Regardless of the details, Hao Ren and his group of uninvited guests caused a huge chaos in the Twilight City. Sometimes, "chaos" is a necessary means to solve problems. In order to reach the deepest part of the city smoothly,
To verify one of Vivian's guesses and understand the operating mechanism of this twilight city, Hao Ren needed a chaos so that all the trouble could be concentrated on the big platform in the upper city.
The piercing whistle continued to sound, and more Twilight Guards responded to the call and came to the upper city. In the view of the person in charge of the defense force, this incident has taken a strange and unbelievable direction.
And the whole situation is gradually getting out of control. The top commanders can't figure out why such a powerful turbulent force suddenly appeared in the city, and this turbulent force is also entangled with a light seeker who has just returned from the dark wilderness.
together.
Over the past many years, the city has maintained a fairly peaceful situation. Although there have always been problems such as resource shortages, equipment failures, mining accidents, and even the most serious case of a local fire in a large boiler,
No matter which time the problem is at least clear, experts and scholars can always find the source of the problem quickly. But this time, the unrest that suddenly appeared in the city cannot be explained at all.
Their origins could not be traced at all, and there were no warning signs for this incident.
Most of the tracks and platforms in the upper city are under martial law. The two giant gear sets located in the middle and upper part of the Twilight City make a heavy roar. Huge steam columns erupt from the gear sets. The speed of the entire set of machinery changes with the speed of the gear sets.
It is gradually slowing down. The large boilers are reducing their output in order to prevent the threat from spreading to the vital central pressure pipeline: once the large boilers are attacked and explode, the damage to the city will be immeasurable.
In order to avoid this danger, the Twilight City has its own emergency plan, one of which is to relieve the pressure of the central pressure pipeline.
Near the top platform, fierce fighting is still continuing. 70% of the reinforcements from all over the city have been gathered, but they still have not been able to solve the threat. Looking towards the direction of the big elevator, you can see bursts of smoke rising there.
, the roar of artillery explosions continued to be faintly heard.
Near the large boiler in the upper city, in a square tower made of steel, the leader of the Steam Council and the senior commander of the Twilight Guard were studying the intelligence coming from the "front line". A bald head, one arm, and eyes inlaid with mechanical lenses
The man from the team has just arrived here, and he brought the latest news: "The enemy's tactics are ever-changing, and they have the ability to transform. The situation up there is now in chaos, and it is even impossible to count the exact number of opponents and their appearance.
.Those guys probably still have the power to summon phantoms, and there should be powerful wizards among them: there are summoned creatures at the scene to join the battle, which makes the information even more confusing."
"Where did these guys come from?" the Speaker of the Steam Council, a middle-aged woman with a serious expression, asked with a frown, "I heard some bad rumors, and it is said that I have contacted some ancient descendant.
"
Sitting in the shadows in the corner of the room was a thin man. This man completely wrapped himself in a black short robe, almost blending into the surrounding darkness. He spoke hoarsely: "This is not a rumor, it is a scholar.
Judgment. Basilisk, giant wolf, flame giant, their characteristics are basically consistent with ancient legends. Now it seems that we are not the only ones who survived Ragnarok. They also survived, and they have always been hidden in our
In the city.”
Everyone in the room couldn't help but gasp when they heard this sentence, and all kinds of more negative conjectures came out one after another.
In this way, the chaotic battle situation that took place on the elevator platform was spread to the ears of the city's administrators. Under the random thinking of a group of people who did not rely on the margins, it gradually evolved into an even more bizarre appearance.
But the participants in this melee didn't know this at all.
Lily was happily rolling around in front of the Twilight Guards' defense line. After the transformation, her fur could completely withstand attacks from ordinary guns. Occasionally, she would scream when she was hurt by an overly powerful artillery piece.
Throat, he returned to Nangong Wuyue for some psychological and physical treatment, turned around and turned back into a fierce dog; Yzaks kept throwing fireballs towards the sides of the elevator platform, making preparations to forcefully open a passage.
With his appearance, he attracted almost 60% of the hatred; Anthony floated in the air, surrounded by arcane balls that were like stars, and single-handedly completely suppressed the most elite group of wizards in the Twilight City.
, and he has not taken it seriously at all...
Compared with these powerful guys, the golden dragon Galadra is the most unstoppable existence for the Twilight Guards. The Dragon Queen has now transformed into her original form, and she started to compete with the Twilight Guards' anti-aircraft firepower with great interest.
After some debate, she realized that flying in the sky as a moving target was really stupid (the main reason was that the roots of the wings were fragile, and anti-aircraft shells would really lose health when hit by them!), so she simply decided
He flapped his wings and turned around to sit on a huge black tower on the edge of the platform. This tower was obviously a vital and fragile facility. The heavy artillery of the Twilight Guard was attacking this side, and the soldiers could only use muskets with limited power.
After attacking Galadra, the Dragon Queen immediately felt at ease when she saw this situation: She squatted there, hugged her head directly with her wings, looked at her nose, nose, mouth, and heart, and she had just fallen asleep for the second time.
Sleep……
Although this is unsightly, for the golden dragon, this is really the most effective protective posture. The dragon queen holding her head and squatting in defense is almost an invulnerable fortress. She is so old-fashioned that she is stuck in the whole place.
At the most eye-catching location on the battlefield, the twilight reinforcements that were constantly coming from other parts of the city would be diverted by this huge golden creature at the first sight.
So no one realized that this line of defense had actually been breached.
In the ancient elevator shaft, Hao Ren, Vivian and Wendell were quickly heading to the lower city.
The sounds of fighting coming from the upper floors of the city have faded away, and the occasional faint explosion sounds are as distant as coming from another world.
In order not to arouse the alertness of the city guards, Hao Ren and the others did not activate the transportation equipment in the passage. Instead, they directly let the data terminal drill into the shaft through a ventilation hole. Then the three people teleported in flew directly down the shaft:
Vivian helps, this kind of flying is very simple.
They are "dive" in this incredibly ancient city that is as complex as a three-dimensional maze. The scenery along the way gives people the feeling of walking through a bizarre dream. The city continues to stack up over the years.
, the elevator passages connecting the upper city and lower city continued to stack up with the sun and the moon. The former upper city became the lower city, and the former lifting platform was demolished and transformed into a new passage support, so it remained
Stacked zones with distinct layers: Just like fossil specimens between rock layers, the elevator passages preserve the historical trajectory of the city.
This shaft is very wide and has a perfect circular shape. The shaft wall is supported by steel. As we continue to travel to older areas of the city, rocks and some gray-white man-made materials gradually appear in its materials. The entire shaft wall is not sealed, but
Huge openings and gaps can be seen everywhere, some are dedicated passages for people to enter and exit, and some are purely cracks caused by the building structure. Thick black steel pipes are crisscrossed on the well wall, and the pipes are
From time to time, a stream of steam was emitted from the safety valve. In some areas of the shaft, the steam even formed continuous clouds and even small-scale rainfall. Hao Ren was amazed by this phenomenon.
"Below the elevator is Lake Milton," Wendell introduced the deepest secret of the city. "All the steam in the city condenses into water and will eventually return to Lake Milton."
Hao Ren hummed. At this time, Vivian slowed down the speed of descent, and he could see the surrounding situation more clearly. This should be close to the lower city area, or had already entered the lower city area: the shaft showed an extreme appearance in this section.
A state of vicissitudes. Through some large holes in the well wall, he saw a very vast space outside. Huge gears were rumbling, steam pipes were winding, and black sticky grease was flowing along the ground.
Some of them had flowed into the shaft along the holes in the shaft wall. He also saw people or creatures similar to humans. Those humanoid creatures were moving between the steam pipes and bearing gears. They were pale, short and agile, with almost
They were naked and had no hair on their heads. When they turned around, Hao Ren saw that they had unusually large eyes, which were almost terrifying.
"They are a race that lives in the engine room. They have maintained the pressure pipes and bearing groups below for generations. I don't know when they started to stop leaving the engine room. After many generations, they became like this," Wen said.
Del fulfills his responsibility as a guide, "They were once human beings, but scholars believe they are now..."
"You are still human," Vivian said. "You are all trapped in this small box. There is no difference."
After continuing to descend for a while, Wendell broke the silence: "We are in the lower city." (To be continued.)