Chapter 237 The Fallen Legend

"Goodbye my Nie Li, goodbye..."

"You must never give birth to a child behind my back, please..."

"When I come back, you must wait for me to come back!"

"Love you."

"..."

Hopper was sticky for a long time, and finally, under the gaze of the "Great Eye of Fire", he reluctantly said goodbye to the female gorilla with a nice voice.

"Are you finished?" Xiao Jian asked.

"Um……"

"Then let's go."

After saying that, Xiao Jian spread his wings with a splash, grabbed Hopper and flew straight into the sky.

Not long after, Xiao Jian returned to the place where the black light war took place.

From here on, it will be carried out with Hopper taking the lead and Xiao Jian following...

After all, in Hopper's memory, the road to Mount Everest was connected by various senses of touch, smell, hearing and even taste. There was no indescribable visual signal.

According to its description, the road is "ice-cold at first, then a little salty, and then there will be a period of wind...".

Therefore, although Xiao Jian estimated that the absolute path from here to the Virgin's Peak would not be very long, he still had to move forward slowly at Hopper's speed.

After Hopper was placed on the ground, he retched for a while and then began to lead the way.

It seems that Hopper has become a little more accustomed to flying after his last embarrassment.

After that, there was a long silence.

"You seem a little depressed?" Xiao Jian asked.

"...Indeed." Hopper sighed, "I'm worried about Nie Li."

"She's safe."

"Indeed...but that's not what I'm worried about. I'm worried about her giving birth to the baby behind my back." Hopper said worriedly.

"What's the point? Wouldn't it be nice to have a baby with her when you go back?" Xiao Jian couldn't understand.

"But it's going to be a long wait... She won't have any more babies until the child is an adult - at least two years," Hopper explained.

"Then your life is not the same as others?" Xiao Jian was still a little curious about Hopper's social ecology.

After all, this strange ethics has a little vague morals and rules, but not much - it can be said that it basically walks on the line between humans and beasts.

"It's different, Nie Li...is different, only she is different." Hopper shook his head.

"Is this love...?" Xiao Jian was a little funny. Of course, it wasn't the kind of funny that was meant to be ridiculed, but he just thought it was... quite interesting.

"Maybe." Hopper sighed.

At this moment, the smile on Xiao Jian's face solidified. He originally thought that Hopper would ask "What is love?" However, he did not expect that the other party would directly acquiesce?

"You know love? Do you know what this word means?"

"Of course." Hopper replied, "Like, need, want to be with her forever... and then have countless children until I can't have any more."

"...If she is willing to have children only for you, would you be willing to have children only with her?" Xiao Jian was very curious about this question.

"Of course!" Hopper seemed a little excited when he said this, "If you can!"

"Oh~"

Xiao Jian understood.

He was actually willing to give up the entire forest for a tree...

This is indeed love.

Or is this the most primitive form of love?

"In our place, this kind of love that is only responsible for one person is called marriage." Xiao Jian asked, "Do you want to marry Nie Li?"

"...Marriage? Marriage?"

Hopper digested these two words for a while, and suddenly became excited: "When we come back safely, I will go find Nie Li to get married!"

"..."

Hopper said happily.

Xiao Jian opened his mouth when he heard this...as if he wanted to say something.

"Get married as soon as you get back safely" is something you don't want to say, old man!

At this moment, Xiao Jian felt that Hopper's back was full of flags... He suddenly regretted teaching him this word.

But what are the dangers?

Xiao Jian said nothing, and Hopper also fell into silence.

Only this time, Hopper's mental state improved a lot, and he even walked a lot faster, looking very motivated.

Occasionally, Xiao Jian could still see Hopper's mouth moving, and the mouth shape seemed to be the word he had just learned:

Get married, get married when you get back, get married with Nie Li when you get back...

It’s over, brother, do you still think you don’t have enough flags on your body?

Xiao Jian couldn't help but interrupt: "Why is Saintess' Peak called Saintess' Peak? According to your description, it should be a place with relatively developed trade... But why is it called such a strange name?"

"Oh, because of the Holy Lady." Hopper said matter-of-factly, "Without the protection of the Holy Lady, how could there be a deal? Wouldn't it be easier to just rob it?"

"Oh?" After talking about this, Xiao Jian became a little interested, "Then how did she establish her authority?"

"Kill people." Hopper said easily. "I heard that when she first fell hundreds of years ago, she killed all the lords around her. Then she set rules and punished the weak who sought her help. Asylum… as long as you pay taxes.”

"Of course, I heard that she also brought the word tax. In other words, many words were brought by the Holy Lady..."

"Like love?" Xiao Jian interrupted.

"...Maybe." Hopper shrugged.

"Did anyone provoke her? Or have you heard about her previous actions?" Xiao Jian asked.

"Yes, but that's all legend. At least from the time I was born till now, I haven't seen anyone dare to challenge her majesty."

"Oh..."

Xiao Jian nodded.

However, when it came to this, Hopper gradually became more interested in talking, and complimented Xiao Jian:

"Your arrival has also brought a new order to this wild land, so you will surely become a legend..."

"Legend?" Xiao Jian keenly noticed the specialness of this word, "What is that?"

"Uh..." Hopper was stunned by the question, and finally hesitated for a long time before speaking, "I don't know how to describe it, but great people like the saint are legends... but legends are not necessarily great people."

"What about gods? Stronger or weaker than great people?" Xiao Jian continued to ask.

"God?" When it comes to this word, Hopper is not so awed, "As long as they can accept faith, they call themselves gods... Gods can be strong or weak, but powerful gods mostly don't like to be called gods, they like to call themselves great people."

"..."

Xiao Jian can understand this statement very well...

For example, the word "noble" must have been more popular at the beginning.

As the Shamatte began to call themselves "nobles", the value of this word began to decline.

When commercial names such as "Blue Diamond Nobles" appeared, this word was completely demystified and no longer linked to identity or social status.

Obviously, in the Black Stone Mountains, the word "God" also had a similar demystification process, so that the real "Gods" began to hate it and re-labeled themselves as great.

After all, the threshold for being a great is still a little high, at least you have to be at the [Pseudo-God] level to call yourself a great.

Just like when a luxury that was once only affordable by a few people begins to flood, new and more expensive luxury goods will come into being.

After all, this kind of thing originally existed to show off one's identity. When the public can afford it, the people who originally used it will abandon it.

"Are there many gods in the Black Stone Mountains?"

"Yes, there are many, but they come one after another. Every once in a while, new gods will appear, and old gods will disappear."

"Even I have witnessed the fall of old gods and the rise of new gods..."

At this point, Hopper's voice gradually weakened.

"There is a new god behind the Disaster Stone Tribe...If it continues to expand its influence, it will soon become the ruler of this area."

Hopper suddenly turned his head and looked at Xiao Jian fanatically and said: "However, the gods will eventually fall, only the great ones will exist forever and never change..."

"..."

It must be said that such a straightforward worship is much more sincere than the roundabout flattering prayers of the black-haired strong man, which made Xiao Jian a little embarrassed.

Well, you can upgrade to a human, Hopper.

...

In the following time, Xiao Jian followed Hopper on a "trip" that lasted for several days.

There was almost no danger during the period.

Xiao Jian originally wanted to kill a few more monsters and get a few more attribute cards.

Speaking of attribute cards, by the way, after Xiao Jian used the three attribute cards before, his strength, agility, and endurance increased by 1 point respectively.

Since his agility reached 51 points, Xiao Jian's attack power also increased slightly by 1 point, reaching 63 points.

And with the communication in the past few days, Xiao Jian also began to establish some preliminary understanding of the Black Stone Mountains.

According to Hopper, the Black Stone Mountains are endless and have no end.

There are countless monsters, gods, great ones, and even some more powerful, ancient, and terrifying things on this continent.

However, in Hopper's more than ten years of life, he has never seen any great ones, including the Saint Lady, and he has never seen any body claiming to be a god.

As for those ancient legends, they are just legends to him. At least he feels that he will never see the so-called mysterious, terrifying and powerful "ancient ones" in his lifetime.

However, Xiao Jian feels that these legends may not be untrue.

After all, in this dangerous Black Stone Mountains, the iteration speed of each ethnic group is very fast. For example, the "Saint" has only existed for more than a hundred years. For a civilization like Hopper, whose life span generally does not exceed 25 years, it is already considered "eternal".

What Xiao Jian is interested in is whether the class above the [True God] is the "Ancient Ones"?

As for the fog, fog wall, world fragments and other things that Xiao Jian is more familiar with, there is no concept of them in this Black Stone Mountains.

However, there are still "fire" and "light" in Hopper's language system, and even "blue sky and white clouds", "sun, moon and stars" and other words that do not exist in this world, they also exist.

What does this show?

Considering that Hopper once mentioned that the "Saint" "fell into" this world, is it possible that all the races in the Black Stone Mountains have "fallen"?

With such doubts, after several days of trekking, Xiao Jian finally came to the Saint Peak.

This place is completely different from the prosperous trading market he imagined. Most places here are still dark, but there are some cave settlements on the surrounding mountains.

These settlements basically exist on an ethnic basis, with clear distinctions between them and living in peace with each other.

"Why don't you move here? Doesn't the saint protect the weaker races?" Xiao Jian asked.

"...The problem is that we are too weak and can't even pay taxes." Hopper said with a wry smile.

"Oh...too."

Xiao Jian nodded.

Because he noticed that the basic attributes of the members of the cave settlement could at least reach the level of 2-star monsters. Compared with Hopper and his 005 naked attributes, they were nowhere near high.

Under the leadership of Hopper, the two bypassed the settlements and finally arrived at the foot of the highest mountain in the entire area.

Here, there is a huge cave with extremely exquisite decoration. The entrance of the cave is blocked by a thick stone door, leaving only a small entrance two people high.

Xiao Jian noticed that the door of this small entrance was made of wood!

Its material looks very much like the kind of plants that popped up all over the mountains and plains after the previous disaster. It is made of pressed plants...

Or in other words - particle board, this is more vivid.

"The entrance tax is 20 pesos."

An "Elephant Man" with a long nose and heavy obsidian armor said in its deep voice.

"What is a peso?" Xiao Jian asked in a low voice.

"This is the currency here...take it, it's 40 pesos in total."

Hopper touched his belly, then took out a stack of shiny metal discs and handed them to the giant-headed elephant man.

"Go in." With that said, the Elephant Man opened the wooden door next to him.

After entering, Xiao Jian vaguely felt that there seemed to be light coming from him... and when he turned a corner, the front suddenly became clear!

There is actually light!

The source of the light is several huge torches.

No wonder Hopper and his colleagues have the concept of "fire" in their language system, and no wonder their eyes have not completely degenerated...

It turns out there really is light here.

It’s just that this kind of light is very luxurious.

According to Hopper's introduction, the 20 pesos entry fee is basically equivalent to a week's rations for more than 50 people in their entire village!

One person, just to enter the city for half a day, needs more than 50 people's food rations for a week! !

Yes, that's right……

It’s actually limited time here!

20 pesos only lasts half a day! Even if it is 1 minute overtime, 20 pesos will be added!

This light is so luxurious.

However, apart from the light, this place was completely different from the prosperity that Xiao Jian imagined. Not only were there not many intelligent creatures walking around on the streets, but there were also very few shops, and it did not look like a commercial center at all.

Moreover, the entire cave is a bit small, which is quite large for Hopper and his family's living conditions, but for Xiao Jian, who is used to large supermarkets, this cave is a bit too cramped.

"Where are we going?" Xiao Jian asked.

"That old liar often moves down the street, we have to go down from there..."

Hopper pointed deep into the cave.

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