Regardless of the details, Hao Ren's group of uninvited guests caused a huge chaos in the Twilight City—and sometimes, "chaos" is a necessary means to solve problems. In order to successfully reach the deepest part of the city, verify Vivienne's guess, and figure out the operating mechanism of the Twilight City, Hao Ren needs a chaos so that all troubles can be concentrated on the big platform in the upper city.
The piercing sirens continued to sound, and more and more Twilight Guards responded to the call and came to the upper city. From the perspective of the person in charge of the defense force, this incident has gone in a weird and unimaginable direction. And the whole situation is spiraling out of control. The supreme commanders couldn't understand why such a powerful turbulent force suddenly appeared in the city, and this turbulent force was also entangled with a light-seeker who had just returned from the dark wilderness.
For the past many years, the city has maintained a fairly peaceful situation, although there have always been problems of this kind - resource shortages, equipment failures, accidents at the mine, and even the worst case was a partial fire in the large boiler, But no matter which time the problem is at least clear, experts and scholars can always find the root of the problem quickly. But this time, the turbulent forces that suddenly emerged in the city could not be explained at all.
There is no way to find out their origins, and there is no sign of this incident.
Most of the tracks and platforms in the upper city are already under martial law. The two giant gear sets located in the middle and upper part of the Twilight City emit heavy roars. A huge column of steam erupts from the gear sets. The speed of the whole set of machinery follows suit. gradually slowed down. The Great Boiler is being reduced in output to prevent the threat from spreading to the vital central pressure pipe: if the Great Boiler were attacked and exploded, the damage to the city would be immeasurable.
In order to avoid this danger, Twilight City has its own emergency plan, and depressurizing the central pressure pipeline is one of them.
Near the top platform, the fierce battle was still going on. Seventy percent of the reinforcements from all over the city had gathered, but they still couldn't solve the threat. Looking in the direction of the large elevator, you can see that there are bursts of gunpowder smoke, and the roar of artillery explosions continues to be faintly heard.
Near the Great Boiler in the upper city, in a square tower made of steel, the leader of the Steam Council and the senior commander of the Twilight Guard are studying the information from the "front line". A bald head, one arm, and mechanical lenses are embedded in the eyes The man from the group has just arrived here, and he brought the latest news: "The enemy's tactics are varied, and they have the ability to transform. Now the situation above is chaotic, and it is even impossible to count the exact number of opponents and their appearance. Those guys probably still have the power to summon phantoms, and there should be powerful wizards among them: there are summoned creatures fighting at the scene, which makes the information even more confusing."
"Where did these guys come from?" The chairman of the Steam Council, a middle-aged woman with a serious expression, frowned and asked, "I heard some bad rumors, it is said that I have contacted some ancient descendants. "
In the shadows in the corner of the room sat a thin man. This man completely wrapped himself in a short black robe, almost blending into the surrounding darkness. He said hoarsely: "This is not a rumor, it is a scholar." Judgment. Basilisks, giant wolves, and flame giants, their characteristics are basically consistent with ancient legends. Now it seems that we are not the only ones who survived the twilight of the gods—they also survived, and they have been hiding in our in the city."
Everyone in the room couldn't help gasping when they heard this sentence, and all kinds of more negative conjectures came out one after another.
In this way, the chaotic battle that took place on the elevator platform was heard by the city's administrators. Under the random imagination of a group of people, it is gradually evolving into a more bizarre appearance.
But the participants in this scuffle didn't know this at all.
Lily was happily rolling and running in front of the defense line of the Twilight guards. After transforming, her fur can completely resist the attack of ordinary guns. Occasionally, when she was hit by an overpowering artillery, she would yell loudly. Throat, back to Nangong Wuyue to receive psychological and physical treatment, then turned back into a bulldog again; Yizaks kept throwing big fireballs at the side of the elevator platform, making a preparation to forcibly open a passage With his appearance, he almost attracted 60% of the hatred; Anthony was floating in the air, surrounded by arcane balls like stars, and completely suppressed the most elite wizard group in the Twilight City by himself , and he hasn't taken it seriously yet...
And compared to these powerful guys, the golden dragon Galazore is the most irresistible existence for the Twilight Guards. The Dragon Queen has already turned into her original form at this moment. She first had a great time competing with the anti-aircraft firepower of the Twilight Guards, and then realized that this kind of behavior of flying in the sky as a moving target is really stupid (more importantly The reason is that the roots of the wings are fragile, and the anti-aircraft shells will really bleed!), so she simply flapped her wings and turned her head to sit on a huge black tower on the edge of the platform. This tower is obviously a vital and fragile The heavy guns of the Twilight Guards were wary of attacking Galazore, and the soldiers could only use muskets with limited power to attack Galazore. When the Dragon Queen saw this situation, she immediately felt relieved: she squatted there, and used her wings to directly attack Galazore. Hold your head, look at your nose, nose, mouth, and heart. At this time, you just fell asleep for the second time...
Although this is unsightly, but for the golden dragon, this is really the most effective defensive posture. The dragon queen, who is crouching with her head in her arms, is almost an invulnerable fortress. The most eye-catching position on the battlefield, the twilight reinforcements who keep coming from other parts of the city will be distracted by this huge golden creature at first glance.
So no one realized that this line of defense had actually been breached.
In the ancient elevator shaft, Hao Ren, Vivienne, and Wendell were quickly heading to the lower city.
The battle sounds from the upper floors of the city have gone away, and the occasional faint explosion sound seems to come from another world.
In order not to arouse the vigilance of the city guards, Hao Ren and the others did not activate the transportation equipment in the passage, but directly let the data terminal drill into the shaft through a ventilation hole, and then the three people sent in flew directly down the shaft: With the help of Vivienne, this flight is very simple.
They are "diving" in this ancient and incredible city that is as complex as a three-dimensional maze. The scenery along the way feels like walking through a bizarre dream. The city keeps stacking up with the years, and the elevator passage connecting the upper city and the lower city keeps stacking up with the sun and the moon. The former upper city has become the lower city, and the former lifting platform has also been demolished and rebuilt As a new channel support, a layered stacking belt is left: just like the fossil specimens between the rock layers, the historical track of the city is preserved in the elevator channel.
This shaft is very wide, and the overall shape is a perfect circle. The walls of the shaft are supported by steel—as it continues to go to the older areas of the city, rock and some gray-white man-made materials gradually appear in its material. The entire wall of the well is not sealed, but huge openings and gaps can be seen everywhere, some are dedicated passages for personnel to enter and exit, and some are purely cracks caused by the building structure. Thick black steel pipes are criss-crossed on the wall of the well, and a stream of steam spews out from the safety valve of the pipes from time to time. In some areas of the shaft, the steam even forms persistent clouds—and even small-scale rainfall , This phenomenon surprised Hao Ren.
"Under the elevator passage is Lake Milton," Wendell introduced the deepest secret of the city. "All the steam in the city condenses into water and will eventually return to Lake Milton."
Hao Ren hummed, at this time Vivian slowed down his descent, and he could see the surrounding situation more clearly. This should have been close to the lower city, or already entered the lower city: the shaft in this section is in an extremely vicissitudes of life. Through some large holes on the wall of the well, he saw a very vast space outside, huge gears were rumbling, steam pipes were distributed in a winding way, and black viscous grease was flowing along the ground, some of which had already flown along the ground. The hole in the wall of the well flows into the shaft. He also saw men—or near-human beings, pale, short, swift, barely naked and hairless, moving between steam pipes and bearing gears, and they turned their faces away. When they came, Hao Ren saw that they had unusually large eyes, which could almost be called scary.
"That's the race that lives in the engine room. It has maintained the pressure pipes and bearing sets below for generations. I don't know when they stopped leaving the engine room. After many generations, they became like this," Wen said. Del acted as a guide, "was once human too, but scholars believe they are now..."
"You're still human," Vivian said, "you're all trapped in this little box, there's no difference."
After continuing to descend for a while, Wendell broke the silence: "We have arrived in the lower city." (To be continued~^~)