Chapter 0320 The curtain ends, asking the old man of illusion
Bai Xiaofei no longer remembers how far he ran, nor how many necks he broke in this night of constant shouts of death.
The only thing he knew was that he was truly exhausted now...
Under the city wall, the waiter once again transformed into a thunder-eating tiger. As a deterrent, he gave Bai Xiaofei the opportunity to climb the city wall. After climbing the city wall again, Bai Xiaofei felt as if he was in another world.
Bodies were piled up and down on the city wall until there was no place to pile them up, and the city wall that was intact at first was now riddled with holes and crumbling.
One of Tie Zhu's arms has disappeared, and his remaining right hand is holding a long sword to support him in standing with difficulty, because his left leg is also broken...
When Bai Xiaofei left, there were still hundreds of people on the city wall, but when he came back, there were less than fifty people who could still stand up...
This battle almost brought Bai Xiaofei back to his original shape.
Under the city, new enemy troops are still gathering, and the only remaining intact party has gathered, but this is not important anymore.
Because the time has entered the countdown, even if Bai Xiaofei and others do nothing, they will not be able to break the city in the last ten minutes.
"General, our reinforcements are arriving soon!"
Tie Zhu still had that silly smile on his face, but Bai Xiaofei couldn't smile at all when he looked at him.
The customs clearance setting explains to the soldiers and the people in the scene that reinforcements will be coming, so Tiezhu asked.
"We'll be there soon, we've already won."
As he spoke slowly, Bai Xiaofei suddenly felt heartbroken.
Is this also true in real-world wars?
How many people like Tie Zhu are there in the real world? How many generals will really care about them?
Are they more often just pawns?
A chess piece that can be discarded at any time?
Thinking about these questions, Bai Xiaofei suddenly wanted to find someone to ask the answers to these questions in one go. He wanted to know what this world he had not formally known was like!
Compared with the long night, ten minutes seemed insignificant. When the first ray of sunlight shone down when the sun rose from the mountain, a loud shout came from a farther place.
The enemy troops under the city wall immediately panicked when they heard the cry. After a moment of confusion, facing the city that was about to be captured, they retreated like a tide.
Victory, really victory... Among the few dozen people left, some hugged each other and cried, some shouted loudly, and some fell into a long silence looking at the corpses on the wall.
Bai Xiaofei saw all these reactions, and gradually, a seed took root and sprouted in Bai Xiaofei's heart...
"The general is righteous! The general is righteous!!!"
After the enemy troops retreated, the old man at the beginning got the news somehow, and with the dense crowd of people, he knelt down under the ruined city wall again.
The same place, the same people, the same scene...
Everything is so similar, but what is different is the mentality of the people standing on the city wall.
"There is no righteousness in this world, but there are heroes. Those who stand in front of you and those who fail to stand in front of you are all heroes. I hope you can remember their names, even if they are strangers to you..."
As soon as he finished speaking, two drops of crystal tears fell from the corners of Bai Xiaofei's eyes. As if he didn't want others to see his gaffe, Bai Xiaofei directly chose to submit the task.
The colorful light flashed again, but this time it did not directly turn into the next scene, but turned into the dark space again, and then the old man in the illusion appeared.
"My child, you have passed four levels in a row. It's time to take a rest. You did a very good job."
The voice of the old man in the fantasy world was full of praise, but in addition to the praise, there was also a touch of distress.
The old man saw everything Bai Xiaofei did in the fantasy world. From the initial discomfort to the massacre under the night, Bai Xiaofei's rapid and abnormal transformation did not escape the old man's attention.
Haste makes waste, so the old man in the fantasy world forcibly stopped Bai Xiaofei from continuing to break through the level.
"This illusion is not a simple illusion, right?"
Bai Xiaofei raised his head, stared at the old man in the fantasy world with complicated eyes, and asked a strange question.
Then, the old man in Fantasy fell silent.
"Also, I want to know, are real wars on the mainland so cruel? How many of them have you experienced?"
Without giving the old man in the fantasy world a chance to react, Bai Xiaofei asked another series of questions.
With a long sigh, the old man in the fantasy world seemed to have dug out some memory from his head. Although he wanted to communicate with others, he really didn't want to touch this part of the memory.
"All the levels in the fantasy sandbox are created based on actual war records of the past. Therefore, if you say it is a fantasy, it is not entirely true, because these have all happened before, but under your command, there were different results."
"As for the war on the mainland, it is far more cruel than the one in the fantasy sandbox, because now you only need to consider the enemy in front of you."
"And I once participated in a war as an invited combat force. That time, I killed many people..."
The old man in the fantasy world answered one question after another. Every time he said one, Bai Xiaofei's expression changed. Finally, Bai Xiaofei had a sad expression for the first time.
"Will there be another war like this in the future?"
After a pause, Bai Xiaofei asked a question again, a question that he actually had the answer to but didn't want to believe it.
"Peace is always temporary. As long as the word 'interest' still dominates the human spirit, conflicts will never disappear. If there are too many conflicts, escalating into war is an inevitable result. This is a major historical trend.
No one can avoid or reverse it, the only thing you can do is adapt to it."
The old man in Huanjing said meaningfully, and then slowly looked at Bai Xiaofei.
"Child, can you understand what I'm saying?"
Bai Xiaofei couldn't help being slightly stunned when the old man in the fantasy world asked back, and shook his head gently with doubts in his eyes.
"Originally I thought I understood it, but when you asked me, I suddenly seemed to be covered again and couldn't see some things clearly."
He answered the question of the old man in the fantasy world vaguely, but unexpectedly, the old man in the fantasy land burst into laughter.
"It's good to cover up! Remember, kid, you don't have to see some things too clearly. Just follow your heart. You shouldn't be a depressed person. Don't think about things you shouldn't think about. Do what you think.
Do what you like, make the people you care about and the people who care about you happy, that’s enough.”
The old man in Huanjing said and patted Bai Xiaofei on the shoulder.
"Remember, no one is perfect. If you have a clear conscience, you are already above everyone else!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a ray of light was projected in, and the figure of the old man in the fantasy world disappeared.
Bai Xiaofei stood there and thought about it for a long time. Suddenly, Bai Xiaofei laughed bitterly to himself. Gradually, the bitter smile turned into a loud laugh.
Finally, Bai Xiaofei, who had laughed enough, calmed down again, became Bai Xiaofei again, and then slowly walked towards the place where the light came in...
PS: Fourth update, I was chased by my second brother today. I have no conscience, I am really not stupid! I am just a little cute...