Volume 4 The Great Adventure Chapter 254 The Continent is Turbulent
But the danger is still to come. The crowd who were thrown out of the bend in two chains suddenly noticed that the entrance of the minecart in front of them had become smaller, and the tunnel with only enough for the minecart to enter had reappeared. The two human chains collided with each other, and that was the rhythm of the car crashing and dying.
"No, let go!"
"How can I be! I'm not going to let go!"
"Don't say it, there's the sound of water down there, don't grab the minecart, this should be deliberately designed!" Chai Zhiling's discovery suddenly made everyone realize. That's right, this is a truck transporting ore, and there is no reason to make such a bend to throw out the ore that has been dug up with great difficulty. This should be some kind of special design!
After figuring out this layer, Yanagawa Huanyue and Yu Lei, who grabbed the minecart, let go.
"Ahh Yes... Yes... Several screams came and went, and I guess no one in the room had ever played with this kind of heartbeat.
Plop plop plop... Eight and a half sounds, and then everyone was not allowed to shout, and was instantly swept away by the rapids, this rush, everyone found that there was light ahead!
"Haha... We're going out!
The eight-day frightened trip to the tunnel has finally come to an end.
Border Desert Continent, Iron Flame City, we are here!
The head was washed by the rapids, and I didn't know that it was washed far by the current. When they were all washed up on the river beach, Yu Lei was the first to wake up! He was worthy of being a shield warrior with rough skin and thick flesh! After he shook the people awake one by one, everyone found that on this river beach, where the water had obviously eased a lot, piles of ores of various colors were lying on the river beach in such a clear layer!
At this point, everyone understood why the previous terrifying dump car was designed. It's actually a rapids to sift through the ore sorting! This dwarf is too good at it, right?
Seeing some of the inventory left here, Shenxing Wuji was a little looking forward to it, after walking along the river beach, he had found a lot of excellent ores, although he was not a forger, but the basic eyesight was still there, anyway, it was all ownerless now, and it was always good to collect some first.
"Eh, where did the clicking sound come from? No... Crane was the first to hear it, and a spirit went on guard.
"Don't be nervous, it's hairball!" replied Ye Yuhuan. The little thing had been unconscious before, and Ye Yuhuan had been holding it. It's just that she couldn't hold it because of the accident just now. But I didn't expect this little thing to be woken up this time, and the first thing after waking up was to eat ore?
"Come on, come here, hairball!" Because she had been hugging this little thing for several days, Ye Yuhuan also had a little affection for it, and out of reflex, she called this little thing over. But after thinking about it, she remembered that this thing was not an ordinary pet, but a mysterious soul devouring beast! But what I didn't expect was that after hearing her call, the little thing tilted its head and thought about it, and actually came over with a sway! This made Ye Yu smile happily, and the others were dumbfounded!
This... Shouldn't this be able to cultivate feelings and be subdued? How can it be so easy? This spirit devouring beast is too reserved, right? You are a priceless spirit beast!
Shaking his head, envious, speechless, happy... Although intellectually knew that it was impossible for this spirit devouring beast to be subdued so quickly, this sign at this time made everyone sigh, and because of this, it would be difficult for a few people who were interested in it to make another move.
It's just that this sigh and complicated feelings haven't lasted long. Suddenly, there was another exclamation: "Look, is that Iron Flame City?"
The sunset crosses the towering sea mountains and shines directly into this river valley land, and under the afterglow and shadow, there is a lonely mountain stone city in front of which makes people feel breathless and shocks the soul! The towering arrow tower, the heavy city wall, the stone statues that are dozens of zhang high outside the city wall, and the palace and homestay that seem to be integrated with the mountain, all tell the glory of the city in the past. It's a pity that it is dilapidated, but the meaning of gloom lingers on this stone city like a curse, even though a layer of golden afterglow covers it, but at this moment, the traces of heaven see this world-famous city, but they feel heavy for no reason.
"It should be!" Chai Zhiling didn't know if this was Tieyan City, but if this was not the case, then I am afraid that there would be no more Xiongcheng in the world.
Carefully looking at the Iron Flame City in front of him and the surrounding environment, Shenxing Wuji had to admire, the dwarves' eyes and their craftsmanship had a fight. The location of this Iron Flame City is so good, it is worthy of being one of the few heroic cities in the world that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It turns out that Tieyan City itself is located on a lonely mountain, and it was built directly by digging the mountain surface, so it is no wonder that it seems to have a feeling of integration. It is said that although this lonely mountain is not big compared to the Haishan mountain range in front of it, but the height is also five or six hundred zhang, except for the west mountain built by the mountain is slightly slower, the east side, at a glance, you know that it must be a cliff of the abyss, and even the geographical advantage is also reflected in, in addition to the north has a hundred meters open has been damaged valley mouth, the south side of the lonely mountain is connected with the Haishan mountain range, and the height is also two or three hundred zhang away, so that between the mountain range and the lonely mountain form a self-reserved place with a high safety factor, except for the valley mouth, basically no army can attack itγ Moreover, the Iron Flame City built on the west side of the mountain has a dark river coming out of the tunnel in front of it, and a large river valley by the river is available. From the perspective of military and people's livelihood, the dark river and the river valley can at least ensure that there is no problem with the food and water of Tieyan City, it is conceivable that such a unique place has become the capital of the Dwarven Empire back then.
Looking at the traces of the ditch that diverted water from the dark river, Shenxing Wuji knew that this place back then must have been extremely prosperous. . .
"Oh, that's a pity!"
"Yes, no matter how powerful the city is, it can't stop the rot from the inside out!"
After packing up the mood, the Traces of Heaven did not enter the city immediately, because that bad feeling had been haunting everyone's hearts. What we need to do now is to try to restore our combat effectiveness and probe the information of Tieyan City.
Chaos Domain, Ten Thousand Pole City, Heavenly Machine Tower!
At this moment, although the first, second and third floors of the Tianji Tower are still calm, but at the top of the clouds, on an open-air balcony on the fifth floor, there are several old men sitting on the conference table, looking at their serious appearance, it seems that a meeting related to the fate of the mainland is being held.
If you just look at this "balcony" meeting place, you think it is a gathering between a few old friends. The blue sky is bright, the clouds and mist are shrouded under the stands, and you can vaguely see the various states of Wanji City. Flowers bloom around the long conference table, green vines climb up the shelves and make cute little gourds, a rockery fountain next to it, gently spraying water mist, forming a small rainbow under the sun, and then looking at a mysterious mirror in the distance, the clear slide seems to be able to exhaust the secrets of the sky...
At this moment, there are a total of seven old men on this seemingly quaint pure white conference table, judging by their appearance and hair color, two of them are Orientals, three are Westerners, and the last two are black and one is mutants, all of whom are rare races. However, this is a realm of chaos, and it may not be easy to say elsewhere, but here, it is perfectly normal. It's just that the robes of these seven old men are all white. If they guessed correctly, they should all be the great sages of the Heavenly Machine Tower. How important will that be the meeting of seven great wise men?
Speaking of the Great Wise Man, the Heavenly Machine Tower, it is estimated that there are still many people in Middle-earth who do not know. But once it comes to the scholar's house or the school city, it is a man and dealer who can say a thing or two.
Scholars' houses are hosted by scholars and are located in every important city on the mainland. Even in some large towns, there are even libraries where people can be enlightened. And they either get support from local bureaucrats, or join forces with local academies, and even some of the powerful scholars will give advice to the local landlords. Therefore, scholars are not only respected in the eyes of the common people, but also have a high status in the professional system of Middle-earth. But even on top of the huge organization of the Scholars' House, there is actually a more quintessential existence.
School City!
It can be said to be the academic center of the entire continent, not only with the largest library of books in the entire continent, but also with the most complete knowledge system. Moreover, I heard that all scholars are from the school city, and the outstanding students enrolled in the scholar house or library have the opportunity to send them to the school city for further study. Therefore, you can not only see hard-working schoolchildren and scholars, but also other professionals studying and interacting in it.
But such a well-known school city is only the first floor of the Heavenly Machine Tower. If you have hands and eyes to the sky, you should know that the Heavenly Machine Tower actually has five floors, except for the second floor for senior scholars, the third floor is where the wise man is, the fourth floor is the research room of the great wise, and the fifth floor is the mysterious anomaly, the mysterious sect that once produced the great prophet Tunguska: the Tianji sect that has insight into the past and the present, and the heavenly machine sect that studies the heavens and people.
In the Xuemai faction, the Heavenly Machine Sect is the real center, the great sages of the fourth layer are the core, and the wise men of the third layer are only the root system of this towering tree. As for the scholars and schoolchildren, they are all branches and leaves that can only deliver nourishment but have no chance to touch the inside story.
Of course, it is not difficult to see from the layout of the school lineage that involves the entire Middle-earth library, scholar house, school city, and Tianji Tower, that what they show to the world is knowledge and civilization, and what they show is intelligence and technology, but in fact, only they know that all this is to cover up the real Tianji Center!
The seven great wise men did not talk to each other, and the large conference table that could seat twenty people seemed very empty now, and they were all closing their eyes at the moment, waiting for the arrival of the convener with no joy or anger. If God Xing Wuji is here, you can see the great wise man Poseidon also sitting quietly in it.
About a dozen years later. Suddenly, seven wise men stood up and saluted to the head of the conference table. After a while, an old man in a black robe faintly appeared and sat firmly in the first place. Behind him, three black-robed young men appeared at the same time, two of them were teenagers and one was a young girl. They are the old man of Tianji and the three Tianji under him.
"Master, I don't know what is the matter with summoning us this time? Could it be that the mainland will be surging again?"
(End of chapter)