On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen picked up a concrete block the size of a millstone with all his strength, stepped on the rubble pile from the ruins, and threw the stone on the pile of rocks in the open space. Then, without even taking a breath, he ran up the pile of rocks in two or three steps.

Chen Hansheng followed him holding a similar-sized stone, and next to him was Liu Yisheng who said nothing. Although this guy had a hard time with his brain, he was really strong. He could hold a stone almost twice as big as Xiao Chen. They also each threw down a piece of cement and climbed back onto the ruins. Chen Hansheng took a few breaths and said: "Xiao Chen, I said you are amazing. There are already a different group of people around us who came up with us. You are still not blushing, not out of breath, and not tired at all?"

Xiao Chen was stunned by his question and said a little strangely: "This cement block is not heavy, right? It doesn't take much effort."

"It's really not heavy, it's very light!" Liu Yisheng grinned.

"Haha." Chen Hansheng was angry and funny. He ignored the fool at all and said to Xiao Chen, "Are you kidding me? Have you seen my body? I have gone down to rest twice. You have never done this before. It’s rough work, I don’t know. The big piece of cement you just moved weighs at least more than a hundred kilograms.”

"How is this possible? How long have we been doing this?"

"It's been two whole hours."

Xiao Chen was speechless, and then he felt that something was wrong. Before, with his body, he was out of breath even if he ran up and down empty-handed for two hours, let alone transporting things. But now, he only feels full of energy and comfortable in his limbs, like an athlete who has done warm-up exercises and is preparing to participate in the competition.

Could it be that, like my eyesight, it has also mutated? He raised his hands and looked at them. They were still the same as before. They were white, thin, and very slender. At first glance, it seems that it is only suitable for carrying books, not carrying stones.

He picked up a two-finger-thick steel bar from the ground and broke it with all his strength, but there was no reaction on the steel bar. Liu Yisheng didn't understand what he was doing, so he imitated what he was doing, and a steel bar was immediately bent into a U shape. Xiao Chen glanced at the muscular man helplessly. His strength and endurance had improved, but he still hadn't become as fierce as someone else.

—————————————————————————

At the other end of the school, Wang Jiyuan was checking the post.

"Report to the leader, everything is normal here, just..."

"That's it, don't hesitate."

"It's just...it just doesn't feel good." The soldier holding the gun said with some embarrassment.

"awkward?"

"That's right, I'm just worried."

"What's wrong with you? Are you imitating Aunt Qiong Yao's sentimentality?"

The soldier's face turned a little red, and his cheeks trembled for a long time before he uttered one word: "I miss home."

Wang Jiyuan was silent for a while, and finally he could only pat him on the shoulder.

The warrior's shoulder was touched by him, and he shivered even more fiercely. His tears fell down without stopping, "Ugh... before, you could visit relatives and go home, but now, ugh... you have no time off, and you have nowhere to go." ”

After saying this, the soldier wiped his face with his sleeves, stood at attention, and said loudly: "Report to the leader, I didn't... didn't cry, this... this is rain."

Wang Jiyuan nodded, saluted the soldiers, and walked to the next sentry post with Staff Sergeant Shi Hao. At this time, the light rain that had been falling became heavier again, hitting people's bodies and leaving a cold feeling in their hearts.

The silence was unbearable. Shi Hao probably wanted to break the silence and said: "Captain, I heard that Silla said that there are no people around except their town. Isn't it a waste of manpower for us to set up sentries so densely? There are several My comrades told me privately that they felt it was more urgent to save people.”

"Nothing else is more important tonight than keeping the most people safe."

"But now most of the rescue team are students. Their physical strength and endurance are very limited. If we can spare half of them to help them..."

"Stop talking. We have to make sacrifices for this safety guarantee." Wang Jiyuan stopped and looked at the tall buildings that turned into silhouettes in the night and the ruins illuminated by firelight beside the tall buildings. "Stone, remember , We soldiers are always the ones who know how to sacrifice not only ourselves, but also others.”

"They're just ordinary students."

"In a strange and wild world, for everyone to survive, we can sacrifice anyone. Me, you, Xiao Chen or Principal Guo. It just depends on whether the current situation chooses us."

"Do I have to choose?"

"Yes." Wang Jiyuan walked forward again, turned back slightly and said, "Don't avoid the moment of making a choice."

When it was time to change classes again, a group of students who had taken their turn to rest slowly climbed up the ruins with tools in hand, dragging their tired pace. Even though Xiao Chen's physical strength was not what it used to be, he also felt very tired. The light rain fell on the jagged ruins, making an annoying rustling sound.

Xiao Chen saw a student not far away who fell onto the gravel because the ground was slippery. He hurriedly ran over to help him. As soon as he reached him, the student staggered to his feet, with blood on his forehead and a very ferocious expression on his face.

The student was breathing heavily, his body was hunched, he slowly raised his head, stared at the sky, and then let out a shout.

"Ah~~~!" He yelled, swung the shovel in his hand and wanted to smash it into the sky. "Damn God, I want to go home! I want to go home! I want to go home...ah..." The shovel flew three or four meters and then fell down. Xiao Chen grabbed this uncontrollable one. classmate, and the other party pinched his forearm with his hands, and squeezed out a few words with all his strength: "Why are you leaving me here? I am not wrong! Why are you punishing me like this?"

With Xiao Chen's current strength, he could push him away, but he didn't move. He just looked at him sadly, letting the other party pull him to scream, and let the rain fall from his face.

"My mother is seriously ill and I have to go to the hospital..." He let go of Xiao Chen and started to cry.

People around him looked at him silently, and gradually some people were infected by him, and whimpering and crying were added to the sound of rain.

"I haven't seen my parents in my hometown for two years. They will be heartbroken if they can't find me."

"Wow, I really want to eat grandma's braised pork."

"Uh-huh, I just got a girlfriend yesterday and I haven't held her hand yet."

There were more people who didn't speak, but secretly shed tears. The people present were all grown men, but they cried wantonly and indulgently. Xiao Chen wanted to say something, but found that he had no way to say it. If he didn't even believe it himself, how could he persuade others?

"Let them cry, they need a chance to vent." Chen Hansheng said on the side. He thought Xiao Chen couldn't see his face clearly in the dark, but Xiao Chen, who had night vision, could clearly see his red eyes.

————————————————————————

Going east from the school and the town, more than ten kilometers away, is a plain with beautiful scenery. A small river divides the plain into two halves from west to east. There is a small castle on the north bank of the river. The castle is built on a hillside and is surrounded by water. At the bottom of the hill is a nursery, and behind the hill is a large sparse forest.

The small castle is not large in scale and the walls are not high. It obviously does not have much military use, but it is a good resort. This is where Count Arias hunts every autumn. At this time in previous years, there would have been only a few gardeners and servants in this manor, but today it was full of lights and there were many people coming in and out of various parts of the castle.

"Is the Count awake yet?" Battis and several knights were eating smoked beef and baked potatoes in the hall of the castle. When they saw the sad-looking housekeeper coming down from upstairs, he asked quickly.

When he saw a doctor covering his face and crawling down the stairs before running out the door, he knew that the doctor must not be able to revive the master.

"This damn place doesn't even have a real doctor." Pinto said angrily, "That idiot just now said that he would give me another blood transfusion, and also said that I would grind the tail of a lizard into powder for me to eat."

"Ah, isn't this what doctors do?" A bearded knight bit off a chicken leg and asked strangely.

"Only stupid village women and uneducated idiots like you would believe the words of those liars. As soon as the young lady heard what he said, she kicked him out." Pinto was furious. "It seems that only when the priests from the temple come over can we properly treat the earl."

"But are we just going to wait here?" Battis asked, "I still don't understand, what exactly did we encounter this morning?"

"I saw a mountain fall with my own eyes." Pinto said with lingering fear.

"I saw that there seemed to be houses on the mountain." A knight added.

"Summon a mountain and fall from the sky." Pinto thought carefully and finally came to a conclusion, "Magic, I think only magic can produce such an effect."

"I have seen Master Molin use magic, but there is no such movement..." A knight interrupted, "Master Molin is already one of the most powerful magicians in the kingdom."

"Have you ever seen Master Molin use his full strength?" Battis said disdainfully, "Those magicians are mysterious. Who knows how capable they are."

"Maybe it's a very powerful demon, maybe it's a very powerful mage. In any case, they are very dangerous." Pinto dragged his pointed chin with his hand and tilted his head, thinking, "If it weren't for the untouchables' tax resistance The incident caused the Earl and us to run out of the house, and the mountain came down. What do you think was the result? "

Several knights had ugly expressions on their faces, because they knew that it was impossible to avoid such a sudden large-scale magic. If it weren't for the tax resistance, they might all have become meat patties.

"Are we going to be enemies with such a powerful opponent?" A little knight said timidly.

"There are many kinds of enemies. Some enemies can be killed, such as the Imperials. Some enemies can just be taught a lesson, such as those untouchables. There are also some enemies who may become friends as long as the conditions are right. We must find out what is behind that mountain. Who is it? Otherwise, I won’t be able to explain it to you when the Earl wakes up.” Pinto made a decision, “Batis, send two scouts back to take a look, don’t provoke them, don’t attract attention, and find out quietly. Who are they?"

Battis nodded. But at this time, an attendant hurried in and said a few words in Pinto's ear with a nervous expression.

"What!" Pinto was furious, slapped the attendant hard, then stumbled to the window to look out, and then shouted urgently: "You bastard, trash, chase me quickly! If something happens to the lady, the earl will I will never spare you when I wake up!”

In the night outside the window, several horses had already rushed out of the castle for several miles and ran straight towards the school.