Zhou Jing took Ross, using the cover of night and houses, to travel through the streets and alleys with ease.
A group of alien-blooded guards persevered in pursuit, but they couldn't keep up with Zhou Jing's speed and were gradually thrown away.
After running at full strength for a while, the rapid bell suddenly rang throughout the city.
clang clang-
The guards sounded the alarm, alarming the entire town.
Lines of poorly dressed guards hurried out of the barracks and hurriedly deployed their defenses.
However, the area of the town is so large that even if an alarm is issued, the chasing troops will not be able to reach Zhou Jing, and the defenders of the city wall are limited in number and cannot be fully intercepted.
Not long after the alarm sounded, Zhou Jing had already run under the city wall.
This section was sparsely deployed, and there were only a few guards. Looking through the crenel, they also found Zhou Jing and the two of them.
Zhou Jing climbed up the aisle of the city wall and turned to look at the guards next to him.
When several guards saw this, they held their weapons and fluttered their teeth and claws, as if they would rush up at any time, but the distance was slowly pulled away as they moved forward, and they all mastered the essence of spacewalking.
The corner of Zhou Jing's mouth twitched, he ignored a few people, and led Ross over the wall and walked away.
Several guards watched the two disappear into the thick night, with expressions of annoyance on their faces.
After a while, many foreign-blooded guards chased after the city wall. Hearing that the thief had already carried the lord and ran away, the guards did not play a role at all, and they were immediately angry.
"Why don't you stop?!"
"Damn, if you stop, we'll be there!"
The alien blood guards shouted angrily.
The guards listened to the accusations obediently, with sincerity and fear on the surface, and rolled their eyes secretly.
Laugh to death, I don't want to stop at all.
The alien-blooded guards seemed to hate that iron could not be made of steel, and scolded the guards for a while, then went out of the city for a symbolic chase for a while, feeling that it was almost done, and then returned with an expression of lack of success.
On the surface, they accused the guards of not stopping the thief, but in fact they were secretly glad that the thief was not stopped.
Because in the process of chasing, they have calmed down.
The enemy is suspected to have been strengthened three times... or forget it.
Everyone came to the scene to play, and the meaning was good, showing the appearance of doing their best, and then going back to their own homes to find their own mothers.
As for Root... Good luck to him.
On the other hand, many town residents were awakened by the alarm, went to the street to observe, whispered to inquire about the situation, and were shocked when they learned that the lord had been sneaked in and kidnapped.
Heh, finally there is a hero who acts for the sky!
As long as Root existed, Baiyuan City became more and more depressed, but he still served as the lord regardless of the loss of the residents of Baiyuan City. Many urban residents have long been dissatisfied with this. However, the Empire did not act, they were powerless.
When they suddenly heard about this, most of the citizens were not angry at all, but wanted to celebrate with their crowns.
As word of mouth spread, news of Root's kidnapping spread like a hurricane across the city that night.
Many secretly prayed for Root.
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After leaving Baiyuan City, Zhou Jing ran with Ross for a while, but soon found that the pursuers had given up.
"Stop chasing so soon, tsk, it seems that Root is really unpopular."
Zhou Jing pouted, took Ross to find a hidden area in the wild, put down the unconscious Root, and woke him up.
As soon as Root opened his eyes and saw Zhou Jing's face again, he suddenly panicked. He sat on the ground and moved back hastily, just wanting to stay away from Zhou Jing, incoherent:
"How could you still be alive, I saw you dead! What the hell are you!"
He couldn't understand why Jason was able to come back from the dead. This had broken his three views, his mind was a mess, he couldn't think at all, and he was almost scared of Aba Aba.
Zhou Jing grabbed Root back to his crotch, raised his eyebrows and said:
"Do you think the matter is over, and the dead will not come back to settle accounts?"
Root trembled like a chaff. Facing Jason who was beyond his own understanding, his psychological defense was completely broken.
He regarded Zhou Jing as a life-threatening evil spirit, and there was only fear in his heart, and no other thoughts.
"You, what do you want?"
"I ask, you answer, cooperate honestly, or my friend will be happy to do something to you."
Zhou Jing pointed at Ross and said casually:
"He is proficient in more than 100 kinds of torture methods, and he can definitely help you understand your own body structure."
Root turned his head to look at Ross, and immediately believed... This expressionless face must be a ruthless man who kills without blinking an eye!
Zhou Jing asked what he wanted to know.
Root was so frightened that he broke his defenses, his brain was shut down, he basically asked what he asked and answered, and he had no courage to resist.
After a while, Zhou Jing asked the truth about the fact that Root sent someone to kill him, as well as the deeper inside story.
"...So, you secretly conveyed benefits for the tribe and accumulated strength in order to respond to Roman's call to rebel and split the empire one day and seek independence?"
Zhou Jing blinked, secretly surprised.
Because of Root's overreaction at the beginning, he suspected that there was an insider, but he didn't know before that the lord of a remote place like Root was actually related to a rebel plan that seemed to involve a very wide range.
And the leader of this rebellion plan is a guy named "Roman", who is also the backer behind Root. He has a high position in the court of the Terra Empire. Zhou Jing heard this name for the first time.
All the tribal lords who participated in this rebellion plan, using Roman's plan as a link, formed an indirect alliance with each other, waiting for a day when they would rise up together.
Root knew only part of the list, not all the people involved in the plan.
Zhou Jing asked carefully, and had a general understanding of the motives of these tribal lords.
The empire was established by the alliance of tribes, but now it has been secretly trying to weaken the inherent tribal power, and the empire has replaced the original position of the tribe, absorbing a large amount of resources, and its strength is changing.
Many tribes felt resentful, thinking that with everyone's support, the empire was established, but now there is a tendency to hide everything, so they decided to respond.
The Terra Empire has been established for more than 40 years. The threat of alien beasts still exists, but the living environment has improved a lot. Each tribe believes that it is no longer necessary to form a group, and they are increasingly dissatisfied with the empire on their heads. Under consideration, many tribal lords have the idea of getting rid of imperial rule.
It is not necessary to overthrow the royal family, it will hurt both sides, and for the so-called "throne", the tribes in the alien world don't really value... It has only been 40 years since the tribal era entered the imperial era, and the legality of the royal family's rule has not been completely established. .
Every tribe that has survived from the barbaric era to the present can be regarded as "orthodox".
Because of their support, the empire was established. If they were all independent, would the rule of the empire be justified
Based on similar judgments, each tribe decided to no longer obey the empire, and planned to become kings on their own, fully autonomous, and to get rid of the leadership of the imperial family.
"Do you want to split a unified regime into a bunch of small regimes and make their own decisions..."
Zhou Jing was thoughtful.
In other words, this situation can be understood as... The various tribes, including the imperial family, invested together to open a company, everyone was an investor, and the imperial family held the helm of the company.
But now, the person at the helm of the company wants to turn the company into a one-stop company and dilute everyone's shares, so the various investors quit and plan to withdraw their capital and start their own company... Thinking about it this way, the situation seems to be clear.
Zhou Jing can understand the thoughts of each tribe. Judging from the situation in the world of alien beasts, maybe this kind of independence really has a good chance of success.
But what Zhou Jing was curious about was the motive of this lead "Roman".
Lobbying so many tribal lords, secretly pulling up a team, intending to split the empire... Is this person a careerist? What benefits does he get from it
Just listening to Root's description, without personal contact, it was difficult for Zhou Jing to establish a clear image of this Roman.
"Sword Comes"
Zhou Jing shook his head, put the matter aside for the time being, and asked about the short-headed man... In contrast, he was more concerned about the short-headed man's origins.
However, Root didn't know about it, only knew that there was a force behind the inch-toed man, who had a cooperative relationship with Roman, who was also the secret guard sent by Roman to protect him.
The intersection of Root and the mysterious forces behind the inch-tou man is limited to providing some supplies every year, such as food, ores, herbs and other things.
The handover method is often to transport materials to different locations. After Root's people leave, this mysterious force will send people to take things away, and the two sides do not meet.
But since the death of the inch-tou man, his connection with that mysterious force has also been cut off.
"Since the handover is on your side, that mysterious force must have a base nearby..."
Zhou Jing frowned and pondered.
It's a pity that Root doesn't know the location at all, so he can't find it, looking for a needle in a haystack.
The true origin of the inch-headed man is unknown to even Root. However, he somehow got a clue.
The careerist named Roman has a deeper connection with the forces behind the inch-touine man, and he must know more.
Zhou Jing asked about the things he cared about and got the information he wanted.
After he drained Root's information, he was not interested in a mouth-cannon, and cut the man's throat with a knife.
A blood line appeared.
Root's eyes widened, covering his bleeding neck, a look of pain on his face.
I have been guarding against the living, but I never thought that I would eventually die in the hands of a "dead"...
But inexplicably, he was a little relieved.
After suffering for more than half a year, I am worried every day, like a walking dead... Maybe die in the hands of this undead, so that I can be free from the nightmare...
Root fell to the ground, feeling the passing of life, the past appeared in front of his eyes, but it seemed like something from a previous life, and he slowly closed his eyes.
Zhou Jing didn't look at Root's corpse again, and he didn't let him go.
Putting the knife into the sheath, he pondered to himself.
"Someone wants to split the empire... Roman..."
To be honest, it has little to do with whether these lords are fighting for independence or not, and what will happen to the empire and the tribe in the end.
Both sides have their own reasons, and he doesn't have any sense of belonging to the Terra Empire, and he doesn't care that much.
What Zhou Jing was thinking about was how to make use of this information when he accidentally learned about it, and find a way to find opportunities to earn resources from this incident...
"In the eyes of outsiders, I am still a dead person, and it is not suitable for me to appear in the surrounding area, so as not to be recognized by my former hunter companions.
It seems that it is time to leave the Baiyuan City area... Maybe go to the capital to get close to the core of power, and the information I got can be of value... And Roman is in the capital, and if you want to contact him, you have to go there. "
Zhou Jing's eyes flashed.
In addition, Wangdu has concentrated a lot of resources, and can come into contact with more different blood medicine and hunter's breathing resources, and it is very safe.
—Perhaps there is a good place to let the Eternal Apostle hang up and grow.