Zero suddenly wakes up and sees a roof made of planks and leaves. He rolled over and got out of bed, which was a wooden house. From the beds to the simple furniture, they are all made of wood, without a single metal mouth, and have the most intense original style. Walking out of the wooden house, there is a corridor that is only half a meter wide. The corridor also doubles as a balcony, passing through the other two huts and reaching down to the ground.

This is the house of the Asaks, who built their house on a tree. Usually there is only one room for each ancient tree that several people hug, but where Zero is now is the residence of the patriarch Gaoge. He owned three rooms, built on two twin trees that were next to each other, which was a privilege of the patriarch.

The villages of the Asaks have no obvious signs, they live in the woods. If you don't actually enter the village, you will only think it is a forest from the outside and ignore the past. There was no such thing as a road, and as Zero followed Gog and the others back to the village, they all bent left and right through the woods. Even if you try to write down your path, you can't do it because of the almost repetitive sights.

The only thing that distinguishes the village from the woods is probably the clearing of a clearing. This clearing was usually the gladiatorial arena of the Asaks, and on the west side of the clearing, something resembling an altar was made of tree stumps and square stones. On both sides are totems carved out of wood, the totems are the faces of the Asaks, and it looks like this alien race is a bit like some indigenous people in the old days, and ancestor worship is prevalent.

"Can't sleep, can you?" Gog's voice came from the side, and even after getting off the mount, the average height of the Asaks reached nearly three meters.

Gog stepped up beside Zero, and Zero only came to his chest. The Assak patriarch waved one of his arms and said, "You humans are certainly not used to living in the jungle, but for us this is the place where we were born and died of old age. ”

Zero looked at the sky and said, "Patriarch Gaoge, under the same sky, in a different city. I don't know if you believe that we humans and other alien races can live together in peace. This is the small result of my efforts, and I hope that humans and aliens can live in peace, not fight to the death. ”

"It's a shame that you can't represent all of humanity. Like the humans who burned down our village, they didn't have the idea of coexistence. ”

"So I'm working in that direction. ”

"Oh, so you came to this land for this purpose?"

Zero shook his head: "No, it's two different things. The elixir and seeds you received from ShadowClan I suspect have something to do with what you're looking for. That kind of thing is dangerous, and it could even lead to the destruction of the planet. So I'm here to make sure. To put it simply, I'm here to find something, not to fight you. ”

Gog looked at him for a moment and said, "I have already sent your request to the temple, and it is estimated that there will be news back tomorrow." But I still advise you, don't fight the idea of the Shadow Clan. Otherwise, even if you are a warrior of a hundred battles, war is still inevitable. ”

"If that thing is what I'm going to destroy, then I won't change my mind even if there is a war. Zero said forcefully, "Because I know very well that once I let that thing get it." At that time, it will not only be a war between us, but the entire world. ”

"What is it?"

"It'......" Zero smiled bitterly: "It can be said to be your mother, and it is precisely because of it that there are you." But you are not the life it wants to be, so if it does, it will kill you. Because it is the natural enemy of all life. ”

Gog shook his head and said, "It seems that you have a lot of stories. ”

"Patriarch Gog, can you tell me about the Temple?" Zero had no intention of continuing to discuss with Gog on the issue of Prosius, so he changed the subject.

"Before the temple appeared, we were a mess. The original temple was actually the place where the ShadowClan lived. There we call it Montenegro, and the temple was built on top of Montenegro. I'm sorry, but I can't tell you where Montenegro is. In short, when the Shadow Clan bestowed the seeds and elixir on the few clans they had chosen, the patriarchs of the ten clans, including the Amanda, also became the elders of the Temple. ”

According to Gog, Zero is probably somewhat aware of the power structure of the Black Earth. The ShadowClan are the alien race that stands at the top of the land, they are few in number, but the adult warriors are formidable. Below the alien race is the Holy Temple, which is presided over by eleven eleven elders. The Shadow Clan Patriarch serves as one of the Elders, and the rest are Powerful Patriarchs like Amanda.

The temple is the spiritual symbol of all the aliens in this land, and it is the decision-making body of the aliens in the black land. However, the temple rarely gave clear instructions, and more often than not, it was left to the freedom of the various ethnic groups.

The most recent instruction was that when Shuya invaded with an army, the Temple demanded that the aliens in the Tier 1 to 3 areas be evacuated and retracted into the Tier 4 zone, protected by powerful clans like the Asaks, and organized against the Bloodriders.

As for how to fight with the army of the Blood Cavalry, it is up to the patriarch of the strong clan who is responsible for organizing the resistance to the strength of the strong clan to decide for himself.

From a human point of view, the power of the temple is undoubtedly loose, but its execution is unquestionable. Even if the next order is issued once in a while, it is completed without compromise for all aliens. This is completely unimaginable in human society.

When it comes to decision-making, the temple also uses a voting system. Each elder has one vote, and when there is a majority of votes in favor, the decision is passed. In this regard, not even the elders of the Shadow Clan have any privileges.

"If you want to achieve your goal, but you want to avoid war." Then you can only hope to succeed if you get the temple to vote on it and get at least six elders on your side. ”

The Assak patriarch walked to his room, turned around and said, "If you can become a warrior of a hundred battles, then I am willing to vote for you." This vote is not for your so-called natural enemy of life, but only for your courage to come alone, and until now, you have tried to avoid war with us. ”

Watching Goge's figure disappear into the room, Zero glanced at the sky with a smile: "The situation is not bad, at least, there is a vote now." ”

Beyond the vast primeval forest, there is a red-black land. The ground here is charred black, but in the cracked rock formations, it is as red as blood. It is a black land, and there are countless rivers that divide it into pieces of various sizes. All rivers originate from a natural lake at the end of the earth.

The black earth runs from west to east, the terrain is from high to low, and the water level of the lake has not decreased for many years, and there should be a continuous replenishment of underground water sources. The lake freezes in winter and melts in spring, and the ice water flows lower through the cracks in the earth with the topography, forming streams and rivers, injecting life into the land.

On the east side of the lake, there are mountains and clouds rising up. The mountain peaks are almost rising from the ground, the mountain is very steep, the whole body is pitch black, like the color of the ground, there is a mountain road chiseled in it, and there is a platform at the halfway up the mountainside. It is as if someone has cut down a piece of rock halfway up the mountain, forming a concave space. You can see several stone pillars hugging each other supporting this space, and it is not known whether the road is formed naturally or intentionally.

The stone pillars are gray, and they look desolate and desolate in the dark mountains. And this platform is where the temple of the Black Earth alien race is located. At this moment, several elders in the temple were arguing about something, and Girutan was among them. In the center of the temple was a stone basin on which the flames had been extinguished for many years, and the elders had heated arguments around it.

"What a joke, why did the Asaks hold a gladiatorial match of a hundred warriors for an outsider. What is Elder Gog thinking, just send these people away. A very short, old-faced, but unusually loud foreign elder kept tapping the ground with the crutch in his hand to emphasize his tone.

"That's because the Assaks never turn down a challenge and are never afraid of it. If it weren't for the stakes this time, Elder Gog wouldn't have reported to the temple at all, and I'm afraid that a gladiatorial tournament would be held immediately, right?" said a middle-aged man who looked like a human, who looked a little similar to Girutan, but was the patriarch of the Amandan people, Ba Jin.

A man covered in a black robe, but with a white arm peeking out of his sleeve, said, "If this matter is raised by another patriarch, we can dismiss it." But Elder Gaoge's temperament must be clear to everyone. The dignity and traditions of their Asaks do not allow for the avoidance of any challenge, and if we dismiss it this time, Elder Gog will not say anything on his lips, but it is not surprising that some thoughts will inevitably arise in his heart, or even between them and the temple. Therefore, this incident needs to be handled carefully. ”

"Elder Blackowl is right. Another elder said, "In my opinion, the best way to do this is to hold a gladiatorial tournament and then defeat or even kill this human in a challenge. In this way, the Gaoge patriarch should have no opinion. ”

"I think it will be enough to defeat this human, and in Elder Gog's message, he also pointed out that this human is trying to avoid war with us. If we kill him in a gladiatorial fight, we are afraid that it will cause unnecessary trouble. Ba Jin said.

The elder from before snorted, "Isn't it rare for humans to kill our compatriots?" Elder Bajin, I know that your son Girutan and this human seem to be friends. If you are biased in favor of humanity because of this, it will be too disappointing. ”

Bagkington looked angry: "Elder Wade, I have to warn you. Behind this human race is a city called Dawning City. Girutan also said that the city had a number of high-ranking people, an army of capable people, and thousands of soldiers. What's more, the city has a close relationship with the western tundra. You should know very well, what's there in the western tundra?"

The black-robed elder raised his hand and said, "That's enough, stop fighting." Elder Bajin was right, this human being is not an ordinary person. If we kill him, we will have an extremely powerful enemy. I decided to have Elder Gog hold a gladiatorial match. Then, I, the Lord, will go into battle as one of the warriors. That human can only stop at the village of the Asaks. ”

He lifted his hat and revealed an extremely beautiful face, but those eyes were as black as ink!