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Chapter 149 [148] Escape Time
After returning to equilibrium, Zhou Li'an's observation of Chimal Popoca still remained.

The Sin King has been set up as a playwright.

His life and death are related to the rich content of the "Balanced Book".

Not to mention watching and manipulating a person's life, the rise and fall of a country, and the changes of an era from the perspective of God, the sense of accomplishment is overwhelming.

Do not observe for too long every day.

30 seconds, a glance is enough.

However, the [Eye of the Void] system charges less than 1 minute as 1 minute, and the remaining 30 seconds are used to glance at the situation of the Aztecs and the City-State Alliance.

The city in the lake was besieged, and the city-state alliance was watching.

The Aztecs in the city are already ruined, and there is little hope of resistance, so we can only start from the root and pray for the merciful salvation of the only true God in the world.

They have begun to imitate and build the giant "My Lord's True Body God Statue", piled up with huge stones, and set up a wooden frame around it. Craftsmen climbed on it and chiseled out shapes with simple tools. Even at night, they would light torches and continue to work.

When it comes to piety, the Aztecs are far more sincere than other city-states.

As for the king of sin on the "road of redemption" and the guards of the cities guarding him.

A few months ago, their patience has been exhausted to the limit.

It is no longer a daily walk.

In the past few days, they have not moved their nests. They are stationed in a plain that enters the mountain pass, where the water system in the mountain converges into a lake.

At the same time, they discovered the existence of the surrounding indigenous tribes, destroyed them, robbed everything in that tribe, and obtained rich spoils of war.

Slaughter their domesticated goats, turkeys, and dogs, and add salt, vegetables, and corn when cooking, and feast on them.

A carnival started, and the exhaustion of the road ahead was even worse.

Like the current level of food, they would not even look at it in every city, but now they regard it as a delicacy.

Everyone has a very tacit understanding not to mention the matter of rushing, at least until the food they robbed is exhausted, they will not make a choice——

In the end is to move forward, or back!

After a few days of observation, Zhou Li'an realized that this was Chimal Popoca's last chance.

Before the soldiers in each city make a choice, grab a chance.

Consciousness descends, and no one notices it.

Far away from the shadow of the bonfire, the subtle voice of the middle-aged scholar almost blended with the surrounding environment——

"I found cellars in the tribe they slaughtered, and they stored the tequila brewed by that tribe."

The young man's eyes were shining in the dark night, as if recalling the past, secretly tasting the sweet wine in the court.

Central America has a long history of winemaking.

Primitive humans extracted sugar from nature, and accidentally discovered the method of fermenting agave fruit with sweet juice into liqueur.

After the colonists landed, they brought the distillation method, thus extending the name of "tequila" in later generations.

Seeing Chimal Popoca's attitude, the middle-aged bachelor gave a wry smile before he became alert, "Sin King, these fine wines are an opportunity for us to escape. I collected many herbs along the way. If I add them to those fine wines, it will make them even more intoxicated. In the midst of psychedelic..."

"The ancestors of the Aztecs forbade fine wine, it is this kind of thing that causes fights between people, and it is impossible to maintain peace of mind!"

"The enmity between the cities is deep-rooted. If they find the wine in the cellar tomorrow, they will definitely fight because of it!"

"When they taste the wine at night, that's our chance!"

Chimarpopoka, who was still intoxicated with memories just a moment ago, suddenly became short of breath——

"Maester Didymar, I, do we really have to escape?"

"If they are angered, they will not give up chasing us!"

The middle-aged man stretched out his hands and held Chimal Popoca's right hand tightly, "Sin King, this is your fate, and it is also the fate of the Aztecs!"

"We can only fight for it, and fight to the death!"

"Remember what I said? The king of sin! Escaping from birth is the real beginning of the road to salvation, and the long road will eventually reach the temple of the only true God in the world..."

He looked up at the starry sky, "The great Lord of Balance has his own will!"

Chimal Popoca trembled, gritted his teeth, and nodded fiercely: "I listen to you, Didymar, if we can really escape, and even save the Aztecs, I would like to give you Territory, let you become the monarch of a city-state!"

The Grand Maester smiled, not expecting much in his heart.

His allegiance stems from the worship of the only true god in the world, and he also hopes that the Aztecs will not be destroyed under God's punishment.

As for returns?

No one knows whether the two can survive this difficult time.

However, he still affirmed: "Sin King, this is a promise between us!"

"Yes, promise!"

……

Equilibrium No. 6 Great City.

Zhou Li'an has opened his eyes.

Xue Nu had already knelt down in front of her, her big eyes flickering, full of curiosity, "Master, but that sin king called your holy name?"

Zhou Li'an nodded slightly, but didn't say much.

Just thinking about it, weighing how to arrange the next story line...

In front of the warriors of the cities, pick up Chimar Popoka?
But the gods sent down the punishment for their crimes, and the two-year period has not yet come, so this forgives their sins?

It was too hasty.

If there is no guide, it is almost impossible to escape from the 2000-man army with just this master and one servant.

The pilgrimage army has long had no intention of moving forward.

After they saw through the trick of the Aztecs wanting to leave the tinder, they no longer thought that the sin king would obediently embark on the road to redemption.

And after killing those Aztec palace guards, the Aztecs carried gifts to the gods along the way, all of which were greedy by them.

So the so-called choice is actually a single-choice question.

Killed the sinful king, returned to the city-state on the charge of his escape, and ended this bitter journey. The sacrifices of Tanmo can be kept privately, and besides, they may be rewarded by their monarch.

The benefits are already clear.

As for the trial coming two years later.

When the sky collapses and there is a tall man to support it, the rulers of each city will find a way to solve it, even if the ending cannot escape death...

Then why not enjoy life before then, but suffer in this wild mountain instead?
Zhou Li'an was silent for a long time, but he still came up with the answer——

Save, still need to save.

But you can't take him back directly.

For example, in Journey to the West, Sun Houzi can reach the bliss of the Western Paradise with a somersault, but Tang Seng is unwilling. The ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties along the way are exactly the test given by the Tathagata of the Western Paradise.

in short.

The death of the Aztecs can only be judged by the only true god in the world, and it is not the turn of others to make decisions for the gods.

The road to redemption is also the grind of punishment for the sins of the Aztecs.

Thinking of this.

Zhou Li'an returned to God and said: "Xue Nu, you will lead the two groups to conduct research experiments tomorrow. As for the matters concerning the No. 2 big city, you can send Qingqi to send a message. If you have made a plan, you can start to complete the experiment."

"It doesn't matter if you make mistakes. Failure is the mother of success. Summarize experience from countless failures and finally find the right result. This is the profound meaning of practicing for the law, and true knowledge comes from practice!"

……

The next day.

Leaving it to Xue Nu to preside over the matter, Zhou Li'an boarded the Balanced Hallows.

The No. 6 Great City attracts the attention of all the people, kneeling down and praising it.

Beside Xuenv, the two cubs gathered together.

One is Zhou Jijun and the other is Zhou Ruonan.

I set off from the main city yesterday and brought them with me. The words of enlightenment given by my lord will be irreversible.

This is a grace to the Great Elder.

It also reassures climbers and others.

Zhou Jijun knelt down on the ground and was still playing with ants. Zhou Ruonan raised his head and asked, "Wu, the research team is not the plan of the kingdom of God. Why did my lord leave?"

One curious, one indifferent.

Xuenv only felt that her younger brothers and sisters were useless, and that one stubble was not as good as one stubble.

"You actually know that industrial development is the great plan of the Kingdom of God?"

Zhou Ruonan kept nodding, "It was taught by my brothers. They all wanted to join the research team, but they failed the selection."

"Grandpa said that they are stupid, especially the eldest brother. He started to practice the law with the bullshit brother, but he is far less powerful than the bullshit brother. He can lead the army to conquer the land."

Xue Nu felt relieved for no reason when she heard this, she cursed, and her heart was as sweet as honey, "Your bullshit brother is also a fool, otherwise how could he commit crimes?"

"Ruo Nan, you have to keep in mind that every word and deed of our lord true god has a holy will, and it is not for us servants and waiters to speculate. From now on, we need to speak less and do more, and always have a pious heart!"

"My lord, Wu, Ruonan must remember."

Xuenv glanced at her younger brother again, and kicked him over in anger, "If you don't get up yet, go and copy the Creation Chapter of the "Equilibrium Canon" 20 times today!"

Afterwards, Xuenv issued a decree.

Order Kuaiqi to return to the main city of Equilibrium, and then change to go to No. 2 Sacramento to send a letter to the printing research team.

As for the affairs of No. 6 Ayutthaya, just follow the oracle of my lord last night.

Build a clay blast furnace and complete the first iron-making experiment.

……

Starting from the No. 6 city of Sparks, the straight-line distance to Zacatecas in central Mexico is 2200 kilometers.

The Sino-US exploration has just ended, and it is another long journey.

To be honest, Zhou Li'an almost vomited.

Especially from extravagance to frugality, the limit speed of H225 is 350 kilometers, but it is impossible to keep flying at the top speed all the time, and the standard cruising speed is about 270 kilometers.

That's 10 hours of travel time.

If there is a propeller plane or a jet plane, the former can easily reach 700 kilometers per hour, and the latter can break 1000 cruising speed.

But helpless why not have mobility.

Helicopters can take off and land at will among the rugged mountains, and propeller planes can relax the restrictions on taking off, and they also need relatively flat ground for long runways.

If a transit airport is built, the problem can be easily solved.

Wouldn’t it be nice to put the system space on the H225 at any time, use a propeller plane for long-distance travel, and then transfer to a helicopter?

The more I muttered in my heart, the more irritable I became.

But after such a long period of observation, the consumption of [Eye of the Void] has been spent, and it is too stupid to say that it is withdrawn now.

Departure at 7:6 am, expected arrival at [-]:[-] pm.

You need to land and refuel once in the middle.

dusk.

Zhou Li'an successfully arrived at the border between Durango and Zacatecas.

The pilgrimage army has not moved for many days, not to mention that after the slack heart was born, they have long lost the desire to move forward and explore. As early as a month ago, they deliberately slowed down and circled the Zacatecas mountain area.

Apply an allusion.

Sima Zhao's heart is well known to passers-by.

This is also the reason why Scholar Didymar intends to fight to the death. If the delay continues, he is afraid that one day the soldiers in the city will tear their faces and say directly——

Don't pretend, it's a showdown!
The butcher knife swung down.

With the corpse of the sinful king and a large amount of treasure, he returned to the city to ask for his meritorious service and return to his life.

In a society without animal power, it is too difficult to travel long distances.

If it weren't for the balanced cavalry conquest, the preparation of supplies, and the guidance of the positioning method, the migration of various ministries in North America might have been abandoned halfway.

As people in the present world lamented once——

Carriage and horse letters are very slow, and there is only enough to love one person in a lifetime.

Native Americans have something to say too -

The two legs are slower, and they can only walk around the door of the house in a lifetime, and cannot go to the outside world to see.

Zhou Li'an landed.

Resolutely opened the [Eye of the Void], and consciousness descended.

The station of the pilgrimage army is only about 30 kilometers away from his landing point. If an accident happens, they can arrive within 10 minutes.

If you can't last 10 minutes.

Yes, that's right, Chimal Popoca's destiny.

Zhou Li'an also thought up the script, and he wanted to send down divine punishment, so that most people would be sentenced to eternal annihilation.

A small number of people were left to report back.

Punishment and judgment are not just words.

The only true god in the world will come at any time and wipe out their civilization.

Come, come, always leave something behind.

Evening sunset.

Just like the maester's conspiracy last night, they found the fine wine stored in the cellar in the village that had been slaughtered.

The specific process is unknown, and Zhou Li'an was still on his way at that time.

But at this time, the atmosphere in the resident is definitely not clear.

After several months of long-distance travel and lack of material, the discovery of this batch of fine wine is tantamount to a desert traveler seeing the spring of an oasis.

However, the spring water is limited and only enough for a small number of people.

In the face of life and death, there may still be the afterglow of human nature exuding the righteousness of sacrifice.

But in front of money, only greed is supreme.

The class division of the city-state alliance is clear.

The monarch is supreme, and the second level is the nobles and warriors. To become a noble is either to be born well, or to obtain military merit.

The centralized city-state civilization lives by killing and plundering.

And there are vassal relationships between cities.

The hatred of the countries that temporarily formed an alliance due to the fall of God's punishment has been fermented in the past few months and has reached a critical point.

Zhou Li'an could see some people showing off their might, lighting a bonfire, cooking food, and tasting fine wine.

The other group of people had gloomy faces and were full of anger.

Under the strategy of that great scholar, the system of the city alliances collapsed and reached a critical point.

Zhou Li'an didn't pay attention all the time.

Observe once every hour, and night has not yet fallen, it is not the best time for the two sinners to escape.

Only in the primitive age of torchlight, night is the best camouflage.

about eight o'clock.

Zhou Li'an came to consciousness for the third time.

This time, there was finally an action.

People who enjoy themselves with good wine, alcohol, singing and dancing loudly, irritating other people's nerves.

Because of this, the attention of Didymar and the Sin King was minimized.

Didymar stood up, "The time has come!"

Did Chimal Popoca panic, "Run now?"

"Sin King, keep a peaceful heart, you wait for me here, I will be back soon!"

He dug out a sharpened stone dagger from the ground where the two of them rested every night, and groped along the shadow of the campfire.

Chimal Popoca was different in place, only the sound of the violent beating of the heart lingered in his ears.

He took out the idol and began to pray silently.

I don't know how long it took.

He suddenly heard footsteps approaching, opened his eyes and saw the bachelor running in a hurry, and heard his urgent low cry——

"Go! Follow me! Don't look at anyone, keep your eyes on my steps, any gaze of yours may be perceived by others!"

Chimal Popoca stood up, he had lost the ability to think, first he was mechanically pulled up by Didymar, and then he followed in a daze.

But soon, he had perception again.

The Grand Maester who was pulling him had blood on his hands.

at this time.

A roar came from the center of the camp, "Who killed the great Tepanix warrior!"

"Palenque people, is it you!"

The commotion shook the entire camp.

Chimal Popoca was already agitated, knowing what the Grand Maester had done, "Didymar, you killed the Tepanix..."

"Sin King, run! Don't say anything, run with me! This is our only chance!"

And all this.

Being watched by a gaze in the dark...

(End of this chapter)