"Please stop, please stop the car in front!"

A few dozen meters away from the ladder, a swarm of patrol troops surrounded the armored cars, and the soldiers at the inspection office came running with a man in a suit and leather shoes.

"I'm sorry to bother, but just now we received a message from Lord Bai, saying that there are rebels who intend to infiltrate Nobel and be detrimental to the Academy of Sciences...... Of course I, I, I didn't mean to say that you are a rebel. It seemed that he was deeply jealous of the elemental battle in Hengxie's hands, and the soldier pursed his lips uncomfortably.

Seeing this, the man in a straight suit and a gentleman's cane pushed him away and took his place, and said sharply. "In the past, a small group of rebel forces openly opposed the Academy of Sciences and the Elders, and even used their personal weapons to injure our soldiers. Because of its very bad behavior, we must thoroughly investigate it in line with the principle that no one should be spared. ”

"I've never heard of the Executive's statement that the Administrator has a downward delivery task, so I'll be honest about the origin of the Elemental Staff in your hand and cooperate with the inspection of getting out of the car! If you are innocent, we will never wronged anyone! ”

Everyone in the car subconsciously glanced at each other, and in the imminent atmosphere, Hengxie still looked light.

"If it's a secret mission, how could I have told you people. …… That's it, if you want to check, check it. Hengxie turned off the internal combustion engine and parked the vehicle on the side of the road. Please get some as soon as possible, we are in a hurry. ”

"Let's go." He glanced back at the people in the car, took a deep breath and opened the door and walked down. After her, Xi Hanting and No. 1 disguised as a burn patient, the layers of tightly wrapped gauze and the oozing unidentified green liquid well concealed the cold hard metal that he was too recognizable.

The soldiers checked the passes again and searched the four people up and down. In view of the fact that Hengxie's identity is not yet clear, they still dare not completely turn against him, after all, the name of "Luoshui" now symbolizes almost everything in Nobel, so they just accompanied the smiling face to search hastily. After finding no prohibited items and no special status, his eyes were set on the modified armored car of the man who sold the ticket.

"Is there anyone else in the car? Open the door! ”

Heng Xie said: "I have already said before, but the experimental subjects asked for 'above' are mostly black people and are not threatening. ”

"Open the door!"

Under the helpless gaze of the four people, Xi Hanting stepped forward and opened the trunk on one side. With a strange and indescribable smell, four people in heavy isolation suits who were tied up sturdily came into view.

The inspecting soldier frowned.

"All black?" He took the butt of his rifle and rummaged through the large trunk attached to the back seat, and took a step back with a look of disgust.

"There's an old mechanic and an infected man who has just been caught for experimentation, and the other two are all black." Xi Hanting said this, if it wasn't for the fact that the situation didn't allow it, Qiu Xuan would have been made to laugh on the spot by the slight angry grinding of his teeth in the mouth of the old man who was also tightly wrapped around him.

"......" the soldiers looked at each other. Drag it out and take a look! The man in the suit shouted.

Qiu Xuan was carried by Xi Hanting and placed on the ground, and there was always a sharp gaze on her closed eyelids that seemed to be able to shoot directly into her brain through her eyelashes. She scolded in her heart a little uncomfortably, but she still endured pretending to be unconscious and didn't move.

"What kind of test subjects are they?" The insidious and thin man in the suit who looked unsympathetic squatted down, and unceremoniously poked Qiu Xuan with a gentleman's cane in his hand to turn over pork, if it wasn't for the isolation suit being worn thick enough, Qiu Xuan almost jumped up and punched him on the head.

After enduring it for a while, listening to Xi Hanting's casual explanations such as "The black people who were infected in the aggravation potion were injected with tranquilizers by us to bring them back for follow-up experiments", Qiu Xuan lay on his side on the ground and quietly opened his eyes a thin slit, and then was surprised to find a figure that should not be here and walked straight towards them.

She heard the old man beside her who was being poked and cursed softly, and then the figure drew closer and closer to them under the soldier's suddenly sinking face and the weapon that had been raised.

"Yo, what about going through the security check, this is the privileged passage? What are the identities of the people here? The tall and thin man walked down the long aisle step by step, and the slender voice of a woman sounded deliberately and contrivedly.

"Lord White!" The gentlemen's suits and the soldiers surrounding them put down their movements and saluted solemnly. Bai Hexi waved his hand casually, and after tilting his head to listen to the whispered voice of the male dog leg in the suit for a while, his beautiful eyebrows went up.

"Luo Shui actually gave away all her elemental staffs, just to 'do things' for her subordinates?" The overly delicate man said meaninglessly, "Yo, let me see which little cutie can actually get Luo Shui's favor." ”

"White ...... Mr. Bai. Shuying suddenly stepped forward and blocked Hengxie with the staff. The Elemental Staff is, yes...... It was given to me by the teacher! She was afraid that I wouldn't be able to protect myself outside, so she gave it to me. ”

"Huh?" As if he had heard some funny joke, Bai Hexi raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Shuying. "Oh, I know you, you were young when we last saw you at Norbery, but I didn't expect to grow so big in a blink of an eye. Unexpectedly, Shuying actually gave you all the things of the Wizards Association......"

Meaningfully whispered, his moody gaze lingered on Shuying and Hengxie, who was blocked by her, and finally froze on No. 1, who had been silent.

"A bunch of idiots! Why don't you go and give way to Luoshui's students and right-hand man! Almost in a moment, the corners of Bai Hexi's smiling mouth were pulled down, and his face changed to form a gloomy appearance of mountain rain coming. Delaying the progress of the laboratory, which of you can afford to take this responsibility?! And you...... Who made you think of yourself as smart and nosy? ”

The man in the suit was as cold as a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and his tone was sticky with a white as paper, the man trembled, and his mouth could only tremble, repeating words like "Don't dare anymore, please spare me", and he didn't realize that it was Bai Hexi himself who sent a message to him to stop him at the beginning.

The sharp flying knife penetrated through the body and the gentleman's suit froze in the air, and it took a while for him to slowly fall to the ground with the blood spurting out. His eyes were so wide that he almost lost his appearance, obviously he didn't understand where he offended Bai Hexi until he died.

The remaining soldiers looked down at the ground with their noses and noses in mind, and none of them questioned the cause of their companion's death.

"Alright, alright." The man casually wiped his hands and threw the handkerchief on the corpse's face, and he bent his eyes and laughed a little kindly. "Called...... Shadow sparse, right? Hurry up and take your team in, Luo Shui will be very happy to know that you are back. One, definitely, will. ”

Wen Zhishuying was silent for a while, and came back to his senses under the soft reminder of the Xihan Pavilion beside him. I don't know why the moody man would help them, or if there is a huge trap waiting to be triggered after that, but for now they have only one choice, or rather, they have always had the only option to the end.

"Then ...... I lend you good words. Shuying took one last look at the dead gentleman's suit, and then together with Heng Xie and the others, he carried the "comatose test subjects" into the car and closed the door.

Amid the roar of the steam engine starting, everyone continued to march along the privileged passage that had been reserved in advance. Qiu Xuan took off the head-mounted mask that covered her face, sat up and looked in the rearview mirror.

Bai Hexi still exaggeratedly picked up the smile on the corner of her mouth and watched their car go away, and the weird smile that didn't move for a long time couldn't help but give her goosebumps in her arms. And I don't know if it's Qiu Xuan's hallucination, she vaguely saw Bai Hexi's gaze meet her in the rearview mirror for a second, and then the arc of the smile was pulled up a little bigger.

“……”

"Do they want us to go to Nobel, or don't they want to?"

"Who knows?" Xi Hanting also sat in the back seat and shrugged at her with the old man's vengeful glare, "But I'll know soon, personally, 'know' it once." ”

Seeing the huge mecha figure passing by under the ladder, the desolate and decaying scene flew behind them, and the last security gate opened to them. At this point, the group finally embarked on the final journey to Norbeli.

The long staircase with no end in sight is made of unknown materials, and the colorful spots cast by the light and shadow are reflected on it, and the ingenious forging technology makes the bridge deck completely defy the principles of physics and suspend and wind upwards. And their armored steam car drove on this galactic streamer, and for a moment the combination of cold technology and pure romance reached the highest place.

Looking down from here, the slums' broadly black-robed outcasts searched for another target, but it was clear that this time the magician was a little tricky, and the chaotic blood and brilliant elements intertwined to play an ode to the desperate wail before dawn. A mechanic who had been caught forging a pass was seized by the soldiers, and she pulled out her weapon to struggle, but gradually lost her strength in the vicious blows of one stick after another, and the stick stained with blood and white brain slurry naturally drooped, and the red and white liquid still fell on the loess.

And they marched in the sky, condescending to see the tragedy of the world.

Starting from that huge mecha as a dividing line, the higher it goes, the more it deviates from the chaotic world. People here are immersed in romantic and beautiful dreams, and have long forgotten or deliberately kept silent about the miserable world outside the dream.

Nobelis ...... O Nobeley. The word was chewed and held on the tip of Qiu Xuan's tongue, her throat rolled, and finally she looked at the truth below, reached out and closed the car window and stopped looking around.

"When we get there, we can go back to the mercenary headquarters first." Seeing this, Qin Jiuyuan took off the isolation gown he was wearing, leaned against the car window with one hand and said. "It can be said that once you step into the land of the main city, you have become within the sight of the Academy of Sciences, and you can't escape their eyes with every move. The Mercenary Headquarters is one of the few places that is still in the gray area, at least it is safe enough to be careful not to be watched. ”

“…… I may have to go to the teacher first," Shuying shook her head slightly, "I can't wait that long, and if this matter is not resolved, I will not be at peace for a day." ”

Then Hengxie stepped forward: "I ......"

"Forget it, I don't need to explain." Shu Ying looked at him calmly, "I've heard that the teacher had a genius student before, if it weren't for the fact that the person had already traveled alone when I was apprenticing, we might have met earlier than now." I've always wanted to meet him, but I didn't expect the person I've been thinking about so hard to be so close, but Hengxie, I'm serious. ”

Shuying looked up and called his name earnestly. "Since the teacher trusted you so much to give you all her elemental staffs, did you just turn your back on her, the Academy of Sciences, and the so-called 'human co-evolution goal'?"

Heng Xie was silent and did not answer, but No. 1, who had been serving as a background board, said coldly, "What is really difficult is not what path you choose, but the courage to keep going." ”

Qiu Xuan: "Appeared, with a philosopher?" ”

Number One ignored him, looked at Shuying and said to himself. "One day you will understand that the choice of camp is never a problem at all, what matters is how you will go forward and how you will ...... Be the last winner. ”

"You ......"

"Hey, hey, brother, don't keep instilling this kind of thinking in other girls." Xi Hanting, who had been watching the play, rolled his eyes unbearably, "People talk about love well, your behavior is the pursuit of love, but to put it bluntly, it is the behavior of the little three, isn't it okay for us not to do this kind of thing?" ”

"Here we are." Qiu Xuan pushed her, interrupting the undercurrent in the car.

The group closed their mouths for a moment and looked out. The slope of the vehicle was now almost level, and at the end of the ladder, the personnel who were also wearing hazmat suits confirmed the pass, and then respectfully escorted them to the edge of the inner city, where it was truly levitating.

The modified car rumbled past, and Qiu Xuan leaned on the window to look out.

It should be said that it is a utopia of real existence in the first place in the hearts of the people, and the situation of the whole city of Nobeli is more than one or two times better than that of the previous town. The plague has disappeared here, flowers, grasses, fish and insects are still thriving, and the inhabitants of the main city have their own system, and the streets are even full of shouting and selling.

Only now did she understand why someone would risk their lives to come to Norbery. Indeed, for those who have experienced hardship and cannibalism, such a city is as attractive as a moth to a fire.

Knowing that there must be some earth-shattering conspiracy hidden behind it, knowing that the main city is simply not as harmless and innocent as it appears, knowing what plan the Academy of Sciences is currently implementing against black people. But compared to his own safety in the moment, everything is not so important.

"I'll have to go back to the mercenary headquarters to get something." Suddenly, Qin Jiuyuan said, "You can either go with me to get it now, or go directly to the Academy of Sciences, but I don't think the latter is of much significance." ”

"I'll go with you." Qiu Xuan said.

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