our mountain

The world is a never-ending staircase.

Fang Ze also went up the stairs.

By the way, he poured out the sand in the shoes.

The wind that blows in the afternoon in Shajing is black. He skillfully covered half of his face with a scarf, dressed himself as a half-terrorist, moved on, twisted the screws around his waist, and hung the heavy earphones over his ears , making sure that the bulky terminal of the training camp is well attached to the body.

This was the beginning of the training camp, I wasn’t there, even though I was there I couldn’t recognize Fang Zeyi, I couldn’t even recognize that he was wearing the scarf I gave him with ulterior motives, it was from me, I bought it casually in a department store, and retweeted that I wove it by myself, and Fang Ze didn't pierce it, and the small floral and pink tassels turned gray and black in the sand.

As soon as the news of the training camp was released, Fang Ze also signed up to join.

To be honest, my relationship with him stays in the four words of wine and meat friends. When I say it is a boyfriend and girlfriend, I just treat him as the male version of Tang Yi. I don't know what he is thinking.

I didn't care what he was thinking, I always thought that I was a ladder for him to rise in the cultivation world, a business card of a traditional sect, and he was just my company when I was alone, and I used each other, that's all.

So, for the Heavenly Man, for the Liberal Party, and for my plan to take a gamble and go to Asura Hell, I don’t have the other party to say the same, nor do I have the idea to tell him, unlike my senior brother, I would like to explain one or two things .

But I can't stop him from wanting to know the truth.

The Liberal Party claims that it knows most of the truth. Under such circumstances, the Liberal Party’s pawns in the government and the military have mobilized all of their pawns to clear up all obstacles. The comprehension circle has given the green light for some reason. Perhaps it is because the times are changing so fast that no one can The wheel of history cannot be stopped from rolling forward.

I don't know if it was because he was angry that he was so close to the witness of the truth, me, and still missed the truth, or what.

This is the tenth day of the training camp, and Fang Ze is still in the first stage.

Of course, all are in the first stage.

Thousands of people were selected from tens of thousands of people to enter the training camp. In the first ten days, due to the violent sandstorm and the attack of the alien beasts airdropped by the Liberal Party, only 3000 people were left to walk in the sand. It is still decreasing—the names of the quitters are reported in real time in the live broadcast room, and a small number of crystal eyes are dangling in the sand.

I watched the live broadcast silently, looking for acquaintances in the list of all participants, and finally found the most acquainted person is Fang Zeyi, and Maizi.

As a prisoner, my treatment is really kind of good. I drink good tea and enough delicious snacks, sit in the soft recovery cabin and chew food, and the chairman who will make headlines when he appears in the newspaper drags Sitting next to me on a three-legged broken stool, he explained what happened before according to the things I saw.

Only then did I know that the Liberal Party's application for such a large area in the sandy territory and making such a big commotion was completely approved by the cultivation world.

"That is to say, you already knew about the existence of celestial beings?"

"It's an academic debate," the chairman and I explained while watching the live broadcast, "At the beginning of the establishment of the Federation, it was taken over from the Yaozu, but at first I didn't know what it was, only the Yaozu emperor and his remaining forces Here, because of political needs, some researchers were assigned to conduct research, and finally they knew the way to directly upload the human soul to the White Tower. After careful preparation, several pioneers entered the White Tower... After a run-in with the Yaozu , and took over the entire legacy of the Yaozu's research on heaven and man."

"But you know, the ideological war is much higher than the so-called aliens, celestial beings, and even the suspicion within the federation that this is a conspiracy of the demon race... At that time, there was a saying in the academic circles that the demons and spirits can be at the same time. Yuan's statement... It was a coincidence that human beings' fear of the monster race was so deep in their hearts that they couldn't look at it rationally. There was an overwhelming fear in the parliament and the Knights Alliance, thinking that this was the beginning of the monster race's counterattack to deceive humans... So, Aiming at the academic world, a purge campaign was launched, and all scholars who said that demons and psychics have the same origin...are accused of being spies."

I thought of the old man in Qinglong Walled City, and Tang Yi and I secretly researching this matter, so I nodded silently.

"Later, the parliament was changed, term after term, and this matter was not rehabilitated... and the first batch of researchers who entered the White Tower passed away one after another, and their reports proved without exception that what the Yaozu said That's right." The chairman looked at the cold water in my glass, raised his hand to reheat it, and handed it to me. I held the glass and listened very engrossed.

"Heavenly beings, aliens, no matter what they are called, what purpose they have, whether they are good or evil, if they are made public, it will only represent one thing..."

"fear?"

"Yes, panic. We don't understand them at all. Once the information is released to the public, the state of war has just ended. The economic development of the mortal world is still unstable. There are not many strong people in the cultivation world, and the management is scattered. Once people find out, I'm afraid that before the enemy comes to fight, our own social order will collapse, and then Huaxia Star will destroy itself."

I took a deep breath, I was still thinking about Tang Yi, she said something... similar.

"At that time, you should be still young, and you should not be aware of changes in the world... Ordinary people launch satellites more frequently. To be precise, the launch authority of commercial satellites has been opened, so that all large consortiums can launch their own satellites. Even In the parliament, the vast majority of people don't know what it is for. The cultivation world has also begun to plan reform and reorganization... But I can't explain it, so I can only say that it is for social development and so on, but in fact it is for the integration of forces. Time to prepare for action."

"My master has been to heaven and humans, but she is against reform." I said.

The chairman sighed: "She has never been involved in the affairs of the cultivation world, but she actually went directly to the heaven and man earlier than us... I think she may have been defeated by fear after going there. "

I disagreed, but I didn't say anything.

"The reform seems to be sudden, but in fact it has been planned for a long time, until a suitable opportunity."

"The demon fox is awake?"

"Yes, turn the fear of the unknown into a known power, and you know everything after that."

"Then the system is ready now? I've got news about heaven and man everywhere."

"It doesn't matter," the chairman smiled gently, "We just need another opportunity to convey the news of heaven and man to the people, because the concealment at the beginning is for better handling of affairs, and the long-term concealment is the deception of democracy. It hasn’t been long, and the officials are relatively clean and have ideals.”

I was going to wait for him to continue talking, but the old man pursed his mouth and said nothing, and I realized that he was waiting for me to draw inferences.

"Then let me make an observation, which may not be correct. Does Tang Yi's Tianrenjiao have the support of the cultivation world?"

The chairman nodded.

I remembered that in the White Tower in the sky, Tang Yi, the watcher, also established a Celestial Religion. The teachings are the same as now. She said that we have to respect the heavens and humans and remain in awe. In fact, what she did by herself is not convincing at all. In the end, people just She will go in the direction she thinks, instead of being in awe of any heavenly beings.

But I don't quite understand the reason, and her charisma also echoes everywhere.In the White Tower, letting people know that the world is fake can make people awaken, but in Huaxia Star, what if the people really see her endorsement and immediately remain in awe of heaven and man?

I told the chairman my thoughts, and the chairman said: "Little friend Tang Yi's method is three tricks in one fell swoop."

"How to say?"

"Firstly, truth is often contained in myths, but according to your report, myths, fiction, movies, novels, as long as the key words are changed, they can be spread within a period of time. Myths are also based on a certain reality In, for example, as you know, Pangu created the world, and Pangu was just some kind of large-scale computer, right? For example, the descent of the gods is actually a few aliens who came down, but as a myth, it can be passed down for a long time , and people don’t face reality head-on, so it doesn’t cause panic.”

I nodded.

"The second best thing is that the wisher takes the bait."

"How to say?"

"Have you ever thought about the possibility of not fighting against the heavenly beings, little friend of misfortune? Just let nature take its course, let the heavenly beings descend, and do whatever they want with us, whether it is good or bad, we are at our disposal."

"no way!"

"Yes, most people think the same way. However, in the trend of resistance, there must be a small number of people who don't think so. There is nothing wrong with it. Stable days, luck, or other reasons lead to the final confrontation with heaven and man. The team is not going to be monolithic."

I groaned: "So, anyway, there will definitely be an opposition force at that time, why don't we just let our people establish an opposition force, so that all people with such a mentality will come here, which is convenient for management and can organize your own team. "

I now understand what Tang Yi was talking about in the bathtub the night Tang Yi and I broke up.

"Because heaven and man are there, if I don't do it, others will go back to do it. The difference is that I want to make the world a better place, but others don't necessarily think so."

And before she said this, she mentioned that she saw part of the heavenly beings.

It is very likely that at that time, she entered the White Tower!

I can't breathe.

"Not only that, in troubled times, there are always some people who fish in troubled waters, intending to disrupt the situation, and finally gamble their lives. It is not easy for these opportunists to be screened in our team, so..."

"There is a pair of twin brothers from Qingzhu School who decided to follow her." I told about Cheng Xingyi and Cheng Xinger.

"That's it. Then, the third trick is to disintegrate fear." The chairman patted my arm, and a gentle injection of spiritual energy made me feel better: "I seem to understand the matter of disintegrating fear. wrong."

"Little friend, but it's okay to say."

"For the vast majority of people in Huaxia Star, once the news of heaven and man is announced, fear is inevitable anyway," I took a sip of water, clenched my fists around my mouth, and tried my best to recall all the friendship with Tang Yi , Thinking of all her abnormal actions, she suddenly felt tight in her chest, and came to an astonishingly unacceptable conclusion, "So, Tang Yi made everyone start to fear, so he used his credibility to let everyone assume a position, God Humans teach majesty and mystery, and heaven and man are worthy of awe... When the first two are realized, that is, people will go to her, and when it's almost done, she will start doing some...bad things."

I hurriedly picked up the cup again, but the bottom of the cup was empty, and the director comforted me: "Speak slowly."

"Whether it's framing me face to face, confronting me in the court, or rectifying the teachings that have not come out, she is creating an image, that is, she believes in heaven and man and then betrays her friends, her temperament has changed drastically, and other things... "

"And she tried her best to spread the teachings and performed miracles before, not only to show the gods and humans that she worked hard, but also to make the people believe her first, then question her severely, and finally trample her under their feet... It is equivalent to , trample the entire Tianren sect under their feet, so that when the people hear about Tianren later, they will think of Tang Yi."

I suddenly felt that I had no strength.

"When she tried her best, she just proved that the belief in heaven and man is a joke, no one will respect heaven and man as a real god, and the authority will be dispelled by jokes. Not only now, but in the future, heaven and man will really come Well, if someone really wants to raise the banner of believing in heaven and man, he will only face ridicule from the vast majority of people—after all, people will not specifically distinguish between this teaching and that teaching, and the banner of believing in heaven and man has been tarnished. "

The chairman nodded slowly.

"Tang Yi turned the god into a low-quality mud tire like this, and destroyed the fear by erecting fear—she planned to destroy the worship of heaven and man in the future from the beginning—starting by mocking herself. "I finally finished my deduction.

Three functions, past, present and future.

If we can confront heaven and man head-on, Tang Yi must be the savior.

The greatest fear is fear itself.

The savior erased it.

Her Dao heart...has never changed.

"Where is she now?"

"Last month, she promulgated the "Code of God", which systematically sorted out the teachings of Tianrenjiao, and the people began to defend Tianrenjiao again."

The chairman of the board gave me a thick book: "Well, there are many and complicated teachings. It was taught from the early days of human beings, saying that heaven and man taught us to learn this and that... I asked Tang Yi, and Tang Yi said that apart from Beyond words, it’s basically real history.”

However, the chairman didn't tell me Tang Yi's address. He may be able to see that I really want to find her.

But I think, indeed, I can't see, I'm still a prisoner, and we've already broken each other, and if we suddenly let go, what she's done will fall short.

A mechanical notification sound suddenly came out during the live broadcast.

The trainer, Fang Zeyi, found the first stone rubbing.

Stele rubbings shall not be snatched, transferred, discarded or damaged.

Trainers can choose to stay in the field to find other eight rubbings, or return to the central camp to rest and wait for the second stage to start.

He held up a volume of documents, like a torch, and fell into a mass of strange beast corpses, too tired to move.

I clearly saw the weird symbols on the paperwork.

"Ancient characters... The first stage of the training camp is to find nine rubbings of ancient characters!" I can't guess their intentions. Is it possible to start popular science with history as the main line?

The scholar's voice suddenly sounded from the headset: "What? Ancient text? Are you sure this is text?"

"I'm sure."

"I'll report to His Majesty right now." The scholar came out, and he still called the Emperor of the Monster Race His Majesty.

But we have been through life and death together for too long, and the relationship must be very good. I smiled, and the recovery cabin showed that my recovery status is still at 80.00%. When it reaches [-]%, I can leave this room to find the emperor and the others.

However, it suddenly appeared on the recovery cabin that someone with high authority had opened it in advance.

The chairman put his hand on the recovery cabin, and I checked the time: "It's not time for exercise yet."

"No, I suddenly thought, you have been inside the White Tower for a long time, maybe you also need to say goodbye to the emperor."

"Farewell to... why?"

After coming out of Asura Hell, the Yaozu also woke up one after another. After all, their bodies were also outside.But because I woke up too late, the Yaozu had been separated from the human researchers, and I only saw the scholars and the pot cover. The pot cover is really a fitness teacher, and he diligently helped me exercise.

"Cooperation is limited to the human race. Cooperating with the monster race does not conform to public opinion. Moreover, it is a fact that the emperor brutally enslaved the human race. There are grievances and debts, and ethnic hatred cannot be erased."

"Are you going to execute them?" I jumped up, my legs were sore but they still supported me to stand up straight.

I haven't been with the emperor for a long time, so I can't talk about my feelings for the Yaozu.But once I think about the matter of the heavenly beings, the Yaozu lays the foundation, and then the human race will turn around and kill them, I still don't feel very comfortable.

Moreover, the previous director laid the groundwork, saying that fighting against heaven and man requires a collection of vital forces. The power of the monster race is so strong. A single Xiyi can turn the world upside down. How far does it take for such a group of high-level demon race to fight against heaven and man? !

But...not my race...

I can understand again.

The director said: "No one dares to pardon the top war criminals of the Yaozu... They are temporarily imprisoned. I authorize you to visit them now, and you will not be allowed later."

I suddenly understood, who am I? I put myself as a hostage of the Liberal Party in the cultivation world. Consciously or unintentionally, I paved the way for the Liberal Party’s training camp. It’s also true that the chairman can chat with me for so long The reason for this... My face is that I was able to call all the researchers back in the end, and it was a credit, so I was allowed to go to see the Yaozu.

Apart from these, I have no right to negotiate conditions.

I thought about it for a while, but I didn't object. The chairman represents the will of the human race. I easily excuse the emperor here, which is the contempt and insult of the human race who was oppressed and died tragically.

"What about the rest of the demon race? That is, demons who have not participated in oppressing humans, nor have they harmed others..."

I'm speaking for Xiyi.

Xi Yi is a good fox, although she has ulterior motives, she has never done anything harmful. She has always been very kind to my senior sister, and I can't help but think of her.And... if you want to liquidate the Yaozu, I am afraid that my senior sister will do it.

My senior sister is still on the wanted list!

"Who do you want to talk about?"

"Fox."

The chairman seemed to be so stupid by me that he didn't chat with me any more.

I belatedly recalled our conversation, people don't know the difference between the Yaozu and Yaozu, as long as they are Yaozu, they are the enemy.And... before that, all the spearheads were pointed at the demon fox. She was already unforgivable in the mouths of the media and the public, and it was impossible for the human race to overthrow the meaning of all previous actions for an innocent demon.

Even if I'm looking for another monster, maybe the chairman of the board will laugh and say, since the little friend likes it, then raise it in Fengyin Mountain to be a mountain guardian animal. The rules are dead, but people are alive.

It happened to be the demon fox Xiyi.

I don't know what happened to the senior sisters, are they still in the sand?Are they awake too?Will Master wake up too?

I continued to watch the live broadcast, watched the second piece, and the third rubbing was found one after another...

Legs are numb.

I caressed the Qiankun ring on my finger, and finally gave up the stupid idea of ​​taking out the blasting talisman and snatching the emperor and the others out.

Go say goodbye.

In the internal terminal, I contacted the scholar and asked him to pick me up to meet the emperor. After all, I can't walk around at will. I need someone with a higher position to take me to the destination and have to send me back.

The emperor watched the live broadcast quietly in a separate room: "Unfortunately, I can't watch the finale. I heard that it was made by your power? Talk to me."

The scholar said bluntly, "Your Majesty, you must disappear from the world before twelve o'clock tonight."

I said ah, doesn't he respect the emperor very much?

The emperor explained with a smile: "The Federation sent him to kill me secretly. The fewer people who know that I am alive, the better."

The scholar nodded.

I said, "Can't you just apply, wait until after the live broadcast of the training camp is over?"

Scholar: "No."

He stood up straight with an extremely cold expression. I couldn't see any sadness. I thought he might be the kind of rational person who immediately knew what decision was better for him... After all, he just happily said that he would Tell Your Majesty, now I want to come over and kill her personally.

At such moments, my brain is suddenly unrusted.

Although I am a hostage, I can apply to get the terminal back, contact the idiot, and I will inquire about the final arrangement of the training camp, so that the emperor can leave without regret.

I said that I would like to have a chat with my companion, and I will see His Majesty again later, when I walked out the door, the scholar suddenly knelt down and covered his face.

My footsteps suddenly became very heavy, I couldn't move anymore, and silently came out from the Qiankun Ring with a handkerchief.

"I now understand the benefits of staying in the virtual world."

"An enemy becomes a friend, there is no hatred, no pain, and when one wakes up, the friend is gone, only the enemy remains."

I suddenly didn't know what to say.

I woke up and found that my friend was still a friend, but his friend was an enemy.

"But we are still infinitely pursuing the upward truth." The scholar stood up silently, supported my shoulders, and twisted me forward.

"What is...upward truth."

"It's like climbing stairs. The process is painful and arduous, but the destination is at a high place." He took the handkerchief and wiped away the tears that fell out unintentionally.

"Your Majesty and I are both such people. We are... people who want to know the unknown no matter what."

"I understand Your Majesty. She is at the pinnacle of power, and she will definitely use all her strength, at all costs, to see what is causing trouble on her head... She is a demon just because she has power. She wants to talk to you, Don't be afraid of her, she thinks, you are the same person—"

I was silent for a moment, and deliberately began to talk nonsense: "Oh, so I am also a person with power, so powerful myself."

The scholar sighed, "Can I ask you one thing?"

"Ok?"

"You judge Your Majesty. I can't do it."

I groaned, and by this time, we had already arrived at the chairman's door.

"I apply to correspond with my friend."

"Which friend?"

"The person in charge of the Liberal Party training camp, Fu Hengyan." It's just a fool.

Jing Shiheng said that the names of the brothers were changed later.

The chairman hasn't replied yet, so I said: "Because the emperor wants to see how the training camp will develop, but I don't know, so I want to ask my companions, you can monitor the whole process. The reason why I agreed to the emperor is because I guessed The emperor believes that some part of the training camp is related to her past discoveries. I wonder if she has any secrets to tell. People are dying, and their words are good. I hope to get this part of the information. Of course, the dialogue with the emperor Everyone can also monitor the whole process, there are still four hours before the death date stipulated at twelve o'clock in the evening, at that time I will use a poison talisman to judge her, and then everyone can check whether she is dead, please approve the director."

"I let you say everything, then approve it, come in."

As soon as I entered, the director shook his head: "You can't contact Fu Hengyan directly, don't you just want to know the follow-up arrangements of the training camp? Do you think that people in the cultivation world will let people who don't know the content to live broadcast on such a large scale? The content is recorded in advance It’s here, you watch it here, go out after reading it, kill the emperor, after confirming the death of the emperor, Director Lin and professionals will do the follow-up work.”

That is to say, scholars still have to collect the emperor's body.

"Just execute him in secret like this? Don't show your head to the public?" I deliberately joked.

The chairman said: "It's not that I haven't thought about it, but explaining why they have survived until now is very troublesome. If the White Tower is involved, it is better not to cause trouble and let them disappear without a sound."

This matter has become a foregone conclusion, I got the record jade slip and inserted it into the analyzer.

Before checking, the chairman suddenly said: "Little friend in misfortune, don't get distracted."

"No, the emperor is guilty, so he will be punished."

The chairman is relieved.

But I think he understood me.

The demon fox is innocent, so...