Overturned Tower

Just a bottle of poison, a dagger, and the death of an old man brought an order to massacre villages and towns; and this order in turn brought the beginning of civil strife.

The war gradually spread and covered the whole country. Then the war spread to neighboring countries.

In the end, no corner can find peace and survive this chaos.

——Just like the chaos that Qikong Island is facing now.

"Strictly speaking, it was not a war between the 'Church' and the 'Mage Tower'. It was a war between the Mage Tower and all anti-mage camps - the church was just the largest among them and the only one that persisted until the end."

Hua Chu looked at the sea outside the window and sighed: "Actually, the Tower of Babel has different views and evaluations on this war.

"Because we all come from different lineups. And our consensus is that we need to try our best to prevent this war that should not exist."

"Then...what about you, Huazhu?"

Russell turned around and looked at the elf girl beside him: "Which side are you from?"

"I am different from them," Hua Hu said, "I think this war is destined to come.

"Because the trigger for the war, although it was the death of the old man... what caused the conflict between the church and the mages was just a report from the Medical Doctors Association. But in fact, what really led to the religious war was the long-term The grievances that have been piling up since then are the fire of innovation that people are looking forward to.

"The conflict between the side that 'hopes for the end of the mage era' and the other side that 'does their best to preserve the mage era' is becoming more and more antagonistic. Even if there is no Medicine Association, there will always be some other association; without this old man , there will always be another old lady; instead of these young people, there will be other old people; not in that year, but also in the next year.

"We can't stop this from coming. This is the tide of the times."

Huazhuo's delicate face was like a doll - it was the first time that she spoke such serious words that were so in line with her status as a scholar, instead of the frivolous words full of bad taste like before.

"In the end, the intensification of the war is doomed and inevitable. The mages are extremely resolute and will never retreat; and the church has no room to retreat. As long as they lose, they will be completely wiped out. The Mages are in an inevitable decline. The church finally used the 'nuclear weapons' they unearthed from ancient ruins. The severely beaten Mage Tower finally went crazy - since it is difficult to distinguish the church members hidden among the people, and almost all the people tend to the church On one side, they simply began to use large-scale spells to directly attack civilians who were unwilling to enter the mage tower.

"These civilians who enter the control area of ​​the Mage Tower are considered a kind of hostage. The nuclear weapons used to fight against the church also monopolize materials and labor - it is a scorched earth tactic. In order to cut off the church's ability to obtain food and other resources , the mages cast a curse on the original farming and forest areas.

"The land has been poisoned and dried up, and can no longer produce food. There is not even a weed on the original grassland. The forest is full of poisonous swamps, the trees have become deformed and poisonous, and even mosquitoes, snakes and ants have been strengthened and carried Deadly virus. The church was once forced to eat ant cakes and dirt to survive... So they were later forced to withdraw from the land and retreat to the sea. At least the ocean was not cursed and there was not too strong radiation at that time. .

"And the Church also retaliated - they still dropped nuclear weapons on the Mage Tower. There are only a dozen high-standard Mage Towers that can survive a nuclear attack, but they cannot protect the civilians outside the Mage Tower. And as Large areas of civilians died, and the mages were trapped inside the wizard tower.

"With both sides no longer avoiding civilians, the war instantly entered another level of brutal intensity. Originally, people could still live their lives as usual and watch the excitement... But since then, almost everyone has been forced to flee their homes. , escape from their hometown - or be silently destroyed by unknown means.

"Such 'courtesy aircraft' have been out of use since the middle of the war. From then on, their only purpose was 'mutual destruction'."

"...It sounds like it must be a very painful memory."

"Yes. It was pain beyond description."

Hua Chu said softly: "All my relatives and friends were missing or died in that war. If you died in the war, it might still be a kind of luck... because the plague and famine that followed were even more terrifying.

"Hungry people cannibalize each other, and those who have supported each other until now betray each other. Doubt and pain sweep across the earth. Everyone regrets their previous stance. Almost everyone regrets the camp they chose. There is no one who does not have hatred and curse in his heart. , those who shed blood and tears know that they have no way out—the only thing left in their eyes is victory.”

The flight was still at low altitude, and land was already in sight.

The deep blue sea is calm, and from a distance on the land, you can already see lush forests.

And when their aircraft flew closer, Russell could see the deep ravines carved into the ground like terrible scars.

Those lands are gray.

Lost color, lost life.

Covering an area of ​​several kilometers, it resembles a burn scar on a human body. And forests avoid them because they can't grow from those "scars." Looking from above, the forest that originally seemed full of life is as ugly as the remaining hair on the head of a middle-aged man suffering from alopecia areata.

"Sometimes, I wonder.

"Perhaps the world I loved has been destroyed since then. What emerged from that destroyed civilization was not a flower, but perhaps an ugly sore."

The soft sound of flower touches is like a broadcast of background music.

Russell, still in the form of Alice, intertwined his fingers with Hua Huo. Her hands are very cold, reminiscent of jelly.

"--look."

At this moment, Russell suddenly pointed to the earth: "Is that a gathering place for humans?"

It was a very small village deep in the forest where there were only a handful of people gathered together. Smoke rises slowly, and medieval-looking wooden and stone houses are scattered in the narrow living space. "

"...It should be the sinners who were exiled to the earth, or the miners who escaped. It may also be the indigenous people on the earth...who knows."

Hua Chu took a serious look, but was not interested.

"I mean," Russell said softly, "Looking at them, there is nothing...Beyond that narrow gathering point, there is the dead land. There are no animals in the forest, and there are still monsters wandering outside..."

"That's Radiantmon and Chimera."

Huachu's pupils were full of ridicule: "Monsters that appeared due to the radiation of the church and the curse of the mage... some of them are beasts, and some are humans."

"Yes. No matter what it is - there's always someone alive, right?

"They can't even see hope, but they are still living tenaciously. They are not trying to survive, but they know the difficulty and pain of life and still choose to live seriously.

"Because living is hope, continuity is everything - because as long as you are alive, it is better than death."

After Russell finished speaking, the aircraft crossed the mountain.

Huachu suddenly opened his eyes wide.

After flying over this mountain, the scattered human gathering places suddenly increased in number.

Not one or two...but more than a dozen or twenty.

There are not many people in each gathering place, and the technology in all gathering places is underdeveloped. Villages, small towns... there are no large gatherings, but they are indeed still alive. And they are all still alive and well, and their lives are on the right track.

Some children pointed at the low-altitude aircraft, some fled back to their simple houses in fear, and some shouted as loud as they could.

at dusk. Dusk is approaching. Smoke curls from the kitchen.

They are still living on the earth and are still working hard to continue the human civilization of the Earth Age.

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