Chapter 7: Ten Years in the Wild
"Xiao Ming, go and call the brothers back for dinner!" Ten years have passed, and Xiao Cong has obviously done a very fine mechanical transformation, and he has actually replaced all of his most alienated bodies with high-grade metal machinery.
However, because his own force is not strong, and he has not cultivated any powerful combat skills, his transformation is more inclined to protective functions.
I saw that the snake body that was originally the most seriously alienated by him had been transformed into four slender iron-gray alloy feet at this moment, and a strange-looking cyan crystal was embedded in his waist and abdomen.
The entire torso was covered in blue-gray armor made of the same material as his alloy foot equipment, and his two arms were covered with arm guards, bracers, and handguards. And on his most fragile face, if you look closely, you will also find that it is also covered with a layer of transparent material armor, which can be regarded as arming himself to the teeth.
And the reason why such an all-round transformation will be carried out is naturally because in the past ten years, this "poisonous snake" Xiao Cong has made too many enemies. As early as seven years ago, Xiao Cong was completely in power, not only overthrowing the boss of the "blood" organization, but also completely integrating this big organization into the "Shura" after thoroughly integrating the resources of the "blood". It is also with this credit that Xiao Cong and Li Goudai, who are good at calculation, have become the henchmen of Luo Xiu, the new lord of Jujing City, and are among the eighteen Shura envoys under him.
Xiao Cong is an ambitious person, although he comes from a humble background, he is good at calculation and has always had great plans. However, after learning by chance that Luo Xiu was actually from the Central Plains city-state region, Xiao Cong hurriedly put away his careful thoughts, and began to offer advice to him as much as possible.
And he was quite favored by Luo Xiu, and with this credit one after another, he gradually gained a firm foothold in the Shura organization. However, in the same way, Xiao Cong has been fighting for the tiger over the years, which can be said to be stepping on a lot of white bones, not only owing countless blood debts, but also making a lot of enemies.
In the face of Luo Xiu himself, who controls the entire giant capital city and has great energy and background, these people are helpless at all, so these hatreds are all counted on Xiao Cong's head.
Originally, according to Xiao Cong's cautious temperament, as long as he honestly hid in the giant capital, there would definitely be nothing, and he was not afraid of anyone coming to seek revenge. After all, although Jujing City is not a famous floating city, it can be regarded as one of the best cities in the entire barren eastern Xinjiang region, not to mention that it is still the nest of their "Shura".
It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and although he begged many times, Luo Xiu, whose ambition was growing day by day, still did not change his mind, and was still determined to send him to the famous Far Eastern fortress to carry out the mission. Xiao Cong saw that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and he was also helpless, he knew very well that he was a dog raised by Luo, although he was quite favored on weekdays, but he was not qualified to disobey his master.
Xiao Cong, who grew up from the bottom, was not unwilling, and he was not worried about whether he would be able to complete this arduous task after going to the Far East Fortress, because he knew very well that he would probably not be able to get there alive at all, not to mention that the Far East region was full of strange beasts and they were all extremely fierce, and his countless enemies were enough to make his life and death unpredictable along the way.
There are a lot of brothers who call each other brothers on weekdays, but when it comes to living and dying together, Xiao Cong knows with his ass that countless people will retreat.
Even Li Goudai, who got up from the dust with him, found an excuse to politely reject his idea of going to the Far Eastern Fortress together! Just accompanied himself out of the giant capital not far away, and led people back to sail back.
Xiao Cong didn't have any anger about this, nor did he have any feelings of betrayal and separation, he was a smart person, so he knew very well that he and Li Goudai could be poor and low, but it was difficult to share wealth and prosperity. As for why, ask yourself, if Li Gou was sent out to carry out a mission of nine deaths, he would not choose to take risks with him now.
Ten years of life and death, and having experienced too many things, from the street gangsters who everyone looked down on to the high-powered Shura messenger, he and Li Goudai are no longer the poor brothers they were back then. At their age, they are more concerned about their own interests.
Li Goudai knew very well that after Xiao Cong left Jujing, he could easily take over Xiao Cong's power. At that time, as long as he integrates resources, he will become the first Shura envoy, under the absolute one person in the giant capital, above ten thousand people!
Xiao Cong was much smarter than Li Goudai, so he thought of everything Li Goudai thought, and even Li Goudai couldn't think of it.
If it weren't for him Xiao Cong, Li Goudai, who was not worthy of the position, would probably have no scum left in a few years, but he didn't bother to say this, because his own situation was much more dangerous than Li Goudai.
Over the years, Xiao Cong has also had a team and cronies that he has personally cultivated, and these people are also where his real confidence lies, but this is not the reason why Luo Xiu began to be jealous of him and sent him to the Far Eastern Fortress. The cunning rabbit died, the lackey cooked, and he Luo Xiu was never a good man and a woman.
With two "Tomahawk" floating boats, three "giant ant" floating vehicles, and nearly 100 dead soldiers, the countless enemies Xiao Cong encountered along the way finally failed.
But after entering the Far East region, the smile on Xiao Cong's face that had always been on his face couldn't help but gradually converge a lot. He knew that the real crisis on the way to the Far Eastern fortress was about to begin.
Si Xingfeng, who has been raised by Xiao Cong for ten years, is very familiar with Xiao Cong. Although the smile was only slightly restricted, this was the manifestation of Xiao Cong's nervousness, and when this poisonous snake began to be nervous, it was not an opportunity that he had been waiting for for years!
"Yes, Snake Lord!" The priest named Xiao Ming responded meekly and respectfully. After all, he is almost eleven years old this year, and Si Xingfeng doesn't know his birthday, so he regards the day his savage mother picked him up as his birthday. After all, that's the day he gets a new lease of life!
However, thinking of the rugged female savage who had rescued and nurtured him, Si Xingfeng's bright eyes dimmed a little for no reason, and a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes. Counting up, it has been five years since Xiong Lan "disappeared"!
Xiao Cong and the others started their lives by selling slaves, so although they didn't witness it with their own eyes, Si Xingfeng knew very well what Xiong Lan's "disappearance" meant. Now that a full five years have passed, I'm afraid she has already died, even if she is still alive and strong, I am afraid that she is destined to be worse than dead! Si Xingfeng thought about it, and hated Xiao Cong more and more in his heart.
Xiao Cong is cautious, even if he is his nominal adopted son and seems to be very trusted and loved by him, but Si Xingfeng knows very well that he is just a shield used by Xiao Cong to hide his weaknesses.
Xiao Cong is essentially a person who doesn't trust anyone, even if he is not born with an adventure, I am afraid that Xiao Cong does trust him. But almost all of his brain domain has been developed, and a whole period of civilization is imprinted in his brain! Si Xingfeng, who has never eaten pork but has read through history, is by no means a stupid boy who has no understanding of human nature!
Over the years, it is not that no one has tried to threaten Xiao Cong by controlling himself, but fortunately, Si Xingfeng is clever and has not been caught once, otherwise not only those people will be disappointed in the end, but even after losing their use value, they may inevitably be abandoned by Xiao Cong in an instant.
Si Xingfeng is very clear that as long as he lives well, he can be seen by outsiders as Xiao Cong's "walking weakness", so he will not lose his use value and be sold as a slave.
In the past ten years, Si Xingfeng has seen too many bizarre chaos, and at the same time, he has roughly figured out what kind of chaotic era he is in.
The storm of time and space destroyed the inherent order and civilization, and pulled the development of mankind into an era of chaos where scientific and technological civilizations of different eras were intertwined. Several technological revolutions that have had an impact on mankind can be found in this era, and even ancient magic, which has been recorded in history but has been repeatedly denied by modern technology, has an extremely far-reaching influence in this era! In addition to the atavistic mutation of life on earth to varying degrees, steam engines, electricity, artificial intelligence, and nanomachinery all play an incredible role in this era!
It's just that it seems that each technology can't become a system on its own and change an era as happened in history, but interact with each other to make this era full of contradictory beauty.
Compared with the long life span of the earth, Si Xingfeng knows that human beings are really too short, and even modern human beings have very limited understanding of human beings themselves. When he had seen all sorts of strange things, which he could not name, but which seemed familiar, he had to sigh that this was probably the most interesting era since the birth of mankind, at least compared to the civilization he had ever known.
Ancient alchemy and magic are used here in a variety of fields, thanks to the crystallization of many modern technologies. Steam and magic have created all kinds of floating machinery, nano alchemy has made the weak human body have extremely terrifying lethality with the help of mechanical transformation, and some people have even obtained incredible terrifying power through atavistic mutations, which can carry huge metal machinery......
Barbarism collides with civilization, ignorance interweaves technology, Si Xingfeng is undeniable that the force of this era has become unprecedentedly powerful, and the threat faced by human beings is the same, after all, it is not only human beings who are affected by the storm of time and space, and the mutation of many animals is even more terrifying.
Compared to the former human overlord of the earth, the current human beings can only use the huge fortress to stop the ferocious beasts, but even so, the human beings living in the fortress always need to face unknown threats from underground monsters.
Today, only the Savages, who are visibly mentally degraded, continue to live in large groups on land for long periods of time. Of course, there are also rumors that the reason why these wild people are like this is actually because they were banished many years ago.
But in any case, the mainstream people chose to build high platforms and air pavilions a long time ago, and later they even built a floating giant city as their own shelter.
However, it is clear that the internal resources of the Floating City are limited, and a large number of resources need to be obtained from the outside. But there are very few warriors who can have absolute strength to get out of the floating city, go to the wilderness, and come back smoothly.
It is precisely because of this that this era has brought the barbaric side to the extreme, and most of the floating cities are strong and weak, orderly and hierarchical. It is said that only the city-state area located in the center of human habitation can have so-called "fairness". Therefore, in this era, the common yearning for beauty of all the people of the Floating City is the hope that they can live in the city-state area.
However, many people will never be able to get to another floating city for the rest of their lives, and going to the central city-state is even more foolish.
In fact, only those who have been to the wilderness and seen the wild beasts with their own eyes know how dangerous it is outside the floating city.
And the only people who are really afraid of any threat and dare to live on the ground are those who are degraded and ignorant and fearless, and the only ones are those fortress soldiers who have been stationed in the major fortresses all year round and have a violent and fierce temperament
And those cowardly people who don't even dare to get out of the floating city, they are only full of yearning for the city-state, but they are completely ignorant of the strength of those who live in the area of the city-state.
You must know that in an ordinary floating city, transforming warriors is already a very powerful existence. However, according to legend, reformed warriors are not qualified to become fortress soldiers at all, because they do not meet the minimum standard of "transcendental" to become a fortress soldier.
And the people of those city-state regions, almost every one of them was born with different supernatural powers.
The gap between the ordinary people in the floating city and the ordinary residents of the city-state is probably that the end of the former's life is almost equal to the starting point of the latter's life.