Chapter Seventy-Six: How to Deal with Them and the Imperial Refugees
Back at home, Ted pulled out his chair depressedly and sat down at the table sighing.
Mia and Alice are still hiding under the covers and whispering, still blushing...
Sandwiched between the two is the new member Lilia, from the past few days, in addition to eating and going to the toilet, her biggest interest is sleeping...
Of course, sometimes I will also have a relationship with Ted...
"Whew..."
With a long breath, Ted stared out in a daze with his chin stabbed...
Because I had just promised the clerks of the city hall about hiring a dragon to build a factory, but when I quieted down and thought about it carefully, I felt that this matter was somewhat unreliable...
After all, it is a dragon, a living fossil of the planet, who has witnessed the rise and fall of many dynasties, and watched batch after batch of intelligent creatures perish.
And Ted himself, however, is nothing more than the most ordinary mortal, not even qualified to be their vassal, at best a dispensable grain of sand.
So... Where is he qualified to invite such a group of creatures out of the mountain?
Ted spread out his notebook with a bitter face and wrote a few words with a solemn expression...
It's just that before he could make a few strokes, he crossed it out, and then hugged his head and lay on the table to cry without tears, and he could only vent by ravaging his hair hard.
On the pillow not far away, the demon king felt the irritability emanating from her master, she spread her limbs and stretched her waist, turned around and stepped on Lilia's back, and slid down her tail to the ground.
The soft 'click' sound of the meat pad stepping on the ground made Ted breathe a sigh of relief...
"Master, have you encountered any problems?" The little girl didn't climb up Ted's coat, as a smart and nimble kitten, she jumped directly on the table!
"Little girl... I'm wondering how to talk to Lilia's relatives... Think of it with your clever little brain, such a noble dragon is a living fossil of the world! When they were in the land of fish, we humans were just brainless monkeys, and now, 'inferior creatures' like me not only have to sleep with their daughters, but also have them come to work for us humans..."
"Ahh
"That creature, when I ask for it, will probably despise me to death, and swallow me as a snack... Oh yes, I'm not as big as one of their teeth! I'll only stuff my teeth if I eat! ā
As he said this, Ted's confidence was at its lowest, and he rolled his eyes at the lamp in front of him, and then fell headfirst on the table...
The little girl shook his head, stretched out his front paws, put the meat pad on Ted's face, and spoke in a sweet voice as a wise man: "You have to be confident! Think about who you are! There is only one Chosen One in each parallel universe, there are so many dragons, and you only have one! Think about the dragons' weaknesses and their situation, and I'm sure you'll have a solution! ā
The right time, the right words, let Ted regain his confidence! This little kitten is not simple!
"Yes, little girl, you're right, even if human life is short, and we are still fragile, our brains are still good!"
At the mention of IQ, the little girl hurriedly waved his hand to signal Ted to stop: "Uh... To be honest, master, the IQ of a human being can only be considered medium ... If you don't talk about what is far away, you can say what is near... The Moon Elves have at least 15 percent more intelligence than humans..."
Ted just had a little hope, and within three seconds he was doused by the words of the little girl.
"Hey! I say! I just found some self-confidence, and you're hitting me like that? You're such a bad meow! ā
The little girl hurriedly waved his hand, sat upright on the table, and replied attentively: "I'm just telling the truth!" The merit of human beings is not in intelligence, but in being smart, but not so smart! ā
"Especially the feature of 'someone blows, someone dares to believe it'! As long as you have the ability to 'blow something up to the gods,' even the poop I pull will be called a god! ā
"I remember... You humans... It's like calling it emotional intelligence. ā
These few words reminded Ted of the third brother, the round cow baba and the square cow baba do not belong to the same sect, and even fight in order to fight for the correct shape of the cow!
The history of mankind is indeed based on what the little obedient said, blowing out of the mouth, from small groups, to large groups, to countries, and religions, all by one mouth.
The little girl shook the hair on his body, and felt that his suggestion seemed to be a little useful and could help Ted solve the problem, so he stretched out his paw and made a small movement: "Master, just a cat strip!" I'll be able to help you out! ā
"Huh?" Ted covered his pockets and said vigilantly, "Are you here to mess with the cat?" ā
The little obedient obediently spread out the notebook beside him with his hind paws, and handed the pen on the table to Ted: "I swear, absolutely not!" How can a kitten like me have a bad heart? ā
"Yes, I believe you! Say it~"
Opening the notebook, Ted flipped to a new page, waiting for the little girl...
Seeing that the master was really moving, the little girl became serious, she stretched out her front paws, crossed them in front of her, and slowly explained as if she was very clear:
"It's simple, you just need to bring some food samples, like pork knuckle and steak! You don't have to bring more! Be sure not to bring too much! But to bring exquisite! ā
"One more, you know! It's that the dragons can't feed the youngest person in the family, but if you do, you can hold on to it... No matter what they say, don't be cowardly! Try to turn the conversation back to eating! When they're about to bite you, throw out the food and let them get angry! ā
"Be sure to pull Lilia the whole time and announce to everyone that you've fed her and that you've slept with her! Even if nothing happens, say it, because this act will make others think that killing you is tantamount to murdering your brother-in-law! If you die, Lilia won't have enough to eat, and she will cry! ā
"Let him understand the difference between a satiety meal and a satiety meal! Kill you and all humans and eat only one meal! But if I don't kill you, I may be full! ā
"The last one! Draw flatbread and you'll blow it, and one day, you'll feed all their dragons! ā
When he heard this, Ted smiled bitterly, reached out and touched the little girl's chin, and reminded in a low voice, "It's all full!?" How is this possible, I will have to wait at least twenty or thirty years to do it!? ā
"They've been sleeping for millions of years, and they still care about you for twenty or thirty years? For them! That's a blink of an eye! ā
"Besides, you don't have to feed them all at once, let them eat in batches and batches! That's the way to go! Or you can draw lots to wake up a random batch! ā
"Believe me, just say so..."
In order to get the sweet and delicious cat strips, the little boy did everything he could! Even the lines were prepared for Ted in advance!
"Ok, that's it!"
After solving everything, the little girl turned around, flipped up his paws and made a 'take' motion!
Ted held the notebook and kept exclaiming, "Wonderful! I didn't expect the kitten to be so smart! ā
"Perfect, so perfect! Little girl, your IQ is indeed good, and the method given is a must! ā
At this moment, Ted was impressed by the brains of this intelligent kitten!
After packing up his notes, he came to the cat food shelf, opened a can of canned cat food for the little girl, added some freeze-dried, and then crowded a whole cat strip on it!
"Wow! Master! Xiao Liang looked at such a luxurious meal, and his saliva flowed all over the ground! I can't help but take a big bite!
"Eat slowly!" Ted puts down the rice bowl and strokes her fur while enjoying the sound of the kitten smacking her mouth...
...
The next morning, after breakfast, when Lilia was about to go back to the house to continue sleeping, she was stopped by Ted.
"Hey! Lilia, I have something I want to talk to you about! ā
"Hmm~ Is there anything wrong with my husband?" Lilia still had the same face that couldn't wake up, as if she had to sleep in this soft bed for hundreds of thousands of years to make up for the emptiness of the past.
As a juvenile dragon, 'if you can be lazy, you will be lazy' has been played to the fullest by her!
Even the kung fu of conversation has to lie on Ted's body.
Ted didn't refuse, and while enjoying the fragrance from the girl, he hummed softly, "Lilia, take me to meet your parents, is it okay?" ā
Lilia's sleepy eyes were immediately awakened by these words, and regardless of Ted's stunned eyes, she directly lay in his arms and coquettishly: "See my parents? Could it be that you're ready!? Want to have a full meal? ā
"Ahem..."Ted was embarrassed to refuse, so he could only change the subject: "Lilia, I think, no matter what, I should go and meet your parents, out of respect for them..."
"But... Think about it, they only saw humans once 20,000 years ago..."
Having said that, Ted has a little good advice, and he is full of confidence at the moment!
He smiled and stretched out his right hand, turning it into a five-finger comb to help her comb her messy hair, his eyes casually meeting each other, and the four lips 'unexpectedly' stuck to each other because of the law of gravity.
After a long time, Ted came back to his senses, and he leaned into Lilia's ear and said, "It's okay, I believe I'm no worse than my ancestors!" ā
"Hey, that's good! Set a time! When are we going? ā
"How now?"
"Then you have to dress thicker, my family is dormant in their original form! Not having enough food causes the mana control to deteriorate, so it's cold all around them..."
"How cold is it?"
"-50 degrees Celsius..."
"Uh... Wait for me, I'll go put on two down jackets..."
...
In the eastern part of the empire, outside the [Muniba] ...
Even if Lilia was well fed and no longer disturbed the weather, the winter would still be cold.
Through the heavy snow, you can see a small hill not far outside the city, and a young man in a trance is trying to pull a cart...
He hadn't eaten in days, and all he had been supported by was a wisp of will, and auditory hallucinations from his parents, and even though they had long since stopped breathing, the boy still thought they had only fallen asleep temporarily.
To encourage himself not to fall, he paralyzed himself with a barely voice:
"Father, Mother, hold on a little longer, we'll be there soon! The Mounibai in front is a Dacheng town! I remember there was a cathedral where the priests were very nice and blessed our village! I believe that he will save us for God! ā
The young man trembled his body, withstood the cold wind and snowflakes, staggered and pulled the rope, and pulled the cart hard.
In the snow and ice, he wore only a shabby single coat and straw sandals.
Even though twenty minutes had passed, the car had not moved at all, but it still leaned forward and tried to move towards the town not far away.
The wheels got stuck in the stones, and no matter how hard the boy tried, it didn't help.
When the wind and snow weakened and the town showed its outline, he only felt that his vision gradually narrowed, and darkness slowly covered his eyes, until the last moment, he could not see anything...'bang', he lost his balance and fell to the ground.
...
I don't know how long it took, but a mature man's voice came: "Hey... Wake up! Wake up!? ā
Under this shout, the boy felt his body again, and he could feel the warm flames burning beside him, but his stomach was still empty, and he had no strength.
With the help of a strange man, he slowly opened his eyes, and it turned out that everything just now was a dream, but it was very real...
"My... What about parents? ā
When the boy saw the lifeless face of the man in front of him, he straightened up in horror and took two steps back in a panic until he hit something!
When I looked back, I found a pile of corpses that were nearly half a meter high.
The boy only felt a 'buzz' in his brain, and he had auditory hallucinations again, and he heard the voices of his parents, as well as his younger siblings...
"Are you okay!?" The man yelled, pulling the boy back to reality.
"Ahh Iā" The boy gasped and got up from the pile of corpses, and along the way, he had long been numb, whether male or female, young and old, all equal in the face of hunger, were only a dying shell.
"You're still alive? Thank God! Praise be to the gods! When I went outside to fetch the corpse, I happened to see a small cart on the hillside, and by the way, I pulled you over, and when I saw that you still had a breath, I put you next to the fire to see if you could survive..."
The man didn't seem to be surprised, he wasn't depressed, and it was only because the boy in front of him didn't die.
Because in the past few days, he has seen many people who are dying, but in the end, they have not survived...
"Whew..."Adjusting his breathing, the young man's vision gradually brightened, but because of hunger, his mind was still buzzing, and he couldn't hear the movements around him clearly, so he could only stare at it carefully.
When he found himself in Munibeau, with the last of his strength, he stumbled to his feet and excitedly shouted, "We have arrived!" ā
I thought someone would turn around or turn around...
But these people were numb, and they sat on the ground, trying to find something valuable among the piles of corpses to pay for dinner on the black market.
There are dozens of teenagers yelling like this almost every day.
At first, these people would also guiltily tell them that there was no food in the city and that nothing would change when they came.
But over time, a month, two months... To this day, they have given up completely.
Seeing that there was no one around to respond, the young man hurriedly ran out of the courtyard and ran towards the city gate.
I thought that my parents would be waiting for me somewhere, but in front of me, there were only a large number of refugees and countless piles of corpses.
The living people trembled, they couldn't walk a step with crutches for a long time, they didn't even have the strength to lament, they were poorly clothed, many of them had frostbite on their bodies, and in order not to be judged dead by the guards, they squeezed into the crowd with all their might, trying not to be detected.
In front of the city gate, at the disaster relief site, only a few people can receive a bowl of porridge, and the particles floating in it can be counted with a slap, not even rice soup.
Everything that can be eaten in the city has long been eaten, and if there is a single cockroach seen sporadically, someone will fight for it.
Almost every second, someone falls and is dragged out of the city by soldiers.
The boy staggered to the gates of the city, where he saw his own cart, on which his parents were still lying and covered with snow.
...
They had fled from the southernmost tip of the empire, using up all their trays and eating all their food along the way.
On a snowy night, the donkey pulling the cart also fell.
As the eldest son in the family, this teenager named Bruce can only take over the burden and take on the responsibility of pulling the cart.
At first, my sister had a high fever, and my parents tried their best, but my younger sister still didn't see the sun on the third day.
The family wanted to find a place to bury her, but the passing robbers took out weapons and threatened to ask their parents to hand over their sister as lunch for the robbers.
My father refused, and was severely injured by the robbers.
I thought that my sister's death would lighten the burden on the family, but I didn't expect that the nightmare had just begun.
The next one to fall was the younger brother, who stopped breathing after only 2 days, and then the older sister...
A few days later, only the parents survived, and the mother's 8-month-old child in her womb.
Until then, the boy had hoped that [Monibaus] would save the family, but Bruce never thought of it.
In the end, he was the only one who could survive, and his parents were on the way, and they stopped breathing at some point.
By the time the boy came to the cart, the two parents, as well as the unborn child, had been frozen into ice.
The city was already littered with corpses, a scale of this size that was uncommon even in wartime.
At this moment, Bruce froze... It took him a long time to come to his senses.
"Home is gone... What's the point of my life..."
Bruce pulls out the dagger his father left behind and aims it at his own throat...
Just as he was about to finish himself, there was a commotion.
"Hey, hey, there's a lone here! Brothers, we ate her! Hahaha..."
Hearing the shouts, many people in a trance stood up and laughed and ran like the walking dead.
"Flesh crazy? The boy was stunned, no matter how hungry they were, they didn't pay any attention to the humans...
I don't have the strength now, and I'm alone, and I'm not stupid enough to be a hero.
At the same time, he doesn't want to be eaten by humans, at least he has to die a decent death!
At the city gates, there are guards, at least no one will come up and eat them.
The only remaining order in the city is maintained by these listless soldiers, and even if they don't have the strength to wield their weapons, it is a deterrent that the people around them dare not cross the thunder pool.
And those cannibals outside the city, because they have violated the law and precepts, are not allowed to enter the city, as long as they enter, it is a death sentence.
In the distance, these madmen who laughed from time to time, in order to be able to eat fresh and hot, specially looked for those weak and lonely women outside, and when she fell asleep, they could have a full meal and continue to breathe.