Chapter 1,405 The Story of Tongtian Bridge and the Past of the Silly Man

Although I was slightly suspicious of the old man when we first contacted him, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, I found that the old village chief is quite talkative and friendly. He was very curious and asked about traveling around the world. I didn't dare to make too much nonsense. Then he asked Bingtis about the spell. Bingtis didn't dare to make too much nonsense. Finally, the old village chief began. Asked how I usually take care of children (referring to Pandora sisters), I am good at this, but before I could make any nonsense, the old man stopped asking...

In the end, the topic returned to the Dark Moon War and "the world is about to change." It can be seen that although the old country man named Koto in front of him does not have much experience, he has deep feelings for this village. He knows that once the Dark Moon War begins, the village where he lives will not be able to continue to be peaceful, but now he There was nothing he could do, so he just hoped that this day would come later - which was why he was suspicious of strangers appearing in the village. To put it bluntly, the old man was a little nervous.

Because Bingtis and I have learned a lot of historical knowledge from Ron, and now we can talk to the old village chief about the dark moon and myths, we lamented the war as a group of sympathetic strangers. After the destruction of ordinary people, the old man couldn't help but look up at the majestic mountains standing in front of the village: "Once the battle starts this time, I don't know if the village can be saved. I heard that the imperial capital has transferred the National Knights to the border. They must be stationed at the two fortresses at the north and south ends of Changqiao Mountain. The village is sandwiched between the two fortresses. If the knights want to recruit troops nearby, they will definitely not let this side go. When the day when the recruiters come, Pine Forest The village’s peaceful days are coming to an end.”

One thing I suddenly noticed is that the two major human kingdoms, the Principality of Hassad and the Empire of Gondor, are hoarding their troops on both sides of the Long Bridge Mountains: some of the vanguard troops of the Principality of Hassad in the west are already in place, and some of the vanguard troops in the Principality of Hassad in the east are already in place. The Gondor Empire has also mobilized its army. The two countries are separated by a mountain range, and the ridgeline is the border. So on the surface, it looks like they are stationing troops on the border to prepare for war, but I know that this is to deal with the dark moon (at least people recognize it as such), so where is this Changqiao Mountain Range?

The Long Bridge Mountains... The Long Bridge... The Long Bridge connecting the Earth and the Moon... Is this what it means?

"The Long Bridge Mountain Range is the front line of the Dark Moon War," I said in a roundabout way, trying to find out what connection the Long Bridge Mountain Range has with the "Long Bridge" that connects the earth and the moon in mythology. "Speaking of which, no one Do you know how the Dark Moon people came to the surface?"

"I only know that they came from the Tongtian Bridge that has been cut off, but no one knows how they activated the bridge," the old village chief said, stroking his beard. "The Tongtian Bridge used to connect the earth and the moon, but after the goddess cut it down with a sword, there were only two broken stubbles left on the earth, one at each end of the Changqiao Mountains - you know that our empire has several bridges on the border. There are two fortresses in the north and south. These two fortresses monitor the two stubbles from a distance. Every time the people on the Dark Moon attack, the two stubbles are the largest transmission points. Darkness will also appear in other places on the ground. Yue's small teleportation station, but I heard the old people say that all Dark Moon portals are powered by the two stubbles. As long as the two fortresses in the north and south support each for a while longer, Dark Moon's army will not have the energy to open too many. Through the portal, we can support the goddess until she comes."

The Changqiao Mountains are indeed the ruins of the "Long Bridge" back then! I imagine it's probably equivalent to a huge long bridge pier...

However, it is still confusing to understand what the so-called "long bridge connecting the earth and the moon" was back then. I know the origin of that "goddess". Naturally, I don’t believe that the goddess created this world, nor do I believe that the goddess created the bridge connecting heaven and earth. That thing is likely to be something left by the previous civilization of these two planets: such incidents are not uncommon. At first, I thought it was a space elevator with a long shelf life, because the space elevator does meet the characteristics of a "bridge" and is easily accepted by the locals. But now according to the old village chief, that thing seems to be an interplanetary teleportation device.

I suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Bingtis, who nodded slightly. In the spiritual connection, he said: "I have sent two louse spirits to fly to investigate the two ends of the mountain range, but they do not know how to teleport. The speed of flying is limited, and now they are turning back from the inland... They will probably be able to fly around noon tomorrow. Come on."

I nodded, thinking that the useless fox finally had some effect: the lice spirits she "hatched" were very useful as smart probes, and they also had evolutionary functions. According to my observation, you need to use a cloth Bags contain them, they also illuminate…

Qian Qian rolled his eyes and suddenly asked: "By the way, old man, you said that the Dark Moon War has been fought five times, each time separated by hundreds of years. How come it has been so long that the two bridge piers on the ground... ...Eh, I mean stubble removal, no one has solved those two stubble removals?”

"Things made by the goddess are not so easy to dismantle." The old village chief slapped his thigh, "Let alone dismantling them. Before the barrier is opened, we people on earth can't even enter the inner courtyard of that thing. And how can the goddess? The Tongtian Bridge was not completely demolished during the last attempt to seal Anniyue, which shows that those two faults are the foundation of our world and cannot be demolished - or so the teachings say."

As soon as I heard this, I knew that even if I asked sharp questions such as why the goddess didn't completely eliminate the Dark Moon people, why she didn't completely repair the malfunctions of this world, why she didn't seal Dark Moon more tightly, etc., the old village chief would definitely He replied with "That's what the doctrine says anyway", so he simply stopped asking these questions and started chatting instead. At this time, the figure of a big silly man caught my eye in the distance (he was helping someone carry furniture because of his immense strength). I pointed at him and said, "The big man is really strong! He can kill a furbolg with one punch." Beat to death."

Mentioning the silly big man, the wrinkles on the old village chief's face almost turned into tears with laughter: "Otherwise we all say that he might be the reincarnation of a mountain barbarian - you must not say that to outsiders, this is just a joke. …”

I know that the mountain barbarians are one of the tribes of Dark Moon now, and they are the "original sinners" who started the world war. They are famous for their divine power and natural witchcraft. Their stupid strength is ridiculed as the reincarnation of the mountain barbarians. It’s not surprising, but in these troubled times, topics related to the Dark Moon people have become taboo. The old village chief quickly made up for it after he said it smoothly: The old man is quite cautious.

I waved my hand and didn't care. Not to mention that the stupid guy is just an ordinary person. Even if he is really the reincarnation of a mountain barbarian, what's the big deal? Do you think he is so careless now that he looks like a lord who can destroy the world?

Mentioning the honest and honest big man and the psychic cat he raised, Qian Qian couldn't help but talk about it: "It would be great if he could come to our place. We have a group of Atlanteans there, and everyone is upright. Yes, the silly big guy is probably just over the disability line in there, and there is his cat, that cat is so awesome. I saw her sweeping the floor and wiping the table when I got up early."

"Atlantis? It's probably the name of some place in the south. I've never heard of it," the old village chief scratched his hair, "but the silly guy and his cat are well-known in the village. They were two years ago. When I first came to the village, there was a beast disaster here. The wild beasts in the forest had nothing to eat during the winter. They all came to steal the livestock and dried meat of the villagers, and even bitten a few people. At that time, a stupid guy passed by here and even the place name of the village was He heard about this before he even inquired about it, and he immediately ran into the forest to 'negotiate' with those beasts. He found a large group of black wolves, and instead of fighting them, he pinned them down one by one on the ground and started fighting with them. Be reasonable. Tell the wolves that it's okay to come looking for food, but they can't destroy people's yards or hurt people - how can animals understand this? But the black wolf pounced on him and bit him and scratched him, but it didn't work. Anyway, he was pretty good. Patiently, he pushed all the black wolves to the ground one by one. The wolves couldn't run away even if they wanted to: the stupid big one could run faster than the wind, with faster hands and feet. This went on for two days and two nights. The biggest wolf pack in the forest. 30% of him was frightened to death, 30% was exhausted, and the remaining 40% has now become a vegetarian. The situation of the 'negotiation' at that time was how Xiao Hei described it to the people around him after the stupid guy came back: That cat is more slippery than me, and The bad idea of ​​'negotiation' was also given by the cat. Then the two of them became famous. They even settled in the village."

"You idiot, aren't you from here?" I asked in surprise.

The old village chief stroked his beard and shook his head slightly: "No, he is from the south. His hometown seems to be in the Cloud Country. Have you been to that small country? The people are very tall, and they often travel far, because there are some places in the Cloud Country. There is still a rule that after reaching adulthood, you have to travel for ten years before returning home, but now that the Dark Moon War is about to start, I don’t know if this rule will be suspended for a while. I heard that the silly guy’s family members are no longer here, and he He was already wandering around before he reached adulthood, and he picked up that cat on the road. At first, he helped the village a lot, and we all advised him to just settle down in the village, and that's how he settled. But now the big man has forgotten it. He’s a big shot in the village, he’s a big shot here.”

"Oh -" Qian Qian lay on the table and watched Huesca and Pandora using bone pieces to put together a puzzle, and said in a long voice, "Isn't that silly guy his real name? He really has no name?"

"Hey, he just said that his name was Silly Big Man, and he only recognized this name," the old village chief waved his hand, "That's a poor kid. I heard that his parents died early, and there was nothing left in the family. Big Man When I was in my hometown, my neighbors took turns raising me every meal. The child was a little stupid. When his parents died, he didn't even remember his own name. As time went by, people around him saw that he grew very strong. He's stupid, so just call him stupid, and he'll just run around with this name. But it won't have much impact, it's easy to make a living, and here in the countryside we don't care about this mess, as long as we know who is who. "

A few of us nodded repeatedly, and got to know our new big friends better. After chatting with the old village chief for a while, it was getting late. The party started in the morning, but unknowingly it was lively for a whole day. It was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and the people in the square had already dispersed. , there were only a few children and a few local dog-like animals running around on the land. The silly guy helped clear the other tables and chairs before finally coming to our place. He carried the psychic cat on his shoulder and greeted the old village chief in a low voice: "Village Chief, I have cleared the table. This table belongs to you." Bar?"

Bingtis and others got up and stepped aside one after another. Viska looked pitifully at her jigsaw puzzle: she had almost put together a 1024x768 picture of Riverside During the Qingming Festival, while Pandora was in the picture of Riverside During the Qingming Festival. Next to them were hundreds of aliens carrying guns and cannons, preparing to invade the Song Dynasty - these two naughty boys were simply going to defy the heavens! I accidentally remembered the first time they learned to make a snowman and ended up building a Neuschwanstein Castle...

But in the end, Viska obediently swept away the bones and debris so that the stupid guy could move the table away. We couldn't help but let out a sigh of regret: another genius child was strangled.

Most of the day passed by now, and we spent the afternoon having a "reception" in the yard of the silly big man's house. This small rural village has a slow pace of life, and due to the silly big man's "strong contribution", the hunters in the village also happened to have a day off. The idle and curious villagers all came to the silly big man's house, wanting to inquire about the outside world with the "informed family of scholars". After these two days of contact, the locals have discovered that our family is actually very easy to get along with. Bingtis and I happened to have tons of things we wanted to know about from the locals, so naturally we welcomed all who came. At first we had a headache as to how to pretend that we were really intellectuals in this world, but slowly I discovered one thing: these people in front of me actually just came to join in the fun with a sense of freshness about seeing the city from the mountains. I don’t know whether the weird things you are telling you are true or false, and there is no possibility of actually checking them: in fact, most people here will never step outside the radius of Pine Forest Village in their lives. So even if you say something bizarre, as long as you explain to them that it is something from a mysterious country far away, these people will be able to accept it with satisfaction: they are just listening to the fun anyway. Even if you really make up stories for them, they won't care as long as they are happy.

Later, I felt that even if I took out a mobile phone to check the time in front of them, it would not be a big problem. For most people in Pine Forest Village, the crystal ball in the hands of the Imperial Master is actually not much different from the Nokia in the hands of the people on earth. , in short, I can’t understand it...

So I told them about daily life in Atlantis and Avalon. The further and more mysterious the talk, the better: the more such a topic is, the easier it is to develop it, and this is what the villagers want to hear.

After half a day of contact, we finally got all the information that could be theoretically obtained in this village, including whose wife beats her children and whose men are afraid of their wives: the latter kind of questions are mainly caused by shallow Qian is responsible for communication. I don’t understand why Qian Qian cares about things at all...

"The people in our village are pretty good, right?" After sending away the last batch of idle men and women who came to "attend classes", the stupid guy closed the courtyard door and said to us with a smile. We were sitting in the courtyard. On the stone pier. I nodded vigorously while drinking the "tea" made by the stupid man using unknown wild flowers and weeds. The psychic cat was running around chasing a small flying insect on the wall of the courtyard. At this time, it saw that all the other people had left its "territory" before jumping down. The cat had an unhappy expression on its face: "My My afternoon sleep was disturbed. Nothing good will happen if you come here."

The silly guy bent down and picked up the kitten: "Xiao Hei, you must be polite to your guests."

"It's okay, it's okay," Qian Qian waved her hands vigorously and looked at the little black cat with bright eyes. "You want me to hug her?"

The psychic cat had already seen Qian Qian's power, and knew that before him was a truly boss-level feline. Suddenly the hairs on his back stood up straight, and he hunched over and grinned at the stupid big man's hand: "Stupid human, don't come over here! Come over here and I'll scratch you!"

Everyone around looked at these two felines and laughed happily: I always thought that Qianqian and the eldest lady were both born in the year of cat. The difference is that the eldest lady was the kind who slept on velvet cushions since she was a child and grew up in the villa area. The poodle cats that get up often have a fierce aura, but they are also a little bit wild and naughty. Qian Qian is one of those Chinese pastoral cats that starts running around alleys as soon as they can run. The biggest advantage is that they are particularly capable. Jumping up and down. Anyway, either one of these two has more fighting power than Xiao Hei who can only talk: Qian Qian is also very talkative...

The cat-like girl and the girl-like cat faced off for a while, and it ended with Qian Qian suddenly being distracted by two animal skins placed in the corner. Xiao Hei jumped to the ground and let out a long breath, swung his tail in a circle in the air, and looked up at me: "How did you come up with those stories you just made up? They still sound like the truth..."

Bingtis and I were stunned for a moment. The unexpected words of this black cat were simply terrifying: She could actually tell that the stories about "distant countries" were false!

Only the stupid guy still looked like he didn't understand anything. He scratched his hair and looked back and forth: "Is it the same as the real thing? Is what the scholar just said false?"

"That's not entirely true." I smiled awkwardly, while secretly looking at the little black cat with my peripheral vision. I actually found that the latter was also looking at this side. It was obviously a cat, but his green eyes were twinkling. There is a complex light similar to human eyes, but fortunately I have been tested for a long time. I just need to ignore this penetrating look. "Part of it is indeed what I have seen in the distance, but some of it is purely mythical. They are all folklore collected from local places when traveling around the world. Ancient kingdoms lost tens of thousands of years ago, mysterious islands shrouded in thick fog, city-states buried in sulfur after volcanic eruptions, etc. These stories are special. A lot. Logically speaking (I feel a little guilty when I say this), people shouldn’t use these things to fool people, but if I really tell them about the inspection records along the way, the villagers may not be interested in hearing it. Is that the truth?"

Speaking of which, I admire myself so much. I can actually come up with a decent reason for my nonsense. This fully shows that I have at least half succeeded in becoming an expert and scholar...

Xiao Hei and Silly Man nodded at the same time. The latter probably didn't quite understand, but the former actually showed a hint of approval: This cat is really amazing. In theory, she should be smarter than Silly Man!