Someone gave a soft drink, and Ji Xun looked out through the window.
Surrounded by a strange and dark wilderness, the car lights illuminated some low mounds in front of them that looked like graves. There were some bare trees on the mounds, and there were strange things like crows or something on the branches.
Birds, there is a light mist in the air.
It's nothing special, it's the eerie desertedness that a wilderness should have.
Ji Xun looked at the place where the lights converged. There was an explosion in front of the railway track, and a steam train with more than ten cars was overturned to the ground in a mess.
It looked like someone blew up the railway ahead, and then the train derailed and overturned.
Looting supply trains is not an unusual thing in Innocence City.
Especially plundering the supplies of upper-class nobles is risky, but the benefits are also huge.
All the major gangsters in the city like to do this.
It turned out that similar incidents had happened before, and this was considered a welfare incident for the body collectors.
But this time, as soon as they arrived at the scene, everyone noticed something was wrong.
...
After getting out of the car, Ji Xun only glanced at the scene, and immediately noticed something unusual in his eyes.
The battle is over.
More than fifty corpses were scattered on the ground, but the traces of the battle did not look intense.
It stands to reason that since the looters blew up the railway tracks, they were naturally prepared to rob them. Why did so many people die?
Moreover, although the materials on the train were scattered near the tracks, they were not looted.
Called a robbery, it looked more like a one-sided massacre.
Are the so-called "predators" a bunch of noobs who overestimate their abilities?
Obviously this is not the case.
Ji Xun looked at the corpses in front of him. The fatal injury was the smooth cut wound on the chest, which even severed the mechanical exoskeleton.
This is a wound caused by a wide range of wind cards.
He immediately made a judgment in his mind: "At least it was a second-level wind spell card master who took action."
Looking at the traces of the battle in the distance again, there are obviously traces of the explosion of fire element and thunder element cards.
Obviously there is more than one master.
The seemingly unlucky plunderers didn't know that there was a high-level spell card master accompanying them on the train. They blew up the railroad tracks in an attempt to rob, but were killed in turn.
Ji Xun immediately thought of the key.
Why are there multiple high-level spell card masters on the freight train?
Is there something special about this train?
Before Ji Xun could think about it, the roar of a steam boiler suddenly came from far away.
Taking a closer look, another convoy appeared on the north side of the tracks.
The speed of the convoy was very fast, and in a blink of an eye it was clear that it was an elite army.
The body of the car bears the "crown and double-headed falcon emblem" of the Governor Cao family.
The first time Ji Xun saw it, his pupils turned, and he realized that this was probably not an ordinary robbery.
Seeing the convoy, captain Dong Jiu muttered to himself: "It's strange, why are the elite Frost Knights who guard the Governor's Mansion here?"
...
Because their body collectors got the news in time and drove their car very fast, they arrived at the scene almost immediately.
Even one step ahead of the elite army of the Governor's Mansion.
The corpse collectors looked at the dozens of military armored convoys that were armed to the teeth and rushed towards them, and they all looked puzzled.
As soon as the armored vehicle approached the derailment site, before it could stop, a group of majestic heavy-armored soldiers in white armor jumped out of the vehicle.
Nearly a hundred people stood on guard around the smashed carriage.
Majestic, well-trained, and disciplined...
This is a regular army that is completely different from the stragglers and warriors of the hunters in Innocence City.
Ji Xun took another look, then looked at the fine white armor on those guys, and thought that he had heard of it.
This is the famous "Frost Knight".
Governor Cao's family has a complete progression route for the order path [Six of Spades - Punishment Iron Guard], and these heavily armored warriors are the private guards trained by the Cao family in this sequence, and they have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
It is said that in a legionary battle, one can fight ten.
I had heard of it before when I asked for information.
Normally, a few law enforcement officers can handle a train robbery like this, but now there is actually an integrated escort corps?
Seeing this, the confusion in Ji Xun's eyes turned into relief. He seemed to have thought of something, and murmured to himself: "It seems that I have run into some shady things involving some big shots. Tsk, it's getting more and more interesting...
"
.......
Minister Gong Xu is very senior and well-liked in Golden Oak Security Company.
As soon as he arrived, several headquarters field agents who had arrived first greeted each other: "Brother Gong, you got here very quickly. We just arrived, and you got here already."
Gong Xu smiled, motioned to the Governor's Mansion convoy in the distance, and asked casually: "Old Ma, what's going on over there?"
With the people from the Governor's Palace intervening, the arrival of the people from Golden Oak would be superfluous.
However, the relationship between the company and Shangcheng is very ambiguous. It is not considered hostile, but neutral at most, and there is no conflict.
The leading field agent spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. But it looks like there is a big shot from the city on the train."
"oh."
Hearing this, Gong Xu also shrugged and didn't show any curiosity.
Secrets involving high-ranking nobles are not something people of their level can inquire about, nor are they interested in.
...
Due to their professional nature, body collectors often come into contact with some special murder scenes.
Just like the incident in the Tailor Street cellar last time.
But this time, it was obviously different.
Ji Xun smelled a hint of conspiracy.
But instead of feeling bad, his scalp felt slightly numb.
That familiar feeling...is back.
Life always needs a little excitement.
Ji Xun stared at the people at the Governor's Mansion over there.
Not only him, everyone was curious about what happened.
It didn't take long for the mystery to be revealed.
As soon as the Guards Corps of the Governor's Palace arrived, an overturned carriage suddenly lit up with dozens of complex magical defense barriers.
Only then did everyone realize that it was a special carriage disguised as a freight carriage.
The heavy armored door of the carriage opened, and a middle-aged man with a mustache and a big belly walked out surrounded by several well-equipped Frost Knights.
As soon as this mustache came out, the frost knights and law enforcement officers who came for reinforcements all knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty the Governor!"
The sound echoed in the empty and dark cemetery, especially harsh.
...
Governor?
When Ji Xun saw this, he realized that Governor Cao Sihai himself was on the train!
No wonder the elite guard regiment of the Governor's Mansion came.
But why are the Governor of Innocence City and the federal congressman secretly hiding in a freight train?
And the looters happened to blow up the train where the Governor was hiding?
For a moment, his eyes sparkled: "This is getting more and more interesting..."
Ji Xun was just guessing which big shot from the Cao family would be in the carriage, but he didn't expect it to be the most important one.
In this current situation, it feels like nothing is right unless something goes wrong.
He would love to hear about something happening to the Cao family!
The fourth young master of the Cao family was chasing him all over the city.
If his father dies now...
Tsk tsk, I'm afraid Innocence City is going to be busy.
Thinking of this, Ji Xun did not rush forward excitedly to collect the corpses that were close to the train like other corpse collectors. Instead, he quietly opened some distance.
His intuition told him that something bad was coming.
as expected.
Almost the moment the Governor-General appeared, a loud shout was heard in the distance.
"Everyone, be careful, another dimension is coming!"
This is the wilderness of the eastern suburbs, and the light only illuminates a small corner in the darkness. Before he finished speaking, the diffuse black fog beyond the lights in everyone's field of vision had already come in like a tide.
The speed was so fast that no one even had a chance to escape by car.
Before anyone could think about it, the fog had already drowned out all the lights.
The surrounding scenery changed and it became pitch black.
The fog came quickly and dissipated instantly.
Large-scale coverage is simply unavoidable.
But after his vision became clear, Ji Xun looked at the changing environment around him and tilted his head: "I'm really involved."
What was just a robbery scene in the railway cemetery is now in a huge underground maze.
This is the extradimensional space mentioned by the former captain Dong Jiuji - [Grand Cemetery Maze].
...
There is no light source, the visibility is very low, and you can barely see some blurry outlines.
It is surrounded by dark rock walls that are at least a hundred meters high and cannot be seen at the top. The passages in the maze are more than thirty meters long. You can imagine the scale of this maze.
Ji Xun's brows revealed a thought.
obviously.
They, the body collectors, were affected by an attack on the governor.
Accident?
Probably.
But certainly not entirely.
When the devil gives a gift, he has already marked the price.
The demonic power given by [Mark·Joker] is so ridiculously strong that the aura of the "Gambler of Misfortune" will naturally not disappoint.
This path was his own choice.
Ji Xun was calm and composed.
What's more, the familiar slight numbness on the scalp is getting stronger and stronger.
It seems that only at this time can he feel something... his soul is no longer as silent as death.
"You have entered the "Cemetery Maze"
"Mortality rate in this maze: 29.4%"
"Evaluated disaster level: d"
"Space exploration progress: 47.1%"
"Keywords: puzzle solving"
"Mission: You need to find the correct passage out of the maze where skeleton monsters are piled up."
"Clues: Three thousand years ago, 300,000 workers were trapped and killed, and their lingering resentment formed a maze that no living thing could leave..."
Ji Xun looked at Qidi's appearance, and his expression showed a hint of thought.
After all, this is a primary space. The known information is that except for the trapped people, this maze is not very difficult.
Although Ji Xun didn't have any information on how to navigate the maze from the Hunter Guild, he was not in a hurry.
Level D difficulty, if others can get out, there is no reason why you can't get out yourself.
Instead, he thought of something else: "Are you trying to trap Governor Cao in a maze and then kill him?"
The maze is full of low-level skeleton monsters, which theoretically pose no threat to the legion of Frost Knights.
Ji Xun quickly calculated in his mind and deduced the thoughts of the person behind the scenes, but he also complained: "That's wrong... Such a big plan to hunt the governor has to be a little tricky. Not to mention waiting for the Frost Knight
The Legion only took action after they arrived. I think they wanted to solve it together. Just a maze is not enough."
In the Innocence City, no matter who is assassinated, the assassination of this governor will probably not cause as much noise.
The opening of a grand performance usually requires a gorgeous and shocking opening.
The current start is far from worthy of such a big drama.
I don’t know if it’s because he, Ji, has a clumsy mouth, or if it’s the person behind the scenes who didn’t disappoint.
At this time, enlightenment appeared for the second time.
"Hidden plot trigger: The intruder triggered the sleeping mechanism of the maze, the sealing stone fell, and the exit of the maze was locked. The immortal 'keepers' have awakened, and they will wander in the maze and kill all living humans.
.”
The catastrophe level has changed to "unknown" again.
"Sure enough, it's here."
Seeing this, Ji Xun's eyes narrowed slightly.
Only then did he feel that now was the right way to start this grand assassination.