Chapter 76 Was it the road where the train roared?
The city guard is more fierce than the tiger, but the night watchman is more fierce than the city guard.
A worried Xie Mi repeatedly urged everyone to run away and not be caught by the night watchman, otherwise, the wind goblin in Rosting City would be a warning to everyone. Although Leticia was non-committal and thought that the night watchman was of no importance,
As long as she is given a dagger, she can kill the entire city of Lunweiting... But Metien, who couldn't bear to see her friends in such panic, persuaded her with good words. After that, under the leadership of Sister Livia, everyone
, left Reiter Street and headed towards an alley called Map Street.
The reason why this unremarkable alley got such a peculiar name is said to have originated from the famous cartographer Marcel Jutta in the Middle Ages when he was drawing a complex map that included the entire old London.
The first strokes were made here. That epic map is still preserved in the Geological Museum in Renwetin Asak District, and has provided important information for future urban expansion, suburban relocation, demolition of ancient city walls and subway excavations.
The vast project provided precious reference materials, and the name of Map Street has been passed down along with that map. It has always stood here since the Middle Ages, highlighting the ancient history of Qixingpan District from the side.
Of course, for Sister Livia, who has lived in Qixing Pan District since she was a child, this sense of heavy connection with history is not so obvious. It is not that she does not know the history of Map Street, on the contrary, it is precisely because she is familiar with it.
Only after this period of history can we regard it as an extremely ordinary one among the countless intricate lanes in the Qixing Pan District, with nothing surprising about it.
As we all know, in the Seven Stars area, and even in the entire city of Lunweiting, history is the least valuable thing. Before Marcel Jutta completed his epic map, thirteen sections of Old Lun had been demolished.
The ancient city walls that have been handed down from the Volemf Dynasty, and the 13,000 ancient ruins in the Kenkville Green area on the outskirts of the city, have been almost half excavated.
Therefore, although sometimes the little girl would be amazed by an ancient stone gate or a half-section of a city wall with ancient traces that she happened to pass by, she was not distracted and passed by them just like hundreds of ordinary days and nights in the past.
There has never been the slightest nostalgia. Perhaps one day when she leaves Lunweiting City and wanders alone, she will suddenly recall the days when she hurried through an alley in Qixingpan District, and this will give rise to a complex nostalgia and remoteness.
The recollection is exactly the emotion that every Lunweiting person will experience, and it is also the present moment that this ancient city is experiencing.
But at least not now.
Olivia pushed Lorena's wheelchair and followed Sister Livia step by step. She could vaguely hear the voices of law enforcement officers from the city management department coming from Rhett Street behind her. She asked nervously: "
Sister Livia, where are we going to escape to? Will we make it in time?"
"Do not worry."
The nun who was in good physical condition looked back and smiled, her breathing was smooth and even, and she seemed to be at ease: "The urban management law enforcement area is usually only in a few nearby streets. We can probably avoid the eyes and ears of the night watchman by running to... Zolant Street."
But considering that Ms. Rorona’s movement seems to be inconvenient, we can go through the underground passage. If we take the underground passage, we will never be discovered by the night watchman, so you can rest assured.”
When she said, "Miss Rorona's movement seems to be inconvenient," her tone became a little more vague, probably because she didn't want to stimulate the pride of a certain person involved. Princess Haiqi, who was sitting in a wheelchair, fell silent at that time.
For a moment, I really want to tell her that my wheelchair can circle the Seven Stars area in half an hour at full speed. Let alone the urban management, you may not be able to catch up with the Night Watch's magic chariot if it drives over.
.But unfortunately, she did not have a chance to defend herself, because Sister Livia suddenly stopped.
This is a remote corner area of Map Street. In front of it is an old house that has been abandoned for a long time but has not been demolished for some reason. The small courtyard has long been occupied by the greenery of the natural era because no one has taken care of it. The dwarf trees
Weeds and weeds grow wantonly, and the vines climb up the mottled walls and damaged eaves like snakes. The alleys are narrow and narrow, causing these plants to grow in a dark environment, and the dense greenery seems to be soaked in
The dark muddy water underground appears deep and mysterious, like ancient and desolate ruins.
"Please come with me, everyone, and be careful not to get caught on the vines and branches."
Sister Livia warned, and then walked into the gloomy old house first. The others followed carefully, walking through the long courtyard that looked like a tropical jungle, and came to the only empty room that was still intact.
, there was nothing here, only bricks, rubble and cracked floors scattered all over the floor. But the nun walked to the corner and moved away a few broken bricks without caring. After sweeping away the dust and gravel, a door was closed tightly.
The trapdoor magically appeared in front of everyone.
Open the trap door, and you will see a staircase leading to the ground. There is a faint flicker of fire in the passage. If someone hadn't led you, who would have thought that there would be such a secret underground passage hidden in this place, and look at the brand new footprints on the stairs.
There are no traces on it, so it looks like someone has been using it.
"Under Renweiting, there is still Renweitin." Seeing this scene, Metien finally understood what his brother meant by this sentence.
Sister Livia motioned with her eyes to Merdine and Semi to go first, followed by Leticia, then Olvera carefully pushed Lorena's wheelchair down the stairs step by step, and finally she herself. Before leaving,
She did not forget to restore the traces around the trap door and cover up its existence again. There was no need to do this, since the bricks and rubble that were peeling off the walls and ceiling every moment would cover it up.
Under the stairs is a long passage, but it is a bit narrow and can only accommodate one person. Sister Livia took down the lantern prepared for travelers from the wall. Perhaps because she saw that Olvera was particularly afraid of the dark, she removed it.
It was handed into the hands of Rorona, who held the light while sitting in a wheelchair. After that, they moved forward. Although the light underground was dim and the air was turbid, a nun kept telling them the origin and story of this passage.
It doesn't seem boring at all.
After walking for about ten minutes, they emerged from an exit that was half a person's height. There was still a passage in front of them, but it was different from ordinary passages. This passage was wider and higher, about thirty meters to the left and right, with the ceiling at the top.
It is more than ten meters high. In addition, there is an open platform with a brass sign hanging in the air by an iron chain. There is an oak bench leaning against the wall with half of the armrests rotten. Two pieces of
In the middle of the platform is a sunken interval tunnel, paved with rotten sleepers and rails that smell of rust, leading to the end of the dark world and the more distant tunnels.
"This is--"
When the guests saw this scene, their eyes widened in shock.
Sister Livia's calm voice came from the side: "This is the North Roald subway platform. It was built and opened to traffic in 1812, but was abandoned in 1839 because of insufficient passenger flow and too high operating costs."
"And it's just one of the forty-one abandoned subway platforms in Renwithin."