Volume 2: Catching the Cicada Chapter 22: The Imperial City is lonely in the sky

After more than ten days of journey, Liu Ying and more than 30 other people finally came to the imperial city, which stands on the plain and is backed by the vast sea, and is called the "City of Miracles".

Legend has it that the "City of Miracles", which landed overnight, shines brightly in the afternoon sun.

The moat is about tens of meters wide, rushing and flowing. The "Wall of Sighs" surrounded by all sides is about 20 zhang high, smooth and straight, and the blue light is not known for its material, and it spreads far away and faintly closes on the cliff of the bay.

Looking through the open city gate, you can see the staggered people in it, and countless tall and gorgeous buildings can be seen in the distance.

One of the most striking is a tall tower located in the east city that plunges straight into the sky, its shape is like a long sword, and its brilliance goes straight into the sky, and the magnificence is indescribable. This is the legend that with the permission of the gods, you can fly over the "City of Miracles" and truly enter the "Tower of Babel" in the back garden of the gods.

Uncle Huzan, who was driving the car, craned his neck and admired: "No matter how many times you have been here, you are still so shocked, God, Huzan Ka will always be your most devout believer." Awakening from the shock, everyone hurriedly knelt on the ground with Uncle Huzan, touched the ground with their foreheads, stretched their hands forward, and prayed in unison.

Hidden in the crowd, Liu Ying, who is also religious, sneered in his heart, and the carbon concrete wall mixed with nano sea salt is the standard building material of the earth's coastal cities in the 23rd century.

Gothic architectural style, machine guns listed on the city wall and imitation Great Wall-style bunkers, battlements, barriers, I hope the so-called Babel Tower will not make a high-speed elevator in Dubai!

Is this "miracle" that has accumulated the architectural features of multiple civilizations a miracle or an alien civilization that I have always suspected? If it is just a ghost made by aliens, what is the force that captured me to come here? What are the creatures with closed eyes in the golden bubbles I saw on the "road"?

Liu Ying, who had a headache, threw away these unclear thoughts and lined up with the crowd to enter the imperial city. At the gate of the Imperial City, the two teams were similar to the battle teams when Liu Ying was fighting in the mountains.

Among the 40 majestic soldiers in full armor, there are 4 giants who are more than 2 meters tall and look like twin brothers like the three black bulls. I have listened to the introduction of the three black cows, and they are all the population of the "Barbarian Stone Tribe", a subordinate tribe attached to the "Dana Clan".

For every ten babies born in the clan, there are at least 5 who are ignorant and can't open like animals, and three who are intellectually distressed and can barely follow instructions, and only 2 "intellectually superior" people can lead the tribe to survive.

It wasn't until Nafeng Haogu discovered their infinite strength, tenacious life, and amazing endurance, and began to consciously train the low-wise ones to be coolies, the mediocre ones to be soldiers, and the high-wisdom to be guards, that the "Barbarian Stone Clan" got rid of the risk of extinction at any time and lived a good life.

When Liu Ying received the proud answer from the three black bulls under the curious inquiry, he was the smartest person in the clan, and he completely understood the reason why the "Barbarian Stone Clan" was struggling to survive.

The guards made brief inquiries and searches of everyone, except for the registration of the shotgun carried by a hunter and the one-handed laser gun carried by a man who was a guard, and Liu Ying's medicine hoe, dumb rope, and "night" were simply released.

It's just that when Liu Ying saw that the microbrains used by these imperial city guards didn't seem to be as good as the ones in his hands, he had an extra heart, and silently moved the microbrains attached to his forearms around his body with muscle contraction, and the guards didn't find it at all when they searched.

At the same time that Liu Ying forged his identity and set foot in the imperial city, Long Lan was also waiting outside the big tent of the "Yika Clan" royal capital Yigong City.

The city is not as majestic as the imperial city, but more of a natural feature enclosed by the mountain cliffs, and the Yika clan's tent is actually built between the branches of a towering giant tree.

Accompanied by Long Lan's calm and distant figure, Mu Wu, Han Dona, Mo Na, Qin Can, Heizi, Cha Wenbin, etc., as well as twenty or thirty other people of different shapes gathered around him, whispering anxiously and uneasily.

Suddenly, a person walked out of the big tent, walked up to Long Lan and whispered something, and then bowed apologetically in Long Lan's disappointed eyes. The people scattered around didn't have to listen to it and guessed the result of the patriarch and elders' deliberations, and they all stood up and gathered around Long Lan, looking at Long Lan silently and depressedly.

Just when Long Lan was still in deep thought, the person who came out to announce the elders' decision suddenly stopped, turned around suddenly, gritted his teeth and glared at Long Lan and said, "Lord Divine Envoy, there are actually many elders who support your proposal,"

After a pause, the man roared in a low voice, "Many people understand what you have said these days, as you said, 'There is no new life without bloodshed, and there is no rebuilding without breaking!' There are many old people who only dare to lie on comfortable chaise longues and wait, anyway, decay is still some distance away from them, and they dare not risk standing up and breaking the darkness." But we can't wait, and our descendants can't wait!' We are all expecting you to raise your spear in your hand, whether you lead us to cut down the enemy or cut the carrion!'

Long Lan was suddenly shocked, looked around, and saw a pair of firm and hot eyes, including the four young guards at the gate of the big tent in the distance. Suddenly, a large hand slapped him on the shoulder, and he turned his head to see Muwu's pursed lips, and the eyes that had little vision left were full of support.

Long Lan took a deep breath, turned her head to look at the long staircase and the tall tent, and was in a trance for a moment, as if she had jumped into time and space to see the entrance of the cave more than a month ago, and between the fog and dust, Liu Yingshi made an earth-shattering sword!

Entering the imperial city, the earthen bun "Li Fei" opened his eyes and wandered between the bustling or noisy or majestic or gloomy streets of the city with his mouth open and dumbfounded, until the lights came and the night came.

Enthusiastically, I chose a small inn that looked relatively old, and when I ordered food, I bitterly found that the remaining Jingyuan in my pocket had long been gone, and even some small items purchased in other places were missing. After the shopkeeper's knowing expression and fled, "Li Fei" stood at the crossroads of the street in confusion and panic with his back on his back, and hesitated for a long time before he walked to a three-story luxury building.

When I walked to the door, I saw the luxurious decoration inside the door and the continuous open door face, and I was a little hesitant. After repeatedly looking at the huge word "medicine", I smelled the faint smell of herbs I was familiar with, and the golden words "Beyond a Hundred Years - Hehetang" on the plaque, and then I mustered up the courage to grit my teeth and strode into the store.

At the moment when Liu Ying walked into the "Hehe Hall", the "eyes" hidden behind him dispersed happily, throwing away some crystals in his hands, and casually throwing the small objects taken from the pickpockets into the darkness, and the "eyes" no longer had any interest in this earthen bun entering the city.

At the moment when the "eyes" turned around, Liu Ying, who had his back to the street, smiled slightly, these rookies were so tender that they stepped on the line for a day in front of them, met them 3 times halfway, and stole his waist card once and returned it, these people didn't even notice it. If it falls into the hands of the "sick bear", I don't know how painful it will be.

In this way, the Nansi Street branch of the time-honored "Hehetang", which has been based in the imperial city for nearly 100 years, recently signed a new contract with a third-level pharmacist, this young pharmacist himself is very ordinary, I heard that when he recommended himself, he was stolen from his money when he first arrived in the imperial city, and went to "Hehetang" to sell medicinal materials.

The shopkeeper saw that the medicinal materials he picked were in quite good condition, and there were rare treasures or two, but they were not properly preserved, and he couldn't help but feel very sorry, so he muttered a few words in distress.

Unexpectedly, this pharmacist has a high level of understanding, has a certain understanding of pharmacology, and has some unrestrained thinking that surprised the old shopkeeper. After a few detailed conversations, he became a friend of the year, and then learned that the father of this young man named Li Fei had died, and when he left the mountains alone with a few ancestral remedies, he was even more moved, so he slapped his hand and left him behind.

Liu Ying stayed in Hehetang for 3 months, during which he went out of the city to pick medicine once a month, and stayed in the store to consult pharmacology books, develop pharmacology, and prepare drugs the rest of the time.

This "moon cream" can not only speed up the recovery of wound contraction, but also leave no scars at all, and what is even more amazing is that after a short period of use, it can make a woman's skin delicate and pink, delicate and moving. As a result, it became popular in the imperial city for a while, and it was even more popular in the circle of aristocratic women.

"Li Fei! Li Fei! Come on, come quickly! The emperor is back from victory! Come and see!" With the urgent call of the eldest treasurer's youngest daughter Ni Xi, Liu Ying walked out of the dispensing room in a daze, covered in grass clippings and dregs, and his face was distracted.

Ni Xi knew that he was obsessed with the virtue of dispensing medicine, and ran out without caring about taking his hand, leaving behind him the sad eyes of a young man and the smile of an old father.

During this time, the emperor personally led a team to go on an expedition to crusade against the "Fire Dragon Clan" who had taken in the remnants of the former royal family and had always refused to surrender. Liu Ying took advantage of the lax defense to touch the inside and outside of the imperial city, the bustling commerce in the south, the aristocratic compound in the north, and the civilian alleys in the west, except for the deep prohibition of the imperial palace in the east, they did not escape Liu Ying's exploration.

Liu Ying, who looked like a pig and ate a tiger, was dragged all the way to Southeast Avenue by Ni Xi, and followed the crazy worship crowd to greet the victorious returning troops like mountains and seas.

Then I saw that person at a glance, no matter where he was in the thousands of people, whether there was a front and back support, that person was so prominent, as long as you looked at it, you must be the first to see his existence, no one can ignore his dazzling light like an overlord.

This is what Liu Ying has spent more than 4 months waiting for, the first boss of this trip: Nafeng Hao Valley!