Am I the only one who didn't ascend?

In the early morning of this day, the late autumn breeze blew through Rongcheng, and a gust of cool air from the eastern plains made people on the streets of Rongcheng tighten their collars.

But they could not calm down the enthusiastic hearts.

Because since yesterday evening, people from various places have received news one after another, asking them to set aside the morning the next day to prepare for an important ceremony at the Governor's Mansion.

Generally speaking, Han Guming rarely does such high-profile things. For many major strategic decisions, he only tells a few subordinates who need to know directly in his small and shabby room. He doesn't like meetings, and he doesn't like public speeches. Although he is the governor of the divided territory, he knows how to be low-key and restrained more than most local officials directly under the Jinlu Hall.

So for the people of Rongcheng, it is a rare thing in many years to see such a high-profile performance by the governor. So, why not take a half-day off to watch the show?

So from early in the morning, breakfast shops all over Rongcheng were busy. The flavors from all over the country flowed to every corner of Rongcheng like streams as people walked along the street, nourishing more than 20 million people in the city, supporting the old capital of Zhuwang to continuously burst out the clamor symbolizing the prosperity of civilization, and then contributed more colors to the tea tables of the people watching when the ceremony began.

By 10 o'clock in the morning, all the noise fell silent.

Whether consciously or unconsciously, when the Governor's Mansion in the sky shone with glory and competed with the autumn sun, people all quieted down.

At the same time, in the Shifu Courtyard, several tenants also gathered together for a rare occasion, set up a large tea table under the shade of the housekeeper tree, and Wang Luo served each tenant with fragrant instant tea.

Objectively speaking, this move made the tenants feel flattered. Wang Luo was no longer the unknown person when he just came down the mountain. The name of the owner of Lingshan Mountain was known to people far beyond Zhuwang, not to mention that in Shijie, the place where the dragon rose... But on the other hand, half of Wang Luo's fame in the local area came from his approachability.

No matter how dazzling the halo on him was, he was always the tenant of Shifu who would smile at everyone and go to Xiangshan Road to work late at night.

"Okay, the ceremony is about to begin." With Wang Luo's reminder, the people at the tea table also put down their uneasiness and shifted their attention to the air.

Through the walls of the Shifu and the shade of the trees above, people can clearly see a translucent shadow standing in the air. And similar shadows are evenly distributed in every corner of Rongcheng... Any Rongcheng person, no matter where he is, as long as he is willing to raise his head, can see their beloved Governor Han Guming.

Today, Han Guming lived up to expectations and once again put on ancient costumes. His demeanor was more dignified and solemn than when he greeted Mo Yu, so his slightly hunched and thin body also showed a majestic temperament.

For a moment, even the locals in Shijie, who had never said anything good about the dignitaries in the upper city, could not help but feel submissive and respectful.

Then, a purple figure slowly appeared. She was tall and dignified, and there was a faint sense of oppression in her movements. She faced Han Guming head-on and was not inferior at all.

That was Mo Yu, the chief steward of the Jinlu Hall's Internal Affairs Department.

However, even this chief steward was just a foil in today's ceremony. She and Han Guming only looked at each other, then quietly walked to his side and lowered her head slightly.

Finally, the third person appeared.

It was a golden shadow. Obviously, the person's real body was not present, but only a projection from a distance; however, even if it was just a shadow, it was enough to make Mo Yu and Han Guming submit without hesitation.

Among the hundreds of countries in the current Immortal Alliance, only one person can have such status and prestige.

Zhuwang King, Lu Youyou.

The appearance of Lu Youyou caused a panic in an instant. People thought that the protagonist of today's ceremony would be Han Guming, but they didn't expect that the standard was so high that it alarmed the king himself!

What is it that is worth Lu Youyou's personal appearance? If it is just a commendation and awarding of honors, it is enough for Mo Yu to temporarily replace the king himself.

Could it be that...

Just when people were panicking and puzzled, the golden shadow slowly spoke.

Under the shining golden light, Lu Youyou's face seemed blurred, but her voice was clearly identifiable.

Delicate as a girl who has not yet reached the age of 16, distant as an elder who has experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes.

"1,200 years ago today, civilization began in Rongcheng..."

Using the history of this city as the starting point, Lu Youyou opened the prologue for today's ceremony.

"What is civilization? For modern people, having enough food and clothing, living and working in peace and contentment can be called civilization; striving for self-improvement and keeping pace with the times can be called civilization. But 1,200 years ago, civilization was a spark in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, a piece of paradise between the upheavals of the mountains and rivers, and a little extravagant hope for the future for the dying."

The voice of the king seemed to slowly turn over a scroll in the hearts of the audience, and in just a few words, the scroll came to the chapter of the broken mountains and rivers, like a scene of evil land, which made people feel suffocated.

"Civilization is a struggle against desolation, one side rises while the other declines, one side rises and the other side falls, one side rises and the other side falls. Our civilization today is a clear proof of mankind's unremitting struggle and continuous victory over the past 1,200 years. But the war is not over, and the threat has never disappeared. Outside the borders of civilization, the demons of desolation are always eyeing us; the erosion of desolation is also shaking the great barrier of the eight directions of desolation."

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"In the 300th year of the Immortal Calendar, the rebellion of Changsheng Jun broke out in Zhou Guo, almost shattering Ningyuantu; in the 600th year of the Immortal Calendar, the dragon head disaster of Mo Lin descended, the holy mountain was corroded by more than half, and the contemporary Yulong Jun unfortunately fell; in the 1100th year of the Immortal Calendar, the tide of the Moon Central Desolation rolled back, and Dinghuang City was overturned several times. The Immortal Alliance of 100 countries finally pacified it after going through hardships... If the desolation cannot be eradicated, such disasters will only happen again and again, and as long as we neglect and fail at any time, then the accumulation of 1,200 years will be gone."

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"We will lose our land, home, relatives and friends, we will lose our lives, honor, and everything we cherish, and we will also lose civilization."

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"Therefore, we will continue to move forward, continue to win, continue to expand the territory of civilization, purify and erase the desolate territory, until the last trace of desolation disappears from our sight forever , we can truly usher in civilization. "

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"And this is also our agreement with the Heavenly Dao. For 1,200 years, the Dark Avenue above the sky has always been fulfilling its own agreement, bestowing the power of heaven on all living beings in the Immortal Alliance, and now, it is time for us to fulfill our agreement. The Eight Directions to Settle the Wasteland will use Rongcheng as the anchor point of the wasteland, heading west, like a sharp cone piercing into the wasteland of the left of the sky that has never been set foot on before, until the shore of Fenghu Lake in Mozhou. "

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"This will be an unprecedented pioneering journey, and we will face unprecedented difficulties. But at the same time, we will also have unprecedented powerful help. Behind us is the vast land from Lingshan in the east to the Dark Sea in the west, the hundreds of millions of lives in the five states and hundreds of countries are united, and it is an epic full of victories over and over again in the past 1,200 years! "

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"Here, I, Lu Youyou, announce in the name of Lord Zhuwang that the Rongcheng pioneering has officially started! "