Chapter 15: A City in the Desert
Before the Cataclysm, the Senhayama Mountain Range was cut off by the Great Enchantment, and neither Tengu, humans, nor other youkai could go through the Great Enchantment to the hidden part of the Senhayama Mountain Range. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the aftermath of the Cataclysm, the part of the Senhayama Mountain Range that had been blocked off by the Great Barrier was incorporated into Gensokyo, and a new landform appeared further north of the mountain range, the Endless Desert.
This northern desert has long had a huge storm sand, like a new barrier that keeps most of the creatures at the edge of the desert, and only a few strong people can cross the storm sand and go to the depths of the desert.
There are no creatures living in the desert, especially on the edge of the desert that has been ravaged by stormy sands. The Tengu once organized personnel to explore the desert in an attempt to find the meaning of the existence of this great desert, but they did not find any traces of life in the desert for a long time.
Later, the Tengu's enthusiasm and intensity for desert exploration decreased significantly, and they only maintained a certain amount of time to send an exploration team to explore the desert.
In such a situation, one day, the Tengu discovered something different in the desert.
"What did you find?" asked Ouyang with some curiosity.
"We found that the range of the storm sand is shrinking, and the storm sand, which was originally rarely able to fly through, can already allow most tengu to cross, and then, we found ......" Konzuki Maru explained to Ouyang and Meihong as he led the way ahead.
As he spoke, the three tengus, Mei Hong, and Ouyang had already passed through the range of the storm sand and entered a peaceful desert. The scorching sun is high in the sky, emitting a strong light that shines on the earth, and there is almost no moisture in the air, just being here is enough to make people feel weak.
In front of the five men, the scorching air distorted the propagation of light, making the front appear distorted and blurred, and all the scenery had a sense of unreality. By now, there was no need for Konzuki Pill to say anything more, Ouyang and Mei Hong both knew what the Tengu had found in the desert.
A large, twisted phantom of the city stands in front of the five people, a steel city similar to the new city of the earth, a safe place that humans have built for themselves.
"That's ...... Human city?!" Mei Hong was a little surprised, she didn't expect to see such a thing in the desert.
"Two, we're going to have to fly for a while longer, and now we're just seeing a mirage. Taking advantage of the time to get close to the city, Konzuki Maru continued to explain to Ouyang and Mei Hong, "One day, one of our exploration teams found the city we see now in a certain direction, and also found the survivors living there. ”
"Are there survivors in there? in this desert!?"
"Yes, there are human survivors. ”
"Human ...... Do you mean!?"
"Yes, those two people are the humans who walked through the desert to Mount Qianyu. Seeing Ouyang looking at himself in surprise, Konzuki Maru knew what he wanted to ask, so he explained directly.
Mei Hong frowned and glanced at the two tengu behind Konzukimaru who did not speak, and asked Konzukimaru her own question: "Since there are humans here, why didn't you inform us, why didn't you send them to the human world?"
"Fujiwara-sama, you shouldn't have forgotten what the two of you did in the human world, right?"
Without waiting for Mei Hong to answer, Konzukimaru continued, "We originally thought about taking the humans here to the human world, but before we could do anything, Lord Yakumo appeared in front of us and stopped our actions. She asks us to take a fresh look at the humans here without interfering with the survivors. ”
Hearing Konzumaru say Yakumo-sama, Mei Hong couldn't help but mutter, "Old Lady Yakumo".
"After re-observing the humans here, we also felt that we should not send them to the human world. ”
As soon as these words came out, Ouyang and Meihong immediately asked, "Why!?"
"I don't think they can be called human. And there are so many of them, more than the inhabitants of the earth. ”
Later, Konzukimaru began to explain the situation of the survivors in detail to Ouyang and Meihong, and at the same time made it clear to Ouyang and the two of them about the current position of the Tengu.
The humans in this huge human city are already very different from the inhabitants of the human world, and in order to survive in the desert, most of them have awakened to supernatural abilities, although most of them have telepathic abilities, and only a few have other abilities. At the same time, the normal operation of modern human cities requires energy supplies and materials transported from other regions, but this city in the desert cannot get the supplies it deserves in the desert and cannot maintain normal operation at all.
If the city cannot function normally, the normal life of the inhabitants cannot be guaranteed. The few solar panels and water storage towers that were the target of a large number of humans fought for survival, and in order to survive, battles broke out between humans, which soon escalated into fighting. The fewer humans there are in the city, the less material is consumed to survive, and the better the people who survive.
The original normal human social system collapsed in an instant, and this place became a living hell on earth, where the law of the jungle is the only law.
“…… How could this be!" Ouyang was a little unacceptable, he couldn't imagine the scene of humans living like wild beasts.
And Mei Hong accepted all this very calmly, in order to survive, humans can do anything. In the era of war, which is close to this situation, what will humans do, Mei Hong is quite clear.
"Well, there's some historical information in your statement. It stands to reason that you would not know, after all, by the time you found the city, the humans here would have become. So, how do you know all that historical information?" Mei Hong glanced at Konzumaru, she always felt that this tengu had some hidden things that she hadn't said.
Konzumaru stared straight ahead, not making eye contact with Meihong at all.
"It was Yakumo-sama who told us. ”
"If Old Lady Yakumo knew about the situation here, why didn't she inform us?Why didn't she bring the humans here into the human world before her morality collapsed?......" Mei Hong glanced deeply at Konzumaru and asked in a low voice.
"Yakumo-sama can sense the general situation of Gensokyo, but she can't know the specific situation of a certain area. Only after we, the original Gensokyo, arrived here, will Yakumo-sama know the details of this place, and Yakumo-sama can read the history of a region. ”
"That's what Yakumo said?"
"Yes, Fujiwara-sama. "The speed of the Kinzuki Pill is starting to decrease, and they are already approaching the city in the desert.
Mei Hong stopped Ouyang, who wanted to continue asking, and followed the three tengu to land on the edge of the city. Since the Tengu intends to hide some facts, no matter who asks them, they can't ask for the information they want to hide, after all, the Tengu has the support of Gensokyo's top powerhouses.
To say that Konzukimaru dared to disobey the order of the Great Tengu, Meihong was the first to disbelieve it.
After making some simple disguises at the edge of the city, Mei Hong and Ouyang followed the tengu into the desert city and began to experience this hellish world on earth.
Two days later, Ouyang and Mei Hong left the desert city under the leadership of the Tengu.
As the Tengu say, the creatures that live here can no longer be called humans, and they no longer have the noble qualities that humans once possessed, and only the negative feelings that are full of beast instincts remain. Just staying here, Ouyang felt that he couldn't help but want to make a move and kill all these guys with human appearance.
However, it is not up to Ouyang and Meihong to decide whether or not to accept these humans, they still have to return to the human world and inform the current managers of the human world about the situation here.