Chapter 642: Antecedents and Consequences
The Visitor from Hell gave me an indifferent look and did not answer the question directly.
He continued.
"In 1993, when the three of us fell into the underground world full of white grass and ears of grain, I clearly remember what Lao Wu said. He said that it is warm in winter and cool in summer, rich in products, and free of wind and sand, which is a hundred times stronger than that of Yatur village.
"Don't forget, Wu Wanchun said this at the end of the 20th century, before the 20th century, human beings have been living in the era of nomadism, farming, and even long-term slash-and-burn farming.
"Don't forget, here in the Western Regions, from history, here is barren, the climate is harsh, and the war is constant, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army and the Turks frequently fought in the Western Regions, and the southern Tibetans also eyed this group of small city-states.
"At that time, the common people wanted to find a home like the underground world, it was like going to heaven - it was hard to find a Garden of Eden, how could they be willing to leave there and return to the surface world where the wind and sand were raging, and there was little food and clothing?"
The words of the visitor from hell made me suddenly realize.
That's right, the paradise that mankind has dreamed of in the history of mankind is to be fed and clothed without strife. The West Night Country is in the heart of the desert, even after entering the twentieth century, the surrounding area is still a desert as far as the eye can see, in the face of this lifeless world, how can they be willing to leave the small comfort nest underground?
I was about to ask again, but Shen Yu grabbed the corner of my clothes. She gave me a look, and I immediately realized—the visitor from hell was talking in good spirits, so why should I interrupt him with questions?
He continued: "There are a group of devil-like mandrills in the West Night Country, and it is not difficult for them to keep digging and leveling the sand dunes, but the average Chinese people are reluctant to go out and wade into danger, so the two groups of people in Yuanyuan Mountain and Beiyuan Mountain are actually descendants of the Wang Wu clan. They are the protectors of the people of the Western Nights, both nobles and generals.
"After Chai Zhewei withdrew his troops, he still set up a beacon guard near Huggandu City to monitor the people of the Western Night. So later, the Western Night Kingdom also sent scouts to Hexi to look out at the Central Plains to prevent the Tang army from returning, in fact, they had no intention of invading the East, just to keep the 'heaven' of the underground world. ”
"Then why did they come to Weiyang later?"
The Visitors to Hell let out a mysterious laugh.
"The reason why there is an underground paradise in the Western Night Country is because there is an endless supply of 'Red Lotus' to provide energy. But unfortunately, after 1,300 years, the energy of the red lotus will be exhausted, so the mandrills moved inward, and under the call of strange forces, they came here by mistake and began the process of 'rebuilding heaven'. ”
"Recreate Heaven?" I was shocked, "Are you saying that the faceless men came to Weiyang just to create the same world underneath here?" ”
"That's right, you've been to the Tomb of King Deer Hill too, right?" The Visitor from Hell asked.
"Do you know about the tomb of King Deerhill?" I asked rhetorically in surprise.
The Visitors to Hell smiled disdainfully.
"I've become like this, I can't die, I can't live, I don't even want to sleep, I wander the city all day, looking for traces of mandrills, and all the wind and grass can't hide from my eyes.
"The line of Niangniang Temple, I have been eyeing it for a long time, and I can recognize Wu Wanchun and Xiao Wolfzi turning to ashes. But I didn't expect that the mandrill was also interested in them.
"When I found the tomb of King Deerhill, I thought the mandrills would make it their base. But I obviously thought too much, they just wanted to kill two people and recapture the three red lotus seeds that the Kui family had kept for generations. ”
"Red lotus seeds? Are they the three pearls of Kui Laokun? I asked.
"Or else?"
"Under Weiyang, is there a space like Huqian Valley City?" Shen Yu couldn't help but ask at this time.
"Who knows? I haven't found it anyway, and neither have the mandrills. "They're doing that ritual to summon Moreau, though." ”
"The Ten Evils? More than a thousand years ago, the people of the Western Night Kingdom also engaged in the Ten Evil Rituals? ”
"That's right, the "Ancient Book of the Western Night" on Bayeux is clearly written, 'Destroy the ten evils to serve the gods, and open the beard to cover the eternals'. It's just that the 1,300-year-old Western Night Kingdom doesn't care about indiscriminate at all, and kills people when they see them.
They believed that anyone who did not believe in Moreau must have evil in their hearts, and they believed that it was because of the murderous spirit and the erection of the Colossus that the gods gave them an underground Garden of Eden.
So, 1,300 years later, they found Weiyang, the promised land of the gods, and tried to summon Moreau by killing again, and recreate an eternal underground paradise for them.
"It's just that, after 1,300 years of intensive study of the doctrine, they understand that the 'Ten Evils' ritual doesn't actually need to kill so many people at all, and it takes so much effort - you see, after killing a few people, the sky began to have visions frequent, and the entrances to the underground world have already appeared......"
"The entrance to the underground world is a sinkhole, right?"
"That's right, and this time, it's a sinkhole on a larger scale than the Western Night—the Ancient Book is right, Moreau can be summoned to come, and he will give the red lotus to the mandrills, and rule the world with them......"
As he said this, the Visitor from Hell kept staring out the window, his tone getting heavier and heavier.
"His Heaven, My Hell. These demons must not be allowed to create hell on earth again! ”
"However, the ground a thousand years ago cannot be compared with the underground world, but a thousand years later, the ground is already a hundred times stronger than the underground! Why should they be obsessed with creating another one? ”
The visitor from hell turned, and he removed the black cloth that half covered his face.
His face was pale red with flesh and blood, and his features were so mutilated that I didn't even dare to look at him.
"Mr. Yan, do you think my face can gain a foothold in this world? Is Xiao Wolfzi's face okay? Is it okay for those devilish mandrills? We are ugly, we drink blood, can we see this bizarre and busy world? Will you treat us as monsters, enemies, or slaves?
"If I endure discrimination, abuse, and hostility in this world, and if I can't find my place here, then I must yearn for a world that I can control! Isn't the devil a devil because he can't be accepted into heaven? ”
"What about Nie Qing? Who is she? Why did the mandrills have to find Kui Zanxin, and could that fish-faced boy really help summon Moreau? ”
The Visitor from Hell laughed, his bare lips turned out, the flesh beds on his gums exposed. He covered half of his face with a black cloth again, and said, "That Nie Qing is just the leader of the Xiao Ren Group, and only Kui Zanxin is the descendant of the pure bloodline Wang Wu."
"But I want to remind you that the police can't catch Nie Qing so easily, she must have another purpose when she enters the police station, you have to do it yourself."