Chapter 871: Drifting Feathered Priest

How long has it been since we came to the Time Stop Zone?

Joseph didn’t know.

Time has no meaning here.

No matter whether it is a winged person or a cursed insect, as long as they are here, their lives will not be lost naturally.

Joseph remembered that a biologist teacher once said that the power of time is closely related to the life of living things.

When you are tired, you sleep; when you are hungry, you eat; as you age and move towards death, these processes constitute time periods.

There is a timer inside the living body.

There may be differences between different individuals, but the process from birth to death is basically the same.

In order to better cooperate and coordinate with each other, everyone agreed on a unified time, so they knew to get up at dawn, eat on time at noon, and go to bed naturally after nightfall.

In the Yao civilization, people unified their time agreements with each other, and it became a national custom.

However, there is no soil with unified time in the time stop zone.

The winged people and cursed insects will not age or die naturally. Even if they do nothing and just lie in a small hole, they can survive unless attacked by a black disaster or other people.

Perhaps because of immortality, most places in the Time Stop Zone appear lifeless, and a large number of Curse Tribes and Curse Insects remain motionless on a daily basis.

Stillness is the most common posture here.

Everybody is too lazy to move.

This made Joseph think that maybe it was because of this characteristic that it was difficult for a true civilization to be born in the time-stop zone.

There are only territories ruled by winged monarchs. The curse insects and the curse clan all act in accordance with the curse orders, rather than being driven by spontaneous and positive desires.

The Unawakened discussed with him and said, "I think what you said makes a lot of sense. I have visited many spell tribes in my past travels. They generally think that there is no need to waste effort. The important thing is to find a wise monarch to serve. If you follow the monarch's spell orders, everything will become easy, and you will have a greater chance of surviving natural disasters."

"Although I have never been able to discuss with many Taoists, dukes, or even monarchs, from what I have seen and heard, because of immortality, all ethnic groups have no other desires. Without desire, there is no pursuit, so they have been stagnant for a long time."

Those who have not yet awakened are also Taoist priests, claiming that they are Taoist monks from foreign countries who have been reincarnated into Taoist priests.

It has silver skin and iron bones, a human-like body, only one eye that can emit strong light, and two light wings behind it that are usually folded into the back.

The wings of light are the external manifestation of the winged man's power and will only unfold when used.

The Unawakened has been studying the time-stop phenomenon in the time-stop zone, trying to find out the cause and meaning of it.

On this topic, another feathered scholar [Rat Whisker Scholar] stroked his long whiskers with his sharp claws and said, "The Time Stop Zone has been like this since ancient times. There is nothing strange about it."

"This world will only be more friendly to monarchs. As long as you can become a monarch, many difficulties can be solved. The monarch is the best answer to these problems, everyone."

The Unawakened One is a thoughtful monk, and the Rat-bearded Man is indeed a pragmatist who pursues simplicity.

For it, becoming a monarch would solve most of the world's troubles.

Joseph agrees.

After his husband entered the time-stop zone, he negotiated and persuaded everyone and found these two companions. Including himself, they were all wandering Taoist priests.

The Mousebeard said with some concern: "The [Guerrilla Army] had tens of thousands of Curse Bug soldiers before, but they were all divided up and plundered by other dukes and monarchs. The future is really long and uncertain."

Its claws dug into the flowing black matter, and its eyes looked slightly frustrated.

Those who are unaware remain silent.

Joseph smiled and said, "We have made a name for ourselves, haven't we? This is the strategic goal we want to achieve."

"You and I both know that it is difficult to form a force with just these tens of thousands of curse insects. They are a mixed bunch, and many are the wounded and weak eliminated by other feathered people. They will also scatter at the slightest attack. As long as they encounter a curse order from the monarch or duke, they will defect without hesitation."

"The point is, our name [Guerrilla Army] has been put out there."

He looked at his two companions and said, "I'm afraid there are no other feathered priests as famous as us, right? We openly colluded with the gods from the outside world to plot for the Time Stop Zone and the throne of the monarch. This sign should leave a deep impression on everyone..."

The rat-whiskered soldier's whiskers twitched, and its lower jaws opened left and right like a pair of pincers. "You are indeed worthy of the name of "Madman". At first I thought you were just talking, but I didn't expect you to be so brave. But it seems that no matter how famous you are, it's useless. When we meet the dukes, we still have to hide everywhere. We can't fight against them at all."

The Unawakened put his hands together, and the blue eye in the middle of his face glowed. "Only if you have enough reputation can you get the followers of the cursed insects... Before the [Guerrilla Army] was hunted down last time, many wandering and fleeing cursed insects took the initiative to apply. They know of our existence."

"right."

Joseph nodded. "Once we become famous, we will have more opportunities. We have the followers of the Curse Clan and the Curse Insects below us, and we must continue to strive to get some Feathered Priests to join us, even if it's just in name."

"Although we are not welcome among most monarchs and dukes..."

"It's not that we are unwelcome." The rat-bearded man corrected sternly: "It's that we will kill without mercy."

"That's not important." Joseph waved his hands and held his head high. "What's important is that we are well-known. This is of course a disadvantage. After all, monarchs and dukes hate heretics like us. Infamy is also fame. It is the most likely way to become a household name in the Time Stop Zone."

But the purpose behind it goes beyond that.

Joseph had never been in the army, but he had been an athlete, so he knew that if he wanted to call on everyone to participate in an activity like "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", he must have a simple and clear slogan.

“Run every day to keep your body strong!”

"Full of vitality, running first!"

Such a slogan is simple and easy to understand, and it can also let everyone know the benefits of participating in long-distance running.

So he set a slogan for the Guerrilla Army.

"Join the guerrilla army and enjoy a life of transcendence!"

"Fight for yourself, we'll fight with you."

Just make do with it.

Of course, even if the three of them let the curse insects spread the word, their credibility has always been considered to be close to zero. It is a very difficult process to transform from a curse insect to a curse tribe and then evolve into a feathered person.

When he first heard this, the local feathered man Mouse Sushi was very surprised: "Really?"

"Part of it is true." Joseph shrugged. "But let's shout it out first. Maybe it will become true in the future."

"Which part is true?"

"We are with you."

“…”

Mousebeard was so angry that he blew his beard: "Isn't this cheating? Can this really fool the Curse Clan?"

"How should I put it?" Joseph said seriously, "Some things you have to believe in before you can do them. If you don't believe in hope and possibility, then we are all doomed. We can only lie there and wait for the day when we are inexplicably killed by a natural disaster or the monarch."

He spoke from the heart.

…

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

As the three Taoist priests were discussing, the narrow cave began to tremble and the flow of black matter on the cave wall suddenly accelerated.

Joseph and the two feathered warriors curled up their bodies skillfully, turning into white cocoons and connecting with each other.

This cocoon is called [Feather Shedding] and is a part of the Feather Man's body, but it usually wraps the most insignificant memory part outside, so it doesn't matter even if there is a certain degree of wear and tear.

Faced with the impact of black matter or large-scale dam bursting, the Feathered People are not in great danger. Only the Curse Clan and Curse Insects will be buried and destroyed.

The feather molts tumble with the impact and drift of the black substance.

Joseph had nothing to do and thought about the past days.

Wheat cakes, barbecue, grapes, roses, beaches, sunsets, snow, rain, beautiful girls, the sun goddess's shining and healing, the flying boat that rushed into the void, and the magnificent ring road that encircled the world...

He did not find it strange when he was in it, until these days in the time stop zone, when he came to his senses and realized that he also had a lot of it.

After experiencing the initial excitement and curiosity of metamorphosis, in this world that seems immortal but is actually cruel and cold, he gradually understood why the feathered people always showed a deep indifference and numbness.

Time is like a file, which will grind away all the changes in our body.

The longer you stay, the more you lose, and in the end all that is left is the survival part.

He wants to go back.

This is also the core reason why Joseph was given the title of [Guerrilla Army] and claimed to have received assistance from powerful gods.

He was considering.

If I become famous and let my deeds spread throughout the time-stop zone, then Lord Yao, who helped me to ascend to heaven, will definitely know my current situation and I will have a chance to go back.

He firmly believed that the God Yao must be gazing at him in some way.

But I have to do something to attract His attention.

Just like in the world of the Yao clan, once you become a hero and make great achievements that influence people and the world, the will of God Yao will surely descend and give corresponding rewards.

In the past, Joseph didn't quite understand what it meant to own a monarch-level winged man.

Now he knew clearly.

The only ones that the Feathered Monarch recognizes as superior to himself are the [Old Rulers] who can never return, and the even more mysterious [Transcendent].

The fact that God Yao can command the "Monarch Surrounded by Stars" at will proves that He is most likely a "Transcendent One".

Just to be cautious.

Joseph only said that he received assistance from powerful gods outside the country, but he did not mention who it was.

Even the Unaware and the Shuxu people only thought that this was a propaganda trick. No one would have thought that this was a real fact that was deliberately publicized with great fanfare.

What we need to do now is to continue to make our voices heard and expand our fame and influence.

Joseph had been wandering for a long time in the Time Stop Zone, during which he had been attacked by many dukes and feathered warriors and had been killed several times. He had also recruited and accepted many cursed tribes and cursed insects, and then watched them being plundered by more powerful feathered people.

Master Fahai once said.

"If you want to sail far enough, it doesn't mean the bigger the boat, the better. I think the boat should be like a leaf in the wind. Strong winds can hardly tear the leaf apart, but will only blow it further away. It should be like water, able to enter mountains and valleys, rise with the wind, fall with the clouds, enter a cup, and gather rivers to form an ocean..."

Be like water.

In the time stop area, follow the black mass drift and adapt to the shape here.

…

I don't know how long it took, but it suddenly became quiet outside.

Joseph slowly recovered his form. He could feel that he had forgotten something, which was the conversation with a group of curse insects. In fact, most of the curse insects would only say yes, which was more like he was giving orders unilaterally.

"That is..." Mousebeard looked ahead.

There is a long passage ahead, with a vast expanse at the end.

It was a large void.

The three of them suddenly changed their expressions and turned around and ran away.

Behind him, a suffocating pressure suddenly descended.

(End of this chapter)