Astral Apostle Chapter 58: Unexpected information
Zhou Jing took Ross, using the cover of night and houses, to drive through the streets and alleys with ease.
A group of alien-blooded guards persevered in pursuit, but they couldn't keep up with Zhou Jing's speed and were gradually thrown away.
After running at full strength for a while, the rapid bell suddenly rang through the city.
clang clang-
The guards sounded the alarm, alarming the entire town.
Teams of poorly dressed guards rushed out of the barracks and hurriedly deployed.
However, the area of the town is so large that even if an alarm is issued, the chasing troops will not be able to reach Zhou Jing, and the defenders of the city wall are limited in number and cannot be fully intercepted.
Not long after the alarm sounded, Zhou Jing had already run under the city wall.
This section is sparsely deployed, with only a few guards, and they also found Zhou Jing and two people from the crenel.
Zhou Jing climbed up the aisle of the city wall and turned to look at the guards next to him.
Seeing this, a few guards held their weapons and showed their teeth and claws, as if they would rush up at any time, but the distance was slowly pulled away as they moved forward, and they all mastered the essence of spacewalking.
The corner of Zhou Jing's mouth twitched, he ignored the others, and led Ross over the wall and walked away.
Several guards watched the two disappear into the thick night, with expressions of annoyance on their faces.
After a while, many alien-blooded guards chased after the city wall. Hearing that the thief had already carried the lord and ran away, the guards did not play a role at all, and he was immediately angry.
"Why don't you stop?!"
"Damn, if you stop, we'll be there!"
The alien blood guards shouted angrily.
The guards listened to the accusations obediently, with fear on the surface, and rolled their eyes in secret.
Die laughing, I don't want to stop at all.
The alien-blooded guards seemed to hate that iron was not steel, and scolded the guards for a while, and then went out of the city after a symbolic chase for a while.
On the surface, they accused the guards of not stopping the thief, but in fact they were secretly glad that the thief was not stopped.
Because they had calmed down during the pursuit.
The enemy is suspected to have been strengthened three times... or forget it.
Everyone made a show, had good intentions, showed their best efforts, and then went back to their respective homes to find their respective mothers.
As for Root...wish him luck.
On the other side, many town residents were awakened by the alarm, went to the streets to observe, whispered to inquire about the situation, and were shocked when they learned that the lord had been sneaked in and kidnapped.
Hey, finally there is a hero who will do justice for the sky!
One day when Root existed, Baiyuan City became more and more depressed, but he still served as the lord regardless of the loss of the residents of Baiyuan City. Many urban residents have long been dissatisfied with this. However, the Empire did not act, they were powerless.
Suddenly hearing about this at this time, most of the citizens were not angry at all, but wished to celebrate.
Following word of mouth, news of Root's kidnapping spread like a hurricane across the city that night.
Many secretly prayed for Root.
——Please be sure to tear up the ticket!
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Out of Baiyuan City, Zhou Jing ran with Ross for a while, but soon found that the pursuers had given up.
"Stop chasing so soon, tsk, it seems that Root is really unpopular."
Zhou Jing pouted and took Ross to a hidden area in the wild, put down the unconscious Root and woke him up.
As soon as Root opened his eyes and saw Zhou Jing's face again, he panicked and sat on the ground hurriedly moving back, just wanting to stay away from Zhou Jing, incoherent:
"How could you be alive, I saw you dead! What the **** are you!"
He couldn't understand why Jason was able to come back from the dead. This has broken his three views, his mind was a mess, he couldn't think at all, and he was almost scared Abaaba.
Zhou Jing grabbed Root back to his crotch and raised his eyebrows:
"Do you think it's over and the dead won't come back to settle accounts?"
Root trembled like a chaff, facing Jason who was beyond his own understanding, his psychological defense was completely broken.
He regarded Zhou Jing as a life-threatening ghost, and there was only fear in his heart, and no other thoughts.
"What do you want?"
"I ask, you answer, cooperate honestly, or my friend will be happy to do something to you."
Zhou Jing pointed to Ross and said casually:
"He is proficient in more than 100 torture methods and can definitely help you understand your own body structure."
Root turned his head to look at Ross, and immediately believed... This expressionless face must be a ruthless man who kills without blinking!
Zhou Jing asked what he wanted to know.
Root was so frightened that he broke his defenses, his brain shut down, he basically asked what he asked, and didn't have the courage to resist.
After a while, Zhou Jing asked the truth about the fact that Root sent someone to kill him, as well as the deeper inside story.
"...So, you secretly conveyed benefits for the tribe and accumulated strength in order to respond to Roman's call to rebel and split the empire one day and seek independence?"
Zhou Jing blinked, secretly surprised.
Because of Root's overreaction at the beginning, he suspected that there was an insider, but he didn't know before that a lord of a remote place like Root was actually involved in a rebellion plan that seemed to involve a very wide range.
And the leader of this rebellion plan is a guy named "Roman", who is also the backer behind Root. He holds a high position in the court of the Terra Empire. Zhou Jing heard this name for the first time.
All the tribal lords who participated in this rebellion plan used Roman's plan as a link to form an indirect alliance with each other, waiting for a day when they would rise up together.
Root knows only part of the list, not all of the people involved in the project.
Zhou Jing asked carefully, and had a general understanding of the motives of this group of tribal lords.
The empire was established by the alliance of tribes, but now it has been secretly trying to weaken the inherent tribal power, and the empire has replaced the original position of the tribe, absorbing a large amount of resources, and its strength has increased.
Many tribes felt resentful, believing that with everyone's support, the empire was established, but now there is a tendency to hide everything, so they decided to respond.
More than 40 years after the establishment of the Terra Empire, the threat of alien beasts still exists, but the living environment has improved a lot. Each tribe believes that it is no longer necessary to form a group, and they are more and more dissatisfied with the empire on their heads. Under the consideration of lobbying and various factors, many tribal lords have the idea of getting rid of the imperial rule.
It is not necessary to overthrow the royal family, it will hurt both sides, and for the so-called "throne", the tribes in the alien world don't really value... It has only been 40 years since the tribal era entered the imperial era, and the legitimacy of the royal family's rule still remains. not fully established.
Every tribe that has survived from the Wild Ages to the present day can be considered "orthodox".
Because of their support, the empire was established. If they were all independent, would the rule of the empire be justified?
Due to similar judgments, each tribe decided to no longer obey the empire, and planned to become kings on their own, fully autonomous, to get rid of the leadership of the imperial family, and then through the offensive and defensive alliances, the empire would not dare to raise swords.
"Do you want to split a unified regime into a bunch of small regimes, each making their own decisions..."
Zhou Jing was thoughtful.
In other words, this situation can be understood as... All the tribes including the imperial family invested together to open a company. Everyone is an investor, and the imperial family is the helm of the company.
And now, the person at the helm of the company wants to turn the company into a one-stop company and dilute everyone's shares, so the various investors quit and plan to withdraw their capital and start their own company... Thinking about it this way, the situation seems to be clear.
Zhou Jing can understand the thoughts of each tribe. Judging from the situation in the world of alien beasts, maybe this kind of independence really has a good chance of success.
But what Zhou Jing was curious about was the motive for this lead "Roman".
Lobbying so many tribal lords, secretly pulling up a team, intending to split the empire... Is this person a careerist? What benefits does he get from it?
Only listening to Root's description, without personal contact, it is difficult for Zhou Jing to establish a clear image of this Roman.
Zhou Jing shook his head, put the matter aside for the time being, and asked about the short-headed man... In contrast, he was more concerned about the short-headed man's origins.
However, Root didn't know about this, he only knew that there was a force behind the short-headed man, who had a cooperative relationship with Roman, who was also a secret guard sent by Roman to protect him.
The intersection of Root and the mysterious forces behind the short-headed man is limited to providing some supplies every year, such as food, ores, herbs and other things.
And the way of handover is often to transport materials to different locations. After Root's people leave, this mysterious force will send people to take things away, and the two sides do not meet.
But since the inch-toed man died, his connection with that mysterious force has also been cut off.
"Since the handover is on your side, that mysterious force must have a base nearby..."
Zhou Jing frowned.
Unfortunately, Root doesn't know the location at all, so he can't find it, looking for a needle in a haystack.
The true origin of the inch-headed man is unknown to Root. However, he somehow got a clue.
The careerist named Roman has a deeper connection with the forces behind the short-headed man, and he must know more.
Zhou Jing asked about the things he cared about, and got the information he wanted~IndoMTL.com~ After he drained Root's information, he was not interested in the mouth-cannoning session, and cut the person's throat with a knife. .
A blood line emerges.
Root widened his eyes, clutching his bleeding neck, a look of pain on his face.
I have been guarding the living, but I never thought that I would eventually die in the hands of a "dead"...
Inexplicably, he was a little relieved.
After suffering for more than half a year, I was worried every day, like a walking dead... Maybe I died in the hands of this undead, so I could be free from the nightmare...
Root fell to the ground, feeling the passing of life, the past appeared in front of his eyes, but it seemed like a previous life, and slowly closed his eyes.
Zhou Jing didn't look at Root's corpse again, and didn't let him go.
With the knife sheathed, he pondered to himself.
"Someone wants to split the Empire... Roman..."
To be honest, it has little to do with whether these lords are fighting for independence, and what will happen to the empire and tribe in the end.
Both sides have their own reasons, and he doesn't have any sense of belonging to the Terra Empire and doesn't care that much.
What Zhou Jing was thinking about was that he accidentally learned this information, how to use it, and find a way to find an opportunity to earn resources from this incident...
"In the eyes of outsiders, I am still a dead person, and it is not suitable for me to appear in the surrounding area, so as not to be recognized by my former hunter companions.
It looks like it's time to leave the Baiyuan City area... Maybe go to the capital to get close to the core of power, and the information I get can be of value... And Roman is in the capital. If you want to contact him, you have to go there. . "
Zhou Jing's eyes flashed.
In addition, Wangdu has concentrated a lot of resources, and has access to more alien blood medicine and hunter's breathing resources, and it is very safe.
—Perhaps there's a good place to let the Eternal Apostle hang up and grow.