Chapter 452 One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers unless one male and one female
Even though there are no guards visible on the street, important royal areas like the Imperial Palace will still be guarded.
The Shadow Calgar soldiers, whose mouths and noses were completely covered, stood upright in the sandstorm. These elite soldiers were trained by Sirius himself, and their combat effectiveness and willpower were outstanding.
Lu Xiao, who turned on the aura blocker and battlefield ghost, passed by the palace guards. The guards who were paying full attention could not notice anything unusual.
"Crunch~"
Just at this moment, a man in rich clothes walked out of the palace gate surrounded by a large number of soldiers.
I don't know if it was because he was afraid of death, but this distinguished hooded man was surrounded by more than two dozen fully armed elite guards.
While leaving the palace, the two controlled Clearers obediently walked near the man and turned on their radar to continuously scan the area.
Lu Xiao was extremely lucky that he had drawn a battlefield ghost before entering the world of Zero Dawn. Faced with such high-tech investigation methods, aura blocking alone was not enough.
After pricking up his ears and eavesdropping, Lu Xiao vaguely heard the conversation between the man and his subordinates.
"Sir Bahawa, what did your Majesty say?"
The man of noble status is the conspirator who actually controls the Shadow Calgar, the High Priest of the Sun Cult, Bahawa.
"Hmph~" With a slight snort, Bahawa said proudly: "Your Majesty has completely entrusted me with the command. It's time to liquidate those traitors and retake Ziwu City."
"Inform Sirius and ask him to return to the city immediately. Now is not the time to play those little tricks of the Eclipse Cult."
Speaking of the Eclipse Cult, Bahawa's face clearly showed displeasure.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.
As the leader of the traditional Sun Sect of Karga, Bahawa is very resistant to the newly rising Solar Eclipse Sect.
Sirius's recent unusual behavior made him increasingly unable to understand this ally, and Bahawa always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
'After the war is over, find an opportunity to get rid of him too. The new Sun Empire does not need two leaders.'
Bahawa could guess that Sirius probably had the same idea in mind.
However, he was confident that when it came to internal struggles and intrigues, Sirius, who was a soldier, was no match for him.
The thing that needs to be watched out for the most is Sirius's hard work. In order to gain enough voice, Bahawa began to corrupt Sirius's subordinates with large sums of money more than a year ago.
When Sirius was not in the city, Bahawa's orders were absolute, and even the arena, where the gold was rising every day, fell completely into his hands, and all the arena guards were already Bahawa's people.
'High Priest Bahawa?'
Lu Xiao, who was hiding in the dark, narrowed his eyes and weighed whether to kill him forcibly here.
'Forget it, business is more important. Alarming the snake will make the rescue more difficult. Let him live a little longer.'
"Consus."
"I am here."
"Help me track Bahawa's whereabouts. I want to know where his residence is."
"no problem."
When Bahawa left the palace, the sandstorm began to dissipate slowly as predicted by Aletheia, the desert sky became clear again, and the vicious sun shone directly in this oasis city.
The defense of the palace is indeed very tight. It can be said that there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry. Some important entrances have multiple soldiers standing in rows, completely blocking the entrance.
Lu Xiao didn't want to go on a killing spree in the palace, so he found a way to climb onto the beam above the palace and prepared to break in from high altitude.
The cunning Bahawa was so considerate that the hidden sentry he had set up could be seen even on the rafters.
After entering the palace, Lu Xiao fully turned on his eagle vision, and he quickly discovered the secret whistle hidden behind the beams.
‘Is there one here too?’
Lu Xiao took off the folding bow from his arm armor and tried to aim at the secret sentry hiding behind the roof beam at the same time, but in the end he chose to give up.
'No, there are too many obstacles to guarantee simultaneous hits. We can only wait for Yongzhen and Aloy to create a commotion and distract these guards.'
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"Sister Yongzhen, where are we going?"
After being taken to the east outer wall of the palace by Yongzhen, Aloy looked at the unfinished scaffolding nearby in puzzlement.
"Shh~"
Yongzhen put his finger up in front and pointed forward with the other hand: "Look over there."
Looking in the direction guided by Yongzhen, Aloy, who was still a little confused, suddenly became more vigilant.
There were more than thirty guards gathered at the foot of the worthless city wall. Anyone with a brain knew that this situation was absolutely abnormal.
"Follow me."
Yongzhen took the lead and started taking action. According to the route map planned by Aletheia, Yongzhen carefully avoided the overlap area of the guard's sight and quietly came to a metal wall sealed with wooden boards.
Aloy was amazed by Yongzhen's skillful infiltration skills, and she followed in Yongzhen's footsteps.
Putting his hand near the gap in the wooden board, Yongzhen closed his eyes and felt it.
"Sure enough, there is wind."
Silently pulling out the tachi from his waist, Yongzhen pierced the sharp tip of the knife into the middle of the board, and then slowly pulled the knife down along the gap. All the ropes binding the board were cut, revealing the small vent behind the board.
There is a rappel rope hung by an unknown person under the vent. It is obvious that someone has entered here before, and the previous wooden board cover was deliberately prepared.
Yongzhen tried to pull the rope and made sure it was not rotten before taking the lead in rappelling down.
The height of the rope rappel was more than 20 meters. During the descent, Yongzhen was basically sure that this was an underground fortress similar to Shelter 53.
Aloy, who had had a similar experience, quickly reacted and her face became a little excited.
When he was a child, he accidentally fell into an ancient ruins. Aloy found a Focus that could still be used. He didn't know what he would gain from this exploration.
It's very dark below the vent, and outside light can only illuminate a small area.
What the two people with Focus saw in front of them was completely different from that of others. A large amount of incomprehensible data and incomplete images appeared in the passage.
These lights guided their progress, and the two groped their way to a solid metal gate.
As he approached the gate, what Lu Xiao had experienced in the Nora Temple reappeared.
"Please wait for the ID scan."
The red light swept across the two people, and the shelter's automatic answering system spoke again.
"Mechanical failure, unable to open the main entrance."
"Are emergency drains activated?"
A blue confirmation window appeared on the metal door, and Yongzhen tried to put his hand on it.
"The genetic profile does not exist and access is denied."
Yongzhen sighed and turned to look at Aloy, who had a dull expression.
"Aloy, it seems that the authority recognized by this gate comes from you, go and try it."
Aloy has a hunch that she might be able to find some important information in this ruins.
"Huh~"
After sorting out his emotions, Aloy reached out and pressed on the virtual window.
"Authorization successful, emergency discharge channel is being activated."
The metal door suddenly began to roar, and a vent the size of a dog hole opened under the door, allowing the decaying air in the shelter to be discharged to the outside at once.
"Ouch~"
Aloy was pushed back a few steps by the unpleasant airflow, while Yongzhen subconsciously lowered his body weight and covered his mouth and nose.
"Don't worry, the air is not poisonous, it just smells bad."
"Ugh~"
Aloy turned his head to the side and retched twice: "This is the first time I have smelled such a bad smell. It is worse than the mixture of fish and internal organs that have been rotten for ten days."
"Wow!"
As Alethea expected, the air disturbed the soldiers guarding the ruins through the vents connected to the outside world.
The soldiers alertly walked to the suddenly opened vent to observe. The team leader ordered a lightly-armed soldier: "There is something going on in the ruins! Go and inform Lord Bahawa!"
"yes!"
After exhausting the exhaust gas, the stuck door was finally completely opened.
Yongzhen took the lead and walked into the open door: "Come on, Aloy, the movement just now must have been noticed by the guards. We must seize the time to explore the ruins."