Chapter 43: A Pot of Flowers
The scenery around him is constantly changing, the traces of the halfling appear and disappear from time to time, half a footprint on the ground, a scratch mark on the plant model on both sides of the street, always a sign of success to follow him.
"When", another successful block, another surprise attack from the shadows, chasing all the way, similar encounters have happened five or six times, fortunately, every time, Shuer can successfully dodge, but ......
"When I took risks before, was I particularly harsh on him, did he hate me very much?" shook his numb wrist, Shur gritted his teeth and complained, "Why do you look for me every time?"
"Who else are you asking him to find?" the fawn pointed to his nose, "Looking for me?"
"That's right, the three of us, he can only look for me. Muttering a few words meaningfully, Shul tilted his head to look at the buildings beside him and said with a smile, "However, it's almost time for the farce to end." ”
"Well, it should be. Lin Jing suddenly kicked his hooves like an untamed wild horse, "Sasa, you slacker, come down for me." ”
"Is it okay?" The female swordsman in front of her couldn't wait to put on her glasses again, and she could finally see her surroundings clearly, "Ah, this building ......"
Along the way in the underground city, all the buildings you see are basically undefended civilian facilities, even those research institutions, but now this area, with obvious military color, can be called heavily guarded.
Thousands of meters of wall completely enclose this area, and every fifty meters at the top of the wall, there is a lookout tower, on which are also set up with the same standard of thermal weapons, and the watchtowers are closed with barbed wire. The whole area was as tightly defended as a military fortress, and its importance was almost as if it had been written on the surface.
"Depository of hazardous test substances. Standing in front of the open door, Shul pretended to read the sign on the side of the door, "Plants like man-eating flowers and vampire plants will be kept here." ”
"If there are no outsiders, don't pretend. Lin Jing lowered his head and poked Xiu'er's serious face, "Actually, you didn't understand this word at all, there are three letters in total, and it has become such a long list of names." ”
"You actually found out, that's right, all the previous translations were made up by me, and now I can't make them up. ”
"Hee-hee. Saph covered her mouth and snickered, it was so funny every time she watched the two of them laugh at each other, and I really wished that the pleasure would last forever, even if it was in danger at any time.
"Huh", the laughter disturbed the terrible guy, and both eyes hit the female swordsman in the face at the same time. Shul and Moria, smiling grimly, rushed to her side, slapping her on the back of her thigh, holding her arms from side to side as if rushing through the door.
"Hey, why are you beating me again, don't bully me, haha, let me down, hahaha, you two bastards have gone crazy. ”
Although they were laughing and making trouble, none of the surrounding things were ignored by the three of them.
Outside it looks like a fortress, but inside it looks like a prison, and the walls are divided into eight areas, each separated by a second high wall, and dozens of automatic flamethrowers are installed at the head of the wall, aiming at the interior space.
Today, the doors of seven areas are open and the inside is messy. These areas were all man-made land, and they were supposed to be planted with plants, but now, with charred ashes and traces of flames everywhere, it was clear that the frogmen had activated their defenses at the last minute, burning all the experimental results.
"It looks like it was originally covered with glass. Picking up a few pieces of dirt and twisting it between his fingers, Shul and Moria looked at each other and nodded.
"Well, the soil is not right. Lin Jing sniffed his fingers and nodded, "The glass has been melted by the high temperature, and I don't know what it is." ”
"It's just a normal plant. Shul shrugged, "This piece is a kind of vine, a high-risk species, a predator of soil nutrients, and it is very adaptable to the environment, and if it breeds in the forest, it can destroy a large amount of vegetation in a few years, and it must be controlled in order to protect the environment." Well, there's an introduction written on this. ”
"And this, originally called Drunken Beast Grass, this word...... Oh, medicinal, but after eating it, it will be like getting drunk, and it is very addictive. What is planted here is to transform something in order to weaken the bad influence. Since it has just been bred, it needs to be observed for a long time, so it is planted here. ”
"Interesting. Mauria said with great interest, "It's all these strange things, it's a pity, if I can bring ......."
"No, yes. Xiu'er interrupted Lin Jing's fantasy in an accentuated tone, and didn't let her tell the truth behind it, "Don't think about those unrealistic, don't forget what we're here for." ”
"Is Macajaren really here?" Saph leaned against Moria's back and looked around, "The only complete place here is the house. ”
"Just look at it. Shul walked straight to the only closed area, the only building in the prison that was not open.
"Whew", the metal door seems to slide open on both sides, as if welcoming guests with open arms.
Walking around the circular corridor without squinting, ignoring the rooms on both sides, Shul already had some understanding of the architectural style of the frog people, and walked directly to the position directly opposite the entrance of the circular corridor, and sure enough, the only two-sided door here appeared in front of everyone.
"Guess what place this is?" Pointing to the door, Shul had already walked in before Moreya and Saf could guess, "The diary mentions that this city, oh no, should be the stationmaster of this research station issuing centralized orders, and this is the stationmaster's position. ”
"Stationmaster's room?" Lin Jing pouted, looking at the many plant specimens hanging on the wall, "The supreme person in charge of the city, living in a place where various weapons are pointed at?"
"The weapons are pointing at the seven test fields, which are not available in these laboratories. Shuer patted the stacks of materials on his desk, "These are the experimental reports that are regularly submitted by various research institutes. ”
"Macajeren is not here. Saph was the only one who was dedicated, and the girl interrupted Shure and Moria's business, "At least not for now, it doesn't seem to be there, I can't hear his breathing or heartbeat." It's so quiet here, even if he had a shadow, I should be able to hear it. ”
"I'm mentally prepared. Shuer didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, staring at the table and said, "Didn't you think just now that Macageren was trying to lead us somewhere, it seems that this is it, heh, I found that we should be in the right place." ”
Following Shuer's gaze, there was a red button under a glass lid on the table, and a familiar black notebook was placed upright next to it.
"Hey, this button ......" Lin Jing's curious nature was almost uncontrollable, and he opened the glass lid and looked at Xiu'er expectantly, "Let's press it?"
"Absolutely not, it is written next to it, you must not press it, if you press it, the city will explode. ”
"Huh?" Lin Jing subconsciously withdrew his hand and searched for the button for a long time, but he didn't find anything that looked like words.
"Lie to you, no words. Xiu'er made a serious face, and pressed the button first, "Such an obvious and simple mechanism is nothing more than opening some dark compartments that only the stationmaster is qualified to enter, you see, open it." ”
"You wait, when I go back, I'll find an opportunity to bully Lisa. ”
It's unlikely that there will be any lethal traps in this kind of normal office, so the three of them look relaxed. However, it was just a look, in fact, the three of them were not easy at all, and every movement was extremely careful.
Just like Xiu'er, although he said that he was lying to Moria, in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that this was an institution that studied plants, and Moria had some plant attributes, and Shure was worried that there were any defensive measures against plants on the button, which would have a bad impact on the forest spirits, so he deliberately took the lead, and at the same time pressed the button, he deliberately protected Moria.
Fortunately, Shule's worries were a little unnecessary, and everything was calm after pressing the button, except for the opposite wall that slowly slid open to the sides, revealing a dark room inside.
The darkroom is richly decorated, at least to the eyes of the Pavatiga.
There are several figure paintings hanging on the wall, although the paintings are frogs, in the wine cabinet, there are several rows of wine bottles of different heights, although I don't know the taste, but looking at the appearance of the bottles, you can judge that they are worth a lot, the wide sofa is soft and comfortable, opposite the sofa, the whole wall is the kind of glass screen I saw before, but unfortunately no graphics can be played now.
From any point of view, it's an intimate space for the stationmaster to relieve stress after work, and even in Pavatiga, where many of the top figures handle official business, there are similar secret rooms, which is not worth making a fuss about.
What is really worth the fuss is the coffee table in front of the sofa, the transparent coffee table is made in the shape of a lotus leaf, which may be very beautiful for the frog people, of course, this is not the point, the point is that there is a flower pot above the coffee table, an unknown red flower, blooming in the pot.
"Smack", Shuer slammed the button hard, and the wall quickly closed and returned to its original state.
The three of them looked at each other with surprise in their expressions.
"What did you think was going to happen?" asked Moria, who was no longer bothered to play dumb riddles.
"There are a lot of possibilities, such as the possible mastermind behind the scenes, the survivors of the frog people, or the subject of the controlled frog people, the kind that has system intelligence to communicate. But I really didn't expect that the stationmaster would be so emotional and raise potted flowers in his lounge. Moria, that's not a fake flower. ”
"Unfortunately, that's true. ”
"Tsk, that's interesting. Shul turned his gaze to the notepad, "It seems that the second arduous journey has begun, since the stationmaster has placed the notepad in such an obvious place, I am afraid it is for people to see, let's study it, I think it will explain everything." ”