Volume 1 Animal World Chapter 2 Herding and Being Herded
The way Mu Yiran walked over made everyone feel as if he was still wearing a suit and tie, elegant and confident.
"Here they are." Qin Ci greeted him and pointed at the three newcomers. "Only three of them have come in so far. We still need five more."
"I think we don't need to wait any longer. The time for entering the painting has passed." Mu Yiran said calmly, "Women should n't be here."
"What do you mean?" Little Whiteboard asked hurriedly, "I have two other classmates. They are with me, both girls. They should have also entered this world in the painting. Where are they?"
Mu Yiran glanced at the group of naked men not far away: "These people are all men. I guess the women should be somewhere else."
"After all, this kind of occasion is not suitable for men and women to coexist." Wei Dong said with a dry laugh.
Qin Ci nodded: "It's getting dark, I think we should hurry up and ask those people about the situation."
Everyone agreed and walked towards the group together.
The three newcomers were all very young and had a high level of acceptance of weird things. Although they were still in a state of shock and could not believe the facts, they were very obedient and followed the crowd.
Qin Ci and Mu Yiran walked in front and picked a middle-aged man who looked honest. Qin Ci asked first: "Brother, may I ask, what is this place?"
The middle-aged man was sitting cross-legged there rubbing the mud off his body, his soft belly hanging down, just blocking the irritating part of his eyes, which made everyone feel a little better. When they heard him, they looked up with a look of surprise on their faces: "Are you guys new here? This is the Niu Family Farm."
Farm? Everyone looked at each other. If it was a farm, why were there no cows or horses?
Qin Ci continued to ask: "Excuse me, where is the administrator here?"
The middle-aged man looked even more surprised: "Why are you looking for the administrator? Of course the administrator is in the office. It's not lunch time yet. He will come over to greet us when lunch time comes."
"Then...what are you doing now?" Qin Ci asked again.
"Let's go get some fresh air," the middle-aged man said with a smile, "Which farm were you guys on before? Have you ever let some fresh air go before?"
"Let's go out for some fresh air?" Little Whiteboard looked at Qin Ci in panic, "Are we going to be prisoners?"
"Prisoners can't be naked." The fat man said with disgust, "It's possible that they can be reformed in a farm, but this group of people don't look like they are being reformed. They are naked. It's really an eyesore."
The most eye-catching thing is you, Wei Dong thought.
"Excuse me," Mu Yiran suddenly asked, "how is our farm arranged every day?"
The middle-aged man looked Mu Yiran up and down, and wanted to continue looking, but he felt his eyes blurred and someone blocked his sight. He raised his eyes and saw a young man who looked and had a body that was no worse than this man. He stared at him with a bit of coldness between his eyebrows. He couldn't help but smile: "Relax, young man, I don't mean any harm, I just think that you guys are all good breeds, and you might be treated better than the rest of us."
Ke Xun raised his eyebrows: "Then please answer the question just now."
The middle-aged man laughed again, "It's no different here than anywhere else. We eat three meals a day on time, go out in the sun during the day, go back to sleep at night, and don't run around. Don't go outside the fence or into the woods. Basically, there's no extra danger. But I advise you newcomers not to cause trouble. Stay quiet and behave yourself. Otherwise, if you anger the boss, it won't be fun."
"Boss? Who is that?" asked the burly man who was about 1.9 meters tall.
The middle-aged man looked around for a while, then pointed to the thickest and softest part of the grass and said in a low voice, "It's him, Mo Xun."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw that the grass was empty all around. Everyone else was staying a few meters away, and it seemed that no one dared to approach the center. In the center of the grass, lying sideways was an extremely handsome and strong young man.
This man had a wheat-like complexion, cold eyebrows and eyes, facial features like a sculpture, solid and prominent muscles without a trace of excess fat, thick and well-proportioned limbs, broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and he was full of strength everywhere.
The most striking thing is the leadership aura that this person exudes, which is very intimidating even without a word or a move.
Ke Xun took a quick glance and then looked away, but found that someone next to him was looking away from his face. He looked around and when he saw Mu Yiran, he quickly jumped over.
Qin Ci and Mu Yiran asked the middle-aged man a few more questions, but they could not get anything new out of him. As they had just arrived, it was obvious that they would not get more clues about the painting.
Several people gathered together and talked in low voices.
Qin Cixian said, "I think now we can only keep the same in the face of ever-changing situations. We should try our best to abide by what that person said just now, and try to stay together when we rest at night. Maybe tomorrow... we will get some clues."
Only a few old members who had been in the painting understood the meaning of the words.
Little Whiteboard said hurriedly, "It's time for some exercise now. Can you come with me to look for my two classmates? I'm a little worried about them. And I don't have my glasses, so I can't see anything clearly. Can you please help me and go look for them, okay?"
"Okay." Weidong said.
Ke Xun: “…”
Mu Yiran said, "It's too late. I just walked around. This farm is very large and it's getting dark now. If I go to look for someone, I'm afraid I won't be able to get back before dark."
"What will happen if we can't get back before dark?" asked the little white board.
"die."
The small whiteboard suddenly flickered. I couldn't hear how many people answered this word at the same time. I didn't dare to say anything for a moment. I could only silently shrink myself into a thin strip.
"Let's take this opportunity to get to know each other." Qin Ci introduced the names of several old members.
"My name is Dong Dong," said the 5'8" burly man, pointing at the fat guy, "This is my friend, Yuan Yuan. We were childhood friends. We originally went to the art museum to avoid the rain, but I don't know how we ended up in this evil way."
Ke Xun and Wei Dong, who were childhood friends, looked at the two of them for a few seconds, but they didn't find any resonance...
"My name is Bi Jing. I was originally going to visit our teacher with a few classmates. We agreed to meet at the art museum. However, it was raining and one of my classmates was stuck in traffic, so we couldn't get there for a while, so we went into the museum first to stroll around..." Little Whiteboard explained in detail with a sad face.
Just as he was moaning about how unlucky he was, he heard a whistle in the distance. The naked men around him stood up one after another and walked slowly towards the direction where the whistle came from. However, no one dared to go in front of the man called Mo Mao. They all just gathered around him or stayed behind him, like a group of stars surrounding the moon.
Everyone followed the crowd, neither too far ahead nor too far behind. The old members remained calm, while the newcomers were still a little timid and nervous.
Ke Xun walked and listened with his ears perked up. These naked men were not very quiet. They talked as they walked, and they were all very comfortable. Most of the topics they talked about were what to eat tonight. Some said, "I feel itchy and don't know when I can take a shower." Some said, "I miss women and I can't control myself any more." Others said, "Those new guys look pretty **. I don't know when they will be beaten up by the boss."
Ke Xun felt that the "guy -looking guy" was referring to him, so for the sake of keeping a low profile, he simply lowered his head and walked.
"Okay, I know yours is big, but there's no need to admire yourself while walking." Wei Dong's dissatisfied voice came from beside him.
Ke Xun: “… …” He suddenly felt several gazes coming from all directions and falling on him.
"Although you have succeeded in pleasing me," Ke Xun said, "can you please be low-key? Is now the time to show off your wealth?"
"...Fuck showing off your wealth," Wei Dong lowered his voice to the lowest level and pointed at Mu Yiran who was walking in front of him. "But, if we're going to divide the top and bottom roles by size, I think you lose. Just be a quiet and beautiful 0 from now on."
"Fuck." Ke Xun cursed, "If you dare to look at something you shouldn't look at again, I will make you live with a lot of hunks for the rest of your life."
"Fuck you, you're so vicious," Weidong also cursed, "Others would risk their lives for their brothers, but you stabbed your brothers for being gay. Where's human nature? No wonder the ancients said bitches are heartless and gays are disloyal. It's true."
"...Are you two kidding me?" Fatty Yuan Yuan looked over in disbelief. "I heard from Doctor Qin that at least one person dies in this painting every day. Are you just trying to scare us? Why don't you two seem afraid at all?"
“Brother, if you had experienced life and death dozens of times like us, you would probably be in the same state as us,” Wei Dong smiled bitterly, “You become numb when you get used to it. It’s useless to cry and yell. It’s better to be open-minded. I’d rather die in a funny way than cry… I’d rather die in tears. That’s called character.”
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yuan couldn't help but look Wei Dong up and down.
Wei Dong: "They are all men, don't look around."
Yuan Yuan: "No matter how I look at it, I don't think this brother is a man of integrity."
Wei Dong: "...Okay buddy, you're really generous. You know you're going to die soon, can you please keep some moral integrity for your next life?"
As he was speaking, the rooftops of a row of houses appeared in the distance.
The grassland was not flat, but had ups and downs, with hills and valleys. Only when everyone reached a higher place could they see the full picture of the row of houses, with red brick walls, gray wall foundations, and a row of iron grille windows, which were as high as more than ten stories high .
However, what caught the eye was not the row of houses that looked like prison buildings, but a huge figure standing in front of the row of houses.
The eyes of several visitors outside the painting fell on the giant shadow, and then they all froze in their tracks, everyone with a look of astonishment.
That huge shadow was a cow.
To be precise, it is an anthropomorphic cow that stands on its two hind legs.
It was wearing a pair of dark blue overalls with a large white vest underneath. In its hand... uh, it held a thick long wooden stick between its front hooves, and its other front hoof was on its waist. Its huge pair of bull eyes looked at the ** men walking towards it, and it blew the whistle again.
“This… this is…” Wei Dong was about to speak, speechless, when he saw the giant bull take out a whistle from its mouth and shout:
"Moo-moo-moo-moo--"
Upon hearing this, the naked men quickly started running, scrambling to rush towards the row of prison-like buildings.
"I have an absurd idea..." Ke Xun said suddenly.
"What?" It was Mu Yiran who answered him.
Ke Xun clearly remembered that he was walking about ten steps behind him and did not notice how he got to his side.
Looking straight ahead without looking at him, Ke Xun answered him in a serious tone: "Why do I feel that this cow is more like a human, and we are more like...livestock?"
Mu Yiran's cold voice rang in his ears: "You are right. On this farm, we humans are the ones being grazed."
