Chapter 10: Years of Chaos, Cannibalism Since I can’t practice, then I’ll just go to bed. It was also expected, after all, the original owner was killed. It would be a miracle if the body could still be cultivated. Yu Ke tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. The moonlight is like water, and the quiet night falls again. However, at this moment, the [Kunxu Ding] in his mind suddenly glowed and vibrated slightly. [Cooling down is over, do you want to simulate? ] 【Archived for twenty years, do you want to continue?】 When Yu Ke saw the flickering light screen on the tripod, he immediately perked up.
Come alive! Select Simulate to continue. As he responded, the light of the [Kunxu Ding] became brighter and brighter, and the patterns on it seemed to be given life, shining brightly. [This year, you just turned 20. You looked at the letter in your hand, lost in thought, and your father encountered difficulties. ] So, you decide 1. Continue to practice in the mountains. 2. Go down the mountain. 3. Personal participation (0/3) Yu Ke was a little confused. According to the previous progress, even if he simulated in the mountains for ten years, the progress would most likely be slow. It’s better to open a new copy. After all, as long as there are changes to the progress of the Kunxu world, there will be rewards. There is no need for personal participation. I have a decision in my mind. Yu Ke chose No. 2 to go down the mountain. [You resolutely decided to go down the mountain to support your father. This decision caused quite a stir among the disciples. Some were shocked, while others sneered at you, thinking that you were just being hypocritical.] [You have been living in seclusion for five years and have never interacted with anyone in the sect. The disciples all say that you have a strange temper and only know how to practice.] [Unlike Lu Yu, who had a wide circle of friends, when he left the mountain, he was accompanied by a group of like-minded Three True Disciples.] [Everyone is joking with you and has no expectations for your future. ] [As for whether you can achieve success after coming down the mountain, no one is optimistic. ] [You are alone, and only the master comes to see you off in person. ]
[The Taoist smiled and said, "Disciple, you should have gone down the mountain to gain experience long ago. Now is the time."] 【Under the guidance of the master, you know where your father is. 】 【Hulao Pass——the most majestic pass in the world.】 [Lu Chen said goodbye and started to head north alone. ] 【The journey north is long and arduous. 】 【Along the way, refugees came in waves from the north, their eyes filled with fear and despair.】 [There are dead bodies of starving people on the road, no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, and the tragic scene of people exchanging their own children for food will shock you deeply.] [These words are no longer simple text, but have become the real scene before your eyes, allowing you to deeply experience the suffering and tragedy of the world. ] [One day, you met an old man. He was exhausted, hungry, pale and thin, and his eyes were full of grief for the loss of his family.] [You feel pity for him and share some of your food with him. The old man is very grateful.] [However, you never expected that this old man would actually want to kill you at night. Fortunately, you have the talent to judge people and have been prepared.] [You have learned martial arts for many years and have a strong physique. The old man is no match for you. You subdue him and he begs for mercy.] [You still have a trace of compassion in your heart. Looking at the old man's aged face, you still choose to let him go.] [The next morning, the old man enters your field of vision again. Following him are several farmers, dressed in rags, holding hoes and other farm tools in their hands, with green light flashing in their eyes, like a pack of hungry wolves.] [The old man points at you and shouts hoarsely, "He has wheat on him!"] 【As soon as these words came out, several farmers' eyes instantly shone with unprecedented brilliance. 】【Someone suggested in a fierce voice: "Kill him and take back the grain!" [Someone else chimed in ruthlessly: "Why not boil him up so we can have a good meal!"] [Several people have blood on their bodies, and it is obvious that they have killed people. 】 [Originally, this old man was from the same village as them, and now he was a little afraid of the four of them.] [They had been migrating southward for 27 days because of the war, and could only eat straw and bran to fill their stomachs. Their food had already run out.] [From their tone, you can probably guess their intentions. When they first fled, they had some food and were able to maintain their morals. But later on, the food ran out and even the bark was eaten up.] [People become evil after being hungry for three days, let alone after more than twenty days.] [The refugees did not dare to slow down, because they still had half a month to go to Daqing's Yizhou. Once the Beifeng Xuan Kingdom's cavalry broke through Hulao Pass, they would have no way out.] [As for whether Hulao Pass could be defended, they had long given up hope. ] [The incompetence of the imperial court has already caused the people of the north to lose their morale. They can only hope that they can survive in this chaotic world.] [Five people approach you step by step. The tools they used to farm have become weapons for killing people. They look at you excitedly.] [At the same time, you keenly noticed that there were several people hiding stealthily in the bushes not far away. Those pairs of hungry eyes seemed to be another cannibalistic team.] [Faced with the five people surrounding you...]
【So, you decide. 】 1. Begging for mercy may make them let you go. 2. Let them go. 3. Kill five people. 4. Personal participation (0/3) Yu Ke looked at the three options that emerged. Through the old man’s “repaying kindness with grievances”, I thought that in troubled times, there will be a desire to kill. Moreover, if we let him go again, it might lead to even greater disaster. Killing five people can also serve as a deterrent to others who are following them and serve as a warning to others. Yu Ke chose 3 and killed five people. [The five of them are peasants who have never learned martial arts, and they haven't rested well on the way, so they are no match for you.] [You only spent some effort to kill the five people, and the old man begged for mercy again. You did not show mercy this time.] [This is your first time killing someone, but you don’t have much of a reaction. Maybe it’s because you’ve seen too many deaths along the way.] [In troubled times, you must be prepared to kill, you warn yourself. ] [The few people in the bushes were frightened by you and slowly retreated. You ignored them and turned away. No one dared to follow you.] [Not long after you left, the bodies of the five people disappeared.] 【You continue to go north. 】 【More and more bad news is coming. 】 [Now that early spring has passed, the army of Beifeng Xuan Kingdom has swept in. In just half a month, six cities have fallen one after another. The defenders of Ziyang and Lucheng fled at the sight of the enemy.] [There were countless victims on the road, like a long dragon, and bones were scattered all over the ground.] [Whenever the Beifeng Xuan Kingdom destroyed a city, they killed and looted countless people. They beheaded all the able-bodied men, and impaled babies on spears and made them dance in circles as a joke.] [In every county and prefecture he passed, there was nothing left but barren land; the spring swallows returned and built nests in the trees.] [A few short paragraphs cannot describe the cruel reality. You have witnessed countless human tragedies along the way north.] [Now, the righteous armies from all over the world finally gathered at Hulao Pass. [The army of Beifeng Xuan State gathered outside Hulao Pass, forming a confrontation. ] [Once Hulao Pass is breached and the Shanhai Pass is crossed, the Beifeng Xuan Kingdom will have no more obstacles and will march straight to the Central Plains and invade the south. ] [This battle of Hulao Pass touched the hearts of people all over the world. ] [It took you a full month to see the Hulao Pass.]
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