Chapter 61: Preparing for War

The skilled Fiji people quickly built three huge ships for the streamer. Of course, during this period, the streamers also helped a lot, using their unique ability to drain the moisture out of the wood, otherwise it would be difficult to complete it before the end of the year. After all, Honia is very humid this season, and it will take a long time to wait until the wood is naturally dry before using it.

Although there were only three ships, the project was still very large, and almost all of the Fiji people who migrated to Honia were involved. The Streamers were two or three times taller than the Lepelians, and each ship had to accommodate about 3,000 Streamers, but fortunately there was no need to carry a lot of food on the ship, or else there would be a few more ships, in which case, the Streamers would have to wait until next year to set off.

After the ship was built, the day of sailing finally approached. Shi Jia Yan originally planned to personally lead the voyage and send the streamers to the west coast of the Eastern Continent, and after they successfully landed, he would bring the three large ships back to Honia. But the day before her departure, she suddenly received a worrying news that forced her to abandon her plan to lead the voyage herself.

The reason is this, a few days ago, Shi Jiayan saw that the living conditions of this group of young people in Honia had been basically stable, and with the approval of King Savoy, the two sides had eliminated their hostility and made a pact to create a peaceful future in the western continent. Therefore, Shi Jiayan wanted to bring the women, children and old men who remained in the old Fiji City in the West Sea to the Western Continent as soon as possible. However, when the ship sent out to pick up the people returned, it did not bring back any of the people from the old city, but only one piece of news.

"Chief, we didn't go back to the Old City, we turned back halfway. The young man explained with a worried look on his face that he was one of the young men who had been sent back to the Old City to pick up his people. "Because, we saw the warships of the Eastern Continent in the West Sea, about two thousand ......"

"Ships, are they...... Are you heading in the direction of Suolong?" said Shi Jiayan in surprise.

"Yes, it seems that the war in the Western Continent is imminent, so we have to turn back directly. The young man replied.

"It was my negligence, although I had expected it, but I didn't expect the army from the Eastern Continent to come so quickly, and I really shouldn't have picked them up at such a time. Shi Jiayan frowned slightly, worried.

"Chief, do you want to tell the streamers the news as well, if they help......" The young man hesitated.

"No, don't say a word, let them set sail for the Eastern Continent tomorrow as originally planned. Shi Jiayan interrupted the young man's words and said firmly, "The Western Continent is now our home, and it should be guarded by us, this is our own war. ”

"Then who will lead the ship tomorrow? When the streamers come ashore, we will bring all the ships back...... Is it for Captain Assi?" asked the young man again.

"Let me think again......" Shi Jiayan hesitated, because the war on the Western Continent was imminent, so Assi couldn't leave.

At this moment, a sudden sound of footsteps came from far and near, and the half-hidden door was quickly pushed open from the outside. The two men in the room turned their heads to see Mirai Sukarlana walking towards them.

Seeing him looking at him gloomily, Shi Jiayan asked, "What's wrong?"

"Tomorrow, I'll lead the way, right?" Future had a slight look of farewell on his face, although he was very reluctant, but he was very determined.

Shi Jiayan was sure that Future hadn't heard what they had just said, and that the sudden appearance at this time should be just a coincidence. However, she was not surprised by her future decisions. In fact, I already had a hunch that this upright, stubborn and persistent young man would one day find his own way. No matter how rough and confusing the road is, he will use his own way to solve all the confusion. It's just that this time, the day of goodbye is probably far away. After all, he is the person who has been with her for nearly ten years, and she watched him slowly grow from a young and paranoid boy to a handsome and upright young man, and it is reasonable to be a little reluctant.

But even so, Shi Jiayan would not stop him from moving forward, and he didn't want to add to his troubles, so he didn't plan to reveal the news of the war to him, so he nodded directly and responded: "Okay, you go! Follow the streamer and take a good look at the world again." Sometimes, we have to look at ourselves through the eyes of others so that we can see our true selves. ”

The future glanced at Shi Jiayan deeply, his blue eyes were full of melancholy and nostalgia, and finally turned around ruthlessly, but before he walked out of the door, he suddenly turned around, his expression was a little hesitant, and there was some warmth that he had never seen before, and he said softly: "Can I ask you a question?"

Shi Jiayan looked up at him slightly, with a faint smile on his face: "What do you want to ask?"

"What do you want most in your heart?" Future's gaze locked tightly on Shi Jiayan's warm blue eyes, never allowing her answer to be perfunctory, so he deliberately added, "I am asking about your own wishes, not the responsibilities of those so-called leaders. ”

"Myself?" Shi Jiayan looked through the open door, looking at the endless sky outside, and after a moment's pause, he said as if casually, "It would be very pleasant to be able to walk freely to every corner of the world......

Although her tone sounded a little casual, she knew in the future that this was Shi Jiadi's thoughts, and it had nothing to do with the Fiji tribe, nor her identity and responsibility. So, Future Sukarlana carefully memorized these words word by word.

On the second day, Shi Jiayan selected another sixty young people and asked them to send the streamers across the West Sea with the future. After the future and the streamers have landed on the Eastern Continent, these young people will bring the three big ships back to Honia.

When he set sail, he did not explain the reason for the sudden abandonment of the pilot, and the priest of Sirven did not ask anything, as if he already knew it.

They stood on the shore, watching the three large ships drift away, until they were almost out of sight, and Shi Jiayan still did not retract his gaze. So, Assi had to remind him loudly: "Go back, don't forget that his name is Future Sukaranna, the guy surnamed Sukaranna, whether it is good or bad, he will not die so easily, you don't need to worry about him at all." ”

"Ha, you're right. Shi Jiayan was immediately amused by Assy, and finally withdrew his gaze and returned to the city side by side with Assy.

But what they didn't know was that the young man named Future Sukaranna, until the coastline of the Western Continent had completely disappeared from view for a long time, was still standing at the stern of the ship, silently looking in the direction from which he came, and was reluctant to turn around for a long time......

The current Suolong City is no longer the decadent appearance after the sandstorm. A new capital city is gradually showing its magnificent form, and although it is still a little far from its previous scale, people's lives are basically restored. The most gratifying thing about this period is that due to the promulgation of the new system and the hard work of the half-bloods after that, the new city and its surroundings began to slowly cover with a layer of fresh green, making Suolong look vibrant, inside and out.

Despite the imminent East-West War, Tusalon ultimately vetoed plans to build a new ship.

In fact, at the beginning of the preparation for the war, he did have the idea of building a ship to fight and taking the lead in intercepting the troops of the Eastern Continent at sea before they landed. During that time, he even made a trip to the Sylvenian Forest. But it was in that forest that he finally made up his mind to give up the plan to build a ship completely.

Because, that forest full of life, he felt a little embarrassed. The Streamers, who he once regarded as an intruder, have protected the forest so well, while they, the indigenous people, have been destroying everywhere. Tusaron couldn't remember how long it had been since he had paid attention to creatures other than his clansmen and hunting beasts, so he was suddenly struck by the strange and innocent beauty of life in the forest.

He was standing under a towering tree, which he had never seen before and which could not be encircled by ten men holding hands. Tusalon touched the thick bark and looked up at the trunk, but he couldn't see the top. It is so huge, towering into the sky, if it is given a chance to continue to grow, one day, it will climb to the top of the tree, and maybe reach out and touch the moon in the sky.

"If you hadn't been cut down, you'd probably have lived another thousand years, wouldn't you? But I won't live to that time anyway, and now I don't seem superior to you. Tusalon couldn't help but sigh, and for some reason, an inexplicable sense of pride arose. "How many ancient and gigantic beings are left in this land over which I rule, and you are all my people, and you should have been protected by me. It is the most basic responsibility of a king to make the country rich and strong, and to make the land prosperous, but I have never seriously understood you before. I have heard that you possess no less wisdom and strength than the Savoyards, so you should be able to understand what I am saying today, and I know that the sandstorm that destroyed the city of Solong was your challenge and punishment to me, for I have failed to do my duty as a king. But, one day, I will make you, like all the Savoyards, submit to my wise rule, willingly accept my protection, and let the Savoy kingdom prosper and live forever......"

This trip to the forest made Tusalon realize more clearly that if he cut down these trees now to build ships, the next sandstorm would soon engulf the entire Western Continent. At that time, the Savoyard people may all be wiped out, and no one will be spared, and no one will see the future. Although it is indeed a great risk for the Sava people to let the army of the Eastern Continent fight on the shore, with the brave combat strength of the Sava people, they may not necessarily be defeated. So, in contrast, if they give up logging and shipbuilding now, the survival rate and the chances of seeing the future are greater.

For all these reasons, Tusalon decided not to cut down and build ships for the time being, and even more, this is the only large forest left in the entire southern region. Now that I think about it, the truth is really as the streamer said, as long as a seed of peace is sown in the soul, the mood will also change, and the earth will naturally be full of vitality. He had now finally grasped the deeper meaning of the streamerman's words.

"It was all true, and when I longed for peace and prosperity, I consciously moved in this direction in what I thought and did, and I was able to discover many things that I had never noticed before, and I was suddenly enlightened and fearless. I seem to have felt the power of my soul, the invisible power that is changing me, and I have never been so sure that I have the power to change the future of this land, it is incredible!"

After returning from the forest to Suolong, Tusaron spent the whole day alone and quietly, reviewing over and over again every battle he had experienced with the Streamers, and realizing more and more that they really didn't need to rush to build ships in the scarcity of forest resources. Just like the Streamers have done before, just intercept the enemy on the coast and try your best to prevent them from landing and destroying, or just use the enemy ship as a battlefield. Tusalon was convinced that with the strength of the Savoyards, he would be able to stop the Lepelians, who were scheming and mediocre in physical prowess.

The southeastern coastline of the Western Continent is a long, gentle stretch of sand, and the construction of any fortress near the port of Solong will not do much good, and the walls of the city will not be built in a short time, so there is no need to think about it.

The Sava people were mostly concentrated in the city of Solong, so the army of the eastern continent was bound to land near the port of Solong. If they landed from other shores far from the city, the Lepelians would have to travel long distances to the city with a large amount of military supplies. In that case, not only would the physical strength of the soldiers be consumed, but the limited amount of food that would be transported by ship from the Eastern Continent would not be able to meet the needs of the huge army in a long-term war. Unless the Lepelians were confident that they would be able to completely defeat the Savoyard in a very short period of time and successfully occupy the Western Continent, they would have to fight hungry.

Therefore, the Savoyard people mainly set up their defenses around the port of Solong. Of course, this is all just Tussalon's own analysis. In fact, the army of the Eastern Continent is indeed full of self-confidence, and their self-confidence does not only stem from the huge number of soldiers, but also from those new weapons with powerful lethality.

The Savoyard people have admired their wild fighting power since ancient times, so for thousands of years, they have forged almost all hand-held weapons that are easy to carry around. Except for some chain carts and thorn nets given by the Lepeilian people in the Eastern Continent in recent years in order to provoke the Sava people and the streamers to kill each other, so as to take advantage of the fishermen, the Sava people have indeed not built any weapons of mass destruction.

The Lepeilian people in the Eastern Continent are different. Because of their dominance at the center of world civilization since ancient times, their pampered habits, and their relatively weak constitution, they have developed a variety of cultural ways to cope with their biological limitations, which are used to arm themselves, including defensive buildings, health medicine, and so on. In order to fight their opponents and seize resources, they are especially obsessed with weapons development and war, but do not think about the consequences that will follow. Throughout history, new and dangerous weapons have been developed, and they are still proud of their current use of weapons that are mostly used for cannibalism and environmental destruction.

However, in the long history of the development of weapons, there is a fact that the Lepelian people have always been unwilling to admit and have never kept silent. That is, for millennia, no matter how many weapons they invented, and no matter how many times the power of those weapons increased, in no war in history have they ever really defeated a foreigner who has always fought with their hands, not even killing one of them.

This shocking fact seems to reveal that the Lepelian people have not made any progress, and the results of more than a thousand years of hard work cannot change their weak constitution and arrogant and greedy nature, and there is hardly any breakthrough in their own biological limitations. In order to protect themselves and survive, they have spent a lot of money and imagination to improve their weapons, but the ever-changing weapons are gradually destroying their living environment. Is there something that has turned the cart before the horse in the direction of the development of the civilization of the Lepelian people? Is it true that the prosperity and decay and backwardness of a group depend only on the degree of sophistication of weapons? Of course, in the war of self-defense and the war of aggression, it is an undeniable fact that weapons do play a very important and decisive role in the outcome of the war. However, the biological limitations of the Lepelian people are not beneficial, and breakthrough changes can be obtained by advanced weapons alone, right?

But in the three hundred years since the aliens disappeared, the Lepelians have written about their great achievements in order to be admired by future generations, so that future generations will take many fallacies as common sense, so that they will gradually forget the real facts. If people had committed themselves to improving their own limitations for long-term development, rather than promoting their superiority by blindly degrading other races, perhaps they would have been able to develop a better civilization, but perhaps because they shouted the loudest and obscured the truth, the blind adherence of the people was also prone to believe the truth and become complacent.