Chapter 2 Temptation
"My name is Tianyi, I run a bookstore." Tianyi's opening remark was very plain, with an unpleasant decadent look on his face, and he ended with his words.
The self-introduction of the crowd did not last long, and the mutual communication of names was second only. The meaning of this introduction was much more than that. From each person's tone, expression, manner, profession and other aspects, the social status of the total thirteen people in the mainstream values was generally established.
As the saying goes, the group gathers together. From the beginning, Tianyi noticed this point. After waking up, the twelve people found themselves in a strange and desolate environment. Out of animal instinct, they would approach "same kind" intentionally or unintentionally.
Skin color, gender, age, is probably the priority. Same sex with the same age and the same skin color is the safest. On the contrary, a opposite sex with different skin color and a certain age gap from oneself is the most "threatening". In the long process of evolution, this is the experience of all living things flowing in the blood. No matter how many years it takes, humans cannot get rid of this instinct.
When Yang Gang gathered the crowd, the standing position of the people also conformed to the above-mentioned sorting method. Therefore, the woman who is also Asian will stand very close to Tianyi.
And after a self-introduction, this rule will be broken.
It is obvious that at this stage, these twelve people are still rational, and the inherent moral and legal concepts in general society still affect their thinking.
So unconsciously, those with similar social status will gradually move closer. Aristocrats and entrepreneurs; white-collar workers and technicians, and of course, street artists who spread alien rumors and the bald man working in a meat processing factory.
Tianyi watched the crowd's actions coldly, without saying a word. He noticed that the woman was still standing beside him. Should she say she was wise or stubborn...
Soon, the crowd reached an agreement. Since everyone was confused about the current situation after the exchange, we could only look at the surrounding situation first.
Yang Gang suggested that everyone should not act alone, and it would be better to go 20% to check the surrounding situation, but not to go too deep into the island. If you lose your way in the dense forest on the island, it would be very dangerous. In short, everyone made an appointment to return to this beach after an hour to exchange information and see what they found.
When everyone was separated, Tianyi said to the woman beside him, "Borrow a step to talk."
After Tianyi finished speaking, he walked towards the beach. At this moment, the waves were calm and the waves were caressing the beach. When he walked forward to the point where the sea was beyond his ankle, Tianyi stopped. The distance was almost the same. There was no one around for dozens of meters. If he walked forward, others might have to misunderstand that he was going to go down to swim or commit suicide.
The woman followed her. She had taken off her shoes, held them in her hands, and rolled up a piece of trousers' legs. It seemed that she didn't want to wet her clothes: "Well... Mr. Tianyi?"
Tianyi said: "Jiang Yun, right? I want to confirm with you a few things."
"Well, you said." Jiang Yun replied.
"As far as you know, Yang Gang is not a policeman, then he is..."
Jiang Yun replied: "I have seen his photo in the newspaper."
"Aren't you afraid that I am a wanted criminal who you have never seen the photos?" Tian Yi said.
Jiang Jun smiled and said, "That's my bad luck." Obviously she thought Tianyi was joking.
Tianyi said: "So your plan is to tell everyone here the truth without being noticed by Yang Gang, so that they can be wary of this 'Police Officer Yang' and be wary of it early."
"Well, if you believe me, can you help me?"
Tianyi did not answer. In his opinion, this woman could be described in two words - she was not stupid, and she was not smarter, at least she was smarter than the bald brother, but this plan was really indescribable, and the chance of failure was absolutely as high as more than 90%.
If you think of everyone as kind as you, you better pray that they are all stupider than you.
"Often I would charge a high fee for someone else's similar ideas, but this time I can give you a better plan for free." Tianyi said: "While his nature has not been exposed, pick up a stone casually, touch him behind him, attack him unpredictable, hit the back of his head, and take it down in one fell swoop."
Jiang Yun said: "How could I... be..." She immediately thought of something: "Mr. Tianyi, don't be impulsive... He is a wanted criminal..."
Tianyi was really strange and thought to himself: This Yang Gang has no threat to me, what reason do I have to kill him? Eliminate the potential threat for you guys whom you never know each other? Are there any benefits for me?
"Don't worry... I'm just giving me some advice, and I'm not interested in doing it myself." He replied, but what he thought was: When I had no choice but to do it, it basically means that only human flesh can fill the stomach on this island.
Jiang Yun said: "That... Mr. Tianyi, should we go around and check it out, don't be too conspicuous and attract Yang Gang's attention."
"The men here have been paying attention to you for a long time..." Tianyi muttered vaguely.
"Hmm? What?" Jiang Yun asked.
Tianyi said: "I mean, I have been paying attention to the forest over there for a long time, so let's take a look."
"Oh..." Jiang Yun responded and left the beach with Tianyi.
She put on her shoes again on the beach and followed Tianyi for a while. She suddenly remembered something and asked, "Mr. Tianyi, why did she step in the sea with her shoes just now? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
"Oh... that, if I expose my socks to the air, I will be more than I feel uncomfortable." Tianyi took the matter over and changed the topic: "This island is not small, and the people we brought us must have some purpose, but that purpose has not yet surfaced, but the danger in the dark always exists, so you better not relax too much."
Speaking of this, Tianyi suddenly stopped and Jiang Yun, who was following him, became nervous. I don’t know what happened to him.
"Are there any water sources so close to the coast..." Tianyi took another step, bypassing a few trees, and a clear spring appeared in front of him.
"Okay, I've gained something. The next problem is food. I didn't find any animal footprints along the way. However, it's not far from the shore, so there may be some in the center of the island." Tianyi said and continued to walk deeper.
Jiang Yun said: "Mr. Tianyi, if you go too far and get lost..."
Tianyi walked forward without looking back: "If there was no food and water, this group of people would lose the most basic survival guarantee. Once this situation arises, the level of human civilization will quickly regress and return to the primitive. Within two days, everyone here will be no different from the wanted criminal, or even worse."
When Jiang Yun heard this, she couldn't understand Tianyi's meaning for a while. She was from a wealthy family, received higher education, and had never made friends with a group with a huge difference in social status from her. In her eyes, etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame are taken for granted. Wicked people should be brought to justice, and good people will be safe for the rest of their lives.
Tianyi’s view of people like this is: after being trampled by reality, the quality of naivety will reveal a very similar appearance to stupidity…
Under extreme circumstances, the hypocritical mask of human beings will be crushed soon. For example, if you eat a piece of meat, you can live for two more days, and if you don’t eat it, you will starve to death immediately. But there is a guy who is not very familiar with you who also wants to eat this piece of meat. In normal times, you have no reason or courage to kill people, but at this time, you can take care of nothing. As the saying goes, he will die better than you. If you kill this guy, you can live for two more days.
Tianyi glanced at Jiang Jun's expression and sighed, "Don't think of everyone so well. Just say that among the thirteen people on the island at this moment, there are also a few of the others worth noting among Yang Gang."
Tianyi said: "Looking at Jerry, a boy who was thirteen or fourteen years old and claimed to be a nobleman, and Mr. Rud, who was in his fifties, was obviously lying. Just from Jerry's rough hands and expressions, he could tell that he was not a nobleman, and that Rud's domineering behavior was more like a noble master.
The tattoo on the back of the bald brother Carl's neck looks like a mark of a gangster. It is estimated that he may have some "side job" in addition to his job; the brother Isaac, who is very loyal to aliens, looks no secret, but he is a little nervous, and it is not ruled out that he is mentally ill after being extremely hungry.
Ms. Fidelia, who claims to be a white-collar worker, is likely to be a prostitute. The second stage of syphilis is correct. If I were you, stay away from her. It is hard to say whether her name is true.
The old man named Masao Noguchi is an old pervert. Since he opened his eyes, his eyes have basically never left the three women present. Of course, it is not necessarily credible to say that he is a big entrepreneur. As far as I know, there is no big company whose boss is named Noguchi. In my opinion, he is more like an official or a politician.
The remaining four people, female college student Betsy, architect Gavin, company employees Dell and Lambert, have no obvious suspiciousness yet. Well…it seems that this type of person needs more attention.”
Jiang Yun became more and more surprised as she listened to Tianyi's narrative. Unexpectedly, this person seemed absent-minded, but actually remembered and analyzed everyone present one by one. She couldn't help but ask: "Are you really just a bookstore, Mr. Tianyi?"
Tianyi replied calmly: "If I were a perverted murderer, and you are following me to this secluded and deserted place..." He turned around: "Can you laugh it off and say 'I am unlucky'..."
Jiang Yun suddenly froze. At this moment, she really felt fear. She didn't know the man in front of her at all. Half an hour ago, she didn't know this person. It was even possible that everyone was caught by Tianyi on the island... I still remember that when I first opened my eyes, the only person standing far away from everyone and woke up early was Tianyi. Could it be...
The ominous feeling in her heart became stronger and stronger, but Tianyi turned around again and continued to say in a slow tone: "It's good that you can understand that being afraid is good. People should always feel a sense of crisis, no matter what environment they are in." At this moment, he seemed to have become a reliable and harmless guy: "I have always treated people with sincerity, saying that they are open bookshops, but they are open bookshops. If they don't open bookshops, I can only run a pig farm."
Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and smiled embarrassedly. She felt that she had too much doubts just now. This is not a novel. There are so many perverted murderers in the world who like to tease the victims.
What Tianyi is best at and likes most is to repeatedly mobilize people's emotions in the same passage, ups and downs. He then changed his words and said, "Is it you really a playwright? Why do I think you are lying too..."
Chapter completed!