Space-time SWAT

Yanyun City was built in a gorge between two peaks.

The city wall is [-] meters high, like cast steel, with defensive formations engraved on it, which can withstand continuous impacts from iron-clad monsters without breaking.Because the canyon is very narrow, the whole city is narrow and long, with a width of no more than [-] meters and a length of more than a thousand meters.In addition to some seven-story buildings close together on the flat ground, there are also densely packed caves carved out of the mountain walls on both sides, most of which are for people to live in, and a small part are warehouses.

The entire city has a large middle-level protective formation, and the caves in the mountain walls also have separate protective formations. It seems that a copper wall and iron wall have been built, but in fact they are basically vulnerable to the beast tide.Otherwise, Du Danming would not take the initiative to lead a group of the most powerful monks here out of the city to stop the beast tide, so as to delay the time for the monsters to break through the city and give the city residents a chance to escape.

When they returned to the city, there was silence.

Originally, there were more than [-] residents in the city, and more than [-] monks left the city to fight. The city lord led the guards to escort more than [-] people to evacuate, but now there are only more than [-] people left in the city.Except for a few hundred old, weak, sick and disabled who voluntarily stayed behind because they didn't want to be dragged down to death on the way, the rest were monks who took the initiative to stay behind. pace of.

Those who left the city knew they would die, and those who stayed behind knew that they could not survive.They all held the determination that they would rather die than retreat, and vowed to cover the evacuated residents, because there were their relatives, friends or clansmen among them.

Du Danming landed the flying boat outside the city gate.He had already used the sound transmission talisman to contact his eldest brother Du Danning, asking him to send someone out of the city to meet him on a stretcher so that the wounded could be carried back.

Du Danning knew about their miraculous encounter and brought them out in person. He was already waiting outside the city.As soon as the flying boat arrived, he rushed up to meet his brother.Others also boarded the airship with stretchers, lifted the seriously wounded off, and quickly sent them back to the city.

Du Danning is quite similar to Du Danming, but he is not as glamorous as his younger brother, but much more stable than his younger brother.He looked at Du Jun and Du Xiao in front of him, his face was full of surprises, his hands trembled slightly with excitement, and he said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, great!"

Du Danming understood his feelings, stretched out his hand to gently support him, and said softly: "Brother, let's go down, we'll talk about it when we go back to the city."

"That's right." Du Danning finally calmed down, and made a gesture of invitation, "please please. The two of you look so young, they should be younger than our brothers. Brother Yu asked the elders, the two clan brothers and brother Yu returned to Du's mansion Right. My father was overjoyed when he heard that the two clan brothers had arrived and rescued hundreds of monks in our city. He wanted to come to greet him in person, but he didn’t dare to leave lightly because he wanted to sit in the city lord’s mansion and control the battle array. Please don't blame the two brothers."

Du Xiao smiled and said: "Brother is too polite. We are all brothers of the same clan, so there is no need for birth. Uncle is the elder, so let's go and see him."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they disembarked from the flying boat together, entered the city gate, and walked to the City Lord's Mansion in the center of the city.The distance from the gate of the city was only more than 500 meters, and they arrived in no time at all.

The City Lord's Mansion has nine floors and is the tallest building in the city.There is only one room on the highest floor, which is the center of the formation, where Du Chiyao, the head of the Yanyun Du clan who is in charge of controlling the formation, has been sitting here.

Watching Du Jun and Du Xiao climb up here from the spiral staircase accompanied by their two sons, Du Xiyao's eyes lit up, and he jumped down from the stone platform where he was sitting cross-legged, and stepped forward to greet them with a smile.

He is already over 400 years old, but he looks like a man of the prime of life. He is handsome, tall, and has a gentle temperament. It is not at all obvious that he is actually a decisive and strong man.

Du Jun and Du Xiao clasped their hands at the same time, and called out politely: "Uncle."

"Hey, good." Du Xiyao did not bow his hand to return the salute just like the elders of the clan do to the younger generation. Instead, he raised his hand and patted Du Xiao on the shoulder. It's not easy."

Both Du Xiao and Du Jun could hear the vicissitudes hidden in his words, but it was inconvenient to ask more questions at this time.In case everyone in the world knew that Du Shi was not easy, but they asked why, wouldn't they want to reveal his secrets?

Du Xiao thought for a while, "I heard that it is more difficult and difficult outside the four poles and eight cities, but the middle land is rich and prosperous, isn't it?"

"There are four poles and eight cities forming a line to block the dangers from the outside world and the wilderness. The middle land is naturally rich and prosperous." Du Xiyao sighed, "But it has nothing to do with us. The family that was stationed in the wilderness to guard They are all ethnic groups that cannot enter Middle-earth and have been suppressed for a long time. If future generations want to enter Middle-earth, they must either pay a huge price, or their descendants have special talents, such as alchemists like you, can enter. But there is no strong backing , even if you go in, it is very likely that you will be forced to become Danu of the big family of Middle-earth, without freedom, bullied by others, and exhausted until death, which is very dangerous."

"Oh." Du Xiao nodded slightly, "Then... my father told me since I was a child that we were born in the Jingzhao Du family, and all the branches of the Du family in the world are branched from the Jingzhao Du family. Now that we came out, we didn't ask about it. Where is the head clan of Jingzhao Du's direct branch? Does uncle know?"

"Jingzhao Du family?" Du Xiyao thought hard, "I have a bit of an impression, it seems that I saw it in a book when I was a child, but I can't remember it for a while. However, the main line of our Du family is in the male city outside the territory. Only by fighting bloody battles can the children of the next generation return to the Red Lotus Continent. I heard that after they return, they can directly enter the Middle Earth, but I don’t know where exactly.”

"So..." Du Xiao thought for a while, "In other words, Zhongtu probably has the main line of our Du family's direct branch, but it has no connection with the Du family in the four poles and eight cities?"

"Yes." Du Xiyao nodded affirmatively, "It is true that we have never contacted the Du family in Middle-earth, or we don't even know if there is a Du family in Middle-earth."

Du Danming, who was listening on the sidelines, was a little surprised, "Father, could it be that our ancestors have been in Yanyun City for generations? Didn't they say they were sent here, so they were named after Yanyun?"

Du Xiyao looked at him and sighed, "We originally belonged to the Qingdi Du family, and the family lived in Qingdi City. Later, your grandfather was expelled from the family for some reason, so he left with the team sent by Qingdi City to guard Yanyun City. He got married and gave birth to a son here, so there is Yanyun Du family. However, the Qingdi Du family has outstanding children who were admitted to some academies in Middle-earth and went to school. However, the world outside the four poles and eight cities is in the eyes of the people of Middle-earth. It's wild, even the nobles from the Eight Great Emperors City, the Middle-earths also regard them as country bumpkins and bumpkins, and don't think much of them. Anyway, your grandfather was in the clan back then, and he has never heard of any Du clan in Middle-earth. "

Du Danming nodded, "Understood."

Only then did Du Xiao think about the business, "The monsters have retreated, is this wave of monsters considered to be over? Do you want to notify the evacuated residents to come back?"

Du Xiyao smiled and said: "I have already contacted the city lord, and he immediately brought people back to the city. They took thousands of people on foot and trekked very slowly. There are many dangers on the road. It is of course best to go back to the city."

"Yeah." Du Xiao turned his head to look at Yan Li, "Ah Li, you guys help strengthen the formation."

"No problem." Yan Li was very straightforward, and stood up at the same time as Yan Lin, "We're going right now. Don't dare to boast about anything else, let's upgrade the defensive formations that protect the caves on both sides of the city and the walls. It’s still possible. We can provide all the resources we need, but I hope the City Lord’s Mansion can use Yanyun Essence as compensation.”

"It's absolutely possible." Du Xiyao agreed very happily, "City Lord Li and I are close friends, and I agreed on his behalf. You just go ahead and do it, all the citizens of the city are very grateful."

"It's a trivial matter, you don't have to be polite." Yan Li waved her hand boldly, and went out with Yan Lin.

Du Xiyao confirmed that the tide of monsters outside the city had all receded, so he no longer guarded here, but took Du Jun, Du Xiao and his children and grandchildren back to the Du Mansion not far from the City Lord's Mansion.

Every inch of land here is precious, and almost all the houses do not have gardens, rockery, lakes, pavilions and other luxuries, only solid buildings, and the living places are quite compact.Probably the only thing they can show off is that they can live on flat ground instead of caves.

This city is actually a battle fortress and a mining base. There is nothing fancy, and there are very few commercial shops. Except for simple taverns, small restaurants, and small prostitutes, there are Dan who belong to the city lord's mansion and several powerful families. Pharmacy, Magic Treasure Pavilion.The so-called powerful families, like Du's and Yan's, counted as families with less than thirty members in total, which shows how shabby this city is.

Du Xiyao warmly entertained Du Jun and Du Xiao for a sumptuous dinner, and then took the two brothers to the main room where he lived for tea.

At this time, night had fallen, and heavy snow suddenly fell in the sky.The temperature outside dropped sharply, but it was warm inside.Both Du Xiao and Du Jun keenly felt that this kind of warmth did not use formations, talismans, magical treasures, or heavenly materials and earthly treasures, but the most common mundane method. The heat from cooking and boiling water is transmitted to make the house warm.The two knew it well, but they both looked as usual and kept silent.

After Du Xiyao drank a cup of spiritual tea, which is considered precious and rare in this place, he asked with a smile, "May I ask, what is the name of the father of the two nephews?"

Du Xiao directly reported the name of his biological father in his previous life, "Father Du Xirui."

Du Xuyao ​​raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Which one is it?"

Du Xiao blinked, "Osmanthus osmanthus."

Du Xiyao was both surprised and delighted, "That's really a destiny. My old man Du Xiyao is also the sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus. It seems that your father and this old man are of the same generation, and maybe they come from the same source."

"It's very possible." Du Xiao pondered for a moment, then tentatively said, "Uncle, our brothers are rootless duckweed now, can we join the Yanyun Du family for now?"

Du Xiyao was startled, and then beamed with joy, "Okay. Let me think about it... How about this, I will record the name of the leader in the genealogy, and treat it as my younger brother. You will be ranked according to the next generation, and you must add a Dan character, is it possible?"

Du Xiao and Du Jun looked at each other and nodded at the same time, "It's absolutely fine."