Text Game: It All Began when a Cat-eared Girl Took Me In-Chapter 965 - 475: Ai Xue: Found You, Senior, The Frenzied Move of the Dark Night Country (4k)
As soon as August 8th passed, Luo Xi and the others, who had packed their bags and were ready to travel to the next city, detected a distinct smell permeating through this small town.
At dawn, clerics from The Church of The Dark Night stood at the city exits, checking each person trying to leave.
Florecia looked at the long line of people waiting to leave the city and felt a bit anxious.
"Could it be that Grandpa and Brother have found us?"
She had run away from home three years ago, and the more she enjoyed her freedom outside, the less she wanted to be dragged back to marry some fat old man and be imprisoned in a small room.
Since coming to the Dark Night Country, those who were closely pursuing them had almost vanished, which was why they had not left the country.
It must be said that the Dark Night Country is indeed a good hiding place for those who have committed offenses.
If it wasn’t for their desire to travel across the entire continent, they could easily hide in some small town deep in the mountains and forests, where no one would find them.
During their two years of travel, they had encountered quite a few vicious criminals, mostly from other countries, even many from across the continent.
Their number seemed to have decreased now.
Because the Hollow Flowers were no longer usable, and some Hollow Mother Flowers, relying on the energy they had accumulated over time, seemed like they could be used once or twice more, but were now being closely guarded.
Some say that the Eternal World Tree that gave birth to the Hollow Flowers was destroyed by the Evil God, just like Pan Continent’s most powerful nation’s revered Moonflow, which returned to The Creation’s embrace.
Although these rumors caused some worry for Florecia, she did not think too much about them; after all, should the sky fall, there would always be tall ones to hold it up. And, even if the end of the world were tomorrow, their unconventional adventure group could only quietly await Judgment Day’s arrival.
Being able to pass through cities one by one, experiencing new and unfamiliar things, and seeing different sceneries, that was her idea and pursuit.
The pursuit is very modest, but then, how many people in this world have never left their comfort zone?
Florecia regarded herself as quite an idealistic person.
As they moved closer to the front of the line, she gripped Luo Xi’s hand a bit tighter.
"Little Luoxi, don’t be nervous, Mommy is here."
"...Oh."
Luo Xi thought to himself that it wasn’t him who was nervous.
However, seeing the stern expressions on the Dark Night clerics ahead, his own expression grew solemn.
To avoid being tracked, they usually avoided large cities and always disguised themselves well; in theory, those searching for Florecia should not be able to pinpoint their location.
Moreover, how could the people of the Golden Kingdom be powerful enough to command the clerics of the Dark Night Country to make such a grand display?
What were they checking for?
At that moment, the maid Mu Yu squeezed back from the crowd in front and whispered, "It’s alright, they’re not here for us. It seems like the Dark Night Pope has issued a new decree stating that, according to a divine decree from the Eternal World Tree of Dark Night, they are to merge all cities, starting immediately. So all of us, if we leave the city during the merging process, will bear any consequences we encounter on our own."
Florecia blinked, "Merge? Is it the kind of merging I’m thinking of?"
Mu Yu nodded and said, "Excluding those small villages protected by Counterfeit God Trees, and towns with God Trees less than fifty meters tall, the entire Dark Night Country, with its numerous cities and a population near sixty million, is to be merged at once."
"You’re joking!"
Florecia exclaimed in shock, "Is this the decision of the Dark Night Pope? Even if it is possible, the City Owners of Guard City, David City, and others would never agree, right?"
Luo Xi was equally astonished.
The Eternal World Tree indeed possesses the ability to manipulate the God Trees on its network of roots, such as sprouting a new one; for example, his ’Dawn City’ in the Emerald Forest came to be that way.
But if the Elf Emperor Kureiya said he wanted to move six David Cities to the vicinity of Emerald City, it’s likely that the Dukes would rebel the next day.
This touches upon the core interests of the nobles. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
And even if a merger were possible, what about food?
How is the Dark Night Imperial City going to support so many people?
And the supply of various resources, if the vast Dark Night Country all suddenly gathered together, how would they handle things like mineral resources? Who would mine them? Who would transport them?
Just thinking about it seems like nothing but problems.
Had the Dark Night Pope who made this decision lost his mind?
Luo Xi felt that perhaps it was time to leave the Dark Night Country; maybe they should quickly flee to another country or even cross the continent, to places like Pan Continent. He wondered if Emerald City would welcome him now.
In front of them, many people had already left in succession, but a considerable number turned back, choosing to stay here instead.
The idea of merging all cities, which sounded crazy just to hear about, could lead to all kinds of problems; it might be better to quietly observe how things unfold.
Before long, it was Luo Xi’s turn in the line.
The leading cleric was a tall woman. She first asked for and received the fake names of Florecia and Mu Yu, then turned her gaze to Luo Xi, who was being held by Florecia.
