The deep sea is silent, and the thick sea water isolates the hustle and bustle of the world. Sitting in the cockpit of Dolphin 202, you can only hear the roar of the engine and feel the vibration of the ship's hull. Compared with the busy driving and surveying in Xincheng ahead, Along with Horii, Chiba Makoto seemed to be doing nothing, just sitting there, watching the seabed footage captured by the ship's bow camera played on the screen in front of him.
The endless water is pitch black with no light. When it first entered the sea, there were fish. However, as Dolphin 202 gradually approached Luluye, the number and density of the fish were rapidly decreasing. Until now, look again. Less than a fish and total silence.
Such an environment and atmosphere made Shinjo and Horii lower their voices by three degrees when they spoke, as if they were afraid of disturbing someone if they spoke louder.
Horii would look back at Chiba Makoto from time to time. At first, they wanted to invite him to chat together to dilute the depressing atmosphere. It was obvious that Chiba Makoto was not in the mood. He looked thoughtful, so he stopped bothering and looked back occasionally. Pay attention so that you can find out in time whether Chiba Makoto will be uncomfortable staying in a small space and entering the sea for the first time.
But soon, he no longer had the energy to care about Chiba Cheng, because in the dark seabed ahead, buildings appeared one after another that had been silent for an unknown period of time. Neither the shape nor the style belonged to anything existing on the earth. of any kind.
Time and sea currents have worn away the patterns on the surface and washed away the former prosperity, leaving only the pillars as the main body, standing on the dark seabed, silently telling the loneliness of 30 million years.
"Oh my God!" Horii looked at the screen in front of him and felt a shock coming over him, which gripped his heart.
Human technology has become so advanced that to build an 800-meter-tall building, it would take more than 200-meter spires to make up the number. But in front of us, these pillars with obvious artificial traces are more than 100 meters high. , and even saw a stone pillar measuring a thousand meters in height.
Although I have seen it in photos before, it is far less shocking than the picture I am walking through now. I can see the whole leopard at a glance. How advanced is the science and technology of a civilization that can create stone pillars that have been soaked in sea water for 30 million years and remain standing? What it looks like.
Horii and Shinjo were shocked by the picture, but Chiba Makoto looked at these pillars, and his eyes were getting brighter. His field of vision expanded rapidly. What he saw was no longer the sand and ruins on the ground, but towering buildings. High-rise buildings in the clouds, and a city that can't be seen at a glance.
But this city, which is obviously for human life, has towers that are several times taller than the tallest building, and the top area is several times larger than the largest square in the city. It doesn't look like it is for humans at all. Instead, it looks like a 'seat' prepared for some giant creatures.
Even taller than these towers are the light pillars evenly distributed in the city. Like LED light tubes, they emit bright light, illuminating the vast city during the day and supporting a hemispherical sky. A huge barrier, and it seems to be a 'cable', providing energy for this defensive barrier.
While I was looking at it, a clear and sweet voice suddenly came from behind me: "I found you."
The 'camera' turned 180 degrees and saw the girl standing in front of 'him' with her hands behind her back. She had smooth silver hair spread over her shoulders, her skin was as white as snow, and her smart eyes were as bright as gold. She was wearing Wearing very gorgeous clothes, he tilted his head and said in confusion: "Why do you always like to stand here and look at the outer city? Is it fun there?" At this time, O Zhang Si
Then another male voice sounded: "Because..."
The sound gradually became distant, and the increasingly noisy noise covered up the lingering sound. It could no longer be heard, and the light also dimmed. The gorgeous city instantly turned into ruins, sand, and dark sea water, and then he heard There was a loud noise, it was Shinjo and Horii arguing about which way to go.
The route provided by Director Iwama Qiao was taken ten years ago and was drawn based on memories. Comparing it with the real thing, many places are slightly different. The two people are fighting to go left or right.
While they were arguing happily, Chiba Cheng's voice suddenly sounded from behind: "Go down!"
"Huh?" Shinjo and Horii collectively turned around and saw Chiba Makoto unbuckled his seat belt, stood up, walked between the two of them, pointed to the dark bottom of the display screen, and said: "Go from here to Walking forward five hundred meters, and then going down for about fifty meters, there is a tunnel built according to combat readiness standards, which can lead to the inside... Since these pillars are preserved, there is no possibility of it collapsing. It’s so big, it should be blocked by sediment.”
"How do you know?" Shinjo blurted out. Horii Tama pulled his sleeve and told him to shut up and stop asking. Unexpectedly, Chiba Makoto answered, but his tone was full of reminiscence and a little... guilt?
"She told me... the secret passage."
Shinjo almost asked "Who is she?", but felt the strength of Horii's chubby hand, swallowed it immediately, and turned to control Dolphin 202. According to Chiba Makoto's instructions, he dived deep and used the detector to find the dolphin. A secret passage blocked by silt.
And Chiba Cheng stood there, looking at the scene outside that was changing rapidly as Dolphin 202 moved forward, but pictures and memories emerged in his mind:
On this street, he took her to experience the night market of the outer city;
In this park, the vows made to each other in this life were carved;
In this building, we were entrusted to each other;
...
The fragmented scenes that flashed quickly made Chiba Cheng feel that his brain was a little swollen and painful. He couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his forehead, wanting to stop this 'memory', but the memory fragments couldn't stop pouring out, making him almost dizzy. I don't have the energy to sort it out, I just passively browse these broken pictures and messy memories.
The woman in the picture looks like Camila in the surveillance picture, or a younger version of You Lian, because there is no golden hair ornament on her forehead, and there is no diamond-shaped Ultra Crystal, only a bright smile, and a sweet smile. Love
There is also a bustling city, which should be the ruins buried in the sand in front of you. Standing on the top of a building hundreds of meters high, you can't see the edge of the area at a glance. I can't imagine how many people live here and how many things have happened. s story. Control the big one, control the owl
Just as he was thinking about it, Xincheng suddenly shouted: "I found it. There is really a tunnel buried in the sand. The diameter is enough for Dolphin No. 202 to pass through. The length... Oh my God, it's too long. This is going to lead to The center of the earth?”
Then he heard Qianye Cheng's voice: "It leads to the inner city where only the noble Clan of Light can live, the core of Luluye, and the safest place."
