Before seeing Rawls again, Zhang Tie and Heller had a brief conversation.
Zhang Tie: Is there any problem if I do this
Heller: You are the owner and master of the Black Iron Castle, and any decision you make is your right.
Zhang Tie: How many people can the Black Iron Castle accommodate now
Heller: Based on the current food storage and production capacity of the Black Iron Castle, the maximum number of people that the Black Iron Castle can now accommodate is 26,000 people. If the Black Iron Castle now has 26,000 people, then, after half a year, those people If production and land reclamation are added, the upper limit of the number of people the Black Iron Castle can accommodate can be tripled. By analogy, if the land area of the Black Iron Castle remains unchanged, the upper limit of the number of people it can accommodate in the future is 1.2 million people. .
Zhang Tie: If... I mean if, there are really so many people in the Black Iron Castle one day, can you cope with it
Heller: Within the space of the Black Iron Castle, the existence of all matter and life will be restricted by the laws of the Black Iron Castle. Their life and death depend entirely on your will. Not to mention 1.2 million people, just 1.20 In my eyes, the management of billions of people is about the same as 12 billion yeasts, which can be contained in one bottle without any problems.
Zhang Tie: Will the small trees be affected
Heller: I can set a rule in the Black Iron Castle. Within a 100-meter radius of the small tree, it is impossible for those people to step in unless you give your permission. Some of the terrain in the castle can also be changed accordingly. Fortunately, the current basic energy reserve of the Black Iron Castle can still complete such a transformation...
Zhang Tie: Do you think... is it a bit selfish for me to do this? Once they get in, I probably won't be able to let them out again for a long time...
Heller: No. Lord Castle, I think what you are doing is very noble, for Rawls and the others. The current Black Iron Castle is their paradise, and you are not imprisoning them here forever. If one day, when your strength reaches a certain level, please believe me, even if you let them out. Even if others know that you have this ability, there will be no problem.
Zhang Tie: Is such a day really possible
Heller: That's a possibility and what the future holds. Whether this possibility can become a reality, only you, Lord Lord, can answer.
Zhang Tie: If there are so many people, how do I get them in
Heller: The Lord of the Castle is now at level nine. With the improvement of the Lord of the Castle and the beginning of the holy war between humans and demons. The space function of the Black Iron Castle will be further released to the castle owner. If I want to get those people in, the Lord of the castle can authorize me to let the Black Iron Castle open a space shelter now!
Zhang Tie: Space shelter
Heller: Yes, after having this ability, if you want to bring in some people or creatures, the process will become relatively simple. As long as the Lord of the castle uses your mental power to lock them in and have contact with their bodies, no matter what It doesn't matter whether it's direct or indirect. You can get them in instantly, just like transporting things out of the Black Iron Castle...
Zhang Tie: Is it that simple
Heller: Yes. It's that simple.
Zhang Tie: I’ll leave the rest to you.
Heller: No problem. The Black Iron Castle should also have some indigenous people by now, which will allow the Black Iron Castle to be better developed.
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After the conversation with Heller ended, Zhang Tie patiently waited for Rawls' arrival, while also quietly observing the reactions of the demonized puppets in the huge underground space and the situation around him.
In Zhang Tie's opinion, Rawls should not be a treacherous person, but here, even Zhang Tie had to be careful to avoid being betrayed and still paying for others.
This matter requires taking a huge risk. Zhang Tie doesn't know if doing this is considered virtuous. He only knows that doing so will bring him peace of mind. Perhaps this is how he grows up from a small person like him. A common problem among people who have grown up is that their inner sympathy always overflows regardless of the occasion.
Fortunately, nothing happened during the few hours waiting for Rawls, and at this time, the enslaved human captives seemed to have ushered in the time to sleep and rest at night, and the work in many places slowly stopped. .
Perhaps even the demons know that it is impossible for people to use them like machines. Without necessary rest, no matter how strong a person is, they cannot persist for three or two days. This will slow down the work efficiency of the prisoners. Therefore, When the time outside comes at night, the prisoners will have a relatively relaxed rest period.
Zhang Tie saw that the demonized puppets and whip-wielding lackeys of the Three-Eyed Society were relatively less vigilant at this time, especially the lackeys of the Three-Eyed Society. Many of them had already left their jobs as human captives. location and started walking towards the demonized puppet camp in the distance.
Then, Zhang Tie saw a group of people lying on the ground, led by Rawls, quickly crawling towards him from the shadows in the distance.
Rolls was followed by more than thirty people.
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Rawls looked at Zhang Tie sheepishly, and those who followed him also looked at Zhang Tie with excitement. Among the more than thirty people, more than twenty were men, and several were women. The oldest of those women was forty or fifty years old, and the youngest was only more than ten years old. All of them had dark faces and ragged clothes. Only from some of their body features, Zhang Tie could barely tell who was a boy or girl.
This hellish life has forced each of these people into what they are today. Even the agility of the woman in her fifties while crawling forward amazed Zhang Tie.
A little girl with short hair, who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old, hid behind Rawls after arriving here. She rolled her round eyes and looked at Zhang Tie timidly.
"These people are all with us, and they don't want to eat human flesh. So they definitely can't continue here. When we come, they will also come with us..." Rawls explained to Zhang Tie with some embarrassment. .
Zhang Tie raised his hand to stop Rawls from talking any more. But look at those people.
"I want to tell you first, although that place is hidden, once I take you in, it will be difficult for you to come out..."
"Will we starve to death there?" asked one of those people, who looked to be in his fifties or sixties.
"Won't?"
"How big is that place?"
"It's big, much bigger than here!"
"That's fine. As long as we are not allowed to eat human flesh and are not allowed to be eaten by others, it is better than here. Anyway, we will die sooner or later here. If you risk it once, you might be able to find a way out. You can come in from the outside. Here, there will always be a solution than us!"
Zhang Tie looked around and asked, "Do you all think so?"
Everyone nodded.
"Okay, come here. Hold hands. Stand around me and stick closer. Before I take you out, I will hold a special blessing ceremony for you first!" Zhang Tie said to those people with a very serious expression. said.
Hearing what Zhang Tie said, those people did as Zhang Tie said without any doubt. They held each other's hands one by one and gathered tightly around Zhang Tie, thinking that Zhang Tie was really going to hold some kind of blessing ceremony for them.
Zhang Tie put his hand on Rawls' shoulder. "Are there many prisoners who are unwilling to eat human flesh?"
"A lot, in order to facilitate management and divide the unity among the human captives. The demons will hang a few human teeth on the necks of those captives who succumb to eating human flesh. The more teeth hanging on them, the more obedient and submissive they are. Under the rule of the demon clan, these people may change from being captives to overseers and lackeys of the Three-Eyed Society, and they may do less work. Those demonized puppets have simple wisdom, and it is generally normal to see such people. I won’t consume these people as food!”
Zhang Tie looked at the more than thirty people in front of him and found that no one had teeth hanging from their necks.
"Does that mean that all people who don't have teeth hanging around their necks are people who are unwilling to eat human flesh under the threat of demons?"
"Yes, many of us would rather die than do this." Rawls replied, "For those beasts that start eating human flesh, the teeth hanging around their necks are their amulets!"
"Are new prisoners often being escorted from the secret passage?"
"Yes, sometimes there will be several in a day, and sometimes there will be one in a few days. People die here every day, and some new people come in almost every day."
"That means even the lackeys and demonized puppets of the Three-Eyed Society can't remember everyone's faces, right?"
"That's right, and the prisoners' jobs are mobile. No one can remember everyone's faces."
"Then, take off your clothes and lend them to me. I'll have someone give you a new one after a while!" Zhang Tie looked at Rawls' figure and said to him.
Rolls hesitated for a moment, then took off a piece of tattered clothes on his body.
Zhang Tie took the clothes with one hand and smiled at Rawls, "Then, the ceremony is about to begin. Everyone, please close your eyes first, and then open them again when someone asks you to open them. Just wish you good luck!"
After saying this, Zhang Tie's mental energy moved, and the more than thirty people surrounding him, holding hands, were all sent to the Black Iron Castle by him, and disappeared from the place in an instant, as if they had never appeared before. .
Watching these people enter the Black Iron Castle, Zhang Tie felt relaxed and felt an indescribable satisfaction.
Zhang Tie didn't waste any time, he took off his clothes directly, got some ash from the ground with his hands, and spread it on his hair and face, making himself look like Rawls and the others, and then he didn't mind it either. He directly put on the shabby clothes that Rawls was wearing, and also had a strange smell, and rolled on the ground a few times to make himself look more like one.
While rolling, the Phantom Bloodline was activated instantly. Zhang Tie's black hair suddenly turned brown, and the color of his skin and eyes also changed accordingly. In just over ten seconds, Zhang Tie went from inside to He looks like a completely different person.
Then Zhang Tie crawled on his hands and knees and dived towards the place where Rawls and the others crawled over...
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Inside the Black Iron Castle…
"Okay, you can open your eyes..."
Heller's voice rang in the ears of Rawls and others. The strange voice suddenly made those people open their eyes. Then, everyone was stunned by the scene that appeared in front of them...
Standing in front of everyone is a man as handsome as the sun god, and behind this man, what appears in front of everyone's eyes is a vibrant world. Although this world is at night, the colorful stars in the sky of this world are The soft and bright light emitted by the clouds and mist still allows everyone to see the oily green plants around them, and what everyone smells in their noses is the fresh air with the scent of flowers and fruits.
This... this is not a dream...
"Ah, where is this?" Looking at the completely unfamiliar things in front of him, Rawls didn't react for a long time.
"This is your new home!" Heller looked at them gently.
The old man in the team who had just spoken to Zhang Tie trembled all over. He suddenly knelt on the ground, lowered his head deeply, picked up a handful of soil from the ground, put it in front of his nose, and inhaled deeply. tone, and then tears filled his eyes all of a sudden, and he raised his hands high.
"Ah, such fertile and fragrant soil... I am not dreaming, this is real... This is real..."
Everyone knelt down...
"God, God must have heard our prayers and saved us from the hell of suffering..." Someone shouted excitedly, "This must be the kingdom of God, it must be, we are saved..."
"Are you...are you a god?" The little girl next to Rawls raised her head and asked Heller.
"I am not God, I am God's steward..." Heller smiled.
At this moment, everyone suddenly remembered that the soldier from the human alliance did not appear here at this time.
"That man is God. It is God who saved us... It was God who saved us..."
Everyone shouted excitedly...