Episode 25 Chapter 4
Out of the tunnel, the sun above me had dimmed. Before you know it, you have been in the holy place for five hours, and it is already afternoon.
In Zi Chuanxiu's mind, he kept churning the scenes he saw in the Holy Land, those bizarre battle scenes, the powerful magical weapons, the southeast defense street, the huge badge of the sword and shield crossing, the mysterious defender, and the mystery of his own life experience. The human warrior who was called the defender simply killed the barbarians, and under the endless sunset on the desert yellow sand, the scene of thousands of demon warriors and barbarians fighting - such a glorious page of human beings was annihilated in the barren grass and yellow sand, no one knew that Zi Chuanxiu only felt a hot blood churning in his chest, and he was very excited, and he wanted to look up to the sky and howl.
Out of the Holy Land to meet Roger and the others, the team began to walk back. On the way down the mountain, Meng Khan approached Zichuan Xiu from time to time along the way to talk, wanting to test Zichuan Xiu's attitude towards the alliance with the Mongolian people.
But because Zi Chuanxiu was preoccupied, he just perfunctory and said: "The stakes are very high, I have to think about it again." "Jumping up and down like a monkey in a hurry.
When the evening was full of red clouds, the team returned to the camp where they had set out in the morning. In the evening, after dinner, Zichuan Xiu left the camp and sat quietly on a high ground near the camp. He watched silently as half of the sun descended on the horizon, the boundless twilight enveloped the vast land, and the stars appeared on the deep answer overhead, shining with a little light.
After today's calendar, it is all the rage. The sunset and the stars are falling, the heavens and the earth are moving, and those seemingly ordinary natural scenes have a new meaning in Zichuan Xiu's eyes. His perception of the world and history, which he had formed since childhood, was completely overturned. Shikawa Xiu felt very lost and at the same time a little fresh. A door had opened in front of him, and behind the door was an unknown and infinitely vast world that humans had never set foot in, with a larger and far-reaching historical origin than the Demon Kingdom.
Faced with such a world, Shikawa Shu felt both excited and frightened, and he began to think, thinking about the things that he was accustomed to in a new light.
What is a human being?
What exactly is a demon? Where do they come from?
In ancient times, what kind of relationship was there between demons and humans, humans and defenders?
Where do the barbarians come from?
All these doubts can only be answered by exploring the holy land of the Mongolian people. But Shikawa Shu is also soberly aware that if he wants to study the holy land and achieve results, it will be at least ten years later. As a politician, you must not only think about the future, but also think with your feet on solid ground. With the Zichuan family as the backing and the Far Eastern Army as the arm, it is a big strategy that he has been brewing for a long time to manipulate the moderate Goang clan to control the situation in the kingdom. Since the attack on the kingdom, all the actions of the expeditionary army have been carried out around this goal, and there are too many factors involved in a sudden change. How do you explain to Goda Khan? Especially with the Seneans at war, the help of the Goons was necessary.
How to choose?
When Zi Chuanxiu lowered his head and pondered, Fu Wei asked Xiao Long under the high slope: "Who is it?" Then, Meng Khan's voice came: "Meng Khan asks to see His Royal Highness the King of Light." β
Zi Chuanxiu raised his voice and said, "Is the lord here?" Let him come up. β
Meng Khan did not come alone, he brought a few guards, Meng Khan made a gesture, and the Mong guards were scattered everywhere. Mixed with Shikawa Shu's guards to take on a guard mission.
"Greetings, sir. Disturb your thoughts, Weichen is deeply disturbed. β
"Sir, you don't have to be so polite."
Zi Chuanxiu looked at the sky and didn't look back. Above him, the night was solemn and magnificent, starry, and the slender light of Betelgeuse was faintly visible, flickering and shining.
"My lord, Weichen came here this time to discuss with you...... my lord."
"If it's about alliances, there's no need to mention it." Zichuan Xiu interrupted. He noticed that Mon Khan began to refer to himself with the word "micro-minister", which means to represent allegiance and submission, and he no longer considered himself an equal.
"It's too big a stake for me to decide here. I can only assure you that I will think very carefully about this before making a decision. β
Zi Chuanxiu turned around and smiled, patting the grass beside him: "Sit down, sir." If you have time, I'd like to talk to you about something else. Like your holy places. I don't understand a lot and would like to ask you for advice. β
Meng Khan sat down next to Zi Chuanxiu: "I don't dare to ask for advice, what do you want to know, everyone, Wei Chen has endless words."
There were too many doubts in his chest, and for a while, Zichuan Xiuzhen didn't know where to ask. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally came up with a question: "How much do you know about the defenders?" β
"My lord, Weichen knows almost as much as you, the defenders should be the leading class of the Southeast Town Guard Mansion back then, they are strong in force, superior in ability, and have superhuman abilities, they are a very magical race."
"Where do the defenders come from? What kind of organization is the Southeast Town Guard? How did they come about? Origin? β
"This ...... Wechen really don't know. The excavated materials do not provide answers to these questions. However, Weichen speculated that the southeast town guard should be an army specially designed to defend against the barbarians. β
"Sir, you have a much drier contact with this than I do, what do you think? What exactly are we seeing? β
"My lord, Weichen thinks that what we see should be some fragments of records left over from the era of elephant gods, and that should be something that really happened. Because it was in the base of the southeast town guard, most of the records in it were biased towards the military aspect. β
"Makes sense. Those barbarian monsters, they can withstand the full-speed impact of steel vehicles, and they can fight the Protoss soldiers in one hundred ......" Saying that, Zi Chuanxiu looked at the night sky in confusion: "What kind of creatures are barbarians? Why are the Barbarian monsters on record different from those we encountered some time ago? They seem to be more powerful, more terrifying...... It's terrifying, it's beyond human control! β
"What the hell is a barbarian, my lord, no one can answer your question. Although the Protoss have been at war with the barbarians for thousands of years, we still know nothing about them. Adult, Wechen has lived for more than sixty years, and he has also gone to guard the Eastern Wilderness and fought with the barbarians a few times, and he is usually well-informed, but such a terrifying scene, Wechen has never encountered it. Perhaps, this is because Weichen has never gone deep into the Eastern Wilderness. β
"Sir, do you see if you have the ability, in these thousands of years, the most powerful savage monsters have all died. The rest are just some ordinary beasts? β
Meng Khan was stunned: "This, it is also possible." β
Zichuan Xiu pondered, when Gota Khan told him that Golden Khan sent 500,000 troops to attack the Eastern Wilderness, but was defeated by the barbarians and fled back, at that time he still felt that Gota Khan was exaggerating, but now that he has seen the Lian with his own eyes, he understands that Gota Khan's words are actually very conservative - for such an old man, don't say 500,000 demon soldiers, even millions or tens of millions of demon soldiers enter, then there is only a dead end.
He was secretly glad that he had not acted rashly and recklessly launched an attack in the direction of the Demon God Castle - in case he provoked a large number of barbarians, his expeditionary army would never be comparable to the southeast town guard back then.
"Sir, I still have a doubt, in the battle of the Eastern Great Wilderness, humans and demons ...... Uh, humans and Protoss soldiers fought side-by-side with barbarian monsters, wielding hundreds of land chariots and flying aerial chariots - what's going on? I don't think humans and demons have ever worked together."
"My lord, my opinion is so, and I don't know if it's right: in the era of the elephant gods, human beings and our gods were allies, and we resisted the barbarian attacks together......" Meng Khan hesitated: "Everyone, I wonder if you have noticed this detail?" In battle, humans are in a leading position, they play the role of officers, commanders, etc., while Protoss soldiers act as front-line combatants. Don't you feel familiar with this scene, my lord? β
"Familiar?" Zi Chuanxiu was stunned: "Sir, what do you mean?" It was my first time in the Holy Land. β
But for Wechen, this scenario is common. As long as the human officers in command were replaced by the royal family of the Protoss, then this scene would not be surprising at all. In every battle, the royal family commanded the low-strangler soldiers to charge and kill. If you imagine this battle as a counterattack by the kingdom against the barbarians of the Eastern Wilderness under the command of the Imperial Family, it is easier to understand. β
"Sir, do you imagine those human officers to be royalty? You're too associative, aren't you? Although the number of those human beings is smaller than that of the demon soldiers, there are also hundreds, how can there be so many royal families? β
"Why not?" Meng Khan asked rhetorically, "My lord, why can't it be imagined that in the Age of the Gods, the Protoss had a huge number of royal families, with a glorious civilization and culture, and ruled over this vast landβjudging from the records, I am afraid that this is more reasonable, right?" β
Zichuan Xiumin frowned. Judging by the reasoning, Meng Khan's speculation is unassailable, and it is even very likely that it is true. But emotionally, he resisted accepting the fact that in the age of the gods, the demons actually had a high degree of civilization.
Could it really be that as they preach, the demons are the direct inheritors of the gods?
So what is the status of human beings in the age of the gods? If it is admitted that Meng Khan's words are true, then it is easy to deduce the next fact, that is, the demon race is the real master of this continent.
Zi Chuanxiu sneered: "Ridiculous, nonsense! Sir, according to the IQ of the demon clan, it is still possible to engage in sabotage, murder, arson and slaughter of the city, but to say that the technology to create a great man like the civilization of the gods - daydreaming! β
"Your Excellency, don't be angry, you may have misunderstood me. In my opinion, the southeast defense town guard is the ancestor of the gods, but it is also the ancestor of the human race. β
"What do you mean?"
"Demons and humans have the same root and origin. We share the same ancestor. β
"Nonsense!" Zi Chuan Xiu said angrily: "Humans are humans, demons are demons, and we have been well and clear in history!" β
Being scolded by Zichuan Xiu again and again, Meng Khan was not angry, but his attitude was more modest, he stood up, bowed his body, and his white hair was messy by the evening breeze. The voice seemed to be pleading: "My lord, you are the human general who knows our gods best, and you should know the facts, both physically and physically. There are so many similarities between royalty and human beings, in fact, we have no other differences than the color of our eyes.
As a young man, I lived in the hinterland of humanity in disguise for almost seven years, and no one doubted my identity. My lord, I have heard that you have been in contact with Princess Cardin during her captivity, do you think she is any different from a normal human girl? β
Zichuan Xiu sneered again and again, and the muscles on his face twitched constantly. Cardin is more than just a human girl, she is so much better than the average human girl, so good that the old-fashioned Sterling falls in love at first sight - excellent!
Zi Chuanxiu flashed the word in his mind, as if something had been touched, and he straightened up suddenly: Yun Qianxue, Ling Buxu, Leo, Heisha, Cardin, Meng Khan, Gesu Khan...... The royal family of the demon clan has a toned and strong body, the royal men are handsome and straight, and the royal women are beautiful and moving. They have a beautiful appearance and an inner quality that matches it. Yun Qianxue is loyal and good at fighting, Ling Buxu is persevering, the black sand is unfathomable, Kalan is treacherous, Gotha Khan is gentle and polite, Meng Khan is cunning and repeated, not to mention the peerless Demon God Emperor above them - none of the demon royals he knows are mediocre! Although defeated, no one can deny that the Demon Royalty is indeed an excellent group!
Excellent and powerful, is this the difference between royalty and humans? They're like hardened humans.
Thinking of this, Zi Chuanxiu glanced at Meng Khan and said coldly: "Sir, according to your opinion, the demon race and the human race are also the descendants of the Gathering Gods?" Hum! β
"Not all demons are, my lord." Meng Khan hurriedly explained: "Only the Jingge of the Protoss, the Imperial Family, is. β
"Then why don't we even know about it?"
"This is not surprising, my lord. The history we know is only a short part, and there are too many unforeseen and mysteries that have been scattered in the barren grass and yellow sand of history......"
"Enough!" Zi Chuanxiu asked in a low voice, he pressed his sword with one hand, and suddenly got up: "What is the historical truth, I don't want to explore." If history is lost, then let it continue to be lost! I just need to know that the demons are the ancestors of mankind, and you have destroyed the real civilization and wealth, and you are trying to dominate the entire continent! There is only one thing we have to do as human beings, and that is to oppress and weaken you, and finally destroy you! β
Alarmed by Zi Chuan Xiu's roar, Xiao Long quickly ran up with two guards, he didn't know what was going on, he just protected Zi Chuan Xiu with his body, and at the same time glared angrily at Meng Khan.
Seeing the tense atmosphere on the mountain, they immediately protected Meng Khan, and the two sides confronted each other a few meters apart, no one spoke, only heard, heavy breathing slowly gasping in the wind.
Meng Khan pushed away the demon guards in front of him, and he walked towards Zi Chuan Xiu, but Xiao Long Yan blocked him fiercely, so he stood in front of Zi Chuan Xiu, and when he wanted to speak, a violent cough interrupted him. His whole body was curled up, he coughed very violently, giving a heart-rending feeling, and when he raised his head again, his long white hair covered his forehead messily. He tried his best to get closer to Zichuan Xiu, and his voice was weak. At this time, Zichuan Xiucai suddenly realized that the person in front of him was an old man who was already in his sixties.
"My lord, the ultimate goal of the Zichuan family is to destroy us, we all know, even Gotha Khan knows that the Protoss is at the weakest time in history, the number has fallen to the lowest point in history, and we can't even unite with the outside world, the various tribes of the Protoss are still killing each other, and there are people who are acting as human minions to slaughter our people. It is not impossible to pour the power of Zichuan to destroy us. But my lord, have you ever thought about what will happen when humanity succeeds in destroying us?
Without the Protoss, who will rule the land that stretches for thousands of miles from the Eastern Wilderness to the city of Valen? Who will be the next race to rule this vast land in this land that has become a vacuum? β
At this time, Zichuan Xiu's heart was like a mess. As soon as the words came out, he realized that he had made a big mistake and eliminated the demon clan, which was of course the final idea of the Zichuan family, but now, he had to take advantage of the contradictions between the various tribes of the demon clan to profit from it. This is something that must never be said to the demons. What's wrong tonight, in a trance, I made such a low-level mistake?
If Meng Khan is allowed to say this, the Yuanzheng Army will become the public enemy of all the demon clans!
He replied casually: "Naturally, we are humans!" β
Meng Khan shook his head: "Two hundred years later, human beings can gain a foothold in this area, and this Weichen can believe it."
In this war, Wechen saw a new type of human weapon, which had not been encountered by the Protoss ten years ago. Humanity is progressing at a rapid pace, technology is getting higher and higher, and eventually there will be weapons as powerful as those seen in the records, and then, whether it is a barbarian or a Protoss, it will no longer be your opponent.
"But in a few decades, it won't be possible. Now, humanity is not yet able to withstand the barbarian attack. In melee combat, human soldiers will only become lambs slaughtered by barbarians. Without the Protoss as a buffer, the barbarians of the Eastern Wilderness will directly kill under the Gucci Mountains, they not only have walking troops, but also Peng Yu flying in the sky, and the Gucci Mountains and Valen Fortress that can block the Protoss can't stop them.
"My lord, the Protoss is a natural fighting race, and the only place that can resist the barbarians is usβno, Wechen even thinks that our Protoss is born to restrain the barbarians! - It is not necessarily a blessing for mankind to destroy us. For thousands of years, although we have caused a lot of trouble to mankind, we have also helped mankind resist the ravages of the barbarian black tide. The Protoss is meritorious to mankind!
"My lord, the Protoss and human beings have the same root and origin, and we are brothers! My lord, please forgive the Protoss and give us mercy! β
Zi Chuanxiu was stunned for a moment, his brows tightened, he thought for a while, and a cold sentence popped out from between his teeth: "For thousands of years, the demon clan has killed and tortured countless people, and what do you dare to say about merit?" Now that I've been defeated, do you claim to be a sibling, when I broke the Valen Pass in 784, I didn't see any demons running to say that they were my brothers!
"Meng Khan, if we can defeat you, then we can naturally defeat the barbarians behind you! Whether it's a demon or a barbarian, the time when you can do good things has passed, and humanity is moving towards strength and unstoppable! β
After speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave, and Fu Laimeng Khan's voice behind him said: "My lord, keep staying, Weichen has a secret to tell you, it is about the defender." β
Zi Chuanxiu turned around suddenly: "What did you say?" β
"Wechen doesn't know where the defenders came from, but Wechen knows where they are now."
Zichuan Xiu grabbed Meng Khan's clothes: "You say! β
"Today, according to Wechen's research, most of the defenders of the past have now become ......"
Suddenly, Zi Chuanxiu only felt a flash of alarm in his heart, over the years, this keen intuition had saved him many times on the battlefield, he did not hesitate to fly and fall to the ground, at this time a sharp sound of "ε" Fu came, he heard several people at the same time lost their voices and exclaimed: "Ah......"
When Zi Chuanxiu raised his head, he froze: Meng Khan was still standing in place, and a conspicuous white feather arrow was stuck deep in his chest, and the feathers of the arrow were still trembling slightly. Looking at Meng Khan's expression, he didn't seem to understand what was going on, looked at Zi Chuan Xiu blankly, and even smiled at Zi Chuan Xiu.
The guards roared, "Assassin! β
"It's Monya's people! Catch him, he will release a secret arrow to murder the lord! β
Rapid footsteps sounded, and Meng Khan and Zi Chuan Xiu's guards rushed down the hill one after another.
Zichuan Xiupu went up and helped Meng Khan: "Sir, are you okay?" Sir, hold on! The military doctor will be here soon! β
At this time, Yin Hong's blood slowly flowed out of Meng Khan's mouth, and his entire body slowly softened, and Zi Chuanxiu and Meng Khan's guard captain supported him at the same time, allowing him to lie down slowly. Meng Khan's lips opened and closed slightly, and his voice became very weak: "Big ...... Have mercy on the Protoss...... Forgive...... They became, they became......" His voice grew quieter and quieter, as if life was slipping out of his mouth little by little with the words.
"Yes, yes, sir, you have to hold on! You're fine, just a minor injury! It's just a broken skin! β
Meng Khan's pupils had already dilated, but he was still staring intently at Zichuan Xiu, his eyes full of pleading. He was sweating profusely, as if he had a lot to say, but the blood gushing out of his mouth had blocked his throat, making it difficult for him to speak.
Zi Chuanxiu hurriedly put his ear close to his mouth, and in that heavy breath, he heard the last two words: "...... Royal ......"
For a long time, no other sound came out, only the mountain wind whistling in his ears, and the sweaty chest slowly lost its temperature.
"Sir!" The captain of Meng Khan's own soldiers screamed miserably, hugged Meng Khan's body and cried, and the cry drifted away with the mountain wind. Shikawa Xiu slowly straightened up, lost in despair.
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