Chapter 37: The Last Stop
After more than five hours of driving the off-road vehicle, Ye Qianhu and Laura finally came to the ruined city.
The city was once the core of the people of light, and once had a splendid civilization here, but unfortunately it was eventually destroyed due to the abuse of the power of the Divine Light Triangle.
To this day, it's still a no-man's land, and all the sophisticated electronics are turned into furnishings.
Outside the no-man's land is the inhabitation of a small nomadic tribe, which does not seem to have more than fifty people in total, and who still live a relatively backward life.
In the inside of the settlement, near the water's edge, a hovercraft was already waiting quietly, and there were two soldiers with rifles on their backs waiting for Ye Qianhu's arrival.
The off-road vehicle passed through the tribe and stopped not far from the hovercraft, and one of the soldiers hurriedly got down, saluted Ye Qianhu and helped him open the car door, and said, "Sir, the hovercraft you want is ready, we can leave at any time." ”
Ye Qianhu looked at his watch, there were still more than four hours before the completion of the Nine Stars Alignment, relatively speaking, he still had plenty of time.
"There's a lot of electromagnetic interference in the place we're going, so we don't need to use hovercraft for the last stretch." Ye Qianhu took out a wad of banknotes and handed it to the soldier, and said, "Go buy the sled dogs here and bring them on the hovercraft, and take the rest of the money to the bar with your friends." ”
It was obvious that the soldier was more respectful when he saluted.
He didn't expect that he was just performing a strange but highly confidential task, and the original plan was to just do it seriously and forget about it, but he didn't expect to earn a lot of "tips".
With his experience, even if he bought all the sled dogs here, half of the thick bill would be left.
The residents of the tribe looked at the arrival of these strangers curiously, but no one chose to come and contact them, and the military uniforms on the two soldiers and the guns behind them were still very deterrent. As long as Ye Qianhu didn't disturb them, they didn't seem to care what Ye Qianhu was here to do.
However, there are exceptions to everything, and it seems that children are particularly bold and curious in any place, maybe this is the fearlessness of the unknown, who knows.
While Laura was looking at the situation in the tribe, a little girl walked up to her and pulled a corner of her, and when Laura noticed her, she asked, "Are you going to the Ice Lake?" ”
"That's right," Laura said.
"To the crater?"
"Yes, to the crater." Laura didn't have any idea of hiding it, and was surprisingly honest.
The little girl was obviously a little worried and said, "Don't go, you are desperate to see your father." ”
Laura's expression changed a little, although she said that she was going to destroy the Divine Light Triangle, but deep down, she didn't want to use the Divine Light Triangle to see her father Hensinley Crawford again, or even change history to resurrect her father.
She never imagined that such a buried thought in her heart would now be known to a strange little girl.
A barking made Laura, who was in a trance, look over, and the search sled dogs of the tribe all roared a little frantically in the direction of the ice lake, as if there was something special there.
Ye Qianhu looked at the little girl who ran away and didn't stop it.
Although he didn't know why, he could feel that the little girl had just given him a very strange feeling, and it felt like the little girl had inexplicably known a lot of thoughts that did not belong to her in that short period of time, she was like a carrier, and all her tasks were to be responsible for saying those thoughts.
Ye Qianhu smiled and shook his head, "This is really a strange place. ”
"Huh?" Laura looked over and asked, "Did you see that girl too, she said something very strange, and then it seemed to suddenly disappear." ”
"It's not that she's gone, it's just that she left when you weren't looking, and now she's back in her house."
The soldier had already negotiated a price with the tribesmen, and after paying the money, the tribesmen helped to put the sled dogs and sleds on the hovercraft.
Ye Qianhu was the first to board the hovercraft, then stretched out his hand to pull Laura up, and said to the driver, "Let's go." ”
Except for the fact that the sled dogs were a little anxious at the beginning when they were not used to the hovercraft, the journey was quite smooth.
After crossing the icy lake, it didn't take long for the hovercraft to come to land, and after continuing to drive forward for a while, Ye Qianhu looked at his mobile phone, because of interference, the screen kept flashing, and in the end, there was no movement.
Before he arrived, the Red Queen had completely withdrawn from the world's network and returned to his mobile phone.
Hovercraft are no longer fit to move on.
The two soldiers helped get the sled dog and sled down, and then stayed here to wait, and then Ye Qianhu and Laura changed to the sled and continued to move forward.
Although there is no electronic device to guide you, it is true that the compass will fail when you get here, but you still don't have to worry about getting lost in the wind and snow.
Their target was too obvious, the huge black mountain in front of them, which stood out in the snowstormy world.
The driver sled into the black mountain where a city was buried, and traveled some distance along the usual cave before having to stop, because there was no road.
"What should I do?" Laura asked, in front of them, frozen ice blocked the entire cavern, and it was impossible to tell how thick it was from here, but one thing was certain, the barrier was definitely strong.
Of course Ye Qianhu knew how to get through here, the bell in front of the ice wall was the way to open the ice wall, just ring it.
Pinching the hem of the bell with his hand, Ye Qianhu said to Laura: "At this time, you should try to say a sesame word to open the door." ”
The bell that had been silent for thousands of years was struck again, and a piercing roar resounded throughout the cave. Enduring the discomfort in his ears, Ye Qianhu retreated from the position in front of the ice wall.
The roar didn't last long, as if it had been blasted from within, and the entire ice wall exploded outward, and countless fragments flew out, revealing the glittering triangle hidden behind it.
At the end of the day, in that huge cave, the central water had built the structure of the solar system with complex machinery, and now these huge machines were quietly stagnant until the beginning of the Nine Stars Alignment would be running again.
"The other half of the Divine Light Triangle is in that largest ball, and the keyhole is also there", Ye Qianhu found the inconspicuous keyhole and motioned to Laura, where was the place to put the all-seeing eye.
"Aren't you going to open it?" Laura asked.
Ye Qianhu shook his head and said, "You seem to have forgotten that the All-Seeing Eye is not only hidden in space, but also in time, and the All-Seeing Eye can only be found when the Nine Stars Alignment begins." ”
Looking at his watch, Ye Qianhu said, "It's going to start soon." ”