The once prosperous Valley of Mexico fell into a period of silence due to the "Pact of Confession."
Cities were closed and trade markets were suspended.
Residents outside the city were not allowed to enter. Every once in a while, merchants would go to the countryside to purchase grain and supply it to the city.
Each city has distinct classes.
The residents of the city are of noble status, and before the city was closed, some capable warriors and merchant families had already brought their relatives outside the city into the city in advance.
Legends about prophecies of disaster are becoming more and more popular.
In the face of a disaster, the big trees overhead provide shade, and the people stranded in the villages and towns outside the city are like lonely ghosts.
No news can be passed on, only the fear of the unknown hangs over my head.
Some people have begun to flee this prosperous valley and want to seek refuge in the rainforest further south.
As everyone knows, this is exactly what the kings of the cities want to see.
The people in the city devoted themselves to praising, repenting and redeeming.
How can one show piety?
In addition to doing it wholeheartedly, you also need to compare.
Those who do not worship the true God and go to pray and repent will have their sins increased. If they are allowed to escape to the end of the world, they will surely be annihilated by the thunder of God's punishment.
On the contrary, true salvation can only be achieved when every city and country unites in praise.
Human nature is most vividly reflected in the current disaster.
The only thing that disappoints the cities is...
"The Aztecs did not choose to flee, but continued to defend the city?"
"It seems that Izcoatl has seen through our intentions!"
"But no matter what, as the source of sins that offend the True God, the Lord of Balance, they will definitely bear the heaviest punishment!"
Beneath the surface calm, there are turbulent undercurrents.
But I have to say that this is definitely the most stable period in the Valley of Mexico in hundreds of years.
Lake Texcoco, City in the Lake.
The sacrificial ceremony began, and they carved a statue of the Sinful King to commemorate his dedication.
Then the "holy fire" was lit in front of the unfinished super giant "statue of the true body of our Lord".
When equilibrium comes, it uses flames to annihilate the temples and monarchs dedicated to false gods.
For this reason, the Aztecs already regarded fire as a symbol of balance.
Hundreds of thousands of people gave praises, with tears in their eyes, bid farewell to the sinful king Chimal Popoka, and threw the statue representing the body where his soul resided into the flames.
The statue was smeared with some kind of grease by the city's scholars.
Once it comes into contact with the flame, the holy fire instantly jumps several meters high, shrouding it in a sacred atmosphere.
After the ceremony.
Noble officials gathered at the palace.
They were a little depressed because of the news of Chimal Popoka's death, but the few months of confinement have made them used to it.
How could it be worse?
All the warrior regiments sent from each city were wiped out.
The king of Tepanix was so frightened that he had to seclusion and began to repent devoutly. Now everyone is in the same situation, and no one is better off than the other.
"Itzcoatl, the sinful king is dead, we would like to elect you to be the leader of the Aztecs!"
Izcoatl's performance these days is remarkable.
Stabilize the overall situation of the city and organize the people to worship in a balanced way.
They also saw through the conspiracy of the Tepanix Kingdom, and no one chose to flee...
Not to mention, the current disaster.
What you inherit is not rights, but responsibilities.
However, Izcoatl said: "I will not inherit the position of king, because it is meaningless!"
Everyone knew about his wisdom and saw that he had hidden meanings behind his words.
"Why?"
Izcoatl looked at the statue of the god that was still being built outside the temple, and praised: "Praise the balance! Only by devoting ourselves wholeheartedly to the balance can we be saved!"
"Tzozomok is still playing tricks and schemes, but he doesn't know that he missed one point!"
"When we swear to surrender to Balance, our flesh, blood, and souls no longer belong to us!"
"We will all be servants of Him, the Lord of Balance!"
"There will be no more Aztecs or Tepanicans in the future... Only people with balanced beliefs can survive in the world!"
"As His Oracle has said, balance exists in all things!"
Having said this, Izcoatl glanced at everyone with a calm and gentle smile: "Everyone, forget everything you have now. The so-called rights and wealth are all vain under the majesty of the only true God in the world!"
"Only firm faith is truly precious!"
The words end here.
There was silence in the hall, everyone was shocked by Izcoatl's awakening, enlightened and their souls were enlightened.
There are no longer distinctions between countries in the world.
Only balance!
He is right!
"Praise be to the great Lord of Balance!"
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Equilibrium 12 years, August.
Owens Valley.
Thousands of horses are galloping, with hundreds of knights chasing behind them. Use a lasso to select the most powerful horse among the horses.
The first one is mountain climbing.
Since receiving the order a month ago, he has been spending time in the Owens Valley, carefully selecting soldiers and training their ranks.
An hour later, a dozen horses were tamed.
The leaders of the war group said with satisfaction: "It's almost done. The number of 6,000 is ready. We just need to go through the final test before going out."
Having experienced an expedition, they decided to follow our Lord's instructions and led more than 2,000 new troops to conduct a drill before actually setting off.
"Niu Shi is not allowed to be recruited this time, and several of Niu Shi's disciples have been included in the research team on the Temple Mount. I am afraid that the law monks in the new army will make mistakes in the positioning method, so I just take this opportunity to serve as
test!"
"Where is the destination?"
Everyone came to the shady place under the cliff, and someone took out a large atlas from his horse bag.
The album looks shabby and worn, and one glance at it shows that they have been doing a lot of research on it.
They don't have enough brains to manage the affairs of the city or figure out the will of our Lord, but when it comes to war...
No one can look down upon the balance.
Maybe they are not as smart and far-sighted as bull shit, but they already have a set of battle templates in mind.
Along the expedition route, you need to look for bison herds, water sources and other supplies based on geographical advantages.
Besides, there's nothing to worry about.
The balanced cavalry is invincible in the world.
Climbing the mountain and others studied for a while, and they had a definite goal——
"Just choose here."
"Fountain of the Desert."
The so-called Desert Springs is of course not Palm Springs, but another desert oasis located in the southeastern corner of Nevada.
in the hereafter.
First, the Spanish colonists traveled from the south to the north and arrived in North America, where they found tribal settlements and established their own villages and towns.
They named it "fertile green grass", which if translated from Spanish is "Las Vegas"!
After the founding of Mexico, this area was controlled by Mexicans.
But after the Mexican-American War ended, this place naturally became owned by the Americans.
In the southeast, there is the Colorado River flowing down. Later, the Hoover Dam was built to provide hydropower resources for southern California.
"During the first expedition, we did not take the road that led to this place. In fact, the distance between the two places was less than 600 kilometers."
"This exercise can pave the way for this new path."
"To the east from Desert Spring is the former tribe of the Hohokam people, Region 3!"
Someone said: "My Lord has already planned that the trip to the great city of Hohokam should start from Palm Springs, and the road construction plan has also been drawn up here."
Climbing the mountain said calmly: "I have no intention of disobeying my Lord's will. The purpose of this trip is a test, but if I can perfect the balanced road signs on the big map, it will also be a credit!"
The words end here.
Everyone nodded and reached a consensus, "Praise for balance!"
At this time, there was restlessness in the sky in the distance.
They were immediately surprised: "The holy weapon of balance is the arrival of our Lord!"
Everyone quickly mounted their horses and rushed to the No. 9 city. They arrived just before the arrival of our Lord and welcomed and worshiped with all the people.
Zhou Li'an and Xue Nu got off the plane.
The snow girl immediately said: "How are the preparations for war going?"
Shan Shan and others were eager to give it a try, knowing that the expedition might be just around the corner, but they did not hide their feelings and chose to reveal their plans.
After hearing this, the snow girl couldn't make up her mind and turned to look at my lord.
Zhou Li'an pondered briefly.
The mountain climbers and others have made some progress by preparing for a rainy day.
When it comes to Las Vegas, it cannot be ignored.
This place sits in the southeast corner of Nevada and connects all directions.
Due north is the territory of Nevada, and to the west is California. In later times, it only took 4 hours to drive from Los Angeles to the Las Vegas Strip.
To the northeast you can reach Salt Lake City, Utah, and to the southeast you can reach Arizona.
Before the establishment of the Casino, it was an important troop transport station in the northwest, transporting equipment and weapons to the Pacific Front.
After the war, the area declined rapidly, and Nevada itself lacked economic pillar industries, so it opened up gambling licenses and became the world's casino city, thus prospering.
Zhou Li'an has no intention of recreating the glory of the casino in this world.
But we have to consider the development of California.
California is blocked by the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Only the north and south ends can connect to the outside, so advance planning is necessary.
Palm Springs connects the Southeast.
Las Vegas connects the Northeast.
Do not affect each other.
"It is a great achievement to open up a new road and benefit future generations!"
"This trip will lead to the 'Desert Spring', leaving marks along the way as a training test."
"If there are no problems after arrival, you can continue to leave without having to return."
Because there are already balanced road signs from Las Vegas to Phoenix.
The mountain climbers and others were very excited when they were recognized.
He also asked for advice: "My Lord, what is our final destination?"
Zhou Li'an didn't answer in a hurry, and ordered them to get up and go to the Balance Academy in No. 9 Dacheng.
After laying out the map.
Connect the dots and draw 4 segments.
The first section is a trial and a new path, starting from No. 9 City south to Canyonlands in Nevada, turning east and finally reaching the "Desert Spring" Las Vegas.
The whole journey is more than 500 kilometers.
The second section is from Las Vegas to the southeast, to the big city of Huohuokan, and just continues the path they have taken. The whole journey is more than 500 kilometers.
Leg 3, to Las Colosses, New Mexico.
This is the small American city that looks far away from Juarez in later generations. It is located on the border, but the natural environment is more favorable than Juarez.
"A city will be built here in the future. When you take the new army on a trip, you can also do a geographical survey, collect information and bring it back to the craftsmen to study the city construction plan."
In the future, if we move eastward, we will not be able to just hunker down and build cities in each state.
If the city is not built, it will be extremely difficult to connect roads and railway networks in the future without connections and supplies along the way.
In later generations, countless towns in the United States grew up due to the construction of railroads, but Zhou Li'an was not a passive character, but directly made plans and connected dots.
Roads and railways are built, and each city is used as a stronghold, which can be used to extend to the east, west, north and south, and connect the roads to each other.
"The fourth section, which is also the last section, goes straight south and into the mountains!"
"The first is to find out the location of several copper mines in a balanced way. I will give you guidance marks. You and others need to let the law monks use the positioning method to determine their locations and bring back the samples!"
"The second is to open up a new road, make all the tribes in the 'Great Copper Valley' surrender and be balanced, and lead them to migrate back!"
"The third and most important task is that the sinful king of the Aztecs has arrived in the mountains and is heading north, shouting praises and repentance, hoping to be summoned by me!"
"You need to let them see the majesty of the Kinkou Cavalry, guide him to return to Kinkou, come before me, and offer his heart of repentance and redemption!"
Zhou Li'an spoke slowly so that they would not be able to remember or absorb what he said.
The first is prospecting, copper mines.
Nevada is also a major producer of copper, but most of it is hidden deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. To balance the current capacity, mining and transportation are too difficult.
Most of the minerals in the "Great Copper Valley" are stored on the surface.
Although it is located in the Cordillera Mountains, the so-called "Great Copper Valley" comes from the fact that there are many large canyons in the mountains that serve as natural roads.
The size of its canyon is comparable to that of the "American Grand Canyon".
Since the 17th century, it has been a major mining area for the Spanish.
During the U.S.-Mexico era, railways were built along this geographical boundary to transport minerals. After the mining area was exhausted, it became the Grand Canyon tourist area.
However, because the mining time was too early, the corresponding records were difficult to query. Only the coordinates of modern abandoned mines were found by Barbara.
There is a ready-made homework, Zhou Li'an only needs to copy it.
The copper mine here will quickly promote balanced industrial development.
The advance troops set road signs so that a road could be built southward from New Mexico in the future.
Finally, make the king of sin surrender to balance.
After everyone listened, they digested the information for a while, and then climbed the mountain and exclaimed: "My Lord, how can we forgive those sinners who blasphemed my Lord, Balance, and believed in false gods?"
"We shall use the sword of judgment to punish the sins!"
Snow Girl had already received Zhou Li'an's will and gave the answer without him having to ask: "The king of sin has already been tested by the punishment of sin. He sacrificed his body and mind to be balanced and won the attention of my lord!"
"He is repenting with redemption, purifying his sins with baptism, and guiding all the people along the way to worship Kinkou, so that Kinkou's glory will fill the earth and spread the will of Kinkou, our Lord!"
"Tonight, the sin king's road to redemption will be broadcast in 10 cities. This is not only to warn everyone against false beliefs, but also to show the generosity and mercy of our Lord and true God!"
After hearing the witch's will, everyone's expressions immediately calmed down and became pious——
"Praise my Lord, praise the balance!"
It's night.
In various city squares, movie screenings began.
Zhou Li'an has already edited every bit of the Sin King's "Road to Redemption", pieced it together into a sufficient length, and distributed copies to the law monks in charge of screening in various cities.
In the first scene, the camp where more than 2,000 troops imprisoned and escorted the King of Sin was swallowed up by the divine flames of thunder and fell into a hell of destruction.
The people of Balance, who thought they had seen God's punishment, were all shocked.
They had seen divine punishment coming several times...
Such as the great city of Hohokam; such as the collapse of temples in the cities of the city-state alliance, which have long been imprinted in everyone's hearts.
But in front of me...
The camp with thousands of people was destroyed in an instant.
People cannot empathize with buildings, but they know the meaning of life.
As each life was swallowed up, they felt cold all over their bodies and their breaths froze.
The lives of mortals and the power of our Lord are too small.
For this reason, we should praise Him, believe in Him, grant blessings and grace to all people, and build a happy kingdom.
After dawn.
The plains and valleys outside the mountains turned into scorched earth.
Thick smoke from the divine punishment still lingers everywhere, and corpses are scattered everywhere, in pieces.
The screen changes.
When they came to the sinful king and the great scholar, they took out the statue of our Lord's true body, worshiped it devoutly, and prayed for survival in the mountains to embark on the road to salvation.
After a long time, he met the tribes in the mountains and passed down the will of Balance, so that the pilgrimage team continued to grow.
At this point, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and faintly replaced themselves, becoming the King of Sin...
I hope that he will succeed, go through countless hardships, and finally be baptized to purify his sins, redeem him and his people, and be enveloped in balanced glory.
But just as the plot was getting better, the shots changed again.
Aztec, city in the lake.
Countless people gathered around a giant statue to worship and praise, and the statue already saw the majestic outline of the Lord of Balance.
More importantly...
Compared with the huge palaces in the bustling city, the scale of the statue is not inferior.
The sinners in the southern part of the world actually built a 30-meter-long statue to pray for forgiveness and salvation.
No. 10 Ayutthaya.
Seeing all this, Shanshan and others have already understood our Lord's will, and they can only sigh in their hearts for our Lord's balanced kindness.
At the same time, they respect the strong.
Seeing the young man and his servants growing their troops step by step from the wilderness, and firming up their redemption and repentance, and balancing their beliefs, I felt a sense of respect and emotion in my heart.
"Everyone!"
"Let us guide the King of Sin to return and see the balanced glory of our Lord!"
"Even if he will eventually be judged and annihilated, this is the greatest glory of his life!!"
"Praise for balance!"
Equilibrium 12 years, August 10th.
2000 troops lead the Oracle of Balance and embark on a new journey.