Chapter 256 256. Mr. Xia, I have made up my mind!
Baidi City is magnificent and desolate, with towering walls reaching into the sky, but the walls are covered with dried blood, giving it a solemn and murderous feeling.
"Regarding the fact that the Battle of White Egret ended thirty years ago, please keep it a secret."
The leading red-armored veteran Li Zaishi whispered instructions to Xia Feng and the other two.
The city gates were wide open.
Through the eyes of deconstruction, Xia Feng easily saw the desolate scene inside.
The broken walls and ruins make it look like a deserted city with no one living there.
However, the bloody mound began to stir up its soil, and hunched figures with muddy faces walked out from underground.
Nearly four hundred people came one after another, but they all had white hair, sunken eye sockets and cheekbones, wrinkled faces, and their armor was tattered.
The swords on their waists were always bright. They held the hilts and stared sharply at the people coming in from outside the city.
Li Zaishi raised his hand to signal, and they took their hands away from the hilt of the knife, but the vigilance in their eyes remained.
The whole city is filled with white-haired soldiers.
The lifespan of a fourth-level spiritualist starts at at least three hundred years, and can be even longer if he has eaten the fruit of life.
However, due to staying in a high-concentration evil force environment for many years, even with the protection of evil-removing armor, it is impossible to prevent the evil force from infiltrating and changing bit by bit.
In addition to being injured from time to time, these veterans, although in their prime according to the standards of spiritual masters, now look very old.
It is estimated that even if the battle continues for a few more years, they will die suddenly because their bodies can no longer support them, even without the enemy attacking the city.
But no matter what, they are true heroes.
"There are over 400 soldiers in the city, including women, children, and craftsmen who cannot go to the battlefield, totaling 512 people.
This is the result of these thirty years of bloody battles."
After listening to Li Jae-seok's introduction to the situation in the city, Lin Musen's eyes darkened slightly and he couldn't help sighing.
These veterans are unable to get any information from the outside world, and no one knows what kind of beliefs have enabled them to hold on until now.
The only news they had was a report brought by a soldier who had suddenly landed on the island twenty years earlier, stating that the Battle of Bailu was still ongoing and that the defenders of Baidi City must hold on, as they were the key to the entire battle.
After bringing this news, the sergeant died suddenly soon after. Xia Feng speculated that the sergeant was probably sent by the enemy to deceive people.
As for the purpose of deceiving people, it is more like raising poisonous insects.
Friends who have raised Gu know that if you want to raise a Gu King, there must be enough fighting insects, and the poison must be strong enough and ferocious enough.
So in order to make the insects fight more fiercely and have more hope, someone was sent in to tell them that the empire still needs them, and that they can win if they fight a little longer.
"There's no need for you three to follow us into the city. We're doomed to die, and those evil spirits won't let us go."
Li Zaishi turned around and said,
"But you are different. You are outsiders. They don't know you exist. It's not too late to leave now."
Since he had come here on his own initiative, Xia Feng naturally didn't want to leave. He was worried about how to find the Origin Water, so it was just right for him to wait here for the other party to come to him.
As for Lin Musen, he was already being hunted by the half-dragons and had nowhere to run.
And since we happened to be in Baidi City, we had to investigate the relationship between the forces behind the garden and Baidi City.
As for the truth about the rebellion in Baidi City, he still couldn't believe that anyone in the empire would really do such a dirty thing.
Maybe Baidi City really surrendered to the enemy, and only these remnants are left alive?
Thinking of this, Lin Musen narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Has it really been true that no one of you defected to the enemy in the past thirty years?"
The red-armored veteran glanced at him indifferently and sneered, "Over the years, some of our hundred thousand soldiers have died in battle, some have perished from misfortunes, and some have even committed suicide in the night, unable to bear the pressure. Indeed, some soldiers have voluntarily surrendered to the enemy."
"No one knows whether these soldiers who surrendered to the enemy were sent to hell or killed."
"But is the Empire going to sentence a hundred thousand of us to treason just because of this one person who defected to the enemy?!"
Lin Musen fell silent.
Xia Feng listened silently. He probably guessed that those who surrendered to the enemy were probably used as experimental subjects and would not survive at all.
Mu Qingtong suddenly spoke up, which was rare: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
"die?"
Li Zaishi and the veterans beside him looked at each other, shook their heads and chuckled:
"These remaining warriors have naturally experienced hesitation and sadness. To say we've held on until now out of a desire to serve our country might be an understatement. But as long as there are still people in the city who need our protection, we still have hope, and we can bravely die with unwavering passion."
Seeing these people's calm and fearless expressions, Mu Qingtong seemed to be thinking about something.
These people may not be as strong as the enemy, but in Xia Feng's opinion, they are already real strong ones.
"The strong are fearless, perhaps that's what's going on with you." Xia Feng murmured and sighed.
"The strong are fearless?"
Mu Qingtong looked up at the dim sky covered by gray fog, and had to admit that these ants were indeed worthy of admiration and deserved the title of strong ones.
"Mr. Xia."
"Um?"
"I have decided that some people deserve to die, and some people don't."
A cold voice sounded in Xia Feng's heart.
Xia Feng looked up at her golden eyes that were staring at the sky. Although he didn't know what Miss Mu was thinking at the moment, Xia Feng knew that it was time to do something big!
Next, Li Jae-seok briefly introduced the origins of Xia Feng and the other two to the veterans in the city.
But what surprised Xia Feng was that
Li Zaishi asked the three people not to tell the truth, but after hesitating for a long time, Li Zaishi took the initiative to tell the truth that the defenders of Baidi City had become rebels as people knew.
The old soldiers, women and children in the city were suddenly in an uproar, and their already sallow faces became dull.
"impossible!"
"City Lord Li, how can you believe such nonsense! This Lin Musen must be a spy sent by the enemy!"
"That's right. The identities of these three guys haven't been confirmed yet, so how can we trust what they say? How could the Empire abandon us?"
There are constant voices of doubt.
Xia Feng naturally understood that no one would be willing to believe this easily, which is why Xia Feng did not tell more of the truth.
If you tell these veterans that the imperial elite not only abandoned them, but even used their patriotic fervor to accomplish some unknown purpose,
They may find it even more ridiculous and not believe it.
Or rather, unwilling to believe it.
After all, sometimes living in an illusion is much happier than knowing the cruel truth.
“Boom—”
At this moment, the ground shook and fine gravel bounced up, as if something was approaching.
Everyone couldn't help but look back towards the city gate.
"All troops on alert!!"
The sentry on the watchtower, armed with a magical tool similar to clairvoyance, cried out in a solemn and urgent voice: "Enemy troops are attacking!!"
(End of this chapter)
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