Chapter 182: Tokens and Offerings
As night fell, the hustle and bustle of the nations gradually fell silent, and as if they were ordinary cities, people returned to their dwellings and began their night life. Qian Yunyue and the others also bought some food and came to their new residence in the west of the city.
"Xianggong, do you think this place is really the legendary Sanctuary?" Jade Ling looked around at everything in the house, although it was just an ordinary cabin, it was simply furnished, not so much prepared as if someone had lived in it.
"I don't know, but I always feel like something isn't right." Qian Yunyue frowned, he reached out and touched the wooden table, there was no dust at all, it was incredible, could it be that there were still people who couldn't clean this kind of idle hut on weekdays. "You rest first, I'll keep guard."
"Xianggong, then let's take turns keeping vigil tonight." Yu Ling also felt that this place was full of strangeness, and it was better to be careful.
At this time, in a small forest hundreds of miles away from the city, there were several dark shadows meeting secretly.
"What about the qualifications of the two newcomers?"
"It's not bad, it should work for us." If Qianyunyue was here, she would be surprised, because the person who spoke was the summons who provided them with information during the day, "But there is a strange thing, the guards only gave them tokens, and did not inform them to report to the Holy Plenum, could it be ......"
"What? Have they already been chosen as sacrifices? This is not good, go back to the city at once to find out the situation, and if that is the case, bring them out, and we will meet you outside the city. ”
"Understood, I'll go over now." You Zhaolu nodded, and disappeared with a flash.
Qianyunyue had nothing to do, so he took out the token given by the guard and studied it, although he told them that this was a sign of the race, but he didn't find any patterns that could represent the human race, the front of the token was engraved with the words "Wanguo", and the back was the pattern of a tree, the whole brand showed an almost purple red, and if you looked closely, there seemed to be a faint aura radiating outward.
After studying for a long time, he didn't find any clues, so Qian Yunyue was about to put the token away, when she suddenly felt a few breaths come to the door of the house and knocked on their door.
"For daily patrols, please show your tokens." Qian Yunyue opened the door, and several people wearing the same costumes as the security team during the day stood at the door,
Now for your daily rounds? Qian Yunyue looked up and looked around, it was already midnight at this time, and almost all the residences were blinded by black lights, fortunately, there was still a bright moon in the sky, otherwise nothing could be seen. Qian Yunyue took out the token and handed it to the leading captain, "Please wait a few adults, Uchiko has fallen asleep, I'll wake her up." ”
"Hurry up." The captain of the security team seemed to be very impatient, probably because he had to come to the mission in the middle of the night, and kept yawning, looking very tired. He took the token and took it in his hand to look at it, his face suddenly changed, and then returned to his original state, Qian Yunyue just turned around and didn't see his expression change.
Yu Ling was actually awakened just now, and she saw the captain's expression, so she glanced at Qian Yunyue, and Qian Yunyue immediately understood, but still pretended not to know anything, took Yu Ling's token and turned around and handed it to the security captain.
The security captain took the two tokens in his hand and looked at them, then looked up at the two of them, and suddenly waved his hand, and several team members stepped forward to surround them, "Something is wrong with your tokens, come with us." ”
"Excuse me, my lord, is there anything wrong with the token? We are newcomers who have just arrived today, and we have already registered with the Holy Plenum. Qian Yunyue asked pretending to be a little flustered.
"Why are you asking so much nonsense, it is your obligation to cooperate with the investigation, just follow us." The security captain glared at Qian Yunyue dissatisfied, "Do you want to disobey the Holy Plenum?" ”
"Of course we didn't mean that." Qian Yunyue shook her head helplessly, there are six people on the other side plus the captain, and their strength is stronger than the two of them, it's a bit difficult to do, do you want to resist or follow to see the situation first.
"Let's go, then." One of the team members raised the spear in his hand and pointed out the door, "Don't act rashly, you don't want to suffer." ”
Qian Yunyue and Yu Ling glanced at each other, and it seemed that they could only act at the opportunity. So the two walked out of the hut one after the other, and at this moment, a masked man in black suddenly jumped out of the sky, lifted the two and flew out.
"Who?!" The vigilante captain was shocked, "Chase! Don't let them run! ”
Qian Yunyue and the two didn't know what was going on, but the power of the man in black was very strong, and they had no power to resist, so they could only let the other party grab and rush out of the city.
"Hide the breath." The man in black spoke.
"Brother You?" Qian Yunyue heard his voice.
"That's right, it's me." The man in black led the two into an alley, then quietly opened the door of a nearby hut and motioned for them to hurry in.
Qian Yunyue frowned, but still entered the hut with the jade spirit, they seemed to have been involved in trouble, although they didn't know what the purpose of the tour was to help them.
You Zhaolu also dodged into the hut, and then came to the bed, I don't know where and how to fiddle with it, and a secret passage appeared under the bed, "Hurry up and go." ”
"Brother You, what the hell is going on?" Qian Yunyue decided to ask first, in case the matter was not so serious, if they escaped, they might become wanted criminals in all countries.
"Okay, isn't your token fuchsia?" You Zhaolu had to pull off the mask, and then took out a few tokens from his arms and put them on the table.
"Is there anything wrong?" According to what happened just now, Qian Yunyue was also sure that there was a problem with the token, but she didn't understand the reason.
"You see, this green token is the most common, and then the higher ranks are pale red and dark red." You Zhaolu picked up one of the tokens, "And this one is purple red like yours, and whoever obtains this token will be a living sacrifice to the Tree of Eternal Life." ”
"A living sacrifice?" Qian Yunyue was taken aback, he took out his token, did it mean that? No wonder the vigilante suddenly changed his face when he saw their token.
"The guard at the door must have noticed when he handed you out the tokens, so he didn't let you register with the Holy Plenum, probably planning to arrest you when you didn't find a place to live at night and were still wandering the streets." "This token is made from the branches of the Tree of Eternal Life, and it changes into different colors depending on the holder, and the more special the power, the darker the color. Why do you think that the Tree of Eternal Life has been so full of life after countless years, because it was bought with the lives of countless sacrifices. ”
"Why should we trust you?" Yu Ling opened his mouth and said, all this sounds too unbelievable, what if it is just a conspiracy made up by You Zhaolu to deceive them and want to pull them into the gang?
"Of course, I don't have any other evidence to prove that everything I said is true, it's all up to you to judge, if you don't believe me, you can go back to the security team, but I won't rescue you again, with your current strength, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to escape by yourself at that time."
Qian Yunyue looked at You Zhaolu with a complicated expression, and picked up a token on the table and took a closer look, if what You Zhaolu said was all true, then they would be sheep in the mouth of the tiger when they went back, in fact, maybe from the moment they fled just now, there was no way out. "Then Brother You, I have one more question, why did you save us?"
"Well, I'm a member of the underground rebellion, and in short, I want to bring you into the gang and fight against the Holy Plenum and the people behind them." The Summons Road is a direct indication of identity and intent.
"I see, what if we don't agree? Will you kill us? Qian Yunyue put down the token in her hand, took a step back, and stood with Yu Ling.
"Not really, you already know my secrets, but I have a way to make you lose this memory, just leave you behind, and soon you will be captured by the vigilantes and sacrificed to the Tree of Eternal Life. With your strength, there is no way to escape from the nations, and the city's barrier is so strong that there is no way to break it. You Zhaolu shook his head, "I just think it's a pity, your qualifications are quite good, it has exceeded my imagination, I initially thought you were only light red level, but I didn't expect it to be purple, but now you can't do anything but tie your hands." ”
Qian Yunyue was silent for a moment, what You Zhaolu said was right, even if they still had all kinds of modern weapons on their bodies, they were useless in the face of the overwhelming power gap. With the unfriendly attitude of the security team towards them just now, it can probably be deduced that it will definitely not be a good thing, and it is probably a dead end to go back, so it is better to follow the Youzhao Road to escape first, and then make the next step.
"Is it decided? The pursuers are probably coming soon. You Zhaolu put away the token on the table, then walked to the window and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside.
"Okay, let's go with you." Qian Yunyue glanced at Yu Ling, and Yu Ling also nodded, as long as it was Qian Yunyue's decision, she would obey it.
"Then hurry up." You Zhaolu pointed to the dark passage under the bed. So Qian Yunyue pulled the jade spirit into the dark passage, and You Zhaolu also followed in and closed the secret passage, and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.