When Lin Li broke away from the painting scroll, he found that the external environment seemed to have changed slightly.

For example, above the land where he buried the scroll before, there should have been an area of gray fog, but at this moment, the gray field seems to have partially faded, and the dark gray can only be seen not far away from the direction of the city.

However, Lin Li didn't care about this, and after carefully observing the surroundings to ensure that there were no reconnaissance planes or anything like that, Lin Li manifested the cockroach chariot and rushed to Tianheng City.

Near the city, it seemed that one or more fights had broken out in the past month, and the ground had become more rugged, and there were still some corpses of gray beasts that had been dead for some time.

At the same time, above the head of the cockroach chariot, as the city approached, more and more drones followed closely and circled.

Therefore, when Lin Li arrived at the city gate, there were already many people on the city wall.

Lin Li stopped the car and didn't take it back in front of everyone, but walked to the city gate alone.

When they saw Lin Li's face clearly, the vigilance of everyone in Tianheng City dissipated most of it: "Yu Hero! It's you! ”

"It's me, I'm here to find someone in Canterlot." Lin Li nodded at the bottom and responded loudly.

Soon, when the city gate was lowered, Wang De immediately came up from inside to greet him: "Yu years, long time no see." ”

"Well, long time no see, are the people from Canterlot still there?" After Lin Li's brief response, he went straight to the point.

"Most of them have already left," Wang De said with some concern, "but in order to establish contact with you, there is a 'person' waiting for you in Canterlot, and I will take you to meet it now?" ”

"I'm in trouble."

So after waiting in the living room of Tianheng City for a short time, Lin Li saw each other.

It was a creature with the general shape of a human being, but completely different in detail, the other party walked straight in front of Lin Li, and sat down, and only after Wang De left here that there were only two people left, he spoke:

"Hello, Mr. Yu Nian, my name is Acting Xing-24, you can call me twenty-four."

The sound is a little weird, but it's not unpleasant.

"Hello, twenty-four, let's go straight to the so-called talks now, then, where should we start talking?" Lin Li nodded, and then asked straight to the point.

"Mr. Yu Nian, are you really called Yu Nian? Or is it called Lin Li? Twenty-four asked, tilting his head.

"If you don't change your name, if you don't change your surname, I'll be called Yu Nian." There were no emotional fluctuations because of this question, and Lin Li responded in an indifferent tone.

"Okay, I know, let's call you Yu Nian, we are curious about one thing, Mr. Yu Nian, do you know where Dawn City went? Why did it suddenly disappear. Twenty-four nodded, and there was no change in attitude, still very polite, and asked again.

"I don't know." Lin Li shook his head.

"Don't you really know?" Twenty-four asked, "That huge city disappeared almost in one night, and you should have been in it during that time, right?" But now, you are the only one who is still active, and everyone else has disappeared. ”

"I don't know."

"Are you sure?" Twenty-four's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Fake."

Twenty-four: "? ”

Lin Li shrugged: "I know, but I don't want to say, is this answer satisfactory?" ”

Twenty-four who were suddenly upright and down: "......"

"This ......," Twenty-four wanted to say and stopped.

"I don't want to go around and tangle with you, I think you should be more suitable for communication than those people in the capital, and I also have a need for the information you have, so I came to you to communicate.

But my need for information isn't too strong, and it doesn't matter if you don't tell me – what I'm trying to say is, don't ask about things I don't want to say, like this one.

The only thing I can tell you is what I want to tell you. Lin Li said calmly.

Since he knew that the main world was very likely to be a pedal for him to go to the god realm, Lin Li's awe of this world had faded a lot.

I don't even fear God anymore, why fear a world without God?

"Oh, that's all I can give you." Lin Li took out a bag and poured the contents on the table, it was a small pile of human crystals and a large pile of beast stones—what had been accumulated during this time, and what had been sucked over the years.

He didn't need much for the rest of the year, because he was too low-level.

As for what Lin Li promised to give to Yasheng Hari, he did promise a lot, and these were not enough.

But - that's of course pure flatbread, how can it really be given.

"Okay, then can I know first, Mr. Yu Nian, do you want to know that information?" Twenty-four looked at the human crystal and the beast stone face without changing color, and was not greedy, but asked.

"I'll think about it," Lin Li tapped his fingers on the tabletop before he spoke: "There are probably a few questions:

Do you have an icon of creation? If I want to see it and sacrifice, is it possible? At what cost?

Does your city have a history of human beings becoming gods in the past? Are there any admonitions and procedures for becoming a god?

What will happen if there is no one for a long time or if the gray beast becomes a god? Will the creator god come here on his own initiative?

Finally, don't you really know the plans for the capital? With a strength equal to or even surpassed in the capital, don't you want to take advantage of the war to become a god? ”

"Wait a minute, I need to ask for advice on these matters." Faced with such a series of questions, Twenty-Four did not answer them immediately.

"Please." It doesn't matter.

Although Lin Li was a little curious about how they communicated in a "waiting" level.

It turns out that Canterlot's 'Wait' is similar to a girl's 'Immediately'.

Twenty-four got up and left the room, and it was nearly two hours before returning home.

The flowers are all gone.

During this period, Lin Li's boredom switched his focus to the doppelganger to hit Tom to vent.

"After discussion, we think that Mr. Yu Nian, you have the value of making friends, and we will answer you as much as possible if you don't have these things for what you want to know." Twenty-four said solemnly.

Lin Li: "......"

I'd love to believe what you have to say.

But can you explain why your hand has already taken the human crystal and beast stone into your arms?

Is this called "even without these"?

"Let's answer the last question, we don't know the details of the cause and effect of this war, but we have some speculation about the fact that the capital is behind the scenes.

The answer to whether we want someone to become a god or not is unquestionable, of course, but our philosophy is different from that of the capital.

We chose to limit the lifespan of the people in the city, stipulating how many years the awakened can live at different stages - but even ordinary people are at least 40 years old, and once they reach the age limit, their lives are considered public, so as to save awakening resources and allocate resources reasonably. ”

Twenty-four paused, and did not say the end of those people after their lives were publicly owned, but Lin Li could guess one or two.

Maybe it's forced to hunt gray beasts to get beast stones, or directly take out human crystals to trade? As for ordinary people who have no use value, it is estimated that they will be killed directly.

All in all it won't be good.

Twenty-Four continued:

"Of course, I felt the need to save our image.

This is not a forced deprivation of the right to live, in fact, when everyone is 14 years old, they will be asked once when they want to stay in Canterlot, choose to decide the outcome, and if they don't want to stay, they can leave immediately, and they don't owe Canterlot anything.

Since you have chosen to stay and have not broken through, the loss of self is the result of choice, and everyone is not qualified to complain.

In fact, there are very few people who choose to leave the central city, including ordinary people, after all, the central city is equivalent to the highest quality of life of human beings, and for an ordinary person, they can easily live a happy life for forty years in the central city, which is also what they are willing to do.

We also have the most abundant resources for the Awakened.

This is the way we chose to become a god, although slowly, but it is more open, transparent, and humane than the capital - about becoming a god, as long as the awakened people in the central city are higher than 6A, they know about it, instead of choosing to hide it like the capital.

And we won't be like them, choosing the 'quick' method of waging war between the Grey Beast and other cities. ”

"To be honest, Mr. Yu Nian, there is some connection between a big city like ours and the Grey Beast, and the only guarantee we can have in Central City is that we are not the one who caused this war.

As for the war that has begun, we will naturally make rituals for ourselves from it.

This war has continued to this day, and we have made a lot of progress on the path to godhood, and we have the intention of helping other cities, but we promise that we have never deliberately killed the high-level awakened people in other cities.

- We have never betrayed the Terrans. ”

Twenty-four continued.

Between the words, there was indeed a bit of sincerity - after all, these didn't have to be said to Lin Li.

"I understand, after all, this world is too deformed." Lin Li nodded.

The Awakened need Beast Stones for promotion, the Gray Beast needs Human Crystals to grow, the Advanced Awakened need Advanced Beast Stones, and the Advanced Gray Beasts need to grow up to require Advanced Human Crystals.

If one day, all the powerful Grey Beasts are killed, the result will be that the high-level Awakened will not be promoted and will never be able to become gods - unless they actively cultivate the Grey Beasts.

As for believing it or not, it doesn't matter, Lin Li doesn't plan to have a deep friendship with Central City.

"I'll answer your other questions." Twenty-four said.

"As for the Statue of Creation, we naturally have our own statue in Canterlot, but our rules require that you need to make a great contribution to Canterlot and become the lord of the city before you can go to the sacrifice - because it costs a lot of materials to activate the idol and sacrifice at once.

Not everyone can worship it.

At the same time, I also invite you to come to our Canterlot and become a part of us, Mr. Yu Nian, what do you think?

As long as you contribute up to the standard, we can temporarily hand over the position of city lord to you, let you sacrifice and then abdicate, so that you can get everything you want, which is the price you have to pay. ”

Twenty-four asked.

"The current answer is no, but I may consider the idea later." Lin Li shook his head.

As for the reason, the main quest should lead to the most correct and fast path.

Moreover, after going to Canterlot, how to hide and explain so many of his secrets, although his current strength is not bad, it is still very difficult to face all kinds of awakened people and technologies.

For the sake of safety, Lin Li only planned to hold on to 10,000 acres and 30,000 points of land in Dawn City.

At the same time, go to the capital to be a thief of the creation god in the dark, looking for opportunities in the dark.

"Okay, but our doors are always open for you, and we will always look forward to your joining.

Continuing to answer your question, in history, there were people in Canterlot who became gods, but unfortunately, there were no warnings or reminders.

As for the process, it is to sacrifice the statue of the creator god, complete the test given by the creation god, and then become an official god and go to the divine realm.

He only tells us to have enough foundation, and to build Canterlot strong enough to help become a god, which seems to have something to do with trials. ”

Lin Li nodded, this part of the process is similar to what Harry said to himself, it should be true.

But what is the purpose of building a city?

"As for the consequences of not becoming a god as you say, then we don't know, we have never had information about this." Twenty-four said.

"Well, it's fine." Lin Li nodded.

The reason why Lin Li asked this question was not because the God of Rules and Order said that if he didn't look for them, they would come to him, worried that the God of Creation would be embarrassed to urge him because he was rotten.

"I'm almost there, do you have anything you want to ask?" Lin Li asked rhetorically.

"Dare to ask, Mr. Yu Nian, are you already a 10S Awakened Person, who is already pursuing the Statue of the Creation God?" Twenty-four asked impatiently.

"Do you see that I have shown the strength of the 10S Awakened?" Lin Li shook his head.

"Yes, like making a huge city disappear." Twenty-four nodded firmly, "You're in the direction of space!" ”

Listening to this determined tone, Lin Li: "......"

That's what Drubi did, Drubi is at least a 100S awakener!

"No, I'm really not, this answer is true, I promise." Lin Li said.

"I don't believe it." Twenty-four said.

How is it another unbelieving man.

"Can I test it out?" Twenty-four said again.

"Yes, but if it makes me uncomfortable, I might fight back." Lin Li was a little curious about how Twenty-Four would test, and he was not an Awakened One, so what would be the result of the test.

I saw Twenty-Four touch himself with his fingers, press it on his forehead, and murmur: "Male, 23, single ......"

Lin Li: "? ”

What direction is this awakening ability? Census? Why is it even measured to be single?

"Poof-" Then Twenty-Four began to spit blood from his mouth, and his whole body convulsed.

Lin Li suddenly remembered the serious backlash that this kind of divination ability against himself would encounter, and he got up and said with concern: "Mr. Twenty-four, don't die, it's a diplomatic incident if you die now!" ”

Fortunately, the strength of Twenty-Four was much stronger than the original White Ash Beast, or the purpose of divination was not a curse, and this state did not last long.

"Still trying to lie to me? Mr. Yu Nian, you are definitely there! Twenty-four, who still had blood on the corner of his mouth, said with a little excitement.

Lin Li really wanted to say that he only had a personality and no strength.

But I was worried that it would cause bad intentions from the other party after saying this, so I simply kept silent.

"Wait, 23-year-old 10S?" The blind student discovered Huadian.

"Mr. Yu Nian, you grew up eating stones since you were a child?" Twenty-four sluggish inquiries.

The empty-eared Lin Li smiled slightly, and immediately retorted:

"Your whole family grew up eating."

Twenty-four: "? ”

(End of chapter)