Chapter 417
"Someone has wronged me. I have no reason to steal someone else's prey." At this point, Meng Sanqi could only muster up his energy to defend himself.
This incident had happened inexplicably. He did not know why his prey had been swapped, but he still believed that he was innocent.
"Why not? Isn't it the reason that you're dissatisfied with your status as an inferior Desolate and want to become a warrior?"
"I …" Meng Sanqi was suddenly at a loss for words. Could he tell others that he had a fortuitous encounter, that he had a buff on him, and that hunting was not difficult?
Such a magical item was not something he could get his hands on. The tribe would only maintain relative fairness. If there were any treasures, they would at most give him some benefits after handing them over.
Meng Sanqi was ambitious. He naturally did not want to hand over the treasures just like that. Therefore, he could not explain the reason why he could obtain so many prey in such a short time. Even if he said it now, he would not get any benefits. Instead, the treasures would be taken away.
Although the protagonist was said to be the ruler of the world and the king of all things, that was only when the protagonist's halo was fully activated. Before that, the characteristics that the protagonist showed were usually strong luck and intensified information conflicts. In other words, there would always be various things happening around him. The purpose was to train the protagonist and forge him step by step so that he could bear the full protagonist's halo.
Therefore, the protagonist was not invincible. It was just that it was difficult for him to die under the protection of the world's consciousness.
The operation of the world had a corresponding mechanism. As long as it was in line with the operating mechanism of the world, the world's consciousness could only help the protagonist in other ways. For example, increasing the favorability of others to the protagonist so that they could help him when necessary.
However, Meng Sanqi's path as a protagonist had just begun. He had not shown his brilliance yet. Everyone's first impression of him was that of a thief. It was not that the world's consciousness could not force others to have a favorable impression of Meng Sanqi, but such behavior would interfere with the operation of the world. It would only cause the world's consciousness to fall into a trap of its own.
It could only be said that in order for a large world to operate normally, the world's consciousness must also be within the rules. Those illogical things could happen, but not too many.
Now that the protagonist had not started, the world's consciousness would not make an exception for such a small matter.
Therefore, when Meng Sanqi could not produce any evidence, he was stripped of his household registration and turned into a slave. Here, slaves were also backup sacrifices, and they could be taken away at any time to become sacrifices.
Sitting in the smelly dungeon, Meng Sanqi's face was filled with bitterness and hatred. He thought for a long time but could not figure out who could have framed him. After all, he was just a lowly Desolate Man. To put it bluntly, anyone who had the ability to frame him would not even look him in the eye.
"No matter what, I can't go on like this. There's no way out as a slave." The fate of most slaves flashed through Meng Sanqi's mind. His already dark face became even darker. "Of course, there are exceptions."
In the Meng Mountain Tribe, there were cases of slaves who could get rid of their status and become warriors. Meng Sanqi clenched the beast fang in his chest and made up his mind to prove his strength.
The bare-chested Meng Sanqi wiped the beads of sweat off his forehead. He continued to use the pickaxe to knock on the ores around him, and then laboriously moved them onto the cart.
Slaves did such high-intensity physical labor, so they would die of exhaustion after a while. Suddenly, Meng Sanqi saw Meng Li. He still had a cold expression on his face, and a few people followed behind him. Then, he began to communicate with the person in charge of the mining area. With his hearing strengthened by the beast fang, he heard something about an attack by a burrowing beast, and more or less understood why Meng Li was here.
Most probably, they had discovered a burrowing beast in the mining area, and they were here to capture it. It was because of this understanding that Meng Sanqi was even more unwilling. Being able to carry out such a mission could only mean one thing, and that was that Meng Sanqi had become a warrior.
He was the one who came first. He had obtained a fortuitous encounter that could change his fate, and he had successfully collected enough prey. These two happy things, when combined together, should have been double the happiness. Why did it turn out like this?
"But this is also an opportunity." Meng Sanqi suppressed the jealousy in his heart, and started thinking about what benefits this could bring him.
"I can help them capture that burrowing beast to prove my bravery. Meng Li was the one who reported the case back then. As long as he speaks up for me, I should be able to reopen the case and get rid of my identity as a slave."
As such, Meng Sanqi recommended himself as bait, luring the burrowing beast out. This action changed Meng Li's impression of him slightly, and Meng Sanqi was overjoyed. All he had to do now was to rely on his strengthened senses to find the burrowing beast.
If he contributed, he would have a chance to get rid of his identity as a slave.
Meng Sanqi, who was covered in blood, stood in the underground cave and quickly informed Meng Li and the others, "It's here. I can sense tremors coming from underground. Very good …"
Things were progressing very smoothly. The burrowing beast had appeared, too. The totems behind Meng Li and the others shone, strengthening them. It was only a matter of time before the beast was captured.
Just then, a crack suddenly appeared on the top of the cave, and then it collapsed. Everyone who was fighting the burrowing beast was smashed by the falling rocks.
Although the warriors of the tribe had totems, the totems of these warriors who came to carry out the mission were only at the primary stage. Later on, they would need to be continuously sacrificed to slowly strengthen their totems. This kind of cave collapse required warriors with strong totems to resist it. These rookies were all doomed.
As for Meng Sanqi who was standing at the side, apart from some dust on his body, he was completely fine. Meng Sanqi, who had a bad premonition, walked closer to observe, and found that the fallen rocks had traces of human activity.
Behind him, other slaves who had heard the commotion also gradually came over. Meng Sanqi looked at those marks, the corner of his mouth twitching. He walked into the pile of stones, moved the stones away, and pulled out Meng Li's iron sword.
"What happened?" The voices of others gradually came from behind. Meng Sanqi, with a smile on his face, went forward, and without hesitation, the sword in his hand pierced through the chest of the newcomer. Blood splattered on his face, and the smile on his face gradually became distorted.
Half a day later, the Meng Shan tribe issued a warrant for Meng Sanqi's arrest. He was accused of using a trap to harm the tribe's warriors, and everyone had the right to punish him.
"Which bastard is it?!" Meng Sanqi moved quickly in the dense forest. He knew very well how powerful the tribe was. He was not even a warrior, and the reason why he could escape from the mining area was because the warriors in the mining area were all killed. He was no match for the tribe, so he could only escape.
However, there was a price to pay for becoming a barbarian. He had become the hunting target of all living beings, and the chances of him becoming a warrior were very slim.
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