Chapter 79 The Mountain of End!

After lunch, when Wang Yao came out of the bathroom, the sky outside was still gloomy, but at least the rain had stopped.

"Hey? Why are you wearing all black?" Luna, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, inadvertently glanced at Wang Yao standing by the window and staring at the sky in a daze, and couldn't help asking.

"I don't know either. The captain and the others asked me to gather there after dinner, and they insisted that I wear such clothes." Wang Yao shrugged.

"Is that so?" Luna seemed to remember something. "Oh, that seems to be the case."

"What? You know?" Wang Yao asked.

"This is the tradition of you soldiers. Anyway, you will know when you go there." Luna smiled, but for some reason, the girl's smile seemed a little forced.

Illusion?
After saying hello to Luna, Wang Yao did not wear a violent T-shirt, nor did he wear an armor-piercing bow. He just put on a pair of Shadow Ninja Footwear and then went out. After all, he was not in the canyon battlefield, so Wang Yao did not think it was necessary to be fully armed.

Jingzhou City was as bustling as ever, and the road to the Stone Hill was equally rugged. However, the arduous canyon battle had increased Wang Yao's physical strength a lot, plus the 60-point movement speed bonus from the Shadow Ninja Foot, so Wang Yao's journey this time seemed particularly easy, at least he was no longer as embarrassed as the first time.

Arriving at the rocky hill, five dark shadows came into view from afar. They were teammates also dressed in black.

"Hey, everyone is here so early." Wang Yao greeted with a smile.

However, everyone just nodded in response. Even Ishira Ono, who was always the most venomous, was not as active as usual.

Uh, what's going on?

Confused Wang Yao couldn't help but look at Maomao, who always cared about him the most. At this time, Su An spoke first.

"Now that everyone is here, let's go." After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the south, which was opposite to the transmission matrix.

What else could Wang Yao say? Seeing that everyone's expressions were very solemn, he didn't dare to speak or ask.

Slowly, as we went further and further away, the shadows of mountains began to appear on the horizon ahead.

"Where is this place?" Wang Yao finally couldn't help but ask.

"The Mountain of the End." Maomao, who was walking next to Wang Yao, replied in a low voice.

"Mountain of the End?" Wang Yao raised his head and looked at the mountain range that seemed to stretch endlessly.

These mountains are connected together and are so vast that they almost cover the entire skyline, but strangely, these mountains are "bare".

No, actually it is not quite right to say that they are bare. To be precise, apart from the countless tree trunks scattered across their surfaces, these mountains have absolutely no vegetation or green at all.

Isn’t it strange? There is no grass growing on the mountain, only countless tree trunks standing upright.

salsa——

Along with the sound of the bushes shaking, some soldiers in black uniforms began to walk out from the Taoist priest on the side. Strangely, when the two sides met, they just nodded to each other and no one took the initiative to say a word.

Then, within just one hour, Wang Yao was surprised to find that, without his knowledge, a large number of soldiers had gathered behind him. They all silently shuttled out from the narrow paths in all directions, and finally gathered on the main road with their group.

Looking down from the sky, it looked like countless black ants were converging towards a certain end from various paths. There were no human voices, only the rustling sound of countless boots stepping on the ground. The scene was extremely spectacular!
At the same time, Wang Yao also realized belatedly that compared to them, the other soldiers had something more in their hands: stones.

What is this? I seem to have seen it somewhere.
As he walked, Wang Yao looked at the square stones.

Suddenly!

Wang Yao suddenly stopped where he was, his eyes wide open in horror.

As if sensing Wang Yao's abnormality, Maomao also stopped. This usually cheerful and sunny girl showed a sad look for the first time: "The End Mountain, also known as the Ten Thousand Monuments Ridge, is the final destination for us soldiers."

That's right, the soldiers were holding no ordinary stones, but tombstones.

Wang Yao raised his head again and looked at the endless mountains that stretched to the horizon in great shock. The shock was so great that he was speechless for a long time.

It was the rainy season, so how could the trees, which should be lush and leafy, be without leaves? That was right, because they were too far away, Wang Yao misunderstood from the beginning.

The things standing in the forest were not tree trunks at all, but tombstones! Countless and endless tombstones all over the mountain! !
It's hard to imagine, because at least on Earth this is a scene that is impossible to see. When millions of tombstones form this illusion, you will find out how cruel this world is.

Wang Yao's mind went completely blank. He stared blankly at the countless people passing by him and found that not all of them were soldiers. There were also some elderly people and even women holding babies.

This is where their husbands, sons, daughters, wives, lovers, brothers, sisters, and friends are buried! This is the graveyard of the soldiers!! Here, tens of millions of corpses are sleeping——

If a person's thoughts and values ​​are so heavy and precious, then how many families must have been broken up among the tens of millions of corpses sleeping here? How many love, hatred, and resentment have been left? They all had their own names and their own families, but in the end they were just dried bones, buried in this barren mountain.

The mountain of the end, Wanbei Ridge!

At this moment, unprecedented sadness engulfed Wang Yao, making him feel cold from the bottom of his heart and trembling uncontrollably!
A heavy and warm hand suddenly patted Wang Yao's shoulder.

Wang Yao turned back dully, but saw Su An's pair of deep and sharp eyes, which showed an indescribable determination!

"Here lie the soldiers who died in the Three-Point Land over the past ten years." Su An stared at Wang Yao's eyes and said, "Every time a war ends, the soldiers and their families come here to erect tombstones for their family members or friends. In fact, no bodies are buried here, because it is basically impossible for the bodies of the soldiers who died in the canyon battlefield to be taken away. Most of them sleep forever in the canyon, but every tombstone here truly represents a life that has died."

Did that many people die in just ten years? A million? Five million? Ten million? Or more.
Wang Yao felt that he was beginning to have difficulty breathing.

"Are you scared?" Su An asked.

"No, I just suddenly felt that." Wang Yao forced himself to stop his trembling body.

“This is actually a very beautiful world, but it is also such a terrible world.”

(End of this chapter)