Qi Leren didn't wake up early, but he was exhausted. He yawned absent-mindedly while eating breakfast, and Ning Zhou asked him with concern if he needed to sleep a little longer.
"No, it's okay, just a little sleepy when I woke up." Qi Leren yawned, and poured himself a big mouthful of strong and bitter black coffee, which was given to him by Celia, although he didn't like the taste at all , but it is indeed very helpful for refreshing.
The beating numbers had dropped from 912 at bedtime to 710, which was a bad hint that many people must have died last night, but they didn't even know where those people were.
After breakfast, the two set off again. Qi Le watched silently as Ning Zhou removed the barrier. He wanted to ask many things, but in the end he didn't ask anything. With little experience in love, on the one hand, he felt that it was better to talk about something, but on the other hand, he was worried that his inquisition would cause Ning Zhou pain and embarrassment. This kind of tangled helplessness finally turned into his cautious silence.
When he walked out of the enchantment, Qi Leren was surprised to find that the thick fog that filled yesterday had dispersed, and the appearance of the entire underground royal court was clearly displayed in front of his eyes—the neat and orderly streets, the strangely clean ground, and the sky above his head. It seems that the "blue sky" is not in the ground.
After the mist dissipated, the West could really see the light of the holy flame, which was the palace of the Dragon Ant Queen.
Qi Leren looked at Ning Zhou who was looking at the sky thoughtfully, and couldn't help asking with a smile, "Is this what you did secretly last night?"
Ning Zhou's ears turned red, but he still nodded in admission.
"The mist has been dispelled, and the monsters here have also been dispelled. You have done a good deed, why should you feel ashamed?" Qi Leren asked.
Ning Zhou didn't answer, but Qi Leren understood what he was thinking.
Because he used evil power.
This kind of force is contrary to the education he received since he was a child, and is constantly affecting him, luring him to a dangerous path. He resists, but he cannot resist. He will eventually fall into that abyss, just like his father .
Qi Leren boldly took a step forward, took his arm, and walked with him to the direction of Queen Longyi's palace.
"Ning Zhou."
"Um."
"But I'm very proud of you."
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"Because you are always doing good things and helping people in need, just like when we first met... you also helped me. At that time, I thought, how can there be such a beautiful and kind lady. "
Now Ning Zhou didn't just blush.
Qi Leren got excited, and suddenly regained the joy of flirting with the "goddess" during the task of sacrificing witches.
"So I fell in love with you at first sight!"
"!"
Qi Leren was really happy, he tilted his head, looked at Ning Zhou's flushed face, and asked with a smile: "At that time, you still used a skill card called 'Shut Up Chan', right? I'm talking, are you still equipped now?"
Ning Zhou shook his head.
"Why don't you use it? What a pity." Qi Leren said.
"But I want to talk to you." Ning Zhou replied.
Qi Leren was hit all of a sudden, he stopped, Ning Zhou also stopped, the two of them looked at each other, blushing.
"Well... I... I want to talk to you too... I'm very happy."
"Um!"
Both of them laughed, Qi Le felt that he was stupid, but Ning Zhou was cute, but he didn't know that it was the same in Ning Zhou's eyes.
Along the streets that were no longer foggy and demonic, the two talked all the way and walked westward.
"Look, that's the palace of the Dragon Ant Queen, right?" Qi Leren who had climbed up to the roof poked Ning Zhou with his elbow.
"should be."
Just as he pointed in the direction, a building like the ancient Roman Colosseum stood among the uninhabited buildings, waiting for the two to set foot.
The language eagle hovered in the air, and also chirped clearly, as if it was also happy to find its destination.
The goal was already in sight, the two quickened their pace and arrived at the palace an hour later.
Surprisingly, the interior of this building, which looks like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, was hollowed out. The giant conch-like spiral steps guide the visitors down, and there are no guards around. This step leads to the underground, and each step is more than ten meters wide. When you look down at the darkness below, and the cold ground wind blows from bottom to top, it is doubtful that this huge spiral step will lead all the way to hell.
And not far from this giant step, there is a deep underground canyon, where a sun seems to be engulfed, and there is a strong light emitting from the ground, making people dare not go to the cracks in the ground to look down, because the light Just standing on the ground and looking at the light shining through, already made the eyes feel burned.
The light of the holy flame they had seen in the distance came from the great underground rift valley.
The two walked down. After completely losing the light source above his head, Qi Leren had no choice but to turn on the lantern. Even after seeing the original power, his eyesight was not good enough to see the path clearly in the pure darkness.
After walking down for a long time, there was finally a sound in front, and then there was light. A group of huge ants crawled across the underground steps, and came out of the hole in the wall that had been bitten. In another hole in the wall.
"What is this doing?" Qi Leren wondered.
"Build." Ning Zhou said.
"Build? You mean to build this royal tomb?"
"Um."
"Let the ants build it?" Qi Le felt a little unbelievable.
"Ants dig and dig, humans decorate."
People in Qi Le thought about it carefully, and found that this allocation is reasonable. Let these giant ants do the physical work, and the workload of humans will be reduced.
"I heard that this place was built by humans from a tribe near the Tranquility Desert?" Qi Le people suddenly remembered the Valentine tribe that passed by on the way to the underground ant city, this warm and kind tribe that Ning Zhou mentioned in his letter , has been destroyed under the attack of demons.
Thinking of the bloody and tragic scene, Qi Leren couldn't help but sighed heavily, and couldn't bear to tell Ning Zhou the unfortunate news.
Saying goodbye to the group of silent ant workers, the two continued to walk down the steps. This time, they reached the ground in a short time. At the bottom of this spiral staircase is a huge hall, with eight paths leading to different directions. Each corridor is more than ten meters high, as if this is a kingdom of giants. The ants walked silently through the corridors, but they couldn't show them the way.
Qi Leren hesitated for a while, only to hear Ning Zhou raise his head, look at the brightly lit corridor and say, "Someone is here."
Soon, a holy fire maiden wearing plain priestly clothes came towards them. Although she was blindfolded by a black cloth, she seemed to be able to see the surrounding environment, and she came to the two without any hindrance, and bowed lightly. She bowed, and said in a soft but cold voice: "I am the virgin who is in charge of guarding the holy fire. I am here to welcome you two. Are you here to participate in the queen's succession ceremony?"
The people of Qi Le took out the oracle of the prophet, and the Virgin of the Holy Fire stroked the oracle, and then returned it to the two of them: "The ceremony has been suspended, and the queen is inconvenient to meet with foreign guests now, please follow me to the foreign hotel for a short rest. "
The Holy Fire Virgin’s words were reasonable, but the Qi Le people shook their heads. He was here to do the mission. The mission requirements clearly stated that he was asked to find the Dragon Ant Queen. open.
"We have something important to do, we must meet the Queen." Qi Leren said.
The Virgin of the Holy Fire politely refused: "I'm really sorry, it's inconvenient for the queen to meet foreign guests."
Qi Leren sensed the firm attitude of the other party, and he insinuated: "The illusionist appointed by the prophet before, is he here now?"
"Mr. Illusionist? Yes, he is in the hotel outside. You can see him later."
Hearing the news that the illusionist was fine, Qi Leren was still relieved, but felt something was wrong: "Since we came here instead of him, can he leave first?"
"I'm afraid not. Before the ceremony is over, no one can leave here, neither you nor me." The Holy Fire Virgin said calmly.
What exactly is going on
Qi Leren was confused by this weird situation. There must be something wrong with the Dragon Ant Queen, which caused her to lose control of the rampant monsters here, and the inheritance ceremony was also suspended. Now the task of him and Ning Zhou is to complete this ceremony and let the underground Ant City domain Transition to the next Dragon Ant Queen.
But the situation has reached a stalemate. After the Qi Leren once again asked to meet the Dragon Ant Queen and was politely refused, he was already thinking about using force. Seemingly seeing his plan, the Virgin of the Holy Fire took half a step back, and a group of giant soldier ants over two meters high rushed out from the depths of the corridor, barbarously blocking the passage leading to the depths of the corridor.
The shells of this group of soldier ants have a strange feeling like metal, and their movements are uniform, which makes people suspect that they are a group of robots covered with metal shells.
"I'm very sorry, the inheritance ceremony is very important, and there is no room for any mistakes." The virgin of the Holy Fire took a step back with a smile, and stretched out her arms to lead the way for the two, "Please follow me to the foreign hotel."
again? Sure enough, something went wrong with the ceremony, just like what was said in the background of the mission, the heir of the Dragon Ant Queen had been assassinated and killed.
what to do? Do you really want to follow her to the foreign hotel, and then quietly go to see the Dragon Ant Queen when no one is around
Just when Qi Le was struggling, Ning Zhou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Let her come to see me."
The Virgin of the Holy Fire raised her head in surprise, not understanding why he would make such an unreasonable request.
But in the next second, she understood—
The familiar destructive power surged out from this young man, the body of the virgin of the Holy Fire convulsed as if electrified, and the black cloth covered her eyes so that she could not see the appearance of the man in front of her, but the power would not deceived her. This kind of power is even greater and more immortal than the holy fire burning in the cracks in the ground!
This group of holy fire virgins of the Dragon Ant Queen worship the power of the Dragon Ant Queen's order, but as the Dragon Ant Queen casts herself in the camp of the Destroyer Demon King, they also worship the power of destruction. After the previous battle, it fell silent due to the decline of one side. No one could have imagined that today, more than 20 years later, this terrifying power appeared again in the underground ant city.
There was a shrill and long scream from the depths of the royal court, and it was like a woman's cry when she had a difficult childbirth. The painful sound was like someone scratching the eardrum with a fingernail, and an old and excited voice shouted: "Your Majesty!"
Following the hoarse voice of the Dragon Ant Queen, the whole palace was shaking slightly, and the Virgin of the Holy Fire lifted her skirt to lead the way for the two: "The queen can't move, please come with me."