"What did he say?" Caesar asked.
"He said it was a pity that he couldn't take some of those white stones with him. These islands don't look like they have any treasures." Chu Tianjiao said, "Even if those stones are not rare gems, their hardness can be used to make drilling probes and the like, and they can be sold for a lot of money."
"What's wrong with this?" Caesar frowned slightly and didn't react for a moment.
"Hardness, those stones have a hardness comparable to that of diamonds." Nuo Nuo reminded in a low voice.
Caesar was stunned for a moment and then showed a surprised expression. He figured it out, so he felt incredible... Since those white stones have such exaggerated hardness, what kind of material can cut it to create a towering altar and a huge obelisk?
What is even more incredible are those symbols and paintings. This is no longer something that can be achieved by hardness. According to Chu Tianjiao's description, those words are so vivid and lifelike. How superb and ingenious skills must be required to carve such delicate and huge paintings on such a hard stone surface?
"Under normal circumstances, this would definitely not be a point that would be ignored. It's just that we were all in that environment at the moment, and the tension prevented us from fully expanding our thinking. After realizing this, we didn't say anything, but just turned around to look." Chu Tianjiao said, "We obviously didn't walk far, but the island we came from behind us is no longer visible. The cable bridge is hidden in the fog, and it seems to lead to an unknown place."
Chapter 1082 Coordinates
"Doesn't anyone on the crew realize this?" Nono asked.
"There should be one, probably more than one, but no one mentioned it because they didn't want to create panic. They also knew in their hearts that there was no turning back." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "I'm not referring to this cable bridge, but we have entered this world. No one knows where the exit is. We can't just jump into the water and sneak back to the real world like we did when we came here. Those soldiers just jumped out a little, but they are not fools. They know very well that they have encountered something beyond reality."
"In addition to curiosity and treasure hunting, the reasons why those guys entered the 'Isle of Death' should also be emotion and mission." Caesar said, "The emotion refers to the comradeship between them and Sasha, and the mission refers to their employment by Vincent. People who have experienced military careers attach great importance to this kind of emotion. For men, dying is often more meaningful than living."
Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang could not help but turn their heads to look at Caesar, and they both showed an expression of wanting to say something but stopping themselves... They all felt that those crew members followed them just to satisfy their curiosity and get rare treasures. As for the idea of risking their lives for the so-called comradeship and mission, probably only a middle school boy like Noda Hisashi who had not grown up at all would agree with it.
"After walking for an unknown amount of time, the shadow of the island in front of us gradually became clear. Fortunately, we won't be misled if we walk straight on this cable bridge. However, I always feel that we have advanced a very long distance in the fog, unlike the short distance of only a few kilometers between islands that we saw at the beginning." Chu Tianjiao said, "At the end of the cable is still a pure white island, exactly the same as the island we came from, the same size and scale, the same ridiculously hard white stones, the same towering altar, and even the scattering pattern of the stones is almost the same. Of course, this is probably my illusion."
"All the crew members showed disappointment on their faces, because there was nothing but stones on the island. There was no gold, silver or treasure, and there was no adventure that could satisfy their curiosity. More importantly, I would not allow them to take away even the only white stone on the island." Chu Tianjiao said, "Just like the last island, we climbed up to the largest altar on the island with ease. Whether it was the size, height or style, this altar was exactly the same as the one on the last island. It was probably built by the same group of people. I counted it this time, and there were also 300 steps."
"What's different are the symbols and patterns on the stone steps," Chu Tianjiao said. "They are still characters of unknown meaning. In those patterns, I see mountains and dangerous peaks, Gobi Desert and wasteland, and galaxies and the blazing sun rising and setting on the edge of the earth." Chu Tianjiao said, "This time, I consciously stroked along the edges of those patterns. What surprised me was that the traces of those characters and patterns were so smooth and natural that they didn't look like they were carved by humans. It was more like these stones grew naturally like this."
"Mountains, Gobi Desert, earth..." Lu Mingfei murmured, repeating these words in a voice that only he could hear.
Chu Zihang also lowered his head, making it impossible to see the expression on his face at the moment.
"How could natural stones form such an exquisite painting?" Nono shook his head and said, "It is impossible for pure natural stones to form two identical islands and two identical altars with exactly 300 steps each. The traces of human intervention are too serious."
“I know. I’m just describing how I feel at the moment, even though I know it’s just my illusion.” Chu Tianjiao said, “When I climbed to the top of the altar, there was still a building like an obelisk standing in the center of the altar. On all four sides of the obelisk, there was still a huge and magnificent painting, a huge mountain, and the interior was like a maze with many connections.”
"Maze?" Nuonuo frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something.
"Yes, I have never seen such a complex building structure. Although this painting is not as magnificent as the previous bronze city, it still brings me a deep shock." Chu Tianjiao did not notice the unnatural expressions of Nuo Nuo and others, nodded and said, "Even the world's most famous architect would be scared when seeing that painting. There is someone who is proficient in architecture in the crew. He told me that the mountain in the painting is almost hollowed out, but it is extremely solid because those maze-like passages have at least one strong support point. The person who can draw this picture must be a rare genius in the world who is proficient in architecture, physical mechanics and spatial geometry, but the person who can really create that maze-like building should not exist in this world."
"In other words, is it a hypothetical building that only exists in theory?" Ye Sheng asked Chu Tianjiao. Being a little insensitive, he didn't notice the strange expressions of other people in the room.
“It should be like this, but…” Chu Tianjiao hesitated to speak, because at first he thought that the bronze city was an imaginary building, but Lu Mingfei actually said that they had been there, which made Chu Tianjiao feel a little unsure.
"Are there numbers similar to longitude and latitude on the top of that obelisk?" Caesar asked Chu Tianjiao.
“Yes…” Chu Tianjiao nodded and was about to report the number he had written down when he was suddenly interrupted.
“39°54′20″ North Latitude, 116°25′29″ East Longitude.” Chu Zihang looked at the search results on his phone and read them out loud. When Chu Tianjiao was describing the maze-like building, he had already searched it on his phone.
"Yes... these coordinates are almost the same as what I saw at that time." Chu Tianjiao looked at Chu Zihang and asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
"Uncle, do you know where this is?" Lu Mingfei asked Chu Tianjiao.
"I searched after I got back, and the results showed that this coordinate is the capital." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "But as far as I know, there is no such building in the capital, not to mention that the capital is almost entirely plain mechanical structures."
"If you only look at the buildings on the ground, you won't be able to find this maze, because it is hidden below the ground." Lu Mingfei whispered, "This is also Nibelungen. It is hidden underground in Wangfujing. Its entrance will randomly appear at a certain station on a certain subway line. Anyone who mistakenly enters it will be trapped inside forever."
"Underground building..." Chu Tianjiao was stunned. He had never thought about it in this regard before, but after Lu Mingfei reminded him of this, he thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed possible.
Perhaps the huge mountain was originally buried under the ground, and the blank space in the painting was not air, but hard rock and soil.
"No, how did you know this?" Chu Tianjiao suddenly reacted. Not only did Lu Mingfei explain the origin of Nibelungen, but Chu Zihang also reported the approximate coordinates of Nibelungen before him.
"You wouldn't... have been there again, right?" Chu Tianjiao looked at Lu Mingfei and the others with a suspicious look.
"Yes, we've also been to the Nibelungen, and... well, no and, we also got there by accident, and encountered some troubles in the Nibelungen, but fortunately we solved them smoothly in the end, and everyone was happy." Lu Mingfei glanced at Chu Zihang, then glanced at Su Si calmly with his peripheral vision, and finally stopped talking, not mentioning Xia Mi's matter in front of Chu Tianjiao.
Nuonuo, Caesar and Finkel all knew about this because they were all indirect participants in the subway incident that year, but Ye Sheng, Jiude Aki and Susie didn't know about it. This matter was a strictly confidential secret within Kassel Academy. Because it involved the Dragon King and the Nibelungen, Lu Mingfei couldn't explain it in front of everyone in this room.
What's more, when talking about the Nibelungen, the topic of Xia Mi and Chu Zihang cannot be avoided, but Lu Mingfei knows Su Si's feelings for Chu Zihang. He always feels that Su Si would be embarrassed to talk about Xia Mi in front of Chu Zihang's father. Besides, this is Chu Zihang's own private matter, so it is more appropriate for Chu Zihang himself to talk about it with Chu Tianjiao.
“You really are... heroes emerge young.” Chu Tianjiao was a little speechless and could only utter this sentence in the end.
He is already an absolute elite among the mixed-bloods. Having lived for more than forty years, he has already entered two of the Nibelungen that only exist in legends... One is the "Island of Death" under the Arctic Ocean twenty years ago, and the other is the Nibelungen in this city of Riedin.
This kind of life is definitely a legend, right? He has entered the forbidden land where no one can survive, more than once, and faced the Dragon King-level enemies, and finally managed to survive. Such an experience is unique anywhere? It would be very impressive to brag about it, right? Just enjoy the applause and flowers.
But how many Nibelungen have these little guys, these young people, been to? How come they have been to every Nibelungen that Chu Tianjiao mentioned? Listening to Lu Mingfei's familiar tone, those who don't know would think that Nibelungen is his backyard.
When did the forbidden land known as the legendary kingdom of death become so worthless? As far as Chu Tianjiao knew, there were only a few such unknown places with records. Did Lu Mingfei go through them all? And is he still alive and well? The key is how old is he? Zhao Yun's seven ins and outs at Changbanpo weren't that amazing, right?
Chu Tianjiao took a deep breath. He was actually a confident and a little conceited person. But now, among this room of young people, he inexplicably felt like a hero in his twilight years and a man with little ambition due to poverty.
"I didn't even tell Sasha about the coordinates this time. The sailors stood on the altar and looked in all directions. They soon found two cable bridges." Chu Tianjiao said, "Judging from the direction of the stone steps, one is the bridge we came from, and the other leads to other places."
"Are these islands really connected by bridges?" Caesar frowned slightly. The existence of these bridges was indeed a bit weird.
"My eyesight is better than those sailors, so I can see that there is another cable bridge on the other side of this island." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "The third cable bridge."
"There are three bridges?" Nuonuo also raised his eyebrows. This was unexpected.
If these bridges are really roads between islands, does that mean this island is connected to at least three islands? According to what Chu Tianjiao saw in the "Island of Death" in Vincent's office, the island should be located in the center.
One of the bridges is likely to connect to the island in the center of the island where the white human figure exists.
"I didn't hide what I found. I told the sailors. Everyone was in a dilemma because no one knew what they would encounter in this strange place. The end of the cable bridge was shrouded in fog, as if the world was playing a joke on us, leaving us without knowing where we were going." Chu Tianjiao said, "After a discussion and voting, we finally chose the cable bridge on the left because it was closer to us."
"It was almost the same experience as before. After crossing the cable bridge, we saw a pure white island in the mist. That island was almost the same as the previous two, whether it was the white stones or the altar." Chu Tianjiao said, "Some crew members have already shown impatient expressions on their faces, because repetitive experiences will make people feel bored, and this kind of cyclical experience will induce strong anxiety in people's hearts."
"Most of the crew members said that they didn't need to go to the top of the altar this time. The scene was exactly the same every time anyway, and going again would be a waste of time and energy. But from my point of view, the painting and coordinates on the altar were useless to them, but useful to me. I advocated going to the top of the altar to take a look." Chu Tianjiao said, "This is when the disagreement emerged. Most of the sailors didn't understand my abilities, but Sasha knew. He was caught between me and his comrades and struggled for a while before finally proposing a compromise."
"Let the crew members wait down there, and then those who are willing to go up can go up by themselves, right?" Nono said, "It's not a good idea to act separately in an unknown place."
"Yes, Sasha's idea was also rejected by me. Sasha was a little helpless. At this time, the crew members were not in a good mood, but I insisted on my opinion. Some crew members said that I was stubborn and some crew members said that I was giving blind orders. In the end, Sasha persuaded them and forced them to obey orders in a tough attitude." Chu Tianjiao paused, then sighed, "Perhaps this was also the fuse of the final tragedy."
Everyone's expression changed. Chu Tianjiao's words seemed to indicate that something worse was about to happen to them.
"The stone steps of this altar are depicted with flowing clouds and thunder. There is also a huge painting on the highest obelisk of the altar. It is a city, a city in a rainstorm. Thick dark clouds are hovering over the city. The whole city is shrouded in thunder and endless wind and rain." Chu Tianjiao said, "Compared to the shocking and exquisiteness of the first two paintings, the deepest feeling this painting brings to me is... depression."
"Could that city be..." Lu Mingfei glanced at Chu Zihang.
Chapter 1083 Distress
"Yes, the coordinates on the obelisk point to this city." Chu Tianjiao nodded, acknowledging Lu Mingfei's unfinished guess, "It is the city under our feet."
The third Nibelung.
This was the third pure white island that Chu Tianjiao and his group had landed on. On the altar, they saw a total of three towering obelisks, on which were recorded the appearance and specific coordinates of the three Nibelungs in the world.
So who is the owner of this "Island of Death"? How did he know the location of these Nibelungs? And why did he record them here?
There are too many strange mysteries, just like the thick fog between the islands, everyone feels shrouded in mystery.
"I silently memorized the coordinates on the obelisk. This island depicts a city in a rainstorm. Compared with the buildings described on the first two obelisks, this is probably the easiest Nibelungen for me to find." Chu Tianjiao said, "In fact, this Nibelungen is real. As you can see, Odin is the owner of this Nibelungen. I have been here for more than ten years before I found any trace of Odin."
What Chu Tianjiao didn't finish saying was that Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang had only been in Kassel Academy for two or three years, and they had already experienced so many Nibelungs, and might even have encountered enemies at the level of Dragon King. Chu Tianjiao had never seen such outstanding young people, and maybe one day in the future, there was hope that the dragon clan would really come to an end in their hands.
Lu Mingfei and the others did not notice Chu Tianjiao's smug look. Lu Mingfei, Nuo Nuo and Chu Zihang exchanged glances tacitly and thought in their hearts that the first altar Chu Tianjiao encountered had a bronze city engraved on it, which was Norton's Nibelungen. The second altar Chu Tianjiao encountered had a subway of the capital engraved on it, and the subway was Jörmungandr's Nibelungen. The third altar had this city, and Odin was entrenched in this city... Norton and Jörmungandr were both one of the four great kings. Was this indirect proof that Odin was also a dragon king?
The king of sky and wind? The king of sea and water?
Thinking of the eight-legged horse that spews thunder, Lu Mingfei is more inclined to believe that Odin is the former, which symbolizes the sky and wind.
"How many cable bridges did you see on that altar?" Nuonuo suddenly asked Chu Tianjiao.
Chu Tianjiao took a deep breath and his eyes twitched twice, as if some bad memories were just mentioned.
"One." After being silent for a while, Chu Tianjiao answered Nuonuo in a low voice.
"One?" Nono was stunned. "Only one? Is it the one you came here by? Does that mean that island is the end of the island? You should retreat to the previous island and choose the last rope bridge to reach the central island?"
"No, I only saw a cable bridge on the altar, but it was not the same one we came here." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said.
"What do you mean?" Nuonuo was confused by Chu Tianjiao's words. "There is only one bridge on this island, but it's not the same one you came here? Then how did you get to this island?"
"This is the most bizarre part for me. I clearly remember the location of the bridge we came from, but when I looked over there, it disappeared, as if someone had cut off our escape route." Chu Tianjiao took a deep breath. "Fortunately, none of the crew members seemed to notice this weird situation. Before they noticed, I quickly led them down from the altar and headed straight for the only cable bridge I saw on the altar."
"Why didn't you tell everyone what you saw?" Shude Aki asked curiously.
"Those guys are already on the verge of extreme dissatisfaction. If we create panic for no reason now, the whole team will be scattered." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, "They trust Sasha, not me. If we were on the Yamal, I might have used force to intimidate them, but this is on the Island of Death. When they enter this unknown world, death is no longer a big threat to them. If we use force, it will only backfire, and the fragile trust will collapse in an instant."
Nuonuo opened her mouth and fell silent again, because she knew that Chu Tianjiao was right. When the lights and wine were on the "Yamal", Chu Tianjiao's violent methods might still be effective, but in a place like Nibelungen, no one would buy it. Those retired special forces soldiers had already tied their heads to their belts, and Chu Tianjiao couldn't tame them. If they were frightened at this time, these guys might completely lose control.
“This time when we walked onto the cable bridge, Sasha deliberately came to the front of the team and walked side by side with me.” Chu Tianjiao said, “I noticed Sasha’s wink at me, so he and I slightly quickened our pace, and the other crew members were left behind.”
"Sasha asked me a question." Chu Tianjiao paused, "He asked me if we couldn't get out."
"He noticed it too?" Nono said.
"Yes. Actually, on the altar, his eyesight was not enough to see through the fog and see the edge of the island, but he was very good at observing people's emotions. He felt that my mood had changed. Although everyone's expressions had been tense since entering this ghost place, I was obviously more helpless and anxious when I walked down the altar this time. Sasha guessed that I probably saw something not so good." Chu Tianjiao said, "Besides, before we left the island, we would vote on which rope bridge to take. Even if there was only one way, we would go around the island. But this time, I took everyone to the rope bridge after getting off the altar. I was in a hurry. This was too abnormal and it didn't fit my cautious personality at all."
"That guy named Sasha has a very accurate intuition." Caesar nodded in approval.
"Not only is his intuition accurate, he's even more careful than anyone else, even in a situation like this," Chu Tianjiao said. "Sasha is the only person I can trust in this team, so I told him about the disappearance of the rope bridge on our way here and asked him not to tell anyone else. Sasha didn't seem too surprised. He was silent for a long, long time. Until the outline of the next island appeared before us, he asked me a question."
"Sasha asked me what the truth of this world is." Chu Tianjiao looked up at the ceiling.
Nuo Nuo's eyes twitched, Caesar frowned slightly, Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang lowered their heads, not knowing what they were thinking. Everyone in the room had a different expression.
The truth of this world... is such a huge and broad question, so big that one doesn't know where to start.
For ordinary people like Sasha, the truth of this world may be mixed races and dragons. Their pure-blooded humans are just the bottom of the food chain. Humans have never been the rulers of this world. The great dragons are... But is this really the truth of the world? Humans look at the world with their narrow eyes, and so do other species? The dragons can easily destroy a city and thousands of people, but even the powerful ancient black emperor has fallen.
What is the truth of this world? This question is so profound that when the questioner and the answerer are different, the answers will definitely be different.
How would Chu Tianjiao answer Sasha?
"I didn't answer Sasha's question at the moment, because I couldn't possibly mention the secret of the dragon race to ordinary humans. This is the iron law of the world of mixed-bloods. Although I trust Sasha, that's only in the current environment. Among a group of people like that, I think I trust him the most, but I've only known him for a few hours, and we were strangers a few hours ago." Chu Tianjiao said, "I was silent for a long time before I spoke. I said that the truth of the world might be hidden at our destination today. Instead of letting me answer this question, it's better to reveal it with your own eyes."
Chu Tianjiao's answer was actually quite wise. He threw back Sasha's question perfectly, because he couldn't give a standard answer. Instead of asking others, it would be better to verify it himself. Now is a good opportunity.
"Sasha smiled bitterly and said that he was not sure whether he would survive or not. He actually did not hold out much hope of getting out alive. I patted him on the shoulder and said that since he was here, he should not think too much. We Chinese have an old saying, 'Since we are here, we should make the best of it.'" Chu Tianjiao said, "Finally, I told Sasha that the island here is definitely not just white stones and ancient paintings. It is very likely that we will encounter strange creatures next, but don't be too scared, because no creature is invincible. If you can get out alive, treat your experience here as a nightmare and forget it when you wake up."
"I don't know if Sasha listened to me or not. He kept his head down and remained silent. Maybe he was thinking about what I meant by the bizarre creatures." Chu Tianjiao said, "After Sasha and I finished our conversation, the next island soon appeared in front of us. Unlike the three pure white stone islands we encountered before, this island was much larger and covered with lush vegetation."
Everyone's spirits were lifted. They all had considerable common sense about the wild. Usually, where there were plants, there would be other creatures.
"Have you ever seen grayish-white plants?" Chu Tianjiao suddenly asked the others in the room.
Everyone was stunned. Grayish-white plants... This color is quite rare in nature, but if you really want to look for it, you can definitely find a grayish-white variety. But since Chu Tianjiao asked this, it means that what he encountered is not that simple.
"Almost all the plants on that island are a strange grayish-white color. It's not a pure grayish-white color. I mean, those plants give people the feeling that they are on the verge of death. I can't feel their vitality at all." Chu Tianjiao said, "Except for a towering tree in the center of the island. That tree is normal green, but if you look closely, there is a hint of gray in the leaves, as if they are also beginning to be stained by the breath of death on the island. In short, this island gives people an ominous feeling. There are living things everywhere, but it is full of decay and death."
An island covered in vegetation but filled with the smell of death?
"I started to feel uneasy when I stepped onto the island. The crew members behind me also felt uneasy. They had been chattering non-stop, but now they are much quieter. The road we walked on is covered with thick mosses and ferns. This island feels like a primitive jungle, but the mosses and ferns are also a strange gray-white color." Chu Tianjiao said, "The soil is sticky and moist. When you step on those plants, they will slowly crawl back to their original state behind you, as if they are protesting against the invaders in this way."
"The plants above our heads are as tall as more than thirty miles, while the shortest ones are less than a person's height. Two crew members holding broad hunting knives are leading the way, cutting down bushes and weeds along the way. Our destination is the towering tree in the center of the island." Chu Tianjiao said, "I followed the crew members who led the way and collected several plants they had cut and put them in my jacket pocket. The quality of these plants is difficult to identify. They are a bit like the ancient plants that grow in primitive tropical jungles, but the climate on the island is not suitable for the growth of tropical plants. I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel like something is crawling on my body."
"When we went deeper into the island, a crew member exclaimed in amazement, and everyone looked over. It was a crew member who found an ant on the ground." Chu Tianjiao said, "Everyone else rolled their eyes and asked what was so strange about ants. The crew member said that this ant looked different, with a pair of huge pincers and strange eye color, and this was the first time we saw a moving creature on these islands. I always felt that there was something wrong with this sentence, but I didn't realize it for a moment. Just when I was distracted, he reached out and grabbed the ant."
"Damn it! I clearly warned them before we landed on the island that the creatures here were different from what they knew, but they didn't take my words seriously at all!" Chu Tianjiao said, "I shouted to stop him, but it was too late. The crew member let out a loud and painful scream, and the other crew members surrounded him, but I pushed them all away. I shouted loudly for everyone to stay away from him, and then quickly checked on the crew member's condition."
"He was bitten by that ant, at the base of his thumb. Rather than being bitten, it was more like being pinched by the ant's pincers. I saw his wound fester at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then it turned a strange grayish-white. It started as a dot and then quickly expanded into a surface. Under my gaze, his entire hand turned grayish-white." Chu Tianjiao's face didn't look good. "When the ant on his hand fell to the ground, I noticed that the ant did have a pair of pincers that were disproportionate to its body. The most important thing was that there were two golden dots where its eyes were!"
"Golden eyes?" Caesar's eyes widened. "A subspecies of dragon?"
Chapter 1084: Snakes Return to Their Nest
They had also encountered similar creatures in Japan's "Abyss". That area of sea was polluted by a dragon embryo, forming a unique ecosystem. The fish that Caesar and his team saw in the "Abyss" were extremely large, with light golden pupils. The krill there could even survive on lava at more than 400 degrees.
It is not surprising that some rare and exotic animals appeared in this Nibelungen. This ant with golden eyes and huge claws is probably the product of contamination by dragon blood, which is fatal to ordinary people... But the wound is grayish white. Caesar and his friends have never encountered such a strange situation. It sounds like they have been infected with the special atmosphere of this island.
But can something as mysterious as the "breath of death" really exist in a concrete form?
"That guy let out a painful and heart-wrenching whine, his skin turned gray and white, his eyes bulged out, like a person in a zombie movie who could become a zombie at any time." Chu Tianjiao said, "Everyone was scared and didn't dare to get close. I knew that guy was dead, and even if he survived, he would no longer be himself. In order to prevent the spread of fear and cause a greater threat, I immediately took a knife from the nearest crew member and cut the throat of the bitten crew member with one knife."
The expressions of everyone in the room did not change, including Shude Aki, who had a relatively softer personality, because they felt that there was nothing wrong with what Chu Tianjiao did. This was the education they had received, that for the benefit of the team, potential threats must be eliminated as soon as possible. Even though it was cruel for that crew member, the world of dragons was originally so cold and cruel.
"All the crew members were frightened once again because my knife was merciless and the throat of the crew member who was bitten was completely cut off. Blood spurted out from the broken throat like a fountain, dyeing the gray-white plants nearby red." Chu Tianjiao said, "Even the special forces who have been on the battlefield have never seen someone as decisive as me. They stared at me and the crew member I killed with wide eyes. They didn't react for a long time. After a while, someone shouted, pointing at me and said, I killed someone."
"I held a knife in my hand, with blood dripping from it. The headless corpse lay before my eyes. Of course I was the murderer." Chu Tianjiao's mouth curled up in a cold arc. "More and more people came back to their senses from shock and fear. They pointed at me. Some scolded me for killing people. Some said that the crew member was his fellow countryman and a good man who did not deserve to die. Some said I was a demon. If I could kill one person, I could kill everyone."
"In an instant, I felt like I was the target of public criticism. The trust and cooperation between me and the crew members, which was not strong to begin with, seemed to be on the verge of collapse. I looked at Sasha, and she looked at me with a complicated expression, an expression that was struggling between rationality and emotion." Chu Tianjiao said, "Reasonably, Sasha knew that what I did was right, but emotionally, I did kill a close friend of theirs. Even though that friend seemed to be beyond saving, he was still screaming and terrified. His voice and emotions were so real, but after I swung the knife, he completely shut up."
“Anyone would do the same thing right now,” Lu Mingfei whispered.
"That's true, but excessive panic and continuous attacks have made those crew members lose their minds." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, "It was the crew member who made the mistake. He didn't listen to my advice, so he bore the consequences. In fact, everyone knows that he can't be saved. Even if I don't kill him, he will definitely not be able to return to the real world, and we can't take him with us next. He is either a burden or a potential threat. It's just that those guys were scared when facing a completely unknown situation. They were too horrified and too scared. These negative emotions completely filled their brains and they urgently needed an outlet. My actions happened to give them the opportunity to express their negative emotions."
"Emotional transfer is also accompanied by herd mentality. According to Freud's psychoanalytic school, this is a psychological defense mechanism. Because the original emotions, desires or attitudes towards certain objects cannot be expressed for some reason, they are transferred to a safer and more acceptable object to relieve their psychological anxiety." Chu Zihang added in a low voice, "Another point is that you killed their comrade-in-arms who they had been with day and night. If that comrade-in-arms died naturally due to injuries and pain, they might be sad about it, but the scene of your killing caused too much visual impact on them. Even if your behavior was rational and took the overall situation into consideration, people generally cannot accept it emotionally."
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