<h4>Chapter 986: Pygmies</h4>


    Trantor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio


    The rough diamond was dirty, stinky and stained with ck and yellow, and stinking,


    and Li Du could guess without any exnation where it had been hidden.


    The guards were not squeamish, however. Someone grabbed the diamond, washed it


    in the dark river water, and brought it back to Remonin.


    The general was no longer grinning. He looked darkly at the miners whom the guards


    had rounded up and began to growl in anguage that Li Du did not understand.


    “What is he talking about?” asked Li Du.


    Lu Guan said, “Exining the rules of the mine and warning these miners. He will


    punish the poor man.”


    The lion hunter looked at him in surprise and said, “Do you know Portuguese?”


    Lu Guan shrugged his shoulders and said, “Understand a little.”


    Li Du thought Li Guan chose the wrong career path. With his aptitude for foreign


    nguages, he should have engaged in diplomacy or trantion work. It would not be


    exaggerating to say that he was a linguistic genius.


    The miners looked at the thin and weak boy angrily. Someone picked up a stone from


    the ground and threatened to hit him. Many shouted at him with furious faces.


    Li Du was surprised, and said, “Is the general so popr in this ce?”


    It was unexpected to see that the workers were so protective of Remonin’s interests.


    Lu Guan said, “No, the thing is that the general implements collective punishment. All


    people’s food stamps for today will be confiscated.”


    The lion hunter added, “The general has made it a rule that if someone steals diamonds


    and no one tells, he confiscates everyone’s food stamps as a punishment if he finds


    out.”


    Li Du understood that this act was harsh enough.


    The boy shuddered with fear. Remonin grasped his shoulder with arge, powerful


    hand. A guard drew out his bay and handed it to the general.


    The others no longer looked angry, but a little frightened.


    Li Du knew the punishment would be cruel.


    He wanted to stop it, but he could not. This was not China or America. This was not the


    civilized world. If he tried to interfere, he would be considered a busybody. The diamond


    lords made cruel rules to prevent their men from stealing the precious stones.


    Remonin hit the boy on the shoulder with his bay. The boy shivered like amb


    under a butcher’s knife. asionally he looked up, his face contorted with fear.


    Knowing what Remonin meant to do, Li Du deliberately threatened the boy and


    humiliated him to teach the other miners a lesson.


    The boy looked up and saw Li Du, and seemed to see the difference between him and


    the others. Like a drowning man who found a straw, he stretched out his hand and


    cried, “Save me!”


    Li Du was stunned. Is this Chinese? The ent was very thick, but the words were


    recognizable.


    Li Du, Remonin and the others had thought that the boy could only speak the local


    dialect.


    Now, hearing him speak Chinese, Li Du looked surprised. Remonin and the others


    didn’t understand. They had never heard Chinese spoken before.


    The youth realized Li Du understood him, and he called louder, “baba, save me! Please


    save me!”


    Hearing this, Li Du was now quite certain that the boy was speaking Chinese, although


    his pronunciation was odd.


    Remonin caring little, pulled off his pants and held the young man in a firm grip., The


    trembling youth called out, “save me! Yeah! Yeah! Save my life! Save me!”


    Two guards came up to restrain him, and Remonin tore off his trousers and ced the


    sharp bay on the Gollum between the boy’s legs.


    Li Du could not help but try to stop him and said, “General, do you intend to castrate


    him?”


    “Of course,” Remoninughed.


    “You can punish him, even kill him, but why torture a boy like this?”


    Remonin frowned at him. “Torture? No, it''s not torture. I’m going to cook for you.”


    He saw Li Du did not understand, and went on, “I just said, you have luck today. If I do


    not cut off this thing, how can you have good food?”


    Li Du was stunned and said, “What do you mean?”


    “Don’t you know? Pygmy testicles are wonderful food.”


    Hearing this, Li Du understood his intention. He wanted to castrate the boy and cook his


    genitals.


    This nearly made him vomit. He repeatedly shook his head and said, “No, no, I am not a


    cannibal monster. Sorry, General, I appreciate your kindness, but I will never touch this


    thing!”


    These words made Remoninugh. He said to the lion hunter, “He doesn’t understand,


    does he?”


    The lion hunter nodded. “No, he doesn’t. Li is American.”


    Then he exined some things about pygmies to Li Du.


    Under the impact of modern civilization, most of the nations in the world were constantly


    developing and progressing. However, there were still some peoples who lived in


    istion, maintaining extremely peculiar customs.


    Pygmies were such people, adhering to the same traditions and lifestyle for thousands


    of years.


    This nation was very unique, not only in their culture, traditions, and way of life but their


    appearance as well. They were the shortest people in the world. The average height of


    an adult pygmy man was no more than 1.5 meters. Women were generally about 10


    centimeters shorter than men and weighed no more than 40 kilograms. They did not


    exceed these proportions even when nutrition was abundant.


    Li Du had thought that the miner was a little boy, but he was not. He had nearly reached


    his maximum height, and could at most grow a few centimeters more.


    Another unusual thing about these people was their early sexual maturity. The reason


    for it was most likely rooted in the fact that pygmies also aged fast, with an average


    lifespan of less than 40 years. Thus, despite the early births, there was no significant


    increase in the poption density of the pygmies.


    ording to an African belief circting amongst tribal shaman doctors, pygmies were


    able to have children at such an early age because their genitals were blessed by God


    and had unique effects such as strengthening the body, enhancing virility and boosting


    intelligence.


    In short, in the witch doctor culture, pygmy testicles were considered magic.


    Therefore, when Remonin learned Musa is a pygmy, he decided to cut off his genitals


    and serve them with wine. That’s why the lion hunter said he wanted some.


    They were serious.


    When Remonin took off his trousers, Musa knew what was going on and fought against


    it with all his might, but the struggle was obviously doomed.