"Crescent Bay has been captured! Crescent Bay has been captured!"
An islander covered in blood stumbled into the settlement on the cliff along the path leading to the port, repeating the desperate news in a loud voice. After that, he spit out a mouthful of blood and stood on the ground.
He fell straight down in front of the stone monument on the roadside and died.
The man had already been seriously injured in the melee with the fishmen at the foot of the cliff. There were several huge blood holes on his back, which made people afraid to look directly. And on the tablet where he fell, neatly written in red lacquer
With eight big characters:
Defend my homeland and my clan.
This stone tablet was erected by Xiang Baili himself after the liberation of Qingwan. However, times have changed and the fortifications carefully laid out and built in Yueya Bay for more than 20 years were actually destroyed in just over half an hour.
It was completely captured. And the descendants of the five thousand elite soldiers who followed the general to the island back then had to use their own flesh and blood to resist the invading murloc army again.
Qi Ziyin looked at the deceased who fell on the ground, and vaguely felt that Leng Jiayun's hand on his shoulder was tightening, and even his body was shaking slightly involuntarily. He hurriedly opened his mouth to comfort the other person, and then raised his eyes to look behind him.
Looking at the end of a winding road, my eyes are full of hope.
Half an hour ago, Fan Zhen led a group of islanders along the path to the top of the mountain to make preparations. There, hidden for more than 20 years, the islanders dug out from various parts of the island, weighing hundreds of kilograms.
granite boulders. And now, these boulders are the last barrier that everyone hopes for.
The huge boulders are fixed on a specially built steep slope with log pins and thick ropes. Once all the pins are lifted out, the rocks will rush straight down from the hillsides on both sides in an instant,
The road leading to Crescent Bay is completely sealed. And any living creature that dares to appear in front of it will be crushed into a ball of flesh and blood, with no bones left.
These boulders were specially set up in Xiangbaili because this was the only way from Crescent Bay in the hinterland of the island to the settlements on higher ground. Once the boulders fell, it would not be possible to dig them out overnight by manpower.
And if this road is closed, the entire Qingwan will become a dead zone surrounded by cliffs, without water and food. It is really a desperate and desperate last resort.
However, due to the poor visibility on the ramp with piles of boulders, after learning that Crescent Bay was lost, Leng Jiayun decided that she and Qi Ziyin would lead dozens of people to set up an ambush at the intersection, and try their best to use the terrain to hold off the attacking attackers.
An army of murlocs. Fan Zhen waited for their signal from a high place and released the boulder at the most appropriate time to strangle the enemies.
As the shouts of killing in the distance gradually subsided, the boy in white finally waited for the whistle that Fan Zhen was ready for. Not long after, the murloc pioneer holding a firebolt gun appeared in everyone's sight.
Qi Ziyin clenched the Yin Ya in his hand a little tighter, as if praying to the spirit in the sky to bless him and the warriors around him to win. Then he jumped out suddenly, waved the two swords in his hands, and slashed at the enemy.
past.
The Yin fang was so sharp that the young man only felt a slight obstruction on the blade. With another force, he easily cut off the neck bone of a fishman. Sticky blood spurted out from the wound, immediately staining Qi Ziyin's white clothes.
Red. However, he did not dare to hesitate for a moment, and used the strength of his waist and abdomen to bring up the weapon in his hand, and chopped down the enemy soldiers who kept approaching him one after another.
"kill!"
As Leng Jiayun shouted angrily, the ambushing islanders rushed out one after another, forcing the murlocs who had marched straight in to engage in hand-to-hand combat on the narrow mountain road.
After all, Qi Ziyin and others had the upper hand. In just a blink of an eye, all the murloc vanguards were killed, leaving only a few wounded soldiers who fled with their heads in their hands. Qi Ziyin immediately ordered a retreat, but the islanders who were already red-eyed by the killings
However, they were dazzled by the short-term victory in front of them, and they chased after them with their weapons waving, refusing to leave just now.
"Don't be obsessed with fighting, leave quickly!"
Qi Ziyin roared loudly, turned around and reached out to pull the person beside him, but he was still a step too late. Just now, other murlocs more than a hundred steps away had already formed their formation. He watched helplessly as the opponent raised his firebolt cannon.
Come on, a dazzling fire burst out from the black hole of the gun! Before the injured fishmen could escape back into the formation, the enemy had already launched a volley of fire!
Amidst the loud noises, both the fishmen and the islanders fell down one after another like sawed-down trees. The young man in white instinctively pulled up Leng Jiayun beside him and rolled him to the ground, and then pulled up another body from the ground.
With the headless corpse in front of them, they were not hit by the projectiles. Taking advantage of the short space between the opponent's two salvos, the two quickly got up and fled towards the dense forest higher up.
"Sister Jia, hurry up and send a signal to Brother Fan. If it's too late, it'll be too late!"
At Qi Ziyin's reminder, the Dongli woman who had just walked through the gate of hell finally came to her senses. She reached into her arms and took out a small firework, lit the fuse and held it high above her head. The firework had a sharp whistle.
The sound rushed straight into the sky above the cliff covered with dark clouds, like a meteor streaking across the sky.
At the same time, the team of murlocs behind the two men had also loaded the firebolts in their hands and launched a second round of volley. Along with a thunderous sound, Qi Ziyin only felt a burst of fire coming from his left shoulder.
The overwhelming and powerful force pushed him forward violently. It was no longer possible to maintain the balance between his steps. After staggering a few steps, he fell solidly to the ground.
At the same time, there was a loud thunder-like sound on the hillside. The young man struggled to look back and saw smoke and dust billowing high on the ridge. It was the boulder that Fan Zhen had put down that knocked down the trees of all sizes along the way, carrying a large number of
The earth and gravel rushed towards the fish-men formation overwhelmingly.
Seeing this, the murloc team that was about to advance immediately became panicked, huddled together and retreated in the direction they came from!
"Ziyin, be careful!"
I heard the woman next to me scream in surprise, and the young man who fell to the ground was suddenly dragged aside by her hand. Sand and dust flying in the sky rushed towards their faces, and soon the two of them were completely submerged in it. What they heard in their ears
All that can be heard is the roar of falling boulders as they pass by, and the heart-rending wails of the fish-men...
It wasn't until the surroundings returned to silence and the dust settled again that Qi Ziyin was able to open his eyes, only to see a huge boulder the size of half a room, stopping only half a foot away from him. There was some mess under the stone.
There were fragments of the firebolt gun, and half of the fishman's arm was covered in blood and flesh, almost turning into flesh.
The young man in white was extremely grateful that Leng Jiayun had struggled to drag him away and was able to save his life. He rubbed his eyes that were fascinated by the dust and looked at the large and small rocks stacked up like a city wall on the mountain road.
Block, murmured in disbelief:
"Did we succeed?!"
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, a flash of lightning suddenly lit up in the sky above his head, but no thunder was heard!
The bolt of lightning struck directly on the pile of rocks in front of the young man and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Followed by a second and third thunderbolt. But strangely, several bolts of lightning struck accurately on the ground.
The same location, no deviation at all!
The woman in purple realized that something was wrong. She helped Qi Ziyin beside her and tried to hide away. At the same time, the last lightning fell and spread along the gaps in the granite boulders. A sudden sound exploded between the stones.
There was a loud sound of the earth shattering, followed by a ball of white fire!
The fire was getting brighter and brighter, piercing so hard that people couldn't even open their eyes. No one could have imagined that the extremely hard granite boulder would gradually crack under the constant burning of the fire, and then turn into a pile of
Powder as fine as sand!
A tall, thin figure wearing a cloak also walked out of the white light. Following behind him were tens of thousands of troops marching in formation like a school of migrating fish!
The visitor waved the long sleeves of his gorgeous coat and pointed two fingers straight ahead at Qingwan City, which was no longer in danger of being defended:
"Think that just a few stubborn rocks can stop our clan's progress? Send me an order to kill all these people on land, leaving no one alive! From today on, this island will be the center of the Cangyu clan.
Return to base camp on land!”
"...Quickly, hurry up and gather everyone to the east cliff to wait for me!"
Half an hour after the fishmen invaded the settlement, Fan Zhen, who returned from the top of the mountain, found Qi Ziyin and Leng Jiayun among the defeated islanders. But not far behind them, the alien army had already defeated their last enemy.
A line of defense, marching straight in, wantonly slaughtering everyone they meet along the way!
"Are you crazy? You actually plan to lead everyone to a dead end! Do you know that there is no grass growing on the cliff to the east, and there is no place to hide. If you gather the people there, they will be killed by the fishmen, and they will no longer be able to continue.
Dealing with it!"
The woman in purple shook her head vigorously, and then wanted to take the few islanders around her with her.
Fan Zhen stopped her directly: "Now that the matter has come to this, how can we deal with it? Miss Leng must be very clear in her heart that Qingwan cannot be defended! Fortunately, those fishmen did not park me outside Crescent Bay.
The battleships have been completely destroyed. I have sent a team of people to bypass their main force and quietly sail the ship to the water cave under the cliff to the east as a response. Right now we only need to escort the islanders from the cliff.
Climb down and you can board the ship and leave, this is the best way!"
"Do you really want to run away like this? No, I will never agree! It took Baili to take this island from these fishmen with great difficulty, and he has worked hard to manage it until today. He said that this is our common home
, since this is home, how can you give up so easily! Fan Zhen, your father was also one of the five thousand elite soldiers who followed Baili to the island. You should understand that no one can determine the outcome until the last minute.
The truth!”
"Miss Leng, of course I know the creed of my fathers. But back then, those who followed General Baili to seize the island were a well-trained army with strict orders. But what about now? We are just a group of farmers and fishermen.
, a group of women and children! General Baili once indeed said that Qingwan is our common home. But as long as everyone can survive and not be bullied by any powerful people, any place in this world can be called Qingwan, and it can be called Qingwan.
A place like home!”
Fan Zhen's words made Leng Jiayun suddenly startled. She turned her head away, unwilling to look into the other person's rational and sincere eyes, as if she wanted to find some more reasons for herself to continue to persevere.
However, big tears poured out of the woman's eyes uncontrollably. For three years on the island, Xiang Baili's figure always floated before her eyes. And the island full of memories under her feet seemed to have become a
She was the only place in the world where she could feel comfort. However, Fan Zhen's words were like a revelation, and Leng Jiayun suddenly woke up——
Today, Xiang Baili is no longer a person, a name, or a code, but represents the ideals of all islanders in Qingwan. He is a torch, an incarnation, and a beam of light that can never be replaced.
.And as long as the islanders he has been thinking about can continue to live forever, he will live in this world and in people's hearts forever!
After being silent for a long time, the Dongli woman finally nodded and ordered someone to pass on the order:
"Let everyone hurry up and gather in front of the cliff on the East Island. When the boat comes out of the water hole, we will leave here together and leave alive together!"
Once the hope of life is ignited, it will take root and sprout in people's hearts like weeds, and will never be eradicated. The dispersed crowd gradually regrouped around the women and young people, and the young and strong men even more spontaneously
The ground used the stone city behind it, which had endured thousands of years of wind and frost, to contain the pursuit of the murlocs and cover the evacuation of the old, weak, women and children behind them.
Finally, a huge black warship appeared in the sea under the cliff. It was the ship Fan Zhen was talking about! The waiting crowd on the top of the cliff cheered loudly and started to rush towards the cliff.
"Zi Yin, please lead the islanders onto the boat first and don't stay here any longer."
Leng Jiayun pulled Qi Ziyin over, who was still looking towards Qingwan City where the shouts of killing continued, and motioned for him to leave first while she stayed behind. But the young man in white refused to agree:
"No, we can't leave yet! Brother Zeming is still lagging behind and can't catch up! If he is surrounded by those murlocs, he will have no choice but to wait for slaughter! I will bring some people back to help him!"
As the young man spoke, he stood up on tiptoes and looked towards the stone city that was burning with fire behind him - just now on the way, they encountered a group of islanders who were trapped by the fire. Mo Zeming immediately ordered Mo Chen to help. However, everywhere
There were so many people running away, and amid the hustle and bustle, the silver-haired boy and his party quickly lost track of them.
"I disagree. You are the least adventurous person on this island right now!" Leng Jiayun immediately objected.
"Brother Fan's boat has room for two to three hundred people, but there are only a hundred or so islanders who have successfully reached the cliff. Are they just going to leave the others alone?"
Qi Ziyin wanted to continue arguing, but before he finished speaking, the surrounding islanders expressed their opinions:
"In my opinion, it's better to leave while you can. That silver-haired kid was already weak, and he's probably in danger now. If we delay for another hour and a half because of him, I'm afraid even the rest of us won't be able to leave alive.
Got it!"
"But that silver-haired kid is a friend of Mr. Qi and Miss Leng, and has saved everyone's lives more than once. Is this how we repay them?"
"If we turn back now, Bao Buqi will have a head-on confrontation with those murlocs. We are no match at all!"
Suddenly, the already noisy cliff became increasingly chaotic.
"Everyone, please listen to me! When I saw Brother Zeming just now, there were many old, weak, women and children with him. Among these people, there may be someone's wife, daughter, or old parents!
The fathers of many people on the island were heroes who fought with General Baili. The general once said that those who wear armor and hold swords should hoe the strong and help the weak, and help the world as their own responsibility. Although you are not from the military, who are you?
We all have parents, wives and children! Do you still have the slightest hesitation when comparing yourself to others?"
There was no force in Qi Ziyin's tone, but the objections present disappeared instantly. Some of the islanders even took the initiative to go back with him to save people. In just a moment, the young man in white had already gathered a twenty
Most of the rest of the team held rusty old weapons, but everyone's eyes had changed from the previous despair of only wanting to protect themselves, and glowed with a bright and fearless light.
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