"call!"
Zhang Mingtu breathed a long sigh of relief and finished reading the last word on the Book of Life and Death.
"Yuzhang!"
Those were the two ancient characters that the future brother saw when he reached the ground after breaking through the base.
And with those two words, the future brother finally determined where he was.
"It's actually in Jiujiang County..."
Jiujiang County was previously known as Yuzhang. The poems written by ancient sages in today's Longxing Prefecture are very popular, and one of their poems is widely circulated.
Yuzhang was the old county, Hongdu was the new capital, with the stars divided into Yi and Zhen, and the land connected to Heng and Lu.
Yuzhang refers to today's Jiujiang, and Hongdu refers to today's Longxing Prefecture.
"It really took a very long time to plan."
Thinking of the strict organizational structure of that base and the various ways and methods of hiding identities, Zhang Mingtu sighed.
Jiujiang County is one of the most important transportation hubs in the western part of Jiangnan. It is known as the mouth of three rivers and one of the most important port cities in the western part of Jiangnan. It is located between Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
Even a remote place like Jianyi can hide two powerful demons in the Zhenyuan realm. It is natural that an area like Jiujiang County, which has been an important place in ancient times and now, has a base and most of the people there are in the Zhenyuan realm.
Zhang Mingtu took a deep breath and calmed down after a long time. Then he concentrated on reading the information recorded by the one who had the shortest life among all his brothers.
In fact, the most important information recorded by this brother was only one, which was the record of the overseas country that he had never met.
"Demons and humans coexist, and it's certain that demons have always been the dominant force in the early days and even now. The truly precious sons of God among them are all hybrids of demons and humans. This is why I judge them to be dominated by demons..."
"...bloody and brutal, eating raw meat and drinking blood, and liking to eat raw food. These are some of the characteristics they find difficult to hide after absorbing the demon bloodline..."
"...They often need to hunt others to eliminate the violent aura in their hearts. Eating raw food is quite inconvenient in the heartland of the human race. To facilitate hiding, they prefer to eat raw fish and food from the ocean without cooking..."
"…The coastal areas already have this kind of culture, and they've only strengthened it in some ways. Their love for raw food won't be noticeable…"
Zhang Mingtu kept these firmly in mind, and was suddenly stunned when he was recording them.
I thought of the son of the county magistrate who surrounded and killed Uncle Jili in the back mountain.
The son of the county magistrate also perfectly fits the characteristics of a modern demon: bloodthirsty and brutal, he enjoys hunting others, and he hunts openly in the mountains and forests.
Thinking about the subsequent problems with the county magistrate, and combining it with the behavior of the county magistrate's son, Zhang Mingtu became more and more certain that there must be problems in the county government.
However, for the time being, these things have to be verified later. Zhang Mingtu calmed down and continued reading.
"...The demons born from the interbreeding of demons and humans are not simply bloodthirsty and brutal. After all, they have human wisdom added to their bloodline, so they are not blindly violent. They also have the means to gently integrate into the human race, and beauty is also one of their important means..."
"...The base isn't always fully staffed with demons. Most have blended in with the human race, making them indistinguishable. Some may become retainers of high-ranking officials, while others use their unique, controlled demonic powers to manipulate others or kill people. They call these demonic powers—Shikigami..."
The more Zhang Mingtu looked, the more surprised he became. He thought that the brother had been captured not long ago and had been imprisoned in the underground base, so he could not get much information.
I didn't expect that by asking indirectly and observing some subtle details, I could get so much useful information.
Zhang Mingtu watched intently and felt deeply that this brother was really powerful.
"...The only thing that puzzles me is that according to Daxia records, there weren't many human beings who went to sea eight hundred years ago. Each time, there were only a few thousand people, and even if you add up all the people, there were only tens of thousands.
"Faced with the predation of demons and the terrifying pressure of survival, in just eight hundred years, the people of the overseas countries, or demons, have not all died out, but why have their numbers expanded to such a terrifying level?"
"Yes, their numbers are quite terrifying. They once mentioned in casual conversation that their population is in the tens of millions, and that even the resources from that overseas continent are barely enough to feed them. That's why they constantly seek external expansion..."
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"Tens of millions of people supporting eight million people, that's barely plausible... What the hell, is this the reincarnation of a rabbit spirit?"
Zhang Mingtu also found it incredible when he saw such records.
Facing all kinds of natural disasters and man-made calamities as well as arbitrary hunting by demons, the human population could actually expand to hundreds of millions in just a few hundred years. This is simply a joke.
If this was not the information obtained by the future brother with his blood and life, Zhang Mingtu would not dare to believe it. It was a bit against common sense.
"But the more I read this recorded information, the more it resembles the country I knew in my previous life."
"He is bloodthirsty and brutal, with small courtesy but no sense of justice. When he is cruel, he is like a demon, even more terrifying and cruel than a demon.
"After all, demons don't kill their own kind casually most of the time. When they have nothing to do, they act polite and courteous, as if they value etiquette and morality more than anyone else..."
Zhang Mingtu felt strange in his heart, but he also deeply realized that the opponent he would face in the future was not a group of Japanese pirates who were said to have only tens of thousands of people, but a real big country.
With a population of tens of millions, the combat capability of that overseas country is definitely not bad, and it is extremely good at hiding.
In the current situation, he even maintains contact with Daxia all year round.
Daxia doesn't care. Even if that overseas country has a population of tens of millions, it is only the same size as a state of Daxia.
That overseas country envied Daxia's culture and maintained exchanges with Daxia all year round.
Every year, a large number of people come to Daxia, mostly in coastal areas. Once they arrive, they stay and are unwilling to return.
Zhang Mingtu thought the official report was quite good before. With all nations coming to pay tribute, how powerful would Daxia be?
Now we know that the other party has sent a large number of spies and hidden intelligence personnel to continuously investigate all aspects of the building.
Zhang Mingtu also saw a complete map of Jiujiang County in the other party's base. It was more detailed than the map given to the Jinyiwei by the Daxia government, with the trends of mountains, rivers and land veins marked one by one.
Even rivers that have changed their course in recent years, collapsed mountains, and even some small paths that are not officially marked are recorded above it.
"...Remember this country. They live in the east, beyond the Great Xia Sea. They've learned Great Xia culture, but they also want to invade this land. They usually call themselves the Land of the Rising Sun!"
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