Chapter 42: The Prison of the Moon
From a long, long, long time ago, Yakumo Murasaki set out to weave a hoax, and that was the Moon War.
Disunity of people's hearts can be solved by a lunar war, a lack of territory can be solved by a lunar war, a party with a different fight can be resolved by a lunar war, in short, everything can be solved by a lunar war except for the lunar war itself.
From the time Aka and Yakumo Purple met, she knew that this was a classic scam, because as long as she had the name Moon War, Yakumo Purple could do whatever she wanted, and she could do whatever she wanted.
Whether it is cheating people, removing political enemies, or even grabbing land and property, the righteousness that can be done is awe-inspiring.
Many things happened a thousand years ago, and the biggest ones are nothing more than three, one is the general battle of human monsters, the second is the moon war, and the third is the establishment of Gensokyo.
And throughout that period of history, almost all the big monsters were dead and wounded, but Yakumo Purple didn't have anything, and he was stunned to establish the monster's paradise Gensokyo.
Suika knew that it would be extremely difficult for arrogant youkai to get them to abandon the entire human world and live in a corner.
As far as she knew, at that time, there were many youkai who opposed Yakumo Murasaki's establishment of Gensokyo, and then the war began, and then ...... There will be no more, because all the yokai who oppose it have died in the war on the moon.
Neither before nor now, Suika never thought that Yakumo would really want to attack the moon, because if she really wanted to do it, it would not only be time-consuming, laborious, but also meaningless.
They already have Gensokyo as their territory, and there is no need to waste energy to gnaw on the hard bone of the moon.
So Cui Xiang never thought that they would be able to win the day of the moon, let alone when they had no intention of fighting at all.
"It's weird, there's no reason for that."
It's not that Cuixiang doesn't have confidence in her troops, it's just that this victory is so weird that she doesn't dare to believe it so easily.
"That, Cuixiang, you don't have to do that, do you? Win and win, what's there. ”
As one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Xingxiong Yongyi once privately learned some inside stories of the war from Cuixiang, but all she knew was that the victory or defeat of the war itself was not an end in itself.
"You're thinking too simply, Yongyi, if you want me to say, this kind of war can be avoided, even if it can't be avoided...... It's better to lose than to win. ”
"Ah......?"
Xingxiong Yongyi was dumbfounded, she never thought that Cui Xiang would say this.
It's not that Suika isn't confident and timid, it's that she thinks a little more than others.
The Moon War itself was only launched to serve Yakumo's personal purpose, and all they wanted was a head and a fait accompli, and it didn't matter what they won or lost.
However, if they lose, then they will lose their troops, but if they win, then the people of the moon will definitely take revenge and take revenge one day.
If the other party is entangled in the future, it will be a complete feud, such a vicious circle, the worst result is that the Moon People and the monster can only live one, and the best result is that the strength of both sides has been reduced to the extent that it cannot be defeated.
Whatever the result, Cuixiang didn't want to see it.
So she would rather lose someone here than spend her days in the future.
Besides, they are the invading party, and if they are repulsed, they will be scolded at most for not being able to do anything, even if they are embarrassed, they will not be able to lose anything.
After carefully considering the pros and cons, Cui Xiang immediately decided:
"Yongyi, you go to the front and let them not go any further, we will accept it when we see it."
"This ...... All right. ”
Despite her reluctance, Xingxiong Yongyi obeyed Cuixiang's orders.
......
On this side, Suzuka is having a headache about the war, but unfortunately Yakumo Purple on the other side doesn't know anything about it.
In the darkness where you couldn't see your fingers, there was hardly any light except for a glimmer of light through the large hole in the wall when you came, and there was nothing to be seen in the door, or the road.
Standing quietly in front of the big cave, Yakumo Zi silently watched everything in front of her, and suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind her, and she didn't look back and said:
"Settled?"
"Hmm."
It was Yonglin who came, and she had gone out with her bow and arrow for the first time in a long time, but both she and Yakumo Zi knew that there was no one on the moon who needed her to make a formal move.
So it is self-evident who this bow and arrow is used for.
"I asked Wu Yejun to go to 'take refuge' first, and Feng Ji and Yi Ji also left, at least for half an hour, no one can hinder us."
"That's good."
Yakumo's words fell, and when he raised his hand, he shot a barrage towards the darkness in front of him, but this insufficiently powerful attack disappeared into the depths of the darkness as if it had disappeared into a quagmire.
"You said that we were a little suspicious when you said that this is a prison, but now we believe it."
She turned to look at Yonglin:
"Where is the road?"
“...... I see, I see, no wonder you agreed to my conditions so easily, it turned out that you were waiting for me here. ”
Yonglin stepped forward with a smile, lit his fingertips with spiritual power and stroked in the void, slowly drawing a complex figure:
"You were here a thousand years ago, right? Yakumo Purple? It's just that because I can't find a 'way', I have to give up. ”
"Yes, it's thanks to Yonglin you."
Yakumo admitted unpretentiously, and fixed her gaze on Yongrin's gesture:
"Thanks to your repeated reminders not to touch this place, I was able to guess that 'she' was here so easily."
"This is really a miscalculation on my part, I didn't expect you to have 'her' in your purpose from the beginning."
Yonglin's hand moved, only to see that the pattern in charge had been formed, and in an instant, the direction of the flow of air changed, and a gust of wind blew from the depths of darkness, and everything around began to gradually become clearer.
Yakumo Zi's eyes froze, the big hole in the wall when they came had disappeared, not only that, but even the wall itself had disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, they actually came to a starry sky.
They stepped on a spiral-shaped staircase, looking upwards to the end of the sky, where the shining stardust shone brightly, and looking down, all the way into the bottomless abyss, in which the breath of depravity churned.
"Let's go."
Yonglin, who didn't say much, walked up the stairs first, and Yakumo Zi hesitated for a while before keeping up with Yonglin's pace.
The long staircase under the starry sky was full of distorted colors, and the concept of time seemed to be blurred, and as he went up with Yonglin, Yakumo suddenly realized that he couldn't remember how long he had been here.
"If you have any other plans, I advise you to give up."
As if noticing the abnormality of Yakumo Zi, Yonglin suddenly spoke:
"Time and space here are stopped, and even if we try our best, we won't be able to peek into a corner of this place, so if you still have some unrealistic ideas, I advise you to give up."
“...... What the hell is this place? ”
Yakumo Zi asked coldly, even if she saw the palace on a moonlit night, she could come and go freely, but here she had a sense of disobedience that she couldn't move.
She stopped, stared at the back of Bayi Yonglin firmly and said:
"This is not a prison!"
“...... You're right. ”
Yonglin raised her head and looked at the bright starry sky, with a look of nostalgia in her eyes:
"This is not a prison in the first place, and I don't like to call it a cold word like 'prison', as the residence of that adult, I prefer to call it this place - Guanghan Palace."