The first rays of sunlight shone on the gates of the Doge's Palace, the sandalwood gates were firmly closed, and the fat Doge paced in front of them, hesitating whether to wake the great man or not.

After thinking for a long time, he knocked on the door cautiously, and the knock was very abrupt in the silence of the morning.

There was no response in the room for a long time, and he was hesitating whether to knock again when the door suddenly opened, and a delicate little face suddenly came up to startle him, and Jiera winked curiously at his fat face.

The governor of Shuzhong took the opportunity to sneak a few glances into the room, and his heart was almost bleeding. The delicate white marble screen had been shattered, and the floor was littered with broken jade pieces, the precious gold-wire curtains had been torn down and crumpled in a mess, the rosewood handmade bookshelf he had brought back from Avinia was crumbling, and the precious books on the shelves and the calligraphy and paintings of celebrities on the walls had been taken down and thrown everywhere. If I am not mistaken, there is a huge crack in the bookshelf worth nearly 100,000 yuan, which is large enough to fit into a hand, and now it is not even worth half the price.

It's all over, just let the big guy and his girl stay in it for the night, and everything is different. Overnight, he lost all the collections he had worked so hard to collect, which were worth hundreds of thousands, and just let them stay overnight.

Even so, he didn't dare to show the slightest displeasure, compared to offending this strange man, go ahead and make this year's tax commission a little higher, and it is more "easy" to buy a new set, and you have to have money to have a fate.

Chu Kunyang was sitting upright on the Taishi chair in the room at the moment, his eyes were closed, and he was as quiet as a sculpture, looking no different from when he first came in yesterday. In his current state, it is difficult to say whether he is "sleeping" or "waking up," and whether he should be woken up or not? The governor of Shuzhong was beating a small drum in his heart.

Say. A cold male voice came from the room, and then Chu Kunyang was still motionless, as if that sentence was not what he said.

In fact, Chu Kunyang didn't rest well, and last night Jiela jumped up and down in the room like a rabbit, and the messy traces of the room were made by her. Even though the agreement between him and Gera was "I'll marry you, you take me to Loan", he wasn't naturally interested in girls, so he actually sat in that chair last night and didn't close his eyes because Jara was too noisy.

Chu Kunyang's words came too abruptly, the governor of Shuzhong was almost startled, and he hesitated for a while before he hesitated: "Your Highness, the water potential of the Kuijiang River is too big now, and the ships cannot go upstream, and besides, Your Majesty is not in Luo'an now, we sent a message to Your Majesty in Avinia yesterday that you are here, and we have not yet received a reply, can you consider being wronged here for a little longer?"

With a pain in his ears, the governor of Shuzhong raised his head in horror, and the girl with a spring eyebrow was curiously pulling his fat ear, obviously not very satisfied with the results of this report.

Chu Kunyang, who was sitting upright, opened his eyes and walked over step by step. His steps were neither light nor heavy, but every step heard by the Governor of Shuzhong roar in his heart like thunder, because the pair of swords that he had carried on his back yesterday were now in his hands! The cold patterns on the scabbard of the sword carried the deterrent power of a war machine, and could destroy a person's life at any time.

But surprisingly, Chu Kunyang just walked over and took off Jiela's hand that was holding the ear of the governor of Shuzhong, and Jiela smacked her mouth a little reluctantly. This small detail immediately made the Governor of Shuzhong more sure of his thoughts, the relationship between this girl and Chu Kunyang was indeed not ordinary.

At this time, someone stood behind the governor of Shuzhong, and his voice was "gentle", but that mildness was full of sophistication of power, "You go down first." ”

The governor of Shuzhong turned his head vigilantly, and the middle-aged man with vicissitudes in his eyes waved his hand at him. This is a gesture to signal the subordinate to retreat, but in front of this man, his status is equivalent to a subordinate, even if he is the governor of Shuzhong, he can only be pushed down respectfully.

Prince of the Empire, Chu Xiong!

Chu Kunyang saw that he didn't show any special expression, and only nodded to him slightly as a greeting: "Uncle." ”

Jiela, who appeared next to Chu Kunyang, was in a relatively embarrassing situation, and all fools knew that this was Chu Kunyang's elder, but she had been living on that closed island before, and she had zero experience in social interaction. At this moment, she didn't even know how to put her hands and feet, and she didn't know whether to say hello to this elder. She was very nervous to pull Chu Kunyang's clothes, so nervous that she began to sweat.

When Chu Xiong saw her like this, he naturally understood the embarrassment of this junior. He smiled at her gently, "What a beautiful girl, you can call me uncle like him." ”

"Oooh. Only then did Gera reluctantly speak, and whispered timidly, "Uncle." ”

"You shouldn't be here, uncle. Chu Kunyang frowned: "According to my understanding, you should be in Avinia now, even if you receive my news, it won't be too late to come immediately, how did you do it?"

"It's really impossible to do it humanly. Chu Xiong smiled: "But what I took was a miracle on the water." ”

"Miracles on the water?" Chu Kunyang repeated the word.

"Yes, the miracle of water brought about by machinery, this is the power of science. Chu Xiong said, "In order for you to be in time to participate in the celebration, Emperor Avinia lent us the 'Strings of Poseidon'!"

When he arrived at the Kuijiang Wharf, even Chu Kunyang had to straighten up in front of the majestic mechanical outline. The mechanical beast of steel lay motionless like a mountain in the rushing waters. Now the water potential of the Kuijiang River is at its highest, and the yellow-brown water is wrapped in turbid foam, dangerous whirlpools and all kinds of debris lurking in it, so the governor of Shuzhong said that it is impossible to return to Luo'an by water now. But just looking at the shape of this machine, Chu Kunyang believed that it could drive freely in the river, and he believed it just by looking at it.

It looked more like a beast of steel than a ship, and in Bactria the ship was still a traditional wooden structure, and it was all made of some kind of alloy. The alloy is silvery-white, and it stands to reason that as long as the metal is always rusted in the water, even the precious metal silver will be oxidized and faded, and this heavy ship called "Poseidon String" is full of shiny metallic luster, and there is no sign of oxidation. It looked more like a machine made in heaven than mortals.

It was the size of a hill, and the hatches were neatly arranged on the deck. The bow of the ship is engraved in white gold with the royal emblem of Avinia, a regular hexagonal snowflake. On either side of the ship is another special symbol, a concentric gear with a hexagonal snowflake as the periphery, which bears a resemblance to the hexagonal snowflake insignia of the royal family, representing a mysterious institution, which is known to the outside world - Hextech Bureau!

At this moment, this steel creature really appeared in front of Chu Kunyang, and it crouched in the river and let out a low roar, as if the ancient giant beast had been resurrected and reappeared in the world. The rushing water of the river does not affect its balance in the slightest. Thick white steam erupted from above it, and it was the roar of a steel behemoth!

Sure enough, it's a miracle on the water!!

They walked along the steel pedals to this steel water miracle, and the pedals under their feet were very stable, without the bumps of ordinary boats. As they stepped onto the deck, subtle mechanical vibrations came, and one could imagine that every gear inside it was biting like a closest friend, so that there could be such mechanical coordination.

The female captain in a standard uniform bowed to them: "Welcome to the Strings of Poseidon, Your Highness the Duke." ”

"Duke?" Chu Kunyang was puzzled.

Because although he is indeed the highest level of power in Great Xia, it is rare that he does not have a title. He felt that he didn't need it, and Chu Yiyang didn't feel that he needed it, so Chu Kunyang's title has always been "Marshal of the Army" without attaching a knighthood, where did the title of this duke come from now?

"Yes, Duke. Chu Xiong smiled at him gently: "Yun Yang will of course stay in Avinia after the marriage meeting, so that her fief and title will be vacant, and she will personally appoint you as the heir to the title and fief before she leaves." ”

"Sister. Chu Kunyang leaned on the railing and watched the turbulent river flow under his feet, rolling up yellowing foam.

Chu Kunyang is like this, no matter who he is looking at at any time, his clothes are cold, and people can't guess his thoughts.

The tall female captain stood behind them: "Please come into the room and sit down, remember to fasten your seatbelts, we are leaving." ”

Chu Xiong opened the room with one hand, and turned back to the female captain and signaled, "Okay, we know." ”

They walked into the room, Chu Xiong casually closed the door of the room, motioned for Chu Kunyang and Jiela to sit down together, stretched the belt on the back of the chair and fastened it to his waist.

Although Chu Kunyang didn't understand the deep meaning of doing this, he still did it. At first, Gera looked for them and fastened her harness to her waist, but soon she felt uncomfortable and quietly untied it and looked out of the porthole.

There was a violent vibration under his feet, and the steel beast let out a deafening roar, and the steel beast that had been sleeping now woke up.

A huge wave rolled up in the stern of the steel giant, and thicker white steam was spewed from the bow of the ship, and the long whistle sounded, and the ship turned sharply, speeding upwards against the turbulent current of the Kui River.

Under such a sudden turn, a huge sense of rotation came from the ground, and Jiera instantly felt that a pair of thugs were dragging her to the side, and her body fell sideways uncontrollably, but fortunately, Chu Kunyang even reached out and grabbed her wrist. Even so, she felt that the force of inertia was too strong, too strong to bear. No wonder the female captain asked them to wear their seatbelts, because without the protection of the seatbelts, people could simply be pressed against the wall by this inertia.

I don't know how long it took for that whirlwind inertia to disappear. At this time, Chu Xiong motioned for Chu Kunyang to stand up and walk to the deck with him, leaving Jiela alone to rest in the room.

Together, they held on to the side of the boat and looked at the whirlpool on the river, the huge whirlpool like the mouth of a beast, devouring everything that came close. But like a swordfish of steel, the "Strings of Poseidon" broke through the murky river and passed through the middle of the whirlpool in great balance. The whole ship was like a sword breaking through the current. The mountains on both sides of the river are rapidly retreating backwards, according to the technology of Xia Guo, let alone going against the current, even if it is downstream, it cannot reach such an extreme speed, just like the speed of a flying arrow and the speed of a turtle crawling is as huge as the difference.

Both of them watched the river flow in relative silence, and the oncoming wind lifted Chu Kunyang's forehead, revealing a pair of cold blue eyes, Chu Xiong's sideburns were already white, and his figure in the wind was a little gloomy.

"The masterpiece of the Avinian Hex Science and Technology Bureau, called the strings of Poseidon, Poseidon is the legendary god of the sea in Avinia, and the name is intended to explain its status on the water, no matter what kind of water flow can stop it, this is the power of machinery and science. Chu Xiong sighed softly: "In the past few decades, we have fallen too far behind. ”

Chu Kunyang listened quietly and did not make any comments.

"I really miss how strong we were in the past. Chu Xiong stretched out his hand and felt the wind flowing through his fingertips: "It's just that now is not the era when you can dominate the battlefield with courage and saber, the current era is mechanical and scientific." ”

"You really look like your father now. Chu Xiong touched Chu Kunyang's hair: "Whenever I see you, I think of him, time seems to go back to twenty years ago, but I am dozens of years old." ”

"Did you find a clue to the 'hideous' on this trip?" Chu Xiong saw that he didn't speak, and deliberately found something to break the silence.

"I discovered and landed on the legendary Isle of Shadows, but 'Hideous' wasn't there anymore. Chu Kunyang always spoke concisely and to the point.

"Oh, you actually landed on that island?" the corners of Chu Xiong's eyes twitched slightly.

"Yes, the trees are tall and completely shaded from the sun, and there are shadows below the canopy, and I guess that's why it's called Shadow Isle. ”

"Tell me the details. Chu Xiong's gaze was visibly sharp. Like an old eagle, although the years have marked it with weakness, its gaze is as proud and sharp as it was when it was young. Chu Kunyang lowered his head to look at the river, not noticing that the blade-like lines between Chu Xiong's eyebrows were bending into a terrifying arc.

"There are no valuable clues, the only special ones are the people there. Chu Kunyang recalled those beastly "humans": "Almost all of them have mutated, and there is a strange man named Goramon, who told me that I would like to join them to release his power, I don't understand this, but he seems to know my mother." Chu Kunyang's eyes closed tiredly: "Even I haven't seen her, she gave me life, but I killed her as a bad thing." ”

The blade-like sharpness of Chu Kunyang's body disappeared now, he lowered his head, his eyes were scattered, like a child who had done something wrong, helpless and self-blaming.

"Don't think so, you are now the honor of the Empire, and your mother will be proud to see you like this. Chu Xiong comforted him: "The people who did those things to her at the beginning have already paid the price, and I personally sent them to the guillotine one by one." ”

"What's the use of that?" Chu Kunyang raised his head and looked up at the sky, "She's dead." ”

"Now that you're working with your brother to revitalize the country, she's going to die a worthwhile death. Chu Xiong looked at Chu Kunyang's tired face: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Chu Kunyang lowered his head again, and his forehead hair covered his eyes. The wind was blowing strongly, and the "Strings of Poseidon" broke through the water and galloped upward, leaving a wide mark of water behind it, like a road to the unknown.