Chapter 2: The Endless Bone Ship
Tokai County, the surviving place of the Terrans.
There are seventy-two Terran villages of all sizes.
In the easternmost part, on the shore of the endless sea, on the south bank of the Luohe estuary, at the foot of Luoyang Mountain, lies the smallest human village in Donghai County, Luohe Village.
The soft morning light gently soothes this seaside village shaded by palm and mangrove forests. A large community of brick houses was quietly tucked away in a nest, half sunlit and half shrouded in the shadows of the dark peaks.
There are more than 500 households and a population of more than 3,000 people living here.
They have been living here for nearly 500 years, and the terrible and nearly extinct war of the Terrans has faded over the years, the wounds of the people are gradually being healed, the painful memories are gradually forgotten as they are passed from generation to generation, and hatred and despair have dissipated in comfort.
People seem to have been accustomed to sheltering under the Sumeru Barrier and enjoying a comfortable life, where they can live and thrive in peace and contentment, and still live a carefree life.
Several fishermen, wearing hats and water supports, drove flat boats leisurely through the light blue water within the offshore barrier. They waved their powerful arms, cast their fishing nets, harvested abundant seafood, and sowed a little hope.
Without the huge sand demon bone wreckage in the distance, people would have almost forgotten what terrifying creatures existed behind the barrier.
Those huge sand demon bone ships don't know what animal bones are made of, the huge skeleton has been soaked in the sea water for five hundred years, and has experienced five hundred years of sea breeze and sea erosion, but it is still strong, and it reveals a cold metallic luster in the sun.
The ships were stranded outside the barrier, so no one went up to find out, and no one knew what the bones were.
On the beach by the sea, an old fisherman with white hair pointed to the wreckage of the sand devil bone boats and told a group of children the legend of 500 years ago, which was the sad legend of the Terrans, after the Terrans retreated to Donghai County, hundreds of Sand Demon ships attacked from here, intending to break through the barrier and enter, but the barrier blocked them.
And the children only listen to these stories as fun, and the events of 500 years ago are indeed too far away from them to feel the pain at all.
The old fisherman was tired of telling the story, and the children were tired of listening to it, and at last the children began to play on the beach, and the old fisherman did not care, but smiled and watched the children play, and he sat on the beach and mended the fishing nets.
For the old fisherman, the legend of 500 years ago was too far away, and he had only heard this story from his grandfather, and the blood, tears, humiliation, and cannibalism might have been washed away by 500 years.
When the children were playing happily, there was a sudden noise in the palm forest, and when they all looked up, they saw three people running out of the palm forest, crying father and mother. One fat and one thin two people sandwiched a young man, and the three of them ran to the beach without caring for their lives, and after a while, a hundred and ten villagers of Luohe Village chased out of the palm forest behind them.
"Catch them, don't let them run!" "You three stop!" "Don't run! Look where you run!" "Yin Xian, Jiao Za, you two let go of Xu Yi, otherwise you will be punished together!"
The young man was carried away by two people, one fat and one thin, and shouted like a pig: "What are you doing here? What are you pulling me to run? Why are they chasing us? Who are they? Who are you two people?"
The young man's name is Xu Yi, but his soul is from another world called the earth, and he is an ordinary Chinese on the earth.
"Boss, don't ask, run with us, if they catch you, you, the village chief, will die. The fat man was so fat that he couldn't run anymore, and he shouted out of breath: "Third brother, you take the boss and run quickly, and I will stop them." ”
The fat man Jiao Za looked like he was at home, pushed the two forward, and turned around to stop the chasing crowd.
Xu Yi looked confused, he just woke up, the person was still lying on the bed, and he didn't understand the situation, he was pulled out of the bed by the fat and thin two people, and ran away as soon as he pulled him, followed by a large group of villagers chasing them.
"What? I'm the village chief? I'm the village chief as soon as I cross over, and there's this kind of operation? Damn, what is that?" Xu Yi was stunned and looked at the huge bone ships stranded in the sea, only to see that the bone ships were all made of huge white bones, and I didn't know what animal bones were made of, shining in the sunlight with a quiet cold glow, huge, shocking!
Xu Yi still didn't have a clear idea in his mind, and after pulling out of the quilt and running for a while, he had already figured out one thing, that is, he had crossed!
The houses along the road were all ancient styles, and the clothes worn by the chasing crowd were also somewhat similar to ancient costumes, and now that he saw the huge bone ship in the sea, he was sure that he had definitely crossed over, and it was very likely that he had crossed into the other world, because there were absolutely no ships made of huge bones on earth.
As a veteran driver who has read a lot of time-traveling novels, he will definitely no longer be stupid to think that this is filming, or someone is playing tricks on himself, who would have nothing to do to make such a big battle to trick you a poor young man?
So Xu Yi didn't ask boring questions such as whether others were filming and where the camera was like those crossers with short-circuited IQs. Now that you have crossed over, you have to enjoy life again.
But as soon as Xu Yi crossed over, he was chased and ran, and he was also very confused, and suddenly heard the fat man say that those people caught him back to be the village chief, isn't that a good thing? Why did this fat and thin person run away with his life?
The fat man turned back to stop the chasing crowd, and was soon overturned by the surging crowd, seven or eight people pressed the fat man under him, and the fat man called like a pig, and the rest of the people ignored and continued to chase, as if they had to catch them.
"Hey, I'm their village chief, why are you chasing me? Xu Yi really didn't want to run away, but the thin man looked anxious: "Boss, don't you remember, if you don't end well as the village chief, you will die!"
How can being a village chief mean death? Xu Yi thinks that he is crazy in this era he has traveled through? As soon as he crosses over, he encounters a group of crazy people, and he doesn't know whether it is lucky or unlucky.
"Go!" The old fisherman on the beach decisively threw out the broken fishing net in his hand, covering Xu Yi and the thin man in the net, and the two of them were stopped by the fishing net and tripped and both fell on the beach.
The crowd behind immediately arrived, holding the two people down with their hands and feet. The thin man screamed like a pig, trying to struggle, but after being punched twice, he stopped struggling. Xu Yi said with a smile: "Don't do it, I won't run away, I have something to say." ”
Others didn't care, and gave Xu Yi two punches, and a villager also spat at the mouth and scolded: "Run, run again, let's find it these days!" Another said: "Tie it up, I'm afraid he will run again, this kid is very slippery, don't let him run again." ”
The leader was a strong man, and after he ordered everyone to tie Xu Yi and the thin man firmly, the strong man untied the fishing net, stepped forward and returned it to the old fisherman, and said with a respectful salute: "Old lady, your old fishing net still works, and I was almost run away by this kid." ”
The old fisherman smiled and said: "Xu Cheng, this Xu Yi has been the village chief for three years, and he is used to being cunning, you have to send more people to watch him this time, but don't let him run away again, no matter what nonsense this kid says, don't believe him anymore, tie him back and let him receive the conscription order as soon as possible." ”
Xu Yi was pressed to the ground, and when he heard this, he was surprised in his heart, what was the conscription order?
After listening to the old fisherman's words, the strong man Xu Cheng hugged his fists and said, "Got it, Taigong." Then he turned around and waved his hand and shouted, "Everyone tie up these three bastards and carry them back!"
The villagers immediately came forward and tied the three men to three stakes like a fat pig, and the four hooves grabbed and tied them to the stakes, and then the four men carried a stake and carried the three men away.
Xu Yi was extremely uncomfortable being tied up like this, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't tie me, I'll go back with you and promise not to run anymore! Don't you just want me to take any orders? I'll just take it! Hey, you guys carry me like this when I'm a pig! Put me down!"
Xu Cheng waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Taigong said, this kid is very cunning, no matter what he says, don't believe it!" Let's look for days, don't believe him again!" "Yes! Shut his mouth!"
I don't know who brought a stinky towel, and I don't know if it was to wipe sweat or what, there was a big fishy smell on it, and before Xu Yi refused, the stinky towel plugged Xu Yi's mouth, and Xu Yi was almost fainted by the smell of stinky sweat on it. It's so unlucky, is this the right way to cross?
In order to divert the edification of the smell of stinky sweat, Xu Yi began to divert his attention by diverting his gaze and distraction. He began to notice that these people also spoke the Chinese of the earth, and he could understand all the words they spoke, and the pure ordinary official dialect was fortunately crossed over to this other world, without encountering language barriers, and wearing hair accessories was also very similar to ancient China.
Secondly, he noticed that the body possessed by his soul was much stronger than his original body, and that he had 800 degrees of myopia, and now the eyes of this body were not myopic at all, and his eyesight was amazing, and he could see things in the distance very clearly.
Again, he found that he had not inherited any memories of this body, and he did not know where it was. Fortunately, in the chaos just now, I realized that the name of this body was Xu Yi, which was the same as my name on the earth.
But his mind was empty, he didn't have any memory of this world, but he remembered all the things he did on the earth clearly, and even some things that he had vaguely remembered before, he remembered it clearly, and the most surprising thing was who the first person he saw when he opened his eyes when he was a baby, and he remembered it clearly.
Xu Yi was a little shocked, and remembered reading some articles on the Internet describing people before they died, which mentioned that many experts speculated that before people died, they would remember everything in their lives, like a movie, and flashed back in their minds, is this what they are experiencing now?
Although he did not inherit the memory of passing through the possessed body, Xu Yi still felt extremely comforted to be able to remember all the things in his previous life, especially some knowledge that he had already forgotten, or things that he usually just glanced at casually. This knowledge must be very useful in the other world, and Xu Yi began to look forward to how to take these villagers to farm after sitting in the position of village chief, and then make money, raise soldiers, and become the lord of the other world.
Just when the corners of his mouth were drooling, he was suddenly thrown heavily on the ground, and when he came back to his senses, the villagers carried the three of them to a mansion, and the house was written in traditional Chinese characters - Luohe Village Gongfang.