The First Order

The commemorative bell of 178 fortress also carries the function of timekeeping. In this era when watches are not yet popular, bells represent people's concept of time.

While Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin were speaking, a combat team from the garrison troops came to the square. They saluted Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin first, and then walked to the bronze bell and struck it seventeen times.

It is now 17 o'clock in the afternoon and people use this to check their time.

The magnificent and melodious bell oscillated outward, and Ren Xiaosu stood in the bell, feeling the evening sun shining on himself.

At this time, Ren Xiaosu found that the orientation of the eleven gray stone monuments is also very particular. The front faces east and the back faces west. Whether sunrise or sunset, the sun will always fall on it.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the gray smooth stone tablet was coated with a golden light, which was extremely gorgeous.

Only when the bell fell, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard someone say: "That kid is our next commander in the fortress? Seeing it is still a little tender, is it reliable?"

"I think it's okay," one person's voice replied: "A couple of days ago, there were couples chatting in the square. I also heard them talk about this kid. It is said to be particularly good."

"Can I fight? I can fight too!"

"You're a fart, he is a transcendent, how could we have the transcendent thing at that time!"

"We also had that at that time. At that time, the knight was very fierce. Did you forget? It seemed to be more than thirty knights. It is said that there are only twelve knights left now?"

"Then can you compare with a knight? We are all ordinary people, even if we survive, we can't beat this kid."

"What if the commander can fight again, the commander depends on wisdom!"

"Hey, I said, you junior, why do you always like to lift bars with me? I'm more than 40 years older than you. Be polite and don't lift bars with elders!"

"Pull it down, it's all people buried in the ground. Say what elders are not elders, let's compare with the military. I'm the one who bombarded the wizard. Have you ever bombed the wizard?"

Ren Xiaosu listened silently for a while, then looked around in surprise, trying to see who was talking.

As a result, after looking at it for a long time, he found that the residents of the 178 fortresses all remained silent, and now it was time to pay tribute to the martyrs, and everyone was in a state of silence.

Zhang Jinglin curiously said: "Look what? Let’s go to the bronze bell. You should have heard about it. The pioneers of the Northwest Army sacrificed on the battlefield. The body will be buried outside the 178 fortress, but we will bring them back. One of the teeth was buried under a bronze bell as a memorial. Of course, it also meant that they continued to guard this land with their blood and heroes."

When Ren Xiaosu heard the word Yingying, his expression was strange.

At this time, only listening to the if-nothing voice said: "Don't chat when you're done. Zhang Jinglin's kid brought another kid over and waited for them to bow and leave before talking."

"Afraid of anything, they can't hear us."

This sound is very noisy. When there are many people talking, Ren Xiaosu even has to work very hard to distinguish what they are talking about.

The closer Ren Xiaosu was to the bronze bell, the more weird he looked.

But he didn't say much, just bowed deeply before turning away with Zhang Jinglin.

When leaving, someone said under the bronze bell: "Why, how do I feel that the kid seems to hear what we say?"

"Fart fart, yin and yang, how could he hear?"

"But when Li Sisi just said a joke, I saw this kid's mouth twitching!"

"Don't think so much, it's estimated that this kid has peripheral nerve necrosis, so the corner of his mouth twitched!"

Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin suddenly asked: "Mr. Zhang, when will we set off for the checkpoint?"

"Tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, you and I will walk 41 kilometers to the first checkpoint," Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "This trip will be very long, but it will be very meaningful."

"Well, okay," Ren Xiaosu looked back at the bronze clock behind him, and then followed Zhang Jinglin to the temporary residence.

After ten o'clock in the evening, the bell will no longer ring, and it will not ring again until six o'clock the next morning, so as not to disturb everyone's rest.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Ren Xiaosu quietly rolled out of the guest house window, sneaking all the way and quickly approaching the bronze bell.

When his figure came to the square, the rumbling voice actually sounded again: "Hey, look, why did the kid come back secretly, why did he want to do it?"

"Do we have to pay tribute to us again? Did our heroic deeds touch him?"

"Stop narcissism here, I think he has another purpose!"

"Wait, do you remember what I said in the afternoon, he might hear us?!"

In an instant, all the noisy voices of the heroes used disappeared, and everyone quietly watched Ren Xiaosu step by step, wanting to observe Ren Xiaosu's movements.

Ren Xiaosu went to the bronze bell and smiled and said, "I can indeed hear you talking."

Almost at this moment, the sound under the bronze bell suddenly boiled: "Look, I will say it!"

"Lying trough!"

"Can this boy really hear us? It's too evil!"

"Is this kid a ghost?"

"Cough, everyone is serious, he can hear it!"

In a flash of kung fu, all the voices disappeared.

Finally, a thick voice asked: "Why can you hear us?"

Ren Xiaosu thought for a while and explained: "Probably I have the ability to communicate with Ying Ling, but I am also surprised that you are still here and have not dissipated."

"Actually, we should have dissipated, but somehow, as more and more people came to pay tribute to us, the more and more beliefs gathered here, our consciousness gradually woke up. At first, everyone felt bored , But later I found it quite interesting. I can watch the days of 178 fortress getting better and better. Everyone is content."

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a long while. Was it the spontaneous memorial service of the residents of the 178 stronghold that kept these heroes?

It can still be like this!

Ren Xiaosu suddenly said, "Then are you interested in "live"? My ability is called the Ling Ling Temple. After you accept my call, you can exist in the form of energy, you can make physical contact with people, and you can continue to protect 178. fortress."

But listening to the thick voice actually refused Ren Xiaosu directly: "You let us so many people listen to you as a kid with a big fart? What a joke? How old are you, do you know how old we are?"

Ren Xiaosu curiously said: "How old are you the oldest?"

"191 years old!" said the thick voice: "I joined the army from the beginning of the construction of the barrier. You asked me to listen to the command of a little baby. How is it possible? How old are you?"

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows: "I'm in my 200s, what's wrong?"

Heroes: "???

You don't care what I said, anyway, I am older than you anyway!

"Bah, what a shameless kid!"

"Bah ah!"

"Bah ah ah ah ah!"

"Get out!"

"You kid too shameless!"

The thick voice interrupted the others again, and then said to Ren Xiaosu: "Where do you guys hurry and cool away, come to take advantage of us!"

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Goodnight everybody