Text Act II: The Six Paths of Demon Beings_Chapter 73: Escape from the River Basin
Outside the gate of the new prison city in the river basin, the law enforcers Lu Kui and Zhu Qi wore beige long cotton windbreakers, walking on the frozen and hard land, they walked out of the snow and entered the boundary of the new prison, here is a plain, although there is no snowstorm but it is still cold and biting, because the cold wind is raging here all the year round, the strange thing is that the Yanyan Gorge more than four hundred miles away is another scene.
Lu Kui took off the cap on his long trench coat, his long dark yellow hair fell out, his eyes were like a vicious goshawk, he glanced around, and looked at Zhu Li, who was carrying Ximen Cangyue behind him, the two nodded to each other, and then Lu Kui took out the communication jade, and the white light flashed.
"Coming back? Is she still alive? There was a dull voice of questioning from the other side of the messenger jade.
"Well, she's in a coma." Ritsu responded coldly, his face as cold as iron, full of murderous aura.
"Luo Yu has arrived, come back in a moment and be careful." The other party said again.
"Understood." After speaking, Lu Kui quickly hung up the call, glanced back at Zhu Qi, the two looked at each other and nodded, and walked towards the gate of the new prison city.
The central area of the river basin is the new prison area, and the name of the so-called "new prison" is named after the new prison city, which is guarded by many guards, and they are called "domain guards". The hierarchy of the river basin is divided into three categories: domain guards and law enforcers. As two of the law enforcers, the power of the law is only under the thirteen trials, and the prisoners can be disposed of except for the judgment of major incidents.
Finally, Lu Kui and Zhu Qi entered the city with Ximen Cangyue, which also entered the safe range, although the two of them knew that it was difficult to get here from the Demon Realm, but the heart of guarding against people was indispensable, so they were cautious and created a lot of illusions and crises in the snow region to prevent people from following them. But before the two of them walked into the city gate, they didn't notice that three pairs of eyes were staring at them from afar.
It was Rhine, Shangguan Yuanji, and Yan Wei, who were lurking around the new prison city, and they quietly followed Lu Kui and Zhu Wei as soon as they arrived under the city. Shangguan Yuan was crawling on the ground, holding the Shadow Demon in his hand, he saw Zhu Qi carrying Ximen Cangyue, passing through the security check of the city defense, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "No, they are going in, I have to go to save Yue'er now." As he spoke, he impulsively wanted to get up, but Rhine's big hand suddenly pressed him to the ground.
"Wait." Rhine looked coldly at the new prison city. Shangguan Yuanji didn't expect Rhine to have so much strength, he wanted to push him away when Rhine stopped him, but he didn't expect Rhine's hand to press on his back like a mountain, he didn't have the strength to resist!
"Why wait, now he's in front of you! Wouldn't it be even more difficult to save them if they entered the city? Shangguan Yuanji gritted his teeth and said. Rhine stared at the gate of the new prison city nearly a mile away, only to see a group of people come out of the huge gate, as if to greet the two law enforcers, "He's coming......" Rhine muttered, with a subtle tremor in his voice.
Yan Wei lay on the side of Rhine, looking intently at the people who came out of the city, panicked, he was not only worried about Ximen Cangyue, because Dongfang Ziyan was lost and had not been found.
"Who's that?" Shangguan Yuanji looked surprised.
"Demon Emperor, Luo Yu Wei." Rhine said, letting go of the hand that was pressing Shangguan Yuanji, and clenched it, "Damn, why is he here!" ”
Suddenly, a stone hit the back of Yuan Ji's head, Yuan Ji looked back vigilantly, Rhine's whole body muscles were tense, his tiger body was shocked, as long as someone approached him, he would shoot mercilessly, but he was stunned for a moment as soon as he turned around.
"Hey! Come here!! I saw that not far behind them, Dongfang Ziyan was waving to them.
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The Tower of Babel was once the tallest building in the Three Realms and remained so for more than a thousand years, and although this record was later broken by the Peak of the Gods, the reverence and even fear it brought to the people remained unresolved. With the addition of the negative floor of the foundation, the Tower of Babel has a total of eight floors, each of which feels like a small world, but for the watershed felons, this is hell. Arrested on trumped-up charges, Ximen Cangyue was first sent to the first floor of the Tower of Babel, where the offices of the watershed managers and the torture of criminals were interrogated in the first instance.
Ximen Cangyue opened her eyes and saw the miserable white ceiling, she immediately sat up nervously, but found that she was lying on a large bed, this is a large bedroom, the floor-to-ceiling windows next to it are drawn with white curtains, and there is a transparent vase at the head of the bed, which is inserted with fragrant lilies. She was still wearing her own clothes, but there was no one around, when suddenly there was a knock on the mahogany door in front of her, and the door creaked open, and in came a tall man with long ice blue hair, just like herself, and a dinner plate in his hand.
"Father?" Ximen Cangyue looked at the man who came in in surprise, and the familiar smile made her surprise and joy at the same time, it was his father Ximen Zhu.
"Yue'er, are you awake?" Ximen Zhu put the hot porridge on the dinner plate on the bedside table, which is the white porridge that Ximen Cangyue drinks most often, although Ximen Cangyue is from a famous family, she only drinks white rice porridge, because her mother died when she was young, and her father only cooks white porridge, and she has a good relationship with her father.
"Better, huh?" Ximen Zhu sat on the edge of the bed and put the back of his hand on Ximen Cangyue's forehead, "Well, it's not burning anymore." ”
Ximen Cangyue showed a bright smile, and the sunlight filtered through the thin curtains and sprinkled on the wooden floor, "Father, forgive me for saying goodbye before. ”
"It's a blessing that my baby Yue'er can come back." Ximen Zhu hugged his daughter in his arms, "Your mother left early, if I lose you, I will not have the face to see your mother in the future." ”
Although a trace of doubt flashed in Ximen Cangyue's mind, she didn't care, and suddenly Ximen Zhu spoke, "Yue'er, your teacher has passed away." ”
"Huh?" Ximen Cangyue let go of her father, the expression on her face froze, and the white halo flickered outside the curtain.
"After his death, the experimental research was terminated, and only you still know the core secrets of the research, so ......," Ximen Zhu said with some embarrassment.
"Teacher, he ......" Ximen Cangyue was stunned, she felt that the whole world was still when she heard the news, and the sound of rapid breathing resounded in her heart. His teacher is the "Emperor of Machinery" Frey, the king of the field of mechanics, and the student of the "Ghost God Craftsman" Tie Qiusheng, he is an amiable old man, only one student, Ximen Cangyue, is very good to Cangyue, but now that he is dead, she is not sad, but she feels that her heart is suddenly empty, and memories are pouring up like a tide,
"Yue'er, the teacher has studied the machine for a lifetime, and finally designed an earth-shattering large mechanical body, but the teacher doesn't want to tell others about the research plan, there is no secret between our master and apprentice, if the teacher does not complete it in the future, you will complete it for me and send him to His Majesty Emperor Xuan."
"The first machine of the 'Python' is hidden in my basement, but no one knows where the basement is except for the two of us, and the python cannot be developed without the first machine, even if there is a secondary machine, but you have to help me keep it secret, and promise the teacher not to tell this secret for the rest of my life...... The teacher was wrong, I made a large mechanical body to win the war, but this can only bring disaster to the world, as long as each of us puts down the killing weapon in our hands, there will be no war, and peace will come, so ...... Don't tell anyone, including your father, where the first machine is hiding, and destroy him if necessary! ”
"For the mechanic, the machine is the heart, everything can be a machine, everything can be the heart, if people use the machine as a tool, they will be blinded by the killing breath and become a puppet of the Warring States. Machines are our friends, and human beings have made machines with action by collecting little metal particles, which has given them souls, and how can things with souls be tools? ”
Silent tears dripped down, Ximen Cangyue lowered his head, put his right hand on his heart, Ximen Zhu looked at her, Cangyue grabbed the blue spar pendant on his neck, "I'm sorry...... After inheriting the Heart of the Machine Emperor, I can't tell the secret, no one...... Besides, you're not my father at all! As he spoke, Ximen Cangyue said sharply.