PS: Read the exclusive story behind "40,000 Years of Cultivation" and listen to your suggestions for the novel. Follow the official account (add friends on WeChat - add official account - type qdread) and tell me in secret! The Tian Jue Mountain Range stretched for tens of thousands of miles across the center of the Tianyuan Continent. It was like an incomparably precise dividing line, dividing the earth into two colors: dark green and pale yellow.
To the south of the Tian Jue Mountain Range, the air was moist, the land was fertile, and the land was covered with lakes, hills, and farmlands. 90% of the Xing Yao Federation's population lived there.
And to the north of the Tian Jue Mountain Range, there was a hundred thousand miles of wild sand and a cruel world filled with demonic winds.
The weather there was unpredictable. Sometimes it would rain heavily, sometimes it would hail, and sometimes it would be dry for three to five months without a single drop of rain falling.
Coupled with the rampant demon beasts and the devastation of demons, the living environment was incomparably harsh. It was almost the same size as the inland, but only 10% of the Federation's population lived there.
The common people of the Xing Yao Federation both loved and hated this harsh land. The inland people called this place the "Demon Beast Wasteland". It didn't mean that this was a country of demon beasts, but rather that only humans as tyrannical as demon beasts could survive here.
And these "tyrannical humans as tyrannical as demon beasts" had another name for their homeland. They affectionately called this place...
The Great Wasteland!
The Giant Blade Pass was the midpoint between the inland and the Great Wasteland.
500 years ago, this place was the Federation's largest defensive fortress. The Union Army shed their blood here, using their flesh and blood to form a great wall of steel, resisting the invasion of demon beasts from the Great Wasteland.
And after the Federation crushed the "Far East Demon Kingdom", this place became a forward base. Countless Union Army and cultivators set out from here. Driving crystal tanks, riding giant floating fortresses, brandishing chainswords and spiritual energy boltguns, they expanded the territory and destroyed the mountains and temples. Slaying demons and eliminating demons, razing the villages, towns, and countries of the demon race, and fighting for precious living space for mankind.
Li Yao strolled towards the Giant Blade Pass.
Before he reached the front of the fortress, his gaze was attracted by the hundreds of white towers piled up on both sides of the road.
These white towers had sharp edges and were covered with sharp thorns. They emitted a strong smell of blood.
Taking a closer look. How was this a white tower? It was clearly a pile of nearly a thousand demon beast skeletons!
Each of the bone towers was seventy to eighty meters tall, and the tallest one was even over a hundred meters tall. It was a majestic sight that pierced through the clouds.
Among them, there were arm bones, leg bones, ribs, spine … all kinds of bones.
However, most of them were skulls. A shattered skull.
The smallest skull was only the size of a palm, while the largest one was more than ten meters tall. One could imagine just how huge a demonic beast its owner was when it was alive.
"This is Jingguan!"
Li Yao exclaimed in admiration, and a sense of pride as a human welled up in his heart.
This was the tradition of the Union Army and the Cultivation World. When a powerhouse hunted a demon beast in the Demon Beast Wasteland, unless they needed to refine it into a magical weapon, they would throw the bones in front of the Giant Edge Pass. He built an imperial temple to show off his martial arts and intimidate the demonic beasts.
There were nearly a thousand Jingguan temples. The earliest one had been constructed five hundred years ago. Its bones had long been weathered and merged with the earth. It was only thanks to the support of secret talisman arrays that it was not torn apart by the fierce winds.
The newest one, however, had just been constructed recently. On top of it, there was still fresh flesh and blood dripping down.
Li Yao was shocked by what he saw. He could vaguely hear the mournful screams of the demon beasts within the bones.
In five hundred years, humans had set out from the Giant Edge Pass. A total of seven great expeditions were organized.
Before the first great expedition, the Demon Beast Wasteland was a paradise for demon beasts. It was known as "36 demon countries, 72 demon cities, and 108 demon kings."
After the seventh expedition, all the demon countries and demon strongholds were completely annihilated. None of the 108 demon kings were spared. All of their heads appeared in the "Jingguan". The Demon Beast Wasteland was completely conquered by the Union and became a fertile land for humans!
Although the Demon Beast Wasteland was still not peaceful, from time to time, a large number of demon beasts and demons would come from the "Blood Demon Sector" and harass human cities and towns. However, not a single one of them succeeded in gaining a foothold. Every time, they would pay a heavy price and withdraw back to the Blood Demon Sector.
"Humans are the most powerful fighting race in the endless sea of stars!"
This sentence was not a boast by humans. Every demon race member who had doubts about this sentence was now buried in the Jingguan, using their lives as the price to prove it!
Li Yao slowly walked through the middle of the bone towers. From time to time, he would stop in front of one or two particularly majestic Jingguan, admiring the grotesquely shaped demon beast skeletons and letting out waves of praise.
It took him no less than three hours to finish walking the Path of Glory and arrive in front of the Giant Edge Pass.
Because the Demon Beast Wasteland had already been incorporated into the Union's territory, the battlefront had greatly extended to the north. Today's Giant Edge Pass no longer had much military value.
Just like the Distant Expanse above Devil Flood Dragon Island, a large part of the Stronghold had been transformed into a war museum. Many elementary and middle school students, under the guidance of their teachers, came here to visit and learn.
Li Yao followed behind a group of elementary school students and entered the Giant Edge Pass.
As soon as he entered the Stronghold, the first thing he saw was a huge transparent glass cover, covering something that looked like a fossil.
Looking carefully, it was actually a pile of very ancient ashes, with some fine bones inside.
There was also a glyph array on the side, shooting out a three-dimensional hologram, outlining a scene from millions of years ago.
The scene was of a dark and narrow cave. In the depths of the cave, there were some hunched ape-men with black hair all over their bodies roasting meat over a fire.
"Students, please take a look. This is the remains of a civilization that was excavated from the depths of the Wasteland. According to the research of experts, as early as 3.7 million years ago, there was an extremely intelligent ancient ape living in the depths of the Wasteland. It knew how to use tools and live. The experts extracted a trace of a soul imprint from the fossil of this ancient ape. After comparing it with our soul imprints, they discovered that there was actually 0.000001% similarity. It can be said that this ancient ape is a distant relative of our ancestors! Therefore … "
The female teacher leading the elementary school students looked gentle and weak, but the words she spoke were resolute and decisive. Each word weighed a thousand pounds:
"Since ancient times, the Wasteland has been our human territory. We must use our lives to defend it. Not even an inch of land can be taken away by demon beasts! "
"What a hooligan, but I like it!"
Li Yao secretly praised. He parted ways with the elementary school students visiting the war museum and walked to the other side of the Giant Edge Pass.
The left side of the Giant Edge Pass' military fortress had been transformed into a war museum, and the right side had been transformed into a large-scale crystal rail train station.
The Demon Beast Wasteland was vast. There were also the occasional disturbances of demon beasts from foreign lands. Not only did ordinary people like Li Yao not dare to travel alone, even cultivators with mediocre cultivation base would not easily fly on their swords in the Demon Beast Wasteland. That was tantamount to putting oneself in the sights of countless hunters; it was an extremely dangerous behavior.
Even if it was Fiend Blade Peng Hai, a Building Foundation Stage powerhouse, who also had the assistance of powerful treasures such as the Mystic Bird Battle Shuttle, he would not easily take the risk. Ordinary demon beasts were no match for him, but if his luck was bad and he bumped into a wormhole, a large number of demon beasts would pour in and form a "beast tide". Even the lowest level demon beasts would be able to swallow a cultivator if they came in thousands upon thousands like a tide.
Therefore, in the Demon Beast Wasteland, humans lived in heavily guarded cities and towns.
A large number of military fortresses were set up around the cities and towns, forming an impregnable defense system. And the cities and towns were connected by crystal rail trains.
The crystal rail trains of the Demon Beast Wasteland were different from the inland crystal rail trains. Perhaps the equipment was not luxurious enough, and the comfort was not enough. The environment was somewhat harsh, and the speed was not as fast as the "super-high-speed crystal rail train".
However, a large number of defensive arrays were set up on the crystal rail trains, and the carriages were also equipped with battle armor. A large number of "train soldiers" were stationed along the train to protect the safety of the passengers.
Li Yao had bought a ticket three days ago through the Spiritual Net. However, it was now the start of the school season, and a large number of inland students were heading to the various colleges and universities in the Demon Beast Wasteland. There were also new recruits joining the army, so a portion of the crystal rail lines were temporarily requisitioned. Therefore, the tickets were very tight. Li Yao could only buy a third-class ticket for the slow train.
Originally, Li Yao could also use his identity as a "Federation Disabled Serviceman". He could directly take a VIP carriage and enjoy the best treatment.
However, Li Yao always had a knot in his heart. He felt that he was not really injured, and this "Class 1 Disabled Serviceman Treatment" was not worthy of him. If he could take advantage of others, he would try to take advantage of others as little as possible. Otherwise, he would always feel that he had let down those truly disabled veterans.
In any case, he was born in the Artifact Graveyard. He had slept in all kinds of filthy places. The environment of the third-class carriage was already very good.
Once he got on the train, he would close his eyes and sink his soul into the depths of his mind. He would be able to swallow Ou Yezi's memory fragments, and the outside environment would have nothing to do with him.
Li Yao thought as he walked into the waiting hall.
It was the peak passenger flow for the start of the school year. The huge waiting hall was bustling with people. The vast majority of them were young people going to the Demon Beast Wasteland to study.
For many students, it was their first time going on a long journey. Moreover, they were going to the legendary thrilling "Wasteland". All of them were excitedly dancing and chattering. The air was brimming with a cheerful and youthful aura.
Li Yao looked left and right before he walked to the front of an automatic ticket machine. From his mini crystal processor, he pulled out his ticket purchasing spirit tattoo and placed it under the automatic ticket machine to scan. With a "ding" sound, the ticket dispenser spat out a thin ticket.
Li Yao was just about to reach out to take it when the ticket moved on its own. It unexpectedly folded itself and turned into a paper crane. It circled around Li Yao's head and even let out a "chirp chirp" bird cry.
"Hello, passenger. This is your ticket. There is still 1 hour and 32 minutes until boarding time. You can go to waiting room 8 and wait. However, our Giant Blade Pass's' Old Squad Leader's Smoked Chicken Leg 'is very famous. It's sold at the' Veteran's Gourmet Shop 'next to the station. It's still early. Do you want to try it? The boss used to be the cook squad leader of the Union Army. The drumsticks he cooks are big and fat. They're very delicious! "
"No need. I'm not hungry." Li Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. These days, advertisements were everywhere!
"It doesn't matter if you're not hungry. There are still 15 telepathic thoughts stored in my array glyphs. It can provide information on 1,372 kinds of goods near the station. Do you want to take a look?" The paper crane danced lightly and gracefully above his head as it spoke with great expectation.
"There's really no need. Let's go directly to the waiting room."
"Oh …"
The paper crane spoke with great grievance. It flapped its tiny wings and wriggled as it led the way in front. After it brought Li Yao to waiting room 8, it let out a very plaintive "humph" and stretched out. It once again turned into a thin ticket and floated into Li Yao's hand.
It made Li Yao feel a little embarrassed. He felt that he had let it down by not going to the "Old Squad Leader's Gourmet Shop".
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