Dawning City, near the center of the city, there is a spacious building, carved beams and paintings, vermilion powder and gold paint, typical Chinese architecture. The whole house is rectangular from the air, and a flag with a black background and a golden dragon ring of the sun and moon flutters at the entrance of the building, and a plaque is hung at the gate, with three words written on it: 'City Lord's Mansion'.

On the third floor, a spacious room with doors and windows closed on all four sides, and several tables put together. On the table, at short intervals, a pearl of the night is placed on the table. The light of more than a dozen night pearls shines together, and even though the closed doors and windows block out all the sunlight, the room is still as bright as day.

By the light of the night pearl, you can see more than a dozen officials in red official robes sitting here, and on the main seat, a young man in a pale yellow costume is frowning and looking at a pile of music in his hand.

"Damn, at this rate, will these walls be built by January next year? How is this possible! What are you going to eat? Can't you do such a thing?" the young man was a little impatient, and threw all the pieces of music in his hand to the side.

When the officials saw the young man lose his temper, they didn't react, and they all lowered their heads, as if they hadn't heard anything. It seems that they have long known that young people will lose their temper, so they have been mentally prepared in advance.

The young man sat on the chair decadently and said softly: "If it still doesn't work, then recruit more people, and before January next year, each city must build at least a five-meter-high wall!"

The young man's voice made people feel a little powerless and a little desperate: "Also, haven't you figured out the reason why these monsters suddenly attacked the city?"

An official stood up and saluted the young man, saying, "Your Royal Highness King Chen, Wei Chen feels that the actions of these monsters are not like human control, but natural habits. Your Highness, we don't know much about the Eastern Continent, and under the investigation of many parties, there is not a single clue. ”

The young man waved his hand in annoyance, and said, "Okay, continue to investigate, if necessary, you can consult the elves and dwarves, and as soon as there is news, you should go down first, open the doors and windows and ventilate." ”

The officials all said goodbye and left, and the young man walked slowly, stopping at the window that the guard had just opened.

He took advantage of the height of the house to look at the mountains in the east from afar, and his hands were on his back, trembling slightly. He sighed softly and said, "Alas, if the city wall is not built before January next year, I don't know how many people will die." ”

"Your Highness. A guard came up behind the young man and said in a respectful voice, still holding a document in his hand.

"What's the matter?"

The guard said respectfully: "The Orlante Kingdom will build a colony on the Eastern Continent, and I will report to the City Lord's Mansion here." ”

The young man turned around and took the paper, waved his hand, and said, "Invite their person in charge to come up, and I will talk to him personally." ”

"Yes!"

The young man looked at this document, raised his eyebrows, he looked at the seal on the document, and wondered: "This ...... Is the head of a colony worthy of a cabinet minister from the Kingdom of Orlante?

"Your Highness, the people have been brought. ”

Compared with the young man's doubts, Lin Jue was very surprised, he heard the guard's address to the young man, he called him His Royal Highness? Could it be that this young man is a member of the royal family of the Yan Empire? But the question is what is a member of the royal family doing in the Eastern Continent? What is he doing here to find himself? He is just here to report the affairs of the colony.

The young man smiled and said, "Lord Governor, I know you are very confused, you are not the first person to show such an expression. Sit down, I have something to talk to you about. ”

Lin Jue sat down nervously, and said suspiciously: "Forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know which prince His Highness is?"

The young man smiled, his expression a little tired: "Today's third prince Zhu Huan, King Chen." The fief is the land controlled by the Yan Empire in the Eastern Continent. At the same time, he also serves as the city lord of Dawning City, and is known as the protector of the Eastern Continent. ”

It seems that this young man is the actual controller of Dawning City. But why did he look for himself? Lin Jue asked his doubts: "But, I don't know what His Royal Highness King Chen is doing to find a lower official? If it's just a colonial report, I'm afraid I won't be able to bother His Highness, right?"

Zhu Huan shook his head and said, "Indeed, if you just report to the colony, you don't need me to come forward." I'm looking for you, and there's something else. ”

The two looked at each other like this, and after a moment of silence, Lin Jue said, "Your Highness, please speak." ”

Zhu Huan sorted out the piece that he had broken when he lost his temper just now, and said: "Before February, no organization or individual can establish any colony, not even a village, until after February. ”

"Why?" Lin Jue was stunned and said, "Can't you be accommodating?"

Zhu Huan smiled: "You can be accommodating, there is only one requirement, as long as you can build a wall at least five meters high by January next year, which can accommodate everyone in your colony, I will not bother again." ”

Lin Jue was silent, he didn't expect such a strange request. All the cities encountered along the way are building tall city walls, and it seems that this request is not only aimed at themselves, but also for all human city leaders.

"What would have happened if the city wall hadn't been built before January?" Lin Jue wondered.

Zhu Huan shrugged his shoulders and said, "If you insist on doing this and don't build a city wall that meets this requirement by January next year, then unfortunately, the people of the entire colony will die." ”

Lin Jue was stunned, people were going to die if the city wall was not built? Why? Who would attack this colony? Lin Jue wondered: "Can I know the reason? I see that so many places around me are building city walls, I'm afraid this matter is not a secret, right?"

"Absolutely. ”

Zhu Huan put on a thoughtful look, as if he didn't know how to open his mouth about this matter, and said after a long time: "This matter is like this. As early as two years ago, a strange thing happened on the Eastern Continent. ”

"It was the middle of winter in January of that year, and you know, although humans have established dozens of colonies here, they don't communicate with each other very often. Especially in winter, heavy snow blocked many roads, and the winter in the eastern continent was particularly long and came very late, and the colonies were almost completely cut off from each other at that time. ”

"Of course, that's not the point, after all, thirty years have been like this, just a month of not contacting each other, it's not a big deal, no one will pay attention. ”

"The point is, in February, when the snow melted completely and the original path was revealed, strange things happened. ”

Zhu Huan paused, with a frightened look on his face, as if he had seen a powerful ghost, Lin Jue met Zhu Huan's eyes, which were full of horror and coldness, which made Lin Jue shiver unconsciously.

"From February of that year, not a single person from the cities near the forest had visited any other city, and it was not until March that a group of immigrants was placed to live in a city near the forest, which was the first contact between the outside world and the colonies. When they entered the colony, they seemed to see something terrible and fled screaming. ”

"We felt strange and asked them what was going on, but the immigrants seemed to be so frightened that they wouldn't answer whatever they asked, and they didn't know what was going on. ”

"As the administrator of the Eastern Continent, I am responsible for these colonies, so I led an army of 100 horsemen to the colonies that showed something strange before, and you would never have imagined what I saw. ”

"All I saw was blood and water in one place, and ...... Some humanoid ice sculptures that have not yet completely melted. ”