Scrap iron

It changed in no time, and the solid iron erupted upwards from the bottom of the river like magma. They swallowed the yellow clothes and the figures of the migrating people flying south, and then surged upwards. In Lucas' eyes, it was a slow motion Little by little, it rushed to a place higher than the mid-air where Xue Dan was, and then slowly bent and bent towards the northern land——

As if to cover the traces of the existence of the Southeast Alliance.

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Xue Dan was so frightened that he quickly pulled his old Chinese doctor into his arms

33: Destruction

The fine tremors radiated like spider webs from the direction of the Elo River to the continental plates supporting the Southeastern Alliance, like an angry lion accumulating strength before roaring.The iron block that rose from the Ishikawa tidal flat is still...

The fine tremors radiated like spider webs from the direction of the Elo River to the continental plates supporting the Southeastern Alliance, like an angry lion accumulating strength before roaring.

The iron slabs rising from the Ishikawa tidal flats are still climbing upwards, briefly pouring into an iron mountain comparable to the Great Caucasus.

As the Iron Peak rises, the entire Iron Mountain range spreads to the upstream and downstream of the river, vibrating, watering, and skyrocketing, until it completely separates the Yaling Mountains and the Ero Seas.

The mountain range collapsed quickly, and the mountain peaks curled like waves, rushing to cover both sides with natural crushing.

After Lucas was caught by Xue Dan, the iron peak had already galloped over his head, and the tip of his nose seemed to smell the astringent smell of rust.

The crowd in the north has long lost the ability to predict and act. At this moment, all the surviving migrants turned their heads, and iron madness was shocked in their upward eyes.

But the overwhelming iron tide stopped in mid-air.

Suddenly and unexpectedly - but usually and silently stopped.

Lucas heard the crackling, roaring, devouring of iron tides to the west and east as they collided with the earth.

Yise City and the Eastern Plains were engulfed by semi-solid iron coils. At this moment, it seems that only the area around the Ishikawa tidal flat in the world has not dreamed.

Did the gods reach out their hand?Do you want to keep them as cheap as ants?

Xue Dan whispered: "Look at Ling Yunfeng."

It was the god who stretched out his hand.

In the mid-air of Lingyun Peak, a little lower than Tie Peak, there is a small black spot.

She half-stretched her arms, kicked her right leg back, and her body leaned forward violently like Sisyphus pushing a boulder. The palms wrapped in iron sheets were open, parallel to the line of the iron mountain.

A life-burning low roar rolled in her throat, blood spurted from the canthus of the eyes exposed between the iron armor, and the iron plates on her arms lifted and stretched one by one.

Lukas grabbed Xue Dan's cold wrist violently, his voice distorted: "Take people across the Iser Valley quickly, quickly!"

Xue Dan's body trembled like a sieve, he pushed down violently, and his body flew up into the air again.

He bowed his head, and his pure black eyes reflected the crowd on the ground who were either sitting down or strangling their throats.

Xue Dan opened his arms towards the ground and stretched his five fingers.He has never been so focused and sober for a moment, even as if he has entered an unknowable state of clarity.

Thousands of connection points were densely arranged under his feet. He identified each connection terminal, slowly stretched out his ten fingers, and clenched them tightly.

Whether he likes it or not, he is a god right now.Instead of letting them pass through the narrow Ise Valley, Xue Dan pushed forward.

The various forces were gathered into a bunch, like a colony of ants washed away by the tide, and the crowd was instantly rolled northward on the plain, and they gently landed in the north of each Tati.

Not far enough.

Due to the overloaded operation, Xue Dan's brain seemed to be pierced by a sharp needle, humming, swelling, and severe pain, but he still knew what he should do.Tatyana could fall at any moment.

Xue Dan smashed down from the air, picked up Lucas on the iron platform, and tapped the edge of the iron platform with his toes.

Push, push, pull, push, pull... Xue Dan's eyes did not blink for a moment, scanning all the connection points along the way, all the overflowing physiological tears and blood were blown behind him by the strong wind of movement.

Xue Dan stopped at the top of the iron flagpole in the Yaling Mountains, which was the highest in each tower, and followed the huge inertia to push the close-fitting iron armor on Lucas' body.

Lucas felt that the acceleration was tearing his body apart. He desperately and blindly connected the iron around him, and when he finally stopped, he had already plunged headlong into the Tati Desert in the Republic of Dawn.

Facing the wind and sand blowing around his head, he looked towards the end of the south.

At the end of the endless desert, like a rag covering the bottom of the sky, the iron tide stood upright, fell down, and then blackened the edge of the earth.

Lucas's feet were weak in the sand, so he simply knelt down and opened his eyes to the south like a pilgrimage, but unfortunately he couldn't see clearly.

Before it was too late, were Xue Dan and his lunatic Xue still alive?

Is the Iron Tide moving too slowly?Lucas thought, why is there no one?

Even if there are some migrants.But no.All he could hear was Huang Sha's rough and low singing.

Huang Sha sang for several rounds, and the sand dunes around Lucas grew from small to huge, and then disappeared again.

It should have been half an hour, and the iron line on the horizon was motionless, and the Southeast Alliance seemed to be dead.

Lucas stood up staggeringly, he was going to look south.

He lifted one foot in front of the other, coughing violently, his body tearing from the overdrive.

Lucas indifferently raised his back foot forward again, refusing to accept the body's clamoring resistance.

Infected people can't accept such a high-speed movement, so Xue Dan, the person who created this acceleration, his body...

Lucas's liver, lungs, spleen, and stomach throbbed violently, causing him to fall forward on the sandy ground, propping his upper body with his hands, and some gastric juices dripped from the corners of his mouth as he propped up his upper body with his hands. Flowing yellow sand.

His body... Lucas stood up on his knees, his legs trembling uncontrollably.He can't fall down, he wants to see Xue Dan.

The wind was blowing from the east, and the thin wind spread to the depths of the Tati Desert, rolling up the dry sand like the doomsday.

The sky turned dark, Lucas walked standing, kneeling, crawling, and finally fell headlong into the yellow sand.At this time, the gray in the middle of the afternoon had already revealed a sharp corner from the horizon.

Lucas lost consciousness.He only thought that he fell down for a moment, but when he stood up without hesitation and continued to crawl forward, he saw that the surroundings were actually dark.

Lucas didn't care whether the sky was dark or not, he couldn't think too much now, he just remembered that he had to climb south according to the circular pointer firmly pointing to the south.He wants to find Xue Dan.

He couldn't remember how long he had been climbing, but when the darkness was driven from the sea to the east, so was the sand.

The clear and beautiful Mingguang gave Lucas the weight he deserved without hesitation and without change.

The yellow sand was flowing, and Lucas suddenly saw a person lying down in the sand in the south in a trance.

The human figure was firmly imprinted on the bottom of Lucas's bloodshot eyes. He opened his mouth to shout, but found that his throat had been filled with sand at some point, and he had already lost his voice.

Lucas stumbled forward, and further.

Finally, as the midday sun shoved shadows under him, Lucas crawled up close to the man.

The iron armor on the man's body has been filled with yellow sand, and the tarnished iron coat is still dutifully protecting the owner from external forces.Lucas patted his cheek: "Xue Dan? Is it Xue Dan?"

The man was already unconscious and unable to answer.

Lucas struggled to lie down on the yellow sand, squinting his eyes to identify most of his side face and two nostrils that were squeezed obliquely.

It's Xue Dan.It's Xue Dan...

It's Xue Dan!It's Xue Dan!

Lucas opened his mouth, his dry eyes and throat could only suppress his excitement in a daze.

He stretched out his hands tremblingly, held Xue Dan's head, pressed his dry lips with blood clots on his rough forehead, kissed him three times almost passionately, and then fell down beside him suddenly.

The wind and sand blew past, and in the south not far away, countless colorful human figures were dotted among the yellow sand of each tower, comatose, comatose, containing the last hope of the Southeast Alliance.

Liuyuan also saw Tatiana last night.She pulled the iron pillars on the cliff and struggled to climb up until she stood at Tatyana's feet.

Bloodshot protruded from Tatyana's muscles that were about to burst.Then, drops of blood shot out from between her fingers, and her five fingers and palms shattered little by little as if being stirred.

Tatyana stepped back on the iron again, roaring inhumanly, and stepped forward again to withstand the iron tide.

Liu Yuanyuan couldn't describe her feelings, like her most beloved weapon was being broken bit by bit, or the most delicate doll was being put into the blender bit by bit, or her hard work was being eroded.In short, she had never felt such an overwhelming emotion in her life.

She couldn't utter a word, her choked breath made her throat rattle.

Tatyana's hands had been split into blood, and she supported them with her round forearms, refusing to take a step back.

When more than half of Tatyana's arms were eaten away, Liu Yuanyuan finally moved.She bolted north.

Because she finally heard Tatyana's roar, she kept shouting "King".

Liu Yuanyuan needs to live, no matter for whom.

Zhou Yishang thought she and the migrants were dead, but Tie Chao stopped for a while.

This moment is only enough for her to lead the Aling Mountain people to go further into the valley, but it is this section that saved the lives of a small number of Aling Mountain people.

Perhaps because it was in a semi-solid state, the iron tide solidified very quickly this time. The valley where Zhou Yishang was located was just deep enough, and there was the famous line of sky above it to the west, so the iron tide got stuck on the line of sky.

Although the crowd who were not shrouded by a ray of sky were also swallowed by the iron tide.

Strangely, Zhou Yishang did not have any excitement about the rest of her life after death. She could hear the beating heart of Chang Mingming, the cold-faced Hades Lieutenant General Chang Mingming beside her, and she could also hear the noise of the crowd crying with joy and shouting thanks to God. , but she herself still didn't have any emotional fluctuations.

She thought calmly, when Chang Mingming attacked Constance and Lucas in women's clothing in the Holy Grail District, his heartbeat probably wasn't so fast.Now, the title of cold noodle should be transferred to her.

Chang Mingming turned to talk to her, his voice still trembling, but he had already accepted the fact that he survived, and he was even planning for the future: "If we want to survive, we must not stay here forever." Although infected people don't need They drink and eat as frequently as ordinary people, but food and water are still their daily necessities.

Zhou Yishang didn't answer, she heard some footsteps coming from outside the iron above her head.

These footsteps didn't sound like normal people, more like irons hitting each other.

Could it be possible that a person who walks is an iron man?

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The game is over, the game is over, and the gods of the southeast will see you again.

??The end of the previous century??

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34. Cat Hall

"Damn it, I just want to ask if Anna II's forehead has been pinched, search for iron tools, search for iron tools, every day the mother knows that the search for iron tools is exhausted

"Damn it, I just want to ask if Anna II's forehead has been pinched, search for iron tools, search for iron tools, every day the mother knows to search for iron tools!"

Maddie hid in the gate of the corridor. Seeing that the royal army was gone, he pushed the gate open and let out his deep voice towards the narrow and dirty street.

"The comrades on the stone ramparts who are forced to take turns to perform military service are fighting every day..."

He slammed his fist on the stone door frame, "I have to suffer this when I get home, and be scolded by these royal guards. Bah, Anna II, a heartless bastard! Diymos is too, so big You have the ability to listen to the words of that Prince Gauss, you bastard!"

"Although there are only a little more than 1 people in the Royal Guards, they are actually in charge of rectifying discipline and searching for iron tools in various places, and they refuse to go to the stone barrier! What a fucking inhumane!"

"Brother Qin, you escaped from the Southeast Alliance back then, so just tell me, isn't your life worse than the Southeast Alliance!"

The "Brother Qin" that Maddie was talking about was paralyzed on the stone steps opposite the door. Hearing what Maddie said, he lazily raised his hand and said perfunctorily, "Of course not."

Brother Qin Ji lived in this street three years ago. It is not accurate to say that he lived in it. It should be said that he was taken in by a family.

The rainy season of that year was extremely dry, and a sudden iron tide disaster shook the entire continent, and the Southeast Alliance and most of the Dawn Republic were wiped out.

Lucas Demos, the parliamentary leader of the Republic of Dawn, persuaded Anna II for three days without sleep, before she agreed to build fortresses in the north and west of the country and accept some immigrants from the Republic of Dawn.

Half a month after the stone barrier was built, the surrounding iron tide rose, and none of the small countries in the northwestern part of the mainland escaped this disaster of complete destruction without any warning.

Only the Kamo Empire relied on the stone barriers comparable to the Great Caucasus Mountains to safely survive the Iron Tide time after time, and relied on the stone barriers to resist the attacks of iron men from all directions.

However, after the stone barrier was built, Lucas Demos, the chairman of the council, never appeared again.

That is, not long after the chairman of the Demos Council disappeared, old Mr. Joy, who was at the door opposite Medili, found Alex sitting in front of his door and a comatose Qin Ji one morning.

Qin Ji suffered from a serious illness, and everyone in this street knew that this serious illness completely emptied his body.

In the first year when he first came to this street, Qin Ji was in a coma all the time, so Alex didn't go anywhere, and stayed by his bed every day.

In the second year, Qin Ji finally opened Jingui's eyes, but his body was still extremely weak, his muscles were apathetic, and he couldn't lift his hands or shoulders.

Since Qin Ji woke up, the residents of Old Nose Street went out to dry their clothes every morning, and they could see Mr. Alex who was struggling to recover with Qin Ji's brother.

The two of them walked up and down this street, sitting down and resting from time to time.During the break time, brothers Qin Ji, who were sweating profusely, would always joke with Mr. Alex no matter how hard they were panting.

Maddie admired Qin Ji, he had never seen such a persistent and optimistic person.

Even though the progress of rehabilitation is very slow, he is still cheerful every day.He quickly got to know everyone on Old Nose Street, and when he walked in the morning, he couldn't rest as soon as he encountered a mouth.

Mediri also respects Mr. Alex, who is very knowledgeable, especially on viruses and climate.

Even though he had been with Qin Ji for three years, there was never a big wave of emotion in his emerald green eyes.He had never seen anyone like Mr. Alex.

At this moment, Mr. Alex was sitting beside Qin Ji, fiddling with an iron ball. When the royal army came to search for food just now, the two sat so calmly, without blinking their eyes.

When Mr. Alex heard Mediri's question, he replied more seriously than Qin Ji: "The Kamo Empire can't be compared with the Southeast Alliance. The life of the Southeast Alliance is very free and equal."

Xue Dan leaned his head under his elbow, looked up at him, and lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear: "I didn't expect you to love the Southeast Alliance so much?"

Lucas rubbed his thumb against the engraving on the surface of the iron ball, squinted at him, and said, "I'm telling the truth."

Xue Dan snorted softly, put his left leg on his right knee, and happily accepted Lucas's compliment to the Southeast Alliance.

Lucas put the iron ball in his pocket and asked him, "Are you going to the cat hall tonight? Kajima came to see me again at noon today."

Xue Dan didn't speak, he lowered his eyelids to cover his eyes, pinched his right arm with his left hand, and his body was stiff.

Lucas knew what he was hesitating about.

"Kamo" means "white mouse" in the ancient language, and "Cat Hall" is the stronghold of the people's revolutionary organization of the Kamo Empire.

Kajima is one of their organizers and has always wanted to win over Lucas and Xue Dan.

It's not because she knows the past of Lucas and Xue Dan, it's just that as long as they are a development target, they will try their best to attract them.

Xue Dan's body became stiff for less than a minute before relaxing again.He secretly wiped the sweat from his palms due to the pain, and touched a strand of Lucas's hair. He said with ease, "Your hair hasn't been cut for three years? Why is it so long. "

Lucas smiled: "Your body, it's been three years, is it getting better?"

Xue Dan threw down that ruthless strand of hair, put his hands on his chest, looked at the dusty sky divided into a small piece by the roof of the building, was silent for a long time, and then said: "It's almost over." That's all right Be a normal person.

Of course Lucas could hear what Xue Dan was saying under his tongue.He suppressed the soreness in his heart, stretched his body against the stone wall behind him, and said relaxedly: "It's all good soon, at worst, let's pretend that Xue Dan died three years ago."

Xue Dan pulled off another piece of Lucas's hair and rubbed it between his fingers: "That's not the case. I'm still alive. It was Tatiana who died three years ago."

The soreness in Lucas's heart dissipated, and he agreed with a smile: "That's right, it was Liu Yuanyuan who lost his spouse three years ago, not me, Lucas."

Xue Dan laughed and scolded something in a low voice, but Lucas didn't hear clearly, only knew that Xue Dan continued: "For the sake of Kajima's hard work, let's go to the cat hall once tonight."

Kajima turned off the lights in the dining room, closed the front door, put up a wooden sign saying "Closed for business", held a lantern, and went through the side door of the dining room to go up to the second floor.

Why is the light on the second floor dark today?It was clearly still on.Kajima stopped in the middle of the stairs vigilantly.

She squinted her eyes and looked upstairs, turned off the hand lamp, clutched the iron link hidden in the wall downstairs, and walked upstairs gently with her waist down.

When she stepped on the last step with one foot, the lights on the second floor suddenly turned on.

"Kajima! Happy Birthday!"

The comrades gathered around a simple iron table inlaid with wood, and they all stood up and applauded Kajima with a smile on their faces.

Kajima wanted to laugh, but was also moved.She put the lamp on the top of the cabinet, and rolled her eyes at the guys: "What time is it, I still have the mind to do this."

"We have brought you two surprises." Sewag stepped forward, put his hands behind her, and led her to the table, "Go and have a look."

Kajima said, "What surprises can there be?", but her heart couldn't help beating faster as she walked around behind the crowd.

Then she saw Lucas and Xue Dan behind the crowd, who were deliberately blocked by the guys.

Kajima's eyes widened in surprise: "Mr. Alex and Brother Qin Ji!" She stood there covering her mouth, stunned for a long time, and then said incoherently, "Have you finally joined us? I thought, I Thought—no, I'm not confirming, I'm just kind of..."

She walked forward enthusiastically, held Lucas's hands, and looked into their eyes, "Thank you! Thank you!"

After she finished speaking, she turned around and said loudly: "Welcome new partners to join our revolutionary cause!"

Dozens of comrades clapped and applauded, and some whistled frivolously.

Xue Dan had never seen such a battle full of vitality and hope. For a while, he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. He cleared his throat and sneaked a glance at Lucas.

Lucas shook Kajima's hand, looking very honored.

Xue Dan turned his eyes back again.Well, he can't learn.

Sewag is a handsome young man. He deliberately combed half of his short blond hair to the back of his head and the other half to his forehead. His light blue pupils were full of enthusiasm.

He pounced on the table, pulled a large map in the middle, and said to Kajima quickly: "We just briefly introduced our current plan to Alex and Brother Qin Ji, halfway through you I'm back."

Kajima picked up the potato chips in the bamboo basket beside her, bit off half of it, and patted the crumbs left on her hands: "Where did you talk?"

Mayon brushed back the long red hair that covered her chest, put her left arm on the back of the chair next to her, and casually picked up the potato chip basket with her right hand and shook it flat: "It's better to let the newcomers repeat once?"

Xue Dan probably could see that the leaders of this young revolutionary organization should be these three.

He keenly sensed Mayon's faintly suppressed distrust—from the time the two of them entered the door until now, although this Mayon did not disappoint in hospitality and welcome, when he looked at the two of them, there was always some scrutiny in his eyes.

The two of them are indeed out of tune with these people in terms of temperament. Let alone Lucas, a politician who is more than ten years older than them, even Xue Dan, who is in his twenties, looks vicissitudes of life when he stops here.

Lucas took half a step forward, and he said politely: "Before repeating, can I first understand your general armament status? For example, how many young and middle-aged infected people are there, and how many levels of anti-connection can be carried out?" ?”

Kajima smiled wryly, she moved her hands away from the bamboo basket, and leaned against the edge of the wooden table: "I didn't tell you this before, because I was afraid that you would be disappointed after hearing it. There are only two of us here, Mayon and Sewag capable of the lowest level of anti-association."

Lucas had expected this for a long time, and when he heard this, he nodded without surprise.

Kajima pointed at the revolutionaries around with her soft fingertips: "We have a total of 9056 revolutionaries, and the 28 people present here are the backbone and the initial prototype of the revolutionary organization."

"Originally, the comrades who newly joined the revolutionary organization were doing ideological work in their districts, but the two of you happened to be in our district, and..."

Kajima looked at Lucas, "Mr. Alex is very capable, we need you, so we directly invited the two of you here."

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Lucas recalled that he said that he was most grateful to Xue Dan for the past three years of injury - without these three years, he and Xue Dan might not last long.

35. Comrades

Kajima said: "The three of us are the general organizers, and the remaining 25 people each lead their own revolutionary teams. They have their own strongholds in every region of the Kamo Empire, and the development is fairly average."

Mayang said: "Kajima, which team are you planning to put the two of them into?"

Kajima shook her head: "According to Mr. Alex's ability, he is the most suitable supporter outside the staff. Comrade Qin Ji is also the same. Maybe there is no need for special staffing. After all, our staffing is formed naturally."

Mayon whistled: "This idea is not bad, can the two comrades see it?"

Lucas was quite satisfied: "Of course no problem."

Xue Dan is not quite used to the way of getting along with this kind of organization, he smiled: "I have no objection."

Sewag put his hands on the map, leaned over to look at Xue Dan, and asked curiously: "I heard that Comrade Qin Ji migrated from the mysterious Southeast Alliance back then. He should be a very powerful infected person, right?"

The eyes of the whole room turned around in unison.

Xue Dan raised his eyebrows: "I was thrown out by Madman Xue back then, so how can I say it's great? People in the Southeast Alliance are also human, young man, don't believe in rumors."

All the young people in the room raised their voices "Oh—" with smiles on their faces.Sewag also laughed, and said to Xue Dan: "Hey, brother, you "Crazy Xue" are so frivolous. "

Xue Dan said: "Don't you call him Madman Xue?"

Sewag laughed loudly, left from the table, came over and patted Xue Dan on the back: "Brother, I am afraid that only you from the Southeast Alliance are so affectionate. To us, General Xue Dan, King Elo, High Priest Tatiana, those are mythical figures."

Xue Dan smiled: "Maybe it's because you are far away from them." After he finished speaking, he suddenly asked, "Then what do you call Lucas? Deimos Council President?"

"Great benefactor." Sewag said seriously, "Without him, we would not have all of us today."

Xue Dan muffled a laugh, and he didn't go to see Lucas, so he continued talking to Sevager: "Then do you know that if there weren't many people from the Southeast Alliance, you wouldn't be where you are today?"

Sewag opened his blue eyes wide: "For example?"

Xue Dan said: "For example? For example, the three "mythical characters" you just mentioned, such as You Yao, Zhou Yishang, Lieutenant General Chang Mingming, such as Constance and Song Yuguan Hongyi. "

Sewag was confused: "Who are they?"

"There are many people you don't know. Except for those who have names, more of our benefactors can't even keep their names."

Xue Dan raised the corners of his lips, not knowing whether he was recalling the glorious era or the dark era, "For example, an unknown little soldier who desperately shouted out the enemy's attack at night, such as the Yaling army that was completely wiped out in the valley."

Lucas answered from the side: "For example, the singing girl who gave her voice to King Elo alone, or the yellow-clothed priest who organized the migrants to cross the north but was swallowed by the iron tide."

He sighed, "I followed Qin Ji from the Southeast Alliance and witnessed the two-day disaster with my own eyes."

Sewag opened his rosy lips slightly, and his expression was full of yearning: "Sounds great."

Xue Dan laughed at him: "Great? There is nothing great, it's just a step by step. If you want to say great, what you are doing now is also great."

Sewag scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "We can't be called great, and we are still far from success."

With his hands behind his back and his back straight, like an elder, Lucas opened his mouth without noticing: "It is not success that is called greatness. You choose this path..." He slowed down his speech, and turned his eyes to a smile in doubt. To the trembling Xue Dan, "What are you laughing at?"

Xue Dan closed his mouth tightly, so hard that the muscles of his lips were twitching.Hearing Lucas's question, he waved his hands and tried not to laugh and said, "It's okay, just keep talking."

Lucas turned his head inexplicably, and continued: "You have chosen this revolutionary path, and you have already done what many people want to do but dare not put it into practice. This is not ordinary people..."

Speaking of this, Lucas suddenly realized that his tone and position seemed inappropriate, but it was too late to change it, so he bit the bullet in Xue Dan's suffocated laughter, "It's not something ordinary people can do. So I will join you, and comrades will work together to make a career in the future.”

Xue Dan took the lead in applauding him: "I will do something in the future!"

Seeing it, Sewag also applauded vigorously.He raised his fist sincerely and said loudly, "Down with Anna II!"

The boys and girls present responded one after another, and applauded and shouted for a while.

Lucas stood where he was, smiled for a while with numb scalp, raised his hands and applauded.

Xue Dan stood half a body behind him, laughing until he was overwhelmed by the lively applause, booing and cheering.

Kajima sent Xue Dan and Lucas out of the "Cat Hall".

It was already two o'clock in the morning, and the only sound of the iron boots of the Royal Army patrolling in the distance could be heard on the dark street.

Kajima handed the lantern to Lucas, glanced quickly at both sides, and said angrily: "Why don't you stay here, it's too unsafe to go out at night. The curfew has been tightened in the past two days. Strict. I heard that two children were arrested and beheaded on the spot in the neighboring block last night. The next day, their parents who guarded the city heard about this and committed suicide on the stone base.”

The wooden door behind Kajima creaked open, she was startled, and turned her head.

Seeing that it was Mayon, Kajima complained in a low voice: "Be quiet, don't be heard by the neighbors."

May Ang nodded, and said softly to Lucas and Xue Dan who were standing on the stone steps: "Just now Sewag said he couldn't sleep, and wanted to hear you tell the story of the Southeast Alliance, or should you stay?"

Lucas looked back at Xue Dan.

They didn't have to go back, but today happened to be the day they agreed to "exchange feelings".

According to the abilities of the two of them, it is completely easy to avoid the patrol of the Royal Army of the Kamo Empire, so they naturally did not take this curfew to heart.

But looking at Kajima and Mayang's unconcealable worries, Xue Dan was inevitably moved. He nodded and joked in a low voice: "For the sake of the story meeting, we two will stay tonight."

Kajima covered her mouth in surprise, she turned sideways to make way for Lucas and Xue Dan.May Ang also took two steps back into the room: "Come in."

Lucas returned the lantern to Kajima and walked back to the "Cat Hall".

The lights on the first and second floors of the "Cat Hall" are dark, and there are 30 floor bunks on the first floor, with two vacant ones in the middle, specially reserved for Xue Dan and Lucas.

Sewag saw Xue Dan and Lucas coming back from the door, and sat up excitedly from the bed. He waited quietly for Kajima to lock the door, and then said angrily: "I'll just say, you two Why go back so late, sleep here and finish."

Xue Dan saw 28 pairs of shining eyes in the dark.He thought that these people should be about the same age as him, why does it feel like he is a round older than them?

Perhaps it is because the hearts of revolutionaries are more or less sincere than ordinary people.

Xue Dan walked to the empty floor and lowered his voice: "The two of us will be back soon."

Sewag watched the two of them lie down, and got back under the covers.He looked at the wooden ceiling of the "Cat Hall", and his excited revolutionary enthusiasm jumped up and down in his chest.

They meet in the cat hall every half a month, and at night after the meeting, the 28 comrades will always lay down on the floor together, talk at night, and then go to sleep.

Someone raised his head: "Comrade Qin Ji, tell me about your work in the Southeast Alliance?"

Sewag pricked up his ears.

He heard Comrade Qin Ji's voice, with an obvious smile in the dull night: "What do you want to hear about the Southeast Alliance?"

The man hesitated for a long time: "I don't know what's going on in the Southeast Alliance, why don't comrades just talk about it casually?"

Comrade Qin Ji smiled and said, "I have no clue when you say that. I don't know where to start. There are too many and chaotic things in the Southeast Alliance. Many things happened in one day, so it's hard to talk about it."

Sewag hurriedly jumped in line and asked a question: "Can you tell me about those people that Brother Qin mentioned at the beginning of today's gathering that I don't know?"

Comrade Qin Ji was silent for a while in the dark, and then said: "Of course. Then... let me tell you about Lieutenant General You Yao."

Before going to bed that night, Xue Dan felt like he had told everything since the invasion of the Kamo Empire.

You Yao is easy to talk about, but once Liu Yuanyuan is involved, it is almost like talking about it from ancient times, making Xue Dan one head and two big.

Lucas fell asleep next to him at some point, and the sound of shallow breathing tickled Xue Dan's ears, which made him talk a little distractedly, and almost mistakenly called Song Yuguan Lucas.

When Xue Dan finally finished talking about Song Yuguan, the first floor of the "Cat Hall" was already full of snoring sounds.

His right arm began to convulse again, the sudden pain made Xue Dan tighten his lips, the muscles all over his body tensed uncontrollably, and a little bit of cold sweat oozes from his forehead.

This may be the sequelae of the original over-connection iron branding.Xue Dan became short of breath, exhaling and inhaling to suppress the volume as much as possible, his right arm was shaking under the quilt, and his muscles were weak and painful as if being stirred.

Fortunately, the spasm didn't last long, and his right arm quickly returned to his own control.

Xue Dan slowly let out a breath into the air, and lay exhausted on his back on the ground.

Sewag didn't know if he fell asleep, but he didn't make any sound.Xue Dan was also sleepy after lying down for a while. He stretched his left arm into Lucas's bed, held his forearm folded next to his face, and gently rubbed the smooth and hard muscle lines on it.

time to sleep...

Xue Dan closed his eyes, and soon fell into a dreamless sleep state.

Sewag wasn't asleep.His eyes were wide open, and now that he had fully adapted to the darkness, he could see the fine grain of the wood on the ceiling, as well as each raised bedding.

He also didn't want to express any opinions on the people and things in the Southeastern League—he didn't have any opinions now, but there was a great emotion in his chest, which excited his nerves and cleared his consciousness.

He recalled the scenes mentioned by Comrade Qin Ji over and over again in his mind: You Yao who was executed but remained silent, Madman Xue who returned from the burning city of Yise, Song Yu who sent a message to the Eluo River before his death Guan, Constance who disappeared in the Iron Tide, and Tatiana who supported the last minutes of the Southeast Alliance.