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Chapter 23 Twenty Three
After following John to explore the d7 and 8 areas, Lin Tianyin judged at least 5 hours based on his belly hunger. This place is like a garbage dump. John stopped when he got close to the water and told the two of them to be here today. Their main job is to find useful things to take back, or to remove the dead monsters that fell here.
It seemed that there was nothing to gain today, so John told them they could rest, and after regaining some strength, they went back.
"But you obviously took the rubber raft, why didn't you go further?"
After sitting down in front of the water, Celil suddenly asked curiously. John looked at him and shook his head: "It's not for exploration, just to prevent accidents."
"accident?"
"Yes." John took out a cigarette, took a sip after lighting it, and said with a slight emotion: "This kind of high-quality goods can only be obtained after finding a new shipwreck... Oh, you don't know yet In the belly of the sea monster, the water level in each area is different every day. Although we can't feel it moving in Ums's body, once the sea monster turns over, the place where we are sitting may be filled with seawater, of course It may also be that the water level has dropped and more land has appeared. In short, if you don’t bring a kayak, even those who are very good at water may accidentally bury themselves in the water. You should be aware that the water level changes here every hour. Moments, and irregularly."
At the moment when John was speaking, they suddenly felt the ground under their feet shake, and then the sea next to them suddenly receded a lot, and more of them were slowly exposed. A cave was exposed in the flooded area. Look It may be the way to other places.
"Still moving on?" Celil glanced at John and asked.
"No, I don't know when the water level will be restored. Today, I have gone far enough." John took a cigarette and said with mist, "You are the first day today. I will also take you to get familiar with it. Situation... Hey, I don’t do risky things, I don’t want to die so early."
"If you don't want to take risks, wouldn't it matter if you were trapped in such a place for a lifetime?"
Lin Tianyin suddenly couldn't help but speak out. Celil didn't seem to expect that she would raise this kind of question, so Slightly looked at her unexpectedly.
"So what?" John seemed indifferent, and the words from his mouth were as ordinary as his face: "Although there is a lack of resources and boredom, once you get sick, you can only resign. Who is it? Don’t want to escape? But we are more afraid of death than taking that kind of risk. Really, all the people who want to go to Area A have died, and no one will come back alive. You may be unwilling, but I sincerely advise You guys, don't do stupid things."
"We heard that someone claimed to have come out of the sea monster's belly. Have you really never heard of someone escaping?" Lin Tianyin asked unwillingly as if he hadn't heard John's words: "Or enter a After the district, his body didn't float back. Has this happened?"
John's expression was stagnant, and then he became angry, "So what? Can you prove that they escaped here? Don't be stupid! Those people are just chewed by those monsters that there is nothing left! You are not like that. Believe that you want to go to death?!"
"Nonsense, of course I don't want to die. No one wants to die." Lin Tianyin replied calmly: "But I'm so entangled, painful and humble to live, I would rather choose to take risks and explore the truth."
"..."
John was stunned, he looked at Lin Tianyin blankly, unable to speak for a long time. Celil suddenly laughed and clapped aside: "Amazing, worthy of being the descendant of the brave."
Lin Tianyin didn't care about him, John looked at Celil, but Celil's smile looked a little sarcasm, "But if you have only courage, it's reckless, because your kind of behavior is equivalent to suicide, and you will definitely die. Since you are here, just You should abide by the rules here and try to live longer, right?"
……what?
Celil's words were a bit unexpected, Lin Tianyin was also stunned, but at this time John seemed to have found a helper, responding: "Yes! If you want to die, don't stop you, but don't drag others down! People who know current affairs should understand. The law of survival here!"
Then John stopped talking to Lin Tianyin, but patted Celil on the shoulder appreciatively. Lin Tianyin suddenly became a little angry, what the hell is this guy doing? Didn’t you say you want to cooperate? Why did you suddenly change your mind? She was so optimistic about him before losing her!
So Lin Tianyin stopped talking to these two people. The journey back took a relatively short time because they didn't need to explore four weeks, and it took them less than an hour to return to the safe area on the same route.
On the limited land in the safe zone, many houses have been built, many of which are built with rocks and monster slime. In zone c, there is a sea beast called Birum with a hard shell. It secretes a very viscous liquid after foraging or being frightened. The residents in the sea monster’s stomach will regularly catch that sea beast. , And then use its slime to build houses. However, in addition to simple houses, 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 much in order to avoid trouble, but how many people can guess that people who can live in such a place must have a very high status.
But obviously there is no plan in this kind of place. The residents' houses are built in a mess, like a strategy game map played by a little girl. John led the two through a house, and finally entered a simple shed.
"You stay here for the time being, this is the dormitory of the exploration team." John pointed to the kang head in the shed, and Lin Tianyin frowned as he looked at the pile of bottles and cans-this condition is really bad. There is not even a bed!
Not only that, but there is also an unpleasant smell in it, a moldy smell mixed with alcohol, and some other smells. Lin Tianyin subconsciously pinched his nose: "It smells so bad."
"Oh, that's because after the last member who lived here died, no new people joined for a long time." John explained with a grin, "If you die, this place will also be vacated. Give it to new members. Of course, you can apply for your own house after your resident's level is raised. Before that, you can either live here or lie outside on the ground. It has nothing to do with me."
"..."
Facing this kind of face, Lin Tianyin also had nothing to say, Celil accepted all of this happily. Then John told them that today's mission is over, and when the bell rings three times, they can go to the central area to queue up for food.
"Food is only distributed once a day, it is the amount of one day. If you miss the time, there will be no food. You can only wait for this time the next day."
John glanced at the two meaningfully, "Next you will take a break. But there is one thing to warn first, your current residents are too low, so don't wander around, if you accidentally break in, you should not enter. Place...Be careful to cause trouble to yourself."
"...What kind of trouble will there be?" Lin Tianyin asked with a frown.
"You better don't know." John smiled, and at this time his ordinary face showed an unfriendly look. Lin Tianyin kept watching John leave the shed, then turned his head and gave Celil a vicious look.
As if feeling her anger, Celil suddenly grinned, and casually found an empty seat to sit down, "Are you angry?"
"Isn't that nonsense?!" Lin Tianyin looked at him angrily with a sharp voice, "Isn't you the person who proposed to cooperate? It's fine to dismantle my station, but what did it mean?"
"Idiot, didn't you see it." Celil looked at her and sighed. "Little John was obviously sent by Captain Eugene to watch us, little girl."
"What?" Lin Tianyin was stunned, and asked, "How did you see it?"
And this guy is really rude, even if she is called a little girl, Mr. John is obviously older than him, so he is called little John...
"Isn't it obvious." Celil shrugged. "It is logically said that they are all victims who unfortunately fell into the belly of the sea monster. However, the people who survived in this place classified people according to stricter levels than the royal city. … Obviously they don’t trust outsiders. Of course, it’s probably because there has been an outbreak of competition for resources. Without strict management, it’s impossible to be as organized as it is now. Didn’t you notice John Jr. is very cautious about us. So I don’t think it’s easy to be officially accepted as one of them... They are obviously screening the residents."
"In that case, why are they still looking for survivors? Now their living environment has just reached a balance. If they find people in a boat, then their resources here are not enough to share, right?"
After listening to Celil's analysis, Lin Tianyin's anger disappeared unknowingly, and he even felt that what the other party said was very reasonable-this person has very clear thoughts, why didn't he think of this? I must have read too many mentally handicapped novels, my brain is rusty!
Yes, these residents who have lived in the belly of the sea monster for so long have long given up their hope of going out, and in order to survive, the order they have finally established will naturally not be allowed to be destroyed. Now it is the rules that support them to survive, so the idea of wanting to go out as they say is simply unrealistic to them and will shake people's hearts.
"This is indeed something worth thinking about." Celil lifted his chin, seeming to be meditating. "I can't figure it out. This safe area is in a very secret place. It would be too difficult to find here if no one leads the way. If they want the resources of the shipwreck, obviously they can wait for the victims to die before taking their things..."
"Unless they need a living person for some reason." Lin Tianyin's expression became terrified.
"That's right." Celil tapped his left palm with his right fist. "I'm so curious, let's go and investigate it secretly."
"How to investigate?" Lin Tianyin asked.
Celil hummed, playing with the energy spar slowly, Nunu said: "I haven't considered it yet, but first, let's see what they plan to do with the captain's grandfather who swears to die and refuses to cooperate."