Meng Qi still stayed in the wooden house.

It did not know that it had been selected by Su Hao and became the alternative target for the new "worker bee". Su Hao originally prepared this position for Viratola, the priest of Molizaka Village. However, in terms of sincere conquest and recognition of strength, Meng Qi was obviously much more direct than Viratola.

Meng Qi was stunned at the pile of lit charcoal fires in the middle of the wooden house. It was not until Su Hao walked into the house that it quickly stood up, with his hands hanging on his chest, bowed respectfully, and waited for his order.

Su Hao nodded, pulled over a chair and sat down, and pointed to the wooden bench next to him: "Sit down."

Meng Qi responded carefully and sat on the wooden bench with great caution, but his legs and waist muscles were always tight, maintaining a position where he could stand up at any time.

After Su Hao looked at him and thought about it, Meng Qi should have been "him" as well, not "it") at a glance, and was so excited by the bowl of dirty broth that it was almost turning into a black face, and slowly showed a smile: "Don't be so restrictive. I'm not a person who likes to kill indiscriminately, nor is it as terrible as you imagine."

Without waiting for Meng Qi to answer, Su Hao continued: "In fact, I am very unfamiliar with everything in Labangka. If you are willing to help me, I guarantee you can get more and more rewards than you imagined."

This is almost the common sentence of all the win-winners. Meng Qi did not think that Su Hao was talking nonsense. As a warrior who appeared in the passage, he was indeed qualified to say such words. What's more, just a few hours ago, Su Hao and his men had already shown extremely powerful strength. In addition, these eleven soldiers, including Su Hao, were simply giant siege hammers that were moving one after another. Any object that dared to stand in front of them would be crushed to pieces.

Being an enemy of such a person is simply seeking death.

Putting away his messy thinking, Meng Qi corrected his position again and said seriously: "I have admitted that you are my master. You can do anything and give any orders to me."

The Labangka continent is still practicing slavery. Meng Qi does not feel any humiliation from becoming a free merchant to Su Hao's slave. "Being a rich dog but not a poor family leader" is the most famous motto in the Labangka world. Moreover, Su Hao is a powerful warrior from another world. Even the most noble king can only crawl in front of him and kneel down and lick his toes.

Su Hao got to the point directly: "Tell me, how many indigenous villages are there around the Central Mountains?"

"I have no idea."

Meng Qi shook his head and said frankly: "No one knows the specific numbers. The land surrounding the entire mountain range belongs to different kingdoms. The mutant and local army are the biggest enemies of the caravan. I have been running on this road for more than twenty years, and there are only eleven indigenous villages marked on the map. This route is very remote and deserted. There are several dense business roads directly south of the mountain range. Those villages are very close to the plain area, but are controlled by other noble merchants. I have no way to compete with them, and I can only find the source of slaves in a farther and more remote place. As the master, you know, this practice has great limitations. I don't even know the location of Molizhaka Village, let alone other places."

Su Hao stared at Meng Qi for a while and nodded slowly: "So, the second question: Does every indigenous village you have been to have a pyramid of the same shape?"

"Yes"

Mengqi nodded respectfully: "This is not a secret in the continent of Labangka. Every indigenous tribe has a pyramid. Many scholars have been confused about this because with the ability of the local indigenous people, it is impossible to build such a complex building. This involves the highest degree of mathematics, and there is no stable source of stone in the surrounding areas. The previous king of the Safili Kingdom was curious about this and ordered a survey of all indigenous villages in the country. The result was no gains, and the existence and construction of the pyramids were still a mystery.

Su Hao understood Meng Qi's meaning, but was still confused: "Is the investigation limited to construction methods and materials? Is there no specific role and effect of the pyramid itself?"

“Of course there is.”

Meng Qi smiled bitterly: "Actually, the previous king of Safili was not the first person to be curious about the pyramids. I have read many related records. The investigation of the pyramids scattered on the Labangka continent began more than 60,000 years ago. In order to thoroughly understand these secrets that obviously do not belong to human architecture, kings of all generations tried every means and even demolished hundreds of pyramids to compare and study them from the inside."

Su Hao's eyes slightly stern: "Oh, what have they found?"

Meng Qi took out a yellow crystal from his pocket, placed it flat in his palm, and said, "This is it."

"Isn't this the crystal core in the mutant's brain?" Su Hao asked knowingly. He just had just included Mengqi as the transformation target and had not really accepted it. Naturally, it was impossible to have more information from the other party.

"This crystal-clear little stone comes in yellow and white."

Meng Qi continued the unfinished words: "The ancient classics record that in the destroyed pyramids, these crystals were found more or less. The most were hundreds, and the few were more than a dozen. The local natives were unaware of the source of the crystals, and the priests in the village also denied that the crystals were sent to the pyramids by the indigenous people. These villages were isolated from the outside world, not that the indigenous people like quietness, but that there were mutants everywhere around these villages. At least hundreds, and at most, they surrounded the indigenous villages, harassing and plundering the population from time to time. This phenomenon made many people feel strange. The kings once sent troops to hunt mutants on a large scale and put the rescued indigenous villages into management."

Su Hao interrupted Meng Qi and asked strangely: "Incorporate the indigenous people into management? Why, do you want to integrate the barbarians into civilized society?"

“The indigenous people are recognized as the best source of warriors in the continent of Rabangka.”

Meng Qi explained: "Their physiques are naturally much stronger than those of the civilians. The nobles of all countries like to adopt indigenous slaves, train them, and become personal guards. The kings have a longer vision. They send troops to rescue the village, destroy the pyramids, forcibly gather the indigenous people, and escort them to settle in designated plains. In order to obtain more and stronger young slaves, the nobles even demand that civilians forcefully combine with indigenous women, or Yu Qian directly rape and conceive. But it is strange that the children born by these indigenous women are no different from ordinary people, and they no longer have strong physiques that are far beyond ordinary people."

"This situation has happened throughout the Labangka continent, and even spread to the slaves who were escorted down the mountain. Their extremely powerful physique cannot be continued. Even the combination of indigenous slaves and indigenous slaves, the children born are still just ordinary physiques. At first, the nobles and kings were very angry about this, believing that it was the result of indigenous and civilians playing tricks privately, replacing babies, and deliberately deceiving them. Many slaves and civilians were killed because of this, and more slaves were repeated under the close surveillance of the army, repeating the same breeding work as those killed. A year later, the result was still unchanged, and the kings and nobles felt that things were strange."

Su Hao asked thoughtfully: "In other words, as long as you leave the village where you originally lived and leave the Central Mountains, the natives will become normal people?"

"No, that's not the case."

Meng Qi corrected the mistake in Su Hao's words: "They have no changes in themselves, and only the descendants of slaves have changed. The powerful combat power of the indigenous people can be maintained until the day they die, but the blood in their bodies cannot continue. During the tens of thousands of years of civilization recorded in the Labangka continent, the villages, slaughtered mutants, destroyed the pyramids, and then large-scale breeding happened many times. Although there are detailed records from previous ancestors, there are always some greedy kings and nobles who refuse to believe it, and they always repeat the same actions without results. No one has counted how many indigenous people were killed because of this, and no one knows how many villages were destroyed. Until the country

The kings and nobles were tired of this kind of game and gave up fantasy about things like breeding. Only then did the natives continue their original peaceful life. Of course, this seemed unbearable to us. They had to face the fierce and cruel mutants and lived in an environment full of fear and hunger. They had no clothes, no living supplies, and no basic hygiene concepts. Master, you also see that Suankakama Village is actually a big garbage dump. In such a place, even if you stay for a second more, it would be boring, let alone a long time of residence. However, things are so weird that the natives did not care about it and never had the idea of ​​moving or leaving."

Su Hao didn't say anything and was completely trapped in thinking.

Meng Qi's words allowed Su Hao to see more things that he had not noticed before.

Central Mountains, Mutants, Indigenous people, Pyramids... These things are obviously the result of being connected by some kind of force. They are interdependent and hostile to each other. Indigenous people eat mutants, and mutants also feed on indigenous people. Mutants surround in groups of indigenous villages, constantly attack and hunt indigenous people as food. In this extremely dangerous environment, indigenous people certainly cannot expand their farming area, and can only kill more mutants in a continuous counterattack to use as supplementary sources of insufficient food.

This is a terrible vicious cycle. The result of mutual struggle is that the number of mutants and indigenous people is getting smaller and smaller. However, according to the situation Meng Qi just introduced, there seem to be many villages around the Central Mountains, and the number of indigenous people is too large to count.

"Master, your wisdom is simply unmatched. In fact, this is one of the most troubled puzzles in the continent of Rabangka for a long time."

Meng Qi flattered Su Hao and replied respectfully: "Since the era of civilization records, kingdoms have appeared in the Labangka continent. They are always fighting and fighting each other again and again. Cities are captured and farmland is abandoned. The war inevitably affects the indigenous villages outside the mountains. Taking the Fuhamala Kawa Village on the side of the Nanka Pass as an example, from the 19U year of the mainland to the present, this indigenous village has appeared twenty-two times in a row in the past tens of thousands of years."

Su Hao frowned and asked: "Successive appearance? What does it mean?"

"Fuhamarakava village was once continuously occupied by armies of many kingdoms. According to the records of "History of Continental Civilization" Volumes 1 to 389 of Volumes 3, the replacement of different countries caused the death of a large number of people in the area near the Nanka Mountains. This indigenous village was massacred many times, and all villagers were taken away. There are several records that the village was no longer inhabited and all indigenous people were killed. Despite this, the village of Fumarakava still exists. The abandoned village seems to have a special attraction to the indigenous people. For tens of thousands of years, whenever it was destroyed, new indigenous people would continue to appear and become new inhabitants there. This phenomenon has continued until now, and no one can tell the truth. Even the wisest sage can only explain "population and tribal migration."

Su Hao fell into silence again.

A picture appeared in his mind: a village similar to Molizhaka was captured by the army, the young and young were taken away, and the old were killed. Layers of corpses filled the entire village. Then the mutant appeared, and they ate all the corpses with a good appetite that seemed to never be filled, leaving only a burned ruin. As day after day, year after year, a faint figure appeared on the mountain road covered with weeds and shrubs. Many indigenous people appeared, and they walked into the abandoned village of Fuhamalakava and rebuilt their homes on the ruins.

"etc"

Su Hao suddenly discovered the biggest problem in Meng Qi's words and asked repeatedly: "Where is the pyramid? Haven't the pyramids destroyed in the village in previous wars? And those crystals, how did the kings and nobles deal with them?"

"The ancient history records that in the destroyed pyramids, the kings had found the so-called passage."

Meng Qi responded: "It's just an ordinary arch, and there is a passage in every pyramid. It is said that it is a passage, but it is actually just a dead end closed by a stone wall. If you knock the stone wall opens it, you can walk outside the pyramid. However, some records indicate that the stone wall is just a setting inside the passage. If you follow the guidance of the indigenous priests and put crystals in the stone cabinet on the third floor of the pyramid, the passage will be filled with mysterious black matter. That thing has a powerful obstacle ability and can block any creature that wants to enter it. The king and the nobles are curious about this, but they have not obtained any research results. Tens of thousands of years have passed, and the debate about the pyramids continues. The stone wall and black fog are already open secrets in the Labangka continent. Even ordinary civilians know that black fog will appear only after crystals are placed in the pyramids. But no one can tell the specific role and effect."

Su Hao continued to ask: "Then how do you know that warriors will appear in the passage?"

“This is a legend that has been widely circulated among the natives.”

Meng Qi had a helpless expression and replied with a wry smile: "Every village has priests. They always keep proclaiming that there is a so-called main god in this world, and warriors will appear in the passage. Many kings and nobles were curious and sent troops to stay in some villages near the plains. This kind of monitoring has no effect. For tens of thousands of years, people have not seen any so-called "miracles" and have not seen any warriors walking out of the passage. Some irritable kings believed that they were fooled and ordered the massacre of all the indigenous residents in the village. The crystals obtained from the mutant human bodies were also used as an ornament and scattered.

In the palace and the folk, due to its unique appearance and good light transmission, since the rose dynasty more than 30,000 years ago, crystals were collected by the ladies of the upper class as luxury goods. Jewelry maker polished the crystals and inlaid them on rings or necklaces for decoration. This trend has continued until now. Ladies are proud of having the purest, best-sensing crystals. The larger the size, the more beautiful the crystals can be sold at a high price in the market. This has also led to the attention of thieves and robbers to the indigenous villages. They dare not go up the mountain to hunt mutants directly, but just exchange them with the indigenous people with food."

Su Hao took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep breath, and asked in a rather weird tone: "According to your opinion, shouldn't there be many crystals circulating in the Labangka continent now? For tens of thousands of years, there were countless indigenous villages that were destroyed and mutants killed. You are a businessman, and you should understand the principle that "scarcity is precious". Since the number of crystals has become so large that it is flooded, how can there be expensive?"

“Every word I say is true.”

Meng Qi quickly explained: "Crystal stone is as mysterious as a pyramid. It disappears every once in a while, and no one knows why..."

Su Hao suddenly glared at his eyes: "What did you say? Disappear?"

Meng Qi nodded seriously: "Yes, they will indeed disappear. This situation has existed since the initial record period of mainland civilization history. Whether yellow or white, it will disappear automatically as long as it is stored for more than a year. They seem to melt in the air, without any trace at all. At first, this situation did not attract attention. Because there were too many events in which the disappearance of crystals had evolved into natural decay for a long time. However, starting from the Iris Dynasty, a countess noticed that one of the few yellow crystals she had placed in the jewelry box was well preserved, which attracted attention."

Su Hao thought for a moment and asked, "That crystal should have some specific conditions, right?"

“That’s true.”
Chapter completed!