“Bang!”
Gunshots and roars continuously echoed, as a war that seemed to be a primitive clash against civilization began.
Unlike the descriptions in history books, the firearms faction, representing civilization, did not gain too much of an advantage.
Spears and arrows were too small, so the hit rate of their bullets was not very high.
Both sides were evenly matched.
It was only when Sophia climbed the high rock that they grew tired and tacitly began a truce.
“Phew… I finally made it up… What are those?”
Sophia lay on the ground, panting, looking at Li Andy with some resentment.
Li Andy scratched his nose, slightly embarrassed. He had been so engrossed in watching that he forgot to pull her up. He reached out and helped Sophia up, replying:
“It’s a war of activated creations. One side represents invaders, and the other represents natives.”
“The history of our colonial zone’s development?”
Sophia raised her eyebrows, casually sweeping the hair from her forehead behind her ear, a move both dashing and charming.
She remembered Li Andy saying that the form of a Domain originated from the spirit of the earth, so she thought of history.
Hmm… this time, her line of thought should have kept up, right?
Sophia muttered to herself.
“Yes, it’s a history of development, and also a history of invasion.” Li Andy nodded, giving an honest answer.
Even with civilization’s embellishment, the bloody undertone could never be erased.
Everyone on this land was a witness to history.
“Then, have you found any anomalies?” Sophia asked.
Yuquan Youxi raised her hand and pointed to the back of the firearms faction’s camp.
There, surprisingly, was another complete “living person.”
“Meilin??”
“Why is it her again!”
Sophia couldn’t help but complain,
“Could it be that she is the mother behind it all?”
Li Andy scratched his chin, also helpless:
“I’m not sure, it might also be because she accidentally wandered in here at first.
“This Domain has been assimilating her.
“Although it’s a bit speechless, this is also a good thing.
“Based on previous experience, the anomaly might be near her.”
Youxi showed a worried expression and asked:
“Then, Big Brother, should we go over and negotiate with them? But they are two hostile factions.”
Li Andy also frowned.
Act separately?
No, no, no, that’s a plot device for horror movies where characters court death.
There was too much unknown information now; the three of them should eat and sleep together.
Choose one of them?
But what if the other side also had crucial information?
Staring at the battlefield below, which had started up again, Li Andy suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
“That’s right! We’re not just three ‘people.’”
“Hmm?”
Amidst the girls’ confusion, Li Andy pulled out the squirming Revolver.
“Zorro, speak.”
“Zorro?” The Revolver tilted its head.
“Yes, it’s the name I gave you. Do you like it?” Li Andy replied.
The Revolver excitedly cried out:
“Oh, that’s great! Mother!”
“Call me Master.”
“Oh! Yes, sir!”
The Revolver… now it should be called Zorro, excitedly spun its cylinder,
“Boss, who are we going to shoot today?!”
Li Andy nodded with satisfaction, slightly raising his chin:
“See the battlefield below? I’m giving you a mission: infiltrate the firearms faction alone, gain their trust, and help me gather information.”
“Undercover mission, I understand!”
Zorro extended a thin, black arm and saluted:
“Reporting, Officer, Zorro received! Code name, 001, mission guaranteed to be completed!”
Li Andy nodded and released his hand:
“Go.”
“Woohoo—!!”
Zorro leaped from his hand, falling in a parabolic arc into the middle of the battlefield, shouting:
“The fastest gun in the West, Ranger Zozoro~~Appearance !!”
“Bang! Bang!”
It turned its head, precisely shattering two arrows shot at it.
Then, it turned to face the firearms faction, flicked the smoke from its muzzle, and said in a boastful, dramatic tone:
“Brothers, I’m here to help you!”
The rifles and shotguns were stunned for a moment, then their morale soared, and they charged at the enemy formation with shouts!
The three people watching from the high rock all twitched their mouths in unison.
“Big Brother, is its personality like yours?” Youxi asked.
“How could that be? I’m not that flamboyant.” Li Andy denied it flatly.
“Hmph, I think it’s hard to say…” Sophia snorted in rebuttal.
With the addition of the quick-draw Zorro, the battlefield gradually became one-sided, and the native faction slowly retreated into the jungle.
Many rope traps appeared in the woods, preventing the firearms faction from advancing.
It wasn’t until sunset that both sides grew tired again and ceased hostilities.
“Big Brother, time here seems to pass very quickly…” Youxi noticed something off about the sky.
Li Andy explained:
“That’s not strange. The flow of time we’re experiencing right now might even be different from reality.”
“Then, when we go out, will it be… a vast change over time?” Sophia remembered a story Youxi told her before bed, and an idiom from it stuck in her memory.
“The scale of this ‘Domain’ isn’t that large,”
Li Andy said,
“At most, it’s just a little faster than outside.
“So, let’s hurry, don’t let Anna and the others wait too long.”
The two girls nodded.
The three tidied their clothes and makeup, and under the false night, walked towards the jungle of the native faction.