Zero suddenly woke up and saw a roof made of wood and leaves. He turned over and got out of bed. It was a wooden house. From beds to simple furniture, they are made of trees. There is no metal mouth. They have the strongest primitive style. Coming out of the wooden house is a corridor only half a meter wide. The corridor also serves as a balcony. After passing the other two wooden houses, it extends downward to the ground.
This is the house of the assak. They built it on a tree. Usually, each ancient tree held by several people has only one room, but now zero is the residence of patriarch Gog. He has three rooms, built on two twin trees next to each other, which is a privilege of the patriarch.
Asak villages have no obvious signs. They live in the woods. If you don't really enter the village, you will only think it is a forest from the outside and ignore the past. There is no so-called highway. When zero followed Gog and other assaks back to the village, they all turned left and right among the woods. Even if zero wants to write down the road, it can't be recorded because of the almost repeated scene.
The only difference between the village and the woods is probably clearing an open space. This open space is usually the arena of the assak people. In the west of the open space, tree stumps and square feldspar are built into something similar to the altar. On both sides are carved totems made of wood. The totem is the face of the asak people. It seems that this alien is a bit like some indigenous people in the old times. Ancestor worship is popular.
"Can't sleep?" Gog's voice came nearby. Even if he got off his horse, the average height of asak people reached nearly three meters.
Gog stood next to zero, and zero only came to his chest. Asak clan chief waved one of his arms and said, "you humans are certainly not used to living in the jungle, but for us, this is the place where we were born and died."
Zero looked at the sky and said, "leader Gog, under the same sky, in a different city. I don't know if you believe that we human beings and other alien races can live together in peace. This is a small achievement of my efforts. I hope that human beings and alien races can live in peace, not fight each other."
"Unfortunately, you can't represent all mankind. Just like those who burned our village, they didn't have the idea of coexistence."
"So I'm working in this direction."
"Oh, so you came to this land for this purpose?"
Zero shook his head: "no, it's two different things. I suspect that the medicine and seeds you got from the shadow clan are related to the one thing you're looking for. That thing is very dangerous, and it may even lead to the destruction of the planet. So I'm here to confirm. In short, I'm looking for something, not to fight with you."
Gog looked at him for a moment and said, "I've sent someone to the holy temple for your request. It's estimated that the news will be sent back tomorrow. However, I advise you not to think about the shadow clan. Otherwise, even if you are a hundred war warrior, war can't be avoided."
"If that thing is what I want to destroy, I won't change my mind even if there is a war." zero said firmly, "because I know very well that once it gets that thing, it will not only be the war between us, but the whole world."
"It? What is it?"
"It..." zero smiled bitterly, "it can be said to be your mother. It is because of it that you will have you. However, you are not the life it wants to appear, so if it appears, it will kill you. Because it is the natural enemy of all life."
Gog shook his head and said, "it seems that you have a lot of stories."
"Patriarch Gog, can you tell me about the holy temple?" zero had no intention to continue to discuss with Gog on the issue of prosius, so he changed the topic.
"Before the holy temple appeared, we were a mess. At the beginning of the holy temple, it was actually the place where the shadow clan lived. It was called Montenegro, and the holy temple was built on Montenegro. I'm sorry, I can't tell you where Montenegro is. In short, after the shadow clan gave seeds and holy medicine to the selected clans, the heads of ten clans, including Amanda, also became The elders of the temple. "
According to Gog, zero is probably a little clear about the power structure of the black earth. The shadow clan is an alien clan standing at the top of the earth. They are few in number, but the combat power of adult soldiers is strong. Under the alien race is the holy temple, which is presided over by 11 elders. One of the elders is the chief of the shadow clan, and the rest are the chief of the strong clan like Amanda.
The holy temple is the spiritual symbol of all the aliens in this land. It is the decision-making body of the aliens in the black land. However, the holy temple rarely gives clear instructions, and more often allows all ethnic groups to develop freely.
The most recent instruction was that when Xiuya led the army to invade, the holy temple asked the aliens in the level 1 to 3 areas to withdraw and shrink into the level 4 area, which was protected by powerful clans such as the assak, and organized an army against blood cavalry.
As for how to fight the blood riding army, it is up to the strong clan leader who is responsible for organizing the resistance to decide.
From the human point of view, the power of the holy temple is undoubtedly loose, but its executive power is beyond doubt. Even if the next instruction is issued occasionally, all aliens complete it without discount. This is totally unimaginable in human society.
In terms of decision-making, the holy temple also adopts the voting system. Each elder has one vote. When there are a majority of affirmative votes, the decision is passed. In this regard, even the elders of the shadow clan do not enjoy privileges.
Gog finally said, "if you want to achieve your goal and want to avoid the war, you can only urge the temple to vote on it and win at least six elders on your side."
Asak clan leader went to his house and turned around and said, "if you can become a warrior in all battles, I am willing to vote for you. This vote is not for your so-called natural enemy of life, but for your courage to come alone and your intention to avoid fighting with us so far."
Looking at Gog's figure disappearing into the room, zero smiled and looked at the sky: "the situation is not bad. At least, there is a vote now."
Beyond the vast virgin forest, there is a red and black land. The surface here is scorched black, but in the cracked rock stratum, it is as red as blood. This is a black land. Whether there are countless rivers dividing this land into several fragments of different sizes. All rivers originate from a natural lake at the end of the earth.
The black earth is from west to East, the terrain is high and low, and the lake water level has not decreased for many years. It should be continuously supplemented by underground water sources. The Great Lakes freeze in winter and melt in spring. The ice water flows to the lower part through the cracks of the earth along with the terrain, forming streams and rivers, which inject vitality into the land.
On the east side of the great lake, there are mountains rising through the clouds. The mountain peaks almost rise from the ground. The mountain is very steep. The whole body is dark and like the ground color. There is a mountain road chiseled in it, which goes straight to a platform halfway up the mountain. It's like a piece of rock cut off from the hillside, forming a concave space. It can be seen that several stone columns surrounded by several people support this space. I don't know whether it is formed naturally or intentionally.
The stone pillars are gray and look desolate and desolate in the dark mountain. This platform is the holy temple of the black earth alien. At the moment, several elders in the holy temple were arguing about something, and girutan was among them. There is a stone basin in the center of the temple. The flame on it never goes out for years. The elders argued fiercely around the basin.
"Are you kidding? Why should the assak people hold a hundred war warrior competition for an outsider? What is elder Gog thinking? Just send these people away." a very short, old-looking, but loud alien elder kept knocking on the ground with his crutch as an emphasis.
"That's because the assaks never refuse to challenge, nor are they afraid of challenges. If it's not important this time, elder Gog won't report to the holy temple at all. He's afraid of holding a fight immediately?" said a middle-aged man like a human. His appearance is somewhat similar to that of girutan, but it's Ba Jin, the patriarch of Amanda.
A man who was covered in a black robe but showed his white arm from his sleeve said: "If this matter was put forward by other patriarchs, we can reject it. But elder Gog's temperament must be clear to everyone. Their asak dignity and tradition do not allow them to avoid any challenges. If we reject it this time, elder Gog won't say anything, but it's not surprising that some ideas will inevitably arise in his heart, or even a quarrel with the holy temple. Therefore , this incident needs to be handled with care. "
"The black owl elder is right." another elder said, "in my opinion, the best way is to hold a fighting competition, and then defeat or even kill the human in the challenge. In this way, the Gaoge clan leader should have no opinion."
"I think it's enough to defeat this human. In elder Gog's message, he also pointed out that this human tries his best to avoid war with us. If we kill him in a fight, I'm afraid it will lead to unnecessary trouble," Ba Jin said.
The elder murmured before: "is it still rare for human beings to kill our compatriots? Elder Ba Jin, I know that your son girutan seems to be friends with this human being. It would be very disappointing if you favor human beings because of."
Buckington frowned: "elder Wade, I have to remind you. Behind this human being is a city called dawn city. Girutan also said that this city has many high-level, a capable force and thousands of soldiers. More importantly, this city is closely related to the Western tundra. You should know what is there in the western tundra?"
The black robed elder raised his hand and said, "enough, stop fighting. Elder Ba Jin is right. This human is not an ordinary person. If you kill him, you will provoke an extremely powerful enemy for us. I decided to let elder Gao Ge hold a fight. Then, I black owl will fight as one of the warriors. That human can only stop in the village of asak."
He opened his hat and showed a very beautiful face, but his eyes were as dark as ink!