Starting from Robinson Crusoe

Chapter 344 147: New God_3

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It's already nightfall, and visibility is poor.

Chen Zhou initially wanted to take the shortest path up the mountain, but remembering the many sharp traps set along the way, and fearing the two indigenous companions would accidentally step on them and get injured, he decided to take a longer route.

Lai Fu never expected to see humans other than his master again. Along the way, he curiously circled around the two indigenous people, sniffing at their scent.

His companions said that this strong beast was a Divine Beast raised by the Celestial God, with accolades made from human bones hanging around its neck. It was unknown how many warriors it had killed, and whenever Lai Fu approached, the wary captive appeared extremely nervous.

The young man holding the clay pot was equally apprehensive, but he managed to restrain himself a bit more.

After all, he was holding the tableware of the Celestial God, containing the "Holy Water" that could bring the dead back to life.

No matter how afraid he was, he had to steady his hands, because if he spilled the water, he would lose his life.

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Chen Zhou was unaware of the indigenous people's little schemes, let alone their admiration for him.

He couldn't trust the two indigenous people at all at the moment, and on the way back to the cave dwelling, he kept thinking about how to tame them, how to teach them to speak Chinese.

The most important thing was how to make them understand those complicated and tedious manual tasks.

If he couldn't achieve that, his life would hardly change.

Perhaps it would become worse with two more mouths to feed.

Communicating, understanding people's thoughts, and managing them was far more complex than dealing with machinery.

Speaking of trivial matters, just deciding where to settle the two indigenous people for the night had taken Chen Zhou a long time to ponder.

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When formulating a plan to rescue the indigenous captives, he had considered the possibility of saving two captives.

For this, he specifically built two wooden houses on either side of the farmland, far apart so that they could be observed from the watchtower.

The reason for building them so far apart was that he didn't want the indigenous people to have the opportunity to communicate.

When one is alone, they may not harbor many thoughts, but when two gather, ideas inevitably multiply.

And many things cannot be accomplished by one person alone; they require cooperation—for example, escaping.

If everything went according to plan, after bringing back the two captives, he should have settled them in two different wooden houses.

But looking at these two indigenous people, Chen Zhou felt that their chance of escaping seemed low.

If they wanted to escape, the best time would have been when he entered the forest in the afternoon, either attempting to push the canoe out to sea or hide elsewhere.

Since they didn't escape then, it showed that they didn't harbor much desire for freedom or hope to return to their tribe.

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Reflecting on Robinson's process of rescuing Friday and Friday's subsequent performance, Chen Zhou thought these indigenous people couldn't be viewed in the same light as ordinary people.

When they were captured and enslaved, they didn't yearn for freedom and escape from control like a mentally sound human would.

Growing up in a tribe with scarce resources made them inherently more reliant on the group rather than individual power.

Without harsh torture or unbearable pain pushing them to leave, they would likely not independently break free from control at the risk of death.

This unique behavior should be even more evident in the unweathered indigenous youth.

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Glancing back slightly, he looked at the two indigenous people behind him.

Watching them, exhausted, follow him closely one after the other, Chen Zhou thought he could test them a bit by letting them sleep together to see their reaction.

Today's events were too overwhelming, too bloody, and his mind too agitated; he thought he probably wouldn't be able to sleep for a while.

Just right, he could take advantage of his insomnia to sit on the courtyard wall, enjoy the breeze, and observe through the window for any unusual behavior when the two indigenous people were alone.

Thinking about this, Chen Zhou suddenly linked himself to being placed on a deserted island by the Space-Time Administration Bureau to participate in a challenge, and couldn't help but chuckle at himself.

"It seems that no matter how advanced civilization becomes, there will always be those who find joy by spying on others."