The memorial clock of Fortress 178 also carries the function of telling the time, and in this era when watches were not yet popular, the bell represented people's concept of time.

Just as Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin were talking, a combat team from the garrison came to the square, they first saluted Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin, and then walked to the bronze bell and rang the bronze bell seventeen times.

It's 17 p.m., and people use this to check their time.

The loud and melodious bell vibrated outward, and Ren Xiaosu stood in the bell, feeling the evening sunset shining on him.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu found that the orientation of these eleven gray stone tablets was also quite particular, with the front facing east and the back facing west, no matter the sunrise or sunset, the sun would always pour on it.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the smooth gray stone monument seems to be plated with a layer of golden light, which is extremely gorgeous.

It's just that when the bell fell, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard someone speak: "That kid is the next commander of our fortress, right?"

"I think it's okay," replied a man's voice, "There were couples chatting in the square a while ago, and I heard them talk about this kid, who is said to be very good at fighting." ”

"Can I fight?

"You're a fart, he's a transcendent, how can we have such a thing as a transcendent at that time!"

"We also had it at that time, and the knights were quite fierce at that time, have you forgotten? It seems that there were more than thirty knights at that time, and it is said that there are only twelve knights left now?"

"Then can you be a knight? We're all ordinary people, and even if we survive, we won't be able to beat this kid. ”

"What if you can fight as a commander, the commander depends on wisdom!"

"Hey, I said that you, a junior, always like to raise the bar with me? I'm more than forty years older than you, speak politely, don't keep raising the bar with the elders!"

"Pull it down, it's all people buried in the ground, what do you say about the elders and not the elders, let's compare military merits, I'm the one who killed the wizard with one shot, have you killed the wizard?"

Ren Xiaosu listened silently for a while, and then looked around in surprise, wanting to see who was talking.

As a result, he looked at it for a long time but found that the residents of the 178 fortress behind him were all silent, and now it was time to pay tribute to the martyrs, and everyone was in a state of silent mourning.

Zhang Jinglin said curiously: "What are you looking at? Let's go, go to the bronze bell and have a look." You should have heard that the remains of the pioneers of the Northwest Army who died on the battlefield will be buried outside Fortress 178, but we will bring back one of their teeth and bury them under the bronze bell to commemorate them. Of course, it also means that they continue to guard this land with their blood and heroic souls. ”

When Ren Xiaosu heard the word heroic soul, his expression became strange.

At this time, I only heard the voice that was like nothing and said: "Okay, don't talk, Zhang Jinglin's kid came over with another kid, and we will talk after they bow and leave." ”

"What are you afraid of, they can't hear us. ”

The voice was very noisy, and when there were many people talking, Ren Xiaosu even had to work very hard to distinguish what they were talking about.

The closer Ren Xiaosu got to the bronze bell, the more strange his expression became.

However, he didn't say much, just bowed deeply before turning around and leaving with Zhang Jinglin.

As we were leaving, someone under the bell said, "Well, how do I feel that boy seems to be able to hear what we say?"

"Fart, yin and yang, how can he hear it?"

"But when Li Laosi told a cold joke just now, I saw the corner of this kid's mouth twitch!"

"Don't think about it so much, I guess this kid is necrotic of peripheral nerves or something, that's why the corners of his mouth twitched!"

After Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin left, they suddenly asked, "Mr. Zhang, when will we leave for the outpost?"

"Tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, you and I will hike 41 kilometers to the first checkpoint," Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "This journey will be very long, but it will be very meaningful." ”

"Well, okay," Ren Xiaosu glanced back at the bronze bell behind him, and followed Zhang Jinglin to his temporary residence.

The bell stopped ringing after ten o'clock in the evening, and it did not ring again until six o'clock the next morning, so as not to disturb everyone's rest.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Ren Xiaosu quietly rolled out of the window of the guest house, sneaking all the way to the direction of the bronze bell.

When he came to the square, the voice sounded again: "Hey, look, why did that kid sneak back alone, what does he want to do?"

"Do you want to pay our respects again? Did we move him by our heroic deeds?"

"Don't be narcissistic here, I think he has another purpose!"

"Wait, do you remember when I said in the afternoon that he might be able to hear us?!"

In an instant, all the noisy voices of the heroic souls disappeared, and everyone quietly watched Ren Xiaosu walk step by step, wanting to observe Ren Xiaosu's movements.

Ren Xiaosu walked to the bronze bell and smiled and said, "I can indeed hear you talking." ”

Almost at this moment, the voice under the bronze bell suddenly boiled: "Look, I'll just say it!"

"it!"

"Can this kid really hear us?

"Is this kid a human or a ghost?"

"Ahem, everyone be serious, he can hear it!"

In another instant, the sound was all gone.

Eventually, a deep voice asked, "Why can you hear us?"

Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and explained: "Probably I have an ability to communicate with the Heroic Spirit, but I am also surprised that you are still here and have not dissipated." ”

"Actually, what we should have dissipated, but somehow, as more and more people came to pay our respects, and more and more beliefs gathered here, our consciousness gradually awakened. At first, everyone thought it was boring, but then they thought it was quite interesting, and everyone was content to watch the days of Fortress 178 get better day by day. ”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a long time, it turned out that it was the spontaneous sacrifice of the residents of the 178 fortress that kept these heroic spirits?

It's still like this!

Ren Xiaosu suddenly said: "Then are you interested in 'coming to life'? My ability is called Valhalla, after you accept my summoning, you can exist in the form of energy, you can make physical contact with people, and you can continue to protect the 178 fortress." ”

But listening to the deep voice, Ren Xiaosu directly refused: "You let so many of us listen to the command of a child with a big fart? What are you kidding? How old are you, do you know how old we are?"

Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "How old is the oldest among you?"

"191 years old!" said the deep voice, "I have been in the army since the beginning of the construction of the barrier, how can you let me listen to the command of your little doll? How old are you?"

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows: "I'm more than two hundred years old, what's wrong?"

Heroic Spirits: "???"

I don't care if I'm right or not, I'm older than you now!

"Phew, stinky boy is so shameless!"

"Phew!"

"Bah, Bah, Bah!"

"Fuck off!"

"You kid is too shameless!"

The deep voice interrupted the others again, and then said to Ren Xiaosu: "You kid hurry up and get out, don't take advantage of us!"

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Good night everyone