Chapter 377 The Relationship between Self-Abuse and Order
"Uh...Haha! Has anyone found out?" The honest man smiled awkwardly and scratched his greasy hair, feeling a little embarrassed.
Su Ming sighed and asked, "What's your name?"
"Xiang Dalong, you can just call me Dalong."
"My name is Xia Ming. You can join us, but I have to remind you that in this ghost realm, your previous social status is completely useless, so my servants will soon stop listening to me unless I can provide them with resources to make them obey, such as food and water, or a safe environment.
So you have to help me, now let's get down to business and give me orders to self-harm."
"ah?"
Xiang Dalong had a confused expression on his face, as if he thought he had heard it wrong.
"You, can you say it again? I think I heard it wrong just now. What are we going to do?"
"Give me the order to self-harm." Su Ming repeated word by word.
Xiang Dalong was silent at first, as if Su Ming's words were very difficult to understand, but after a few seconds, he showed a horrified expression: "No, no, no! I can't do this!"
"You are older than me, so I will call you Uncle Long. Uncle Long, I will now tell you about the current situation we are facing. First of all, the problem of food. You also heard what the monster said just now, right? Stealing and robbing food will be punished, and you will become hungrier and hungrier.
In other words, in this place we cannot use common sense to measure the physical laws of this world. It is very likely that ordinary food cannot fill our stomachs. Only the water and food provided by those monsters can keep us alive, so it is very important to strive for the resources in the hands of those monsters.
In addition, let me ask you another question. If there are two loaves of bread in front of you, and there are ten people in total, and you have to use the two loaves to survive for half a month, then I ask you if you can divide the bread, how would you divide it? "
Xiang Dalong stared at Su Ming in surprise, but he knew that what Su Ming said was right. If he were faced with this dilemma, the more bread he had, the better.
Before Xiang Dalong could answer, Su Ming continued speaking.
"Now is the best opportunity. I am a superpower and can recover from my injuries, so this time I can get as much food as possible." Su Ming said.
"Really?" Xiang Dalong said, "Are you a superpower?"
"Yes, really." Su Ming looked at the other party and nodded seriously.
In fact, he only said half of it.
Indeed, now is the best opportunity, but the reason why it is the best opportunity is not because of Su Ming’s special abilities, but because the disaster has just begun.
At the beginning of a disaster, humans will always try their best to maintain their usual moral standards, but as time goes by, these standards will be gradually abandoned.
Now, there may be many people like Xiang Dalong. Although they are locked up in an inexplicable space, they still don’t want to be the abuser, or even if they are sadistic, they will not be too excessive.
In this case, as long as he is more brutal than others, he can get more resources.
Su Ming wants to get more resources... but not just to survive, he must save more people. To do this, he needs long-term planning and the establishment of reasonable order and rules.
The establishment of order and rules cannot be thought of with utopian thinking, but must cater to human nature.
For this, resources are necessary.
"What...what should I ask you to do?"
"Well...well." Su Ming stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.
Food distribution is planned based on the severity of the self-abuse, but physical harm may not be the only criterion; there may also be other aspects, such as mental pain.
Therefore, simply looking at an arm or something like that may not achieve the best effect. To be on the safe side, use lingchi.
"Let me cut the flesh off your arm piece by piece." Su Ming said to Xiang Dalong.
Xiang Dalong was completely stunned, his lips kept trembling and his expression was terrified.
"This... this is too, this is too much damage, right?"
"I told you I have the ability to recover. I will recover on my own later, so this is nothing." Su Ming said, "Don't worry, I know my body best."
Xiang Dalong swallowed his saliva and said in a hoarse voice: "Cut off the flesh on your arm piece by piece."
Su Ming took down a knife that looked rather blunt from the wall next to him. It would probably be more painful to use this knife to attack his arm.
Su Ming placed his arms on the wooden table in front of him, rolled up his sleeves, and took a deep breath.
He had experienced many painful situations, so he would definitely be able to endure the pain this time. It was just a cut to himself, no big deal.
Su Ming gently cut into his upper arm and slowly moved the rough blade. The pain went straight to his brain. Sweat poured out of Su Ming's body and his hands were shaking.
I was careless. The feeling of self-abuse and being injured in battle seems to be quite different. This feeling of feeling pain but having to keep doing it... is really unpleasant.
"Are...are you okay?" Xiang Dalong watched Su Ming cut off a piece of flesh from his arm.
Su Ming stared at his arm without responding. He placed his slice of meat on the table and cut his bloody arm for the second time. The muscles at the wound were throbbing due to nerve reaction. Xiang Dalong couldn't stand it and vomited. However, Su Ming's eyes widened, staring at his arm, steadying his palm, and slowly cutting with the knife.
Bleeding profusely, Su Ming immediately used his own blood to create a poor quality container, and placed his arm on the container to let all the blood flow into the container. Xiang Dalong was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth as he watched Su Ming use his blood to create a large bowl. He wanted to ask if this was also Su Ming's ability, but he was too scared to ask.
Although Xiang Dalong was not a very evil criminal, he had seen the cruel reality. In their street, there were often fights between gangsters. He had seen someone being hit on the head with an iron rod, causing the back of his head to be dented. He had also seen a person being beaten with a swollen nose and face, and his arms and legs were broken.
But he had never seen anyone like Su Ming who cut his own flesh piece by piece. Watching Su Ming do this to him was simply... simply a form of mental abuse.
Su Ming's head was buzzing and the pain was very intense. If he continued to cut, his hands would become weak, but as long as he stopped, the pain would be completely bearable. This might be his brain's subconscious resistance, hoping that he would not continue to hurt himself.
But this kind of resistance is doomed to fail. Su Ming is still determined to hurt himself, and his mind is still calculating his losses. He wants to cause as much damage to himself as possible, take away the food and water, and seize the initial voice to survive in this world.
However, he could not really cause irreversible harm to himself, and he had to at least stay sober after the abuse.
Using the Bone Demon's life force can allow him to reshape his flesh and blood, converting limb defects into blood loss, and then using Xia Xiaoyu's exclusive ability to distribute these ischemic symptoms to other people to minimize the damage. After having a large amount of resources, there will definitely be many people willing to share the damage with him. The current step that must be achieved is to occupy the vast majority of those survival resources!
Su Ming's cutting speed was getting faster and faster. The flesh and blood on his arm became less and less, and soon the white bones were exposed. The dull knife kept scraping on the bones, making a "sizzling" sound that made Xiang Dalong's scalp numb. He had not dared to look just now, and now he did not dare to listen.
Su Ming looked at the timer on the table and found that there was still half an hour left. He took a deep breath and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. At this time, Su Ming's clothes were completely wet with sweat.
In a few minutes, Su Ming had processed all the flesh on his arm, leaving only the white bones on his left arm, which was a shocking sight.
"Let me slice and shave off the meat from the other arm as well!" Su Ming gritted his teeth.
Xiang Dalong looked up in surprise when he heard this, and held his breath when he saw the bloody bones of Su Ming's left arm.
“Are you listening?”
"ah?"
"Let me slice and shave off the flesh of the other arm as well!" Su Ming said palely. He had lost too much blood.
"This...is this enough?" Xiang Dalong glanced at Su Ming, his heart filled with horror. He didn't understand why Su Ming could be so cruel to him. He clearly looked like just a child. Are all people with superpowers like this?
"Hurry up and give the order!" Su Ming said, "This is not just for us. Your wife and son also need food and drink, right? Who do you think will provide them?"
After hearing about his wife and son, Xiang Dalong fell silent and calmed down a little.
That's right, if Su Ming's guess is correct, then they can't be self-sufficient through labor, and can only eat the food provided by the monsters. If there is no Su Ming, what will they eat? What's more, Su Ming is a superpower, and he said he can recover.
Thinking of this, Xiang Dalong made up his mind.
"Please cut the meat from the other hand piece by piece," said Xiang Dalong.
As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that one of Su Ming's hands had turned into bones, so how should he cut the flesh of the other hand?
Just as Xiang Dalong was puzzled, Su Ming's bony hand had already picked up the knife and started to attack his right hand.
This scene made Xiang Dalong's eyes widen. He thought that he was indeed a supernatural being who could even do such a thing.
He was originally worried about Su Ming's self-mutilation, but now seeing this abnormal scene, he was relieved. Since Su Ming could even do such a thing, it shouldn't be difficult for him to recover his original body, right?
…
When the one hour was up, the scene in front of Su Ming and Xiang Dalong changed instantly, and then appeared in the empty wilderness. Those who had just participated in the self-abuse competition with Su Ming also appeared here like Su Ming. In addition to those who were originally there, other people in Su Ming's manor had also arrived at this venue a long time ago.
When the servants and maids saw that Su Ming was left with only skeletal arms, the maids screamed miserably. Some of the weak-hearted ones fainted directly. The male servants also turned pale and stared at Su Ming's hands in horror. The old butler Elton's legs were shaking. Fortunately, he changed his pants before coming here, otherwise he would have peed again.
Zhou Xiaoxiao also opened her eyes wide and stared at Su Ming in shock.
Su Ming looked around, observed the injuries of everyone, nodded with satisfaction, and murmured to himself: " Very good, that's how it should be."
