Chapter 383: Thea's Decision (5000 Words)

Chen Rui is not a great philosopher, a great thinker, or a religious maniac who can create a set of dogmas of faith, but he is a time-traveler, with memories and knowledge from previous lives.

Confucius once said: The Tao is governed by government, and the people are exempted from shame;

Punishment can only prevent people from sinning, but it cannot make people understand the shameful truth of sin, and moral education is much more sophisticated than punishment. The same is true of faith, the fear of the gods and the fear of punishment can only passively curb people's behavior, and through a spiritual belief in morality and morality, people can know that they cannot do it and consciously adjust their behavior.

In the source of faith, ten words appear.

Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, loyalty, filial piety, honesty and bravery.

Ren - benevolence, love, benevolence.

Righteousness - righteousness, justice, fairness, justice, justice.

Etiquette - courtesy, courtesy, courtesy, etiquette, etiquette, etiquette, respect for others.

Wisdom - the knower, wisdom, wit.

Faith - integrity, trust, credit.

Loyalty - loyalty, loyalty, forgiveness, loyalty to faith, loyalty to duty.

Filial piety - filial piety, filial piety to parents, respect for the elderly.

Honesty - integrity, integrity, integrity, integrity.

Shame - a sense of shame, knowing how to be ashamed, knowing that mistakes can be changed.

Courage - brave, strong, resolute.

In Chen Rui's understanding, the reason why the descendants of Yan and Huang have overcome hardships and setbacks step by step, and even overcome the crisis of life and death, all the way to the present, is inseparable from these cultural cores deeply rooted in the blood.

Rid of the dross used by the ruling class to imprison ideas and consolidate rule, the true essence of Confucianism is, perhaps, as the name suggests, "human needs".

Humanity needs.

Maybe everyone has this kind of shijie and this kind of belief in their hearts, but the choices they make in reality are different.

After all, Chen Rui's knowledge is limited, and he is just an ordinary person and not a perfect saint, so he doesn't know whether this choice is right or wrong, and he doesn't know what it will develop into in the future.

He does not expect to establish a so-called ideal country, these human beings have an independent consciousness, and where there are people, there will be strife, and there will definitely be believers in killing, ** in the future, some things cannot be avoided, light has always coexisted with darkness.

It's impossible to be as good as you want, so be ashamed.

After these ten words entered the source of faith, they began to emit a strange light, and ten strange totems and symbols appeared on the Tower of Faith, emitting a strange light. On the blue planet, a strange totem pole appeared, and many humans began to kneel and pray.

The power of faith on the Pillar of Faith began to change, 1, 2, 10, 20......

Some beliefs are just a "word", some beliefs are two, correspondingly, the totem on the Star Temple Tower of Faith is also glowing, when it accumulates to a certain extent, the Tower of Faith will give back a certain amount of liliang to the pillar of faith on the planet, or it can be called a display of "miracles".

The conditions for the Star Transformation are 100,000 aura and 1,000 faith crystals, judging from this consumption, it should be an unprecedented powerful move, but with the current progress, I am afraid that it will not be possible to try it in a short time.

After Chen Rui established the Pillar of Faith, he was already close to the realm of the Dark Moon, and for the sake of prudence, he dismounted the Horned Wing Beast and walked instead.

When passing through the town of Dike in the north of the Dark Moon, Chen Rui found that this place had been completely occupied by Chiyou's army, and judging from the distribution and estimation of the military camp, there were about 80,000 or 90,000 people, which seemed to be the main force of Chiyou.

The troops dispatched by the Blue Melt Territory this time were no less than those of Chiyou, and the military forces of the Dark Moon were far less rapid than the economic development due to various restrictions, and the Praetorian Guard and the Guards were at an absolute disadvantage after the rectification and expansion of the army. Chen Rui didn't know that Tim's Western Road Defense Force had become the Western Road Defense Army, but due to the short time of forming the army, the main force was still the original defense team, and there were less than 10,000 troops that could come up with the battle. ...,

In terms of numbers, 50,000 people against nearly 200,000 enemies, and the disadvantage in combat effectiveness is very obvious, almost no one is optimistic about Dark Moon, and they all believe that they will definitely lose,

Many merchants have withdrawn their investments and supplies from Darkmoon, and some people, including some families, have fled Darkmoon one after another.

In this shijie war, the liliang of a small number of people may affect the outcome of the war, mainly reflecting the retreat of the general among the thousands of troops, the key blows, etc., more importantly, to boost morale and command the army, it does not mean that this part of the people can easily destroy the entire army by themselves, otherwise the army will have no meaning of existence.

If you don't consider factors such as equipment, quality, morale, etc., if you calculate it purely in a head-on confrontation, the strong can indeed destroy a considerable number of troops alone, but Liliang has a limit in the end, once Liliang is exhausted, in the face of the tide of "ants" who are not afraid of death, even elephants can only avoid. (Of course, this so-called powerhouse is only a powerhouse in the conventional category, excluding some special peak demon emperors, and even demigods and god-level powerhouses.) ）

If at this time, there is a sneak attack by a strong person at the same level, it will be even more auspicious.

Generally speaking, in war, generals against generals, soldiers against soldiers, and fighting generals have a very significant impact on the overall morale, after all, soldiers do not want to directly face the terrible strong man who can destroy a group of people on their own side at every turn.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. Chen Rui did not have accurate information about the entire battle situation at present, in order to avoid startling the snake, he did not act rashly, and left Diko Town directly, passing through Lacey Town and Jumo Town all the way, and rushed to Dark Moon City at full speed.

Be sure to get back to Athena and Kia as soon as possible, and get back to Thea!

The closer you get to Darkmoon, the more you can feel the tension, and many of the key road intersections have been built with makeshift fortifications.

Most of the residents on the outskirts of Darkmoon have moved into the city, converted into many checkpoints, and some forbidden areas are being arranged and reinforced magic traps, and the soldiers have solemn expressions, strictly checking the people entering and leaving.

Chen Rui restored the face of the sheriff and should now be the treasurer, but was stopped by the soldiers of the guards, because he had not seen the human treasurer go out before, and he suspected that it was a spy change, until the person in charge, Alaux, was alerted to come, and he successfully passed the checkpoint.

"Master, the current situation in the dark moon is very bad, the eldest princess ordered Lady Athena to bring a small group of people to the southern Soto town to drag the army of Blue Melt, intending to concentrate Liliang first to defeat the army of Chiyu in the north. However, with the exception of Tim's defeat of Kanita at the beginning, our two sneak attacks failed, and in the battle of Dico, the Guards lost 2,000 men, and the Vice-Commander of the Guards, the patriarch of the Lott family, Assad, was also killed. ”

Chen Rui frowned and asked rhetorically, "You just said that Athena only took a small group of people to Soto Town?"

"Yes," said Araux, "but Master Pagliu, Lord Lomon, and Lady Delia have gone with them. ”

Chen Rui was relieved, the poisonous dragon and Lomon were there, and Athena could escape even if she encountered any danger.

"Master, there's one more news...... You must be calm when you hear it. ”

Be calm? Is it bad news? Chen Rui was taken aback and asked, "What is it?"

Araux explained the circumstances of Joseph's killing that day in the shortest sentence, and said: "The Red Shadow army is entrenched in Diko Town, and just yesterday, it was threatened that the eldest princess would hand over the murderer of Joseph, Jiya, and sacrifice blood for seven days, and no offensive would be launched during these seven days, leaving Darkmoon a chance to reorganize its army and start a decisive battle, otherwise it would immediately launch a general attack on Darkmoon City." ”

"Hmph!" Chen Rui's eyes flashed with evil anger, Ji Ya is his woman, no one will be allowed to hurt a hair of her..., no matter what, this time she has to settle the account with Zhuo Che.

"Eldest Princess...... Already promised. Araux's next words shocked Chen Rui's heart.

Thea, I actually agreed!

She clearly knew that Ji Ya was his woman!

Chen Rui's heart was instantly filled with gloom, and he said with a calm face: "I will go to the palace immediately, you will immediately inform Royce and Vasasa to try to protect Ji Ya secretly and not allow anyone to take her away!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, Chen Rui's figure had disappeared from sight.

Chen Rui galloped all the way towards the palace, and the demons along the way only felt a wisp of light smoke passing by, and they couldn't see the figure clearly, and when they came to the palace, they just saw what Kagulon was telling the Praetorian Guards at the gate.

"Lord Chen Rui, I haven't seen you for a long time, your illness has healed?" Although Kagulon is a close confidant of Xia Ya, he does not know Chen Rui's Jihua and the hidden secrets inside, and the only person around Xia who knows these is Lao Gauss.

Chen Rui didn't greet him: "Kagulung, I want to see the eldest princess." ”

Kagulon's brows furrowed: "The eldest princess is discussing the military situation with Old Gauss in the council hall, and ordered no one to disturb ......"

"I want to see the eldest princess. Chen Rui said again, and his tone was quite affirmative.

In an instant, a strange tremor swelled in Kagulon's heart, as if he couldn't resist the feeling, and he was immediately taken aback: it must be an illusion, this human being is just taught by Master Aldas, and he knows a little poison, how can he let himself feel this way.

Kagulon is not dead-headed, knowing that Chen Rui is a close confidant of Xia Ya, and now is an extraordinary period, there must be some important information to be reported by the human race, so after thinking about it, let a Praetorian Guard enter and pass it on.

Soon, the Praetorian Guard hurriedly came to report: "The eldest princess asks the treasurer to go to the council hall immediately. ”

Chen Rui walked all the way into the conference hall and saw Xia sitting there, watching what Old Gauss was explaining on a military map, and there were sand tables and other facilities on the table.

The eldest princess's face was reduced and she looked a lot haggard, and it seemed that the pressure on her from this war was quite great.

"You're back!" said Thea, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Just came back, I want to ask Ji Ya what's going on. Chen Rui didn't ramble, and asked straight to the point.

Xia frowned slightly: "Gauss, can you go out first?"

Old Gauss bowed, nodded to Chen Rui again, and walked out.

After Old Gauss left, Xia asked lightly, "You know?"

Chen Rui was still the same question, and his tone became heavier: "I want to ask you! What is going on with Ji Ya?"

"You seem to be rude, Your Excellency. Xia Ya's eyes were a little cold, "I don't want to hand over Ji Ya either, but the current situation is too critical, and the excuse for Chi Yu to start the lord war is that she killed Joseph, and the regent of the imperial capital has already approved this war." At present, Dark Moon is newly defeated, if Chiyou attacks now, not only will I not even have the slightest chance of winning, but I will not even have time to prepare some moves!"

When he got Xia Ya's personal confirmation, Chen Rui's enthusiasm for returning to her completely cooled: "I don't care what your reason is, I only know that Ji Ya is my person, and I must not let her be hurt in the slightest!"

Xia Ya's eyes became even colder: "Do you know that this time the imperial capital also sent envoys, and at least one of them is a Demon Emperor-level powerhouse! The real purpose of these envoys in the name of mediation is self-evident, that is, to assist the army in defeating the Dark Moon! I know that Ji Ya is your woman, and I also know that you have talent, strategy, and maybe other abilities that I don't know, but you tell me, can you defeat the Demon Emperor? Can you defeat the army?"

The Imperial Capital actually sent out the Demon Emperor! It seems that this time it is inevitable. ..., Chen Rui shook his head: At present, his combat power should have a considerable chance of winning against the average Demon Emperor, but because the belief crystallization of the Imperial Star Transformation is not enough, it cannot be activated, and against the peak Demon Emperor or the Demon Emperor-level powerhouse with special abilities, I am afraid that he will not be able to win, and as for the Demon Emperor-level, he is not an opponent.

It's just that the opponent of the Demon Emperor level doesn't need him to deal with it personally.

As for the army, it is not that it is not impossible.

"With the help of your black potion, I have absorbed all the liliang left by my father, and now I have reached the early stage of the Demon Emperor, Dark Moon's military strength is much stronger than before, and there is also a secret Flying Dragon Legion, but so what? In the face of the Demon Emperor, in the face of the 200,000 elite army, it is still certain to be defeated!" Xia Ya's voice was full of pain and helplessness, "I have already sworn to live and die with Dark Moon, and all I can do now is to desperately do all the liliang and sprinkle a drop of dark blood on the battlefield!" I can die, but Alice can't, I need time, not only to rebuild morale, but also to send Alice out of Darkmoon safely, so ...... Ji Ya had no choice but to sacrifice. ”

"For Alice...... Just sacrificed Ji Ya?" Chen Rui's heart was even colder, whether it was Jihua or the arrangement, they were all stuck in his throat.

"I know she's your woman, but Ji Ya is just a little maid, how can she compare to Alice?

Chen Rui's heart was shocked, it was the first time that Xia really confided her heart in front of him.

Maybe it's because I realize that this is Zuihou's time, and if I don't say it now, I may not be able to say it in the future.

"Chen Rui, you have two choices now, the first choice is to immediately take the two-legged flying dragon to the temporary Leon level in the direction of Xilang Mountain, where Tim and Alice are, you escort her to the Shadow Empire and join the Custer family! The second choice ......" Xia Ya's eyes revealed a rare eagerness: "You stay, accompany me, until Zuihou." ”

"Xia Ya, I know you very well, even better than yourself," Chen Rui calmed down, stared at her eyes, and for the first time, directly called out her name, "Tell me the truth, you just want to use Ji Ya's affairs to provoke me and keep me away from this dangerous battlefield, aren't you?"

He was answered by a rare laugh, but it was full of coldness and disdain.

"You think too highly of yourself, and you're too naïve, and you don't really know me at all......" The laughter subsided, and the eagerness in those purple eyes faded with it, "You've been through so many things, including this time in the imperial capital...... It should be clear how much coldness, cruelty, shamelessness, decay, dirtiness, and filth are wrapped under the gorgeous cloak of the so-called upper magnates...... Unfortunately, I'm one of them. Even if I had senseless kindness and stupidity, I had all been annihilated in those darkness, if not, how could I, Sia Lucifer, become the lord of this territory? For example, if you didn't use me in the first place, I would have killed you immediately! Many times, I had to choose some sacrifices! Do you know that I am going to the White Feather Territory? It is nothing more than trying to take advantage of the White Feather Lord's coveting of me, and take advantage of that kind of ambiguity! When necessary, not only Ji Ya, but also Athena, and even myself, can be sacrificed!"

"I still don't believe it," Chen Rui shook his head, "I need you to give me a real answer, which will affect many, many ...... in the future."

"The real answer is ......," Xia's tone became colder, "Jiya was already subdued by me this morning, and is now imprisoned by Kagul in Jumo Town, and is about to be handed over to the Red Shadow Army. Chen Rui's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and he glanced at Xia with a cold gaze that had never been so cold, and without saying a word, he turned around and left.

"Zhanzhu! I order you!" Xia snorted, Chen Rui only felt the murderous aura behind him, but he didn't stop at all.

Xia looked angry: "Do you think that this lowly maid can really compare with me?"

Chen Rui's eyes became even colder, and he still walked forward without saying a word, feeling that something precious in his heart suddenly shattered.

"Wait, stay, okay? I really want you to be with me. Thea's voice softened suddenly, "Have you forgotten that I smiled at you for the first time......? Those three words?"

"I only understand now that the closer I am to you, the farther away we will be," Chen Rui, who had already walked to the door, stopped, but did not look back, "As for those three words...... I've forgotten. ”

There are some things that you forget and never remember again.

Originally, he really cared about Xia in his heart, not the original perfunctory life-saving, but he would rather never care about it at all, and he would never care about it again......

Now, let's go and get Ji Ya out!

And then, out of promise to General George, out of ...... He will help Thea resolve this crisis.

And then ...... It should be time to actually leave the Dark Moon.

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