Chapter 599: Civilization Sprouts
The airship slowly rose into the sky, and after it sank into the sea of clouds, the propeller of the tail of the pod 'suddenly...' turned, tearing through the clouds and mist, and flew flutteringly.
"Guest, the flight is expected to take 14 hours, and in case of extreme weather it may be delayed by two to five hours, during which time you can always eat in the restaurant or have the service staff deliver it to your room.
Have a great trip. A pleasant-looking young woman in a pleasing green gown and long dress said this with a politeness similar to that of an Earth flight attendant, and led Serion into his room aboard the Tempest.
The guest room on the airship is naturally not very large, no more than six or seven steps long, and about five steps wide to the end, but the large bed covered with white goose down cushions;
wine racks embedded in the walls;
The ice bucket on the bedside table filled with all kinds of delicious fruits still gives people an unusually comfortable feeling.
"I believe this will be the most comfortable long trip of my life, thank you. Slightly stunned by the unexpectedly good environment, the secret envoy of the King of France politely said to the woman who led the way.
"It is my pleasure to serve you, guests, please feel free to rattle if necessary. The airship waitress bared her snow-white teeth, smiled formulaically, pointed to a string hanging from the wide beige couch next to the floor-to-ceiling window, and turned to leave the room.
After the woman left, the smile on Serion's face disappeared without a trace, and he muttered with a heavy face: "Even the tone and grammar of the maid of the fallen land have become subtly different from before, this is simply an invasion of a 'strong civilization'!"
A new powerful god rising from a savage island. Hmph, it seems that this is a nonsense at all, Wu, where did he come from..."
Thinking of the ancient legend that mortals would recite the names of the gods when they called them out, the Fran Envoy cautiously walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows.
In the extremely open field of vision, the endless white clouds glow with pale golden light in the sunlight, gently swaying under the blowing of the hurricane at high altitude.
Overlooking the earth through the clouds, you can see the green farmland and woodland of different shades, and the undulating mountains and rivers can be seen.
Even if he is well-informed, his mind is wise and heavy. But in an instant. The magnificence of the sight that broke into his eye socket still made Serion in a trance.
It was not unclear that he had admired the beauty of the sea of clouds and land from the sky, but what he had to do with a great magician to cast a spell or use a powerful alchemist to painstakingly create a magical item was now easily reproduced on a common means of transportation. On the contrary, it shocked him even more.
Silently retracted his gaze for a long time. Franmmy came back to his senses. Unconsciously, he sat on the sofa in front of the window, and began to rethink his response after seeing Wu Li with a solemn face.
Time passes slowly, and hours go by in a flash. As it approached dusk, Serion looked tired and stopped thinking.
Moving his neck, he touched his rumbling stomach and was about to get up and go to the restaurant to have a big meal, and by the way, he rested his brain, and suddenly saw a strange square mirror on the table next to the sofa.
The back of the mirror was wrapped in a thick layer of leather, which was still a little warm to the touch, and the front was a gray translucent crystal, which could reflect the blurred appearance of a person, but it was not clear at all.
"I can make something more clear than the finest crystal, but I can make such a muddy mirror..."There is always a strong curiosity is a common problem of wise men, Celion picked up the square mirror and rubbed the mirror to reveal an inquiring expression, and suddenly saw a little crystal light flashing under his fingertips.
The light first dimmed, then brighter and brighter, slowly spreading to the entire mirror, slowly outlining an image of a demon god with a human head and a snake tail, and then the picture actually moved, accompanied by a chant of 'God-given creation, infinite mysteries', and many small grid drawings half an inch square.
"Holy scriptures, legendary epics, love stories, war chess..."The Franmish envoy stared blankly at the magical square mirror in his hand and subconsciously read the words under the checkered drawings.
When his finger inadvertently clicked on the checkered drawing with war chess written on it, he suddenly saw that the picture had changed again, and there was actually a favorite game of 'Fighting Flags of the Centuries' for aristocratic men in the 'Green Leaf Continent' to kill time.
The usually expensive jade chess pieces are now turned into lifelike moving pictures, knights occasionally restrain roaring war beasts, and spellcasters are always shaking strange weapons in their hands
Selion slowly came back to his senses, tentatively stretched out his finger, and used his fingertips to point a green knight chess piece and swiped forward, the mirror surface shone, and the chess piece suddenly became larger, and he really made a charging action, smashing a red chess piece and disappearing, but unfortunately it was immediately summoned by another red mage chess and summoned a cloud of flames into a wisp of green smoke.
"Who's playing chess with me...", Selion's eyes widened as he looked at the square mirror in his hand, which was a foot long and half a foot wide, not thick enough for a thumb.
No matter how wise the envoy of the Farlang, who was born in the 'Shrimp II' realm, could not understand the operation mechanism of this 'biological tablet', which combines the visual surveillance organ of ancient biochemical weapons with the earth's microcomputer manufacturing technology.
And the emergence of this kind of magical creation with the characteristics of biochemical and mechanical civilization also indicates that Zhang Lisheng's place of faith has begun to sprout its own unique civilization...
Surrounded by confusion and an inexplicable sense of uneasiness, Celion didn't go to the airship restaurant all night to fill his stomach, and under the same night sky, Zhang Lisheng was feasting on the Golden Flower Terrier Manor, and met with the hundred city garrison leaders selected by the Wuli Religious Knights' troops by lot.
Although the level of social civilization in the Green Leaf Continent is only equivalent to the level of the Earth's medieval Eurasia, because of the existence of mana power, divine magic system and alchemy thaumaturgy, the population is only slightly inferior to the modern Earth civilization, about 2.2 billion, and at this moment, one-fifth of these people are already living in the fallen territory occupied by 'Wu Li'.
With a population of more than 400 million, if calculated according to the ratio of military and civilian personnel of the Wuli tribe, the number of soldiers drawn out can reach nearly 50 million.
Of course, the land people's favorable living environment doomed them to be like the barbarians, women and children were soldiers, and in the era of the division of the kingdoms before Wu Li's attack, the total number of regular troops in the occupied areas was only more than 4 million, and the reserve population could be quadrupled, and the total number was only 16 million.
However, even if it is such a number, Zhang Lisheng will never recover before he controls the territory of the mainland as if he ruled the Wuli Islands, and this religious knight army, which is composed entirely of land people, now numbers only 400,000 people, scattered among more than 2,000 cities in the occupied area, with about 500 people in the big city and less than 100 people in the small city.
Fortunately, the religious knights did not have to defend the city or charge into battle, and their only role at present was to patrol the city to calm people's hearts and minds, and occasionally kill heretics, but the number was enough.
In the manor's mansion was converted into a palace-style flower room, Zhang Lisheng sat on a huge golden chair covered with long animal skins and inlaid with countless treasures, overlooking the four rows of heroic knights who were prostrate at their feet, loudly praising their holy virtues and might, with a comfortable smile on his face.
It was more pleasant for the young man to be worshipped by the landlings who looked like the earthlings than the hellmen who looked like deformed gnomes, and when the leader of the religious knights, dressed in red, blue, and yellow, sang his praises, he waved his hand and said casually, "The lost lamb knows how to repent, and it is actually more rewarding."
Your sincere prayers have made me feel the devotion of faith, so stand up and sit at will. ”
Hearing the command of the god Wuli, the leaders of the religious knights stood up silently and sat down on either side according to the high ground of their status.
What followed was just some dull questions and answers, Zhang Lisheng showed his respect and expectations for the new religious knight troops, and the religious knights swore an oath to defend the majesty of the Wuli god to the death......
Unconsciously, half an hour passed, and a strange thing suddenly happened at the end of the meeting, and the young man said, "The night is already dark, you can retreat." After that, hundreds of kneeling religious knights stood up and slowly faded down, but one of them was still prostrate on the ground.
Although there is no need for any armed guards, in order to show the majesty of the gods, Zhang Lisheng's temporary residence will inevitably be guarded by thousands of elite soldiers.
These gods guarded by the gods, with their protruding mouths and fangs, their slender limbs, their bodies, their bodies covered with scales that change with the change of the external environment, and their hands and feet are all sharp claws, and when they were about to attack, they suddenly heard the voice of the kneeling religious knight tremble slightly: "Please forgive me for my recklessness, Great Lord.
But I do have something very important to talk to you about individually, so please give me a chance. ”
"Talk about it alone... I've just read the information about you and the other religious knight leaders, and remember that your name is Yigang, and you were once sold by the Cataman Comptoir to the Wuli tribe in an effort capacity, and spent a year on Scorpion Island, although you are cunning and conceited, but your personality is actually quite docile.
Later, after the 'Wu Li' expedition to the mainland established a foothold, you relied on your fighting strength and initiative to fight, which won the favor of Tu'an and became a religious knight leader. Zhang Lisheng showed a dumb smile on his face, but fortunately, he waved his hand to stop the guard's attack, "For people like you, what secrets are worth talking about with me alone?"
"The stakes are high, Your Majesty, I, I cannot tell you on this occasion. The kneeling knight said in a dry voice.
"Alright then, I'll grant your request and come with me to the study. Zhang Lisheng stood up and strode out of the flower room, took a breath of cool outdoor air, and turned his head to look at Yi Gang who was following closely behind him, "If you are playing tricks, I promise that you will regret it for the rest of your life." (To be continued......)