The moment Lily rushed out, Hao Ren couldn't help muttering in his heart: I won't be on the road of bullying. It is said that bullying men and women starts with letting a dog bite someone... But After thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was no such risk. After all, most of the time, even if he wasn't behind to tease Lily, he would jump out and bite.
Actually, from the very beginning, Hao Ren knew that things would definitely develop in the current direction—the real world is not a juvenile manga, so how could it be possible for two groups of people to get together and talk about love and justice to understand each other, and the sword was on the verge of breaking out just a second ago? As long as you talk about your dreams, you can be happy with each other. Everyone is a civilized person. When the truth is just right, it is the normal way to unfold it. And to be honest, the two groups of people even have different worldviews, and they basically lack The basis of reason.
So his plan has always been very targeted: observe the existence of this twilight city before causing chaos, fulfill the duty of "observation" of the examiner, and then he will inevitably encounter local forces, and the local forces will inevitably There was an obstacle, and then everyone rushed all the way to the Iron Throne with sparks and lightning to chat with the Old Ones.
This is not something to be taken for granted. Hao Ren came to these conclusions after learning from Wendell and Borken about the operation of the Steam Council, historical achievements, corporate culture, and management philosophy.
A mature social management organization, a management organization that can maintain the operation of the city after the end of the world and maintain order even when everything is in jeopardy, what it first needs is not flexible thinking and enterprising spirit, but conservative, stable and Be cautious, especially when it comes to the dark wilderness outside, the attitude of the Steam Council will be even more so. Hope's seemingly paranoid misunderstanding is not entirely due to subjective factors. In fact, in the two thousand years since the establishment of the Twilight City, the city has faced countless rumors, scams and even evil spirits that caused social unrest. .teaching threats, being trapped in the barrier for so many years, the probability of mental illness among ordinary people is not too high, whether it is escaping from reality or taking revenge on society, anyway, every century there will be people claiming that they have found the way to save all mankind, and These methods basically point to the dark wilderness outside.
Trapped in the darkness for so many years, people either firmly believe that the opposite of the darkness is a scourge, or that the opposite of the darkness is a paradise. Of course, the number of the latter is much smaller than the former—but the harm is infinitely greater than the former.
In history, there have indeed been bad incidents in which light seekers colluded with cultists to create the illusion of paradise. It is said that a large-scale light-seeking team stepped into the night and lost contact with the Twilight City shortly thereafter. They got lost in the sea of hot sand in Jotunheim, and all of them were wiped out for twenty days. , while one survivor miraculously survived. No one knows how he survived, but what is certain is that he suffered a cataclysmic change during those horrific twenty days. Bringing the oasis that only existed in his imagination to life into reality, he returned to the Twilight Zone and began preaching about a "new home," which had dire consequences.
He finally pulled up an organization that was almost a cult, and he did not hesitate to forge evidence to prove the existence of the oasis. He even resisted the investigation team of the Steam Council and organized thousands of people to leave the Twilight City and go to Jotunheim went to find the beautiful paradise that only existed in his false memory.
Thousands of precious citizens with various skills died in the dark wilderness.
Since that day, the Steam Council has formulated strict rules, and any light seekers who return from the night must accept strict questioning. If the number of people returning is more than two, it's okay, if there is only one person returning - then almost everything he said will not be believed.
Because under the erosion of mana radiation, even the light seekers themselves cannot be sure that their minds are normal. The light seekers who return alone may be insane, and even if they are normal, they may be brainwashed by hallucinations. No one can prove whether their words are true when compared with others.
So Hope's doubts about Wendell are completely understandable, he is just a little more extreme than ordinary members of the Steam Council: he does not doubt his father, but does not believe his father at all. But no matter what, the result was the same: Hao Ren and the others couldn't go to the lower city through formal channels.
Ask Wendell to accept the formal procedure of the Steam Council? A group of people to accept the interrogation and evidence collection that may last for several months? To discuss with a group of experts and scholars a world view of life with more than two million words? This might be a formal procedure, but to be honest, Hao Ren didn't have the time to go through the formal procedure.
Lily turned into a werewolf with a groan, and turned into an afterimage on the spot. Before everyone could react, it almost knocked away all the security officers on the scene. After that, Hao Ren pulled out his two long guns and waved them. Rush towards the edge of the platform: "Which way is the elevator?!"
Wendell was surrounded by a large group of bats summoned by Vivienne, and the old man had already rushed a distance of 100 meters with these violent elements when he was dizzy. At this time, he couldn't care less about thinking about any rational solution to peace. Should it be said that he is indeed a fierce man who has embarked on a journey to find the light twice? When Gang Dao became Gang Zheng, he suddenly burst into a bachelor's air: "Left! That place where the smoke is coming out! Rush over!"
The sheriff brought by Hope was blown away in an instant: these people are not real combatants, they just maintain the daily order in the upper city, and their combat power is the authority attribute brought by the uniform , so the last unlucky guy didn't get up from the ground until Hao Ren and his party were about to disappear on the platform. In a panic, a sheriff even threw out the metal stick in his hand as a flying prop-then Lily turned around and caught the stick, never to return.
"Sir!" A man with a bruised nose and a swollen face stumbled to Hope, "What should I do?"
Hope's face was ashen, and beads of sweat were dripping down his neck. Now he had only one thought in his mind: his father was finally hopeless, and he planned to lead people to break into the Iron Throne of the Old Sage. There is no doubt that he really went crazy on this last trip to the light!
"Go and notify the wizard group, the armed security team, and the steam department!" Hope shouted loudly, and at the same time pressed a button on the small metal box at his waist, "Santis, Roland, sound the alarm! Hubble Special, go to the elevator, evacuate the civilians, block the platform!"
"The others follow me to the city hall—find out which cult group those people belong to!!"
At this time, Hao Ren and the others had rushed out of the locomotive platform with sparks and lightning all the way. According to Wendell's instructions, they moved forward along a wide beam made of steel, and soon left the station far behind. .
The upper city of the twilight capital is full of things made of steel, such as steel frames carrying pipes, reinforced beams between buildings, and suspended roads. These criss-cross structures hang over the city like spider webs, from The smoke and steam spouted from various factory boilers linger in the gaps in these "spider webs". The crowd passed through a huge pipeline system, and the gas leaked from the pipeline system made the surrounding foggy. In this indistinct fog, two rows of faintly bright fluorescent lights guided the way forward, which were inlaid in the building. Structural runic script.
In order to reduce the pressure of the heavy structure on the lower layers of the city, the builders of the Twilight City used a lot of runes on the buildings. This unique rune, which is prevalent in the Nordic region, is not as powerful as the Leta rune. , but has an excellent auxiliary purpose. Vivienne showed a slight smile when she saw these runes, and said in a low voice: "These runes were 'created' by Odin, but if it wasn't for Ragnarok, I am afraid that 'mortals' would never have the chance to touch their secrets." .”
"Woo-"
A deep and loud siren blew from a distance, followed by a second, and a third.
The siren roared throughout the upper city, and the steam clouds that had been entrenched between the superstructures all year round seemed to be dispersed by the tremors. Wendell changed his expression the moment he heard the whistle: "It's a high-level alarm! They sounded the alarm!"
Hao Ren curled his lips: "Nonsense, a group of people are preparing to form a group to attack the presidential palace, and they will be fooled if they don't raise the alarm."
The huge steel beams came to an end, and the roof of a certain building was in front of them. Everyone jumped off the steel beams and jumped between the roofs and eaves of houses. The city kept retreating under their feet, and at this moment, a burst of unusually heavy The sound of footsteps suddenly came from the surrounding area, followed by a majestic broadcast: "Dangerous elements in front, stop immediately! We are the Sixth Division of Steam, and you are surrounded! Give up resistance now, give up resistance now! "
"Boom... Crack... Boom... Crack..."
The sound of heavy footsteps and strange metal friction sounded continuously. Hao Ren looked around curiously, and some surprisingly huge machines soon appeared in everyone's sight.
The first to appear were some huge claws clawing at the surrounding eaves, followed by mechanical arms that continuously emitted high-pressure steam, and finally, a huge, insect-like steel monster.
Black machines with a height of five meters and a circle of mechanical arms climbed up along the surrounding building exterior walls, pipes, and steel beams. The shape of these things is indescribable, very similar to those that appeared in old-fashioned comics. The products of Frankenstein, they have a body that looks like a mixture of spiders and scorpions, and eight to twelve mechanical arms with rough styles. High-pressure steam continuously leaks from the valves and joint gaps on their body surfaces, and the chirping sound seems to be There was a roar in the throats of these monsters, and on their bellies, runic script gleamed.
The largest mechanical monster crawled up in front of Hao Ren. Two rows of small red lights that looked like eyes flashed rapidly on the monster's head. One of the lights emitted a laser beam like a scanning beam. The monster scanned everyone at the scene Make a deep voice: "Put down your weapon immediately, put down your weapon immediately!" (to be continued~^~)