Chapter 41: Stepping Outside the Wall
Early the next morning, when the sky was dark, Dudian and the others were woken up and came to gather outside the castle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
There are more than a dozen black horses parked here, and Dudian already knows that these extremely tall black horses, named black-toothed horses, have strong disease resistance and can move outside the giant wall for a short time.
"Get on your horse and get ready to go." Peth, riding on a tall horse, like a handsome knight, commanded.
Du Dian and the others each chose a black-toothed horse, turned over and jumped on, if the body had not been strengthened, with their size to ride such a big horse, they had to borrow a ladder, but now they only need to borrow a light force to step on.
"Let's go!" Pete let out a low sigh, clasped his legs around the horse's belly, and ran first.
Dudian and the others tugged on the reins and followed.
Professionally trained, these black-toothed horses are not as scary as they look, they are obedient and extremely easy to handle.
In the early morning, there was still some wet fog on the streets, and the sound of horses' hooves was very crisp, and under the leadership of Peter, Dudian and the others galloped all the way down the streets, gradually rushing to the outer edge of the business district. And the faintly, far away in the sky, the outline of the giant wall has gradually become clear, and the black shadow is like a creeping giant beast in the morning mist, giving people an indescribable sense of awe and oppression.
On the outer edge of the commercial district, like the residential area, there are large areas of uncultivated wasteland, the land is inhospitable, mainly sandy and wasteland, which is not suitable for cultivation and cultivation, and naturally unsuitable for human habitation.
As they stepped into the desolate radiant area of the outer rim, the black-toothed horses on which they were sitting became agitated, both excited and manic, and their speed suddenly increased. After walking straight for more than ten minutes, the giant wall of Sylvia, which was hazy behind the morning mist, gradually became clear in everyone's field of vision, and as it became clearer and clearer, the huge black sense of oppression was also deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts.
This is a towering almost invisible top of the huge wall, the closer you get, the more you can't see the height of the giant wall, as if leading to the depths of the clouds, the thick wall, as if it was built by the gods, there is no trace of construction, just like a complete natural boulder!
That's what it is...... Giant wall!
Including Du Dian, everyone looked at it with their mouths wide open, their faces full of shock, and when they came to the front of the giant wall, everyone only felt that they had become as small as ants, and to the entire giant wall, it was like a grain of dust!
"Good...... High! Macon tilted his head, his neck almost ninety degrees bent, but he still couldn't see the top of the wall.
Zachi said in a daze: "This, this is the giant wall built by our ancestors?" ”
Everyone was amazed by this great and magnificent project.
Dudy's peace of mind was the deepest, he knew very well how great it was to build such a huge wall in front of him, even in the old times, it was extremely difficult to do, it would take countless manpower and time, and the disaster broke out extremely suddenly, there was no time to give people the opportunity to build such a super shelter, he couldn't imagine that those who survived the nuclear bomb explosion alone could build such an incredible architectural miracle.
"This is the Great Wall of Sylvia, which shelters us, built by our ancestors and the gods." With a hint of pride in his eyes, Pete turned to look at everyone and smiled, "Come with me, little ones." Gently lifting the horse rope, approaching the huge wall, when a distance of about a hundred meters, stopped, turned over and dismounted, looked around on the ground, and soon saw the target, walked over and bent down.
There was a squeak, the sound of the heavy iron door being opened, and I saw that under the sand here, there was a huge iron door, lifted by Peter's amazing arm, and below the iron door was a staircase leading to the underground.
"Let's go inside." Pete said.
Everyone was a little surprised, but they quickly dismounted and entered the tunnel under the iron gate.
Pete was the last to enter, and closed the iron door with his hand, and everyone suddenly felt isolated from the world, and their hearts could not help but panic, only to see the tunnel steps in front of them spread into darkness, as if leading to hell, and there was a faint oil lamp on the wall, and a trace of cool air poured out from the front of the tunnel, accompanied by a whining sound, like a ghost crying.
"I, aren't we going outside the wall?" One girl looked back, a little timid.
Pete smiled and said, "What, so scared?" It seems that Tob, that guy, hasn't trained your guts well in the past three years. ”
Du Dianqi said: "Could it be that you enter the outside of the giant wall from here?" Isn't it from above, there is no door? ”
"Of course not." Pete urged, "Hurry up, I'm waiting for you." ”
Du Dian was surprised: "There are others? ”
"Of course, although you are regular waste pickers who graduated, after all, it is the first time to go outside the giant wall, and the headquarters has arranged two old-timers for your team this time to carry you. In addition, according to the usual practice, twenty scavengers cultivated by the consortium have been incorporated into your team, although some of their professional knowledge is slightly lacking than yours, but they have been to the outside of the giant wall a lot of times, and they have more experience than you, so you have to learn humbly when it is critical. Pete laughed.
Dudian was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything more.
At this time, everyone went down the steps, which were unexpectedly deep, at least hundreds of meters. When they finally reached the bottom, there was a wide underground passage in front of them, which was silent, and the oil lamps on both sides shone quietly, reflecting some stone carvings on the wall.
"This is Tike, the goddess of the harvest." Pete pointed to an elegant, graceful woman on the wall and said, "Pray well, I wish you a fruitful trip." ”
Du Dian and the others will see these stone statues of the goddess in the square of the Holy See of Light, and at some intersections in residential areas, they are no strangers, and they immediately stopped in front of the goddess of harvest according to Peter's words, clasped their hands together, and bowed their heads in prayer.
"This is the goddess of the hunt." Pete pointed to another heroic woman next to him and said, "Every time hunters travel, they worship the goddess of hunting and bless them with a smooth hunt. As he spoke, he took the lead and walked forward.
After Du Dian and the others finished praying, they followed him.
This spacious underground passage is extremely long, about two or three hundred meters long, at the end of the passage is the same step, everyone went up the steps, and it didn't take long to come to the end of the top of the steps, there was also a huge iron gate here, which had already been opened at this moment, like a skylight.
When Dudian followed Pete out, he immediately saw that this was a desolate dry grassland, and more than two dozen figures were sitting or standing, waiting more than ten meters away.
"It's finally here, Pete, you're slow." At this moment, a light laugh came, and it was a young man in black soft armor who was tall, wearing a two-foot short sword at his waist, and the black mask he was wearing was pulled up to his chin.
Pete smiled: "What's the hurry, it's still early." ”
The black soft-armored youth smiled slightly, swept his gaze at Du Dian and the others, and said, "I heard that among the newcomers this time, there is a seed with good qualifications, who hopes to become a hunter?" ”
Pete raised his hand and patted Du Di'an on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "It's him, it's hard for you to take care of one or two more along the way." ”
The black soft-armored young man looked at Du Dian and said with a smile: "No problem, it's okay, it's not too early, we're going to go, I'll find you for a drink when I come back, remember to have a treat." ”
"Every time you want me to please, you ghost." Pete laughed and scolded, and said to Dudian and the others: "I wish you all the best, remember not to act without permission, don't leave the team, I hope to see everyone come back safely in ten days." With that, he turned and entered the underground passage to leave.
Du Dian followed his figure and saw that there was still the towering giant wall behind him, but he didn't expect that the way they came out was to come out of the passage dug at the bottom of the huge wall.