Old days in the box

Chapter 318 The false peace that never existed

The falling snow whizzed across the mountains. Yuan Wuyou stepped on the snow that was as deep as his calves, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and struggled to move forward against the wind and snow.

Since leaving Vidal, she secretly crossed the eastern border of Byzantium under the leadership of the escorting rebels, and finally arrived at the foot of this dangerous snowfield mountain range.

As long as you climb over this huge mountain in front of you, you can return to the Jade World.

Yuan Wuyou used the Chihua in his hand as a support point and climbed to the peak bit by bit.

At this time, she had reached a height very close to the top of the crown. There was endless wind and snow all year round, and the temperature was frighteningly low. The rebels who escorted her had already retreated, and she was the only one left walking alone in the mountains and plains.

But even so, she showed no intention of slowing down.

As long as she climbs over here, she can reach Zixiao Pass where her brother is, and then prevent the emperor from sending troops to Byzantium.

She has been outside the customs and does not know that the emperor has been assassinated, the jade world has undergone tremendous changes, and everything is heading towards an irreversible situation.

As always, her understanding was always one step slower, and she still thought that there was still room for stopping all this.

She tore the hem of her beautiful skirt and tied it around her waist, and continued to push upwards for the last part of the journey. She didn't realize that a huge spirit had already hovered above her head, watching her from another dimension.

Yuan Wuyou, the princess of the Jade Realm, of course Zhou Xiao remembered her.

The tough girl who was sent to serve as an outpost in the Byzantine Empire was full of martial virtue, but a little simple-minded. She seemed completely unaware of the rebellion brewing in the Byzantine Empire at that time.

The last time Zhou Xiao saw her, she was still excitedly looking forward to the outbreak of war in order to realize her ideal of making contributions.

But when we met again today, the war had spread throughout the Byzantine Empire, and yet she had come to such a dangerous borderland as the Spine of the World. It was obvious that something had happened.

"Reality and ideals are different after all, right? How can a soldier who has never killed anyone really like war?"

Without too much information, Zhou Xiao could roughly guess what happened just by looking at the scene in front of him.

It is not surprising that a royal princess like Yuan Wuyou, who has never been on a real battlefield, will inevitably undergo a huge change in her mentality after witnessing the cruelty of war.

Zhou Xiao dragged the camera slightly and looked past Yuan Wuyou towards the summit of the Spine of the World, which she was about to reach.

In front of the border gate called Zixiao Pass, a large number of soldiers and manufactured weapons were already gathering, as if the army was about to descend.

The huge golden door was completely opened at this moment, and war weapons of different shapes lined up from it. Some were like trebuchets carrying rocket launchers, and some were like bronze giants carrying city rams, all of which were flying in the wind and snow. The energy fire of Qianji's oven emanated from it.

Once the Zixiao Pass opens, it means that the Jade World is ready for a full-scale war.

They are about to step out of the border and return to Europe, a battlefield that has been away for five thousand years. After countless generations of technological progress and accumulation, Byzantium will be unable to withstand the wrath of this giant steel dragon, and the meteors in the sky will engulf every inch of its land. , until it is completely burned to ashes.

No wonder the Byzantine border at the foot of the mountain was so tense. Almost at the same time, a large number of soldiers guarding the city were gathered to prepare in advance to defend against the enemy.

What they had to face was an Eastern dragon that was armed to the teeth.

Between the mountains and the mountains below the city, there was only one person standing between them, and that was Yuan Wuyou, who was climbing the mountain.

Someone in the Jade Realm army arrayed in front of Zixiao Pass soon discovered the trace of Yuan Wuyou. The military information was passed along the iron cable plank road between the towers of Zixiao Pass. Soon someone escaped from the million-strong army and went to Accept this Princess of the Jade Realm.

However, what surprised Zhou Xiao was that the person who came to meet him was not Yuan Zhenyao, but a strange face that he did not recognize. The last time he came to Zixiao Pass from the perspective of Taiyin's undead army, he had seen Yuan Zhenyao, the general who defended the city here.

Later, I learned from Yuan Wuyou's biography that the two of them were brother and sister. Logically speaking, he should be the one to pick up his sister at this time.

Zhou Xiao stared at this strange young man who walked alone into the snow, and casually clicked on his biography.

"Chu Shun, 16 years old, is the current emperor of the Jade Realm."

"The son of the Chu family of the Jade Realm royal family was originally the contemporary candidate for the crown prince. He was about to officially succeed the emperor in three years. However, after the former emperor Chu Lihua was suddenly assassinated, he was forced to urgently appoint the successor. Now he is personally leading the Jade Realm. Lead this battle for revenge.”

"Click to see more information."

A few lines of text are enough to explain a lot of what is happening in front of you.

It turns out that the emperor of the Jade Realm was suddenly assassinated. No wonder their reaction was so violent. They immediately showed up to the Zixiao Pass.

On the snow-covered ridge of the world, Yuan Wuyou climbed over seemingly endless snow slopes one after another, and finally reached the top of the peak.

She looked up and saw that the distant horizon was covered in white, blending into the night and blurry.

The altitude here has reached an unimaginable level. It is surrounded by heavy wind and snow all year round. In addition, the sky is getting dark, and the surrounding visibility is further reduced.

But even so, she could still see the golden light signal caused by the opening of Zixiao Pass.

It was this obvious signal that made the Byzantine border below the mountain become vigilant.

She knew in her heart that as soon as Zixiao Pass opened, it meant that the army of the Jade Realm had probably been assembled. She had to hurry up and rush back to Zixiao Pass to find her brother and pass the news back to the emperor, otherwise it would be too late.

But as soon as she took a few steps forward, a fully armored war horse slowly emerged from the wind and snow in front of her, with a figure riding on the horse.

The person who defeated her in the Bailong audition to become the emperor candidate, Chu Shun.

The armored war horse stopped not far from her, exhaling white-hot breath from Tie Rao's mask. Chu Shun was wearing the commander's armor, with ferocious dragon and beast patterns crawling on his chest, as if transformed from the wind and snow. hallucination.

"Li Xianning is still looking for your location. I didn't expect you to be here." Chu Shun on horseback looked at the embarrassed Yuan Wuyou, "Go back quickly, Yuan Zhenyao is in the army, I can Let him take you back to Yujing first."

"Why are you here? Did you give the order to close Zixiao?" Yuan Wuyou was confused for a moment and asked.

In her understanding, Chu Shun, as a candidate for the emperor, should have been sent to Bailong Mountain for secluded teaching. How could he appear here as the coach?

"Yes, your secret discussions about leaving the country have come to light. Now the imperial court has unanimously agreed to use troops against Byzantium. Your mission of leaving the country has been successfully completed. Come back."

Chu Shun nodded and repeated it again.

Ever since the bad news of the emperor's assassination came, he rushed out of Bailong Mountain to take over the throne as emperor. What worried him most was nothing more than two things. One was the impending war in the Jade World, and the other was Yuan Wuyou, whose whereabouts were unknown.

Now that Yuan Wuyou has returned from Zixiaoguan on his own initiative, this is undoubtedly great news for him.

"No, you must immediately order them to retreat. We should not send troops to Byzantium." However, Yuan Wuyou did not go to him as he thought, but stood still and continued.

(End of this chapter)