"Wait...!"

Andy grabbed Horatio, who wanted to take him away to an unknown place to do unknown things, although he didn't particularly understand what he heard, but he guessed that if he just followed, he was afraid that he would gain some knowledge that should not be increased...

"Horatio, what do you mean by that?"

The big ghoul staggered at Andy and sneered.

"What? Are you shy? Yes... That's right, I guess you're not even 50 years old, you're just a little kid, hahaha..."

Several of the ghouls gathered around Horatio coaxed him into pushing him away, who was obviously a little delirious, and one of the ghouls stayed behind and walked over to Andy.

"He's been a little too patient lately, and he obviously doesn't like the job, but because it was a task given to him by Dr. Clark, he hasn't shirked it... Hope you understand this. Don't be afraid, I know you can't take it easily, I used to be a slippery skin, though it was many, many years ago... But I still understand your thoughts, and you have to understand that people's thinking also changes over time, and in our case, the definition of beauty is not the same as yours. ”

This ghoul was wearing a tattered blue jacket, with only a few lonely weeds left in his hair, his forehead protruding forward, and his chin shrinking inward, which was simply ugly according to human aesthetics, but... What if it is in the eyes of a ghoul?

He beckoned Andy to find a bench in the hallway and sit down.

"He seems to like you very much, and he says that seeing you reminds him of himself a long, long time ago... That being said, Horatio's claim that he's going to take you there is just a joke, as it's in Tier 3, and you shouldn't be eligible to go in yet, of course... I guess you don't want to go either, right? ”

The corners of Andy's mouth twitched, and the ghouls became like this, some looked like dried corpses, some looked like rotting corpses, and some looked like zombies... How can a normal person have a desire for them? It is definitely not a normal person who can still be on it, although many ghouls are very charismatic on the spiritual level because of their long lifespan, but this charm is better to stay at the distance of appreciation, and negative distance contact with ghouls is a bit too early for a young normal human like Andy.

"This... Well, you're right, but I'm really curious, I thought you guys had, uh... I don't mean to be offended, but I want to say that I don't think you have a need for that anymore. ”

The ghoul laughed.

"Oh, in fact, this varies from person to person, and some people do become ruthless, but I tell you the truth, most people still retain instinctive desires, and they are not weak, can you understand? With the passage of time, people will only become more and more unwilling to suppress their pursuit of pleasure, especially when the body does not gradually decay but will always remain in the same state. ”

Hearing this, Andy's impression of the ghouls in his heart was suddenly refreshed, no wonder Hank's unrealistic pursuit of Gillian and Betty's almost crazy crush on Hank, it seems that this is by no means unique in the reservation, the ghouls' desires did not follow their noses and left them, but became more and more intense.

It's just that it's a bit difficult to satisfy desires, and even the most prodigal workers in the wasteland often refuse to serve ghoul customers, and some people who are not picky eaters are real warriors, both men and women.

So the ghouls can only digest each other internally, which is why the aesthetics of the ghoul community on the reservation are seriously distorted today. Or in other words, they have formed their own community culture and adapted their aesthetic concepts.

Now, they have completely abandoned the slippery aesthetic in favor of a style that suits them to their own, and it is here, as the profiteer when he first entered the reservation that beauty is ugliness, and ugliness is beauty.

"In Level 3, there are several rooms dedicated to this, and all members who have ended their 'newcomer' status, i.e., those who have settled on the reserve for more than 50 years, and who have not yet formed a stable relationship with a man and woman of the opposite sex, must regularly and quantitatively meet special targets according to the reserve's breeding protocol, which is not opposed to by all, to be precise, everyone is very supportive."

Andy then fully understood why Horatio said it was a "good thing".

"So... But what is the purpose of encouraging this with reservations? You just mentioned...'breeding agreement', did I hear you right? I thought you were all completely infertile. ”

The ghoul laughed again, as if it was funny for him to explain these things to a slippery skin.

"You're wrong, but it's normal, I thought ghouls must be barren before I came to the reservation, after all... This can be concluded even from the appearance alone. But this is not true, most of us still have more or less intact reproductive organs, and can even produce germ cells, but these germ cells are extremely difficult to form fertilized eggs, and it is even more difficult to implant in the uterus, which leads to the widespread belief that ghouls are completely sterilized. ”

"The key to the matter is in the word probability, 0.0001% and 0 are two very different concepts, the possibility and the complete impossibility can not be equated, our Dr. Sebastian has confirmed this after years of research, we have not completely lost the possibility of fertility, but the probability of success is very low, but it may not be in the future, it is said that he has made great progress."

Andy listened, Dr. Sebastian, isn't this the person mentioned in the confidential information that he deciphered in the database of the computer room terminal? Then a large number of slaves he received were used for ....

At the thought of the possibility of this thing unfolding, Andy suddenly felt a wave of nausea in his heart.

Fortunately, the slave traders led by Caesar's Legion sent slaves were in the absolute majority of the men, and although they must have suffered some physical and psychological blows and tortures, they were better than the women who were sent in were better treated.

The environment on the way to the reserve is too harsh and easy to cause damage to goods on the way, due to the natural reproductive value, the price of female slaves in the market is obviously more expensive than that of male slaves, for the reservation where the demand for slaves has been very large, the purchase of more male slaves is their best choice, so it seems that the vast majority of the profits of the reservation are invested in the purchase of slaves, and referring to that report, more than half of the number of slaves, And it was the stronger of them who were sent to Dr. Sebastian.

What does that mean? In other words, the reserve is now actually pouring out most of the benefits and resources earned by the entire settlement and providing them to Dr. Sebastian, and the project that this doctor is in charge of is probably the so-called breeding protocol, and the specific research content is a technological breakthrough in ghoul fertility.

Andy touched his chin and pondered, is it really worth it?

Many of the ghouls still live in the shantytowns of the reserve city, and the pampered white coats who live in the temple don't know what they're studying, but some of them must have followed Dr. Sebastian's subject.

If the ghouls give up the consumption of a large number of slaves in the breeding agreement, the cost of the reserve will be greatly reduced, and then the ghouls living on the surface may be able to enjoy a high quality of life.

But that's not the case.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at the ghouls beside him.

"Is it so that you can breed the next generation? I see that there are many of your companions out there who are living very hard, and what will happen to the slaves who are sent to Dr. Sebastian's hands? ”

The other party did not answer these two questions in the first place, until he stood up a few minutes later.

"The Messiah said that our race is the race beloved by the Holy Spirit of the wasteland, and this wasteland is the promised land given to us by the Holy Spirit of the wasteland, but if we are to accept this claim, we have to think about the problem that a complete race should have the ability to reproduce independently, even if we are almost immortal, our numbers are too scarce, and for a small group whose membership is growing at an extremely slow rate, the future of survival in this wasteland is undoubtedly dangerous and hopeless."

"What's even more terrifying is that each of us was once the slippery skin we despise now, we were not born from the union of our own people, but by you, like those super mutants in New California, who claim to be a higher race, but are actually parasites on your slippery skin, and that's why' Unity' eventually fell apart, because the gods that those super mutants believed in could not solve this problem, and if they were destined to be unable to reproduce, then the existence of this race was inherently false, and even the race itself was false, not to mention any argument of racial superiority. ”

"If we see this truth, those racist slogans will be meaningless, and if the existence of our race must be based on the existence of another race, and we have no ability to decouple from you, then how can we be worthy of claiming to be ourselves?"

He walked around twice with his hands behind his back and sighed helplessly.

"Those slaves... I don't know what will happen to them, maybe after a while they will be transferred to the production workshop to participate in the production of those equipment, if you are concerned about the condition of those slaves, I suggest you have time to go down to Level 2 to see, the environment there is very bad, it has no effect on us but it has a great impact on you, you can find an opportunity to do something to improve the situation... Listen to Horatio say that we have a bit of a disagreement with Caesar's Legion about the slave trade, which means that the supply of slaves may be in trouble next year, and if you understand this, whoever will support your actions. ”

Seeing that he was leaving, Andy called out to him.

"Wait, can you tell me your name?"

The ghoul glanced at Andy, but shook his head.

"What's the point of a name? I've traveled a lot over the years, so I have more than a dozen names, and even more than thirty nicknames, which one is right to tell you? Everyone here has a name for me, and I may be thought to have a name, but I don't feel like I have a name. ”

Andy was slightly surprised, but still didn't give up.

"I just... I think you're very knowledgeable, are you also from New California? ”

The ghoul smiled and briefly talked about his past.

"I was born before the Great War, in the New California of your mouth... Oh, there was no new word as a prefix at the time, we thought that the great shelter built in the city would protect us, but the day the bomb fell, the door of the shelter was not closed, and the violent radiation poured into the entire shelter without reservation, turning it into a large cemetery, I tried to unite people and re-establish order, but it turned out that in front of the real leader, I am a mediocrity that only deserves to abdicate and make way for the virtuous. ”

"That's my boring past experience, that's all I can tell you... Be careful, our Ambassadors of Goodwill, who know too much to be self-extricating or shattered, curiosity or a sense of justice, which can easily kill people. ”

After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

Andy sat on the bench and stared at the back of the nameless ghoul and reflected on what he had said.

.........................

Walking to the elevator, Andy was about to press the button on Level 2 to go down and take a look, when a ghoul suddenly ran over.

"Hey, Mr. Ambassador, can you wait a minute?"

Andy looked at him, it was a white coat.

"What's the matter? You don't want me to sell you again, do you? ”

The white coat giggled him to a no-man's corner, and whispered a word.

"If you have time, there is a big man who wants to meet you, and he is in the center of the shantytown on the surface, in that big army tent, you must go."

Andy looked at him in surprise, the shanty town seemed to be guarded by another group of ghoul guards who didn't obey measles very much, so measles also took care of him as much as possible not to enter, so as to avoid mistakes, he didn't have time to go in to help, but he didn't think about it, and he didn't wait for his own thoughts, so he took the initiative to send someone over to invite.

"Who's that big guy? Why do I have to go? ”

The white coat replied in a low voice.

"You're a slippery skin, you're a slippery skin after all, if you really want a way to go dark, then you're going to be like I haven't come to you today, or else... You do as I say. ”

Andy frowned, what's going on? What is it called a road to black?

Referring to the clues he had learned before, he suddenly thought, maybe this enigmatic big man can help him learn more about the truth about the reservation?

"It doesn't seem easy to get in over there, do you have any passwords or something?"

The white coat grinned.

"This big man only appreciates capable people, and the more capable he is, the more he appreciates it, and he doesn't even care if you're slippery or not, you know what I mean? I'm here to invite you, yes, but that doesn't mean we're going to roll the red carpet under your feet and let you walk with your head held high step by step. I mean, you don't have a password, you have to find a way to get in by yourself, and if you do, then you are qualified, if you don't have the courage and ability, hehe... Count me in for nothing. ”

The man finished speaking and ran away, as if he was afraid that others would hear and see him doing this, Andy went back to the elevator, and after hesitating he pressed the button to return to the surface.