Vivienne decided to meet with members of the Lucas family first, although she has never been interested in other aliens, especially the rigid and conservative Lucas family, who are arrogant and xenophobic and keen on occupying territory and plotting power Even more annoying, but looking at the current situation, everyone has to deal with those diehards if they want to enter the ruins. She had had several contacts with the previous patriarch of the Lucas family, and had also met the younger brother of the previous patriarch, who is now the head of the Lucas family, so she felt that she could still talk more or less.
In addition to paying attention to the ruins, Hao Ren is now a little curious about the state of the aliens in this city. He really wants to know how many "shelters" like this are in the world, but Heatherana He was vague about this: "To be honest... it's not that I can't trust you, but I don't know either. When these shelters started to be built, it was already the stage of the collapse of the Age of Mythology. At that time, the surviving alien races in the world were divided by demon hunters. Surrounded in various places, communication with each other was completely interrupted. This situation lasted for more than a thousand years. After the shelters barely settled down, they encountered the activities of the Human Church to strangle witches. They were so chaotic that they dared not go out at all. We stayed in the shelter On the one hand, the institute has achieved safety, but on the other hand, it lags behind others in terms of external information. Of course, this closed-off situation did not last forever. Later, we slowly started to move outside, but other people we could contact The number of settlements is far less than expected - it is guessed that many of the shelters are still completely closed, and no one knows whether they have been destroyed or still survived. It is said that there are several more under the mantle and deep in the north and south poles. Settlement, how do you find this?"
Many Earthlings have always believed that they have completely ruled the planet. And he has insight into most of the secrets of this planet, but now Hao Ren knows that there are still too many things that humans don't understand about this world. Those obscure historical truths are very different from the chapters that humans keep in libraries. No one could have imagined that this planet harbors so many secrets—and those secrets still creep in the shadows to this day.
Due to the constant blockade by witchers and churches. Outliers must act with the utmost low-key in this world, and it is difficult for them to openly seek companions or find clues to other shelters. Heatherana called the period from the end of the Age of Mythology to the end of the Church's witch killing activities the "severe winter". After the end of the severe winter, the shelters that gradually recovered and started to communicate with the outside world can still be contacted, but there are more shelters It has never been reopened since its establishment. Even the most experienced ancients only roughly know that these forts exist somewhere in the world, but no one knows how to open these forts from the outside and how to contact the survivors inside, and of course no one knows whether these forts are Infiltrated by witchers - everything is shrouded in mist, and no one knows what's going on.
With the increasing understanding of the alien status quo on the earth, Hao Ren also felt more and more that the water on the earth is really deep. The ordinary, peaceful, and even boring human world in his original impression has long been subverted. An area that cannot be touched by the naked eye. The world is full of shadows of the past lurking in the dark. The Shadow Fortress in Athens should be the most representative phenomenon: Can anyone imagine that there are actually two in Athens
Another city of Athens is hidden in the shadow of the real Athens, and is well preserved in another layer of space by the shadow intermediary. The weird streets that Vivienne led the crowd through, Hesperus, the antique shop between reality and reality, and the impenetrable fog on the streets are just the first layer of protection for the shadow intermediary, and everyone is still far away. Without touching the real wall of this sanctuary, Hesperis is like a guard. She and other ancients with great strength and aptitude are guarding at various nodes in the shadow intermediary. Only those who have been approved In order to pass through a deeper layer of shadows and reach another city.
Hessiana invites everyone to visit "another city of Athens in the shadows". Vivienne was a little hesitant, but everyone else readily agreed.
Anyway, it’s not a big deal to join in the fun, and it’s not a long way to gain knowledge—you still expect these people to go back to the hotel and stay in the hotel with Lily jumping up and down next to them
After a few minutes, Hesperis finished her work in the real world, and with the same strange bell sound, she reappeared in front of everyone, and Heatherana immediately jumped up and shouted happily: "Senior, senior, help me to open a deep layer!" The door of the space~~By the way, each of them will be marked with the ability to move in the space from the first to the third floor."
Hesperis nodded, raised a finger, and softly recited a spell with a very strange tone. Hao Ren didn't feel any changes in his body, and the process of casting the spell was over. Heather Anna explained next to her: "Outsiders must be guided by the gatekeepers to enter the Shadow Fortress. You have been marked. With this mark, you can move freely in the first to third floors of the Shadow Fortress—basically 100% You can go anywhere in the 70s. There will be guards where you can’t go. Don’t worry about going the wrong way. Come, come, I will show you the way.”
"Hesperus, see you later." Vivian said goodbye to her old friend, who returned to the counter and waved his hands in response.
Everyone left this strange antique shop. Hao Ren noticed that the scene outside the shop had changed again: this time the streets on both sides of the road were gone, and there was only a boundless thick fog outside. An indistinct path stretched ahead into the depths of the dense fog, and it was impossible to see where the end was.
He turned around, and unexpectedly found that the antique shop of Hesperis had also disappeared in a thick fog, leaving only a lonely glass door in place, and the door was empty, extremely strange.
"You said that Hesperis is a weird person, but I don't think there is anything wrong with that." He turned around and said casually, "It's just a little gloomy."
Vivienne smiled slightly: "It just happened that she was normal today."
Hao Ren: "?"
"It's better to go to the shadow fortress to be safe," Hessiana led the way, jumping up and down happily as she walked. She was doing this kind of lily-style behavior with Vivienne's face on her face, which made people feel disobedient. The sense of harmony is really not the slightest bit, "This city is different from other places. Demon hunters have been trying to find a way to break through the shadow layer. There are their eyeliners everywhere in the city. You may be caught when you are outside. Keep an eye on it. There is my site in the Shadow Fortress, it’s guaranteed to be much more comfortable than staying in a hotel outside. In two days, we will go directly to the ruins from the Shadow Fortress, so the route will be safer.”
Vivienne seemed a little dissatisfied with Hesiana's participation in the Day of Return: "Why are you interested in such a shitty thing as the Day of Return?"
"I'm not interested in the day of my return. Anyway, I came out of you. If I want to return, I will hang on to you again. I don't want to return to other weird places." Hesianna smiled brightly, But it made Vivienne get goosebumps all over her body, "I'm interested in the strange... uh, environment in the ruins. Anyway, staying in it will make you full of strength, and you won't feel dizzy or blurry. There is an old man The vampire's lumbar disc herniation has been cured for many years, who doesn't like such a good thing. You must try it sometime, Vivienne, the air is filled with magical power—hiss, your saliva is flowing."
Hao Ren couldn't help but look at Vivian when he heard this: "Wait, is the effect so exaggerated?"
"Although the Dream Plane is full of magic power, it's not at this level, right?" Y'zaks whispered beside him, expressing the common doubts of Hao Ren and Vivian.
"It's not an exaggeration," Heatherana didn't know what they were talking about. She thought that her description was so beautiful that everyone couldn't believe it. She waved her hands vigorously to increase her persuasiveness. "The energy environment in the ruins is abundant. , You can even see things like aurora in the sky at any time, they are all magical clouds... "
"It's not like the Dream Plane," Hao Ren was extremely surprised, and whispered to Vivienne, "This ruin may lead to another place..."
Nangong Wuyue also came over: "Or it is not connected anywhere, but there is some kind of radioactive energy source inside?"
"What are you muttering about?" Hessiana's face collapsed when she saw Vivienne chatting intimately with a group of people but she was unwilling to talk to herself, "Mrs. Vivienne, you can't do this again. How to say I also... "
Vivienne glared at Heather Anna: "If you can maintain even a little bit of reserve after seeing me, I'm willing to talk to you properly!"
Hao Ren saw that the relationship between the "mother and daughter" seemed to be very unharmonious, so he couldn't help but touch Vivienne's arm unexpectedly: "By the way, why do you reject her so much? I think this girl is pretty good except for being a little noisy." Yes, and it has a lot to do with you anyway."
Vivienne looked at the good guy with a fake smile: "Imagine that one day you lose a hair, and then it turns into a man with almost the same appearance and figure as you. This man follows you every day. The back of your ass is greasy, and the biggest wish in life is to be with you again... "
Hao Ren's face turned green: "Stop talking!! I won't mention this to you again, okay?"
Vivian covered her face and turned her head away: "So I'd rather wander outside than approach this city half a step, even if I can have enough food here."
Heather Anna felt distressed when she heard this: "Miss Vivienne, do you often not have enough to eat?"
"You don't need to worry about it," Vivienne pointed at Hao Ren, "Now that he is raising me, I can stay away from you more confidently."
The cold sweat on Hao Ren's body dripped down the insoles on the spot, and he clearly felt that Hesianna's gaze at him quickly changed to one of murdering her mother and her enemy... (To be continued~^~)