The original statement describes the brutality of the Japanese pirates.

  "It's really a beautiful story! But it's not my story, I grew up in the tribe and before I found the one I liked, at 18 years old I inherited the queen's throne. Less than half a year later our tribe suffered a disaster, we moved to this valley as a whole family, and then everyone died here."

  "Sister, then you can't help but tell your story in detail?"

  "Uh, our tribe is just a smaller branch of the Baiyue people, with only about 100,000 people in total, including men, women, and children. We've always lived in the mountains, originally without any conflicts with others. But one day, a group of devils suddenly appeared, and outsiders call them Wokou."

  "Ah, Japanese pirates, it's Japanese pirates again." Xia Qian exclaimed in surprise.

  "What? Are there still Japanese pirates around?"

  "Yes, I've heard that the Japanese pirates often appear along the coast, not only robbing our property, but also slaughtering unarmed civilians and abducting our sisters to satisfy their lust." Nie Xiaoqian said indignantly.

  "This is not all, more than 60 years ago, the Japanese invaders invaded our country and almost destroyed us. We fought with them for over a decade, and in the end, 30 million compatriots died at their hands."

  "Yes, the Japanese are indeed an inferior race. During the Tang Dynasty, they sent many people to our China to learn from our advanced culture, but no matter what, they could only learn some superficial things. Then, they envied our country's wealth and began a long period of invasion and plunder that lasted for hundreds of years, which has intensified in the past hundred or so years. Now, every single person in our country mentions the Japanese with gritted teeth."

  "Oh, I didn't expect the Japanese pirates to be so detestable. At that time, one of their groups suddenly ran into the mountains for some reason. At first, they pretended to trade with us, but soon they started robbing our property and abducting our sisters, which led to a fierce battle. The Japanese pirates were extremely cruel, and since we had many elderly, women, and children, we suffered greatly at the beginning and lost many of our people.

  After the Japanese pirates retreated once, we immediately organized all the members of our tribe to move to this deep mountain valley. However, we didn't expect the enemy to be so cunning, they secretly sent people to follow us, found our hiding place, and then snuck in one night and killed our people who were outside a cave.

  We were caught off guard and were killed by them. In the end, we could only lure them into the rugged paths that even we didn't dare to enter, using our familiarity with the terrain to fight to the end. Although we managed to kill all the Japanese pirates, our tribe was left with only one or two thousand people, and most of us were seriously injured, including myself.

  Unexpectedly, we discovered another valley behind those rugged paths and decided to move there entirely. At first, we found that this valley was filled with thick fog, but we thought it was just because of the mountainous terrain and didn't pay much attention to it. Until several days later, many of our seriously injured people died one after another, and we still didn't suspect anything, thinking that maybe their injuries were too severe.

  However, as time passed, not only did those who were injured die, but also some elderly and weak people who hadn't been injured began to die naturally. We then suspected that the fog in this valley might be poisonous. Later, we found another cave on the mountain wall nearby and discovered that it might not be affected by the outside fog, so we let the remaining hundreds of our people enter.

  I also found a stone bed here and lived here. But soon after, we all suddenly became unable to move and gradually lost consciousness. It wasn't until over a hundred years ago that my consciousness began to awaken, and I discovered that all my people had died, and I was no longer the same as before.

  Another fifty years passed, and four brave warriors from our tribe also woke up. Later, more and more of our people woke up, but at first, we couldn't speak our original language, and it wasn't until several years ago that we began to relearn how to speak again. They still can't speak now, but I think they will be able to soon.

  By the way, why did you come here?"

  "It's like this, Ashima. It may have been hundreds of years since you lived before, and you too became zombies after death. There was an archaeological team that specialized in investigating ancient ruins from hundreds of years ago. One time, they learned about the legend of your tribe through a folk tale and began to investigate from all angles, eventually finding this place. However, two months ago, when they came to this valley, they discovered the imperial seal of your tribe, but also startled your warriors. A conflict ensued, and two members of their archaeological team were killed by your warriors, who also lost the imperial seal in the valley. So, they asked me to help them find the bodies of their companions and see if we can find the imperial seal of your tribe, as it now holds great historical value."

  "What's with the Heirloom Jade Seal? Our family doesn't even have an Heirloom Jade Seal!"

  "Isn't that the national jade seal? It's a square-shaped thing carved out of jade, with an image of a girl's head on it. Isn't that the image of your tribe's queen?"

  "Our tribe has a queen, but it's not like the Central Plains, so there's no imperial seal. What you just said should be a token of love carved by our brave warriors for their beloved girls."

  Ashima smiled and said, then she said to a red-eyed zombie: "Agu Li, take out the statue you carved for Alina and let everyone see it."

  That red-eyed zombie squeaked twice, and indeed pulled out something identical to what Huang Tianxuan saw outside, except for the carved girl's head on it.

  "My goodness, I didn't expect it to be like this. Unfortunately, they still think they've found the imperial seal of your clan, and those two people really died in vain."

  "Alas, I also have my own shortcomings. Since nothing ever happens, I usually just sleep in this cave, sometimes for ten days or half a month at a time. So I didn't even know these things were happening. My subordinates, they're just instinctively guarding our last habitat, and I never thought they'd end up killing two people."