While Shen Rui was having a pleasant conversation with the fort masters, they were also talking about their cleaning targets in the Yellow River waterway.
The wide Yellow River waterway is several kilometers long. Although it is just a bathhouse compared to the sea, it is enough for many water monsters to cause trouble.
There is a deep and huge pit under the rapid and turbid water somewhere. This huge pit is left over from digging sand in the past.
It has long since become a lair for water monsters.
The water monster entrenched here is an anaconda.
Originally, pythons were unlikely to appear in the north, but this one was an alienated python that lived in a reptile zoo in Jihe in its early years.
Later, when the doomsday came and particles appeared, it also gained wisdom. Cold-blooded animals are cold-blooded animals. It devoured the keeper without mercy, then escaped, and finally established a foothold in the Yellow River waterway.
Because here, you can avoid human cultivators and the pursuit of strange birds in the sky.
After more than ten years of natural recovery, the Yellow River is still only less than four meters deep, but it is enough to protect it and allow it to dominate this area, so that ordinary people simply do not dare to cross the river on its territory.
The anaconda relied on its wisdom to gather the same group of aquatic monsters.
Among them are turtles, black fish... all are relatively powerful water monsters.
In normal times, fishermen who fish have to pay tribute to them, and then they will let these people enter the river to collect water, fish, or breed.
At this time, the strange turtle was speaking fiercely:
"These damn humans don't want to just be sheep and want to resist us. I heard the crows in the city say a few days ago that they are already recruiting people to clean up our waterways. This is not giving us any way to survive. The Yellow River Your Majesty, you have to make the decision for us..."
It is not without reason that this turtle hates the people of Jihebao so much and pays attention to their every move.
Because of its calm temperament and deceptive appearance, it has gone further than its counterparts in the ocean. Those sea monsters are still thinking of enslaving humans, but it has already taken the lead in doing so.
Near a section of the river far away from Jihe Fort, where its old nest was, there used to be two scattered human settlements.
Not everyone likes to work hard in a castle, under strict control, but having most of their income taken away and only getting basic supplies.
There are always people who think about freedom and living in the wild without restraints. The rewards are all their own, and of course the risks are also all their own.
And these people soon understood that there is no place for freedom in the apocalypse.
The people of these two settlements lived close to the river and were eventually controlled by it.
Those people usually help it breed fish and shrimps in the river and clean up the beaches, while it ensures that monsters do not invade their villages and allows them to take boats to the river to take shelter when the tides come twice a year.
Although it was more difficult, these people felt that they could still survive and that their lives were better than those in the castle, so they endured it.
Oogway relied on its own advantages to completely prevent the strange tide from disturbing these people.
Simply speaking, the relationship between the two parties is only a mutually beneficial relationship, not slavery or exploitation.
However, after it was subdued by the anaconda, in order to cope with the anaconda's cruel appetite, it would have to capture one or two old, weak, sick and disabled people from the settlement from time to time and give them to the other party for food in exchange for the other party's protection, or not to hunt them. .
The occurrence of this kind of thing completely exposed the nature of slavery.
When the people in the two villages discovered this fact, it was too late to regret it. Some of them tried to escape, but found that the turtle had already colluded with a group of wolves and trapped them tightly.
How do a group of ordinary people break out of an encirclement in the wild and report news to a nearby castle?
But last year, Shen Rui led a team to clean up most of the province and wiped out the alien wolf pack. Of course, the cavalry team didn't know the existence of these two villages. After all, there were too many remote places.
When the cavalry team cleans up strange monsters, they must follow the easy-to-travel roads and the remaining roads from the past. They cannot run around in the wilderness.
The people in the village naturally moved overnight after discovering that the strange wolf had disappeared.
After all, turtles are lazy by nature and can sleep for more than ten days or even months. By the time it realizes something is wrong, all the people have fled.
The slave industry it worked so hard to build was abandoned and was destroyed by waves unintentionally set off by others.
After making some inquiries, it placed the blame on Jihe Fort. After all, the uniforms and affiliations of Shen Rui's team members at that time were still Jihe's establishment.
At this time, the anaconda heard the turtle's advice, and its cold eyes shone with a chilling light.
After a while, it said coldly: "Humans are still very strong. Although the stronger they are, the more delicious they are, but no matter how strong they are, they can only fight us on land. They want to fight us on the water, unless the Yellow River dries up and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda collapses." "
Heiyu heard this and said strangely: "Your Majesty, I understand the first half of the sentence. Where is the Big Wild Goose Pagoda at the back?"
The boa constrictor said calmly: "That is a central place occupied by the land monsters now, and they are planning to build a city there. I went back to the upper reaches of the Yellow River a few days ago and passed by the western boundary, and I heard a group of birds mention it."
"I see, it seems that land monsters can go further than us water monsters." Heiyu said enviously.
"There is no way. We water monsters are inherently deficient and cannot compare with similar species in the ocean. Most of the land water systems are not connected to each other. One river is just another river. There is a clear boundary between north and south, so the power cannot be gathered together." Oogway shook his head.
Many water monsters suddenly fell silent, which was the root cause of their failure to develop.
The Yellow River is still a big river, second to none in the northern water system. Of course, compared with the southern water system, it is just a younger brother.
But it can't accommodate many water monsters. Otherwise, the turtle would not think of enslaving humans to help it breed. Only in this way can it support more of its kind.
"That's not necessarily true. The north and south water systems have long been connected by passages, but they are currently blocked. As long as humans are driven to pass through them, the water network can be connected into one." The anaconda's eyes were shining brightly.
Many water monsters looked at each other, how could such a thing be accomplished?
Now that humans can't even eat, how can we help them dredge channels? Unless we can really enslave humans, we can follow the example of ancient times and force humans to dig canals and connect water systems.
The turtle pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty is wise, but these are long-term matters. However, humans are trying to drive us away right now. We have to find a way to repel them."
The anaconda nodded slightly, the snake is cunning, and it is even more so now that it has wisdom.
"In the past, these people only dared to huddle in the castle and live quietly, and did not dare to come forward at all. Do you know when they started to have this kind of counterattack ability?" it asked.
Wugui understood it best, and immediately said: "It must have been at the beginning of last year that they sent out a powerful team to clean up for more than half a year. In the end, they had nothing to kill, so they withdrew their troops."
"Old Turtle, you are quite well informed, but you still know too little. Among them, a king has appeared, and it is this king who leads them to unstoppable strength." Anaconda said coldly.
"Then how should we deal with this king?" Wu** asked painfully. Human beings often refer to turtles as prime ministers, and they all think that turtles have profound wisdom.
In fact, they are simply too lazy to use their brains. How can they be so intelligent?
On the contrary, there are countless fools among them. Only fools can live longer. The smarter they are, the more likely they are to have a short life.
"To deal with him, we don't need to take action. Someone will naturally help us." Anaconda said confidently.