Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 133 Not everyone is suited to be a revolutionary.
After Emperor Liu Mu left, a candle flame in the hearth slowly rose up and circled the mottled and ferocious metal dragon heads on the wall, instantly illuminating the previously dim Dragon God Temple.

Liu Changsheng slowly stood up, his once hunched body gradually straightening. Behind him was the fiercely burning ancestral fire, and the originally lively and active candle flames scattered into a sky full of stars, decorating the algae ceiling of the Dragon God Temple.

Yun Ce looked up at the full moon, which was once again shrouded in dark clouds. He wanted to light a lamp, but he didn't dare, because Gouzi was doing a delicate job—synthesizing gunpowder.

Yun Ce originally did this himself, but the gunpowder he synthesized was not very effective. When he put it in a bamboo tube and lit the fuse, there was a 'bang' and the bamboo tube split in two. Obviously, the gunpowder he synthesized was not good enough to be used as firecrackers.

The dog's tentacles rummaged through the pile of raw materials, its tiny tentacles always managing to find something usable among the vast amount of raw materials.

Before long, a two-pound iron-cased bomb appeared in front of Yun Ce.

"It's too primitive and not powerful enough. If you have sulfur, you should make sulfuric acid and find a cotton-like plant to make nitrocellulose. Only then can your bomb force take shape."

"In the end, it's still because the materials aren't pure enough, right?" Yun Ce asked casually.

The dog's tentacle twitched, and it said somewhat angrily, "Don't talk to me like that."

"Huh, you can sense my emotions?"

"Don't say that. I'll just ask you, is it because you didn't want to leave the good stuff here, so you chose gunpowder?"

"Yes, we need to hide our shortcomings, Doggy. You are very smart, but you still have a lot of shortcomings in your research on humans. Let me tell you, no one will appreciate my selfless contribution, even if it is of great benefit to them. After they get it, they will not be grateful to us, but will only think that it is what they deserve."

You should know that it is very difficult to admit that others are better than you, and it is only the moral character of people with extremely high moral standards to admit that others have done you a favor. The benefactor should be humble and blend in with the world. This is a very bullshit principle.

I took out gunpowder not to change the mode of warfare on this planet, but to protect the lives of my eleven thousand and more.

You always talk about revolution, and I also feel that revolution is needed here. Revolution is not a dinner party; it requires sacrifice.

I was born into a revolutionary family, but the revolutionary genes in my family mutated in me, turning me into a sophisticated egoist. It's impossible for me to sacrifice myself, it's impossible to take Eji out to sacrifice, and I don't even want to sacrifice Zhang Min, Feng An, or Liang Kun.

So, who is the one who can be sacrificed?

Without a doubt, it was Hong Guniang, Pei Chuan and the others, who were my eleven thousand slaves.

It sounds disgusting, right? But that's exactly the kind of disgusting person I am. Yun Linchuan knew my true nature, so he kept the news tightly under wraps before handing me over to Long.

Because he knew I lacked the unwavering courage to forge ahead, the courage that a true revolutionary must possess to sacrifice for a great cause.

Now, I am absolutely certain that sending me here was the biggest act of abuse of power Yun Linchuan has ever committed in his life.

Dog, don't rush me. Give me time. The contradictions that have accumulated in the Han Dynasty for thousands of years have not yet fully erupted. People have not yet completely lost faith in the current rules and regulations of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the time for revolution has not yet come.

We need to be patient.

After a long silence, the dog finally spoke up: "No matter what, we must establish a landing site."

Yun Ce asked in a hoarse voice, "Can they come?"

The dog said firmly, "They will definitely come."

Yun Ce gritted his teeth and said, "You know how much I hope they can come. Even if they can't take me away, I hope they can take the folk performances from here back with them."

If possible, we should also take back the ancestral fire that the Yellow Emperor brought here. We've lost the protection of our ancestral fire for over four thousand years; it's time for us to enjoy a few days of good weather and abundant harvests.

"They'll come." The dog's voice echoed repeatedly in Yun Ce's empty mind.

Eji held the bomb that Yun Ce had brought her, examining it carefully from top to bottom and left to right. She stroked the pineapple-shaped grid pattern on the bomb's surface and asked, "What is this?"

Yun Ce said expressionlessly, "With this, you can easily kill Zhang Min."

Eji's eyes lit up, and she immediately hugged the bomb, turning to look at Yun Ce and asking, "Is this for me? How do I use it?"

"See the fuse on it? Light it and throw it out."

Eji returned the bomb to Yun Ce, shook her head and said, "It's a good thing, but it's a pity to use it against Zhang Min."

"Keep it, I have plenty here. But be careful, this thing must not be near fire."

Eji nodded, then took out a box from the inner room, lined it with a piece of cloth, and carefully placed the bomb inside.

"Zhang Min also has one, right?"

"Ah."

"To blow me up?" "No, it's for self-defense."

"Feng An, and Liang Kun also have them?"

"Yes, there are."

"Now I believe it was for self-defense. My husband is still the best to me."

Gouzi made two hundred bombs. Yun Ce originally wanted to ask Gouzi to make some more, but Gouzi said it wasn't worth it. Only a fool like Yun Ce would expend his high-level energy for these low-energy things.

He also believes that bombs are meant to eliminate high-value targets, not to be thrown at every low-level enemy soldier.

Yun Ce thought for a long time but couldn't find any high-value targets that he had to eliminate, so he simply gave one to each of the pillars of the family. Just because he didn't need it didn't mean they didn't need it either.

To give them a clear understanding of the bomb's power, Yun Ce even took them to Longshan Mountain and dropped one in a secluded ravine.

Originally, Yun Ce wanted to throw the rock from behind a rock twenty meters away, but Gouzi advised him to step back thirty steps and find a larger, sturdier rock as cover.

Many things in this world are different from those on Earth, and many of Earth's life experiences cannot be applied here. Yun Ce readily agreed, took thirty steps back, lit the bomb, and threw it away.

"boom"

The earth shook violently, and dark flames surged. The wild grass in the ravine instantly lay prostrate on the ground, and was then uprooted and burned to ashes before it even hit the ground.

Yun Ce stared in disbelief at the aftermath of the explosion, where dark red fire flowed like water among the rocks. After seven or eight breaths, it disappeared into the cracks in the rocks. At this moment, the mountain valley was left with only a large crater and the ground was charred black.

"The world is more sensitive to energy. After any energy bursts out, it will form a chain reaction with the surrounding free energy."

"Yun Ce, this bomb is more than five times more powerful than I anticipated. You need to retrieve it. This thing is far too dangerous for them. In the end, it might not be killing the enemy, but mutual destruction."

Yun Ce looked back at E Ji, Zhang Min, Feng An, and Liang Kun with concern. The four of them had been so frightened by the power of the bomb that their legs were weak and they were dumbfounded. When Yun Ce looked over, they immediately understood what he was thinking and ran away.

They had no intention of handing over such a powerful life-saving artifact that could even tear rocks apart.

That evening, Eji was wiping the bomb on the table with silk with a dreamy expression. Before witnessing its power, she had only regarded it as a treasure; now, it was her life.

When Zhang Min walked in, Yun Ce, who was writing, didn't even look up and said, "Don't even think about it."

Zhang Min sighed and said, "You should go and take a look at Tiewei Pass."

Yun Ce continued, "Even after we've seen it, we won't give it to them. Besides, these things are scarce, and even if they go to the battlefield, they won't help the overall situation."

Zhang Min added, "I know you look down on the Han people..."

Before Zhang Min could finish speaking, Yun Ce said, "I didn't. Don't talk nonsense. I only have respect for the Han Dynasty and no dissatisfaction whatsoever."

Zhang Min sighed and said, "You always manage to do what others cannot. Don't worry, I'm no longer a spy for Panxing Tower, and I won't tell anyone about this."

Yun Ce put down his pen, chuckled, and said, "The fact that I can give it to you means I know you won't leak it."

Zhang Min smiled and put her hands on Yun Ce's shoulders, only to find that E Ji had placed a bomb between her and Yun Ce. She snorted irritably and left Yun Ce's room.

Holding the bomb, Eji approached Yun Ce from behind, glanced at the words on the paper, and asked, "Whose letter is this?"

Yun Ce put away the letter and said softly, "It's for Miss Hong. I gave her the secret formula for gunpowder."

Eji thought for a moment and said, "Be careful. The distance is too far. The messenger bird we brought from Izumo Prefecture may not be able to fly there. Don't let this thing fall into the hands of unrelated people, or it will be a great disaster."

Yun Ce laughed and said, "This thing was born to eat people. It's just a matter of whether Miss Hong and the others have the fate to survive."

Seeing that Yun Ce had made his decision, E Ji stopped talking and put her precious bomb back into the box. She wanted to put it under the bed, but seeing the puppy's bright eyes, she felt it was inappropriate and put it on a high shelf in the cabinet, where the puppy couldn't reach it.

Yun Ce stuffed the secret recipe into a bamboo tube, sealed it, and tied it to the leg of the strongest messenger bird. As he watched it flap its wings and fly into the distance, Yun Ce returned.

When I returned, I saw Eji holding the puppy and looking at it carefully.

"what happened?"

"This guy seems to have become smarter lately, which is very strange."

Yun Ce took the struggling puppy from E Ji's hands, and where E Ji couldn't see, two strands of silver thread pierced into the weak body of the dog king, Nao Sheng.

(End of this chapter)