"Did you hear that? Your lives are just recorded in the account first. It doesn't mean that you will be fine." Li San let go of the hand on Chuan Er's shoulder, patted his face gently, and said.
"Yes, yes, dear heroes." Boatman 2 hurriedly smiled and returned to his eldest brother.
"If you want to get rid of the demons, can you wait until we get ashore first? After all, we, mortal beings, can't help you much." The leader asked tentatively.
"Just wait here." Qi Zhen said and ignored him.
The head of the family had a face full of resentment, but he dared not speak out in anger.
The lake bandits lying in the cabin gradually woke up, and at the call of the second boatman, they gathered behind the leader.
I heard that these people in front of me were going to kill monsters, and some of the lake bandits were happy and some were worried.
The joy is naturally because the fear of death that hangs over their heads is about to disappear, and they no longer have to endure such trembling days.
Who knows what day the old man in the lake's appetite will increase again?
Naturally, they are worried because they have no way to take this opportunity to do evil.
Qi Zhen could see how much of the leader, including the big boss, was truly evil, and how much was driven by survival. Who could say clearly about this kind of thing?
And the most important thing is that there are seven surrounding fishing villages.
The seven fishing villages were able to reach an agreement on this matter and form an offensive and defensive alliance. I don't know if it's the game setting or the nature of human nature.
At this time, a group of lake bandits heard the news that everyone was asked to wait here for night, and they suddenly exploded.
Some said, "Brother, let's fight with them. At worst, even if we risk our lives, we will have to take one or two backers."
Some began to beg for mercy, saying that they were old and young, and begged the heroes to spare their lives.
Some people said that we should send everyone back to the shore first, and then the heroes can slay the demons. People like themselves are in the way.
Some want to pay to redeem themselves.
Some of them were already clasping their hands together to pray for Buddha's blessing.
There are also those who cry.
In short, the more than twenty lake bandits who were violent and vicious just now, without exception, all suddenly behaved extremely badly, which made Qi Zhen a little confused.
The boss stopped everyone's noise and explained to Qi Zhen: "These civilians who became lake bandits have wives, children and children missing at home, so they are willing to do this job of licking blood from the edge of a knife."
"In this way, shouldn't they hate that thing even more? Why are they still so greedy for life and afraid of death?" Jiang Yan originally thought they were noisy, but now she was a little confused when she heard this.
"This is actually part of behavioral psychology." Meng Ran showed his professionalism and explained in a low voice.
The so-called hatred to the bone often also represents the inability to deal with things.
Qi Zhen couldn't help but think of some scenes on the battlefield in the game. If the enemy has an existence that is too powerful to defeat, then in addition to swinging a knife at someone weaker than herself to seek inner balance, she will also use her own side to find a sense of inner balance. The weaker person was pushed in front of the stronger person and sacrificed to avoid his own death. Thinking of this, he shook his head, feeling helpless.
If the monster fell dying in front of these lake bandits, I believe these people would show courage and strength that they have never had in their lives and cut the monster into pieces in an instant.
The disappearance of their family members made them take courage and raise their swords, but instead of slashing at the monster, they swung it at others who were weaker than them.
These lake bandits who gather together look very powerful on the surface, but in fact this power will instantly fall apart in the face of what they fear.
During the Anti-Japanese War, how many Chinese people who hated their country and family willingly became the vanguard of the enemy? Even oppressing compatriots more harshly than enemies?
Whether it is part of behavioral psychology or not, it must be part of human nature.
Human nature is the last thing that can withstand the test.
After listening to Meng Ran's explanation, Jiang Yan looked at those people with colder eyes.
After all, some people are different.
Qi Zhen looked at Jiang Yan and knew that she would never accept this idea.
The reason why China has been able to become prosperous and powerful step by step under the oppression of foreign powers is not by people like these lake bandits, but by people like Jiang Yan.
That is a kind of person who is willing to sacrifice his life for his own ideals and beliefs.
Such people are heroes when they live, and martyrs when they die.
And it just so happened that people like Jiang Yan hated people like the Lake Bandits the most, even more than their enemies.
This mentality still cannot escape the true nature of human nature.
The lake bandits felt the almost tangible cold murderous intent in Jiang Yan's eyes and remained silent.
"Huh? Where's Da Bin?" One of the lake bandits asked in surprise, trying to divert everyone's attention.
The second boatman saw the whole process of the battle just now, pointed at Lin Xiao and said: "He was kicked out of the window by this hero."
In the current cabin, except for the broken cabin window that reminded everyone of the fierce battle just now, everything else was the same as before.
"Then it's time to come up now." The lake bandit said doubtfully. He and the lake bandit who fell into the water came from the same village. In addition to the two of them, there were three other people from the same village.
In order to successfully kill Qi Zhen's seven people, the lake bandits went out in full force this time.
"Did you get kicked to death by him?" Chuan Er asked Lin Xiao.
"Impossible." Lin Xiao himself was confused when asked, "Can he swim?"
"Look at what you said, there is no reason why you can't swim if you grow up by the water." Said the second boatman, but there was sadness in his eyebrows.
At this time, the sky has become a little dark, and the lake is still sparkling and beautiful, but at this time, people feel a bit strange.
What originally seemed like a quiet beauty was now enveloped in a mysterious atmosphere.
Gradually some of the lake bandits thought of something and turned a little pale.
"Is it that monster?" Lin Xiao asked.
People always have a sense of luck. Once what they fear most is exposed by others, the result will be uncontrollable panic and fear.
"Brother, it's getting dark, let's go!" someone shouted.
"Do you want to die!?" Jiang Yan asked in a cold voice.
"Everyone is dead, and I don't want to wait here to die!" The man didn't know where he got the courage to roar at Jiang Yan.
Qi Zhen felt the fluctuation of magic energy in the air and waved her hand to stop Jiang Yan's movements.
"You can, but it's not necessary." Qi Zhen said softly.
Jiang Yan glanced at Li Qiang and saw that he shook his head slightly before giving up on the fireball he was about to shoot.
Seeing that Qi Zhen's team made no move, the lake bandit turned around and walked towards the lower cabin.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of bones breaking sounded, which was particularly scary in this slightly quiet environment.
The lake bandit instantly let out a scream!
"ah!"
He was seen covering his hands, and large beads of sweat fell from his forehead.
The three knuckles of his left index finger were twisting abnormally.
It looks like dead branches on a tree in autumn.
Li San stood in front of him with his head slightly lowered, as if he had never done anything.
Li San's speed was so fast that no lake bandit could clearly see how he came to the lake bandit from a dozen steps away and how he broke his fingers.
Therefore, against the backdrop of the lake bandit's screams, Li San's silent and nonchalant figure seemed even more intimidating.
The idea naturally came from Qi Zhen.
Since fear cannot be eliminated, the best way to defeat fear is not death, but deeper fear.
"You can go down, just be like him." Qi Zhen said at this time, her voice a little cold.
The complexity of human nature never disappoints.
There will probably be heroic moments in everyone's life when they face death calmly, such as soldiers charging into enemy positions under a hail of bullets.
For example, medical staff risk infection to fight the plague.
For example, firefighters rush into a fire to save survivors.
Knowing the risks but going against the current, this spirit of sacrifice is never lacking in life.
But before going to the battlefield, you have to poke an eye out, before you treat a disease, you have to chop off a hand, and before you go into the fire, you have to break a leg.
This kind of choice is not something anyone can make.
What's more, these lake bandits are already greedy for life and afraid of death.
So except for the person whose finger had been broken, no one chose to leave like that person.
Only a few lake bandits followed the man away, looking desperate.
Everyone looked at Li San with resentment and fear, and subconsciously moved further away from him.
This reminded Li San of a certain moment at Yuemengshan Camp.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and lights were lit in the cabin.
Miraculously, the lake bandit with a broken finger could really make the boat move forward slowly on the water.
I don't know how he did it.
People's desire to survive at critical moments may be stronger than they think.
The atmosphere in the cabin has been very solid, but not very tense.
The faces of those lake bandits were like eggplants battered by frost, and they couldn't lift their spirits at all.
Qi Zhen's little attention was all on the water, and she had no time to deal with these people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
However, his eyesight was not as strong as Yu Liang's, and he could not see through his sleep to see the scene below. It seemed that something was blocking his eyes. He could only see a few meters below the water's surface, and could no longer see clearly.
The bright moonlight shines on the quiet lake, reflecting white light.
The boat suddenly stopped.
"You must be tired, after rowing for so long." The second boatman explained to the boss.
Suddenly, dense knocking sounds began to ring in everyone's ears, as if something was constantly tapping the bottom of the ship.
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta...
It was like the sound of countless chalks tapping on a blackboard.
Everyone in Qi Zhen's team looked at each other and saw the seriousness in each other's eyes.
Whatever that thing is, there must be a lot of it.
The last time they experienced a sound of this magnitude was when they faced the snake tide in Yuemeng Mountain.
That amount is still fresh in everyone's memory even now.
"Captain!" Qi Zhen shouted to Li Qiang.
Li Qiang nodded, walked out of the cabin to the deck, looked at the dark lake, and took out his laser cannon.
Everyone filed out, leaving the lake bandits in the cabin.
Li Qiang aimed at the lake and fired a powerful charged laser cannon into the lake.
The surging lake began to smoke, and the power of the laser instantly evaporated the water on the lake.
"Damn! No wonder I can't see below." Yu Liang said angrily, but there was still a look of fear on his face.
"Are we sure we want to fight this kind of thing?" Li San looked at the densely packed things below and felt helpless.
"I'm hungry." Lin Xiao said.
"Me too." Meng Ran said.
At this time, the lake water glowed with a blue-green shimmer under the action of the laser cannon, forming a diffuse reflection in the water, and the scenery in the lake was reflected in front of everyone's eyes in an instant.
It also reflected the stunned faces of everyone in the team.
