Xia Changan didn't know if she had come to the wrong place. All she saw along the way was barren land. Was the entire Northern Wasteland as desolate as this place?
With doubts in his mind, Xia Changan no longer walked in a hurry as he did at the beginning. Instead, he slowed down a little and began to carefully observe the environment of the Northern Wilderness.
As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to success. The Emperor Wu's barrier is no longer reliable, and she must think of other ways to prevent this disaster.
However, Xia Changan didn't expect that the deeper she went into the Northern Wilderness, the worse the surrounding environment became. What made her even more unbelievable was that she had seen countless dilapidated villages along the way.
Judging from the architectural styles of those villages, they are indeed monster villages. But how could the monsters, as the boss of the Northern Wasteland, be in such a miserable state?
It might be because all the important troops were transferred to the border by the Demon King, so she did not encounter many other monsters blocking her way when she walked in the Northern Wilderness.
Xia Changan walked and walked until he came to a huge city, where he saw a large number of monsters. However, the behavior of these monsters seemed a little strange.
They had built several temporary shelters in the vicinity of the city. The demon beasts who lived in these shelters looked very miserable. They looked skinny and like refugees.
No, they are not like refugees, they are refugees!
Xia Changan suddenly saw a group of soldiers opening the city gates, pushing out carts of food and distributing them to the monsters outside the city. This was definitely a disaster relief scene!
So, is this area suffering from famine now? After looking all the way, Xia Changan roughly understood the situation in the Northern Wilderness. The soil here is very poor, and most crops cannot be grown.
It was hard to imagine that such a large group of monsters had lived in such a desolate northern wilderness for thousands of years. No wonder they were willing to attack the Zhongzhou region at all costs. It turned out that they were starving to death.
Xia Changan couldn't help but compare the Northern Wasteland with the Central Plains, and then he really felt that there would be no harm without comparison. Compared with the monsters, humans are simply living in heaven.
It is no wonder that the monsters hate humans so much, it seems that they are angry about being driven to this bitter cold land by Emperor Wu of Xia. However, if their ancestors had not been determined to fight humans to the death, how could humans have killed them so ruthlessly?
Although Xia Changan felt sorry for them, she was unwilling to show mercy to them. Ancient books recorded that monsters were bloodthirsty by nature, and this time the monster invasion had given her a glimpse of that, hadn't she seen it?
If they look pitiful, they deserve it. It would be fine if the two tribes could coexist peacefully, but they chose to fight and kill. So is there really no room for maneuver in this war?
To be honest, Xia Changan really didn't want to see the suffering of the people, otherwise she wouldn't have taken the risk of making this trip. So she didn't want to give up just like that, she decided to observe and see, there was still time anyway.
Suddenly, the disaster victims who were receiving food started to make a commotion for unknown reasons. They seemed to have had an argument with the relief team that was leaving the city.
"Sir! Please be kind and give us some more food! How come it is less than the food distributed yesterday? The children don't have enough to eat. Please, sir!" The speaker was an old lady with a gray wolf head.
She was accompanied by several skinny, malnourished little gray wolves. They all looked very hungry. Even this old lady herself could no longer maintain a complete human form.
"Big sister, please don't make things difficult for us. This is all the food that Lord Wolf King has given us. Life in the city is not easy right now. Ever since His Royal Highness and I were imprisoned, the disaster relief food from above has been cut off. The food you eat now is bought by the Wolf King out of his own pocket." The monster who was distributing the food sighed helplessly, gritted his teeth and shook his head to reject Aunt Gray Wolf's request.
Other victims couldn't help but ask, "What about other nearby towns? In previous years, when other towns were hit by disasters, we provided support. This year, can't they provide support to us?"
"Alas! The nearby towns can hardly protect themselves, how can they spare any effort to take care of us? We should just take it one step at a time and leave it to fate."
The scene fell silent again. They seemed to have expected this. They just sighed in despair and kept silent. I don't know how many similar situations they have experienced to become so numb.
After hearing all the conversations, Xia Changan always felt something was wrong. Since ancient times, if disaster relief is not provided in time, the victims will easily turn into mobs.
These disaster victims clearly did not receive proper assistance. But why were they so calm? In other words, why did they have no intention of resisting or rioting?
Knowing that something was wrong when he saw something abnormal, Xia Changan slapped a breath-hiding talisman on himself to hide all his human aura.
Afterwards, she disguised herself as one of the disaster victims by changing her clothes, walked out from her hiding place, and mixed in with the group of monsters.
Xia Changan looked at her and pulled the corner of the clothes of a big sister in front of him, with a confused expression on his face, and said to her: "Big sister, the higher-ups are so inactive in dealing with the disaster, why don't we resist? There must be food over there, they just don't want to give it to us."
When the elder sister suddenly heard Xia Changan's remarks, she was almost frightened to death.
She hurriedly covered Xia Changan's mouth and said stealthily, "Sister! We dare not speak carelessly. The demon king is not easy to deal with. Be careful of what you say."
When the eldest sister saw Xia Changan nodded obediently, she breathed a sigh of relief and let her go.
It turned out to be a problem with the demon king. In other words, the demon king was not a wise king, but rather very cruel. Well, one more thing must be added, he had great means. Otherwise, how could he make the demon beasts obey him so obediently?
By the way, they mentioned He Wang before. Who is this person?
"Big sister, why was He Wang locked up?" Xia Changan asked the big sister again.
This time, the eldest sister did not cover Xia Changan's mouth. Instead, she sighed with some sadness and said, "I also heard it from others. It seems that He Wang wanted to persuade the Demon King not to start another war, and then he offended the Demon King and was locked up by the Demon King. What a sin! He Wang is so good! If he hadn't been locked up, he would definitely not ignore the disaster here."
Oh? It turns out it's the drama of the cruel elder brother and the gentle younger brother? The story is getting more and more interesting!
Xia Changan's mind began to work on a plan. She waited outside the city for a long time until the relief team was about to return to the city, and then she suddenly found them.
"My dear, I want to discuss something with the Wolf King. Could you please introduce him to me?" Xia Changan did not talk nonsense, but went straight to the point and explained his purpose.
The other person's eyes were sharp as torches, and he scanned her carefully several times. Perhaps he couldn't see through her true colors, so he frowned fiercely.
"Where are you from? Why is there no aura on you? Even your strength has not been revealed at all. Are you up to some evil intention and want to murder our Wolf King?"
Xia Changan had already anticipated the other party's reaction, so she was not angry at all. Instead, she took out a strange-looking spiritual weapon and handed it to the other party.
Xia Changan entrusted him, "I understand your concerns. This magic weapon can improve the soil quality and has endless uses. Please help me present it to the Wolf King. I believe that the Wolf King will want to summon me."
The monster boy took the spiritual weapon and looked it over and over, inside and out, for a long time. Unfortunately, with his eyes, he couldn't see anything.
Therefore, he could only reply with a little embarrassment: "Okay, I'll find a way to pass it on to the Wolf King for you. I warn you, if you dare to play any tricks, we will never let you off easily."
Xia Changan smiled without saying anything, walked to the refugee pile, and sat cross-legged, his whole body filled with confidence and calmness.
Her appearance made the monster brother even more unsure. He always felt that she was not ordinary, and she was very tempted to say that she had a spiritual weapon that could improve the quality of the soil.
If this is true, it would be a great thing. It is a serious matter, so he can't deal with it casually.
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