Hotel on the mountain

Different species can communicate, but it does not mean that the cultural cognition of both parties is on the same ground. Just like the request of the emperor's walking lantern, Jetro seemed to be completely outrageous.

The transaction content of the Emperor's Walking Lantern is - "Ask humans to help weaken the population. It will offer rare treasures from the waters according to human preferences."

Jetro thought for a moment, isn't this just asking someone to help kill fish? Pay back the money?

"Why? Is the growth of the ethnic group a burden to you?"

"Yes, a burden, a burden that would lead to genocide."

"I would like to know the story about your tribe."

"Alas." Yetro seemed to hear an old man sighing feebly, "We live in this river, and the surrounding lakes are also our home. We live in a very wide area, so the number of ethnic groups has always been very large. huge.

This huge number is the mission given to us by nature - every hundred years, a fire will appear in the west that will consume everything. We, the lantern fish, have been trying to put out the fire and protect this river for generations.

Once, according to the memories passed down by our ancestors, the forest fire was not serious, so the group only reduced a small number of members - so that we started the next hundred years of reproduction with a larger base - we Crowded the lakes and choked the rivers. Due to the need for survival and the obstruction of the upper waterway, our tribe members entered the sea life.

That should have been the most glorious moment for the tribe, but our large numbers attracted the ‘everything-devouring existence in the sea’ – you call it the ‘sea dragon’. All it had to do was open its mouth, and all the clan members who entered the sea were devoured by it. But it doesn't end there - it breeds the next generation here.

That little sea dragon is our nightmare. It can escape from the sea, enter the river, and eat up our tribe. We hid in the lake, and it could also enter the lake along the tributaries, until we were eaten and there was not much left, and it finally grew too big to enter the lake anymore.

Jetro, it was just a fire that did not have the expected consequences, and it almost led to the annihilation of our race. Now, fire has not appeared for three hundred years.

I follow the teachings of my ancestors and will never let my people enter the sea, but we are just too fertile.

Originally, I couldn't survive the first hundred years, but fortunately, two hundred years ago, a group of creatures like you came to this land - they were also humans. They looked very powerful and capable of killing. From that moment on, I knew that the key to saving the tribe was in my hands.

There are bright flames appearing all day long in the area where they live. My tribe members think that it is a fire, so they are eager to show the value of their existence - this is very in line with my wishes. Based on their ideas, I only leave Some of the seeds needed to reproduce offspring were laid, and almost all of them came out.

But I didn't expect that they escaped and I never saw them again.

I know, I made a big mistake, I was too anxious, I should have taken my time. The opportunity to save the ethnic group was ruined by me. I feel that I have become a sinner of the ethnic group. I am ashamed of my ancestors and I am ashamed of all my people..."

Jetro was ready to listen to the story first, so he continued to ask: "What about the next two hundred years?"

Emperor Xingdeng continued to explain: "Fortunately, that group of humans cut down most of my clan members, giving me a chance to breathe. Whenever the estrus period approaches, I will separate the males and females into two In the lake, and slapping the river bank, causing collapse to block the lake channel. This is the best way I can think of. Although the lake channel will eventually be washed away by the water flow and the tribe members, it can effectively reduce the mating of the tribe members. Behavior.

In this way, I have persisted until now, after delaying for two hundred years, the number of the tribe has once again reached the stage where it has to enter the sea.

Nature is taking care of us, and I am very happy that we have discovered traces of humans again.

This time, I won't make the same mistake again!

So I carefully ordered small groups of clan members to test your strength, and tried to order the clan members to attack you without an open flame, but this obviously went against their own will, so I still need to wait for someone with an open flame. opportunity.

God, you may not understand how excited I was when I found a bright firework on the river bank - you are simply my savior.

So, let’s make this deal! You humans also love those shiny things in the water, don’t you? "

After finally listening to it, Jetro felt that the first Duke of the Raya family was really unjustly defeated - he encountered a group of super-large monsters that had been recuperating for hundreds of years and were eager to die. He was not defeated by the malicious invasion of the mainland. Instead, they were defeated by a group's self-survival behavior.

Jetro collected his thoughts and asked: "But you have also seen that your tribe is so large that my people can't do much harm to you. To be honest, if you don't show up again, I will He will also be defeated."

"Well, in the last battle of redemption, I found that humans thought of a good way. They would place open flames in the open space, and then make traps around them to attract us. This is a very clever strategy, my Many clan members have dedicated their lives to it.

Oh, blame me, I shouldn't have told the tribe members about this trap, they would have avoided it later...

But now, those tribesmen who know how to use these traps have returned to the earth, so you can try this. "

Survival forces ethnic leaders to adopt a policy of racial entrapment and killing.

But if you think about it from another person’s perspective, aren’t humans also killing each other and inventing more efficient ways of killing?

Jetro and Emperor Xingdeng discussed for a while more, and after finalizing some details of the deal, this historic meeting between humans and animals formally established the five principles of peaceful coexistence between the two parties.

After Jetro withdrew from the communication of consciousness, all the lantern fish also retreated - they fell into the water and quickly disappeared.

Jetro glanced around and found that the hunters who were fighting had gathered around him, tightly surrounding him and the horse, with reverence shining in their eyes.

"You, what do you want to do?"

It took a lot of energy to communicate with the monster's consciousness. Jetro was in a state of confusion. The next moment, he was suddenly thrown into the air by everyone!

"Long live the Raya family! Long live Lord Jetro!"

The horse fell to the side alone, its legs were a little weak, and it collapsed on the ground. And Jetro was picked up and abandoned by the happy hunters - people were carrying out the most primitive worship activities, while the Sith who were eager to protect him (stopped burning the forest the moment the emperor's lantern appeared) were quite Somewhat confused, he quickly stepped forward and shouted: "What are you doing?! Put Lord Jetro down quickly!"

"No! - I like it!" He smiled happily, his short golden hair rising and falling, and his slightly mature face finally bloomed like a twenty-two-year-old youth. vitality.

Being admired and needed by others are two important values ​​​​in Yetro's life. He enjoys all of these, and only at this moment can he feel the value and meaning of being a human being.

The Pearl Lake shone with a blood-red dark light under the setting sun, but most of the lake surface was still clear and translucent. The killers lurking in the deep lake also retreated. Qiu Guang in the distance slowly sat down with his shield, Simba Throwing some water and food beside him, he hurried to take care of the "priceless stove". People around him smiled in victory, while Daoer was busy applying medicine to the injured hunter. From this point of view, only Jetro's turn of the tide is left to everyone to sing.