Yuan Shen: Demon God Recycling Expert in the Hall of Rebirth

While speaking, the two had already stepped into the residence of the tribal leader, a large house in the center of the village.

The leader of the Lawrence tribe wore a simple robe, held a gold scepter in his hand, and a crown of wolf teeth that symbolized his status. He was completely dressed for a formal occasion.Clearly, this was the tribal chief showing Niwa his respect, showing that he viewed the meeting as a formal meeting of equals.

"Good day, traveler from afar. I am the leader of the Lawrence tribe and the patriarch of the Lawrence family, Maximian Lawrence."

The Patriarch Lawrence, who was the first to salute, did not get a response from Niwa, because at this time he had already fallen into a huge shock!

He has seen this gray-bearded old man in front of him before!He is the man who met the Gurnhild patriarch in the historical image!That patriarch Lawrence who intends to overthrow the rule of the Lone King of the Tower!

Chapter 192 The Messenger of Time

Niwa was stunned for a long time, until Eric could not help coughing softly to remind him, he quickly stroked his chest and saluted, "Good day, Chief Lawrence. I am the expedition leader from the Westwind Tribe, Dan."

"Western Tribe? Is it in the west?"

"That's right, on the other side of the mountain."

In fact, even if Maximian did know the situation in the distance, Niwa's lie can be fulfilled-the distance to the west is Liyue 2600 years ago. Finally, a covenant was established.

Maximian didn't dwell too much on his origins.As the leader of the Wall Guard tribe, he has taken in [-] or [-] homeless people over the past few decades.If it weren't for the clothes and equipment of Niwa and his party that were so exquisite that they didn't look like homeless people, he wouldn't have personally met Niwa.

According to the rules of Gale King Capital, the homeless gathered by the wall guards should be handed over to the storm priest for unified distribution.However, what everyone knows is that the wall guards can give priority to selecting strong fighters or talents with special skills from among the wanderers they gather to add to their respective tribes, as compensation for the wall guards going out to fight.

Hearing that the new wanderers were well armed, Maximian had expected them to be quite formidable warriors.However, seeing that the "leader" Niwa was thin and not even as strong as himself at this time, he couldn't help but feel disappointed, and secretly said: "A person with this physique can be the leader, and this group of wanderers should not be brave enough to fight... Forget it, this I won’t hold back this time, and give them all to the Storm Priest for distribution.”

Thinking of this, he ordered Eric to take Niwa away and send him to the center of the capital when he turned around.

In this short period of time, Niwa had already thought about the whole thing from beginning to end, and suddenly felt that he had accidentally fallen into a certain game.

Visiting the ruins of the Thousand Winds Temple two years ago, how did it happen that the historical images in the leylines were triggered by such a coincidence?

Ying has only been awake for three months, how could she be involved in this 2600-year-old history by such a coincidence?

He came to look for Ying by himself, how could he be involved by such a coincidence?

All of this made him feel that there was an invisible hand manipulating the whole thing!

"Is it you? Time is in power?" Niwa thought to himself.

With this in mind, he quickly had a guess.

Since Istaru deliberately brought him and Ying to this point in time, it must be hoped that they will do something.So at this point in time, what is worth spending so much time on for Istaru?

Without a doubt, it was the battle against Gale Wind Demon God!

The information revealed in the historical images two years ago shows that this war is not as simple as what Barbatos said.

Perhaps in the eyes of Barbatos, who was only a thousand wind elves at the time, the whole crusade seemed to be followed by a certain unknown boy shouting "for freedom", and then all the people rose up and entered the Storm Tower to seize Dekarapi Ann's bird position...

But in a world with gods, where the position of the Seven Gods is involved, the game behind it will definitely not be so simple!

The old Mond people don't like to see Dekarapian so much?After all, they have protected the ancestors of the old Monds for thousands of years, okay?Not to mention overthrowing the old king, how can a new order be established?The North Wind Wolf King is so high-minded, he just gave up the god position at his fingertips to a newborn Thousand Wind Elf?

Ordinary people may not think so much, but Old Mond still has a sensible person like Maximian Lawrence, and the patriarch Gurnhilde is obviously not a relatively simple-minded beautiful girl like Qin.

Talking about freedom...is as ridiculous as America's invasion of Iraq because Saddam stole washing powder from Bush Jr.'s house.

But the most important thing at this time is to hold Maximian, otherwise I don't know if there is a chance to intervene in this incident!

If Istaru's request cannot be met, who knows if he will keep everyone trapped to death 2600 years ago?

Thinking of this, Niwa hurried forward and said, "Patriarch Lawrence, please wait a moment."

"Huh? Is there anything else?" Maximian asked puzzled.

Niwa took a few steps closer and said in a low voice, "Actually, although we are from the west, we were entrusted by people from the east to come here to look for you."

As he said that, he used the cover of his body to outline a strange symbol with water elements!

This symbol was exactly the one he had seen in the ruins of the Temple of Time on the isolated island two years ago!That symbol that disappeared suddenly after just a glimpse!

Seeing this symbol, Maximian's expression changed instantly!

In the next second, he decisively reached out and held Niwa, "Ah, it's you! Please wait a moment, I'll get someone to prepare food for you!"

After finishing speaking, he loudly ordered the servants to bring food, and when the simple banquet was set, he drove everyone out of the room, and then took out a badge from his pocket.

Upon seeing this badge, Niwa couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"Ice Seal?!"

Maximian showed doubts, "Is this seal called the Seal of Ice? It's worthy of the name..."

As he spoke, he pierced his wrist with the pointed end of the talisman, allowing his own blood to seep into it.

Soon, gray mist gushed out, filling the entire room!

Only then did Maximian heave a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Now you can speak with confidence. Gale Demon God's power is extremely powerful, every wind in this land is his ear, and only when time rules Under the protection of adults, in this frozen time, we can communicate freely."

This gray fog is indeed the power of time ruling! RNM Istaru, a riddler who pretends to be a ghost!You have the ability to show your blood!

Dan Yu's teeth were itching with hatred in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he said in a deep voice: "I am here on behalf of my lord."

Maximian hurriedly got up and saluted, "Greetings to you, Master Time Envoy."

Messenger of Time?The name of Istaru's apostle?

While thinking about it, Niwa stood up and saluted, and then said with a smile: "Isn't Chief Lawrence worried that I'm a fake?"

Maximian laughed and said, "Master Messenger is just joking. How powerful is the divine power of Lord Time Ruler, and if you don't want others to see His Time Seal, no one will be able to see it at all..."

So is that strange symbol I saw two years ago really the symbol of Istaru?The god who controls time is indeed a born old silver coin!

Niyu was MMP in his heart, and couldn't smile on his face, "I came here this time, following the will of my lord, to assist you in completing the crusade against Gale Demon God. How are the preparations going?"

Maximian hurriedly said: "Most of them are completed, but the last thing is very difficult..."

"Tell me about the matter from beginning to end."

"Yes……"

Chapter 193 To Survive or Die

Now that he has decided to be the sixth child, Maximian naturally has no reservations, and quickly described the entire plan and implementation process.

Frozen three feet did not happen in a day, and the dissatisfaction with Dekarapian did not accumulate in a day.

As the wall guards who were able to go to the outside of the Wall of Sighs, they were the first to be dissatisfied, because compared to the residents of the royal capital with no information, they, the military nobles, saw through the lies of the storm priests earlier-there is no such thing as outside the capital of Gale Wind. No human survives!

At least in the snow-isolated east, there is a tribe that relies on the power of time and the power of the thousand wind elves to survive!

Since there is still a vast world where people can live beyond the high wall, the high wall has changed from a barrier protecting human beings to a prison that restricts freedom...

Resentment and dissatisfaction are passed from the Wall Keeper to the clan, and from the clan to other clans.After long-term dissemination, rebel organizations gradually appeared in the capital.These people were besieged by the storm priests, but survived tenaciously with the help of some sympathizers.

The seven Wall Guard families tacitly maintained their neutrality, neither supporting the rebel organization nor helping the storm priests hunt down "traitors".In this way, the fragile balance of undercurrents continued for hundreds of years.

Until the Lawrence family decided to raise the flag of rebellion against Dekarapian...

As a tribe of wall guards, the strength of the Lawrence family is beyond doubt, but Maximian knew that under normal circumstances, only the demon god could fight against the demon god.

As far as he knows, there are only two demon gods who can compete with Dekarapian, Istaru, the time ruler, and Andreus, the wolf king of the north wind.

Andreus has always been hostile to Dekarapian. He has attacked the Wall of Sighs countless times and failed countless times.However, this demon god only regards wolves as his own people, and has no interest in protecting human beings.For humans who do not belong to Dekarapian, He has a completely soy sauce attitude.This determines that Andreus cannot become Maximian's ideal object of refuge.

Because of this, Maximian sent people to contact the Gurnhilde family many times, and finally took the opportunity to go out to visit the Temple of Thousand Winds in person.

The plan developed by both parties is not complicated.

Although Dekarapian is strong, he is still on par with Andreus.Now that Time has secretly won over Andreus, and with the newly born Thousand Wind Elf, the top-level battle strength of the two sides has exceeded two to one.

At the same time, Maximian also secretly supported the rebel organization to win over more civilians, and helped them spread dissatisfaction and weaken the people's belief in Dekarapian.

In addition, the seven Wall Defender tribes have basically reached a tacit agreement to remain neutral.As long as the seven tribes with the strongest military power do not stand on the side of Gale Demon God, the small number of guards in the hands of the storm priests is not enough to form an advantage against the resistance organization.As long as the Lawrence tribe stabbed the storm priests in the back at a critical moment, the whole thing would be done.

But before all this can be achieved, there is the last and biggest obstacle - the Wall of Sighs.

In history, Andreus has personally shot several times, but failed to break through this wall of wind.As a quasi-demon god-level combat power, Niwa has also personally tested this wind wall, and feels that he has no confidence in breaking it.

In fact, Niwa suspects that this wall was not built by Dekarapian alone, and there may be other forces helping it, otherwise, with the level of strength shown by this wall, Dekarapian should be able to hang Andreus. right.

Regarding how to break through the Wall of Sighs, Maximian also has a plan, but he has not been able to find an opportunity.

"Lord Time Ruler bestowed this... Seal of Ice, so that I can use the blood of the Lawrence family as a guide to mobilize the power of Lord Time Ruler. As long as I can enter the core area of ​​the Storm Tower, use Lord Time Ruler's power to destroy The energy hub of the Wall of Sighs, the entire Wind Wall will collapse in an instant!"

"The only problem is that, except for a few Storm Priests, the Tower Lonely King rarely allows anyone else to enter the Storm Tower, especially the core area. In my decades of career, I have only entered the Storm Tower once when I inherited the clan In the core area of ​​the tower, declare your allegiance to the king. I have no idea how to solve this problem..."

Niwa clasped his hands and supported his chin. After listening to Maximian's narration in silence, he suddenly asked, "The last question, why did you choose to betray Gale Demon God?"

Maximian raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in surprise: "Didn't I tell the patriarch Gurnhild? It's for freedom! For my descendants not to live in this narrow cage!"

"Master Priest may believe you, but I will not agree."

"why?"

"Because this reason is too ridiculous."

"...Freedom is by no means a ridiculous reason!"

Niwa stared at Maximian, and said in a low voice: "You are not powerless to realize the freedom you want! You can use an excuse to carry out the mission, break up your tribe and bring them out of the Wall of Sighs! Go out ten, come back five , the remaining five will die in the wilderness, no one will doubt it! Repeat this, as long as you grow old, you can transfer the entire tribe out!"

"..."

"Actually, I doubt that Dekarapian doesn't care if you leave the Gale King's Capital at all! Maybe if you shout, the Gale Demon God will open the wind wall and let you leave!"

"..."

"If you can betray the demon god who has protected you for thousands of years for such a ridiculous reason, why don't you betray us because the war is not going well? Why do you convince me that you will fight to the end in the face of the powerful Gale Demon God, and Isn't it cold-blooded?"

Maximian confronted Niwa for a long time, and finally said discouragedly: "...That's right, the reason for our betrayal is not freedom, but..."

"It's survival, right?" Niwa said first.

Maximian raised his head suddenly, looking at Niwa as if he had seen a ghost.He never expected that his hidden cards would be seen through at a glance!

Niwa looked at him leisurely, and said lightly: "Your tribe has 3000 people, but there is only 3000 mu of arable land. I checked the growth of the crops, and the food grown in the land is very difficult to support the life of [-] people. , mostly rely on hunting to supplement food sources."

"Your Lawrence tribe is one of the seven Wall Defender tribes. Even if you have such a difficult life, let alone other tribes."

"Your son Eric told me that he has taken in no less than 3000 or [-] homeless people over the years. Judging from the attitude of the storm priest when he entered the city, Gale Demon God will not refuse any mortals who seek asylum, which makes Gale The population density of the royal capital rises faster."

"The existence of the wind wall makes it impossible for Gale King to expand outwards, but the lonely king of the tower refuses to control the total population, resulting in fewer and fewer survival resources for everyone to obtain virtue. As time goes by, from nobles to commoners have accumulated strong dissatisfaction..."

"This is the reason for you to betray Gale Demon God! Because if you don't act again, you will fall into Malthus' trap!"

Chapter 194 Rebellion or Revolution

The Malthus trap is a term that many young people are very familiar with in the information age.Concepts such as so-called involution and lying flat have a deep relationship with this economic term.

This term in economics is named after Thomas Robert Malthus, a British political economist. It believes that population growth grows according to geometric progression, while survival resources only grow according to arithmetic progression, and more population will always increase by a certain amount. If this method is eliminated, the population cannot exceed the corresponding level of agricultural development.

The concept was originally aimed at agricultural societies.When humans realized the agricultural revolution through chemical fertilizers, the world once believed that the Malthusian trap had become a thing of the past.

Unfortunately, this is not the case.

If this concept is stretched a little, its connotation is still applicable today, that is, limited economic growth cannot be shared by everyone at the same time.When the economic increment decreases, people have to start competing for the already small amount of economic stock...so there are economic crises and wars.

Maximian naturally didn't understand what a Malthusian trap was, but all the evidence Niwa had enumerated before had already blinded him, and he didn't even think of asking.

Yes, the reason for Maximian's rebellion was not some illusory freedom, but Gale Demon God's refusal to provide more survival resources for his people, and he even refused to stop taking homeless people!

This lonely demon god doesn't care about the opinions of his people at all, but stubbornly uses his self-righteous logic to protect everyone!

The wind wall cuts off the ice, snow and cold, the land and the sun allow people to obtain food, and all homeless people from outside are sheltered... This is enough in His view.

For hundreds of thousands of years, nothing has gone wrong with this set, and the people have indeed respected and loved him as he expected, but in the last hundred years, everything has changed!

Maximian didn't know what "geometric growth" was. He only knew that the tribe's population was increasing and the food was getting less and less enough.To make matters worse, the output of food is getting less and less—he doesn't know that this is because of long-term extensive cultivation and lack of chemical fertilizers, which leads to a decline in land fertility!

Maximian was a rare wise man.When everyone would only repeat the complaints that were destined to be impossible to be heard by the Gale Demon God, he had already learned to investigate without a teacher.

The results terrified him.

Judging from the information he collected, in the past ten years, all the seven Wall Guard tribes he knew had food shortages, and the death rate of newborns had risen sharply!

All the villages on the outskirts of the royal capital have experienced different degrees of food production reduction, even within the wind wall, the weather is still as smooth as before!

The price of food in the capital of Gale Wind has continued to rise five times in the past ten years, and it shows no sign of falling back!

There has been a small-scale wave of bankruptcy among the residents of the royal capital engaged in handicraft industries, and this wave is spreading to the urban middle class!

Maximian had no culture, but the problem was already so serious that Gale Demon God and Storm Priests still ignored all of this, which made him extremely desperate!