Chapter 215: The Gray Moth and the Mouse [4K]
The space under the sinkhole is much larger than it seems, and the ground is about a few hundred meters away from the edge of the sinkhole, and the environment is gray.
Sterling dodged the "cannon fodder" while observing his surroundings, where many large gray-brown mushrooms were growing in patches.
He knew that it was the devil's food.
Although the devil came to this world with the "heavenly fire", he was murderous and crazy, but after dealing with them for a long time, people found that they are actually an intelligent race, not the kind of "devil" who has no autonomous consciousness and only knows destruction as mentioned in the "Bible".
They have their own language, a tight social structure, and an agricultural and industrial system, although they are very backward in the eyes of today's humans.
No native plants can survive the land that has been eroded by the gray mist, only this mushroom can survive and grow quickly.
For the devil, food is everything, as long as they have enough food, they can continue to create a steady stream of war weapons, such as these "cannon fodder" who are now chasing Sterling are the most basic troops.
They are also stronger than ordinary human soldiers, and in the barren lands, they are no different from "cannon fodder". Stronger than them are their soldiers, and the weakest are comparable to trainee knights.
These are just war weapons without autonomous consciousness, officially called "demon seeds", and they can only reach the standard of high-level knights at most.
And the "devils" in the official name are actually real intelligent creatures, they are scarce in number, but they are born extraordinary and powerful, and every adult devil has at least the strength of a human knight.
Knowing the effect of these mushrooms, Sterling naturally did not let them grow freely, and he took out a leather bag containing some purple powder.
He took out a handful and sprinkled it in this mushroom field, and then quickly left, these powders are all "poisons" developed for these mushrooms, it only takes less than a day, and the mushrooms just now are finished.
Stirling was fast, with a series of afterimages, and after about a quarter of an hour, a complex of buildings appeared in front of him.
Much of the Devil's architecture resembles the "Aztec pyramids", except that they are smaller and do not occupy a large area.
The only exception is a six-sided tower in the center, more than two hundred meters high, with a top that resembles a well, and is constantly spewing gray mist outward.
Stirling carefully hid himself behind a boulder, only glaring his eyes ahead, this complex is not very large, judging by his experience, the number of "devils" living in it is not too many.
This is good news, after all, these devils are too powerful individually, and they are good at creating biological weapons such as "demon seeds".
If there are too many of them, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Kanna.
Despite this, Sterling still has to determine the approximate strength of this small group of devils, prepare for future wars, and know that the other side can win every battle.
It's just that at this moment, there are many demon seeds wandering around the periphery of the complex, not only the strange demonic beasts he encountered before, but also various powerful troops, and the kind of cannon fodder that is chasing and intercepting him is not qualified to approach here at all.
"It seems that the only way to break through is to break through." Sterling said silently in his heart, then clenched the long sword in his hand and rushed out......
At the same time, Shulun, who had settled down in Kanna, also ushered in his first job - "special education teacher".
Why special education, because his students are not children in compulsory education, nor adults in night school, but a group of criminals.
That's right, his teaching position is in prison, and if Ryan hadn't talked to him alone, he would have wondered if Ryan had discovered his true identity.
"Even the prisoners of the prison must be universally educated, and this Viscount has really surprised and surprised me again and again." Xiu Lun looked at the syllabus in his hand, and the corners of his mouth curled.
He had only been in Kanna for a few days, but the strong learning atmosphere here had already deeply infected him, and anyone, in any capacity, could learn basic knowledge equally and for free.
This may have been a silly bubbling act in the eyes of other nobles, but in his opinion it was an amazing feat, knowledge was precious, but it shouldn't be so expensive.
He had walked the thorny and spiky road, so he knew how difficult it was for a civilian to receive knowledge.
So, he opened a school in the refugee area of Horay City, and used the wealth he earned as a secret place to teach the refugee children for free.
It's just that the more he continues, the more he feels powerless and hopeless, he originally thought that tuition fees were the biggest obstacle, as long as he solved it himself.
However, he soon found out that he was wrong, and the biggest obstacle to the common people's quest for knowledge was not because of money, but because of their own cognition.
Most civilians don't think these things are of any use, and if they have time to study, they might as well feed a pig and cut a basket of grass.
As a result, his students eventually became fewer and fewer, until now only Flomia was left.
Originally, he had given up, but the appearance of Ryan changed him, but when he knew that Ryan was engaged in "education for all", his first thought was not to believe it.
But the ubiquitous rats provided him with accurate information, so his idea turned into unworkable, after all, in his opinion, those civilians did not realize the importance of knowledge at all, and it was impossible to succeed unless they were forced by force.
As a result, he was wrong again, Lane never forced anyone, it was all voluntary by the public, but this is the case, but the vast majority of people have started the mode of serious study and achieved the real "education for all".
All of this made Xiu Lun extremely curious, this person, how could he do this?
With such doubts, he agreed to come to this land with Ryan, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and he wants to verify it himself.
As it turned out, these were true, and they were done far better than he did, at least he had no idea of educating the prisoners.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Xiu Lun dressed neatly and went out with a few textbooks, it is worth mentioning that he liked this kind of book with "paper" very much, and the heavy animal skin book was really inconvenient to carry.
Although he hasn't been here for two days, he knows better about the routes in Dorman City than some locals, after all, he hasn't been paying attention to the city for a day or two.
After walking for half an hour from his lodgings and through a small alley, he finally arrived at his place of work, "Kanna Ling No. 1 Prison." ”
There was originally no prison in Canna, and before Ryan came, the security environment in Canna was very poor, no one cared about small things, and big things were directly hanged or spent money to redeem their lives, and there was no need for prison at all.
It wasn't until Ryan arrived that he ordered the prison to be built in Dorman City, appointed his old subordinate Jack as the warden, and made a crude and simple code.
Then, the city defense unit formed a security patrol to arrest a large number of undesirable elements who affected social stability and tried them in accordance with the legal code.
At its peak, the population of Karna was less than 30,000, but there were 1,000 fewer people in prison, most of whom were arrested for theft, fraud, fights and other incidents, and most of them have now been released from prison.
Now there are more than 60,000 people in the territory, but there are less than 500 prisoners in the prison, which also reflects the effectiveness of Lane's management of law and order.
Because today was his first day on the job, Elder Jack, the prison warden, was waiting in front of the door early.
"Ah, I guess you're Mr. Xiulun, I'm the warden of this prison, you can just call me Old Jack, and then please let me lead the way for you."
Old Jack looked like an honest farmer, and he was lame, and only those who knew him well knew how brutal this guy's methods were.
"I'm Xiu Lun, I'm sorry for your trouble, Prison Master." Xiu Lun nodded slightly, and then followed Old Jack into the prison.
It's not much different from most prisons, except that the environment is a little cleaner.
Old Jack introduced as he walked: "We have a lot of criminals here, and the composition is also very complicated, there are murderers, gangsters, and bandits......
But don't worry, your students are some minor offenders, most of them are petty theft and group fights, there is generally no danger, their sentences are approaching, otherwise there is no chance of education.
We have dozens of jailers on duty here around the clock, and if you have anything, you can tell them at will, and the lord has already explained it to me. ”
After walking through the winding alleys, they finally came to the classroom that had been set up, which was large enough to accommodate about a hundred people to attend a class together.
"This is your classroom, your students will be here soon, now you can take a break, I can't accompany you, there are still some official duties to deal with, just call the jailer if you have something."
Seeing Old Jack limp away, Xiu Lun sat down at the table on the podium and began to prepare for the lesson, after all, it was the first time to teach mortals in prison, and he had to plan carefully.
As Jack said, it wasn't long before a group of prisoners arrived in the classroom, supervised by heavily armed jailers. Sablin was among them.
Gray Moth looked depressed and sat down in a corner, muttering, "Damn, find a teacher for the prisoner, you really have you." ”
Since he escaped during the last rebellion and was finally rescued by Xiyue, the gray moth has completely extinguished the idea of escaping, anyway, the treatment given by Ryan is not bad, and it is not bad to stay.
But after returning to the territory, Ryan never arranged a formal job for him, but went to a place to teach a group of little kids a few lessons, that is, lockpicking skills, stealing skills, etc., and then he was idle.
Where is he an idle man, after going to save a few stumbles/girls, the mistake of theft is committed again, but he still finds it not challenging to steal ordinary people, and steals from our Lord Lane.
In the process of implementation, he was directly caught by Ryan, and this is the first time that Gray Moth has been caught in the theft.
Seeing that his nature was difficult to change, Ryan directly let Xiyue beat him up and threw him into prison, and directly sentenced him to half a year, and now there is still more than a month in prison.
If you want to talk about Gray Moth's ability, it is not much difficulty to escape from prison, but it can't stand Jack sending a few people to keep an eye on him all day, and he has no chance to do anything he wants.
So he has been serving his sentence "honestly" until now, and he was already depressed, but when he heard that he still had to study, he even wanted to die.
He looked at Xiu Lun on the podium, his teeth clenched, and he couldn't wait to go up and bite him directly.
Originally, the study was decided a long time ago, but when I heard that it was in prison, the teacher was reluctant to come, so I kept delaying it.
He originally thought that he could escape like this, but he didn't expect this guy to come, the resentment in his heart was enough to feed ten evil sword immortals.
Xiu Lun on the stage suddenly felt an uncomfortable gaze, he looked over the crowd, and at a glance saw the gray moth with a bitter and hateful face.
He suddenly remembered what the object of Lane said's focus was called the gray moth, and he didn't know which one it was, but now it seemed obvious.
He secretly made a note of Gray Moth's face, and then began to introduce himself and begin the day's lectures.
To his relief, although they were all prisoners, most of them had a good attitude towards learning, except for the gray moth. Sablin, sitting there like a wild monkey coming down the mountain, digging his nose and picking his feet, his blood pressure is about to rise.
He immediately understood that it was not for nothing that the focus was on care, and those present were all willing to learn, but only this guy was mandatory and had to learn, and Ryan had to personally inquire about the progress.
"I don't bother to care about the others, but don't think about it." Xiu Lun smiled coldly, and suddenly had a specific plan in his heart.
For no reason, the gray moth that was playing boogers shivered all over.
At the end of the day's lessons, Xiu Lun returned to his residence and immediately began to mobilize his helpers, so that overnight, there were several times more rats in the gray moth's cell......
In the following time, the gray moth suffered various targets from Xiulun, and made a study plan for him every day, and if he failed to complete it, he would be punished.
He angrily protested, but the result was naturally ineffective, and the authorized old Jack tortured him to death, and the two trembled.
No way, after a few days of struggle and a few days of falling, he finally accepted the reality and began to learn.
But a scumbag is a scumbag, and a person can do anything when he is forced to do anything, except for studying.
The gray moth felt like it was being tortured every day, and it was almost bald when it was scratched, but it was still slow to make progress.
This made the gray moth suddenly hold a grudge against Xiu Lun, and secretly swore that he would make him look good when he went out.
As everyone knows, all this is heard clearly by the mouse in the corner......
(End of chapter)