Chapter 1120 Monument and Chance Encounter

The Monument Square was originally the largest square in Sap City, covering an area of ​​600,000 square meters, and ranked sixth in the world in the middle of the 21st century. Today, this super-large square has been divided into two different areas, one large and one small.

The Superman Enterprise office building on the side of the square collapsed. This happened about a hundred years ago. In fact, according to the design and service life of this building, it should have supported it to this day. But in the era of the Secret Chivalrous War, this place was once the focus of the chivalrous attack.

If it weren't for the fact that there were thousands of innocent grassroots employees of Superman Enterprise in the building, Xiangshan would even blow up the entire building.

Several special figures among the thieves of the country once lived here, and they were worthy of being taken care of.

The battle of the chivalrous knights caused some damage to the building at that time. The subsequent decades of all-out war and the subsequent comprehensive cleansing of civilization by the protectors resulted in the building not being properly repaired and maintained.

A hundred years ago, this building collapsed, and the fragments of the building even hit the buildings outside the square.

Only more than a dozen refugees living nearby died in the collapse of the building.

And this building also cuts the Monument Square into two parts. The smaller part originally had a monument nearly 100 meters high. The materials used for this monument are solid, and they are all engineering machines from the mid-21st century. Even if it was hit by the ruins of the collapsed office building of Superman Enterprise, it only collapsed the landscape wall tens of meters high next to the monument, and the monument itself remained motionless.

After a hundred years of wind and sand, the monument was also buried, with only half of its body exposed. It is a human-shaped sculpture, but it has no face. It is said that all monuments of Superman Enterprise are like this. If it is a human figure, it must be faceless, or the facial features are highly abstract and do not correspond to any specific person.

The official explanation is "opposition to personality cult".

Some scholars believe that this culture of Superman Enterprise is the source of the current custom of faceless prosthesis of the Scientific Research Knights.

Yang Pingtie doesn't care about the changes in these cultures at all. He doesn't trust the Scientific Research Knights very much. Perhaps this attitude is the reason why he has difficulty in promotion in the church. But Yang Pingtie doesn't care about it. In his opinion, the Scientific Research Knights are all high and mighty. If it weren't for the fact that ascension had to rely on scientific knights, the group within the Six Dragons Cult might not be in its current form.

Several of the protectors were very excited. They happily strolled around the market on the side of the monument square.

The ruins of Sap City are quite a mixed bag. Pious scientific knights would come here to secretly collect research materials, and less pious scientific knights would come here to resell supplies. Knights also use this place as a place to replenish supplies. They would sell their less useful resources here in exchange for what they are in short supply.

And the original people would also try to collect resources here, perform primary processing, and then sell them.

It can be regarded as a relatively "bustling" place.

And these idiots were even discussing whether the human-shaped monument was one of the images of the ancestor of martial arts himself.

Yang Pingtie even saw the locals organizing a strange activity. They would mix the plant fiber of a certain economic crop with some clay, make sticks, and burn them in front of the monument. Several members of the church even took out a few bullets to buy this mysterious handmade product, and stuck it in the sand in front of the monument, laughing.

——These idiots... Is it really possible for them to cultivate faith?

Yang Pingtie sighed silently.

The sand in front of the monument was full of the remains of these handmade products after burning.

These things were stuck in the ground, like continuous grass.

——Some kind of culture? The entertainment effect brought by culture...

Yang Pingtie said: "Don't play. Also, the materials are precious. According to the information in the church, there are several members of the Exploration and Discovery of the Martial God Association who have settled in Sap City. We should go find them now."

"Okay!"

The response was a bit sparse.

It seems that this task is indeed not exciting.

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Yuki staggered on the collapsed ruins of the Superman Enterprise Building.

This building is really awesome. Although its middle section was damaged and the overall center of gravity gradually passed the central axis after years of disrepair, eventually leading to collapse, the quality of the building was unexpectedly strong, and the building basically maintained its outline when it collapsed. When it was hit on the ground, although the entire building was severely deformed, the walls and floors were folded together. In addition to some fragments that were collapsed far away, the broken outer wall surface can even vaguely see traces of the past.

In some places, the steel bars even retain their toughness and tenaciously maintain their appearance in the past.

Yuki stood on this high point and looked at the locals performing strange rituals below. Then, he looked up at the huge monument.

Yuki vaguely remembered this monument. During the years he spent in the New World, Xiangshan also told him about various things in his first half of his life. Those proud and regretful things were all mentioned. This monument was proposed by Xiangshan himself and designed by a designer - many landmark buildings in many cities built by Superman Enterprise in Africa came from this way. The master and the predecessor named Ingrid had a lot of cooperation (and debate) on this matter.

It is said that the city to the north was once called Sheluka Midorm. In this era, few people know that it was the hometown of the Speed ​​King. More things have long been forgotten.

According to Xiangshan's memory, this country was once ruled by tyrants from the old era. These strange tyrants are not outstanding in terms of ability or knowledge, and their will is not strong. The only thing that surpasses others may be ruthlessness. However, under the intervention of great powers, these people are often able to maintain a long and cruel rule.

After the tyrant was killed, Selukaimidom also fell into an extremely chaotic civil war, until the country completely lost any fighting power. In the later stages of the civil war, even children in this country were trained Became a drug-controlled killing machine.

And in this chaotic place, there are still people trying to grab a little dignity.

In the era of tyrant rule, the tyrant himself designed the so-called "traditional clothes" and regarded those who wore imported clothes as heretics and criminals. Therefore, among the people, wearing a suit has also become a form of "resistance". After the tyrant was killed, a group of gentlemen emerged from the slums, walking through the streets and alleys in bright outfits. They even organized regular gatherings to compete with each other and comment on each other's matching art. The organization of these elegant scholars was called the "Sap Association".

This is one of the few stories in this country that makes Xiang Shan feel inspired. He erected this monument in this border city (because the border means management is difficult) and relayed this little incident that happened in Selukaimidom to everyone working in this city.

In Xiangshan's eyes, the hierarchy of needs theory is something that can easily be abused. Mechanically dividing human needs into hierarchies is extremely reactionary in Xiangshan's eyes. This implies that people "must satisfy the needs of the previous level before they can pursue the needs of the next level."

But human needs for dignity and ideals often exceed the need for food and water. This may not be the majority, but it is certainly not the exception.

Today, this story is even more meaningful.

This may be a story that explains "why knights fight."

This is why Xiangshan picked out this memory point to tell Yuki.

For Yuki, of course, what impressed him most was the story behind this monument. He didn't even remember the location of the monument.

But after seeing this monument, the reality of the “story” was different. The “story” felt like a slap in the face.

Not only the story behind the monument, but also the story of the master and the stories of the first knights.

Yuki felt as if he had been hit in the face by wind and sand.

Plus the history of "the first assassination", "the beginning of chivalry" and so on.

"Heavy, really heavy."

With this thought in mind, Yuki continued to move forward and found a gentle slope to climb into the smaller side of Monument Square.

After receiving the invitation from Aiyou A and knowing that they were coming to Sap City, the small group of knights led by Euphorbia planned to stop by this market. Knights occasionally seize some supplies that they cannot use - usually due to limitations of prosthetic specifications, martial arts or tactical styles. This is a conventional trading place. Zhao Zhengzhen followed those knights and worked hard to learn all the knowledge needed to be a knight. Yin Zhewei and Xiao R successfully became involved with the people who discovered the Martial God Society, and are currently experiencing a local cultural activity - that is, inserting a certain plant product that burns stably in the sand.

Ai You stood not far away, covering his forehead in pain.

"Just studying the God of War..." Aiyou A said to himself, "Have you not seen the video of Paradox City that the Twelfth God of War released a few months ago? There are good and bad cultural activities..."

Yuki also felt helpless. He walked over and planned to meet Ai You.

But suddenly Yuki froze.

Not far away, there was a warrior holding a gun, looking helplessly at several companions participating in cultural activities.

He showed "more vigilance than necessary." This "wariness" is revealed through various details of the posture.

This guy... is very strong...

This may be a bit strange to say. Yuki knows his level well. Someone as strong as Mukayama or Matsushima can completely control the details of the movements, and even lay "traps" on this body language to deceive a warrior of Yuki's level. Yuki could tell at a glance that a "very strong" warrior was actually "just right" strong.

——And...this feeling...is very similar to that of the Six Dragons Sect's banner leader...

The country of Selukamidom was originally a fictional place name in Project Ito's novel "Indiscriminate Engine", and its prototype is undoubtedly Rwanda. This is also the source of inspiration for me to design the two characters of Hayabusa and Kanbaru. In my novel, this country mixes the sufferings of many countries such as Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Although their oddities are vastly different, their ultimate sufferings are closely related.