Chapter 2403: Green horror

This "short message technique" was sent by Mr. Ted Pinkerton, a private investigator who had not been contacted for a long time. The letter also mentioned a bizarre incident that had recently spread in the city.
It happened two weeks ago in a colonial town in the western part of the Vimur Valley. It is said that in just one night, the town and its surrounding areas were covered with dense vegetation.
The total number of residents in the town and the garrison is no less than 1,000, as if they are all submerged in a green ocean. They have lost contact since then, and their whereabouts are still unknown.
In fact, Qiao Ann is no stranger to the town where the bizarre catastrophe occurred.
Last spring, he went to the west to investigate the truth about the death of Captain Anderson. On the way, he stopped at a colonial settlement called "Grizzly Town". The harsh local customs left a deep impression on him.
The town engulfed by the green sea this time is Grizzly Town.
Since last year, the Vimur Valley, where Grizzly Town is located, has become a frontline position for frequent armed conflicts between colonists and natives.
Asa hunts and rides like the wind, often raiding the settlements established by the colonists along the river bank, trying to curb the colonists’ expansion westward by burning, killing and looting. It is widely circulated in the New World and even in the old world, and colonialists who call themselves "civilized people" often use it as an ironclad proof that the aborigines are brutal and unreasonable.
The custom of "headhunting" indeed originated from the indigenous tribes of the New World, but few people know that the colonies also have a long-standing tradition of "headhunting".
Take the Middlegard colony as an example. From the time of Governor Minute, a decree has been issued: whoever hunts an adult Asa, rewards two jinduga, as evidenced by the scalp of the prey.
This decree has been implemented for nearly a century, during which the rewards have been repeatedly increased, from 2 gold coins per scalp to 10 gold coins per scalp.
The generous bounty has prompted many adventurers to devote themselves to the sport of hunting the aborigines, and even promoted the industry of "bounty hunters" to flourish in the New World.
During this period, several governors tried to ease relations with the indigenous people. For example, the current Governor of Midgard, Sir Nichols, temporarily suspended the implementation of the "Headhunting Act". However, as the conflict between colonists and the indigenous people has intensified in recent years, The headhunting decree also came into force again with the support of the colonial parliament and the military.
The defenders of the "Headhunting Act" claimed that it was a necessary method to control violence with violence, and that barbarians were not enlightened and could only be suppressed by the same barbaric methods.
Qiao An couldn't agree with such rhetoric.
The aborigines lived well in their own homes. The colonists took a boat from another continent to seek a living. They survived the poverty and hunger moments, thanks to the assistance of the aborigines. After standing firm, they turned their backs on denial and robbed the aborigines of their territory. He also slandered the other party as a barbarian, who is more barbaric than whom?
If the "head hunting" ceremony represents the barbaric customs of the aborigines, then the colonists deliberately sold virus-infected blankets to the aborigines, causing countless aborigines to contract smallpox. Thousands of people died of this in just two years Severe infectious disease, is this kind of behavior a manifestation of "civilization"?
If it is considered that the colonists hunted the scalp of the aboriginal people in exchange for bounty is a reasonable means of revenge, then according to the same logic, don't the aboriginal people have the right to deliberately spread the virus in the colonial cities?
This is not Qiao An's fantasy, but the reality that has already happened to him.
This spring, an off-season "rot fever" epidemic broke out in Leiden. After some investigations, Qiao An and friends in his hometown discovered the conspiracy behind the epidemic and promptly eliminated the source of the epidemic, the "Mother Plague", so that Leiden Hundreds of thousands of inhabitants of the city were saved from extinction.
The "primitive religious group" that planned this conspiracy is precisely a religious group born in the indigenous communities of the New World, and to some extent can represent the aborigines' anger and resistance to colonial invasion.
If Qiao An agrees with the arguments that sing praises for colonial expansion, what reason is there to criticize the evil actions of the "primitive cult" in spreading viruses in Leiden.
Conversely, if the "primitive cult" is determined to be a cult group, then the supporters of colonial expansion also belong to the cult believers, but the latter has more power to speak, smearing their faces through newspapers, magazines and other channels, and dressing up as the so-called " Civilized people".
In Qiao'an’s view, the weird change that occurred in Grizzly Town this time also reflects the "primitive order"'s extreme advocacy of returning to nature. Most of these cultists used some kind of magic ritual to change the surrounding area of ​​Grizzly Town. The ecological environment promoted the wild spread of plants and even swallowed this rather prosperous market town.
After the "greening" incident in Grizzly Town, more unthinkable news came one after another.
In just one week, many expeditions entered Grizzly Town, which was shrouded in dense forests and vines, and even the sky was shaded by greenery, trying to search and rescue the trapped residents.
For insurance purposes, some search and rescue teams set up camps outside the town, leaving some teammates to provide logistical support.
For the first two days, the left-behind personnel were able to communicate with the teammates who entered the Green Sea through the communication magic device. However, after a short time, the teammates stopped replying, and they were gone forever, as if melted in the depths of the mysterious green sea. .
The left-behind personnel in the camp outside the town also tried to track the whereabouts of their teammates with the "detection crystal ball", but they were both frightened and depressed.
"Detection" seems to be blocked by an invisible magic barrier, unable to lock and track the target at all.
What happened to Grizzly Town, the current situation of the thousands of local residents, garrisons, and subsequent explorers who entered, these mysteries have become news hotspots that the major newspapers in Midgard are eager to unearth.
Qiao An was also curious about this incident. When discussing with his mentor and friends, he did not deny that the incident in Grizzly Town was mostly inseparable from the "primitive order". Professor Moriarty, Rebecca, Both Hailar and Zion also agreed with his guess.
However, the development of the situation was unexpected. Just three days ago, the "Midgard Tribune" revealed an anecdote. The original published a public statement issued by the Walsung tribe.
The Walsunge tribe, representing the "Liberation Alliance", an aboriginal resistance organization in Midgard, claimed responsibility for the Grizzly Town incident and stated that the purpose of controlling Grizzly Town was to warn the colonial government to stop its westward expansion and also demand the colonial military. Apologize to the public for deliberately spreading the smallpox virus in the indigenous communities and compensate the victims and their families for their losses.
If the colonial government and the military agree to the above conditions, the Walsung family promises that Grizzly Town will be restored to its original state, and the local residents will be safe, and they are willing to negotiate with the colonial government on the armistice agreement. The restoration of the two sides is determined by the "1622 pardon" Borders.
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