Lin Shuo and Anne passed through the inner city at the fastest speed and came under the walls of the imperial city.
After using explosives twice, they chose to enter through the gate of the imperial city this time, because the imperial city does not have an urn.
Lin Shuo kicked the gate of the imperial city open with a bang.
The huge movement was no less than the previous two times when Wei Xingshan used explosives.
Amidst the dust, the huge and majestic palace complex was displayed in front of the two of them.
The biggest difference between this place and the outer city and the inner city is not that there are buildings with a significant difference in height, but that this place is bright.
Lights peeked out from the window panes of the building, faintly, and the light source was unstable. It was obviously not an electric light, but something like candlelight.
After operating in the dark for a long time, the lights ahead have a natural attraction for people.
Lin Shuo and Anne kept walking, and soon entered the palace.
The breath of the hooked snake was getting closer.
As the distance got closer, Lin Shuo became more sure of its exact location.
At this time, he was convinced that the hiding place of the hooked snake was not in the palace, but underground.
Directly below the center of the dragon city, there is obviously something hidden in the sky.
While walking, Anne's whole body shook, her footsteps were slightly chaotic.
Lin Shuo naturally noticed her abnormality.
"How are you?" Lin Shuo stopped and turned to look at the beautiful woman beside him.
At this time, there was nothing else that could make Anne react like this, but the hooked snake's ability.
Anne waved her hand, took out the porcelain bottle containing the calming requiem powder, unplugged the stopper, and poured all the powder into her mouth in one go.
Lin Shuo watched her quietly, thinking that in case Requiem could not be suppressed, he would remove the joints of her limbs in the same way as he did with the lumberjack.
After a while, Anne finally let out a sigh of relief: "Just now, my vision was completely dark, and I almost lost consciousness. I never imagined that the scope of this hooked snake's ability would be so large."
At this moment, a faint smell around him aroused Lin Shuo's alertness.
Lin Shuo said, "Wait a minute."
After saying this, Lin Shuo fell silent, carefully distinguishing the smell in the air here.
The smell is very light, a mixture of animal fat and herbs.
This kind of animal fat, it should not be the first time he smelled it, just recently.
Lin Shuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
By the way, it's a beluga.
When the large troop crossed the chain bridge for the first time before, that huge sturgeon leaped past. This was the smell on it.
And this herb…
That's right, it was the smell of green grass that Lin Shuo and the others smelt when they first entered Dragon City. Lin Shuo can't name this plant, but it can be seen everywhere here.
In Lin Shuo's nostrils, apart from these two smells, there was also an even more imperceptible fragrance, spreading all over the imperial city.
The smell factor of this fragrance is obviously very light, can float very far, and it is almost odorless, if it is not here is the source of the smell, Lin Shuo really can't smell it.
These three smells, together with the smells of the hook snake and the bar snake, account for a huge proportion of all the smells here.
According to Lin Shuo's experience, the smells of beluga fish, herbs, hook snakes, and barn snakes do not have any effect on people's sanity.
Then the problem may be that wisp of fragrance.
"follow me."
"Um."
Following this smell, Lin Shuo led Anne through a palace door and walked into a palace.
The interior of this palace is very large, and there are wall lamps on all four walls, and the wicks are soaked in a kind of grease, emitting faint light.
The brightness of this kind of palace lantern is much brighter than ordinary candles, and there are almost five oil lamps here, so the interior of the palace is very bright.
And these oil lamps are exactly the light that Lin Shuo and others saw from afar when they first entered the inner city.
Following the smell in his nasal cavity, Lin Shuo walked to an oil lamp, and dipped his fingers in some lamp oil on the lamp stand.
This kind of lamp oil is a kind of animal fat, which has solidified into a ball, and the color is slightly green, which looks like a lump of mustard.
Putting it in front of his nose and sniffing it, Lin Shuo confirmed that this lamp oil is a blend of sturgeon oil and the herbal plants here.
Of course, there are some other substances in it, but the main ingredients are these two.
And that extremely faint fragrance is the smell emitted by this kind of lamp oil after burning.
"Feel it, is it this thing?" Lin Shuo looked at Anne beside him.
"Can't you feel it yourself?" Anne was a little surprised.
"I am immune to all poisons." Lin Shuo looked helpless.
"Isn't this a good thing?" Looking at Lin Shuo's expression, Anne became even more strange.
"Because of our physical training, we hunters of the Lin family grew up soaked in medicine jars since childhood, and we are immune to most poisons. I seem to be exaggerating a little bit, and psychotropic drugs have no effect on me." Lin Shuo said, "This may not be the case. Good things, like painkillers that I don’t use. I’ve suffered a lot growing up because of this unlucky trait.”
Anne understood, she nodded: "Then I'll try."
While speaking, Anne leaned closer to the light and took a deep breath.
Soon, a kind of oncoming darkness enveloped her, and she felt that her body was constantly falling into an abyss.
When she came back to her senses, Anne suddenly found that she had eight black hairpins between her fingers!
A ball of alien silk was being wrapped around the black gloves by her!
This is exactly the way the hunters of the Su family fight their lives.
This unique skill called "big cutting" is the Su family's best trick.
When the instructor taught Anne on behalf of Anne's parents, he warned her that this move would either kill or disable her, so she must use it with caution.
As for myself, unexpectedly, he used his skill in a flash, and used it out of nowhere!
And the target of the attack was actually Lin Shuo beside him!
Fortunately, at this moment, Lin Shuo had already pinched Anne's two wrists, making it impossible for her to separate her hands.
This man's hands were huge, and he did this with one hand, and his other hand had already reached Anne's shoulder.
"If you wake up later, I will have to take your arm off." Seeing Anne's sudden awakening, Lin Shuo let go and said, "The six hunters form a team, and the Zhang family wants to protect the Cao, Miao, and Yun families. Only you, the Su family, can let the hunter's life go. Because you have this "big cut". Within a foot of your body, your Su family's hunter is the living king of Hades, I dare not take it too seriously."
"What's wrong with me?" Anne's face was pale, and she quickly wiped her long hair with both hands, hiding the alien silk back into her hair.
"I inhaled too much at once, I was confused." Lin Shuo said, "I have already started to attack me. Fortunately, I am on guard against you."
"I'm sorry." Anne quickly apologized.
"It's okay." Lin Shuo shook his head, then looked at the oil lamp next to the two of them, "It seems that there is no mistake, it is this thing that messed up. There must be something wrong with the lamp oil and the wick. Once they are burned together, they will burn. Releases hallucinogenic gases that affect the mind."
"Judging from the performance of the lumberjack just now, those affected by it will not attack their companions, but will only fight for those who are not affected." Anne was afraid for a while.
"Yes, just like zombies. They don't attack each other, they only attack different types." Lin Shuo nodded.
"Mr. Lin, in this way, the hooked snake doesn't actually have the ability to control the mind. What works is actually this kind of oil lamp?" Anne asked.
"Maybe so, or maybe not." Lin Shuo frowned slightly, "I don't feel this kind of oil lamp at all, but six years ago on Kunlun Mountain, even I experienced a brief trance."
"Maybe it was the first time you came into contact with it and there was no antibody in your body?" Anne speculated.
Lin Shuo shook his head: "Another point is, if they were all confused at the time, why did they fight each other? You also saw the situation with the loggers just now, and they didn't fight each other."
"Maybe some of them are deluded, and others are just protecting themselves?" Anne asked.
"I don't know. It was raining too much at the time, and I couldn't see anything clearly, and I was also confused for a while." Lin Shuo smiled wryly, "But anyway, this is the only way I can explain it now."
"Hmm." Anne sighed, "This thing is really scary."
"Yes." Lin Shuo said with emotion, "What's even more frightening is that no matter whether it was Kunlun Mountain six years ago or today someone lit these oil lamps before us, it all shows that someone has already mastered the technology of this oil lamp. .In the future, I don’t know how many people will be poisoned by this thing.”
Anne felt heavy in her heart, "Then what should we do?"
Lin Shuo shook his head: "We can't solve this matter now, let's wait until we come out of the hook snake's lair alive."
"Mr. Lin, have you found the hook snake's lair?"
"Did you see it?" Lin Shuo pointed to the deep part of the hall following the scent emitted by the hooked snake.
Under the light of the zombie oil lamp, Anne saw a magnificent dragon chair deep in the hall.
This dragon chair is golden as a whole, and it seems to be made of pure gold. It is large enough for one person to lie flat.
The dragon chair is surrounded by fences carved from mutton fat jade, and there are steps below. The carpet on the steps is gold-tinged, obviously mixed with gold threads.
Just looking at this dragon chair, Anne felt that the royal style, even after hundreds of years, she could really feel it.
"The hooked snake's lair is just under this dragon chair." Lin Shuo said at this time.