140 · confused
Childhood memories gradually recovered, and Qi Qi remembered some clips of getting along with Hao, he slowly flapped his wings, and hovered low in the military position in a distraught manner, and the birds under him all straightened up to look for clues of human beings in order to make Qi Qi feel the momentum of the front line.
A few days ago, Qi Qi wanted to leave after learning the news that "Hao was going to the country of fengfeng", but although he was a noble person, he still could not disobey the military order, and he was forbidden to go there when the situation in the north of the country was unclear. The military order had to be obeyed, and he had to stay in the camp with nothing to do, while nagging his father why he did not give him privileges.
"Haven't found a clue yet?" Poor Qi flew impatiently to the osprey, and the howling wind blew the osprey's feathers crookedly.
"Not yet. The osprey frowned, "There is no trace of humans in the rear position, they seem to have evaporated." ”
"Humans have occupied the South for hundreds of years, and may have secretly built many camps that we don't know about. "A bird general analyzed.
"Will it be underground?" asked Qiqi.
"We inspected all the caves, and the entrances and exits of each place were marked in detail on the map. ”
"Did they destroy the entrance?"
After arriving at the front line, Qiqi felt more and more that this war was so strange and obscure, completely unrelated to the heroic deeds of the heroes he had heard about when he was a child, and there was no magnificent scene on the battlefield where the bird army broke down the human army, and there was no secret contest between spies. There is only a calm day on the front line. An ominous premonition had been brewing in his heart for a long time, and he was worried about the safety of his country on the one hand, and the human invasion of his country on the other. The cunning and weak humans seem to have laid everything out a long time ago, just waiting for the bird country to fall into the trap. This feeling has become his biggest nightmare.
He would fly to the command camp five or six times a day, tirelessly asking for the latest information brought back by the reconnaissance birds, but without exception, "no human whereabouts were found".
Where did they go? Poor Qi racked his brains and couldn't figure out why. The south is the South China Sea, which is impossible to cross, and the east has been controlled by the bird army, and the situation in the west is not the responsibility of the bird army here, but the information from there can also know that there is only one human organization in the west that calls itself the "Ye Gang", and they are already struggling to survive.
So many prisoners, so many aborigines, where have they all disappeared?
"Does my father know about the current situation?"
"Emperor Shaohao knows. He sent us a message yesterday and will personally come to the front line in two days to supervise the battle. ”
"Father is coming?"
"That's right. ”
Yesterday got the news of the osprey was also surprised, Emperor Shaohao has always lived in a simple place, only commanding the war in the bird country, even when he fought with the Yellow Emperor, he came to the front line after the attack on Phoenix, that is, on the eve of the end of the war...... This time, Emperor Shaohao actually arrived at the front line in person so early.
The osprey was uneasy.
Could it be that this war has ended with the defeat of mankind? They have not even officially fought each other, and even the Yellow Emperor Mountain, which symbolizes the victory of mankind, has become a paradise for birds, this is by no means the reaction of human beings, at least before the war, even Emperor Shaohao had mentioned this situation.
Now it must be out of the control of Emperor Shaohao...... A rainstorm seemed to be coming.
In the distance, a familiar birdsong was heard, it was a group of scout birds returning, and they asked hopelessly what news they had brought back.
"Report to your Excellency, you have found the body of Lord Hao, as well as the body of Huang Aimian. ”
Qi Qi was suddenly in good spirits.
He had expected Hao's death, so he only sighed lightly, remembering this old friend with whom he had a very shallow relationship, and secretly vowed in his heart that he would avenge him.
The reaction of the others varied, but the famous Bird Warrior was undoubtedly a great loss of strength to the Bird Army, and talk about who the perpetrators were quickly spread in the camp, but the Scout Bird had only brought back one piece of information so far: the head had been cut off by a knife.
He gave more importance to the latter than to the confirmation of his death.
"Huang Waimian's corpse?" Qi Qi chewed on this sentence repeatedly. Isn't Huang Aimian a "prisoner"? A prisoner will not die, where does the corpse come from?
The astute osprey was also aware of this, and almost unanimously demanded that the scout bird report the details.
After listening to the report, the osprey first said:
"Huang Aimian's body is intact, but it does not mean that he is dead, according to records, the prisoners once organized a grand event called 'moving the mountain', they thought that Yunhuo could end their lives, so they piled up the mountain to the sky, but Yunhuo only burned the prisoner's body, and his soul would still be revived and reshaped with flesh and mud. ”
After all, he knew, that this was the origin of the central mountain, and in this regard, he admired the ignorant and stubborn will of human beings.
"So, Huang Aimian turned himself into a meat paste in order to avoid our pursuit?"
"It's likely that this is the case, the meat puree is easy to hide, and it is difficult to find without careful searching. ”
"But how did it manage to turn back into flesh puree? its body was split in two, and it wasn't eaten by wild beasts, and it wasn't burned to death by cloud fire—as far as I know, there are only two ways for prisoners to turn back into meat puree, right?"
Humans are looking for weaknesses in birds, and birds have not slackened over the years. They have a special organization to study all kinds of different aborigines, especially spend a lot of energy on the study of "prisoners", those who have immortal bodies are different from ordinary aborigines, they seem to be invaders from other places, they are ruthless, cruel and resourceful, even the tribe of the Yellow Emperor, the hero of mankind, was slaughtered by them, is the most unpredictable factor in the birdman war.
The osprey also knows something about Huang Aimian. It was more extreme than the other prisoners, who would cry wolf because of the punishment, and it never showed this emotion, which frightened the osprey.
However, Emperor Shaohao seemed to have a different opinion of it, even if it betrayed the Bird Kingdom, Emperor Shaohao was not angry, but showed his understanding of this betrayal - the osprey saw that Huang Aimian was extraordinary.
He snorted.
"He found a new way. ”
Qi Qi was annoyed: "What a troublesome guy! he probably told the others about us." ”
The osprey looked serious.
The pursuit of Huang Aimian had already begun, but I didn't expect that the betrayer would abandon his body and turn back into a body of flesh, and he might have escaped from under his eyelids, leaving behind the aftermath without searching more carefully, leaving the osprey haunted.
"Osprey," Poor Qi glared menacingly, "I must get out of here." My father's order to me is to bring back Huang Aimian, I must no longer condone its behavior, you trap me here for a day, it is a dereliction of duty to all the birds in the bird country!"
The osprey looked at Qiqi hesitantly.
"Where are you going to find Huang Aimian?"
"Let's look for clues from where his body was found—just south of the Windbreak, right?" he looked at the Scout Bird, who nodded repeatedly.
"The windbreak has a giant ......," the osprey reminded.
"Giants, do you think they're still there?" Quaki guessed, "Everyone, the human beings are gone, the giants are also humans, and they are definitely gone." Scout birds!" he snapped, "Did you see giants along the way?"
"Back to my lord, I haven't found the whereabouts of the giant. ”
"How?" said Poor, triumphantly.
The osprey could not afford this responsibility, and besides, Lord Qiqi was a bird personally sent by Emperor Shaohao to find Huang Mourning, so he might have let him leave the camp a long time ago.
"Since you said that, ...... your lordship?"
The osprey looked left and right, wanting to see what the other generals had to say, but the yellow-eyed birds deliberately avoided it. Lord Qiqi is sensitive and noble, and they should not let him be in danger in terms of duty, but the capture of Huang Aimian is even more urgent, once Huang Aimian successfully merges with the disappeared human tribe, it will be a heavy and even fatal blow to the bird country, and the knowledge in its mind will become an invisible weapon.
Whether to let Qi Qi leave the barracks, the key lies in Emperor Shaohao's thoughts. Is he more concerned about the bigger picture, or is he more concerned about his son's life......
If he defeated Emperor Shaohao a year ago, he would definitely not hesitate to order his children to charge into battle, but after losing the phoenix in a battle with the Yellow Emperor, his greatness seemed to have converged a lot.
The osprey suddenly understood why Emperor Shaohao didn't give an order to let Qi Qi leave. He was no longer able to make such a choice in his heart, so he handed over the future of Qiqi to the generals on the front line.
What a cunning tactic...... The osprey smiled wryly. His gaze gradually became cold, and through the majestic posture of Qi Qi, he seemed to see the scene of discussing the war with Emperor Shaohao hundreds of years ago.
"I allow my lord to leave and go to the country of the wind. ”
"Good. "Poor Qi doesn't know how many waves the osprey has experienced in just a few seconds, he has a naïve and determined gaze, as if he was born to fight for one goal.
The same was true of them in the past.
The osprey straightened up and watched as Qi Qi grabbed the ignorant Yumin and rushed out of the camp.
"Why do you want to take her......" The osprey muttered to himself, unable to comprehend Emperor Shaohao's intentions.