Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

"General, the royal mine is just ahead!" A warrior from Kaiton City pointed to the front excitedly, "If we can mine and utilize it, there will be no shortage of raw materials in the future!"

The abandoned mines in front of us are undulating. This is the special feature of Ai Mining Town. The entire city-state was built based on the mines from the beginning, just like drifters rely on low-lying lagoons to live, constantly attracting more people to settle outside.

Until it became more and more prosperous.

So there appeared a strange sight that the mine was inside the city-state.

Since the blockade of Ai Mining Town, the manufacturing cost of Kaiton City has continued to rise, so some people once thought that this was also a means for the coalition to weaken this forging capital. After all, after the decline of the imperial city, Kaiton City was the most powerful among the southern states.

Unexpectedly, the great lord of Kaiton City at that time, that is, the father of General Tianxin and Lord Shilang, he had no intention of opposing this proposal at all. The strategy of the coalition was almost completed smoothly, which made many people wonder if the old patriarch was old and confused.

It was not until Aikuang Town was really blocked that people found that although the cost of forging weapons and armor in Kaiton City had increased, their technology and productivity were in a cliff-like monopoly position.

Although the real strong may not look down on it, in terms of large-scale military equipment, Kaiton City series works are still the best choice.

These increased costs can be passed on to all buyers, and Kaiton City itself does not suffer much loss; on the contrary, other armor guilds that were originally somewhat competitive, because they are not as big as the Scrap Master Group, most of them went bankrupt because they could not bear the cost increase.

Further improved the monopoly position of the Scrap Master.

Everyone knows that Kaiton City, which seems to have suffered a loss, actually gained much more than it lost - the rise of this city-state in recent years is naturally inseparable from the defense of Tianxin Lizheng, but no matter how powerful the military force is, it must have something to defend.

However, when the effect appeared, the old patriarch of Tianxin had already passed away, and passed the position of the great lord to his youngest son Shilang. No one knows whether he is really shrewd or just picked up a bargain.

Now that Kaidun City has entered Ai Mine Town again, it has reached the Royal Mine again, and it is possible to take it for itself. This is undoubtedly a great help.

"I know." The man just nodded lightly after hearing the report from his subordinates, "I was fighting with the rebels here at that time, and it was dangerous."

The man's age cannot be seen from his face, but his back is straight. He is still wearing that simple linen robe. Compared with the surrounding soldiers with iron armor and sharp weapons, he is just like a passer-by who has mistakenly entered the military camp.

But no one dares to despise him, because he is the commander of the entire army and the chief of the scrap masters.

Tian Xin Li Zheng.

"Sorry, General..." The warrior said lightly, "Ah", bowed, "It was my subordinate who forgot."

Tian Xin Li Zheng has the merit of saving the master, and it is said that it was in the war to quell the bloody rebellion. It should be his glory and merit, but only his personal soldiers and subordinates know: somehow, the general is not very happy for everyone to mention this matter.

The soldiers of the coalition army at that time were all dead and old, and Tian Xinlizheng's personal soldiers were replaced. If the general didn't mention it, no one would know what happened in the bloody rebellion.

But now, the warrior chief couldn't help but waver in the general's previous decision: their progress was not smooth, but it was not difficult. It seemed that Ai Mine Town had been blocked for several generations. Although the people were crazy, the resistance inside was different from the past.

It seemed that there was no need to cooperate with the Red King of Shandi. They could take Ai Mine Town alone by their own strength.

The general's order could not be disobeyed, but the Royal Mine was one of the most valuable heritages of Ai Mine Town. Now that they got it first, it was considered to make up for it and win first.

Tian Xinlizheng led the army to continue forward. It was said that if the commander of an army was personally the vanguard, his subordinates would feel ashamed and blame themselves, but the general insisted on doing so. In addition, with him in charge, the pressure and casualties of the front army were greatly reduced, and it was not easy for others to continue to stop him in the name of honor.

The surface of the earth here is open-pit mines, but Ai Mining Town is rich in minerals. After thousands of years of mining and excavation, there are many mines that are dozens of meters deep, and circles of paths winding down.

Only by crossing these mines can you really reach the beginning of the establishment of Ai Mining Town, and later and the former palace.

After the riots, many roads between mining points were damaged and collapsed. This Kaidun City Corps of thousands of people can only follow the path that the miners walked in the past, carefully circling, descending and climbing up, which is not as easy as they imagined at the beginning.

In the huge mine, the soldiers are like bright silver ants. Looking up, the sky is cut into a circle.

Perhaps because it is winter, even before nightfall, the largest moon has already hung in the sky, showing a vague outline, fixed in position and motionless.

The army reached the bottom of the pit, where the terrain was slightly flat. An officer from Kaidun City led his men to explore the way ahead. As a nobleman, he would not have volunteered to do so, but now that General Tianxin was supervising the battle, if he performed well, he might be noticed by the general. He should not miss the opportunity.

Crunch.

His feet made a sound, which was different from the gravel and ground he had stepped on before.

The officer picked it up curiously and looked at it in his palm: "What is this?"

It looks like a grass stalk with something like grass seeds on it.

"Sir, these are ears of wheat."

A soldier reported.

"Wheat?" the officer wondered, "Why isn't it powdery?"

He tossed it casually and was about to throw it on the ground, but another person took it.

The officer looked back and saw that he was a colleague who had drifted to the end of the world. He was very interested.

The end of the wandering is located on the seaside of Hook. Many people make a living by fishing, and many go to live in renting land in Coslon next door. Except for the hooded guards of the great lord, there are very few professional warriors in the army, and most of them are recruited temporarily. Come.

Serve the people when you are free, and serve as soldiers when you are in war.

After getting used to it, the number of soldiers that can be mobilized is the largest among the southern states.

When the officer from Kaidun City saw his colleague's appearance, he felt that he must be rustic again. He felt a little contemptuous of him at the moment, but he immediately heard the other person saying to himself in confusion:

“Where does the new wheat come from here?”

"What's wrong with Xinmai?" he replied.

"The environment in Aikang Town is terrible if you can farm. There is no soil here. It is all abandoned urban areas and barren mountains. Any open space has been turned into sand and has no fertility. Wheat cannot grow." Wandering to the end. The officer touched the cut of the wheat ear, "And it's so flat, someone harvested it. It must have been removed just now..."

"Are there farmers?" the Kaidun City officer understood what he meant.

The city residents I met before looked like they had degenerated into beasts as they drank blood from their hair.

Didn’t you think they could still farm?

The officer was about to report this discovery to the general when he suddenly heard a melodious horn that resounded throughout the bottom of the pit.

This is an alarm for their legion.

But before they could react, another voice overwhelmed the trumpet, and it was a strange chant in unison:

"The blood moon and sweet rain cleanse the world from filth..."

"...the flesh and bones shall be given to the birds, and the blood shall be given to the yellow sand..."

The voices were getting louder and louder, like tens of millions of people roaring, but they came from all directions but could never find the exact direction.

Suddenly, someone realized it.

That comes from underground!

There was just a roaring sound, and the originally flat ground collapsed in all directions, revealing a deep hole, like countless black eyes that opened at the same time, and spread to the four walls of the mine, looking directly at the people underneath. Legion.

The chanting became clearer.

"...The sweet rain returns to the harvest, and the blood is dedicated to the yellow sand..."

"Blood dedicated to the yellow sand..."

"Dedicate your blood to the yellow sand!"

Click.

Compared to the echoing sound of chanting, this was just an insignificant sound of unsheathing.

"You are finally completely crazy..." the man in a linen robe said softly, "and you are really still alive."

"The bloody remnants——"

Tianxin Lizheng's hem was raised, and a close-fitting short sword jumped into his hand.

The blade is thin and sharp.

It was the inscription blade presented by Grace.

Accompanied by chants that filled the sky, countless figures walked out of the mine tunnels, each wearing rusty chain armor and in tatters, just like their own rickety bodies.

…

…

The fire was raging, and the Ember Iron Guard drew out his spear. The tall and fat cannibal giant took a few steps back and fell into the fire pit behind him.

The yellow fat rolled up at the wound immediately began to sizzle and burn, and the flames came out of the belly like a spitting snake, crawling all over the body.

Under the giant's body, there were countless corpses, but they had been burned to charcoal.

The surface is pitch black and no human form can be seen.

The Ember Iron Guard put away his spear and belatedly looked at his right arm, which was bitten by the giant. His cloth and leather armor were directly pierced and torn to pieces, revealing a steel arm.

This mechanical prosthetic limb looks so slender as to be just a skeleton, but it is extremely strong and tough, so it was not damaged by the cannibal giants.

He breathed a sigh of relief before going back to receive maintenance and treatment from Miss Ludai.

The apprentice mechanic has been quite busy these days.

On the other side, the giant in the fire pit was not completely dead yet. He let out a miserable wail under the severe pain of being licked by the fire, and crawled towards the shore while roaring.

There was also a figure standing on the shore.

The heat wave rolled up, and the strong wind blew his white hair, and the giant's twisted hand grabbed his feet.

But there was no further action.

The cannibals died after all.

"It seems he thinks I'm more delicious." Lu Meng said with a silent smile.

Everyone couldn't help laughing, but they had to admit that it was true.

Their encounters along the way were similar to those of the Kaidun City Legion, mutated bodies, cannibalistic citizens... The difference was that Lu Meng was not surprised at all.

He had already confirmed it himself.

And he knew that these city residents did not simply degenerate into beasts and launch indiscriminate attacks on outsiders, but that this was their way of survival.

Human flesh has a fatal attraction for cannibals, and in the end it may even become the only food they can swallow and digest. From a survival perspective, this is actually a very inefficient behavior.

So, it can never be natural evolution.

And if it is deliberately designed.

Then his heart can be killed.

The larger the number of people on the other side, the more they looked like a fire gathering in the dark night in the eyes of the cannibals. The presence of the Kaiton City Legion helped them attract most of the attention.

Even so, the fighting along the way was still thrilling. Unlike the battle between two armies, every figure that appeared here was an enemy.

It can be said that there was no pause.

But this deepened the running-in between them. Originally, let alone ordinary Embers Iron Guards, even masters like Chad and Bo thought that if they came alone, although they were more flexible and less likely to attract attention, they would probably not survive until now under the siege of many cannibals.

Xiaogu, who activated the blood of the mountain dog, played a huge role in searching for the traces of the cannibal tribe and guiding the route of the crowd, just like its peers.

Finally, the Red King used himself as bait, just like he had seduced the wolves in the bone burial ground in the flash land, to attract a large number of cannibals here, and killed them with a fiery pit - the things carried by hundreds of pack animals were only exposed at this time. In addition to carrying equipment and supplies, more than half of the remaining loads were fuel produced in the swamp.

Shicha's noble caravan did not follow. They unloaded their goods in the city wall market controlled by the high wall shield guards, but their pack animals were requisitioned and merged with the original herd.

Not only did the number of pack animals double, but the pack animals that Lu Meng originally brought were the strongest among the major Shandi tribes. Almost one pack animal was as strong as two ordinary pack animals. The current load capacity was equivalent to three times that of Shicha's caravan.

However, most of the backpacks of the newly added pack animals were empty, and they didn't even bring their own feed. At first, some people were worried that the supplies were not enough, but now the doubts were dispelled.

Whether it was Xiaogu or the pack animals, they had no shortage of food along the way - because of the curse, they could eat things that humans could not eat.

Listening to the creaking sound of the beasts, everyone didn't want to think too much.

The flames in the crematorium burned fiercely, and the dust produced by the explosion of grease rose up, like a black column cutting through the sky.

It looked extremely eye-catching from a distance.

After a while, a few figures appeared in the ruins and walked towards the fire pit. However, when they saw Lu Meng and others next to them, they were shocked and quickly raised their weapons to block.

They were ragged.

But they looked well-trained.

Lu Meng noticed the weapons in their hands - he was not unfamiliar with them, they were the moon blades he had used before.

His previous guess was now complete.

They were covered by the cannibals, but they also protected themselves with them. They were still rebels...

The "mountain people" living in the mine tunnel.

The so-called bloody remnants.

All kinds of elements, one by one, corresponded to the peripheral situation of this continent. Is this really a coincidence?