The layout of Black Pine Town is different from other places.
An ordinary small town is connected in all directions, with a road running through the whole town, and buildings built along the road, row after row.
Black Pine Town is more like a fortress than a city.
Surrounding the town is a high rampart with sharp wooden spikes. Under the thick wooden boards, rangers wearing leather armor are stationed at the gate. On the high tower, they look like they are about to fight.
What the status looks like.
This is a small town located on the edge of the Black Forest. It can be regarded as the deepest place where ordinary humans live in the Black Forest.
Lu Jian could see the older men working. They cut down the trees in the black forest and made them into lumber for transportation. Some of them were drying animal skins, dried meat, and various herbs. This place seemed more like a temporary
A stronghold rather than a small town in which to live.
"There are not people here all year round. People will only stay here when it is relatively safe. In two days, they will leave and return to the outside of the Black Forest."
Birmingham explained.
"Why don't they live outside the Black Forest? It should be safer that way, right?"
Lu Tan couldn't help but ask.
"This was once just outside the Black Forest..."
Birmingham's voice deepened.
"The black forest is alive. Every demonic tide is an expansion of the black forest. The places swept by the demonic tide will breed trees and eventually become part of the black forest. This is why we must resist the demonic tide."
"In other words, this town was originally a small town outside the Black Forest. Later, due to the arrival of the demonic tide, it was gradually swallowed up by the forest..."
Lu Jian had some enlightenment.
It seems that this is the real way of pollution in the Kingdom of Darkness.
The demonic tide when the blood moon comes will kill humans and pollute the land. The black forest takes the opportunity to expand, covering the earth like a carpet of fungus. Perhaps this foreign land was originally a normal planet, and the black forest is only a small part, but with the demonic tide once
Another invasion, and finally the black forest covered most of the land. When the black forest completely occupies the last inch of pure land, the Kingdom of Night will also fall into eternal night.
He looked back at the deep forest. Perhaps it was once a farmland, a school, and a home.
But now, it's all bad land.
This is also the reason why the Kingdom of Darkness needs to resist the demonic tide. Avoiding the demonic tide and letting the residents retreat beyond the influence of the demonic tide is indeed a way, but this will inevitably lead to the fall of the land and ultimately there is no way to retreat.
"If you seek peace through struggle, you will survive in peace; if you seek peace through compromise, you will perish in peace."
Lu Tan sighed with emotion.
"Well said!"
When Birmingham heard Lu Tian's words, his eyes widened, and he felt a sense of relief that "he is worthy of being my little brother."
"If everyone could have your enlightenment, there would be no need to worry that the demonic tide would destroy us, because if one me falls, there are still thousands of me."
"Is there anyone still unwilling to resist the demonic tide?"
Lu Tan understood the meaning of Birmingham's words.
"Many people don't have an intuitive understanding of the Black Forest. They think it's just a monster. They are in a safe inland and have lost their sense of crisis."
Although he is young, Birmingham looks concerned about his country and his people and is very ambitious.
For example, in the dry water town that Lu Tian had visited before, the people of the Hai family and the townspeople there were ignorant, ignorant, and numb. Now it seems that there is probably a safe environment there, but it allows cults to breed.
Due to internal and external troubles, the Kingdom of Night is in danger.
Lu Tiao saw that the commander and a mage were communicating with the person in charge of Black Pine Town.
"You must leave here immediately and go to the Black Castle. The red moon will rise soon and the demonic tide will come. It will become colder here and there will be more monsters. With your weapons, there is no way to defend it."
The commander said to the steward of Black Pine Town in a commanding tone.
"We will evacuate tonight. We still have the last batch of materials to be loaded onto the truck. These rangers will also go to Black Castle with us."
The steward pointed to the herbs and animal skins that had not been put away, as well as the untreated wood.
"This time the demonic tide is eternal darkness, and the magic infection will arrive at the front line tonight, there is no need to delay."
A mage looked at the sky exposed among the trees and said solemnly.
"Eternal Darkness? Isn't the Demonic Tide Frost?"
Lu Tan asked subconsciously.
Hearing Lu Tan's words, the mage looked over strangely.
"Who told you?"
The mages, commanders, and managers of Black Pine Town all stared at Lu Jian.
Birmingham was speechless, but after being stunned for a moment, he still stood in front of Lu Jian.
"He might just be confused..."
"Get out of your way."
The mage said something that made Birmingham completely unable to move and unable to even utter a word.
The mage looked at Lu Jian. The man had dark blue eyes and seemed to be about the same age as Lu Jian.
"According to the observations of the Observation Center, this time's demonic tide is Eternal Darkness, the sixth of the twelve demonic tides. When Eternal Darkness comes, the whole world will fall into lightless darkness. If you are in darkness for more than
After a while, you will be devoured by monsters."
The mage's words made others look in fear. Sometimes the demonic tide occurs once a year, sometimes several times a year. In recent years, there have been at least three times every year. Some of the veterans among the rangers have experienced multiple demonic tides.
, naturally very aware of the horror of each demonic tide.
"What about the frost?"
Lu Tiao was not afraid. He had never seen it before, so he should just listen to popular science.
"Frost is the third wave of magic, dominated by the winter wolf. The howl of the first wolf announces the arrival of the wave. In the frost, the temperature will drop below freezing, and the low temperature alone will kill most living things.
, the breath of the winter wolf can destroy most of the barriers."
The mage explained vividly, causing many people to stop what they were doing and come over to listen.
"According to the observations of the Observation Center, there is now a large-scale long night phenomenon to the west of Black Castle. This is a sign of the approaching eternal darkness. As for the frost, the current temperature is far from the severe winter when the frost is approaching."
He took out the map and could see that most of the map was the Black Forest, a piece of which was circled, and he could also see the location of the Black Castle Fortress and Black Pine Town.
This is already considered the depths of the Black Forest, and only the shadow of the city can be seen on the edge of the map.
Just looking at the intricate forest makes people feel suffocated. This is a world where humans are far weaker than monsters.
"The monster we hunted before..."
Lu Tan thought of the gray wolf with six legs and four eyes.
"These monsters are everywhere in the Black Forest. Maybe because the long night covered the Black Forest, they escaped from their original place of residence."
The mage explained.
"I see."
Lu Tan nodded.
Although he still felt that the voice he heard in [Madman's Knowledge] was not false, maybe the frost was hidden in the dark night.
On the other side, the mage looked at Lu Jian leaving and gave the commander a look.
"I'm going to ask the Gray Tower for the observation data of the past year. Maybe this demon tide is really unprecedented."