Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 307 Chapter 306: First Meeting

The scout captain looked to be in his twenties, which was considered a young and middle-aged man in the secular world. He had not received much education, but his intelligence was still acceptable.

In today's Luozhou, there is no conspiracy or calculation between people. Everyone is living in poverty. The most important thing is unity. These two words are deeply rooted in everyone's heart.

Tonight, after seeing Lin Beixuan bend his bow and shoot the head of the nine-headed hungry monster, he was amazed at the opponent's strength from the beginning.

At this moment, after vaguely understanding Lin Beixuan's thoughts, he understood the importance of this matter even more.

The scout captain quickened his pace, and after circling around in the tunnel, he finally brought Lin Beixuan to a relatively wide area.

The remaining 2,000-plus soldiers of the Zhenxi Army were all settled here.

Along the way, Lin Beixuan noticed that this tunnel deep underground was actually dug entirely by humans, and even now you can still see traces of chiseling and shoveling on the walls on both sides.

After entering this spacious area, you can vaguely see some candlelight.

In the dim underground, sporadic candlelight could only illuminate part of the area. The soldiers of the Zhenxi Army either leaned against the stone wall with their weapons in hand and their eyes closed, or grabbed some stones and sat together playing the stone throwing game.

People say that time passes by in the mountains. In fact, hiding underground is almost the same. There is no sunlight underground, which makes it easier for people to ignore time.

Due to lack of sunlight for a long period of time, these people's skin has become much paler than normal people, their eyes are bloodshot, and some are afraid of the sun.

Even many starving ghosts can run under the sunlight obscured by gray clouds in Luozhou, but real people can only hide in caves and survive. I don’t know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate.

Lin Beixuan's arrival attracted a lot of people's attention. Everyone looked at him with a bit of curiosity and hope.

"Finally, reinforcements are arriving?"

This thought popped up in the soldiers' minds at the same time. They were excited, but more importantly, they were nervous.

This group of people fought with the starving ghosts countless times, and in the end only more than 2,000 people survived. They were in a desperate situation and even doubted the hope in their hearts.

After struggling in despair for so long, they subconsciously learned not to easily trust any seemingly beautiful fantasy.

Lin Beixuan followed the scout captain silently, not daring to look at the eyes of these people.

He let out a sigh, feeling mixed emotions.

The scout captain also seemed silent at this time, but he was already used to this.

Every time the scout team returned from a mission, they would be greeted with similar looks, as if countless people were silently asking - did you bring in reinforcements this time, or did you find a new way out.

However, the results are often disappointing. As people repeat the monotonous life every day, they gradually get used to disappointment and stop asking questions and expecting anything.

But, today is different.

The scout captain turned his head and glanced at the silent Lin Beixuan, his heart filled with hope.

The two turned a dark corner and came to a place that looked like a meeting room.

However, this conference room was not as bright as expected, but rather dim. A dozen people who looked like military officers were sitting separately.

"General, our team has successfully completed this investigation mission. Someone suddenly broke into the valley, causing the nine-headed hungry minions to attack, which caused a shock..."

The scout captain straightened his back and described everything he saw exactly as he saw it, especially the scene where Lin Beixuan stood on the top of the mountain, bent his bow and shot off one of the heads of the nine-headed hungry monsters.

The scout captain described the situation vividly, and the general who was listening in front of him gradually widened his eyes with an expression of disbelief.

They knew best what the Nine-Headed Hungry Minion's strength was. It was not impossible for someone to bend the bow and shoot off the other party's head, but such a person would only appear in Shangjing, which was under the feet of the emperor.

As for Luozhou now...how is that possible!

Luo Bingzhong took a deep breath, his eyes unexpectedly calm, and asked lightly.

"Is everything you said true?"

"I dare not hide anything." The scout captain clasped his fists and replied, "I have brought this gentleman here now."

Luo Bingzhong raised his eyebrows and looked towards the shadow in the corner of the conference room.

A figure walked out slowly from inside, the sound of footsteps on the ground was steady and rhythmic, as if every step was stepping on everyone's heart, bringing an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Luo Bingzhong narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the figure that was gradually approaching.

It was an angular face with a high nose bridge, deep eyebrows and eyes, with a faint sense of majesty that could not be ignored. In the dim conference room, the whole face seemed to be glowing.

Below the line of sight, what caught the eye was a black and red blood-stained robe. It was made of an unknown material, but it was thin and soft, with complex patterns embroidered on it. It faintly revealed a faint smell of blood, which still fluttered gently even in the windless environment underground.

Luo Bingzhong's eyes met Lin Beixuan's and his brows furrowed. The majesty and arrogance that naturally emanated from the other person made him involuntarily feel a little alert.

"May I ask your name?" Luo Bingzhong stared ahead and clasped his fists.

"Lin Beixuan!"

Lin Beixuan raised his head, glanced at the generals in the room, and finally his eyes fell on Luo Bingzhong.

With just one glance, he could tell who was the boss among these people.

"Please sit down!" Luo Bingzhong gave a wink, and someone immediately brought up a stool made of dead wood.

"My humble abode is simple, I hope Brother Lin will not mind."

Lin Beixuan smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. How can I be worse than General Luo's place? At least I don't have to worry about being harassed by starving ghosts every day."

Luo Bingzhong had just learned some things about Lin Beixuan from the scout captain. After thinking about it, he asked tentatively.

"Since Brother Lin has some brothers under him, why did he come to this place alone?"

"It's for you, of course."

"For us? Haha... How can we, a bunch of defeated soldiers, be treated like this by Brother Lin?"

Hearing this, Luo Bingzhong's eyes flashed with something strange, but he showed a wry smile on his face.

Lin Beixuan looked at Luo Bingzhong quietly: "In General Luo's opinion, why can't I take you seriously?"

“Even though the Zhenxi Army was in danger, they still maintained their original aspirations and were not crushed by the suffering, and continued to fight against the starving ghosts to the end.

Your enemy is an enemy that no dynasty wants to face, but the Zhenxi Army persisted. "

Lin Beixuan's words were powerful, and every word was full of power and respect.

"You have lived up to your conscience over the years and have also worked very hard."

"Who in the world has the right to look down on you?"

Lin Beixuan did not sit on the stool that was brought in. He stood straight the whole time until he finished speaking the last sentence. Then he bent his waist slightly and saluted to Luo Bingzhong and the generals of the Zhenxi Army who were sitting in the dim and small simple conference room.

After the ceremony, Lin Beixuan smiled and said, "I am honored to meet you all today."

Luo Bingzhong and the Zhenxi Army generals behind him stared blankly at Lin Beixuan as he did all this, and it took them a long time to react.

Their eyes were slightly red, wet with tears without them realizing it.

They could hear the sincerity and respect in Lin Beixuan's words, without a trace of falsehood.

Ever since the Luozhou Starving Ghost Incident, they had become accustomed to seeing people dying in front of them, and they were also lucky enough to see many people being taken in by a powerful secular god.

They did not ask these people to join the Zhenxi Army and fight against the starving ghosts together with them.

However, after seeing those people being rescued, when I looked at their mocking eyes, my heart also felt a little painful.

Those eyes seemed to be saying - 'Look at those idiot soldiers. They clearly have a chance to survive, but they still rush forward to deal with such powerful starving ghosts. If the starving ghosts were easy to deal with, how could they fall so quickly? How could the court just let it go...'

Those cold gazes were like people in desperate situations who not only did not receive encouragement from their comrades, but instead stabbed them in the heart at this moment.

Disappointment, helplessness, sadness...all these emotions drained the enthusiasm of the Zhenxi Army.

Fortunately, they survived that moment and dedicated their lives to taking back the land where they grew up. All the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army were willing to do so.

At this moment, Lin Beixuan's words were like a warm current, warming their frozen and numb hearts.

'It turns out that there are still people who think that we are not doing a useless thing! '

Luo Bingzhong's gaze towards Lin Beixuan suddenly became gentle, and the hostility towards the other party in his heart had disappeared, leaving only a faint warmth.

Luo Bingzhong was silent for a few seconds, then said in a deep voice: "Thank you!"

His words represented everyone in the Zhenxi Army at that moment. The long-lost recognition and understanding made these burly men, exhausted in their hearts, feel unprecedented satisfaction.

Lin Beixuan smiled and shook his head: "I should be the one saying this to you. It is because of you that Luozhou has been able to hold on for so long."

Luo Bingzhong also smiled back, then thought of something and asked immediately.

"I heard that Changzhou, Jiangzhou, Minzhou and Qingzhou have all fallen. Brother Lin, is this true?"

"I don't need to use these to deceive General Luo."

Luo Bingzhong raised his hand upon hearing this and he was reluctant to put it down. He looked like a puppet that had been stripped of its spirit, and his pupils were dim.

After Luozhou was turned into a ghost town by starving ghosts, it became extremely difficult for information to flow to and from the outside world, and finally it was completely closed.

However, before he completely lost contact with the outside world, he received a secret letter from the prefect of Changzhou. This prefect was once his best friend. After learning about what happened in Luozhou, he sent people to rescue and brought news from Changzhou.

At that time, the Zi Gu God was only entrenched in several large counties of Changzhou, but unexpectedly, she had completely taken over Changzhou.

Luo Bingzhong knew the temper of his good friend. Since Changzhou had fallen, he might have died on the city wall.

"Hehehe..."

Luo Bingzhong laughed, looking a little crazy, and his laughter was mixed with sadness and helplessness.

He wanted to look up at the sky, but what he saw was an impenetrable wall of stone and earth. Everything was so gloomy.

(End of this chapter)