Ranger 2: Eye of the Storm Chapter 12: Resistance
King Lanling and Yang Guang waited quietly in the dark until the fourth watch, when they heard a violent explosion in the distance. The two looked to the west, and there was indeed a fire and black smoke rising near the Second Huanyu Culture and mansion. Yang Guang was overjoyed and said: "Very good! Yu Wenhua loves his old mansion to death, see if he is comfortable today!"
It didn't take long for Hua Mulan and Baili Xuance to rush to the agreed assembly place in the east of the city. Hua Mulan touched Baili Xuance's head with great appreciation, and said, "Very good, the task was completed great, and there were no accidents." ”
"It's not without accidents. Baili Xuance said: "That Yuwen Chengdu, I saw him, he looked at the explosion in his house, just like a fool, and looked at it in a daze." It's strange not to go to people and not to put out fires. ”
It's not hard to see why. Yang Guang looked like a prophet and said: "Yuwen Chengdu is different from his father, he is a person who knows how to be grateful, and the glory of the country in his heart is always higher than the glory of the individual." He may like to profit from the struggle of the Golden Court, but he does not want to see the Golden Court engulfed in the flames of war. ”
"It's getting late, and sooner or later we need to make a decision. King Lanling said: "Let's go, rush out!" put on a mask and pulled Yang Guang to jump, and came to the wall east of the Golden Court.
At this time, more than 1,000 soldiers had gathered on the eastern wall, and they were nervously observing the situation outside, and many people from the Fifth Ring Road were also arrested by them to defend the city together. The sudden explosion caught their attention, and the sergeants began to discuss what had happened.
"Oh no, the enemy soldiers have entered the city!" Hua Mulan and Baili Xuance took the lead in attacking, rushing into the crowd without moving, just shouting loudly. Baili Xuance also added: "The prime minister's mansion has been burned, everyone is fleeing for their lives!" Those people from the Fifth Ring didn't want to come to defend the city, but when they heard this, they turned around and ran away despite the obstruction of the soldiers around them. Those soldiers were also very frightened, and they couldn't stop drinking each other, and many people fled with the people of the Fifth Ring.
King Lanling dragged Yang Guang and rushed in with the opportunity, and Hua Mulan pulled out her heavy sword and lined up with Baili Xuance. Once an enemy soldier wanted to stop it, Mulan pushed it out directly with a "Swift Flower", and Baili Xuance also swept it with a flying sickle, so that they didn't dare to approach. The King of Lanling blocked in front of him with a fist shield, and once someone in front of him directly threw the Shadow Dagger, and the enemy soldiers who were thrown all wailed and automatically got out of the way. In this way, the three of them took Yang Guang all the way to the city wall in the east of the city.
"Over!" King Lanling took Yang Guang over the heightless and convenient city wall with a leap, Hua Mulan and Baili Xuance followed, and finally before sunrise, he took Yang Guang to the camp of the Jinting Army outside the city.
"Long live my king!" Several rare generals saluted Yang Guang together, and Yang Guang said: "Now you can attack the city, but remember, you must not harm the residents of the fourth and fifth rings." Several generals nodded, and then they were ordered to leave together and began to lead troops to attack.
Yang Guang threw a flattering look at Mulan, and Mulan turned her head directly and said, "Now you can say something about the eye of the storm." Yang Guang looked at the King of Lanling, who was sitting under him, staring at him expressionlessly, and nodded: "This is natural, you helped me, and naturally have the right to know." ”
"First of all. He stretched out his right index finger and said, "We need to understand one thing, where did the demon seed come from?How did they appear?" "This has to go back a thousand years, or even earlier, do you mean that the eye of the storm is related to the demon seed?" King Lanling thought about everything he saw in the eye of the storm, and suddenly understood Yang Guang's words, and nodded unconsciously.
"Exactly. Yang Guangdao: "The demon seed originates from the greed in people's hearts, and their lives are born with greed, which can be said to be the embodiment of human evil, and it is God's punishment for human greed." The demon seed has developed with human civilization, and after a long time of evolution, there has gradually appeared in the world that there is a hybrid of human and demon, and there are even demon species that have cultivated to refinement, and they have completely obtained the same ability as anyone. Since then, there have been gods, humans, demons, and human-demon hybrids between humans and demons on the King's Continent. The Protoss has always been high, and neither the human race nor the demon race dares to challenge it. Fortunately, the number of Protoss is scarce, and they don't care much about the affairs of the world, and people have their own cultivation things to do. And the holy war a thousand years ago involved the Protoss. ”
"The addition of the Protoss, is it a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?" Baili Xuance said with some doubts. "Boy, you guessed right. Yang Guang said: "At that time, great leaders appeared in both the human race and the demon race. The difference is that the purpose of the leader of the human race is to cultivate himself into a god, while the leader of the demon race has to fight for the equality of humans and demons. The leader of this demon race is the only genius for a thousand years, with unparalleled talent and learning ability, and has reached the level of a demigod a thousand years ago. The people of the demon clan respect him even with the demon seed, worship him as the demon seed monarch, and fight together for the equality of humans and demons. It just so happened that the leader of the human race needed a big deal to propel himself into a god, and this demon leader naturally became his target. Under the banner of 'not my race, their hearts will be different', he squeezed the living space of the demons and the demon species, and promoted the reputation of the demons to the very bad. When the leader of the demon clan had no choice, he adopted radical measures to create equality between humans and demons at all costs, even if it was to provoke a large-scale war. As a result, the leader of the Terran gathered the remaining human grandmasters, led all the Terran forces, and launched a thousand-year holy war against the demons. ”
"What is the result?" Baili Xuance asked as he listened to it more and more, and couldn't wait to ask.
"The result is obvious, if the demon race wins, why can't we see a few demon people now? Yang Guang shrugged his shoulders and said, "After the Holy War ended, the Demon Monarch was defeated in the eastern part of the continent, and was sealed by several great grandmasters together, and rebuilt Chang'an City on the ruins that sealed him. The Demon Monarch did not die, but was sealed for a long time. After the defeat of the demons and the demon species, they were expelled from a place far west of Chang'an, which is now the Western Regions and the Desert in the Clouds, and they have not been able to set foot in the Great Wall for thousands of years. And the Terran leader did not get any good results, and was later sealed, and it is unknown who did it, and where the seal was made. I'm sure you two should know this story too, the leader of the Terran race is Jiang Ziya, and the demon monarch is Di Xin. ”
Hua Mulan hadn't actually heard of such a story, but King Lanling had heard of it, and the two of them still kept calm on their faces. Yang Guang looked at the faces of these two people, and couldn't see any emotion, so he had to continue: "Although Di Xin was sealed, his mind still remained, and he was expelled here along with the demon seed. For a long time, the mind turned into an extremely powerful resentment, forming the eye of the storm that swept through the Western Regions. Where did the demon seed and the demon race come from? It is the greed of the human race, where does the Dixin come from? It is also the greed of the human race, so what is the source of the eye of the storm? It is also the greed of the human race. The eye of the storm is always warning the world not to be greedy and robbing, otherwise your greed will be like the eye of the storm, and sooner or later it will swallow you! But the funny thing is that mortals will not know at all, and will only continue their low-grade deeds in the fourth and fifth rings. ”
"Then why do you still want to take advantage of it with Yu Wenhua and others in Jinting City?" Hua Mulan asked, "This Jinting City has become what it is now, and you have brought it to you! Aren't you afraid that it will be swallowed up by you?"
"Girl, do you know why the Eye of the Storm won't attack the Golden Court or the Great Wall?" Baili Xuance responded, "You know so much, is there something between you?"
"Please, I'm not a demon, I'm just a half-blood. Yang Guangdao: "Actually, the answer is very simple. Each time the Eye of the Storm devours a greedy unit, it becomes one point stronger. But devouring also has a principle, it can only devour weaker units, but it can't attack stronger than it. Why should I be greedy, and at the same time make all the people of the Golden Court greedy, because only in this way can the greedy aura here surpass the eye of the storm! The eye of the storm will not be able to attack here. Of course, the greed here, Yu Wenhua and I alone account for more than half, why don't you die one, maybe you can still resist. If they're all dead, it's time for the eye of the storm to come. However, for the sake of safety, it should be better for Yu Wenhua and this mongrel to be locked up and keep their lives. As he spoke, he glanced at King Lanling provocatively. King Lanling did not fluctuate on the surface, but his fists clenched again.
"What about the Great Wall?" asked Baili Xuance again.
This is a better explanation. Yang Guangdao: "Don't underestimate people's desires, and don't underestimate people's dedication." If there are really some people in this world who can give everything they have to more people, it is only those soldiers who are on the border. The guards of the Great Wall are soldiers who have been guarding the border for most of their lives. There, there is a strong aura of faith and righteousness, and with the ability of the eye of the storm, it is impossible to get close to the Great Wall at all, because once it gets close, it will be directly torn to destruction by that righteous qi. Understand, the Great Wall, only a more powerful force can be breached. ”
Hearing this, Hua Mulan and Baili Xuance were both raised, and it was difficult to hide the pride in their hearts.
"Okay, it's almost time!" Yang Guang got up and patted King Lanling on the shoulder and said, "It's time for us to clean up that damn Yu Wenhua." Don't worry, I'll help you recapture Lanling City. Then he smiled and walked out of the tent.
"Shall we go with him?" Baili Xuance asked Hua Mulan and King Lanling with some confusion.
"He's lying to me. King Lanling's fists and even his entire body trembled: "What he means is that if I dare to kill him, I will personally destroy the hometown where I grew up, Jinting." Did he really think I would believe such nonsense?"
"You have to have faith that you can save this place. Hua Mulan said: "Didn't he just say that faith and justice can stop the eye of the storm from coming." ”
"So what? There is only greed here, where does any faith and justice come from?" King Lanling sat down on the ground and sighed: "Jin Ting, Jin Ting, it seems that I can't save you." Even his eyes moistened, but he didn't shed tears.
"The people here are greedy on the surface, but in fact, faith and kindness are warm in the corners of their hearts. Mulan said: "But this time we need to be stimulated, there are so many people here, we have to give it a try." As long as it succeeds······"
"What is there to try?" King Lanling said: "Didn't I say, the people here are all saved, haven't you recognized it yet?" "I recognize it, and it is precisely because I recognize this place that I feel that there is still salvation here." Hua Mulan said: "If you give up, stay here, at least I won't give up Jinting City." I'm going to fight for it to the end, and I'm sure I won't be alone. As he spoke, his body flashed, and he had already rushed towards Jin Ting.
"Fool!" King Lanling rubbed his eyes helplessly, unable to hide the sadness in his heart. Baili Xuance looked at the crimson body outside, then looked at the Lanling King, and said, "Master, Sister Mulan is not the only one, I believe that she and I will not be the only one!" and followed.
At this time, Yang Guang's army had broken through the outer defense line of Jinting City, and the defenders of Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenhua also began to shrink, giving up the fourth and fifth rings, and relying on the wall to retreat within the third ring. Yang Guang had already led the army to continue the siege.
Hua Mulan and Baili Xuance looked at the tragic situation in Jinting City, maybe Yang Guang really gave an order, but his subordinates did not carry it out. The Fourth and Fifth Rings were still looted, the houses were in ruins, and the people were lying and sitting in the streets, with no life in their eyes, as if they were dead. Mulan stepped heavily and muttered, "Never give up······ Will not throw in the towel······ If you give up, you're really failing. ”
"Sister!" Mulan heard this shout, and at a glance saw the little boy Ping'er before, and hurriedly ran over. Ping'er cried: "These soldiers ······ They ······ Why are they doing this? It's so poor here, why are they robbing -- even killing?"
"Kid······ These things, you will understand. Behind him, Uncle Zhong, who was over fifty years old, also had a heavy heart and wanted to appease Ping'er. Hua Mulan looked at the people around her who fell to the ground in grief or pain, and couldn't help but shout: "Stand up for me! Are you weak or what's wrong? If you can't stand up, it's no wonder that others snatched you!"
"What do you mean?" a man in the prime of life swaggered on the ground and said, "They rob us of our things, we are poor, we are weak, what does it have to do with whether we stand or not?"
"Yes! Of course there is!" Mulan jumped and stood on the top of the stone building at the highest point here, and said loudly: "If you lie down too much, they will get used to you lying down and getting used to your weak legs." How simple is it to bully the weak and be afraid of the hard? Aren't you afraid that they will not rob you of your weakness forever? Stand up, there are far more of you than they are! As long as you unite, they are not your opponents at all!"
"Phew, you just talk nonsense!" said the middle-aged man with an indifferent look: "Resist, except for letting yourself die early, it has no effect, it doesn't matter if you want to die, don't pull us in." Many of the people lying on the ground echoed the voice.
"Huh······ Hahahahaha!" Hua Mulan suddenly laughed wildly, and "brushed" and pulled out her heavy sword and said: "No wonder Yang Guang and Yuwen Chengdu look down on you, it turns out that you are cheap! But some people are born with soft bones! Born with the feeling that they should be slaves, then such people deserve to be trampled under their feet for the rest of their lives! You have a good reminiscence, and the people of the second and first rings look at you contemptuously and call you 'ants'! You still have to respond with a smile and a grin, and thank them for scolding you! What about your dignity? Is your existence trampled on? Is the blood flowing in your body the blood of hard work? Are you born a cheap race and they are born a noble race? No! It's because you agree with reality, and you think that you are only worthy of being a lowly species! So what's the difference between you and brutes? Some brutes will still resist, and they are much more backbone than you who are numb and self-defeating! I look down on myself, how can I want the respect of others? A person in the first ring wants you to be such a person, you do what he wants, you are awesome! You live like this for the rest of your life, who made you born a lowly species!"
Baili Xuance was stunned by Mulan's half-scolding and half-talking, and for a while he was a little worried that the people around him who were becoming more and more sharp and fierce would rush up and tear Mulan apart.
I saw that Uncle Zhong was the first to get up and walked to the bottom of the stone tower, and said loudly: "Girl, you are right! I will not endure it any longer, we have been hiding for many years, but we still can't even do what we want to do." This time, I'm going to rise up and resist! They took what we had, and this time I'm going to take it back. Even if you fail, let them know that I will never let you take my things for no reason and be indifferent again! This time, we can't bear it!" Ping'er also followed, holding the sharp bamboo skewer he had scraped out and said, "Me too! I want to avenge my father!"
More and more people stood up, scolding and screaming that they would be wronged for their past experiences. These men, women, and children, each of them took out all kinds of sharp objects or sharp weapons from the surrounding houses or fields, and shouted in unison: "We are not born lowly people! We will not be slaves!" The shouts gradually attracted other people outside the Third Ring Road, and more people joined in, and the momentum gradually became huge.
Hua Mulan watched these lifeless fallen people stand up one by one with blood on the ground, and her whole body trembled, and she seemed to cry with excitement.
"Zhongqing, Laneige, have you seen it? I want to save the whole city. Watching life pass before my eyes, I will never do it again in this life. ”