"Wright, what are you looking at?" Dark patted Wright on the shoulder.
The moment he looked back, the white-haired boy on the wall disappeared. Looking back again, Wright only heard "Hoshino, it's time to go back to work" from the middle-aged man's mouth, and then he stopped looking again.
No human beings were seen on the high, dark walls.
Wright simply repeated the two or three lines of poetry recited by the white-haired boy from memory. Before Dak could respond, the "Red Wolf" sitting in the front row spoke first:
"It's the language of the Fire Empire. Boy, do you know the language of the Fire Empire?"
Wright smiled awkwardly. If the pronunciation, grammar and glyphs between the "Chinese" language of the previous world and the current language of the Fire Empire are quite similar, it would be considered a "natural" knowledge of a foreign language. But in this world
When he was in the Zine Empire, Wright had read the "Xinyuan Dictionary" compiled by the Fire Empire more than a hundred years ago. Except for a few commonly used characters like "Hanyu" in traditional Chinese, all other characters in it were more or less similar.
the difference.
From this point of view, it cannot be regarded as "knowing" the Fire Empire language.
Moreover, without knowing whether the people in Novaysk have xenophobic sentiments, it is not necessarily a good thing to show off that you speak a foreign language, or a foreign language from a "mysterious country" in the East.
After thinking for a few seconds, Wright replied with a smile:
"It's not that I know it, I just read some books introducing the Yanhuo culture when I was in the west."
"Hahaha, don't worry." The rough and heroic voice came out of "Red Wolf"'s throat again, and he said with a smile:
"As I said, I have Khitan blood. My ancestors and my mother's side are from their aristocratic family. Besides, the people here have never been friendly to the Zini and Putoya people, but they are not friendly to the Khitan people.
The people of Lys are quite tolerant. After all, after Aventrai disappeared completely, they were the only neighbors and friends we had in the east.
"But then again, it is quite kind to hear the Fire Empire language. The few lines of poetry you just said seem to be in the style of 'Fire Land', but my mother told me when I was a child that there are only three lines
, the word number arrangement of 5-7-5 is the style of the Japanese Province of the Fire Empire."
"Japan Province?" Duck asked curiously: "What kind of place is that?"
"The 'Land of Sin' that is isolated overseas, that's what the older generation said. However, the New Dollar Crisis has been going on for so many years, and we don't know what the situation is now." "Red Wolf" knocked on his head and said
He put out the cigarette in his hand, turned around, and said:
"By the way, I remember... there was a white-haired boy who really crossed the ice trails and snowfields, and traveled over mountains and rivers from Khitanris. Our boss found him because of the matter of several lives. The boss said that he had a fucking
He is fluent in the Khitanese dialect and speaks very poor German in Kruse.”
"Your boss also has Khitan Reese blood?" Dak stepped forward curiously and asked.
"Don't talk about him. In fact, many Novaysk 'aboriginals' like us came from Khitanris. More than a hundred years ago, because of a 'different species' named 'Mengluo'
Dragon Clan', the Fire Empire lost many armies outside the core area one after another.
The military stronghold was forced to completely shrink the defense line inward, giving up those fertile fields, mines, forests, rivers, etc. to those inhuman things. Our boss's grandparents were in
At that time, we lost the protection of the army and were forced to move westward."
"Red Wolf"'s pair of light black pupils with a very oriental style showed anger, but his tone was quietly mixed with a subtle sense of loss. He continued:
"The young officials in Khitanris always have a kind of prejudice. They believe that humans who have lived outside the 'Ji Core Area' for a long time will mutate to a greater or lesser extent under the erosion of the 'Heartless Man Virus'. In
In their eyes, the boss's ancestors, even if they are not superpowers! Even if they don't have any extraordinary skills! Even if they are no different from normal humans! They are all regarded as 'foreign aliens' and cannot return to 'several cores'.
"And those sanctimonious Confucians wanted to flaunt their bullshit 'benevolence' and didn't want to be scolded for being 'cruel', so they had no choice but to withdraw all the troops and transport trucks, exposing our ancestors to 'unintentional people'
It will fend for itself under the tide."
"It seems that they are much more conservative than us Crusted people. They are much more cruel and cunning than the so-called 'gentlemen' who advocate 'species isolation' in the Putoa Federation." Dark flashed in his eyes.
With a trace of disdain, he turned his head to look to the east and said:
"I just heard that the Khitanris gradually lost contact with us because of the 'wave of unintentional people'. When I came here, I found that the situation was far more complicated than we imagined. However, if the war situation in the west continues to worsen, Binglin City will
If we really can't hold on...or if the flood comes, I'm afraid we have the only way to go east."
"But, the Flame Empire is not as bad as you think." "Red Wolf" scratched his head and smiled sheepishly:
"It's not that I speak for my hometown. In fact, I have heard from travelers who have been lucky enough to come there over the years. The Fire Empire itself is also in trouble. They don't rely on a few big cities as the core to connect small strongholds like us.
To guard against 'careless people' and the lost.
"Instead, the entire 'several nuclear area' is connected into one piece, relying on strong military mobilization capabilities and material production capabilities to ensure that the internal area is completely unaffected by the virus. It can be said that the entire 'several nuclear area' is a piece of land comparable to half
A 'paradise' the size of Crusted. Perhaps they are not discriminating against humans living in external strongholds, but they simply do not have more materials and energy to manage.
"I heard that they are quite friendly to the 'superpowers' from the Western Continent and Nanyang. Apart from being subject to a certain degree of surveillance and not being able to enter some important areas, they can still live a prosperous life there. Sometimes...I
I was just thinking, if I had some extraordinary power, even the ability to control the power of magic, such as making a fireball, spreading ice water, or commanding rocks, I would drive this shabby old guy to the east.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "So, in fact, the people of the Fire Empire... well, it is quite realistic, like a... cruel reality." Wright cursed.
Soon, the various mechanical vehicles in front and behind began to make mechanical rumbling sounds and moved forward at a medium speed.
Although he was a little surprised, "Red Wolf" was urged by the piercing horn of the car behind him to restart the vehicle and follow him.
Along the wall, Wright was able to peek into a corner of the entire city of Novaysk. He found that the walls surrounding the city were basically pitch black and had about two floors.
The first floor is on the outside, more than 10 meters high. It is said to be the first line of defense against the "tide of unintentional people". The core is four "external personnel entry checkpoints". Looking in from the outside, there is little to say about the walls inside.
It is 50 meters high. According to the description of "Red Wolf", the inner high wall was mainly built to prevent "alien monsters". Construction began in 405 AD and was gradually completed in 435 AD.
Because, in the history compiled separately for the city, there have been many invasion records of "alien dragons", "alien giants", "alien behemoths" and "alien giant plants". These giant creatures named after numbers seem to have
Some kind of rare superpower.
When resources are scarce and the environment is harsh, they will sleep under the gravel and soil one after another. Once the temperature improves slightly, they will use their unique sense of smell and perception to rush straight to the densely populated strongholds and capture humans.
Grab nutrients.
The strange thing is that these "alien monsters" will only attack strongholds with a population of more than 300,000, but small town strongholds with a population of several thousand, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands will not even look inside even if they pass by.
About an hour later, the three of them finally arrived at the door of "Checkpoint No. 2". Wright got out of the car and looked up. This checkpoint was not too crude.
The giant iron gate at the entrance is as high as the metal city wall. There are two 15-meter-high military sentry towers outside. On the top of the tower are two military devices that look like lightning rods and are covered with wires.
They are connected together through lines and act as "signal diffusers" so that the city can communicate with the western stronghold via telegraph at any time.
In addition, there are many exposed giant mechanical arms and artillery barrels, as well as multiple hidden "sniper points" where the machine gun reflection can be slightly seen, which together serve as the first mechanical force to guard the city.
If it weren't for the several patches of bald spots on the dark walls that were corroded by the "scalding liquid" and the broken firearms discarded under the walls, Wright would naturally have the most basic confidence in the city's defense system.
After getting off the car and waiting for three to five minutes, with a heavy "ding" sound, the three Wrights followed the instructions of the temporary metal sign and followed two local [warriors] wearing gray mecha-style uniforms to the door of the "Guard Pavilion".
"Hey, it's the 'Red Wolf'. Where did you get this kid from?" A local [soldier] about two meters tall and fully armed greeted the "Red Wolf" first.
"Where else can they come from? The station. They also escaped from the west. They will only stay in the city for a while and will go to the east." "Red Wolf" replied with a smile and touched the back of his head.
"'Red Wolf,' as you know, this month only people came from the west. Each of these people said that they were just staying for a few days to transition, and after entering the city, they began to hang around. They neither
He is willing to join the 'Guards' to guard the city, but is unwilling to enter the factory to produce supplies, which gives Commander Shaneva a headache. So..." The tall local [soldier] turned to look at Wright and Dark, stretched out his
He raised a finger and said solemnly:
"Chief Shaneva ordered that starting from the day before yesterday, no matter how long you stay in the city, as long as you do not have an employment contract with the army or a factory and want to enter these two gates, you must pay 100 new rubles as city construction costs. However, before that,
You need to do a 'blood test' to prevent those losers who are easily irritable from mixing in."
With that said, the tall local [Warrior] took out two boxes from the piles on the table, handed them to Wright and the two of them, and ordered in a serious tone: "Take out the needles inside, prick your finger, and drop the blood on the test paper.
Just go up."
"Oh, okay." Wright said, pricking his finger as requested.
Dark red blood dripped on the test paper, and the next second, the tall local [Warrior] and "Red Wolf" frowned at the same time.