Not everyone agrees with the construction of a hero altar in the deserted city, especially the new generation of young people.
The education they have received since childhood is to stand on the wall of Qianguan, face the darkness, resist foreign enemies, and eliminate the ghosts that climb up from the ancient abyss one by one, instead of carrying earth and stones every day to build some altar. .
Although at the beginning, under the arrangements of Chang Lao and other high-level officials in Huangcheng, the vast majority of the soldiers obeyed the orders and worked here conscientiously, as time went by, the completion of the Hero Altar became higher and higher, and the soldiers were also surprised. I discovered that things were far from as simple as imagined.
Building an altar has serious side effects.
Since the artifacts that come into contact with every day are those from the Immortal Stele Sect period or the beginning of the era, this place is always shrouded in an ancient atmosphere.
This kind of smell is okay if you come into contact with it occasionally, but if you are immersed in it for a long time, it is extremely poisonous!
What's more, there are still so many ancient objects piled together, and the concentration is explosive!
This kind of situation is similar to the nuclear facility in Xu Yue's previous life. It may be fine for a day or two, but if you work there for a long time, you will definitely be exposed to radiation.
Therefore, when more and more compatriots began to fall ill for no reason, or even died because of it, some people were shaken. They didn't understand why they, who should have been fighting the enemy bravely and fighting bloody battlefields, fell here?
Questions began to spread from the army, getting louder and wider, affecting many young soldiers.
They are still young and have little experience. Most of them have never been out of the deserted city, let alone know Xu Yue. Therefore, they feel that there is no need to waste their efforts, or even their lives, for this stranger!
In this way, the contradictions intensified secretly, and even began to affect some officers from the bottom up.
Faced with this situation, although Chang Lao and others knew about it, they had no good solution. After all, these people did not want to rebel, but they just couldn't figure out the meaning of building an altar.
This situation lasted until three months ago, when the monster suddenly attacked and completely broke the thin layer of ice.
In the past, the Eight Banners Army would not all be stationed at Qianguan. Instead, they adopted a rotation system. Two teams formed a group and took turns guarding, while the rest were on standby to rest and recuperate in the military camps behind Qianguan.
But in recent years, due to the tight time limit for building the altar, after detaching two Eight Banners troops to guard Qianguan, Chang Lao would devote all the rest to the altar to speed up the construction.
And it was precisely because of this arrangement that on that night three months ago, a large number of demons suddenly climbed onto the ancient abyss. The Huangye Banner and Huangjia Banner who were guarding the front gate resisted desperately, but they could not wait for reinforcements because other brother troops They all built altars in distant enchantments, sent out their entire army, and it would take some time to come back!
This also directly caused many unnecessary casualties to Huangye Banner and Huangjia Banner. They obviously did not need to lose so many comrades!
The dissatisfaction was instantly ignited and reached its peak. Even some commanders of the Eight Banners Army made some radical remarks. Young and energetic soldiers even chose their own way to boycott the altar after their protests were fruitless.
As a result, the building materials for the altar began to disappear frequently, and thefts continued to occur. More and more soldiers were passive and slack in work, and many officers turned a blind eye and allowed their men to do whatever they wanted.
If this continues...
"If this continues, there might be a mutiny, right?" Xu Yue whispered in a low voice. He had no idea that things would develop to this extent.
Chang Lao was also slightly silent, but after a breath, the old man said with great certainty: "No, they will not mutiny. Even if I want to suppress it, my soldiers will never resist, but they may die, and they don't understand why. Bar."
"well."
Xu Yue sighed and understood everything completely. He looked up at the sky and felt a heavy feeling of powerlessness come over him again.
He finally understood why Uncle Li asked him to tell Chang Lao that he could only control his son, but there was nothing else he could do.
He finally understood why there were only two Eight Banners troops on the altar side when the construction period was so tight.
He also understood why when he was at the front pass, all the soldiers looked at him coldly and were quite hostile.
"well……"
Xu Yue sighed again, this time looking down at the ground, his eyes tired and helpless.
What should he do now?
Is it possible that we really have to suppress half of the soldiers in the deserted city and purge all the opponents like what Chang Lao said!
impossible! He can't do it either!
Those soldiers had sweated and sweated for the Immortal Realm for so many years and were the mainstay of guarding the deserted city. How could they be persecuted for this matter?
"Didn't you tell them the importance of the Hero Altar?" Xu Yue raised his head and asked the four silent people.
"How is it possible? We've said everything we can, but we don't know exactly what the altar is used for. No matter how much we say, it's just a castle in the air, empty but not real."
Huang Gan spread his hands with a helpless look on his face, then walked up to Xu Yue and solemnly suggested: "So Xu Yue, why don't you just tell the soldiers what the function of the altar is? In this way, that's fine... …”
"no."
However, before Xu Yue spoke, Chang Lao spoke first and said in a deep voice: "The secret of the altar is a top secret. It will have miraculous effects in future wars and is the trump card of our fairyland! If it is made public, the demons will definitely You know, it will be useless then.”
"That's...ok."
Huang Gan hesitated slightly, but finally nodded in agreement.
In fact, he doesn't know what the function of the Hero Altar is, but what is certain is that Chang Lao must know it, and Gan Qing, as the chief engineer, should also know it.
"Is there no other way?" Xu Yue had a headache and scratched his hair hard.
"If the compulsory military order is cancelled, and soldiers who are not averse to the altar are allowed to voluntarily build the altar, the conflict can be alleviated. However, in this way, the construction speed of the altar will be greatly reduced. It may take ten years or decades! You Do you think there is so much time in the Immortal Realm?"
Gan Qing had already closed the book in his hand, looking at this wonder that he had worked so hard to build, and said with his hands behind his hands: "And now, many soldiers have felt that the altar is hindering the development of the deserted city and must be removed! So! , if we are not prepared to use thunderous means to suppress it, then the only way is to get everyone to recognize the altar, and only then can the problem be solved from the root!"
Huang Gan on the side nodded hurriedly. As a commander, he naturally did not want his soldiers to be purged, so he quickly echoed: "Yes, they do not lack loyalty and courage, they just have cognitive problems! As long as this is dealt with, Everything will be solved!"
"It's just that at the moment, we don't have any good solutions." Chang Lao whispered, which was a summary.
"Do you recognize it... the altar of heroes..."
Xu Yue gradually calmed down, frowned, and fell into deep thought.
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