Collapse: A little shock to the card world

As I recall, this should be the ancient battlefield where the strange beast Huodou was defeated. Although it was desolate, it had not yet reached the level of desertification, right?

He stood up in a daze, and subconsciously followed the guidance in his mind as he walked in the desert, as if he was going to meet someone.

Pfft!

He was a little dazed and didn't notice the desert under his feet, and was tripped by something and fell to the ground.

He shook off the yellow sand on his body and looked at the thing that tripped him in confusion.

It was a palm-sized purple fragment, like a part of something larger.

Something seemed to flash through my mind, but disappeared in an instant.

I had no choice but to leave this fragment behind and walk in the direction it guided me again...

However, with the previous lesson in mind, he kept looking at the desert surface ahead as he moved forward.

After an unknown amount of time, a tree appeared in the distance...

Trees in the desert...are really rare...

This idea suddenly popped up in his mind, and he couldn't help but quicken his pace and walked towards that direction.

Poplar trees...

As he got closer, some clear information emerged in his mind, and he subconsciously identified the species of tree.

There was a figure standing under the tree, with its back to him, quietly gazing at the poplar tree, seemingly thinking about something...

At this moment, more strange memories came to mind: Yu, Stargazing, Rita, Huodou, and self-explosion...

The fragmented information gathered together gave him some guesses about his current situation...

This should be the future after the death of the evil spirit...

Judging from her clothes, the person under the tree should be the Prime Minister, but why is she here?

Yu shook his confused head and ran over there quickly.

"Rita!"

The figure under the tree turned around, and her appearance made Yu pause.

Her cheeks were thin and she looked extremely listless, something that should not have happened to her at all.

The look in her eyes was empty and tired... I seemed to have seen that look before in my memory.

That look also appeared on the face of "His Majesty the Sage King Stargazing" who was sitting on the throne.

Only when you have lost the most important person will you have such a hopeless look.

Yu felt something was wrong and looked around but there was no one watching the stars.

Is something wrong?

Rita looked at Yu for a while and slowly revealed a forced smile.

"It seems that Master Guanxing was right in his bet. You are still alive..."

"Stargazing..."

Perhaps the desert environment was too dry, Yu suddenly felt his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak.

It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this!

This thought inexplicably emerged in his mind. Something seemed to urge him to keep moving forward. He must not stagnate here. He must change everything...

Yu was in a daze for a moment, and asked Rita with some reluctance.

"The wudou... should have been eliminated, right? Then why..."

Rita nodded calmly, staring at the sky with lifeless eyes.

"Yes, the Huotou was indeed destroyed... Although you, Captain, anticipated this and sent the Huotou into the sky, the violent explosion formed a blazing sun in the sky, affecting the three kingdoms.

Jörmungandr was originally built by the sea, but because most of the sea evaporated, most of the ships were stranded on the shore.

In the Snow Country of Shikzar, the snowfields continued to melt, submerging most of the buildings in water.

Although it is all within controllable range, but…”

Yu was a little dazed after hearing what Rita said. Didn't he remember leading the monster that was about to self-destruct into the sea? Why did Rita say that he was the one who sent the monster into the sky?

Is there something wrong with his memory, or is Rita lying? But is it necessary to lie about such a thing?

So... there's something wrong with his memory?

"captain…"

"what?"

Rita's voice brought back Yu's thoughts that were drifting away.

"Captain, do you remember that our country once sent two envoys to ask for assistance from the other two countries?"

"What happened to the two envoys?"

"These two envoys never returned. They disappeared..."

"Missing? Aren't they detained by the other two countries?"

Yu looked at Rita in confusion, memories resurfacing in his mind. After the envoys sent by Huang Kingdom to the two countries departed, there was no news. Mr. Guanxing therefore believed that the two countries were standing by and watching, hoping to reap the benefits...

Rita shook her head.

"Master Stargazer also thought so earlier, but our country has been hurt by the Huo Dou, so we decided to wait for a while before making any decisions.

But soon after, secret reports suddenly came in that the two countries were planning to join forces to attack our country.

I secretly sent people to investigate and found that the two countries had actually sent reinforcements to our country.

After hearing the news that we had defeated the Huo-Dou, the two countries thought their reinforcements had helped, but in the end, they never received any returning troops...

Later, I heard that they, with the guidance of some villagers, found the remains of some soldiers. Not only did they show signs of burning and gnawing, but there were also some sword wounds on their backs…”

"A wound on the back? If you add in the impact of the self-detonation of the evil spirit, wouldn't that cause some misunderstanding?"

Rita nodded.

"Yes, rumors spread for a while, saying that our country deliberately used the supporting soldiers as cannon fodder to contain the evil spirits.

There's even a theory that our country deliberately released the Hudou in order to lure out and strangle the armies of other countries, thus taking advantage of the opportunity to annihilate the other two countries...

The two countries refused to negotiate, and war is inevitable..."

"What about stargazing? Why didn't I see her?"

Yu looked around, and the bad feeling became more and more serious.

Rita lowered her eyes and was silent for a moment.

"Master Stargazer... made a decision that no one expected.

While spreading false news about the internal strife between the pro-war and pro-surrender factions in the Huang Empire, she played the piano on the city wall every night, pretending to appease the people, and at the same time asked me to arrange for the citizens to evacuate quietly.

I tried to persuade her several times, but she said she wanted to stay and play one more song..."

Yu was silent for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice.

"So...she stayed there..."

Rita slowly looked up at the distant sky, as if she could see through the daylight and see the star in the sky.

"Master Guanxing bought us time to escape, but he himself died of exhaustion defending Huangyue City...

Now, the Brilliant Moon City ahead has been occupied, and we can't go back."

Rita showed a bit of bitterness on her face. After a while, she took out a few stacks of papers and handed them to Yu.

"This is the list of reinforcements and envoys sent by the two countries, collected by my informants, as well as their last known sightings and a map of the surrounding area.

This information is no longer useful to me, but you, Captain, might be able to use it."

There was some inexplicable hope in Rita's eyes, which made Yu feel a little inexplicably heavy.

Is this what you expect of him?

This expectation was so heavy... so heavy that it almost made it difficult for him to breathe...

Rita seemed to have noticed this as well and looked away apologetically.

Then he moved slightly closer to the poplar tree, reached into the bent branches, and brought out a small figure...