Chapter 427: Hopeless Struggle
Faced with Bai Cheng's sudden throw-out conditions, Ding Nanguan was puzzled, hesitated, and then panicked.
Something that is harmless to the Immortal Alliance, but beneficial to Bai Cheng? What kind of silly white sweet joke is this!? Anything that is beneficial to the wasteland is harmful to the Immortal Alliance, this is common sense that children understand! It's black and white without a beak, unless ......
Unless, the relationship between Bai Cheng and the Immortal Alliance is not black and white.
That's why she can easily break through all the defenses set by the Immortal Alliance against the wasteland.
That's why she said that she was not exactly Bai Cheng as the other party thought.
So, she ......
If that's the case, maybe agreeing to her conditions isn't a bad thing.
If that's the case, maybe agreeing to her conditions is the only wise thing to do now!
If......
However, all this is just a subjective assumption on the spur of the moment, and it is a baseless idea.
All this may not even be his own thoughts!
The more Ding Nanguan thought about it, the more he felt heart-rending pain.
Although from the beginning, he was close to struggling, thinking, trying to break through the other party's routine, to surprise the other party...... But no matter what he did or said, it seemed that he was just rolling in vain in Bai Cheng's palm, and the more he struggled, the deeper he sank into this net.
However, he couldn't give up struggling.
Hope at all times was a pledge he made when he joined the Pacification Army as an intelligence officer, and over the years, he had always been proud of this oath, and he had overcome many difficulties by relying on the tenacity of keeping his oath. But now...... He had to hate his stubbornness and curse the existence of that oath.
If he hadn't made an oath, he could, obviously let himself die a happy death.
"Oh, don't rush to death, I won't let you help in vain. Well, before you make up your mind to help, I'll tell you something you'll be interested in. In that case, if you have a 1 in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00......0 By the way, there are many benefits to defeating me, for example, the destination of your Rongcheng Pioneer is Fenghu, right? Do you know how far it is from your current location to Fenghu? ”
Ding Nanguan grinned reluctantly, but of course he wouldn't answer.
Bai Cheng said: "What you think in your heart is that there are still 331 kilometers left - this is the data of the front-line battle report on the table of the generals as of yesterday. In 37 days, Rongcheng has advanced 111 kilometers westward, and the average daily distance is exactly in line with the plan. Although there are occasional twists and turns, it can take two or three days at most to get the trip back on track...... Therefore, according to the initial calculation, it should be 331 kilometers away from Fenghu Lake at this time. ”
Ding Nanguan did not say a word.
"However, your Gangfeng Observatory and the Wandering Scout have all sent out warnings in succession - although there is no problem with the actual distance traveled by Rongcheng every day, the scenery along the way is different from the Kyushu Kanyu map in the early years, as well as the observations before departure. There is currently no good explanation for this bias, and it has been temporarily determined that the wasteland distorts the observations. But in fact, including you, there are already many people who have vaguely guessed another possibility. And now, I can confirm it for you. That's right, you are not 331 kilometers from Fenghu as expected, but 442 kilometers at the beginning of your journey. Although you have been traveling west for 37 days and have experienced a removal of the anchor, in fact, the distance between you and Fenghu has not been shortened in the slightest. ”
Ding Nanguan was still silent, but the horror in his eyes could no longer be hidden.
Bai Cheng smiled: "Don't be so surprised, you have almost encountered any obstacles along the way to the west, and that is obviously because of the achievements you have made, and there is no value of being hindered at all." Of course, you will subconsciously argue that even if you haven't killed many desolate beasts, but you have actually acquired a large amount of land, can land be born out of thin air? The answer is of course yes, you have moved mountains and reclaimed the sea, and the power you have spent so much should have such an effect. Ziwu and Zhou Guo's reclamation projects are more cost-effective than this, aren't they? Oh, if Senior Sister is still here, I will definitely not sit back and watch you make such a low-level mistake, the essence of pioneering is not to plunder the territory of the wasteland, but to ...... Think about it, what did my sister say at the beginning, oh, by the way, pioneering, is to spread your own religious beliefs. Therefore, having reclaimed the wasteland for a month in vain, without destroying any worthy infidels, you should have been fully alert a long time ago. ”
Ding Nanguan's eyes flickered, his lips moved, and he was obviously distracted.
Everything Bai Cheng said was plausible, and there was a difference between it and the indoctrination he had received over the years, and what he had seen and heard, but the outline fit perfectly, so that he couldn't resist himself at all...... Trust her.
Then, think along the trajectory that Bai Cheng had laid down a long time ago.
Yes, after more than a month of pioneering, all kinds of strange status quo have already accumulated and stacked too much. Although the rear reveled all day long, as if victory was within reach, the front ...... At least in the front-line circles with the most information, panic has long been brewing. Long before the outbreak of this poison of separation, some people were already wondering if this month's soaring progress was just stepping into the trap of desolation.
It's just that......
Bai Cheng said: "It's just that under the fanaticism, there is no room for pessimistic remarks at all. It's just that even if the distance between it and Fenghu Lake is not shortened, a large amount of wasteland can be reclaimed, which is still a kind of harvest...... But that's not the reality. ”
Bai Cheng said as he projected a topographical map of the surrounding area of Rongcheng in front of Ding Nanguan.
"For example, have you ever read the reclamation report of those new soils east of Rongcheng? I have it! This piece of fresh land, which is more than 100 kilometers away from east to west, was divided up by countless giants long before Rongcheng officially went west, and the Bolanzhuang controlled by the Gu family benefited from it very huge benefits - the construction of a new city will be dominated by Bolanzhuang. In the past few days, the various real estate chambers of commerce under the business group have sent elite forces to carry out precise calculations in the selected locations, and there will be an instant report every morning and afternoon, which will be sent to Sister Shishi's desk through Wanjian Guifeng. And almost every one of these reports mentions that the new land is less fertile than expected. ”
Speaking of this, Bai Cheng smiled slightly, and did not deliberately look at the change in Ding Nanguan's expression, but continued to talk to himself.
"This is the era of rapid progress, and such subtle negative news will not and cannot attract attention at all. Therefore, the following experts who are good at calculation have found a reasonable explanation on their own - because the Xianmeng has never officially crossed the central axis of Kyushu to pioneer to the west in the past, it is likely that the land from the pioneers has been deeply impregnated by the desolation in the past, far exceeding the land pioneered in the past. Therefore, the new soil obtained now is slightly barren according to the standards of the Immortal Alliance in the past. ”
"Well, it's a pretty theory, and it even predicts with some degree of accuracy what the future will look like: as the city continues to advance westward, beyond two hundred kilometers, three hundred kilometers, and more victorious nodes, the land will become more and more barren. So much so that when the node of 400 kilometers was crossed, the land at the foot of Lingshan Mountain was almost barren. Since then, every step you have taken to the west has only made the city farther away from the Immortal Alliance, and it has also forcibly stretched the Great Barrier of the Determination Wilderness to an extremely dangerous level, and the thick and impassable barrier will become full of holes on its own. And when that time comes, you will find that the power of the wasteland is not as weak as you advertise. ”
"The reason for all this is that you have misunderstood the nature of pioneering. Senior sister said that pioneering is missionary, and the value of missionary lies in two points: first, let one's faith defeat the enemy's faith; Second, please your own gods...... In the matter of pioneering, it is to please the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao on your side. With these hundreds of kilometers westward, you can convince your own people that this is a glorious victory that deserves to be doubled as a carnival. But you can't convince the Heavenly Dao, although it is silent, it is not blind, and it is very stubborn. The loot that was promised to be handed over to it before the pioneer could not be discounted casually. ”
"You didn't destroy the desolate demons, you didn't occupy the really fertile land, but you still asked the Heavenly Dao for the aura of moving mountains and reclaiming the sea, what do you think the Heavenly Dao will think? Oh, it wouldn't have any ideas, the heavens and the earth are not kind, but you gave it a hazy personality 1,200 years ago, so although it can't think, it will give an intuitive response. The optimistic situation is that it gradually retracts its investment in Rongcheng, you will find that the pace of westward expansion is becoming more and more difficult, the vigorous leylines are withering sharply, and the long-term high-flying progress has made you unable to turn back, so you can only do everything to scavenge more power from the Immortal Alliance and from the Heavenly Dao, and march into the depths of the wasteland with a more blind attitude, and finally suffer a fiasco on the way, losing Rongcheng, losing half of the Wasteland Enchantment, and even losing one of the five states on the right side of the sky. As for the pessimistic situation, the Great Law is likely to collapse as a result. And without the Great Law, what do you think will happen to the Immortal Alliance? ”
Bai Cheng didn't seriously want Ding Nanguan to guess, he just shook his head and said, "Actually, aiming at Fenghu is a good move, because it is a node that is crucial to the entire wasteland, and it is a holy place for us heretics. If Rongcheng can really occupy Fenghu, then this battle between the old and new Taoist systems, which has lasted for thousands of years, will basically come to an end. The next few hundred years were just the dying struggles of the Heavenly Court elders...... So, before you reach Fenghu, you will also face unprecedented resistance. Among them, I am the pioneer. Because of some special fate with the Immortal Alliance, I can play the most significant role in this position, as long as I don't die, Rongcheng will not want to be close to Fenghu for half a step. ”
After saying all this, Bai Cheng squatted down, looked directly at Ding Nanguan, whose eyes were gradually distracted, and said.
"Now that my story is over, are you eager to fly out and warn everyone you meet? But unfortunately I can't just let you go, because after telling the story, I need you to fulfill your promise and do me a favor. ”
Ding Nanguan wanted to say, I never promised to help you...... But he found that perhaps because he was too engrossed in listening to the story when he first heard the story, he was now more and more involuntarily.
Received a greeting gift from others, indeed...... You have to give a response.
"Hehe, don't be so nervous, it's easy to ask you to help, listen to me tell a story, and then tell me your feelings, be honest."
After that, Bai Cheng couldn't help but say, planted a lotus platform for himself, and leisurely told the last story.
"Your victory is a miracle. At first, when the aborigines of Kyushu raised the anti-flag, we all thought it was a joke, and it was a means for some immortals from the Demon Sect to refine the blood pill and deliberately trick the ants to send them to death. Because you have no chance of winning at all, the difference in strength between you and your ascension is far more exaggerated than the grease and whitewashed jokes in your history books. Moreover, before the Heavenly Tribulation came, the top Mahayana True Monarchs on the Kyushu Continent had been forcibly absorbed by Heavenly Court, and only a few sect pillars such as the Taiqing Holy Maiden remained. And what about Heavenly Court? There have been more than a thousand Ascended Immortals in the past dynasties, and these people also have the ability to thrive in the Immortal Realm, although the price is relatively heavy, so that the number of Native Immortals is not large. But when Heavenly Court was at its peak, that is, at the moment before the Heavenly Tribulation, Senior Sister once joked that the so-called fairy world was nothing more than Chi Cheng and his three thousand beauties. Three thousand true immortals, even if most of them fell in the catastrophe, and the more senior they were, the more difficult it was to survive, but even if there were only dozens or hundreds of people left, it was self-evident what it meant to the Kyushu Continent. Even with the peak of the Immortal Alliance today, it is impossible to compete with hundreds of true immortals, and the means on your Xianyue Guanghan Palace are far from enough. What's more, at the time of the Battle of the Wasteland, Kyushu could not even find a real Mahayana True Monarch. So the rebellion from Kyushu is like the fresh food on the dinner plate turning around and rolling. ”
Speaking of this, Bai Cheng suddenly sighed and looked at Ding Nanguan with a slightly lonely gaze: "Yes, it's like you're trying to ask him for help now with the last resort Wang Luo left for you." ”
As he spoke, Bai Cheng flipped his palm, revealing a note written with painstaking effort, with only two poignant handwriting on it: Bai Cheng.
"Using the method of temporarily joining the outer mountain gate of Lingshan to obtain the unrestricted right to talk to the mountain master on the Ascension Record, Wang Luo's idea is very good, and you have also implemented it very covertly, at least I was really hidden from you before. But it's a pity that you and Wang Luo missed a little bit...... I am also from Lingshan, and I am a Lingshan person who is more senior than this generation of mountain owners. And according to the rules of Lingshan for ten thousand years, when the mountain lord first succeeded to the throne and his ability and strength were still insufficient, we old things had the right to temporarily take custody. So, your call for help was sent directly to me. Unfortunately, this is the end of your struggle. ”
As he spoke, the bloody word burned into a cloud of ashes, slipping away with Ding Nanguan's last hope.
And after that, the story that was enough to shake the foundation of the Immortal League was finally told.
(End of chapter)