Even if there are no guards on the street, there will still be people guarding the royal palace.

Shadowcalgar's soldiers, who completely covered their mouths and noses, stood straight in the sandstorm, these elite soldiers were trained by Siris's own hands, and their combat power and willpower were excellent.

Lu Xiao, who turned on the breath blocking and the ghost of the battlefield, passed by the palace guards, and the guards who were engrossed in it failed to find anything abnormal.

"Crunch~"

At this moment, a gorgeously dressed man walked out of the gate of the palace surrounded by a large number of soldiers.

I don't know if it's because I'm afraid of death, this noble hooded man is surrounded by more than two dozen heavily armed elite guards.

While leaving the palace, the two controlled wilderness clearers obediently walked up to the man, turned on the radar and continued to scan the vicinity.

Lu Xiao was extremely glad that he had drawn the battlefield ghost before entering the Zero Dawn World, and in the face of such a high-tech reconnaissance method, it was not enough to rely on breath blocking.

Pricking up his ears to eavesdrop, Lu Xiao vaguely heard the conversation between the man and the subordinates beside him.

"What did Your Majesty say, Lord Bahawa?"

The noble man is none other than the conspirator who actually wields Shadow Calga, the High Priest of the Cult of the Sun, Bahava.

"Hmph~" With a light snort, Bahawa said proudly: "Your Majesty has completely entrusted me with the command, it's time to liquidate those traitors and retake Meridian City." ”

"Inform Siris and let him return to the city immediately, now is not the time to play those little tricks of the Eclipse Cult."

Speaking of the Eclipse Cult, Bahava's face was visibly displeased.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers.

As the leader of the traditional Calgah sect, the Solar Cult, Bahawa was very resistant to the newly emerging Eclipse Cult.

Siris's recent unusual behavior has made him increasingly unable to understand this ally, and Bahawa has always felt a little unsure.

'When the war is over, find an opportunity to get rid of him as well, the nascent Sun Empire doesn't need two rulers. ’

Bahawa could guess that Cirith had the same idea in his heart.

However, he has self-confidence, and when it comes to playing internal strife and intrigues, Siris, who was born in the military, is by no means his opponent.

The most important thing to watch out for is Siris, in order to gain enough right to speak, Bahawa began to corrupt Siris's subordinates with heavy money more than a year ago.

When Siris was not in the city, Bahawa's orders were absolute, and even the Hippodium was completely in his hands, and all the Arena guards were already Bahava's men.

'High Priest Bahawah. ’

Lu Xiao, who was hiding in the shadows, narrowed his eyes and weighed whether to forcibly kill him here.

"Forget it, it's important to get down to business, and it will make it more difficult to rescue him, so let him live a little longer." ’

"Consus."

"I'm here."

"Help me track down Bahawa, I want to know where he lives."

"No problem."

As Bahawa left the palace, the sandstorm began to dissipate as Alethea had predicted, and the desert sky was clear again, with the scorching sun shining directly on the oasis city.

The defense of the palace is indeed very tight, it can be said that there are three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, and there are many soldiers standing in rows at some important entrances, completely blocking the passage into the door.

Lu Xiao didn't want to kill in the palace, he found a way to climb onto the beam above the palace, ready to break in from a high altitude.

The cunning Bahawa was so thoughtful that even the dark sentry he laid on the beams of the house could be seen.

After entering the palace, Lu Xiao fully turned on his eagle vision, and the secret whistle hiding behind the beam was soon discovered by him.

'Here's it too?' ’

Lu Xiao took off the folding bow from his arm armor and tried to aim at the dark post hiding behind the roof beam at the same time, but finally chose to give up.

'No, there are too many occlusions to guarantee a simultaneous hit, so we have to wait for Yongzhen and Aloy to make a commotion and distract the guards. ’

……

"Sister Yongzhen, where are we going?"

Taken by Yongzhen to the east wall of the palace, Aloy looked at the unfinished scaffolding nearby, puzzled.

"Shh~"

Yongzhen put his finger up in front and pointed the other finger forward: "Look there." ”

Looking in the direction of Yongzhen's guidance, Aloy, who was still a little confused, suddenly raised her vigilance.

More than thirty guards had gathered at the foot of the worthless city walls, and anyone with a brain knew that this situation was definitely not normal.

"Keep up with me."

Yongzhen took the lead, and according to the road map planned by Alithea, Yongzhen carefully avoided the overlapping area of the guards' line of sight, and quietly came to a metal wall sealed with wooden planks.

Aloy was amazed by Yongzhen's skillful infiltration skills, and she followed Yongzhen's footsteps in every way.

Reaching near the gap in the plank, Youngjin closed his eyes and felt it.

"Sure enough, there was wind."

Silently pulling out the knife at his waist, Yongzhen stabbed the sharp tip into the middle of the plank, and then slowly pulled the knife down the gap, and the ropes that bound the plank were all cut, revealing a small vent behind the board.

Below the vent hung a rappelling rope that had been hung by an unknown person, apparently having been entered, including the previous plank covering.

Yongjin tried to pull the rope and made sure it wasn't decaying before taking the lead in descending.

The height of the rappel is more than 20 meters, and in the process of descending, Yongzhen can almost confirm that this is also an underground fortress similar to Vault 53.

Aloy, who had had a similar experience, quickly reacted, and her face became a little excited.

When he was a child, he accidentally fell into an ancient ruin, and Aloy found a working Focus, and he didn't know what he could gain from this exploration.

It was dark underneath the vents, and outside light could only illuminate a small area.

The two people with the Focus saw a completely different scene than the others, with a large amount of incomprehensible data and mutilated images floating in the tunnel.

The light gave them the direction to move forward, and the two groped their way to a sturdy metal gate.

As he approached the gate, what Lu Xiao had experienced in the Nora Sanctuary reappeared.

"Please wait for the identity scan."

A red light swept over the two of them, and the vault's auto-answering system spoke again.

"The genetic profile has been successfully identified, and access is permitted."

"Fault...... Fault. ”

"Mechanical failure, unable to open the main entrance."

"Is the emergency discharge channel activated?"

A blue confirmation window appeared on the metal door, and Youngjin tried to put his hand on it.

"The genetic profile does not exist, access is denied."

Yongjin sighed and turned to look at Aloy, who had a somewhat dull expression.

"Aloy, it seems that the authority recognized by this gate is from you, go ahead and try it."

Aloy had a hunch that she might be able to uncover some important information in this ruin.

"Whew~"

After gathering her emotions, Aloy reached out and pressed it against the virtual window.

"The authorization was successful, and the emergency discharge channel is being activated."

The metal gate suddenly began to rattle, and a vent the size of a dog's hole opened under the door, and the rotting air inside the shelter was expelled at once.

"Whew~"

Aloy was rushed back a few steps by the foul smell of air, and Yongzhen subconsciously lowered his body to cover his mouth and nose.

"Rest assured, the air is non-toxic, just plain unpleasant."

"Gott~"

Aloy turned her head to the side and retched twice, "It's the first time I've smelled such a terrible smell, worse than the mixture of fish and guts that have rotted for ten days." ”

"Whoa!"

As Alethea had expected, the air disturbed the soldiers guarding the ruins through the exhaust vents that connected to the outside world.

The soldiers walked alertly to the suddenly opened vents to observe, and the squad leader of this team ordered a lightly armed soldier: "There is a situation in the ruins!" Tell Lord Bahawa! ”

"Yes!"

After the exhaust gas was exhausted, the jammed door finally opened completely.

Yongzhen took the lead and walked through the open door: "Come on, Aloy, the guards must have noticed the movement just now, we must hurry up and explore the ruins." ”