Chapter 1107: The Gates of Hell
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"Fresh meat ......"
In the lively stone streets and alleys, all kinds of signboards are hung all over the exterior walls, and the sound of selling comes and goes, making people feel like they are in the middle of a busy city.
Why do you say "as if"? Because the pedestrians in the streets and alleys are all strangely shaped undead. Skeletons, zombies, ghosts, and some unnamed xenomorphic undead.
From time to time, a gust of wind blew, bringing a rancid and unpleasant smell wherever it passed, and even the color was instantly gray, as if there was life being taken away.
Due to the invasion of the Yin Qi of the underworld, it is difficult for the living to survive, so they have moved away a long time ago. But the special environment here has attracted the wisdom of the undead from all over the world. Most of the forsaken under the Longxiang Army also moved to settle in the capital.
Over time, such a city of the dead was formed, and the streets and alleys with the characteristics of the dead also came into being. Most of the buildings in the city were built in the last two years, but under the erosion of the yin wind, it is like two hundred years have passed, with the air of decay and vicissitudes.
Fortunately, modern reinforced concrete structures are resistant to erosion. If it had been a civil structure, these houses would have collapsed long ago.
Although the spirits of the undead who live in it have different forms and strange personalities, they often fight and fight.
At this time, the garrison responsible for maintaining order will come to suppress it, and then stage a police movie.
Compared with other undead, Song Yina is more like a living person except for her pale face and red eyes. She has a beautiful face and an excellent figure, and is known as the face of the capital city.
Song Yina's position is to receive envoys from Xudu, responsible for searching for the wise undead all over the world, first spending money to envelope them, signing a peace agreement, and then inviting them to settle in Xudu after they become familiar with it.
When the end comes, more than 6 billion people in the world have not completed their evolution and have become zombies. There is about a 1 in 10,000 chance of an intelligent undead. Over the years, there are still a large number of zombies that have not been cleared.
In addition, there are many undead who have escaped the control of natural disasters or come back from a natural life.
According to incomplete statistics, the total number of intelligent undead is about more than 100,000. Those who can evolve into intelligent undead are equivalent to heroes among humans, and they can survive until now, and each of them is not weak.
It's just that the spirits of the wise dead are scattered all over the world, and they have little connection with each other, like a plate of scattered sand. But there are a lot of zombies under his control.
After being resurrected by the Lich King, Kel'thugad formed an alliance of villains, and was also responsible for co-opting the remaining intelligent undead and spreading the Scourge to the world.
This trick was used during the time of Naxxramas, and Song Yina was the first to oppose the Scourge. She would rather take refuge in humanity than become a slave to a natural disaster.
In the past two years, she has been running around, stirring up many natural disaster co-optation attempts. The two sides have fought many times, and the natural disaster without numerical superiority is really not Song Yina's opponent.
This time, she brought a group of wise undead to the capital for a field trip.
A city full of undead is indeed attractive to undead spirits whose minds are not distorted.
"But this city is surrounded on all sides by humans, and what if one day they want to destroy us completely?"
The undead are naturally opposed to life. Most of the wise undead that Song Yina came into contact with had the idea that they would rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the ox, and they just wanted to live a small life in their own one-third of an acre, without taking refuge in natural disasters, and without having to travel thousands of miles to the capital.
Song Yina's main job is also to appease the wise undead and turn them from red to yellow.
The wise undead who will come to the capital must be a force that is about to be unable to mix in the original place.
The strength of the zombies is not strong, and they cannot reproduce, and the number is getting smaller and smaller. As long as the number is below the critical value, defeat is not far away.
Song Yina said: "This has to start with the origin of this city. Do you know the gates of hell? ”
The wise undead shook their heads, they were informed, and they didn't know anything outside of their sphere of influence.
"Current research shows that behind the main plane of Earth, there is also a shadow plane that divides life and death. You can understand it as hell. ”
"Normally, the two don't intersect. But the world is not normal these days! There are several places around the world that overlap with the Shadow Plane, known as the Gates of Hell. ”
"Almost every civilization has a legend of hell, and the overlapping planes will form their own mythological gates of hell. And the largest known gate of hell is in Xudu. ”
"And we are the first line of defense guarding this gate of hell. If the living don't want to face the invasion from the Shadow Realm in person, they will not attack us, but will provide all kinds of support. And it's our duty to guard this place and destroy the invaders from the Shadow Realm. ”
The Gates of Hell are not a real one, but rather an area of overlapping planes, and the entire city is within the gates of Hell.
If the existence of the Shadow Plane wants to come over, it must first assimilate the surrounding environment. Otherwise, it will be like a tiger entering a swamp, and most of the forces are fighting against the environment.
The construction of the capital city and the inhabitation of the undead not only means to guard it, but also allows the undead to absorb the yin energy from the shadow plane.
And in the middle of the city, there is a large building that resembles the Crucible of Natural Scourge souls. Well, it's actually a soul furnace, but the human tech tree is different from the natural disaster, and the architectural style is quite different, but the essence is the same.
The Scourge Soul Forge refines the souls of the dead on Earth and powers the Scourge Legion. The Soul Forge of the Soul Furnace is to refine the cold qi that swells from the Shadow Plane, providing energy for the free undead in the city.
"Why should we help the living against beings from the Shadow Plane?" The newcomer asked. In his impression, the visitors to hell and the undead should be the same kind,
Song Yina said disdainfully: "Because the Death Lord of the Shadow Plane was beaten so that he couldn't take care of himself, he couldn't wait to hide in us to avoid the limelight." ”
"If they find you, don't bother with whatever benefits you promise. Because they will treat you as cannon fodder and send you to your death, and the benefits will not be realized at all. ”
The newly arrived wise undead was surprised, "The Shadow Plane has also been invaded? ”
"We have exotic invaders everywhere here, and so do the Shadow Planes." Song Yina explained, "And the invaders over there are all abyss demons, ancient demon gods, and the like, which are more ferocious than the undead. ”
"We're often brought to the Shadow Plane by the Shadowwinds. Previously most were undead, now half are demons. ”
"Okay, there's the town hall in front of you, you can check in. The staff will explain your rights and obligations in detail and guide you to adjust to your new life. ”
As he spoke, the sky was filled with the roar of machinery, and five rotary-wing transport planes slowly landed on the large square in front of the city hall.
A group of human warriors covered in high-end mechs disembarked from the transport plane with bulging marching backpacks on their backs.
Song Yina was surprised: "Why are these people here?" ”