Chapter 44: Noxus II
After clearing out these Void Zergs, the camp finally vacated its place. This aggressive little bug is a bit like the Void Swarm used by the Void Prophet Marzaha in the game, attacking all enemies in sight indiscriminately.
In addition, although the body fluids and flesh have a nice smell on them, the stuff is actually poisonous...... Only the excrement has relatively few toxins, which can be made into sachets to carry; And the body fluids and flesh pieces all have a strong toxin - this toxin can't even be immune to Zhou Yuan's Plague Rakshasa and Erosion Pu Meng's two abilities, bringing Zhou Yuan a slight poisoning effect of weakness.
And Zhou Yuan just took a few more breaths of the air emitted when he burned his body fluids.
Of course, it is said that he is weak, but Zhou Yuan is still much stronger than ordinary people - however, it can be seen from this that the domineering nature of this toxin can be seen, and even Zhou Yuan was caught by surprise.
The camp was made up of simple tents, and the camp that seemed to be no defense against the Zerg had nothing to do all night - in addition to the sachets, the outside of the tent was smeared with some excrement. It is said that even leather gloves are required to apply excrement, and gloves must be discarded immediately after use.
That is, the excretion is also relatively low in toxins...... However, thanks to this excrement, although the insects sometimes pass by at night, they do not actively attack the tent.
It's not a bad place.
Aside from knowing that this is a gathering place for the Void Swarm, Zhou Yuan didn't get much useful information - in short, this is a very dangerous place, even if you have to be careful to cross it, it is completely uninhabitable.
After passing through the meadow, there was another high mountain, this time there was no shortcut, and Noxus relied entirely on this high mountain to stop the Zerg - so it had to be climbed, and the highest part was about 800 meters vertical.
Then, after four o'clock in the evening, Zhou Yuan finally reached the border of Noxus.
It was a city made of steel.
"Alright...... Please forgive me for going back the way I came, the tribe still needs my strength. ”
After bowing, Gust returned the way he came.
This is the border city of Noxus. Every four years, a portion of the overgrown Void Zerg is fed up and headed in the direction of Noxus - the group doesn't seem to be able to survive too long in too cold places, so they only head to the side of Noxus.
And this city is Noxus' defense line against the Void Zerg on the border. Every time the Zerg invades, the heroes of Noxus take turns defending themselves - and this time is no exception.
According to Guster, this year's defender is Draven.
There are some differences between this city and other places, for example, there are no gates.
There are no gates for all kinds of fortifications, and the city is made of specially thickened and covered with special materials for the Zerg. As for the transport road, and those who enter the city from this side, according to Guster, they need to find a secret door.
In a place that was almost indistinguishable from the grass, Zhou Yuan's hand touched a wire, and then grabbed the wire and lifted the secret door - this secret door could only be opened upwards, and it was impossible for the Zerg on it to make such an action as pulling a hook.
After jumping through the secret door, there is a concrete road, and then you reach the actual entrance to the city, where two Noxian soldiers in armor are inspecting.
"Where did it come from?"
"Freljord, the Ash tribe."
"Is there a proof?"
"Yes," Zhou Yuan took out the identification card that Ash had given him earlier from his pocket—it was actually a piece of parchment, "This is what Ash gave us, and our destination is Zu'an." ”
Naturally, you need to say the destination, because the identification required for permanent residence is not the same as for passing through.
If you are passing through, you must leave Noxus within thirty days, otherwise it is illegal to continue in Noxus; Not so if it's a permanent resident.
"Please pay the customs clearance fee."
Zhou Yuan threw away the Ionian gold coins - Freljord's smelting was underdeveloped, and he couldn't mint gold coins himself, so there were gold coins everywhere.
Zhou Yuan has no problem using Ionian gold coins in such a place.
The customs clearance fee is five silver coins per person, and the exchange ratio of the amount in the real world is about 20 to 30 yuan - if you take into account the price and troublesome procedures for applying for a visa in the real world now...... It's a scary amount of cheap.
But even so, Guster is still too expensive...... To say that it costs such a high price just by passing by is too unkind to the Noxians.
This is probably a cultural difference, right?
In addition, the exchange rate of the three metal currencies fluctuates in Noxus, so the gatekeepers also found four silver coins from Zhou Yuan, without the slightest intention of being greedy.
Noxus was originally a country of this type. Efficient and disciplined – but also with great power, a typical war country, in the real world like the German Nazis?
And the combination of Darius and Svein, one force and one intelligence, is indeed very similar to the Führer.
In short, when following the underground passage to the surface, Zhou Yuan really saw the city of this country built on war.
Guys with a body of flesh and scars can be seen everywhere, maybe veterans, but more often someone else; However, these people were very obedient, and there was nothing out of the ordinary except to walk down the streets with a murderous aura, and they walked very fast on the main road, and there was no such comfortable atmosphere of Ionia that they could see, as if everyone had their own business to deal with.
This is the difference between the pace of life, and this difference affects not only the military, but also the civilian population of Ionia and Noxus.
Then again, with the exception of Freljord, who is in the block, and Zaun, who has formed an alliance for the time being, Noxus seems to be at war with every country that borders it...... And if Noxus wins, the place where Zaun hides dirt and dirt will probably be disposed of as well.
However, for civilians, Noxus is still very generous, there is no massacre like the Nazis, and even refugees will be accepted.
Of course, it must be on your own initiative - the events in Ionia's village may not be without the shadow of Noxus.
"Okay, let's rest here today...... Leave early tomorrow morning! ”