Chapter 101 Reassure People
Hunger and thirst are different things, and eating people and drinking urine are also different things.
If a person is trapped underground and has no choice but to do anything, he may drink urine to quench his thirst, but eating people to stop hunger... Well, the taste is too heavy, and normal people can't do this.
Of course, if you talk only from a practical point of view, human flesh is also meat, and it can stop hunger. But as Tang En said before, things are not that simple. You will never eat your own meat. This thing cannot be circulated and the more you eat, the less you eat, so you can only focus your eyes on others. Similarly, others will also focus your eyes on you.
Once this magic box is opened, people will inevitably be full of vigilance. So if this continues, who will dig a tunnel? After all, no one knows whether the person behind will stab you and drag you out and eat it when you dig in the front!
If this matter is successful, perhaps only an authoritative person stands up and treats the enemy as prey, so that it can be controlled in a short period of time. The ones that can do this in this mine are Tang En, and Frey, because they all have their own hard teams, and their friendship can maintain trust for a period of time.
As for the strong man who was killed, he obviously did not have this. If he had done that, the ending would be to keep eating people. In the end, only two people were left, and then they killed each other, then they ate people, and finally died...
The sudden resistance of this group of people still took Tang En and the others a lot of trouble. The strong man said one thing was right, that is, they were indeed weak and weak because of hunger. But this powerlessness was not enough to really have no strength. After Frey and others started to exert their fighting spirit, they finally captured the remaining dozen people.
From this perspective, if Tang En and the others had never noticed that there were few people and had never left the underground, then in a few days, these strong men might have really resisted successfully!
Tang En did not hesitate to kill the more than ten people who were caught. He would rather lack these tunnel workers than open this hole. Uh, at least it cannot be opened now... Otherwise, let them wander in front of others, it would be difficult to ensure that someone would not have the thought of "It turns out that eating people is no big deal."
Frey also agreed with Tang En's proposal. Once the two of them expressed their opinions, the fate of these more than ten people would be decided.
Finally, Tang En and the others decided to execute these people in front of the soldiers. Everyone had no idea of panic, and some even applauded. After all, the matter of cannibalism is too challenging for the psychological limit.
After solving this matter, the soldiers' attitude towards Tang En and the others changed a little. Although there was still no food and the end of the darkness was still impossible, there was no destruction when everyone was digging the tunnel.
This is because Tang En and the others handled this matter well, and secondly, everyone is working hard to survive now. Compared with this, hatred and other things are in a secondary position.
Next, an episode happened. A soldier was lucky enough to dig out a large handful of non-toxic fungi plants, which was logically required to be handed over to a unified distribution. However, the soldiers beside him were really greedy and couldn't help but fight, so the two fought in the tunnel.
After both of them were dragged out, Tang En asked the situation clearly, then punished the soldier who was fighting for a small quarrel, and then praised the soldier who dug out the things in public, and announced that he would be rewarded with one more piece of money for the lunch distribution.
Such a fair handling undoubtedly received good reviews, and the soldiers also noticed it. Although they were the only ones who were digging the tunnel, Tang En and the others were surveillance on the side. However, in the food distribution that has always been distributed, everyone except Old Bill was equal. This is not easy, especially in this case. You should know that when they were monitoring miners to mine, the food gap between the two sides was very different.
Moreover, not only that, Tang En and the others who monitored them rarely beat and scolded them. You should know that when they were supervisors, they had never been polite to these miners. It was common for anyone to dislike him or to feel unhappy.
As the saying goes, true feelings are revealed in times of adversity. Gradually, some soldiers and wheel workers started to have simple communication with Tang En and the others when they were resting. After all, it was so big and the atmosphere was so dull that they would be so suffocating if they didn’t say anything.
Tang En naturally enjoyed seeing such things happen. He was not a person who actively activates the atmosphere. It was not that he could not do it. The killer training in the system space could make him dress up as a variety of people, including his personality. But this is his primitive habit, so he was too lazy to do it. Just like when the gray-clothed army led by Darren was chased in the jungle, he came out to encourage everyone to be Joshia instead of him...
But now that these soldiers spoke voluntarily, he chatted with them for a while. As a man, he picked a few dirty jokes from later generations and adapted them slightly, and they could hear a smile on their faces. Later, everyone just surrounded him and listened to Tang En sitting in the middle with relish.
Frey and others were startled at first, but later they couldn't help but sit over and listen to the soldiers, and then began to exchange their experiences between the men. As the atmosphere gradually became warmer, a miner with shackles even began to argue with the soldiers who had the best bed skills. Finally, the two went to the secluded place and started to start with whom's longer...
In such an atmosphere, the tunnel project gradually rolled forward. Old Bill's ability to recognize the road is absolutely first-class. Even when encountering a landslide, the excavation route he pointed out never goes wrong. This undoubtedly strengthens everyone's confidence in getting out. After all, they have always been on the right path. As long as they work hard enough, they will always go out one day.
The years in the cave were unknown, and before they knew it, everyone had been underground for five days.
Most soldiers began to lose their strength, develop hallucinations, etc. After all, no matter how strong the mental power is, people can't stand it when there is only a small amount of food every day. Tang En and the others are a little better, after all, they have not exercised much. Later, there were even fewer people monitoring them. It's not that they believe in the soldiers, but that these soldiers no longer need to monitor them. Now even if they hand over the knife, they can't hold them.
Next, Tang En and the others took the simple tools from the soldiers and began to dig forward. After digging for more than half a day, Old Bill suddenly stopped.
Old Bill looked a little excited at this time, and his face turned abnormally flushed. After driving away everyone with a tough force, he picked up half of the sword and leaned forward alone.
His abnormal behavior naturally attracted everyone's attention, and everyone knew what it meant. Even the soldiers who were in their dying spirit slowly crawled over and quietly watched Old Bill's actions at this moment.
One shovel, another shovel...
Tang En frowned at this time. What he was worried about was Old Bill's current state. This state was obviously abnormal, just like a retrospective look! Although he consciously asked Old Bill to eat more food every time, how much could he have? Coupled with his age, energy, etc., his body is actually the worst of everyone...
Just as Tang En was thinking about these situations, suddenly,
bite--
Really, the sound of metal collision was really small, so small that it was like a tiny whisper of wind.
But, in the ears of everyone, the sound was so loud that it was greater than the church bells they had heard.
Old Bill threw away half of the sword, trembling hands and slashed their hands for a few consecutive strokes, and an iron rod appeared in everyone's eyes. It was the iron rod of the iron gate!
"Haha, I found it, I found it..."
Although Don En and the others could not see the expression of Old Bill, they could still feel the uncontrollable joy from his trembling shoulders.
Then, without waiting for everyone to cheer, the trembling shoulders slowly calmed down, leaned, fell down with a bang...
Chapter completed!