If he revealed the truth, the men would not only disbelieve him, and might even report him as rumor mongering to Lian Chengyu for a reward of bacon.
These people were definitely capable of doing that. Yi Yun’s situation will be terrible if that happens.
In the vast wilderness, the weak had to accept their own suffering. There was no other way around it.
Just like pigs, cattle and sheep, they did nothing wrong, but were kept in captivity and slaughtered by humans.
The only reason was because they were weak. And in the vast wilderness, being weak was a fault! Being weak made you unable to decide your own fate. Being weak allowed you be trampled on…