Chapter 2: The Great Black Escape
It takes a lot of manpower to clean up and deal with the current disaster situation in Shangri-La, and the return of the Qinglou Alliance fills this gap in a timely manner.
The armed forces that were originally subordinate to Shi Chong had quietly withdrawn most of them before this night, and the Qinglou Alliance could be said to have recaptured the city effortlessly, however, Shangri-La was badly injured, and the people who woke up from a coma and saw their ruined homes needed to be appeased, and these were things that needed to be done immediately.
"Cleaning up the body and cremating it as soon as possible, if you let the body decompose and cause the disease to spread, it will be very troublesome. ”
"To raise food and drinking water, the first batch should not be less than 30,000 tons, and it will be sent immediately, and there will be ...... Set up temporary shelters as soon as possible, as many of the displaced people need to be resettled immediately. ”
The Qinglou Alliance has been ruling Shangri-La for thousands of years, and the overall network of contacts is incomparable, and when the Demon House returns again, these hidden connections are all active, controlling the situation as quickly as possible, and not letting the disaster worsen.
For all citizens, the timely return of the Qinglou Alliance is a great joy, because without them, many of Shangri-La's emergency systems would not have known how to activate, and as a result of the continued spread of the disaster, the number of casualties would have increased exponentially.
There's a lot to do, but it's none of Lancelot's business. They are always outsiders, and when the battle situation here is over, what they need most is to rest and heal.
After returning to Shangri-La, the house quickly reverted to its original location. Under the leadership of Feng'er, Lancelot and the others entered the magic house.
"When we blocked the launch port of the Babel cannon, our side was severely traumatized......"
Feng'er explained the situation to Lancelot and the others, which was also the thing they were most puzzled about.
"If we are blocked in the muzzle of the Babel Cannon, and we are hit by the Babel Cannon, even if the power of the Babel Cannon is not complete, we will only be completely annihilated, but the Demon House does have some very ingenious mechanisms......"
Time and space jump - what this Jinao Island has done, the magic house can also do, and because the size of the magic house is much smaller than that of Jinao Island, the practical flexibility of this technology is much higher than that of the other party.
The heavy impact of the demon house, combined with its own speed, perfectly destroyed the launch port of the Tongtian cannon, and locked the burst of energy in the moment before it was about to explode. But this is not a good thing for the magic house itself, because the terrifying energy that was once blocked will explode stronger and more violently in the next moment, although the power cannot directly hit Shangri-La, but the entire magic house embedded in the launch port is the first victim.
"Hmph, although we came here with the determination to die, but that doesn't mean that we people have to die!"
Before rushing to the launch port, Feng'er heard the lady say this, and at the moment when the power of the Babel Cannon was about to explode, the entire demon house suddenly began to change, according to the procedure that had been prepared in advance, the outer wall was blasted in an instant, the outer armor was removed, and the core part of the entire interior was urgently space-jumped.
If it is said that it is a foolish act to die by hard connecting the heavenly cannon, then jumping in time and space in this state is a risky action that requires risking your life. The entire flying ship is still in the reverse shaking of the fierce collision, and the space in which it is located is highly dense due to the huge energy, showing an unstable and dangerous state, and the space-time shock caused by the emergency space-time jump is also a dangerous variable when jumping, if it gets out of control, it may be thrown into the distance at the unknown end during the space-time jump.
In fact, when the magic house was performing a space-time jump, due to the huge energy interference, as well as the blasting effect that was so powerful that it shook time and space, all the instruments failed, and it was impossible to locate and sail in the space-time stream, and almost all of them were martyred, becoming garbage drifting in the gap of time and space forever, but fortunately, the lady was personally at the helm, skillfully breaking through the space from that dangerous state and returning to the normal world.
"Listening to them, I also helped a little, because I had the experience of traveling through time and space before, so I became a coordinate in the chaos, and I don't know the details, anyway, that's how we came back......"
Feng'er said with a smile. In Japan before, she and Lancelot had been thrown to another dimension by the Five Extremes Celestial Style together, and had similar experiences, so she was very adaptable to that kind of space-time turbulence.
After this dramatic battle, everyone here needs to rest, after all, Zhou Gongjin has suffered such a trauma, and even Jinao Island has fled, should they not come back to fight in a short time, before meeting the next battle, they must first heal their injuries and breathe and recover their combat strength.
"By the way, I've been focusing on Jinao Island and forgetting about another big threat. ”
What Izumi Sakura cares about is the threat left by Shi Chong. It stands to reason that there is still a burst reserved by Shi Chong buried under Shangri-La, which may erupt at any time, although it has not exploded until now, but thinking of the danger of that burst, Izumi Sakura had to warn.
“...... Although it cannot be ruled out that it is a suspicious trick on Shi Chong's side, it is better to believe this kind of major event than to check it. ”
"Don't worry about this, the magic house has already started to do when it landed, the Qinglou Alliance has taken root in Shangri-La for thousands of years, and there are specialized talents guarding the ruins, and now they have dived underground and started to search for various suspicious locations. ”
But the latest progress report didn't find anything out of the ordinary, which was a surprise to everyone, especially Izumi Sakura. Shi Chong deliberately came to the backstage to say those words, at that time, the feeling and expression did not seem to be fake, although Shi Chong himself was a big liar, but considering the situation at the time, it was hard for Izumi Sakura to believe that it was just a lie.
"I don't think so. Feng'er said: "So the staff is still searching, and we will be notified immediately if there is news." In addition, when Chireth and Miss Niel left just now, they briefly passed with us in the other space, and the Qinglou left a mark with a unique secret method, which is being tracked, and the last record is to travel towards the southeast of Free City, as long as there is any more news, we can catch up immediately. ”
There is a way to track down Chireth and Neal, which is great news for Reyns, but there are people who are suspicious of the good news, and that is Neal's guardian brother.
"Wait, tracking? Isn't your tracking mark the kind of one that goes to the end and puts a big oolong and finds out that it's on a cat?"
"No, the tracing technique used by the Qinglou Alliance is a spell rather than an ancient magic device, and it won't make that kind of oolong scene. ”
Feng'er's explanation made Ailing beside her very unconvinced, and wanted to make a defense, but the opportunity for her to win back a city was coming soon, and when everyone was about to turn a corridor, two flustered maids hurriedly rushed to Feng'er, bent down and saluted, as if they were embarrassed to whisper.
"Found the signal? uh...... What? Marks on a dog's body?"
Feng'er's stunned and embarrassed expression was indicating that things were out of control, when there was a heavy muffled sound next to her, and it was Lancelot who raised his hand and slapped it on the pillar next to him.
"Lord Lancelot!"
"Husband!"
In front of everyone's eyes, Lancelot's face suddenly turned pale, his lips trembled, and he wanted to say something, but then he fell down heavily.
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"Hey, you don't need any tricks, you just want to deal with Lao Tzu with this little trick...... Let's dream big for their next life!"
Somewhere in the woods thousands of miles northwest of Shangri-La, Chireth and Nier, who were supposed to have the Mark of the Qinglou Alliance's tracking technique, were there.
Chires's face was very ugly, as if he sensed the tracking of him by the Qinglou Alliance, but that kind of level-level tracking technique was not worth caring about in his eyes, and when he was out of space and transferred, he had already thrown it on other creatures casually, and now the enemy should have tracked the wrong target.
"Is it glorious to win against those who are not as good as you? If you are really so capable, you won't be beaten by the Iron Mask Shemale and run away with her tail between your legs. ”
Nier made sarcastic remarks, she was seriously injured and didn't have much physical strength, and she kept her head dizzy and wanted to faint, but a stubborn insistence made her bite her lower lip tightly and support her not to faint in front of the enemy to show weakness.
"You don't have to be in a hurry to provoke, we tend to lose the upper hand in this battle, Zhou Gongjin can practice martial arts to this point, it's really terrible, but now that the battle is over, we can retreat with our whole body, and next time we will win or lose, this is the risk he is prepared to take." ”
Chireth spoke confidently, and Nill understood what he meant. On the day of the two strong showdowns in Jerusalem, although Gong Jin was missing an arm, the insight and experience brought to him by that battle allowed him to break through the wall of heaven and sweep the contemporary era with the strong power of Zhai Tian, and this fierce battle in Shangri-La, everyone benefited a lot, as long as there is enough time and qualifications to absorb what has been learned in this battle, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will break through the strong heaven position and fight with Gong Jin on an equal footing in the next battle, and this ...... Presumably this is what Gong Jin is most worried about.
Thinking of this, the dizziness in Nier's brain was even greater, and she didn't have time to make more mockery, so she asked Chireth coldly, "Where are you going to take me?"
Chirez didn't answer, just sneered, and from time to time looked up at the sky, as if looking for something.
"What are you looking for?" asked Nier, a flash of inspiration in her head, "Are you looking for that crow just now?"
When Chireth pulled Niel to fly in the air before, he passed by a crow, Nier just wondered that there should be no crows in the sky, but Chirez immediately landed on the ground, now that he thinks about it, it may mean that there is something wrong with the crow, otherwise with the impatient personality of this beast, how can he not pull people to continue to hurry, and will stop and rest so kindly?
(I've heard that there are techniques in magic that can manipulate creatures or spell gods to attack enemies or scout, is that what that crow is?)
But with Chires's wild nature, if the raven is really the enemy's eyes and ears, he should immediately attack and destroy the crow, and then wait where it is, wait for the enemy to track him, and then let it go, there is no reason to find a place to hide like now, unless......
"You're injured? That iron-masked ladyboy has seriously injured you, so you don't dare to do anything with people and want to hide in the turtle cave?"
Nier's speculation and tone stimulated the anger of this peerless beast, and she punched out with a backhand, and the strong wind was everywhere, and all the trees were broken in the roar, and when she fell to the ground, the entire branches and leaves rotted and died, and a whole forest spread out in a straight line, and the birds and beasts fled in fright, and I don't know how many trees he destroyed.
"Hmph, I have an injury? Can this little injury stump the Demon Realm royal family? It will be healed in three or two clicks, Zhou Gongjin wants to use these injuries to kill me, he is far from qualified!"
Chireth didn't speak loudly, but he felt full of energy, showing that he was in good shape, at most he was only a little tired after the fierce battle, but he didn't look like he was seriously injured, which made Niel doubt his judgment, and even puzzled why he chose to retreat, could it be that the enemy was very strong?
The reason for Niel's concern is known only to Chires. When he joined forces with Lancelot to fight the enemy before, merged the two of them with their Heavenly Heart Consciousness, and broke out the strongest blow, there were some things he didn't say to Lancelot frankly, including the backlash and side effects of this set of exercises.
This kind of desperate exercise method must have defects and backlash caused by the rapid increase of strength, not to mention that this set of exercises is still a semi-finished product without experimentation, so it is strange that it will be flawless. At that time, the situation was critical, and if Zhou Gongjin was not defeated, there would be no "future" at all, so this decision was not wrong, but since the battle was over, it was time to think about the hidden worries of side effects.
What kind of side effects and backlash damage will be, Chirez himself doesn't know, and it is not written in the classics, only that after the exercise is completed, the side effects will occur at any time, whether it is himself or Lancelot who cooperates with the cast, he is now in a highly dangerous unknown state, in order to avoid the sudden onset of side effects when fighting with the enemy, Chirez chose to retreat, not to give the enemy a chance to take advantage of.
"That'...... Who's chasing you? Is it the Iron Mask? or ...... My brother and they?"
"Hey, if that kid wants to track down, he must be using the Ancient Demon Dao Instrument now, and as for Reins, a ruined Shangri-La is enough for them to take care of themselves, and they have made their own clever results, and now they have probably found that stupid dog, and their faces are blue......"
"Who could that be? You don't have too many enemies, you can't even figure out who wants to track you down, right?"
"Hmph, it must be Shi Chong's sneaky thing, he and the two dog things of the Guma Lion, they like to use magic to play with some boring things that are unsightly, and they will use Shikijin to track our whereabouts, it must be their little trick. ”
"Strange, listening to your tone, it seems that you know them very well...... Hey, what the hell is the relationship between the two of you? Is it an old acquaintance? It doesn't look like it!"
"Old Acquaintance......s?"
When asked by Niel, Chireth suddenly burst out laughing, his voice sounding like joy, but unspeakably weird.
"It should be said that it is an old acquaintance, I am very familiar with these two dogs, and I am very familiar with their whole family, and I am often entrusted to say hello to these two dogs!"
"Oh...... You people from the demon realm are really weird to talk about, just say hello, and you have to say so yin and yang. ”
Nier felt that things seemed unusual, but she was not interested in asking more, let alone knowing that in the past, when she was in the Demon Realm, Qireth was notorious and was hunted down wherever she went, and Shi Chong had led several sieges and killings.
In the same situation as Li Yu at the beginning, but Li Yu only kills when he counterattacks, and does not take the initiative to let the blood flow everywhere he passes, let alone hurt women and children for no reason, compared to Qires, he does not even have half of Li Yu's mercy, and the night after Shi Chong's initial siege failed, the wounded beast touched the door and killed the enemy before he could evacuate. The next day, the full gate of the Guma lion and the city where he lives will be turned into a mountain of blood and corpses.
The hunt never stopped, and Chirez's murderous reputation spread far and wide, and even after fleeing to the human realm, Chirez still felt that these "old acquaintances" were always tracking his whereabouts.
"Hey, girl, you seem to be some kind of generalissimo on the human side, and you've been in charge of a lot of humans, haven't you?"
"What's the matter with you?"
"You've been out there for so long, you must have not been back to your hometown for a long time, how about entertaining me to play in your hometown, are you interested?"
Chiretz's brainless words surprised Nier, but when she thought about it, since she recognized her brother and left her hometown, she never went back, sometimes in the dead of night, looking at the past in the direction of Wu Lian, she was full of nostalgia for her hometown, and now when she was asked by Chires, a wave of nostalgia arose, and she strongly missed her hometown that had been goodbye for several years.
"What are you asking for......
Nier asked in a word, and she suddenly realized that although the main purpose of leaving with Chireth this time was to heal the abnormal condition of the body, what was involved with this problem was to face the problem of her own life experience, and Chirez said that she wanted to return to her hometown, which should be for this.
I was a little nervous in my heart, but after thinking for a while, the girl still stubbornly raised her chin and said proudly: "Just go, are you afraid of you?"
"You're willing to go, you're going to go...... That's great. ”
The low laughter and the strange voice of Chirez made Niel very uneasy, especially when he saw that the blue tendons on his forehead were exposed, and his hands were clenched into fists, as if he was preparing to make a move, this unnecessary movement made Nile feel that he had a plan.
"Y-what do you want to do? What's so good? What's your business?"
Originally, he thought that Chireth had bad intentions, or planned to go to his hometown to kill him, but he knew that after he finished asking, he smiled evilly, the green tendons on his forehead suddenly burst, blood stained the ground, and the tense body muscles suddenly lost their strength and fell weakly.
“...... I'll leave the rest of the stuff to you. ”
The peerless beast fell like this, fainting and dying, Ni'er was so confused by this unreasonable change that she couldn't figure out the situation at all, and then she thought about whether she should go over and kick him twice, to confirm whether he was really faint or fake, but a piercing scream sounded in the nearby woods, and the birds and beasts were startled away, and hundreds of blood-red fire shadows flew at high speed from the west.
Looking at it closely, the thing that flew over was some kind of bird, and its shape was very similar to that of a crow, which reminded Niel of the thing that was killed by Chirez before, but these blood shadow fire crows were not ordinary things, the light flames that erupted from their bodies, and the sharp gaze that stared at the prey, Niel was sure that these hundreds of blood crows were extremely lethal, if she kept her full state, then she would be calm and fearless, but now that she was seriously injured and had not healed, it was dangerous to think about it.
"Raven, crow, crow!"
The fire shadow flickered, and hundreds of red crows with a strong smell of blood stopped on the branches, just high enough to surround Niel, and the bloody eyes stared at them fiercely, and couldn't help but let out a piercing high chirp, one after another, as if they were connecting something.
And from the increasingly tense atmosphere, Niel understood that these monsters might be formed by magic, and she was ready to attack immediately, not only did she have to deal with it with serious injuries, but worse, she was not even alone, because at least she didn't have to be dragged down by the wounded, but she still had a big burden in front of her unconscious.
"Raven, crow, crow!"
"Yes, is there any mistake...... I'm a seriously injured patient, yes, I'm ...... I should have laid down and recuperated!"
The girl's angry and helpless accusation did not impress the unsympathetic birds, and when Niel picked up the wounded and ran wildly, hundreds of fire crows left the branches and chased after them with the most violent momentum.
"Shi Chong~~~ You big traitorous dog!