Interstellar Energy Tycoon - Chapter 302

c302 The surprise of the natives

Lucdo Haolian.

A thirty-three-year-old middle-aged indigenous man.

He led his family and tribe to live on the edge of a volcanic fault zone in the middle of the ice and snow continent. He relied on the heat emitted by the underground volcano to transform more fertile farmland, grow a small amount of food, and feed his family.

This volcanic rift valley, which stretches for tens of thousands of kilometers and has an average width of only a few kilometers, is also known as the ‘Valley of Life’. The underground heat energy emitted by the rift valley can only affect the surrounding area within five miles. land, but because of the heat brought by underground volcanoes, more than one-third of the population of the Ice and Snow Continent lives near the Valley of Life. Countless towns and manors have been established. It is the most lively and prosperous place in the Ice and Snow Continent. Where resources are most abundant, there are also the most contradictions and conflicts.

only……

After countless years of use.

Various indigenous tribes and people suddenly discovered a problem that frightened and frightened them.

The Valley of Life is heading towards death and will soon become a lifeless Valley of Death. All possible measures must be taken to stop the continued development of this trend. Otherwise, the tens of millions of people living around the Valley of Life will The indigenous people had to find a way to leave this place, or immigrate to other continents to live in a new environment, otherwise a disaster would be imminent and no one would survive.

What happened?

what happened?

went out.

The magma river below the Valley of Life is about to extinguish, and the heat generated is greatly reduced. The direct effect is that the surrounding area of ​​the Valley of Life is getting colder and colder. The temperature is getting colder year by year. The indigenous people want to catch a Hunting, the prey resources that survive with the help of calories and nutrients and the main source of meat, will also be greatly reduced and reduced. The annual output of the cultivated land and farmland next to the Valley of Life is also gradually decreasing. Originally the most prosperous and lively place on the Ice and Snow Continent. The place may face depression and death.

In fact, this trend is quite obvious, and most tribes have long felt it. After all, the Valley of Life, which is tens of thousands of kilometers long, emits massive amounts of heat every moment, melting the thick ice and snow into Crystal colorless fresh water, and the land nearby is considered fertile. A large amount of cultivated land was reclaimed, and then irrigated with warm water carrying the heat of magma, and under the influence of relatively weak sunlight, a population of more than 30 million was covered. The Valley of Life can support an average of 3,000 people per kilometer, which has already reached its upper limit.

but now……

The three acres of land owned by Lucdo have now cooled down and are covered in ice and snow.

They can only make a living by switching from farming to hunting, and run to the more dangerous valley bottoms to look for some small insects and beasts between the rocks and soil as food to feed a family of several people. There is a species named ‘ The small insects of “Life Bug” are very rich in nutrients. They are abundant at the bottom of the valley and taste very good. If you are lucky, you can dig up hundreds of kilograms at a time and feed a whole family. Yuan, experienced the happiness of being full.

But now more and more people are switching careers to be hunters. It is becoming harder and harder to find ‘life bugs’, and the competition among hunters is becoming more and more fierce. If it is finger-long, it is fine, but if it is as long as an arm, ‘Life bugs’ can fight to the point of killing people, literally risking their lives just for a bite to eat.

Lucdo’s family also lived a life of long-term hunger. Most of the day, they lay on the kang and slept, maintaining a state of sleep to reduce energy consumption, just like animals hibernating. In this way, the pain of hunger still haunts every family member every day, and everyone is skinny and dizzy.

If he could no longer find more abundant food, perhaps his wife and four children would all leave him, leaving him alone, and he might even starve to death, becoming one of the countless people who died of starvation.

The end.

The world is coming to an end.

The originally bustling ‘Valley of Life’ may turn into a sparsely populated ‘Valley of Death’, no longer suitable for densely populated areas.

Change the situation.

Under such a situation.

There were only two options before Lucdo.

The first is to stay here and continue to persevere until death comes. Of course, there is also a glimmer of hope. Those powerful big shots may find a way to reactivate the ‘Valley of Life’ and may build a giant formation. By guiding the scorching magma deep underground to the surface and bringing heat and temperature again, his family can be saved and see hope of survival – but this possibility is very slim.

The second is to leave decisively, take your wife and children, take all the valuable belongings and tools at home, put them on a sleigh, and then head towards an older forest hundreds of miles away to the north. , that forest has a long history and covers an area of ​​millions of acres, which is simply countless. And the leaves, thick bark, and wood inside the trunks of these trees are all food in their eyes, and for Adapted to the long and cold climate, the indigenous people of this continent have long evolved the ability to digest all organic items. The digestive capacity of the intestines is terrifying, so even if they eat leaves and bark, they can barely survive. Later, the other tens of millions of indigenous people on the ice and snow continent continued to survive by digesting all food and reducing consumption while sleeping.

God-given places like the ‘Valley of Life’ are not normal places. Life is too comfortable and comfortable. As a result, when the environment changes, they are faced with the dilemma of needing to escape.

After some confusion.

Lucdo decided to take his family and tribe away from his hopeless hometown to find a forest, return to the cold coniferous forest, and live by eating everything from the trees. It was just a risk on the road. Unexpected factors like this would have to be avoided. The process of running hundreds of miles away under severe malnutrition, in a vast expanse of snow, and unable to find the coordinates can undoubtedly only be described as a ‘narrow escape’, and the probability of finding it is very low.

But this morning, with several people from Luke’s family and dozens of people from other families, a small team of less than a hundred people was formed.

I brought everything I could eat.

After leaving the Valley of Life, we set foot on the snowy land where the snow was so vast that we couldn’t tell the direction at all.

After only walking for one morning, it was difficult to continue walking.

At first, many tribesmen fainted from hunger and could not keep walking. They could only set up camp and rest for a while.

But after a while.

Waves of buzzing sounds came from the top of the head, getting closer and louder, and strong winds blew out, bringing heat and white materials. Finally, the buzzing sounds stopped, and a flying device fell from the sky. , fell in front of Lucdo and other indigenous people.

what?

What is this box-like device that fell from the sky?

Lucdo and his clansmen were all confused and highly vigilant. They picked up the sticks and stones in their hands for fear of being attacked. This was a defensive posture.

Buzz buzz.

The plane door opens.

First, a group of robot warriors walked down, holding weapons in their hands and stepping on the snow-covered ground with relatively neat steps.

Then a man in silver uniform walked down and appeared in front of Lukdo and other natives.

Zhang Xilong, one of the expedition team members, was originally on a mission of observation and search, but after flying thousands of kilometers, he did not find many traces of human habitation or civilization. However, he did not expect that there would be such a thing in this vast snowfield. The batch of indigenous people walking around was beyond his expectation and a surprise to him. After all, the mission given by Captain Li Lefan was to find traces of the existence of indigenous people.

Walking up to this group of natives, I noticed the strong defensiveness on their faces.

“Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad person, I’m a good person who can save you.”

“Put it down. Put down what you are holding first. There is no need to make such a gesture. I am a super nice guy from out of town.”

“What are your names and where are you from? You guys look quite hungry. If you need some food, I can provide you with some food here.”

Due to language barrier.

It took Zhang Xilong a lot of effort and a lot of friendly smiles to make Luke wait for the natives, relax his vigilance slightly, and no longer be overly defensive. Until Zhang Xilong waved his hand, a robot brought a large bag of The snack egg yolk pie was handed to Zhang Xilong’s hand, and then Zhang Xilong handed the bag of egg yolk pie to Luk Duo, and kept saying frustratedly: “Eat, I’ll treat you to food, you’re welcome.”

He gestured for a while.

Luk Duo reluctantly understood what Zhang Xilong said, reached out to take the egg yolk pie, then opened the package, took out packages of small egg yolk pies, and distributed one to each clan member. With nearly a hundred clan members, just enough One for each person, there are only a dozen egg yolk pies left in the big bag, and they are almost finished.

“Eat, you guys eat, have a taste.” Zhang Xilong waved his hand again.

“good.”

Luke nodded, opened the plastic packaging, took out the fluffy egg yolk pie, put it in his mouth, took a bite, and then his eyes widened suddenly.

This, this taste.

This soft and fluffy texture.

There’s also this sweetness that I’ve never experienced before, and the taste of cream inside.

How, how is it possible?

Why is it so delicious?

I have never tasted such top-notch delicious food in my life. It is far beyond my imagination. How can it be so delicious?

By the time Luke came to his senses, the piece of egg yolk pie in his hand had already entered his stomach, and he had eaten it all. Even the pieces of egg yolk pie that fell to the ground, he also squatted down. , picked it all up and ate it into his mouth, unwilling to waste even a little bit.

The behavior of the tribesmen was exactly the same as his, even more exaggerated. Some of them almost ate the plastic packaging of the egg yolk pie, which was also digestible nutrition.

Finally, the tribesmen who were still unfinished cast their extremely burning eyes on the dozen egg yolk pies left in Luk Duo’s hands, and they all took steps towards him.

“Chief, give me another one, there is still one in the bag.”

“Give me another one, Patriarch. I feel so hungry. Give me another one and I will feel better.”

“Patriarch, I originally thought that today would be the day that I starve to death, but before I starve to death, can you give me two more of these? I only want the last two, and I won’t eat anything from now on. I am willing to starve to death, just Give me two of these in exchange for my life.”

“Chief, give me two more. I won’t eat anymore. I think I have lived enough and I don’t want to be hungry anymore. But if I can eat two more egg yolk pies before I die, I can die in peace. .”

More tribesmen gathered over.

There are even two tribesmen who are going crazy with hunger, almost on the verge of losing their minds, and want to steal the egg yolk pie from Luk Duo.

“What? What do you want to do?”

“Do you want to die? Believe it or not, I will make it happen for you?”

“Go back, go back right away, don’t come around again, I’m going to hit someone.”

Lucdor scolded and roared repeatedly. Some of the tribesmen were frightened by him and took a few steps back. However, most of the tribesmen still found it difficult to move and just looked at the remaining dozen or so in his hand. He is an egg yolk pie and may act irrationally at any time.

See this scene.

Zhang Xilong was very curious and surprised. He had no idea that a bag of ordinary egg yolk pies, which he usually didn’t bother to eat, would have such huge magical power, causing such a small tribe to fall into civil strife. This shows that this After seeing the food shortage in this land, he was suddenly full of confidence and fully confident to capture this indigenous tribe and let them join the Azure Chamber of Commerce, guaranteeing 100% loyalty.

Seeing trouble happening again.

Bang bang!

Zhang Xilong clapped his palms to attract their attention, and then said: “Do you want food? I still have it here, and I can even make you full. You can eat as much as you want every day from now on, no. You will be restricted and no longer endure hunger. As long as you are willing to follow me, you will live a good life like heaven…”

He chattered a lot to these natives, and made a lot of pictures, but Lucido and the others could only understand a small part and guess the general meaning, but they did not make any immediate decisions. The gesture of worship was a little cold. After all, no matter how good the painting is, it is just a painting, not a real benefit. It is impossible to successfully fool them into working hard.

However, until Zhang Xilong asked the robot to take out more egg yolk pies, ordinary bread, meat floss bread, sandwich biscuits, chocolate, dry noodles, spicy sticks and other snacks, they were all thrown in front of Luk Duo and other indigenous people. Several bags weighing hundreds of kilograms were thrown over and were robbed by the natives. In less than ten minutes, the natives ate them all and tasted the taste of these snacks.

“Master, master!”

“We are willing to be loyal to our master forever!”

“I am willing to give my life for my master!”

Nearly a hundred natives, led by Lucdo, knelt on the ground and pledged their loyalty to the death. With only a dozen bags of snacks, they gained a group of loyal natives.