A girl who was embarrassed but did not lose her light in the slightest pulled a tall and thin young man towards them, and behind them, the old man stood with his arms crossed, still looking familiar and impatient.

"We've been waiting here for two days now." After comparing the situation with each other and confirming the safety, Shuying sighed. "My communicator and the mechanical bird that contacted the teacher were swept away in the tide, and now the Norberi guards don't give us a message...... Looks like we'll have to find another way. ”

Xi Hanting pulled his hand back and took out four chip cards from his backpack. "We have the passes they gave us, but only four of us."

"Who is this......?"

"Hi, hello sister, I am our Xuanxuan's guardian." Xi Hanting laughed and patted her on the shoulder.

Qiu Xuan: ......

The other guardian of some kind gave her a heavy look and reached out to take the four passes. "It's not Ji Da, now there are seven people and four passes." Qin Jiuyuan said in a deep voice, "The remaining three will either stay or find a way to blend in." ”

"Or do we ...... Decide on the four people who will get the certificate first? "Sparse Shadow proposed.

"Yes."

"I've got to go to the main city, we've agreed before." No. 1 took the lead and said hard.

The three of them, who didn't know the truth, saw him subconsciously take a step back and spontaneously draw their weapons and assume a defensive posture. No. 1 was stunned, and after standing still, he kept a safe distance and looked at the direction of the shadows here, and his eyes were full of endless complex emotions that had been hidden in the ice and snow for a hundred years.

Shuying suddenly withdrew her gesture to summon the elements, and she looked at Hui Yi in a daze, and then looked back at Hengxie. After being silent for a while, he asked Qiu Xuan: "What's the matter with him?" ”

Already tired of explaining along the way, Qiu Xuan gently poked Xi Hanting with her elbow and motioned for her to speak. The latter shrugged helplessly, roughly repeating the words about the prophet and the academy of sciences with the three of them, and in the surprised and incredulous gaze of the old man, he also stepped forward and took another pass.

"I don't care, I'm definitely going to enter the main city anyway, I'm here for this. Whoever has any objections can come and 'reason' with me personally. ”

She couldn't get enough of speaking lightly, and suddenly pulled out the bone whip in her body that she didn't know where to hide, and the appearance of kindness and friendliness completely faded from her ordinary barely delicate facial features, and her gorgeous and dazzling eyes stared at the crowd with burning eyes.

“…… Please give me one too. "Shuying came back to her senses from the stalemate, and the girl's face was obviously confused and hesitant, but in the end it was completely replaced by firmness." I will personally confirm the truth with the Academy of Sciences and with the teachers. If the truth is as you say, if it is...... I will continue to strengthen my heart! ”

"I think the same thing." Heng Xie stood beside Shuying, "Please give me one too, and I'll accompany Shuying." ”

Qiu Xuan sighed.

"Since you've already divided it yourself, why do you still have to discuss it in a fake way?" The old man snorted and withdrew the machine gun pinned to the holster, "Forget it, whatever you want, help me say hello to Luo Shui after you go in." ”

The short and thin man who lived like a scalper in the last days was excluded from the crowd and waited and waited, and when he saw that they finally had a tendency to stop, he hurriedly saw the stitches and said, "Have you discussed it, bosses?" Book your tickets now and we'll be able to leave right away, otherwise you'll have to compete for places with displaced people from all over the world if you walk. ”

"Wait, wait a minute." Before Xi Hanting drew a knife to drive people away, Qiu Xuan stopped her and looked at the man who sold tickets. "You said you had a car?"

“…… Uh, right? ”

Qiu Xuan and the old man glanced at each other, and in the latter's impatient muttering, "Lao Tzu won't go crazy with you", she shook her head and smiled softly.

……

Outer city of Nobeli, séan slum.

The shabby and dead streets were cold, and a few filthy, thin, hungry people huddled in black robes in the shadows at the foot of the walls, their gloomy and numb eyes peering through strands of greasy, knotted hair at the armored steam wagons that were out of place in the decayed neighborhoods.

Suddenly, just as the vehicle was about to cross the corner, a withered and emaciated figure rushed towards it at a speed that no one expected, and stopped straight in front of the steam-modified armored vehicle.

With a screeching braking, the wheels dragged a few trails through the potholed mud. The skinny man in the car cursed, poked his head out the window and yelled at the scruffy homeless man.

The beggar-like man stood in front of the car in a daze, his withered arm palm stretched up to the window, "Give me something to eat." A hoarse and rough voice said.

Shuying sat in the passenger seat and couldn't bear it, but most of their supplies had already been lost in the endless tide of the Wei River, and everyone present was hungry for several days. "I'm sorry......" Shuying shook her head at the man with some apologies, indicating that there was nothing they could do. The wanderer's indescribable gaze looked at them heavily, and after a moment he seemed to have given up on completely shifting his gaze. And just as he was about to turn away, a voice stopped him.

"Give." An arm stretched out and handed over a packet of pastries that had been carefully wrapped in oiled paper by Meng Chong. "This is our last surplus food, I hope you don't mind."

The indescribable gaze stared at him for a moment, and without saying thank you or saying goodbye, the man in the tattered black robe took the bag of pastries and turned into the shadows of the dark alley.

"What kind of person...... "The ticket seller who drove the car spat out, then turned his head and smiled at the person in the back seat who was wrapped tightly all over his body with some flattery, "You are really kind, there are few people like you in this world these days." ”

Wearing a heavy isolation suit, Qiu Xuan was noncommittal about this, and just said coldly: "Have you watched "Human Skin Inn"? ”

“…… Yes? ”

Amid the sound of laughter and the confusion of most people, the steam car slowly drove down the dilapidated path. What the people in the car didn't see was that shortly after they passed, another well-equipped car was stopped by the same refugees.

The richly dressed mechanic snorted impatiently and tried to close the window, shouting words such as "Filthy stuff, get out of here!" The thin and almost out of appearance stood silently outside the car window and slapped him, his chapped lips opened slightly, and he said something silently.

And the next moment, a dense crowd of people in black robes poured out of nowhere in an instant, and surrounded the vehicle. They held sticks, knives and other instruments in their hands and smashed them against the solid hull, and the ant nest crossed the border to devour and decompose the steel giant elephant. Amid the screams of the mechanic and his companions, they were dragged out of the car by countless withered arms, and the counter-attacking machine in their hands only worked for a second, and then they were brutally seized for themselves.

The screams grew weaker and weaker, and finally there was a muffled sound of a slurry bursting, and no sound was heard at all. Refugees in wide black robes swarmed to scavenge the belongings of the two men, dismantled the parts of the car, and poured back into the dark corner.

The decayed streets were once again deserted and silent, and it was as if nothing had happened if it weren't for the undissipated smell of blood in the air.

And at the last checkpoint in the outer city of Nobeli, outside the security checkpoints guarded by layers, the armored steam cars of Shuying and others lined up behind a long line, moving at an extremely slow turtle speed.

After going through several people who had been violently evicted either for prohibited items or for counterfeit passes, they finally made their way from the end of the long line to the point where they could see the layers of inspections.

The security process in the main city was much stricter than in any of the towns they traveled to, not to mention the layers of checkpoints. Rows of soldiers in protective suits patrolled back and forth with rifles, and under the last staircase leading to the suspended city, they could faintly see the corners of the huge mecha full of coercion.

In front of them were an elderly couple, whose faces changed for a moment when they showed a pass at the entrance, and then spoke in a tone that was a little respectful.

"Teacher Gu, please come here."

The soldier shouted a loud order to the search team patrolling behind him, and then, on the outer wall not far from the entrance, a small door of small appearance was slowly opened. "Please go this way." The soldier nodded and led the couple towards the small door, which soon vanished, and the door made of special electronic locks was closed again and hidden in the outer wall.

"Mr. and Mrs. Gu Qing." Xi Hanting turned his head and whispered to Qiu Xuan, "The chief executive of the research office of the Academy of Sciences is also subordinate to the Twelve Elders. majoring in scientific research, it is said that the first generation of plague viruses was studied by them extracting Fu Zeu's genes. ”

"Why did they go back to Norbail now, what did they do when they went out of the city before?"

"Spreading the virus of intensification." Xi Hanting was silent for a while and said. "The collective mutation of infected people you encountered before is probably a good thing they did."

Qiu Xuan subconsciously touched the plastic disposable bracelet that Xi Hanting gave her and did not speak again.

"Next."

Here it comes. Everyone in the car looked at each other and slowly marched to the entrance.

"Show your pass." The newly appointed inspection soldier was not as respectful as he had been to Gu Qing and his wife before, and seeing that he was silent for a while and did not respond, he frowned and repeated it impatiently and quickly.

Seeing this, the thin man who was in charge of driving the car and being forcibly pulled onto the thief ship swallowed, took the four passes handed by Shu Ying and handed them carefully, and then spoke with a trembling brow under the soldier's tightly locked brow during the inspection. "Well, I'm not a human head. I was just hired by the bosses to drive the car. ”

"Nothing to do with people, wait outside!" The soldier waved his hand impatiently, and two soldiers with guns came from the left and right, and the pale man was taken out.

The inspection soldier looked through the open window and suddenly asked, "How many of you are there?" ”

"Just four." Heng Xie looked at him innocently, and suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously. "The ones in the back are the test subjects 'above', do you see the girl in the front row? She is a student of Luoshui, and we went out to do things for her this time. ”

"Your Excellency?" Upon hearing the name, the soldier involuntarily gasped and discussed with his companion next to him with a solemn expression. After discussing for a while, he looked at Heng Xie with a calm face, and said sharply: "Your Excellency has never told her what tasks she needs to be carried out, do you know the consequences of impersonating your name, if you can't come up with evidence, you will be punished by Nobeli to the highest degree." ”

Shuying leaned closer and stuck her face out of the car window, "I'm Shuying, Luoshui's student, this should be the best proof." My genes have been entered in the archives, so now I can compare them on the spot! ”

The soldier hesitated, then cooled down again at the whisper of another soldier on the side. "It is impossible to waste time in bringing the inspection equipment from the main city again, and one last warning, if the relevant evidence cannot be presented, we will arrest you according to the Nobeli Supreme Bill of Rights."

“……”

"Is this okay?"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the male magician who was speaking, and Heng Xie indifferently raised the shrinking thing in his hand, and with a flash of white light, an elemental staff with a delicate and complex amount of energy returned to its original size.

"This is the Wizards' Guild...... It's the teacher's elemental staff! Shuying couldn't control her volume at all, and shouted out in disbelief. The Elemental Staff has always been in the custody of the teacher himself, how could this be in your hands?! ”

Heng Xie rarely didn't answer, but his eyes were still looking at the stunned inspection soldiers. "That's enough to prove who we are, can you let us in now?"

Only Qiu Xuan, who was very close, faintly heard a sneer from No. 1 in the corner. But when she followed the prestige again, the tall, thin man who was half-human and half-mechanical still sat up straight with a cold face, and the fleeting disdainful and faintly complicated laughter seemed like her hallucination.

"Yes...... OK. Honor, honorable lord, please come in. In another urging from Hengxie, the soldier stiffened and said in a daze, "Oh no, you don't have to continue the routine inspection, please go this way." ”

The mysterious little door that symbolizes privilege is once again open to them. Heng Xie sat in the driver's seat and drove the car into the long and deep passage behind the door, and just as the long and mysterious ladder was close in front of him, everyone heard the voice of someone behind him.

"That's not right! Lord Bai just summoned me...... Catch them for me! ”

A Guide to Otherworldly Wanderings

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