Australia.

Surrounded by the sea, Australia is the only country in the world that covers an entire continent, so it is also known as "Australia".

Australia is home to many unique flora, fauna and natural landscapes, and is a multicultural country of immigrants as well as a highly developed capitalist country.

Eastern Australia, home to vast mountains and plateaus, has a unique name – the Great Dividing Range.

The Great Dividing Range, the general name of the mountains and plateaus north of New South Wales in eastern Australia, stretches from the Cape York Peninsula to Victoria, stretching for about 3,000 kilometers, about 160 to 320 kilometers wide, and the highest peak, Mount Cosciusco, is 2,230 meters above sea level.

In the southeastern part of the Great Dividing Range, there is an isolated valley with a strange architectural ensemble of spring and birds singing and flowers.

In the dim stone house, there was an old man kneeling on a futon with his eyes closed.

The old man was black and short, and his wrinkled face could be seen faintly by the faint light of the candle.

The room has no windows, only a rusty iron door, and although the overall space is spacious, it gives people a sense of oppression and restraint, like a prison cell for prisoners.

In front of the old man there was a rosewood table with a black tablecloth on it.

The tablecloth is smooth and faintly shiny, with hollowed-outs at the corners and embroidered with gold edges, and in the center is an embroidery of purple and gold roses.

On the embroidered tablecloth, there is a scroll with a simple texture.

After kneeling for a long time, the old man slowly opened his eyes that had been baptized by the years and seemed to be endless.

After pondering for a while, the old man got up and walked out, and as soon as he reached the iron gate, a colored light lit up behind him.

On the table, the scroll glows with a dazzling seven-colored light.

"Another sword!" the old man's vicissitudes of life flashed in his eyes, and he walked quickly to the table, took out a sharp dagger from his clothes, and slashed it hard in his palm.

Blood flowed from the wound, and the old man hurriedly put his hand on top of the scroll, palm down.

Blood dripped, and the moment it touched the scroll, it magically disappeared.

As drops of blood were devoured, the glow emitted by the scroll began to wane.

After devouring fourteen drops of blood, the scroll seemed to reach saturation and no longer accepted the old man's blood, and the colored light disappeared at this point.

With a snap, the closed scroll opened, and the old man took out a white handkerchief and pressed it against the wound, unfolding the scroll.

As the scroll unfolds, a magnificent ink painting comes into view.

The majestic mountains, the vast sea, and the vertical and horizontal ravines are imposing and magnificent, and in the center of the painting is a cemetery, in which there are sarcophagi of different sizes.

Judging from the layout, the mountains, the sea, the ravines, and the sky surround the sarcophagus cemetery, which is very strange.

At the intersection of the ravines, a small black sword pattern suddenly lit up, and a dazzling black light poured out from the pattern, projecting a light and shadow in the air.

Looking at the light and shadow, the old man looked solemn, and took out a smooth golden bracelet from his clothes.

There is a purple gold rose pattern directly above the bracelet, the old man touches the pattern, the bracelet lights up, and a subtle beam of light shoots out, forming a clear square virtual projection in mid-air.

The black and white checkered background with a light blue translucent border looks sci-fi.

"Venerable Vallo Envoy, the lattice is at your service. With a magnetic voice, a man in a suit and leather shoes gradually appeared in the projection.

The man wears a black-and-white checkered mask that completely obscures the man's face, with a purple-gold rose in the left breast pocket of the black suit.

"Image collection. ”

"The collection is complete. ”

"Information Search. ”

"Search scope, information request. ”

"Unlimited, all. ”

Both the old man and the man spoke standard fluent English, which was concise and to the point, like old friends who had worked together for many years.

"Permission passed, start searching...... Do you need any other services?" the man asked.

The old man thought for a moment and said, "Video call, Lord Johnson Tower." ”

"Waiting to be connected, please ...... later" Wait for the music to play, a brisk and melodic classical music.

After a while, the phone is connected and the video is connected.

The black and white lattices in the picture are separated from the middle to the sides, revealing a spacious and bright office.

But it was only spacious, as the office was chaotic as far as the eye could see.

The desks are littered with papers, the walls are crumbling with oil paintings, popcorn is scattered all over the floor, and there is a fat cat lying on the floor stealing popcorn.

Bang!

There was a loud bang, and a dark shadow appeared in the corner.

As fast as lightning, the black shadow slammed down on the floor and grabbed the fat cat that was stealing food.

"When I finally catch you, I know you're going to steal it, and this time I'll see where you can run. A wicked laugh came from the mouth of the dark shadow.

"Meow, meow......" The fat cat's black eyes were round, his limbs were kicking around, and his cry was miserable.

The black shadow was a white man of about fifty years of age, his burly figure could not be concealed by loose black pajamas, brown socks on one foot, black cotton slippers on the other, and the most striking thing was the large bald head that was exceptionally bright in the light.

"Tower Master. The old man coughed lightly.

Michael paused, looked at the old man, and showed an embarrassed smile: "It's to make the old man." ”

"I haven't seen you for many days, but the tower master's demeanor is still the same. The old man said.

Michael let go of the fat cat with a smile and got up from the floor.

The fat cat was pardoned, and he didn't care about the delicious popcorn, so he ran to the sofa next to him, curled up and shivered.

Michael straightened his wrinkled pajamas: "Let the old man look for me at this time, but what's the matter?"

"Yes, there is another sword to choose the master, the sword of darkness!"

"Dark Sword!" Michael's brow furrowed, "The third one, it's a little bad." ”

"yes, the third one. The old man whispered, "The lattice is searching for information about the Lord of Darkness, and the rest, the Tower Master, will be left to you." ”

Michael nodded solemnly: "Where the duty lies." ”

"That's it, Tower Master, goodbye. ”

"Old, goodbye. ”

The call ends, and the projection disappears.

Glancing at the scroll that had been closed, the old man put away his dagger, opened the iron door and walked out.

With the old man leaving, the stone house fell into darkness.

In the cluttered office, Michael touched his bald head and turned his head to look at the fat cat on the sofa.

Feeling Michael's gaze, the fat cat lowered its head, wagged its tail slightly, and wailed a few times aggrievedly.

"You don't have to give Lao Tzu this set, it's not good! Lafite, who has treasured it for many years, you can kick Lao Tzu with one kick!" Michael licked his lips, a sinister smile appeared on his face, "Since Lao Tzu is not allowed to drink, then Lao Tzu will eat cat meat!"

As if he understood Michael's words, the fat cat, with a pair of black eyes rolling wildly, hair on his whole body standing up, and his limbs slightly bent, jumped up from the sofa and rushed towards the door.

"I still want to run!

"Meow! Meow ......"

For a moment, the office was once again in chaos.

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Jinan, China.

In the warm-colored bedroom, Yichen leaned on the head of the bed, playing with the small iron sword in his hand, and his eyes were complicated.

He was sure that the date with Ai Xue was real, otherwise there wouldn't be what his mother said, but he couldn't tell whether the experience after leaving the tavern was true or false, like an extremely real dream.

What shocked him the most was that the three-inch-long small iron sword in his hand was exactly the same as the black light sword he had seen on the cliff!

After thinking about it for a long time and not having any clue, Yichen shook his head and gave up decisively.

Whether it's true or not, anyway, it's true that he's dating Ai Xue, that's enough.

At this moment, the door opened, and Ai Xue walked in, dressed in a white dress, with her long hair simply tied behind her back, pure and moving.

Yichen's face was happy: "Ai Xue!"

Seeing Yichen on the bed, Ai Xue looked worried, and asked eagerly: "I heard my aunt say that she picked you up from the hospital, what happened?"

"It's fine. Yichen grinned, raised his hands, and moved, "There is no injury at all." ”

Seeing Yichen's appearance of being a dragon and a tiger, Ai Xue was a little relieved.

She wanted to come over when she received a call from Dong Mi'er in the early morning, but she felt that the time was not appropriate, and she knew that Yichen was fine, so she waited until the next day.

Thinking that this guy had left him behind, but he still had to worry about him, Ai Xue was angry and asked, "Say! Where did you run away last night? I'm almost worried to death!"

"This ...... I don't know. Yichen scratched his head, he really didn't know what to say to Ai Xue.

"You didn't kidnap you by someone else! you ran away by yourself, and you told me you didn't know?" Ai Xue was even more angry.

Yichen's face was sneering, there were actually two women who were angry with him in the morning, and they were still the two most important women in their lives, and few people could enjoy this treatment.

"Actually...... Last night...... It's wicked to say. Yichen stammered.

"How evil is it, could it be that you have crossed over?" Ai Xue snorted softly.

"When you say that, I feel a little bit like that. Yichen nodded vigorously.

"Then Tell me where you have traveled to, have you traveled to the age of mythology and obtained a divine sword?" Ai Xue looked at Yichen with a strange gaze.

Yichen raised his head and looked at Ai Xue in a daze.

"What's wrong?" Ai Xue looked down at her clothes, not thinking anything was wrong.

"You're right. Yichen whispered, "I also got a sword." ”

Ai Xue sneered, she wanted to see from Yichen's eyes that it was a joke, but unfortunately it didn't.

Yichen said seriously: "I really got a sword. ”

Ai Xue nodded in agreement: "Then show me your divine sword." ”

Yichen hesitated for a moment, then opened his right hand, revealing the small three-inch-long iron sword.

"This is the Excalibur you brought back from another world?" Ai Xue forced a smile.

"I'll just say...... It's more evil, and said ...... You don't believe it. "Yichen is divided.

"I can't make it up. ”

"What I said is true. ”

"Okay, stop thinking and get some rest. Ai Xue didn't want to entangle with Yichen on this topic.

Looking at the small iron sword in his hand, Yi Chen's eyes were complicated, no wonder Ai Xue didn't believe his words, it was really too unbelievable what he said, if it weren't for this little iron sword, even he wouldn't believe it.

"By the way, did something happen to the tavern last night?" asked Yichen.

He suddenly remembered the strange phenomenon that had occurred in front of the tavern last night, where the people in the street were as motionless as statues...... There are so many shops on both sides of the street, and since the people on the street can't move, the people in the stores must not move either.

"No, what's going on in the tavern?" Ai Xue shook her head.

"If you think about it, isn't there anything unusual going on? like you find that you can't move, or if someone else can't move?" Yichen reminded her.

"I'm sure, there's nothing out of the ordinary. If you really want to say that it is abnormal, it is that you left me and ran away alone. Ai Xue said angrily.

Yichen touched his nose and said in his heart that I don't want to either. If he had known that so many strange things would happen out of the tavern, he wouldn't have gotten out if he had been killed.

"Although there was no accident at the tavern, there was an accident on the street, five cars rear-ended, and one person was killed. Ai Xue said.

"Is it a man?" Yichen recalled the masked man's outfit, "in a black tracksuit?

"You're there! Okay, you're really avoiding me!" Ai Xue was angry, this guy described it in such detail, he must have been at the scene, and he actually lied to her that she didn't know.

Knowing that Ai Xue had misunderstood him, Yichen hurriedly explained the incident carefully from beginning to end.

Among them, he brought over the matter of the Black Light Sword in a few simple words, after all, he just said, Ai Xue obviously didn't believe it.

"Is that wooden sign still there?" After listening to Yichen's words, Ai Xue's eyes became complicated.

She suspected that Yichen had a dream, because except for the wooden cards and notes, everything else was completely unreliable, too fantastical.

"It should have been in that dress yesterday. Yichen said he woke up in the morning to find himself in a pair of pajamas.

"Where's the clothes?" Ai Xue took out a piece of mobile phone from her crossbody bag and threw it to Yichen, "Your mobile phone." ”

"I guess I took the clothes and washed them, and my mother said I was found in the trash can...... Yichen handed Ai Xue the photo of him stuck in the trash can.

"What did you go through last night?" Ai Xue couldn't help but laugh after seeing the photos.

"I wondered too. Yichen looked helpless.

"Could it be a spoof?" Ai Xue guessed, the current VR technology, not to mention the cliff, is that the end of the world can be simulated, and the simulation is very realistic.

"If it's a prank, it's too big. Yichen shook his head and comforted himself, "Just think of it as a dream." ”