There is no god in this world.

Heredub has always thought that the gods in the eyes of the people are just some creatures that are too powerful, and their existence makes people have no desire to resist, so in order to live, they have to bow down to them and worship them as gods.

Among these creatures, some are ancient beasts, with bodies larger than the mountains, which no one has ever seen, some are overlords in the sky, with a speed of 90,000 miles, no one has ever seen them, and some are demons in the depths of hell, with bodies condensed by flames, burning forever and forever, no one has ever seen them.

There is only one god that people have ever seen, who walks upright, with red blood, and who speaks the same language as the people. I just don't know the face, because I kneel all the time. They are called gods even though they are like all human beings.

These are the strong men who live in mythology, the strong human beings.

In the myths of various places, it is mentioned that these gods once had a war with the gods, and for some reason, they ended up leaving the most suitable land for human habitation. I went to those unknowable places, the Red Lotus Hell, the Snow Demon Zone.

This is a myth that has been circulating throughout the continent. As in many religious stories, there are omnipotent people who are called gods. Worshipping God and fearing God is the only reason this world can survive.

Heredub closed the yellowed scroll and looked no longer at the gods who were lying in the scrolls. His eyes looked north. Even though he's in the north. The northernmost city in the northern country, the Ice Capital.

The ice capital has long been empty.

The world calls the northernmost city in the Tieli Kingdom, the Ice Capital, the Far North, and the mythical Unknowable Land, the Snow Demon Zone that I don't know exists, is in the north of the Ice Capital.

At the end of the line of sight in Heredub, to the north, there were hundreds of miles to go.

It was a forbidden place where a strong person in the Nine Leaves Realm could be trapped by the harsh environment after entering, and finally froze to death. What's inside, no one knows.

But the Snow Devil Zone is not large, at least in the hundreds of years of literature that can be consulted, the size of the Snow Devil Zone is not even as large as half a city.

But it's getting bigger and bigger, and it's slowly expanding every year, every month, every day.

Seven hundred years ago, the barbarians living in the north were discovered by the envoys of the Chu State, and a war broke out on an unprecedented scale between the two tribes, and finally the northern barbarians were defeated and retreated to the Fog Prison Valley.

For hundreds of years, the northern barbarians have been constantly looking for opportunities to go south, but they have never been able to defeat the Central Plains. And in order to survive, they also established several cities in the ice and snow north of the Ice Helmet Mountains. After that, they created their own country, the Tieli Kingdom.

The most familiar to the people of the Central Plains is Snow Dove City. This magnificent city of ice and snow is just north of the Fog Prison Valley, separated from the Frost River City of the Empire, and for hundreds of years from the Chu State to the Qin State, every inch of land between the two cities of Snow Dove City and Frost River City has been sprinkled with the blood of countless soldiers.

But the war never ended.

In the eyes of the Empire, Tie Li was born with divine powers, they are descendants of demons, they are rude and savage, they are murderous, and the reason why they want to invade the Central Plains is because they are inherently evil.

This group of people lived in the ice and snow, and the legend has it that the ice capital city was described by the folklore of the empire as a paradise for the Tieli people, who fed on the ice and ice, hunted the creatures that lived in the north, and wreaked havoc and destruction.

These are the views of the imperial people on the Tieli people, for many years, from the state of Chu to the state of Qin, those records written in the books of the imperial people described the Tieli people as the most barbaric and cruel human beings. The ice capital city is described as a magic palace.

Heredub's eyes were like frost. Looking at the northern sky from the Ice Capital Castle, the raging ice and snow rolled in the sky, swallowing the northern region little by little with an imperceptible but real spread.

He is the king of the Tieli Kingdom. He wanted to change that. He hated the people of the empire, not because the people of Tieli were really cruel by nature. Rather, it is because his people do not deserve such injustice.

There is no god in this world.

At least the people of the empire are not gods, the generals of the empire, the officials of the empire, and the emperors of the empire are not gods.

Since they are not gods? Why did the Tieli people become demons? Since they are both human beings, why did the empire live in the Central Plains, where the four seasons are distinct and the materials are abundant, and the Tieli Kingdom should be driven to the north where the sky is full of frost and snow and the ice is not melting all year round?

If the weather in the north can be a little warmer, if the unknown spread of the Snow Devil Zone can be stopped. His people would not want to fight. If it weren't for the deathly cold that was still deepening, Khredub wouldn't even care about the slander of the Imperials, all he wanted was for his people to survive in one place.

Live as a human being, not just live.

This atheistic king did not believe in fate. He only knew that history had been tampered with, because of the strength of the empire, the Tieli people lived in ice and snow, and had to endure hundreds of years of slander.

The Tieli people, who were born tall and strong, were not like this a long time ago, and only the Tieli people understood that they had to become strong in order to stay alive and resist the cold.

In the eyes of the Imperial people, ice and cold are the help of the Tieli people, because only in the cold ice and snow, the Tieli people are invincible, and the Tieli people are like creatures born of ice and snow, and they will not be frozen to death at all. But only the Tieli people understand that the cold ice and snow are also their enemies, and many of them die in the ice and snow every year, but the empire does not know it.

According to the description of the Imperials, there are several cities in the Tieli Kingdom, and the northernmost ice capital is home to countless Tieli people.

But the real situation is that since decades ago, the people of Ice Capital City have slowly migrated to Snow Dove City in the south. Because the Ice Capital City is too cold, the cold makes it impossible for the Tieli people to survive.

The Empire did not understand why their armies were always unable to break through the Valley of the Fog Prisoner, as the Valley of the Fog Prisoner was the last barrier of the Tieli people, and once the Valley of the Fog Prisoner was lost, Snow Dove City would be exposed to the iron hooves of the Imperial army.

Under the slow spread of the Snow Demon Zone, the Tieli Kingdom has already abandoned the Ice Capital City, and the people of Tieli have all moved to the Snow Dove City in order to survive.

It was not a city, but the last place where all the people of the entire kingdom of Tieli could dwell.

Heredub sneered. He understood that the Imperial Heavenly Eunuch must have known that this year's winter would be the longest. And his old opponent Xiang Wu, the strongest martial artist in the empire who stopped the Tieli people outside the frost river, must have begun to lay out and prepare for the struggle against the Tieli Kingdom. And those civil officials of the empire are probably going to slander the Tieli people again.

He had traveled to the Central Plains and taken his sons to Nansha, the southernmost city of the Empire. During that journey, several of his sons understood one thing, they would always be enemies of the Empire.

Because they want to survive, and because they are human beings, they are the same people as the people of the Empire, and they also want to live in a land with sunshine and flowers. And not just ...... On the verge of freezing to death, he was panting.

Heredub walked on the empty Ice Castle, and in the absolute silence of the Ice Castle, echoed with his footsteps. In these years, every time a major war was imminent, he would go to the northernmost ice capital alone.

Look at this city that once lived many people, look at how empty it is now, and look at its north, with its wind and snow and endless cold.

He couldn't forget what was in the north, even if he had reached the realm of extreme will. He'd tried to walk into the snowstorm, the Snow Devil Zone. But even he had to retreat after holding out for a month.

There are no snow demons in the Snow Demon Zone, which is said to be bigger than the mountains, but there is enough cold to extinguish all life.

This cold kept spreading, and the whole northern region was getting colder and colder.

This is the longest winter in human history, and if the gate of Frost River City cannot be opened for the Tieli people, it may be the last winter of the Tieli Kingdom.

……

Heleiyue looked at the neat army under the city of Snow Dove, and looked at the animal skin armor that had risen from the Wanzang tribe and was transported from the northern line of the Hulin Gobi. His handsome face made a look of compassion, facing the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tieli Kingdom. He shouted as hard as he could, and his voice echoed throughout the city:

"Soldiers! The people of the empire are drinking and eating meat at the moment, and they keep a large number of pigs, horses, cattle and sheep in captivity! They are not born to fear freezing to death and starvation! And what about us? ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers did not answer. But a certain emotion slowly rose in their hearts.

"We even have to buy warm clothes from the Wanzang tribe! Even if we snuggle up next to the campfire, we feel the cold to the bone! We don't have pigs, horses, cows and sheep because they simply can't survive here! ”

"Why is this happening?" Hereyue's emotions became agitated.

"Because we're alive in the damn north! Damn the North! Because we are the Bingkui people in their mouths, the Northern Barbarians! Because our existence is evil, because we are monsters who drink blood! ”

Heleyue slammed the spear in her hand to the ground. He rejoiced, "This continent has ushered in the longest winter, and now the army of the Empire is preparing all means to disintegrate us!" We may have only one end, and that is to die this winter! ”

"But whether to die in the cold winter with our wives, daughters, and parents, or die on the battlefield to open the way to the south for them, I believe you all have a choice in your hearts!"

"Soldiers, are you afraid?"

The roar of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Tieli Kingdom made the snow tremble in the distance.

"Don't be afraid!"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Don't be afraid!"

Every soldier raised the spear in his hand, and there was no trace of cowardice in their eyes, only the persistence and courage to shed blood for their clansmen.

This winter, they must travel south, even if the Snow Devil Zone spreads slowly and slowly for unknown reasons, and it may take decades to spread to Snow Dove City. But the living environment of Snow Dove City has slowly become harsh. Each time they were defeated by the Empire after the arrival of summer.

Because they are enemies of the cold wind and snow, but they have to rely on the power of the wind and snow after all.

This long winter is their last chance. Every Tieli soldier and even every Tieli knew that the reason why this winter was long was most likely due to the spread of the Snow Demon Zone, and they didn't know why, but such a spread would destroy the Northern Regions in a few decades.

They didn't know when the spread would stop, but the southern sun would melt the snow and ice, and that was their only hope.

This time, this war with the Wanzang tribe may be the one with the best chance of winning, so they don't want to miss this opportunity.

Because they don't want their relatives to die in the cold, and they don't want to be Bingkui people in the eyes of the imperial people in the future generations, and they don't want to be Northern barbarians who drink blood from Rumao.

They are just a bunch of people who were born in the north and longed to live!

Heleyue was satisfied, and when he turned away, there was an evil smile on his lips. There are not many people who are familiar with Heleiyue, the number two person in the Tieli Kingdom, the general of the Tieli Kingdom, and the royal brother of the Heleidub has extremely powerful force, coupled with his appearance like a god son, the Tieli people worship him like a god.

Heredub believed that there was no god in this world. Hereyue believed that he was the god of the Tieli people.

After returning to her ice palace, Heleyue hummed an unknown song from the south, and was in a very good mood. He wanted to meet a guest, a guest from the Empire.

The battle between Tieli and the Empire will soon begin, and Heleiyue knows that the royal brother Heredub will not waste time, because the winter is cold, and also because the Imperial army is strong in the summer.

Wearing a thick fox fur coat, white hair like frost and snow, his face is like a child, with a bit of timidity and childishness.

The ghost doctor hides.

This is not the first time that Heleyue and Mizo have met.

"Giggles, the general's speech is really inspiring, and he is worthy of being a god in the hearts of the people of the Northern Regions." Yazo's somewhat sickly smile always makes the atmosphere a little weird.

But Heleyue didn't feel uncomfortable at all.

He had known about Yazo for a long time, and Yazo used the human body as a container, doing all kinds of experiments and researching heinous drugs.

He and Mizo are the same kind of human beings, and the last thing they regard human life as human life is human life.

It was as if a mask had suddenly been taken off, and the god in the hearts of the people of the Tieli Kingdom had a fanatical and evil look.

"Yazo, do you know how fun it is to play with people's hearts? As long as you can give them hope, even if it's just an ethereal fantasy, they can fight for you. As long as you show the same emotions as them, even if you are pretending, they can die for you. What a lowly life. I was born to rule over them, and the reason why these soldiers survived was to show the greatness of God. Your medicine, my command, and this long winter, I believe it will make the world chaotic, hahahahahaha. ”

"Gurglo, I didn't expect to meet a confidant in such a place." The thought of being able to feed his medicine to such a large army made Yazo feel an indescribable ecstasy and excitement.

"People will die if they live, and since they will definitely die, it is natural that they will die worthily, and it will open a way for my rule, and it will not be in vain for the life of this group of ants. And as long as they open the door of the frost river and die, they can create more hatred, and the people with hatred in their hearts have the most desire to control. ”

Mizo and Hereyue had a great conversation, and evil plans were brewing.

He didn't care about the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, and he had been playing such a role all these years, offering the militants of war, because the weather was getting colder and colder, because the number of people who were frozen to death increased year by year. Because Tieli needs sunshine and warmth.

He was the second most powerful and hateful general of the Imperial People.

But these ...... It's all pretended. He proposed war many times, but in the summer he was rejected by his royal brother. And winter is always short, which makes Heleiyue very unhappy, although he always shows a sad and compassionate appearance in front of everyone.

Because such a leader will make this group of people living in desperate situations more respected and worshipped.

Even if they die, the larger people will continue to become new armies again because they are willing to fight for their gods.

Heleyue still remembers a time when he wept and howled in front of the soldiers, and he was unjust for the dead, so the grief-stricken soldiers rushed out again to kill the enemy, regardless of the danger.

In the end, it was completely annihilated. He was ecstatic in his heart, as if he had eaten honey that could only be found in the south.

How funny, such a group of people died for him, and charged for him. And watching the troops of both the Empire and the Tieli Kingdom fall on the battlefield one by one, he could feel the arrogance of being a god.

And now, he has finally waited for the longest winter, he wants to make the empire red with blood, and he wants to make the land of Frost River and even further south covered with corpses, such a magnificent beauty is his ideal world as a god.

"What could be more pleasant than aggression and war?" Heleiyue said.

……

At the same time, the Qi family in Qinzhou City, the head of the family, Qi Tianhe, saw a person he hadn't seen for more than ten years. He thought that he would never see this person again, and this person had not appeared since the collapse of the Ding family.

He still remembers himself at that time, full of fear in front of this person, he was afraid of this person, so much so that he ...... violated the original intention of the eldest brother Qi Linya and destroyed the Ding family.

More than ten years have passed, and this person's appearance seems to have not changed, and he is still in his forties. It's just that the strength seems to be stronger.

"Crane King, long time no see."

(This chapter and the next chapter may even not mention the shopkeeper in the next chapter, although the largest battlefield is in the north, but the shopkeeper and his party will go to the west, there will be a single chapter later, simply tell this story without spoilers~)

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