Majestic, vicissitudes, eternal.

The huge blue-black wall blocks the north and south, and Bruz ...... Or the Bronze Fortress, which Shen Yan inquired about—but in early imperial documents, the place should be called the "Fold Mountains"—a series of geographical faults triggered by violent geological movements, forming a number of parallel mountains running north and south, which looked like wrinkled clothes...... The topography is similar to the Hengduan Mountains in our country.

This place is inaccessible, and according to the productivity estimates of this world, even with the addition of non-scientific factors such as gods and magicians, and ignoring the constraints such as transportation, it is absolutely impossible to complete this project of the size of ten Hoover Dams combined!

The truth is, however, that wall was not built by any human means at all.

A hundred years ago, this plane collided with the abyss, countless rifts appeared in this world, and demons immediately poured into this world—because it was divided by the sudden rift, the empire lost contact with countless provinces, and its strength was greatly damaged.

When they heard that the largest demonic rift was just south of the empire, and that thousands of demons were pouring out of this rift every day, the entire empire was in despair - you must know that in those days, people knew nothing about demons, and thousands of people were sacrificed to block a small rift!

Such a large rift deep into the abyss has even plunged the whole world into a desperate situation.

However, the magician who went to investigate brought back a strange piece of good news, on the road from the Great Rift Valley to the Empire, at some point, a huge wall was built to stop the demon tide heading north...... The demon couldn't find a way around the wall for a while, so he withdrew himself...... This was the predecessor of the Bronze Fortress.

Around this wall is a record of the rise and fall of the blood and tears of the empire in the past hundred years.

The bronze fortress looks extremely huge, but in fact, its relative height difference is only about 100 meters at its maximum. But because the lower edge of the fortress was buried deep in the dirt and mountains, no one knew how large it really was - the empire once tried to dig an escape passage on the lower edge of the fortress wall - but after digging nearly 100 meters, it still couldn't find the lower edge of the wall, so it had to be abandoned.

And if you calculate the transverse length - from the leftmost fracture to the rightmost part of the tall part protruding from the top of the mountain, this intact section of the wall is about 50 kilometers long! The shape is in a regular arc, not only transversely cutting off the four valleys, but also tightly wedged with the folded mountains, and the two sides are full of poor mountains!

No wonder the first magic tide didn't bypass.

If it's just a giant wall, maybe it's not so surprising. But when the magician flew up to the top of the wall, he found that the huge wall also had an exaggerated upper section—like a great plain paved with stone, and there was no edge to see from it. Even the emperor can't compare to the flat ground, but the area is enough for a million people to live at the same time! It's more than enough to build a city here!

With such a natural advantage, in order to resist the demon tide from the south, the empire recruited dwarven craftsmen from all over the continent, and it took a hundred years to build the world's largest fortress pass relying on this section of the wall. When the Bronze Fortress began to take shape, even the dwarven craftsmen recruited that year evolved into independent tribes, calling themselves Bronze Dwarves. They relied on the method of smelting the leftovers of the city wall to produce the world-famous "Bronze Fortress" series of weapons and equipment.

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"Penny, is that one?" Shen Yan asked excitedly.

"That's right! That's it! Penny was equally excited!

Needless to say, the moment they saw the Bronze Fortress, both of them were stupid - the Empire regarded that wall as a miracle from heaven, but they were different. If you break the ring and lay it flat, it will be 100% consistent with the bronze fortress you see in front of you! Except for the attachments that were added later, the appearance is exactly the same.

In particular, the blue-black city wall material, the source of the bronze dwarves' wealth, is clearly the mountain copper used to build the foundation of the city!

Shen Yan could almost imagine the scene at that time, the part that fell into this world at the beginning of the ring city should be quite a huge and complete piece. After entering the world, it split again, and a small piece of it fell onto the Southern Peninsula, smashing out of the Green Horn;

And the bigger one obviously smashed here sideways...... The huge curved city wall smashed into the ground, and the kinetic energy released forward "shoveled" a plain several kilometers wide between the mountains! The dirt that had been shoveled away piled up on the inside of the arc, cutting off several longitudinal valleys and forming a city!

With the help of this wall, the empire has been fighting demons for a hundred years, building a huge fortress, and also burrowing a door in the wall, turning this place into a pass.

Originally, Shen Yan didn't want to get involved in a war that had nothing to do with him.

But when he heard that his opponent was a demon, he hesitated. After all, after receiving so many years of patriotic education, Shen Yan can't deny the righteousness against his heart - the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!

He can stay away from the wars that break out between people, but there is no reason to refuse the just war of humanity against demonic aggression.

However, when he saw this fortress, a moment of hesitation was also left behind - the ruins left behind by the ring city made him naturally feel intimate. Now Shen Yan couldn't wait to walk over and take a good look at the ruins of this ring city.

*****

Above the pass was also a wide road that led to the barracks built on the city walls.

The road is perpendicular to the road that passes under the pass, forming an overpass that is magnified countless times - the pass architecture of the world seems to be in this style, and the same is true of the Blade Pass, the difference is only in the size of the scale.

Of course, digging a gate out of the foundation of the ring city is unimaginable, but it is also meaningful—it is said that since the gate was built, the demons have not considered bypassing the fortress. This is equivalent to indirectly attracting the demon's firepower to the city gate area, as long as the fortress is guarded, the safety of the vast area behind it can be guaranteed.

Which team Shen Yan was in finally merged into a long dragon that could not be seen in front and back, and followed thousands of troops towards the barracks.

When you step on the wall of the pass, the mountains and ravines seem to bow their heads in front of you.

At that moment, the strong mountain clouds and mist crashed into the bluestone pass that separated the heavens and the earth, and then the white mist overflowed from above the pass like a torrential river.

Every twenty paces along the edge of the city wall is a stone statue facing inward, standing with a sword, which is the name of countless heroes who have died here in battle. Most of them have lost their names and deeds in time, but when the clouds sped past them, pulling out long silk threads behind the stone statues. These ancient heroes seem to have come back to life, and they still lead their men to fight alongside the Empire.

That sight made everyone who saw it bow their heads!

Stepping on the ring city, Shen Yan's seemed to feel a connection, connected with the copper foundation of the mountain under him.

Along the way, Shen Yan talked to the people next to him, trying to get enough news from the side. The main thing is to find out what has happened in the hundred years outside the Penling Peninsula. Most of the time, pimples are also answered, and it is not until he mentions the "magic elixir" that arouses the alarm of the people around him, and then he stops talking.

"Are you the Ash?" The captain asked in a whisper with a look of surprise.

Shen Yan shook his head slightly, he didn't even know what the Ash One was. Shouldn't you explain the terms before asking a question?

When passing through a wide square, some teams, including Shen Yan, broke away from the brigade and converged on the square. Each of these squads was interspersed with dozens of people in variegated clothing, apparently a team that caught "deserters".

When the assembled team was about to fill the square, one of the horsemen rushed into the square, holding a roll of parchment and shouting, "The king's decree to abolish the flogging of deserters and immediately organize them into the ministries to receive weapons!" Execute it now! ”

An amnesty from the king.

"Congratulations on your luck in escaping." Acne said to Shen Yan with a look of dissatisfaction.

"Nima!" He didn't expect Shen Yan, who seemed to be very talkative, to suddenly turn his face and push him on the chest! "Phew!" Shen Yan spit a mouthful of phlegm on the pimple's face, "Stupid! You think you're smart? Don't step on the horse and force me to slaughter you now! ”

"What are you doing?" The bearded captain frowned and stopped him.

In the square was full of thanksgiving, the conflict on this side was very conspicuous. In particular, all the soldiers who shouted "Thank you Lord Longen" were soldiers, and there were hundreds of "deserters" with angry faces, not just Shen Yan!

"Whew! Do you really want me to say it? Shen Yan sneered - he had decided to participate in this war against demons, but he couldn't let people take him for a fool!

As the big war approaches, it's normal for the army to have a few deserters - but in this square, the number of "deserters" is almost thousands! Your army is papier-mâché? It is clear that the army took the opportunity to catch the strong men before the big war!

The most shameful thing is that the king even said something about "amnesty for deserters", and wanted to change his gratitude to Dade!

It feels very bad to Shen Yan.

And the bearded captain and the pimple young man, Shen Yan didn't believe that they couldn't see it - in this team, at most only one or two people were deserters, and the rest were all ordinary people in the vicinity - but they were not soft to catch, and it was not a good thing! Then Shen Yan still needs to be polite to them.

Seeing that the surrounding "deserters" were instigated by Shen Yan, and even ignored the sharp blades around him to surround this side, the bearded captain secretly screamed that it was not good. At this time, it is useless to kill people, especially if there are no real deserters present...... Shen Yan also pressed the hilt of the sword with his hand, looked at him with a sneer, and the aura he exuded made him feel cold!

Made, it seems that she has met a master!

The bearded captain felt bitter in his heart and explained, "I am also a soldier and obey orders...... Now that change is impossible, what do you want? ”

He said this as much as giving in.

“…… Arrange a good position for these people, you can't stand in the first row as cannon fodder! Shen Yan pointed to the people around him, he couldn't control other people, but these people who walked with him all the way were fateful, and they still had to help if they could. Then get out of my sight and feel sick to see you! ”

Shen Yan kicked the pimple away and strode away.