Chapter 105: Cooperation and Passive Cooperation
The underground cave is a [secret room] that is on high ground and can only be reached through several narrow paths.
This is the girl's home,
Bonfires made of wood were burning, making joint-like sounds, and some of the wood wriggled between the flames like the limbs of a living person.
As for the source of the timber, you only need to walk more than 300 meters along the stone corridor outside the secret room to reach the woodland outside the village.
The light released by the bonfire did its best to illuminate the cave chamber.
The water that permeates the carbonate layer drips down stalactites of varying lengths and is collected in a handmade wooden basin to drink and cleanse the body.
Yi Chen and the girl sat opposite each other in front of the bonfire, and the pig's head mask that had been cut by the claws of his hand was temporarily put aside.
"What do you usually eat besides drinking water?"
"Eat this ...... most of the time"
The girl directly put her arm into the fire, took out a piece of burning wood, shook it quickly to extinguish the flame, and put it in her mouth to gnaw.
Not to mention, although some distance away, Yi Chen could smell the aroma of meat from the roasted branches.
The girl smiled and asked, "Do you think I'm going to eat the 'outcasts' in the cave?" ”
Yi Chen didn't respond, but took the opportunity to ask: "Wanderers? Does it mean that the villagers who have no use value and are thrown below are thrown below? ”
"I don't know much about the value of use, and I occasionally hear people outside the well saying something like 'homeless' and then throw them down.
They had little strength and were almost dead. Either choose to float in the lake, or use the last strength to climb onto the shore and wait for death.
I won't eat them, after all, they used to be from the village, and they knew their parents.
These twigs are hard to eat, but they keep me alive.
Sometimes with a bit of luck, you can catch a chicken in the woods...... That stuff smells good! ”
Speaking of which, the girl drooled greedily, and it seemed that she hadn't caught a chicken for a long time.
"How did you get down there?"
"I don't remember very well, it seems that I've been down there since I can remember~ Maybe my parents sent me down to protect me from bad guys."
"Didn't your parents come down?"
"No, I've always been alone......"
Yi Chen's eyes changed suddenly, capturing a rather obvious contradiction.
"Wait! As you said before, your mother told you that the 'gentlemen' who helped the village were good people.
Since you've been down there since you can remember and have never met your parents, why do you remember this sentence? And you seem to remember a lot about your parents, and even about the village? ”
When Yi Chen threw out this question, the girl looked puzzled, and at the same time bent her right leg and scratched her head with her big toe.
Then he made a very serious expression and looked at Yi Chen:
"You're right~ I also feel very strange, obviously I have been down there all along, but I have memories of my parents and the village in my brain, and I even remember some of the words my mother said to me very clearly.
Five Generations of Rivers, Mountains and Moons
I don't know if my brain is broken. ”
"It may have something to do with the fact that you've been here for a long time...... Caused by overlapping and missing memories. ”
"Oh~" The girl Laini had an expression that seemed to understand, and then took out two burning sticks, one to nibble on herself, and one to Yi Chen, "Big brother, do you want to eat a little?" ”
Yi Chen wanted to refuse, but he was indeed a little hungry. And roasted plants like this one don't smell fishy, and it's barely acceptable.
After a short period of contact and conversation,
Yi Chen had already judged that although the girl in front of him belonged to the sick, she was completely harmless...... even has a mature and correct three views, has a firm position and independent thinking, and is more inclined to [Patient Zero] than Granny Chicken.
And she is obviously different from Granny Chicken,
Granny Chicken lives because of "revenge", but the girl Laini just lives here simply, without superfluous thoughts, like a blank sheet of paper that has never been impregnated with the colors of the world.
"Big brother, the [healing] in your mouth should be to kill all the bad guys above, right?"
"That's right...... The village was terminally ill, and there was only one way to get rid of it. ”
The girl just nodded slightly, and her expression did not change.
"I'd love to help you, but I'm terrified of going up there...... The thought of the village, especially the bad guys in weird costumes, makes my body resist. ”
Yi Chen suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "You want to help me?" ”
The girl nodded earnestly, "Hmm...... As long as I don't go up to the village and don't touch the guys in weird costumes, I'm willing to help. ”
"If I lure the village chief down, will you help me kill him together?"
"Village Chief......
The girl scratched her head with her toes again,
"As long as you can lure the village chief down, don't lead too many other things, I can really help you. Besides, there's a place down here just enough to trap a big guy like the village chief. ”
"Then let's say so, I'll be responsible for bringing the village chief down."
"Okay, when?"
"Now."
Jin's situation is unknown, and Yi Chen simply doesn't have time to waste.
The reason why I spend time in contact with the girl Leni is also purposeful.
Because Leni shows extremely high combat effectiveness and is very familiar with the underground caves below the village, as long as you can determine her position and heart, you can try to cooperate.
It's too risky to deal directly with the village chief when there is nothing.
Not to mention whether the weapons and costumes can be recovered,
Once the alarm in the village is triggered, various butchers, scavengers, and other special villagers will come along.
If you want to kill the village chief, you must use all means to connect with your existing relationship, even if you need to take the risks.
"This is where I usually cut firewood, and it's far away from the village, so people don't usually come here."
"Just wait for me near the wellhead, and I'll lure the village chief down as soon as possible."
"Big brother be careful!"
After saying goodbye to Laini, Yi Chen decided to go and see Granny Chicken again.
Since Laini said before that she had caught chickens, it means that Granny Chicken's residence should not be too far away.
Put on the pig's head mask again (the incision has been sewn with plants), bypass the villagers patrolling the forest, and reach Granny Chicken's residence as quickly as possible.
A slide that goes inside the tree and lands in front of Granny Chicken.
Yi Chen immediately gave a detailed plan for his desire to disturb the village and lead to the village chief.
however
Granny Chicken just looked at him like that and didn't say anything about the plan.
Stroking his granddaughter's head and the blonde hair that has evolved into chicken feathers,
Granny Chicken's forehead slowly opened dozens of chicken eyes, and her eyes slowly revealed a kind of disdain, even disdain.
The young man in front of him wearing a pig's head mask and tattered shorts was full of disgust.
"Your operation has failed once, so why should I be willing to risk the lives of my children to help you? A companion stronger than you has been captured, and you alone want to kill the village chief?
Hahaha! Waste should have the consciousness of waste. ”
Granny Chicken's laughter echoed in the chicken coop area,
Maybe she has never taken a fancy to Yi Chen, but she just wants to use Yi Chen as the 'central axis' to adjust the powerful combat power like Jin and complete the revenge plan for her.
The previous conversation was indeed a true expression,
But it is limited to her longing for her granddaughter and her hatred for the village chief, and she uses this true affection to cover up her hypocrisy.
Now, Kim is missing,
Yi Chen, who returned to the chicken pen alone and lost his equipment, was nothing in her opinion, no different from the previous human squads who went to the interior of the forest to kill themselves
"For the sake of our friendly exchange, I'll give you a minute to get out of my coop...... Otherwise, I wouldn't mind making you feed for chicks. ”
Hearing this, Yi Chen nodded meaningfully and did not reply.
Granny Chicken's change in attitude reminded him of one of the most hated and disgusting people he hated.
Suddenly, he raised the butcher knife in his hand and reluctantly took his command...... Swish!
Blood splatters~
This knife was not aimed at Granny Ji, but at Yi Chen himself.
The blade sliced into the right side of the chest, tearing off a whole piece of flesh, revealing the ribs.
Granny Chicken, who was sitting opposite, was also very puzzled by the situation in front of her, not knowing what the young man wanted to do, and even suspected that he had gone crazy.
That's when ...... Poof!
A strong heartbeat was heard by Granny Chicken.
She stared at all the chickens' eyes wide, looking at Yi Chen's self-harming chest.
Through the gap in the bloodshot ribs, I saw a strange beating heart with black hair.
"It's ...... What? ”
Just when she wondered,
A mouth slowly opened on the surface of the pitch-black heart, and an eye rolled out of the throat!
Look at each other.
A powerful spiritual force passed through all the eyes of Granny Chicken, bombarding her brain together.
When she came back to her senses,
Yi Chen was already standing next to the chair, holding a bloody butcher's knife in one hand and a chicken embryo-shaped tumor that had just been removed from her body in the other.
Just as the attitude of the chicken mother-in-law has changed,
The young man in front of her, who used to have a gentlemanly demeanor and used his identity as a junior to talk friendly, also changed his attitude. Become a pure butcher and end her life prematurely.
Before she died, Granny Chicken continued to stare at the black heart between the ribs.
The black strips of the two suspected arms were shaking, looking very happy,
The mouth on the surface of the heart was hungry for saliva, and the last words that Granny Ji heard in her life came out.
"I was finally able to eat chicken-flavored grape skewers in advance...... So happy, so happy! ”