Apocalyptic life from scratch

Chapter 664 The Legend of the Ferryman
"Oh?"

Kong Zhe was stunned for a moment. To build a city in a day, maybe some special awakened people can do it, but it will definitely require a very high rank and huge magic support.

"Then?"

"After the 'Sleepless City' was established, the number of human beings there gradually increased. According to the records in ancient books, the people in black robes seem to have mastered the method of entering and exiting the two worlds, so they can bring in human beings from the outside world.

"and many more!"

Hearing this, Kong Zhe's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to get in and out in that book?"

From the moment they came to this world, there was a problem in front of Kong Zhe: They came to this world to find Xiaolei, but after finding Xiaolei, how should they get out?

It is impossible to return to the previous wasteland to find space cracks, right?Not to mention whether it can be found, after such a long time, the space fluctuation there may have stopped long ago.

So he has to find another way to get out. This question is actually very important, but Kong Zhe has been under pressure to find Xiaolei, so he has no time to think about it.

But now, since the little fox mentioned this, he naturally wanted to ask.

"of course not."

The little fox shook his head directly: "Even if someone knows such a top secret, it is absolutely impossible to record it in the book, otherwise Loki would have messed up a long time ago. It's just..."

"only?"

The little fox hesitated for a moment, sighed, and then continued: "It's just a rumor, it may not be accurate... It is said that in the city that never sleeps, whenever midnight falls, a river from hell will appear out of thin air at a certain location, named It is a weak river, as long as you cross this river, you can go to the outside world."

"Hell? Weak water river?"

Kong Zhe was not only stunned, isn't this the Underworld in ancient mythology?If you add Naiheqiao, you will have a three-piece reincarnation set.I don't know if I got this name randomly, or if there is any meaning to this legend.

Shaking his head, Kong Zhe continued to ask: "Then what? The river shouldn't be so easy to pass, right?"

"Yes, it is said that this river is full of evil weak water. No matter what falls, it will sink. It can't float anything, not even feathers. If any creature steps into it, it will directly turn into blood and die."

The little fox explained: "But when this river appears, there will also be a ferryman rocking a boat by the river. As long as you get on the ferryman's boat, he will take you to the outside world."

"The ferryman..."

Hearing this, Kong Zhe blinked. The white-haired boy told him before that the organization personnel were sent in and out of the headquarters by water after being blindfolded.Is it possible that the waterway here refers to this river?
In that case, wouldn't it be possible to go out as long as you find this river?
Kong Zhe suddenly made a calculation in his heart.After all, he comes from the age of science and technology, so he won't believe in legends about hell and weak water. To put it bluntly, these things are just smoke bombs released by the man in black to create a sense of mystery. The actual situation is still unknown. Woolen cloth.

"Then, do you know the location of this river?"

The little fox shook his head and sighed: "I have thought of many ways to find out, but this is the biggest secret of the city that never sleeps, and it is naturally tightly sealed. Even those animal people who are lucky enough to enter the city that never sleeps have never seen this river before. The presence."

"Oh?"

Kong Zhe was stunned for a moment: "You mean, some of you were allowed to enter the city?"

"Well. Since the black robes ruled here thousands of years ago, they have not invaded our other territories since then. Although the black robes are powerful, they have too few people available, and each of our tribes also has its own 'guardian'. Power'. For thousands of years, there have been constant frictions between the two sides, but no one can do anything about the other. In the end, they could only make a treaty to avoid war. After restricting some behaviors of both sides, the situation gradually stabilized, and there have been no major conflicts since then .”

The little fox nodded and said: "And the most important item in the war-avoidance treaty: the Sun Temple will no longer launch wars against other races. As a price, no animal-man from the Sun Temple will actively attack people from the Sun Temple during the treaty period. Others are not allowed to protect them, otherwise they are guilty of the same crime. Moreover, each village pays tribute to the Sun Temple every year with some designated local specialties. In addition, the Sun Temple selects young children with excellent qualifications from the newborn animal people as envoys every year. Join the Temple of the Sun and teach them knowledge and abilities."

"This... is not a treaty of equality."

Kong Zhe couldn't help shaking his head, not talking about paying tribute, but it would be too much not to attack them, so if they beat you, wouldn't you just stand and get beaten?Just like the relationship between an ancient powerful country and a dependent country, in a sense, it is already unilaterally declaring sovereignty, and the people in the organization and the aborigines here are divided into high and low invisibly.

But these are still constraints on the surface, in fact, the last one is the most critical.The Temple of the Sun transfers geniuses from various villages away every year. They call them emissaries and teach them the knowledge of the outside world. It seems to be a favor to the animal people. However, these children have stayed in other people's territory since childhood. It is not known what will be educated.

Maybe when they grow up, they can't even figure out their own racial affiliation, and when they really fight in the future, they may stand on the opposite side of their true compatriots.

Kong Zhe shook his head at the little fox and said: "This kind of treaty is just to limit your strength. Without the next generation of geniuses, the animal people will never be able to grow up... I don't know how your leader will Agree to such a treaty?"

"Of course we know this..."

The little fox let out a little excited cry, then his tone weakened and he sighed.

"Of course we know now...however, would people in that era have this kind of awareness? Even if a few people foresaw the future situation, they had to succumb to the threat of the constant massacre of their clansmen."

"As for ordinary people, they are even more unaware of the danger of this kind of treaty, and because of curiosity about the outside world, many people even rushed to join the Sun Temple at that time. When many emissaries who had advanced came back, they would It is inevitable to have a sense of superiority and look down on other villagers. This trend has not dissipated until now, and it has even intensified."

"so……"

Kong Zhe nodded, probably understanding the historical facts here.Seeing the sad look on the little fox's face, he changed the subject.

"So? Since the Sun Temple has such a high status here, why do you still hate humans... and the awakened ones?"

"This... this also depends on the person..."

The little fox paused when he heard the words, he looked at the pedestrians around him, then lowered his head slightly and said, "I don't hate humans myself, and you saved me... you saved the little fox, so I will help you, this is The morality of the fox clan."

He changed his tone as he spoke: "But other people are different. There are too many vicious legends about humans and awakened people here. If you let them know that you are humans, they will definitely not give you a good face..."

While walking, the little fox talked intermittently about the past, all of which were trivial matters.After listening for a while, Kong Zhe finally understood.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the influence of the Temple of the Sun. They seem to be deliberately guiding the direction of speech in this world. When educating those animal-human children, they describe the human beings in the outside world, especially the awakened ones, as a very evil existence, claiming that they They are people infected by evil gods. If any awakened ones come to this world, they will probably spread the plague, and then completely destroy this world... It probably feels like this.

At first, this kind of talk was only spread among those children, but as time went on, the rumors spread more and more, and even became more and more chaotic. Now, the awakened ones have become extremely evil in the hearts of most animal people. In this world, everyone will be shouted and beaten.

He understood it, but after he understood it, Kong Zhe was a little puzzled, why did the Temple of the Sun go to great lengths to discredit the Awakened?Even if some awakened people strayed into this world, the meager strength of a few people would not be able to fight against the Sun Temple. Logically speaking, there should be no conflict between the two.

Until the little fox's next words, he finally figured out the cause and effect.

"Of course, there are still many people who are skeptical of these rumors. After all, most people have never seen an awakened person. Until a few months ago, there were quite a few people in the village who had no prejudice against the awakened person. However, recently Over time, some special phenomena began to appear in our various races: the bodies of a very small number of people seemed to be corrupted, and some characteristics similar to "awakened ones" began to appear, such as the body suddenly floated into the air, and then gained power out of thin air etc……"

The little fox said with a terrified expression: "Our animal-man family has its own inheritance. Every fox-man will be blessed by the fox god from birth, or have the strength to become a warrior guarding the village, or have wisdom to become a leader. The elders of the tribe, the fox god has guarded us for tens of thousands of years. Because of this, we have a natural resistance to this kind of external power. At that time, after these people became awakened, people from the Sun Temple came, Kill them directly, and the strange thing is that these people didn't even leave their bodies after they died, which completely convinced the villagers that the awakened ones were corrupted. So until now, there are almost no people who are friendly to the awakened people. people."

"So that's how it is..."

Kong Zhe sighed and smiled bitterly.

What he said are indeed the characteristics of an awakened person. The body is floating or something, which is obviously the moment of awakening.The subsequent digitalization of the body may be very acceptable to humans living in the Internet age. However, for this relatively primitive world, for the race that pays attention to "dust to dust, dust to dust" after death, the corpse is created God's recycling or something is indeed disrespectful to the local gods.

(End of this chapter)