Lin Jue was stunned and speechless for a long time.

"You mean...... Blood and water in a place, and humanoid ice sculptures?" Lin Jue was a little unsure, whether he had heard it wrong, he wanted to be sure of this answer.

Zhu Huan didn't answer, just nodded, indicating certainty.

"Hiss-" Lin Jue gasped, and a terrifying picture flashed in his mind: "Your Highness means that all the people in those colonies have become ice sculptures?, and the blood and water in this place is the human body after the ice sculpture melts...... Melted together?"

Zhu Huan's face was a little ugly, but he didn't object to this statement, and he didn't say a word, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"Uh...... How many people died that time?" Lin Jue asked.

Zhu Huan took a deep breath and said, "Seven towns with a population of more than 1,000, none of them survived, and the number of victims was about 10,000. One thing I want to remind you is that it's not just people, it's chickens and dogs. ”

Zhu Huan continued: "Originally, we thought that the incident was just accidental, after all, there has only happened once in 30 years, although we don't know what happened, maybe it's just a natural phenomenon, in order to avoid unnecessary panic, we concealed the news and listed those towns as forbidden places. ”

"I think that this disaster is probably because of unpreparedness, whether someone did it intentionally or not, as long as you pay more attention, you should only be able to get through the difficulties. So, in January of this year......"

"We have notified all the towns on the periphery in advance to make them ready for all battles, and in each town, we have sent a first-level magician or sorcerer to guard it, and there are even a few towns where we have sent a few large mercenary groups to station, but ...... It didn't work, and a month later, there was still no news. ”

"At this point, I think you've already guessed the end. Zhu Huan's voice trembled a little, as if he was afraid, frightened by this strange phenomenon.

Lin Jue asked uncertainly, "Is it the same as last year?"

"Yes. ”

"Not all of them were spared, not even magicians or spellcasters, or a few large mercenary groups?"

"Yes, no one was spared, even the way of death was exactly the same. ”

Lin Jue was silent, Zhu Huan stopped talking, and both of them were reminiscing about this scene.

"Nothing to do?"

Zhu Huan smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I'm afraid the only thing to be thankful for is that we found a little insignificant clue." ”

"There is a spell master who majored in talismans, and he left a reincarnation talisman in the Spirit Pavilion of Dawning City before he went to the town where he was stationed. You would never have guessed that this sorcerer was reincarnated after the ice sculpture in his body had completely melted. ”

"During the seven days of the soul's rebirth, he provided us with everything he knew, and he said that that month was the most horrible month he had ever experienced, with fear, pain, and so on. Until the moment the ice sculpture melted, he was still awake, and he could feel his body slowly melting. After a long period of intelligence collation, we can roughly restore the course of the incident. ”

"The culprits in both of these incidents are goblins lurking deep in the jungle. Taking advantage of the fact that the human race could not come to each other's aid during the heavy snow, they brazenly launched an attack on the human race, resulting in heavy losses for the human race. ”

"Theoretically, jungle elves don't attack humans for no reason, and we've been investigating why. The two incidents resulted in the death of nearly 40,000 human beings. We can't guarantee that they won't come in January next year, but the necessary preparations must be made in advance. ”

When Lin Jue heard this, he understood why Zhu Huan made this request, the reason why the establishment of the colony is restricted now is just to avoid unnecessary casualties, after all, unknown things, or things that are not well understood, are the most terrifying, because without specific countermeasures, no one is sure what will happen.

"In other words, as long as the walls are built before the jungle goblins attack, can they avoid being attacked?" Lin Jue asked.

Zhu Huan shook his head and sighed lightly: "Not necessarily, we don't know much about the enemy, and what we can guarantee is that only when the other party attacks, we won't have any defensive power." ”

"In just two months, no defensive walls have been erected, so in order to avoid unnecessary casualties, you are not allowed to establish any colonies until February. ”

It seems that these two strange events are indeed unguardable, Lin Jue was silent, he couldn't help but sigh how he was so unlucky, but he rushed to the Eastern Continent at this time.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Majesty is unable to carry out your orders. ”

Zhu Huan was stunned and said, "Why, aren't you afraid of death?"

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "It's not that I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of death, I'm afraid of death." But I can't help it, I have a total of 4,000 people under my hands now, plus the next batch of immigrants who will arrive in Dawning City in a few days, a total of about 3,000 people, 7,000 people, even if it is Dawning City, I'm afraid no city can accommodate so many immigrants. ”

Lin Jue sighed softly: "Alas, the arrow is on the string, and it can't be taken back, I hope Your Highness won't stop it." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Huan thought for a moment, and finally sighed weakly, and said, "Are you sure that a city wall will be erected within two months?"

"I'm not sure. ”

"Tsk. Zhu Huan stared at Lin Jue deadly, he couldn't figure it out, and if he continued to go his own way, he would inevitably die. Told him everything he knew, could it be that he was really not afraid of death?

At this time, a guard came to Zhu Huan's side, handed over a note, and said respectfully: "Your Highness, there is urgent information." ”

Zhu Huan took the piece and browsed it, and after a while, his face was full of sadness.

Lin Jue said respectfully: "Your Highness, the official has retired, and I hope that His Highness can approve the official to report the colonial affairs." ”

"Good luck. Zhu Huan sighed softly.

When Lin Jue walked out of the City Lord's Mansion, it was already close to noon, he touched his empty stomach and sighed softly. If you stay in the City Lord's Mansion for a while, you might be able to rub a bowl of lunch.

He didn't expect that it would be so troublesome just to report a colony-related matter, theoretically it was just a matter of registration procedures, after all, how to establish a colony, Shuguang City couldn't manage it. However, he also knew that the reason why Zhu Huan would rather overstep his authority and take care of this matter was actually for his own good, indeed, in the current situation, establishing a colony now is almost equivalent to death.

"Brother. Lin Yue greeted her vividly: "We have already ordered the wine and food, and we are waiting for you." ”

Lin Jue touched Lin Yue's little head and said with a smile: "Let's go." ”

When reporting to the colony, he needed to give the colony a name, and it wasn't until now that Lin Jue reacted, the colony was almost built, and it didn't even have a name. After thinking about it for a while, Lin Jue decided to name the colony 'Phoenix City'.

First, this voyage took advantage of the name of Phoenix, which led to the phoenix becoming the faith in the hearts of immigrants along the way, and everyone would not refuse to give this name. Second, Lin Jue had a bad taste in his heart, well, the west of the New World, Phoenix, anyway, there is a Phoenix in the west of the Americas, although that Phoenix is not close to the coast, but it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.

"Whether this wall can be built or not, we have to try it, right? It looks like we have to race against time. ”