Small white flowers blooming everywhere and the accompanying coldness appear on the map left and right like the bald patches on the scalp of a stressed person on the way to the southeast.
Considering that the shrines and shrines that were the nodes of reconciliation did not turn into such a state of disrepair within three to five days, Henry believed that the leaks in this part of the area may have started since the people of Placia destroyed the key shrine. The recent emergence in other surrounding areas is nothing more than the gradual spread of long-term effects.
As evidence for his theory, a group of people on the national highway approaching Fuso saw dark clouds visible to the naked eye extending from the inner boundary.
——And the reason why they were able to immediately identify the strangeness of that rain cloud was that, in addition to the creepy white flowers in the forest below that were densely packed like maggots growing on corpses, there was also the sky that seemed to be "in the sky." They looked at the fact that it took a split second for the rain clouds to form.”
It is as if it has been "intimately" transformed into some kind of natural phenomenon that humans can understand based on human will, and when it condenses into a thick enough form, it will quickly drop raindrops like the common rain clouds in this world. .
It was natural for the group of people who recognized the black color mixed in the transparent water droplets to feel panic and fear in their hearts. But unlike them, the local farmers who knew nothing about it celebrated happily and loudly.
--Yes.
What caused the ominous things leaked from the inner world to take on the shape of rain clouds were not just a few people passing by here today, but the local farmers in Fusang who had lived here for a long time.
The huge crowds of Fusang farmers crowded the national highway, causing them to slow down when passing through this section of the road.
They happily stood in circles holding farm tools, and in the center there were people dressed in shaman and god costumes doing the work. A huge altar was built near the outer edge of the forest floor covered with fairy trees, and the priests sang and prayed on it with their hands and feet on the ground.
"The rain of grace, the rain of grace, pray for good weather and good harvests."
Crescent Continent, which has millions of gods, always has its own explanations for various strange signs. Their way of thinking is more "tolerant" but also more "chaotic" than the Rigal faith, which is specified by the White Church and pursues black and white.
The concept of "god" in Kazuto's belief system is difficult for Rigar people to understand. It is not an omnipotent, omniscient, and the only truth, but almost as long as certain objects or individuals are entrusted with feelings and long-cherished wishes. Can be called a god.
The god of roads, stoves, land, family guardians and toilets. From various astronomical scenes to various daily trivial matters, even worn-out clothes and shoes may be home to gods.
This trivial and animistic belief system itself, just like this nation and this country, is always very ambiguous on certain issues, and what makes this even more serious is that most gods are often moody in legends. .
People need to worship and please, otherwise they may be punished. In turn, powerful creatures such as ghosts and the like may be transformed into good deities and become the patron saint of a small area due to people's worship.
This country with a long history has accepted many religious ideas from across the ocean. Those religions may have died out in their place of origin, but they have been mixed and transcribed to become part of the Moon Country's belief system.
Precisely for these and other reasons, the concept of "god" in the context of Crescent Continent is far from the "great being of the highest goodness, omniscience and omnipotence" in the perception of Rigar people, but more like a concept for daily life. The concepts of Chinese people's desires and various needs are embodied.
If it were just something that one would rather believe, it might not be really harmful.
Compared with a monotheistic religion that is too cohesive and can easily gather a large number of fanatical believers, it will harm social stability. This general belief system even allows the nobles of Crescent Continent to explain themselves as descendants of gods. From the perspective of maintaining long-term stability of the country, such a religion is obviously what the rulers are more willing to see.
But therein lies the problem.
"What if it really happens?"
Mira looked at the group of farmers with excited expressions. Among them were elderly women who kept bowing with their hands crossed, young people shouting with all their strength, and some crying bitterly.
She shuddered.
Standing on the stage were the witches and the divine masters who led them, but these witches were far from being as noble and strong as she had seen before. They swung their hair wildly, danced with bone-breaking movements, and chanted incomprehensible syllables loudly.
The farmers in the audience cheered loudly and cheered hard.
Black raindrops and white flowers. In the woods under the clouds, after the rain falls, new buds emerge from the dead trees at a speed visible to the naked eye, and flowers bloom in the dead of winter.
"good!!!"
"A miracle!! A miracle!!"
"The Lord God has appeared!!"
There is no way around it.
No matter how much they wanted nothing to do with him, they had no choice but to force their way through the crowd if they wanted to move forward.
The huge crowds of people slowed down the progress of outsiders like them. This major open-air ceremony seemed to have gathered people from eight nearby villages - the core believers closest to the center cheered enthusiastically but indifferently. But there were a large number of civilians who seemed to know nothing about it or mistook it for an ordinary festival. They were dragging their families and wearing the most beautiful clothes, and they were confused and found it difficult to integrate into it.
The child raised his head and looked around at the small stalls selling various snacks and toys that should have been at the festival, but instead there were just loud waves.
Some of them were so frightened that they cried and asked their parents to take them home, while others were so attracted by this scene that they stared intently.
Not only children, but also many adults stopped in front of this truly irrefutable miracle.
Interest attracts them to explore deeper and move towards more core groups of people, and then they will definitely change from just being "a little interested" to some kind of "belief" or some kind of "career" after gaining a deeper understanding.
After this sacrifice, the number of believers will probably double.
Even if a group of people were just passing by, their unique faces, equipment, and horses also attracted the attention of many people. It's just that this kind of attention is not a good thing. Most civilians look at them with curiosity, vigilance and rejection, while a small number of people who are obviously more organized and have weapons hidden under their robes have been looking at them since they approached. Watch closely.
I'm afraid these people will take action if they act slightly carelessly. Even taking into account the equipment and technical advantages, they can probably defeat these rogues who are probably just recruited in the event of a conflict, but it is definitely not a good idea to cause too much noise in front of such a fanatical crowd.
The thousands of shallow believers who make up the vast majority in the outermost area may still flee under the threat of the blade, but those in the core area who have exceeded a hundred people and have been crying and praising loudly can rely on Joshua alone to leave. After leaving, Henry, Mira, and Galeva were the only ones with close combat capabilities, which was really difficult to stop.
Just passing by, don't do anything imprudent. Even if you feel that all this is not good, you can't refute it loudly, so that both parties can live in peace for the time being.
As if brushing away the grass, the group of people moved forward slowly among the crowd. And those who were wary of them also followed them secretly, maintaining a relatively loose and crooked encirclement.
The process of walking through this large group of people made Lulu and Ling hold their breath unconsciously, as if they were walking in the forest in the dark and realized that there were wild beasts around them, and they tried their best not to alarm each other.
The process of living like a year finally came to an end after about 10 minutes. When they passed through the crowd and reached the other end, those wearing large dharma robes also stopped at the edge of the crowd and did not follow them.
"Looking at this scene, I can't understand it more and more." The Luoan girl said in Laman language that the locals couldn't understand but everyone else in the team could understand: "Why do the nobles of Kazuto feel that the peasants are not a threat at all?" Don’t worry.”
"..." Ling turned her head and glanced around in silence because of Mira's speech.
Even a team like them, which is considered top-notch in terms of personal combat experience and equipment, is still very powerless in the face of the huge sea of people and numerical advantages.
And such ordinary people account for more than 90% of the entire Moon Kingdom.
Contrary to the perception of most nobles, civilians are not beings that will not react as long as the nobles do not touch them.
As seen today, they will act spontaneously and have various private activities and gatherings. Blind rejection, contempt and neglect will inevitably bring unimaginable results to the nobles in the future——
But even if they knew all this, what could they do.
Warn again?
There is a story called "Wolf is Coming" in Rigal. It tells the story of a child who repeatedly used the warning "Wolf is coming" to attract other people's attention, and eventually lost the trust of those around him. When the wolf really came, no one would help him. The helping hand was thus eaten.
And their group is now like this child to the people in power in Xinjing.
Repeated warnings will inevitably lose their meaning as the number of repetitions increases, and people will become numb and even bored.
They had been warning loudly before about the dangers of strange forces and chaos in the inner world, but what now? Do you want to say that farmers will rebel? Just a farmer?
Taking up the valuable time of big shots just to promote your baseless threat theory?
I hope the big shots will take action and work hard to prove the claims of just a few of you?
"Do you want to stir up trouble in our Dayue Kingdom?"
"Our Dayue Kingdom has unified the dynasty for more than four thousand years. How can it be shaken by a few words from rough foreign barbarians?"
"Crooked ways!"
Recalling the reprimand she received after suggesting that the source of the information was Henry, the doctor lowered her head deeply in frustration.
They don't have enough evidence to prove the risks of all this, but even if they really try to collect and prove it, without being able to directly contact the highest authority and persuade the other party, there is a high probability that these information and statements will be lost at some point. Being stopped, he scoffed.
No matter how correct the content is.
Because people are lazy.
Even though there have been rumors related to the Xia Ke Shang Movement for a long time, even many nobles and Chinese in the northern directly administered states who fled south have personally experienced the situation of tens of thousands of civilians rioting.
Once they return to Xinjing and return to the noble days of being greeted and bowed by many people, they will forget all of this again.
Because for them, the groveling civilians in this noble and peaceful day are "daily", and "non-daily" are often "short-term, temporary phenomena."
It wasn't until the situation became urgent again that I hurriedly tried to solve the problem.
Even if they have witnessed the power of the people with their own eyes, they will not believe or think that "the lower class suppresses the upper class" will evolve into a normal state in the future.
They are oblivious to the fact that much of the country is already divided.
With the help of the power of evil, dark creatures run rampant.
The rebellion of the northern vassal king was caused by the intervention of other countries.
The earlier rebellions instigated by the White Church were accompanied by the killing of foreigners and ethnic minorities in retaliation.
How could such a massive mass movement be launched without a foundation for unrest and just a few words of incitement?
All the existing cracks and estrangements between the overstaffed aristocratic government and the common people at the bottom need just a kindling.
Xinjing spent thousands of years forming ideological and cultural shackles to imprison all classes in the country to ensure the power of the rulers. But this shackles has already cracked under the impact of foreign ideas, and a series of real-life catastrophic events have further accelerated its spread.
The Chinese performed poorly in the wars with the vassals one after another, but they fled to Xinjing to continue enjoying the life of the superiors.
The refugees who were also trying to escape the war had difficulty filling their stomachs, but they were told by high-ranking figures a piece of paper.
"Your lives are worse than those of cats and dogs."
The big shots think there is nothing wrong with this way of treatment, because "it has always been like this."
In the past, they could put out riots because Xinjing always had the most powerful and shocking force.
But the sword of Xinjing has been broken, and the troops of the shrine maidens and ghosts and gods who are restricted by heavy shackles have been exhausted.
The battles with the feudal armies, various defeats, and wise defenses also made the civilians see how cowardly and incompetent the samurai in the directly-governed states were.
These things will not be forgotten as the nobles thought, just like waking up with a hangover and not remembering anything.
They are all accumulating and amplifying already existing problems and confrontations.
However, the vast majority of the Japanese nobles, including the core Chinese in Xinjing, still turned a deaf ear and were obsessed with the internal struggle for power among the Chinese groups.
What's more, some regard all this as a good opportunity to weaken their opponents and want to take advantage of the country's crisis to seek more benefits for themselves. But they don’t know the truth that if the skin is not there, the hair will not be attached.
The warnings of knowledgeable people were ignored and criticized as exaggerated.
Everything is not without signs. What we see and hear along the way is like small streams that gather into rivers and eventually turn into flash floods.
It is also like the lightning that once fell on the mountain that has been covered with dry grass for a long time but no one noticed.
The tiny sparks left behind.
Perhaps due to the influence of the inner boundary leakage, even in the southeastern part of Crescent Continent, the weather in late winter is still cold.
But there is a spark in the human heart.
has been released.
Blazing, scorching, it will burn if you get close to it, and it is burning itself all the time.
It may be short or long, but it must be extremely dazzling.
Like an ownerless, injured, angry and blind beast.
Praying for all the power that can guide it, it goes on a rampage and causes wanton destruction.
When the visions between the people and the nobility are no longer the same, but the latter ignores all signs and warnings, does not do everything possible to save the situation, but thinks that everything is just a passing smoke.
This fire.
Maybe it would burn more than the man with gray-blue eyes and a lot of knowledge expected.
They all come violently.
The breath exhaled from his mouth condensed into white mist.
They stayed away from the noisy crowds who worshiped the gods of the forest and prayed for the magical black rain that would make the dead trees sprout and fall on the farmland.
Continue towards Fuso.
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