How long has it been since you arrived at the parking area?

 Joseph didn’t know.

 Time becomes meaningless here.

Whether it’s a feathered person or a cursed insect, as long as you are here, your life will not be lost naturally.

 Joseph remembered that a biologist teacher once said that the power of time is closely related to the life of living things.

 Sleep when you are tired, eat when you are hungry, and as aging life enters death, these processes constitute a period of time.

 There is a timer in the body of life.

 Perhaps there are differences between different individuals, but the process from birth to death is basically the same.

In order to better cooperate and collaborate with each other, everyone agreed on a unified time, so they know how to get up at dawn, eat on time at noon, and fall asleep naturally after dark.

  In the Yao civilization, people agreed on each other’s time and it became a national habit.

 The time stop zone does not have the soil to unify time.

Yellow people and curse insects will not age and die naturally. Even if they do nothing, they can just find a small hole to lie down in. Unless there is a black matter disaster or other people attack, they can survive forever.

Perhaps also because of immortality, most places in the Time Stop area show a lifeless atmosphere, and a large number of curses and curse insects remain motionless every day.

 Stillness is the most common gesture here.

 No one is too lazy to move.

Joseph thought from this, whether it was because of this characteristic that it was difficult for a real civilization to be born in the time stop zone.

  There are just territories separated by feathered monarchs. The curse insects and curse tribes all act according to the orders of the curse, rather than driven by spontaneous and active desires.

[The Unawakened Person] discussed with him and said: "The student monk thinks that what the senior brother said makes sense. The student monk visited many curse clans in his past travels. They generally think that there is no need to waste their efforts. The most important thing is to find a wise monarch to serve. Follow. With the monarch’s incantation, everything will become easier, and you will have a greater chance of surviving in the face of natural disasters.”

"Although I have not been able to discuss and discuss with many Taoist priests, princes and even monarchs, from what I have seen and heard, the monks have seen and heard that due to immortality, all ethnic groups have no other desires. Without desires, there are no pursuits, so they have stopped moving forward for a long time."

The unawakened ones are also Taoist priests, claiming to be the descendants of monks from foreign lands.

It has silver skin and iron bones, a human-like body, and only one light eye that can emit strong light. The two light wings on its back are usually folded into the back.

The wings of light are the external manifestation of Yuman's power, and they will be deployed when used.

 The Unawareness has been studying the time-stop phenomenon in the time-stop zone, and it wants to find out the reasons and significance.

On this topic, another Taoist priest [Rat Beard Master] stroked his long beard with his sharp claws and said: "The Shiting District has been like this since ancient times. There is nothing strange about it."

“The world will only be more friendly to monarchs. As long as you can become a monarch, many difficulties can be solved. The monarch is the best answer to these problems, everyone.”

 The Unawakened One is a thoughtful monk, while the Rat Beard Man is indeed a pragmatist who pursues simplicity.

For it, becoming a monarch can solve most of the world's problems.

 Joseph agrees with this view.

 After his husband entered the Time Stop Zone, he negotiated and persuaded everywhere and found these two travelers, including himself, who were all wandering Taoists.

The Ratbearer said with some worry: "[The Guerrilla Army] used to have tens of thousands of cursed insect soldiers, but they were all divided up and plundered by other princes and monarchs. The way forward is really far away."

It's claws pierced into the flowing black matter, and its eyes were slightly depressed.

 Those who are not aware remain silent.

Joseph said with a smile: "Our reputation is well established, isn't it? This is the strategic goal we want to achieve."

"You and I both know that it is difficult to form a force with just tens of thousands of curse insects. Their members are mixed, and many of them are wounded and weak people who have been eliminated by other feathered people. They will also be scattered in a rush. As long as they encounter If the monarch or prince gives an order, they will turn against him without hesitation."

“The point is, our [Guerrilla Army] name has been revealed.”

He looked at his two companions and said: "I'm afraid no Taoist priests are as famous as us? Openly colluding with outside gods to plot the territory and the position of monarch. This sign should impress everyone..."

The long beard of the rat-bearded sergeant moved, and its pair of mandibles opened left and right, shaped like pliers: "You are indeed worthy of the name [Crazy Man]. At first, I thought you were just talking, but I didn't expect you would really dare to do it. But the reputation No matter how big it is, it seems useless. When we encounter the princes, we still have to hide everywhere, and there is no way to fight against them."

The unaware person clasped his hands together, and the blue one-eye in the center of his face glowed: "You have enough reputation to get the curse insects to follow... Before the [guerrilla army] was hunted down last time, there were already many wandering and fleeing curse insects taking the initiative. Come and apply, they know we exist."

"right."

Joseph nodded: "After we become famous, we will have more opportunities. Down below we have the curse clan and the curse insects following us, and above we must continue to win over some Taoist priests to join us, even in name only." "

“Although we are unpopular with most monarchs and princes…”

"It's not that they are unpopular." Ratbearer corrected seriously: "It's that they will be killed without mercy."

"That's not important." Joseph waved his hands, raised his head and held his chest high: "The important thing is that we have a good reputation. This is of course a disadvantage. After all, monarchs and princes gnash their teeth at heretics like us, and the name is also a name. , it is the most possible thing to become a household name in the time zone.”

 But the purpose behind it is more than that.

Joseph has never been in the army, but he was an athlete, so he knows that if he wants to call on everyone to participate in activities like "Kuafu Chasing the Sun", he must have a simple and clear slogan.

 “Run every day and stay strong!”

 “Vibrant, number one in running!”

 This slogan is simple and easy to understand, and it can also let everyone know the benefits of participating in long-distance running.

 So he set a slogan for the [guerrilla army].

 “Join the guerrilla army and enjoy a feathered life!”

 “Fight for yourself and we will be with you.”

  Meaning to make do. Of course, even if they let the curse bugs spread their propaganda everywhere, their credibility has always been considered to be zero. It is a very difficult process to transform from a curse insect to a curse clan and then to a feathered person.

 When he first heard about it, the local feathered rat whiskers were very surprised: "Is it true?"

"Part of it is true." Joseph shrugged: "But shout it out first and then say it, maybe it will become true in the future."

 “Which part is true?”

 “We are with you.”

　　　…”

Ratwhisker’s morale was so high that he blew his beard: “Isn’t this deception! Can this really deceive the curse clan?”

"How should I put it?" Joseph said with a serious face: "You have to believe in some things before you can do it. If you don't believe in hope and possibility, then everyone is doomed and can only lie down and wait for one day Inexplicably killed by a natural disaster or a monarch.”

His words came from the bottom of his heart.

 …

As the three Taoist priests were discussing, the small cavity began to tremble, and the flow of black matter on the cave wall suddenly accelerated.

 Joseph and the two Taoist priests curled up skillfully, turning into white cocoons, and connected with each other.

This cocoon is called [Feather Slough], and it is a part of the Feather Man's body, but usually the most insignificant memory part is wrapped outside it. Even if there is a certain degree of wear and tear, it does not matter.

Faced with a black mass impact or a large-scale embankment breach, the Yuren are not in great danger. Only the Cursed Tribes and Cursed Insects are buried and destroyed.

The feathers tumble and drift with the impact of the substantia nigra.

With nothing to do, Joseph thought about the past days.

 Wheat cakes, barbecue, grapes, roses, beaches, sunsets, snow, rain, beautiful girls, the illumination and healing of the Sun Goddess, the voyage spacecraft rushing into the void, and the magnificent ring road around the world...

　　It didn’t feel strange to be in it. It wasn’t until these days in the Time Stop Zone that he came back to his senses and realized that he also had a lot.

 After experiencing the initial excitement and curiosity of Yu Hua, in this world that seemed immortal but was actually cruel and cold, he gradually understood why Yu Hua always showed a deep indifference and numbness.

Time is like a file, it will wear away all the changes in the body.

　The longer you stay, the more you lose, and in the end only the survival part is left.

 He wants to go back.

This is also the core reason why Joseph took the title [guerrilla] and claimed to have received assistance from powerful gods.

 He was thinking about.

If you become famous and let your deeds spread throughout the time zone, then the Lord Yao who made you become an immortal will definitely know your current situation, and then you will have a chance to go back.

He firmly believed that the **** Yao must be staring at him in some way.

 It’s just that you have to do something to attract His attention.

It's like the world of the Yao people. Once you become a hero and make great achievements that affect people and the world, the will of the **** Yao will definitely come and give you corresponding rewards.

 In the past, Joseph didn't quite understand what having a monarch-level feathered man meant.

 Now he knows it clearly.

The Yuren Monarch recognizes that the only ones above him are the [Old Rulers] who can no longer return, and the more mysterious [Transcendent Ones].

The **** Yao can command "the monarch surrounded by stars" at will, which proves that he is most likely a "transcendent one".

Prudent.

 Joseph only said that he received help from powerful gods outside the country, but did not mention who it was.

Even the unaware people and the rat-bearded people only thought that this was a propaganda method. No one would have thought that this was a fact that was deliberately publicized in a big way.

 What we have to do now is to continue to make our voices heard and expand our fame and influence.

Joseph went through a long wandering in the Time Stop Zone. He was attacked by many princes and Taoist priests, and was killed several times. He also recruited and accepted many curse clans and curse insects, and then watched them become more powerful. The feathered men plundered and fled.

 Master Fahai once said.

"If you want to sail far enough, it's not that the bigger the airship is, the better. I think the airship should be like leaves in the wind. Strong winds cannot tear the leaves apart, but will only blow them farther. It should be like water, able to enter Mountains and valleys can rise on the wind, descend with the clouds, enter a cup, and gather into rivers to form a sea..."

 Be like water.

 In the time stop zone, follow the drift of the substantia nigra and adapt to the shape here.

 …

I don’t know how long it took, but it suddenly became quiet outside.

Joseph slowly regained his form. He could feel that he had forgotten something, which was the conversation with a group of curse insects. In fact, the vast majority of curse insects would only say yes, and it was more like they were giving orders unilaterally.

 “That’s...” Ratbeard looked ahead.

 Ahead is a long passage with a vast expanse at the end.

 That's a large hollow.

The three of them suddenly changed their expressions, turned around and ran away.

 Behind him, the suffocating pressure came instantly.