Chapter 200 Friends, have you heard of the Earth God?
The situation in the spitting fire desert is much better now than before Chu Ci and the others came.
Due to the mediation of the Earth Temple and the gradual restoration of water sources, the wars between most cities have ended. A small number of cities with greater hatred have also agreed to a temporary truce and will not take the initiative to provoke wars.
Except for the eastern region.
In the entire desert, only the eastern region has not been affected by the Earth Temple. This is also the area where the Temple's faith is most difficult to spread.
Since the Thirteen City Alliance such as Centennial City is located in the east of the desert, the desert cities in the eastern region will be more affected by the outside world.
Unlike wars in other areas of the desert, the situation in the eastern part of the desert is more complicated, and their wars have many factors.
There are a relatively large number of cities here, and most of the cities are composed of two, three or even more tribes, living together in one city.
One reason for this is that the eastern part of the desert is close to the outside world, and the conditions and environment are much better than those in other parts of the desert, which has attracted many tribes of sand people to settle here.
The reason for this is that in the eastern area, there are no large tribes, they are all small tribes, even medium tribes are relatively few.
Some small tribes even only have a few hundred or thousands of people, which is simply not enough to support the establishment of a city, so they will unite with other small tribes to build a city together.
The cohesion of a city built in this way will naturally not be as strong as a city like Liecheng. The forces in one city alone can be divided into several factions, making it difficult to unify opinions.
Sometimes the relationship between one city and another city may have been a close ally yesterday, but may be an enemy facing each other with swords today.
In this situation, the locals will calmly tell you, don't panic, the city's decision-maker has changed, and his tribe has a grudge against another city.
Even the situation within the city is so complicated, not to mention the relationship between cities. Sometimes outsiders can't tell how their wars started, and the Earth God Temple has nowhere to mediate even if it wants to.
The Earth God Temple has tried several times to spread its influence to the east, but unfortunately it has hit a wall.
In desperation, they turned to radiate to the central region.
Chu Ci also knew this from Hanu's report not long ago.
Since Chu Ci left, Hanu would report to Chu Ci on the situation of the Earth Temple through prayer every once in a while. Therefore, Chu Ci was very clear about the current development of the Earth Temple and knew the problems they encountered in the east.
The purpose of Hanu's report was very simple. In addition to letting Chu Ci know, he also wanted to get instructions from Chu Ci.
Unfortunately, when Hanu reported, Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou happened to be in the western region. They were still in a critical period at that time and could not go to the east to understand the situation, so they could only give an instruction to postpone the eastward expansion.
Now that the matter in the west is over, Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou naturally have to start this matter to understand the situation in the cities in the east.
"How's it going? Do you want to take a rest?" After inspecting the Earth Temple, Chu Ci turned to look at Luo Jiuyou: "After leaving Bulie City, we will soon reach the eastern region, and there will be no time to rest."
Luo Jiuyou shook his head: "No, let's finish the war first."
Chu Ci nodded, and Luo Jiuyou left Bulie City and flew towards the east.
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A small city in the eastern desert.
Within a resting point.
Chu Ci lay on the bed without any image, with a look of despair on his face.
Luo Jiuyou sat at the coffee table nearby, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, looking like he was frowning in thought.
After the two of them were silent for a long time, Chu Ci sat up and sighed: "It's chaotic, it's too chaotic!"
Almost half a month has passed since I left Brehse.
After half a month of investigation, Chu Ci and the others had a general understanding of the situation in the east.
Before coming, Chu Ci was mentally prepared for the complicated situation here, but after arriving, he realized that the situation here was more complicated than he imagined.
Chu Ci saw with his own eyes that a patrol team in one city had just finished fighting with patrol teams in other cities. When they returned to the city, before they had much rest, a civil war broke out in the city.
In just half a day, the entire city changed hands.
After taking office, the tribe where the new decision-maker belonged sent a peace order to the city that had just fought in the morning, but the other side actually accepted it!
Forget it, within a few days, the two sides actually joined the city!
At that time, Chu Ci was stunned for a moment. Is this a war or a game?
Later, Chu Ci found out that this was what the decision-makers on both sides had already agreed upon. You would help me to take over, and I would help you unite the city, and together we would take turns controlling the new city.
This situation is not limited to this city, other cities are almost the same, and they can all be described in one word.
chaos!
No city is absolutely peaceful. According to Chu Ci's understanding, since the outbreak of the war, more than a dozen cities have been destroyed in this area alone.
The only relatively peaceful city is the small town where they are located.
There is only one city within a radius of two hundred miles of this small city, and it is a big city.
There are three tribal factions in the big city, who take turns holding the power of the city.
The reason why the small town can survive next to the big city is not only that there is nothing good in the city, but also because the relationship between the city owner and the leaders of the three tribes is not normal. No matter who is in power, they will not attack the small town.
According to the news Chu Ci heard, the city lord was the illegitimate son of a leader of the big city. His sister was married to the leader of another tribe, and she had a close relationship with both families.
As for the remaining leader, let alone the relationship, the city lord's wife is still staying at that leader's house.
Thanks to the city lord's methods and the poverty of the city, this city has been attacked very few times since the outbreak of the war, and was blocked by the big cities next to it.
With such a messy situation, Chu Ci couldn't even deal with it, let alone the people from the Earth Temple. No wonder Hanu cried to him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The most troublesome thing is that the method to help restore water sources is not very effective for various cities here.
Compared with other areas of the desert, cities in the eastern region are not that troubled by water sources.
They have a large number of cities, and many of them have no water sources. Instead, they rely on transactions with thirteen external cities to ensure urban water supply.
The depletion of desert water sources will have the least impact on these cities. After all, they don't even have water sources. It makes no difference to them whether they are depleted or not.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Thirteen Cities Alliance has not squeezed these eastern cities, and the price of water supplies they have traded has not increased.
The Thirteen Cities Alliance also knows that their own actions can easily arouse public outrage.
The cities in other places are okay. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so they can't be hit. But these cities in the eastern region are close to them. If they are angered, they may attack at any time.
Moreover, these cities are also a line of defense. Having a good relationship with them can also prevent other tribes in the desert from attacking the Thirteen Cities.
Many complex factors have led to today's conditions in the eastern desert.
This gave Chu Ci a headache. In this case, let alone solving the war, just figuring out the relationship would burn out his CPU.
Seeing Chu Ci's appearance, Luo Jiuyou thought for a while and said softly: "How about we start from the source?"
"You mean, solve the Thirteen Cities Alliance first?" Chu Ci thought thoughtfully.
The Thirteen Cities Alliance was an unexpected discovery made by the two of them.
After this period of investigation, Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou discovered that behind the wars in various cities in the east, there was actually the influence of the Thirteen Cities Alliance.
Before the water source dried up, there were actually occasional disputes and wars in this area, but the depletion of the water source and the influence of other cities in the desert intensified the outbreak of war.
The trigger was the Thirteen Cities Alliance.
Although these cities in the east are no worse than cities in other regions in terms of strength, they do not have fixed water sources and basically rely on the Thirteen Cities Alliance to maintain urban operations.
Due to this, these cities will be more or less influenced by the Thirteen Cities Alliance, and even the decision makers of some cities are themselves puppets supported by the Thirteen Cities Alliance.
Logically speaking, if these cities in the east all belong to the Thirteen Cities Alliance, they should be more united. Why is there such chaos?
That's because the Thirteen Cities Alliance itself is not monolithic. Wherever there are people, there are struggles. In the Thirteen Cities Alliance, there are also some cities where the relationship between them is not harmonious.
But unlike the situation in the desert where they would fight if they disagreed, they could not fight or cause chaos among the thirteen cities.
There are a lot of people watching the location of the city where they are. Once these thirteen cities start to become chaotic, it will be easy for them to be watched by the cities in the desert, waiting to replace them.
This puts their Thirteen Cities in an extremely embarrassing position.
If we can’t fight but can’t fight, what should we do if there is a conflict?
Ordinary conflicts are okay, and can be managed with the mediation of other cities, but if there are conflicts involving interests, it will be useless no matter who mediates, there must be a winner.
You can't open your arms and scold each other, scolding the other person to death, right?
So some of them came up with a way to resolve conflicts by fighting in various cities in the desert.
Use the influence of their thirteen cities to start a war between two cities and fight each other. Whoever chooses the city to win the war will win, and the other city must give in.
It can be said that the behavior of the Thirteen Cities is similar to that of the Colosseum in ancient times.
When Chu Ci first learned about these things, he was still very angry, but his anger was useless, because the decision-makers in the affected cities in the desert were not angry, and they also knew that they were pawns.
These decision makers voluntarily agreed to this game because it benefited them.
Not only can they get a lot of free materials provided by the Thirteen Cities, but whatever the winning team gets also belongs to them, and the Thirteen Cities will not take a penny.
And after the war is won, the Thirteen Cities will not interfere in all matters of city management. For those decision-makers, they can get so much just by launching a war, so why not?
On the contrary, they have to ensure the safety of the Thirteen Cities where their camp is located, otherwise the Thirteen Cities will be destroyed and their leisure life will be lost.
Of course, their ideas are not within the scope of Chu Ci's consideration. To Chu Ci, the ideas of these decision-makers are nothing. The war is painful for ordinary people.
After pondering for a while, Chu Ci nodded slowly: "There is no other way now. We can only start with the Thirteen Cities."
If the cause of the war in other areas of the desert is the water source, then the cause of the war in the eastern area is undoubtedly the Thirteen Cities Alliance.
As long as they cut off their hands that reach into the desert, the war will naturally be solved!
Thinking of this, Chu Ci and Luo Jiuyou looked at each other and left the small town.
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Not the city of Leh.
On this day, three mysterious men in robes came to the city.
Looking at the familiar yellow flag on the street and the solemn temple in the distance, the mysterious man's expression darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Bago, this city is the same." The younger brother said helplessly: "The Earth God Temple has already taken the lead."
"MD, what kind of bullshit is this temple!" The bald boy on the side said angrily: "Why are they everywhere? They have been running for more than a year and they haven't even caught a hair!"
The bald boy's voice was loud, which soon aroused the anger of the passers-by around him. An eight-foot-tall Earth God believer came over menacingly and shouted: "Boy! What did you say?! Don't you dare say it again!"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Unexpectedly, after seeing these believers, Bago, who had a gloomy face, suddenly burst out into a smile: "My brother's brain has been kicked by a camel, he can't see anything.
Talking nonsense, in fact, he is a believer of Lord Earth God, but he was too excited when he saw the temple, so he accidentally said his mouth habit."
After saying that, Bago turned around and gave the bald boy a big blow. The sound was very loud, as if all his resentment was vented in it, and he knocked the bald boy to the ground.
"Why don't you apologize to Lord Earth God quickly!"
The bald boy was beaten until he was dizzy. He only reacted when he heard Bago's angry voice. He covered his swollen cheek and had to cooperate with Bago. He said with an aggrieved face: "I'm sorry...shit."
The onlookers were stunned. The sound of the slap scared them all. It was not a gentle attack.
Looking at the bald boy's current appearance, it really looks like his head was kicked by a camel.
Seeing that Bage was still ready to fight, everyone hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. The big man believer stopped Bage with a chokehold and said quickly: "Forget it, forget it, he is still just a... well, a patient. It was an unintentional mistake.
Forget it once.”
Others were also trying to persuade him, and finally got the myna to stop.
Seeing that it was a misunderstanding, everyone dispersed. Some well-meaning believers also introduced Bago to several reliable medical clinics and asked him to take the bald boy to have his head treated.
After everyone left, Ba Ge lost his temper. He took out an ointment from his arms and threw it to the bald boy. He said calmly: "Apply it yourself. This time, I will teach you a lesson. Don't speak ill of the temple in front of the temple in the future. Take it seriously."
Can’t die fast enough?”
"Four, haha! (Yes, myna!)" The bald boy found that his face was getting bigger and bigger, almost turning into a lump. He quickly replied vaguely, and then applied ointment on his swollen cheeks.
Not to mention, the effect of this ointment is very powerful, and the swelling on the bald boy’s face began to subside after a while.
"Myna, do we need to be so careful?" Another boy didn't dare to take a breath just now. He asked in a low voice after seeing that his anger had subsided.