Shen Qiu appeared under a house close to the castle wall and did not approach the wall rashly.
He squinted his eyes and carefully observed the wall in front of him. The height was about 150 meters, which was higher than the previous wall.
There are still a large number of corpse coffins hanging on the wall, and they are densely covered with a large amount of white silk.
As for the mechanism, although Shen Qiu didn't know much about it, there was a high probability that it existed.
Overall, the difficulty of climbing is higher than before.
And the most troublesome thing is not the problem of climbing over, but that there are a large number of corpse guards on it, and these corpse guards are not sleeping, standing on the city wall like logs.
Shen Qiu's expression kept changing. He lowered his head and glanced at the time on his bracelet, then walked back.
He gave up the plan of forcibly crossing for the time being, not because he was a coward, but mainly because he felt that it was not the right time and the target was too conspicuous in broad daylight.
Even if you go up there, you will not be able to hide even if you are being chased and killed by the zombies.
Therefore, we simply wait until it gets dark before taking action. Since the corpses here are still lighting kerosene lamps, it means that their eyesight has not evolved much, and light and darkness still have an impact.
There are still more than five hours until dark. It is not suitable to stand under the city wall for such a long time. I might as well go back and find a safe building to squat.
Just when Shen Qiu walked back a certain distance, he was suddenly stunned.
He saw a familiar figure on the street ahead of him, looking around like a thief.
"Yun Xiaoxi?"
Shen Qiu observed it carefully and saw that it was really her. Then he smiled and became interested in teasing her.
Then Shen Qiu walked around from the side alley towards Yun Xiaoxi.
Not long after, Shen Qiu walked around behind Yun Xiaoxi and saw Yun Xiaoxi walking forward step by step in a distracted manner.
"Hi!"
Shen Qiu reached out and patted Yun Xiaoxi on the shoulder.
Yun Xiaoxi was immediately frightened, and reacted instinctively. She turned around and kicked Shen Qiu directly in the abdomen with all her strength.
Bang!
"Ouch~"
Shen Qiu suddenly received a heavy blow to his abdomen. The severe pain made his face turn pale and he couldn't help but squat down while holding his stomach.
"It's me, are you too cruel?"
Only then did Yun Xiaoxi see clearly that it was Shen Qiu who was attacking her. Her eyes suddenly turned red, and she also squatted down and started crying.
"Woo~"
Shen Qiu was confused when he saw Yun Xiaoxi squatting and crying, so he comforted her in a dumbfounded way.
"Uh, why are you crying? It's me who gets beaten, okay?"
As a result, Yun Xiaoxi cried even more sadly and stretched out her arms to hug Shen Qiu's neck.
Shen Qiu suddenly panicked and apologized quickly.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault, I shouldn't have joked with you, don't cry."
"Wow, I finally found someone. I thought I was going to die here alone."
Yun Xiaoxi sobbed and said to Shen Qiu.
When Shen Qiu heard this, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. He thought something was wrong.
"It's okay, it's not okay anymore."
However, the next second, Yun Xiaoxi, who was holding Shen Qiu in her arms, slipped and fell to the ground weakly.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Where are you injured?"
Shen Qiu also panicked immediately and asked quickly.
"I'm hungry."
Yun Xiaoxi said weakly.
When Shen Qiu heard this, he was also stunned. Then he quickly took out a pack of compressed biscuits from his pocket and handed it to Yun Xiaoxi.
Yun Xiaoxi, who was originally weak, suddenly came to life. She took the biscuit and tore open the package. She gently lifted her mask, revealing her small cherry mouth, and started to gnaw wildly.
"Eat slowly, there is still more."
Shen Qiu took out the single mechanical capsule that was still on the ground after activation, took out water from it and handed it to Yun Xiaoxi.
Yun Xiaoxi took it and drank the whole bottle of water in one go.
Shen Qiu silently handed her a bag of food, and he couldn't help but shook his head. He thought that when he first met her, she was half starved to death.
Now when they met again, she was still half-dead from hunger, and Shen Qiu was a little bit dumbfounded.
"You don't know how I've been living these past few days. I thought I was going to starve to death."
Yun Xiaoxi replied unclearly.
Shen Qiu sighed, and then took out another mechanical capsule that was still on the ground. He sorted out the contents of the individual mechanical capsule and moved the contents into the set of mechanical capsules, leaving a lot of water and food. , then shrunk the capsule, handed it to Yun Xiaoxi and said.
"Take this mechanical capsule. It contains food and drink. If we are separated, the contents inside can save your life."
When Yun Xiaoxi heard Shen Qiu's words, her little head shook like a rattle.
"No, I don't want to separate from you, it's too scary here."
After hearing this, Shen Qiu also smiled dumbly and said helplessly.
"I'm talking about just in case."
"Not even in case."
Yun Xiaoxi shook her head vigorously but refused to take the capsule.
"Okay, stop making trouble. I can't always be by your side. Holding this capsule contains a lot of food and drink, which can save lives at critical moments."
As Shen Qiu spoke, she forced the mechanical capsule into Yun Xiaoxi's hand.
"All right."
Yun Xiaoxi regained some sense and accepted the offer.
"By the way, why are you here? And you are so lucky that you directly overlapped to the second floor?"
Shen Qiu knelt down and chatted with Yun Xiaoxi.
Yun Xiaoxi felt even more aggrieved when she heard Shen Qiu's words.
"I don't know what happened. I was staying at home, but out of nowhere the broken box glowed and brought me in. I was not prepared for anything. If I had come in normally, how could I have been so miserable?"
When Shen Qiu heard Yun Xiaoxi's words, she was slightly startled and said.
"Where's the box?"
"At this."
Yun Xiaoxi immediately took out the dark metal box and handed it to Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu took the box, his expression became very exciting, and he said to Yun Xiaoxi.
"Let's go to the house next door."
"good!"
Yun Xiaoxi replied while chewing compressed biscuits.
Soon after, the two appeared in an inconspicuous residential building.
Shen Qiu pulled out the Theory of Evolution and kept playing with the dark metal box.
"Why are you looking at this box? It's just an empty box."
Yun Xiaoxi asked curiously while pulling the beef jerky.
"That's not necessarily the case."
Shen Qiu smiled and replied.
"Is it possible that you can still conjure things?"
Yun Xiaoxi asked in confusion.
"definitely."
Shen Qiu touched the thin stick hidden in the dark metal box and pulled it out.
He tried to turn it, and suddenly the whole box turned like a Rubik's Cube.
Yun Xiaoxi looked at this scene and said with great wonder.
"Hey, it can actually rotate?"
"Not only can it rotate, but there is something inside."
Shen Qiu did not hide anything from Yun Xiaoxi.
"Ah? How is that possible!"
Yun Xiaoxi was also very surprised when she heard Shen Qiu's words. She always thought the box was empty.
"Really, but now there is a problem."
Shen Qiu looked confused.
"What trouble?"
Yun Xiaoxi asked curiously.
"Someone told me that if I rotate the box according to the cover pattern of the Theory of Evolution, I can get something. But the front and bottom covers of the Theory of Evolution are different. Which one should I turn according to?"
Shen Qiu flipped through the pages of The Theory of Evolution. If you look carefully, you will find that the eyes like the sun are open on the front of the book, but closed on the back.
This made Shen Qiu a little confused.
"Why are you thinking so much? Just go through it all."
After Yun Xiaoxi finished speaking nonchalantly, she continued to chew beef jerky. Eating is the most important thing now.
After hearing what she said, Shen Qiu's eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that the truth was correct, so he started to turn the box.
Half an hour later.
Shen Qiu successfully transformed the lines on the box into the pattern on the front cover of Theory of Evolution.
Click!
Suddenly the dark metal box made a crisp sound.
Hearing the noise, Yun Xiaoxi also stopped eating.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath and opened the box with some excitement. A beautiful purple flower came into their eyes.
"It's amazing. There really is something. What is this?"
Yun Xiaoxi asked in surprise.
Shen Qiu picked up the bracelet and pointed it at the flower, trying to let Xiao Qi identify it.
"???It seems like the Flower of Eternity, but I'm not sure."
Xiao Qi gave a vague answer.
Shen Qiu touched his chin and didn't pay much attention. He took out the flower and put it into his mechanical capsule.
Then Shen Qiu closed the box again and turned it again.
This time he wants to put together another shape.
Ten minutes later, the pattern on the box was spelled out to look like the bottom of the Theory of Evolution.
Click!
The dark metal box made a crisp sound again.
When Shen Qiu heard this voice, his eyes suddenly lit up, there really was something else.
He opened the dark box with great joy, but when he saw the contents inside the box, he was stunned.
This is a key made of black gemstones. This key is very complex and densely covered with irregular key teeth.
Shen Qiu picked up the key out of curiosity and observed it repeatedly.
"Where is the key?"
Yun Xiaoxi asked curiously.
"Not sure."
Shen Qiu was also quite confused.
"Could it be the key to the castle gate?"
Yun Xiaoxi asked with eyes brightening.
"Probably not. The door key will not be made so small and delicate."
"Where would that be the key?"
"Forget it, stop guessing, go back and bump into a similar keyhole, try it and you will know, here it is."
Shen Qiu didn't hesitate too much, and then handed the key to Yun Xiaoxi directly.
Yun Xiaoxi was also stunned when she saw the key handed over by Shen Qiu.
"What are you doing for me?"
"Everyone saves the same thing!"
Shen Qiu replied casually.
"No, just keep it. That way I feel more at ease."
Yun Xiaoxi shook her head and replied.
"real?"
"Um!"
"Okay then, just put it here first."
After Shen Qiu finished speaking, he put the key and box directly into the mechanical capsule.
At this time, Yun Xiaoxi suddenly thought of something and immediately spoke.
"By the way, you can ask the person who told you there was something in the box. He should know something."
"That person has died a long time ago. As for this box, it is actually a mission reward that person gave me in advance."
"Ah? What did that person ask you to do?"
"Kill the king."
Shen Qiu replied calmly.
Yun Xiaoxi was also shocked when she heard this. She then shook her head like a rattle and said to Shen Qiu.
"Chen Qiu, you'd better not go. The monsters here are very perverted. The king is probably stronger. And haven't you already received the reward? There's no need to go again, right?"
When Shen Qiu heard Yun Xiaoxi's words, she also smiled dumbly and said to Yun Xiaoxi.
"If it were anyone else, I would have given up the reward after getting all the rewards. But now that I have promised her, I can't give up halfway. And there is another very important reason why I continue to perform that task. .”
"what reason?"
Yun Xiaoxi looked at Shen Qiu very puzzled.
"The king of this Qianyin Kingdom is called Mellon. Before he became the king, he disappeared for a period of time. Then he was like a cheat, devastatingly disintegrating the old kingdom and becoming the new king. At the same time, he led the entire civilization to destruction. . Now I suspect that something must have happened during the time he disappeared. He must know something. If we can capture him, we may have a chance to unravel the real reason for the overlap. We must know that our current world is following their footsteps. ’s footsteps.”
Shen Qiu explained to Yun Xiaoxi with a serious expression.
Yun Xiaoxi was also shocked when she heard this.
"If that's the case, then we really have to give it a go."
"Yes, we really have to give it a try. But it's not completely impossible to win. Although the monsters in this world are powerful, they are still within the range of cognition. They are not as abnormal as Monkdomon. We still have a chance. of."
Shen Qiu nodded. In fact, if it were before, he would not really be involved in these matters.
But after seeing so many destroyed civilizations and the precarious Red Alliance, he clearly realized that no eggs are left intact after the nest is overturned.
If their civilization is really destroyed, I may not be able to survive alone.
"So what do we do now?"
Yun Xiaoxi looked at Shen Qiu and asked.
"When it gets dark, we will find a way to enter the castle."
Shen Qiu said very simply.
"Okay, let's take a good rest."
Yun Xiaoxi nodded heavily.
Thousand Hidden Castle.
Mellon changed into a sacred and gorgeous golden robe, put on a triple crown, and sat on the throne on the observation deck.
The huge blood pool in front of the observation deck moved.
Click!
I saw two opposing stone platforms extending from the wall of the pit, closing up to the cross, and forming a road on both sides.
Eleven blood knights led many corpse soldiers and escorted a large number of prisoners.
At this time, Erich walked up to Mellon and reported respectfully.
"Your Majesty, most of the intruders have been captured. However, some individual masters and some minions have escaped."
"Are there enough sacrifices?"
Mellon asked hoarsely.
"It's still a little short of time. I will send more manpower to search, and I will definitely collect the sacrifices His Majesty needs."
Erich hesitated for a moment and reported the report truthfully.
"No, hang them all up. I believe they will come to save you."
Mellon's eyes showed a hint of fanaticism. He had been waiting for this day for too long, and finally everything was ready.
"clear!"
Eric responded respectfully.
Not long after, all the captured prisoners were put into special cages and then hung on crosses.
Time passed little by little, and night gradually fell.
At this time, Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi ran quickly towards the wall under the castle.
It didn't take long for the two of them to reach the bottom of the wall successfully.
Yun Xiaoxi looked at the towering city wall and the coffin hanging on it, and she swallowed hard.
"Chen Qiu, can we really go up there?"
Shen Qiu observed carefully and found that there seemed to be fewer corpse soldiers on the city wall and became a little sparse. He then said to Yun Xiaoxi.
"It's not easy to go up. It's very difficult. Let's walk around the castle to see where it's weakest."
"good."
Yun Xiaoxi nodded.
"By the way, I'll give you this weapon."
Shen Qiu then handed the Blue Sky Blade to Yun Xiaoxi.
Yun Xiaoxi subconsciously took it, but when she saw clearly that the cube atomic module was embedded in the sword, she was also shocked.
"This weapon is too valuable."
"Just hold it if you are asked to do so. If we turn around and start a fight, it's two different things if you have a weapon in hand and if you don't."
Shen Qiu couldn't help but gently tapped Yun Xiaoxi's head and said.
"Oh, okay, I'll use it first."
When Yun Xiaoxi heard what Shen Qiu said, she nodded in agreement.
"Walk."
Shen Qiu didn't say much nonsense. He led Yun Xiaoxi along the city wall, looking for weak points of breakthrough.
More than an hour later.
Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi walked and unknowingly got closer to the south gate of the castle.
At this time, Yun Xiaoxi said in great surprise.
"Shen Qiu, look, the gate of the castle seems to be open."
Shen Qiu was also very surprised when he heard Yun Xiaoxi's words. Then he looked at it from a distance and found that the south gate of the castle was really open.
"What's going on? The door is open?"
"But there seem to be corpse guards, but there don't seem to be many of them."
Yun Xiaoxi observed carefully and said.
Shen Qiu looked at the open south gate and the sparse defensive force, and couldn't help but feel in his heart. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
At this moment, Shen Qiu suddenly noticed something moving behind him, then turned around and shouted in a low voice.
"who?"
Yun Xiaoxi noticed something was wrong and immediately turned around.
At this time, Lieutenant General Hedley appeared with a group of subordinates.
"not good!"
When Shen Qiu saw that he was from the Blue Alliance, his pupils shrank slightly and his whole body flashed with lightning, preparing to fight.
"stop."
At this time a voice sounded.
Shen Qiu and Yun Xiaoxi turned around and looked over, only to see Shiyao, Admiral Dimlock, Baicatu and others walking over.
"Shiyao!"
Yun Xiaoxi shouted in surprise.
"Xiao Xi."
Shi Yao was also startled. She didn't expect Yun Xiaoxi to be here.
Yun Xiaoxi immediately ran up very happily, hugged Shiyao and said.
"It's really you, why are you here?"
Shen Qiu frowned slightly as he watched this scene. He suddenly felt very uneasy.
People from the Red Alliance, Blue Alliance, and Gray Alliance actually came together. No one would believe it.
At this time, Hedley and Dimlock couldn't help but fall on the Blue Sky Blade on Yun Xiaoxi's waist. Their expressions suddenly became a little unnatural, but they soon returned to normal.
Shen Qiu asked in a deep voice at this time.
"Shiyao, what's going on? Why are you with people from the Blue League and Gray League?"
"Yes, Shiyao, why are you with them?"
Yun Xiaoxi also asked very curiously.
Baicatu and others did not intend to explain. After all, the people of the Red Alliance left it to them to explain themselves.
"We have a truce."
Shiyao said simply.
"armistice?"
Shen Qiu became even more curious.
"Our people, as well as theirs, were captured by the Qianyin Kingdom's troops and are now locked up in the castle. We barely escaped and then bumped into each other! We have now reached an agreement to work together to rescue people."
Shiyao briefly explains.
"Ah, it's so serious!"
Yun Xiaoxi was also very surprised when she heard this.
After listening to Shi Yao's words, Shen Qiu glanced at the people in the Blue Alliance and the Gray Alliance. He found that there were only more than a hundred people in the Blue Alliance and only a few dozen people in the Gray Alliance.
He narrowed his eyes and looked at Hedry.
"How many of you have been arrested?"
"too much."
Hedri slapped his face hard. Among all the people, they had the most arrested people, more than 600 people.
Shen Qiu turned to look at Baikatu.
"How many people in Baikatu have been captured? And I remember that you Gray Alliance don't seem to care about casualties, but you actually want to save people?"
"It's none of your business, I'm happy to save people."
Baikatu replied angrily that if his eldest brother and several important younger brothers hadn't been arrested, he wouldn't have wanted to save anyone.
Shen Qiu finally turned to look at Shi Yao.
"How many of us were arrested?"
"I know that there are more than 20 people alone, and I'm not sure about the others. But Lieutenant Colonel Guo Zong was also arrested. Shen Qiu, please help us rescue people together."
Shiyao said calmly to Shen Qiu.
Hedry also spoke at this time.
"This guy is very strong. With his joining, our chances of winning will increase by one point."
Baikatu was slightly startled when he heard Hedri commenting on Shen Qiu, and his eyes looked at Shen Qiu a little differently.
For a moment, everyone's eyes fell on Shen Qiu.
Facing the expectant gazes of everyone, Shen Qiu spoke directly.
"I reject."
"Why?"
Shiyao and others were also startled.
"This is purely to die."
Shen Qiu replied calmly.
"We are a little short of manpower now, but we are still gathering scattered people, and we should be able to gather some people."
Hedry opened his mouth to explain.
"Then I refuse too."
Shen Qiu replied unceremoniously.
"Why? Guo Zong and the others have been arrested. Now we must work together."
Shi Yao looked at Shen Qiu very puzzled. She thought it would be a matter of course, but Shen Qiu actually refused.
Yun Xiaoxi also asked in confusion.
"Shen Qiu?"
Shen Qiu said directly and calmly.
"We were arrested just over 20 times, and there were no friends or team members of mine among them. What does that have to do with me? Why should I risk my life to save them?"
"Do you know what you're talking about?"
When Shi Yao heard Shen Qiu's words, she said angrily.
"I know, the problem has nothing to do with me. I don't want to take risks. You have to take the risks yourself."
Shen Qiu said unceremoniously.
"you"
Shiyao's chest was heaving with anger.
"Shen Qiu, don't be like this, and Shi Yao, don't be angry. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Yun Xiaoxi was also a little panicked and quickly persuaded both sides.
Baikatu, Hedri and others looked at this scene with no particular changes in their expressions. According to their thinking logic, it was normal for Shen Qiu not to want to get involved. After all, he had no important people captured, so why take the risk.
Then Shen Qiu said directly to Yun Xiaoxi.
"Xiao Xi, let's go."
"Ah? This"
Yun Xiaoxi was also stunned.
"Xiao Xi, don't go with him. This kind of person is not worthy of being selfish."
Shiyao said very angrily.
"Xiao Xi, you choose to come with me or stay with her."
After Shen Qiu said that, he turned around and left.
Yun Xiaoxi was also in a dilemma for a while.
But when she saw Shen Qiu leaving, she quickly apologized to Shi Yao, and then chased after Shen Qiu.