Chapter 438: Chapter 21: Coincidences Thousands of Years Ago
Whether it was Huangtian or other dynasties’ emperors, they had no objections to providing support to the Border Army.
The dynasties could be explained as being apprehensive of the emerging power of the Border Army, but what about Huangtian?
Huangtian possessed the Jade Talisman he had given, and if he truly wanted to deal with the Border Army, it wouldn’t be a problem at all.
Moreover, unlike previous dynasties, the Border Army would prepare to purchase a large amount of food and fodder, but a significant portion was provided by the dynasty; to put it bluntly, all these provisions were extorted from the people, and the dynasty didn’t care at all.
The dynasty did not care, but could Huangtian afford not to care?
It must be understood that there were no inter-nation conflicts in this world.
Providing food to the Border Army, which seemingly had no defensive use, was essentially a waste of food, yet Huangtian still planned to provide it.
And when Wang Sheng inquired, there was no indication that anything was amiss.
This change in behavior, which could almost be described as a change in character, was abnormal no matter how one looked at it; this led Wang Sheng to think of a past Memory Modification event.
The two incidents were different, but they had their similarities.
It seemed that supplying food to the Border Army was ingrained, but he had checked Huangtian and found no issues.
Now that he was at the Border Army’s Commander’s place, he naturally wanted to delve into the details.
In this world, it seemed everyone had issues.
And Tu Hong knew he wasn’t qualified to ask certain questions, so he intended to clarify some matters.
“Senior, please go ahead!”
Tu Hong was very self-aware and knew he had no right to inquire.
“The origins of your Border Army’s establishment and the reason every dynasty provides you with provisions,” Wang Sheng did not hesitate and directly posed his own questions.
Hearing the question, Tu Hong fell silent for a moment, possibly pondering.
After a short pause, he finally spoke, “Senior, why every dynasty provides provisions, I truly do not understand myself. This is what has been passed down by the ancestors who established the Border Army, saying that every dynasty will definitely support the Border Army with provisions, and we shouldn’t worry about this aspect.”
“Passed down verbally?” Wang Sheng frowned, knowing it would probably be troublesome to get to the bottom of things, feeling that understanding the Border Army’s background could lead to clarity.
So he did not dwell much on it, but instead asked, “What about the other question?”
“Senior, actually, this question is also what I wanted to discuss with you—the purpose behind the establishment of the Border Army.”
When Tu Hong stated this, the other Military Leaders perked up their ears.
In fact, these Military Leaders also knew they were guarding against an enemy, but what that enemy was remained completely unknown.
Tu Hong recalled for a moment and continued, “In fact, a long time ago, I also didn’t understand what the Border Army was guarding against, and I mainly joined because being in the Border Army not only meant not having to fight, but also we could eat well.
It wasn’t until later, when I reached the upper ranks of the Border Army, that I realized what the Border Army was facing—an external enemy, an extremely terrifying foe…”
“External enemy?” Wang Sheng couldn’t help but interrupt.
The external enemy—is it the one he was thinking of?
“Are you talking about invaders from another world?”
Tu Hong instantly showed a stunned expression, “Senior, you know about this too?”
The external enemy was a secret long held within the Border Army, known only to the Commander and no one else.
“Sort of!” Wang Sheng nodded.
Actually, he was also surprised; he had thought of many possibilities regarding the Border Army, but indeed had not considered that the Border Army was guarding against foes from another world.
The first Demon of the Demon Clan, Zhong, had encountered a person from that world and obtained part of their memory, which was how he had come to know.
So, how did the one who established the Border Army come to learn of this?
“About the other worlds, I also know, but how did the founder of the Border Army believe that the Border Army alone could stand against another world?”
The strength of the Border Army was not weak, but even he could not guard against it, let alone combat the might of another world.
That world, just by producing a Chu able to exceed the Breakthrough Level, was not something the Border Army could contend with.
“…” Tu Hong fell silent again, “According to the Border Army’s traditions, the Border Army was initially established a very long time ago, even before the dynasties. It is said that those who established it then were very confident, and it wasn’t even called the Border Army initially, but some major changes later led to the Border Army turning into its current form.”
“Senior, to be honest with you, after it transformed into the Border Army, our mission changed—we were no longer truly guarding, but preserving the spark, spreading out across every dynasty, and when necessary, protecting a portion of the population to hide them away.”
As Tu Hong spoke, he also seemed helpless.
The Border Army spoke of guarding, but its real mission was not as such.
From the beginning, the Border Army was meant for escape.
“The ancestors who established the Border Army seemed to believe from the start that we could not win; the transformation was also for better preservation of the fireseed…”
After he finished speaking, several Military Leaders found it difficult to accept.
They had grown up within the Border Army, educated to protect thousands of lives, all eager to confront those enemies.
But now the Commander said that the Border Army was established to lose.
“Commander, isn’t the Border Army meant to protect?”
“Isn’t preserving the fireseed also a form of protection?”
He once thought the same, but thinking about what he saw when he inherited the position of Commander, his confidence was severely lacking.
“Successive Commanders of the Border Army will face those enemies, you do not know how powerful… and preserving the fireseed is merely a last resort, it’s not necessary if we can win…”
Even so, these Military Leaders still struggled to accept this, their expressions troubled.
Wang Sheng remained silent, but his mind was filled with myriad thoughts.
The founders of the Border Army knew about the foreign enemies very early on and even possessed such strong foresight.
It was somewhat disheartening.
But in terms of results, their judgment was correct.
In this world, even if successful, it would be hard to contend with another world.
A gap of thousands of years cannot be bridged overnight.
“Who originally established your organization, and who transformed you into the Border Army?”
These groups of people were extremely important.
“The original founders were a complex group, now difficult to trace, said to even include members of the Spirit Clan, but those who transformed us into the Border Army are recorded, and there were even contacts between the Border Army and that power.
By the way, your kingdom also had it, called Stargazing Valley, of course, your kingdom’s Border Army and Stargazing Valley had some major event, and lost contact.”
Stargazing Valley?
Wang Sheng was genuinely surprised.
He was very familiar with Stargazing Valley, even having a Yue from Stargazing Valley near him, currently breaking through to Great Grandmaster.
“Stargazing Valley, it’s not only in this country?”
“Yes, Stargazing Valley is the same as the Border Army, every Destiny Dynasty has one, of course, Stargazing Valley is very special, except for the headquarters, the connection with other places is not very deep, if broken, it cannot be reconnected, unfortunately, the origin of Stargazing Valley was destroyed due to the upheaval caused by the Demon Clan.”
“How could Stargazing Valley, which seeks advantage and shuns harm, be so easily destroyed?”
Tu Hong shook his head: “The Valley Master of the founding site of Stargazing Valley did not retreat during the Demon Clan’s attack, seeming to have discovered something. According to messages sent back, it was said that the Valley Master saw the only hope and willingly faced death.”
He still hadn’t figured out this matter, always puzzled.
Wang Sheng had guessed something.
The Valley Master of the Stargazing Valley origin site probably calculated that the first of the Demon Clan, ‘Zhong’, was the hope to confront the outsiders.
Of course, this was his speculation, not easily judged.
However, he had also witnessed the miracles of Stargazing Valley.
The Valley Master of Dazhou directly discovered the method to Breakthrough.
Although now, it seemed the Valley Master hadn’t completely broken through the limits, he was still impressive enough.
Unfortunately, with the existence of the Destiny Dynasty, there was no way for a rapid breakthrough.
“So, was it Stargazing Valley that initiated the creation of the Border Army… Are there any remaining documents from Stargazing Valley?”
“There are, but not documents, Stargazing Valley has a special inheritance, all information is stored in memory, the Valley Master did leave a legacy, it just hasn’t been passed down this time.”
He hadn’t expected this predecessor to be interested in Stargazing Valley.
“Can you bring him over?”
“It should be possible.” Stargazing Valley doesn’t concern itself with worldly affairs, but it also wouldn’t ignore the strong.
“If that’s the case, help me arrange a meeting with that successor of Stargazing Valley…”
Thousands of years ago, the other world had already begun its arrangements, while this world was also responding.
Could it really be such a coincidence?
(Today that’s all, can’t hold on anymore, will update earlier tomorrow, and make up for this chapter)