Xingyue, another world recasts the glory of human nature

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The special area in the forest to the west is actually easy to find.

After just walking slightly to the west for a while, Arash's clairvoyance caught the traces.

Under Arash's guidance, the three of them arrived at their destination together.

What came into view was a thick gray-white fog, and the visibility was not high. Only the vague outlines of tall trees could be seen.

It is worth mentioning that the gaseous fog shows no signs of spreading. The area covered by the fog and the area outside the fog are clearly divided into two different areas.

Obviously, this is extremely abnormal.

Kazama looked at Arash, who shook his head:

"There is something strange about this white mist, and my eyes can only see an area within 500 meters."

"The trees inside are dead and there is no sign of any living things."

A-level clairvoyance is not even inferior to rainbow-level magic eyes in terms of simple observation.Normally able to see through all obstacles in front of him.

The visual distance of 500 meters is already very impressive compared to the eyesight of ordinary people.But for clairvoyance, which can easily see things thousands of meters away, it has obviously been greatly weakened.

Kazama looked at Hohenheim again. The alchemist just silently took out a reagent bottle from his arms.An embryo the size of a thumb can be faintly seen in the red solution in the reagent bottle.

Hohenheim dropped the reagent bottle and it hit the ground.The glass bottle shattered, the red solution spilled out, and the thumb-sized embryo was exposed to the air.

The embryo began to expand rapidly, and all the red solution was absorbed, eventually turning into a two-meter-tall artificial life form familiar.

The artificial life form took steps forward and walked into the white mist of the forest.A few minutes later, we walked out of the white mist again.

"About 300 meters away...the connection between the familiar and the demon begins to weaken. This mist has a certain magic barrier and a magic-forbidden effect."

"The mist is not water droplets condensed from ordinary water vapor. It has some thin magic power attached to it. It is not harmful to the human body."

Hohenheim squatted down, his palms touching the ground, and closed his eyes, as if he was feeling something.Artificial elemental spirits floated slowly around him.

After a moment, Hohenheim opened his eyes.

"There are signs of connection with the earth here. The scope of the connection is... very large."

With the ruins as the center and the radius distance to this location, a giant ring-shaped white fog area was formed.

"This is a large barrier-like structure, and its main effect is to isolate this place from the outside world."

Hohenheim came to his conclusion.

"This large mythical barrier is biased. It seems to be mainly to prevent the creatures inside from getting out. But there is a chance that creatures from the outside can enter it."

Just like the girl I discovered before.

"Isolated?"

Listening to Hohenheim's narration, Kazama said:

"You can only enter but not go out. If the inheritance of human civilization in the outside world is cut off, and if you don't know the remaining ruins on this land, you will probably think that behind this lingering white mist is some desperate situation that continues to swallow human lives."

As far as the area where the town is currently involved, no traces of human exploration have been found.

In other words, this place is a lost place for humans outside.

A place forgotten and abandoned by humans outside... But for Kazama and the people in the territory, it is a promised land given by the gods.

Speaking of the Promised Land, Hohenheim couldn't help but feel something:

"In ancient legends, the saint Moses passed God's test and led 40 Hebrews to Canaan, a new homeland flowing with milk and honey. It later became the Kingdom of Israel."

Hearing Hohenheim's emotion, Kazama smiled and said:

"Are you using this legend as an analogy to our current situation?"

"It's a pity that this is not a land of peace, no disputes, and flowing milk and honey."

In all respects, this place is indeed suitable for the development of civilization.But the ruins here are a risk.

Magic barrier, white mist lock.This is not protection, but isolation, isolating the ruins.

“Moreover, Moses set out after passing God’s test.”

Fengjian looked into the distance, his eyes seemed to penetrate the white fog and see the outside world.

"But for us, the test of establishing ourselves in this world has just begun."

Chapter 37 Waking Up

The three Kazama people did not stay at the edge of the forest for long.

Hohenheim still needs further research on this foggy and mysterious barrier, and matters about the outside world need to be considered in detail.

Kazama plans to establish an outpost in the open space where the Goblin tribe lives, and Hohenheim also wants to build a temporary workshop here for research.But these are all follow-up matters.

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Back in the town, such an action could not be hidden from the many residents.When the army returned to camp, there were many local people who were cutting trees and taking care of new seedlings on the farmland watching.

Seeing the dejected and cowering greenskins who were captured, and the soldiers whose armors were stained with blood and whose faces were resolute, the leaders couldn't help but burst into cheers.

Walking at the front of the team, feeling the cheers of the people, the wind can feel the cohesion of people's hearts, and the brilliance of human reason has increased again.

The Goblin prisoners were temporarily placed in an open space outside the military camp and were monitored by the army.After being domesticated by Hohenheim, they can be assigned to mines outside the town to open up mines.

After rewarding the soldiers, Kazama returned to the Lord's Mansion.

The aboriginal girl found earlier was temporarily placed in the lord's mansion.Kazama went to visit and found that the girl was still in a coma, but the high fever had subsided.

Hohenheim's potion is very useful, and the next step is to let the girl slowly recover her body.

Three more days passed. During these three days, Kazama was dealing with the problem of goblin coolies with Hohenheim. Hohenheim was very efficient. After three days of group hypnosis and psychological suggestion, he tamed all the captured goblins and found that Go to the initially built mine outside the initial town.

Small teams of soldiers were stationed at each mine, and some experienced residents supervised the work, controlled food and tools, and managed the green-skinned coolies who were destined to mine until death.

"The pressure of farming has eased for the time being, and I still have nearly two months of free time. The focus during this period is again on urban construction."

"The housing in the town can continue to be expanded. When the food is harvested in July, I will continue to recruit people. I will strive to upgrade the town from small to medium-sized."

Even if you don't set foot in the northern ruins, there is still a large area of ​​land that can be developed for human habitation.

For Kazama, the more people the better.Not only is it a precious labor force, but the population base is also the foundation of human society.

The factor that limits population growth is food.

With the newly reclaimed farmland and the large quantities of alchemical fertilizers produced by Hohenheim, it can be expected that there will be another bumper harvest this year.

On the premise of retaining a certain amount of emergency food reserves, Kazama is prepared to directly increase the population to the upper limit that the current town can carry.

"In addition, we can also start building roads."

All roads lead to Rome, and ancient Rome had a fairly advanced and complete 'national highway' system.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Smooth roads are the prerequisite for opening up trade routes.Of course, there is definitely no trade in the current territory.

But if you want to build an outpost in the forest and transport the minerals from the mine, a smooth road is still indispensable.

The United Roman Empire has a technology tree in this area. Some of the roads in ancient Rome have even been used in modern times. It is not that Kazama does not need to point out additional technologies.

"Building roads is a big project, Kazama-sama."

In the study, a middle-aged man with a beard stood in front of Fengjian.

The man's name was Merton, and he was a talent discovered by Fengjian during the town's second population expansion. Now he is Fengjian's assistant in town construction.

"Building roads requires the mobilization of a large amount of labor. Even if it is just three roads, I am afraid it cannot be completed in a short time."

"It doesn't matter, just start doing it." Kazama said.

If the plan goes well, the town will be able to welcome a large population again after July, and then there will be enough labor to develop the road connecting the forest outpost to the mine.

"I understand, your will is the direction we will move forward." Merton bowed and saluted.

"Okay, that's all I have to say for now, you can go do your business."

Merton resigned, and Kazama returned to writing the next plan.

At this time, a maid knocked on the door and entered the room to report the situation.

The aboriginal girl who had been rescued from the goblin tribe and temporarily stayed in the lord's mansion woke up after being in a coma for three days.

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The experience during this period is etched in Asai’s mind.

She is an ordinary slave in Xian, the White Stone City.

Slaves after the second generation have no concept of parents.

Slaves like them were born by slave owners arranging the mating of female slaves and male slaves.

As early as he can remember, Asai has been domesticated in a slave breeding facility.After the age of five, slave owners began to allocate their future lives.

Male slaves with strong muscles and bones will be selected and trained as slave soldiers, while the rest will be used as coolies to cultivate fields and dig ore.

As for female slaves, if they have good physical appearance, they will be trained to become slave girls for people to play with.

Asai obviously did not have this luck. Her skin was naturally dark and rough.However, his small hands were quite dexterous, so he was assigned to be a weaver.

After remembering, until she was 15 years old, she stayed in a small courtyard, accompanied by fabrics every day, and her dexterous hands became rough.

Under normal circumstances, she would spend her short life like this - under normal circumstances, slaves would not live past 40 years old.Years of malnutrition caused slaves to age prematurely.Especially slaves in the mines, most of whom do not live past the age of 20.

When a slave is unable to perform the work assigned by the slave owner, the slave has no value and will be directly executed.

The so-called slave is this kind of creature.

Biologically speaking, although they belong to the same human beings as the free people, slave owners, and nobles of Xian, the White Stone City.But the law clearly states that slaves are not human beings.

Slaves are livestock that are no different from pigs and dogs. They are private property belonging to slave owners and free democracies.

One day, Asai's tired and hard-working life changed day after day.

The reason was that in the courtyard where she was, a fellow servant accidentally broke the vase that the master loved.

Will die, no doubt.

A lowly slave is worth less to his master than a fragment of a beloved vase.

The slave knew he was doomed, so he escaped during the night.

It was a fatal thing for a slave to run away.

Taking the slave courtyard as the unit, the continuous sitting system was implemented.

Once someone makes a mistake, all the slaves in the courtyard will be punished.

However, if someone escapes, the others will not be whipped, but will be executed directly.

These slaves are not high-level slaves with precious skills. They are quite cheap. Even if they are executed all, the master will not blink an eye.

Asai's brother, a male slave who was not related to her but cared for her, learned the news.

Before the slave owner brought people to execute them, he continued to encourage other slaves in the compound to escape.

But it's not that easy to escape from the White Stone City.Let’s not talk about whether they can escape Xi’an. Even if they escape, they will not be able to survive.

Their bodies were branded with the mark of slaves, and even if they were discovered after escaping to other cities, they would be executed immediately.

What's more, Xi'an has a team that specializes in catching escaped slaves. They raise ferocious wolf dogs and hold weapons in their hands.

Weak slaves were often caught quickly, and what awaited the escaped slaves was torture more terrible than death.

In confusion and uneasiness, Asai became a runaway slave with a group of people.

They were soon discovered, and less than half of the original team of more than a dozen people remained.

The wolf dogs behind him chased the remaining people and drove them outside the Forbidden Land.

The so-called 'forbidden land' refers to a forest outside Xi'an City that is shrouded in white mist all year round.

A long time ago, Xi'an's nobles sent a large number of people into the forest mist to explore.But no one has ever been able to return from it.

Over time, the White Mist Forest became a place where demons inhabited.Legend has it that anyone who tries to enter it will die inside.

This forest is a natural barrier, so the defense force is weak. This is one of the reasons why the remaining slaves can escape here.

The legend of the White Mist Forest, a forbidden place, is also spread among slaves.

Under the propaganda of slave owners, most slaves also regard the Forbidden Land as a terrible place from which there is no return.