As Shen Feng flew through the sky, he couldn't help but turn his head and say to Shen Yishi on his back, "It's all your fault for being so talkative. Now we've been recognized."
"But Daddy, they all say you're a god. Are you really a god?" Shen Yishi began to ask very innocently.
Shen Yishi was still very young at this time and didn't have much ability to distinguish right from wrong. She had heard since childhood that her father was the God of Wind, so in her subconscious, she truly regarded her father as the God of Wind. Since he was a god, he was omnipotent.
Shen Feng explained, "I'm not a god. I'm just a very powerful human. You will also become an ability user in the future, and you will have a title then."
"If you're not a god, then why do they put your statue in the temple?" Shen Yishi began to ask very innocently.
"This is a form of hope. People who have contributed to the people are often enshrined in temples. Just like Li Bing of our Chuan Province, his son later became Erlang Shen. This time, I made a contribution by controlling the typhoon, so everyone is very grateful to me, and they have erected my statue in the temple," Shen Feng explained.
"I understand, this is what people call a hero!" Shen Yishi quickly said.
Shen Feng nodded and said, "That's right. So if you want to become a hero, you must grow up quickly and become someone who contributes to the people!"
Shen Yishi was very excited and said, "I will definitely become such a person."
Next, Shen Feng took his daughter back to the city. Seeing that there were Roujiamo being sold on the street, he walked over and bought two, handing one to his beloved daughter and holding one himself. The two of them then walked back to the Temple of the Wind God while eating.
In fact, Shen Feng never expected to be placed in a temple. This was a spontaneous act by the common people, and no one had mobilized them. Shen Feng did not want to stop it either; he himself wanted to know if he would be remembered by the people of this place after 200 years.
The lifespan of ability users was definitely over 300 years. Shen Feng planned to often visit when he was 200 years old to see what his image had become in the hearts of others.
On the land of China, as long as someone had contributed to the people, the people would remember them and pass them down to future generations. Many mythical figures were actually ancestors of the Chinese nation. Coincidentally, Shen Feng had made a contribution at this time, so he was also fortunate enough to be sent to the temple.
It was just unfortunate for the Dragon King. He had been worshipped for thousands of years, but now many of his statues had been brought out. If Shen Feng's image were to replace the Dragon King who controlled the clouds and rain in the future, the Dragon King would probably be forgotten by many.
Unknowingly, the population under Shen Feng's command had exceeded fifteen million. Such a large population was definitely not a small force, especially in the doomsday with such a huge population scale, which was a terrifying thing.
The main reason for this was that Shen Feng had accepted a large number of people and resources from Chuan Province. However, another factor that could not be ignored was that Yuzhou had been recuperating under Shen Feng's control, which ultimately led to this scale.
As Chang Haojie's wedding was about to begin, many forces were preparing to attend the wedding. Chang Jianyi had also made arrangements. Although his own wedding was very simple, only requiring a red veil, his brother's wedding had to be grand. Then he would also have glory, so the scale of this wedding should be the same as Shen Yu's wedding back then.
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At this time, Lu Kaiyang led a group of young ability users to the north. The battles in the Northeast region had nothing to do with Yuzhou originally, but who made Bingcheng so wealthy? Bingcheng gave out twenty thousand tons of grain in one go, so Shen Feng immediately dispatched ten of his disciples to help Bingcheng fight.
These ability users were all very young, and they were considered greenhorns who were unfamiliar with the ways of the world. Therefore, they needed someone experienced and steady to guide them. In the end, Lu Kaiyang was chosen, and he reluctantly led a few children to the Northeast.
As the group traveled, they passed by many abandoned cities and villages. They looked at the ruins and imagined the glory of humanity in the past.
Humans were once very powerful. There were no enemies on the entire Earth. Animals stronger than humans had long since been destroyed, and human technology allowed people to live anywhere, whether in the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle. However, humans were now facing a severe crisis. The world had been in chaos for ten years, and the human population was constantly decreasing. If enemies continued to emerge, humanity would truly face a disaster of extinction.
As they passed through the North China Plain, they specifically passed through the Yan Jing area. Yan Jing had been destroyed six years ago, and the one who destroyed this city was none other than humans themselves. Qin Keweihad gone mad and directly pushed down the city walls of Yan Jing, causing a large number of mutated beasts from outside the city to rush in and devour people. Eventually, mutated birds attacked from the sky, and mutated beasts rampaged on the ground, leading to the fall of Yan Jing.
"I really don't know why Qin Kewei did this. Didn't she know that what she did would kill millions of people?" Luo Hui said involuntarily after seeing the ruins.
When passing through Yan Jing, the group could see the former prosperity. Even as ruins, they occupied a large area, which made it possible to imagine how prosperous the city was at that time. It was a pity that it was eventually destroyed, and Bingcheng's objective was here.
"I think there's nothing much here except for a lot of locusts. Our mission should be relatively simple," Wang Xiqiang said with a forced smile.
"What nonsense are you talking about? If it were that easy to recapture Yan Jing, someone would have done it long ago. To the north and west of Yan Jing are mountains, and we don't know how many mutated beasts are in the mountains. There's also the nearby Haihe Plain, where a large number of locusts appear every year. Even if we acquire this city, how will we farm and how will we ensure that people can survive here?" Lu Kaiyang reprimanded Wang Xiqiang when he saw his carelessness.
"Qu Zhaoqian, why aren't you speaking?" Suddenly, someone noticed something unusual. Qu Zhaoqian, who was originally quite lively, was now speechless.
Qu Zhaoqian sighed and said, "My cousin was killed in this city. He was wronged to death!"
Upon hearing this, everyone else also recalled that there was once a genius in the north named Yue Hengyi, who could control gravity. He was definitely a powerful ability user and a friend of Shen Feng, but he was eventually executed publicly online.
"Don't think too much about it. Since this city has been destroyed, your cousin's revenge is considered to have been taken," someone comforted him from the side.
"There are still enemies alive in this world. They often hide in the Lüliang Mountains, and I haven't had the chance to take revenge on them. Otherwise, I would definitely kill them one by one!" Qu Zhaoqian said seriously.
Everyone guessed that Qu Zhaoqian's enemies were the Thirteen Guardians of the Lüliang Mountains, so they all fell silent. They knew that this organization was very mysterious and powerful, and they had never failed in the tasks they undertook.
"Alright, alright. I brought you here not for you to be melancholic, but to show you the areas we need to conquer. Since we've seen them now, let's hurry to the Northeast," Lu Kaiyang interrupted their conversation. Yan Jing was now extremely dilapidated, and no living people resided there. Instead, mutated beasts could often be seen in the city, indicating that many mutated beasts had made it their lair.
The group then crossed the Great Wall and headed towards the Northeast. After entering the deep mountains and old forests of the Northeast, they continuously consulted maps.
According to the news from Bingcheng, many mutated insects had appeared in the primeval forests of the Northeast at this time. The most common of these insects were spiders. Mutated spiders appeared in groups in the forest, weaving large webs. If one was not careful and got caught in them, they would face a terrifying attack.
Fortunately, spiders liked to wait for prey, so the spread of these spiders was not fast. Their habitats could simply be bypassed.
"Do you know how spiders eat their prey? If you don't know, I can tell you," at this moment, Wang Xiqiang began to say to his companions.
"Then tell us, how do spiders eat their prey?" someone nearby asked curiously.
Wang Xiqiang said unhurriedly, "There are many types of spiders. Some like to weave webs, and some like to hunt, but web-weaving spiders are more common. Today, let's talk about web-weaving spiders. As long as prey gets caught in the spider's web, the more it struggles, the tighter it gets stuck. The spider senses the prey's struggle through the silk under its feet, then approaches the prey, and finally wraps the prey with silk."
"So that's how it is. I thought it was something terrifying!" someone showed a look of disdain after hearing this.
"I haven't finished yet. The most terrifying part is yet to come. Spiders don't have very good teeth; they can't eat very hard things. After catching their prey, they inject digestive fluid through their mouthparts to digest everything inside into liquid and then suck it up. After they finish eating the prey, only the empty shell is left. If they suck up a human, only the bones and the outer layer of skin will be left," Wang Xiqiang continued.
After hearing this, although the others said they were not afraid, their eyes betrayed them, as they were constantly looking into the trees to see if there were any spiders, clearly worried about accidentally getting caught in a spider web.
Three days later, the group finally arrived at their destination, Bingcheng. It was because they were relatively fast that they were able to reach it within three days. For ordinary people, it would take more than a month to cross the primeval forest.