There was a gentle knock on the door, and after a pause for a few seconds, Anakin opened the door and walked into the slightly dim hall.
The only light source here is the sunlight passing through the dome glass, which falls vertically in the center of the hall, illuminating a large area, but there are still many places in darkness, and figures standing in them can be vaguely seen.
"Your Majesty, the change of power has been completed, and the contract is here."
Anakin picked up the suitcase and said to Queen Victoria who was not far away.
Because of the special status of Queen Victoria, her status among the nation-builders is also very different. It can be said that she is the leader of the entire Inverg nation-builders, she also manages the succession of these nation-builders, and provides services for other nation-builders.
provide assistance.
The Queen sat in a wheelchair and nodded to Anakin. After receiving a response, Anakin picked up the suitcase and walked deeper into the Platinum Palace to seal the blood oath contract forever.
The footsteps gradually faded away, entering the unknown depths. After the complete silence, another old voice sounded in the darkness.
"A very nice young man, but he doesn't look very kind. He looks like a cold poisonous snake."
"Their family has been hiding in the shadows and serving Victoria. He is worthy of trust." The Queen responded.
"That's good."
The old man walked out of the shadows. At this time, he had taken off his armor and was wearing a loose robe with cloud patterns embroidered on it. His white beard was hanging down. His murderous spirit was no longer there, and he had a slight smile on his face.
It seems that he is really a kind old grandfather.
If Anakin were here, he would definitely break out in a cold sweat, not because of the old man's identity, but because he didn't notice the old man's existence at all. When Anakin was talking to the queen, the old man was standing in the shadows.
, he didn't even try to hide his identity, just standing there made Anakin ignore his existence.
"how did you do it?"
"What do you mean?" Zuo Zhen smiled and looked extremely kind.
"Anakin doesn't seem to have noticed you. He wouldn't be careless."
The queen asked curiously.
As the monarch of Ying Erweg, the owner of the Victoria family, and a member of the nation-builders, she has great influence in the entire Western world, but for the mysterious East, like many people, she has always been
Nothing is known.
The queen in front of her was an old man named Zuo Zhen. She had seen him when she was a child, but when she thought about it carefully, she couldn't remember anything.
It's as if the memory has been deliberately erased.
"In order to ensure the safety of Jiuxia and block information hazards from Forgotten Growth, the only people who can leave Jiuxia are people like me," Zuo Zhen explained to the Queen, "We have undergone special training and strengthening.
Similar to the knights of your purification mechanism, we also have similar characteristics."
"For example, if you are walking in a crowd, you will involuntarily ignore the passers-by, right? Think about it, can you still remember the appearance of the passers-by you saw?"
"Will you passively turn yourself into a 'passerby'?"
The Queen found it very interesting. Due to Jiuxia's security, they would always erase all kinds of information about themselves, just like the mysterious scavenger army. This information was somewhat novel to the Queen.
"Absolutely. If we don't take the initiative to expose ourselves, few people will notice us in the crowd. Our sense of presence is very weak, and it is easy to be forgotten." Zuo Zhen continued.
"Anonymous."
The Queen raised her head and looked at Zuo Zhen, "That's what you call it, right?"
"Well, anonymous," Zuo Zhen nodded, "usually everyone calls us that."
"What are your real names?"
"No, we don't have any title. Even the department doesn't have a specific name. Everyone just knows that there is such a group of people, but there is no more detailed information... In fact, we ourselves don't know many things."
"Then you won't make mistakes when you act?"
"No, we will remember the creed. The creed will bind us tightly together, even if we don't know what the situation is."
Zuo Zhen is very confident about this, and his smile is eerie and mysterious. Just like his name, the Queen has no way of knowing the real thoughts in his mind.
"Judging from your abilities, your antimemetic technology has developed very rapidly." The Queen praised.
"Of course, that's why we're here. The time has come."
Zuo Zhen smiled, then as if he suddenly remembered something, he waved his hand, and another person walked out of the shadows.
"By the way, let me introduce you. This is my nephew, Zuo Tang. If I die, he will take over my position and continue to perform his duties."
The queen looked over. She knew that Zuo Zhen was coming, but she never thought that there was someone behind him.
The man stepped out of the shadows, saluted the queen, and smiled. He looked very similar to Zuo Zhen, as if Zuo Zhen looked like him when he was young.
Unlike Zuo Zhen, who was leisurely, Zuo Tang was fully armed, wearing exotic armor and carrying weapons at his waist. They arrived at the Platinum Palace secretly and contacted the Queen directly.
"Do you think you're going to die here?" the Queen asked.
"I just feel a little uneasy. No one can never make a mistake, and I am the same way. Not to mention that the crisis we are facing this time is far beyond all the previous ones."
Although he said so, Zuo Zhen didn't look panicked. Zuo Tang walked into the shadows again after showing his face. His duty is to assist and protect Zuo Zhen. He doesn't need to participate too much in these conversations.
.
"But at my age, it doesn't matter whether I die or not. If I really die, I hope my bones can be brought back to Jiuxia." Zuo Zhen said calmly.
"Falling leaves return to their roots?"
The queen remembered the knowledge she had read about Jiuxia in the book, and she mentioned it casually.
"Yes, fallen leaves return to their roots."
Zuo Zhen was very happy that the Queen knew this about Jiuxia, and he continued.
"Before coming here, I thought that we might not get along very happily. After all, these are two completely different countries. So for this reason, I deliberately learned Western language."
"We have been paying attention to the knowledge about Jiuxia, which is what you brought decades ago. It took us such a long time to understand you."
There was a small chat between the two of them.
"According to the schedule, you will land at the Cape of Wrath and arrive at Old Dunling a few days later. At that time, we will have a formal meeting at the Platinum Palace, not like now."
The queen looked at Zuo Zhen, his sudden visit made her a little uneasy.
Most human fears stem from the unknown, and to the queen, Jiuxia is an unknown that is almost equal to a demon. If it were not for the identity of the country builder who contacted them, the queen really does not think that she would be so calm with Zuo Zhen.
conversation.
Zuo Zhen pushed the queen's wheelchair and led her forward in the huge, maze-like platinum palace, answering casually.
"Be careful. If possible, I hope that apart from these few insiders, no more people will know my whereabouts, which is why I made such a sudden visit today." Zuo Zhen laughed.
"Are you also following these regulations when you move forward this time?"
"Almost, after we have done what we should do, we will use antimemes to modify and erase our traces as much as possible, and delete our information until we reach a safe range."
The two were walking in the long corridor, not far behind them, followed by the silent Zuo Tang. In the empty Platinum Palace, without any shadows, his figure looked very abrupt.
"How are Jiuxia's preparations?"
"Ready."
Zuo Zhen continued talking, stopping from time to time, staring at the glorious but indifferent palace, and raised his head to look at the iron whale rolling among the clouds.
"We have stayed at the Cape of Wrath for several months. These months are not a vacation. We have been waiting for the return of Mr. Lorenzo Holmes. During this period, we also learned about the current situation in the Western world and prepared for the future.
Prepare for the upcoming event.”
What few people know is that not long after Lorenzo left for the Silent Sea, Jiuxia's first fleet arrived at the Cape of Raging Waves, and Zuo Zhen was one of them. During this time, he had been staying in that secret ship.
In the military port, they are waiting for the arrival of Jiuxia's follow-up fleet and the return of Lorenzo.
"I have finished reading the information about the Silent Sea. I am grateful to these great seekers. They have not only filled in the history of the West, but also filled in the gaps in our knowledge."
Zuo Zhen admired it.
"Originally, Jiuxia was built by a group of Keepers who left the Sanctuary. They brought with them a large amount of antimemetic technology and tried to rebuild this terrible technology on the edge of the influence of the Unspeakable.
Also thanks to our being on the border and the protection of antimemes, Jiuxia's internal understanding of the truth about the world is much deeper than that of the West."
"So this information about Jinghai is what you expected?"
"To be precise, part of it. I didn't expect the enemy to be so terrifying. In Jiuxia, scholars have always believed that erosion is a phenomenon, just like storm thunder... But this information completely refutes all this. I have sent personnel to bring this information with me.
Go back to Jiuxia."
"A new round of restart is coming, and this time we have terrible enemies. Can you deal with these?" the queen asked.
Zuo Zhen shook his head and said with a wry smile.
"I'm afraid we can't."
"But... this time we join forces, there may be a glimmer of hope.
All the builders of the country, all the forces, our destiny is tied together, turning us into a huge community."
Zuo Zhen said and stopped. He looked at the sky outside the window. Lead-gray clouds covered the sky above Old Dunling. It seemed to be storing up a heavy rain, just waiting to completely pour down and wash the city.
"The emperor understands this crisis, so we are not the only ones who walked out of the Forgotten Great Wall this time."
Zuo Zhen lowered his head and smiled at the queen.
"There is another legion."
…
After months of blockade, the Cape of Wrath military port has finally lifted its blockade. It's not that the matter is over, but that those who were blocked have finally left here.
Armed trains were released one after another. They ran wildly on the railway tracks, steaming thickly, speeding across the desolate plains. There were more trains behind them ready to depart, but only one did not react at all.
There were not many people on guard. Apart from a few soldiers who were cleaning up the mechanism, the only ones left were the conductors and a few strange strangers.
Rhodes was also one of the members. He joined this strange trip as a translator. After many years, his Jiuxia language finally came into use, but he was still not very happy when it came to actual use.
"This is not in compliance with the regulations. Only these soldiers are guarding...and these strangers?"
Arguments sounded in the front. The train driver was a stubborn old guy. He had been responsible for the secret transportation of the Cape of Wrath. Because of his stubbornness, or over-responsibility, there had been no accidents in his transportation operations so far.
But this time it was different. There were very few guards on the train this time. Once attacked, these soldiers had no ability to resist. He didn't know what the goods were being transported, but he was very unhappy with such defensive measures.
"Do you want me to communicate?"
The man on the seat asked, and Rhodes looked over. He was a young foreigner, from Jiuxia to be precise, wearing armor and carrying weapons.
What made Rhodes a little disappointed was that he spoke standard Western English. No one knew how much preparation these Jiuxia people had done before leaving Jiuxia.
"No, they will solve it."
Rhodes responded.
The man said no more, looked out the window, and remained silent, which made Rhodes very uncomfortable.
These guys who call themselves anonymous all seem to be like this, expressionless and silent. If you couldn't hear their breathing, you would wonder if there is a cold machine under their skin.
But fortunately, not all Anonymous people are like this, otherwise Rhodes would almost think that all Jiuxia people are like this, and the imaginary country in his mind would collapse.
"Don't worry, he's always been like this. In fact, this guy is quite enthusiastic."
A cheerful voice sounded, and her Western language was not very standard. Others sounded a little labored, like you were eating while talking.
Rhodes could understand it all, so his main translation duties were devoted to this guy.
It was a girl who looked very similar to this indifferent man. The two seemed to be brother and sister. She was also wearing armor, but it was obviously much thinner than the man's. There was a strange-looking firearm beside her.
"Are you our translator?" the girl said again in Jiuxia dialect.
Rhodes was stunned for a moment, and then replied in Jiuxia language.
"Yes."
The girl laughed. She was very active. In her anonymity, she was like a live fish jumping into a pond of dead fish. Judging from the man's expression, the girl's overactivity caused him a lot of trouble.
"This is Shao Liangye, and I am Saoliang Xi."
As he spoke, Sao Liangxi introduced her and the silent man on the side. Shao Liangye's face was not very good, and he looked helpless.
Rhodes was a little confused and dryly said his name, "Rod Irwin"
"Hello, Rod!"
Sa Liangxi said happily, the other Jiuxia people looked like they were going to come here to die, but she was the only one who seemed to be traveling with public funds.
This slightly excessive enthusiasm made Rhodes feel a little uncomfortable, and he answered stiffly.
"Hello, Sa Liangxi."
At this time, the carriage shook slightly and a loud whistle sounded. It seemed that the stubborn driver was finally persuaded. The armed train started slowly and rushed along the railway track to Old Dunling.
Dust flew between the steel, and the shaking spread to the cargo box at the rear. In the darkness, one steel body after another was silent. This was somewhat like the Original Sin Armor, but it was somewhat different from the Original Sin Armor.
They don't have any exaggerated shapes. They look a little simple on the outside, but underneath their simplicity, they can bring severe pressure to people, just like towering rocks.
The metal collided slightly while shaking, playing cold music, and such performers were being pulled towards Old Dunling by armed trains.
That's why these armed trains don't need soldiers, they transport a legion.