The Monkey King

At dusk, the rain gradually stopped.

A ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds and illuminated the earth.

First burned by fire, then blistered, the surface of the ruin-like demon city has long been covered with a layer of black mud-like object, covering everything up.

The monkey sat blankly, blinking constantly as he watched the demon army deal with the aftermath all over the mountains and plains.

One after another, seriously injured monsters were carried into the temporary tents, and Yang Chan and a group of military doctors were busy running around. Next to the camp, there were piles of corpses, like mass graves.

Most of them were charred beyond recognition. As a demon without relatives, naturally no one will claim it.

After going through all kinds of hardships to reach Huaguo Mountain, did they ever think that this would be the result?

It is impossible to say that this incident did not have a negative impact on the spirited demons of Huaguo Mountain. Monkeys are particularly hard hit.

Short Mouth climbed step by step onto the rubble pile where the monkey was sitting, sighed, and said: "The casualties have been counted, and a total of 3,656 souls have been collected. In other words, 3,656 souls have been collected. More than a hundred...maybe more will be added. In addition, not all the bodies have been found, and they are still trying their best to search."

"I know." Monkey said nothing more, just lowered his head and looked at his hands.

The hands were very much like human beings, but they were slightly redder and more wrinkled at the joints, making them look a little older.

Walking to the monkey, Short Mouth took out a kettle from his waist and handed it to the monkey.

The monkey raised his hand and waved it as a no-no.

Seeing this, he pulled off the lid of the kettle with his short mouth and raised his head and took two sips. He closed the lid, looked at the fleet in the sky and sighed longly, turned around and sat next to the monkey.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"I was thinking whether to give each of them a separate tombstone."

"Erect a tombstone?"

"Yes." Monkey nodded: "We have them before. It seems a bit unfair if we don't have them this time. Although the roster is burned, you can ask again through the Palace of Life and Death."

Short Mouth smiled helplessly: "That's all you want? I thought you were thinking about reconstruction."

The monkey didn't answer, but just raised his head, letting the wind that still had a bit of burnt smell caress the down on his cheeks. Close your eyes slowly.

"I think you look a bit like that guy." Short Mouth sighed.

"who?"

"White Ape."

The monkey smiled faintly back.

Short Mouth glanced at him and let out a long sigh: "I don't know about White Ape. And where has Lao Niu been reincarnated now? Is he living a good life? But don't be reincarnated as a monster again."

"So what if they are reincarnated into monsters? It's only been a few years, so they probably haven't transformed yet. When they transform, we will have a place. By then, monsters will no longer be like rats crossing the street."

"Are you that confident?"

"Don't you have confidence?" the monkey asked.

Short Mouth was stunned for a moment, then laughed twice and said: "Of course I have confidence. If I didn't have it, I would have run away long ago. It's just... When we came out of the dungeon, we thought we already had a place. Unexpectedly, a ship Battleship. A bunch of firebombs and wipe the city we worked so hard to build off the map. How ironic."

The monkey turned his face sideways and stared at the crooked pillar beside him and said: "It will be re-established. For thousands of years, the Heavenly Court has been encircling and suppressing it. Aren't monsters always like this? By then, the Tianhe Navy will I will also settle the account with them."

It will all be settled, just hold on and live until that day.

From a distance, the monkey saw Dajiao squatting beside the pile of corpses next to the camp and crying loudly.

"What's wrong with him?" the monkey asked, pointing to the big horn.

Short Mouth reached out and patted the monkey on the shoulder and said: "Let me comfort him. Sister-in-law...she happened to be at home when the accident happened, and Dajiao was not there, so she did not escape. However, Lingxi was only slightly injured, and Fengchi is taking care of him now. .”

After that, Short Mouth straightened his mud-stained armor, stood up, and walked in the direction of Dajiao.

The monkey blinked his eyes and moved his lips, but he couldn't hold back a word until the short mouth walked away.

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In the main hall of the Nantianmen flagship, Nezha pointed at Tiannei and shouted: "Tell me clearly, what do you mean by this?"

"Third Prince, didn't General Mo make it very clear just now?" Tian Nei spread his hands and asked.

"Do you want to make it clear?" Nezha slapped the fire-pointed spear in his hand and shouted: "Dongsheng Shenzhou is the responsibility of our Nantianmen, and Huaguo Mountain is also our Nantianmen's responsibility for encirclement and suppression. The Jade Emperor has not issued any new orders. , when will it be your Tianhe Navy’s turn to intervene?”

"The Third Prince's words are wrong." Tian Nei shook his head and said: "Our army can never intervene. This time, it was because the astronomical measuring instrument on the battleship was broken and it lost its direction, so it mistakenly entered Dongsheng Shenzhou. Later, the driving array of the battleship was broken for some reason, and it crashed. Fortunately, everyone came to rescue, and there were no casualties. Didn't Nantianmen crash a battleship? This is what happened It can’t be said that it’s my Tianhe Navy’s fault for reporting to the Lingxiao Palace.”

"It's obviously you who stopped the operation of the magic circle!" Nezha said angrily.

Tian Tian laughed and said, "We will find out if we stopped ourselves. But before that, we have to ask the third prince to help us find the wreckage of the battleship left in the demon city."

"you!"

"Or is it that the truth of the matter itself is not important. The third prince just wants to complain about the few monsters who were unlucky enough to be killed by the battleship?" Tian Nei laughed teasingly.

Nezha's eyes widened, his face turned red, and he couldn't say a word for a while.

In desperation, he could only look at the two kings standing aside.

At this moment, King Chiguo and King Duowen also frowned.

The Tianhe Navy did a great job today. If one accidentally caused the Monkey King to charge into the battle, even the two of them plus Nezha might not be able to completely control the situation. Although Huaguo Mountain will be wiped out by then, Li Jing and Li Tianwang will definitely never be able to come back.

This is a result that the two kings do not want to see in any case.

This is what Marshal Tianpeng promised. Will he definitely take into account the life of the King of Heaven?

But even though there was all kinds of dissatisfaction in my heart, I had no choice but to swallow it in my stomach. Putting aside Li Jing's matter, the Tianhe navy did have a good point in this matter.

He stretched his body and said, "If nothing happens, the general will go down first. The marshal has been notified of the matter, and our army will send someone to pick us up soon."

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The aftermath work was carried out in an orderly manner, but the monkey just sat blankly on the pile of rubble. The leaders of Huaguo Mountain all came over to report the situation to Monkey, as if the rubble pile had become his office.

"...The hardest hit area is the center of the city. There are almost no casualties in the army..."

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"...the most serious casualties were the alchemy room located in the center of the city and the civilian demons in various departments. The losses exceeded 50%..."

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"...The distribution center was directly hit by the warship, and no one was spared..."

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"...More than 80% of the facilities in the city were damaged..."

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"...Nezha's answer is...the Tianhe navy entered by mistake..."

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"...Most of the residences of the main generals are located in the city. Therefore, the casualties among the family members are very heavy..." Before he could finish his words, the crocodile spirit who came to report had already burst into tears.

The monkey knew that he had just been married. It's time for something to happen at home.

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Late at night, a dozen generals gathered in front of the monkey, including Dajiao and the crocodile spirit.

They came to petition, petitioning to raid the Nantianmen fleet, pull out the generals of the Heshui Army that day, and kill them to vent their anger.

After the horned snake made a speech that was not impassioned with his not-so-fluent lips, the monkey slowly stood up and turned around silently to leave. Only the generals were left looking at each other.

The monkey wanted to say something to persuade them, but what could he use to persuade them?

If they continue talking, I'm afraid even the monkey himself will be convinced by them.

His reason told him not to do that, for the sake of the long term. For the sake of the future, we can’t do that. When he was in the Evil Dragon Pond, he couldn't chase down the escaping Black Turtles, and couldn't turn around to fight against Tian Heng. It was true then, and it is true today.

Therefore, he could only choose to leave silently.

But where can he go without him?

His own residence had been burned down. I walked aimlessly around the ruins for a long time, and in the end I just moved from one pile of rubble to another and continued to sit in a daze.

After several years of hard work, Huaguoshan already has the most efficient mechanism of this era. He doesn't need to do simple aftermath work, and complicated ones can't be done yet. As for treating the wounded, that was simply not something he could do as a practitioner.

All he can do now is find a place to quiet his mind.

At dawn, the Hydra appeared in front of him.

"Do you have a problem with me too?" Monkey asked.

"No, I just suddenly saw you sitting here alone, so I came over to say hello. What can I do? I'm just a helper. Now that I have done what I have to do, they think I am in the way. I'll get out of here." As he spoke, he pushed up the joystick and made a crackling sound in his joints. He exhaled slowly and sighed, "Damn, saving people turns out to be more tiring than killing people."

The monkey looked at the Nine-Headed Insect and said, "Thank you to the old Dragon King and Princess Wan Sheng for me."

"Don't let him hear what you say."

"Why?"

"He has long thought of himself as a person from Huaguo Mountain. If you say this to him now, aren't you talking about it? You will be verbose again." The look of tears and runny nose makes the nine-headed insect even think about it. To shudder.

The monkey smiled happily.

"Hey, let me ask you a question."

"explain."

"Today...why don't you take action? I'm ready from behind. As soon as you take action, I'll attack them on the other side so that they can't see each other."

"What about the two of us?" Monkey pointed at the demon soldiers scattered across the ruins and said, "With them, can we take down the 180,000 heavenly troops?"

"Even if you can't deal with it, at least make them crazy, right?" the Nine-Headed Insect bared its teeth.

"Then what?" the monkey asked, staring at the nine-headed worm.

"Then? Do you need to do it later?" Nine-Headed Insect asked in surprise.

The monkey just smiled faintly and did not answer.

The Nine-Headed Insect's brows suddenly frowned. He walked quickly to the monkey and said, "Or do you want to just let it go? Don't you feel aggrieved? We have worked so hard to build the Demon City for so long, and give them a chance. A battleship, one hit, it was fucking destroyed! Can you swallow this breath? This is not like you."

The monkey opened his eyes and looked at the nine-headed insect quietly.

After a long while, the Nine-Headed Insect spread its hands and said: "Okay, it's still a bit like it. But if it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to bear it. In fact, if you hadn't turned back today, I would have rushed out. Those bastards..."

As he spoke, he bitterly kicked a piece of rubble far away.

The morning sun slowly rises from the eastern horizon, and its light shines through the densely packed Nantianmen fleet, illuminating the entire Huaguo Mountain.

Nothing can stop the arrival of a new day, but many monsters can no longer be seen.

The two big demons just stayed there, their slanting shadows stretched so long that they were reflected on the charred ground, and even their outlines could not be clearly seen.

After a long time, the monkey lowered his head and said slowly: "Actually, I know you have never been able to understand why I want to gather troops here."

The nine-headed insect pursed his lips and nodded.

The monkey smiled bitterly and said: "Whether it is you or me, in terms of cultivation and martial arts, few humans can match it. If you want to live alone, maybe it will be easier."

"It's not maybe, it's certain." Nine-Headed Insect said: "It's really tiring to be timid."

"But aren't you lonely now? Even if you leave Huaguo Mountain, you are no longer lonely."

The nine-headed insect was stunned.

Indeed, he was married, now had a wife and a father-in-law, and was no longer alone.

"Some things cannot be left behind if we want to. If we continue to do nothing, then there will never be a world for us in this world. It is not because we are weak, but because we do not have strong partners. We belong to a powerful ethnic group. Unless the demon rises, we will always have to live in this state of wandering, like a rat crossing the street. We live in a world without friends and relatives."

"When a heavenly army is humiliated, a heavenly general will show up. When a heavenly army is ambushed, a large army will conquer it. This is human beings. Just because they are human beings, they are protected. What about us?"

The monkey slowly closed his eyes and said no more.

The nine-headed insect's eyes squinted at the monkey: "Is this all you do?"

"It's also because I promised some people and certain things." Monkey sighed.

After a long silence, the nine-headed insect laughed. Pointing to the rubble on the ground, he asked: "There are still Sanqing above the heaven. So what if we defeated a million heavenly troops? They don't take action against us now, just because we are not good enough to threaten their status." In their eyes, we are not even as good as an insect. Do you think it is really possible to build a powerful demon kingdom under their noses to compete with the heaven and keep our own piece of sky?"

Taking a deep breath, the monkey said: "Whether you believe it or not, they have reasons why they can't let me die. This is our only chance. For the demon, this kind of opportunity may never happen again." There will be. Success or failure will be within these three hundred years."