Volume II: The Waterways, Chapter 6: The Price
In the dark forest, as long as it is on the ground, a bonfire must be lit, because even at noon, the sun is not too strong. Countless beasts of prey could attack anyone in the forest at any time. The reason why the Dark Forest is called the Dark Forest is because the huge trees will completely devour all kinds of things, elements, energy, pulse, psionic energy, and even light, and the two cities cannot communicate with each other remotely, but can only rely on the transmission between people. We have been doing this for countless years, and if possible, we should communicate and communicate with other cities as much as possible, obtain other information and knowledge, and prevent the complete disappearance of certain technology or knowledge in our own cities, which will pose a threat to the city itself.
Within the confines of a city, a city lord can almost be said to be a king, and they control anything in their own territory, and if they want, they will give the imperial capital some taxes and exchange excess things, if they are unwilling, even if you don't pay, it will be difficult for the empire to really do anything, but if something really happens, there is no support from the empire, and you can't enjoy the empire's trade network and imperial technology. Because the cost of crossing the dark forest is so high, except for a limited number of shipping lanes that can be cleared on a regular basis, the empire has no time to take care of other places.
In general, even if it is not, at most the empire will find a way to deal with it slowly, and it will be enough to open the channel step by step and expand to various places. But accidents always happen, and when the demons invade, this kind of treatment is also a big deal. Human beings were unable to form effective resistance at all, the edifice of the empire collapsed almost instantly, and the imperial capital, without the support of wings, only lasted for twelve years after several expeditions failed to recapture Thousand Stone City, but it was also the first time that the demon king level was killed, and the combination of heaven, earth and man was dismantled, leaving the possibility of fighting the final Armageddon. Otherwise, the human race will only fail faster, and the loss of the demon will be infinitely smaller.
The emperor without wings is the saddest, and the same is true for the wings without the command of the imperial capital, in the three years of the reorganization of the imperial capital, the entire human world has almost been wiped out, and all the fortresses and cities have been pulled out and destroyed one by one. It's a world of eating and being eaten, no one is spared, no surrenderers are needed, slaves are not needed, all that is needed is that the other side is all dead, and it is better that there is no one who lives. If the opponent's strength is less, the opponent will be weaker in the collision of worlds, and the chances of victory on your own side will be greater.
The result, of course, was that the demons won, the humans lost, and the world completely became what Sun Miao didn't know, all kinds of strange giant beasts were rampant, all kinds of monsters devoured and slaughtered each other, all kinds of strange-shaped plants, all kinds of demons.
But everything doesn't matter, for that time, there is only one thing Sun Miao needs to do, revenge. All the humans are dead, and the demons, you, are all dead, okay?
There is no self-pity, no wailing of pain, no panic and sorrow, no hatred and insults, no negotiation and peace talks. There are only the fall of the demons one by one, and the calamity of the white night, and the despair and curse of the demons in front of their relatives, lovers, friends, and children falling in front of them, and the almost mournful despair and curses are in his ears, forming an inexplicable power that wraps around him. But so what? Old people, children, women, young people, young people, everyone, everyone, calamity befell and no one was spared.
As a result, there is no winner in this invasion, the human side is completely wiped out, no one survives, surrender to the reformed? sorry, those are all demons. The demon party was completely wiped out, and no one survived, devouring the demon emperor and the last survivor of the human race. No, at that time, it should have been the anger or curse or disaster of human beings, at that time, he should not be a human being, he can fight more than countless hours of high-intensity combat, he can feed on any energy thing, whether it is blood, source crystal, grass or trees. No rest, no sleep, no pain, no taste, no smell, no warmth. Many times he doesn't even need to think, he completely follows his instincts, walking, killing, leaving no grass wherever he passes, and he will even ruthlessly absorb all the aura in the air as food.
The war between the Demon Emperor and the survivors, there is no language or communication between them. The war between the two sides began with a meeting, and only when one side completely fell could be considered to be the end.
At that time, Sun Miao always thought that he didn't need anything, he didn't need anything. Until, that phrase appeared.
"Let's make a deal, I'll take your soul, and in exchange for it, I'll fulfill your wishes, well, to the best of my ability. ”
That damn demon, Sun Miao suddenly pondered, thought of everything in the past, and finally thought of him again, the elegant, calm, and sunny smile of the demon. The soft, big brother next door words: I take your soul at the price.
But why is I still alive? Has my soul been taken away? Is I in a dream now? All this is too real, isn't it? The pain I suffered at that time, did I really travel through time? I really died? So I appeared in heaven? Even if it was a dream, what did I have to do if I wanted to change the future in this dream?
Thinking about this makes the brain burn up, thinking about this, the head is buzzing, I can't think of it, I don't want to think about it anymore, even if I want to change everything, it doesn't matter, even if I die, what can I do? Anyway, the worst outcome, I haven't seen it? The only thing worth worrying about is that that demon must not suddenly jump out to stop it when he is about to collapse the heads of those demon kings and demon emperors.
The more powerful, the more powerful, the more you know that the demon is really terrible, if you can, you are absolutely unwilling to stand on the opposite side of that demon, in other words, the sky seems to be staring at your own things, and this demon, does it have anything to do with it? However, for the time being, there is no need to think about it, the farther away you are, the better, the best situation is, don't come to me, at least until I kill all those demons.
"Hey, what are you thinking? What do you think?" Xu Wenxuan seemed to be dissatisfied with Sun Miao's sudden distraction, and asked Sun Miao.
"What?" Sun Miao really wanted to do something else just now, so he had to turn his head and ask, "What do you think?"
Zhao Hu glanced at Sun Miao and said, "Let's say, divide two teams of people, they will take these things back first, and you will go to Fengtao City with us." ”
"Eh, are there enough people?" Sun Miao was puzzled for a moment, indeed, the flesh and corpse of this demon beast must be disposed of as soon as possible, otherwise it will soon attract more beasts, even demon beasts, and that will be a big trouble.
"Well, let's bring a little bit here, they turn back now, it's just right, after all, it's not too far from Thousand Stone City now. Zhao Hu estimated.
"That's fine. Sun Miao nodded.
"Well, bring some bones and meat to Fengtao to sell, it can be a little more expensive than selling in Qianshi. "Zhao Hu snorted.
"Let's go, we must get to the city before evening, and the dark forest will be much more troublesome at night. Sun Miao chewed the last bite of meat and swallowed it, it tasted really good.
"Hey, it's okay for you to bring these four things, right?" Xu Wenxuan said curiously.
"Why don't you try?" Sun Miao pushed his hands in front of him.
"No, this is for prisoners, right? Ordinary prisoners don't need such a big red crystal, you are really synonymous with luxury. Xu Wenxuan complained.
"Cut, coward, you, this thing can suppress the pulse operation, and with some small formations, it can play a very good training effect, I just need it to temporarily help me suppress the flow of pulse in my body now, if you don't want it, do you want to take it?" After Sun Miao despised Xu Wenxuan, he turned his head and asked.
Xin Ying's head tilted slightly: "Can you really exercise your pulse?" ”
"Okay, here you go. Sun Miao took it off as he spoke, as long as the flow of pulse power was calmed, it would be of no value to the bracers and leggings.
Shin Sakura took it, and then clasped it on her arm, and her hand suddenly sank, almost unable to hold on.
"Take your time, I'll carve something on this. As he spoke, he took off his leggings and waved at Shinzakura.
"There's no time for you to play here right now, we're ready to go. Zhao Hu couldn't help but interrupt Sun Miao.
"Yes, yes. Let's go now, I'm here to get it slowly, you fly steadily. Sun Miao said to Zhao Hu and stood next to the flying vulture.
"Alas. Seeing the half team of people who went back, in Zhao Hu's sigh, Sun Miao and the others also flew into the sky.
Sure enough, it was very smooth, the trees on the ground were flying under their feet, and the monster battle just now was only an occasional episode, and on this route, there were few things that could suddenly threaten the vulture knights who were flying rapidly in the sky.
Mountains and rivers are obscured by huge trees, and from the perspective of a few people, there are only endless tree domes and a slightly taller tree dome.
A long time ago, the earth should not have been like this, this is something recorded in many books, at that time, everywhere has been conquered, the sky, the sea, the desert. People are not short of food and clothing, they are not afraid of wild beasts, they are not afraid of hot and cold, they are not afraid of black doors, they can communicate remotely, and machines can help people accomplish many things, such as mining. People can even travel to the planet, explore the bottom of the sea, and forge a steel torrent of cities to connect the world. The world written in that book is really desirable, and Sun Miao really wants to see the scene at that time.
As for now, Sun Miao's only hope is that a few people can get to Fengtao quickly, because in the Vulture, Sun Miao can only outline the simple parts, and the real details can only be continued until Fengtao.
Sun Miao closed his eyes, his head drooped slightly, and Sun Miao, who had nothing to do, seemed to easily fall into a deep sleep.
I don't know how long it took.
"Wake up, wake up. Zhao Hu patted Sun Miao's shoulder with his backhand.
"Huh?" Sun Miao's consciousness of sleeping was very shallow, not so much sleeping, but closing his eyes to recuperate. It's really strange, why didn't I feel terrible at that time when I was blood-red with everything, curses, and hatreds? Is it that I have become weak now, so my state of mind has deteriorated? Or have I become timid myself? It should be the latter, people who have nothing, don't care about anything. But if you have something, you will become timid. Sun Miao carefully analyzed his inner situation.
"You're so good, you can fall asleep on a vulture, so shaky. Zhao Hu snorted.
"Don't talk about the vultures, even in the crater, I can sleep. Sun Yawned to show that he was sleepy. This sentence is not blown, he really slept in the crater. At that time, it took dozens of days, and after slaughtering the entire Flame Demon Clan, Sun Miao rested for a day on the corpse of the Flame Demon King, where he was a huge crater. After killing him, the volcano was not suppressed, and it erupted directly, and Sun Miao lay on his huge corpse and slept for a whole day, the strange thing is that he didn't die at that time, it was really the favor of the world. Thinking about it now, it's quite idiotic, I should at least run a little farther before I sleep, I really can't figure out what I thought at that time.
Zhao Hu couldn't help but sigh: "I'm really convinced of you." But I didn't believe Sun Miao's words, Sun Miao's said that he was very innocent, although he didn't believe in himself a little.
It was already evening, and a city wall that looked so great appeared in front of several people, a huge city that stood upright on the mountainside, so that the vultures could not see what was inside at a height. Fengtao itself was a hub of transportation, with at least four cities and two shipping routes passing through it, thus confirming its importance. It doesn't produce much on its own, but it can buy a lot of things, especially since it's so close to Thousand Stones. The Vulture can be reached in a day's time, and the airboat can arrive in a little more than a day and a night, and of course, the most important thing is safety. A thunderstorm summoned by a demon beast like today is the first time in many years that it has been unexpected. I left this morning and arrived in the evening, so it was too late.
A few people slowly landed on the huge aerial platform of the defense line outside the city, because of the relationship between the vultures, no one would stop them directly, Zhao Hu showed his ID to the staff, and handed over the vultures to the special personnel who were responsible for taking care of the flying beasts. This huge mooring port is a bit busy, although there are no flying boats landing, but there are piles of ink grain wood piled up on the ground, which is a special material that can be cultivated artificially, and the juice extracted from the crushing of its branches is a good ink for carving formations, relatively cheap but practical. However, there are some problems with it, but its sap can only be preserved in the branches, and if it is extracted beforehand, the activity in its sap will easily be lost a lot, and the value will be greatly reduced.
It seems that there will be a large cargo ship passing by in the next two days, and such a large pile of ink-grained wood-like ships really can't fit it. Within the sight of a few people, there was only a small high-speed flying ship for emergency use moored far away, and it seemed that he and the others had picked a relatively late time to arrive, and the busy scene here was completely invisible.
"Feng Tao. Sun Miao sighed softly. I'm really familiar with this city, after all, I stayed here for a whole year in my previous life.
Come to think of it, well, there's someone here who has to be killed in advance, even though it doesn't have anything to do with her, and besides, she probably hasn't done anything right now. But I'm sorry, there are some things, if you know that it will happen, then Sun Miao will definitely do his best to stop it, even if it is ...... I'm sorry.
Sun Miao said this softly in his heart, but he just said that there was guilt or something, but it would not become an obstacle to his actions. But there is not enough time today, let's make a special trip next time, anyway, things should not have come to that point, Sun Miao sighed softly.