Chapter 3551 - 3543: Secret Passage
Chapter 3551: Chapter 3543: Secret Passage
Pick up the bag.
After opening, shine a light inside.
Found all kinds of stones, but none are large.
The largest is only the size of a fingernail.
And they come in all sorts of colors.
"Boss, look at this, seems like gold."
Zhang Chaoyue handed a yellow metal piece the size of a soybean to Lin Yi.
Lin Yi bit it with his teeth.
"It’s probably gold."
Zhang Chaoyue scooped out a handful of things from the bag.
Found many small gold grains mixed within.
Zhao Yunhu opened another bag.
Found the same stuff inside.
The ratio of gold grains wasn’t small.
Zhao Yunhu grabbed Zhou Li’s hair.
Pulled him over.
"You did this trade for the gold, right?"
Due to pain and fear, Zhou Li’s face was covered with cold sweat, looking pale.
"Some other stones inside can be made into jewelry, which can sell for some money. Plus organs, making about 2 million."
"Do you know where the chieftain got these things from?"
"I don’t know, otherwise I’d have grabbed them myself." Zhou Li said.
"It’s clear now; it’s just a trade." Yu Siying said.
"A total of twelve people, with organs can hardly make over 2 million, less than 200 thousand per person, really worthless." Luo Qi said.
"It’s already good; in backward areas, it might not even be worth 20 thousand."
No one said anything.
Over the years, they traveled far and wide.
Knowing about things around the world.
Not to mention 20 thousand.
In some places, it might just be worth 200.
"How did you learn about this place?"
Zhou Li held his abdomen.
He had lost the ability to move.
Scared and curled up upon Lin Yi’s questioning.
"Half a year ago, we brought a tour group, attempted to trek through this jungle, then discovered this tribe."
"Then, slowly explain."
"Once we arrived, we were surrounded; they showed great hostility. A conflict occurred, resulting in two fatalities on our side and two on the tribe’s. After the fatalities, we stopped. The tribe doesn’t have many people; they fear death too."
"So, this tribe is indeed the cannibal tribe, like we suspected."
"Actually, a true primitive tribe has no civilization, eats humans as they eat animals."
"Then what happened after you stopped?"
"Old Ma was once a university professor, knowledgeable in languages. Both sides tried to communicate, and with gestures and drawings, we learned some things."
Zhou Li took a deep breath.
"Besides cannibalism, there’s special ritual requiring humans, after which we reached an agreement."
Lin Yi nodded.
The transaction wasn’t new.
Money for goods, that’s all.
"What is the ritual you mentioned?"
"I don’t know either; it didn’t interfere with our profits, so I didn’t ask much."
"What are the drawings you mentioned?"
"Behind the grass hut, you can go see."
Lin Yi nodded slightly.
Sui Qiang and Zhao Yunhu understood.
Soon, they came back carrying two stone slabs in front of everyone.
The other people helped put the two slabs together.
The drawings on them connected seamlessly.
The content was simple.
A group of differently dressed people knelt on the ground.
Meanwhile, two soldier-like figures held a person.
In front of them was a door-like place.
Seemed they were sending someone through the door.
Additionally, there were torches and other series of drawings.
However, the overall content wasn’t much affected.
Overall, it matched the features of a ritual.
But a ritual with a door seemed very eerie.
"Where do they perform the ritual?"
"We don’t know either; we guessed these things by sheer luck."
Zhou Li gasped heavily and said:
"It’s very difficult to communicate with these people, impossible to speak clearly."
Lin Yi nodded.
He had experience communicating with primitive tribes.
Sometimes, communicating with them is even harder than with animals.
"You seem experienced; since starting this business, how many people have you brought here?"
"Almost twenty or so, they’re the third batch."
Lin Yi nodded.
He now had a general understanding of the situation here.
"Are there other guides bringing people here?"
"I don’t know."
After a moment of silence, Lin Yi said no more.
"Hu Zi, you and Jianfeng, handle these two people. Sending them back would mean execution; the result is the same."
"Understood."
Zhou Li and Ma Jianwen’s expressions were very calm.
They had expected this outcome.
Just hoping for a quick end.
"Others, search around; this place seems suspicious."
"Got it."
Shao Jianfeng and Zhao Yunhu took the two into the jungle.
Within moments, they took care of them.
Others started searching within the tribe.
The tribespeople shouted wildly, emotions intense.
Lin Yi held a knife against the chieftain’s neck.
"Make any more noise, and I’ll kill you."
The scene quieted instantly.
With previous experience, communicating with them isn’t feasible.
The most primitive means is the only way to make them feel fear.
Because it’s human instinct.
Controlled the tribespeople.
Lin Yi sat cross-legged on the ground, grabbed a handful of stones, picked out a larger gold grain.
Now it could be confirmed, these things are indeed gold.
But the rules were inconsistent, forms varied.
Visible impurities inside, not purely refined.
Thus indicating, unlike modern society’s items.
Lin Yi looked in all directions.
Muttered unknowingly.
"Could there be a gold mine here?"
Lin Yi accessed his mental knowledge reserves.
This terrain probably doesn’t contain a gold mine.
If there really was, local authorities wouldn’t leave it, would’ve mined it themselves.
And the tribe’s situation, transportation by foot, communication by shouting, warming by shaking.
Even if there was, these few people in the primitive tribe couldn’t mine it.
This was very odd.
"Boss, nothing found outside." Yu Siying said:
"But we found some skeletons, likely human, all buried."
"How many?"
"Four."
"Four?"
Lin Yi muttered.
"After so long, only four bodies found?"
"I’m puzzled too." Yu Siying said:
"Zhou Li brought three batches, shouldn’t be so few."
The two fell into deep thought.
The result seemed unreasonable.