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Chapter 15 The Opportunity Has Arrived
Startled by his voice, Fendona turned around.
When she saw it was Lin Mo, she forced a smile.
"It's nothing."
Her voice was somewhat hoarse, and her bright emerald eyes now appeared dull and lifeless.
Lin Mo climbed up the arrow tower in a few steps, stood beside her, and followed her gaze.
Outside the trees and city walls, traces of the great battle remain; the ground is pitted and littered with bloodstains.
As for the corpses, they should have been disposed of, otherwise leaving them would have easily caused a plague.
The distant horizon was shrouded in a thin, faint black mist, the traces left by the demon army.
"Are you worried about the battles to come?" Lin Mo asked softly.
Fendona fell silent.
After a long silence, she finally spoke in a low voice.
"Lin Mo, there must be wars in your world too, right?"
Lin Mo shrugged.
"Of course, wherever there are people, there will be intrigue and competition for resources."
Fendona looked at Lin Mo and asked seriously:
"If you were in our current situation, what would you do?"
Lin Mo was taken aback; he hadn't really thought of that.
He thought for a moment, and organized his thoughts according to the logic he had gleaned from history books and news reports.
"Faced with foreign invasion, and such an overwhelming situation, I think... we should unite all forces that can be united to fight against the enemy."
"Currently, it seems that you and the other three races are all fighting their own battles."
Fendona nodded.
"Yes, no one is willing to give up their territory and come together, of course, they are also afraid of being wiped out by a concentrated force."
As she spoke, she looked towards the city, her eyes filled with sorrow.
"Our warriors suffered nearly 30% casualties in the last battle. The city's weapons, equipment, and enchanted arrows are also running low and need to be reforged."
"The demons' attacks are getting fiercer with each wave; they're like locusts that you can never kill."
"The Queen and the elders discuss it every day, but no one can come up with a solution."
"We can hold out this time, but what about next time? And the time after that?"
"Two more attacks... at most two more attacks, and this city will fall."
"My parents are dead, and too many of my companions have already died..."
By the end, her voice had turned into a suppressed sob.
Seeing such a cute and pretty girl crying, Lin Mo's heart clenched painfully.
What he saw was not just the vulnerability of a girl, but the desperate struggle of an entire community on the verge of destruction.
Isn't this just like Earth?
However, Earth's enemy is natural disasters, while their enemy is living demons.
He thought of the current state of Earth and himself, who bore the future of the entire civilization on his shoulders.
Isn't he facing all of this as well?
Suddenly he remembered Zhao Gang's words: Try to establish a formal and trustworthy cooperative relationship with the elves.
opportunity,
Here it is!
"Fendona," Lin Mo said.
"Perhaps my people can offer some help."
Fendona's sobs stopped abruptly. She looked up in astonishment, tears still clinging to her long eyelashes like dewdrops.
"What?"
She doubted she had heard correctly.
"Your people?"
"Aren't your people in another world?"
Lin Mo looked at her bewildered expression but offered no explanation.
He kept everyone in suspense, saying:
"I need to go back and discuss the specifics with my people."
Lin Mo's words brought a glimmer of light to Fendona's dim eyes.
She stared blankly at Lin Mo.
She even forgot to let the tears clinging to her eyelashes fall.
Fendona realized she was staring at Lin Mo, snapped back to reality, a blush rising on her fair cheeks, and hurriedly wiped away her tears.
"I'm sorry, I... I lost my composure." She lowered her eyes to wipe away her tears, then looked up and smiled.
"Speaking of which, you've come all this way, and I haven't even had a proper chance to entertain you yet. Would you have time to have lunch together later?"
Lin Mo naturally wouldn't refuse and readily agreed.
"Of course, it's my honor."
Fendona led Lin Mo down the arrow tower and through the elven city.
Lin Mo's gaze swept over his surroundings discreetly, while the miniature camera on his chest faithfully recorded everything.
Lunch was served on the terrace of a giant tree.
The tables and chairs are made of intertwined living branches, forming natural curves, and feel warm to the touch when you place your hand on them.
The elven waiter served the food silently.
There's none of the intense heat and hot oil familiar in Da Xia's dishes; it's all the original form of plants and fruits.
Some of the fruits were translucent and exuded a captivating sweet fragrance.
Some tubers were simply roasted until the outer skin was golden brown, but when torn open, the inside had a fluffy texture similar to bread.
There was another cup in a rolled-up broad leaf cup, the water was clear and transparent, and there were tiny, shimmering lights slowly flowing on the surface.
"Please enjoy. We elves are vegetarians, so we hope you can get used to it," Fendona said with a smile.
"It's okay, it looks delicious."
Lin Mo couldn't resist the urge to eat.
He picked up a fruit the size of an apple, but with a pale blue sheen, and took a bite.
The juice exploded in my mouth!
A sweet sensation, indescribable in words, slid down my esophagus into my stomach, then transformed into a warm current that rushed to my limbs and bones.
Cool!
He felt as if every cell in his body, left over from working late into the night, was standing up and applauding, instantly erasing the fatigue of the past few days.
"Incredible, I love it!" Lin Mo exclaimed sincerely.
If this thing could be brought back to Earth, it would probably crush all other fruits, right?
What nutrient can compare to its immediate effects?
Seeing the satisfied expression on his face, Fendona felt much of the gloom that had been hanging over her for days dissipate.
"As long as you like it."
The atmosphere at lunch instantly shifted from the post-war period to a relaxed and pleasant tea party mode.
Fendona's long-suppressed curiosity finally burst forth, and she leaned forward like a baby.
"Lin Mo, what is your world like?"
Lin Mo swallowed the food in his mouth.
The brain begins to think.
Think about how to say it appropriately.
I certainly can't tell you the exact details.
Considering that there is such a thing as a lie-detecting magic in this world, let's say what we can say to increase our bargaining power in future cooperation negotiations.
"Our world..." He paused for a moment.
"We don't have a World Tree, but we have skyscrapers that can pierce the clouds."
Fendona's emerald green eyes widened noticeably, and her mouth opened slightly.
"We don't understand magic, but our 'high-speed rail' can cross thousands of miles in a single day, and our 'airplane' can carry hundreds of people soaring at an altitude of ten thousand meters."
"High-speed rail? Airplane?" Fendona was a little confused by these two unfamiliar words.
"Hmm," Lin Mo continued, picking up a leaf and gesturing with it to indicate the shape of a cell phone.
"We don't have communication crystals either."
"But we have something called a 'cell phone,' which is only the size of a palm, yet it allows us to have instant conversations with people in any corner of the world, and even see their faces and their surroundings."