibration will produce sound, and then the mouth or nasal cavity will control the position of the sound.
The sound that comes out of the mouth is processed by the lips, teeth, tongue, soft palate, hard palate, etc., to form meaningful speech.
After tens or millions of years of evolution, the language system has been quite developed, and development also means complexity.
After studying the kobold's vocal system, Chen Chunan found that the kobold's language is quite simple, and as long as he masters their vocal skills and the meaning of each sound, he can communicate with them without barriers.
With the help of cheerful notes and body language, Chen Chunan tried his best to express to the only kobold in the room that he had no malice, wanting to ease his emotions.
In the first three days, Chen Chunan observed and analyzed more than a dozen kobolds in four rooms, and he probably understood the meaning of some of the kobolds' voices.
Next, Chen Chunan began to imitate these sounds made by kobolds.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......"
"Woo Woo ......"
"Woo Woo ......"
"Woo Woo ......"
Seeing Chen Chunan's imitation, Liang Xiaofeng also intervened and barked at the kobold.
The result caused a strong reaction from the kobold, if it wasn't for being tied to the pillar, I'm afraid the kobold would have pounced on Liang Xiaofeng and bitten him.
"Why didn't it react so much when you barked at it, but when I barked at it, it was so hostile to me?"
"The sound of 'Wang' has different meanings to them in different contexts, and a roar like yours will be seen as a provocation to it, and in their language system and thinking, it will be interpreted by them as something similar to a swear word or a signal to attack them. Chen Chunan explained.
"So complicated?" Liang Xiaofeng looked thoughtful, nodded and shook his head, and said, "I don't understand!"
"I know you don't understand. Chen Chunan felt that he was playing the piano to the cow, and began to imitate the voice of the kobold again.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow......"
"Woo Woo ......"
......
The seven days passed quickly, and Leonid gathered all the kobolds in the center of the stockade, ready to test Chen Chunan's achievements these days.
"It's time, are you ready to communicate with the kobolds?"
Chen Chunan nodded, and Leonid said to him: "You ask them, what is this place, and where can you go to the human world?"
Chen Chunan really wanted to give Leonid a blow to the back of his head.
How can it be so easy to learn a language, let alone learn the language of another creature other than humans.
But Chen Chunan couldn't show his true thoughts in his heart, and he couldn't even let Leonid know that he couldn't communicate with the kobold without barriers.
"Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow......"
"Wow, wow, wow......"
......
Chen Chunan pretended to roar with the kobold a few times, and those sniper foreigners seemed to have discovered the new world again.
"Oh my God, he can really communicate with dogs?"
"I'm not mistaken......"
Chen Chunan and one of the kobolds yelled at each other a few times, which seemed to be rhythmic, and although the other kobolds were glaring at Chen Chunan, there was no scene of yelling and screaming before.
Seemingly, they are really communicating.
After yelling at the kobold, Chen Chunan said to Leonid: "Their language system is too simple, they don't have the concept of 'name', let alone what a place name is, in their language system there are only general concepts such as territory, forest, and ethnic group, the kobold said that through the forest, you can find humans like us." ”
"Sudden ......" The PS90 in Leonid's hand sparked and made a sudden sound.
......The only remaining kobolds in the stockade screamed wildly, and soon they all fell in a pool of blood.
"You ......" Chen Chunan angrily pointed at Leonid, and one life after another died in front of him, making him crazy.