Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

This made Mercer inexplicably sad.

He knows that ecosystems exist, and that the creatures in every environment maintain an ecological balance in an orderly manner. Too much or too little of either will lead to the destruction of the ecosystem.

Although Mercer is a big eater, he is just a dragon, and the huge ecosystem cannot be destroyed by eating alone.

Contrary to Mercer, this gray fog actually caused countless creatures to migrate and flee, causing them to die. It can be said that most of the forest ecosystem was irreversibly destroyed by the spread of gray fog.

He shook his head with some compassion, and was about to spread his wings and leave, when he suddenly heard the sound of flowing water in his ears.

Along with it, there were also the low calls of several herbivorous dragons.

Mercer's eyes lit up, he pushed aside the grass with his front paws, and walked towards the direction of the sound.

The sound and Mercer got closer and closer, but when he reached the stream, he was shocked by the sight in front of him.

——Both sides of the spacious stream were surrounded by various creatures. The creatures that Mercer had not noticed just now all came here, and some were still standing in the stream.

Countless creatures surrounded here, there was no fighting scene, but they walked quietly upstream, even if their predators were next to them, they did not panic.

The scene of all creatures coexisting in harmony was quite shocking, and Mercer was stunned for a moment unconsciously.

This scene of harmonious coexistence is not beautiful, and a lifeless atmosphere emerges against the gray fog.

A group of hungry leopards came behind a weak herbivorous dragon and bit its throat. The herbivorous dragon struggled slightly for a few times and then quickly fell down obediently, allowing these prey to be eaten. The person eats.

Scenes like this abound. They didn't run away. It was clear that they could hide in the grass covered area with just a few more steps, but they continued to move forward around the stream.

Facing this weird scene, Mercer's pupils narrowed and he couldn't understand what was going on for a while.

Why did they come here if they didn't avoid the gray fog?Such thoughts flashed through his mind, and then Mercer opened his eyes wide.

...Avoid the gray fog?What if they are avoiding the gray fog now?

He looked up and saw an imperceptible layer of water vapor on the stream.

To put it bluntly, gray fog is a powdery substance floating in the air. Because of this, gray fog will also become heavier due to the adhesion of water vapor and become unable to float in the air.

In other words, the fog is thinnest near the stream.

Perhaps feeling dry due to inhaling the gray fog, the animals gathered in humid places, and in the face of more serious disasters, they did not fight with each other to slow down their escape. Everything was going on so silently.

There was an unexpected look in Mercer's eyes, astonished by the magic of these creatures.They are actually able to realize this. The incredible nature of nature truly deserves its reputation.

The scene in front of him opened Mercer's eyes. The delicate and fragile order maintained by nature in disasters made him give up the idea of ​​preying on it. He took this scene into his eyes deeply and quietly left here. .

Chapter 41: Leaving

"How is the small hot air balloon secured?"

"Reinforcement completed!"

"Where's the hanging room?"

"Also installed!"

——Five days after the change occurred in the gray miasma, with the cooperation of the village chief Lizi, more than half of the Mori people were willing to leave the village. After packing their luggage, they were asked to gather in the open space next to the spaceship.

During this time, the scholars on the spacecraft and the crew controlling the spacecraft were not idle either. They dismantled the spacecraft.

There is one large hot air balloon and two small hot air balloons on board, the latter being a replacement if the large hot air balloon fails.

But apart from that, they also have other functions, such as temporarily splitting them apart to build a second flying vehicle.

So under the dumbfounded gazes of all the people in the forest, a hot air balloon hung from the house and slowly appeared in front of them.

Although the house is simple, it is made of hard materials and has a large volume. It is not a problem to accommodate the forest people who left here. As for their luggage, they can be hung in nets below.

"That's enough." Harold helped Ke Laixi step off the spacecraft and came to the leader Lor and others.

"Please protect her."

He handed Kelisi's hand to Luo Er and said solemnly.

"Don't worry."

After receiving her answer, Harold nodded, looking at Ke Laixi with strong reluctance, but finally said:

"...I'll see you soon."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

Ke Laixi agreed gently, then waved to him and climbed into the hanging room.

After watching her disappear from the house, Harold took a deep breath and turned around to leave.

At this moment, the rest of the Mori people who were willing to stay here to defend their homeland couldn't help it anymore. They shouted to the leaving tribesmen, and the content seemed to be to assure them that they would protect their homeland and allow them to return here.

But Harold didn't hear it clearly, and he didn't want to hear it.

He just stood at the bow of the ship and watched the hanging room rise before his eyes, slowly drifting away into the distance.

The wind speed has been very low in recent days, so the flight speed of the hot air balloon is also very slow, but at the same time, the spread of the gray miasma will also be slowed down a lot.

This also means that they have more time to deal with the gray miasma.

——After most of the Mori people left, the village suddenly became much deserted, and the remaining Mori people also started the task without stopping under Harold's instructions.

...But at the same time, on the spaceship, everyone except Morito gathered here.

Some of them had calm faces, some had slightly doubtful expressions, and some were whispering:

"Why did Team Leader Harold call us here?"

"...Just be quiet and listen."

"You seem to be a little distracted lately, is that okay?"

"...You'll know when the time comes."

Soon, Harold arrived in front of everyone, his eyes swept over everyone's face, his expression was dull.

"Everyone, everyone is here."

His tone was a little different from before. It lacked the approachable gentleness and was replaced by a seriousness of unknown origin.

"I called you here this time because I want to reveal a secret plan to you."

Harold pulled a piece of paper from his pocket and unfolded it to everyone, letting everyone see the rows of crimson seals on it.

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.

"This plan has received the seal of the highest authority from the Ecological Research Institute Headquarters, which means that everyone here is forced to cooperate with this plan."

Having said this, he paused and said:

"However, I will give you a chance to choose - it doesn't matter if you don't want to participate in the plan after I have explained the requirements. However, after the plan is completed, you will be prohibited from leaving the spacecraft, contact with Mori people, and preventing the execution of the plan in any form. .”

At this point, he stopped again, glanced at everyone and then continued:

"Next, I will explain directly what the plan is."

"——Eliminate all unstable factors within the forest...and do preparatory work for the establishment of resource collection stations."

Resource collection center? !

Hearing the familiar terms, some people opened their eyes wide and looked at each other with astonishment in their eyes.

"...The resource collection center, in other words, is it going to completely mine this forest?!"

"I obviously joined the institute to study ecology, but now we are asked to destroy the ecology... What a joke!"

"And there are forest people here, no matter what..."

Suddenly, everyone started talking and the voices gradually became noisy.

"--Quiet!"

Following Harold's serious shout, the voice became silent.

"Next is the content of the plan. As someone said just now, there are still Mori people living in the forest, so the unstable factors of the mission include the existence of gray miasma and Mori people."

After the words fell, the surroundings became completely quiet, and the atmosphere here fell into dead silence. After a while, they finally understood the meaning of Harold's words.

In other words, they want to eliminate the forest people living here just like they eliminated the gray miasma.

"Are you kidding! How could we do this!" Some people in the crowd clenched their fists and expressed strong resistance.

"They entertain us so warmly, but we want to hurt them. What kind of beastly behavior is this!"

"I won't do it! Even if you want me to eliminate the gray miasma, I can't do such a thing against my will!"

Seeing this man's impassioned appearance, Harold's face remained calm and he just sighed softly.

"——Everyone, I understand your resistance, so why don't I? But I have my own family, and I can't lose this status. I have reasons that I have to do, and so do you, right?"

"..."

As his voice trailed off again, Harold continued:

"When I received this mission, I also didn't want to harm the Mori people, so I made a plan like this - deliberately letting the gray miasma spread and letting them leave here in the name of refuge."

"Later, someone discovered the precursor of the mutation by collecting traces around it, and informed me of the mutation, but I asked him to hide it, so that the goal could be achieved faster."

In order to protect Kraft's reputation, Harold did not say his name, but simply explained the cause of the mutation and skipped it.

"——Next, our request is very simple. While solving the gray miasma, we should also 'solve' the Mori people."

"The method is very simple. If the forest people approach the gray miasma in order to release the potion, they will be parasitized by the gray miasma sooner or later. What we have to do is to provide a small amount of therapeutic medicine when they are parasitized."

"As long as you control the dosage, you can be parasitized and die while they eliminate the gray miasma."

The potion formed by boiling to form gas has little effect when taken internally. If you want to treat the gray miasma parasite, you need to take another potion. Harold has only one request for these people, and that is to see the Mori people die in pain. Not saving, that’s all.

"I've done the cruelest thing for you. Now I just need your cooperation. I don't even need you to pick up the weapon. I just need to 'don't speak', 'don't listen' and 'disappear'. It's that simple. .”

"..."

As Harold finished speaking, everyone in front of him fell into a long silence. Is he an accomplice or an innocent person by refusing to save someone?Their moral ethics are faced with difficult choices.

If their request is just "no action", what's the difference between agreeing and refusing?

"What's your choice? If you want to refuse, just leave."

Harold looked at everyone. After a long time, some people slowly moved their steps and turned back three times to leave. Some people had a look of pain on their faces and stood there with clenched teeth. Some people looked hard at leaving and staying. The people here looked confused.

In the end, two-thirds of the people stayed in front of Harold, but the atmosphere was dead silent, everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

Chapter 42: If nothing else happens, there will be an accident soon.

There were only a few people walking around in the deserted village. Today, the village has lost its original liveliness and the atmosphere is relatively depressing.

"What are you doing?"

In the field, Ah Da heard the sound, turned his head and looked at Ali standing by the field, grinning.

"Yo! It's Ali, you're staying too!"

"Ah."

Ali is still taciturn and can't even say a few words to acquaintances.

"——So, what are you doing?"

Ali looked at Ah Da. At this time, Ali was squatting in the field, digging something on the ground with a small hoe.

"Help my grandpa clean up the weeds and pests." Ada touched the sweat on his face, but there were also traces of mud on his face.

He sighed and said in a disgusting tone: "My grandfather has a stubborn temper. When he was asked not to work as a hunter, he refused to die. He also said that he would die in the fight of the prey; but a few days ago, he persuaded him to He said to leave here, and he also said that he would die in the fields. In the end, I could only swear to him that I would take good care of the fields, and if he was not satisfied when he came back, he would beat me to death."

Ada stood up and moved his waist with difficulty, and his bones made a series of crisp sounds: "It hurts, it hurts... This work is really not done by humans."

"......Oh."

Ali was silent for a while, then slowly nodded in agreement.

"Why is it oh again? What can you say? For example, I took good care of myself?" Ada said kindly to him.

Ali said calmly: "...I am not qualified to farm on the floating island, so I know nothing about this aspect."

"Ah?" Ah Da suddenly looked at Ali with a look of disbelief, as if he had seen something strange and did not understand his words, "Didn't you learn about farming since you were a child? What's the reason for not having the qualifications? What's the matter?"

"...Have you ever been on a spaceship?" Faced with Ada's question, Ali did not answer him immediately, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"Yes, I went there once during the last delivery. There are a lot of things on your spaceship that we have never seen before, such as public canteens and public bathhouses. They are all very fresh. It's just that the rooms where people live on your spaceship are too They are so small that they look like ants when packed together.”