Chapter 997: Battle for the Tower (31)
When Batman regained consciousness, he found himself in an unfamiliar mine. This was a cave entrance located high up in the mine. There was a platform in front of the cave entrance. There were many naturally formed stone pillars next to the platform, and Batman was now tied to it.
Schiller stood on the edge of the platform and looked down. Because of the height of the platform, the busy demons below could not see the people on the platform at all. Batman moved his shoulders and found that the chain was not tied tightly, but considering Schiller standing next to him, he did not act rashly.
"Perhaps you are confused, Batman." Schiller put his hands in the pockets of his suit pants, looked at the scene in the mine and said, "Why do we never talk to you about topics related to communism."
"In the cognition of most Americans, we are all fanatical believers. You understand the loyalty and sacrifice that cannot be explained by your theory as inhumane brainwashing."
"I haven't thought about it that way." Batman's tone was very calm. He said, "Even when I didn't know that Alfred was a KGB agent, I knew that the strength of this infiltration could not be achieved by simple brainwashing."
"People's fear of death is innate, and to overcome this fear, what they rely on must be higher than death. There must be a concept that makes people despise death, so that people can be fearless." Batman also looked at the people working in the mine. The miners who were working as slaves said: "Brainwashing content such as obeying orders is far from enough."
"Of course, because you are smart enough, you can draw this conclusion just by logical reasoning, but you still have doubts. I don't know if there is something wrong with you or us, so that you have not been able to listen to our real explanation of this theory until now when you are surrounded by communists."
"So, why?" Batman asked, he paused, and then added: "Alfred said that he didn't tell me these because I trusted him too much. If I take what he said as dogma, it may affect my objective judgment."
"But..." Batman turned his head to look at Schiller. His meaning is self-evident. In theory, the teacher-student relationship is the easiest to develop downline, and the teacher can influence the students' thoughts in a subtle way.
Although Batman is still exposed to these now, if Schiller really wants to take the initiative to do so, he should have reached this step today, instead of being like now, after all the external conditions have been exposed, Batman is still in the fog.
Schiller remained silent and did not answer. Batman did not know what he was thinking, but at this time, there was a commotion in the mine. Batman shifted his attention and saw a scarred red devil standing in front of a group of people, saying to them loudly:
"You just heard that Mr. Merkel divided us into different working groups, and because of my high enthusiasm for learning and good performance, I got the position of leader of the third group!"
"I am the smartest and most capable among all of you, so I will lead you to work, and you all have to listen to me!"
"Now, I will assign work , everyone must work hard! Because the third group must win the next production competition, so as to prove that I am the best team leader! "
"Come on, come over here, I want to talk about the division of labor in detail... You! And you! Why don't you listen to me? ! Turn your heads around, otherwise I will whip you like an overseer!"
Batman, who was tied to the stone pillar, frowned fiercely. He heard the red devil talk a lot, but in fact he didn't understand the division of labor at all. He even divided the labor according to the most primitive method of mining, that is, everyone did their own thing.
After the meeting, the dark red demon and another smaller companion next to him said as they walked: "See, I told you that if we had been more active before, we would definitely be the new supervisors."
"I've had enough of those arrogant supervisors, but if I were to become a supervisor myself, I would definitely take the whip and make those idiots work for me!"
"How could these idiots who know nothing be as smart as us? The red demons are the smartest race in the mine. Only demons like us who are good at reading the eyes and understanding the situation can gain a foothold in the mine, no matter how many masters have been replaced here. The Red Demons must be the best staff!"
His companion said, "To be honest, I feel a little worried. The new owner of the mine, Mr. Batman, seems to be a little different from the other generals. I have never heard of their talk of unity and cooperation for themselves..."
The scarred Red Demon snorted coldly and said, "Different? What's the difference? They just said it in a different way, and you don't understand?"
"They say we fight for ourselves, so that we won't be bullied, but in hell, the weak deserve to be bullied, and if we fight for him, will we not be bullied?"
"As long as there is a war, there must be cannon fodder charging in the front and commanders sitting safely in the back. No matter how many methods they change, cannon fodder is definitely more dangerous than the commander. If the cannon fodder dies and the commander wins, then the war is still fought by the commander in the end, right?"
"Not only on the battlefield, but also in the mine, there are workers and supervisors. Supervisors are less laborious than workers. To be fair, either everyone is a worker or everyone is a supervisor. But if that's the case, the mine can't operate. Where does the ore come from? Where does the equipment come from?"
"That group of idiots didn't realize this, so they never paid attention to what Merkel said, but I was different. I remembered every word he said."
"He said that people who perform well can become team leaders, so I actively perform , even if I don't understand his bullshit theories, as long as I repeat them and show great enthusiasm, I can be appointed as an overseer. "
"As long as I become an overseer, I will have power, and I will be different from those stinky slaves. Whoever I tell to work has to work, and whoever I tell to do hard work has to do hard work. If they don't want to do hard work, they have to curry favor with me. Isn't that what the overseers did at the beginning?"
The red devil shook his head proudly, and his companions immediately praised him: "Moren, you are really the smartest among us. If you become an overseer, we can do less work!"
The red devil called Moron snorted coldly and said: "I am only a team leader now, so you still have to work. If I become a big team leader, I will let all the red devils be team leaders, In this way, you don't have to work. "
But at this time, his companion scratched his head and said: "What do you mean by democracy? Merkel always emphasizes the spirit of democracy. You kept repeating this sentence in class before. What does it mean?"
Molen waved his hand impatiently and said: "They just changed their methods to motivate the slaves to do more work. Democracy, democracy, they said that the demons should be the masters of their own house, but how can these miners be the masters of their own house? The mine belongs to the mine owner, what does it have to do with them?"
"The work done by the slaves in the mine and the ore they dig out belong to the mine owner? Moreover, what work they should do and what ore they should dig are also decided by the mine owner."
"They would say this, just like the previous corruption General Xin told his demon soldiers that if they fought well, they would be rewarded. He just said it in a different way. Don't you understand? "
His companion nodded and said, "Indeed, the mine is not ours. At most, the miners and slaves will be rewarded for their good work."
"If there is a reward, it should be given to us." Morn rolled his eyes and said, "It is impossible for the superiors to give the rewards to the miners and slaves one by one. They must let us distribute them. We are good leaders and deserve the rewards. Those stinky slaves should just stay away!"
Moren showed a cold expression on his face. He glanced at his mouth and said, "Not only that, now, the owner of the mine is just a weak human. Although he is now a general and has soldiers under him, it cannot change the fact that he is weak. ”
“Actually, I don’t have the patience to sit there and not move while listening to the class. I have to look at that Merkel’s expression and shout this and that with him…” Moron sneered and said:
“However, for the identity of the supervisor, I can also endure it. When I become the team leader, I will arrange you to the right position. The red demons are all over the mine. Our people can naturally figure out the various habits of this group of humans. At that time…” Moron showed an evil smile.
His companion narrowed his eyes, looked at him and asked: “You want to… But it’s true. The soul power of the humans who lead us now is very weak. If we can really seize the opportunity…”
His tone became a little excited, and his expression became excited, as if he saw the day when the red demons occupied the entire mine, so he said: “When that time comes, you will be the real demon lord, and your mother clan will have infinite glory…”
The two red demons laughed together, but at this time, Moron paused, frowned, turned his head and shouted to the air next to him: “Who is it? ! Who is there? ! Get out? "
The two red demons immediately took a defensive posture. His companion held a spear in his hand. Morn pulled out a dagger from his waist. In the shadow of the corner of the mound next to him, a tentacle flashed by. Morn caught this detail and rushed up immediately.
As if knowing that he was discovered, a dark shadow behind the mound rushed out in a panic, trying to move to another mound to hide. When he moved, Batman, who was tied to the stone pillar, saw that it was Hexagon.
"Damn shadow monster! Get out!" Morn shouted while chasing. He turned to his companion and said, "He must have heard our plan! Kill him!"
The two red demons chased after him, but Hexagon ran towards the center of the mine, where there were not only red demons, but also many miners who were dumping slag.
Moron rolled his eyes, then pointed at Hexagon and shouted, "I am the leader of the third team! That shadow monster wants to disrupt production, catch up with it! Catch it!"
The miner slaves who were working were stunned, but when they heard that Moron was the new team leader, they instinctively looked in the direction he pointed. Hexagon was busy running and didn't pay attention to covering his figure, so he was soon discovered.
Moron kept shouting "Catch that shadow monster!", and the slaves subconsciously chased Hexagon.
Shadow monsters are actually a very fragile race. They are not strong in physical strength and not fast enough. They run slower than red demons, not to mention the thugs who are good at speed. Soon, the two closest thugs approached Hexagon and almost caught his tentacles.
Batman, who was tied to a stone pillar, frowned and stared at the situation in the field. He was also worried about Hexagon, but at this time, Hexagon, who was being chased, instinctively ran towards the shadow mine at the edge of the mine.
He was a member of the Shadow Vine. As long as he could return to the Shadow Mine, no one could do anything to him. But just before he returned to the Shadow Mine, the spear in the hand of Morn's companion was thrown over and pierced one of Hexagon's tentacles.
Hexagon screamed in pain, and the sound waves of the scream stimulated the Shadow Vine around the Shadow Mine. In an instant, the Shadow Vine surged out and knocked all the surrounding miner slaves away.
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