Chapter 172 Mental Preparation
"You can't say that, we can't hunt here for the rest of our lives, I think we should go to the empire to do things, it's not easy for you to be a general or something with our strength?" Mei Changqing has been talking about these topics with Estes recently, Mei Changqing knows that he is estimated to be exterminated in a short time, so he can talk to Estes in advance about these and be mentally prepared when he is exterminated.
"I'm the one who became the general, maybe you can be a civilian?" Estes said with some uncertainty.
"Hey, sister, you're too much like this, I also have some combat power." Mei Changqing said dissatisfiedly. "Let's go, what do you want to do so much when you are only 8 years old, it is better to think about how to become stronger when you have time to think about this."
Mei Changqing and Estes returned to the tribe, and what awaited them was not the cheers and admiration of the people in the tribe, but a corpse. The unprosperous but simple tribe of the past is gone, replaced by a scene like hell on earth.
There were bloodied clansmen everywhere, and a few even had a good relationship with Mei Changqing, broken limbs could be seen everywhere, green grass and yellow sand were dyed bright red, and all the tents were burning with blazing fires, and in just one afternoon, that warm tribe was erased from this world.
"Sister... This is..."Mei Changqing trembled and fell to his knees, turning his head to look at Estes without believing reality.
Although he knew that he was going to be exterminated sooner or later through the advantage of the plot, Mei Changqing still couldn't accept it when all this came, and he really wanted to ask his previous self why he knew that he would be exterminated or ignored it, was it for his own selfish desires or was he really powerless?
"Do you understand, Xiaoqing? This world is a world of the jungle, if you can't become stronger, it's better to die. Estes looked indifferently at the corpses everywhere and said this sentence without emotion.
…… She must be more uncomfortable than me, right? After all, I'm mentally prepared, and I still have a 'home' in another world, and she really has almost nothing left now.
"We're going to find a way to get stronger now, and then go to the Empire to be a general, and then... Then I will bloodied the entire northern alien race. Estes's voice was as cold as the wind in the dark of the night, but there was no emotion, as if he was saying something for granted.
"The law of the jungle... I see, I'll do what you say, sister. Mei Changqing was silent for a moment, grabbed a knife that fell to the ground, and the blade lit up with a dazzling white light the moment it was caught, "In this world, only the strong can survive, and the weak can only die." ”
Stimulated by the extermination, Mei Changqing understood what it means to be the strong, this world only belongs to the strong, and the light gun that he has practiced for several years and has not really been developed has finally emitted a light that truly belongs to it after being silent for many years.
At this moment, a three-person team from the northern alien race appeared in front of Mei Changqing and Estes, they were a small group of people who had come back to check if there were any fish that had slipped through the net.
"Haha, I can't imagine that there are two more missing imps." A tall, malevolent-looking bald head in the group laughed excitedly when he saw Mei Changqing and Estes.
"Great, it's actually two children, the little girl looks pretty good, just take it back." A long-haired alien said.
"Xiaoqing, since you said that you want to become stronger, then feel the taste of human blood first, I won't interfere, don't blame me if you die, if you want to blame, blame yourself for being too weak." Estes glanced at the three-person team, handed his knife to Mei Changqing, and stood aside looking like he was watching a good show.
"Leave it to me, revenge is also my duty." Mei Changqing picked up the long knife and walked in front of the three of them step by step.
"Little ghost, don't be too arrogant." The bald head saw Mei Changqing walking alone, showing an angry expression, a little ghost actually dared to underestimate himself.
"Brush." The crisp sound of drawing the knife sounded, and the bald man was cut off by the waist under the shocked gaze of the two teammates, and the upper half of the big man's body fell to the ground and still maintained an angry expression, and before the two aliens could react, Mei Changqing immediately rushed towards the two.
The long-haired alien pulled out a long knife and slashed at Mei Changqing, Mei Changqing didn't dodge or dodge and picked up the knife to meet the alien's long knife, the sun had not set at this time, otherwise the alien would see a faint white light on the blade in Mei Changqing's hand.
"I don't know how you did it just now, but your speed is too slow, little ghost."
The long-haired alien man swung his knife and wanted to block Mei Changqing's slash, but with the blessing of the guilty light gun, Mei Changqing's long knife brought the alien man to a neat cut like cutting tofu.
"What! How, how is that possible? The only remaining alien looked at Mei Changqing and retreated in horror, he didn't know why his teammates couldn't even block a blow under the knife of this little ghost, especially the second time that the little ghost actually cut it into two pieces with a knife, how strong is this?
"Die." Mei Changqing raised the long knife above his head, and the long knife burst out with dazzling white light.
"Brush." Mei Changqing swung hard at the last alien race, and the long knife finally couldn't withstand the damage of the light spear that broke the sin on the knife body at the moment it was swung down, and shattered into countless tiny pieces, and the white knife qi rushed straight to the heart of the alien race after it was broken. The white sword qi that ordinary people could not match penetrated through the heart of the alien race without any hindrance.
...... Is it over?
Seeing the last alien die, Mei Changqing felt a blur in front of her and fainted to the ground.
When Mei Changqing woke up again, he found himself in a cave, and the bright red bonfire and Estes's familiar face brought a touch of warmth to the unfamiliar cave.
"Are you awake, Xiaoqing?" When Estes saw Mei Changqing wake up, he picked up the broth that was heating on the bonfire and put it next to Mei Changqing.
"How long have I been unconscious?" Seeing Estes looking at him with some concern, Mei Changqing knew that he was probably in a coma for a while, otherwise Estes would not be so worried.
"It's been almost two days, I didn't expect that emperor of yours to consume so much mental and physical strength, but after using it a few times, it will be in a coma for so long."
"Actually, it's okay, mainly because at the last moment, I wanted to try to convict the conviction of the light gun with all the strength of the shot, and I couldn't control myself all of a sudden." Mei Changqing was a little embarrassed to say that when he was exterminated, because he understood the natural law of the law of the jungle, the skill of the light gun that judged the crime seemed to have become a lot stronger, not only in terms of power, but also in a much shorter time.
"In the future, I will find more ways to practice your moves, which will still be very useful at critical moments." Estes thought for a moment and said.
"We are on our way to the imperial capital now, and it is estimated that it will not be long before we reach the imperial capital, before that, you have to recover your body first, and then go with me to become a soldier."
"Well, actually, I think..."
"You don't have anything to think about, you are my brother, you should listen to me at this time." Without waiting for Mei Changqing to finish speaking, Estes interrupted Mei Changqing's words domineeringly.
"If you don't rely on that ring in the future, you can win against me, or if you win against me with the emperor's tool, then do what you want to do, otherwise you will have to listen to me." Estes said in a tone that could not be denied.
…… If I could win, you would have gone directly to the empire to make a revolution, and you would still use it here?
The two were silent for a while, as if they felt that what they had just said was a little too domineering, Estes gently touched Mei Changqing's hair, and there was a trace of pity in his ice-blue eyes.
"You're my only brother, and I can't let you die like this."
"Sister..."Hearing Estes's words, Mei Changqing looked at Estes with some emotion.
"Let's drink some hot soup first, and when we're well drunk, we'll leave tomorrow." Looking at Mei Changqing's appearance, Estes felt as if he had returned to his childhood, revealing a gentle and beautiful smile.
In this world, the empire with a history of more than 1,000 years is undoubtedly the strongest country in the world, and the imperial capital is the heart of the empire, the political, cultural, economic, and military center of the empire for thousands of years, and the largest city in the world.
Such a behemoth is undoubtedly unimaginable for Estes and Mei Changqing, who have just come out of the border of the empire, Mei Changqing lived in the modern world before, but even so, Mei Changqing felt that it was incredible to be able to build such a huge city in this world, and you can imagine Estes's mood at this time.
"This, this, and this, wrap them all up for me." In a clothing store in the imperial capital, Estes is crazy about buying clothes, as long as she thinks it looks good, she doesn't even look at the price and buys it directly.
Mei Changqing and Estes walked for almost a year to reach the imperial capital, hunting a lot of dangerous species along the way, and selling the corpses of dangerous species to earn back can only be packed in sacks, although the money is managed by Estes, what does it have to do with Mei Changqing, but along the way, the two of them still came over with good food and drink.
As soon as Estes came to the imperial capital, the love for shopping in the woman's nature exploded, and she didn't feel anything in the tribe before, but she didn't expect that after coming to the imperial capital, she actually started shopping regardless of money, not only did the clothes on her body become trendy and beautiful, but even Mei Changqing was forced to change her outfit.
"It's almost, sister, we won't be able to ship it back if we buy it again." Looking at the mountains of goods, Mei Changqing said with a headache.
"Well, okay. That's all for today. Estes thought for a moment and nodded a little unsatisfactorily.
Mei Changqing picked up the things that Estes had bought with both hands, staggered to follow Estes, and the two returned to the hotel where they were staying. Esdes chose the largest hotel in the imperial capital in order to enjoy, although he couldn't live in the best room because of his identity, and the best room you didn't want to live in if you weren't an official or a nobleman, but the current one wasn't bad.
When I opened the door and walked into the room, I saw a gorgeously dressed old man sitting on a chair, the old man's hair was all white, he looked very tall, sitting on the chair gave people a very refined feeling, and next to him was a group of men in black clothes like bodyguards.
"Well, who are you? How did you get into my room? Get out. Seeing that someone had entered his room without permission, Estes said angrily to the old man.
"Hehe, don't be angry, little girl, I have something I want to talk to you about." The old man squinted his eyes and looked like a kind old man, "You should be young people who have only recently come to the imperial capital to beg for a living, right?" ”
"Yes, I don't know if you have any advice?" Mei Changqing put down the things in his hand and asked politely.
"Your money must have come from hunting dangerous species, right?" The old man looked at Mei Changqing and asked with a smile.
"Is there anything wrong with it?"
"If I'm not mistaken, you are the sisters and brothers of the strong northern minority who has been in the limelight recently." The old man didn't answer Mei Changqing's question, but instead asked a new question on his own.
“… Yes. Hearing the old man's words, Mei Changqing was silent for a moment and replied.
"Well, do you know that the empire is looking for some strong young people to join the military in the civilian sector recently? Are you interested? The old man asked with a smile.
"What joined the military?" Mei Changqing asked without changing his face, he didn't know where this old man was going to take them, you must know that the military of the empire also has a lot of troops, for example, the FFF regiment where Gu Nan is in the hunter in the original plot and the assassination team where Chi Tong is located are both very strong teams.
"Dedicated to dealing with alien teams." The old man still had that smile.
"Northern?" Estes heard the old man's words and looked interested.
"Hehe, it seems that you do have a deep grudge against those guys in the north." The old man had already figured out the background of the two before he came to find Estes and Mei Changqing, and knew about their extermination.
"Are you going to join, then?"
"If it's against the alien races in the north, I'll join." Estes said without thinking.
"What about you?" The old man looked at Mei Changqing.
"I'm going to be with my sister." Mei Changqing pretended to be an obedient little brother.
"Then let's try your strength first, and defeat him to qualify." The old man waved his hand, and a strong man in black with sunglasses walked up to Mei Changqing.
Seeing the man in sunglasses, Estes was about to pull out his knife and step forward, but was stopped by Mei Changqing, they just came to the imperial capital This old man came to the door, there will be such a coincidence in the world? It was definitely after investigating their affairs in advance, and besides, where did the empire want young people who could fight, but it was better to find the two of them? It was obviously impossible, so the reason why this old man, who was obviously a high-ranking man in the Empire, came back to their sisters was worth discussing. 1
Mei Changqing thinks that the reason why this old man will find himself is definitely not because of how many dangerous species Estes has killed in the past year, and many generals of the empire can do that kind of combat power, so the only possibility is the 'emperor' around him. Coupled with the fact that the old man's bodyguard was the first to find him, Mei Changqing was even more sure of his thoughts, that old man wanted to return the emperor's lost imperial equipment to the empire.
"I'll do it." Mei Changqing gave Estes a look and said.
Estes saw Mei Changqing's eyes and knew what the hell his brother was thinking, so he took the initiative to step aside.
"What weapon are you going to use?" The man in black saw that the opponent was a child, and there was absolutely no danger, so he kindly asked.
"Hmm... Weapons, you wait. Mei Changqing took out a manual from the things he just bought, folded the paper manual into a knife three times and two times, and played with it in his hand a few times.
"That's it."
"......" The man in black looked at Mei Changqing expressionlessly, and pulled out his waist knife and aimed at Mei Changqing. The man in black felt that Mei Changqing was looking down on him at all, and using that kind of child's toy as a weapon was simply a humiliation to him.
"Huh." The man in black shouted and rushed towards Mei Changqing.
"The light gun of judgment." The paper knife in Mei Changqing's hand burst out with dazzling white light and stabbed towards the abdomen of the man in black who rushed over.
The white light flashed, and only a boom was heard, and the clothes in the black-clothed man's abdomen were blasted open with a large hole and flew out upside down. Mei Changqing casually threw away the paper knife that was already broken in his hand, clapped his hands and looked at the old man.
"How?"
"You, what did you just do?" The old man pretended to be shocked and looked at Mei Changqing.
"Don't pretend, don't you just want to see this, what do you want to do now that you see it?"
"......" Hearing Mei Changqing's words, the old man was silent, and lowered his head without saying a word, as if he was thinking about something.
"Hahahahaha." After a while, the old man burst into laughter, "Yes, yes. You're very good, although your strength is not as good as your sister's, but your brain is really good. The old man stood up with a smile, "Then you will report to the army tomorrow, and it is up to you to do what you can do in the army." ”
After saying that, the old man got up and left, leaving Estes who was in place with a blank face.
The next morning, the man sent by the old man came to Estes and Mei Changqing's room to take them to the army station. It seems that the military already knows the strength of Mei Changqing and Estes, and they directly passed the test without even the most basic physical fitness test and became a soldier who crusaded against the alien races in the north.
"This uniform is good, I like it." Estes put on the white military uniform in the original plot and lifted his hat coolly.
"Haha, if you like it. We're going to go north to fight the aliens, so be careful. A man dressed as an officer said to Mei Changqing and the two boldly.
"Alas~ Don't you need to do some training before you go?" Mei Changqing asked curiously, in Mei Changqing's impression, joining these armies is to first run in with his teammates, know how to fight on the battlefield, why do people who have just joined the army go directly to the battlefield here?
"We've heard of your strength, so there's no need to train or anything, right? And there is one of the most elite troops of the empire with us, and this time it is mainly them who go to fight, and we are there to support and learn. The officer shook his head and said.
…… In other words, we are actually going to make soy sauce, right?
"But there are still dangers on the battlefield, so you still have to be careful, when you die, no one will help you collect the body." The officer said as he left.
"This place is nice." Estes said as he looked at the departing officer.
"Why, you want to try to be a general?" Mei Changqing looked at Estes and asked.
"Well, let's take becoming an imperial general as the goal first, and first use two or three years to become an imperial general and make other plans." Estes thought for a moment and said seriously.
"Then let's go first." After listening to Estes's words, he found that the people around him began to line up and prepare to leave, and Mei Changqing and Estes also left the imperial capital at the end of the line.
One month later, Mei Changqing's team was almost on the border of the northern part of the empire, looking at the endless grassland, Mei Changqing remembered his life in the tribe a few years ago, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion. I thought it would be at least a few years before I could return here, but I didn't expect to revisit in just over a year.
"Everyone, this is one of the most dangerous areas in the grassland, and you may be attacked by wolves at any time, so please be ready to fight at any time." Estes, who was walking beside Mei Changqing, reminded his comrades loudly.
In just one month, Estes's temperament has undergone earth-shaking changes, the previous Estes was like a cunning and wild fox, but now Estes is more like a wolf king on the grassland, cold, deep and domineering. Now Estes is no longer the little girl of the same race as she was at the beginning, and she has spent a month building herself into a qualified soldier.
Over the course of a month, Estes was recognized by the men for her strength in hunting dangerous species, and her leadership skills were so outstanding that the only general in the unit quickly regarded her as one of his most trustworthy subordinates, often asking her to follow him.
In just one month, Estes had gone from a small soldier he didn't know to the heart of the army, and now Estes was only eleven years old.
Mei Changqing has also received a lot of attention from the military in a month because he is Estes's younger brother and the emperor's envoy, but these attention is more from the top, and the average soldier's impression of Mei Changqing is still Estes's younger brother, a bit of a smart imp or something.
The general at the front of the team was an old man with long white hair who looked to be in his sixties, and although he was old, he was still in good health. The general looked at the map in his hand, turned to the team and shouted, "It's almost time to meet with the front-line team, everyone is holding on." ”
After walking for a month, even professional soldiers now feel a little tired and tired, all the way are unfamiliar environments, they are on the road all day long, and they have to guard against dangers that may appear at any time along the way, the morale of this team is already a little low, and after hearing the general's words, everyone invariably sped up their pace.
Suddenly, the general vaguely smelled the smell of blood and the sound of shouting and killing from the front, and immediately felt that the situation was not good, and that there could be a smell of blood in such a place, indicating that there must be a battle ahead.
"The main force in front may be fighting, and all of them will charge with me!" The old general shouted, and the sat horse galloped forward.
Seeing the general charge, the soldiers of the Imperial Army also followed the general and ran forward quickly. The general ran to a small hill and looked at it from a distance, and sure enough, the main force of the empire was already exchanging fire with the troops of the alien races in the north, and it seemed that the imperial army was still in a weak position, and more than half of the corpses on the battlefield were from the imperial army.
"Damn, rush!" The old general shouted and rushed towards the aliens, and with a swing of his sword, he cut off a alien on a horse.
"Rush!" With the charge of the old general, the imperial army supported by the old general also let out an earth-shattering cry, rushing towards the battlefield like a mountain of mountains.
With reinforcements, the morale of the Imperial army was greatly increased, but the alien side did not panic as expected, but carried out a counterattack in an orderly manner. Most of the alien races in the north were cavalry, while the imperial army was mainly infantry, and the two troops began to fight, even if they had the advantage in numbers, but with the superiority of the troops, the alien troops actually suppressed the troops that came to reinforce the empire for a while.
In the crowd, Estes wielded his long knife like a silver-haired Grim Reaper, each of which would take a foreign life. Estes's moves are simple and direct, but they are extremely lethal, and in just a few minutes, Estes is already surrounded by countless corpses of other races.
"Weak, it's too weak, is this the so-called northern alien race?" Estes shook his head in disappointment after seeing that there was no longer a living alien race around him, originally Estes thought that he would meet some tough opponents, but he didn't expect that no one could fight him head-on, and the most powerful one was only cut his throat by blocking himself three times.
"Blame, monster." The alien race who was a little farther away from Esdes looked at Estes who was covered in blood and said in horror, none of that blood was her own, and the woman hadn't even been injured from the beginning to the present.
"I can't imagine that such a strong monster came out of your empire." The alien general looked at the old general on his horse and said, "But our prince is also a talented person, so I will let you go this time, I am looking forward to the scene when our prince fights her." “
After saying that, the alien general ordered the whole army to retreat, but he didn't know that his seemingly powerful behavior indirectly led to the destruction of the entire northern alien race a few years later.