City of Ashes.
A colorful ray of light fell from the sky and landed directly in the city lord's mansion.
Xia Lei released his hold on Mrs. Nightingale's waist and said, "Mrs. Nightingale, we are here."
Only then did Mrs. Nightingale come to her senses. She stretched out her hand to straighten her messed up hair. Her hair, like her skin color, is almost transparent and has an alternative beauty.
"Follow me to see the Lord of Guye City. Your proposal is very good and is in the best interest of our Ashes City. But after all, I am not the Lord of the City. Such a decision must be made by my uncle, the Lord of the City." Mrs. Nightingale said.
Xia Lei said: "I won't go see him. Just go talk to him and tell me his decision. But I want to remind you that if you refuse to cooperate, I will leave here."
"You want to leave?" Mrs. Nightingale suddenly became nervous, and there was a sense of loss in her heart for no reason.
Xia Lei said: "I have my own things to do. If there is no reason and reason for me to stay, of course I will not stay here."
"Okay, I'm going to see the Lord of Guye City now." Mrs. Nightingale said.
"I'm going to go shopping in the city." Xia Lei left. He wanted to try his luck. Maybe the snake-patterned man had not left.
Mrs. Nightingale came to the room of Lord Guye.
The light in the room was dim, and the Lord of Lone Night was lying on his bed. His skin, which had lost its luster and was full of wrinkles, was no longer transparent and showed a dead gray color. His condition is getting worse and he doesn't have much time left.
"I'm back." Mrs. Nightingale stood at the head of the bed, her voice low and full of respect.
The Lord of Guye City slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Mrs. Nightingale, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I have received the news, and we did a good job. This time we severely damaged the lava city, and also captured the bloody city." Crystal mine. There is no better result than this. After this battle, I saw a light of hope that I had never seen before. The future of our city of ashes is limitless... Ahem... Can such a good thing happen before I die? I am satisfied with everything and have no regrets."
Mrs. Nightingale helped the Lord of Guye City up and patted his back gently, "You will not die. You will see with your own eyes the day when Ash City develops and grows. Your dream is to develop Ash City into the most powerful one in the Western Region. city, and now this dream is coming true.”
"Ahem... I know my own situation very well... I don't have much time..." Lord Guye's voice was weak, "By the way, why didn't that man named Long come back with you?"
Mrs. Nightingale said: "I came back this time just to talk to you about him, and he gave me a proposal."
"What proposal?"
Mrs. Nightingale told Xia Lei's proposal to cooperate in mining the blood crystal mine, as well as his judgment of the situation.
Lord Guye fell into deep thought and frowned slightly. No one wants to give another piece of fat in his mouth to another person, and that's how he feels now. However, Xia Lei's analysis of the situation was spot on. The blood crystal mine was indeed a piece of fat for Ashes City, but it was this piece of fat that would attract a group of hungry wolves. If it is not handled properly, Ashes City will not only be unable to eat this piece of fat, it may even be destroyed because of this piece of fat!
"I want you to decide," said Mrs. Nightingale.
The Lord Guye said: "I want to hear your opinion."
Mrs. Nightingale said: "From the perspective of profit, of course it is best for us to mine exclusively in Ash City. But from the perspective of human relations and safety, we should cooperate with him. Without his help, not only would I not be able to win the blood Crystal Mine, I’m afraid I’ll die there.”
Lord Guye said: "He is indeed very strong, but I don't think he can help us defend the mine and Ashes City."
Mrs. Nightingale took out a small instrument and placed it on the bedside.
"What is this?" Lord Guye asked in confusion.
"It was given to me by an iron guy named Hao Fang." Mrs. Nightingale stretched out a crystal-clear finger and clicked on the silver instrument.
A piece of blue light was suddenly released from the compact instrument, which was a projection of the suspended city.
In this projection, thousands of engineering robots and robotic construction machinery were arranged in a square array for inspection. Hui walked in front of the robot phalanx with a soldier's goose step. As he walked, he shouted in an exaggerated voice, "Long live the Dragon King! Long live the Dragon King!"
It was the only voice, and all the robots were motionless.
Next to the robot phalanx were several infantry phalanxes, including soldiers from Wancheng, soldiers from Shu, and werewolf phalanxes led by Senpo and Qingteng. These people from the past are all soldiers of the "Ghost Kingdom". Some of them hold primitive cold weapons, while others hold energy weapons.
However, what shocked Lord Guye the most was the upper city suspended in the sky, the golden palace. He is someone who has been to Doomsday City, the imperial capital of the Black Sun Empire, and has also seen the glorious palace of the Black Sun Empire. But compared with the palace of the Suspended City, it is simply a comparison between a shabby house and a mansion!
"This..." Lord Guye was so surprised that he was speechless.
Mrs. Nightingale said: "He is not a slave at all. He is the leader of the Ghost Kingdom. His people call him the Dragon King. I have visited his city. Although the population in his city is not large, the city has a small population. The city's technology is more advanced than that of the Blue Moon people. Those robots can become combat robots as long as they pick up energy weapons. You know how scary the Blue Moon people's combat robots are, but his robots are more advanced. He said that as long as they fight with him Cooperating, he sent robots to mine the blood crystal mine, and it would be mined in less than a month. At that time, it would be useless no matter who peeked at the blood crystal mine, because he would not give anything to those people or The power remains.”
Lord Guye grinned, "Haha... What a mysterious guy. Lord of the Ghost Country, have you heard of the Ghost Country?"
Mrs. Nightingale shook her head, "I have never heard of a ghost country, but..."
"But what?"
"I have seen his strength before. I can't think of anyone else in the Black Sun Empire who can defeat him. And his city is technologically advanced and full of vitality. I can't think of any other city in the Black Sun Empire that has the comprehensive strength. Better than his city," said Mrs. Nightingale.
Lord Guye said: "It seems that I already know your opinion, let's cooperate with him."
Mrs. Nightingale put away the silver instrument, "Then I will go find him and bring him to you."
"Wait a minute." Lord Guye stopped.
"Is there anything else?" asked Mrs. Nightingale.
Lord Guye hesitated for a moment before speaking out, "After I die, you will be the Lord of Ashes City, and you will inherit my title. In addition... from now on, you are no longer my wife, and I will terminate our relationship as husband and wife."
"You..." Mrs. Nightingale was stunned on the spot.
The Lord of Guye City waved his hand, "Go and find him. You are so young and we are not married. Do you want to stay a widow for me for the rest of your life? You are so beautiful and have a bright future. You should find a match. A hero worthy of you."
Nightingale suddenly knelt down, black tears bursting from her eyes.
At the same time, Xia Lei was walking aimlessly on a street. He had walked several streets, but he hadn't seen the snake-patterned man.
Unknowingly, I came to the place where I met the snake-printed man last time.
People were coming and going in the streets, and many were talking about Lady Nightingale's victory. Defeating Lava City's 200,000-strong army and seizing the blood crystal mine was enough to keep the Ashes City's screen on the map for several years.
Xia Lei adjusted the bamboo hat covering his face and glanced at the faces. The back of a snake-printed man suddenly came into his sight, but it was not the snake-printed man he was looking for, but a young snake-printed young man. He sells some special-looking products on the street. Some are rusty metal utensils, some are medicinal materials, and there are also dead animal teeth and the like. There are so many kinds of things in a mess, all placed on a flat animal skin. on the bag.
Xia Lei walked over with a thought in his heart.
"Sir, what do you want to buy? My things are good and cheap." The young snake-printed man saw the buyer and introduced to Xia Lei with a smile on his face.
Xia Lei squatted down, picked up a metal vessel and looked at it, "Where did you get these things?"
The young snake-patterned man said: "Of course I got it from exploration. I like exploring. I found this from a ruins and it has a high collection value. If you like it, I'll sell it to you for a hundred black gold."
Black gold, the collective name for the currency of the Night's Watch.
"Do you usually go on adventures alone? Looking for these treasures." Xia Lei picked up something again and looked at it, looking very knowledgeable.
"Sometimes, sometimes we will team up for adventures. We snakeskin people like adventure. Adventure is something that is in our blood." The young snakeskin people said with some pride.
Xia Lei said: "Then do you know anyone..."
The young snake-printed man interrupted Xia Lei, "Do you want to buy it or not? This is not the place to ask for information."
Xia Lei smiled and said, "Of course I want to buy it. I want to buy all your treasures. How much does it cost?"
"all?"
"Sell it or not?"
"Of course I'll sell it. If you buy it all, I'll give you a cheaper price, so you won't suffer any loss." The young snake-patterned man was silent for a moment, and then said: "Two thousand black gold."
"One thousand." Xia Lei said.
"No, no, you're giving too little." The young snake-patterned man refused.
"Forget it if you don't sell it." Xia Lei stood up to leave.
"Well, you are really a master at bargaining. I sold it to you. Anyway, I want to get rid of these things and go exploring in new places. It's a bargain for you." The young snake-patterned man said while putting the things into the animal skin bag. Lining.
Xia Lei paid the money and left with the snakeskin bag.
The young snake-patterned man looked at Xia Lei's leaving figure, with a smile on his lips, "What a fool, those things are too expensive for five hundred."
The young snake-printed man also left and walked toward the city gate.
On the other side, Xia Lei casually threw the things he bought and the bags to the street, then blended into the crowd and followed.
ps: Thank you for the tip called Female Thief Times, thank you! Friends, the weather is hot, please cool down. In addition, there are too many college entrance banquets these days, so the promised update in August has been delayed. I guarantee that there will be an update on the 10th, like last month, 4 updates in a few days.