Chapter 316: Mechanical Maze
It's certainly not the worst of times for the Land of Eagles, but it's definitely not much better.
And for humanity, the troubles in the north are like a sign, symbolizing the beginning of a great chaos.
The Great Wall of Desperation is no longer an insurmountable moat, the demon clan has re-entered the stage of history, the army of the king of the mountain has been dispatched, and everyone in the north is in danger.
The chain reaction has just begun, and no one knows what will happen next, but everyone has a hunch that these troubles have just begun.
Although Chen Mu is an outsider, he has been in the wasteland for so long, and he can be regarded as traveling from south to north, and he has seen far more of the world than many local natives, so he naturally feels this huge sense of crisis.
But with his current strength, it is very difficult to protect himself, and he has no consciousness to save the world, so for the time being, he just wants to find a relatively safe place first, stay for a while, make a fortune quietly, and improve his strength before talking about anything else.
In any case, leaving the Eagle Nation is an imminent matter, and the further back you go, the more chaotic the situation becomes, and the more difficult it is to run away in peace.
Now that the sea route is estimated to be cut off, no matter how difficult it is to break into the territory of the backer king, you must break through it head-on.
Chen Mu made up his mind, rested briefly for a day in the saline-alkali land, and continued to run towards the southern border of the Eagle Country.
There were no words along the way, and some small twists and turns were also thrilling, but in short, he arrived at the southern region of the Eagle Country smoothly.
Note that it is only the southern region, not the border, because when he arrived here, Chen Mu encountered a big trouble.
The location is a semi-abandoned ancient city, and the locals call it "Zagu", which is the local dialect of the steppe tribes in this area, which means "mechanical maze".
In fact, the grassland tribes do not like to build cities, especially those places with large mobility, the environment and climate are already unstable, and the grasslands are mostly wolf-type mutant beasts.
Most of these mutant beasts are group-based, and they also inherit certain migration habits, and will wander around with the changes of seasons and environment, which also prompts humans to migrate with them, which is not conducive to the establishment of large fixed bases.
In the southern region of the Eagle Country, there is such a situation in many places, plus it is close to the territory of the mountain king, but all large tribes with a little strength are not willing to breed here, and the Yang family of the mountain king is too difficult to get along with, and he can't fight and fight, so he can only hide away.
As a result, there are even fewer cities in this area, and even if small tribes want to build cities, they don't have the strength.
But they also have their own way, that is, to borrow some ancient ruins, such as this "mechanical maze", which is an ancient ruin, but it has long been hollowed out, and what is left is barely a city.
Nearby tribal nomads, black market merchants, bounty hunters, in short, there are all kinds of people of all religions, all of them do business here, which can be regarded as interconnected.
This city is marked on Chen Mu's map, and in the southern area of the Eagle Country, it can be regarded as one of the "big cities" that can be ranked.
In fact, on the map in Chen Mu's hand, there are no cities marked in the entire southern region of the Eagle Country, which shows the barrenness and desolation of this area.
Chen Mu traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, fortunately it was a mess, and after entering the southern region, he naturally needed to rest and replenish, so he came to this "mechanical maze city".
But he had barely approached the city when he ran into a big problem.
From afar, you can see this "unique" city, with tall steel wreckage standing on the grassland, which is naturally very conspicuous.
Moreover, these steel wrecks are completely different from those of the Death Desert, and most of the wreckage there are war machines, because it is said to be the main battlefield of the Battle of Dusk, and it is the place where the Sky Dynasty and the Outer Demons died together.
As for the grassland, not to mention the war-like steel wreckage, even the larger steel items are very rare.
And the predecessor of this "mechanical maze" should be a super-large steel fortress, even if it has been destroyed by time, and now only part of the wreckage is left, but it still looks extremely magnificent standing on the grassland.
When Chen Mu saw the city for the first time, he seemed to see part of the remnants of the legendary Battlestar, or the steampunk style in the movie, which was really shocking.
He was even stunned for a moment, only to realize that above the city, above the sky, close to the clouds, there were several huge balls floating, and the golden light was very conspicuous.
These spheres seemed to correspond to the surroundings of the city, Chen Mu saw a total of five golden spheres, four small ones, distributed in the south, south, north, west, and northwest, and the middle one was much larger, which should be exactly at the zenith in the center of the city.
"Yang?"
Chen Mu took a closer look, and there were huge "Yang" characters written on these golden balls, as well as a domineering side leakage emblem, which seemed to be an artistic body of "mountain".
Needless to say, after seeing this thing, Chen Mu also reacted, this is the family crest of the Yang family, the king of the backer, and it is announcing that this is their control area.
"Damn, it was really occupied by them, this speed is fast enough, this part of the country of eagles, it seems that the surname is 'Yang'. ”
Chen Mu was a little speechless, he thought that no matter how fast the army of the backer king was, it was unlikely to be faster than himself, a lone traveler, but he didn't expect that the speed of others would break through the sky.
This "mechanical maze" is the northernmost city in the southern region of the Eagle Country, and it has also been occupied by the Yang family, the king of the backers.
To put it more figuratively, this location is not much away from the southern part of the Central Royal Court, that is, extremely close to the central core of the entire grassland.
According to the information that Chen Mu heard before, although the major tribes on the grassland tacitly gave up control of the southern region, they left a buffer zone with the Yang family, the king of the backers.
But no matter how laissez-faire, it is impossible to completely give up the entire southern part of the grassland, at most it is five or five open, the southern area is divided into two, and the southern one is ceded to the Yang family, the king of the backers.
But in this part of the north, there are still many small tribes, in fact, many of them are branches of various large tribes, and the garrison troops belonging to this part of the area are in case the cubs of the Yang family cross the line too much.
And in this, the one who contributed the most was undoubtedly the Jin family, which occupied the central royal court, and in this part of the area, their combat power even exceeded that of the other families combined.
There is no way, the central royal court is the foundation of the Jin family, and it cannot be touched by any force, let alone the Yang family, the domineering backer.
Therefore, in Chen Mu's prediction, no matter how cowardly the Jin family is, they will never let the army of the backer king easily cross this area.