About three hundred kilometers north of Qingxi Village is the end of Qingxi Forest and the location of the Holier Defense Line of the Kingdom of Shia.
The Holier Defense Line is 1,100 kilometers long and is specifically responsible for defending the chaotic area northwest of the Fallen Leaf Province. It was established by Emperor Arthur himself one hundred and fifty years ago.
During the period of frequent Chaos Elf Tide a hundred years ago, the Holier Defense Line withstood the impact of hundreds of Chaos Elf Tide.
But as of today...
After simply settling the elves, leaving Baddie to take care of the timid bugs who still needed to continue eating, Mark took the green caterpillars and Jirachi and rode the spade cannon bugs to the Holier defense line in the north of Qingxi Forest. .
In fact, although Mark and the Green Caterpillar have visited almost all parts of the Clear Creek Forest for more than ten years, this is the first time that he has come to the Houllier Defense Line.
The reason is simple, because the real location of Houllier's defense line is seven kilometers north of Qingxi Forest.
The terrain for the seven kilometers between the Hollier Defense Line and Qingxi Forest is ordinary grassland.
There is no food or water in the grassland.
Although he was not very smart at that time, he had a survival instinct. He knew that he would go hungry if he went to the grassland, so he would basically turn around and return when he encountered the grassland.
In the past few months after awakening his memory, he has never visited the chaotic area because he has no interest in it.
The Hollier Defense Line is like a huge dam, with an average height of about 23 meters, condescendingly defending the chaotic area in the north.
According to Uncle Qian's story, Emperor Arthur mobilized almost all the ground and rock trainers in Shia to build this line of defense.
The now very famous Earth Elf Academy in Sanchuan Mountain was established in one fell swoop because of the construction of Hollier's defense line.
On the defense line with a total length of 1,100 kilometers, there are nearly a hundred strongholds of various sizes.
Directly north of Qingxi Village is the Qingxi stronghold of the Hollier Defense Line.
In fact, Qian Sanshu's words have revealed the devastation of Houllier's defense line.
But Mark did not realize the extent of the devastation of Houllier's defense.
When Mark came to the Qingxi stronghold of Houllier's defense line, the first thing he saw was a small vegetable patch.
A very small vegetable plot, just like an ordinary family's vegetable garden.
Some vegetables and corn are planted inside, and the tomatoes are of the same variety as those in the tomato garden in Qingxi Village. It seems likely that they are tomato seeds obtained from Qingxi Village.
Then, Mark saw a person near the Qingxi stronghold.
Yes, alone.
The huge stronghold, which could accommodate at least a thousand people, was now overgrown with grass. In terms of the degree of devastation, it was much more desolate than Mark's home that had been abandoned for ten years.
There was only one person near the entire Qingxi stronghold.
He was in his forties and was wearing a worn-out camouflage military uniform. When Mark met this veteran, he was riding a wind speed dog to patrol the dam of the defense line.
Upon discovering Mark's appearance, the veteran immediately shouted loudly and ran over on a wind-speed dog.
Seeing Mark stop, the veteran breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Are you a young trainer who has been practicing in the wild? There is a chaotic area ahead. Don't cross this line of defense. Although the chaotic area has been stable in recent years, there is still a certain probability of space appearing. Turbulence, if involved in the subspace, is almost a narrow escape."
Mark touched the giant wristband that was trembling slightly on his wrist, shook his head and said, "Thanks for the reminder. I know the dangers of the chaotic area. I have no intention of entering. I just plan to take a closer look."
The veteran nodded: "Then just stand on the defense line and take a look. Take good care of your elves and don't let them accidentally fall into the defense line. Otherwise, danger may easily arise during the process of rescuing the elves."
Perhaps because he didn't know much about the elves of the Roma Federation, the veteran's eyes glanced back and forth from the Spade Farmer, Cannon Worm, and Jirachi, who was wearing the Mimikki Q suit.
Seeing this, Mark took the initiative to explain: "The one I'm riding is the Spade Cannon from the Roma Alliance. It's a bug and electric type, and this one is a ghost-type Mimikyu."
The veteran smiled and said: "I have learned a lot. I heard that the Roma Federation established diplomatic relations with Shia a few years ago. I didn't expect that Shia already has elves from the Roma Federation."
Mark smiled and quickly asked: "I heard that when Emperor Arthur established the Houlier Line of Defense, there should have been a lot of troops stationed here. Why doesn't it seem like there are no people stationed here now?"
The veteran didn't hide anything. He sighed lightly and said, "What else could it be? The location is remote and no money is given. As time goes by, there will be no one left."
Mark frowned and said, "You won't give me any money?"
The veteran sighed: "I could still give some in the past. You must have heard of the Chaos Elf Tide ten years ago, right?"
Mark nodded slightly.
Both of his parents are dead, and he wanders around in the forest like a fool all day long. The main culprit is the chaotic elves trend ten years ago.
In fact, it was not only him, but also Uncle Qian and Lao Ji who worked hard to become stronger because of the chaotic elf tide ten years ago.
The veteran showed reminiscence in his eyes and said: "Actually, there were still some people in Qingxi Stronghold ten years ago. After the chaotic elf tide ten years ago, although many of us died, there were also many who survived.
Those of us who survived believe that because of this chaotic elven tide, the Kingdom of Shia is likely to pay attention to the danger of the chaotic area again and increase investment in the Holier defense line.
As a result, instead of increasing investment, the Kingdom of Shia stopped completely. Later, those who remained could no longer survive, and all of them disappeared.
Now there are less than a hundred people in the entire Houllier defense line. "
Mark asked: "Then why are you still here?"
The veteran's pupils shrank slightly.
He actually thought about leaving.
But all his family members were killed in the Chaos Elf Tide, and he really had nowhere to go, so he thought about it and finally stayed.
Although it may be useless for him to stay here by himself, at least if the chaotic elves appear again, he can pass the news out so that the people in the rear can take refuge in time, so that their families will not be ruined like him.
The veteran did not tell his story, but smiled casually: "Maybe he is used to it here..."
Mark was silent.
At this point, he finally understood why Uncle Qian had been planning to open a gym and establish Qingxi Village's own armed force in recent years.
It’s true that the Kingdom of Shia is rotten.
Although on the surface it was maintained quite well, at least he felt pretty good in Hack City, in fact, the internal officials of the Kingdom of Shia were corrupt, secretly conducting anti-human experiments, the local gyms had excessive authority, and various dangerous organizations emerged one after another.
Today's Kingdom of Shia has even abandoned the defensive troops guarding the kingdom. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the people of the Kingdom of Shia have no idea that these defense troops are gone.
All we can say is that if this continues, the Kingdom of Shia will end sooner or later.
Without thinking much, Mark continued to ask: "As for the description of the chaotic area, I didn't find much information in the illustrated book. Have there been any huge individuals in the chaotic area?"
The veteran smiled and said: "This is also the characteristic of our chaotic area. It is said that giant individuals will not appear in other chaotic areas. Only here they often appear. During the chaos elves ten years ago, several giant individuals appeared. .
It is said that during the period of frequent waves of chaotic elves a hundred years ago, even more huge individuals appeared, with dozens of them appearing together each time. "
Mark nodded, it was obvious.
This chaotic area in the north of Clear Creek Forest should be of the same type as the chaotic area near the Foros Empire, and is similar to the energy points in the Galar region in the Pokémon animated world.
Without further thinking, Mark looked at the veteran and said, "To be honest, I come from Qingxi Village near the foot of Tianzhui Mountain. I am Mark, the deputy leader of the Qingxi Gym. The gym is currently under construction. If you are interested, you can consider it. Come to Qingxi Gym.”
The veteran shook his head and rejected Mark's invitation.
Mark didn't force it. He looked at the chaotic area on the Hollier defense line for a while, and then quickly returned to Qingxi Forest.
After flying for about ten kilometers, Mark signaled the stag farmer to land, and then took out the green caterpillar's elf ball.
The next moment, as the giant wristband on the wrist trembled slightly, a dark red light surged out, and the surface of the green caterpillar's elf ball was covered with red light.
In the blink of an eye, the super ball where the green caterpillar is located has expanded to the size of a basketball...
(End of chapter)
