Chapter 1: The City of White Dew (1)
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"What? Nothing found? Mo Zhian slapped the table angrily and yelled at his subordinates.
It's been five or six days, and since the mysterious sneak attacker suddenly disappeared a few days ago, Mo Zhi'an couldn't find him after going out of the city for a few days, so he had to give up helplessly, and instead put his energy back on chasing Liu Ye. But what made him feel was that, like the sneak attacker, Liu Ye also disappeared without a trace.
"A bunch of rubbish! Keep looking for me! If you can't find someone, you don't have to give me back! Because of these two things, Mo Zhi'an's temper has become worse and worse in recent days, and he is furious at every turn.
"Yes!" This subordinate was obviously also accustomed to Mo Zhi'an's temper during this time, and said tremblingly.
Seeing that the city lord had nothing else to do, he was ready to retreat and convey the order.
"Wait a minute!" Mo Zhian suddenly remembered something and called his subordinates who were about to go out.
The subordinate's heart trembled, and he forced himself to calm down and turn around. He still vaguely remembered the roar and screams in the city lord's room that day, and his predecessor was turned into pieces under the city lord's inexplicable anger.
"How's it going over there?" Mo Zhian glanced at his subordinates who were trembling slightly and asked.
"The recent sacrifice was ...... There is also a lot of activity there. However, according to the intelligence, it seems that he has also lost some manpower there, and it is estimated that he is not having a good time now. The subordinate replied in a low voice. I almost said the word "adult" habitually just now, but fortunately, I remembered the current relationship between the two halfway through, and changed it abruptly. Otherwise, he may follow in the footsteps of his predecessor.
The sacrifice can place nails here in Mo Zhi'an, and in the same way, Mo Zhi'an can also place Neiying in the sacrifice place. No matter what time of year it is, people will always love the internal struggle of deceit, intrigue and calculation, far more than the external struggle of uniting against the enemy.
The inferiority of human beings is even more vividly manifested in this era of the coming of the end.
"That's it! Let's go down! Mo Zhian waved his hand and motioned for his subordinates to retreat. There has been no progress on the sacrificial side, which should be the only good news in the past few days. Thinking of this, Mo Zhi'an's depressed mood relaxed slightly.
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Simulacrum Temple.
The light was still dim, the light from the torches still couldn't pierce the darkness around them, the water droplets on the stone walls still fell to the ground, but there were still four fewer people kneeling on the main hall and wearing cloaks.
The priest sat on a black stone pedestal, his eyes gloomy as he looked at a cultist kneeling down on one knee.
"Fang Ying and Fang Fei, haven't they come back yet?" The seemingly calm words of the sacrifice contained great irritability, calm and crazy.
"Not yet." The disciples below replied in a low voice.
"Hmm!" The priest let out a long breath, as if trying to get rid of the depression that had been building up in his chest for days.
"It's the same with Mo Zhi'an!"
"Yes!"
The priest stretched out his right hand and rubbed his forehead, and after half a sound, he said, "Pass my orders!" From now on, all the people involved in the search for Mo Ye will come back, and the hall will resume normal business from now on! โ
โโฆโฆ Be! The subordinates glanced at the priest in some surprise, not quite understanding why the adult chose to give up. However, under the fierce eyes of the sacrifice, he didn't dare to say anything, and after responding in a hurry, he turned around and retreated.
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Almost six hours later, Mo Zhi'an also got the news about the decision to sacrifice. After pondering for a while, he also understood the meaning of the sacrifice. The same order was then given to withdraw the men who had been exploring.
Since it has not been found for such a long time, the most likely thing is that he died in the wild and was eaten by mutated creatures, so he could not find it. Otherwise, with such a large-scale carpet search, how could a small soldier rank soldier escape the joint pursuit of the two major forces.
They also thought about whether it was possible for the other party to escape to Bailu City, but it was really unlikely. They also sent their men to infiltrate Bailu City in the form of humans, but they were pulled out at the gate and killed in front of them.
Therefore, even if Liu Ye really ran to Bailu City, it is estimated that he will be a dead corpse now, which will further satisfy Mo Zhi'an's wishes.
Therefore, since the target has died, and the mimic crystal on his body can't be obtained by himself, it is better to stop early and not continue to waste manpower and energy.
As for the mimicry cultists who died in this pursuit, both of them buckled the basin on each other's bodies, and never thought of other candidates. This was also something Liu Ye didn't expect, but he was happy to do so. Anyway, the two of you are fighting to the death, it's dog-eat-dog for him, and it won't hurt him.
In addition, the decision to sacrifice this time also gave Mo Zhian a signal. Both of them suffered losses in this encounter, although they did not move their muscles and bones, but the pain in the flesh was inevitable. However, he and Mo Zhi'an are at the same level of interest in terms of the resources of the mimicrians, Mo Zhian provides sacrifices, and the sacrificial side will distribute each time the mimicry cultists are given to each other as appropriate.
It's just that Mo Zhi'an does not give priority to the technical level because he is carrying out simple labor. The output is the maximum, but the minimum is obtained. The elite were basically taken away by the old fox who was sacrificed, and all that was left for him was some Chen sesame rotten grain, which was also the reason why Liu Ye felt that the abilities of the subordinates sent by Mo Zhi'an were so weak, and the abilities of hundreds of disciples were not as practical as the abilities of the four people sent by the sacrifice side.
Mo Zhi'an confronted the old guy who sacrificed head-on, but it was just to get more and better disciples, so to put it bluntly, the reason for the conflict between the two was the uneven distribution of the spoils.
However, after experiencing this incident, the priest also realized that he might have squeezed and suppressed Mo Zhi'an's strength too much, and this time his behavior was actually to show Mo Zhi'an's intention to make peace temporarily. After all, the religious affairs still have to develop, and the sudden decrease in the number of believers here will eventually attract the attention of the above, and if it develops to such a result, neither of them will be happy at that time.
Mo Zhi'an's ultimate intention is to get a larger share of the share, since the sacrifice took the initiative to make this request, it means that the matter is still negotiable. Because Mo Zhi'an's side is not without confidence at all, without the large number of sacrifices he provided for a period of time, there would be no development of the current anthropomorphic cultists.
As a result, as the two of them deliberately suppressed Liu Ye Fanglin's matter, the forces of the two sides gradually began to operate again, restoring the previous harmony. It's just that this level of harmony is understood by both sides to be nothing more than a false fig leaf. Rifts have already been created, only to have to work together again because of the need for interests.
However, neither side can guarantee that the interests will be maintained forever. Underground friction still occurs from time to time, on the surface it is like no one is fine, but secretly it is actively preparing, as long as it finds a good time, it will attack immediately, in order to obtain greater benefits.
Profit is always the biggest reason......
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Without the tracking of the mimic gods, Liu Ye was also happy and relaxed, and got closer and closer to the destination of his trip, Bailu City.
When he came with Fang Lin that day, he didn't observe very carefully because it was night. I only remember that the tall white city wall on the outside, which could still be seen clearly in the dark night, was so conspicuous in the surrounding wasteland.
It wasn't until today that Liu Ye discovered the extraordinaryness and amazement of this city.
Even in modern times, it is surprising that the snow-white walls are made of countless white marbles. The cold of the morning condensed into hoarfrost and dew, reflecting a wet light in front of the rising sun, like pearls on a plate.
Liu Ye really couldn't understand how the city wall could be kept so clean in such a dense environment of radiation dust. You know, even in modern times, it is not easy to keep a building white, at least it is expensive.
But the city wall in front of me not only did it, but it did it quite well. The snow-white castle stood like a white giant on the barren plain, looking down with disdain on its own kind that had collapsed on the ruins in the distance.
Suddenly, Liu Ye finally saw something that could answer the question in his heart.
As he got closer, tiny black dots appeared on the giant in the distance, crawling up and down his massive body.
The camera zoomed in, and the black dot turned out to be a large number of people, busy wiping the surrounding city walls. Unexpectedly, the modern "Spider-Man" profession has survived in this apocalyptic world, and it has been promoted even more.
However, what made Liu Ye feel incredible was that in this environment where human beings would easily become the food in the belly of other creatures, the people here did not work hard to survive, but started the work of "beautifying the city".
According to Maslow's theory of needs, survival is the first and lowest need. Only when the lowest survival needs are met will there be higher sexual needs and grooming and higher needs. But the scene in front of him obviously subverted Lao Liu's cognition, or did the people of Bailu City already meet the needs of survival, so they would carry out such an inappropriate behavior in the end land in front of them?
Liu Ye would rather believe that the people in the city are crazy than believe that they have solved the problem of survival. Judging from his confrontation with the guards of Bailu City at the gate of the city that day, if the people in the city had reached their average water level, they might be able to barely make ends meet, but they would never have reached the so-called situation of worrying about food and clothing.
According to the experience of the mimicrians he snatched, there are still many super mutant creatures in this world that far exceed people's imagination, and it is said that the strength has surpassed that of Mo Zhi'an, who is a knight. Therefore, this is also the reason why the Anthropomorphic Religion and the Security City can only be cowered in one place at present, and dare not develop excessively.
In the depths of this area, there is a powerful existence that the Anthropomorphic Sect does not dare to provoke easily, so Bai Lu City, which is roughly equivalent in strength, will not reach the level that Liu Ye expected. According to his observations, it was impossible to fully feed the people of a city with the barrenness of this wasteland, and it was necessary to cross the border to reach the rich mountains and forests.
It's just that if you want to get there, you have to face the level of the alien beast, and the current strength of Bailu City is far from enough. Even if you are a meat breeder, you can't feed everyone.
What is it that makes these people abandon the need to survive and take on such a dangerous and strange job?
Liu Ye slowly walked towards Bailu City with such questions, at first, maybe it was the influence of Feng Bailu, which made him have a good impression of Bailu City. But now he gradually feels that maybe this white city is not as safe and beautiful as he thought.
Where will there be a true Pure Land in the last days......