96 Thou art about to go down
The morning sun shines a golden light through the hole in the clouds, reflecting on the sails, and the dhow does not rock to the end of time and the world, but slowly swims up the Thames with the help of the rising sun.
On both sides of the river, the greenery is covered with gray high-rise buildings, which is in stark contrast to the sunrise light on the river.
The hole in the clouds slowly closed, and the morning sun gradually disappeared, but Diana's mood was not affected at all, but she felt that a pair of eyes were not enough to see at all! Everything in front of her was fresh, which made her amazed and breathtaking.
It's a pity that Lei Rui doesn't know much about London, so he can't come for her.
His attention was all on the faint gray-white text in front of him, the merit value, the various values, there was no change, the only difference was that under the original seven attribute values, there was an additional "energy emission" attribute item, and the value behind it was 0!
Maybe it's activated by awakening on a paradise island? Lei Rui pondered, the day before leaving Paradise Island, when he was fighting Diana, somehow, he inspired Diana's divine power guardian attack of the silver bracelet, and was directly rushed into the air by an orange-red light, and at that time, the active ingredient of the super soldier serum that had been dormant in his body, that is, the bloodline of the gods of Mount Olympus prompted by the system, suddenly erupted, inspiring a piece of gold mixed with this silver-white and other colors of light, allowing him to escape being unintentionally hit by Diana.
However, he was recognized by Queen Hippolyta as having the blood of the god of war, and under the noose of the truth, he confessed to participating in the transformation plan of the Allied super soldiers, and then left Paradise Island with Diana.
Since then, the personal attribute value displayed in front of you has been added to this energy emission item. As for the two activated and unfinished tasks that had been hanging on the system, finding the source of the fire, and finding and destroying the god of war, Ares, he didn't pay much attention.
Anyway, these two tasks are not what he has to complete now, and obviously they are not what he can complete now.
He let out a long breath and withdrew his attention, the pale gray-white words in front of him fading into obscurity until they were gone.
"What's wrong?" Diana turned her head sideways and asked with a smile, "Are you unhappy to be back in London?" ”
"If I had a choice, I'd rather this ship just keep drifting and rocking on the ocean, rather than go back to this filthy world, where there is so much mess to do!" Lei Rui sighed lightly and said the truth from the bottom of his heart.
Hearing Lei Rui say this, Diana smiled happily, her face was as bright as a flower moistened after the rain.
She touched the guardian silver bracelet in her left hand with her right hand, and said with a half-serious voice, "Thunder! I'm glad you said that, but I really want to know, under the lasso of the truth, would you still say that? ”
This pair of guardian silver bracelets was where Diana carried her valuables, something similar to a spatial ring, her god-killing sword, the lasso of the mantra, and a few other things, all of which were placed in it. Such an artifact, to be honest, is definitely beyond the scope of Lei Rui's cognition, making him doubt his scientific common sense, and he can't help but wonder whether this is a super-high-tech item that conforms to science, or an artifact created by a real god?
"Absolutely genuine!" Lei Rui hurriedly waved his hand and replied, "The mantra lasso is exempt, the sequelae of this thing being tied up are too great and too uncomfortable." By the way, if you yourself were bound by the Lasso of Shingrum, would you have such a big sequelae? ”
"I'll also be tired and limp, of course, certainly not as big a sequelae as you." Diana replied honestly.
Fluffy! Lei Rui's heart moved when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.
His eyes changed so much, Diana was shocked, very weird, and couldn't understand how Lei Rui could show such strange eyes.
Does he just want to see me bound by the Lasso of Truth? Diana couldn't help but think to herself.
Of course, she couldn't guess what the hell was going on in Lei Rui's head. Lei Rui was smiling weirdly and couldn't stop looking Diana up and down, but what he was thinking about was the scene when the truth lasso tied Diana, should it be tied like a hairy crab, or how should it be tied in order to highlight her excellent figure to the greatest extent, thinking about it, Lei Rui felt that his nose was a little hot, warm, and hurriedly stopped.
Otherwise, it would be a shame if it spewed out a hot nosebleed.
Sloops docked in London's docklands, and after several years, traces of the Great British Air War can still be seen everywhere in the docklands, with ruined buildings towering over the ghostly periphery of the docklands, which was once part of the busy docklands but now feels like two worlds.
The dock area where the sailboats docked was very lively, and even in wartime, there were still fishermen who were not afraid of death to drive their boats to make a living in the water, and small boats could only run short distances up and down the Thames, and larger boats could run to Allied-controlled waters to transport goods and catch sea fish.
Before the ship docked, there were people rowing small sampans around to solicit business, carry luggage, solicit accommodation, and recommend workers.
Diana brought a lot of luggage, but the problem is that neither of them has any money! Lei Rui has been mixing on the battlefield, and he has not seen the shadow of military salaries, he should eat and drink, all of them are rationed by the army, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all, and the only dozen or so dollars on his body have been accompanying him to the sky and into the sea, and they have not been soaked into a pile of fragments, which is also rare.
But he was on the way, he had already thought of a countermeasure, he and Diana took stock of the luggage that Queen Hippolyta had prepared for her precious daughter, although he had been mentally prepared, he was still frightened by several large boxes of various gold and silver coins!
Diana knew a lot about these coins, and after Lei Rui considered it, he still asked Diana to put away this huge wealth, and only took a handful of gold and silver coins minted during the reign of Alexander the Great as the start-up capital for the two of them when they first arrived in London.
At this time, as the capital of the British Empire, the strongest hard currency, except for gold, was the US dollar, and the little bit of US dollar in Lei Rui's pocket, which was soaked and crumpled by the sea, finally came in handy under the gaze of Diana's wide eyes, paying all the costs of the sailing ship docking, as well as a month's berth fee, including the labor and carriage fees for carrying luggage.
Lei Rui was accustomed to all kinds of tanks and vehicles coming and going on the battlefield, and was shocked that the people were so troubled, and the freight in the London docklands was the mainstream! Diana was very affectionate about this, she had never seen a car, and she was amazed at the few dilapidated cars on the docks, and her eyes were fixed and she looked at them vigorously.
Hans, the coachman, was a middle-aged man who was about to enter old age, and when he learned that the two still needed to find a place to stay, he immediately strongly recommended Sir Derek's Stone Castle, according to his introduction, after Sir Derek died of illness two years ago, only Sir and Lady Derek were left to live alone in the Stone Castle Villa between London City and the docklands, and now, the Sir Lady was forced to make a living, and had to rent out the extra room in the Stone Castle Villa to subsidize the family.
Lei Rui was quite excited, as Diana was the princess of the Amazon, let her go with him to crowd in the noisy hotel, it was really not like words, this Sir Drake's castle was indeed a very good place to stay, even if the rent was a little expensive, it didn't matter.
The carriage with all the luggage, as well as Lei Rui and Diana, drove out of the noisy docklands, which were lined with wilderness and weeds, matching the ruins.
Sir Drake's castle, on the outskirts of the city, covers a large area, a rusty iron gate, you can still see the grandeur and majesty of the past, the grass in the huge courtyard has grown as tall as half a man, it looks like it has been abandoned for a long time.
The main building is not a castle, it can only be regarded as a set of quite magnificent villas, four-story castle-style villas made of stone, and the walls on the left and right sides are full of creepers, which are as lush as green courtyard walls.
This castle-style villa is still a few grades lower than the ancestral castles of those nobles and knights.
But to have such a big villa on the outskirts of London, with such a large front and back yard, this Sir Derek should not be an ordinary person!
Diana liked this place very much, of course Lei Rui would not have any objections, when he saw Sir Drake's wife, he directly explained his intentions, and the Sir Lady Drake, who was dressed completely incompatible with the surrounding dilapidated desolation, immediately readily agreed, and did not even talk about rent or anything, and directly asked Hans to drive the carriage into the large courtyard and stop at the door.
Lei Rui had the strength, and easily carried his luggage in Hans's shock, and he took the paper money that Lei Rui had given a lot of money, and said respectfully to Sir Derek: "Madam, this gentleman has paid too much, and I will go buy some bread and vegetables." ”