The moment Lily ran out, Hao Ren couldn't help but murmur in his heart: Isn't he going to go down the road of bullying? It is said that bullying starts from a disagreement...
But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was no such risk. After all, in most cases, even if he didn't nudge Lily from behind, he would jump out and bite someone.
Actually, Hao Ren knew from the beginning that things would definitely develop in the direction they are now. The real world is not a shonen comic. How could two groups of people understand each other by chatting about love and justice? They were at war with each other a second ago.
As long as you talk about your dreams, you can have a good conversation. We are all civilized people. It is the normal way to confront the truth when it is just right. And to be honest, the two groups of people have different worldviews and basically lack the ability to reason.
Base.
Therefore, his plan has always been very clear: to observe the existence of this twilight city before causing chaos, and fulfill the censor's "observation" obligation. Then he will inevitably encounter local forces, and local forces will inevitably
There were obstacles, so everyone rushed to the Iron Throne with sparks and lightning to chat with the Ancient Sage.
This is not to be taken for granted. Hao Ren made these conclusions after learning about the operation methods, historical achievements, corporate culture and management philosophy of the Steam Council from Wendell and Boken.
A mature social management institution, a management institution that can maintain the operation of the city after the end of the world and maintain order until now when everything is in danger. What it needs first is not flexible thinking and enterprising spirit, but conservatism, stability and
Be cautious, especially when it comes to the dark wilderness outside. This is the attitude of the Steam Council. Hope's seemingly paranoid misunderstanding is not entirely caused by subjective factors. In fact, it is established in the Twilight City
In the past two thousand years, this city has faced countless rumors, scams and even threats from cults that have led to social unrest. After being trapped in the barrier for so many years, the probability of mental illness among ordinary people is simply not too high. Escape
Regardless of reality or revenge against society, in every century there will be people who claim to have found a way to save all mankind, and these methods will basically point to the dark wilderness outside.
Trapped in darkness for so many years, people either firmly believe that the other side of the darkness is a scourge, or they firmly believe that the other side of the darkness is a paradise land. The number of the latter is 1∧1∧1∧1∧, m.±.∧. Of course, it is much less than the former, but it is harmful.
But it is countless times larger than the former.
There have indeed been bad incidents in history where light seekers colluded with cultists to create the illusion of a paradise. According to reports, a large-scale light seeker team entered the night and lost contact with the Twilight City soon afterwards. They were lost in the twilight city.
In the scorching sand sea of Jotunheim, everyone was wiped out for twenty days, but one survivor miraculously survived. No one knows how he survived, but what is certain is that
During those twenty terrible days, he suffered a huge spiritual change. The light seeker had hallucinations. He unswervingly believed that he had found a paradise in heaven. He imagined the oasis that only existed in his imagination to the extreme.
True, he then returned to the Twilight City and began to preach about the "new home", which had terrible consequences.
He eventually formed an organization that was close to a cult. He did not hesitate to forge evidence to prove the existence of the oasis. He even fought against the Steam Council's investigation team and organized thousands of people to leave the Twilight City and go there.
Jotunheim went to find the beautiful paradise that only existed in his false memories.
Thousands of valuable citizens with various skills died in the dark wilderness.
From that day on, the Steam Council established strict rules. Any light seeker returning from under the cover of night must undergo strict questioning. If more than two people return, that's fine. If only one person returns, then what will happen to him?
Hardly anyone would believe it.
Because under the erosion of magic energy radiation, even the light seekers themselves cannot be sure that their minds are normal. The light seekers who return alone may have become insane. Even if they are mentally normal, they may have been brainwashed by hallucinations. Without other
When compared with others, no one can prove whether their words are true.
So Hope's doubts about Wendell are completely understandable. He is just more extreme than ordinary members of the Steam Council: he does not doubt his father, but does not believe his father at all. But no matter what,
The result is the same: Hao Ren and the others cannot go to Xiacheng District through regular channels.
Let Wendel accept the formal procedures of the Steam Council for questioning? Let a group of people accept the questioning and evidence collection that may last for several months? Discuss more than two million words of life worldview with a group of experts and scholars? This may be formal
Procedure, but to be honest, Hao Ren didn't have the time to follow formal procedures.
Lily screamed and transformed into a werewolf, turning into an afterimage on the spot. Before anyone could react, she almost knocked away all the sheriffs at the scene. Then Hao Ren pulled out his two spears and waved them.
Rushing towards the edge of the platform: "Which direction is the elevator?!"
Wendell was surrounded by a large group of bats summoned by Vivian. The old man was disoriented and had already rushed out of the 100-meter distance with the gang of violent men. At this time, he could not think of any rational and peaceful solutions.
He deserves to be a macho man who has embarked on two journeys in search of light. When the truth became the truth, his bachelor spirit suddenly burst into flames: "Left! That place where the smoke is coming out! Rush over!"
The peace officers brought by Hope were immediately thrown into confusion: these people are not actually combatants, they just maintain the daily order in the uptown area, and their combat effectiveness is the authoritative attribute brought by their uniforms.
, so it was not until Hao Ren and his party were about to disappear on the platform that the last unlucky guy got up from the ground. In desperation, a police officer even threw the metal stick in his hand as a flying prop, and then the stick was
Lily turned her head and caught it, never to come back again.
"Sir!" A subordinate who had been hit with a bruised nose and face stumbled to Hope, "What should I do?"
Hope's face was livid, and big beads of sweat were running down his neck. He only had one thought in his mind right now: his father was finally completely hopeless, and he was actually planning to lead people to break into the Iron Throne of the Ancient Saint.
There is no doubt that he really went crazy on this last journey to find the light!
"Go and notify the Wizarding Group, the Armed Security Forces, and the Sixth Steam Division!" Hope shouted loudly, while forcefully pressing a button on the metal box on his waist, "Santis, Roland, sound the alarm! Halbert
, go to the elevator, evacuate civilians, and block the machine!"
"Others follow me to the city hall to find out which cult group those people are from!!"
At this time, Hao Ren and the others had already rushed out of the locomotive platform with sparks and lightning. Following Wendel's instructions, they moved forward along a wide beam made of steel, and soon left the station far behind.
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The upper city of Twilight City is dotted with various things made of steel, including steel frames carrying pipes, reinforced beams between buildings, and suspended roads. These criss-crossing structures hang over the city like spider webs.
The smoke and steam spewing out from various factory boilers were lingering in the gaps of these "spider webs". Everyone passed through a huge pipeline system, and the gas leaking from the pipeline system made the surroundings foggy and blurry.
In the clear mist, two rows of faintly bright fluorescent lights guided the way forward. They were runes embedded in the building structure.
In order to reduce the pressure of heavy structures on the lower levels of the city, the builders of the Twilight City used a large number of runes on the buildings. This unique rune popular in the Nordic region is not as powerful as the Leta rune.
, but it has excellent auxiliary uses. Vivian showed a smile when she saw these runes, and whispered: "These runes were 'created' by Odin, but if it weren't for Ragnarok, I'm afraid
'Mortals' will never have access to their secrets."
"Woo"
A low and loud whistle sounded from the distance, followed by a second and third whistle.
The whistle roared throughout the upper city, and the steam clouds that had been entrenched between the superstructures all year round seemed to be dispersed by the tremors of the whistle. Wendell's expression changed the moment he heard the whistle:
"It's a high-level alarm! They sounded the alarm!"
Hao Ren curled his lips: "Nonsense, a group of people are preparing to form a group to attack the Presidential Palace. If you don't sound the alarm, you are in trouble."
The huge steel beam reached the end. In front of it was the roof of a certain building. People jumped off the steel beam and jumped between the roofs and eaves of the houses. The city kept retreating under their feet. At this moment, there was an unusually heavy sound.
The sound of footsteps suddenly came from the surroundings, followed by a majestic broadcast: "Dangerous elements in front, stop immediately! We are the Sixth Steam Division, and you have been surrounded! Give up resistance immediately, give up resistance immediately!
"
"Boom... click... bang... click..."
Heavy footsteps and weird metal friction sounds continued. Hao Ren looked around curiously. Some surprisingly huge machines soon appeared in everyone's sight.
The first thing that appeared were some huge claws clinging to the surrounding eaves, followed by mechanical arms that continuously emitted high-pressure steam, and the last thing that appeared was a huge, insect-like steel monster.
Black machines with a height of five meters and a ring of mechanical arms climbed up along the surrounding building exterior walls, pipes, and steel beams. The shapes of these things are indescribable, and they very much resemble those that appear in old-fashioned comics.
The products of Frankenstein, they have bodies that look like a mixture of spiders and scorpions, as well as eight to twelve rough mechanical arms. High-pressure steam constantly leaks from the valves and joint gaps on their bodies, and the hissing sound is like
These monsters roared in their throats, and on their bellies, runes shone brightly.
The largest mechanical monster crawled in front of Hao Ren. Two rows of red lights like eyes flashed rapidly on the monster's head. One of the lights emitted a laser like a scanning beam. The monster scanned the people on the scene while emitting
A low voice: "Put down your weapons immediately, put down your weapons immediately!" (To be continued.)