Chapter 105： Ryan's cooperation (1)

The small town in the cave has a population of more than 3,000. During the hot day, the townspeople are all hiding in the cool underground, either sleeping and resting, or repairing and repairing with the light of the artificial sun outside the house, and the sound of rushing water. The voice of the middle man was very soft and small, regardless of age or gender, he walked with caution for fear of disturbing anything.

At night, when the warriors in the town go hunting, the reason why the old and the weak, women and children go lightly is not to disturb their rest.

The terrain of the underground town is not flat, there are ups and downs. Bandner lives in the lowest place, next to the underground river. Once the water level rises, it will be submerged. The seniors who live in the high places are highly respected elders in the town. They guard the town with their youth and give their descendants a stable and safe life. This kind of honor is what they should have. There are seven elders out of dozens of elders, and decisions related to the survival of the ethnic group must be determined after their deliberation.

With the cooperation of the military, Bandner could not possibly hide the elders.

When he proposed cooperation, Bandner made a plan in his heart. He would use the "part-time job" every ten days to enter the pirate oasis in the west, find a chance to meet the arrogant pirate leader, and persuade him to spread everything out. The pirates are all summoned back...

How to complete this series of things is a headache to discuss next.

His cooperation with the military has been seeking to wipe out the pirates from the very beginning, and it is not enough to just destroy a pirate stronghold.

Unexpectedly, Bandner was unanimously vetoed by the elders as soon as he started.

In the small square where the elders used to discuss matters, several elders were sitting together. Bandner sat next to the eldest one and asked anxiously: "Why? This is a good opportunity, you just need to go out and see. We know that the strength of the army is very strong, and the pirates are not their opponents at all. As long as we succeed, we will no longer have to live in the dark underground, and we will no longer have to become osteoporotic and fragile because of the lack of sunlight. There will be more The birth of the children of the 1st generation will give them a bright future, with a vast world, becoming an official member of the empire, having the opportunity to receive learning and education, and living a healthy life just like every ordinary person in the empire.”

"No." The old man hunched his back and his skin was pale and bloodless. He was too old, and he went to the ground less and less often. Without sunlight, fresh air and healthy food, he suffered from the diseases of his ancestors. The diseases that have all been suffered, life has moved towards the countdown. The first elder looked at Bandner with old and cloudy eyes, and said in a weak voice, "I don't know whether that army will succeed. I am sure that if we participate, it will be shattered."

"Why does the elder think so?" Bandner was anxious, but he didn't dare to urge or force him, so he could only ask softly.

The first elder squinted his eyes and looked up at the environment in front of him. This is where he was born and raised. He once thought of struggling to leave, but failed again and again. In the process of failure, he lost his best friend, lost his lover, and lost Having a child... Even if he loses himself in the end, he has no regrets. But what's the point of this, he can lose everything in exchange for it?

Nothing.

They are still huddled underground, hiding, coerced by pirates, unable to see the sun or tomorrow.

"Bandner, I haven't been here all the time. I've been out before, and I've seen the outside world. More than a hundred years ago, with your grandfather, we took a small starship to the world beyond the wild star. "The old man squinted his eyes and recalled the past. He was already very old, and many of his memories became blurred. In retrospect, it was upside down." The outside world is technologically advanced and economically prosperous. People are also free to enjoy the sun and delicious food, which is heaven for us. But…”

But after going out, the disappointment that I experienced again and again is lasting, and the feeling of disappointment is still heart-wrenching, "We went to the soldiers, do you know what the result was? They didn't trust us, and they locked us up and stayed in prison. Three months later, we were driven away. In the vast universe, there are only a few of us who have died. In the end, only me and your grandfather survived. More than a dozen young men survived. Only the two of us survived. Go to Manghuangxing, come back here."

Bandner's mouth was bitter. He had heard it many times in the past, and the experiences of his elders had shaken his determination once and for all. If it wasn't for Emperor Qin Feng's belief that supported him, he would have given up long ago.

"In the eyes of the army, we are no different from pirates." The elder smiled, wrinkled, and his expression looked a little terrifying, "Even if we don't treat us as pirates, we are just ordinary people that don't matter. Pirates can be jettisoned, abandoned at any time in combat."

Three or four of the elders present here have also experienced this kind of thing.

They traveled with the pirates who changed their name to Starscream. The pirates robbed the caravan. They couldn't bear to watch a large number of civilians die, so they secretly reported to the military. As a result, the pirates' actions were obstructed, and the pirates suffered heavy losses. Good thing, but because the military did not protect informants enough, the actions of the elders were leaked... The result was tragic, and everyone in the cave suffered a devastating massacre. If it weren't for the hidden underground passages and many forks, the town would cease to exist. .

That devastating blow caused the town's population to drop from more than 6,000 at its peak to more than 2,000. After decades of recuperation, the population barely exceeded 3,000.

Affected by the slaughter-style revenge of the pirates, the inhabitants of the cave did not dare to go out. They hid in the ground for five or six years and lived on the food and groundwater. Fortunately, Bandena's ancestors and fathers were willing to take the risk and organize people to hunt on the ground. to be able to survive. It really came through, but it left an indelible haze in the minds of everyone, and also distrusted the official organization.

Later, Starscream had a new leader and changed the way of doing things, and everyone in the cave town had a chance to breathe and began to boldly contact the outside world.

Bandner also officially went out and came into contact with the outside world.

When Bandner preached about the outside world among his clansmen, and talked about the technology, culture, education, etc. of the empire, the elders watched with indifference. They did not object, but they never supported it.

"Elder, we can no longer live underground." The elder said so much, nothing more than to make them comfortable with the status quo. Even if the military and the pirates fight to the death, it is not easy to emerge. If the military succeeds, they will enjoy As a result, if the military fails, they will have nothing to lose... But where in the world can there be fruit that can be obtained for nothing?

The elder smiled, and in his squinted eyes he saw living and working in peace, peace and tranquility, "Where can't we go on, it's been hundreds of years, haven't we lived well."

The elders have the experience of life and the experience brought by age, but because of age, the spirit and hard work in their bones have been worn away, and they can only see the little things in front of them.

Bandner cruelly asked them to open their eyes to see more, "The imbalance of gene sequences has suddenly increased from two to one twenty or thirty years ago to five to one now, do we want polyandry in the future? "

The first elder opened his mouth, and the sound of **** ho came out of his throat, but he couldn't say a word, and the others were also silent.

Bandner continued: "The proportion of deaths caused by childbirth is also increasing. In the past one or two years, having children has almost changed lives. Great elders, elders, can our ethnic group really continue to develop like this? In the end, we didn't die in the dark..."

There are fewer and fewer gene sequence Xs, and every X is worth protecting and pursuing. It is the current norm for more than a dozen Ys of suitable age to pursue an X. There are also cases where the same sequence is combined with more than one X. The situation where the Y's are together...their small society will become more and more chaotic, and eventually become like beasts, until they die.

The elders continued to remain silent.

In the distance, there was a noise, the cheers of adults, and the enthusiastic screams of children, just like the joy shown by everyone when a large amount of materials were brought back, it was a lively scene that was rarely seen in the cave town.

Bandner stood up and looked over, and the elders also opened their eyes wide to look at the place where the noise was coming from. The elder was old and had poor eyesight, so he couldn't see clearly. He hurriedly asked Bandner what happened. Bandner raised the corner of his mouth and said, "It was Ryan who caught the white fish, two... the third one. already."

There is a custom in the cave town that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Pregnant women must prepare white fish before giving birth. The nutritional value of white fish cannot be detected by scientific instruments in the town, but pregnant people will become healthy after eating. The healthy children born are obvious to all. If someone in the family is pregnant, then you have to always... No, it should be squatting by the river every day and trying to catch fish.

Even if it is squatting every day, the white fish has a cunning temperament, a flexible body, and the river is fast, so it is difficult to catch it. It is a very good result to catch one in two months.

Lane's new friend Qin Feng Amelia wanted to catch fish. His mother had a baby, but the baby's father was gone, and Qin Feng had no father, so the young child felt that he was the man of the family. , should take good care of the mother and the baby, and catch fish to make up for the mother's body.

The little child squatted by the river and caught fish in the most primitive way—a hook under a line, with food he was reluctant to eat on the hook. After the accumulation of experience of the seniors, if you want to catch a white fish in the turbulent groundwater full of undercurrents, you can only use this clumsy method. May you take the bait.

The child's luck was very, very good. The bait moved within 20 minutes of putting it down, and cheered excitedly, but the fish struggled too hard, and the others were weak. Feeling a steady power coming from behind me, I hugged him and brought the fish in the water together. A white fish left the water, and with its tenacious vitality, it kept moving, slapping the ground and making a popping sound.

Qin Feng was still holding the fishing line in his little hands. He looked up and saw "Raney", and saw an unfamiliar gentle smile on this familiar face.

Ryan is here to catch fish, but he wants to see how difficult it is to catch this kind of fish that has plagued town residents for hundreds of years! Facts have proved that fish is difficult to catch, and the turbulent current has a greater impact. Qin Feng was able to catch fish just after he lowered the bait. He was really lucky and had a good character. Difficulties won't stop Ryan, he is assisted by advanced weapons - two small robots - no difficulty is difficult.

In the original and code-named zero, another white fish was caught, and when the crowd was boiling, Ryan was tapped on the shoulder, it was Bandner.

Ryan saw him with the same expression on his face, lowered his voice and said, "The cave will collapse in twenty years."

Bandner's expression changed suddenly.