It's early spring, but the streets of the imperial capital are still desolate.
For several months, although people have been a little numb due to the war that has lasted for more than two years, life must go on and the war must continue.
And this war has already brought endless pain to the empire. China, this ancient and powerful empire, has already begun to decline due to exhausting attacks one after another.
Although the rear area is still calmer than the front line, the factories are increasingly filled with women and old people working hard.
Except for a small number of scholars, teachers, workers and peasants, professional and technical personnel, etc., who had to stay behind, almost all men of the right age - regardless of whether they were magic warriors or not, had been sent to the army after simple training in the military camp.
Ji Bei has become a magic-armored soldier who protects his family and his country.
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Most of them will soon become... cold names on a death notice.
After all... most ordinary people who have only been in the level of magician their whole lives, their magic armor is too weak - so weak that it can only withstand a few bullets, and so weak that it cannot withstand a knife from a barbarian soldier who is close at hand.
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However, people can only embark on the march north in the eyes of women and children - without the support of the huge magic armored soldiers, the Empire's magic war, a group soaked in blood and glory, no matter how hard they try, they will be too low.
The basic number also makes them unable to withstand the barbarian army, almost all of which are demon warriors, like wolves and tigers.
And once the empire collapses, no matter how afraid of death, no matter how afraid of pain, no matter how afraid of anything else... they will never dare to imagine letting their lovers, their children, and their descendants fall into the darkness of hundreds of years ago.
A scene. Perhaps, this time it was even worse - it was slavery, adultery, massacre, cruelty, the fall of civilization, and hell on earth.
They don't want to die, but they have no choice but to die.
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In the rear, except for the children, whose lives have not been disturbed, everyone is almost exhausted in this modern war with extremely fast pace and rapid blood loss, and even more...
They worked exhaustingly, returned home exhausted, took care of their children, and watched the empire's military intelligence reports on Magic Vision every night.
They cheer for every victory exhausted, and sigh for every defeat with dejected faces.
One day, with tears streaming down their faces, they would receive the death notice from the Imperial Armed Forces Headquarters. Trembling, they would tremble and lock the thin piece of paper in a bag left over from the last war, with these same things.
Put it in a small box with pieces of paper. Or come to the ancestor's spiritual place and burn it silently.
Later, their kind and strict father, who had held them in his arms and kissed them hard and spanked them hard when they were young; their faces still had green fibrous roots, and they were shy in front of the camera.
The smiling, heroic son; their dear husband who once promised an eternal alliance but could never continue his oath——
The photos they hang in their homes and miss them day and night will lose their colorful colors and turn into eternal black and white.
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But even though the ground is covered with blood, even though the rivers are full of flesh and blood, even though lovesickness is inflicted, and even though the tears are flowing in the river, the Chinese people still stand strong in this cruel war, as if they will never fall, and they seem... about to fall.
"The Imperial Team has defeated the Daling River!"
People gathered under the magic crystal screen in the Tianwumen Square of the Empire, excitedly admiring and admiring. Some of them were holding a piece of paper and a medal, with tears rolling down their cheeks.
"The barbarians have lost Mapoling! The Imperial Army has opened an opening for the heavily armored group to drive straight in!"
People rejoiced under the magic crystal screen again, and some people held pieces of paper and medals, laughing with tears in their eyes.
"His Royal Highness was forced to go out for the sake of the Mapoling battle, and is now trapped in a tight siege!"
People were speechless under the magic crystal screen. They looked at the screen worriedly, with infinite anxiety in their eyes.
"The third prince of the empire led a heavily armored group to launch an assault, and the barbarians were forced to retreat! Your Highness is safe! The entire empire's army is advancing on the snowy plains of the far north!"
Violent cheers suddenly erupted under the magic crystal screen, and people hugged and greeted each other. A few people's withered faces, which had been pale for several days, suddenly blushed.
"Barbarian conspiracy! Longer appears on the Eastern Front! The imperial army is about to be surrounded!"
The crowd suddenly became silent under the magic crystal screen, and their faces turned extremely pale. A few people cursed the Xilu people angrily, but more people began to look worried.
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In this way, people gathered under the magic crystal screen in Tianwumen Square, admiring and pale, facing the seemingly never-ending and never-ending battle reports day after day.
No one knows when these days will come to an end, but as long as these days continue, the crowds in front of Tianwumen Square will continue to surge.
Almost all the people in the imperial capital would gather in this square at the same time every day, unless they had other important matters.
No reason. Just because... maybe, here, there are many people like them. Maybe, here, sacrifice and loneliness will not be tightly entangled in everyone's heart. Maybe, here, they can
It feels like they are standing behind the front line, and it also makes the soldiers on the front line feel that they are standing together with the soldiers.
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At this time, in front of the Imperial Tianwumen Square, a girl who looked to be ten years old and extremely beautiful was looking at the screen blankly under the magic crystal screen.
Although the deep frown still cannot affect the stunning look of the girl's flawless face, it gives everyone who sees her the feeling that this girl is deeply worried.
What's strange is that behind her, there is a middle-aged figure with a knife who looks like a demon.
Although all imperial magic wars are divided into men, women, old and young, as long as they can still fight, they all go to the front line. But people in the imperial capital have long been familiar with this extremely beautiful girl who rushes from the Magic Energy Research Institute to the western suburbs every day.
He stood in front of the gate square for a long time, watching the battle report with them, laughing and crying together, and there would always be a demon warrior behind him.
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Behind you...following the Demonic War?
No one would doubt this, because... that is... a retainer from the Far North! A retainer of the Xie family in the Far North who was chartered by the empire and made everyone willing to let him stay in the rear.
And the girl he followed...
That is the contemporary flesh and blood Great Wall of the Empire, the sister of the sacrificed Empire twin legend Xingyao.
She was the sister-in-law of the Imperial Goddess who went deep into dangerous places on the front line regardless of danger, spread her halo, and protected their relatives on the front line, as well as all of them.
That was the sixth star Yaohunmai family in the empire, the only person in charge after the head and mistress left.
That is the hope for the future of the empire, the legal guardian and aunt of the two remaining glorious soul-born children of the Xie family in the far north.
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People looked at her as usual and looked at her with great respect.
"Your Highness, please don't worry, Your Highness Su will be fine!" This was a girl's voice.
"Yes, Your Highness, Your Highness Su has God's blessing, and the Empire has God's blessing!" The voice of a veteran who had lost one hand and one foot in the war also sounded.
"God will protect his good boy...Girl, don't worry about your sister-in-law. Although she is only Xie's daughter-in-law, she is as heroic as your Xie's ancestors. She and His Highness Ning are the symbols of the Great Wall of Blood and Blood of the Empire's contemporary heroes.
, Even though Your Highness Ning is gone, she will never fall, let alone be defeated."
An old woman looked at the girl's deeply furrowed eyebrows and comforted her softly.
People greeted her one after another, and the girl responded with a smile despite her frown.
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Then, the clear voice of the announcer on the magic crystal screen attracted people's attention.
"The Imperial Army has successfully retreated! The Goddess Guards have successfully retreated! Your Highness has successfully retreated!"
Suddenly, cheers rang out again, and a tsunami of applause suddenly broke out and spread in Tianwumen Square. People celebrated crazily, celebrating that they had waited for a long time and got the result they wanted most.
"Sister-in-law..."
The girl murmured, and a hint of excitement and blush suddenly appeared on her pale face.
However, on the magic crystal screen, another sentence from the announcer made the entire scene lose their voices collectively——
"The barbarians were strengthened by the Fifth Army, and under the command of Long Er, they advanced towards the Daling River, changed their defensive posture, and launched a full-scale cross-river attack."
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"How could...how dare they...haven't the empire been attacking them all the time?" One person murmured.
"Didn't you hear? The barbarians transferred the fifth legion from the east. In addition, that Long Er also came..." The other person started to look pale.
"Are we just a herd of pigs to the west? Let the barbarians be so bold that they dare to mobilize such a large legion? Let the barbarians mobilize such a large legion without knowing it?" The disabled veteran suddenly cursed angrily.
The crowd looked at each other.
"No, this may not be their fault..."
The girl suddenly murmured.
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Looking at the veteran's puzzled eyes, the girl paused and then explained: "In fact, the empire has paid great attention to strengthening reconnaissance work in this area since the four battles - but we didn't notice it either."
"It's very likely... they were slowly transferred here by Long Er in small groups... but he... no! I understand what he wants to do! If they take a defensive position in the west, they can indeed withdraw...
But why...could it be? Their ultimate goal is to launch an offensive again in the east? Has their strategy changed? First west then east, and then turn east when the empire is losing serious blood? Their real purpose is still first east then west?"
"What a secretive strategy, what a long-term plan! What a cruel trick!" The girl's face suddenly turned pale.
The crowd looked at her one after another, but she never spoke again.
"The empire is in danger..."
She murmured the conclusion to her analysis. (To be continued...)
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