Chapter 53: The Island Hostages
Seeing this, Ruan Yin and Yun Hanying also joined the fight. Soon, a group of people fell to the ground. When the remaining soldiers saw that there were only a dozen or so of their people left, they exchanged glances at each other, and then they all turned around and fled, disappearing from everyone's sight.
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Ice arrows fell from the sky in the summer of Pi Kingdom, and the angry message spread very quickly like a crazy tide, and in less than a day, it reached the military camps on the front line. The soldiers of the army were panicked and discouraged, fought several battles with Di Guo, lost several cities in succession, and ended in surrender.
Di Guo.
"Your Majesty, good news came from the front line, saying that the general had won a complete victory in this battle! Jingcheng has been breached! ”
"Yay! Yay! Spread the order, you must treat the soldiers in the city today! When I come back, I will be rewarded! ”
"Yes."
Beigong Cen Mei danced and said: "Han'er, my father told you not to worry!" No, those who lost have won back! Hahaha......"
"Father, but it is said that the discouragement of the soldiers of the Pi State is because of the ice arrows falling from the sky all over the city one day."
"Ice arrows falling from the sky hahaha, it seems that even God is helping me, Di Guo is destined to rule Pi Kingdom, I can't escape!"
Beigong Han didn't think so, and frowned: This ice arrow is not groundless, it is clearly the Ice Clan's doing. How could they break their oath and run to the Shenzhou Continent to spread wild? What is the purpose?
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"Uh-huh-" The blue water lapped against the shore, creating a snow-white foam that quickly disappeared. As far as the eye can see, there is an isolated island floating on the sea. The island is covered in towering trees, as if it had never been explored. The sky is extremely quiet, and the crisp sound of the waves crashing on the shore is even more audible.
Shang Jin and Liu Shiyi stood on the seashore, looking at the seemingly uninhabited desert island. Liu Shiyi suggests:
"Childe, this water is quite deep, why don't you build a ship to go over?" As soon as the words fell, there was a shock on his head. Shang Jin frowned and scolded:
"Liu Shiyi, are you stupid? We were in a hurry a few days ago, and today we arrived at our destination, but you said that you should calm down and make a boat? The ship is ready, and the water in this sea is distilled! Besides, make a boat a boat, to put it lightly, will you do it?! ”
"I ...... I thought Childe would. Liu Shiyi shrunk his neck, said weakly, and then asked:
"What can you do, son?"
Shang Jin shook his head and sighed, "What is the use of this son taking you out?" What else can you do besides eating and sleeping? Well, voila! With the palm of his right hand facing upwards and spreading out, a thin piece of ice appeared in his hand. Unexpectedly, under the scorching sun, it quickly turned into water vapor and disappeared. Shang Jin raised his eyebrows in surprise: How did it melt so quickly? It seems that the heat here is still underestimated.
The second piece of ice was much larger than the previous one, and Shang Jin pushed it to the shore, and with his left hand, he stored spiritual power and covered it with the ice chips. After a while, the ice flakes became the size of a fishing boat and increased in thickness by five inches. Liu Shiyi praised in surprise:
"Childe, you're still thoughtful!" Shang Jin twitched the corners of his mouth, pushed the ice into the river, stepped on it first, and said:
"The ice is very slippery, you come up lightly, don't accidentally slide into the sea, I'm not going to be able to do anything." He stretched out his hand, Liu Shiyi held it, and his heart was moved: Although Gongzi didn't say it, he was actually very worried about him! Woowoo...... It wasn't until he stepped on the ice that he knew what a real "slippery" was: if the soles of his shoes could not stick to the ice like nails, as soon as a small wave hit, the ice would start to shake from side to side, and the sea would be washed onto the ice, and there was a danger of sinking at any time. Shang Jin used the skate blade in his hand as an oar to paddle the water, making the ice move faster. The island is getting closer and closer to them, and Liu Shiyi's heart is relieved: Fortunately, the son's speed is fast......
Suddenly, there was a "boom" and the ice seemed to hit the reef. Just listening to the crisp sound of "click", the ice surface cracked a thin mark, and gradually became bigger and bigger.
Shang Jin was anxious, seeing that the island was already close in front of him, he took a deep breath, jumped over, and hung half of his body on the flat land of the island. He supported it with his hand, did not dare to delay for a moment, stretched out his hand, and shouted at Liu Shiyi below:
"Give me your hand!" Liu Shiyi reached out to reach it, and at this time, a gust of summer wind blew, pushing the ice away from the island again, and Shang Jin used too much force and almost fell into the sea.
The "click" ice piece broke into two, but fortunately, Liu Shiyi walked to the first half in time, and now he can only barely shrink into a ball. He swiped lightly with his sword with one hand, keeping his balance on the one hand, and Shang Jin watched nervously, his brows twisted into a twist.
The scorching sun scorched the earth, and the rate at which the ice flakes melted gradually increased. Liu Shiyi gradually approached the island, and the ice where he was constantly flooded up, Shang Jin leaned out half of his body, stretched out his hand and pulled hard. Almost at the same time, the piece of ice that Liu Shiyi was stepping on sank to the bottom of the sea and disappeared.
"Ah......h
After resting, Shang Jin patted his ass and got up, and he and Liu Shiyi went deep into the interior of the wild island from the path. I couldn't see anything from the outside, but when I walked in, I found that the island was blooming with all kinds of flowers and plants, because no one took care of them, the vines grew wantonly, and some of them climbed willfully to the middle of the road. There were many flowers and plants that they had never seen before, and both of them were extra careful not to touch those strange plants. Shang Jin raised his eyebrows and wondered: Wild Island...... Listening to the name, he thought it was an area where the land was barren and there were no green trees. Now I look at it, where is this wild island, the flowers and trees are even more lush than the backyard of the Shang Mansion.
The vines blocking the road in front of him seemed to have been trimmed, and the field of vision gradually widened, and in the distance, a black dilapidated city gate appeared, and the gray and black city walls and pheasant moats were faintly visible.
Was this a city? Shang Jin was surprised and looked at the city gate. Like the empty cities they had passed along the way, there was not a single figure on the empty streets. Is this a trick to lure them in? Shang Jin had no doubt that the old man of the Ice City had learned of his whereabouts and was waiting for the rabbit in the city. He withdrew his gaze, stood where he was, and after a long thought, muttered:
"Savage Island is so big, there should be many entrances, right? Since the main entrance is here, we must not enter from here. "He stood, and brought up a gust of wind,
"Eleven, let's go from the side and see what's going on in the city." He still remembers the day when the ice snail was inducted, and his father said that he was moved to a hut by the sea. He hadn't seen the hut yet, so he thought it was on the other side of the island.
"Childe, the road ahead is blocked." Liu Shiyi said.
Shang Jin came back to his senses, pulled out the ice knife on his waist, and slashed hard. The branches that stood in the way were easily cut down, revealing a narrow space for only one person to pass through. But before they could take a few steps, they were stopped by a new branch.
Half an hour passed, and the two finally saw a ramp leading to the city after splitting the tangled creeper. Shang Jin vaguely saw the dilapidated gray tiles, estimated that the two of them had already walked halfway to the wild island, and glanced at Liu Shiyi, and the two of them carefully touched into the city one after the other. The city was extremely quiet, and they walked cautiously against the white wall, but suddenly heard a voice from the seemingly abandoned hut, Shang Jin frowned, looked around, and went up with his ears attached:
"Mother! Mother! How are you! ”
"Ahem, ahem...... Mother is fine, Hu'er don't worry. ”
"Ah Hu, don't blame me for being too talkative. Not to mention that your mother used to have tuberculosis, has she eaten good food since she was locked up here? So they found some fruit for us on the island. A basket of fruit, a hundred or so people in the town, is not enough at all. Even if you don't get sick, you're sick now. They don't care about any of that, as long as we don't die. ”
"That's right, Ah Hu. Who is the boy who came to your house in the first place? Not to mention attracting this enemy, it also affected us. ”
"I don't know...... But he's a good guy, and he doesn't want to, so don't say that. Ah Hu's voice came.
Shang Jin's pupils shrank, his heart was like a knife, and the fist on his side trembled with anger: McGee! What a heinous bastard you are! It's not enough to imprison my father, why kidnap these innocent people! Why??? They thought that they would be carefree if they lived in a nameless town, but how could they have thought that their lives would be threatened because of themselves, a strange passerby......
He gritted his teeth tightly, slashed with his knife, cut the chain, and the door creaked open. There was no light in the house, but at this time, the sunlight from the outside world came in directly, illuminating people's emaciated and pale faces, Shang Jin's heart trembled, and he blamed himself beyond measure.
"Shang Jin?!" Ah Hu was surprised.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's all my fault...... I'll find a way to get you out. Shang Jin kept muttering and repeating those three words, lowering his eyes.
"They don't say there are thirty or forty people, but there are only two of you, how can you save us out?" An old man next to him frowned.
"Yes, it's impossible, you can't get out......" The others said with gloomy faces, despair flashing in their godless eyes.
"Anyway, I'll do my best." His hoarse voice was dyed with a thick apology: "I'm really sorry......"
"Brother Shang, don't do this. Wicked people are everywhere, they want to do bad things, and you can't stop them. Ah Hu sighed.
To this day, he is still trying to comfort himself. Shang Jin's eyes were slightly red: Didn't he know? He is the one who deserves to be comforted the most. With him as a friend, he will keep them safe even if he dies...... Thinking so, he calmed his emotions, exhaled a heavy breath, and asked in a deep voice:
"Where are those people?" Shang Jin numbs himself, trying not to be dominated by emotions, but focusing on what is in front of him.
"They only come for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and we don't know about other times. It's just that...... When they were captured, they were caught in the east, surrounded by a small dilapidated house, and they did not know what they were guarding. Ah Hu said.
"Daddy......" Shang Jin muttered.