"..."
The scene inside the haven is shocking.
There were corpses and blood everywhere.
"It's the villagers who stayed here."
The old man who served as a god appeared beside Zheng Yu out of nowhere.
Lu Chenzhi on the side asked in confusion: "Aren't they followers of the God of Desert? Killing their own people?"
The old man who served God shook his head.
"Not everyone believes in gods."
"Not all followers of the Desert God are hostile to us."
"They...may not even know who they believe in."
The old man sighed.
Lu Chenzhi asked a strange question: "Huh?"
Zheng Yu looked at the ground full of blood and said with emotion: "In God's war, no matter whether you win or lose, it is the people who suffer."
"No matter who they believe in, the only purpose of ordinary people is to live a good life. As for who their god is, it really doesn't matter."
"Not everyone has fervent beliefs."
"If the God of the Desert wins, they will believe in the God of the Desert."
"If the old gods win, they will believe in the old gods."
"It's just a matter of changing the name of the prayer before eating. As long as you have three meals a day and your wife and children are healthy, who cares who the ruler is?"
"But the appearance of the two gods brought not only a change of beliefs, but also a struggle for power, and a war that was completely meaningless to ordinary people."
Lu Chenzhi understood.
The villagers who stayed here in the safe haven were considered neutral ordinary people. Strictly speaking, they were neither believers of the new gods nor believers of the old gods.
"So, Corey and the others can kill all the villagers in the haven who are unwilling to leave in order to ambush the pilgrim team?"
"Then why don't they leave?"
Zheng Yu asked Lu Chenzhi to look at the surrounding Gobi and said, "There are only two possibilities. One is that they are unwilling to leave. We don't know whether this was originally the vast Gobi, or whether it became like this after the God of Desert appeared."
"But leaving this safe haven with its special terrain, where can they go?"
"The second possibility is that they simply don't know whether to leave to avoid danger."
"I think there are two possibilities. That is, they don't know about the war of faith between the two gods, and they are unwilling to leave their homeland where they still have roots."
"Coupled with Corey's worry that someone would tip off the pilgrim team, the result... became like this."
"..."
"So, the death of these people ultimately depends on this so-called god."
"Including the Old Gods."
Zheng Yu didn't like either this god of the desert or the old god of pilgrimage.
Zheng Yu is very resistant to God himself.
Among the abyss he has experienced, there are seven in total, including the God of the Desert in the Path of Exile and the God with the power of prophecy in the Holy Land.
The god of cold hell in the cold street abyss.
The ghost of the abyss of the ancestral hall.
The insect mother at the bottom of the dark valley.
The dead god on the Apostle Island.
The god of the prison realm who created the prison of death row.
None of them allowed Zheng Yu to see their divine side. Instead, they were all the most filthy and greedy ugly portraits.
It is most in line with Zheng Yu’s imagination of God.
He is arrogant and arrogant, only looking for his own interests and completely disregarding the life and death of ordinary people.
Whether it's the ghost village in the ancestral hall, the atrocities in the cold streets, or the Gu realm at the bottom of the dark valley where the same race kills each other.
“I just don’t know, is this the truest side of God, or is it just what the temple wants us to see?”
Zheng Yu complained as he walked into the depths of the haven.
The entire haven covers a small area.
Blood and corpses covered the ground, filling the haven with the stench of blood and decay.
The old man serving the god asked some combatants to enter the safe haven to clean up the corpses and search for resources.
Believers in ordinary pilgrim groups still stay outside the safe haven to prevent them from being frightened by seeing such a scene.
Although they also knew that a large-scale battle had just occurred here.
But try to avoid letting them know about the massacre scene.
After searching.
The first thing discovered was the water source.
The water source is groundwater, a very deep well, and the water produced is very turbid. It seems that the resources are very limited.
The food is a special plant that Zheng Yu has never seen before, similar to a cactus, and the meat is camel meat.
There are also two huge storage warehouses in the village, which store a large amount of dried meat and clean water. These things are life-saving items in the Gobi.
"It doesn't sound nice to say it, but I have to thank Corey."
The speaker was Xu Lang who caught up with Zheng Yu.
Zheng Yu also agreed with Xu Lang's statement, "The reason why they don't leave here is most likely because of these food and water sources. Even if they are not as hostile to us as Corey, they will not share resources for us. "
"Compared to killing villagers who have no power to restrain a chicken, I would rather face Corey, who is called the god of desert war."
Xu Lang looked at the warehouse, then at the busy believers, and said with some worry: "But we have to face the problem of how to allocate resources next."
Liu Henhe also frowned: "These things look like a lot, but there are also a lot of people in the pilgrimage team."
Zheng Yu said without any burden: "Our big head."
"In this context, it is impossible for the word equal distribution to appear. I cannot let more than 10,000 people reach the Holy Land, but I can guarantee that the people around me and you can all live better than others in the abyss. .”
"Moreover, this allocation of resources is a good opportunity to see what this pilgrim leader thinks."
Zheng Yu said expressionlessly: "If he is unwilling to cooperate, or he is not as smart as I thought, I don't mind changing the leader of the pilgrim team."
Xu Lang and Liu Henhe looked at Zheng Yu, but did not make any rebuttal to Zheng Yu's somewhat domineering thoughts.
Because they both know that this is the most effective way.
Facing a pilgrimage team of more than 10,000 people, if you want to completely control the opponent, you can only do it with a tough attitude and methods.
…
evening.
After clearing out at Haven.
The pilgrim team gradually entered the safe haven.
Because there are too many people in the pilgrimage group and they cannot all enter the shelter, some tribesmen need to camp around the canyon.
"We can't find any good places, but at least there's no wind here, so we should be able to have a good rest."
Shaq comforted his people.
He doesn't expect to be assigned a good resting position, nor does he expect to get a lot of resources, as long as he gets a little enough to survive.
Those good locations and abundant resources belong to those wealthy families.
Small tribes like them can't tell the difference at all.
He just felt a little pity, "It's not easy for our clan to have a fighting god, but I didn't expect..."
Shaq also had no hope as to whether Zheng Yu was alive.
But the wife next to me smiled and said: "I think... you can look forward to it."
"What to expect?"
Shaq shook his head: "Although the wind and sand did stop after he entered, if you want to say that he did it, I think it is a bit exaggerated."
"After all, there are times when your predictions are wrong."
"This is too exaggerated."
Before his wife could speak, a divine servant from a distance shouted to everyone: "Is there a patriarch named Shaq around here?"
Shaq was stunned.
He muttered: "Are we assigned so quickly?"
Shaq stood up and said respectfully to the divine servant: "My name is Shaq."
The divine waiter's eyes lit up and he immediately came to Shaq.
"Chief Shaq?"
"Uh...it's me."
"And is Chief Max here too?"
A strong man next to Shaq also said in a daze: "I'm Max."
"That's good, you two clans come with me."
"Where to go?"
Shaq couldn't react for a while.
The divine attendant said: "Follow me into the safe haven, and I will arrange a place for you."
Shaq was stunned for a moment: "Inside the safe haven? Can we go in?"
He actually wanted to ask, how do we qualify to enter the safe haven?
They were walking at the end of the entire pilgrimage, and they were a small tribe that would not pay attention to them even if they fell behind the large troops in front.
To put it bluntly, they were shameless enough to join the pilgrimage.
If his wife hadn't been a first-level divine servant, they might not have been able to get any supply resources.
The divine attendant seemed to have seen Shaq's expression and said with a smile: "Not only are you qualified to enter the safe haven, but the location assigned to you is the best."
"Um...why...why?"
Shaq stuttered a little.
He couldn't figure out why at all.
The divine attendant noticed Shaq's worry and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, this is arranged by the patriarch."
"In other words, if you don't go to the best location, no other tribe will dare to go in."
Shaq: "Huh?"
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