A bright electric flame sprang up from the shell of the central control station, and quickly spread outward along the huge mountain-like pipeline, looking like a crack of light that was suddenly torn apart in the night sky. The flash was far away from here, so at first no one noticed it except Hao Ren's super-sighted people, but soon the commotion spread: after the electric fire faded, a fire burst from the depths of the central control station. There was billowing smoke, and a larger area of flashes continued to light up around several buildings around the control station, even ordinary people could see what happened in the distance.
For the residents of the city inside the ship, it is as terrifying as the end of the world is burning violently.
The screams and shouts came from a certain tower on the city wall, and then contagiously caused commotion in the entire Hearth City. Residents inside and outside the castle ran outside one after another, watching the flashes of light and thick smoke in the distance panicked, The children were frightened and cried loudly, and the adults also knelt down to pray for the stability of the world. Accompanied by these disturbances, there was a massive power outage.
I saw that the city inside the ship, which was originally illuminated by lights, seemed to be splashed with ink, and it was plunged into darkness in patches from the central control station, and bright electric snakes kept jumping on the dark ground. Will bring a wider range of electrical failures. The low and dull sound of "dong dong" came from the ancient equipment hidden deep in the city. In the face of the power surge, the old relays and safety devices began to burn down in pieces. Soon the power outage spread to Hearth City. Hao Ren saw that the square outside suddenly became dark, and the residents in the city began to be shrouded in great fear.
An extremely frightened voice shouted in the darkness: "The world is off! The world is off! The world is off!"
Lily's eyes shone with a faint golden light in the darkness. She was startled at first, but quickly realized: "The reactor has collapsed!"
Without saying a word, Hao Ren dragged Vivienne and Lily and ran outside, followed by the Nangong brothers and sisters, and soon everyone came to the square outside. At this time, the power outage has almost spread to the entire city in the ship. This old and vicissitudes of refuge fell into such a terrible night for the first time after 10,000 years of continuous operation. The closed space of more than 100 kilometers long was filled with icy darkness. Then, the panicked sound of the crowd made the people in it dizzy. Now there are only a few lights left in this space-those lights from the sky, the emergency lights on the ancient traffic tubes that run through the sky. They barely outline the outline of this space like stars, and someone in the darkness couldn't help but kneel down. Worshiping the few remaining "starlights", weeping for some god to re-light the world - and then these kneeling people are trampled to the ground by the chaotic crowd, uttering heart-rending cries.
That's when a few lights suddenly appeared on the upper level of the Fortress of the Hearth (the old factory), and these lights finally quieted the crowd a little. Several noble knights in armor appeared on the top of the castle, with bright miner's lamps hanging on their chests, and they kept using beams of light to sweep towards the crowd below, Willy's father. That is, the serious governor of the castle stood at the highest place and yelled angrily: "Quiet! No running around! Wait for the lights to turn on again! Anyone who causes riots will be killed without mercy!"
I don't know whether it was the lights on the knights' chests that brought courage to people, or the people were afraid of the coercion of the governor. The order in the Hearth City was finally maintained, but there were still whispers of crying and prayers from all over the crowd. Outside the Hearth City, the sound of chaos from afar could be faintly heard—it seemed that the governors of other city-states were not as quick to control the scene as they were here. In the darkness, Lily and Vivian's eyes were particularly sharp. They quickly found Willie who was scurrying around in the crowd like a headless chicken, and quickly called the young man over in a low voice.
Willie stumbled up to Hao Ren, and he saw Lily's shining eyes in horror at first sight. He almost yelled, but fortunately he still remembered that these were a few scary guys who "knew witchcraft". So he swallowed his exclamation abruptly, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter? Is it really your witchcraft?"
"We didn't do anything," Hao Ren waved his hand. "It seems that the 'heart' of this world is finally overwhelmed. Tsk, I was thinking about finding out about your social relationship first. Now I think it's better to repair the machine first." Is it suitable... "
Willie: "?"
At this moment, a low humming sound suddenly came from far and near, and something seemed to start deep underground. Afterwards, the city inside the ship in the darkness was bright again, and electric lights lit up like stars. Dispel the darkness.
However, Hao Ren noticed that not all lighting had been restored, compared to before. Only about half the lights in the street were on, and the ones that did were no longer as bright as before. Some of the unlit lighting facilities may have been burned out in the power outage just now, and the reason for the rest... probably because the spacecraft has now switched to backup power supply.
Ordinary people can't think of this, they are just excited for the lost and regained light, people cheered loudly, praising the miracle of the world being re-lit, Hao Ren and his party became the most special few among the cheering crowd: They seemed calmer than anyone else.
"It's all over?" Willie looked at the surrounding situation in confusion, and he still couldn't react.
"No, I'm afraid it's just the beginning." Hao Ren shook his head and looked at the central control station in the distance. He decided to put all the trivial problems aside and go there to check the situation first.
But at this moment, a young soldier ran over from the direction of the castle, and he ran straight to Willy: "Willie, the governor is looking for you."
Then the soldier turned to Hao Ren: "You are the wandering knights, right? The Governor invited you too."
"Us?" Hao Ren was taken aback, "Why?"
The young soldier shook his head: "I'm just following orders, and the governor will tell you the specifics."
Hao Ren glanced at the "Ancestral Furnace" that was almost completely dimmed in the distance. Considering that this is a super huge refuge ark, the backup power inside should last for a long time, so he nodded and agreed. Invited by the governor.
A group of people were brought into the castle together with Willy, and came to a large meeting room on the third floor of the castle. The very serious governor of the castle was already waiting here, and there were several other people sitting beside him, one of them was Hao Ren. Also recognize, it is Bachelor Oro.
The previous blackout seemed to have affected the castle as well. The lights in the conference room seemed a little dim, and only two chandeliers were shining. The governor of the castle nodded coldly when he saw Willy and others pushing the door in, and then knocked on the table: "Then I will get to the point directly. Just now, Wangcheng sent a message, and the ancestor Hong furnace has undergone incomprehensible changes. There are fire and light coming from the furnace. Therefore, the king summoned all high-ranking scholars to go to the royal city to discuss matters immediately. In addition, due to the vision that happened just now, the four kingdoms have reached a temporary armistice agreement, so the scholars of the other three kingdoms will also go to our royal city to discuss matters. Oro The Maester is the representative of Hearth City, and I have decided to send my son on escort duty with a small band of warriors."
Hearing the words of the governor of the castle, some people at the scene had some discussions. Everyone knew that the son of the governor, Willie, was a weak soldier—he was afraid of fighting, his sword skills were in a mess, and he would run away immediately when he saw blood. Compared with wielding knives and guns, this Young people prefer to stay in their rooms, read and draw, so they immediately felt weird when they heard that Willie was in charge of escorting the bachelor to the capital. Willie himself was also surprised, he opened his mouth in a murmur, "But... but father..."
"Willie," the governor of the castle suddenly got up and pressed his hand on the table, "If you still have a little bit of noble glory, say 'yes, sir' at this time!"
Willie shrank his neck, and finally summoned up his courage: "Yes, sir."
The governor of the castle nodded: "Very well, this is your last chance to redeem your reputation."
Others seemed to have some opinions, but with a look from the governor, all doubts disappeared. Hao Ren finally seized the opportunity to ask, "Then what, why did you ask us to come?"
"Guests," the governor of the castle softened his expression, and he said with proper etiquette, "I'm sorry to make demands on you, but I hope you can join Willy's escort team and help us get the bachelor safely. To the royal city."
Hao Ren was thinking about going to the ancestor Honglu to find out, and was struggling with how to communicate with the guards who had lost their ancient knowledge and turned into ignorant fools. At this moment, he was overjoyed and nodded quickly: " Sure, we're going over there... well, should I ask why you picked us?"
"You have helped my son once, I believe you are trustworthy," the governor of the castle looked very sincere, "and the knights of Hearth City must guard against the barbarians of the Iron City State who came to attack regardless of the truce. We have limited manpower and cannot organize Enough men to escort the maester long distances."
Hao Ren nodded, he didn't mind what the castle governor actually had planned: "Oh, that's fine, we'll just make this trip."
"Thank you very much. You will be paid properly when you come back." The governor seemed to smile, and he turned to Bachelor Oro. "Brother, before you leave, please explain the current situation to everyone." (To be continued~ ^~)