Volume 3: The Nameless Chapter 46: Gun in hand, follow me! Ride a lizard and kill a mad dog!
"We agree to your terms!"
A few minutes later, Jack Sparrow, who had a "secret talk" with Jameson, strode to the front of the leaders of the underground lizardman clan, blowing smoke rings.
He pointed to the shelter above his back and said to the lizardmen who were staring at him with sinister eyes as if they were looking at "food":
"The collapsed area belongs to you. The people in the shelter will evacuate, and anything they can't take away will be left to you. I've already made an agreement with Mayor Jameson, and they'll be moving in a few days. You can even help out."
"Um?"
Such a generous and direct reply made the underground lizardmen, who were split into several tribes, look at each other, with suspicion and coldness emerging in their eyes covered by scales of different colors.
One of the big black lizardmen rolled his forked tongue in his mouth, and stared at Captain Jack with his eyes strangely turned at different angles. He...
Well, she said:
"We don't believe your empty words, an outsider. Even though we are like wild beasts now, we were all in the high-end circles in Manhattan back then. We made millions of dollars a second and had countless thoughts in our minds.
You can't fool us with this little trick."
"You can go talk to them."
Jack exhaled a puff of smoke and pointed at several shelter leaders behind him, saying:
"I'm just a middleman, responsible for passing on messages, understand? Of course, I understand what you mean. Such a large shelter is given away just like that. Who would feel at ease if you don't put forward some conditions for such a big thing?
So listen carefully, their condition is that your clans must provide people! All the Lizardmen who can still move, move out, follow us to attack Osborne Tower!
Don't be afraid.
We have sent out our scouts and our heroes to do some serious work there, and if you have an observer you will have seen that the tower is already burning."
“It’s just horrible conditions.”
Several Lizardmen leaders shouted noisily with a hissing sound:
"You want us to fight those invaders! Those foreign mad dogs that destroyed the world! We don't want this shelter anymore. We can move in after you die.
We are just ordinary, weak and helpless people, we..."
"You are not ordinary people!"
Dr. Connors, who had been sitting next to him as silent as a log since the beginning of the negotiation, now spoke in a deep voice:
"You voluntarily injected my lizard serum in order to survive the apocalypse, and from then on you were no longer ordinary humans.
It's not just your appearance that has changed, but also your life form.
It is covered in scales and is not afraid of bullets. It has the super self-healing ability to regenerate broken limbs. It has the night vision ability to track life signs with heat energy. It has super endurance to survive in complex environments of high and low temperatures and even chemicals.
You can even drink untreated sewage directly before you are infected with the virus to a certain extent.
You can feel that you are still weak, but you cannot insult my serum!"
The biologist who created the "race" of underground people shook his tail, which was twice as big as that of ordinary lizardmen. As his jagged teeth opened and closed, he said in a cold tone while wearing a white coat and oversized glasses:
“It’s not that I can’t fight, I’m just afraid.
They would rather use their new strength to fight each other for the scraps, and would rather divide up their territory underground like wild beasts, than turn their claws against the culprits who destroyed their past lives.
You guys are truly the most failed experiment I have ever made.
I ask you! "
Dr. Connors stood up.
His huge size made several lizardmen leaders step back in fear. He scolded them just like a lizardmen boss scolded his little cubs:
"Are your teeth not sharp enough? Or are your claws not sharp enough? I gave you the power of cold-blooded beasts, but didn't I give you the heart of a beast?"
The underground people were all created by Dr. Connors' serum. Although they do not regard the doctor as a "god" or "faith", these lizard people who changed their careers have to seek treatment from Dr. Connors when they have a headache or fever. Therefore, although the doctor does not participate in the politics of the underground people, his reputation in this new ethnic group is absolutely high.
Facing his scolding, a group of lizardmen lowered their heads and dared not refute. The black female lizardman who spoke to Jack first whispered in defense:
"But this is different, Doctor. This dark outsider is trying to trick us into fighting the terrible Cleaners, but there is no need for us to do so.
Since they don’t come underground, we can also pretend they don’t exist…”
"Don't be stupid!"
Captain Jack finally found his opportunity.
He screamed, attracting not only the attention of the lizardmen, but also the attention of some nearby members of the shelter. The legendary pirate swiftly jumped onto the box next to him, waving his hands and shouting to the people around him like a street orator:
"You bury your heads in darkness, hide yourself underground and pretend that you can't see the bullets flying through the surface world, and deceive yourself that the years are peaceful and nothing happens.
You can continue to hypnotize yourself and let the beautiful dream continue, but the big earthquake just now was experienced by you personally! At this time, no one still thinks that it is just an ordinary geological hazard, right?
Don't be silly!
The truth is right in front of you, but you just don't want to believe it.
Let us take this opportunity to talk it out.”
Jack shouted and spread the news about Osborne Tower and Gravity Hammer, adding some appropriate "exaggeration" besides the facts.
For example, they threatened the Lizardmen by saying that the Cleaners' plan was to create a major earthquake and bury them alive underground. They also threatened the residents of the shelter by saying that those bastards from another world took away their heroes in order to force them into a desperate situation and then use them for terrible biological experiments.
"It has now reached a point where you can't survive without fighting! This is no longer the era a few years ago when you could hide underground to avoid danger."
Jack got excited as he was talking. He took out a bottle of wine and took a big gulp. He shouted:
"The butcher's knife is in their hands. They don't need to choose a time to kill you. You and the lizardmen, don't think that your miserable days, which have already reached the bottom of the valley, will continue like this.
You may be thinking, if things have already gotten this bad, are we afraid that they will get worse?
But I’m going to leave this out today!
If you want to pursue some kind of change, tonight is your best time. We outsiders are like mad dogs in your eyes. I admit that the hounds of the Star Society have done disgusting things, but we are different!
We are not saying this for nothing. My brothers and sisters have already set Osborne Tower on fire, and I think that is enough to prove our ability and sincerity.
We are your pioneers!
We'll take care of the toughest nuts to crack. All you have to do is rush in with your weapons, and fire every bullet at those bastards who destroyed your world.
All this shit will end tonight!
bring it on!
Let's burn Osborne Tower to ashes!"
Jack's shouting and incitement caused a commotion in the crowd.
This is especially true for some young people who have witnessed the prosperity of the old times. The elderly may be willing to live underground in order to survive, but for them, yearning for the sun is human instinct.
Some excited guys were already waving their hands along with Jack's shout.
But the legendary pirate keenly sensed that most of the people in the crowd were still hesitating, which was normal because he only talked about risks and battles but did not tell them the rewards of taking risks.
In this damn day and age, who would do anything that has no benefit?
Captain Jack, who knew this well, cleared his throat, opened his arms and said to the silent crowd:
"Your shelter has collapsed, my poor doomsday people. You can certainly try to clean it up, but I have just told you that if the cleaners need gravity hammers, it will become increasingly unsafe for you to live underground.
So why not change the place?
How about Osborne Towers?
It is a scenic seaside town with a fifty-meter-high wall, so there is no need to worry about zombies, and everyone has a few hours every day to bask in the sun on the ground.
People with special skills can even own a capsule room in the ground residential area.
Although the place is a bit small, it has everything you need.
After all, everyone can live back where they should live, and eat synthetic meat two days a week. Although I don't know what that is, it sounds good.
They can enjoy clean water, and even buy cola-flavored drinks for a little money, and have a finger cake on their birthday every year.
Think about the children, think about the young people. Hiding in this shabby underground place, you have to consider your roommates when you want to watch a movie. Is this the kind of life that people should live?
I know, it's risky.
But there are risks in everything you do! You could get electrocuted if you were fiddling with a toaster in the shelter. If it's destined, why think about it? "
The legendary pirate paused, and in the midst of silence, he drew out the pistol from his waist, pulled the chamber open with a click, and shouted to the people in front of him:
"Would you rather die in a dark cave underground, let your children blame you for losing the world that should belong to them, and live a life of mediocrity until you are eighty?
Or would you like to join me on the battlefield tonight?
Even if they cannot survive the first ten minutes of the battle, they may be knocked to the ground by the first bullet, which is even worse.
There is nothing more I can promise you.
All I can say is, if you guys survive tonight, then when you have kids you can brag about how you did something for this fucked up world.
Even if it's just a little bit.
At that time, you can brag as much as you want, and no one dares to question you. "
Apart from the shouting and noise of some young people, no one responded to Jack's incitement, but the silence in the crowd had subtly changed.
Everyone was looking at each other, as if waiting for the first person to really stand up.
The resentment that has been hidden for so long under the doomsday, the invisible emotions that burst out from the pain of wanting to go back to the past but being forced to face the tragic reality are brewing.
Just waiting for a fuse to ignite it.
"Well said, very well said! So well said that these words should not be said by an outsider like you!"
Mary Jane's voice came from the back of the crowd. The lady in cowgirl clothes was holding a large-caliber shotgun, and many people turned to look at her.
Mary Jane, who was well-known in the shelter brushed her hair, raised her weapon, and said:
"My ex-husband...you all know him, he's right under the Osborne Tower!
Just now, he and these outsiders killed Osborn's lackeys. The evil six who escaped the disaster did not escape the judgment and punishment they deserved tonight.
Peter Parker is out to fulfill his promise to protect the city.
He lost his city, but he stood up for us again!
Brothers and sisters, this time we will not stand by and watch the world being handed over to us like we did last time. We only have these little things left, and we will fight to the death with anyone who wants to take it away!
I will go there!
For my daughter, for my dead husband and son.
I need someone to go with me.”
"I!"
Little old man Jameson dropped his cane, grabbed a revolver and shouted.
Great, that 's the lead!
And it has been ignited...
A few seconds later, the entire silent crowd exploded. They roared, waved their arms and shouted something, perhaps they themselves did not know what they were shouting.
But it's enough as long as the taste is there.
The guards who had been arranged long ago delivered the weapons to the crowd, and Captain Jack looked at the scene with pride. He blew a smoke ring and looked back at the lizardmen provocatively, saying:
“What do you think they will do if I tell them now that you are unwilling to fight with us and are trying to seize our sanctuary?
Or come with us!
Or let's have a fight here first! If we can't survive, you can't expect to live comfortably!"
"us……"
The black female lizard wanted to delay a little longer.
But then a muffled sound from the cave in the distance made all the lizardmen leaders change their expressions. Soon, a lizardman cub covered in blood ran over and shouted:
"Oh no, leaders, our warehouse was blown up! It was Daredevil who did it! That bastard who had been paralyzed for several years somehow recovered and sneaked in to set the fire.
All our stored food and water are gone, and he has also taken our lizard eggs hostage..."
"grass!"
The black female lizardman was completely furious.
She swung her claws at the complacent Captain Jack in front of her, but her raised arm was easily caught by a thicker claw. Amidst Dr. Connors' thunderous rebuke, the strongest lizardman leader was thrown out like a child and hit the ground.
"Gather your warriors!"
Dr. Lizard tore off his white coat and yelled:
"Take these armed civilians and take them to Osborne Tower through the underground river! I've had enough of your cowardice and chattering. You're wasting your second life and the serum I gave you!
Or follow us into battle!
Or I'll release the antidote and turn you back into weak humans.
You choose for yourself! "
"After this battle, the entire underground world of the East Coast will belong to you. I will also give you some of the supplies in Osborne Tower. This will definitely be enough to compensate for your losses."
Captain Jack was blowing smoke rings beside him, and he said in a gloomy way:
"But we have to get the spoils in our hands first before we can talk about distribution, right?"
In less than ten minutes, led by Dr. Connors in black leather armor and Mary Jane, the first group of armed shelter civilians rode on the lizard warriors who were running fast on all fours in the underground river and headed towards Osborne Tower.
Jack was among them.
This slutty guy rode on the back of the black female lizardman that was taught a lesson by Dr. Connors. He held on to the lizardman's dorsal fin and said:
"Hey, a famous captain like me is still in need of a mount... Uh, don't be angry, I mean a partner! Do you want to hang out with me in the future?"
"Hey! Lizard Knight over there, take this!"
When they passed by the cliff where Dr. Otto lived in seclusion, Dr. Hippie shouted from above. He pointed to a black iron can beside him and shouted to Jack below:
"Take this to the battlefield and give it to Mason. Although it has not been repaired to perfection, I think it will be useful to him."
