The people of the city-state were still so arrogant after all. Even the messengers of the divine religion didn't care at all and they arrested them as soon as they asked.

Does this mean that our settlement has finally received the protection of this powerful city-state?

Lu Ming nodded: "Let me ask about the situation in the Terror Mountains first."

Osman did not dare to say more, "Yes." No matter how happy he was, he did not dare to call the lord of the city-state "master".

…

When the two envoys of the Cult of the Fly were being interrogated in the tent, Lu Ming sat aside, and it was Jack who conducted the cross-examination and torture.

The masks of both messengers were taken off and thrown aside.

In fact, they are two middle-aged men with very ordinary faces. Their faces are also covered with dirt. Their hair genes should be golden. However, due to long-term malnutrition and lack of trace elements, their hair color is pale, but originally

The black mud was stuck together and could not be seen. Now Jack soaked his head with pepper water and the two of them coughed violently, and the original appearance gradually appeared.

At first, the two of them were very arrogant and their words were full of threats.

Jack used a set of torture instruments, and the two of them immediately cried like ghosts.

"How many followers of the Cult of the Fly are there in the Terror Mountains?" Next to Jack was a red stove, and he slowly used a soldering iron to stir the coals inside.

"I, I don't know..." Those who could still answer were those who were still conscious.

The other one was choking on the pepper water, his face was filled with snot and tears, and he just screamed and sobbed.

Jack picked up the red soldering iron and slowly walked to the more determined man.

Lu Ming coughed, stood up and walked out.

Understand Jack's strategy, no matter if the stronger-willed person doesn't answer the correct answer, he will be tortured, which will make the other person's will completely collapse, and then he will answer all questions.

I have to say that Jack often followed Zhuge and learned a lot about the dark side of human nature.

If we say that the people of this post-apocalyptic continent have actually degraded to the level of beasts in terms of morality and other aspects, the exploration of the darkest parts of human nature only exists in the civilized world.

…

In the evening, Jack came to Lu Ming's tent room.

Today, many tents have been erected outside the Ottoman settlement, and hot-air balloon lookout posts have risen in the sky.

Five teams of musketeers came, that is, fifty people, and fifteen teams of assaulters came.

There is an additional tank at the outermost edge, controlled by Yuan Qing and Yuan Ba.

If you capture the opponent's envoy, you must of course be prepared for a war with the Fly God Cult.

"Master, according to that coward, there are thousands of followers of the Fly God living in the Terror Mountains."

Oh? This was beyond Lu Ming's expectation, "How do you say this?" I originally thought that it was more likely that he was pretending to be a ghost.

"It is said that their ancestors were the bodyguards of the city-lord of an extremely powerful city-state when the tide of ferocious beasts broke out. Before the ferocious beasts captured the town, they fled with a large amount of supplies. Finally, they had no way out and fled into the city where there have always been many terrors.

The legendary Terror Mountains are filled with dense swamps and miasma. It is true that ferocious beasts once entered and died inside. Their ancestors also suffered many casualties, but in the end they found a place with water and water sources in a valley in the Terror Mountains.

It is a paradise that can be cultivated, but there are some apes living in the valley. They have begun to pick wild wheat. However, they were slaughtered by their ancestors and made into various kinds of dried meat. The wheat fields in the valley were also taken over by them.

.”

"Perhaps because of this, they formed the tradition of cannibalism, and then went out to plunder the women of the settlement and came back to reproduce for them, gradually forming the current settlement of thousands of people."

"However, the terrain of the Terror Mountain Range is special. It is shrouded in thick fog for a long time, making it difficult to enter and exit. The miasma only dissipates during a certain few days in autumn every year. This way, you can get out of the deep valleys of the mountains, which is the past few days."

Lu Ming nodded slightly. He felt that the ancient god was disappointed with mankind and sent down a heavenly punishment, which was a wave of ferocious beasts. However, he still left some "Noah's Ark" for mankind to accommodate, as well as his previous life.

Some mythological stories have the same purpose.

However, in the end of the world, there is no so-called "reflection" plot for human beings, but their moral level has dropped to the same level as wild beasts. If it is true, "divine punishment" has obviously failed completely.

Why do you feel that the three original gods of this planet have moral obsessiveness? The reason why people are human, all kinds of desires are also the driving force for progress. If you ignore this, the failure of the experiment is inevitable.

Jack's report over there continued, "According to what the coward said, there are craftsmen in the Terror Settlement, but most of the gunpowder weapons left by the ancestors have decayed. It is too humid all year round, and metal products are easy to rust, and wooden products are also prone to rust.

It rots quickly, but there is a kind of black tree with almost no branches and leaves. It is not only an excellent raw material for making furniture, but after polishing, it is as sharp as steel. The main weapon of the Terror Settlement is this kind of spear, which is made of very

It's light, and it can kill people from a long distance when thrown. Thirty years ago, the largest settlement around the mountain range wanted to resist the divine religion, but they were surrounded and massacred by spear throwers at night."

"This year, as usual, the two hundred spear throwers in the settlement have left the mountains and are now gathering at the foothills. Once an envoy fails to return within the specified time or does not receive enough tribute, they will exterminate the envoy responsible for it.

Settlement.”

After a pause, Jack said: "About two hundred spear throwers, almost all the young men in the settlement came out in fear."

Lu Ming pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "Let's go talk to the Divine Cult. Human resources in this world are the most precious. A settlement of thousands of Divine Cult members is amazing. People from the Divine Cult also understand this truth, so

They did not seize dozens of small settlements around the Terror Mountains to make dried meat, but treated them as free-range livestock herds." After a pause, "However, if the cannibals' habits do not change, they will

Another person said, this is already the bottom line of human morality."

When Jack heard the mention of "cannibals", his heart skipped a beat. In fact, he had eaten human flesh, not when he was about to starve to death, but for a period of time when he was particularly hungry for meat, and he and his companions slaughtered living people.

eat.

Now that I think about it, I feel a chill in my heart, but this is because after meeting the mysterious master, I would eat more meat every now and then. This makes me feel incredible about my past behavior.

While they were talking, Sekhmet walked in. Seeing that Sekhmet seemed to have something to say to him, Lu Ming waved his hand, and Jack hurriedly bowed and left.

"In your magic bag, do you have any shoes and clothes for a little girl?" Sekhmet asked rather embarrassedly. This was the first time she asked Lu Ming what she needed.

Lu Ming nodded: "I'll give it to you later." There really isn't any of this in the storage bag. I'll just add some in the Northern Territory later.

He also knew what she was doing. Sekhmet liked the little girl who was almost a sacrifice. He took her to take a bath and now he is preparing new clothes.

However, the thinking of these settlement people in the last days is completely different from that of normal society.
Chapter completed!