Chapter 22: It's Good to Be a Human Being

Hearing Zhuo Cheng's words, Paine said slowly: "The book you read is a general textbook within the singularity, I haven't seen the singularity creator, but I have seen the flying goat descend, I think there is a singularity creator, and there is also a hammer of creation." ”

Concerning the distorted tumor itself, Zhuo Cheng couldn't wait to ask: "Teacher, can the Hammer of Creation cure the distorted tumor?" ”

Paine smiled, and his eyebrows shook when he smiled: "The singularity has been passed down to the present, and the leaders have changed a lot, except for Chen Tian, each leader has finally deteriorated to the late stage. ”

He slapped the book: "It is very clear that the Hammer of Creation, even if it exists, is broken, the fragments are swept away by the energy storm, and the Singularity has been collecting the relics of the Creator all these years, and to this day it still can't solve the deterioration of the distorted tumor." ”

Zhuo Cheng couldn't help but compare the two worlds he experienced, and sighed: "Human beings live too hard. ”

Paine repeats his old words: "The world curses humanity." ”

Zhuo Cheng firmly remembered the matter of the Hammer of Creation and asked, "Teacher, if the distorted tumor deteriorates, and there is no inhibition drug at hand, you can only wait for death?" ”

The pointed conical top hat shook, and instead of answering immediately, Paine fell silent.

Zhuo Cheng waited patiently.

After a while, Paine said: "There is another way, it is said that there is a soul cooking method on the side of the worship society, which collects ingredients from the wilderness, removes the poison, and uses it to curb the deterioration of the distorted tumor, and its essence is the principle of drug inhibition. But the soul cooking was piled up by the slave owners of the worship society with the lives of countless slaves, and the recipes were all top secret, and they were only in the hands of the higher-ups. ”

Zhuo Cheng thought of the pot of boiled eggs that smelled of and urine in the slave master's camp......

If you encounter a similar desperate situation, is it death? Is it alive? The difficulty of this choice is an absolute nightmare.

Since Paine had said that, he would have said a few more words: "The followers of the Flying Goat have found a way to fuse themselves with animals with the same type of twisted tumors, and use the violent rejection reaction of the flesh and blood of the two creatures to temporarily suppress the deterioration of the twisted tumors, so as to buy time to find a cure. ”

Zhuo Cheng said: "I met a five-legged mule in the slave owner's camp, it could speak human language, and there was a woman's face in its head. ”

Paine bowed slightly: "This is a typical example of the fusion of human body and animals, and now there are many such half-human and half-animal existences at the Flying Goat Altar, it is this group of people who have changed the wilderness people." ”

Zhuo Cheng waited for him to continue.

"Once a person is fused with animal flesh and blood, it is not only the body that changes." Paine raised his hand and tapped his temple: "Thinking consciousness is also affected by fusion animals. The high-level style will cause imitation and even worship by the people below, so the wilderness people take the so-called birth freedom as their belief, and become more and more indulgent, chaotic, and murderous! ”

Zhuo Cheng had just dealt with the wilderness bandits head-on, and his feelings were extremely real, and this group of people pulled out their knives and started to do without saying a word.

Paine admonished: "Zhuo Cheng, we are human beings, not beasts, even if we face a desperate situation in the future, don't take this step, if you take this step, you will no longer be you." ”

Zhuo Cheng said sincerely: "Teacher, I have always felt that it is good to be a person. ”

What if it blooms? He hastened to comfort himself that he could always find a solution.

Paine said softly, "There is another, like Duchy, using Singularity's blood energy technology to transform into a cyborg, the premise is that there must be highly activated twisted tumor cells in the blood, and the side effects are ......"

At this point, he stopped abruptly.

Zhuo Cheng asked, "The side effects are serious?" ”

Paine shook his head slightly: "I don't know the specifics. He held on to the table and slowly stood up: "Zhuo Cheng, let's stop here today." ”

Zhuo Cheng politely said goodbye: "Thank you, teacher." ”

At lunchtime, Duge announced in the cafeteria the post-war handling of yesterday's First World War.

Zhuo Cheng determined that Sweetwater Town would use public resources to exchange two new types of distorted tumor suppressant drugs for him in the caravan.

In addition, the town will provide Zhuo Cheng with a new hammer.

The octagonal hammer shattered a corner.

After lunch, Zhang Fan took Zhuo Cheng to a blacksmith shop in a corner of the town.

When he got out of the cafeteria, his neck was about to turn again, but Zhuo Cheng held back.

The blacksmith is a large courtyard surrounded by wood, in which a shed is built, and a lot of scrap iron is piled up underneath, and the open workshop is made of stone, and the heat wave hits people from a distance, and the chimney above emits red and black smoke.

The blacksmith's stove is a combination of charcoal and singularity blood technology, capable of melting steel.

A considerable portion of Sweetwater's farm implements and weapons are crafted and repaired here.

A lot of scrap steel collected from the Singularity Camp in the ruins of the city flowed into Sweetwater through bartering.

Zhuo Cheng saw the rusty steel bars piled up in the corners, and he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

After getting along in the morning, Zhang Fan faced Zhuo Cheng, not so embarrassed, came to the shed where the finished product was placed, and saw two blacksmiths coming over and introduced: "Zhuo Cheng, this is Lao Hei, this is Xiao Hei, they are father and son, family heirloom craft." ”

Zhuo Cheng hurriedly greeted: "Hello, my name is Zhuo Cheng." ”

Xiao Hei's face as if he was black showed a simple smile: "I know, you are a cannon." ”

Zhuo Cheng was speechless.

Lao Hei is darker than Xiao Hei, and his mouth shows relatively white teeth: "Cannons, hammers are all on the shelf, you choose." ”

Zhuo Cheng didn't hear the name, and went to the wooden shelf to choose a hammer.

Sweetwater has been mining stones by hand, hammers and chisels are relatively common tools, and there are quite a few octagonal hammers on wooden shelves, which are basically wooden handles.

Zhuo Cheng is used to using a hammer, not only as a tool, but also as a weapon.

As the twisted tumor cells continued to spread, his strength increased significantly, and he tried several hammers in a row, but the weight was too light.

Lao Hei followed: "No suitable one?" ”

Zhuo Cheng nodded: "It's too light." ”

Lao Hei thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any specific requirements?" I'll give you a new one. ”

Zhuo Cheng drew a length of about forty centimeters: "An ordinary octagonal hammer is fine, and the heavier the weight, the better." ”

Lao Hei said: "I use the best steel, cast in one piece!" ”

Zhuo Cheng smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

Xiao Hei interjected in the back: "Cannon, you use your hammer to defend Sweetwater Town, so that we can live in peace." ”

After a short time together, Zhuo Cheng can see that the old black and the little black father and son are all honest people.

agreed on the time to get the hammer, Zhuo Cheng and Zhang Fan went directly to work in the quarry behind the town, which was also an exercise for Zhuo Cheng.

For the next five or six days, the militia team was mining stones in addition to daily training.

Zhuo Cheng will also take time to explore and practice plant induction to see if he can make new discoveries.

Mayor Dooch has been feeling a sense of crisis lately, especially after the bandits.

Stone is mined to thicken and raise the walls.

When the farming season is over, the young and strong labor of the whole town will be mobilized.

This high wall isolates the danger from the outside and also reassures the people of Sweetwater.

Heightened and thickened, it is more difficult for foreign enemies to invade.

The quarried stones, after being sorted into stones, need to be transported from the back of the town to the side of the wall.

Sweet Water Town is the busy time of farming, some people have to go out to collect insect ash, raise cattle and horses and other livestock, need to rush to plow the land, and carry stones can only rely on manual labor for the time being.

Duch stood in front of the pile of stones and waved his big hand: "The one with extraordinary muscles is responsible for carrying it, and it should be exercised." ”

That being said, the tools that should be used still have to be used, and the stone is relatively flat and can be carried with a rope.

The two long stones were tied and trapped, and Zhuo Cheng carried it without too much effort, moved his shoulders slightly, so that the rope fell in a comfortable position, and found that Zhang Fu also came to carry the stones.

"Uncle Fu." Zhuo Cheng said: "We young people can do it. ”

He found that Zhang Fu's face seemed to be darker than a few days ago.

Zhuo Cheng wondered, seeing that Zhang Fu insisted, he didn't say much, and when he passed by Du Qi, he said, "Mayor Town, I see that Uncle Fu's face is a little dark. ”

Du Qi nodded, waved his arm, and motioned for Zhuo Cheng to go.

Then, he came to Zhang Fu with heavy steps and asked, "Old Zhang, what's uncomfortable?" ”

Zhang Fu pinched his waist and said, "I didn't sleep well last night, I'm older, and my body is not as good as before." ”

Dooch has seen too many extraordinary twisters suffering from various complications and even dying of pain, just a reminder: "You go back to rest and take your medicine on time." ”

Zhuo Chengbei's first three trips were very easy.

On the fourth trip, when he walked to the entrance of the town, Erin, who was dressed in a leather coat and had long legs, greeted him with a smile and greeted him: "Cannon......"

At this moment, Zhuo Cheng realized the embarrassment of Zhang Fan facing him after eating red mushrooms.

Suddenly embarrassed, he stepped on a round stone under his feet, his face turned to the sun untimely, and Zhuo Cheng stumbled.

With his strength, as soon as his legs slipped and his body was slightly crooked, he quickly adjusted back.

But in Zhuo Cheng's ears, he faintly heard the tearing sound of stabbing.

Fortunately, I didn't feel cool down there.

Erin took two quick steps and came over and asked, "Do you need my help?" ”

Zhuo Cheng shook his head, his face not showing any embarrassment: "It's okay." He carried the stone on his back and left: "We'll talk when I'm free." ”

After walking a little faster, I looked back, and saw that there was no one at the entrance of the town, and no one around was paying attention, so I quickly reached out and touched my pants, as if ...... Didn't open your mouth?

He slapped his neck.

Put down the stone and on the way back to the quarry, Zhuo Cheng went into the toilet to take a look, and he really didn't tear the opening, so he put his mind at ease.

After carrying stones for two days in a row, Dooch was ready to repair and reinforce several damaged parts of the wall.

Zhang Fu took Zhuo Cheng, Luo Han, Lin Sheng and several other militia members to the east wall of the gate.

There is an abandoned stone house here, which was used as a storehouse, but after the repair of the fence and the demolition of a lot of stones, only two broken low walls and a relatively intact high wall remain.

The high wall area is huge, old, and the inner layer is fixed with wood horizontally, and if you want to dismantle the stone, you must first dismantle the wood.

The land around the house was freshly plowed and leveled with iron rakes.

Zhang Fu, Zhuo Cheng and Lin Sheng came to the highest wall to study how to dismantle it conveniently.

"This is one of the first houses to be built in Sweetwater, and it's a lot older than me." Zhang Fu said simply: "It is said that there was a storm here at that time, and the stones were blown and rolled all over the ground, and the stone walls had to be specially reinforced. ”

Zhuo Cheng looked at the wall: "It's a bit troublesome to dismantle." ”

Lin Sheng's face turned pale and said, "Hey, it's not simple, cannon, you and Uncle Fu, plus Luohan, the three of them pushed hard from the inside, and the stone wall had to fall ......."

Before he could finish speaking, the tallest stone wall fell down without warning!

Because of the fixed support of wood, most of the wall is smashed down together!

Caught off guard, Lin Sheng didn't have time to activate his ability, and subconsciously squatted down holding his head, and said in his heart: Oops, it's over!

In the plopping sound, a heavy object fell to the ground, Lin Sheng didn't feel the pain, and quickly raised his eyes to see that on the left and right, Zhuo Cheng and Zhang Fu's arm muscles were agitated, supporting the stone wall.

But the stone wall was too heavy, and it fell quickly and violently, and Zhuo Cheng and Zhang Fu were the most powerful in their upper limb muscles, their legs bent, and they fell on one knee, and they almost sat on the ground.

Zhuo Cheng shouted: "Hurry up!" ”

Lin Sheng hurriedly flashed.

It seemed that there was a mountain pressing on his hand, and under the force of Zhuo Cheng's arm, there was a long-lost soreness.

How could the wall fall?

This thought flashed, and Zhuo Cheng shouted: "Uncle Fu, use your strength!" ”