Chapter 340: Site Selection
The moment the scene in the arena changed, Bai Xiao entered the state, his attention was unprecedentedly concentrated, and his keen five senses took all the information around him into his mind.
It was a snow-white wilderness, with the smell of blood in the howling cold wind, and the wails of the dead and the sound of gold and iron in the ears. In this land, the weight of the dead qi has reached the point where Bai Xiao's hair is also blown up, and it is almost like standing on a large cemetery where hundreds of thousands of undead are buried! The soil under his feet seems to be able to squeeze blood water at any time...... This feeling can be compared to the absolute forbidden place behind the holy mountain.
However, this strong death qi that could kill the living at any time was forcibly suppressed by an even stronger force, and he shrank below the surface with trembling, if it weren't for Bai Xiao's extremely keen perception of death qi, he wouldn't even be able to detect the accumulated bones under the wilderness.
The person who suppressed the dead qi was right in Bai Xiao's line of sight.
A gray-haired middle-aged man, dressed in a long coat as black as ink, sat upright on a rough rock, he was not good-looking, alone in the snow-white wilderness, like a dot of ink on a white paper.
Inconspicuous, but able to steal everyone's attention.
Bai Xiao was in a trance for a moment, and more people appeared in his sight.
On the snow-white wilderness, around Lu Hao, there were hundreds of people densely packed - some of them were students who had transferred with him, most of them seemed at a loss at this time, and some were mirror projections in the map, only acting according to the script, and did not have complex intelligence. Finally, it was the role carefully played by the temporary workers, who were dressed in gorgeous clothes and armor, exuding magical energy fluctuations of astonishing intensity, standing at the front of the crowd, bowing their heads to Lu Hao, and making a ashamed expression.
Although it is the wilderness and the sky, there seems to be a splendid hall standing here in a trance, and the rock under Lu Hao also faintly shows the state of a dragon and a tiger, as condescending as a mountain, and the master above the "throne" is even more domineering.
In an instant, Bai Xiao realized the identity of this person, and also realized the script of this map.
His appearance is not good, but it is unique, this is Lu Hao, the overlord of the Western Continent, even if it has been two thousand years, even if most people have only seen his portrait in textbooks, but as long as they encounter it, they will not admit their mistake.
Indeed, there is no mistake.
Only such a character can give it a head start when the rule of the Shengyuan Empire is in full swing, and only such a character can single-handedly suppress hundreds of thousands of undead and make a bloody cemetery appear flawless and pure white.
Compared with later generations, Lu Hao's image is even more unique, even if compared to a thousand years later, when the demon civilization was more prosperous, Lu Hao's strength is no longer self-respecting, but no one can imitate the unique domineering spirit in the sky and on the ground.
There is no need for the throne of the dragon chair, the place where it is located is the throne, and there is no need for luxurious clothes to be carved, and the temperament of the gods and demons is the best sign.
And at this moment, the overlord of the Western Continent is asking a simple question to his subordinates.
"Has the location plan for the Imperial Demon Dao Academy been decided?"
Bai Xiao's heart moved, and the relevant records in the history textbook appeared in his mind.
1800 years ago, Lu Hao launched the War of Independence, annihilated more than 400,000 Shengyuan Expeditionary Force, and established Hongshan City and Hongshan Academy on the battlefield of strategic decisive battles......
Regarding the establishment of the Red Mountain Academy, there is only such a simple and simple description in the textbook, but I also know that the establishment of the first Demon Dao Academy in the empire cannot be such a simple thing.
Even in the early days of the establishment of the empire, all strategic plans were decided by Lu Hao with one word, but what drove Lu Hao to make decisions was inevitably extremely complex calculations and trade-offs - this original overlord of the Western Continent had never had a reputation for being reckless.
So, on what basis did Lu Hao decide to establish Red Mountain City and Red Mountain Academy on a large cemetery?
There is no answer to this question in history books, after all, the history textbook for first-year freshmen is only a few hundred pages, but it is impossible to expand on a detailed event in detail if it is necessary to summarize the history of the Western Continent for 2,000 years. However, through the extended reading, it is possible to understand the outline of history 1,800 years ago.
After the battle, Lu Hao clearly asked his subordinates a question, where should the first Demon Dao Academy of the Ming Empire be built?
After fierce discussions, the ministers also gave a number of plans, and finally Lu Hao chose Hongshan City and Hongshan College from these plans.
Today, the end-of-year test takes students back to 1800 years and revisits the history of the college's location.
After realizing the main line of the script, Bai Xiao faintly understood, his eyes immediately swept around, and then found a strange fact.
In front of Qingyue, Zuo Qingsui and others, there was a group of important ministers in luxurious clothes, but there was an empty space in front of them, that is to say......
"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have discussed many times, drafted more than ten plans, and after summarizing and integrating, they unanimously agreed that the Imperial Demon Dao Academy should be re-established on the site of the White Night City. ”
Then, a number of important ministers seconded the proposal, and the momentum was quite huge. Bai Xiao saw at a glance that almost all of Lu Hao's subordinates in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China chose the plan to rebuild the old site.
It is briefly recorded in the textbook that before the War of Independence, there was already a fairly mature demonic education system in the Western Continent, and its hub was located in the White Night City, which was a miraculous building created by the colonists of the Shengyuan Empire with a lot of effort...... It turned out to be destroyed in the war. At that time, it was regretted that Lu Hao himself was even included, so many people suggested simply rebuilding in ruins and making full use of the legacy of the Shengyuan Empire, but in the end, Lu Hao overrode public opinion and chose to establish the capital on the dead land.
In the eyes of the people at the time, Lu Hao's choice was actually a bit unreasonable, let go of the good foundation left by White Night City, and build a city on dead land, no matter how you think about it, it will be half the effort...... But at that time, Lu Hao's personal influence was enough to overwhelm all opposing voices, and the history of later generations also proved that building a city in Hongshan did have various benefits, and Lu Hao's strategic vision was indeed beyond doubt.
The only problem is...... This part of the historical records has not been read by Bai Xiao.
In other words, among the millions of books in the library, none of them has recorded Lu Hao's decision-making process in detail...... Because Bai Xiao was still quite interested in this section when he flipped through the history textbooks and saw this section, he deliberately investigated, and indeed Lu Hao's judgment process was not clearly recorded.
But the knowledge of the world is obviously not limited to a small library, so there may be corresponding records in some side books, but Bai Xiao obviously does not have the energy to exhaust the world's book collection, so he can only regard this matter as a small unsolved mystery and skip it for the time being.
But I don't want to, the question that I once skipped has become the core problem of this year-end test!
At this time, Lu Hao only nodded slightly in the face of the common suggestion of his subordinates, and said, "The reconstruction of the old site is indeed reasonable......
After a moment of silence, Lu Hao suddenly opened his eyes and swept his gaze to the other side.
"What about you, what do you think?"
Bai Xiao's gaze touched those black eyes, and he instantly felt a shock in his mind, as if there were mountains and angry waves rippling in his heart, and at the same time, he said his lines almost uncontrollably.
"Instead of White Night City, it's better to choose this place!"
The next moment, there was silence in the wilderness.
The temporary workers, who played a historical role, fully fulfilled their obligations and remained silent at this time.
And Lu Hao, who was on the throne, let out a sneer, stretched out his hand and pointed to his feet: "Here, this cemetery?"
Bai Xiao nodded: "This is the burial place of the 400,000 Shengyuan Expeditionary Force, it is very suitable!"
By this time, he had fully understood the contours of this end-of-year test.
He and Qing Yue and the others are two diametrically opposed camps, and the difference between the camps is that there are differences in the location of the first demon academy in the empire.
Most people chose the site of the White Night City Academy, which also seemed to be an undoubted wise choice at the time, but the Red Mountain City strategy seemed like a fantasy.
But history is following the trajectory of the Arabian Nights.
At that time, Lu Haoli chose Hongshan City against public opinion, and there must be a reason for it.
In this test, his task is to find these reasons for Lu Hao!