The Riddler Get Out of Terra

I only see that you charge an unknown amount of the grain stored for the winter. The wages are so low that it is difficult to make ends meet every day. More and more people have to make a living by sleeping on the streets. Villagers and villagers in local and county towns even have to flee to collect taxes. Living in remote areas where officials can’t find them - even if they lose the medical system and infrastructure, but they can’t live anymore, and they don’t have money for medical treatment and housing anyway, so what’s the big deal?

It should be noted that due to the damage caused by the Northern War to the Yan country's economic system, a minor illness in the hospital costs an ordinary person two months' salary, and the queue will have to wait until two months later!

Under such dire straits, the people of Yan State naturally had to secretly hoard some food to prepare for future troubles.

Then, a huge and absurd spiral of contradictions that cannot be solved appeared:

Yan Guo: I have to fight in the north, give me food, otherwise you will all die!

People of the Yan Kingdom: I am starving to death. I am ill and ill. I have no house to live in. I will die if I continue to harvest food. Besides, what is the situation in the north? Why has the war been going on for so long? There has been no result after so long of fighting. ,?

Yan Guo: I understand everything I know, but I can’t say anything if I don’t understand.

People of Yan Kingdom: Ha

Ah.

Yan Guo: Give me food!

People of Yan Kingdom: No food!

Yan Guo: I have to fight in the north, give me food, otherwise you will all die!

People of Yan Kingdom:...

……

Since being nice and reasonable doesn't work, it's natural to use certain methods that have been rooted in Yanguo's system since ancient times. It is said that the people's hearts are as strong as iron, but it is true that the people's hearts are as strong as iron, but it is true that the people's hearts are as strong as iron!

In order to gather enough food, equipment, and troops, a dirty friend-dealing was necessary. The lower-level officials and the city aristocrats were in a sticky situation, and they tried every means to steal food, people, and technology from the people. All the tragedies that happened during this period were... Sometimes it even reaches the point where the well-informed Jin Yiwei can't stand it.

But if Emperor Yan needs it, how many people will stand up to oppose it?

In a climate where people can relax in order to obtain sufficient resources, how can local governments not be relaxed and collude with each other?

When the blond Qilin avoided the supervision in the shadow of the Governor's secret guards and used a telescope to observe the interior of the brightly lit banquet hall from a distance, how could she not have blood-filled eyes and suddenly become crazy?

Chapter 228 Heart is like a broken branch ([-])

How to describe how magnificent, luxurious and luxurious this feast is?

It is clearly far away from the center of the mobile city and they don't even dare to turn on the lights. The workers can only eat in the dark. The food is mediocre and the muscles are bulging. With red eyes and thirsty, they are looking for wandering birds on the red streets. Customers have begun to carefully budget and look for nightingales with high cost performance. They would rather cool down their small heads and strengthen their big heads than let go of their own intelligence - the value of every penny is rising steadily.

But in this banquet hall, the lights are so bright that the main hall only has the pale light and shadow cast by the table. Crystal lanterns, lanterns, ancient Yanguo lanterns, Victorian-style crystal lanterns... Magnificent and wonderful flowers, flames that seem still and moving, leisurely Flowing streams, huge and repeated top-notch eight-treasure glazed lamps, and all kinds of lights that are not inferior to the style of the capital are everywhere in the banquet hall. The light pierces the darkness and makes the regularly arranged banquet table look great. The many delicacies add to the temptation:

The table is filled with famous hard dishes such as sweet and sour scales, Jiuzhuanyu, Yipin Wensi, Longjing shrimps, and squirrel mandarin fish. Each large dish is designed to be cleverly presented and delicious. The lighting is as if There are moving oil stars shining in it.

On the other table, there are countless grilled tummy meats, grilled feather meats, and grilled scale meats. Sharp iron needles are pierced into large pieces of meat that have been marinated and cut early. Each piece of meat has very flavorful lines. Even from far away, you can still smell the hot and satisfying taste of barbecue in your nose.

On another table, there was a large five-layer Victoria cake filled with candles, with pure white cream covered with fresh fruits. Under the cake, there were all kinds of wine bottles from various countries in Terra, covered with the trademarks of large companies, full of the smell of drunkenness and wealth.

There was also a table full of large and small colorful desserts, arranged in various poses on green or white official porcelain jade plates, so beautiful that people would even be reluctant to eat them.

Beside this there is……

Jingzhemu watched blankly, even though he was the governor of Yutai in the capital, he could eat whatever he wanted. Now Qilin, who had just slept in the open air and ate dry food, couldn't help but drooled. He was soaked in the dry food and heated back in the combat thermos. The warm water inside filled my stomach with a hungry resonance.

She flinched a little at a loss, covering her twisted belly in embarrassment. Her cheeks were sore and she couldn't stop drooling.

Jingzhe pursed her lips. She originally wanted to observe from a distance. She used the latest version of the telescope developed by Yanguo Celestial Master's Mansion and the lip reading skills necessary for spying on the Rain Terrace to understand what the governor wanted to do when he gathered the nobles in the city, but he didn't want to be the first to do so. Bu had suffered such a big loss. At this moment, she just wanted to go to the shopping mall that was still open and have a big meal to fill her stomach that had been repeatedly abused by irregular work and rest hours and outdoor eating for several months.

But abandoning the investigation for such a reason?

Qilin gave it to himself bitterly, but was careful not to make a sound. In the end, he endured the hunger that burned his mind and continued to pay attention to the exchange between the governor and the nobles, struggling to maintain his sanity.

Recently...it's getting tighter...it's almost there...I need to catch more...untouchables...

The city is missing...can't find...that adult's family...her? ! ...Yes, it's her...

But she's not... selfless... she doesn't recognize her relatives... after all, she's the same kind of person as us...

Smuggling... Ursus slaves... Northland...

She read the vague information through lip reading, and wrote it down in the notebook she took out of her backpack. The handwriting written in shorthand was so sloppy that it was difficult for anyone except the recorder Jing Zhe himself to understand it.

However, just when Qilin was about to continue observing, her ears moved unnaturally, and the weak thunder method was quietly released. The information she received made her sink suddenly, hiding her body tightly where the starlight could not find it. In the shadow, the palm of his hand moved slightly, and the weak electromagnetic force immediately attracted a large amount of dust and wiped away the mark left by Jingzhe.

In the same darkness, the governor's secret guard, who was dressed in all black, but not the same as the black coop of Longmen, swept the empty roof. His cold gaze swept around the empty space like a knife, not even traces of dust. He didn't let go, and after a long time, he slowly turned around and left.

For a long time, there was still no movement here, the starlight was still there, and the gems destroyed in the night curtain spread their light selflessly on the earth, regardless of height or width.

"..."

In another shadow, a silhouette that had not moved finally swayed and disappeared into the unknown darkness.

Repeat again.

After another long while, a sharp Minotaur horn slowly pierced out from the darkness, and the secret agent who had gone through multiple disguises "swam" out with his body hanging in a weird posture - based on the guidance of the tough voice in his mind, Kirin was finally able to stabilize its output current and float for a short time.

She took out her binoculars and tried to continue to observe the situation in the banquet hall, but found that the banquet had ended long ago. Only waiters in elegant uniforms were left in the banquet hall to clean up the tables and chairs, pick up most of the food that had not been touched, and wipe the tables. Wash the floor, leaving no trace of the previous party.

Jingzhe saw that many waiters secretly put these exquisite foods into the bags they brought, and tightened their pockets tightly, as if they were storing their wealth and lives. Except for the bottles that had been opened, there was no one around the wine, which was obviously a precious product. Meat and dairy products, which were rarely touched by the guests, became a noble existence that almost caused looting. Even pastries and cheeses that could not be stored for a long time, many waiters came up to enrich their own pockets.

The leader of the waiters was directing the work of others in the banquet hall as if he had not seen anything. Someone had already collected the largest and best parts of the barbecue and wrapped them as his portion, and now they were placed at the feet of the leader.

Everyone is racing against time. They clean up the banquet hall extremely quickly and resolutely, trying their best not to make any noise. They look at the food like hungry beasts in the dark night.

Qilin frowned unconsciously and observed carefully again, only to find that all the maids in gorgeous costumes at the banquet had disappeared, leaving only the low-key and calm male waiters working hard and collecting food.

How about them?

Jingzhe bit her lip, and once again followed the instructions of the voice in her head, used her thunder method to repeatedly detect the terrain, avoided the layers of surveillance by the secret guards, used her hood to cover her conspicuous hair color in the dark, and gradually overheard that there were three people What happened in the banquet hall on the first floor.

"..."

Listening to the detailed moans in the building, the plaintive flattery, and the gasps of pleasure, Jingzhe listened expressionlessly for a while, and after confirming that there was no more unnecessary information, he finally walked away.

But walking away was more than just walking away. Taking advantage of the darkness, Qilin actually left the city directly, with no intention of staying any longer.

Chapter 229 Heart is like a broken branch ([-])

call--! ! ! ! !

The wilderness is always changing and cruel.

The winds from all areas of Terra carry the same specialties from all over the world, gathering and colliding in the wilderness, constantly unloading and re-carrying. A large number of strange things meet and call in the wind, and the water vapor gradually grows in the alternation of cold and heat. , and eventually a heavy rain began in the wilderness, washing away everything.

The wilderness wandering team is very afraid of such weather, because it is often a harbinger of a natural disaster. The heavy rain formed by water vapor not only means that the wind is gathering, but also means that the most important and most loved and hated particles in this land are also in the air. Convergence and fusion, water vapor gathers to form rainwater, what will form when Source Stone particles gather and fuse?

Even though there is still a lot of controversy about this in the scientific community, the wanderers who gambled their lives in the wilderness learned this knowledge early on through bloody lessons:

When the Source Stone particles fuse and gather on a large scale, natural disasters will occur uninvited.

Crackling, crackling——

Big drops of raindrops hit the wilderness, leaving many pits in the slightly green soil. Many puddles were formed by the accumulation of these small pits, and the water surface was crackled by the rain. There was a chaotic sound, causing brilliant ripples.

Such rains without thunder are called natural disaster clouds in the wilderness - their birth is always accompanied by clouds. This is the basis for the water vapor in the wind gradually falling and taking shape with the alternation of cold and heat, thus covering the sky and the sun, as if to cover the entire sky. The dark clouds entering the dark night are getting closer and closer to the world. Just a glance, and you can feel the oppression of the eternal blue sky, suppressing all the oppression in the world.

Then came the torrential rain without thunder, which was extremely heavy and abundant. If left unchecked for the next few days and nights, even this rain could cause a major natural disaster that wanderers in the wilderness would avoid:

Mudslides, floods, waterlogging, hail, acid rain...

The continuous accumulation of Source Stone particles will cause the rainwater to carry weak Source Stone radiation. If you stay in the rain for a long time without protection, the unlucky guy with extremely low resistance will even be directly infected with the ore disease. From then on, he will enter the gambling mode, and sometimes even Captured by the wilderness team, thrown out and even sold as crudely purified human source stone bombs.

Natural disasters are natural disasters. Although natural disasters make people helpless and difficult to avoid, the continuous man-made disasters after natural disasters are more cruel and naked and unacceptable.

Today's rain was so heavy that it washed away the jerry-built tents of many wanderers, causing the unkempt wilderness wanderers to scream and protect their children and run into other temporary shelters.

Looking out from the weak gap in the shelter, you will see a vast expanse of white. This is a water curtain formed by an unusually huge rain stream. The image is pale and clean, covering everything in the rain. It is so harmless to humans and animals, as if there is no trace of it. any danger.

In such harsh weather, even the ubiquitous animals in the wilderness had to disappear. Even the crazy infected creatures, facing the merciless heavy rain that covered their heads and faces at this moment, could only obey and hide in the shady place. In the shadows, a natural disaster was escaped.

Shila-!

The electric light once again flashed in the cave where the infected creatures were constantly rushing out. Qilin repeatedly created sound and light flames, attracting infected creatures that were either photophobic or photophilic to rush out of their hiding places and gather in front of them. Then, a thunder spell was fully effective.

rate, destroying all infected organisms.

Simple movements, amazing lightning skills, surging sound and light, and sharp buzzing, similar scenes have been going on in the cave for a long time. When the last medium-sized creature detected by the thunder method died, Jingzhe took out his backpack for disinfection. The alcohol was poured over large areas of the surrounding bodies of Refa's dead bodies, and then ignited with sparks.

call--

The rising flames danced in the cave, and the long-lost light refilled the cave. Qilin expanded the entrance of the cave, introducing more air into the cave at the expense of rainwater mixed with moisture reaching the entrance of the cave.

Lighting a flame in a small and stuffy space can easily induce hypoxia. This is common knowledge shared by all travelers who have done wilderness training.

The firelight illuminated things in the darkness, and Jingzhe saw the results of his repeated use of thunder methods:

Large numbers of infected pincer beasts, Originium worms, wild dogs, wild wolves... and even a medium-sized Originium worm that swelled to much larger than a wild dog. These will dominate the scene after the natural disaster and bring new life to the wanderers. All the desperate infected monsters were trapped in the cave by Jingzhe, without releasing a single soldier.

However, the reason why Qilin massacred infected creatures was obviously not only to prevent the dampness that accompanies natural disasters. As the killing ended, the flames rose. Jingzhe watched the flames that kept jumping in the air, seemingly free and easy, but in fact, the roots of the flames were controlled by burning objects. , clenched his palms unconsciously.

This is already the third time that she has left a large mobile city and found a cave or a mountain to live. The journey has reached the middle of the Yan Kingdom. If she has the intention in her heart, she can find the right direction and drive all the way. The powerful Rain Terrace General Director of the Yan Kingdom She can return to the capital, her loyal Yutai, and continue to preside over the recruitment matters.

However, now she no longer wants to go back.

In other words, after seeing the Great Yan ground that the capital city could not see, and walking onto the Great Yan land full of pain and unwillingness, it was difficult for Qilin to muster up the courage and energy to return to the high sky again.

If you are an ambitious person who only wants to climb to the top of power, or a self-interested person who only cares about yourself, you may be able to say sorry after seeing the miserable scene in Dayan, and then you may have a little conscience. He returned to the rain terrace and continued to give orders, but Jingzhe was destined not to be that kind of person.

Da Yan is sick, so sick that every part of her body is weakening, but her brain and nerves are still flexing their teeth and giving orders, thinking that this short-term weakness is only temporary, and as long as she continues to move forward, her terminally ill body will soon... Regain your health.

However, Jingzhe, as a small brain cell, was shocked and frightened when he traveled around the giant's body. He was shocked by the abscesses and injuries, making his whole body numb and panicked.

She always thought that she had done a good job. The first legislation to guarantee the power of the people, the first legislation to regulate the power of the nobility, the first legislation to determine the time and place to collect taxes in different regions in Great Yan... There are so many firsts. She proposed that there were so many knives that she slashed at the monster that was multiplying crazily inside Dayan's body.

But why... why was this tangled monster that tightly strangled the entire Great Flame and made the body more and more breathless? Not only did it not restrain its claws, but it took root in a corner that she couldn't see, and became more and more branches. Leafy, growing and growing?

Chapter 2: A gift from heaven

I thought that even if I could not be said to be immortal, I would not be mediocre enough to have only a few words in the annals of history. Why did I get to this point?

The fire spread layer by layer in the cave, and now it has eroded to the edge of the cave wall. The bright red flames burned the protein roasted by Leifa, and licked the stone cave wall that still contained a lot of moisture in the weird stench.

Shila-

The protective layer of many infected organisms was burned through, and the moisture accumulated inside the organisms was dried by the flames. However, the fat was still lingering in the body. It was just because of the high temperature that it had to change from a solid state to a pure ointment, which continued to stay in the body. flow.

So after the last protective layer was burned dry, the fat was ignited by the flames, and a continuous crackling sound filled the air.

The smell and sound awakened Jing Zhe, who was immersed in thinking. She stared blankly at the flames inside the cave, staring at the dancing flames for a long time. Then she hurriedly picked up her feet and tied them up to dry - even if she didn't Dry, it should be dry under the baking of the flames in the cave - pick out a bundle of firewood and light it with the still burning flame, and place it near the entrance of the cave to serve as a light source.

This was not the first time that Qilin killed infected creatures that were ready to move in the cave. She knew clearly that the flames that ignited these beasts seemed to be endless and powerful, but they would never burn in the cave for long. The fire cooked with oil and the flowers bloomed naturally. , but it is destined to be difficult to maintain.

Just like this cave, it seems quiet when you first see it, but in fact there are countless ghosts and snakes hidden inside. You have to use thunder to get to the bottom of it, and you have to be ruthless enough to pull out the roots to find out how many ghosts and demons are represented by the countless eager eyes hidden in the darkness. .

She has walked through three large mobile cities, passed by countless small counties, and seen countless joys and sorrows, tears and laughter. As she saw more and more, Qilin discovered more and more deeply that the entire Yan Kingdom could not conceal it. Split.

Some people are great, some are moving forward, some are looking down at all living beings, and some are sitting in temples but feel that they are with the people - why does a person who has no worries about food and drink, a higher status, and a good family background feel that he is with the people?

He realized that someone actually didn't

If you don't know martial arts, is the only way to do crops is to pick up a hoe and chop it down horizontally?He realized that while he could afford to eat, drink, paint, forge iron, practice martial arts, and write poems, there were people who were working hard on the land but could not afford to eat or seek medical treatment. ?He stands high up, overlooking all living beings, but he thinks that the few people he knows can represent the entire Yan Kingdom?

Of course, a person can smugly boast that he is very good at social interaction after meeting thousands of other individuals, but he must also realize that thousands of human beings are just a drop in the ocean on this earth, and Millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of individuals are scattered and bustling in the world that he cannot see. The few that he recognizes are just a tiny speck on this land. How can they be considered the whole of humankind?

A young man killed a middle-aged man - after seeing this sentence, he would naturally think that this was a criminal murder and a major event that would not be tried. However, if this incident happened in the Yanguo court, , what about the young man who killed the middle-aged assassin as a bodyguard?

Or maybe it happened in the desert, and the two men had a duel. The reason was that the middle-aged man killed the young man's whole family, and the young man gritted his teeth and practiced kung fu hard, and tortured his body in the cold winter, just for revenge. What does this mean?

To extend the point further, the middle-aged man is actually a well-known hero in the world. The murder of the young man and his whole family was to eliminate harm for the people, because it was that rich family who bullied men and women, stole other people's property, and colluded with the county magistrate. , causing trouble everywhere, and the bad guys are innocent?They even forced a family to death, killed their daughter, and used a donkey to pay for the price...

What should I say?

The judgment that there is good and bad, good and evil requires decades of accumulation and countless efforts to know the causes and consequences. Otherwise, you will fall into a deep logical circle. But if you are immersed in judgment, you will find that everything is just a circle. Everyone is locked in a circle and cannot escape for the rest of their lives, but some people actually feel that they can see through the entire world just by looking at the simplest few steps.

——People who think this way are essentially elevating themselves to a position that does not belong to other people, and are proud of their achievements.

The recruitment of troops in the northern border was just the trigger, and the overly cruel and urgent war was not the entire reason for all this. Even when compared with the years of Yanguo's successive campaigns in the history books, Jingzhe believed that his suggestions were quite satisfactory and could be considered to be adapted to local conditions and time. It's a good idea, but why...has Yanhui become like this?

Qilin couldn't tell.

Because the reasons that led to all of this are connected by her blood, she shares weal and woe, and her relatives, friends, and colleagues who are closely related to Jingzhe are all part of the reason. She was raised by these reasons, and it was these reasons that gave her the opportunity to let Jingzhe Holding a high position at such a young age, her colleagues have gray hair on their temples, but she clings to her youth.

She didn't even dare to uncover all this. Even if she realized that this was not going to work, Qilin was horrified to estimate that even if Yan Guo died slowly like this, the causes could still be high, satisfy their desires in order, and live happily.

Do I dare to swing a knife?

Qilin asked himself.

Every time high-ranking officials leave Dayan to visit the deepest villages in this land that they cannot visit - the mobile city takes people to avoid natural disasters. From now on, they do not have to lose everything due to natural disasters. However, these people lick their wounds miserably after the natural disasters. grit one's teeth or;

Every time you leave the small counties that can be seen everywhere in Dayan, if you look around for them, you will find these small counties that provide supplies for the mobile city - of course people with a good reputation, control of force and resources are happy and happy, and Dayan officials are the best. They are the common ones, but what about the people who have no resources and no force?Who would have thought that to open a restaurant in a small county town, you need to have a relationship with a government office or be related to a certain family?

Every time we leave the large-scale mobile city that is the backbone of Dayan - food, clothing, housing and transportation, these four aspects are artificially and accurately standardized to produce a cold statistic, giving the blood cells in this city both hope and a miserable life. It is very pleasant and makes them feel that their future is bright and they can endure the temporary pain and depression. However, is this pain and depression temporary?

Every time she left, she had to repeat such questioning, but the questions could not bring her firmness. The more she asked herself, the more surprised Jingzhe found that she was not as fearless and unafraid of dangers as she thought. She wanted to She was facing her family, her friends, everything about her origins, and even the Emperor Yan who she didn't even dare to look up at.