Chapter 227: Hiding from the sky and crossing the sea
Due to the empty field of vision, there are very few occlusions on the snowfield, and the density of monsters is not high.
But the advantage is that there are few people here, and there will be no things like monster robbery, so you can level up with peace of mind.
Mu You and Lin Xue teamed up, relying on the reconnaissance of the war eagle, and killed all the way to the depths of the snow field.
The monsters on the snow field are mainly ice trolls and snow monsters, and the level is generally between 7-10 levels, and there are also a small number of high-level monsters such as ice spiders and ice mammoths, which are mainly characterized by high attack power, and often have strong resistance to ice spells, but the movement speed is relatively slow.
With the level of Mu You and Lin Xue, the strength of the monsters in this place has never been a threat, and the two of them walked along the road and slashed and slashed, killing easily.
Now there are still five or six hours left before the night action, and Mu You's experience bar only has the last five hundred points left, there is plenty of time, and he doesn't need to pursue speed too much.
The ghost ship actually arrived at the imperial capital as early as this morning, but it did not enter directly, but anchored in the underground river far away from the imperial capital.
You can't enter a place like the Imperial Capital too early, after all, it is the lair of the Wizarding Association, not only the Arcane Tower, but also the Wizard Tower, and the detection of the entire city is extraordinary. And the wizard tower is equivalent to a powerful radar device, detecting everything that threatens the emperor, and it's okay for players to appear one or two scattered, but a large number of fools suddenly gather and sneak in, which is easy to arouse alarm.
The earlier you enter, the more people appear, the higher the risk of being detected by the Wizard Tower, so in order to avoid exposing the action plan in advance, the Nine Shadows had already discussed with Mu You before, and the ghost ship would enter the city at the earliest twenty minutes before the action. And after entering, it is enough for a few hundred boarding personnel to cooperate with their actions from the periphery, attract the enemy's attention, interfere with the enemy's reinforcements, and so on.
The real main force of the broken tower still depends on the hundred airborne personnel who entered through the floating door.
Stopping and stopping, from sunset to nightfall, collecting countless ice materials, Mu You finally successfully accumulated enough experience points, and chose to upgrade on the spot. One second to remember: //xbiqu
Current Level: 13 (XP: 5/20480), Attributes: Strength 19, Dexterity 38, Intelligence 57, Constitution 30, Health 5000, Mana 6700.
After some allocation of attribute points, Mu You raised his wrist and glanced at his watch.
At this time, it was already 10:20 p.m., and the time was almost up, so the two immediately collected their weapons and returned to the snow field.
Mu You let Lin Xue and the other summoned creatures into the backpack, and teleported to the vampire tomb with the backpack, and went straight to the top secret room, transferring the bodies of Vivian and Grandma Lin Xue.
Of course, this battle will rely on the resurrection of two corpses, and the large number of soul points that Lin Xue collected before was prepared for this time.
Sealing the two bodies into the prepared ice coffin, Mu swam back to the bottom of the tomb, and teleported again.
When I opened my eyes again, I was already on the ghost ship.
Mu You left the captain's room and went out to take a look, at this time the Ghost was in a dark underground lake tunnel, and on the top of the carbonate stone tip, it seemed to be raining, constantly dripping water droplets, impregnating the whole space with cold and damp.
This is outside the imperial capital, located in the depth of the rock formation more than 1,600 meters underground, there are very few dark rivers at this depth, if it were not for the map of the beaver, Mu You would not have found such a remote river.
Back in the cabin, Mu You reopened the map and confirmed the route again.
Next, following the dark river to the north, after passing a curved culvert, the terrain gradually rises, and they need to go all the way upstream, eventually reaching a waterfall at a depth of 100 meters.
This is a very special landmark in the capital of the empire, also known as the 'Upside-Down River', as the name suggests, it is said that the water of this waterfall is caused by the underground jets, which cause the water of this waterfall to flow from the bottom up.
And as long as you take the channel of the upside-down river to ascend, you can go directly to the imperial capital and enter a certain reservoir.
This is the safest and most secluded way to enter the imperial capital from underground.
After confirming the passage, Mu You set the course, and the Ghost set anchor and set sail.
Then he went out and came to the bow of the boat.
At this time, the deck was already crowded with people, and it was obvious that as the scheduled time for action got closer and closer, everyone had no intention of resting, and at this time, all the players who were online at this time, and the players who had previously lived in various cabins also left the house, gearing up for the next battle.
"Ladies and gentlemen, enter the Imperial Capital in about twenty minutes. With so many people breaking into the imperial capital together, it is very likely that the wizard tower will detect the abnormality, so the moment they enter the city, everyone needs to get off the boat immediately and disperse, and how to act next depends on their abilities, just be careful not to be caught by the guards who are chasing and killing. Mu You informed everyone of this information through his identity as the captain.
Jiuyou also stood up at this time and informed everyone of the location of the Arcane Tower: the Zhiye Forest in the north of the Imperial Capital, where the Imperial Guards were stationed, and the Arcane Tower was built in the very center of the entire Guards camp.
A group of people on the deck all nodded their heads.
There is nothing to ask for in the future, Mu You's task is just to send people into the city, and I believe that all forces have already arranged what everyone should do.
In the midst of the turbulence of the ship, time passed slowly.
Twenty minutes later, the ghost ship approached the map on time.
Others only have the perspective of the game, maybe they can't see clearly, but Mu Youren is standing at the bow of the boat, and he really sees it, and sure enough, as described in the map, below the waterfall road, is an underground fumarole that continues to erupt, and the underground river water from all around converges to the center, which will be affected by the jet, forming an upward river, passing through a tunnel of dozens of meters, and sending the underground river water all the way to the reservoir on the surface.
"Sit tight!"
Mu You turned around and shouted, and then steered the boat to swim towards the jet port.
The closer it got to the tunnel, the faster it was pulled by the air current, and finally rushed straight into the jet range.
Mu You suddenly felt that the boat was wrapped in a gust of updraft, and lifted the entire boat up and rose rapidly.
After a change from overweight to weightlessness, the ghost boat jumped over a distance of just a few tens of meters, and the ghost boat rushed out of the Yongdao mouth like a flying fish and rushed into a wide lake.
At this point, it is officially within the scope of the imperial capital.
Half of the players on the boat immediately jumped off the boat and swam in all directions, while the rest of the people Mu You didn't react slowly, or if they had other intentions, they all got off the boat in one go.
After all the players on the boat except him were emptied, Mu You continued to set up the boat and quickly sailed away from the place, until he was away from the crowd, came to a remote place at the bottom of the lake, took out the storage bottle, and put the Ghost in the bottle.
Originally, Mu You also planned to find a place to put a dark teleportation array at the bottom of the lake, but was stopped by Vivian. According to her, the Wizard Tower is extremely sensitive to the teleportation array in the city, and even if the teleportation array is dropped, it will be quickly dismantled, and its identity will be revealed, so she has to let go of this idea.
Then Mu You changed into a soothsayer skin, drove the goblin submarine, and continued to walk the underground river to leave the reservoir.
After going around the river underground, Mu You went ashore from the river at the other end of the city, put away the submarine, and simply released a fire ring technique to drive away the water stains on his body.
Then he took out thousands of people and put them on, and activated deep concealment.
After making these preparations, he left the river bank and jumped onto the street floor.
Looking left and right, Mu You found himself on the street of a lively night market.
It is a cobblestone street that zigzags forward until it is out of sight.
There is no moon in the sky tonight, but the street is brightly lit, and the light emitted by various magic lights and gems illuminates the entire commercial street like a winding Milky Way, no worse than the light pollution of a modern city.
Strange-shaped shops line the streets, and a large number of sorcerer-dressed customers gather in front of each shop to buy goods.
The closest to Mu You happened to be a potion material store, and an obese woman stood at the door of the pharmacy, shaking her arms vigorously and shouting: "Today's special, salamander liver, if you want to buy it, ...... as soon as possible."
Mu You glanced through the window of the pharmacy, the layout of the store was relatively messy, there were rows of barrels of herb powder on the ground, and on the shelves on both sides were bundles of feathers, the fangs and claws and internal organs of various demonic beasts, obviously only after preliminary processing, and most of the materials were still covered with blood and minced meat, resulting in a pungent smell near the pharmacy, and the occasional pedestrians passing by were pinching their noses and running by.
However, Mu You is a potions master with qualified eyesight, and he can see at a glance that although the hygiene situation in this store is urgent, the things inside are genuine and high-quality.
It's right to think about it, being able to have a storefront in the center of this wizarding capital, almost the most prosperous commercial street in the Star Spirit Realm, you can't do it without some real materials.
Looking down the street, there are a variety of specialty shops such as a crucible shop, a wizard's clothing store, a wand shop, and a magic shop.
If he had time, Mu You would really like to visit this city, which represents the peak of the prosperity of the otherworldly magical civilization, but unfortunately he didn't.
At the corner of the street in front of him, Mu You had already seen a team of heavily armed guard knights shuttling through the flow of people, rushing towards this place quickly.
Mu You hurriedly turned into the alley on the side. The soothsayer's skin he now uses, dressed in a wizard's robe and a pointed hat, is sparse and ordinary in this environment.
Coupled with the cover of thousands of people, a group of soldiers rushed forward, and sure enough, without even looking at him, they ran out of the street and headed for another street.
Judging by the direction in which the guards left, they should be heading towards the reservoir where they had just appeared. It seems that hundreds of fools suddenly appeared, and sure enough, they attracted the attention of the wizard tower, and they sent someone to search for them.
Mu You didn't waste time, relying on the hidden effect of thousands of people, leaving the street and going straight to the north of the city.
As for the route, it is much easier to find than expected, the city of the other world is not like the earth, dozens of high-rise buildings at every turn, most of them are one- or two-story bungalows, and occasionally some four- or five-story buildings, even if they stand out from the crowd.
In this case, the two magic towers in the imperial capital with a height of more than 100 meters became extremely conspicuous.
The Wizard's Tower and the Arcane Tower, a wizarding association located in the south of the city, and a military camp located in the north of the city, if you look up, you can see two tall towers facing each other, one south and one north, and it is difficult to notice.
The military camp in the north of the city is not close to the commercial street, at least fifty or sixty miles away, fortunately, Mu You does not need to walk on two legs, after leaving the lively night market and entering the deserted street, he directly released the chocobo.
Under the gallop of chocobos, in just a few minutes, they arrived near the straight-leaved forest in the north of the city.
At this time, the huge and magnificent arcane tower was already clearly visible, with five flickering balls of light flickering at the top, slowly rotating tirelessly around, and the tower was carved with countless dense arcane runes, and layers of invisible arcane brilliance poured out from the top of the tower, passing through the sea of people, through the city, and spreading into the invisible distance, protecting the entire imperial realm to distinguish friend from foe.
In the barracks below the Arcane Tower, two legions of Knights of the Guards are stationed here, and there are a large number of sentries patrolling around it to prevent any suspicious people from approaching.
Of course, Mu You was not reckless enough to rush directly to the barracks, but let the chocobo turn around, ran to the mountain forest not far away, found a lookout point with a wide enough field of vision on the top of the mountain, released the war eagle, and went to patrol at high altitude.
immediately opened the backpack, released Lin Xue and Vivian, and carried out the ice coffin containing the bodies of Vivian and Grandma Lin Xue.
The two of them didn't need to fight in the next battle, they just needed to find a safe place to supply the resurrected body with magic through the Death Pact Array.
After Lin Xue and Vivian appeared, they also instinctively looked at the Arcane Tower in the distance.
Lin Xue didn't have any special reaction, just like Mu You, she just sighed at the strange appearance of the Arcane Tower.
But Vivien, after seeing the tower in the distance, immediately frowned, and suddenly said, "This tower...... Wrong! ”
"Huh?"
Mu You was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at Vivian: "What's wrong?" ”
"It's too far away to see clearly, but the energy of this tower makes me feel a little awkward. A real Arcane Tower, it shouldn't be like this......" Vivien's tone was rare with some uncertainty.
"Isn't this the Arcane Tower?"
Mu You was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the war eagle to get closer, and checked it through the omniscient crystal.
However, the result of the feedback was the 'Arcane Tower'.
"It's the Arcane Tower." Mu lobbied.
Vivien shook her head and thought for a moment before saying, "The name is the Arcane Tower, and it may not be the body of the Arcane Tower, it may be a defective product or a substitute. In short, the breath of this tower is not quite right, and whether it is or is not must be close enough to be sure. ”
"No......"
Mu You's eyelids jumped when he heard this.
If this is not an arcane tower, then all this current arrangement is a trick laid by the wizarding association, the purpose of which is naturally to attract players to attack, wasting the precious tower-breaking manpower on this replacement, so as to ensure the safety of the real arcane tower, which logically makes sense.
Here's the problem: this Arcane Tower was built from scratch in front of the eyes of the city's otherworldly residents, and if this is not an Arcane Tower, then where is the real Arcane Tower?
It's impossible for something that big to be built up quietly, and then become permanently invisible, right?
"Actually, there is a place where the existence of a tower can be accommodated without being invisible or attracting any attention......" Lin Xue pushed her glasses at this time, and suddenly looked in one direction.
"What do you mean ......"
Mu You looked in the direction she was looking at, and when she saw something standing in the distance, she also reacted immediately.
Yes, the only way to make a tall tower completely invisible is to put a taller tower on the outside of it.
And the only place in the city where this can be done is the other tower of the Twin Towers, which is one of the symbols of this wizarding city, the Wizard Tower!
Mu You took a deep breath.
The Wizarding Association is really atmospheric, they actually built the real Arcane Tower inside the Wizard Tower!
This is a big gamble, this hand, not only deceived the fool, but also deceived the residents of the entire Star Spirit Realm, and even the insiders of the Wizards Association, I am afraid that there are not many people who know about this matter, so as to achieve this effect of concealing the world.