Chapter 18: The Break
In Li Xin's tent, Zimang has been sleeping for more than ten days, and Guiguzi has been using Xuanweizi to heal him, but there is no good effect.
He shook his staff, summoned Xuanweizi back into the staff, and then stood aside with a melancholy expression Li Xin said, "No, it's useless." β
"Thank you."
"Don't worry, just ask Hirsch in a moment, she'll know what the reason is."
Guiguzi thought that what made him uncomfortable was that if he didn't ask her, she wouldn't say it.
"Why is General Hua injured?"
"Oh no, the prisoner escaped!"
"How many escaped?"
ββ¦β¦ There's only one, and that's the unkillable monster in the dungeon......"
"Go and tell the Commander."
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the tent.
Li Xin lifted the door tent and walked out, and the soldiers guarding the door did not wait for him to ask, so they stepped forward and said, "Sir, that monster in the dungeon just now wounded all the brothers who went to surround him and fled. β
"How many casualties?"
"It's still under investigation, and General Hua is also injured."
Li Xin raised his eyebrows, "Find a military doctor to go over and take a look." β
"Yes."
The soldier was ordered to go down, and Li Xin returned to the tent and saw a person by the bedside who he did not expect.
"It's you, how did you get in?" Li Xin remembered that he didn't seem to see her come in.
The messenger said, "While you were talking to the soldiers, I came in." β
Li Xin asked, "Are you here to visit him?" β
"Naturally, I'm here to say goodbye."
Guiguzi said, "He can't hear what you say, he's unconscious." β
"I know, but I have other ways to communicate with him." After the messenger finished speaking, he leaned down and lightly touched his forehead with Zimang's forehead.
A blue light flashed, and a dark blue line appeared on the messenger's forehead, exactly the same as the lines on the belly of the dream skin, and her eyes also shone with a dark blue light.
She sat up, looked at the sleeping Zimang, and raised her hand to his face.
- Zimang, I'm sorry to put you to sleep, I don't want you to get hurt in this mutiny.
- As I'm sure you've guessed, the Ark never gave up on regaining control of the Great Wall, stopping Dongya was just an unplanned accident, and my goal in the Desert of the Clouds was the Great Wall.
- They think the crisis has been resolved, but they don't know that danger is still lurking.
- I was going to leave, but Dongya guessed my intentions and I was forced to stay.
- Don't worry, I won't hurt your master, as long as he cooperates obediently, we won't hurt anyone on the Great Wall.
- By the time you wake up, this mutiny is over, and Dongya and I have left.
- I was thinking, it's good that you didn't go to Chang'an, if you go to Chang'an, you will never meet your monarch in your life......
Zimang had a long dream of an unknown Daoxiang village, fields and ponds, countless blooming hualiens, and cooking smoke and kites wafting over the village.
That was a long time ago, the village he had blessed when he had just taken on human form and was an ignorant boy.
Later, the village was destroyed by an earthquake caused by the Demon Rebellion, and then annihilated by the attack of the Miracle Vitality Cannon.
That was the thing he regretted the most, he couldn't block that blow with his body, but if he blocked that blow, the Yuan Qi Cannon would not be able to destroy all the rebellious demon seeds, and the Land of Origin would be completely overthrown.
So he sacrificed the villagers who accompanied him day and night, and then, he crossed half the continent to the distant desert of the clouds, and fell into a deep sleep.
It wasn't until years later that his lair was dug up, and then he took refuge in the war, evading his responsibilities again and again, and falling into a brief slumber again and again, until that day......
On the day he met Mulan and the others, he was going to wait for them to leave and continue to sleep, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and he met the messenger.
Once the messenger appeared, it meant that the ark was moving again.
The Ark absolutely did not want what it had created to fall into the hands of humans, so the envoy's trip must be the Great Wall.
But he didn't expect that Dongya, one of the three blue birds, would appear with the demon god, and the messenger also defeated Dongya, expelled the demon seed, and then captured it and sent it to the Great Wall for disposal.
So, he had an extra heart, and wanted to find an opportunity to ask the messenger what was going on?
"Dongya disrupted the Ark's plans, I didn't, so, what should happen will still happen......"
"The Ark is still going to take the Great Wall, and you're keeping her here to help you?"
"After all, it's not that simple to enter the real control room, otherwise the Great Wall would have fallen into the hands of Dongya a long time ago, and she would have been able to make up for it, and it would be impossible for her to be judged by the Ark."
Zimang was taken aback, "You handed her over to human judgment just because this is the order of the Ark?" β
"Of course, the law of the Ark stipulates that the blood of the same clan cannot kill each other, even if it is borrowed from others."
After a long silence, Zimang asked again, "What are you...... Is it good or bad? β
"So you're going to struggle with this too?" The envoy raised his eyebrows and said, "For the Great Wall, I am naturally an invader, but for the other ark, I am naturally a loyal subordinate!" β
"Don't think about stopping me, this is the order of the Ark, and all the members of the Ark need to cooperate."
"But......" Zimang muttered, "but I have already chosen the Lord!" β
"Capturing the Great Wall doesn't mean expelling all of them, naturally you need people to manage them, your monarch seems to be one of the supreme commanders of the Great Wall, and he still has the blood of the human royal family flowing in his body, with these two things as a condition, there is no reason for the Ark to let everyone on the Great Wall leave."
"But how many people can be saved? After all, the Great Wall is the border that belongs to the Heluo Empire, and if the worldly masters stop it......"
The messenger said, "That is not something for me to consider, I only know that it is my duty to be loyal to the ark." β
"Okay, I see." Zimang nodded and turned around to leave, but the messenger pressed his shoulder from behind, "Zimang, are you going to tell them?" β
"How is it possible, haha......" Zimang subconsciously raised his hand and brushed the broken hair around his ear.
"You can't fool me, Zimang...... When you lie, you always like to pick the hair from your ears. β
The messenger sighed leisurely, turned his body over, and said seriously to him, "This is not a game of housekeeping, this is a war between man and God. β
"It is impossible for the gods to exterminate the human race and the demon species, but the return of the gods to the world requires deterrence, and the Great Wall is the border forged by the gods."
"I won't embarrass you, you can get some sleep before the dust settles!"
As soon as the envoy's words fell, Zimang secretly said that it was not good in his heart, but before he could react, he was bewitched by a golden eye that appeared in his mind and fell into a deep sleep.
The envoy returned to the camp with Zimang in her arms, just as she later returned to the camp with Hua Mulan in her arms, and calmly and decisively carried out her task.
"So, how do you stop me?"
In the dungeon, after the messenger said this, Mulan suddenly pulled out her heavy sword and rushed to her, her eyes were full of murderous intent, but she didn't make a move, but stood only a few inches in front of her, "If you really dare to do anything to the Great Wall?" I will never spare you! β
Dongya didn't care, "But you're just a mortal, what can you do...... Yes! My clothes! β
Before she could finish her sarcastic words, she was startled by the sudden break of the sleeve of her coat, and she hurriedly jumped behind the messenger, reaching out and pulling out a crossbow with its own tracking function from the messenger's cloak.
"Hey, don't just open my arsenal with commands!" The messenger said without looking back, his eyes still looking at Mulan, sparks flying between each other, and he did not flinch.
"You know I've never carried a weapon, but her sword can cut through my clothes...... It will take a while to fix it! Dongya pursed his lips and said very unhappily.
Dongya's ability is a conceptual reset, not only to reset people's three views, but also to be able to reset everything she can understand.
For example, the emissary's arsenal can be understood and used at will, which is why she can become one of the three blue birds under Nuwa's command at such a young age.
The messenger was thinking about another thing, Mulan's weapon was able to cut Dongya's clothing, as if it was because she had conveniently implanted a command into Mulan's weapon beforeβa command that could kill gods.
Of course, just because you can kill a god doesn't mean you can kill a god.
Fortunately, she didn't know about it yet, otherwise she would have been fighting with them now.
In terms of melee combat, none of the current envoys and Dongya have been able to do Mulan, and because of that command, her physical resistance and legal defense have been strengthened several times, and if she really fights, she may dismantle this place.
The messenger asked, "Dongya, have you found the entrance to the arsenal?" β
Dongya said excitedly, "I found it, as you expected, it's under the dungeon." β
Mulan was taken aback and asked, "Did you hand her over to us just to find out the location of the arsenal?" β
"It's just one of the reasons, the main reason is that she is very underbeaten, and this is also the punishment that the Ark gave her."
"So, you're using us?"
"It's obvious!" Dongya modified the bow and crossbow, aimed at Mulan, and winked mischievously, "I was sold by someone else, and I counted the money for others, tsk!" β
The messenger glared at her, "Shut up, you don't talk to no one when you're dumb!" β
"......" Mulan only felt chills all over her body, her heart was full of anger, but she didn't know how to vent.
The two people in front of her were obviously beyond her control, and she couldn't do anything to the messenger.
Even if she used them, she saved them before entering the Great Wall!
Hua Mulan clenched the heavy sword in her hand and asked coldly, "Then you saved us before because you wanted to use us?" β
"No, I'm not that mean." The messenger said.
"Killing you will prevent the Great Wall from falling into your hands?"
"Maybe, if both of us are killed by you, it means that the Great Wall is very dangerous and not worth investing too many troops, of course, it is also possible to send a stronger existence than us, and when the time comes, the Great Wall will not be able to be saved."
"I always thought that in this era, war would only happen between people and between people and demons." Mulan sneered, "But I never thought that in this era, war would happen between humans and gods." β
"I didn't expect that I would be associated with you. If we didn't know each other at the beginning, the current Great Wall would be in war again. β
After a long silence, "Your chief, can't you let go of the Great Wall?" β
"We also need a place to live, and the Great Wall is ours." The messenger paused for a moment and said, "I remember you said, 'Territory, not an inch', but thousands of years before the Great Wall Guards arrived here, my compatriots were already looking at the clouds in the west from the Great Wall. We're not invaders, we're just trying to retake the Wall. β
"Then there's no need to talk about it, I won't give you a chance to seize the Great Wall, even if you die, I won't ...... Ahββ!h β
Before Mulan finished speaking, Dongya raised her bow and pointed it at her neck.
She dodged, but the bolt grazed her neck, leaving a shallow wound.
"Then don't blame me!" Mulan swung her long sword and attacked.
Suddenly, seeing Dongya's weird smile, she sensed that something was wrong, and in the next moment, her eyes were dark, and the sword in her hand could no longer be held, she was weak and fell into a warm embrace.
The messenger picked her up and breathed a sigh of relief, she didn't want to fight her.
She touched Mulan's red hair, "Good girl, get some sleep, when you wake up, everything has settled." β
Dongya said sourly, "I don't understand what you are doing with her so gently?" β
The messenger said, "Because human beings are the strangest beings, even though they are very weak, but they dare to challenge, creatures that are thousands of times stronger than him...... I like her so much that I probably won't forget her. β
Dongya thought to himself, he won't forget it in a hundred years.
She rolled her eyes inwardly, but she didn't show it.
"Dongya."
"What's the matter?"
"I thought you were going to kill her."
"Impossible."
The messenger was stunned for a moment, a little puzzled, "Why?" You used to be a retributive character. β
"There's no need, they're just mortals with a lifespan of less than a hundred years, and besides, it's impossible to really kill them, right?"
After a pause, Dongya said, "The order we got is to return the Great Wall to the Ark, but we didn't say that we want to wipe out the guards, right?" β
"If I hadn't smelled those charred corpses outside the city these days, I thought you had really become kind."
"Humph!" Dongya pouted and said, "I'm still young, according to the waking time, I'm only over 300 years old, as a god, I'm still young, and I can still make mistakes." β
"Got it, got it, let's hurry up!"
"What is she going to do?" Dongya pointed to Mulan in her arms.
"In this way, you make the illusion of running away, go to the arsenal and wait for me, I will send her back, and then go to see Zimang."
"No problem, anyway, didn't Zimang choose the master? How did not tell his master our purpose? β
"I put him to sleep...... Isn't it excessive? β
Dongya's eyes lit up, and he applauded, "It's normal for you to do this, I thought you were really changed by them, scared me to death!" β
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Soon, the news of Dongya's escape after injuring Mulan spread throughout the camp, and the other commanders sent search teams to search inch by inch, but they didn't know that Dongya had entered the arsenal under the Great Wall.
When the messenger handed Mulan to her team members, ask him to tell Mulan, "I won't forget her." β
The messenger took a deep look at Mulan's face, as if to remember her forever.
Then she swept her team members one by one, they were all people with strong souls and strong wills, and if they went away, they were enemies.
Wouldn't it be a good option to kill them here?
The thought crossed the messenger's mind, but she was glad she hadn't.
She went to Li Xin's camp, and after leaving an imprint in Zimang's mind, she said to Guiguzi, "Mr. Guiguzi, I have something to say to Commander Li, can you take Mengqi to go outside for a walk?" β
"You've said so, can I not go?" Guiguzi muttered, he didn't know what she was going to do, and subconsciously thought it was a bad thing, but he still cooperated and went out with Mengqi.
As soon as Guiguzi came out of the camp, Li Xin suddenly drew his knife and slashed at the messenger, the messenger raised his hand, and only the paralyzing electric current hit him from the ground, and then retreated instantly.
The messenger stood up, and the color of her eyes and forehead was covered in gold for a moment.
The messenger said, "Your Excellency Li Xin, I know about the deal you made with the envoy of the fallen gods, and now, the gods also have a deal, what do you think?" β
"The price, the benefit." Li Xin went straight to the point.
"The price is to give me control of the Great Wall in secret, and the benefit is that you can become a god."
"I don't want to become a god, I just want to recapture Chang'an City."
"Becoming a god not only means eternal life, but also great power, and it is easy to recapture Chang'an City."
Li Xin frowned, "Then why don't you just seize the Great Wall?" β
"The Great Wall needs managers, and you have the blood of the royal family in the world, which is one of the best choices."
"One of them? Heh, then how can you guarantee that you will not capture Chang'an City? β
"I didn't receive an order to capture Chang'an City, it has nothing to do with me, and if the Ark orders a general attack on the main city on this continent, what do you think you can stop with your current technology?"
"......," Li Xin's brows furrowed even deeper, and he said, "I can't have given the Great Wall to anyone so easily, I have fought for her and my companion has died for him, this is the last wall of my homeland. Moreover, I only want to retake Chang'an City, and I have already made deals with others. β
"Rainbow Star Official Ming Shiyin, right? He is the vessel of the fallen god, and if he gets the Great Wall, it doesn't make sense for you to get Chang'an City. β
"I know that when I get Chang'an City and let the world remember my name, I will leave and ......"
"Then go to a place with the people you love the most and spend the rest of your life peacefully, right?"
"You ......"
"It's impossible." The messenger said, "Your Excellency Li Xin, do you know that you have been chosen by the phoenix, and you are of royal blood, and you still have the power of the three clans of humans, demons, and gods in your body...... The fate you are carrying makes it impossible for you to fulfill your ideals. β
"So, work with us!"