Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 355
Before this incident happened, no one thought that there was really the power to create life out of thin air in this world—except for the illusory creation myth of the choral group, people had never even heard of such an ability.

After this incident happened, news spread like wildfire, and people gradually knew that the emperor was a completely man-made monster.

In the rumors among the market, some people even began to describe the emperor as a monster with many eyes, spider-like hair and many other weird features.

Some scholars even publicly stated in the academic circle that man-made monsters cannot possess normal humanity, and the empire needs a king with noble humanity, not a monster without a human heart.

In the face of rumors, the emperor proved his orthodoxy with a butcher's knife.

And after the rumors were quelled, the emperor went further and further on the crazy road——

The princes and kings were ordered to pay more tribute, reduce the scope of the territory, and divide unnecessary troops-such orders for no reason were originally regarded as a joke by people, but they set off a fire in just two months. A prairie fire spread across the empire.

The emperor's order was resisted by most of the local royal powers, but also supported by most of the local nobles.

The emperor had been observing everything many years ago. He knew the contradictions between the new nobles, the old nobles, landlords, commoners, and peasants. He was sure that his seemingly absurd order could provoke conflicts between them. The "experiments" then have proven that he is right.

So he succeeded.

It's just that he didn't expect that this war would last for 30 years.

Thirty years later, the scandal of the royal family has long been forgotten by the vast majority of people. Even if a small number of people still remember it, no one will believe it when it is said.

Raz chose to record these events on paper because of this fact—this "legend" from 30 years ago is relatively complete and does not have serious logical conflicts with other related events.

And now, this war has come to an end—for the state circles in the south of the empire centered on the imperial capital, the "governor system" has been implemented and successfully launched. The emperor strengthens the centralization of power, and the governors are directly responsible to the emperor. exercise power in the name of the emperor.

This new rule worked quite well, and brought generous taxes and a relatively clean official system to the emperor.

The benefits brought by the success of this new rule allowed the emperor to squeeze out the state circle in the north centered on the Holy See of the Holy See in politics, economy, and other aspects-the state where the Holy See is located has even been eliminated. Compressed to a shorter "geographic ring".

The emperor saw that his elder brother was dying, but he was not in a hurry, because his elder brother still had a powerful army——

Red Army.

According to the information that everyone has access to, the Red Army Corps appeared in front of the world about the tenth year after the start of the war, and displayed an unbelievably powerful force——

They are not afraid of swords and guns like some dark creatures, but they can use the power of the holy light. Since their appearance, they have been invincible on the battlefield, and they are still the same until today.

They are the emperor's fear, and they are also the reliance of the choral group to survive.

Raz had heard people say that their faces had been seen—the faces of living corpses, mangled and desiccated, with no nose, no eyelids, and only one eye rolling in the socket, looking like Legend has it that zombies crawl out of graveyards only at midnight.

Now, this army composed of living corpses is stationed in Xiliu Town not far from Yanan. No one knows what they are waiting for, which is one of the reasons why the spies gather here.

"Grand Duke Tulip is a smart man. He accepted the emperor's suggestion and led the deserters from Horest State to Xiliu Town. They will soon collide with the Red Army!

If you stand on the roof and look eastward, you will be able to see the east side of the Smoky Lake, and the ground is full of darkness...all deserters! "

"It's really strange. Can't those deserters escape elsewhere? Why do they have to go to Xiliu Town?"

"Because that's the only way they can escape.

It was freezing to death in the north. If they went all the way north, they would freeze to death in the snow before they were wiped out by other forces.

To the west is the sea, you can't escape into the sea, right?They are not murlocs.

To the south is the emperor and a dozen of his legions. Isn't it courting death to go there?
They can only go towards Yanan—at least, the weather here is not too cold, the land is fertile, the population is large, and the land is full of countryside—here, at least they have a way out. "

"It makes sense."

Raz silently took everything to heart, even though she had heard these things several times.

In repeated listening, she sometimes has new gains, such as today——

She had heard about the post-war construction plans for the town of Yanam.

The emperor has planned a construction plan for many years after the end of the war in the north, regarding the expansion of Yanan, from the town to the city, and the establishment of a fortress here, to drive out the pirates in the smokey lake, and the establishment of the navy in the smokey lake...

They were all rumors and unfamiliar words. Raz didn't even understand the meaning of those words at first, and he didn't understand the meaning until he looked it up in the dictionary at night.

The days passed day by day, but Officer Robert Justus never came back. Laz was very anxious, because she had obtained some very useful information:

The Red Army has withdrawn from Xiliu Town. This is the first time in the history of the choral group that they have retreated without a fight, and it will also become one of the biggest shames in the history of the choral group;

Some of the deserters from Holest State crossed the smoky lake, some scattered into the countless islands on the smoky lake and became pirates, and more drowned in the smoky lake.
Some people say that whenever it is foggy, you can see floating corpses floating on the smoky lake. Once you see the eyes of those floating corpses, you will be pulled into the smoky lake by the floating corpses when you sleep at night, and become the inextricable water of eternal life. ghost;
The Grand Duke of Phoenix in Holest State declared his allegiance to the emperor, entangled with the real zombie army to launch an attack on the Holy See of the northern choral group, the choral group was attacked from the front and back, the grand master fought with his back, and finally died in battle, the body was transported to the imperial capital, there are rumors that the emperor He will treat him the same way the grand master treated the old emperor, to comfort the spirit of the former emperor, and at the same time declare his orthodoxy again...

Raz had so much to say to Sergeant Robert Justice, but he never showed up.

She could only record what she heard on paper.

Before she knew it, a thick pile of note paper had accumulated, and she even needed a lot of effort to find the date she wanted from it.

What she didn't expect was that what she was finally waiting for was the news of Robert Justus' death.

It was a young man wearing Robert's old clothes. The young man was about the same size as her, with two scars on his face, and he no longer had the immaturity that a young man of this age should have.

"I'm Height Justus, and my father entrusted you to record important events."

A young man named Height took off his hat and put it on his chest to show respect.

Raz couldn't help asking him, "What's wrong with Robert?"

Although the young man forced himself to be calm, when he talked about his father, his eyes still trembled uncontrollably:
"A week ago, he and his colleagues were shot in the chest by a musket in a street fight against a group of fierce deserters, and died in the line of duty."

Raz felt very uncomfortable, but she soon found that this discomfort disappeared quickly.

Only then did she realize that she hadn't seen Robert much, and she hadn't developed any feelings for him.

"I found what you did among his belongings."

Heite Justus said to her:
"That is a very important thing, and it is a necessary condition for justice to be done. Please continue to provide me with information..."

Heit-Justus seemed a little embarrassed, which was the only time Raz saw a young man's expression on his face.

Hayter took some copper coins from his pocket.

"In return, I will give you what you deserve."

Heite Justus whispered:
"is it okay?"

Raz didn't hesitate this time, nodded and put away the copper plate.

The records gave her life new meaning.

In the countless years that followed, all kinds of people besides Hayter took different things from her records—messages in the wind, transactions in the shadows of the sun, forgotten honors, Ben The hatred that should not be forgotten, the joy left in the corner, the good memories, the taste of emotion...

She found that she couldn't stop recording, and recording became her habit and the meaning of her life.

……

Until more than 100 years later, when the brand-new Yanan City appeared on the horizon, the past history had long been forgotten.

All kinds of buildings sprung up on this land, and were soon torn down and rebuilt due to the acceleration of urbanization. In the history of rolling wheels, everything that happened in the past is not so important. People are always easy to Forget, because people always have to look ahead.

But Raz remembered.

Even after breaking off his relationship with Heite Justus, Raz has been observing the affairs of Justus's house.

She has witnessed the growth of several generations of Justus family boys, after the town police officer Robert, from the defense commander Haight, to the unofficial justice messenger Jonathan who inherited Haight's legacy, to the kind-hearted helper The Charles of the girl in room 103, and finally Klein Justus who inherited all the advantages and disadvantages of the Justus family...

Raz was not short of time, she used her time to observe everything, even forgetting the decay of her body.

She still remembered that she had been faithfully recording everything until she realized that her physical body had become a pile of dead bones in the corner at some point.

How long has time passed?
Suddenly, it looked out the window——

Huge chimneys rose from the ground, blocking the sunlight at dusk, and the thick smoke from the chimneys rose up, forming a lingering haze on the sky.

And its location was actually in an attic.

It doesn't know how it appeared in this attic, maybe it was an unconscious action made by the body while immersed in the record?
When it came to its senses suddenly, a voice appeared.

"You're awake!"

It looked at the place where the sound came from, that was the corner of the attic, and a young man with golden pupils on his forehead was looking at it with burning eyes.

"Hello, first time meeting, I am an investigator from the Federal Bureau of Abnormal Biology Investigation, William Master."

(End of this chapter)