Chapter 2435 The Old Man in the Bamboo Hat
That is the tallest tree in the forest.
It is as huge as an umbrella under the sky, directly covering thousands of square kilometers of surrounding land.
Nine people came to the tree side by side.
Seeing this tree, they knew why the rebels could survive here.
This tree is too big.
And it’s too high.
And it also has many rhizomes, forming a rhizome forest similar to a banyan tree.
It’s so densely packed that it looks like a forest, but it’s actually all one tree.
Anyone can hide here for a long time once they get in.
Moreover, this tree has a very high significance, and the kingdom cannot set it on fire.
We can only send people in to search.
The search is no less than finding a needle in a haystack.
After all, this is a three-dimensional ecology.
The average height of this tree is over 500 meters.
Plus it covers an area of several thousand square kilometers.
How many people can a small forest kingdom mobilize to search?
If tens of thousands of people go in, they are just looking for a needle in a haystack.
“How do we find the rebels?” asked No. 1.
"I think we should leave some marks and tell them that we also want to rebel against the kingdom." No. 2 suggested.
Several people nodded.
Then leaving marks everywhere, all written in the local language, they also wanted to rebel against the kingdom.
Gathered together at the end.
It’s actually too easy to get lost in a place like this.
So in order not to get lost, they leave many marks along the way.
This will prevent you from getting lost.
Soon they got a response.
A group of kingdom soldiers captured them.
"You actually want to defect to the rebels, hahaha, it's so stupid and ridiculous." A soldier said with a smile.
“Chop them to death with a knife and feed them to the leopards here.”
"Leopards don't eat dead animals, so they'd better be tied to a tree."
"That means they're not hungry enough. They'll eat them when they're extremely hungry."
The soldiers laughed.
The nine people were depressed, but not afraid.
After all, you can go back after you die.
"Hahaha, look at them, they don't know how to be afraid. It's really ridiculous."
"Hahaha, why are you afraid? Everyone is going to die anyway, so there is nothing to be afraid of." No. 1 said suddenly.
"Yes, you are right. In this case, there is no point in catching you, so why not let us go? Hahaha." The captain of the soldier suddenly said.
"That's right. It's troublesome to capture them, report to the ministers, and execute them. Why not wait until they die of old age in 60 years?"
"That's right, ha. Haha, this way it will save us time.”
The soldiers agreed.
9 people were overjoyed when they heard this.
Everyone laughed wildly.
"Yes, when it comes to logic, I am willing to call you the strongest! Hahahaha!"
All 9 people started laughing wildly.
They were soon let go.
Then the soldiers waved their hands apart in a friendly manner.
"It's strange, if that's the case, then this kingdom should be full of robbers and murderers, after all, they were let go so easily." No. 3 wondered.
"Hahaha, why don't you think about it, the purpose of being a robber is to steal money, but from the perspective of people here, they will die sooner or later, so why are you robbing money?" No. 1 explained.
“So that’s it, no wonder I didn’t see any thieves along the way.”
"But in this case, there will be no farmers and other workers. After all, they are all going to die anyway. Why are you so tired?" Someone else shook his head.
The nine people looked at each other.
This is also true.
"Wait, I understand, there may be an inexplicable infection. Those who are still working and still trying to survive are actually less infected."
"It's like If you have a mild cold and fever, you can still work, study and eat, but if you have a very serious fever, you can't do anything at all and just want to lie still, your brain will be burning and uncomfortable." No. 4 followed. .
Everyone nodded.
This explanation is the most reasonable.
They feel that this explanation can cover the current situation.
And according to their observations, many people are indeed sick.
"In that case, I understand that the rebels are those who are not sick."
At this moment, a woman's voice sounded:
"You are right, we are the ones who are not sick."
Everyone turned their heads.
Then they saw a pretty green woman standing on a treetop.
She is like an elf in the forest, with snow-white skin and lively eyes.
He was about 1.7 meters tall, carrying a machete on his back and a rifle in his hand.
"You are the rebels, no, you should be the rebels, right?" No. 1 quickly changed his words.
"Yes, I think you have also begun to contract diseases unique to this kingdom, right?" the elf woman said seriously.
She is one of the few people who smiles without meeting her.
It dawned on them.
The last person who didn't smile seemed to be the wise man who asked them to come over.
"Maybe so. In short, several of us have been infected with some kind of disease, causing us to lose certain abilities, our five senses and even our thinking." No. 1 continued.
"Do you want treatment?" the elf woman asked.
"Of course I have." No. 1 pointed to his eyes, "I can't close my eyes all the time, and I have to use an eye mask to take a break."
No. 2 also said: " My ears are always filled with the sound of suona, and it is very difficult to listen to other sounds.”
"Haha, it's just a small problem for you. It's just an inconvenience in your life. When you get infected, you won't care about anything except laughing." The elf woman laughed.
Everyone was terrified.
It seems that the other party is also a bit infected.
“How long will it take?”
“30 to 50 years.”
"I see, no wonder there are still enough people to work in this kingdom."
A society with an average life expectancy of more than 30 years can still function.
Not to mention that many people here can live to be over 50 years old.
Then there is no problem.
“So, most children are normal? But I don’t see many normal children.”
"That's because normal children don't appear outside and are hidden at home." The elf woman shook her head and said, "Anyway, you come with me."
The nine people thought for a while and decided to send three to follow. Women go.
In this case, everyone will not be caught in one fell swoop.
Then they began to send numbers 1 to 3 to follow the elf woman.
Then they came to a platform high among trees.
As soon as they arrived here, the three of them were caught by a vine trap.
“Hahaha, I have fresh meat to eat today.”
“Yes, I am very energetic this time.”
“That’s right, it’s been many days. Just eating fruits and leaves makes me look like a bird!"
No. 1 to 3 were trapped by vines.
Then a group of old and young people wearing bark and leaves were surrounding them, drooling. They never expected that the rebels in their subconscious, the good guys, the hope of saving the kingdom, would actually want to eat them!
But the soldiers of the kingdom who wanted to rebel easily let them go.
Humans have cannibal genes.
Because those without this gene cannot survive.
Those who would rather die than eat their own kind often disappear in the long river of history.
The three people looked at each other.
"Um, can you kill us first before eating us?"
"That's not possible, it's better to be steamed alive." An old man drooled with greed.
“Our skin is too thick to steam.”
"Then peel off the skin and pickle it and eat it!"
"Hey, help, don't eat us, we are so handsome and so young." No. 2 leaned against No. 3 and cried.
"Yes, my father is the king's minister. If you kill me, he will not let you go." No. 1 cried quickly.
Everyone laughed when they saw this.
"It's useless for you to cry. You are such easy fools. You just believe whatever we say."
"Don't you know? The rebels are all cannibals."
"That's right, the king still needs to show some face, so we won't lose face." Everyone laughed.
The three people suddenly fell into despair.
They are not afraid of death.
But they are afraid of being eaten.
How painful that is.
"Okay, it seems you will really cry." At this time, the elf woman suddenly spoke.
"Oh, it's so boring. Those people who were scared by us last time burst out laughing again." The old man who was the scariest just now shook his head and left.
"Yes, it seems that the people who came this time are really not sick."
The three people suddenly realized.
"Oh, I see, you want to test us."
"That's right, it scared us to death. We thought you really wanted to eat people." No. 3 patted his chest.
"We can understand your caution, but we really are not infected to the end." No. 1 also followed.
No. 3 shook his head and said: "You don't have to be so nervous, we are all good people."
Before he finished speaking, "Pfft..."
He saw a knife appear in his abdomen.
"Hahaha, we really want to eat you, because there is a scientific theory that when animals with higher intelligence are in a state of fear, their bodies will automatically secrete toxins, so it is not delicious." Just left. The old man appeared behind No. 3 at some unknown time.
He was holding a butcher knife in his hand and was grinning ferociously.
“Ah!”
“Don’t kill me!”
"Don't play like this. If you want to kill me, just give it a try!" No. 1 was speechless.
The three hugged each other and cried.
"Well, it seems that this time the crying was real, not staged."
No. 3 discovered at this time that the butcher knife was not actually inserted into the body, it just looked like it.
They were suddenly speechless.
The elf woman shook her head and said: "Don't blame us, those dogs have too many tricks."
"No, they are easy to deceive, they caught us, and we said that we will die of old age anyway. , it’s better to let us go, to avoid the trouble of catching them back... They really let us go," No. 1 said doubtfully.
"Haha, they will also say that you are all going to die of old age anyway, so why not kill you directly? You are lucky to meet them when their condition becomes serious. If they are mild, they will Perform your duties more strictly," the elf woman continued.
The three of them felt weird for a while.
But if you think about it carefully, the world of mental patients is also similarly weird.
It seems just as strange to others.
The logic is illogical, and there are even shocking news, such as the news about a mother with a mental illness washing her child's hair. In the end, she can't pretend it anymore.
That is mental logic disorder, which makes people feel frightened.
And now the people in this forest kingdom are collectively infected with mental illness.
Then the three of them were really let go.
They were relieved.
Then the elf woman led them to a high tree hole.
There lived an old man who wore a bamboo hat made of tree vines.
The opponent is short in stature, only 1.5 meters tall.
The three of them ducked into the cave with their heads lowered.
"Are you people from outside?" The old man in a bamboo hat said in a hoarse voice and looked at them carefully.
"Yes." The three of them answered together.
“What do you want to do here?”
“We want to know how to solve our problems.” No. 1 said quickly.
"Well, the treatment method is very simple and quick," the old man in the bamboo hat said, "Jump down from here, and your problems will be solved."
"Then won't we die? It's so high here." No. 1 said in shock.
"Just tell me if it's fast or not?" The old man in a bamboo hat smiled, "Hehehe."
"Quick, but who of the normal people treat diseases like this?" No. 3 said with disdain.
“Haha, it’s rare to see many strange people. Isn’t that what you do there? If you can’t solve the problem, you solve the people who caused the problem. The land has been annexed for thousands of years, and the solution is to kill.”
“ Kill once every two hundred years, and once you kill them all, you will be in peace for two hundred years." The old man in the hat said with a smile again.
Hearing this, the three people fell silent.
This is indeed a very funny and sad thing.
For an unstable system, the only solution is to "restart".
Killing is the way to restart the social system.
If you don’t absorb modern civilization, you will have to keep restarting to maintain short-term stability.
It can be seen that the large system of society and the small systems of computers are almost the same philosophically.
"I understand. You are saying that if you want to solve the disease in the kingdom, you need to kill everyone in the kingdom?" No. 1 asked. "
"Yes, you are very smart. "The old man in the bamboo hat nodded.
"The problem is that you can't do it. "
"Yes, we can't do it. We can only linger and wait for them to die. "The old man in the bamboo hat shook his head.
3 people were silent.
They have only one way, no wonder they have to hide in this tall forest and survive.
This is waiting for the enemy to be defeated.
But it is also a way.
But the problem is that the ten of them can't wait.
Lao Shi also turned into a tree, without even thinking.
It is impossible to go back.
Kill him directly, and his soul may not be able to return.
They were thinking in their hearts about how to solve it.
“Is there no way?”
"If we had our way, would we still stay here?" The old man in a bamboo hat shook his head.
“Can we find the root cause of the disease?” No. 1 asked again.
"If you can't find it, you don't know how deep the water is inside, so how can you find the source?"
No. 1 looked at the old man in the bamboo hat, and the other man seemed to have lost his fighting spirit.
Probably like shrinking and dying.
It would be nice to be able to enjoy the last bit of comfort.
He has no intention of solving diseases for the world.
However, he is not qualified to criticize the other party. After all, the other party has managed to pull together an organization that can gather the only remaining intact people here.
He shook his head and said: "Okay, we will continue the investigation, but can you give us the information from your investigation?"
"Yes, as long as we don't let us take responsibility for you. Cannon fodder, everything is easy to say.”
(End of this chapter)