Chapter 13: A Chance Encounter with Hou Ling
After Li Yiheng and the three of them were ejected, they deviated from the direction of the unmanned black sand realm originally set by the catapult chair, and fell towards the top of a tower in the middle of a prosperous block in the city, which was far away from the black sand realm.
When the three of them were less than 100 meters away from the top of the tower, Li Yiheng was in a hurry to pull off a ring on the edge of the belt, and the seat back behind him suddenly unfolded into a large round ball, and quickly wrapped Li Yiheng in the center of the ball, half-hanging.
Seeing this, Rainbow and Diana also pulled off the ring, and were wrapped in the center by the ball one after another, and the three big black balls hit the ground at the top of the tower, colliding with each other and bouncing off, and were blocked by the messy piles of debris on the top of the tower before stopping.
Li Yiheng used the umbrella blade to cut through the cortical ball wall, drilled out of the shriveled ball interlayer, broke the other two balls, and pulled out Diana and Tianhong.
Li Yiheng looked around and found that the buildings of Lightning City were all gray and black, the surface was covered with iron thorns, extending to the ground, and there were many traces of lightning strikes on the ground under his feet, but it looked like it had been some years.
"Where are we going now?" asked Diana.
Tianhong kicked away the broken bag that was still wrapped around her feet, and was quite displeased: "I didn't ask clearly before I came, but I arrived in such a strange place." ”
Li Yiheng stood on the edge of the top of the tower and looked down at the ground, there were few pedestrians on the street, although the city was full of sunshine, peaceful and quiet, but looking at the mountains around the lightning city, it was gloomy clouds and dense fog, and thunderclouds were churning wantonly.
"Since he let us in, he must have thought of a way back, let's find a place to settle in the city first, and then find Shixiong. Li Yiheng didn't have a score in his heart when he said it, and it was not so easy for newcomers to find a safe place to stay in this huge city.
"How are we going to go down?" asked Diana, looking down a thin line of street under the tower.
Li Yiheng looked at Xiao Ji, there was no sign of waking up, and looked at the iron thorns that climbed all over the tower, although the edge of the iron thorns was not particularly sharp, but there were many dense ones, and the tower body was high, it took considerable strength to climb down.
"Why don't we try?" Li Yiheng pointed to the iron thorns scattered all over the place, asking for Diana and Rainbow's opinions.
"What are you trying, there is a door, and you still need to climb?!" Rainbow pointed to a pile of debris in the center of the top of the tower, among which there were some large pieces of wood and iron, and an inconspicuous small door was very tight, and it was really impossible to see if you didn't look carefully.
Li Yiheng stepped forward three or two times to remove these debris and clean up the front of the small door, which was covered with rust, and it should have been unused for a long time.
There was a "squeak" sound, and the small door was pushed open by Li Yiheng, and inside was a deep staircase, winding down.
"I'm in front, and Diana feels sensitive, so let's break back. After Li Yiheng finished arranging, the cat's waist went in.
Diana stretched out a spore from her back against the wall, probing the movement in the tower, and the slender spore did not tremble at all, indicating that there was no sign of activity in front of her, and she was safe for the time being.
The inside of the tower was a little dim, but the three of them fumbled for a while and gradually got used to it, and they could see the layout clearly: just a staircase coiling downward.
Although Diana sensed that there was no danger, the trio walked quietly to avoid making loud noises, and the tower was unusually quiet, with only the slight footsteps of the trio.
The three of them sneaked for about ten minutes, and found that there was no road ahead, a stone wall stretched in front of them, and the stairs came to an abrupt end without warning.
"No way, this time I'm going to make a noise anyway. Li Yiheng's right hand was pressed against the wall, the temperature of his palm gradually increased, and it began to turn red, and the dim space became a little brighter; the stone wall attached to his palm began to melt slowly, and the temperature in the entire space began to rise sharply, and Diana and Rainbow felt a wave of heat rushing towards them.
Tianhong was quite surprised, and said hesitantly: "Unexpectedly, it turned into a transformation, you, your arm, what is it made of?"
Diana laughed behind Rainbow, "Even he doesn't know that there may be many undeveloped functions in this arm." ”
Li Yiheng moved his palm on the stone wall, turning into a small door that was only large enough for a person to pass sideways, and then took a step back, dodging the flowing molten stone, which flowed through the small door.
"For the sake of prudence, I can only open such a small opening, I am afraid that the whole wall will be overturned, and I will pass it. When the molten stone ran out, Li Yiheng took the lead in drilling sideways.
Behind the stone wall was still a staircase, but it was made of iron, and there was a loud noise when the shoes stepped on, and the staircase was rooted in the wall, and now that the three of them had used to the darkness, they saw a huge mechanical shelf standing beneath the staircase, which occupied almost the entire tower.
"Looks like we've broken into a terrible place. Li Yiheng said with some excitement, looking at the machinery below that was almost about to emit light.
The three of them descended the iron staircase and found that the machine was unimaginably large, and it seemed that the entire tower was built on this mechanical frame.
Li Yiheng observed the mechanical frame, the parts of various styles were tediously embedded together, the shape was like iron beads strung together, or four strings were built side by side, and it looked like a bead curtain that wanted to be sprinkled.
Li Yiheng asked Tianhong: "Have you ever seen a similar machine in your impression?"
Tianhong shook his head: "No, the mountain town and the lightning city seem to be on the same land, but according to the old people, the gap between the two is very large, and it is the first time I have seen the specific gap." ”
Diana used the spore to touch the machine table with great interest, probing the energy source in the machine table, and as she walked, the spore silk followed and stuck to the nearby machine assembly.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Li Yiheng saw that Diana was more interested than himself, so he stopped and asked Diana.
Diana's excited expression gradually cooled, and she reminded Li Yiheng: "Be careful, there is movement coming from below." ”
As soon as Diana finished speaking, Li Yiheng immediately signaled Diana and Tianhong to lower their bodies, and listened to what Diana said with bated breath, Diana said leisurely: "What are you nervous, what I have detected is the weakest movement, at least a hundred meters away from us, don't worry." ”
Tianhong let out a long sigh, got up and kicked Li Yiheng in disgust: "You are also insane, even if you are not caught by the enemy, you will be scared half to death sooner or later." ”
Li Yiheng scratched his head and muttered: "I'm also for your good, early prevention, early detection, can't you beat me to death with a stick." ”
"Alright, according to my detection of the moral route, there is still at least a hundred meters to the bottom of the tower, let's go. Diana took the lead in front of Li Yiheng to open the way, "It will be safer for me to come." ”
After a long staircase, the three of them were about to come to the bottom of the mechanical frame, and then from the faint light through the broken windows at the bottom of the tower, Li Yiheng saw that the entire mechanical frame was supported by a square pedestal, and the base was surrounded by tree roots and iron cables extending to connect the tower body.
"You see, there is a figure under the base of the tower. Diana said softly.
Li Yiheng looked in the direction of Diana's finger, and saw two petite figures shaking under the pedestal, two children dressed in tatters, holding a small bowl in their hands, as if waiting for the meal to start.
The three of them slowed down and walked down cautiously, and Li Yiheng saw a beautiful girl walking towards the two children, and also carrying a basket full of food, which was filled with the bowls of both children.
Li Yiheng was attracted by this girl's figure for a while, and fell a long distance from the rainbow, until Diana's spores were pumped on Li Yiheng's face, he didn't realize it, and hurriedly followed, his eyes still kept glancing in the direction of the girl.
The three of them finally descended the steps, and behind a few waist-thick iron pillars hiding under the pedestal, they saw four other children in tattered clothes near the girl, who were devouring their meals.
Li Yiheng thought to himself that this might be some wandering orphans, this girl was doing charity, although this girl was wearing a coarse cloth gown, but she had an outstanding temperament, and she looked like she was definitely not the daughter of an ordinary family.
Then the children's voices and their cheerful laughter were heard:
"Thank you sister for bringing us food often. ”
"Yes, if it weren't for you, sister, we would have starved to death. ”
"By the way, sister, can we go out and play?"
These six children are what you say to me, but Li Yiheng is very sad to hear it, it may be that they have had similar experiences since childhood, Li Yiheng can feel that these children still have expectations for the world.
Tianhong and Diana quietly leaned against the iron pillar, and saw Li Yiheng striding towards these children, and it was too late to stop them.
When the children heard the commotion, they hurried closer to the girl, who stretched out her hands to protect the six children, fearless of danger.
Li Yiheng's figure appeared from the darkness, and greeted the girl with a smile: "I'm not a bad person, I just passed by here, and I'll leave immediately." ”
Diana and Tianhong also rushed behind Li Yiheng, looked at the child who was nervous because of fear, and hurriedly explained: "Don't be afraid, let's leave now." ”
As he spoke, he pulled Li Yiheng from left to right and walked towards the nearby broken window, the window was welded with iron plates, and there were gaps between the iron plates.
"Well, the door is over there. The girl pointed to the small dark door not far from the window.
"Oh, thanks. Li Yiheng shook off Rainbow and Diana and walked towards the dark door, "I'm really not a bad person, I'm destined to see you again, my name is Li Yiheng." ”
Diana pushed Li Yiheng behind her back: "Let's go." ”
The girl seemed to remember something, and suddenly stopped them: "Did you just escape from the test base?"
"The news spread quite quickly, it must be Cheng Dong's guy who deliberately spread it, so I knew that he wouldn't let us go so kindly. Rainbow scolded indignantly.
Li Yiheng stood by the secret door and said, "He deliberately let us go, and some things can't be said yet, so, take care, he has a purpose." After saying that, he turned around and entered the secret door, and Diana pulled Rainbow, who was still complaining, into it.
A child leaned out from behind the girl and looked at her in bewilderment, and a little girl asked, "Sister, what are they talking about?"
The girl touched the little girl's head and said, "I don't know, but they may be the saviors of Lightning City." ”
The six children still blinked in confusion, in their opinion, this was something they could not understand now, maybe one day, they would remember the boy they saw now, but it would not be as ordinary as this again.