Yafu and Yaxin were stunned by the boy's series of questions. Could it be that … this boy had lost his memory after being struck by lightning last night?
That's not right. Shouldn't he be a god? Why would he be afraid of lightning? He must have been the one who struck the lightning!
Yafu looked at the boy with pity and said, "I am Yafu and this is my sister Yaxin. We are now in the Temple of Heaven in the slums of Greatwood City."
The boy nodded blankly and continued, "Then who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going?"
Yafu and Yaxin looked at each other, and then … Yafu said, "I'm sorry, we don't know who you are, where you're from, and where you're going!"
The boy looked at the two sisters blankly and frowned. He didn't speak for a long time.
After a long time, the boy said, "So you don't know my name either, right?"
Yaxin nodded and said sympathetically, "You … you didn't lose your memory, did you?"
The boy nodded bitterly and said, "I'm afraid so. I … I don't remember anything."
Yafu smiled and shook her head. "It doesn't matter. Children like us who live in the slums have today but no tomorrow. Many times, losing one's memory is a kind of happiness."
Yaxin nodded and said sadly, "If I could, I would rather lose my memory. That way, I wouldn't have to miss my family."
The boy asked curiously, "Do you have any family? Why don't they care about you?"
Yafu shook her head and said sadly, "We used to. But now, they've all died in the hands of the demons."
Demons?
Hearing this term, the boy furrowed his brows.
Seeing that the boy seemed to have some memories of the demons, the two girls looked at each other and then began to tell him …
More than a hundred years ago, after the demon army destroyed the demon army, they launched a war against the human race.
The rhinoceros race, the hippopotamus race, and the war elephant race advanced. The human race couldn't resist at all and was forced to retreat …
Under the constant pressure of the demon army, the human race lost ground inch by inch.
East Continent, West Continent, North Continent, Central Continent …
The four great states fell one after another. Out of the five great states of the human race, only the southern states remained.
The southern provinces, with the Jin River as the boundary, were dotted with several active volcanoes. It was these two natural moats that finally stopped the demon army from advancing.
Of course, it was impossible to stop the demon race just by relying on the natural moat.
No matter how dangerous the Heavenly Moat was, since humans could pass through it, the Demon Clan would definitely be able to as well.
However, a hundred years later, through the baptism of tens of thousands of wars, seven great generals emerged from the human race! It was under the leadership of the Seven Great Generals that the humans finally gained a firm foothold. Relying on the two great moats, they were able to stop the Demon Race from advancing further.
The seven great generals were respectively …
Taurus General Gu Man, Raging Inferno General You Zai, Clear Water General Jun Wu You, Doumu General Ye Ling, Wasteland General Hua Nongyue, Dangerous Moon General Bu Fan, and Rising Sun General Bai Bing!
It was with the cooperation of the seven great generals of the human race that they finally managed to defend the last base of the human race.
In addition, the restoration of the ancient teleportation array and the large amount of resources from the True Spirit World were also important reasons.
As large amounts of talents were replenished from the True Spirit World to the Universe World, the lost elites of the human race had the capital to continue resisting.
Within a hundred years, the Great Chu royalty of the True Spirit World was finally unified under the leadership of Empress Chu Wuyi, Wu Jing Xue, Mowang Gong, and Thunder Eagle Emperor.
The entire True Spirit World was ruled by the Empress of the Great Chu, Chu Wuyi.
Subsequently, large amounts of military elites passed through the Ancient Star Road and arrived at the Universe World, entering the Demon Ant World.
The Seven Great Generals of the human race were able to rise so quickly because of this.
After entering the Demon Ant World, the military elites of the True Spirit World all joined the Seven Great Generals according to their respective attributes. It was also because of the endless supply of talents from the True Spirit World that the Seven Great Generals had the capital to rise.
Otherwise, how could the high-level power of the Universe World, especially the military power, fall into their hands so easily?
As the war continued, the human race suffered an unprecedented loss. They lost four of the five prefectures, leaving only the southern prefectures.
After the division, the southern prefectures were divided into five major regions: East, West, North, South, and Middle. Each region was overseen by the five Imperial Advisors, jointly resisting the invasion of the demon race.
The citizens of the five prefectures had all gathered in one prefecture. As a result, there were more people than land, and the prefecture was overcrowded.
In the state of war, too many families were separated, and too many families were destroyed. Thus … slums began to appear in the southern prefectures, as well as large amounts of orphans.
The Great Chu royalty had intervened to deal with the emergence of slums and the large amount of orphans of martyrs. However, as the number of slums increased, the number of homeless children increased rapidly. Under the heavy pressure, the Great Chu royalty was powerless.
Although the Ancient Star Road had been restored, the teleportation array could only be activated once a day, and each time … it could only teleport a hundred people.
Thus, in order to replenish the elite forces that had been lost in the war, the teleportation array was not used to transport resources or food.
In a situation where there was little land and many people, it was not that the Great Chu royalty did not want to care about the so-called slums and homeless children, but that they did not have the ability to do so.
With the current situation of the human race, it was no longer possible to ensure that everyone had enough to eat and wear.
The number of slums and homeless children continued to increase, causing the Great Chu royalty to be unable to bear the burden. They could only choose to ignore them.
Listening to Yafu and Yaxin's narration, the boy shook his head and looked out the window. The sky was already bright, and the rain had stopped at some point.
Frowning, the boy sighed and said, "If we support the old and the young, even if the human race exists, we will only be struggling at death's door."
As he spoke, the boy raised his head and looked at Yafu and Yaxin. He asked curiously, "Since the Great Chu royalty does not care about you, how will you survive?"
Yafu smiled sadly and said, "What else can we do? We can only beg, of course!"
As soon as her sister finished speaking, Yaxin added, "Also, also … Aoki University's Great Sage Ye Ling will help us from time to time and give us food."
Yafu nodded and said, "Yes, yes. How could I have forgotten about the Great Sage?"
Yafu was full of admiration as she said, "The Great Sage Ye Ling is a true sage. Although she cannot provide all the slums with good food and clothing, she can try her best to ensure that no one here will starve to death."
The Great Sage Ye Ling?
When he heard this name, the boy could not help but raise his eyebrows. He did not know why, but this name gave him a very familiar feeling.
However, when he thought about it carefully, his mind went blank. He could not recall anything.
Shaking his head in distress, the boy was about to speak when Yaxin said excitedly, "Also, at the beginning of every year, the Great Sage Ye Ling will prioritize coming to our slums to recruit a batch of students to join Aoki University."
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