3391. Chapter 3391 Collapse of the Star Vault (17)
Chapter 3391 The collapse of the starry sky (seventeen)
It's night, at least in this city.
The "air coral" pillars that were originally responsible for lighting in the underwater city have become dim, which is perfect for sleeping.
Bailey led everyone and ran into an empty building with about ten floors, and did not stop until they reached the top room.
"Very good... you can observe the outside from here, and it's not easy to see us from the outside." Edmund cast a spell on the window, creating ice cubes like the magic mirror before, and sealed the window.
When you look inside from the outside, you see a mirror that reflects everything; when you look outside from the inside, it looks like glass, and you can see everything outside without any hindrance.
"I'll hide here." Queeg calmed down.
"Here, is there really no one else living here?" Elaine also noticed a little bit when passing by other floors just now. There were no doors in the rooms in the entire building, and there was no one inside.
"I'm sure, brother. I've also visited several buildings nearby, and no one lives in them." Bailey replied: "It seems that the stalkers have a big city that is not commensurate with their population."
Elaine nodded and didn't even question it.
The city was originally intended for Atlanteans to live in, so it was naturally very large. However, as the race of Atlanteans continued to deteriorate, these "Atlanteans", also known as stalkers, no matter they were
Intelligence, civilization, and even population are far inferior to those of the past. This is a primitive civilization-like existence. The population of this group of primitive people is even very small... a rough estimate is about tens of thousands?
"Here, it's the last [water cube]." Bailey handed the Luna Silicone Cube to Elaine. The cube was filled with purified water for daily use: "I managed to save this while taking advantage of the chaos.
Big brother, you should cherish it and use it."
"Thank you, thank you, you are amazing, Bailey." Elaine smiled bitterly and took the silicone block: "I...want to take a shower here?"
"No one is using the rooms in the whole building. You can go to the room next to you to wash up." Bailey smiled and said, "But their house doesn't seem to have a bathroom. I think you have to improvise."
"I'm here to help seal the window." Edmund followed Elaine: "Do you want to make a bathtub out of ice cubes, Your Highness? I seem to have mastered the trick. I should be able to make the same thing as the shackles, and the air conditioning will not escape.
Ice cubes."
"Please, please." Elaine was just anxious to wash off the smell of sweat from her body, lest this stalker transform into someone else and reveal his identity.
"Can you make a bathtub? Then I want to take a bath with my big brother!" Bailey smiled evilly: "Well, how about everyone come and take a bath? While soaking in the bath, discuss the next plan?"
"Qui, Queeg?" Elaine knew that Queeg was unwilling to take a bath, so she asked one more question.
"I won't wash it. You guys do it." Leopard refused as expected... He seemed to mind that the size of his piece was not as good as the others.
Elaine shook her head and was too lazy to invite Queeg. After all, Queeg couldn't move freely in the underwater city like this, so the next plan had nothing to do with him.
A few minutes later, Elaine, who had transformed back into a white lion, soaked in a bathtub made of ice cubes filled with water and breathed a sigh of relief.
Edmund actually made ice cubes that would not lose temperature. In this way, the bathtub made of ice cubes should not melt easily. After all, there is a barrier protecting the surface of the ice cubes.
The windows are also blocked by magic mirrors, so at least you don't have to worry about anyone peeping outside.
The room, which was originally uninhabited and empty, now houses a large and square bathtub, which is enough for five or six people to take a bath together. When Edmund did this, didn't he know what "moderate" was?
?
Forget it. Elaine lay in the bathtub and tried to relax.
"Brother, you...did you just take off the crotch cloth tied to your crotch and wrap it around your neck?" Bailey showed a strange expression.
"Uh, yes? This, this is the holy cloth. It can never be washed, it will never be dirty, and it will never be damaged."
"I know this is a holy cloth, but you just tucked it under it... won't it be contaminated with bacteria or something? And then you tied it around your neck without washing it?"
"This, this is a holy cloth, it won't be stained with bacteria." Elaine said stubbornly: "And, if there are bacteria, the bath water is now full of bacteria from my body."
"Eh-" Bailey stuck out his tongue and climbed into the bathtub.
"Don't worry, I put the disinfectant." Elaine said.
"Hey," Edmund smiled and climbed into the bathtub. At this time, he had released the Stalker's transformation: "Is the water temperature just right?"
"Okay, okay." The white lion boy replied. Although the bath water was contained in a bathtub made of ice cubes, it was not too cold, just a little refreshing. The ice cubes also had a weak cooling effect when they came into contact with the body.
feelings, but they are all acceptable.
"What should we do next, Your Highness?" Edmund asked: "Surely we should go and retrieve our equipment first? I always feel uneasy without equipment."
"But, but, where can I find equipment?"
"I have a rough idea of this, brother." Bailey said, "I followed their team and took a look, and the equipment seemed to have been sent to the home of a certain elder. That elder specializes in investigating outsiders.
, is now also responsible for investigating our equipment."
"You, do you know the way?"
"I know the way. Shall we sneak there at night?"
"But...will it go so smoothly?" Edmund questioned.
"Well...brother, how did you escape from prison?" Bailey asked back.
Elaine then briefly described the escape process.
"Sure enough." The little fox held his chin and thought.
"Sure, really what?"
"It's exactly what I imagined." Bailey explained: "I tried to get information from Xury before and found that he has a very vague concept of crime, deception, robbery and the like. The Stalkers'
The social structure is very primitive, and their lives are self-sufficient with almost no conflict. There is very little crime in their society."
"So, so...?" Elaine couldn't understand what Bailey wanted to express more and more.
"So, these stalkers are very bad at deceiving people, and they are not good at seeing through scams." Bailey concluded: "They did not come to deceive us personally, but asked Xury to do it for them. It shows that they are all lame.
Liar."
Elaine was stunned for a moment. He remembered that the group of stalkers originally wanted to trick Elaine and his party into staying in the house on the outskirts of the city, so as to put Elaine and the others under house arrest for a period of time. Naturally, they found out easily.
.
Elaine and the others were deceived by the little slippery Xury. It was a very wise decision for the stalkers to send Xury to deceive Elaine and the others.
"They may be poor liars, but they are not stupid." Edmund added: "They can use magic to make such ice cubes that will not melt. Their intelligence is higher than I imagined. Your Highness the Prince
You must not take it lightly."
"I, I understand." Elaine nodded. Xuri once said that stalkers would only use some simple ice spells. It was obvious that he was lying. Just that "ice that won't melt"
"The shackles" are definitely not simple. The IQs of the stalkers may be much higher than Elaine imagined. A group of primitive people with high IQs are really scary...
"Assuming that we can successfully retrieve the equipment, what should we do next, big brother?" Bailey asked again: "After we get the equipment, we will come back to meet Uncle Queeg, and then flee directly to the depths of the maze? Stalkers?"
It should be true that we will not pursue him deeper than the seventh floor underground."
"No, let's go back to the surface first." Elaine said, "Yes, their [elevator] must be destroyed so that they cannot easily reach the surface from this underwater city."
Running underground won't help. The deeper into the underground maze of Atlantis, the greater the danger, and it is obvious that there is no place to safely camp and rest. In the end, Elaine and his team will run out of ammunition and food.
, and then died of starvation and exhaustion deep in the maze. It was necessary to recapture the camp on the surface. Most of the supplies were inconvenient to carry, so they were all placed over there in the camp.
"I agree." Edmund also nodded and said: "The camp on the surface must be taken back to let these half-mermaids know that we are not easy to bully. They who have lost the elevator must walk through the maze from one to five floors underground before they can reach the surface."
I very much doubt that there will be any casualties during their long journey. This should allow them to retreat. If they are really willing to send a large force to complete the five-layer maze and risk their lives to hunt us down
...We just play with them."
Elaine vaguely saw the ferocious light in Edmund's eyes when he said these words. Edmund seemed to have already realized that he was going to kill.
Elaine felt very scared and did not take up the topic. Instead, she said: "Also, there is the matter of Zuoli. I, I want to find that kid and ask him face to face."
"And execute him?" Edmund continued.
"No, no!" Elaine said anxiously: "I just want to ask him why he betrayed us. He, he is obviously a victim, and has been under house arrest in the Undersea City for thousands of years by this group of stalkers. Why did he?
Do you still want to help the stalkers?"
"Maybe it has something to do with what the elder said [enlightenment], he was brainwashed." Edmund said coldly: "Maybe that kid just feels that the life here is too comfortable and doesn't want to leave. In any case, he let
His Royal Highness is in such great danger, I don't intend to let him go easily."
"He, he also saved me." Elaine said: "No, without him, I would have fallen into the lava and died when I was on the seventh floor underground."
"We also rescued him, it's just a matter of time and again." Edmund still couldn't let go.
"Really, do you really want to divide everything so clearly? Human relationships are not just about settling accounts..."
The blood lion then stopped talking.
"I don't think Brother Zuoli is a bad person." Bailey interjected: "I believe he must have his own reasons for doing this. Let's find him and ask him about all this, okay?"
"Of course." Elaine nodded: "But, but where can I find him? No, I don't know if he is still at home..."
"He must have been taken to the elders for questioning," Bailey said. "After all, he accompanied us for such a journey. The elders have many things to ask him. If we are lucky, maybe we can be in that elder's home."
Find the imprisoned brother Xuli."
"Ming, I understand." Elaine washed her face: "Well, without further ado, let's go when you're ready. And Edmund... After finding Xury, just catch him and interrogate him, no, don't
Hurt him."
"Okay, Your Highness, I will try to do it." Blood Lion replied. His half-hearted promise made Elaine a little worried.
"Well, about that, big brother?" Bailey took Elaine's hand: "Can you not use that ability to transform? I will use illusion to disguise you as a stalker. This is better.
If you keep using transformation, big brother’s body will be overwhelmed again.”
"Okay, okay." Elaine, who is not wearing glasses now, can't see the scenery in the distance clearly anyway: "No, I can't even see the road clearly without glasses. You have to hold on tight and don't let me go."
Lost."
So Bailey was happy: "Hey, hey, why does the elder brother say that he is like a lost child?"
Elaine then showed a complicated expression. Is he a lost child? Strictly speaking, there is nothing wrong. He seems to have been lost all his life and has never gone right. When will he find the right way "home"?