"Why has our Shu Kingdom been passive? Because we advocate peace? Or is it because our Shu Kingdom is too weak? No..."

In Wang Yao's concentrated eyes, Zhuge Liang's green eyes flowed continuously.

"It's just because the land under our feet is already barren!"

Wang Yao's shoulders trembled slightly. The answer was unexpected, which made him unable to help but ask subconsciously: "Wait, what's the matter with the land?"

Zhuge Liang raised his head, like an old man in the evening, unable to look up at the beam at the top of the tent: "War is not started casually. The party that takes the initiative to start the war often needs to pay a lot of price, that is, it consumes huge amounts of energy to open a dimensional channel connecting the canyon battlefield."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang looked at Wang Yao again: "You have been to the canyon battlefield, but do you know where the canyon battlefield is?"

As Wang Yao looked at him in confusion, Zhuge Liang raised a finger with a strange expression and pointed to the top of his head lightly: "It's just floating in the air."

"Isn't it a bit nonsense?"

"Believe it or not, this is a fact that I have seen with my own eyes. Over this King of Kings 6, there are two canyon battlefields floating, one is called the Eastern Canyon, and the other is above us, the Western Canyon."

After a pause, Zhuge Liang continued: "For many years, I have been committed to studying various ancient documents. According to vague records, in the past, in order to avoid the dangerous demon seed zone, a certain intelligent body created two canyons in the east and west. The original purpose was to serve as a transit station for the transmission matrix, so that people at that time could safely cross the demon seed zone for international exchanges."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang sighed slightly: "But with the changes of time, the canyon battlefield has gradually been seized by the heroes later. To this day, it has become a tool for those ambitious overlords to act in arbitrary wars. As long as enough energy is consumed, their teleportation matrix can be connected to the canyon battlefield, and at the same time, it opens a dimensional channel to the enemy. In order to resist invasion, this canyon war that lasts for thousands of years."

After Wang Yao sorted out Zhuge Liang's statement, and roughly understood the origin and purpose of the canyon battlefield, he asked again: "What does it have to do with the land under our feet after you have said so much?"

"Because the energy consumed by opening the canyon battlefield is the lifespan of the earth, that is, the energy crystal set inside the defense tower!"

Zhuge Liang suddenly laughed, but there was a creepy and cold sneer.

"The so-called energy crystal is actually an energy collection extracted from the land under our feet. It is both the essence of the earth and the source of life. This energy collection can be used by our heroes, the second it can provide almost infinite powerful firepower for the defense tower, and the third it can be used to open the passage of the canyon battlefield. It is a non-renewable resource that is countless times more precious than gold..."

Hearing this, Wang Yao's face suddenly turned pale: "No regeneration?"

"That's right." Although Zhuge Liang was slightly surprised at why Wang Yao could understand the noun "renewable" seen in ancient documents, he did not ask too much because it was not important.

"Energy crystal is the source of life. Blindly extracting and depleting and consumption without restraint is equivalent to depriving the life of the earth in disguise. Once the energy is exhausted, the land under our feet will also die, and eventually completely desertified and unable to survive..."

Wang Yao was silent.

Zhuge Liang's vivid description was particularly understandable because in the 21st century, such a global problem also exists nakedly.

"Now you know why the defensive tower standing in the canyon is so important? Why will the war never stop? The question is on these non-renewable energy crystals. Our heroes need it, and the land under our feet needs it even more. The seemingly meaningless canyon war is actually the enemy and us who are taking each other's space to survive. The strong survive, the weak are destroyed, and the fittest survive... Look at the map of Kings 6, do you know how many brilliant civilizations are covered under the desert that covers two-thirds of the area?"

Zhuge Liang leaned weakly on the back of the chair, and in the dark, it seemed that he was being pressed by this cruel law of survival so hard that he could not straighten his back.

"For so many years, the war has never stopped. The energy content of the land under my feet has long been extremely thin under the destruction of war. Shu Kingdom can no longer afford the consumption of actively starting a war, so it can only passively accept it, because the side that responds to the battle requires very little energy crystals, but even so, I can still clearly feel that the earth is gradually drying up during this period..."

As he was talking, Zhuge Liang stopped, with extremely obvious worries on his haggard face.

Wang Yao was stunned for some reason, but he suddenly remembered the food and vegetables that had soared prices when he went to the street market this morning. Perhaps the price of vegetables rose was not without reason...

Thinking of this, Wang Yao asked: "Why don't the soldiers know about these things? Why don't the soldiers make the matter public and let the soldiers fight for survival? Isn't it even more..."

"You are so idealistic!" Zhuge Liang interrupted resolutely: "Do you think that this alone can infinitely enhance the fighting spirit of the soldiers? No, they are not in a good position and will only be afraid and question. They are afraid that the lifespan of the earth can be extracted, questioning why the heroes consume the energy crystals they rely on for survival. By that time, not only the chaos of order, everything will become uncontrollable..."

"Haha." Wang Yao suddenly sneered: "After all, you heroes are not selfish, and they deliberately concealed the facts in order to shirk responsibility..."

When everything clears the clouds and the sun comes, Wang Yao thought of Jixia, the place where the heroes need to take the energy crystals they snatched to provide upgrades. What do the rulers there want to collect energy crystals?

So, Wang Yao sneered.

In the face of Wang Yao's ridicule, Zhuge Liang remained calm, but just had a haggard face and said lightly: "Believe me, this world is not as dark as you believe. Many methods that seem to be unable to put on the table are actually mostly difficult to talk to. You are just too young and don't know what we will face in the future..."

At this moment, Zhuge Liang seemed to have grown old in an instant. The light in his green eyes began to fade away, and his breathing gradually became rapid, as if he was enduring some heart-wrenching pain.

However, in Wang Yao's opinion, Zhuge Liang's words were vague and ambiguous. It was better to say that they were an excuse for sophistry than to clarify their positions. He snorted with extreme dissatisfaction.

But Zhuge Liang seemed to have expected that Wang Yao would definitely be dissatisfied, so he interrupted first: "Okay, meaningless arguments are just a waste of time, you can get back."

As he said that, Zhuge Liang waved his hand weakly, and kept kneading his temples with his fingers, as if he was not worried that Wang Yao would spread the matter.

Wang Yao was still standing there.

"There is something else?" Zhuge Liang supported his forehead with his palm, and a weak voice came from his drooping face.

"You have just arranged a hero to guard the third route, but none of them seem to have your place?" Wang Yao asked expressionlessly.

The dim camp tent was silent for a long time.

"I don't have to go at all."

The empty voice sounded, and Zhuge Liang slowly raised his head. On his thin and pale face, the blue eyes were scattered and dull, just like the pupils of a dead person, without any sense of focal length.

"This battle between Shu and Wei will definitely be a draw!"

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After the soldiers with a shocked and suspicious expression left the camp, everything returned to peace.

But the heavy breathing sounds were getting heavier, like a suffocating person, trying desperately to breathe, but he couldn't inhale oxygen.
Chapter completed!