Chapter 1504
The Spark Rekindles
Chapter 1504 The Spark Rekindles
Loess region.
Xingchen's communicator beeped, standing out prominently in the quiet night.
"Who messaged you?" Antonio asked casually.
He had already deactivated his mecha and, surrounded by servants and other earthen people, answered their questions with great enthusiasm.
Xingchen glanced at it and said, "It was sent by Qian Sui."
"Who?" Antonio picked at his ear in disbelief. "Who did you say?"
“I forwarded it to you,” Xingchen said, her tone tinged with surprise. “Although it never reads messages, it obviously does send them.”
“It’s obvious.” Antonio laughed after reading the message. “The Silvermoon people went to Crystal City to cause trouble, and Adrian led the Graystone people to Silvermoon to seize territory. I find this whole thing ridiculous.”
Isn't that ridiculous?
Silver Moon, who wanted to wipe out the Yellow Earth Humans, didn't get away with it. When their positions were reversed, he was crushed by the Beast Soul Mech and had no chance to fight back.
The same goes for Crystal City. They didn't take the Silvermoon people seriously, and now they've been bitten back. They're in chaos now, and I wonder if they'll regret what they did.
The people of Graystone Settlement easily stepped into the once heavily guarded Silvermoon City, attempting to seize the mountain and become kings.
Ironically, the Loess Plateau people, who were most neglected by various forces, not only did not become extinct, but also ushered in a new spark and hope.
"Karma! It really is karma!"
Murmurs rippled through the crowd, and many people even teared up and cried.
Antonio couldn't stand the scene and stood up to walk to Xingchen's side.
"What should I do? This seems quite interesting; I'm tempted to go and join the fun."
Xingchen lowered his head; Lan Bingru, who was under his hand, had not yet opened her eyes.
“Oh, I forgot about Little Blue.” Antonio sighed. “How about… you leave some energy for her to absorb slowly, and we go watch the show first? But how long would we have to wait for her?”
“Yes, yes, yes.” The servants behind him quickly stepped forward. “You two may go about your business. We will protect this lady. We swear on our lives that we will never let her suffer any harm.”
“You?” Antonio glanced at the servants, then looked at the other earthen people. “Forget it, you yourselves need protection.”
He didn't mean to belittle anyone, but that's just how it is.
Moreover, he had not forgotten the panicked escape he had made in the Loess Plateau.
Are pitiful people necessarily kind?
not necessarily.
“My lord…” The servant holding the weapon immediately looked flustered.
"Don't worry about it," Xingchen said, trying to smooth things over. "He just has a loose tongue; he doesn't mean any harm."
“Yes, yes,” Antonio nodded in agreement. “I often get yelled at by them for this, and even beaten up by Honey. Don’t take it to heart. But speaking of which…”
He turned to the crowd.
"The people of Graystone are all going to Silvermoon City to seize territory, don't you have any ideas at all? If it were me, I would take this opportunity to go to Graystone, or even Silvermoon, to seize territory."
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, clearly not daring to imagine such a possibility.
“Look!” Antonio looked helplessly at the stars. “They didn’t even think about it. They were just saying they wanted to get stronger and work hard. What a great opportunity, right under their noses, what a waste.”
“They’ve been stuck in their ways for too long, and not everyone has the courage to break through.” Lin Fan wasn’t too surprised.
“But…but not all the Graystone Men went,” a servant hesitated. “Besides, they’ll be back sooner or later, won’t they?”
“What are you afraid of?” Antonio shrugged, completely unable to understand. “The capable and ambitious ones have all gone, and most of those left behind are just mediocre people at the bottom. You guys who have been in Graystone should know what kind of people they are—they’re not very aggressive, they just live their own little lives and don’t bother with anyone else.”
"Without beast souls, how much weaker are they than you? They're just a bit bigger. If you're afraid of even that..." Antonio shook his head, "Even if we gave you the most powerful weapons, you still wouldn't dare to step forward. Now that your strengths are evenly matched, you're still hesitant and timid. Well... the Gray Stone Men can't exactly invite you to stay here, can they? How could that be?"
Xingchen nodded in agreement: "This place is indeed not suitable for living. Graystone Settlement is a good choice. Many things, if you don't fight for them, you really won't have the chance. At worst, if you don't succeed, you can just go back here. There won't be any loss."
"Easy for you to say. Of course you'll be fine, but we might not even come back alive." Someone muttered in the darkness.
"Who?!" Before Antonio and the others could react, the people from Graystone who had returned were already furious. "Who just spoke?"
"If you've got the guts, stand up and say it!"
"Is this how you treat your benefactors? Do you want the adults to think that saving us was a mistake?"
"What's wrong with the adults planning for us? You..."
They were jumping up and down in a panic, but Antonio just waved his hand dismissively.
"Alright, alright, it was expected, it's not that bad. But ultimately, you have to walk your own path. For you, it might indeed be risky if we just say a word..."
“But there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world.” Xingchen continued, her tone calm yet powerful. “Even if there were, why would it fall into your lap? Saying you have nothing to lose doesn’t mean you won’t lose your lives, but that you can only fight for a future—a future of better living, a future where your descendants can escape their dark and hopeless circumstances and have a better living environment.”
"Of course, not wanting to take risks is a personal choice. We are just reminding you that there is such a possibility and opportunity. After all, in Annemo, it seems that you have nothing else to lose besides your life."
"That's why the orcs can so easily despise you and imprison you in this sunless, yellow earth region. If you could go out and see the world, you would know that this world is not as narrow as you've always seen it; there is so much beauty that you've never experienced." "But under the orcs' deliberate suppression, it's clear that no one will offer this beauty to you with open arms, urging you, persuading you, or forcibly stuffing it into your hands."
“That’s right,” the servant who returned from Graystone said solemnly. “We’ve seen a better life and a bigger world in Graystone. Do you think we’re doing well? But we’re just servants who were sold to Graystone, bearing the title of masters, beings that can be discarded and abandoned at will.”
“It’s precisely because I’ve seen a better life that I understand more clearly what the Loess Plateau truly means.” The person who returned from the trading market burst into tears. “In prison, I was filled with despair for the future, yet I kept thinking about home, about my family in the Loess Plateau, about the prison where we were held. It made me so sad… Why are we born to live this kind of life? What is the difference between us and orcs? Is it just because we don’t have orc genes?”
“Actually, yes.” Antonio interrupted without caring about the other person’s mood. “You and the orcs actually share the same ancestor. It’s just that their genes have more orcs than orcs, while yours have more humans than orcs. So sometimes they can have children with human appearances. Don’t you also have little orcs?”
"You know that Annie Demon Glory, right? You people from the Loess Region also have beast souls, I think. You might even have beast souls in your bodies now, but you've never paid attention to them or nurtured them properly, so you've never known about them."
These remarks immediately caused an uproar among the crowd, sparking heated discussions.
"Is that really the case?" someone asked Xingchen, who seemed more reliable.
“That’s true,” Xingchen nodded. “You are two variants of the same gene. It’s just that the orcs started earlier and developed faster, which suppressed you. If the conditions were equal, you might not be worse than them.”
"It's just that you started too late. If you don't have the determination to burn your bridges and work hard on your own, relying on our sporadic help won't change anything at all."
“Exactly,” Antonio nodded. “If we hadn’t come today, you would all be dead. The problem is, we can’t stay forever; we’ll have to leave eventually.”
"The adults are leaving..."
“That’s not the point!” Antonio interrupted, raising his hand. “The point is, you have to stand on your own two feet. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Graystone people, and it’s the same for you, isn’t it? If anything goes wrong along the way, while we’re still here, while this chaos isn’t over, we might be able to lend you a hand.”
"Once the situation settles down and the power structure of Crystal City, Silvermoon City, and Graystone Settlement is reshuffled, you'll be the only ones left who are miserable and weak, still being suppressed by them at the bottom for thousands of years... Or do you really think that you're better off than the orcs, and that this kind of life is good enough? Sigh, in the end, it depends on yourselves. You can't force things to be sweet."
Antonio felt a bit disappointed after saying too much.
Some people are not just backward, they are simply incapable of leading others.
He crossed his arms, turned his back, and stopped looking at those troubling fellows.
Xingchen raised her hand and patted his shoulder.
"What? I'm not sad." Antonio was a little annoyed and dodged Lin Fan's comforting words.
“No,” Xingchen said, turning him around with a little more force, “I wanted to say that Bingru has woken up.”
Antonio looked and, sure enough, Lan Bingru opened her eyes, jumped in front of her, and asked with a smile.
"How are you feeling? Are you uncomfortable? Do you feel stronger?"
Lan Bingru smiled and said, "I don't feel uncomfortable at all, everything is fine, but I don't feel any stronger. Instead, I feel empty inside..."
"Your cultivation level has just stabilized, and you haven't accumulated spiritual energy yet, so it's normal to feel empty," Xingchen said, bowing her head to comfort her.
"I understand, Lin Jian, thank you." Lan Bingru looked up and slowly stood up.
Antonio reached out and helped her up: "What about me? What about me?"
"Thank you too, Brother An." Lan Bingru was in a good mood and replied with a smile.
Once she had stopped, Xingchen said, "Since you're not feeling unwell, let's go."
Lan Bingru looked around and remembered the catastrophe that had happened before. The smile on her face gradually faded and her mood became depressed.
"Alright!" Antonio replied with a smile, and in a flash, he transformed into Apollo.
Just as Lan Bingru was about to climb into Xingchen's arms, she heard a firm shout from behind.
"Sir! We want to go!"
Several people turned around, and a large group of people, led by servants, stood up, their eyes filled with determination.
"We're going to fight for a new life for ourselves." The head servant's eyes were blazing, his tone resolute. "We'll use our own efforts, our own hands, to forge a future. Even if we ultimately fail, at least we tried. We won't regret it!"
"I wish you all the best." Xingchen nodded slightly.
The leader opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he swallowed it back and just nodded heavily.
"Don't always rely on others," Apollo laughed. "You are actually stronger than you think, you just haven't realized it yet. Keep it up!"
"grown ups……"
“We’re going to Silvermoon City now.” Xingchen hugged Lan Bingru tightly and turned back to tell her, “If you encounter any difficulties and need our help, try your best to find us in Silvermoon City.”
After saying that, he took to the sky.
"Well then, see you later!" Apollo raised his hands and followed closely behind, quickly transforming into a red dot in the sky.
"Silvermoon City...can we really get that far?" someone asked in a low voice, expressing their doubt.
"Go! If the adults say it's okay, then we definitely can!" The leader gripped his weapon tightly, his eyes resolute.
"We're not just going to Silvermoon City, we're going to Crystal City too! We'll see what's so different about those pampered old men compared to us!"
"set off!"