108 Barbarian Lifestyle in the Mining Cave (1/2)
Chapter 108: Barbarian Lifestyle in the Mining Cave
Translator: WQLEditor: Geoffrey
Zhang Tie remembered a story that Donder had told him when he was still working in the grocery store. The protagonists of that story were a group of barbarians who had been living in a cave ever since they were born. One day, the group of barbarians found a new area in the cave, one where there was a huge human shadow shaking on the wall. The human shadow was so big that those barbarians had even taken it as a god and deity. Every year and every day, all of them would kowtow in front of that shadow as every one of them showed their respect to that huge shaking human shadow. Many years later, a young barbarian also noticed that huge shaking shadow on the wall; however, unlike the others, who worshiped the shadow in awe, this young barbarian was smart. At the sight of that shadow, he wanted to figure out how the shadow was formed in order to explain it to the others. Later on, after many difficulties, that young barbarian became the first person to leave the cave. Leaving the cave, he realized how the “deity” was formed—a bunch of rays shone upon a stone by the entrance of the cave, causing the shadow of that stone to be projected on the wall of the cave in the shape of a human figure. Because of the movement of the sun, the human-like shadow also became longer.
Having found the reason, the young barbarian excitedly returned to the cave and told the other barbarians what he had seen outside. However, rather than being shocked, those barbarians were infuriated. Tying up that young barbarian, for the reason of blasphemy, they had killed that young barbarian right in front of the “deity” and continued to happily kowtow in front of that human-like shadow.
There were two truths within this story that Donder had wanted to impart unto Zhang Tie. The first: when everyone else believed in one thing, even if it was wrong, you should not reveal the truth and you should not put yourself in the opposition of these people, as they all took it as the truth. This was a rule of survival in human society. The second: truth was mastered by only a few people. For most people, they wouldn’t know what the truth really was and instead only believed in the illusions created by their emotions, thus emotions were more important than the truth.
It was truly out of Zhang Tie’s expectation that his casual joke could impact them in such a grand way.
Mining… a mysterious cultivation method? F*ck! That went too far.
Seeing the desire in their eyes, Zhang Tie realized that if he told the truth, he would quickly be buried in their saliva and condemnation, turning into the enemy of 50 to 60 people.
‘Should I tell the truth?’
‘Of course not, this father is not an idiot!’
‘It seems that I have to use my killing move…’
'Three… Two… One. I got it. “Barbarian Lifestyle in the Mining Cave”...
Within only a second, trains of thoughts had already flashed past Zhang Tie’s mind. Under the looks of amazements of all the horny students, Zhang Tie’s expression changed from one of shock and amazement into an expression of endless solemnity.
Zhang Tie looked very serious at this moment.
“I really can not imagine that my secret has actually been discovered… Ugh!” Zhang Tie helplessly heaved a deep sigh.
Hearing Zhang Tie’s sigh, everyone became excited. It was truly a secret! Earlier, many of the animals only wanted to give it a try; they did not imagine that they could have obtained such a great fortune.
“It’s truly a mysterious knowledge?” Wood became extremely excited as he rubbed his hands and asked.
“It’s not convenient to talk about that here. Let’s enter the mining cave!” Pretending to be cautious, Zhang Tie turned his head left and right before turning his gaze towards those animals. “From now on, please don’t act on your own. Keep quiet and follow my orders. Those who can’t follow this, please leave. As for those who will listen to me, follow me in!”
As he said this, Zhang Tie had already taken out the torch from his mining basket and had already ignited it. Waving his hand towards Wood, he whispered to him:
“After a while, when we enter the mining cave, you should stay at the back. Remember not to ignite your torch. After we have entered roughly 100 m, you should just lurk at the end of the team for five minutes to check whether someone is silently following us. We will wait for you at the front of the tunnel!” Zhang Tie told Wood in a low voice.
“But I have no watch, how could I tell how much time has passed in the dark?” Wood restlessly scratched his head.
Unexpectedly, that guy named Wood had really treated this thing seriously. Zhang Tie had no choice but to teach him how to calculate time. “When you start lurking at the back, press down on your pulse and count to 300 before you leave...”