Section 28 People?

"I am your advocate, the most loyal executor of your orders, and the defender who will always be in front of you. No matter what decision you make, I will implement it seriously with the most sincere attitude."

Looking into Tianxiang's eyes full of surprise and horror, Liu Rui kindly revealed the long-buried secret in his heart.

"To be precise, I'm not a human being, not 100% human. I'm a cyborg whose core is made up of machines."

Tianxiang took a few steps back, and the dagger completely left the old man's throat. He had no idea that this seemingly ordinary old man would have such a huge secret hidden in him. Although his scattered thinking energy cannot break into the other person's brain to inquire, relying on the innate perception ability of the insect brain, Tianxiang can completely feel the kindness and friendliness emanating from the old man, as well as an indescribable feeling. Unexplained peace.

What he said was true, everything he said was true.

Tianxiang quickly made this judgment in his mind. But, in his heart, he still couldn't accept this fact.

"From the moment I met you, I felt the special induction energy in you. Moreover, through questioning your sister Tianrou, I once again confirmed that you are the "pathfinder" I am looking for. . Maybe you will find it difficult to understand this, but I still have to tell you that you are the leader of everyone and the creator of hope for the future. This is not what I said casually, but what the computer told me. Or , I have had this fixed concept in my mind since the day I was created."

Tianxiang slowly put the dagger back into the sheath at his feet. He stepped back silently and leaned against the mottled wall. He was thinking and digesting these words that he had never heard before.

"I am not a pure human being, nor a complete robot. But a synthetic life form in between." Ignoring Tianxiang's expression, the old man continued: "To be honest, before I find you, I once imagined using my own power to change the world and bring all mankind out of the current predicament. After all, although I do not have strong power, I do have knowledge, the knowledge left by the ancients. With these, I should be able to change Some human situations. However, I failed. After all, I am a product created by humans and do not have the ability to be a leader at all. My role is only as an auxiliary tool. "

"Gesa should be your son, right?" Tianxiang, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

"No! He is not my son!" The old man's answer was quite unexpected by the questioner. Just listen to him continue: "To be precise, he should be my descendant."

"Descendant?" Tianxiang was a little confused: "So, he is your grandson? But, judging from your appearance, you shouldn't be that old?"

The old man smiled bitterly and said: "Grandson? My grandson passed away more than a hundred years ago. The current Gesa is just my fifth generation descendant. Although, he does not know the truth. He still thinks, I am his father."

Tianxiang took a breath of air. He adjusted his thoughts slightly: "So, what is your actual age?"

"If you count from the day I became conscious, then I have existed for more than two hundred years now." Liu Rui's answer was even more shocking.

"Are you conscious?" Tianxiang asked curiously: "Don't you have parents?"

"No!" The old man shook his head and sighed: "Not only that, I have been like this since I can remember. To be precise, I am just a created half-creature. I don't know what it is. Maintaining the operation of my body. Those who made me have completely fixed the appearance of my body into the shape of an old man from the beginning. It seems that they hope that I can exist with such an appearance!"

Tianxiang didn't speak, just looked quietly at the rusty metal ceiling above his head that was soaked by water. Many strange thoughts flashed through my mind. He really didn't expect that this old man whose throat was almost cut by himself would suddenly hide so many secrets.

"Do you still want to know about the agreement between me and Geza?" the old man said calmly.

"Think!" Tianxiang's answer was extremely straightforward.

"It's very simple. Use his hand to kill the old people in the tribe who will only become a burden. Then deliberately leave a large number of corpses to inspire hatred between you and the young people, and completely wrap them around you. At the same time, use this Hatred, let you attack Gesa's tribe. At this time, Gesa will arrange all the old people as guards around his tribe's camp. After successfully killing everyone, you will appear with a strong attitude of a conqueror. Then Coupled with Gesa's instructions before his death, the two clans were successfully merged into one. The most important thing is to fully recognize the existence of your new leader. The loyalty gained by gratitude and conquest cannot be exchanged for the smooth handover of the clan leader's position. What's coming!"

Tianxiang looked at the old man and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart. In his eyes, this cyborg, whose actual age was over 200 years old, seemed to have transformed into several different shadows. The kind father, the loyal guardian, the half-creature created by the ancients... all the shadows finally overlapped together to form the real person in front of him.

"I killed Geza, don't you hate me?" After a while, he sighed.

"What is there to hate?" Liu Rui said calmly: "After living for two hundred years, I have seen through such things as emotions. At least more than half of my descendants have died from insects. Many more It is not unusual for a person to die in the hands of his own people. The way Gesa died is already the most valuable among all people. What's more, although so much time has passed, I still It has the ability to reproduce. In other words, as long as I want, I can produce a lot of offspring at any time."

Having said that, no more words are actually needed. Tianxiang stared at the old man silently for a long time with an indescribable emotion, then patted his shoulder heavily and took firm steps towards the noisy crowd in the distance without saying a word.

A few days later, the cleanup of the underground base was completed. Many useless debris and corpses of ancient people were cleared away. Although there are many stains on the ground that cannot be removed for the time being, it has been greatly improved compared to when Tianxiang first discovered the base. Moreover, being able to completely clean up the entire base in such a short period of time was due to a secret passage that Ye Zhanfeng accidentally discovered.

That is a road leading to the ground in the completely opposite direction from the library. This passage is wider, larger, and easier to walk than the staircase we found earlier. Because this is an underground passage that exists in the shape of a slope.

On the north side of the base, there is a metal door covered by debris. On the surface, this should be a door controlled entirely by a computer. But for some unknown reason, the door did not close completely, but only relied on a thick steel bar stuck at the hook between the door and the wall. And the debris blocking it seems to have been deliberately placed by the ancients. It's just a way to hide its existence.

No matter what the reason was, Tianxiang was still sincerely happy for the existence of this door. You know, this means that this residence has another available exit. More importantly, from now on, they no longer need the narrow staircase in the curator's room as a thoroughfare. In this way, it is a rare protection measure for those books in the library that are already fragile but still usable.

According to Liu Rui, those old people who "survived" inside the wall are fundamentally different from those who were killed. They are the true possessors of the wisdom of the ancients, and are the elites selected by Liu Rui from the previous generation of ethnic groups. Under the leadership of the old patriarch, they learned and mastered some of the knowledge and skills of ancient people. With these people and the books in the library, it is possible to provide the necessary education to the younger generation of the clan.

During this time, Liu Rui has searched for the necessary parts from many abandoned books. Although there are only more than thirty books, it has covered important aspects for the survival and development of the current ethnic group.

Among them, the correct use of ancient weapons and various basic tool manufacturing methods have become his first choice. After all, in the current environment, the learning of this knowledge is absolutely of immeasurable effect.

According to Tianxiang, only about thirty people can participate in knowledge transfer at a time. The rest can only continue on a rotational basis. After all, if you want so many people to sit there and study hard, you can't do it without enough food.

Going to read a book on an empty stomach is not a good experience or memory.

The food supply problem must be solved first. This is the primary issue facing the tribe at present, and it is also the promise Tianxiang made to everyone before the merger of the two tribes.

Therefore, daily hunting must take place.

There are not many subordinates that Tianxiang can rely on at present, only Ye Zhanfeng and the cyborg Liu Rui, who are both pathfinders. As for the other people, although there is no big problem in terms of loyalty, due to their own abilities and knowledge and skills, in a short period of time, they can only be a group of weak barbarians.

Liu Rui is responsible for the education of all clan members, while he and Zhan Feng are responsible for the daily hunting activities during this period, as well as the food supply for the entire clan. This is the tentative plan formulated by Tianxiang.

For the young adults among the existing tribesmen, Tianxiang limited them to ten people and divided them into more than a dozen teams. And select those with outstanding abilities to serve as captains. The reason is mainly the inspiration he got from some military books. In this way, the leadership skills of these squad leaders can be consciously exercised, and the entire group can be better managed in a semi-military state.

The massive hunt went on for two weeks. Now Tianxiang no longer cares about whether it is the sun or not. With powerful brain thinking energy, you can easily find any bugs hiding in the dark. Large swaths of social insects were forced to accept the fate of genocide after their companions disappeared inexplicably. As for the carnivorous insects that once posed a huge threat to hunters, they were unable to withstand the attacks of swarms of flying spears.

Even if there are a few bugs, relying on the hard horny carapace covering the body surface to block the impact of the spear, and they are lucky enough to rush in front of the hunter and open their mouths, they can only regretfully find that after a few weird noises After that, his body completely lost the ability to move.

A few bullets flying towards them can kill them on the spot.

Every time he goes hunting, Tianxiang has to ask the captains of several tribesmen to bring several guns. Take turns to familiarize everyone with the operation and use of firearms. Although he has an entire arsenal, these things cannot be produced after all. One less bullet is used. The only way is to reduce the frequency of use as much as possible. Even if it is a waste of money, it is much better than a waste of extravagance.

Human beings always have a process of accepting something novel. From the old man's mouth, the hunters already knew about the existence of such a powerful ancient weapon. However, when I got it for the first time, I was always in a hurry. In this regard, Tianxiang and Zhanfeng could only try their best to guide.

However, what makes them happy is that many years of hunting life have given the tribesmen a keen ability to observe and accept. Just like stabbing an insect accurately with a throwing gun, they can also effortlessly master the most basic three-point and one-line method of using firearms. However, when it comes to controlling the shooting speed, it will always be the same as when Tianxiang first used it, with excitement and fanaticism, emptying a precious magazine in the shortest time without feeling at all.

Despite this, the hunting results after two weeks were still impressive. The pieces of insect meat hanging from the iron wires nailed around the walls of the base are the best proof.

There is little sunlight in the dark world, and the temperature is not very high. The wind brought by the air flow also contains a large amount of moist water. Under such circumstances, the only way to maintain the quality of the food is to dry it over a high fire. Or add a lot of salt for pickling. But no matter which method is used, it is an extremely luxurious approach.

Salt is one of the most precious things in the dark world. Almost no one knows where these white crystal particles come from or how they are made. They only know that every once in a while, there will always be some weirdly dressed people coming from the east. Clay pots made from clay are used in exchange for everything that can be called "commodities" in their view.

Although these things, in the eyes of hunters, are of no use at all. And those weird oriental people also call themselves: "Sea Clan".

Such exchanges are usually twice a year. Hunters hardly dare to offend these mysterious Sea Tribe people. Because salt can not only bring more deliciousness to food, but your body also needs this kind of supplement. Some hunters have found that when they are hungry, a few grains of salt can restore all their physical strength. And as long as you can't eat this kind of thing for a long time, your body will become weaker and weaker even if you have a lot of insect meat in your mouth every day. Eventually it will one day become food in other people's mouths.

Therefore, even if the mysterious Sea Tribe people make any weird requests, the hunters will agree to them one by one. Of course, these requirements are not excessive. Because although the things that the Sea Tribe people asked for in exchange were strange, they were not unusual items.

A worn and yellowed book, an ordinary steel pipe, or a piece of soil that can be found everywhere may be the goods that the Sea Tribe people need to exchange.

Tianxiang has never come into contact with people from the Hai tribe. But Liu Rui is no stranger to these people. In the hundreds of years he has lived, he has interacted with the Sea Tribe people at least hundreds of times. But no matter which time it was, Liu Rui could return with satisfaction. Because although the requests of those Mysterious Sea people are strange, they are not something difficult to accomplish.

Take a transaction that impressed Liu Rui deeply in his memory as an example: He took dozens of tribesmen and moved the wreckage of a small car that could be seen everywhere in front of the Hai tribe. I used this thing in exchange for a full 500 kilograms of salt.

Therefore, just find the Sea Tribe people. Obtaining salt is not much of a problem.

But the question is, where should we go to find these elusive guys?