Chapter 196: Once a person lives like a dog for a long time, he will not be able to stand up
There was a black rectangular box on the service desk. There was a layer of black mist visible around the box. A cold air emanated from it, causing the temperature in the space within one meter around it to drop by several degrees.
"This is a good thing." The ball flew to the black box and bounced around on it, not realizing that its current behavior was challenging Zuo An's fragile nerves.
"Are you crazy?" Zuo An said in a low voice, then looked up at Yang Ning who was still drinking porridge. Seeing that he didn't notice them, he continued.
"Do you think the people in the zombie world aren't having a hard time? Why do you have to add weirdness to the mix? Why don't you just launch an interstellar missile and destroy this planet? That way, everyone can die together, which is much more satisfying."
"Oh, don't be anxious." Yuanqiu walked slowly, not taking Zuo An's anxiety seriously at all.
"The arrival of strangeness in that world is a disaster, but not in this world."
"What do you mean?" Zuo An frowned, feeling that the box was unlucky no matter how he looked at it. "Can they still save the world?"
"Bingo, correct answer." The ball's little hand snapped its fingers, and a sly smile appeared on its face.
"If used properly, something like weirdness can be a powerful weapon, especially the zombies here, who are simply born to feed on weirdness."
"Please explain it in detail." After hearing what Yuanqiu said, Zuo An simply sat back on the stool, ready to listen to Yuanqiu's explanation.
"Do you know what Weird eats?" The ball jumped down from the black box.
"Humans?" Zuo An remembered the world where the weirdness came and lured humans into the 'copy' just to eat them.
"Yes! Weirdness upgrades by eating human flesh and souls."
"I know, and then what?"
"Then, look outside!" The round little hand pointed outside the door.
Zuo An turned around and saw the streets full of zombies that had failed to catch up with Yang Ning and were now walking around aimlessly on the streets.
An idea suddenly occurred to him, "Ah, you mean the meat of these zombies? Weird likes to eat it?"
"Although they prefer to eat fresh meat, this dead meat is still human flesh. As long as there is something to eat, they will not be picky."
"Really?" Zuo An expressed his doubt. With living humans in front of them, would they give up the fresh ones and eat the dead ones?
"In the 'dungeons' of the world where the monsters descend, the only monsters that can truly eat their fill are the big bosses. As for the ordinary monsters, aside from contributing to scaring humans, do you think they can ever get a bite of meat? Just letting them smell the meat is already a blessing."
"Damn it! They've all become monsters. Is survival so cruel?" Zuo An suddenly began to sympathize with those ordinary monsters. When they were human, they were cattle and horses. Now that they are monsters, they are still cattle and horses!
"That's right! It's not easy for any creature to survive." The ball jumped in front of the box again and patted it with its little hands. "The weirdness inside is all clean weirdness in a weird world, a weird world that has never eaten meat."
Weird and clean!
Zuo An couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hands, but after hearing what Yuanqiu said, he felt more at ease. "But how can you guarantee that they won't eat living people?"
After all, fresh meat, even if it is as thin as a bag of bones, is better than dead meat.
"Contract!" The ball slammed the box loudly. "I exchanged it for a ghost cultivation technique in the immortal cultivation world. After the system has been improved, it can allow humans and monsters here to sign a contract."
"Weirds help humans kill zombies, and humans can use zombie meat or crystal cores to help Weirds advance. It's a win-win situation."
Zuo An thought about it and it seemed feasible. "But you just said that if the will is not firm, people might die?"
"Of course! The contract between weirdos and humans is a two-way choice. No matter how clean a weirdo is, it's still a weirdo. If humans can't pass their test and are eaten, isn't that normal?"
"Is it normal?" Zuo An felt that it was not normal.
"You have to know that any powerful force comes at a price." Yuanqiu looked in the direction of the eavesdropper.
“Once a person lives like a dog for too long, he can no longer stand up.”
"To live like a dog forever, or to stand up and take a gamble with your life, I believe everyone has their own choice."
Zuo An was silent. It was just as Yuanqiu said. In the end times, if you want to survive, it is impossible without paying a price.
Ordinary people only see that people with super powers can live freely and comfortably, but they don’t see that people with super powers also risk their lives to kill zombies and mutated plants and animals.
Ordinary people have a hard life, how easy can it be for people with special abilities?
Who isn't trying to survive?
People in the last days are all grass, but some are rougher and more resistant to wind, while some are thinner and will fall down when the wind blows.
"Is there any way to lower the death rate?" Zuo An still wanted to fight for a little more for the humans here.
"Failure and serious injuries? Is that any different from death?"
"Okay." Zuo An was a little frustrated. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Then can we provide some food to the loser's family?"
Generally speaking, the House of Marriage of All Worlds does not provide food to non-guests. Unless the sphere gives special permission, they can only drink water. Even purified water is in short supply in the end times, but compared with food, food is always more scarce.
Seeing Zuo An say this, Yuanqiu nodded and said, "Alright, I'll allow you to give the family of the loser 100 kilograms of rice or food of equivalent value."
One hundred kilograms of food for a life?
Is it cheap?
Very cheap!
But one hundred kilograms of rice can keep a person alive for ten months. If it is replaced with cheaper food of equivalent value, can the person live longer?
When Zuo An thought of this, his eyes suddenly lit up. He looked at the ball and saw a pair of small eyes on the round aqua-blue face, looking at him sideways, as if saying, I'm giving you face, are you happy?
"Yuanqiu, you are so nice." Zuo An stood up, reached out to grab Yuanqiu, and bit Yuanqiu's face hard a few times.
"Hey, hey, hey, you can't repay kindness with evil!" Yuanqiu shouted this, but his eyes narrowed, and he was obviously very happy.
"Excuse me, but when you talk about signing a contract with Weird, is that Weird the same Weird?" Yang Ning had to interrupt the happy time of one person and one ball. He really wanted to know if what they said was true.
Zuo An put the ball down in a hurry, his face flushed pink with embarrassment. He coughed twice and said, "Yes, it's the weird one you think it is."
Yang Ning was silent for a moment, then looked up at Zuo An again. No, his main focus was on the blue ball. "You said that if they fail, they will give their family 100 kilograms of food. Can I specify who to give it to?"
"Of course." Yuanqiu said affirmatively.
"Are you sure you can deliver it?" Yang Ning turned his head and looked at the zombies walking around outside.
"Of course. If you have any doubts, we can send you to your doorstep first."
Yang Ning bit his lip and said, "Okay, I believe you."
This man and the ball look very mysterious. Whether from their words or from the zombies passing by outside but not coming in, one can see their extraordinaryness.
"I want to try to sign a contract with Weird!"
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