Chapter 135
The humans of Zhongwu Star were once confined to a small piece of land to cultivate the land. Their knowledge of the world was limited to the sky above their heads and the land beneath their feet. Of the thousands of races living on this planet, they only knew about the lords who enslaved them and the small number of wild beasts around their living areas.
Therefore, when humans first encountered strange races, even how to call them became a problem, so Rong Yuan just gave them some names according to his own habits, such as lion, elephant, etc. In fact, these creatures are just similar in appearance to those animals with the same name on Earth, but they are not the same species.
This also led to a large amount of Chinese mixed into the language used by the people of Zhongwu Star in their daily lives. Of course, they themselves, including Lor and others from Landia, did not understand this. Sometimes Rong Yuan would think that if one day in the future, the people of Earth and Zhongwu Star met in the distant starry sky, they might think that the other party was the same family as they were thousands of years ago, and that scene would definitely be very interesting.
However, for Rong Yuan, Earth is his hometown that he will miss no matter how far he goes, and the people there will always be his compatriots. But what about Zhong Wuxing?
Zhong Wuxing...
Rong Yuan thought about it for a long time, but still didn't know how to define the people and things here.
In response to Pea's questioning, Rong Yuan told it the stories of "Elephant", "Shark" and "Vulture".
After ten years of development, the humans in that small valley have already possessed firepower equivalent to that of the Earth's humans in the mid-twentieth century. In fact, in Rong Yuan's opinion, this level is far from enough, but Qi Lin's death intensified the conflict and forced the people in the valley to go to the battlefield ahead of time.
Then, there were wars one after another, with swords flashing, bloody fights, and one after another, the once powerful tribes fell under their guns. The name of this legion composed purely of former slaves gradually reached the ears of many foreign races.
But in these wars, Rong Yuan would not always participate. Or rather, he would just watch from the sidelines most of the time. In his opinion, he had given them the weapons that could win, so freedom and dignity should be fought for by themselves. He would only take action when the enemy was too powerful to be of any use to them.
Of course, when someone was seriously injured, Rong Yuan would also treat them. But not every injured person could be sent to him in time, and not everyone could be protected in time when they were in danger. Therefore, in the years of war, although humans achieved great results, they also suffered heavy casualties. However, they continued to rescue slaves from other places to expand the team, so the number of people in the legion increased and became stronger.
- But this does not mean that people can forget their lost relatives and comrades.
This was also the reason why when Rong Yuan was injured by the star destroyer, those who had been planning for a long time took the opportunity to raise the banner of rebellion. He was suddenly deserted by his friends and relatives, and only a few people such as Qi Yang insisted on standing by his side.
What people are willing to believe in and follow, of course, are comrades who can fight alongside them, and leaders who can lead them to victory and survive to enjoy the victory, rather than an alien monster who clearly has the ability to save everyone but rarely takes action and watches his relatives and friends die.
By the way , the story of "Elephant" happened when the Legion was just beginning to gain fame.
At that time, they were preparing for a new war. One of the reconnaissance teams they sent out accidentally broke the compass, so they ran in the wrong direction in the Gobi Desert and got lost until they were hundreds of kilometers away from their destination. People thought they encountered a large enemy force and were wiped out.
The lost reconnaissance team ran for a long time in the Gobi Desert like headless flies. They had eaten up all the rations they brought with them, and had to abandon the car because it had no gasoline. They didn't even dare to light the signal fire for fear of running behind the enemy. Although they barely survived by relying on some survival skills in the wild, they were also tired, hungry and thirsty. Just when they were about to give up, they suddenly found a mountain in front of them.
Where there are mountains, there will be trees, wild animals, and perhaps water sources, and maybe even people living there.
The group was surprised and delighted, and even had more strength. They ran up the mountain in ecstasy, but found that after searching the entire mountain, apart from large and small rocks and piles of earth, there were only some overgrown weeds and mosses, and a few small trees that were obviously malnourished. There was no gurgling stream, wild rabbits, mice, mushrooms, ginseng, etc. as they had imagined.
Several people were extremely disappointed and fell to the ground exhausted. One of them felt something under his body, and he reached out and touched it, and unexpectedly found an egg that was almost the same color as the stone and was half the size of an adult's head!
Everyone was overjoyed, and immediately surrounded the man, raised the egg and knocked it against the stone next to him! Imagining the delicious taste of the egg white flowing into their mouths and the feeling of fullness it brought, everyone's saliva flowed three feet long.
But suddenly! The stone ran away!
As everyone was stunned, they saw a wrinkled head sticking out from the stone. A pair of small black eyes looked at them helplessly and said, "Stranger, please put my child down! You can't eat him."
Several people looked at it, as if they didn't hear it speak, and their saliva flowed even more.
--If their inner thoughts could be visualized at this time, the screen would probably be filled with: Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat! Meat!
Apart from that, they had no time to think about anything else.
Some people took out knives, some took out daggers, some took out torches, and some simply squatted on the ground and set up a pot.
The tortoise was almost laughing at their indignation and asked, "You still want to eat me?"
Several people nodded honestly with drooling eyes.
Almost in the next second, all the "stones" of all sizes on the mountain suddenly stretched their heads out, and countless giant tortoises emerged from under the dirt pile like a tide. Some of them were as big as houses, and some were only as big as fists. Being stared at from all directions by countless eyes, if they had not been so hungry that their heads were dizzy and their reactions were slow, they would have fainted at that moment.
Then, the ground beneath their feet suddenly shook. Several people screamed and rolled down the mountain, forgetting to put down the eggs in their hands.
Then they saw the mountain rise up!
The ground cracked, rubble rolled, and dust rolled around as if it had been blown up. The hill, which originally did not seem very high, kept rising until it reached a height of more than 100 meters. This scene was more .
Then, a rumbling sound came from the mountain: "Ah~ It seems like I have slept for a long time! Is it time to migrate again?"
The people in the reconnaissance camp even forgot to run away. They just stood there in a daze as if they were under a spell, looking up at an angle that seemed like they could break their necks.
After a while, a huge head appeared from the sky. It might take two or three people to hold just one tooth.
The head shook for a while before it found the little ones under it. Everyone clearly felt its eyes sweep across the gray egg, and then it said, "You are the ones who want to eat my people?"
Even though it deliberately lowered its voice, to everyone it still felt like a drum beating hard , and their heads were about to explode.
They were so scared that they sat on the ground, and when they heard this, they hurriedly said, "No, no, no!"
"No, no, no! I was just kidding! It was just a joke! Ha, hahaha!"
But the person holding the egg was facing the pressure of the giant turtle's gaze, as if he was frightened. He suddenly screamed and threw the egg away!
They were almost scared to death by him! Suddenly, a table-sized tortoise jumped out like lightning, caught the egg in its mouth just as it was about to fall to the ground, glanced at them, and slowly climbed back onto the giant tortoise's back.
The giant turtle looked at them twice, as if it was too lazy to bother with them, and turned around and rumbled away. Every step it took left a huge footprint on the ground.
Afterwards, the reconnaissance camp went through a lot of hardships and finally found the traces of the main force half a month later. This miraculous experience naturally became a topic of conversation for them to brag about. Not long after, Qi Yang and others also knew the rumor.
At that time, they were worried about the unfavorable war situation. After hearing the rumor about the giant turtle, many people regarded it as a strange story for entertainment, but Kalumbi suddenly had an idea that he might be able to use the power of the giant turtle to break the situation.
People thought he was crazy - how could aliens help humans?
But Kalumbi insisted on his own idea. He believed that from the contact between the reconnaissance camp and the giant turtle, it can be found that the giant turtle did not enslave humans and was not hostile to humans. If they can find out what the giant turtle needs and then cater to its needs, the two sides may not be unable to cooperate. Even if this attempt fails, they actually have nothing to lose.
--If you succeed, there will be great benefits, and if you fail, there will be no harm. In this case, why not give it a try?
Kalunbi persuaded his classmates, and soon they formed a "Giant Turtle Negotiation Team" and applied for Rong Yuan's escort protection. This negotiation trip was the beginning of these young people's real fame and prestige in the army.
The giant tortoise was kind and not aggressive. Kalumbi and his companions followed it for a long time to communicate or tangle with it. They even bravely climbed onto the back of the giant tortoise and harassed the small tortoises one by one. Finally, they learned about the giant tortoise's current predicament.
Although the giant tortoises are much bigger than these elephant tortoises, they are actually the same species. Each generation of their species has a head of the family. After the death of the previous head of the family, the strongest and most prestigious elephant tortoise in the tribe will become the new head of the family. Then its body will grow to an unimaginable size in just a few months. At the same time, the body of the previous generation of giant tortoises will rot and dissolve in a very short time, as if passing all its vitality to the next generation. The place where its body rots will breed very fertile soil, and the plant seeds attached to it will also grow lushly in this soil.
When the new giant turtle grows up, it will carry the entire tribe on its back, and the soil and plants left by the previous giant turtle will also be transferred to its back. The entire race can be self-sufficient by relying on the various plants on the back of the giant turtle and a small amount of rainwater, and the changes in the outside world will not affect them at all.
But more than a decade ago, a small insect suddenly appeared in the mud on the giant tortoise's back. It was a brown insect with a strong reproductive capacity, only the size of an ant. They gnawed the roots and stems of plants in the mud without restraint, and in just a few years, the tortoise's back, which was originally like a botanical garden, became a barren land. Even the fertility of the soil gradually disappeared, and the giant tortoise had no way to deal with this little thing.
Today, the giant tortoise has to carry its tribe on its back and constantly search for places with lush grass and water to feed its people. However, no matter how rich and beautiful a place is, it will turn into a Gobi desert within a year or two after its arrival, and food is always in short supply. In order to survive, the giant tortoise tribe has to start a long hibernation.
The giant turtles kept wandering and walking, as if they were being punished forever. But that was not a big deal. What they were most worried about was that one day these bugs would spread to all the lands. By then, it would be the end of their race, or even the world.
After that, Kalunbi and his team worked hard to develop a special medicine for the black insects. With the help of various equipment on the alien spacecraft, they miraculously succeeded in developing it in just over a week!
When they saw the black insects crawling out of the soil and running away frantically after the pesticide was sprayed, and then dying in large numbers; when they saw the only remaining plant on the turtle's back regaining vitality and even new shoots growing out; when they saw the newborn baby elephant tortoises curiously sniffing around a small yellow flower with great joy, the elephant tortoises gave deafening cheers again and again, and couldn't help shedding tears again and again. Even the humans who witnessed this scene couldn't help but be moved to tears.
Since then, the giant tortoises have become humanity's most steadfast allies and the first alien race willing to form an alliance with humans.
…The giant tortoise is man’s most steadfast ally.
But where are they now?
Why can’t the whole world hear their legends or see their huge mountain-like figures?
Why in the story, they became villains like the Moon Wolves and Thunder Beasts?
Wandou didn't ask these questions, but Rongyuan knew that it actually understood them all.
The air also became quiet.
