Zhang Tie: Is it okay for me to do that?
Heller: You are the owner and dominator of Castle of Black Iron. Any decision of yours is your right.
Zhang Tie: How many people can Castle of Black Iron hold now?
Heller: Based on the food storage and production capacity of Castle of Black Iron, the maximum number of people that Castle of Black Iron could hold is 26000. If 26000 people enter Castle of Black Iron now, after half a year, when those people join in production and reclaim wastelands, the maximum number of people that Castle of Black Iron could hold would increase by 3 times. Similarly, if the land area of Castle of Black Iron remained unchanged, it could hold 1.2 million people in the future.
Zhang Tie: "If... I mean if there are really so many people in Castle of Black Iron one day, can you handle them?"
Heller: In the space of Castle of Black Iron, all the materials and living beings are bound by the rules of Castle of Black Iron. Their life and death are completely determined by your will. In my eyes, even 12 billion people are like 12 billion yeasts, not to mention 1.2 million people. I can put them in a bottle. There will be no problem at all.
Zhang Tie: Will the small tree be affected?
Heller: I can set a rule in Castle of Black Iron. Without your permission, no one could step into the radius of 100 m around the small tree. You can also change the terrain in the castle. Thankfully, the basic energy storage of Castle of Black Iron could complete such a transformation...
Zhang Tie: Do you think... I'm a bit selfish by doing that? Once they come in, I'm afraid that I will not let them out of here for a long time...
Heller: No, Castle Lord, I think it's very noble of you to do that. Now, Castle of Black Iron is their paradise. Additionally, you will not imprison them here forever. If one day, when your battle strength reaches a certain level, you will be able to escape from this place. When your power reaches a certain level, please believe me, even if you let them out of here, even if others know that you have this ability, there will be no problem.
Zhang Tie: Will there really be such a day?
Heller: This is a possibility. What will happen in the future? Can this possibility become a reality? Only you, Castle Lord, could answer it.
Zhang Tie: If there are so many people, how can I bring them in?
Heller: Castle Lord is already LV 9. With the improvement of your ability and the start of the holy war between humans and demons, the space function of Castle of Black Iron will be further opened to Castle Lord. If you want to bring those people in, Castle Lord could authorize me to open a space shelter in Castle of Black Iron!
Zhang Tie: Space shelter?
Heller: Yes. With this ability, it would be relatively easy for you to bring some people or living beings in. As long as Castle Lord locked them with your spiritual energy and touched their bodies directly or indirectly, you would be able to bring them in in a split second. It was like moving items out of Castle of Black Iron...
Zhang Tie: That's it?
Heller: Yes, it's that simple.
Zhang Tie: Then I'll leave the rest to you.
Heller: No problem. It's time to add some aborigines to Castle of Black Iron. They could help Castle of Black Iron to develop it better.
...
After the talk with Heller, Zhang Tie waited for Rawls patiently. Meanwhile, he silently observed the responses of those demonized puppets in the huge underground space and the situation around him.
Zhang Tie felt that Rawls was not a person who would betray him. However, as he was here, Zhang Tie had to be careful in case of being betrayed.
He had to take a great risk to do this. Zhang Tie didn't know whether he was being merciful or not. He only knew that he could gain tranquility inside by doing this. Perhaps this was the common problem of small figures like him — — his sympathy would always overflow on any occasion.
Fortunately, nothing happened in the few hours that they were waiting for Rawls, and the time had come to this point. Additionally, those human captives seemed to be going to sleep at night as they gradually stopped their work in many places.
Perhaps even demons knew that humans could not be used like machines. Without necessary rest, no matter how strong a person was, he could only stand a couple of days. Conversely, this would slow down the captives' work efficiency. Therefore, when it was evening, the captives would have a relatively relaxed rest time.
Zhang Tie found that those demonized puppets and lackeys of Three-eye Association who were waving whips became a bit relaxed; especially those lackeys of Three-eye Association. Many of them had already left the working place of human captives and started to walk towards the camp of demonized puppets in the distance.
Closely after that, Zhang Tie saw a lot of people crawling towards him from the shadow in the distance under the leadership of Rawls.
Rawls was followed by over 30 people.
...
Rawls watched Zhang Tie bashfully, so did all the other people who followed him. Among the 30-odd people, over 20 were men, some were women. The oldest among them was 40-50 years old while the youngest was only a bit older than 10 years old. All of them looked pitch-black and were in ragged clothes. Zhang Tie could barely identify their genders based on their body features.
These people were forced to be like this by the hell-like life. Even that 50-odd woman's agility when crawling forward really shocked Zhang Tie.
A 13-14 year old girl with short hair hid behind Rawls as she looked at Zhang Tie timidly with her round eyes.
"These people are with us. They don't want to eat human fleshes. Therefore, they couldn't stand staying here for sure. When we come here, they have to follow us..." Rawls explained to Zhang Tie in an embarrassed way.
Zhang Tie raised his hand to stop Rawls from continuing. Instead, he watched those people.
"I have to tell you, although that place is hidden, once I take you in, you will barely come out..."
"Will we starve to death there?" asked an old man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties.
"No?"
"How large is that place?"
"Very large, much larger than this place!"
"That's fine, as long as we're not allowed to eat human fleshes. As long as we're not allowed to eat human fleshes, it's better than being eaten here. No matter what, we will die here sooner or later. If we try our best, we might be able to survive. You could come here from outside, you must have a solution! "
Zhang Tie looked around, "Do you all think so?"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"That's good. Come over here and hold hands. Stand around me and stick close to me. Before taking you out, I want to hold a special blessing ceremony for you! "Zhang Tie told those people with a very solemn look.
After hearing Zhang Tie's words, those people immediately followed Zhang Tie's order. Holding hands with each other, they gathered close to Zhang Tie as they thought that Zhang Tie was really going to hold a blessing ceremony for them.
Zhang Tie put his hand on Rawls's shoulder, "Are there many captives who don't want to eat human fleshes?"
"Many. In order to manage and unite human captives, demons would hang some human teeth on the necks of those captives who succumbed to eating human fleshes. The more teeth they wore, the more obedient they would be. These people might be promoted to supervisors and lackeys of Three-eye Association from captives. As a result, they might do less work. Those demonized puppets have simple intelligence. At the sight of such people, they would not treat them as food! "
After glancing at the 30-odd people in front of him, Zhang Tie found none of them had teeth hanging over their necks.
"You mean all those who don't have teeth on their necks don't want to eat human fleshes under the threat of demons?"
"Yes, many of us would rather die than do that." Rawls answered, "For those wild beasts who start to eat human fleshes, those teeth on their necks are their amulets!" "Are there always new captives being escorted here through the secret tunnel?"
"Yes, sometimes, there would be several cases in one day. Sometimes, there would be several cases in a few days.
"Yes, sometimes there will be several cases in a day, and sometimes there will be several cases in a few days. People die here every day. There will be some new people coming in every day. "
"You mean those lackeys and demonized puppets of Three-eye Association could not remember everyone's looks, right?"
"You mean, even those lackeys and demonized puppets of Three-eye Association could not remember everyone's look, right?"
"If so, take off your clothes and lend them to me. After a while, I will have someone return you a new one!" Zhang Tie told Rawls after glancing at his figure.
Rawls hesitated for a moment, but he still took off the tattered clothes he was wearing.
Zhang Tie took the clothes by one hand as he revealed a smile towards Rawls, "The rite is about to start. Close your eyes. Don't open your eyes until someone asks you to. Good luck!"
After saying this, Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy and teleported all the 30-odd people around him into Castle of Black Iron. They disappeared in a split second as if they had never appeared here.
Watching these people entering Castle of Black Iron, Zhang Tie felt relaxed and satisfied.
Zhang Tie directly took off his clothes. After that, he picked some dust from the ground and smeared it onto his hair and face, making himself as same as Rawls and the other elders. After that, he put on Rawls' shabby clothes which carried a weird smell and rolled on the ground for a few times so as to make himself more like Rawls and the other elders.
When he rolled on the ground, he activated his pupil changing bloodline. Zhang Tie's black hair turned brown at once while his skin and eyes changed color at the same time. Only after 10 seconds, Zhang Tie had completely become another person both inside and outside.
Closely after that, Zhang Tie crawled towards where Rawls and the other guys came from...
...
In the Castle of Black Iron...
"Well, you can open your eyes..."
Heller's voice drifted into the ears of Rawls and the other guys. At the same time, they opened their eyes at once. Closely after that, they were all shocked by what they saw...
Standing in front of them was a man as handsome as the Sun God. Behind this man was a world full of vitality. Although it was night time in this world, the soft and bright light emitted by the colorful clouds in the sky allowed them to see the oily green plants around them. They could also smell the fresh air with the smell of flowers and fruits.
'Are... are we dreaming... '
"Ahh, where are we?" Rawls became stunned for quite a while at the sight of all the strange things in front of him.
"This is your new home!" Heller watched them mildly.
The old man who talked to Zhang Tie just now quivered all over as he knelt down the ground at once. Lowering his head, he cupped a handful of soil and put it in front of his nose before taking a deep breath. Closely after that, he raised his hand high up with tears in his eyes.
"Ahh, what a fertile and fragrant soil... I'm not dreaming. It's real... it's real..."
Everybody knelt down at once...
"God, the God must have heard our prayers and saved us from the hell..." Someone shouted out of excitement, "This must be the God's country. It must be. We're saved..."
"Are... are you the God?" the little girl beside Rawls asked Heller as she raised her head.
"I'm not the God, I'm the steward of the God..." Heller replied with a smile.
At this moment, everyone suddenly realized that the human warrior of the allied human forces didn't appear here at this moment.
"That man is the God, the God saved us... the God saved us..."
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