Chapter 18
Jiang Xiangyang immediately activated the mimicry and hiding of the small ball, stepped back, and stared intently.
The flames spread all over the place, illuminating the faces of the group of people.
The atmosphere was tense just now and he didn't have time to see it carefully. Now that he saw it clearly, Jiang Xiangyang couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.
He thought the four people lying on the ground were exceptions, but when he observed this group of people, he found that they all had a brutal and bloodthirsty aura, dark skin, strong backs, big hands and feet, and those unfriendly eyes, which vividly demonstrated to him what a tough folk custom was.
If a bad attitude is the norm, then there is a serious problem.
Although Jiang Xiangyang considered this place as the ancient Earth, he was definitely not naive enough to regard it as the real ancient Earth. Human beings have been away from their home planet for thousands of years, but they still miss the Earth. Even reading the records left by their predecessors can make them miss it to the point of madness - if the situation at the time was not so critical that humans could not survive, who would abandon the home planet they had always lived on and wander around in the fear of the unknown?
It is because he knows for sure that the earth no longer exists that Jiang Xiangyang has been observing and waiting to find out what this place is.
Previously, he had estimated the possibility of human existence with a probability of 73%, because the environment here is extremely similar to that of ancient Earth. He also saw a monkey just now, and the ancestors of humans are apes, which further strengthened Jiang Xiangyang's confirmation.
If you can really meet someone, language barriers are not a problem. You can always negotiate, trade, and exchange information with gestures, then everything will go well.
The reality is, there are indeed humans living here, but these people showed hostility towards him as soon as they met him, and even had murderous intentions!
Under what circumstances would people show murderous intent towards a stranger? There are two possibilities. One is that they have been harmed by outsiders and are taking this as a lesson, preferring to kill the wrong person rather than let him go.
The second is that the living environment is harsh, and fighting each other is the only way to survive. Conscience and compassion have become a sad luxury, and killing and violence have become commonplace.
No matter which of the above two options is correct, the situation is not optimistic. If Jiang Xiangyang were to choose...
He doesn't want to choose any of them!
He just wants to be a good young man in contemporary society who is kind to others, firmly adheres to socialist values as his life goal, and strives to achieve prosperity and strength for the motherland. Would God dare to cheat him again!
With his retreat blocked, Jiang Xiangyang pursed his lips and held the hilt of the laser sword in his palm.
The other party did not attack first, and Jiang Xiangyang did not move because he was worried about their large numbers.
Among so many people, only the three people standing in the front had tattoos on their foreheads, and the limbs of those three people were more muscular, and they did not look like good people. When other people approached these three people, they subconsciously took half a step back, bent their bodies slightly, and showed the posture of being subordinates.
Jiang Xiangyang guessed that there were also class divisions among them, and those three people were probably like small leaders.
The boy was caught again, but this time no one slapped him. Two people held the boy's arms on the left and right and brought him in front of three people. One of the three people took a few steps, without saying a word, grabbed the rope around the boy's neck, and glared at the other person fiercely.
The people around him had already let go, and the boy staggered because of the rope. He suddenly met the man's eyes and quickly lowered his head in confusion. But compared with the four people before him, there was obviously less panic on his face. His face turned red because of the rope, and he scratched his neck with both hands. He had no resentment or anger, but just looked back at the man in pain.
The man frowned, with a hint of reluctance, and slowly let go of his hand.
This action obviously made the other two people feel uneasy. One of them had a gloomy face and said nothing, while the other one stepped forward and said something beside that person in a neither loud nor loud voice. Although Jiang Xiangyang could not understand their language, he could clearly hear some bad words from their sarcastic expressions.
The man's eyes really changed, and became much colder in an instant. Seeing this, the boy opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to argue but didn't know where to start. The man may have lost his patience or was extremely angry, and did not give the boy a chance to speak again. He knocked him unconscious with a knife and threw him to the person next to him.
The focus of attention finally returned to Jiang Xiangyang. Jiang Xiangyang, who was often stared at by teachers and students as a representative of excellent students, calmly said that he could still handle it, so he continued to choose to remain calm.
The man who knocked the boy unconscious saw the four people lying on the ground at a glance, frowned slightly, and looked at Jiang Xiangyang who was standing next to him, with surprise on his face. Jiang Xiangyang swore that he saw a series of four-character idioms passing through the other's eyes, which were either weak and fragile or vulnerable.
Jiang Xiangyang: “…” I’m really sorry that I’m not as tall, strong or sturdy as you.
Little Ball didn't dare to make a sound. He wrote on Jiang Xiangyang's arm with his claws and asked him what to do now.
Jiang Xiangyang sighed inwardly, wondering what else he could do. He covered his hands and quietly tucked the hilt of the sword into his tightly fitting sleeves, then raised his hands.
Little Ball: “…”
Hands are the part that can be used for attacking, so this posture is common to all humans. The tattooed man raised his eyebrows and walked over.
No one stepped forward to stop him, as if they didn't believe that the four people on the ground were knocked down by Jiang Xiangyang. At the same time, Jiang Xiangyang believed that the tattooed man should be the strongest among them, because the tattoos of the other two people only had two petals, while the tattooed man had three petals.
The person who had spoken rudely before suddenly said something, and the other party's explicit gaze lingering on his face made Jiang Xiangyang feel extremely uncomfortable.
But he looked at the unconscious boy and had a vague idea.
Without even looking at the four people on the ground, the tattooed man walked up to Jiang Xiangyang, squinting his eyes as if he was examining something, and then without any warning, he punched Jiang Xiangyang in the face.
Jiang Xiangyang clenched his fists, feeling the sharp wind coming at him motionlessly. Just when he was about to dodge, the tattooed man suddenly turned and hit Jiang Xiangyang's abdomen with his fist.
Jiang Xiangyang, who was well prepared, moved his body at the right time, and it looked like he was knocked to the ground, but in fact most of the force of the punch did not fall on him.
Even so, Jiang Xiangyang felt severe pain in his stomach. If this punch really landed, he might vomit out everything he had eaten today. He was secretly glad that he did not act rashly just now.
With the speed of the tattooed man's punches, he could only pretend to dodge them.
After being knocked unconscious by another punch, Jiang Xiangyang closed his eyes and slowed down his breathing to avoid being exposed. The tattooed man pulled up his eyelids and looked at him for a few seconds. Jiang Xiangyang heard the other party shouting a few times outside, and then a man came and carried him up.
The team returned along the same route, and the little ball was about to catch up when suddenly its body stopped. The signal light above its head flashed silently, and a program that had been set long ago was quickly activated.
At the same time, on the New Planet X Station live broadcast platform, a long-dormant live broadcast room titled "Towards the Sunshine" was quietly opened. Photos of various landscapes and creatures in the reserve were uploaded one after another at a regular speed, and the scene of Jiang Xiangyang being carried away was slowly presented to the world.
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