"The key at this stage is not 'survival,' then what is it?"
Xue Yang felt that his brain could no longer catch up with Jiang Qian's thoughts, so he simply asked more directly.
Jiang Qian smiled: "Do you still remember why I didn't choose to indulge my appetite in the first place?"
Xue Yang thought for a while and then had an idea: "I remember you said that we should do the opposite: we must be cautious about anything the dungeon induces us to do!"
"That's right."
Jiang Qian affirmed Xue Yang's reaction speed: "Since I came here, I have been observing and thinking about the infected people who transformed into bullet ants, their greedy appetite, hunger, and sense of loss of control... All of these are related to the super-species world. The 'mutations' in the story are similar but have the same purpose but the same approach."
"Maybe it's due to chance, or maybe it's out of caution about the logic of the dungeon. In short, I don't really like the logic of gaining power by devouring infected people and human natives."
"At the level of the super-species world, once a change occurs to a player, his energy structure will be unbalanced or even collapse, which means that the entire career will be stagnant and the future will be ruined."
"If the logic of catastrophe and the logic of mutation are of the same origin, does that mean that the way of survival of indulging appetite to gain strength, and the way of survival of choosing to restrain appetite like us, are actually equivalent to the choice of two evolutionary paths? ?」
At this point, Xue Yang suddenly reacted: "Yes, it must be like this, it must be like this!"
He thought of the first time he met Snake Hand Black Windbreaker. At that time, the two discussed the logical possibility of players becoming stronger by eating people.
At that time, they had speculated that the degree of strength might be related to the number of cannibals and crawlers.
"So what you're saying is that the core at this stage is not survival, but the choice of the way to survive?"
Before Jiang Qian could answer, Xue Yang became confused again:
"Since it is a choice of survival, what are the rewards and punishments? Cannibals and crawlers can directly gain power, but what about us?"
"We choose to suppress our appetite, but what is our reward?"
Jiang Qian smiled and said unceremoniously: "How do I know? I'm not a roundworm in the dungeon's belly."
Xue Yang was speechless for a moment.
Then I remembered that all the above discussions were based on Jiang Qian’s conjectures, which were speculations but without conclusive evidence.
In fact, the clear information available to them is still very scarce.
"Alas..." Xue Yang slipped on the bench, "I'd better sleep a little longer. It saves energy to fall asleep."
However, at this moment, the sound of children running and fighting came from outside the locker room door.
The militiamen at the door seemed to have gone to relieve themselves and were no longer nearby.
Jiang Qian and Xue Yang stopped communicating and looked curiously at the small window at the door.
At the same time, the voices of several children clearly reached their ears through the small window:
"Wait, you guys! There's something powerful here!"
"Shit! Aren't you? Don't go there..."
"I heard from my dad that there are two dangerous species locked in that room, and they will eat people when they go crazy! Aren't you curious?"
"I'm afraid..." It sounded like a girl's voice. ….
But her timidity triggered ridicule from other children: "Hahahaha! Little Bob is scared, he is scared!"
A flurry of pushing and shoving followed.
The weak boy known as Little Bob screamed in protest: "Hey wait! Don't~"
Before he finished speaking, the door of the locker room was banged, and a boy's cheek was forced to press against the small window.
It seemed like someone was pressing down on his body and head, making it impossible for him to retreat and escape.
Therefore, Jiang Qian and Xue Yang could clearly see the boy's face.
It was a little boy with brown curly hair. He was much thinner and more haggard than little Allen. His face was full of fear and he almost cried.
But when he saw clearly Jiang Qian and Xue Yang sitting in the locker room, part of the fear in his eyes seemed to dissipate.
Because Jiang Qian and Xue Yang look no different from humans!
It was difficult for him to associate the two with the "dangerous species" he recognized.
"It's dangerous for them to play like this," Jiang Qian joked with Xue Yang. "At this distance, if I really wanted to prey on him, it would be easy."
But he spoke English.
The frolicking outside the door suddenly stopped!
Including little Bob, whose cheek was pressed against the small window, and the mischievous children were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly screamed and dispersed!
Jiang Qian chuckled.
But I heard another unfamiliar voice coming from outside the door:
"Don't even think about it! Monster!"
Now Jiang Qian and Xue Yang were stunned.
Is there anyone else at the door?
The owner of that voice was obviously a girl. She was actually the militiaman responsible for guarding Jiang Qian and Xue Yang tonight.
At the same time, he is also a loyal supporter of leader Yin Lisabai!
Just after the shift was handed over, it was relatively troublesome for women to meet their physiological needs, so there was a brief oversight.
"You two, be honest!"
The voice of the female militiaman came again in an unceremonious manner. She never "showed her face," but her unceremonious way of speaking could easily make people associate her with a "female man."
"You can't offend me, I can't offend you..." Xue Yang whispered.
Jiang Qian chatted with the other party with great interest: "It's okay to be honest, but we haven't eaten enough and are very hungry. If you feed us, you will naturally be honest."
As soon as these words were spoken, the female militiaman outside the door suddenly became angry: "You haven't eaten enough yet?!"
Jiang Qian and Xue Yang looked at each other.
Then I heard the other party knocking on the glass of the small window with the barrel of a gun and yelling: "The meal delivered to you today is enough for a whole family in Ideal Town! Isn't it enough?"
"What contribution have you made? Did you participate in labor, or did you go on missions in exchange for resources? Oh my god, you eat and drink for free, how much more can you think of?"
"I have never seen infected people as shameless as you!"
The female militiaman's voice was so loud that her curses echoed in the middle school gymnasium, and there was a hint of embarrassment in the air.
They were at each other's throats for about a minute.
Jiang Qian calmly responded to the female militia's complaint: "I understand your accusations. We cannot deny these. But our situation is indeed different from the infected people you know..."
…
Inside an abandoned car factory.
Under the dim moonlight, it can be seen that the huge workshop is filled with all kinds of "bodies".
Among them, the majority of the corpses were the remains of crawlers, most of which had their organs removed, leaving only skins and joints with low nutritional value.
The smallest number are the super species players in different forms. Although there are only a handful of them, their bodies are intact and have not been excessively damaged.
In addition to the above two, there is also a third species: humans!
A dozen living people were tied to an angular pillar. They had different skin colors and even came from different settlements, but without exception, they were all dying.
Only one beautiful girl with bronze skin who resembled a gypsy girl was still full of energy. When she got the chance, she yelled at the orcs who caught her and trapped her here:
"Hey monster! Seeing you eating it with such gusto makes me want to throw up."
"Can you at least explain what the purpose is of kidnapping us but not killing us? When will we be able to put an end to this?"
The human-faced anteater squats in front of the machine tool, eating a huge crawler...
He was indifferent to the beautiful girl's curses.
"Hello?!"
The girl was anxious:
"Idiot! At least say something, are you deaf? Are you deaf or disabled? Are you a mentally retarded person who only knows how to eat stupidly?"
Amidst the curses,
The human-faced anteater suddenly put down the corpse in his hand and looked at the source of the curse with his cold eyes.
…
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