Chapter 563 Novaask (Part 2)
"Wright, what are you looking at?" Dark patted Wright on the shoulder.
At the moment when he looked back, the white-haired boy on the wall disappeared. Looking back again, Wright only heard "Hoshino, it's time to go back to work" from the middle-aged man's mouth, and then he never looked back. No human beings could be seen on the high, dark walls.
Wright simply repeated the two or three lines of poetry recited by the white-haired boy from memory. Before Dak could respond, the "Red Wolf" sitting in the front row spoke first:
"It's the language of the Fire Empire. Boy, do you know the language of the Fire Empire?"
Wright smiled awkwardly. If the pronunciation, grammar, and glyphs of the "Chinese" language of the previous world and the current language of the Fire Empire were very different, then he was really "born" to know a foreign language. However, when he was in the Zine Empire, Wright had read the "Xinyuan Dictionary" compiled by the Fire Empire more than a hundred years ago. In it, except for a few commonly used characters like the traditional Chinese characters of "Chinese", other characters were more or less There are some differences.
Looking at it this way, it can’t be considered as “knowing” the Fire Empire language.
Moreover, without knowing whether the people in Novaysk have xenophobic sentiments, it is not necessarily a good thing to show off that you know a foreign language, or a foreign language from a "mysterious country" in the East.
After thinking for a few seconds, Wright replied with a smile:
"It's not that I know it, I just read some books introducing Yanhuo culture when I was in the west."
"Hahaha, don't worry." The rough and heroic voice came out of "Red Wolf"'s throat again, and he said with a smile:
"As I said, I have Khitan blood. My ancestors, my mother's side, are still from their aristocratic family. Besides, the people here have never been friendly to the Zini and Putoya people, but they are not friendly to the Khitan people. After all, after the complete disappearance of Aventrai, they are the only neighbors and friends we have in the east.
"But then again, it's quite kind to hear the Fire Empire language. The few lines of poetry you just said seem to be in the style of 'Fire Land', but my mother told me when I was a child that there are only three lines , the word number arrangement of 5-7-5 is the style of the Japanese Province of the Flame Empire."
"Japan Province?" Dak asked curiously, "What kind of place is that?"
"The 'Land of Sin' that is isolated overseas, that's what the older generation said. However, the New Yuan Crisis has been going on for so many years, and we don't know what the situation is now." "Red Wolf" knocked on his head and said He put out the cigarette in his hand, turned around, and said:
"By the way, I remember... there was a white-haired boy who really climbed over ice paths and snowfields, and traveled across mountains and rivers to come from Khitanris. Our boss found him because of the matter of several lives. The boss said, he fucked a Fluent in Khitanris dialect, Kruse speaks very poor German.”
"Your boss also has Khitan Reese blood?" Dak stepped forward curiously and asked.
"Don't talk about him. In fact, many Novaysk 'aboriginals' like us came from Khitanris. More than a hundred years ago, because of a 'different species' named 'Mengluo' Dragon Clan', the Fire Empire lost many armies outside the core area one after another. The military stronghold was forced to completely shrink the defense line inward, giving up those fertile fields, mines, forests, rivers, etc. to those inhuman things. Our boss's grandparents were there. At that time, they lost the protection of the army and were forced to move westward. "
"Red Wolf"'s pair of light black pupils with a very oriental style showed anger, but his tone was quietly mixed with a subtle sense of loss. He continued:
"The young officials in Khitanris always have a kind of prejudice. They believe that humans who have lived outside the 'Ki Core Area' for a long time will mutate to a greater or lesser extent under the erosion of the 'Heartless Man Virus'. In In their eyes, the boss's ancestors, even if they are not superpowers! Even if they have no extraordinary skills! Even if they are no different from normal humans!
"And those sanctimonious Confucian scholars wanted to flaunt their bullshit 'benevolence' and didn't want to be scolded for being 'cruel', so they had no choice but to withdraw all the troops and transport trucks, exposing our ancestors to 'unintentional people' It will fend for itself under the tide.”
"It seems that they are much more conservative than us Crusaders. They are much more cruel and cunning than the so-called 'gentlemen' who advocate 'category isolation' in the Putoa Federation." Dark flashed in his eyes. With a trace of disdain, he turned to look to the east and said:
"I just heard that the Khitanris gradually lost contact with us because of the 'wave of unintentional people'. When I came here, I found that the situation was far more complicated than we thought. However, if the war situation in the west continues to worsen, Binglin City will If we really can't hold on... or if the flood comes, I'm afraid we have the only way to go east."
"But, the Flame Empire is not as bad as you think." "Red Wolf" scratched his head and smiled sheepishly:
"It's not that I speak for my hometown. In fact, I have heard from travelers who have been lucky enough to come there over the years. The Fire Empire itself is also in trouble. They don't rely on a few big cities as the core to connect small strongholds like us. To guard against 'careless people' and the lost.
"Instead, the entire 'Several Cores' area was connected into one piece, relying on strong military mobilization capabilities and material production capabilities to ensure that the internal area is completely unaffected by the virus. It can be said that the entire 'Several Cores' area is a 'paradise' comparable to half the size of Cruz. Perhaps, they do not discriminate against humans living in external bases, but they do not have more materials and energy to manage.
"I heard that they are quite friendly to the 'superpowers' from the West and South Seas. Except for being monitored to a certain extent and being unable to enter some important areas, they can live comfortably there. Sometimes... I was thinking, if I had a little extraordinary superpower, even the ability to manipulate magic power, such as rolling a fireball, spreading ice water, or commanding rocks, I would drive this shabby old friend to the east. "
"So, in fact, the people of the Flame Empire... well, are still very realistic, like a kind of... cruel reality. "Wright muttered inwardly.
Soon, various mechanical vehicles in front and behind began to make mechanical rumbling sounds and moved forward at a medium speed.
Although he felt a little surprised, "Red Wolf" restarted the vehicle and followed it under the shrill horn of the car behind.
Along the wall, Wright was able to peek at a corner of the entire city of Novayask. He found that these walls surrounding the city were basically black and had about two layers.
The first layer was on the outside, more than 10 meters high. It was said to be the first line of defense against the "wave of careless people". The core was four "external personnel entry checkpoints", and looking from the outside in, the inner wall was at least 50 meters high. According to the description of "Red Wolf", the inner layer The high wall was built mainly to guard against "alien monsters". It was built from 405 in the new year and was gradually completed in 435.
Because, in the history compiled separately for the city, there are many records of invasions by "alien dragons", "alien giants", "alien beasts" and "alien giant plants". These giant creatures named by numbers seem to have some rare supernatural powers.
When resources are scarce and the environment is harsh, they will sleep under the gravel and soil. Once the temperature improves slightly, they will rush straight to the densely populated strongholds with their unique sense of smell and perception, and grab nutrients by capturing humans.
Strangely, these "alien monsters" can only They attack strongholds with a population of more than 300,000, and they will not even look inside small towns with a population of several thousand, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, even if they pass by.
About an hour later, Wright and his three companions finally arrived at the door of "Checkpoint No. 2". Wright got off the car and looked up. This checkpoint was not simple.
The giant iron fence gate at the entrance and exit was the same height as the metal-cast city wall. There were two 15-meter-high military sentry towers outside, and two lightning rod-like military devices wrapped with wires stood on the top of the towers.
They were connected together through wires in the air, acting as "signal diffusers" so that the city could communicate with the western strongholds at any time via telegraph.
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In addition, there are many exposed giant mechanical arms and artillery barrels, as well as many hidden "sniper points" where you can see the reflection of machine guns, which together serve as the first mechanical force to guard the city.
If it weren't for the few patches of baldness on the dark wall eroded by the "burning liquid" and the broken guns discarded at the foot of the wall, Wright would naturally have the most basic confidence in the city's defense system.
After getting off the car and waiting for three or five minutes, with a heavy "bang", Wright and his three people followed the instructions of the temporary metal plate and followed two local [soldiers] wearing gray mecha-style uniforms to the door of the "guard booth".
"Hey, it's 'Red Wolf', where did this kid come from?" A local [soldiers] about two meters tall and fully armed greeted "Red Wolf" first.
"Where else can they come from? The station. They also escaped from the west, and they will stay in the city for a while before going to the east. "Red Wolf" smiled, touched the back of his head and replied.
"'Red Wolf', you know, this month has been full of people coming from the west. Each of these people said that they were only staying for a few days to transition, and they refused to leave after entering the city. They were unwilling to join the 'Guards' to guard the city, nor were they willing to enter the factory to produce materials, which gave Commander Shaneva a headache. So..." The tall local [warrior] turned his head to look at Wright and Dak, stretched out a finger, and said solemnly:
"Commander Shaneva ordered that starting from the day before yesterday, no matter how long you stay in the city, as long as you don't have an employment contract with the army or the factory, you have to pay 100 new rubles as city construction fees to enter these two gates. However, before that, you have to do a 'blood test' to prevent those irritable Lost Ones from mixing in. "
As he spoke, the tall local [warrior] took out two boxes from the pile on the table, handed them to Wright and the others, and ordered in a serious tone: "Take out the needle inside, prick your finger, and drop the blood on the test paper."
"Oh, okay." Wright said, and pricked his finger as required.
Dark red blood dripped onto the test paper, and the next second, the tall local [warrior] and "Red Wolf" frowned at the same time.
"Turn blue? So fast?"