Chapter 176: The City of Shadows
Updated: 2012-10-15
Valkyrie showed a look of memory, and then suddenly realized: "It's your Colt, you once said to give it to someone, it could be this zero." It turns out that you have already had contact with him, but if that's the case, didn't you bring him back directly from your father?"
"At the time, I wasn't sure, but although the wave energy of the miracle was detected, the signal was negligible. So I gave Colt to him, and I installed a wave energy monitor on the gun, which would periodically feed the data back to my personal brain. And until recently, the Holy Miracle Wave Energy on Zero's body had not been on the rise, indicating that he should be the test subject of that Jihua. As his abilities increase, the more visible the liliang he has received from the miracles. Ben smiled meaningfully: "As for the so-called third-party restriction clause, Colt on Zero has given us enough excuses to bypass this clause. ”
"You've been thinking about this for a long time. ”
"It's just that I'm just prepared in advance, and I'm not a god, so how can I know what's going to happen in the future. Ben shook his head.
Valkyrie said respectfully, "I understand, I will personally go and extradite Zero back, don't worry." Father!"
With that, Valkyrie turned away. Ben looked at the picture zero on the screen and smiled, "Soon we will meet." ”
After coming out of Windmill Town, the road that bends and breaks continues to the north. The road, which runs through most of the cities and bases along the coastline, was gradually paved two decades after the cataclysm. At first, it was just a traffic artery connecting several bases, but with the emergence of various bases, the demand for traffic made the scale of the highway bigger and bigger, and the distance was paved, and Zuihou made the entire coastline area zone. To this day, this coastline road is still talked about as a miracle.
However, due to the lack of maintenance and construction, the road gradually became broken and other deterioration over time. But as long as vehicles are barely passable, no philanthropists will pay for the road.
After six or seven hundred kilometers north of Windmill Town, a mountainous area will appear. From here, the surface of the earth bid farewell to the plains to the south, and the mountainous landforms of the north began to appear. After the cataclysm, the original continental plates either sank or joined together. For example, the Middle-earth continent is the original Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, and the large fracture is the trace left by the collision of the two plates.
The coastline highway extends from Windmill Town to the mountain territory very abruptly from the horizon, which is the impact and compression caused by the impact of the plates, which changes the original land structure, causing the ground to rise, but causing a lot of space underground. Contaminated seawater backs up, diluted and precipitated, to form precious usable water containing small amounts of radiation.
The city base of the City of Shadows is built on a land with such an underground water basin. Due to the special stratigraphic structure, the city could not be built underground. In the beginning, the developers of the City of Shadows discovered that the area was rich in natural water, and gradually grew from the original water purification factory to the current size of a city.
In turbulent times, water represents the continuation of life. It can be said that every region that can produce clean water resources must be a big city. The City of Shadows is no exception, with the original developers being replaced by the current Council as the ruling class of the city. Nestled between valleys, the city is illuminated by natural light only for a few times of the year, and the largest industry is the massive water purification plant that occupies nearly half of the city's area.
The water produced by the City of Shadows is not only supplied to the needs of the city, but also sold to other cities or bases for huge profits. Obviously, the Shadow Capital is fat and runny, and no one is playing with it, it's just a joke. It's just that the councillors of the Shadow City are very smart, and they made an agreement with the Dark Council when the city was founded.
The City of Shadows will become a legitimate city within the protection of the Dark Council, paying a certain amount of taxes to the Dark Council every year in exchange for the armed protection of the Dark Council. In the City of Shadows, there has been a Colonel of the Blood Cavalry and an elite army stationed for many years, who suppress any armed shili who dare to get their hands on the city.
Because of the existence of the Scarlet Knight, the City of Shadows has invisibly become the existence equivalent of a shelter. Passing business travelers or travelers can take a break and rest in peace, but of course, they have to pay a much higher entry tax than other cities.
It's been two days since Moni and Atessa arrived in the City of Shadows, and Monie has given almost all the money she has in order to enter the city. After sleeping on the streets for the night, the two relied on Moni to perform a dance in a bar in the Shadow City to earn the cost of their accommodation.
While waiting for Zero to converge, Moni spent her free time during the day holding a picture of her mother and searching the streets of the city for any news in a haystack. Moni changes places every day in an effort to maximize the number of sources. But until now, she has not heard any useful news, but she has been harassed by many men with excess energy.
It's just that Moni has guns and knives on her body, and the men don't dare to fight casually in the Shadow City, otherwise it will attract the interference of the sheriff. That's why Moni didn't get into any trouble, but there are no absolutes in everything. After two or three days, many people already knew that during the day, there would be a beautiful girl on the street who was obsessively looking for someone important.
One of them is Tyne the Scythe, one of the leaders of the Bloody Brotherhood of the Serpent in the City of Shadows. The Brotherhood is a semi-legal organization, and usually the Shadow City will hand over some things that cannot be put on the table to them, and the Brotherhood will be exchanged for the legal right to stay in the city. In addition to performing some official tasks, the Brotherhood also conducts lucrative businesses such as slavery and arms.
Among them, beautiful slaves are even more profitable than arms, so after personally determining Moni's appearance, Tyne, a young girl, is in the bag. A pretty, but not very old, young girl like Moni can sell for a sky-high price. But before he sells her, Tyne wants to taste her first.
It's just that you can't openly kidnap him in the City of Shadows, even if he belongs to the Brotherhood. Once found out, Tyne will definitely be sacrificed in order to maintain the city's apparent justice. He's not stupid, and Monie has an Atesa on her, and that black girl isn't easy to mess with. So, Tyne devised a simple but effective trap.
"Excuse me, have you ever seen this woman in the photo?"
On the street, Moni is holding a photo and persistently questioning every passerby. After another disappointing answer, she heard someone behind her say, "Well, I think I've seen this woman before." ”
Moni quickly turned around, and standing behind her was a man with long gray-brown hair.