Chapter nine hundred and eighty seventh captive people
Li Zhi had no idea what Manager Hu had in mind, but he came here just to chase the big shots in this large human gathering place and the super beings in the ruins of Tianglai City. He was not afraid of trouble.
Afraid of not being able to see anyone.
As for Manager Hu, he was asking Li Zhi questions here and there, but when the topic got to the point, he evaded him, leaving Li Zhi a little confused. How could this be possible?
Therefore, Young Master Li is ready to take the initiative!
"Manager Hu, I am also very curious about your human gathering place. I heard that humans and mutant beasts here, that is, the ruins of Tianglai City opposite, have reached some kind of agreement? Is this possible?" Li
Zhi asked curiously.
Since it is something that everyone knows, it is impossible for Manager Hu to say that he does not know, otherwise he would not even dare to tell the little guard at the city gate!
Manager Hu squinted his eyes and nodded, "There is such a thing!"
Li Zhi's eyes flickered and he asked curiously: "It really does exist. I wonder if Manager Hu can tell me what's going on? It's not that mutant beasts and human survivors are in tit-for-tat confrontation.
Of?"
Manager Hu squinted his big eyes and said with a smile: "With Brother Li's wisdom, how difficult is it to understand this? As long as a mutant beast evolves into a high-level mutant beast, its wisdom is no less than that of humans.
, the higher the degree of evolution, the more intelligent one will be.
If it is beneficial to you to cooperate with human beings, you will naturally choose to cooperate!"
After a slight pause, he continued with a smile: "What's more, the life and death of ordinary mutant beasts do not have any special feelings for them. Although they are both mutant beasts, high-level mutant beasts and ordinary-level mutant beasts have no special feelings.
Beasts are definitely not a kind of creature, and they do not have any thoughts of blood concern. This is different from humans!"
What Hu Guanshi means is that mutant beasts do not have the concept of the same ancestry and the same race, but rather focus on individual evolution.
Beasts, cold-blooded, it’s not hard to imagine!
In this regard, humans are indeed different from beasts, because humans have emotions, and emotions and desires play a large role in humans.
Li Zhi nodded, expressing his understanding, and then asked as if nothing had happened: "I heard that the survivors here need to pay some financial tribute every year or even every month in order to exchange for peace in the ruins of 'Tianglai City'
, or even population?”
A glimmer of light flashed in Guanshi Hu's little eyes, and he nodded and said: "That's true, but this is also a matter of necessity!"
"Is it a last resort?" Li Zhi repeated the four words that Manager Hu said again.
Originally, this is someone else's private matter. For an 'outsider', there is no need for him to comment on what someone else does.
But from a human perspective, it doesn’t make sense to ‘pay tribute’ to a group of mutant beasts, or to pay tribute to one’s own compatriots!
"How many people need to be paid tribute every month?" Li Zhi wanted to know the specific figures.
Shopkeeper Hu squinted his eyes and said, "Three thousand people!"
"Three thousand?" Li Zhi frowned. For a base with more than two million human survivors, three thousand people is not a large population, but it is still a lot. It needs to pay tribute to more than 30,000 people a year.
He asked curiously: "What will happen to these people who pay tribute?"
Manager Hu squinted his eyes and laughed twice, but his smile was colder: "Eat!"
"Eat?" Li Zhi frowned, while Shi Sha, who was sitting next to him, stared wide-eyed.
Manager Hu nodded, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Yes, eat, the humans who pay tribute will be eaten as food by the big shots in Tianya City, and it is also the best ending for them. After all, this cannot be changed.
things."
The best solution?
Things that can't be changed?
If this is the case on the upper level of this large human gathering place, one can only imagine the shadow side in the hearts of those people in the city who may be treated like pigs, sheep and cattle at any time as 'tribute'.
No one wants to be eaten by a mutated beast, even if it means death!
But there are too many interests involved here. There are 3,000 people every month. How to choose? Should it depend on luck, or should it be divided according to what?
"Can't something like this be avoided?" Li Zhi frowned and said.
Manager Hu sighed and said with a smile: "This is already the best result!"
Best result?
Damn it, no wonder the survivors here looked numb in their eyes, but Li Zhi was a little curious, why did this ending last for so long? Isn't there anyone willing to stand up and resist?
How can anyone remain indifferent while watching their loved ones, friends, neighbors, and even stranger compatriots die?
Manager Hu seemed to have guessed what Li Zhi and Shi Sha were thinking. He shook his head and said: "It's useless. The lives of a few people are exchanged for the lives of the many. Compared with 3,000 people and more than 2 million human survivors, which one is more important?"
?Some people have resisted, and their final fate has been to become prisoners, and the prisoners will also be used as tributes and paid tribute to 'Tian Glaze City'."
prisoner?
Li Zhi frowned and looked at the other party and said, "What if there are no prisoners?"
"The first choice is for young and old!" Manager Hu said calmly, narrowing his eyes.
There was no smile on Li Zhi's face: "Priority will be given to the young and old? Newborns will also be treated as tributes?"
There was some color in Guanshi Hu's little eyes, and he nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, the creatures in Tianya City think that the flesh of newborns is better, so one newborn can be worth two human quotas. For human survival
For survivors, newborns are useless, grow slowly, and evolve slowly, so it is far better to give adult survivors more time to grow!"
cold!
Li Zhi felt cold all over. Shouldn't the next generation be the foundation of a gathering place for mankind?
This generation will eventually grow old one day, but the managers here are actually engaging in such inhumane behavior.
Buying time? Compared with the creatures in the ruins of Tianglai City, the survivors here still have a lot of time.
Nominally, this is the largest gathering place of human survivors within a thousand kilometers. It is better to say directly that this place itself is the human beings raised in captivity by the creatures in the ruins of Tianya City.
When Li Zhi looked towards Shi Sha, Shi Sha was also looking at him. The two exchanged glances and at the same time understood something from each other's eyes.
This kind of problem does not lie with the survivors in this human gathering place, but probably more with the managers of this large human survivor base.
It's even possible that the managers here are all 'slaves' to the creatures in the ruins of Tianglai City!
If this is the case, who can resist? Who can escape from here?
This is a bullshit place where humans gather. This is a special cage where humans are kept captive.
Only in this way can we understand why the managers of human gathering places have formulated such various countermeasures and why Tianya City is willing to cooperate with this place.
Perhaps it is very different from what they understood before they came here. Even if there are master evolutionists here, they are taking orders from the big creatures in the ruins of Tianya City, rather than serving the human survivors.
As for ordinary survivors, they have no right to resist. In such a circle, they are raped and oppressed, unable to escape or struggle!
Five years!
I don’t know how the human survivors here have spent the past five years!
Manager Hu's eyes flickered, he squinted his little eyes and asked with a smile: "Brother Li, have you figured something out? You might as well tell me and share something with my grandma!"
Li Zhi shook his head, took a deep breath, and said: "I don't think you need to share it. I have a few doubts now, and I hope you can explain it to me!"
"Oh, really, but it's okay to ask!" Manager Hu smiled and nodded, saying generously.
"How many people are there among the human survivors here?" Li Zhi thought for a while and asked.
"Less than three million!" Manager Hu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile.
Li Zhi nodded. This was more than he imagined, but it is not difficult to imagine that although the humans here are very numb, they are relatively more comfortable than outside. At least they will not face a large number of mutated beasts and giant monsters.
Measure the casualties!
"Is there really no relationship between you and the Science and Technology Alliance?" Li Zhi asked, looking directly at the other party.
Manager Hu narrowed his eyes, shook his head and said, "No, I can swear it!"
Li Zhi did not dwell too much on this issue and directly asked again: "Then do you have any connection with the creatures in the ruins of 'Tianglai City'?"
Regarding this question, Manager Hu did not answer immediately, but squinted his eyes and considered it for a while, and then said with a smile: "Brother Li's reaction was really fast, and he actually reacted in such a short time!
"
Li Zhi nodded. Although Manager Hu did not prove his answer, the answer was probably ready to come out.
The other party is indeed the manager sent by those creatures in the ruins of Tianglai City, but I don’t know if his authority is the greatest!
"Guanshi Hu..."
At this point, Li Zhi suddenly stopped and was not in a hurry to continue, because in Li Zhi's mind, he thought of another very important answer, or maybe I'm afraid!
"Brother Li, ask, why don't you ask?" Manager Hu squinted his eyes and laughed, but the laughter had become very eerie, especially in such an empty and huge hall.
Li Zhi shook his head with a wry smile and muttered: "I finally understand why this place has existed for so long. Gao, you are indeed very clever!"
"Oh? I wonder what cleverness Brother Li is talking about?" Manager Hu asked with a smile.
Li Zhi looked at the other party and said calmly: "Within a radius of a thousand kilometers, it is the largest human gathering place with a population of more than two million. It can compete with the ruins of the famous 'Tianglai City'. This reputation, once heard,
Know how powerful it is!"
After a slight pause, he continued: "But who would have thought that such a human gathering place that could compete with Tianya City would actually be the 'animals' kept in captivity by the terrifying creatures in Tianya City.
Reputation can not only attract survivors to come, but also allow the survivors to stay in peace and contentment. It's like boiling a frog in warm water. I don't know how these people died in the end. Gao Ming, as expected, is clever enough, but it doesn't mean he has great wisdom.
A living creature probably wouldn't come up with such a terrifying idea.
What’s even more frightening is that this huge gathering place of human survivors has existed for five years. How many survivors have it attracted for so long? It’s impossible to count!
The creatures in Tianglai City keep the humans here in captivity. They can eat them whenever they want, and they can ask the humans here to "pay tribute" without anyone noticing, and there is no way to resist.
Therefore, the evolvers here should not be very powerful. Even if there are, they are probably the humans who have surrendered to Tianya City. Mr. Hu, am I wrong?"
Li Zhi looked at Manager Hu and asked word by word.
Manager Hu narrowed his eyes and shook his head and said: "Haha, yes, Brother Li's inference is correct. However, for ordinary survivors, isn't it good to live like this? At least
You don’t have to die immediately, but if someone dies for you, you can live for a few more years, or even more than ten years.”
"But, you will still die in the end." Li Zhi shook his head.
"Haha, with the height that Brother Li has now, can't he even understand this situation? We can't say that we are raising human survivors in captivity. We can only say that we are letting them live better and live for more than ten years.
Even those who are obedient can live until they die."
"But, what about the next generation of mankind?" Li Zhi stared at him and asked.
Manager Hu shook his head and said: "The next generation of mankind? What do they need from the next generation? This apocalyptic world will belong to the super beings in the future, and the human race is destined to be destroyed and replaced, and its demise is inevitable!"
It’s hard to imagine that such words would come from a ‘human’ mouth.
Shi Sha suddenly stared at the other person and asked: "You, you are not a human being, right?"
Not human?
Mutated beast?
Ghost Faced Queen Zhu Yuer can transform into a human form, but other mutated beasts may not have this possibility at all!
This Manager Hu looks... very much like a...
"My bloodline contains more than 70% of human genes. This is very similar to the Blood Bat Dharma King Red Sea, but I am not completely human!" Manager Hu explained with a smile.
Even at this moment, the other party has no intention of falling out with Li Zhishisha, at least it doesn't show it on his face.
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "Actually, I don't have to take care of things here, and from now on in our 'Doomsday City', we are destined to deal with emperor-level creatures and super creatures, so there is still something to be said for it."
talk!"
"Oh?" Manager Hu opened his eyes, looked at Li Zhi and asked with a smile.
"What does Brother Li want to talk about?"
Li Zhi himself smiled and said nonchalantly: "I need human survivors, especially young women, and I also want to meet the super beings in the ruins of Tianya City. Aren't these all within the scope of discussion?
"
"Young woman? This is enough to satisfy you. As for the super creatures in the ruins of Tianglai City..." (To be continued)