On the third floor of Qianyin Capital, the sky is filled with haze.
The towering dark castle is looming in the gray mist.
Qianyin Castle·The Sleeper's Room.
Rows of white candles were neatly placed in the corners of the room, and the dim light illuminated the dusty murals hanging on the walls.
The mural depicts thousands of people kneeling and worshiping devoutly.
At the top is a sacred figure wearing a golden robe and a triple crown, holding a cross staff in his left hand, the index and middle fingers of his right hand together and upward, and his thumb clasping the ring finger and little finger.
Around that figure, you can vaguely see a holy angel surrounded by names.
The solemn murals make the whole room full of sanctity.
In the center of the room sits a slightly raised platform, on which is placed a golden coffin embedded with various bright gems.
The entire golden coffin is dazzling.
At this moment, the lid of the golden coffin moved open and made a creaking sound.
A pair of skinny hands stretched out to hold the edge of the golden coffin, and then a figure full of sacredness and evil climbed up from the golden coffin.
Looking carefully, this is a man wearing a golden starry robe, with dry features, prominent facial bones, and sunken eyes. He wears a sacred triple crown, with a golden gem as big as a fist embedded in the crown.
Exuding a dazzling halo, a simple cross necklace hung around her neck, and seven gemstone rings of different colors were worn on the fingers of both hands.
This man is none other than the King of Qianyin Kingdom, Mellon.
It was obviously not yet midnight, and the bell symbolizing waking up did not ring, but Mellon woke up.
I saw Mellon slowly walking out of the golden coffin and walking towards the door step by step.
The door that was originally closed opened automatically.
The moment it walked out of the door, thousands of people in the murals on the wall shed tears of blood one by one.
Mellon walked alone in the dark corridor, his heavy steps echoing.
Akira~
The oil lamps hanging on both sides of the corridor lit up one by one.
You can see a knight covered in full armor, slowly kneeling down and lowering his head without looking directly.
Then Mellon walked to the door of a nearby room and stopped.
Click!
The door opened automatically and Mellon walked in.
Akira~
The candles in the room light automatically, illuminating every place.
Different from the sleeping room, this room has luxurious fur carpets on the floor, simple oil paintings on the walls, and various exquisite ornaments, wardrobes and dressing tables placed around it.
Mellon walked to the closet and took out a gentleman's white shirt and black tuxedo.
He slowly walked to the dressing table and sat down, slowly stretched out his hand to take off the crown, took off the ring on his finger, placed it on the dressing table, and at the same time took off the golden starry robe he was wearing.
Then Mellon picked up the powder puff on the table and smeared the white powder on his face, making his dry and black face a little whiter.
After doing this, Mellon put on a gentleman's tuxedo, then walked to the clothes rack nearby, picked up a black dome hat and put it on his head.
At this moment, much of Mellon's sacred and solemn aura was removed, replaced by gentleman and elegance.
He stared at his appearance in the mirror for a long time, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong, he left the room.
Soon after, Mellon came to a closed door.
Two armored knights stood at the gate. The two armored knights slowly knelt down.
The closed door slowly opened back as if it had been touched.
An extremely cold breath rushed towards me.
Mellon was completely indifferent and walked in.
Inside the gate is a dazzling small palace. The floor of the palace is paved with gilded stone tiles, and crystal chandeliers hang from the top.
Candles burned continuously above the chandelier.
In the center of the palace sits a crystal coffin, surrounded by bright flowers. If you look closely, you will find that those flowers are eternal flowers.
Mellon walked step by step to the crystal coffin, and he looked deeply into the crystal coffin.
Lying inside the coffin was an elegant and noble girl wearing a white evening dress, with long golden hair flowing freely. The white dress lightly wrapped her slender body, and her beautiful face had her eyes closed tightly.
If Shen Qiu was present, he would definitely be able to recognize that the person lying in the crystal coffin was none other than Irene.
Mellon stretched out his hand with slight trembling and gently touched the crystal coffin. His cloudy eyes revealed complex expressions such as sadness and longing.
After a long time, Mellon slowly took a few steps back. He stared at Eileen in the crystal coffin, slowly raised his hands, and made a dancing motion.
Mellon danced softly, his steps were very slow and very gentlemanly.
His cloudy eyes were full of tenderness. Although he seemed to be dancing alone, in fact, in his eyes, he was dancing with Irene in his arms. He vaguely saw Irene smiling sweetly at her.
Mellon's withered face revealed a smile involuntarily.
Just when Mellon was immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself.
The sound of heavy footsteps came, awakening Mellon who was immersed in it.
Mellon stopped dancing and put down his hands. The smile on his face disappeared and was replaced by a look of solemnity.
At this time, a knight wearing heavy black armor, standing 2.4 meters tall, carrying a silver spear, and filled with a sense of terror and oppression walked in. He knelt down on one knee and said to Mellon.
"King, there is an intruder."
When Mellon heard this, his withered face showed a frightening look of excitement.
"Very good, very good, very good!"
After finishing speaking, Mellon glanced at the crystal coffin and murmured in a low voice.
"wait for me."
Then Mellon turned around and left the small palace.
Soon after, Mellon appeared on the observation deck of the castle with the knight.
Looking down, you can see a deep pit with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of 300 meters in front of the castle.
Black blood flowed at the bottom of the pit, and a huge cross stood in the center.
The bottom of this cross is very long, like a pillar.
Scarlet chains hang on the horizontal part of the cross. These chains extend downward and wrap around twelve scarlet coffins.
There are huge notches on the top wall of the pit. When the mechanism is activated, four huge stone platforms will extend to seal the entire pit.
Mellon said in a hoarse voice.
"Eric, wake up the twelve blood knights!"
"yes!"
Eric put one hand on his chest and replied respectfully.
Soon the mechanism was activated, and the chains wrapped around the cross were pulled, and a pair of scarlet coffins were pulled up from the bottom.
When the top is pulled, the horizontal chains begin to be pulled.
The twelve scarlet coffins were slowly pulled horizontally out of the pit.
Mellon looked at this scene, his cloudy eyes revealed a hint of fanaticism, and he let out a hoarse roar.
"Awake, my devout knights, and bring back the invaders."
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Qianyin Kingdom·Second Floor Southern City Gate.
A thin figure was hiding at the corner of a house, constantly peeking at the huge city gate in the distance.
I saw that the giant city gate, which was fifty meters high, was tightly closed.
There is a mechanical opening mechanism on the wall. If this mechanism is pulled, the lifting device can be triggered, eventually opening the giant city gate.
The figure moved his eyes away from the giant city gate and looked at the side door on the right.
The side door is only five meters high and uses a mechanical lock. There is a pull bolt on the inner door that can be unlocked directly.
However, no matter whether it is the main entrance or the side entrance, there are simple coffins placed in front of them.
At this time, the hiding figure seemed to have made up its mind, and quickly rushed out of the bunker and rushed towards the side door on the right.
The moment the thin figure approached the door on the right.
Click!
The originally motionless coffin suddenly moved, and the lid of the coffin was pushed open. Corpses wearing gray metal armor and holding long swords jumped out. Their faces were very shriveled, and they looked like mummies.
At this time, the thin figure who rushed forward drew out the Liuyun sword, and the whole sword burned with black flames.
This figure is none other than Yun Xiaoxi.
She swung her Liuyun sword and slashed at a corpse guard rushing toward her.
Click!
The two swords collided together, causing fire to fly.
The corpse man was immediately repulsed. Yun Xiaoxi ignored it and took advantage of the gap to rush over.
At this time, one corpse after another, the guards came forward.
"Fire Serpent Dazzling!"
Yun Xiaoxi poured all her strength into the Liuyun sword, and the flames of the entire sword burned even more intensely. She swept across with one sword.
A black fire snake swept forward and instantly knocked away a zombie guard who rushed up.
She rushed in faster, watching the side door getting closer and closer.
Just then there was a bang!
The lid of a larger coffin suddenly flew away, and a burly corpse guard jumped out with a big knife in his hand.
"Ouch!"
The corpse guard let out a hoarse roar, his whole body flashed with lightning, he jumped up suddenly, and struck Yun Xiaoxi with his sword in the air.
Yun Xiaoxi was startled and immediately ducked sideways.
Click!
The broadsword struck the ground hard.
The solid ground instantly cracked, and the impact caused Yun Xiaoxi to fly away. After she landed on the ground, she rolled around several times.
When Yun Xiaoxi got up, the corpse guard had already rushed over, and the flashing thunder sword struck straight at him.
Yun Xiaoxi raised the Liuyun sword in her hand to block!
clang.
As sparks flew everywhere, Yun Xiaoxi slid back seven or eight meters, her whole arms trembling.
At this time, the other corpse guards rushed up one after another.
When Yun Xiaoxi saw this, she immediately turned around and ran away.
Not long after, on the street shrouded in gray mist.
Yun Xiaoxi fled here in embarrassment. She turned around and looked behind her. When she saw that no corpse was chasing after her, her anxious heart calmed down.
A gentle breeze blew by, rattling the windows of the houses along the way and making a creaking sound.
Yun Xiaoxi moved around feebly, her eyes showing confusion and grievance.
It's been several days since she came here inexplicably, and she hasn't seen a single living person, and there's no overlap.
There was nothing to eat or drink here, just the constant growling of my stomach.
However, she wanted to leave this ghost city, but she couldn't defeat the monsters guarding the door.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiaoxi's nose suddenly felt sore and her eyes were slightly red.
"Uuuu~ What should I do?"
On the other side, there is the first floor of Qianyin Kingdom.
Shen Qiu quickly shuttled through the alley alone, and his target direction was the entrance to the city gate in the distance.
He was going to observe the situation at the city gate entrance and look for an opportunity to go up.
Although both Shi Yao and Guo Zong made it clear that climbing the city wall was not feasible, only by finding the key could one have a chance to enter the second floor of Qianyin Capital.
But Shen Qiu does not agree with this view.
Just because they can't do it doesn't mean they can't do it themselves.
Therefore, he planned to observe and then try it himself. This was also the reason why he did not search for it with Shi Yao.
Another point is that Shen Qiu doesn't want anyone to find the key to open the side entrance.
Because once the channel is opened, the variables are extremely large, and the people in the Blue Alliance and Gray Alliance may ultimately benefit, because they have the largest number of people.
As for the Red League, there are only a few people left, and nearly half of them have lost the lottery, so the situation will be even more unfavorable by then.
So I might as well climb over the wall myself.
Half an hour later, Shen Qiu successfully arrived at the southern entrance between the first and second floors.
He looked at the towering city gates and walls and was also shocked.
I saw a pair of dark red coffins hanging at regular intervals on the wall made of a mixture of rock and steel. Looking across, there was no end in sight.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath. This was the first time he saw such a scene, and he felt a little fuzzy in his heart.
He suppressed his uneasy restlessness and observed further.
The main city gate is fifty meters high, the side gate is only five meters high, and the city wall is about a hundred meters high. There are some uneven spots on the surface, but not many.
If you climb normally with tools, it is not very difficult for Shen Qiu.
But it was probably not that simple. Thinking of this, Shen Qiu tried to approach the city wall from the side.
When he reached the bottom of the city wall, Shen Qiu saw a small amount of broken coffin lid remains.
It was obvious that these wrecks were left behind by people who had previously tried to climb, which meant that many coffins had been touched.
But Shen Qiu raised his head and took a closer look, and saw no open empty coffins on the city wall, which meant that every time the bell rang, the coffins here would be maintained and replaced by corpses.
No wonder there is no way to carve a way up.
Shen Qiu squinted his eyes and observed further. Suddenly, he was keenly aware of something abnormal. The wall was stained with many small white threads. These white threads were like spider webs, connected to the coffin hanging nearby.
If there are no accidents, the climber should have touched these white threads, thus alerting the monster in the coffin.
But these white threads are very thin and inconspicuous, and they are also widely distributed.
The climb itself is difficult, but if you have to avoid this white thread, it will be even more difficult.
And this is not the most troublesome thing. After all, being able to see the danger is nothing. The most troublesome thing is the danger that cannot be seen.
Shen Qiu remembered clearly that Shi Yao clearly said that there were mechanisms on the city wall.
Therefore, taken together, the difficulty is estimated to be quite high.
It's really impossible to climb up quietly, unless you can fly over.
But even flying is probably difficult. Let’s not talk about whether it can fly over with such high energy. Even if it can really fly over, the target is so conspicuous, it will definitely trigger something.
However, Shen Qiu did not flinch, instead his eyes showed eagerness to try.
He quickly made a decision. He moved along the city wall, as far away from the city gate as possible, and prepared to look for a suitable climbing point.
More than an hour later.
Shen Qiu stopped under a city wall, raised his head and looked up.
On the smooth wall, there were protruding stones and nail rings nailed on by people.
His eyes suddenly lit up. It was obvious that this should be the climbing point that Lanmeng had tried before. This was simply a pillow given to him if he was sleepy.
With these things left behind by them, the difficulty of climbing suddenly dropped a lot.
However, Shen Qiu also noticed that these measures disappeared near the coffin hanging in the middle, which meant that the people from the Blue Alliance could not get up there.
But Shen Qiu didn't care. He felt that as long as he could climb to the coffin point, he could pull up the chain and rush up.
So Shen Qiu began to twist his neck and move his hands and feet.
Complete all preparations.
He stretched out his hand to touch the raised rock mass, then stretched out his right foot, stepped on the nail ring below, and climbed up little by little.
However, after climbing a few meters, Shen Qiu stopped.
He frowned, and white threads appeared on the wall above his head.
Shen Qiu then carefully stretched out his hand, touched the spare climbing point next to it, and continued to climb.
A few minutes later, Shen Qiu climbed thirteen meters high.
However, Chen Qiu's forehead was already beading with sweat. This was the first time that he had climbed so hard, and he had obviously explored the road before.
His nerves were still tense, for fear of making mistakes.
"call!"
Shen Qiu exhaled slightly and stretched out his hand upward again.
When he grabbed the bulge on the wall above, the bulge suddenly sunk in.
Click!
The wall he had been leaning against suddenly had a gap, and a spear penetrated it.
Shen Qiu immediately sensed something was wrong, and his body suddenly tilted, forming a bow shape, and he dodged narrowly.
Shen Qiu's expression twitched slightly, and he looked at the city wall with a ghostly expression. Although he knew there was a trap, he didn't expect it to arrive so quickly.
But after marveling, Shen Qiu readjusted his mentality.
Then he moved his position little by little and continued to climb up.
Time passes little by little.
Finally, Shen Qiu climbed under the hanging coffin. Shen Qiu raised his head and looked above.
It turned out that there were no nail rings or other footholds on it. And it was covered with white silk everywhere, leaving little room for climbing.
It's obvious that we have reached our limit here, and it is impossible to continue climbing up quietly.
Shen Qiu's expression suddenly changed, and a trace of determination flashed through his eyes.
"Fight!"
In an instant, Shen Qiu's whole body flashed with lightning, and he jumped up suddenly, grabbing the hanging coffin with one hand.
At this moment, he was like a fly swooping into a spider's web, instantly disturbing the white threads in the entire area.
Suddenly, all the coffins began to shake, including the one held by Shen Qiu.
But Shen Qiu didn't care at all. He climbed up quickly, climbed directly to the top of the coffin, then stepped on the coffin and pulled the iron chain, and rushed up quickly.
Click!
The lids of coffins all around suddenly opened sideways, and some were in disrepair and fell directly.
At this time, only crawling corpses were seen crawling out of the coffin one by one, their bodies wrapped in rags, their whole bodies shriveled, their hands and feet deformed into claws, and their mouths grinning to reveal sharp fangs.
At this moment, Shen Qiu was completely surrounded, and more and more monsters gathered, but Shen Qiu did not panic.
He put the Blue Bone Blade back into the scabbard and squatted down slightly. Terrifying lightning burst out from his whole body, and then he penetrated the Blue Bone Blade with violent power.
The entire Canggu Blade suddenly made a buzzing sound.
"Thousand Blades Thunder Slash!"
Shen Qiu instantly pulled out the Canggu Blade and swept around.
Click!
The zombie guards and zombie monsters that swarmed in were all killed and their bodies cut off at the waist.
The entire area has been cleared, but more and more monsters are swarming in the distance.
Shen Qiu didn't dare to stop at all. He rushed to the wall in front of him very quickly and looked down.
Sure enough, there are also corpse coffins hanging on this wall.
He immediately climbed over the wall and slid down while dragging the chain.
Bang!
He stepped on the hanging coffin and looked down.
It turned out that it was still 70 meters above the ground.
However, at this time, the black ghouls crawled down from the wall above their heads like locusts.
Shen Qiu glanced back, twitching the corners of his mouth fiercely, then regardless of the height, he let out a low growl.
"ah!"
Shen Qiu's whole body erupted with terrifying thunder and lightning, and he jumped down. His whole body was like a thunder ball, hitting the ground hard.
boom!
A deep pit was dug out of the entire ground.
Before the dust dispersed, Shen Qiu sprang out and ran forward.
At this time, a large number of ghouls landed on the ground and chased after Shen Qiu.
Unfortunately, their movement speed could not keep up with Shen Qiu's, and the distance soon became wider and wider.
Ten minutes later, Shen Qiu hid in a corner, looking back.
After confirming that no corpse man was chasing after him, he took a long breath. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and finally got it done.
This job is really not something that ordinary people can do.
It was so difficult for him to force his way up alone. No wonder the Blue League gave up on forcing the climb. There were so many of them, so it was simply unrealistic.
After Shen Qiu calmed down for a while, he began to observe the surrounding environment.
He found that the second-story buildings in Qianyin Kingdom were obviously much more refined and more elegant than the first-story buildings.
If the lower level is a slum, then the second floor is a bustling city.
The buildings here are no longer in the rigid pigeon cage shape, they basically all have their own characteristics.
Shen Qiu looked at the time on his wristband. It was now past ten o'clock in the evening, and it would soon be midnight.
When the time comes, the monsters in the entire city will wake up, and they should quickly find a suitable place to hide.
Although there are houses nearby, everyone can hide.
But the location is not very good. Once discovered by a monster, the direction in which you can escape is very limited.
So Shen Qiu walked along the street.
ps: I'm sorry, I have been hospitalized, and it is estimated that it will take 3-5 days to be discharged. But don't worry, I will ensure that I will update a minimum of 6,000 words every day, please understand.