Li Wei led the dog down the steep slope of the basin, and then walked towards this weird village.
He looked carefully and found that there were no protections such as barriers, let alone city walls or temples and shrines. The villages here were like an isolated peach blossom garden.
This is a basin guarded by several mountains, but he and his dog encountered many strange and strange enemies all the way here. There were even terrifying and strange monsters the size of the mountains. He could swallow several kilometers with his mouth open. This kind of weirdness can even wipe out a big city like Kyoto at any time.
With such a size, even the Yamata no Orochi, which is more than fifty meters long, looks like an earthworm in front of it.
But this place, which is only isolated for a hundred miles, looks like a paradise.
"Douwan, have you roughly estimated where we are?" Levi asked.
"Let me think about it, we walked about 400 miles past Mount Hiei and met that mountain-like monster, and then we ran desperately for more than two hours. We should be more than 700 miles away from Kyoto now. Yes." Gouzi estimated.
Li Wei also calculated in his mind. If Gouzi's estimate is similar, they should be nearly 300 kilometers away from Kyoto now. In other words, they are already close to the extreme north of Weihara Island, and they probably won't be able to go any further. When you reach 200 kilometers away, you will see the sea and Hokkaido.
"Let's take a break here today. You haven't eaten anything all day, right." Levi touched the dog's head.
Originally, he was going to take a rest on the road, but something like that happened just when he was roasting potatoes, which basically left Levi and Gouzi without food or water for the whole day.
This boy doesn't have any spiritual power, and his physique can only be said to be above average. How can he drive away demons with his strength?
Especially in this era, the weak monsters have long since died, and those who survive are either extremely strong or extremely stubborn. How can he, an ordinary person, really drive away the monsters?
That was all four hundred years ago during the Izumo Kingdom period. There is no way that the monsters in the organization called "The Eternal Isolation of Utopia" were the monsters who saw Orochi being chopped up and then came here in that era.
"Ah, do the guests need blankets? You just gave us too many blankets. How about taking away all the wood in the house?" The dark-skinned boy sheepishly took out Levi's blanket. broken silver.
This small piece of broken silver was enough for their family to live for a long time.
"Thank you, guest." Shiro Shiro was not polite and took the potatoes.
"By the way, guest, are you coming outside? Isn't it very dangerous outside? It is said that you may be eaten by monsters at any time?" Shiba Shiro asked with some fear.
"Yes, yes, our ideal hometown is a land blessed by mountain gods. Anyone who is 30 years old will go to the mountains to fight against foreign enemies with the mountain gods. However, those people have not come back. I am afraid it is really dangerous outside. The mountain gods and parents They have been trying their best to maintain our peace." Shiro Shiro said.
"Orocha Rebellion?"
"Utopia? What a strange name. If it's called Ideal Village or Fantasy Village, I think it's normal." Levi quickly recovered, patted the dog's head and winked at Doumaru.
"Is it really okay?" Ami seemed to have a light in his eyes, and Doumaru also collapsed on the ground and began to show his belly in a cute way.
He was able to analyze some information just like this, and it seemed that just as the boy said, they were brothers and sisters who depended on each other, and he could see that the boy loved his sister very much.
"Ah, my name is Shiba Shiro, and this is my sister Amihu. Our family is the woodworker here, and we have nothing to do to entertain guests." The boy named Shiba Shiro touched his head in embarrassment.
"Sorry, sorry, my sister prefers small animals."
"Okay, I'll excuse you for the rest of the night. I'll go ask your village chief tomorrow." Li Wei smiled and drank the hot water in the bamboo cup in his hand.
"We are from the City of Gods." Li Wei lied for the time being.
"It should be so, but we haven't had outsiders come in for a long time. The last time a stranger came in was a few years ago." Chai Shilang said, "Guest, where are you from?"
The room became quiet for an instant, and not long after, the wooden door was slowly opened, and a young man who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old slowly looked at Levi and Doumaru beside him, seeming very surprised.
"Weird? I don't know what weird is. Well, guest, the old village chief is the wisest person here. He may know other things. I will take you over to meet him tomorrow." Chai Shilang continued,
"As for the monster you are talking about, guest, you are talking about monsters, right? Occasionally there will be monsters causing trouble in the village, but they will be driven away. I have chased away the rat monsters that stole crops."
"Our ancestors have been here for generations. I heard from the old people that during the Orochi Rebellion, our ancestors fled to this desperate situation and never left again. We have lived here for generations." Chai Shilang looked at it.
I looked at the potatoes that Li Wei had placed next to the charcoal fire. At this time, the aroma of the potatoes being roasted was already emitting.
Li Wei looked at the little girl. She was fair and fair. After changing out of her linen clothes, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was the eldest daughter of a noble family. However, this Shiba Shiro was dark and had traces of wind and frost on her skin.
Li Wei then continued to ask: "Speaking of which, are you safe here? Have you not encountered any monsters or weird things causing trouble?"
The little girl took the dog into the inner hut, and at this time, only Li Wei and Chai Shilang were left in the hall.
"Amihu, a guest is coming!" the boy shouted into the room.
It's not impossible.
"We are not bad people, we are travelers preparing to go to Ezo, and we are passing by here to stay overnight." Levi's hand went deep into his sleeve, and in fact he slowly took out a little bit of broken silver from the different space. He took a few steps back,
Let the dog bite the broken silver and put it at the door.
"How long have you lived here?" Levi asked.
"Guest, please use it slowly, it's not a good reception." The little girl named Amihu bowed in a decent manner.
Then Li Wei saw a little girl who was still looking very cute in linen clothes walking out. She looked about twelve or thirteen years old. She took out a few bamboo cups, and then poured hot water from the charcoal fire into the bamboo cups.
On the cup.
Then Levi saw the fourteen or fifteen-year-old kid opposite him and swallowed his saliva. Otherwise, the aroma of potatoes after roasting was too strong. Several members of the potato family were like this, especially sweet potatoes. After roasting,
The natural smell is a killer for people in this era.
"Dong dong dong." Levi knocked on the door and said, "Excuse me, we are travelers from the south. Please stay one night."
"Then come in, it's very cold outside." The boy opened the door, seemingly without much caution at all.
Doumaru also understood what Levi meant. He disguised himself as a familiar Shiba Inu and ran to Amihu's side. They rubbed each other affectionately and passed the test in a cute way.
Levi nodded.
It is not a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple, but like the mountain spirits that the indigenous people believe in. They build a shed with wood and put the original gods made of wood and soil inside.
There are still many lights in the villages in the distance.
"Mountain God?" Li Wei was confused.
"Okay." After Levi said this, he winked at Doumaru again, and Doumaru also blinked slightly, as if to say that he would take care of this little girl.
He asked Gouzi to send the little girl away so that both parties could obtain information separately, and then they would meet together to summarize it.
If it was twenty years ago, that is, before the weird outbreak, Li Wei, an isolated village like this, might have felt normal. But now that even the five major capitals are facing weird situations, Li Wei doesn't think such a small village is normal.
Villages can survive here.
He couldn't help but swallow.
Levi asked casually: "Where are your parents?"
Even further forward, Li Wei saw artificially planted bamboo forests, mulberry trees and a temple.
"Woof!" Douman shouted in unison.
"A name? There doesn't seem to be a name here. We are always called by the name of the village." Chai Shilang said, seeming to have thought of something, "By the way, I seem to have heard the village chief grandpa say the name of our place.
It seems to be called... Utopia!"
"It's okay. Doumaru also likes to play with children. By the way, I just mentioned that this place is called Ideal Township? Does that mean your village is called Ideal Township?" Nie continued to ask.
He almost thought that his alien dimension had been exposed. There were at least one or two tons of firewood in half the house. How could he take it away?
The more Li Wei listened, the weirder he felt, and he hesitated to speak.
And Amihu also bowed slightly again.
"Are you from outside the mountain?" The boy seemed very shocked.
At this time, the potatoes were almost ripe. He opened a piece of potato and ate it.
"Yes, yes, we passed by here." Levi continued.
"Ah, that's really thanks to the blessing of the mountain god. It allows us to live smoothly and peacefully in Utopia without any monsters coming out to cause trouble." The boy made a strange praying gesture in his hand, which seemed to be a local sign of theirs.
Special prayers.
"No, no, no, no, we actually brought very convenient food." Levi took out a few potatoes from his sleeves and slowly placed them next to the charcoal fire.
Then the dark-skinned boy took out some food from the house, which was highland barley and some wild vegetables, and seemed to be preparing to cook for Li Wei.
He himself has no big problem. Since his psychic ascension, his body has been able to store energy into "pseudo neutrons", and when needed, decompose the pseudo neutrons into protons and electrons to produce energy that surpasses nuclear transformation.
"Ah, two years ago, my parents went with the mountain gods to defend against foreign enemies. By the way, I remembered that the strange monsters you mentioned, could it be the mountain gods who had resisted all these monsters outside the mountains.
"Chai Shilang suddenly hammered his hand, as if he suddenly understood.
"What's wrong with the dog hook?" The little girl also touched the dog's head, and Doumaru showed an expression of enjoyment.
"Sorry, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Levi, and I am a lost traveler. Next to me is my partner Doumaru." Levi touched the Shiba Inu's head.
This made Levi's face even more weird.
"Woof!" The dog-like atmosphere barked. At least if he had a dog with him, he wouldn't look like a bad person.
But the dog can't stand it, and the riding skills are just squeezing the energy in his body. If he doesn't eat today, Levi is afraid that it will die suddenly. Otherwise, it would be a pity that such a useful 996 mount would be lost like this.
"I'm sorry to disturb you two late at night. It's just that we really lost our way. We were originally planning to go to the north, but the heavy snow blocked us. There are mountains everywhere. I don't know how we got here. I want to ask,
What's the name of your village?" Li Wei asked tentatively.
At this time, Li Wei also led the dog and slowly walked into the house. The inside was very simple and plain, just like an ordinary farmhouse. The only thing that was a little different was that half the house was filled with wood.
"Is there no one in your village who is over 30 years old?" Li Wei frowned. He always felt that something was wrong, and he had an extremely terrifying suspicion.
As he expected, there were people in every house, and if he looked carefully he could even hear the sounds inside. After walking for a while, he saw the door of a wooden house open.
Levi and Douwan looked at each other, not knowing what they were thinking, and walked in just like that.
Levi: "..."
"Ah? Shendu..." Chai Shilang scratched his head, as if he didn't even know where Shendu was or what it was.
Gradually, Li Wei walked into the village.
"You should have a taste too." Levi handed him a piece of baked potato.
The room was stained with charcoal fire, and there were two figures who seemed to be still asleep.
In an instant, all the water in the bamboo cup in Levi's hand spilled out, and the dog's tail, which was wagging like a propeller, stopped at this time, with an expression on his face that he had seen a ghost.
"It is a very affectionate Shiba Inu. You can take it to play with it." Levi said with a smile.
The boy's face was very dark, as if he was invisible at this night.
Looking at the swarthy boy, he seemed to really feel that the silver scraps given by Li Wei were too much.
When he was at the top of the mountain, Levi saw the crowds, and when he walked in, he found it even more enlightened. There were cultivated fields everywhere, with ravines connecting a small lake in the distance. The fields were all freshly harvested flax or flax.
It's highland barley.
"No, just like the village chief grandpa, he must be over sixty years old. He is a very good person. He took care of us for a while when our parents went to fight against the enemy. Guest, do you have anything else to ask?
Just ask the village chief grandpa tomorrow." Chai Shilang said.
Levi nodded and stopped worrying. Not long after, the little girl also walked out with the dog. The dog ate more than ten potatoes in a row. It was really exhausted today.
After resting and eating and drinking, Chai Shilang took Li Wei to the back room and rested here for the night.
After closing the door, Doumu Dog watched them leave through the crack in the door, then came to Levi and said: "Boss, something is not right. I found that there is a big problem in this village."