Just half an hour ago, Qi Ziyin, Ning Yue and others were heading towards the Ancestor City by following the hot springs under the ice.
When they looked at it from a distance before, the group had not yet felt how majestic this ancient city, which had stood among the ice and snow for thousands of years, was. Under the black ice, Ning Yue had to use secret techniques to light up several clusters. A glowing light ball suspended about three feet above everyone's heads was used for illumination. In this way, everyone walked closer to the city, but they became more and more unbelievable that everything they saw in front of them was actually built by humans. of--
At the moment, the road they are walking into the city is several times wider than the official road built by any princely state in the world today, and it is even wider than the Sun and Moon Street in Yujing City, which is paved with marble slabs and runs through the east, west, north and south. The Tongshan River is much flatter. Countless thick pillars as tall as towering trees, combined with a bracket-like structure, support the wide road surface, just like sky bridges suspended in mid-air in the city.
Due to the existence of hot springs, instead of any ice and snow condensing on the road, melted water pooled together to form small and clear streams that flowed down the pouring road and spilled to the ground from the pores in the road. It's like a series of waterfalls running through the rocks.
This is not the only way to enter the city, but it is the easiest one to walk at the moment. To everyone, the city in front of them is like a mountain full of dangers - between the towering land bridges and square giant pillars, although there are There are many large and small roads that crisscross each other. However, these roads have been completely destroyed by thousands of years of ice. They are warped and cracked, undulating, and potholed, making it difficult to walk at all.
On both sides of those roads, there are low-rise houses scattered at different heights, like a dense jungle, which completely obscures the corners of the road ahead, making the increasingly dark under-ice world in the night appear dim at first glance. It looks like a giant beast entrenched underground, with its mouth wide open, waiting for prey to fall into its trap. It seems that in the darkness ahead that is beyond the reach of the eyes, endless dangers are lurking, waiting for opportunities to emerge at any time.
As we walked higher and higher along the land bridge, everything under our feet became smaller and smaller. Even the streets and alleys that seemed dark and sinister before were now submerged in darkness, with details erased and faded. There was a chilling fear. But above their heads was a thick ice cap that was still so thick that even light could not penetrate it.
Then the scene that appeared in front of them unfolded another picture - in front of this road suspended in mid-air, there appeared many strange things that looked like turtle shells. What grew under those strange things was not Aozu. , but two pairs of four perfectly round wheels. Two large square or round eyes stared out in front of the tortoise shell, staring blankly at everyone.
Many of the tortoise shells had a large straight gash on the side. Ning Yue boldly stepped forward, only to discover that there were several dilapidated seats inside the tortoise shells. It turned out that they were without scales or yokes. A strange man who doesn't even know how to move forward.
Everyone carefully turned sideways and struggled to pass through these tortoise shells covered with snow and dust, but they did not dare to touch any part of them easily, for fear that these things that looked like cars but not cars were not completely dead, but were instead some of them that had been built since ancient times. It sleeps here, guarding this ancient city and the supreme power contained in it. Once awakened, it will tear the intruders into pieces on the spot.
As they continued to move forward, everything in the city gradually became clearer. The skyline that was once as high as a mountain turned out to be countless thick stone pillars that were higher than the land bridge at their feet and stood like cliffs. They were far away at first, but
You can roughly see it. As the distance gradually gets closer, it unfolds next to everyone like a folded screen, majestic and majestic, with its four walls cut into pieces.
When they got closer, everyone realized that the square stone pillars that seemed to be carved from a single huge stone were actually large buildings that could be used to live in. Most of the windows on them were inlaid with crystals.
They were all damaged, revealing dark rooms. Qi Ziyin made a rough estimate, and found that just one such building could accommodate the entire population of any prosperous market town, and even had a lot left over.
This place hidden under the ice is indeed the legendary fairy city. In addition to the buildings, roads and carriages they had seen before, which were impossible to build with human power, the group also saw buildings as thin as bamboo strips, but towering into the clouds.
The iron tower, the giant snake coiled on two straight steel cables, and the iron bird fell to the ground with its wings broken.
"Everything here - was it really built by the ancestors? Are we not dreaming?"
Ning Yue said, jumping onto the half-collapsed protective wall on one side of the land bridge, her voice filled with incomparable surprise and admiration, and she couldn't help but touch her arms covered with goosebumps.
Even though she knew the power of the breath of the Cangyu clan, when she saw the magnificent ancient city in front of her, the girl suddenly felt that the power she once thought was unrivaled in the world was not worth it in the face of such a miracle.
Mention.
Now, she was resting at the highest point of the land bridge with others. Facing the majestic scene in front of her, the girl who couldn't rest could not easily look away. She just raised her arms, and for a few seconds
The inch-wide wall swayed repeatedly, as if this was the only way to prove to myself that this was not a dream.
Qi Ziyin's expression changed immediately when he saw this, and he stepped forward and grabbed his companion's skirt, asking her to get down quickly:
"Ning Yue, this is too dangerous!"
"What's the big deal? You won't die if you fall here anyway."
The red-haired girl didn't take it seriously. She continued to sway while staring at the steaming lake at her feet. The lake reflected the stars and fireflies on the bridge that she had lit with secret techniques. The sparkling waves seemed to fall into the sky.
A few stars in the world.
"Child's play! If you really fall, how can you get back up?"
Qi Ziyin said, forcing the other party down from the top of the short wall. Ning Yue also understood that the other party was doing it for her own good, her face turned slightly red, and she sighed softly:
"Zi Yin, I'm sorry..."
"Ning Yue, what did you say?"
The young man in white was too nervous to hear clearly, so he turned around and asked again. But the girl opposite shook her head and said seriously:
"I mean, there is probably no second city like this in this vast ice field. If this is really the goal of our trip, then where should the legendary ultimate power be hidden?
Where?"
The young Duke Ye pondered for a moment, then suddenly pointed to the distance with his hand and said loudly:
"That place - it seems to be the center of this city. The ultimate power is most likely to be found in those high towers!"
Looking in the direction of the young man's finger, rows of buildings stretched out on both sides. The road under their feet was like a river meandering through the canyons. Several white cones could be vaguely seen through the gaps in the tall buildings.
It looks like a tall tower, pointing straight to the sky like a spike piercing the ground. The tallest one is particularly eye-catching.
The place under the ice dome actually emitted vague white vapor to the surroundings. And it was under the fumigation of the white vapor that the ten thousand-year-old black ice above the tower was dripping. Thin and dense water fell down. The ice layer there was also the thinnest, revealing a trace of moonlight from the ice.
"I have observed carefully along the way that the hot springs under the ice originate from the depths of this ancient city. And the source of heat is most likely under that high tower!"
"I—suddenly missed Mulu City—"
Ning Yue looked into the distance, and felt that everything in front of her seemed like the misty and rainy capital of Ye State in spring, as hazy as the rainy season that had lasted for dozens of days without stopping. She suddenly lowered her long eyelashes, and her eyes were filled with tears. "Why can't people stay in the most beautiful period of their lives? Why can't they keep that pure happiness forever? I miss being with you on Zitong Street on Wuyang Festival, playing from dawn to It’s dark. I also miss gathering shellfish from the sea with you in Xi’an outside Baishaying. I also miss the fireworks on Huaqin Pond during the New Year, the snow blowing on the Yanjiang River at the mouth of the Yanjiang River in winter, and the towers on the Jie Pagoda outside the city. The big, round bright moon, and the vast Milky Way with countless stars..."
The young Duke Ye listened to the girl's ramble and pondered for a long time before he answered:
"...Perhaps, it is precisely because the happiness of life is as fleeting as a flash in the pan, that it becomes more and more precious. And everything we are doing now is to keep this happiness in our hearts. These days. As long as we live strong in this world, the memories will never disappear!"
"Ziyin, you always have a lot of truths, and you can make people happy in an instant."
The red-haired girl was stunned for a moment, then her sadness disappeared, and she cast an extremely bright smile at the companion in front of her. The two were about to continue talking, but suddenly they saw the little white fox that had been napping not far away, running in a hurry. Come on, he jumped into the girl's arms, his little nose twitching rapidly.
Then, a cold voice drifted into the ears of the two people from far away:
"What a pair of desperate mandarin ducks, trapped in a desperate situation and facing a precarious situation, but they still do not forget the tenderness and sweetness, and they love each other. I wonder what the little black-eyed kid will think when he sees this situation?"
Qi Ziyin was suddenly startled, and turned around following the sound, only to see an extremely ferocious face climbing up from under the undulating overpass behind him. Following behind him were hundreds of Pengguo troops wearing Kuijiao leather armor.
He secretly thought something was wrong, and raised his hand to protect the girl behind him:
"The ghost lingers! How did you find yourself here?"
"Even you can find this ancient city, so why can't I, the general?"
Yu Li put his hands behind his back, smiled, and continued to walk forward without any scruples, "After all, our goal is to take possession of the legendary ultimate power, so as to command the world and build a prosperous future." Immortal fame!"
"It's a joke, your power should be used to calm the people and save the common people! What kind of fame is gained by killing innocent people indiscriminately!"
Qi Ziyin's eyes widened with anger, and when he pulled out his Yin fang from his waist, his eyes seemed to be spitting out fire, "Today, I will seek justice for the countless wronged souls of the Ye Kingdom who died tragically at your hands!"
"Want to fight with this general? You are not qualified yet!"
Yu Li sneered and pulled out two fist-sized iron pellets from behind. And one end of the iron pellets was actually wrapped with a flaming twister as thin as a rat's tail, which hissed like a poisonous snake spitting out a message!
"Ziyin, be careful!"
Leng Jiayun, who had always been silent, immediately recognized the object, which was exactly the same as the sky fire thunder that had been used to attack her in the floating ice sea. She shouted loudly, and immediately rushed forward and pushed Qi Ziyin and Ning Yue, who were the first to be hit, to the ground.
Soon after speaking, Yu Li threw the two iron projectiles in his hand towards everyone and ordered at the same time:
"Do it! Blast them all to death here!"
The Pengguo army following him received the order and also threw the iron bullets in their hands forward. The fuse burned out, and the projectiles exploded. The rising blue flames were filled with heat waves and explosions. Countless fragments flew directly towards the people on the bridge who had not yet reacted. In just a flick of the finger, Qi Ziyin's men were killed or injured.
The thunderous noises came one after another and lasted for a long time, which actually caused the seemingly stable land bridge under the feet to shake violently. The creaking sounds continued continuously, and even countless cracks appeared in the thick ice dome above the head. Ice picks as sharp as knives fell from the sky, as if a deadly icy rain fell on everyone's heads!
"The ice shell cracked!"
The boy in white raised his head and could only see the earth shaking and the mountains shaking. A look of madness on Yu Li's face showed that he would rather die than die together. However, his voice was instantly drowned by the exclamations and shouts all around. Amidst the loud noise of the ice crackling and falling, the sky fire thunder made of blue flames mixed with black flames continued to explode and burn around it.
At the same time, General Yan on top of the ice dome also vaguely recognized the figures under the ice as his long-lost companions. Countless thoughts immediately surged through the heart of the black-eyed boy, including surprise, confusion, and even more. In many places there is anxiety and restlessness.
The successive incidents at Suoyang Pass and Tongyu Jingzhong made him doubt the true friendship he once had. He had too many questions and wanted to ask the other party clearly, but he was worried that the results he would get would make him more painful. He He even tried to convince himself that those people under the ice were not his old friends, hoping to stabilize his mind.
However, how could he turn a blind eye? No matter how dim the light was and how thick the ice beneath his feet was, it was impossible to ignore the white clothes and the fiery red hair.
But now, he could only watch helplessly as his companions moved left and right in the blue flames rising everywhere, surrounded by dangers.
In desperation, Young Man and Han Ji waved the Xiaotianmo in their hands and pried it into the cracks in the ice where blue flames were shooting out. With one pry, they actually made the foot under their feet originally more than ten feet long and only an inch wide. Xu's cracks suddenly enlarged. Accompanied by endless crackling sounds, the cracks spread like spider webs from the ice cap under the feet of the Red Flame Army, and it could no longer remain stable. Qi Ziyin and others under the ice soon realized that the ice cap above them was The situation is wrong, but it is inevitable.
Another blue-blue flame burst out from the sky fire thunder, illuminating the top and bottom of the ice dome as bright as day. The blue flames burst out of the dome from the large and small gaps, illuminating the ice as well.
Jiang Yan suddenly heard a loud sound that shook the mountains and the earth. Almost at the same moment, the sky suddenly disappeared under his feet, and the huge ice cap completely fell apart in a series of explosions.
The chain reaction caused by the loud noise and vibration caused the ice shell within several miles to slowly shake. More than a thousand red flame troops, together with pieces of ice as tall as a person, headed straight into the dim space under the ice dome.
Falling. The scene suddenly got out of control, like a ghost state that no one has visited in millions of years. Finally, it couldn't bear these uninvited but inexhaustible intruders, and sounded the final blow for them.