Chapter 5 Qingqiu
Apocalypse City is located in the middle of the continent, if not counting the unexplored realms of the boundless snowy and dark forests. From the perspective of continental geography, Apocalypse City is actually located in the southeast of the continent, and in this land, the summer will be extraordinarily long.
But in fact, the autumn mood of Apocalypse City came earlier than that of neighboring cities. As soon as the surrounding area was breathing through the sweltering heat, Apocalypse City could feel a little chill of late autumn.
It is said that when Amos the Great invaded the world, he killed too much, and only the souls of the exterminated races gathered in the Apocalypse City, which made the autumn particularly gloomy.
It's a legend that was a household name in the Bolton dynasty, but neither the drunken nobles nor the struggling paupers here ever cared about it.
However, the moment Austin walked out of the ground, looking at the Red Maple Avenue not far away, he suddenly thought of this legend, and his heart was a little touched.
Only the killers and corpse diggers who are active in the city know how many ghosts float under the Tairo River that runs through the upper and lower cities.
Soon after the three of Austin entered the underground hall, a secret door suddenly opened in the right corner of the hall, and several beautiful women dressed in black maid costumes walked in, quickly dividing everyone in the hall into several groups, each group led by a well-known killer to lead several murderers in the lower city.
All three Austin were well-known figures in Downtown, so they took over eleven temporary men. And Wutong took over five people after expressing the wishes of his peers but was resolutely rejected by Austin, looking a little stupid but helpless.
After that, each handmaiden is in charge of a group of people, and each group enters the side door in batches. The Austin group was the last to leave the hall and walked in the darkness for a short time. This time the darkness was still boundless, and the depression it brought was not as serious as entering the hallway. Austin felt it by touch and found that there were many forks in the passage, most of which should have an exit, so the chaotic air flow caused the alchemy matrix in the passage to be slightly disturbed.
The more this was the case, the more Austin admired the man who designed this alchemy matrix.
It is not difficult for the alchemy matrix to change the environment, but the matrix can receive the influence of the environment, which shows that this matrix has the ability to communicate with natural elements, and when this passage is completely closed, the matrix can be connected with the underground earth fire dark river in a special way, and its power is not as simple as creating a dark realm.
With the knowledge he already had, Austin guessed the function of this alchemy matrix. This is not a difficult thing to do, in fact, the designers of this alchemy matrix deliberately allowed the intruder to easily judge the efficacy of this work, so that the psychological pressure and deterrence that this matrix can bring to the maximum. Sometimes, the psychological effects are definitely greater than the environmental factors alone.
There wasn't much time to get out of the passage, and just as someone in the group was feeling uneasy, a light appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The maid stopped at the exit, and Austin turned her head to look at her, a hint of distrust flashing in her eyes. The maid didn't seem to feel Austin's gaze, leaned slightly sideways, and made a "please" gesture.
Austin stood by the door for a moment, and outside the exit appeared to be an alley.
"You're overly nervous," Davix came to Austin's side at some point, "you've been a little nervous since you entered Apocalypse City, and although I don't know you well in town, I also know that you're the best of us." Your current timid attitude is not a qualified killer. ”
Indeed, after taking the task, he felt inexplicably nervous, and as he entered Apocalypse City, this feeling became stronger and stronger, and there was a feeling that a hare had entered a pack of wolves and lions. But when he looked around at the people around him, they were all very normal. On the other hand, however, Austin has some near-adoring trust in his own instincts, which have saved his life countless times in the wilderness.
"Maybe," Austin smiled reluctantly, "It's that I'm thinking too much, I'm about to break through recently, it's a bit ......"
"you, do you know you're laughing worse than crying right now. Austin's flirtatious voice was a little helpless.
Austin scratched his head, and finally showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, which had always been a little indifferent, and said, "I don't know why, I always feel that something is going to happen." ”
Davix suddenly grabbed Austin's shoulders, and because he had not strengthened his fighting ability, Davix was much shorter than Austin, which was a bit funny.
"What are you afraid of? There's a tall man on top of it, isn't the old man in the hall called Talivico the most powerful in our group just now? People like us who can't see the light, the more powerful they are, the faster they die, and a small character like us won't be noticed. Besides, if something happens and we hide in the wilderness, who are we afraid of when we join forces? Hey, Gwenny, you say yes?"
Gotterney silently walked behind Austin, his hood lifted, revealing a dark and ordinary face, the only thing special was that there was a scar extending from his left forehead to the right corner of his mouth, adding a touch of hideousness to his face.
"Huh...... Let's go out, it's cool and autumn, it's a good weather for work. ”
The exit from the basement hall is in an alley.
On the opposite side of the exit is a wall.
Next to the wall is a mansion.
The house is next to Red Maple Avenue.
If you look down on Apocalypse City from the sky, you will be amazed to find that if you draw a straight line north from this humble exit, cross Red Maple Boulevard, pass through the mansions of Uptown, and finally reach the tallest tower of Apocalypse City, the "Aion of Eternity".
The lowest level of the Tower of Eternity has 3,600 rooms, and even several huge plazas the size of the Imperial Parade Ground, where the lowest-ranking clergy of the Church occupy a place. Of course, those who are qualified to enter the Tower of Eternity are also not small people outside, or have great backers.
Upward, no one knew exactly how many floors there were, and the towering tower was forged from special wrought iron, and a huge alchemy matrix was outlined with Mithril, making it immortal for thousands of years in the wind.
On the highest floor of the Tower of Eternity, there lives an old man.
The old man is very ordinary. Dressed in an ordinary priest's robe, wearing a cross that he had polished with ordinary black iron, squinting his eyes and showing an ordinary kind smile, an ordinary hardwood cane supported the lean body that ordinary old people have.
The old man stood by an open floor-to-ceiling window. The floor-to-ceiling window was not sealed with glass, in fact, the wind of this height was enough to destroy any obstacle in front of it, just like the old man killed all the opponents overnight, and the Bright faction swept through the entire Holy See, as the head of the Illuminati faction, the old man refused the elevator controlled by the alchemy system, and walked down the spiral staircase that had been sealed for an unknown number of years to this room, which took two days and two nights.
Autumn is always prone to nostalgia. The old man thought to himself.
The hurricane that could tear everything apart seemed to isolate the room, the oriental incense in the corner of the room rose straight smoke, and the half-turned canon on the coffee table stopped steadily on the page just read. The room was peaceful, and it seemed like two worlds away from the roaring hurricane outside the window.
It's like an impermeable cage full of power.