Chapter 94
Xiao Zhan had imagined what Yanlong City would look like in his mind.
The stone walls, the chilling momentum, the strong men coming and going in a hurry.
But when the appearance of Yanlong City really appeared before his eyes, Xiao Zhan's jaw almost dropped to the ground.
It is not the same desolation as imagined.
A shocking city appeared in front of you.
There is no reinforced concrete here, but the high-rise stone buildings are more spectacular than the outside world.
Viewed from a distance, the entire Yanlong City is located on the Gobi Desert, with tall buildings and streets crisscrossing the city.
Not only that, but there were also rough-looking off-road vehicles coming in and out.
Just when Xiao Zhan was stunned, in the middle of the city, a pyramid-like building with a height of 10,000 meters made a rumbling roar.
Visible to the naked eye, a huge barrel extends out.
The barrel is over a hundred meters long and three meters thick.
As a violent flash of fire appeared, a cannonball with a diameter of three meters and a length of more than ten meters bombarded.
The shell pulled out a hundred-meter-long flame in the air, like a blazing meteor, rushing towards the western sky.
After a while.
A violent explosion came from thousands of meters away, and a mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
The next moment, the air wave of the explosion hit, and the whole earth trembled.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Zhan came down from the mountain and ran wildly on the Gobi.
In the distance, yellow sand was flying all over the sky, and a dark chariot was speeding towards them.
Because the Gobi Desert was rugged, the chariot suddenly jumped up as if dancing, and then stopped gracefully ten meters away from Xiao Zhan.
The next moment, the cannon as thick as an arm on the car was aimed at Xiao Zhan.
There were five people in the car.
The big man with a flat head who was driving was shirtless, showing his strong muscles and scars all over his body. His eyes were fixed on Xiao Zhan, as if he was about to step on the accelerator and knock Xiao Zhan away at the next moment.
In addition, the four people who got out of the car were wearing shabby camouflage uniforms, holding gleaming sabers in their hands, and their eyes were filled with murderous intent.
The leader was a woman, about 1.7 meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure. She was wearing a gray tactical vest and shorts, revealing her straight and slender legs. At her feet were a pair of black high-top combat boots.
This woman was young, with delicate features, long hair tied into a ponytail hanging behind her head, a pair of extremely sharp eyes, and she looked heroic.
She looked Xiao Zhan up and down and said coldly:
"Anyone who breaks into Yanlong City without permission will be killed without mercy!"
"Now, please show me your ID!"
"Identification?" Xiao Zhan frowned slightly, "I didn't bring my ID card."
The woman frowned and held the sword in her hand tighter.
Xiao Zhan smiled and said:
"I'm from the Yanlong Kingdom, and I just entered the Lost Land."
"Lie!" The woman looked at Xiao Zhan coldly, and the sword in her hand was directly pressed against Xiao Zhan's heart.
"The Yanlong Kingdom has not sent anyone in for decades. You must be a spy sent by other forces!"
Xiao Zhan looked at the woman angrily. From the aura on her body, it could be seen that this woman was only a saint, and the other four people were also saints.
Come to think of it, these people were all born in Yanlong City. I am afraid they have never left here, otherwise they would have died outside.
The woman frowned and said:
"Seeing as you are only in your twenties, if you can find Yanlong City alive, you must be escorted by a strong man! Tell me, where are your accomplices!"
When a scholar encounters a soldier, he cannot explain why.
Xiao Zhan glanced at the woman angrily and said slowly:
"Take me to your superiors."
With a look from the woman, several people behind her immediately stepped forward, took out something similar to a wire rope, and tied up Xiao Zhan's hands.
Xiao Zhan resisted the urge to take action and was pushed into the chariot by the woman.
After a while, the chariot arrived at the gate of Yanlong City.
Several men also wearing combat uniforms asked briefly before letting the car enter the city.
The streets in the city are empty, and the ground is exposed Gobi. When cars drive by, they immediately stir up large amounts of sand and dust.
The chariot drove towards the center of the city.
Not long after, the chariot stopped outside a three-story stone building.
In a certain stone room.
A middle-aged man walked in.
He was wearing an old-fashioned military uniform, and his body exuded the smell of gunpowder smoke. Although his eyes were calm, they gave people a sense of chill and coercion.
This person's luggage is named Li Xingchen.
He waved his hands and said expressionlessly:
"Fanxing stays, everyone else, return to their posts."
The other four people saluted, turned around and walked out of the stone room.
Li Xingchen looked into Xiao Zhan's eyes, was silent for a few seconds, and then suddenly asked:
"You said that you are from the Yanlong Kingdom and have just entered the Lost Land."
Xiao Zhan said 'hmm', and with a little force, the rope binding his hands broke.
Seeing this scene, Li Fanxing's pupils shrank sharply, and he suddenly drew his sword and struck at Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan snorted, slowly raised his hand, and grabbed the blade.
Sparks flew out, Xiao Zhan pulled it casually, and Xiao Zhan snatched the sword away and threw it in the corner.
Li Fanxing's expression changed drastically, and he kicked Xiao Zhan in the face with his straight right leg.
"enough!"
Li Xingchen, who was frowning, suddenly shouted.
Li Fanxing immediately retracted his legs and retreated, his pretty face full of murderous intent.
Li Xingchen said angrily:
"If he were an enemy, he would have killed you long ago. Can he still come in with you obediently?"
"Dad!" Li Fanxing said angrily, "Why are you talking to him?"
"Shut up!" Li Xingchen glared at his daughter.
Li Fanxing stamped his feet angrily, picked up his sword from the ground, gave Xiao Zhan a cold look, and then walked out of the stone room.
Xiao Zhan then said with a serious face:
"Senior, what's your surname?"
"My name is Li Xingchen," Li Xingchen frowned, "What about you?"
"Xiao Zhan!"
Li Xingchen nodded, "How do you prove that you are from the Yanlong Kingdom?"
Xiao Zhan took out the map given by the old beggar from his pocket and handed it to Li Xingchen.
Li Xingchen reached out to take it, glanced at it and nodded:
"This is a map sent out decades ago. Changes have occurred in some places. I will give you a new map later."
Xiao Zhan knew that Li Xingchen believed his identity.
So, Xiao Zhan got straight to the point:
"I came in, firstly, to understand the current situation in Yanlong City, and secondly, to understand the current situation in the Lost Land."
Having said this, Xiao Zhan paused:
"Yanlong Kingdom is very worried about the situation in Yanlong City."
Hearing this, something strange flashed in Li Xingchen's eyes, and Xiao Zhan was keenly aware of it.
After a long time, Li Xingchen spoke.
"Since two hundred years ago, fewer and fewer people have been sent by Yanlong Kingdom. In the past few decades, you are the only one who has come."
"Everyone says that Yanlong Kingdom has given up on us."
Xiao Zhan's eyes sharpened, "Senior Li, do you think so too?"
Li Xingchen shook his head, a look of confusion flashed in his eyes: "I don't know."
"Batches of people entered the Lost Land, trying to find more resources and contribute their own strength to the growth of Yanlong Kingdom."
"But after so many years, we have lost contact with the Yanlong Kingdom. It is inevitable that some people will think too much about it."
Speaking of this, Li Xingchen glanced at Xiao Zhan meaningfully:
"You can't do anything on your own, so you should find a way to leave the Lost Land."
Xiao Zhan looked at Li Xingchen expressionlessly, but his brows twisted into the character "Sichuan":
"Senior, do you mean that Yanlong City will completely sever ties with Yanlong Kingdom from now on?"
Li Xingchen shook his head again:
"You do not understand."
Xiao Zhan clasped his fists: "Then please ask senior for advice."
Li Xingchen sighed:
"There are not many seniors who came to Yanlong City from Yanlong Kingdom now. Most of them were born in Yanlong City and have thrived here for several generations."
"For those of us, Yanlong City is our hometown, and the Yanlong Kingdom outside is just a country that exists in stories."
"Some people also say that if Yanlong Kingdom really cared about us, it would not watch us suffer here."
"You may not know, but this is not a good place. Life can be in danger at any time."
"The Yanlong Kingdom did not send anyone to help us before the life and death crises."
Xiao Zhan was silent for a few seconds and asked again:
"Senior's words, do they represent Yanlong City's attitude?"
Li Xingchen shook his head:
"Yanlong City is led by five elders. Now the first elder and second elder are in retreat. The third elder has disappeared for more than ten years. The fourth elder and fifth elder have taken the young people in the city out for training."
"Now in the city, only the heads of various departments are left. We can't decide anything, and what we say doesn't mean anything."
Xiao Zhan stood up expressionlessly and walked toward the door without saying a word.
However, when he reached the door, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but said coldly:
"Maybe what you said makes sense, but I'm still very disappointed."
"I thought I would see a majestic Yanlong City, but I didn't expect that your passion and ambition have been blunted long ago."
"As for what you said, Yanlong Kingdom gave up on you and didn't send anyone to support you. I don't even want to explain it in half a word!"
After saying that, Xiao Zhan strode away.
Outside the building.
Li Fanxing held a sword in his hand and looked at Xiao Zhan coldly.
Behind her, four team members lined up, looking at Xiao Zhan with unkind eyes.
Xiao Zhan was in a irritable mood and immediately said coldly:
"Get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being merciless!"
A flash of fighting spirit flashed in Li Fanxing's eyes, "Since you came in from the Yanlong Kingdom outside, then have a fight with me! I want to see how powerful you people outside are!"
Xiao Zhan's face was as cold as frost, "Do you feel proud to raise your sword to your compatriots?"
"So what if I win, will it bring you vanity?!"
Li Fanxing snorted coldly: "Over the past hundreds of years, we in Yanlong City have sacrificed countless martyrs in order to find the true essence stone veins for Yanlong Kingdom!"
"But what about you, where were you when we needed support!"
"Don't think I don't know. You came to Yanlong City just to take advantage of us! I tell you, don't even think about it!"
Xiao Zhan said nothing and was about to leave.
But Li Fanxing refused to give in. The sword in his hand suddenly struck Xiao Zhan, and his saint-level aura fully exploded.
"Get out of the way!" Xiao Zhan shouted loudly, his true energy surged throughout his body, and Li Fanxing was instantly ejected.
But instead of retreating, Li Fanxing even roared with red eyes:
"You obviously have such strong strength, why don't you pick us up and leave here!"
The other four people also drew their swords and surrounded Xiao Zhan together with Li Fanxing.
Xiao Zhan suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted at the stone building behind him:
"Li Xingchen, if you don't let them back down, don't blame me for not giving you face!"
Li Xingchen walked out of the building, looked at Xiao Zhan with complex eyes, then shook his head at Li Fanxing and others, and said slowly:
"Let him go, you can't stop him."
Li Fanxing's bloodshot eyes were filled with tears.
She shouted with aggrieved face:
"I don't understand! Our ancestors came to this damn place just for the Yanlong Kingdom!"
"Countless martyrs shed their lives and blood! But they are enjoying themselves outside!"
Li Fanxing trembled, raised his sword and pointed it at Xiao Zhan:
"He is not very old, but he is so strong! It is not all because our ancestors gave away a large number of True Essence Stones!"
"As you can imagine, there are a lot of masters in Yanlong Kingdom, but they don't care about our life or death at all!"
"Ha," upon hearing Li Fanxing's words, Xiao Zhan couldn't help but sneered and walked past Li Fanxing and the others without even looking at them.
Li Xingchen frowned and looked at Xiao Zhan's back.
He suddenly felt that this back was so desolate and lost.
