Half a month passed in the blink of an eye and the summer of that year came to an end.
Amidst the chaos, the 100,000 Zoogs completed their training at Mo Bei.
The hardest part for them was the sign language. This sign language was specially designed for the Zoogs. It was created by a global team of sign language experts. The Zoogs' front paws had the same structure, they looked like mouse paws but each had 5 fingers. They could perform different actions like grasping and slapping. This gave the sign language experts a lot of room to design.
Humans could use this sign language as well. There were people from all over the world going through the training to prepare for the translation work.
However, learning this sign language was incredibly tiring for the Zoogs. The movements not only lacked rhythm, there was no beauty to them. It was obvious they were created by a race that relied on mouth language. They knew nothing about sign language but they had to train these natural-born sign language masters …
It was no different from a cat teaching others how to sing, it was just a series of howls.
However, to ensure they could continue to feast on the juicy drumsticks, they had no choice but to continue learning.
According to the organization, the 2,000 Zoogs who learned the best would be promoted to 'translator'. They would be assigned to a team of 50 and the translator would basically be the leader of the team. Translator, just the sound of it sounded impressive.
"That's not a translator, it's just an officer!" Lucky corrected in a hurry, "I am the only translator among the Zoogs here, don't get me confused."
However, Lucky could not stop the wheel of history from rolling forward and rolling over its growing fat body.
After the morale-boosting ceremony, the Fat Zoogs had a new impression of this Vice Minister Lucky.
Wasn't he just a deputy minister? The speech at the ceremony included the leader of the Spell Department, Tong Ye and the leader of the Zoog Department, Han Mingwei. They did not need to be carried by other humans and no one would feed them. From then on, Lucky's authority crumbled.
Han Mingwei was a middle-aged man in his forties, he was one of the new leaders at the headquarters. He had a lot of experience in the field of intelligence.
This Zoog army was undoubtedly a new force. How they would be converted into intelligence would depend on Han Mingwei to lead this department of humans and Zoogs. As for Jill, Phecda didn't expect her to do much. She was a mascot, an ambassador, and an ambassador of friendship. These were Jill's responsibilities.
But Lucky still had its own unique position. It could talk to people like Gu Jun and Wu Shiyu directly. It knew what was most important.
"We'll find the cultists if we can, but there's no rush if we can't …" Lucky told his compatriots, "Otherworldlings, those that fly in the sky, those that crawl in the cave, those that swim in the sea, whether they're alive or dead, we have to find them as soon as possible. The more the better, the bigger the better, or else … we'll be in danger …"
Initially, the fat Zoogs did not believe him. They thought Lucky was just bluffing them, making up some rumors to show that he had insider information and connections.
One day at the end of the month, the few fat Zoogs were invited to a lab at the base by Gu Jun. He put on a white coat, mask and gloves. He held a ruler and a scale. He measured them, squeezed and touched them. He even cruelly used a pair of scissors to shave off a patch of hair on their backs …
"I want to know how many bones the Zoogs have." Gu Jun explained, "I'm trying to draw out the Zoogs' skeletal structure."
He showed them his half-finished product. It was a drawing of a monster made up of white bones. There was no skin, no flesh!
"This, this … what does it have to do with you how many bones the Zoogs have?" The fat Zoog asked immediately.
Then Gu Jun explained to them what anatomy was. There was systemic anatomy and local anatomy, which one would you choose?
The fat Zoogs waved their hands repeatedly. The Zoogs had no interest in dissection, that was their ancestral teaching! The Zoogs were creatures that obeyed their ancestral teaching. From their name, one could see how much they respected their ancestors. The ancestral teaching was not to be disobeyed …
When they left that scary lab that day, their legs were shaking. The Zoog skeletal structure kept churning in their mind.
When they returned to camp, they immediately told this to everyone they knew. It was as if the more Zoogs they dragged into fear, the safer they would be. The other Zoogs did the same so the news spread like wildfire. Soon, all 100,000 Zoogs knew about it.
Lucky was not lying this time. If they could not find any abnormal lifeforms, perhaps one day, the butcher's knife would fall on them.
"It can't be, right?" A fat Zoog said, "As long as we are alive, the nightmare man will not have an excuse to dissect us …"
"Stupid Zoog! If the nightmare man wants you dead, how are you going to live? You will be choked to death by chicken bones, scared to death by cats, killed by the revenge of the cultists … Death is like the wind, always by my side! I am still so young, am I going to die in a foreign land and not even my bones will be able to return to the Enchanted Forest … "
"You make it sound so scary, why do you have to make it sound so scary? You're affecting me!"
"At least now you won't die without knowing why …"
Then they should focus on searching for abnormal lifeforms. But this was actually a more dangerous mission than searching for the cultists.
The noses of abnormal lifeforms were sharper than human beings and they would not listen to the Zoogs' explanation of why they were passing by.
Panic filled the Zoogs' camp. There was even a saying that the Zoogs were fed so well because they were fattened before being slaughtered.
They were afraid, really afraid.
When the organization recruited 30,000 Zoogs to follow Yu Chi, Feng Peiqian and the rest to serve the Mysterium World, the Zoogs were very enthusiastic. They were practically running for their lives, they were boarding Noah's Ark or the lifeboats of the Titanic.
Therefore, in the end, Han Mingwei and the rest of the Zoog Tribe were shocked. Most of the Zoogs wanted to go to the Mysterium World but they had to choose from among them.
Initially, they were trying to figure out how to mobilize the Zoogs. Since the Mysterium World did not have the channel to Dreamlands, the Zoogs had no chance of becoming deserters. Therefore, according to the previous poll, even though Mysterium offered better benefits, the Zoogs all rejected it. What made the Zoogs change so much?
The latest poll showed that it was to … stay away from Gu Jun.
In the end, the 30,000 fat Zoogs followed Yu Chi and the rest across the border at the Mysterium World.
The 60,000 plus Zoogs spread out to search for abnormal lifeforms and cultists. The scalpel was dangling from their stomachs.
During the morale-boosting ceremony, 100,000 Zoogs gathered at the spacious field. They slapped their bloated bellies at the same time and let out waves of battle roars.
By the start of September, there were only 1,000 Zoogs left at Mo Bei. They were closest to Gu Jun but Lucky was the closest.
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