It is impossible for the Dark Sage and the Great Bishop to convince each other. After all, they are both old monsters who have lived for countless years, and it is difficult to shake their inner opinions.
But one thing is certain, the Dark Sage still dare not step out of the path of light. The safe shelter has now become a cage, and he still has not found the key to open the cage. Lu Ning finally understood what his intention was to keep issuing dark secret orders. He hoped to escape safely from that narrow world, and for this he had to find an agent in the world.
"Unexpectedly, it's rare to see an old friend, and he actually parted ways on bad terms." The greatest bishop noticed that the path was slowly disappearing, and shook his head slightly, "You can continue to look for solutions that don't exist. , but I don’t think that exists.”
"I thought you could gain something from living in the inner city for so long. It's a pity, Grand Bishop."
After the Dark Sage finished speaking, the space he was in disappeared.
After a moment of silence, the greatest bishop looked at everyone, then stretched out his big hand to pick up a stone pier and placed it next to Lu Ning: "You can sit down too."
"Uh...thank you." Lu Ning didn't know what to say for a moment, so she sat on the stone pier and looked at the huge body of the greatest bishop. He is already more than three meters tall, but his body was hunched before, so he was not particularly tall. But when he comes to the front, he can be seen in full. Through the tattered clothes, you can see that the darkened ribs of the greatest bishop's abdominal cavity have pierced the skin, and all the organs have left purple traces on the gray-yellow skin. The heart has long been lost. For normal function, it only beats for about a minute, squeezing some remaining blood through the dried blood vessels.
"Why...are you like this?" Lu Ning looked at the great bishop with this appearance, feeling a little sad in his heart. From his conversation with the Dark Sage just now, it is easy to see that although his appearance has become so ugly, the greatest bishop still retains kindness in his heart and has not been destroyed by time.
"Because of immortality," explained Grand Bishop Jean, "Mr. Bishop decided to stay in this world and continue his immortal life waiting for the king's return. However, immortality is not something that humans can possess."
"Hahaha... We just talked about this." The greatest bishop let out a somewhat hollow breath, and nodded his head, "The birth and death of ordinary people are determined by the structure of human beings, but since the king After breaking through hell and destroying everyone's death, death will no longer come to us. However, the concept of destruction does not mean changing the structure of the body. Nature has amazing self-consistency. When we cannot meet it in any way, When death comes, we ourselves begin to transform into a state of being unable to die.”
"But... I have seen military locks at the station, and they are not like you." Lu Ning said.
"Is there really no change at all?" the greatest bishop asked with a smile.
Lu Ning thought of the legion commander's white hair and sighed: "I thought it was no big deal."
"Some people don't show it on the surface. I think Qiya specially assigned those soldiers who have not had a huge appearance change to be in charge of the station in order to keep the station running peacefully. That girl has always been very careful." The greatest bishop seemed very happy, "Can you listen It is always pleasant to hear from some old friends."
He was so open-minded, which actually made Lu Ning feel a lot better. She thought for a moment and said, "I haven't thanked you for saving me yet. You should have prepared that medical cabin, right?"
"Thank you for sending you here. You won't die with your physical condition, but you will suffer more if you wait a little longer."
Lu Ning looked at Rang and others, but Rang waved his hand directly: "We don't know where the greatest bishop is, let alone that we can provide you with treatment here. At that time, we almost took you to find Mist's lair."
"The Mist does not have a hospital in the inner city, and they will not provide treatment to non-family members." The Grand Bishop said, "The reason is that the nobles believe that it is very dangerous to let strangers break into their homes, even if the connections between the nobles are It is also done in some public areas and we will not invite others into our homes.”
"Who is that..."
"Ah..." Liu Yunqing scratched his hair a little irritably, "Those two foreign affairs officers asked all kinds of questions."
This was a completely unexpected answer, and Lu Ning didn't even know why they wanted to help.
"Don't ask us, we don't know either. In short, your move greatly shook the palace that unfolded in the morning and dusk. Half of the palace collapsed, and those incarnations also exploded a lot of memory fragments. The foreign affairs officers collected the fragments while reducing the damage. , several new Alarm foreign affairs officers tied up Chenhui, and Yan Rong snatched you out. When we were discussing where to send you for treatment, the two foreign affairs officers suddenly appeared behind us and asked... Anyway, it was just one day. Lots of questions." Liu Yunqing looked like he had a headache, and Lu Ning also understood. Anyone listening to the conversation between the two people would not know whether the other party understood it or not.
"We finally gave up communicating." Jean said helplessly, "They took us directly to the greatest bishop. We didn't talk about this just now. It seems that the nobles actually know that you are here?"
"They completely control the inner city and the outer city. Except for the palace, which is not under the jurisdiction of the nobles, there are basically no secrets in other places." said the greatest bishop.
"What did you talk about just now?" Lu Ning asked.
"We are talking about the inner city and the king. After all, this is the core issue." Li Qianqian recounted to Lu Ning, "The current state of the inner city is that the nobles are completely under the jurisdiction, and the king is missing. We asked if it was a noble There may have been a rebellion, a possibility denied by the Archbishop."
"Because the settings and memory extraction of the nobles basically come from the king. He has dealt with some mechanical intelligence riots and knows that this kind of thing cannot happen, otherwise the number does not need to be limited to seven... because these are the only ones we can absolutely trust. Companion." The greatest bishop nodded.
"So the king himself disappeared. But the most troublesome thing about missing is that he doesn't know when he disappeared. After all, the king has used treasure-like technology to move many citizens to safe places. There were not many people in the inner city before he disappeared. "Li Qianqian continued, "When the greatest bishop realized that the king was no longer here, the seven nobles were fully operational and took over the jurisdiction of the inner and outer cities. A large number of people who had migrated from Nest had been reset by Eyesight's memory. They were arranged to live in the empty houses in the outer city. Mist and Alarm took over the underworld and heaven. The outer towns were abolished and ruins appeared. Dacapo built everything almost overnight The transportation lines between the outer cities, and the whole world instantly changed into almost what we see now.”
"So... how long has it been?" Lu Ning asked the greatest bishop.
"Around one hundred and thirty years, I don't remember very clearly." The greatest bishop said, "I am already relatively old, so I was also one of the first people to experience the undead mutation. In fact, it is a pity that if Isabel and Manden , If people like Vera are not dead, maybe we don’t have to look for such extreme measures. What I just told you about natural mutations are actually Vera’s speculations. "
"Vera?" Lu Ning had some questions, "Didn't she commit suicide?"
"Yes, after the king won immortality, she used some method to make her soul disappear from her body. This was almost a blow to the king at the time... He originally thought that he no longer had to lose anyone." The greatest bishop He smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, Vera's body is still alive and should be in her mansion. If you want, you can still see her there, but that body probably cannot escape natural alienation."
"If we have time." Lu Ning knew that it must be another place like a ruins.
"I don't understand that child. After all, the time we spent together was too short. If I say that as a clergyman, I have undoubtedly failed."
"I heard that you were concerned about the issue of Wu Nuo at that time. This is not your responsibility." Lu Ning said.
"Wu Nuo's personality is outgoing and easier to detect. Introverted people like Vera need to be paid most attention to at all times, and this is also my main responsibility. Otherwise, as an old man like me, I don't have the talents of those young people. Why should the king rely on me?" The greatest bishop slapped his forehead, the pained expression still visible on his ugly face.
"Even if you notice it once, can you continue to notice it every time?"
"Are you confident that you can solve the real problem in her heart?"
"Oh..." Liu Yunqing couldn't help but cover Lian when he heard these two voices, and Lu Ning was also a little surprised to see the two foreign affairs officers and Yan Rong and other remaining companions walking in from the main entrance of the small hall.
"Hey! Lu Ning, are you awake? That's great! The greatest bishop really has a good idea!" Yan Rong happily waved to Lu Ning. Lu Ning saw the sweat on her head and guessed that she was going to practice martial arts. Happy.
"It's just the medical cabin left behind... Have you all rested?" the greatest bishop asked.
"Does being with someone feeding someone count as rest?" Xixi put on a helpless expression.
"You didn't even break a sweat! And I didn't fight you for a long time, either?" Yan Rong yelled.
"Xiqi, won't you follow my example and refuse her proposal?"
"Wouldn't it look cold if I refused?"
"Are you tired now? Which is better than sleeping?"
"Is there any point in asking this after you have all rested?"
Yes, another troublesome part of question dialogue is that you don’t know whether the two people are communicating or arguing.
"You two... let's not argue about this for now. If Xixi hasn't had a good rest, you can go back and activate the deep sleep mode to make up for it." The greatest bishop said.
"Wow! Can I really use it?" Xixi asked happily.
The greatest bishop smiled and pointed at the small door through which Lu Ning came. Xixi immediately ran over and disappeared in an instant.
The foreign affairs officer who stayed behind looked at Lu Ning and nodded: "Is your health okay?"
"Thank you for sending me here."
The foreign affairs officer nodded, took out a white columnar object from the inner pocket of his uniform, and handed it to Lu Ning.
"this……"
Lu Ning looked at the columnar body, which was about as long as a forearm, with a sharp top, seven grooves surrounding it, and dense patterns all around.
"Can't you recognize it?"
It's the head of the scepter in Chen Dusk's hand.
"This is part of the scepter in Chenyun's hand, but the gems are missing."
"Take it." The greatest bishop said, "You made great efforts in solving that incident, and the principle of fairness in contribution is very important in the rules of foreign affairs officers. Excluding those things that must be taken away, this should be The reward I can give you.”
Lu Ning took the cylinder and touched it with some suspicion. After all, Chenwen was almost a treasure, and they were forcibly put together for use. Even if only one piece was dug out, it would probably be a treasure.
Indeed, when her fingers touched the bottom, she found that part of it could be pulled out. There was a cylinder on the inside with a smooth surface and small words engraved in red fonts.
[Jiyucaiyue: Young, ambitious, and ideal, but lacking enough experience and lessons, full of recklessness and aggressiveness, but that time... is hard to let go. 】
Unfortunately, Lu Ning could no longer feel the power in the treasure in his hand. He didn't know whether it was because he had a fused treasure, or because the power in the treasure had been drained by the morning and evening. But since the foreign affairs officer gave it to him, it should still be of some use, right?
"Greatest Bishop, if there is no more power in the treasure, can it still be used?" She asked the Greatest Bishop.
"It's not easy for me to answer, because I have never owned treasure." The greatest bishop shook his hand.
"Why?" Jean frowned, "As far as I know, this Glorious Church should be your treasure."
"It contains memories about me, but it is not mine." The greatest bishop said, "If you need it, I can help you fuse it. I still have this ability."
Jean immediately showed joy.
At this time, Yan Rong also walked to Lu Ning and whispered to her: "Have you fully recovered?"
"Well, there are no side effects."
"That's good, the next destination you mentioned before..."
"I originally wanted to find a more important ruins to explore. Although there are few people in the inner city now, it's not like there is no one at all. I still have some ways to find people." Lu Ning pointed to his eyes, "But now It saves you this step, let’s go check out Vera’s mansion.”
"Or Vera?"
"It's better to find someone you know than someone you don't know, right?" Lu Ning made a joke.
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At another station in the outer city, a dark blue train stopped at the station, and the door opened with a soft sound.
"Ha... I slept so soundly." A somewhat frivolous voice sounded, and then the man in a short suit with two gorgeous long swords on his back jumped out of the car door, and immediately turned away when he saw the scenery outside. Pout.
"It's so broken."
"Feng Hu, please pay attention to your words and deeds." A young man with brown skin, strong muscles, and a steel knife hanging from his waist walked to the door of the car.
