After following John to explore areas D7 and 8, Lin Tianyin judged that at least 5 hours had passed based on how hungry she was. This place is like a garbage dump. John stopped when he got close to the water and told the two that they can just come here today. Their main job is to find useful things to bring back, or to remove the corpses of monsters that fell here.
It seemed that there was nothing to gain today, so John told them to rest, and after recovering some strength, they went back.
"But you are obviously carrying a rubber raft, why don't you go further?"
After sitting down in front of the water, Celier suddenly asked curiously. John looked at him and shook his head: "It's not for exploration, it's just to prevent accidents."
"Accident?"
"Yes." John took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff, and said with a little emotion: "This kind of high-end goods can only be obtained after finding a new shipwreck... Oh, you don't know yet, in the sea In the stomach of the monster, the water level in each area is different every day. Although we can't feel it moving in Ermes' body, once the sea monster turns over, the place where we are sitting now may be filled with sea water. Of course, it may also be that the water level drops and more land appears. In short, if you don’t bring a raft, even a person who is good at water may accidentally be buried in the water. You should pay attention, the water level here changes every day. Momentary, and irregular."
At the moment John spoke, they suddenly felt the ground under their feet tremble, and then the sea water nearby suddenly receded a lot, and more land was slowly exposed, and a cave was exposed where it was flooded. Might be the way to go elsewhere.
"Are you still moving forward?" Celier asked John, looking at him.
"No, I don't know when the water level will recover. I have traveled far enough today." John took a deep puff on his cigarette and said, "Today is your first day, so I'll let you get acquainted with this place first." In the case of... Hey, I don't do risky things, I don't want to die so early."
"If you don't want to take risks, is it okay to be trapped in this kind of place for the rest of your life?"
Lin Tianyin couldn't hold back her voice suddenly, Celier didn't seem to expect that she would ask such a question, so Wei Wei looked at her in surprise.
"So what?" John seemed indifferent, and the words that came out of his mouth were as ordinary as his face: "Although there is a lack of resources here, and it is boring, once you get sick, you can only resign yourself to fate. Who Don’t want to escape? But we are more afraid of death than taking that kind of risk. Really, everyone who wanted to go to Area A died, and no one came back alive. You may be very unwilling, but I sincerely advise You guys, don't do stupid things."
"We heard before that someone claimed to have come out of the belly of a sea monster. Have you never heard of someone escaping?" Lin Tianyin asked persistently as if she hadn't heard John's words: "Or is it possible to enter a sea monster?" After the area, his body did not float back, has this ever happened?"
John's expression stagnated, and then he became angry, "So what? Can it prove that they escaped from here? Stop talking stupid! Those people were just chewed by those monsters! Do you believe that you want to seek death?!"
"Nonsense, of course I don't want to die. No one wants to die." Lin Tianyin replied calmly: "But to live in such a tangled, painful and humble way, I would rather choose to take risks and find out the truth."
"..."
John was stunned, he stared blankly at Lin Tianyin, speechless for a long time. Celil suddenly laughed and clapped his hands aside: "It's amazing, you are indeed a descendant of the brave."
Lin Tianyin didn't want to talk to him, John looked at Celier, but Celier's smile seemed a little mocking, "But if you only have courage, it's called recklessness, because your behavior is equivalent to suicide, and you must die. Now that you have arrived Here, you should abide by the rules here and try to make yourself live longer, right?"
… Huh
Celier's words were a bit unexpected, and Lin Tianyin was also stunned, but at this moment, John responded as if he had found a helper: "That's right! If you want to die, I won't stop you, but don't drag others down! A person who understands current affairs should Understand the rules of survival here!"
Then John stopped talking to Lin Tianyin, but patted Celier's shoulder appreciatively. Lin Tianyin suddenly became a little angry, what the hell is this guy doing? Didn't you agree to cooperate? Why did you suddenly change your mind? Fortunately, she was so optimistic about him before!
So Lin Tianyin stopped talking to these two people. The journey back took a relatively short time, because they didn't need to explore another four weeks, and they returned to the safe area by the same route in less than an hour.
On the limited land in the safe zone, many houses have been built, many of which are built with stones and monster slime. In Area C, there is a sea monster called Bilum with a hard shell. It secretes a very viscous liquid when it is looking for food or when it is frightened. The residents in the sea monster's stomach will regularly catch that sea beast. , and use its slime to build houses. However, in addition to the simple houses here, there is also a small palace that looks magnificent and is said to be built with gems from pirate ships. I don't know who lives there, Lin Tianyin didn't ask too much in order to avoid trouble, but I can somewhat guess that the people who can live in that kind of place must have a very high status.
However, there is obviously no planning in this kind of place, and the houses of the residents are all built in a mess, like a strategy game map played by a little girl. John led the two through the houses, and finally entered a simple shed.
"You can live here temporarily, this is the dormitory of the exploration team." John pointed to the kang in the shed. Lin Tianyin frowned as she looked at the pile of bottles and jars—this condition is really too bad , there is not even a bed!
Not only that, but there was an unpleasant smell in it, a musty smell mixed with alcohol, and some other smells. Lin Tianyin pinched her nose subconsciously: "It smells so bad."
"Oh, that's because after the last team member who lived here died, no new ones joined for a long time." John explained with a malicious smile, "If you die, this place will also be vacated, Give it to the new members. Of course, you can apply for your own house after your resident level increases. Before that, you either live here or lie outside on the ground, which has nothing to do with me."
"..."
Faced with such a face, Lin Tianyin had nothing to say, but Celier accepted all of it happily. Then John told them that today's task is over, and when the bell here rings three times, they can go to the central area to queue up for food.
"Food is distributed only once a day, which is a day's worth. If you miss the time, it will be gone. You can only wait for this time the next day."
John looked at the two meaningfully, "You guys take a rest now. But there is one thing to warn first, your current residents are too low, so don't wander around, if you accidentally break into something you shouldn't enter Place... be careful to bring trouble to yourself."
"... What kind of trouble will there be?" Lin Tianyin asked with a frown.
"It's better that you don't know." John smiled, and at this time a not-so-friendly look appeared on his ordinary face. Lin Tianyin watched John leave the shed, then turned her head and gave Celier a vicious look.
Seeming to feel her anger, Celil suddenly grinned, and sat down casually, "Are you angry?"
"Isn't that nonsense?!" Lin Tianyin looked at him angrily, her voice was a little sharp, "Aren't you the one who proposed the cooperation? It's fine to tear down my channel, but what did you mean just now?"
"Stupid, didn't you see it?" Celier looked at her and sighed, "Little John was obviously sent by Captain Eugene to watch over us, little girl."
"What?" Lin Tianyin was stunned for a moment, and asked back, "How did you find out?"
And this guy is really rude, it's fine to call her a little girl, but Mr. John is obviously much older than him, and he actually calls her Little John...
"Isn't this very obvious." Celil shrugged, "It is reasonable to say that they are all victims who unfortunately fell into the belly of the sea monster, but the people who survived in this place are treated according to a stricter standard than that of the royal city. Hierarchy... Apparently they don't trust outsiders, of course, it's probably because there was a fight for resources. Without strict management, it's impossible to be as organized as it is now. You didn't notice Little John is very wary of us. So I don't think it's going to be easy for them to be formally accepted as one of them... They're obviously screening the residents."
"In that case, why are they still looking for survivors? Now that their living environment has just reached a balance, if they find a boatload of people, then they don't have enough resources to share, right?"
After listening to Celier's analysis, Lin Tianyin's anger disappeared unknowingly, and she even felt that what the other party said made sense—this person's thinking is very clear, why didn't she think of this? He must have read too many mentally handicapped novels, and his brain is rusted!
That's right, these residents who have lived in the belly of the sea monster for so long have long given up hope of getting out, and in order to survive, the order they have finally established will naturally not be allowed to be destroyed. Now what supports them to survive is sticking to the rules, so the idea of wanting to go out that they said is completely unrealistic in their eyes, and it will shake people's hearts.
"This is indeed something worth thinking about." Celil raised his chin, as if he was thinking about something, "I can't figure it out, this safe area is in a very hidden place, and it's too difficult to find it without someone to guide you. If they just want the resources of the wreck, obviously they can wait for the victims to die and then take their stuff... ”
"Unless they need a living person for some reason." Lin Tianyin's expression became terrified.
"That's right." Celier tapped his left palm with his right fist, "I'm really curious, why don't we go and investigate secretly."
"How to investigate?" Lin Tianyin asked. Celil hummed, played with the energy spar slowly, and said nunuzui: "I haven't thought about it yet, but let's go and see how they plan to treat the captain's grandfather who refuses to cooperate even to the death." .