Li Kui asked a rather taboo question at this time: "How many guards are there in total at Shuguang?"
However, Sui Mu unexpectedly answered readily: "One hundred and ninety-eight thousand."
"It's really a city like an iron barrel." Xiao Hei reminded pointedly.
Sui Mu is very smart. The moment he heard Xiao Hei's words, he already understood the hidden meaning. It was as if he was talking about the Wushi Cult. As for the internal ghost inside Shuguang, it is impossible for Sui Mu not to know about it!
"I haven't asked for advice..."
Sui Mu asked first.
In fact, many people know about the fact that Li Kui has a black-skinned thin dog next to him. According to Sui Mu, when Li Kui first appeared, that is, when he was rescuing Yue Zhongshan and his party, the thin dog had also taken action and had a remarkable record.
But apart from that, Xi Quan’s whereabouts are elusive and very low-key, making it easy for people to ignore his existence!
Now that I see him, my evaluation of him needs to go up several levels.
"Misfortune."
Xiaohei answered.
"The struggle between disasters. The struggle between people never stops, especially in the face of the fear of disaster."
Sui Mu's gentle voice gradually became solemn. "The strong fortress will also shake because of the human heart. And when ambition, desire, and survival cannot be satisfied, betrayal and killing will occur. We always remember this!"
Fu Dou saw the meaning of these words, and he was obviously prepared for it, so he didn't say anything more.
"Thank you Fu Dou." Sui Mu thanked him sincerely.
Although He has made many guesses about the true identities of Li Kui and Hu Dou, he has not been able to grasp the correct context in the end. But as long as he stands on Shuguang's side, He will repay the greatest kindness!
"At the end of the year, I have a question that I am very curious about. Why are there so many bookstores in Shuguang City?" Li Kui remembered what he had just seen along the way and asked directly.
Generally speaking, it is enough to have a bookstore within a few hundred meters, but this is not the case.
"Because civilization is fragile."
As soon as Sui Mu said these words, Li Kui immediately understood the reason, and became more and more curious about Si Bohong, as if he had climbed to the top.
"No matter how developed and advanced this civilization is, it cannot withstand numerous deadly threats."
Sui Mu recounts a true history that happened: "The world has undergone drastic changes, and evil spirits are rampant in the world. They are cunning and cruel, and they know the evil of human nature, and they know how to inspire and release it.
“Therefore, there are quite a few people who have taken refuge in the evil spirits, killing and abandoning their own kind, just to survive in the world.
"This went on for decades!"
Sui Mu's voice is calm but also contains great power: "Leaders don't want to see our civilization trampled into the dust and become worthless. Words and books can help us remember history."
"We must not forget what the world we lived in before was like, and why we became like this!"
"Good intentions."
Li Kui said sincerely.
Even if the haze of life and death of the Hundred Years War always hangs overhead: even if it is very likely that one day in the future, the only remaining living creatures in this world will die in an instant.
Even in the face of such a bad situation, there are still people who persevere.
"Hahaha." Sui Mu laughed twice rarely, and his originally solemn voice became gentle again, and said: "The leader attaches great importance to inheritance. Since the disaster, the leader has been collecting all kinds of books, including but not limited to comics.
, novels, games, etc.”
The word inheritance made Li Kui think a lot, but he suddenly remembered something. The leader Si Bohong was a university teacher before the disaster. It is reasonable to pay attention to this aspect!
Before he could think more, his thoughts suddenly stopped.
"arrive."
Sui Mu gently reminded: "Ahead is the Qiming Library."
Li Kui raised his eyes.
A majestic and solemn building came into view, with a semicircular top and a straight rectangular lower part. It was built in the style of a round sky and a square earth.
And because the whole body is made of gray stone, it is even more majestic and solemn.
There was a huge flow of people rushing up the stairs.
However, what really caught Li Kui's attention was a purple-red air column that only he could see.
It is fifteen meters wide and rises hundreds of meters high.
Some complicated sounds rushed over with the roar of people, but because they were mixed in, they were never heard clearly.
Seeing this, Li Kui thought for a moment, then walked straight under the air pillar.
As the distance got closer and closer, the complex sounds gradually became clearer, and they were heroic and fearless voices.
"For hope!"
"For home!"
"For humanity!"
"We must not let these monsters and evil spirits invade our home!"
It is the cry of generations to die heroically!
At some point, Li Kui had stopped in a wide square, and directly in front of him were dozens of bronze statues, with faces of both men and women, and several lines of words written on the bases of the statues.
It records their heroic deeds during their lifetime.
At this moment, there were students in twos and threes sitting under the statue holding books, but they all maintained a quiet and serious atmosphere in a tacit understanding.
At this time, Xiao Hei said excitedly: "Master, I saw you."
Li Kui couldn't help being amused when he heard this, and the corners of his mouth raised with a smile, "Well, I saw it too."
Twenty meters to the right of the man and the dog, there is a bronze statue of Li Kui, with a somewhat similar cheek profile.
But it's just a similarity.
Even if Li Kui walked over now, very few people would be able to identify the two as the same person.
Because the temperament is so different!
After leaving Tu Wei·Wu Jiu San, Li Kui experienced too many things. A bit of ruthlessness can be seen in the brows of the bronze statue of Li Kui, which makes the overall image feel like he died generously!
However, Li Kui is now restrained in his sharpness. Although his facial lines are tougher, his eyes are gentle, which makes him look approachable!
"The appearance of this bronze statue was built based on Gao Ling and Ms. Gao's description. It has a history of 20 years."
Sui Mu's gentle voice sounded from Li Kui's ears again.
The conversation between Li Kui and Xiao Hei just now was not covered up, so it was natural that Sui Mu listened to every word.
At the same time, the fog about Li Kui's identity also dissipated at this moment.
He is the Li Kui who protected Gao Ling and Lin Qingyan to the City of Hope twenty-seven years ago! The Li Kui who left behind precious magic books!
The person who should have died; the person who was drowned by countless yakshas and living corpses before the eyes of many people;
Appeared again after 27 years!
At the end of the year, when I suddenly realized this, problems also emerged one after another.
Where has he been during this time?
Why did it suddenly appear again at this time?
What's particularly important is that Li Kui's understanding of this world is too shallow, as if he has just come into contact with it.
The answer behind this must be shocking!
And one thing becomes clearer at the end of the year, and that is the truth about all this, and his father must have known it for a long time!