The entrance to the Golden Crown of Capita is on a mountain in Capido.
Hundreds of years ago, that mountain was a mine in the Gabitu rock gold mine. When the mining workers discovered the cave space and the Tower of Time underground as the mine expanded, this former mine also It is no longer a mine. It was once an ordinary mine with three ordinary peaks. Because of the underground Tower of Time, it finally became the residence of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Strand. It was heavily guarded all year round. After hundreds of years, At that time, the mountain no longer looked like it was when it was first mined. It was lush and green everywhere. From the foot of the mountain, there were three posts, one post, five steps, and one sentry, and there were strict guards everywhere.
Zhang Tie followed Bodili in a special car sent by the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Strand to the Moonlight Hotel. Accompanied by a colonel officer, they had an unimpeded journey to the entrance of the Golden Crown.
The entrance is an alloy round door more than five meters high and two meters thick, like the entrance to a bank safe. It is located halfway up the mountain. After the accompanying officer presented a document, another person guarding the entrance Only then did an officer order the entrance to be opened.
Inside this gate is a long tunnel that pours downwards reinforced with steel rails and steel plates. Thousand-year-old fluorite lamps are hung on both sides of the tunnel. The entire tunnel is green, making it look like a secret room where a strong knight retreats. In this tunnel, except for the footsteps of a few people, no sound could be heard.
After walking thousands of meters into the underground tunnel, the same door appeared again. The colonel officer accompanying Zhang Tie and Bodili presented another document, and the door was opened inside. Behind the door, the same door opened. It is a long tunnel that has been reinforced all the way down. A thousand meters further down, there is another gate. After passing through the third protective gate, at the end of the tunnel, there is an elevator that looks extremely rough, like an iron cage. , three people entered the elevator. Amidst the creaking sounds and slight shaking, the elevator descended rapidly.
"Many of the things in the Golden Crown are mining equipment. Only these mining equipment can be used here. The steam elevator like this is for workers to go down the mine. Although it looks a bit rough, there is no problem in terms of safety. There are always dedicated people doing maintenance and repairs!" Sitting in the elevator, the colonel from the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Strandland explained to Zhang Tie and Bodili, as if he didn't want these two "foreigners" to underestimate the Republic of Strandland. strength.
"If a demon knight raids the entrance above, once the tunnel collapses and is sealed, won't the people below not be able to get out?" Boddy asked sharply.
"We have considered this possibility, so there is an emergency backup passage in the cave space below. However, the existence of that emergency backup passage is confidential. I don't know where the entrance and exit are. Only in this The emergency backup channel will be activated only after the channel is closed!"
Bodili nodded, glanced at the silent Zhang Tie, and stopped talking.
Zhang Tie has been silent today. When he was about to enter the Tower of Time, Zhang Tie's mood had completely calmed down.
No matter what the situation in Taixia is, there is no shortage of these three or five days anyway. When I come out of the Tower of Time, it will not be too late to go back and deal with it. Then I will want to see what Taixia has become in the past few decades. What's going on? It's time to clean up the cancerous scourges hidden in Taixia and the demons and monsters in the three major sects.
This period of weakness was a rare experience for Zhang Tie. It was during these few days that Zhang Tie returned to the frontline battlefield and once again experienced the cruelty of jihad from the perspective of an ordinary soldier.
Since ancient times, in every war, turmoil, and crisis, those who suffered the most and paid the most were the ordinary people and grassroots in the middle and lower classes. Looking at the ruins of Lengshui City and the mountains outside Lengshui City, which were sprinkled with human blood. For the first time in Zhang Tie's heart, a firm idea emerged among the rotting corpses that were difficult to put into the ground - to end the holy war and drive the demons completely back to the underground abyss.
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Seven or eight minutes later, the elevator stopped with a chirping sound. The colonel officer from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Strand opened the door of the elevator. The three people walked out of the elevator and entered another. In the elevator, continue to descend. Because you have to enter a deep underground space, even if you take the elevator, you can only use the relay method. An elevator cannot bear such a task.
After riding the elevator five times in a row, the three of them took the rail-cart mine used for pulling underground mines. They shuttled through the underground mine caves densely covered with tracks for more than half an hour, and finally came to the same place as before. In front of the huge security door, the colonel officer from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Strand presented the last document here. The thick security door opened, and a tunnel appeared behind the security door.
"Behind this tunnel is the cave space where Time Tower No. 3 is located. According to regulations, I can only send you here, and you cannot enter again..." The colonel officer said this and glanced at the watch in his hand. "When you come out of the Tower of Time in five days, as long as you enter this tunnel, the safety door will open. By then, I will come to pick you up!"
"Okay!" Bodili nodded sternly, and then walked toward the tunnel with Zhang Tie at the same time.
Just when the two people were about to pass through the last security door, the colonel officer who sent them here suddenly spoke again.
"The code name of our country's troops stationed here is the Golden Crown. Every warrior in the Golden Crown is the most loyal and fearless warrior in the Republic of Strand. They are always ready to sacrifice their lives to defend the Golden Crown. For their own lives, they are also the most unknown group of people in this country. Once they join the Golden Crown, they must stick to this underground place without seeing the light of day all year round, far away from their families, friends, honors, and even among their comrades. Names, and code names, they have never had the opportunity or qualification to enter the Tower of Time throughout their lives. Only when they are about to leave the underground, they will be allowed to take a look at what the Tower of Time they guard looks like, and When they return to the ground, their memory of the Golden Crown will be erased with drugs, and the Time Tower they guard will only remain in their minds for a few hours... "
Zhang Tie stopped for a moment, turned his head, and looked at the colonel officer who sent him here.
Seeing Zhang Tie stop, Bodili also stopped.
Just such an action and detail caused the colonel officer's gaze to shift from Bodili's body to Zhang Tie's face. He looked directly into Zhang Tie's eyes fearlessly and said to Zhang Tie in a deep voice, "These The reason why the soldiers are still willing to stay here and bury their youth underground is because they firmly believe that their duties are meaningful. They firmly believe that everyone who leaves here will eventually be on the battlefield. They can kill more demons on their behalf, and every knight who becomes stronger here will become the backbone of the human race and the guarantee that the human race can exist. They are willing to station here for such people, even if they sacrifice!"
Zhang Tie glanced at the calm faces of the colonel and the two rows of soldiers at the door. He said nothing, just nodded, and then walked in. The colonel gave Zhang Tie a military salute.
The heavy security door behind him slowly closed again, and in the end there were only the footsteps of two people left in the passage.
"Alas..." When facing Zhang Tie alone again, Bodili did not maintain his majesty and arrogance, but took a rare sigh and said with emotion, "Perhaps it is because of these... Only through human sacrifices can the human race persevere in the first two holy wars!"
"Then do you think it is just for the Holy Light Empire to use such means to sacrifice so many people to form the Sword of Glory?" Zhang Tie glanced at Bodili and asked suddenly.
Bodili thought for a moment, "It's unjust, but it's necessary, because justice can't kill the demons, but strong warriors can!"
Zhang Tie glanced at Bodili and stopped talking, because after walking through the short tunnel, a huge space cave appeared in front of him and Bodili.
This huge space cave is tens of thousands of meters high. The surroundings of the cave are shining with golden light, which is the brilliance of rock gold mines that have not yet been mined. In the cave, a tower of time more than a thousand meters high stands majestically.
The exit of the tunnel is right above the space cave. Standing on the platform at the entrance, you can just overlook the entire cave space. The huge Tower of Time is at the feet of the two people. On the stone wall connecting the platform, there is A passage was dug to lead directly below.
It was probably the first time Bodili saw the Tower of Time. The flowing rune brilliance on the Tower of Time instantly suffocated him.
"See you in five days..." Zhang Tie said to Bodili, and then stopped covering up. He immediately flew up from the entrance. In a flash, he arrived at the entrance of the Tower of Time and stretched out his hand. With a push, the entrance door opened, and a ray of white light poured out from the crack in the door. Zhang Tie entered the Tower of Time, and the entrance door of the Tower of Time suddenly closed again.
Bodili, who was standing on the platform above the entrance of the space cave tunnel, was frightened by Zhang Tie, because it was not until this moment that he discovered that Zhang Tie was a knight. Not only was he a knight, but Zhang Tie's speed in that flash was simply incredible. More than he imagined.
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This Tower of Time is very similar to the Tower of Time that Zhang Tie entered in the ice and snow wasteland.
After the entrance of the Tower of Time, what appeared in front of Zhang Tie's eyes was a long and deep crystal passage flowing with strange runes. The energy of the Tower of Time filled this crystal passage, making people take a breath and... Feeling refreshed all over…