Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

Chapter 243 The end of life, I want you to accompany me

In the dim cave, a group of people holding torches surrounded Lin Jiu.

In front of Lin Jiu was a long table, on which a miniature topographic map made of sand and gravel was particularly eye-catching.

At this time, he put three copper coins into the turtle shell. As the dull sound of the copper coins hitting the turtle shell rang out, everyone's heart also rose.

"Uncle Jiu, what's the matter?" Xiaoguang asked impatiently.

"Don't talk." Lin Jiu frowned, and three copper coins fell on the table. After reading the hexagram, he lit the talisman paper and let the talisman ashes with flames fall on the copper coins one by one.

After all the light disappeared, he shook off the talisman ashes, picked up a copper coin in front of him that was still warm, and then bit his middle finger and drew the blood from his fingertip horizontally across the copper coin.

Lin Jiu raised the bloody copper coin and looked at the small square hole in the middle, hoping to get a glimpse of the secret.

However, before he could even look at it for a few seconds, he was horrified and a mouthful of hot blood suddenly sprayed onto the topographic map.

"Ninth Brother!" Jingzhi's heart was in turmoil, and he quickly went over to support him.

Lin Jiu ignored the people around him, took her hand and held her tightly in his arms.

His voice trembled as he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Jingzhi, I beg you, unless it's absolutely necessary, don't... don't self-destruct."

"...I don't understand what you are saying."

It was inexplicable. What did he see from the hexagram?

"Just remember what I said. If you dare to do that, I will abandon these people and die with you!"

He was obviously emotionally broken, and his chest was heaving violently.

Jingzhi relaxed her hand on his chest, then passed it under his armpit, hugged him, and patted his back gently, "Okay, I promise you."

"Don't talk about that. Didn't you just check the wind direction? What kind of wind is blowing tonight? Is it favorable for us?"

Lin Jiu's eyes were very red. He pursed his lips, his cheeks were tense, and he moved back a little.

Then, for the first time in front of everyone, he kissed her forehead.

The blood on his lips dyed her brow red. Lin Jiu felt it was too dazzling and kept wiping it with her thumb until her forehead became clean.

Only then did he say, amidst the expectant, teasing, and worried gazes of the crowd:

"Dongfeng, the plan will proceed as usual. As for whether it will be beneficial or not..."

"All I can say is that everything depends on human effort."

Liang En walked to the table and pointed to a sunken valley and said:

"It's midnight. In that case, let's proceed according to the plan."

……

On the Cliff of Broken Souls, everyone has completed the ambush.

The moon is particularly bright today, and the autumn wind echoes in the valley, as if thousands of dead souls are wailing.

The Eagle Army, which was gradually approaching the valley entrance, had probably fought for several years and had never met an opponent, so they walked into the valley in a swagger.

There was only one man in the army, looking around, his eyes darting around at the forest of tree branches that looked like people, for he was afraid that the evil spirits he had betrayed would come to seek revenge on him.

"Hey, are you sure this road leads directly into town?"

The leader with the hooked nose hit Wei Batian's back with his cane. When he saw him stumble and fall to the ground, the surrounding Eagle Army all laughed.

Wei Batian climbed up with a wry smile and pointed to a huge stone arch at the end of the road.

"Hey, that's it. I promise that within a quarter of an hour, we can go straight to East City and take this piece of land into our pockets."

The leader gently fanned his face, and although he smiled, his eyes were full of gloom.

"It's not us, it's me, hahahahaha!"

The arrogant laughter echoed in the valley, startling countless birds.

Lin Jiu and Jingzhi, who were hiding behind the bushes, did not move.

"I was wondering why I hadn't seen him for so long. Turns out he went to be a running dog." Jingzhi muttered softly.

"Don't talk, the time has come." Lin Jiu watched intently as the large group entered the attack range, and the battle flag in his hand gradually rose.

He counted silently in his mind.

Three...two...one.

"Release!" A loud shout echoed in the valley.

A dull gurgling sound echoed through the valley.

The Eagle Army, which had no time to reload its guns, was instantly disrupted by the huge rocks rolling down from the top of the cliff.

There were bursts of wailing sounds.

"Who! Who is it!" The leader raised his gun and shot blindly, turning around in circles, completely unaware of the enemy's location.

Lin Jiu pursed his lips and inserted the flag in his hand into the center of the formation.

As the spell was chanted, thick fog suddenly rose in the valley, and ghostly shadows were seen moving in the fog.

"The Eight Diagrams Maze, plus the ghosts you've caught over the years, Brother Nine, your trick is really cunning."

Jingzhi narrowed his eyes and looked at the center of the maze where blood mist was spurting out from time to time, and couldn't help but complain.

"Even if they are ghosts, they are Chinese ghosts. It's time to release them so that they can accumulate more merit for us."

He raised one hand and felt it for a while, then said to Liang Yuan on the right:

"The east wind has arrived, spread out everything you've prepared!"

Liang Yuan: "I've already prepared it."

She frowned and waved her hand vigorously at the female soldiers hiding in the mountains.

Streams of white, yellow, and green powder were carried by the wind and blew straight into the maze.

"What is this, ah!! My eyes, my eyes!"

"Danger! Danger! Someone's poisoned!"

The leader was furious and raised his hand, "Everyone, fire indiscriminately around us!"

Jingzhi, who had very sharp ears, heard these words among the wailing. With a roar of "Get down!", the whole valley was filled with the sound of gunfire that resounded through the sky.

A few muffled groans flashed through the mountains from time to time, but no one fled. They all obediently crouched down and found cover.

The enemy is well-equipped and has plenty of ammunition.

After firing for a long time, Lin Jiu knew that he couldn't delay any longer. He half-crouched and trotted over to Liang Ji, "Is the oil ready? The Dongfeng is still there. Attack with fire. Use their spear to attack their shield. Aim at their ammunition boxes and gun mounts!"

"Ready!"

"Then let's get started!"

Soon, countless Molotov cocktails were thrown down from the cliffs on all sides at the same time.

The Eagle Army below thought they had dropped something, and some of them shot directly at the Molotov cocktails.

The result was counterproductive. The bottle shattered, oil splashed everywhere, and the fire spread bigger and bigger.

The east wind blew, and suddenly there was a huge explosion below, and the heaven and earth seemed to shake.

"Oh my goodness, who threw the bottle into the gun barrel?" Jingzhi asked.

"It's me!" Xiaoguang bared his big white teeth, lit another oil bottle, and demonstrated it to her personally.

This time it was the ammunition crates that caught fire.

As the wooden box burned through, there was another huge roar that almost deafened her.

She covered her ears and mouthed something to Xiaoguang.

【You kid, you are awesome! 】

The people below were completely thrown into disarray, and Lin Jiu stood up.

A peach wood sword is used to slay demons and monsters.

The sword in his hand at this time is to defend his country.

"kill!"

With his angry shout, men, women, young and old, jumped up and rushed down from the top of the mountain.

This battle lasted for a long time.

Just when there were only a few people left on the other side, our side was covered in dust and dirt, and everyone had put down their swords and grinned. When Lin Jiu thought he was going to win, a cannonball was suddenly thrown from the distance.

"Get down!"

His eyes were bloodshot and he rolled to the side, covering Jingzhi's head.

A mushroom cloud suddenly rose from the valley.

After so many years, before it could even let out a howl, it turned into dust and disappeared in the flames.

Four years ago, they could still convince themselves that although their home was gone, they were still alive.

Where there are people, there is home.

Now that the person is gone...what should I do?

In the thick fog, people stood up in groups of three or four, supporting each other.

Lin Jiu brushed the dust off Jingzhi and turned to look at them.

They are all young people.

Elderly people like Liang Ji and Liang Yuan, who were slow in their movements, should have already... died for their country.

He clenched his fists at his sides, and said, "My men, knowing that we will lose, are you still going to fight?"

"Fight!" Xiaoguang held his injured arm, his tone floating but also very firm.

"No one in our Liang family is a coward!"

"Fight!" His brothers and sisters behind him looked at their deceased relatives lying on the ground, raised their weapons and shouted:

"war!!!"

Lin Jiu turned back to look at his first wife, "Zhizhi, I..."

Jingzhi gently wiped the ashes off his face, kissed his lips, and sighed with satisfaction:

"Ajiu... no matter what decision you make, Zhizhi is willing to share life and death with you."

He still couldn't bear it.

Lin Jiu picked up a box of bombs on the ground and whispered something into Jingzhi's ear.

"Okay, I'm not afraid. I'll go with you."

……

The army presses the territory.

The tank's iron shoes clanged as it moved along the path.

Lin Jiu's expression was solemn, and he felt an extremely severe sense of powerlessness in his chest.

Jingzhi had already known that the other party would take out this kind of iron-lump equipment, so she was not very surprised.

Lin Jiu used his finger as a pen and drew talismans in the air. As the blood flowed from his fingertips, his lips became paler.

Stray bullets gradually hit her ears, and Jingzhi used her spiritual power for the first time in her life to build a barrier to cover the few remaining people.

"Quickly collect the enemy's weapons. Every kill is a win. Go ahead!"

Her voice had never been so cold, yet full of power.

When they saw the enemy tanks, the people who felt hopeless suddenly had a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

This is their ancestor!

She is protecting them.

And they also want to protect her!

Following Jing's order, everyone took up their guns, threw bombs, and started sniping directly at the oncoming team through the middle gate.

Xiaoguang, that kid, had excellent aim. He dropped another bomb onto the iron shoe of the enemy tank.

The tank was scrapped, and the tank soldier inside was so angry that he pointed the gun at him and started shooting.

There is no shelter around.

Xiaoguang didn't even try to dodge, he just picked up the laser gun and started firing, even laughing wantonly and saying to Jingzhi:

"My dear, I can brag about you as my deskmate for the rest of my life!"

"Even if I die now, it's worth it!"

"call out--"

The barrier fluctuated for a moment.

Jingzhi's blood boiled. She forced all the spiritual energy in her body to strengthen the barrier and swallowed the blood that overflowed from her throat.

"You kid!" she scolded with a smile.

Xiaoguang noticed the change in Jingzhi's expression. He was silent for a moment, then walked over and took the box of grenades next to Lin Jiu. "Grandfather, I should have eaten the candied haws you gave me."

"This is the thing I regret most in my life."

He wrapped the bombs around his body, then lit one and rushed out of the barrier under Jingzhi's horrified eyes.

"Ancestor! The 38th parallel! I've already wiped it clean!"

"In the next life, I hope you can be my deskmate again!!"

"boom!!!"

The tank, along with a dozen soldiers nearby and the arrogant little brat who loved to tell tales, disappeared in the sea of ​​fire.

"……Are you stupid?"

Jingzhi looked at the big pit not far away with red eyes.

She couldn't even recognize which part of the charred body belonged to the little boy.

His hair had been scorched black by cannon fodder.

I’m sorry, our ancestors were incompetent and failed to protect you.

"Ajiu, are you okay?"

She couldn't lose any more.

"All right."

The ancient teleportation array should have been activated by at least three people at the same time.

Lin Jiu opened the passage by himself, and his expression was even worse than Jingzhi's.

"You can call them over now."

"You all come here!"

Jingzhi waved to the people standing not far away.

"No! My younger brother is so brave, I can't lose as the eldest brother!"

"Yes! Old Ancestor, didn't you say you wanted to fight? We will fight with you to the end!"

Jingzhi closed his eyes and revealed his true form for the first time, exposing his tail. He wrapped around the disobedient children and threw them into the teleportation array.

"Ninth Brother, where is the other end of the teleportation array?"

Lin Jiu: "There is no dangerous place."

"boom!"

Another shot.

Jingzhi couldn't hold it in any longer and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Lin Jiu quickly supported her body, "Zhizhi, take back the barrier."

She shook her head, turned her back to the army, and asked Lin Jiu:

"Did you see this scene a long time ago when you were fortune-telling?"

"……Yes."

She reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Then you should know what I'm thinking at this moment."

Amidst the hail of bullets, Lin Jiu hugged her tightly and said, "I don't want to know. Please don't. If you blow yourself up, you won't even have a soul left."

She leaned on his shoulder for the last time and breathed a sigh of satisfaction. "Ajiu... it was so difficult. I'm sorry I couldn't let you die peacefully... I wanted to protect you one last time."

The barrier was crumbling and beginning to crack.

Jingzhi controlled the tail, wrapped it around Lin Jiu's waist, and threw him into the teleportation array that was about to lose its light.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jiu had already had a premonition.

He grabbed her tail with his backhand and pulled her towards him.

"Zhizhi, don't even think about leaving me!"

"Wow!"

The barrier shattered.

A huge cannonball hit the two people standing next to the teleportation array.

The air was so hot that it began to distort.

The formation seemed to be affected and began to emit bright light.

"Nine Brother, what did you do?"

Lin Jiu buried her head in his arms and said, "Don't look at it, it's just a large-scale blasting array."

……

"boom!!!"

The entire valley erupted in an unprecedented deafening roar.

The powerful shock wave swept away everything.

There is no large army here.

There is not even a living thing here.

……

After I climb over that mountain, will there still be someone waiting for me with a smile?

Zhizhi, I'm sorry.

I couldn't protect you either.

Forgive me this time...