"This place is very shocking. When I first moved to my aunt's house seven years ago, I was even more surprised than you." A flash of memories flashed across Fu Yun's fair and tender face, "I really didn't expect that a small castle could have such With luxurious accommodation, it’s no wonder that some people always choose to go out and explore.”
"Oh, it turns out you are not a local. No wonder you always speak in Mandarin." Shen Rui suddenly realized and asked knowingly. In fact, he knew where this female monitor of the senior year of high school in her previous life was from.
"Well, my hometown is in the Northeast, but there are no people there anymore, probably..." A trace of pain flashed across Fu Yunqing's face.
Shen Rui's heart sank. He remembered what Shen Daxue said about the "Northern Front War", which seemed to be in the Northeast region.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to do such a thing." Shen Rui said with his hands in hand.
"It's nothing. It's all over. We just left our hometown and nothing happened to our family." Fu Yunqing said with a smile.
Well, it seems I misunderstood.
Shen Rui smiled coquettishly: "That's good. By the way, I wonder what your aunt's family does in this castle?"
"My uncle is the captain of the City Guard, his surname is Mo," Fu Yunqing replied readily, "He is never at home, and he stays at the City Guard's camp for food and accommodation."
When Shen Rui heard this, he was immediately in awe. Judging from this detail, Captain Mo was a man who knew the military.
The salary is determined by the castle, and there is no way he can refuse it. If he doesn't want it, he will renounce himself from the castle's management.
But if you live in a villa every day, do you still expect the city guards under you to work together and fight to the death? Impossible.
"Your uncle is really responsible. This castle can't be as peaceful as it is now, thanks to their hard work." Shen Rui sighed.
"Actually, you don't know. I'm afraid your contribution will be even greater in the future." Fu Yunqing led Shen Rui towards the fourth villa from the west. "Because of your appearance, at least in the past few years, all the people from the superior castle have The support will be greatly increased, uncle and the others should be able to relax a lot."
"Well, I can't believe it. It's just my luck." Shen Rui said modestly, because that's the fact.
"Well, you are really humble." Fu Yunqing praised.
Shen Rui smiled. At this time, he had already seen his parents standing at the door of the villa, looking towards this side, his eyes full of expectation and longing.
"Oh, my parents are here to pick me up. Do you want to come in and sit for a while and have a drink of water before leaving?" Shen Rui said politely.
"No need, my home is in the villa in front." Fu Yunqing pointed to a villa not far away and said.
"Well, I won't send you off. I'll invite you to be my guest when I have the opportunity in the future."
"sure."
The two parted, and Shen Rui walked home.
When I arrived at the door of my house, my parents came to greet me.
"Son, you are back home." Mother Shen said thoughtfully.
"Hurry back and cook, why are you talking about this?" Father Shen urged, "Don't cause trouble for the child."
The family of three walked towards home while talking.
"This new home is big, but it's easy to get lost. It took me a long time to find the kitchen on the first day I moved in." Mother Shen was proud and sighed.
"Don't you have any servants at home?" Shen Rui still knows that things like a villa are complicated to maintain and cannot be used without helpers.
"There are chefs and cleaners, all provided by your school, but I asked them to go back and let the school reassign their work; now the manpower is tight, we usually eat in the cafeteria, and we don't often eat at home, so there is no need for that There are many people. Besides, although this place is big, I can clean it by myself." Mother Shen opened the door of the villa with her fingerprint and let Shen Rui in.
"She has unbearable sins and unbearable blessings." Father Shen followed in.
Entering the door is a hall. There are many murals in the hall, which are quite literary. Three large chandeliers are very luxuriously decorated, illuminating the whole hall. Rows of exquisite sofas, tables and chairs are not ordinary objects. .
Seeing these decorations and furniture, Shen Rui almost forgot that he was still in a world with a doomsday background.
No wonder everyone wants to climb up. As long as they can survive and as long as the entire human society is still functioning, the life of the upper class can always exceed people's imagination.
Just like in the last years of the dynasty, wars were raging, but there were still people who could live luxuriously and sing and dance endlessly.
"Son, please sit down and drink some water. I will cook for you right now." Shen's mother said diligently.
Shen Rui was about to say that he had already eaten, but his mother had already left, so he had to find a sofa to sit down first and looked at the entire hall.
The hall is four to five hundred square meters, which is wider than imagined. On the left is a staircase that goes straight to the second floor. There are many rooms on the second floor.
"Son, has your cultivation been going well recently?" Father Shen sat down opposite him and asked with concern.
"It went very well. The school regarded me as a key training target and sent a teacher with the highest cultivation level to specially teach me." Shen Rui said calmly.
"That's good. As a human being, you have to remember your kindness. We must not forget our roots and remember to repay the school in the future." Father Shen warned.
"Yes, they said, we will have a much better time this winter this year, because my qualifications are very high, which proves the school's ability to select and cultivate talents, and proves the potential of our Luzhou Fort. The superior castle will have more resources Tilt." Shen Rui said.
In the memory of his body, there are scenes of strange tides breaking out every summer and winter.
That would be a catastrophe for all castles.
There are many castles that have been breached, resulting in heavy casualties, either due to problems with their strength, insufficient support, or because the castle management is afraid of fleeing.
"That's good. Past years have been really miserable. I hope no one will go out of the city to lure monsters this year. In the past, your uncle Li from the old village died on the road to luring monsters." Father Shen sighed.
When Shen Rui heard this, his heart sank, and a picture emerged in his mind.
A group of old, weak, sick and disabled people in the castle, most of whom were over 70 years old and had almost no ability to work, were pulled by carriages in the ice and snow, and walked towards the distance of the castle.
Behind them, followed a large group of predators composed of strange creatures, their eyes full of hunger and greed.
This is the cruel technique of "lure". The castle will usually provide some assistance to the old, weak, sick and disabled who have no ability to survive.
Once the scale of the unusual tide is detected beyond imagination, they will be organized and led out of the city under the leadership of a few strong men to divert the unusual tide in advance.
The purpose is to artificially turn the attacks of the alien tide into a fueling tactic so that the castle can resist step by step.
In fact, it is a traditional tactic used in war to induce the enemy to divide his forces and then defeat them one by one.
Because the different tides often do not have a unified leader, they are often effective, and this tactic does not require the use of regular soldiers. The main force can stay in the city to resist, and the effect is better.
Even though many monster kings can see through it, they will still be attracted by the bait without hesitation.
Because the bait is real, you won't waste much energy if you swallow it, and it will be much more difficult to attack the city.
In order to compete for the bait, these monsters often have to start an internal fight.
This tactic is very important. Without it, many castles may not be able to survive.
Shen Rui fell silent and didn't speak for a while.
After a while, he comforted his father and said: "I heard that the superior castle will provide a lot of support, which should be enough to cope with it."
"That's good," Father Shen seemed to feel that he had said too much, so he comforted him immediately, "You don't have to worry too much. What you have to do now is practice well, and you don't have to worry about your family. We are all ordinary people. No one will miss us."
"Well, just pay attention to your safety," Shen Rui nodded, "Well, it would be great if we could organize more large-scale collection operations in normal times. Strange trends cannot come out of nowhere."
"Humph, how can taking the initiative to defend the city be as safe as defending the city?" Father Shen sighed, "Those masters who have finally reached the third and fourth levels of cultivation, unless they have no choice, how can they be willing to participate in such proactive activities? Once the city is defeated, there is no way If ordinary people are used as bait, they can still escape. This is what I heard from my colleagues at school."
Shen Rui suddenly understood that unlike the previous life, in this apocalyptic world, humans are at a disadvantage. Castles are just dots, and a large number of territories are under the control of aberrations.
The castle's binding force on the masters is far less powerful than in the previous life. The masters stay in the small castle for resources. Once they find that the casualties are too high and it is difficult to resist, they will have the intention to retreat.
They can escape to the big castle and continue to live, and the only losses will be ordinary people who have difficulty escaping in the wild.