After the elder goblin finished speaking, he was slightly out of breath, moved his obese body with difficulty, took a sip of tea, and leaned back on the recliner to rest his eyes and close his eyes.
Its son Ge De, who is also the current patriarch of the Lulu clan, quickly pulled a blanket to cover the old man, and turned his head and glared at the prisoners angrily.
The lifespan of a goblin is only about one-third of that of a human. Its father is already over forty years old, so it can be said that he is an extremely long-lived goblin. But it has already run out of fuel, and it may die at any time. It was forced to talk so much by the prisoners today, and it consumed a lot of energy.
However, Ge De understood why the old goblin treated the prisoners so leniently. The reason was that there was a floating city of elves hovering in the Red Gobi Continent.
Floating cities will be very courteous to preparing apostles, but there will be some differences in details. After all, the floating city in the Broken Starry Sky belongs to various intelligent races, including the mild-tempered elves, capricious elemental life forms, brutal trolls, and so on. Not every preparatory apostle will immediately agree with the first floating city to accept him.
The more similar the floating city is to the race of the apostles, and the closer their world outlook and values are, the higher the apostle's sense of identity with the floating city will be in the future. Even if this apostle becomes stronger in the future, he will regard the first floating city that receives him as his second home. This kind of apostle is the most popular among all floating cities, and the one that gives the best basic benefits.
Although humans and elves are not of the same race, their concepts and forms are very close, and they are already very ideal recipients. After all, sometimes after several years in the floating city, it is very difficult to find an apostle, almost all comers are not rejected, and they are not picky.
Once twelve human beings from different time and space are sent to the floating city of the elves, the Lulu tribe will get extremely generous rewards. If you count the other harvests in that alien base, plus all the savings of the Lulu tribe over the past few decades, they are very likely to achieve the ultimate dream of all "scavenger" tribes.
That is to allow some outstanding children in the tribe to obtain the official settlement right of the floating city. Floating cities are small kingdoms built by intelligent races that occupy the ruling class, and there are also many weak vassal races.
However, the vassal races do not have formal settlement rights, and they can only temporarily enter the floating city and get shelter for a short time when they encounter a major disaster.
The vassal races who have obtained the official settlement rights must have made outstanding contributions to the floating city. This is a kind of equal citizenship. The floating city is responsible for providing these members with a series of living rights such as upbringing, education, residence, and work. Their children will also directly obtain the formal right of residence after birth.
It can be said that by obtaining a certain amount of formal settlement rights in the floating city, you will also get a spark to continue the inheritance of the race. For tribes of scavengers like the Lulu tribe, it is indeed an ultimate dream.
Of course, the Lulu tribe can completely disregard these thoughts of preparing apostles, forcibly imprisoning them, and selling them to the floating city of the elves like trading slaves. After all, the twelve preparatory apostles in front of Gerd were most likely wiped out in the previous missions to foreign worlds, and none of them survived.
However, there is a case for everything. If some of the twelve human apostles grow up and hold grudges against the Lulu tribe, then the result is not what the Lulu tribe wants to see. After finally obtaining the official right of residence, all those members might be assassinated by the apostles.
This is also the main reason why the elder Goblin would personally answer the prisoners and dispel their doubts, regardless of the danger of dying. The Lulu tribe, like the floating city, is betting on the future and the untapped infinite potential of these apostles.
After getting the answer he wanted, the prisoners were silent, and the atmosphere in the big tent was a bit weird.
In all fairness, the prisoners had nothing to live on. If they wanted to survive, they had to get the help of the indigenous races, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to get out of the Red Gobi, let alone an unknown alien mission in the future. However, these murderous death row prisoners are really not happy to be sold as goods.
"I know that the distinguished guests are dissatisfied, but please believe me, a bad old man, the floating city of the elves is your best choice at present. As long as everyone is willing to go to the floating city, the Lulu tribe is willing to apologize to every distinguished guest afterwards, And give a lot of compensation."
After the prisoners had digested the previous information, the elder Goblin opened his eyes again and said slowly, "These compensations will allow you to integrate into this world faster and prepare you for missions from other worlds..."
The prisoners looked at each other, and the elder goblin's last suggestion finally moved them. Although these goblins decided their fate without authorization, it was beneficial to survival after all. If you can still take care of everyone's self-esteem and face, then it doesn't matter to follow their arrangements.
"Can compensation allow us to choose by ourselves? For example: your weapons and locomotives!" Hansen's deep words sounded among the prisoners.
"Of course, but in order to ensure everyone's safety, weapons and locomotives can only be delivered in front of the floating city." The old face of the elder Goblin finally smiled, "Other compensations can be cashed immediately. Currency, food, fresh water, and even special minerals from the Red Gobi…”
"Elder, those minerals..." Ge De was startled, and suddenly stood up.
"Ged, shut up! No matter how valuable the minerals are, the key is to let the distinguished guests see our sincerity!" Old Goblin grinned and said with a meaningful smile, "Weapons, locomotives, minerals, lol You can choose everything in the Lulu camp. If the distinguished guests need servants to serve, the Lulu tribe can even provide a few young and beautiful female tribesmen... "
After coming out of the tent of the elder goblin, the prisoners silently dispersed and walked towards their own tent as if they had passed away. The amount of information they got tonight was too much to digest. The Elder Goblin also seemed to know that they needed some time to think, so he told them to seek compensation from him alone tomorrow.
After the three of Qin Lun returned to their tent, they quickly found a corner of the tent to rest. However, from the slight movements of the other two who occasionally turned over, Qin Lun knew that they were also unable to fall asleep just like himself.
Floating cities, apostles, missions from other worlds, continental wars... All kinds of chaotic thoughts swirled in his mind like watching the lights on a horse. It was not until the dead of night that Qin Lun slowly fell into a dream.
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"Brother..." An ethereal and soft call seemed to come from outside the sky. Qin Lun shook his whole body, opened his eyes suddenly, sat up straight from his sleep, and suddenly found that Lin Feng and Xiao Lian had already woken up and were discussing in a low voice.
"Did you call me just now?" Qin Lun asked in a deep voice with an ugly face.
"No! What's the matter?" Lin Feng and Xiao Lian looked at him in bewilderment.
"It's nothing!" Qin Lun's face softened slightly, and he shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to shake something out of his head.
"This... Boss Qin Lun, you said we should ask for some compensation!" Lin Feng asked cautiously.
"What do you want?" Qin Lun looked back at Playboy.
"I want a trumpet gun like theirs, maybe it will be good for us to carry out some other mission in the future, do you think it will work?" Lin Feng asked shyly.
Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Lin Feng with a half-smile. The playboy's psychology is easy to see through. After entering the floating city, everyone's survival is guaranteed to a certain extent, and young people no longer need to rely on the murderer due to the situation. Being able to have a weapon for self-defense will make me feel more at ease.
"You decide for yourself, I won't interfere!" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, he shrugged his shoulders, and smiled gently.
"Thank you, Boss, I'll go find the Great Elder of Goblin!" Lin Feng was overjoyed, and quickly got out of the tent, disappearing in front of the other two.
idiot! Looking at Lin Feng's back, Qin Lun sneered, but after turning his head, his face regained his gentleness, and asked Xiaolian, "What about you? What do you want from Goblin?"
"I... I don't know!" Xiaolian pouted, her baby fat face drooped unhappily, looking very listless, "If I really can't return to our world, I want to stay with you guys!"
"Aren't you afraid that Joey will hurt you?" Qin Lun raised his eyebrows and looked at the little nurse in surprise.
"Scared! But, I don't want to be alone!" Xiao Lian nodded sadly, her eyes lit up suddenly, as if she remembered something, "At most, when you transform, remind me, so I have time to run away!"
"It's up to me!" Qin Lun's eyes became softer, and he said softly, "If you haven't thought about any compensation, I can give you a suggestion. Don't choose weapons and locomotives, and don't want the currency of this world. Ask the goblins for something unique to them!"
"Are you referring to their ore?" Xiao Lian asked curiously.
"It doesn't have to be ore, as long as it is a special item unique to goblins..." Qin Lun grinned lightly, and the smile on his face made people feel like a spring breeze.
"Okay, then... I'll go now!" Xiaolian hesitated for a moment, then went out.
Qin Lun smiled slightly. There were food and fresh water sent by the goblins in the tent. The food still looked like mashed potatoes. It seemed that these goblins usually didn't have a rich menu. After washing his face, Qin Lun was not in a hurry to go out, and sat on the ground, filling his stomach slowly.
During this period, both Lin Feng and Xiao Lian came back from the outside, Lin Feng rubbed his hands, his face was full of uncontrollable excitement, it seemed that he should have got what he wanted. Xiao Lian didn't show any expression, but the two pockets of her white coat were stuffed bulging, and she didn't know what was in them.
Qin Lun opened the tent, looked up at the sky, and felt that the time was almost up, so he went out and walked towards the big tent where the elder goblin lived.
Last night, the Great Elder Goblin asked them to go find it alone to make amends, not only to give them time to think, but also for another deep purpose.
After Qin Lun returned to the tent and thought carefully, he finally discovered that this old guy had been holding the right to speak the whole time last night.
Although this was because the prisoners were eager to learn more about the world, it must be known that among them, there were four murderers with unstable mental states. The old guy was able to keep the murderers from raising any doubts with just words, which shows his skill.
It was so much fun! A smile flashed in Qin Lun's eyes, and under the gaze of the goblin guards, he lifted the curtain of the big tent...