Volume 1: The Human Cage Repairs the North City Chapter 4: The God Makes the Cage and Falls into a Mystery
Cheng Liang opened his eyes and saw an unfamiliar gray ceiling.
"You're awake. ”
A calm-sounding male voice came into Cheng Liang's ears.
Lying down, he hurriedly wanted to get up when he heard the voice, but he felt that his head was slightly swollen, his body was sore, and he almost stumbled back again.
What kind of place is this? Why are you so weak?
He opened his eyes and looked at where he was.
He was now in a huge room the size of a basketball court, with several wooden beds scattered around.
In front of him stood several people, both men and women, all of whom looked to be in their twenties.
Dressed in shabby gray ...... Prison uniforms?
Cheng Liang looked down at his body, yes, it was the same costume.
Is this a prison?
Shocked, memories flowed back in an instant.
Yes, his hope of a journey to another world lasted for a while.
Shortly after he and Suzaku came out of the latrine, they were attacked.
is no longer a soldier of the forbidden army, but a warrior in the city.
Soon after the battle broke out, he was knocked unconscious, and Suzaku, who had just been summoned, was entangled.
I wonder how Suzaku is doing now, and has he been arrested as well?
That's right, books.
He hurriedly turned around and searched the plank bed on which he was lying.
The man standing not far away spoke again: "No need to look for it, no." ”
Cheng Liang felt that he must have been imprisoned in the prison of the Northern Kingdom, and he couldn't find it for a while, so he asked the prisoners: "Have you seen a book?
Faced with a series of questions, the other party shook his head.
"You're alone, and you don't have any books. ”
"Well, alright. Cheng Liang nodded dejectedly, too, if it was a prison, how could he let himself bring the book in.
But at least Suzaku wasn't caught, I hope she's okay, she's the first divine beast she summoned, and in the blink of an eye, it's separated between humans and beasts.
"The book you're looking for is your golden finger, right?"
"Yes...... Huh?"
Wait, what did the prisoner say? Did he hear me right?
He said Goldfinger?
Looking at the dumbfounded Cheng Liang, the man showed a gentle smile and continued: "Don't panic, my name is Gao Ling. ”
He stepped forward and held out a hand.
"We are all time-travelers from the earth. ”
"Wear ...... Traverser?"
......
After a brief exchange with Gao Ling and other detainees, Cheng Liang had a general understanding of his current situation.
This is indeed the prison of the Xiubei Empire, but this place is only for these so-called traversers.
That's right, the dozen or so people in this prison are all from Cheng Liang's previous world, and even from the same country.
A different world version of a foreign land.
They are now sitting on the floor, in a circle, talking to each other.
It is said that this is their daily pastime, and they can usually sit together and chat and tell stories, and even play some games that existed in that world before, such as werewolf killing, who is undercover.
Of course, the core of today is Cheng Liang.
Cheng Liang asked, "So you've all seen God, and they've all given you a goldfinger prop?"
Everyone nodded.
"God gave me a necklace, and I took it with me, and my cultivation speed was ten times faster than that of others. ”
"God gave me a hat, and with it, I could manipulate steel. ”
"God gave me a knife with peerless exercises that have been passed down for thousands of years......"
Strange and all-encompassing.
If in other stories, everyone here is the protagonist of the game.
But now, they are all prisoners.
Three years ago, the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom of Xiu, that summoning array not only summoned him Cheng Liang, but summoned more than a dozen divine envoys before and after, Cheng Liang was just the last of them.
As for the emperor who went to great lengths to summon a dozen of them from another world, and after they learned to use the golden finger, he immediately arrested them and locked them up here, but no one knew why.
But there is one thing that makes Cheng Liang different, that is, he has been outside for three whole years.
"You said you stayed for three years before Goldfinger could be used?"
Except for Cheng Liang, everyone else looked at each other in surprise.
The girl named Ji Min, who looked the youngest and had short black hair, said: "We have only been here for a few days, and we were even arrested on the same day, you have stayed for so long?"
Saying that, she looked a little excited and leaned over to Cheng Liang's side, "Then you must know more about this place than we do, tell me about it!"
From understanding the current situation to describing the country, Cheng Liang was stunned for a while.
This prison has only a few small windows for rats to enter and exit, providing sporadic light. Dark, damp, oppressive, and filled the place.
After living here for three years, the inexplicably captured traversers are haggard, like wilted cucumbers, and languishing.
Except for a few people like Ji Min, who can still retain limited vitality, most people even give up this discussion, choosing to curl up in the corner, or lie on the bed in a depressed state.
Yes, now that I think about it, this Xiubei Empire, like here, is like a prison.
The Xiubei Empire now has only one city, Xiubei City, where they are located, because this is a city completely surrounded by the natural enemies of the human race, the demon race. The vast territory of the Northern Kingdom was all lost, and there was only such a city left.
But in the past few years, the demon clan has attacked here from the future.
There wasn't even a single soldier standing guard on the towering city wall, and it seemed that the demon clan had never worried about the demon clan coming to destroy him.
The people living in it were strictly forbidden to go out of the city walls, and could only live on the fields in the northern part of the city, and there were only vegetarian foods in the city, not even a little meat, and no animals were seen......
Isolated and self-sufficient, yet eerie.
Cheng Liang once thought that Xiubeiguo had already surrendered, but he was denied by everyone.
Xiubei did not surrender, they still held on to the last city, this is the cognition of all the people of Cheng Liang.
When he first came to this country, Cheng Liang also thought about walking out of the city wall and taking a look.
But the imperial court did not allow it, he himself had no cultivation talent, he was just an ordinary person, and it was impossible for him to climb over the wall with his bare hands, so he gave up this plan.
The character of being at ease with what he encounters makes him simply enjoy the glory and wealth every day in the mansion.
Anyway, I can't get out, and I don't have any ability, why do you want to do so much?
But now look at it, isn't this whole so-called kingdom, the so-called city, just a cage?
The so-called emperor is more like a warden.
And they are a cage within a cage.
After listening to Cheng Liang's narration, Gao Ling and the others looked even more depressed, they had also noticed the strangeness of this country, but it was the first time that Cheng Liang told him in such detail.
"Okay, I heard that you have also eaten vegetarian food outside for three years, so I am much more balanced, and the co-author is really a monk......"
Hearing Ji Min's muttering next to him, Cheng Liang couldn't help but wonder, in this case, this little girl is thinking out of the way enough.
The conversation continued, "The god must have forgotten about us a long time ago. ”
"yes...... It's been so long. ”
Cheng Liang couldn't help but be agitated when he heard this.
No, he just talked to God a while ago! God also helped him to forbid him.
Thinking of being hunted down and killed before, Cheng Liang asked, "When you are in danger, don't you have any gods or the like to help you?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at him with puzzled expressions.