Corrupted Nation

Xiaohuo: "The first rule of the tribe is that guns are prohibited. Anyone who wants to join the tribe must give up their guns."

Maya captured the details: "Aren't you afraid of outsiders robbing you?"

Xiao Huo replied: "Except for food, we have no other property. In addition, the Yunmeng tribe is located in a remote area and has to cross a river, so the profit from robbery is very low. Besides, everyone is a player, no one is afraid of death, and the difference in weapons is not It must mean victory or defeat.”

The Yunmeng Tribe also has a market, which is a place for food exchange between hunters, fishermen and farmers. The three professions are also the three major camps of the Yunmeng Tribe. Among them, farmers account for more than half, fishermen account for 35%, and hunters account for only 10%. The main reason why there are so few hunters is that guns are prohibited and only traps can be set. Xiaohuo and the other five people were hunters. Although they didn't get much food, because there were fewer people, they could exchange for more agricultural products.

Listening to Xiaohuo's introduction, Maya was very curious. For such a large group, it definitely needs a leader or a leadership organization, but the Yunmeng tribe has nothing but a court. The court is composed of people, and every 10 days there is a bonfire meeting to decide the conflicts between people.

After getting on the horse and taking the dog with him, Lin Ma followed Xiaohuo's bicycle towards the Yunmeng tribe. Approaching the Yunmeng tribe, you first see a farmland with corn, wheat, pumpkins and other farm products grown there. These crops grow very quickly, and after harvesting, the system automatically assists in processing.

Maya used a headset to talk to Lin Wu: "Agriculture is the main business." The food grown in a large area is enough to feed several 58 people, so farmers will be more generous when exchanging materials. Planting crops is simple, and it is a way for players to survive in the hardcore mode.

After passing the wheat field, there is a large dirt road with various strange-shaped houses scattered on both sides of the dirt road. There are conical houses made of wood, ponchos, moss, mud and other materials. There are also stone houses built with stones and supplemented by wood. There are also houses made of pure wood. The characteristic is that these houses are relatively small, with the large ones only covering an area of ​​15 square meters, and the small ones only having an area of ​​4 to 5 square meters.

There were people washing clothes by the river, people playing cards on the roadside, and a man and a woman walking aimlessly, holding hands, which made people anxious.

When they arrived at the intersection, the three of them got off their horses. Xiao Huo led the two of them on a tour, while greeting and introducing people on the roadside. At the same time, he explained to Lin Wu and Maya: "If an ordinary zombie appears, we will kill it. If we encounter a Big Mac, we will kill it." , of course someone took it away. The probability of zombies being spawned in the wild is low, and basically only two to three zombies are spawned every month."

"The wheat is being harvested over there." Xiaohuo pointed to the roadside. A girl rolled up her trousers and entered the farmland. She held a sickle in her hand without bending and collected wheat along the way according to the system's prompts. The harvested wheat will be directly processed into flour and put into the girl's backpack. Xiaohuo introduced: "But when it comes to processing flour into food, it depends on everyone's ability. By the way, you can't treat guests to dinner here, and you can't treat others to eat your food."

"Why?"

Xiaohuo said: "Avoid everyone going to the same restaurant to eat. If there are people in need, we will give them original ingredients instead of edible food. Xiaoshui!"

A girl picked wood and came down the side hill. Judging from the weight of the firewood she picked, this girl's strength and physical attributes should be relatively high. Xiao Huo specially introduced Lin Wu, Maya, and this girl named Xiao Shui. Obviously he had ulterior motives for Xiao Shui.

After asking, I learned that Xiao Shui and Xiao Huo were not ordinary players. Xiao Huo was considered an extraordinary player when he had the Falcon, while Xiao Shui had three attributes, namely the main body and the main and auxiliary bodies, and was also a rare bow and arrow player. At the same time, Xiao Shui is also one of the hunters. He works as a woodcutter on a daily basis and occasionally exchanges firewood for food with farmers and fishermen.

This kind of life cannot be said to be bad, but it seems to be completely out of the scope of the game. Of course, attributes, skills and system mechanisms still provide a lot of convenience. To be precise, the lifestyle of the people here has little to do with gaming and is basically self-sufficient. In reality, ancient natural villages at least had markets and traveling merchants.

Xiaohuo and Xiaoshui have a good relationship with an Orion couple. The girl is called Xiaobing. She was originally a farmer but was deceived by love into becoming an Orion couple. The boy's name is Xiao Yan. He has no hunting skills, and even his attributes are not helpful for hunting, but he is a tailor. Before the hardcore mode, I stocked up a batch of fabrics and relied on selling clothes to eat and wait until the game was over.

The villagers in Yunmeng all live a leisurely life. They spend more time resting, playing cards and drinking. The wine is a spirit they distill themselves from the roots of the plant. According to Xiaohuo, they only have two working days a week.

If Linma wants to join Yunmeng Base, he must first recite the 12 tribal conventions and then discard all firearms. In order to welcome the newcomers, everyone will send certain supplies to Lin Ma to help them tide over the early difficulties. From Xiao Huo's point of view, Lin Ma has her own horse and becoming a woodcutter is a good choice.

Everyone has to burn wood, and if someone chops wood specifically for trading, everyone will be happy to trade with him. Xiaoshui is just an amateur woodcutter. Most of the firewood he cuts is provided for the use of four young people and rarely traded with outsiders.

Maya immediately told Xiao Huo that they would not stay and would leave as soon as possible. Xiao Huo was a little disappointed, but sincerely asked the two of them to rest for one night and leave again tomorrow morning. At the same time, he also put forward a small condition: do not open the tent, lest he have to explain to the villagers. He himself did not like to waste time dealing with the villagers.

Maya was quite willing to learn about the villagers' lifestyle, so Xiaohuo asked Xiaoshui to take Maya around for a walk. Lin Wu took the two horses and Xiao Wai to Xiao Huo's house to rest. After arriving at Xiao Huo's residence, Lin Wu guessed that there were other reasons why Xiao Huo refused to unfold the tent.

Xiaohuo's residence is a triangular wooden house with an earthen kang dug into it. The area inside the house is about seven square meters. The only furniture in the house is a wardrobe. Cups, bowls and chopsticks are placed on the floor, giving people a messy and dirty feeling. Not to mention that this environment is incomparable to the dormitory at the system base, even the pig pen seems to be better than here.

If you open the tent yourself and let the villagers come to visit, I am afraid that many people will no longer be able to keep their true intentions.

Xiao Huo took out a bundle of carpets from the closet and spread it on the floor: "I know the conditions are very simple, but at least they won't sleep in the open, so please don't dislike it."

After chatting for a while, Xiaohuo started to manage the bonfire outside the house, and Lin Wu also helped. Xiao Shui and Maya came back after wandering around for more than an hour. Xiao Shui brought some vegetables, corn, melons and fruits, plus air-dried meat, and cooked a pot of stew.

After looking at the residence, Maya had the same question as Lin Wu. Xiaohuo knew that the conditions of her residence were poor, so why did she keep the two of them overnight?

The reason for the small amount of water while eating is explained. Xiao Shui wants to leave the Yunmeng tribe, but is not determined. Xiaohuo is determined to stay in the Yunmeng tribe, but is also not determined. The two have a very good relationship and relationship. Xiao Shui hopes to find a suitable place to live, establish a base and marry Xiao Huo. Xiaohuo believes that it is too difficult for hard-core people to survive at present, so he will escape the Yunmeng tribe and escape death.

So Xiao Huo invited Lin Wu and Maya to spend the night as a reference and listen to their stories before making a decision. Xiao Shui and Xiao Huo wanted to know if they could complete the entire game with their abilities by going out to build a base. In addition, Xiaobing and Xiaoyan can be added.

Hearing this, Lin Wu understood that few people in the Yunmeng tribe liked the current lifestyle. This was not a game or life at all, but survival for the sake of survival. As an experimental field for the hard-core model, the Yunmeng Tribe is a territory that receives special care from Shuguang. For example, members of the Yunmeng tribe do not need to participate in train activities. All they have to face is survival without the pressure exerted by Dawn.

No one likes this place, but not many people are willing to leave. Everyone maintains a friendly atmosphere on the surface, but in fact many people hate this place. The only reason not to leave is the points. Xiaohuo said a famous saying: "You can become a great person only after enduring hardships. After the hardcore mode, players in Beicheng Beishang Town must either join the Yunmeng tribe or die. There were originally two gathering points with about twenty people players, but after this event, they all left the hardcore mode."

Xiao Shui said: "The only purpose of our stay here is to earn points. But thinking that there is still nearly a year left, I am full of despair about life. With the conditions of the tribe, we have a chance to survive until the end, but...Sister Maya, you Do you think we have a chance of survival out there? How high is the chance of survival?"

Maya did not comment and answered Xiao Shui's question: "Of course there is a chance. Judging from your resource situation, it is impossible for you to build a base in a city or even a town. The best way is to go into the mountains to find a place to build. A base equipped with a production room and kitchen can basically meet the needs of survival. Daily threats come from beasts and a small number of zombies. I do not recommend setting up a base with Xiaobing and Xiaoyan. Four people and two camps are not antagonistic, but they are inevitable If there is a dispute, it is not suitable to spend a long time together.”

After hearing Maya's answer, Xiao Shui did not reply accurately. Although she has ideas, she is not decisive. She still has many concerns. Even Lin Wu could see that they lacked the courage to act and would not be able to leave the Yunmeng tribe in a short time at least.

We talked about this topic for a long time, and then we turned to Beicheng.

It is not clear how far the North City of Fantasy City is from Fantasy City, because Xiaohuo and the others have only been to the suburbs of Youxian County in Beicheng at most, and have not even entered Youxian County. However, at the market, Xiaohuo discovered that the number of players in Nanxia Town in You County was huge, several times that of their players in Beishang Town. Xiaoshui corrected that there were at least ten times. The market was almost filled with players from Nanxia Town.

Nanxia Town is a plain and humid land terrain with a vast area and sparse buildings. In Nanxia Town, close to the outskirts of You County, there is a steel factory. There are commercial streets and even a primary school near the steel factory. Nearly 80% of the players in Nanxia Town are concentrated in this area. In order to cope with the hard-core mode, they began to organize the reorganization of the base.

The largest base in the steel plant area is called Leiyun. It consists of two bases, Leiyun and Leibao, with about 30 members. Xiao Shui said a very important piece of information. Both bases owned by Lei Yun have electricity. This news excited Lin Wu and Maya. They wanted to recharge Xiaoda so much, but they also had doubts when they thought of facing such a huge player force.

Xiaohuo said: "We have discussed before that if we want to leave the Yunmeng tribe, we should go to the Leiyun base. But the hard-core mode has passed for a quarter, and we have no news about the Leiyun base, and we don't know the specific situation there. .”

Lin Wu said: "Let's do this. Let's make an agreement. If we arrive at Leiyun Base and think it is suitable for you to live, I will send you bullets by express delivery."

Maya said: "Express delivery can only deliver goods within the same city. Does the Yunmeng tribe count as part of Zuo County?"

Xiao Shui nodded: "Forget it."

Lin Wu: "That's it."

Xiao Shui was very happy: "Okay."

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A night without talking. It's not the worst accommodation, but it's definitely not the best either. After having breakfast of white porridge and scrambled eggs, Xiao Shui and Xiao Huo sent the two of them to the river. When passing by the place where the villagers gathered, Lin Ma clearly felt that they were observing and talking about him. When the villagers saw Xiao Shui and Xiao Huo, they would also say hello and smile and nod to Lin Ma.

This kind of atmosphere is very rare for Lin Ma. Lin Wu lives in the city and has almost no contact with his neighbors. They don't care about each other's affairs. Of course, he also has his own social circle, but he is not used to his neighbors' concern for him, whether it is kind or malicious.

Seeing each other again at the Shuihuo River, Lin and Ma rode horses across the river. The river is not deep and is a bit fast, but it is far from reaching the point where it can move tonnage.

Lin Wu asked Maya: "Can such a tribe really be formed in reality?"

"It's almost impossible." Maya said: "The reason why such a tribe can be formed in the game is that everyone has the same starting line and the upper limit of development is limited. Suppose there is one person responsible for doing business, and he is the only one who travels to and from the town. Slowly his identity will change. It has to be unique. Furthermore, when there are more people, factions and classes will form in the place. The four of them, Xiaohuo, are members of the same faction and may not be welcomed by others."

Lin Wu was confused: "Not welcome?" This sentence was full of derogatory meaning. Maya would not make such arbitrary negative conclusions about a person or a group on a daily basis.

Maya replied: "It's just a guess. I don't like what he said very much: Only by enduring hardship can you become superior. In his heart, he believes that he is inferior to others and hopes to become superior through hard work. In his consciousness, he must be superior to others. Most people are classified as high and low, and there are very few equals. My personal opinion is contrary to his, I think the vast majority of people are equal."

Lin Wu: "But you respect his opinion."

"Yes." Maya did not refute this statement or argue with it: "I walked around the tribe with Xiaoshui yesterday and found that there are no players in the Yunmeng tribe who purely love self-sufficient life. In fact, Most people have a very bad experience with this kind of game. The only reason they endure it is to gain points, and their topics are mostly about how many points they can get, how they will live on earth in the future, etc.”

Lin Wu is not easy to judge right from wrong: "There is a famous saying among ancient social animals: The purpose of working hard now is to have money to treat diseases in the future."

Maya explained: "I'm not saying that this idea is wrong. For example, Da Shuang, her original purpose of joining the Shadow was just for points. The difference is that she can adapt to the Shadow and accept the Shadow."

"But Dashuang has no concept of equality."

"Yes." Maya did not explain to Lin Wu that she heard the villagers thinking about their future life. It sounds like the future they describe is good, but the basic meaning remains the same. In summary, after becoming a rich man on earth, he can make up for the pain he is suffering by bullying the poor. Use this core concept to encourage himself to persevere in the Yunmeng tribe. This is also the main reason why Maya is disgusted with what Xiao Huo said.

After the two horses came out of the water and landed, the two of them reduced their conversations, and communicating through headsets while galloping seemed rather stiff.

Beishang Town is very desolate, and zombies have become the masters here. I haven’t seen him for a long time, and seeing zombies feels quite familiar. The phantom jumped up and kicked the head of the zombie blocking the road away. Lin Wu educated it on horseback: "It's too violent. Girls should restrain themselves." Beating children on a rainy day is leisure. .