The third floor of Qianyin King's Capital. The sky is filled with gloom.
The tall, dark castle loomed in the gray mist.
Qianyin Castle, the Sleeper's Room.
Rows of white candles were neatly placed in the corners of the room, and the dim light illuminated the dusty murals hanging on the walls.
The murals depict thousands of people kneeling devoutly.
At the top is a sacred figure wearing a golden robe and a triple crown on his head, holding a cross staff in his left hand, with his index and middle fingers of his right hand together and pointing upwards, and his thumb clasping his ring finger and little finger.
Around that figure, one can vaguely see holy angels surrounding it.
The solemn and dignified murals fill the entire room with sacredness.
In the center of the room sits a slightly raised platform, on top of which sits a golden coffin inlaid with all kinds of sparkling gems.
The entire golden coffin is dazzling.
Just then, the lid of the golden coffin moved away, making a creaking sound.
A pair of shriveled and bony hands stretched out and pressed the edge of the golden coffin, and then a sacred yet evil figure climbed out of the golden coffin.
Looking closely, it was a man wearing a golden star-studded robe, with shrunken features, prominent facial bones, and sunken pupils. He wore a sacred triple crown on his head, with a fist-sized golden gem embedded in the crown, the whole gem emitting a dazzling halo, a simple cross necklace hung around his neck, and seven gem rings of different colors on the ten fingers of both hands.
This man was none other than the King of Qianyin Kingdom, Melon.
It was not even midnight yet, and the bell symbolizing awakening had not rung, but Mellon woke up.
Melon slowly walked out of the golden coffin and walked towards the door step by step.
The door that was originally closed opened automatically.
The moment it walked out of the door, thousands of people in the murals on the walls shed tears of blood.
Mellon walked alone in the dim corridor, his heavy steps moving backwards.
Akira
The oil lamps hanging on both sides of the corridor lit up one by one.
You can see knights covered in full armor slowly kneeling down with their heads down so that you can't look directly at them.
Then Mellon walked to the door of a nearby room and stopped.
Click!
The door opened automatically and Mellon walked in.
Akira
The candles in the room lit up automatically, illuminating every corner.
Unlike the sleeping room, this room has luxurious fur carpets on the floor, antique oil paintings on the walls, and various exquisite ornaments, wardrobes and dressing tables placed around it.
Mellon walked to the closet and took out a gentleman's white shirt and black tuxedo.
He slowly walked to the dressing table and sat down. He slowly reached out his hand to take off the crown, took off the ring on his finger and placed it on the dressing table. At the same time, he took off the golden star-studded robe he was wearing.
Then Mellon picked up the powder puff on the table and applied the white powder on his face, making his dry and dark face a little whiter.
After doing all this, Mellon changed into a gentleman's tuxedo, then walked to the clothes rack next to him, picked up a black bowler hat and put it on his head.
At this moment, the sacred and solemn aura on Mellon was removed a lot, and was replaced by gentlemanliness and elegance.
He stared at his appearance in the mirror for a long time, and after confirming that there was no problem, he left the room.
Soon after, Mellon came to a closed door.
Two armored knights stood at the gate, and they slowly knelt down.
The closed door seemed to be touched and slowly opened backwards.
An extremely cold breath rushed towards me.
Mellon was completely indifferent and walked in.
Inside the gate is a dazzling small palace with a floor paved with gilded stone bricks and crystal chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.
Candles were burning above the chandelier.
In the center of the palace sits a crystal coffin, surrounded by bright flowers. If you look closely, you will find that those flowers are eternal flowers.
Mellon walked step by step to the crystal coffin and looked into it affectionately.
Inside the coffin lay a young girl who looked elegant and noble in a white evening gown, with her long golden hair fluttering in the wind. The white dress gently wrapped around her slender body, and her beautiful face had her eyes tightly closed.
If Shen Qiu was present, he would definitely be able to recognize that the person lying in the crystal coffin was none other than Irene.
Mellon stretched out his hand with a slight trembling hand and gently stroked the crystal coffin. His cloudy eyes revealed a complex expression of sadness and longing.
After a long time, Mellon slowly stepped back a few steps. He stared at Irene in the crystal coffin, slowly raised his hands and made dancing movements.
Mellon danced softly, his steps were very slow and gentlemanly.
His cloudy eyes were full of tenderness. Although he seemed to be dancing alone, in fact, in his eyes, he was dancing with his arms around Irene. He vaguely saw Irene giving him a sweet smile.
Melon's withered face couldn't help but reveal a smile.
Just when Mellon was immersed in it and couldn't extricate himself.
A heavy sound of footsteps was heard, waking up Melon who was immersed in it.
Mellon stopped dancing and put his hands down. The smile on his face disappeared, replaced by solemnity.
At this time, a knight wearing heavy black armor, two meters and four meters tall, carrying a silver spear, and full of terrifying oppression walked in. He knelt on one knee and spoke to Melon.
"King, there are intruders."
When Melon heard this, a hint of frightening excitement appeared on his shriveled face.
"Very good, very good, very good!"
After saying this, Mellon glanced at the crystal coffin and murmured softly.
"Wait for me."
Then Melon turned and left the small palace.
Not long after, Melon appeared on the castle's observation tower with the knight.
Looking down, you can see a deep pit with a diameter of 500 meters and a depth of 300 meters in front of the castle.
Black blood was flowing at the bottom of the pit, and a huge cross stood in the center.
The base of this cross is very long, like a pillar.
On the horizontal part of the cross hung scarlet chains, which extended downward and wrapped around twelve scarlet coffins.
There are huge indentations on the top wall of the deep pit. When the mechanism is activated, four huge stone platforms will extend out and close the entire deep pit.
Melon said in a dry and hoarse voice.
"Erich, wake up the twelve blood knights!"
"yes!"
Eric placed one hand on his chest and replied respectfully.
Soon the mechanism was activated, and the chains wrapped around the cross were pulled, and a row of scarlet coffins hanging from them were pulled up from the bottom.
When it is pulled at the top, the horizontal chains begin to be pulled.
The twelve scarlet coffins were slowly pulled horizontally out of the deep pit.
…
Melon looked at this scene, his cloudy eyes revealing a hint of fanaticism, and he let out a hoarse roar.
"Wake up, my devout knights, and bring back those invaders..."
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Qianyin Kingdom, at the southern gate of the second floor.
A thin figure hid in the corner of a house, constantly stealing glances at the huge city gate in the distance.
I saw a huge city gate that was fifty meters high and was tightly closed.
There is a mechanical opening mechanism on the wall. If you pull this mechanism, you can trigger the lifting device and eventually open the giant city gate.
The figure turned his gaze away from the giant city gate and looked towards the side door on the right.
The side door is only five meters high and uses a mechanical lock. There is a pull bolt on the inner door that can be unlocked directly.
However, no matter whether it is the main door or the side door, there are ancient coffins placed in front of them.
At this time, the hiding figure seemed to have made up his mind, rushed out of the shelter quickly, and rushed towards the side door on the right.
Just as the thin figure approached the door on the right.
Click!
The coffin, which had been motionless, suddenly moved. The lid of the coffin was pushed open, and corpses wearing gray metal armor and holding long swords jumped out. Their faces were very shriveled, and they looked as creepy as mummies.
At this time, the thin figure who rushed forward drew out the Liuyun sword, and the whole sword was burning with black flames.
This figure was Yun Xiaoxi.
She swung the Liuyun sword and slashed at a zombie guard rushing towards her.
Click!
The two swords collided with each other, and sparks flew everywhere.
The corpse was immediately repelled. Yun Xiaoxi ignored it and took advantage of the gap to rush over.
At this time, one corpse guard after another came forward.
"Fire snakes are in chaos!"
Yun Xiaoxi injected all her strength into the Liuyun sword, and the flames of the entire sword burned even more vigorously. She swept the sword across.
A black fire snake swept over, instantly knocking away the corpse guards who rushed over.
She quickened her pace and saw the side door getting closer and closer.
Just then there was a bang!
The lid of a larger coffin suddenly flew sideways, and a burly corpse guard jumped out with a big knife in his hand.
“Ouch!”
The corpse guard let out a hoarse roar, his whole body flashing with lightning. He suddenly jumped up and slashed at Yun Xiaoxi in the air with a knife.
Yun Xiaoxi was startled and immediately dodged to the side.
Click!
The big knife slashed hard on the ground.
The solid ground instantly cracked, and the impact caused Yun Xiaoxi to fly out. After she fell to the ground, she rolled around in a mess.
When Yun Xiaoxi got up, the corpse guard had already rushed over, slashing at her with a big knife flashing with lightning.
Yun Xiaoxi raised the Liuyun long sword in her hand to block!
clang.
With sparks flying, Yun Xiaoxi slid back seven or eight meters, her arms shaking all over.
At this time, the other corpse guards rushed up one after another.
Seeing this, Yun Xiaoxi immediately turned around and ran away.
Not long after, on the streets shrouded in gray fog.
Yun Xiaoxi fled here in a panic. She turned her head and looked behind her. Seeing that there were no zombies chasing her, her heart finally eased.
A gentle breeze blew past, shaking the windows of the houses along the way, making creaking sounds.
Yun Xiaoxi walked weakly, her eyes showing confusion and aggrieved look.
She had been here for several days for unknown reasons, and hadn't seen a single living person, nor any overlap.
There is nothing to eat or drink here, only the constant rumbling sound of my stomach.
However, she wanted to leave this ghost city, but she couldn't defeat the monsters guarding the gate.
Thinking of this, Yun Xiaoxi's nose suddenly felt sore and her eyes turned slightly red.
"Wow, what should I do?!"
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On the other side, the first floor of Qianyin Kingdom.
Shen Qiu was moving quickly through the alleys alone, his target was the entrance to the city gate in the distance.
He planned to observe the situation at the city gate entrance and look for an opportunity to go up.
Although Shiyao and Guo Zong both made it clear that climbing the city wall was not feasible, only by finding the key would there be a chance to enter the second floor of Qianyin King's Capital.
But Shen Qiu does not agree with this view.
Just because they can't do it doesn't mean you can't do it.
Therefore, he planned to observe and then try it himself. This was also the reason why he did not go with Shiyao to search.
Another point is that Shen Qiu doesn't want anyone to find the key to open the side door.
Once the channel is opened, there will be a lot of variables, and the ultimate beneficiaries may be people from the Blue Alliance and the Gray Alliance because they have the largest number of people.
There are only a few people left in the Red Alliance, and nearly half of them are injured, which will make the situation even more unfavorable.
So it’s better to climb over the wall yourself.
Half an hour later, Shen Qiu successfully arrived at the southern entrance between the first and second floors.
He looked at the towering city gates and walls and was also shocked.
On the wall made of a mixture of rocks and steel, dark red coffins were hung at regular intervals. Looking horizontally, there was no end in sight.
Shen Qiu took a deep breath. It was the first time he saw such a scene and he felt a little creepy.
He suppressed his restlessness and looked more carefully.
The main city gate is fifty meters high, the side gate is only five meters high, and the city wall is about one hundred meters high. There are some uneven spots on the surface, but not many.
If Shen Qiu had the tools and climbed normally, it wouldn't be very difficult for him.
But it probably isn't that simple. Thinking of this, Shen Qiu tried to approach the city wall from the side.
When he walked to the bottom of the city wall, Shen Qiu saw a small amount of broken coffin lid debris.
It is obvious that these debris were left behind by people who had tried to climb before, which means that many coffins have been touched.
But Shen Qiu raised his head and looked carefully, and did not see any open empty coffins on the city wall. This meant that every time the bell rang, there would be corpses to maintain and replace the coffins here.
No wonder there’s no way to find a way up.
Shen Qiu narrowed his eyes and observed further. Suddenly, he noticed something unusual. There were many tiny white threads on the wall. These white threads were like spider webs, connecting to the coffin hanging nearby.
If nothing unexpected happened, the person climbing up should have touched these white threads, thus alarming the monster in the coffin.
But these white silks are very thin and inconspicuous, and they are also widely distributed.
Climbing is difficult in itself, and if you have to avoid the white silk, it will be even more difficult.
And this is not the most troublesome thing. After all, visible dangers are nothing. The most troublesome thing is invisible dangers.
Shen Qiu remembered it very clearly. Shi Yao clearly said that there was a mechanism on the city wall.
Therefore, taking all these factors into consideration, the difficulty is estimated to be quite high.
It is really impossible to climb up quietly, unless you can fly over.
But even if he could fly, it would probably be difficult. Not to mention whether he could fly over there from such a high altitude, even if he could really fly over there, the target is so conspicuous that it would definitely trigger something.
However, Shen Qiu did not back down. Instead, he looked eager to try.
He made a decision quickly. He moved along the city wall, as far away from the city gate as possible, to see if there was a suitable climbing point.
More than an hour later.
Shen Qiu stopped under a city wall and looked up.
There were protruding stones and nail rings nailed on the smooth wall.
His eyes suddenly lit up. It was obvious that this should be the climbing point that the Blue Alliance had attempted before. This was simply like someone giving him a pillow when he was sleepy.
With these things they left behind, the difficulty of climbing was suddenly reduced a lot.
However, Shen Qiu also noticed one thing. These measures disappeared near the coffin hanging in the middle, which meant that the people from the Blue Alliance could not climb up after reaching there.
But Shen Qiu didn't care. He felt that as long as he could climb to the coffin, he could then pull the chain and rush up.
So Shen Qiu began to twist his neck and move his hands and feet.
Complete all preparations.
He stretched out his hand to touch the protruding rock, then stretched out his right foot, stepped on the nail ring below, and climbed up little by little.
However, after climbing a few meters, Shen Qiu stopped.
His brows were furrowed, and white threads appeared on the wall above his head.
Shen Qiu then carefully stretched out his hand, touched the spare climbing point next to him, and continued to climb up.
A few minutes later, Shen Qiu climbed to a height of thirteen meters.
However, Shen Qiu's forehead was already oozing with sweat. It was the first time he had climbed so hard, even though he had clearly explored the route before.
His nerves were still tense, afraid of making mistakes.
"call!"
Shen Qiu exhaled slightly and reached up again.
When he grabbed the raised part of the wall above, the raised part suddenly caved in.
Click!
The wall he was leaning against suddenly had a gap, and a spear pierced through it.
Shen Qiu immediately realized something was wrong and suddenly tilted his body to form a bow shape, narrowly avoiding the attack.
Shen Qiu's expression twitched slightly, and he looked at the wall with a look of astonishment. Although he knew there was a trap, he didn't expect it to come so quickly.
However, after being amazed, Shen Qiu adjusted his attitude.
Then he moved little by little and continued to climb up.
Time passes by little by little.
Finally, Shen Qiu crawled under the hanging coffin and raised his head to look above.
It turned out that there were no footholds like nail rings on it. Moreover, it was covered with white silk everywhere, leaving little room for climbing.
It is obvious that this is the limit, and it is impossible to continue climbing up quietly.
Shen Qiu's expression changed, and a hint of determination flashed in his eyes.
“Let’s fight!”
In an instant, Shen Qiu's whole body was flashing with lightning. He suddenly jumped up and grabbed the hanging coffin with one hand.
At that moment, he was like a fly flying into a spider web, instantly startling all the white silk in the entire area.
Suddenly, all the coffins began to shake, including the one Shen Qiu was holding.
But Shen Qiu didn't care at all. He climbed up quickly, directly to the top of the coffin, then stepped on the coffin and pulled the iron chain, and quickly climbed up.
Click!
The lids of the coffins all around suddenly opened sideways, and some that had been in disrepair for a long time fell down.
At this time, crawling zombies wrapped in rags, with shriveled bodies, hands and feet deformed into claws, and grinning mouths showing sharp fangs crawled out of the coffins.
Shen Qiu's bracelet made a prompt sound.
"Ghoul, atomic wave reaction 110, determined to be LV2 (low level)."
The crawling corpses locked their eyes on Shen Qiu with red eyes. They rushed towards Shen Qiu quickly like geckos.
The steep wall seemed like flat ground in front of them.
At this time, Shen Qiu didn't care about the crawling zombies that were swarming over him. He stared at the sky and rushed up quickly pulling the chain.
Just when many crawling ghosts were about to catch up with Shen Qiu.
Shen Qiu pulled the chain hard and climbed straight onto the city wall.
However, after going up, Shen Qiu's heart sank suddenly. Countless crawling ghosts also climbed up and directly blocked Shen Qiu on the city wall.
At the same time, the zombie guards surrounded them with weapons in hand.
The bracelet sounded a reminder again.
"Corpse Guard, atomic wave reaction 240, determined to be LV2 (low level)"
At this moment Shen Qiu was completely surrounded, and more and more monsters gathered around him, but Shen Qiu did not panic.
He inserted the Cang Bone Blade back into the scabbard and squatted slightly. Terrifying lightning burst out from his whole body, and then he injected violent power into the Cang Bone Blade.
The entire Cang Bone Blade suddenly made a buzzing sound.
"Thousand Blades Thunder Slash!"
Shen Qiu instantly pulled out the Cang Bone Blade and swept it around.
Click!
The swarming zombie guards and corpse puppets were all killed and their bodies cut in half.
The entire area was cleared, but more and more monsters swarmed in from the distance.
Shen Qiu didn't dare to stop at all. He rushed to the wall in front of him at an extremely fast speed and looked down.
Sure enough, there was a coffin hanging on this wall.
He immediately climbed over the wall and slid down holding the chain.
Bang!
He stepped one foot on the hanging coffin and looked down.
It turned out that it was still seventy meters above the ground.
However, at this moment, a black mass of crawling zombies swarmed down from the wall above their heads like locusts.
Shen Qiu looked back, the corner of his mouth twitched fiercely, and then he ignored the height and let out a low roar.
"ah!"
Shen Qiu's whole body burst out with terrifying lightning, and he leaped down. The whole person was like a thunder ball, smashing hard on the ground.
boom!
A deep pit was smashed into the ground.
Before the dust settled, Shen Qiu rushed out and ran forward.
At this time, a large number of crawling ghosts fell to the ground and chased after Shen Qiu.
Unfortunately, their speed could not catch up with Shen Qiu, and soon the distance between them was getting bigger and bigger.
More than ten minutes later, Shen Qiu hid in a corner, looking back and forth.
After confirming that there were no zombies chasing him, he heaved a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He finally got it done.
This job is really not something that ordinary people can do.
It was so difficult for him to force his way up by himself. No wonder the Blue Alliance gave up on forcing their way up. With so many people, it was simply unrealistic to do so.
After calming down for a while, Shen Qiu began to observe the surrounding environment.
He discovered that the buildings on the second floor of Qianyin Kingdom were obviously much more exquisite and imposing than those on the first floor.
If the lower floor is a slum, then the second floor is a bustling city.
The buildings here are no longer rigid pigeon cage shapes, and basically all have their own characteristics.
Shen Qiu looked at the time on his bracelet. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening and would soon be midnight.
By then, all the monsters in the city will wake up, and he will have to find a suitable place to hide.
Although there are houses nearby, everyone can hide.
But the location is not very good. Once discovered by the monster, there are very limited directions to escape.
So Shen Qiu walked along the street.