"It's more useful to put them back, so that these Hong people think that we have escaped to the depths of the far north, knowing that we have no contact with the outside, and I am here, even if they have masters at the Taishi level, I don't believe they will chase after them again."

An Xiaoyu explained.

Fei Rong put down the gun in his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "That means we can retreat calmly?" ”

An Xiaoyu nodded, put away the short knife in his hand, and looked at the corpses of the Hong clan on the ground: "Take these eight corpses away, find a place in front of them and bury them, write down the coordinates and take them back for research when you are free, Xu He is estimated to be crazy." ”

"It's better to take it to the oasis, there is a small base supported by leyline energy over there, and there should be a preservation device in it, which is more secure than burying it here." Fei Rong proposed.

An Xiaoyu rolled her eyes: "Are you stupid, what if the Hong clan has the ability to sense each other?" Isn't the Oasis base exposed? Find a place to bury it, and take it away if you can take it away in the future, and if you can't take it, it can be used as a wrong guide. ”

"Got it!" Fei Rong understood.

Immediately afterward, they deviated from their original route and walked towards a Jedi for a while, then buried the body of the Hong, memorized the latitude and longitude coordinates, and turned back to their original goal again. In this way, if the Hong can really find this side, they will definitely think that they will continue to move forward in a straight line.

The environment in the far north is simple and boring, with snow and dark nights, except for the occasional mountains, glaciers and crevasses. When it was time to rest at night, they found a ridge of a glacier and dug a hole in the snow shell for the night.

"At this rate, it would be three days before we reach the next village, and almost a week before we reach the oasis," Fei Rong said. If you want to continue to the second floor...... To be honest, I haven't been in at the polar night yet. ”

An Xiaoyu looked at the annotations on the map, and suddenly asked, "Is the village on the first layer fixed?" ”

"How do you say it......" Fei Rong scratched his head: "In this place, it is basically fixed, you must know that there are not many places that can be stationed in the extreme north, especially in the polar night, it is basically impossible to find a random place to set up camp." ”

"Because of the weather?"

"And because of those weird things!" Fei Rong suddenly picked up the gun from the ground: "These things have a common range of activities, and there are some places that you won't go to, so you can sleep unharmed, otherwise as soon as your eyes are closed, I'm afraid you will be gnawed to the bones." ”

An Xiaoyu also looked outside, and in the darkness, a little bit of light gradually emerged from the wind and snow. The thermal imager shows a dense mass of low-heat objects approaching. Outside their snow dens, the snow had already been piled up in a circle of fortifications, and the soldiers lay behind them, waiting for the beasts to approach.

Seeing this scene, An Xiaoyu pulled out a metal short stick and wanted to go out, but was stopped by Fei Rong: "In this case, the bullet solves faster, and it is easy for the soldiers to dare not shoot casually when you rush out, after all, electronic guidance is not omnipotent." ”

Hearing Fei Rong say this, An Xiaoyu nodded and put away the knife in his hand.

The guns rang out, and just as the things rushed towards them, the whistling of bullets and the low roars of the beasts, the crisp sound of the guns and the muffled sound of the beasts' footsteps falling to the ground, the surrounding wind and the echoes of the guns from afar, all mingled like a tragic march.

An Xiaoyu's heart suddenly became sad, they are alone, I don't know how many people can survive in the end, although no one has had an accident yet, but what about after that? Today it is the Hong and the beast, what will tomorrow be?

Not to mention that there are more unknown dangers in the entire Far North, those strange creatures that no one can tell where they come from, alien races hidden in the shadows that can be encountered at any time, and natural disasters that can destroy the entire legion everywhere.

Tomorrow? Day after tomorrow? On that day, these people will be killed and wounded? From the moment they began to be forced to discard the corpses of their comrades, it would be the beginning of their tug-of-war with Nature's mighty forces.

And such a march, they will have to go on for at least seven days.

Seven days!

Soon, all the beasts were killed, and they didn't even get close to the fortifications that had been piled up by the ice and snow, they were all thrown down more than fifty meters away, and their corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the remaining beasts began to wander around, not daring to continue forward.

Fei Rong said: "It should be safe tonight, these beasts that appear in the polar night are very cautious, they themselves are not as many as the animals that appear in the polar day, because of the lack of food, there are not many breeding, so they rarely take risks." ”

An Xiaoyu nodded and returned to their snow nest, and the soldiers behind the fortifications outside also began to retreat, leaving only one squad of guards, who took turns to be on duty at night. After eating, Fei Rong fell asleep in his sleeping bag, like a silkworm cocoon.

The other soldiers are also tired, they have good physical fitness, and their bodies are at least the cultivation of the late Ming body, they have received strict training, and their psychological strength is outstanding. But the long journey in such a difficult environment still made them tired.

An Xiaoyu sat cross-legged in the snow nest, wary of the beasts outside.

These beasts probed the perimeter for a long time, and as soon as they approached, the professional soldiers would fire a shot, and then they would quickly retreat. Many other wild beasts came, some of whom secretly began to pick up the dead bodies from the ground.

Some of them have because of the act of picking up corpses, the animals on both sides will fight each other, and they have made a fuss for a night, and those things do not dare to surround them again. By the next morning, they seemed to sense that the men were about to wake up, and quietly retreated into the unknown darkness.

Fei Rong got up in the morning and took the people to cut some meat as their food reserves, knowing that if they want to survive in this place, they can only rely on these creatures in this area. An Xiaoyu sniffed the soup made from the flesh of those beasts, and almost didn't spit it out.

"Good thing I don't have to eat."

Fei Rong laughed, fished out a pair of mysterious spherical objects from the pot, and said: "These beasts are all treasures, not to mention whether they are difficult to eat, some of them are good to eat, what kind of bicycle do you need?" ”

An Xiaoyu shrugged her shoulders and turned away not to look at it.

The breakfast problem was quickly solved, and each soldier had some more meat and fur of wild beasts on them, and the meat was used as a nutritional supplement in peacetime, and the fur was used for emergencies. In case something goes wrong with the energy furnace and can't be repaired, these furs are life-savers.

The team continued to move forward, plunging alone into the terrifying darkness.

At this time, in a large office converted from a large classroom in the Three Thousand Academy of the Imperial Capital, Guan Jue was holding a head of unkempt hair, dealing with the news that came from all over the country.

Because the current communication between the imperial capital and the outside world has not yet fully formed a perfect communication, there are various forms of news from the capital. Some of them were transmitted back through the satellite communication base station established by the 39th Army, some were communicated through the world's books and then handwritten by the disciples of the 3,000 families, and some were messages that were actively communicated by local authorities through various methods.

Since the massacre of the members of the Imperial Court, the Empire has been actively forming a new Imperial Cabinet and has also taken the initiative to communicate with local departments. If some of the backbones can be drawn from the local courts, the pressure on the imperial capital will be reduced a lot.

The dream is very happy, but in fact, when the imperial capital is trying its best to repair the communication lines of the imperial court, the entire imperial capital is isolated. Various local forces are surging, and there is a great tendency to rise up and confront the local official forces.

Not to mention that in some places, the military commission, the court, or the garrison, or a combination of multiple official forces, began to declare temporary autonomy in wartime. All kinds of chaotic antagonistic situations are everywhere, even those who want to contact the imperial capital are controlled everywhere.

This situation has allowed those strongholds that have ended in the empire to gain a firm foothold, and have even formed cooperative relations with certain local forces. Now the entire empire is in a state of semi-turmoil, but fortunately, a satellite communication network based on marginal alien tribes has already been established on the western and western borders, ensuring that aliens cannot take advantage of the opportunity to infiltrate, otherwise it will really be doomed.

Guan Jue rubbed his head, raised his head and subconsciously looked at the clock next to him, but he couldn't remember what time he looked at the clock last time, even if it was just now, he forgot it after looking at it, and he didn't know what he was doing when he looked at it.

Maybe it's a habit, maybe it's a comfort.

Even if a gentle person is a cultivator of the real realm, he is a little tired at this time, and said: "The formation of the new court pavilion is imminent, otherwise we will all collapse in a few days!" If it really doesn't work, it will be drawn from the civil talents of the imperial capital and various departments and families. ”

But Guan Jue didn't seem to hear it, just lowered his head to deal with the news in his hand.

Wen Liangren saw it in his eyes and sighed: "I know you are unwilling, but your current state is not right." ”

Guan Jue reacted at this time, put down the electronic board and note in his hand, rubbed his eyes that were about to be unable to open and said, "I know that I am not in the right state now, but what time do I have to care about the state now?" And I can't turn it around for a while. ”

The changes in the imperial capital and the current predicament made a crack appear in Guan Jue's heart, which came from the combined effect of external pressure and inner pressure.

"I knew from the beginning that there was a lot of work, but I always wanted to be perfect. Maybe it's because I've been exposed to things that I've been exposed to before that have made it easy for me to succeed and seem effortless, but when this kind of thing suddenly happens, I start to be helpless. ”

Guan Jue looked up at Wen Liangren: "You tell me, how should I progress faster?" ”

Che Zichang suddenly smiled: "It's not easy to progress quickly?" Go find the origin! They are the best at this, as long as you take an injection, you can become An Xiaoyu, how simple is it? ”

Guan Jue leaned back in the chair, looked at Che Zichang's calm appearance, and wondered: "You have also been here for many days, why are we all so embarrassed, but you can remain so calm?" Is there any trick that you can teach us too? ”

Che Zichang spread his hands: "I'm just used to this state, when I first came to the imperial capital, I was struggling to survive among the various bosses of the gang, and then we controlled the gray rope, and slowly gained a foothold under the pressure of the three major gangs, and then if you want to wash your name, you have to face the division within the gang, as well as your suppression, by the way, there is also the covetousness of Shaozun and the origin and the end, do you think I can not get used to it?" ”

"Why can't I get used to it?" Guan Jue said helplessly.

"It's only been a few days since you?" Wen Liangren patted him on the shoulder: "You are suddenly working across borders now, and the run-in period is very important." ”

Guan Jue smiled bitterly: "I'd rather go to the battlefield and count 100,000 people, 100 million people, 10 million people, than sit here and deal with these little notes!" You can let me take a gun, and when An Xiaoyu comes back, I will ask her to take me to the front line, and I won't play with you. ”

"Then we're looking for a new heir." When the gentle man heard this, he was not in a hurry.

Guan Jue said that he was also helpless.

"Sir! News of the Far North Shaozun! Suddenly, the voice of the communications soldier came.

Guan Jue recovered his spirit after a while, sat up straight and said, "Show me!" ”

The light screen in front of him suddenly showed the ciphertext sent back by An Xiaoyu, and the *** in the light brain immediately converted the ciphertext into text. After the three of them finished reading the content, they all frowned, this elementary school was really difficult for them to digest.

The Hong people dug a sinkhole on the outskirts of the extreme north to build a large fake brain, guessing that it may be a mental attack or mind control, but it is not yet known the possible scope of the impact and the target of the attack, there are a large number of masters and at least one top master in the sinkhole.

"A wave of unevenness and a wave of rising!"

"The house leak happened to rain overnight......"

Guan Jue had a headache: "Don't read poetry, what should we do now?" The old mountain ginseng and the northern spear are all gone, the extreme north is now a place that no one cares about, the alien race wants to invade from there, and Beiyun Province is in a mess again, how to prevent this? ”

All three of them frowned suddenly.

After all, this matter cannot be solved by three people, and the Wartime Provisional Committee immediately held a meeting, unified opinions on this matter, and finally decided to temporarily block the Far North, and then try to mobilize the forces that can be mobilized to deal with the affairs of Beiyun Province, and at the same time let the First Lei Family send people to the Far North to investigate.

This is also a decision after a thousand entanglements, and when they don't figure out what that thing is, they definitely won't send troops over easily. As for those inhabitants and prisoners of the interior of the Far North? Beigun didn't know whether he was dead or alive, so he could only choose to give up and put it aside for the time being.

The mobilization of the Eastern Wilderness Army came, and they have been stationed near the twenty-six valleys, and after the fog in the valley was resolved, they have been guarding the side of the imperial capital. Now that the imperial capital has begun to gradually penetrate, at least Siwei Province has restored the control of the imperial capital, and the Eastern Wilderness Army has also recovered its mobility.

Originally, the imperial capital also planned to use the Eastern Wilderness Army to push eastward and control the entire eastern region. However, when An Xiaoyu's news came, the Wartime Provisional Committee suddenly changed its plans and ordered Si Mingyu to lead troops to the north to suppress the rebellion in Beiyun Province, and communicate with Jingbei Province to slowly control the northern region.

The Four-Life Alliance also began to move, and at this time, the cohesion they showed was incomparable to that of the loose organization of the Cultivator Alliance. From the beginning to the present, the various branches of the Four-Life Alliance have become the dark line in the center of the empire, passing on an unknown amount of news.

After Wusheng sat in the imperial capital, Fusheng also decided to go on a northern expedition with the Eastern Wilderness Army, and reorganized the members of the Northern Four-Life Alliance, which originally belonged to him, to form an effective mechanism to deal with this turmoil.

But the only problem is that after the Eastern Wilderness Army leaves Jingbei Province, it will fall into chaos, which is different from Dongfang. Dongfang is close to several provinces in the Eastern Wilderness, and they have been quickly cleared by them at the beginning of the chaos, and relatively speaking, the uncontrolled territory is also interspersed.

But the north is different, the north is already very extensive, except for Jingbei Province, basically there is no actual power in the hands of the imperial capital. Once the Eastern Wilderness Army entered the Far North, it was the same as An Xiaoyu and them entering the Far North, fighting alone.

Si Mingyu looked at Guan Jue's worried expression, and suddenly smiled: "The family doesn't talk to the two families, hasn't our Eastern Wilderness Army been fighting alone like this since its formation to the present?" Could it be more difficult to suppress the rebellion and hunt the Awakened Beasts? ”

Guan Jue also smiled when he heard this, but with his messy hair and clothes, and dark circles under his eyes, he looked particularly haggard.

To be honest, when Si Mingyu heard An Xiaoyu talk about Guan Jue before, he always felt that Guan Jue was a proud son of the sky in the new era, he was a genius, his mind surpassed ordinary people, and even only under a few top politicians, if he was given time, he would definitely be able to become the pillar of the empire.

But the way it looks now is really unbearable.

The turmoil of the empire came too quickly and too suddenly, and this was not only a question of origin and end, nor was it just a problem of the Hong people, but also a problem of the entire empire that had been sick for a long time. Some people may have noticed it, and many people may not have seen it, in the era of faster and faster technological development, the cycle of social ills has begun to shorten with the increase in this speed.

The various departments and upper echelons of the Empire, and even the Five, are still following the previous rhythm to deal with the problems of the Empire, which has led to this situation.

Undoubtedly, the beginning and the end, are the ones who know the foci of empire best.

Whoever puts such a situation on their shoulders will feel overwhelmed, but the only ones the empire can count on now and have hope to turn the tide are these rising stars. Although Si Mingyu is not old, looking at Guan Jue, he is still relieved for a while, and said softly:

"Who of us isn't alone?"