On the eighth day of August, the first day of the Daqing Provincial Examination, a meteor fell from the sky.
Suddenly some ragged soldiers appeared in Zhongzhou.
These soldiers were scattered in various places in Zhongzhou, including mountains, rivers, lakes, towns, and fields.
They wore armor made of various rattans, wooden boards, and stones, and held various copper weapons with cracked and curled blades. They looked around like people who had never seen the world.
Xiaohe Village also welcomed such an uninvited guest.
Ge Ping'an was playing in the courtyard when he suddenly saw a big brother standing in front of him. He was about to shout out in surprise, but found that this was not Brother Su whom he had not seen for a long time.
The eldest brother was missing an ear and an eye, and looked extremely embarrassed.
Moreover, the other party was obviously not very old, but Ge Ping'an could see the kindness in the one eye that looked at him.
"Abba! Abba! Someone is looking for you!"
Ge Pingan was stunned for a moment, then turned and rushed into the house.
The young soldier thought that he had frightened him, and was immediately at a loss what to do, with a look of shame on his face.
As he turned around and walked out, a voice suddenly called him from behind.
"Ancestors, please stay!"
Officer Ge came out of the house with Ge Ping'an and shouted loudly to persuade him to stay.
The soldier turned around and bowed deeply to Officer Ge: "I've shocked your baby, I can't help you."
"Our ancestors must not do this!"
Officer Ge was shocked and turned pale. After running away, he took Xiao Ping'an to the soldier, straightened his clothes and lifted the hem of his clothes.
Then he just touched his knees to the ground and knelt down.
The soldier was a little dazed and looked at him inexplicably.
"The ancestors are above, and the people of future generations, Ge Changming, will bow and worship here!"
After speaking, Yuan Ge respectfully kowtowed to the young soldier three times.
Only then did the soldier react. He waved his hands and said sheepishly: "No, no, no..."
This isn't the end yet.
Officer Ge stood up and glared at Xiao Ping'an sternly.
Ge Ping'an suddenly understood, and he knelt down like his father: "The ancestors are above, and the future generations, Ge Ping'an, bow down here!"
The three heads kowtowed equally loudly, and when they were lifted up they were already a little blue.
"This this……"
The young soldier felt heartbroken and quickly stretched out his hand to help Ge Ping'an.
However, his hand passed across Ge Ping'an's body without any substantial contact.
The soldier froze on the spot.
Yes, I... am already dead.
He has been dead for who knows how long.
Now, we have only obtained the strength of all the people and gained a short period of sobriety. How can we force anything else?
An unspeakable loneliness rose in his heart, leaving him unable to speak for a long time.
At this time, many villagers from Xiaohe Village stopped outside the yard.
The previous visions were all over the sky, and even in Xiaohe Village, which was so far away from Yangjing, one could clearly see the scene.
Even if these villagers have never read any books, they can still roughly know that this young soldier is the ancestor of the human race who fought against the demon clan.
These farmers and women, who usually do nothing but farm, suddenly put down the hoes and poles they were carrying on their shoulders.
He did not enter the courtyard, but knelt down outside the gate and kowtowed to the soldiers.
"My descendant, Liu Erzhu, kowtows to you!"
"Descendant Zhang Cuihua, thank you!"
"Descendants..."
As everyone, regardless of gender, young or old, kowtowed one by one, the young soldiers began to tremble slightly.
"..."
The soldier's lips trembled a little. He obviously had no physical body, as if his throat was blocked by something, and he couldn't say a word.
I remember back then, when the monster clan was raging, my father died in battle, my mother died in battle, my brother was eaten until there were only a few rags left, and my sister was kidnapped in her infancy, and she didn't know whether she was alive or dead.
In the end, he also died in the battle with the demon clan.
Perhaps he was still young at that time, and all he wanted to do was avenge his relatives and let the demon clan pay with their blood.
But now that he saw this scene, he felt that it was worth it.
The death of parents, siblings, was worth it.
My own death is worth it.
Now, I can see with my own eyes the future generations and the human race in the future generations. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?
In the excitement, the young soldier thought of a question and suddenly asked: "Where are your weapons and armor?"
"Weapons and armor?"
Everyone looked at each other, and someone replied: "We don't have any armor."
"No armor?"
The soldier was stunned and asked in confusion: "Without armor, how can we resist the demon clan when it comes?"
"The demon clan..."
Everyone looked at each other, then smiled and spoke.
"There are no monsters now!"
"The demon clan has been destroyed long ago."
"We have never seen demon clan before."
"There have been no demon clans in Zhongzhou for many years..."
"..."
The demon clan... was destroyed?
The young soldier fell into a daze, and his back, which had been straight just a moment ago, suddenly stooped.
"The demon clan is destroyed?"
"no no……"
"You must be comforting me, right?"
"Yes, that must be the case..."
"You were afraid that I would be uneasy when I left, so you said nice things to comfort me. Just like when my eldest brother and my mother left, I told them that I had taken revenge..."
The soldier was trembling all over and speaking incoherently.
These villagers have never read any books. They only know that the demon clan was destroyed, but they don't know how.
Seeing the appearance of the ancestors, they could only turn their attention to Mr. Ge.
"Return to the ancestors."
Ge Yuanwai clasped his fists and said: "After martial arts, Confucianism and Taoism were born. The demon clan is to Confucianism and Taoism, just like a baby is to the demon clan, it will be destroyed with a flip of the palm!"
"Confucianism...Taoism?"
The soldier raised his head and stared blankly at Yuan Ge.
"Safety."
Officer Ge shouted.
Xiaopingan stepped forward, closed his eyes and stretched out his hand.
After a while, my face turned red from suppressing it.
But a touch of cyan mist also appeared in his palm, lingering in the air.
"Ancestors, please see, this is the talent of Confucianism and Taoism. It has the absolute ability to suppress the demon clan."
Ge Pingan explained.
In fact, there is no need to explain. As someone who has fought against monsters, the soldiers understood it as soon as that talent appeared.
This seemingly immature and weak mist really has the power to suppress the demon clan!
"well……"
The soldier came close to Ge Ping'an's palm and fully felt the fluctuations of his talent.
In that small mist, he seemed to see the emergence of Confucianism and Taoism, and the reversal of strength between the two races.
The human race, which was once wantonly slaughtered and devoured, can in turn kill the demon race at will.
Just by imagining this, the grief and anger that had been suppressed for a long time began to dissolve.
"Okay, okay, okay..."
The soldier gritted his teeth and nodded repeatedly.
Everyone noticed that the soldier's body, which was originally solid, began to look unreal.
Xu Shan, the leader of the village, quickly walked out of the crowd, bowed and asked: "If you dare to ask about the names of our ancestors, Xiaohe Village is willing to erect statues for our ancestors, worship them day and night, and praise the names of our ancestors."
As soon as this was said, the villagers responded one after another.
"Yes! We want to erect a statue for our ancestors!"
“I, Lao Wang, will have a share of the money for the statue!”
"Although I, Liu Erzhu, come from a poor family, I have a lot of strength, so I must erect a statue!"
"..."
"Statue?"
The soldier was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "Well done to you, well done..."
"Ancestors..."
Xu Shan wanted to say more, but heard a soft sound of "peng".
The young soldier suddenly decomposed into countless light spots and scattered in all directions.
"Ancestors!"
"this!"
"..."
This scene caught everyone off guard and they all screamed in surprise.
But those scattered light spots did not go far, and fell into everyone's bodies one after another.
Everyone's body was shaken, and they felt that their whole bodies suddenly became much lighter. The parts that had been so sore in the past no longer felt any strangeness.
Ge Yuanwai sighed, bowed his head to the ground, and said loudly: "Best farewell to our ancestors!"
"I am waiting for the descendants to send my ancestors a respectful farewell!"
All the villagers bowed down together.
………
There is no return pass, above the city wall.
"Are you injured?"
A doubtful voice sounded behind Shen Tiannan.
Shen Tiannan suddenly turned around, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he quickly knelt down on one knee: "Shen Tiannan, the future leader of the Chisong Army, pays homage to the ancestors of the human race."
The person standing in front of him was the former commander-in-chief of the Sky Army.
"No need to be like this, I just felt the blood-evil spirit rising to the sky here, and thought I was fighting against the demon clan, so I came here to take a look."
The general waved his hand.
"The ancestors didn't know something..."
At the moment, Shen Tiannan highlighted the key points of the birth of Confucianism and Taoism, the suppression of the demon clan, and the troubles caused by the barbarians.
After a long time, the general fully digested the information and asked: "Since Confucianism and Taoism are so strong, why not destroy the barbarians as well?"
"Confucianism and Taoism have no ability to suppress barbarians, and they are far inferior to martial arts in dealing with enemies."
As Shen Tiannan spoke, he sighed: "However, nowadays, people are no longer in danger of survival, and there are fewer and fewer martial arts practitioners. It is already very difficult to maintain the current stalemate."
"The human race has developed Confucianism and Taoism. Is it possible that the barbarians... evolved from the demon race?"
The general asked thoughtfully.
"There has indeed been such speculation, but it has never been verified."
Shen Tiannan replied, "Moreover, the barbarians are similar in appearance to the human race, and do not have the strange and strange bodies of the monster races..."
There was a sentence that Shen Tiannan held back.
Among the Zhuhe faction in Daqing, there is a saying that "the barbarians are a branch of the human race and should live in harmony with each other."
The general thought thoughtfully, then asked again: "Has your martial arts reached the peak of the six realms? Because you are injured, you have not been able to break through?"
"You can't hide it from our ancestors."
Shen Tiannan nodded.
"In that case, I won't stay any longer."
The general smiled slightly.
Before Shen Tiannan could understand, he saw the general's solid body quickly become illusory, and then turned into countless light spots, swarming towards him.
In the blink of an eye, those light spots disappeared into Shen Tiannan's body one after another, and not a single one was left.
Feeling the changes in my body, I felt a mixture of great surprise and sadness.
Shen Tiannan cupped his fists and bowed: "My descendant Shen Tiannan, on behalf of the people of Zhongzhou, thanks our ancestors for their gift!"
After getting up, Shen Tiannan strode away.
"Come here, summon the military advisors and the generals to discuss matters!"
………
Scenes similar to those in Xiaohe Village and Wuhuiguan appeared in various places in Zhongzhou on this day.
In fact, with the single-minded blessing of all the people, these soldiers could have had more time to take a good look at the prosperity of the human race.
But without exception, they all chose to become points of light and benefit the land, the land or the people.
Don’t they miss the human world?
No, they are nostalgic, even more nostalgic than anyone living in the present.
But they want to do something more for the human race.