"This is it. This is one of the floodgates of the Shizhen River, but the sluice gate has not been used for many years."
Boll stopped in front of a rusty iron door, raised his head and looked around. There was a quite vast space in the darkness, and the underground river that had long dried up was vaguely visible not far away.
"Spillway?" The Papalar man's voice sounded like a ghost, "Then you are not afraid that someone will open the floodgate and release the water and drown us all in it?"
Alyssa stretched out her hand to hold her forehead and sighed: "Winter is the dry season in Tarun, Parker."
Papalar's round face turned red for a rare moment. Fortunately, no one noticed it in the dark. He quickly changed the subject, "Okay, but you know that in the warm Sangshak, there is nothing dry. There is a wet season and a wet season, and there is abundant rain all year round.”
Bol said: "The Shizhen River is an artificial canal. In order to solve the water problem of Gula, people diverted water from several rivers in the north of Gula. However, flash floods broke out in summer and the river overflowed, so it has many facilities in the city. A floodway to divert water during the rainy season, this is one of them."
Fang Yu ignored the argument between them for the time being.
They were actually sitting on the underground river embankment on one side of the spillway, looking around - the underground river here should be part of the underground drainage system they had seen not long ago.
Not far behind, several members of Tapolis were walking behind and talking to Saya and Momiji.
But it's not surprising, they are from the same guild after all, and they always ask about each other's current situation.
Fang Yu looked at it for a moment, then pointed to the closed iron door and asked, "Where is it outside?"
"It's the Princess Margaret area outside," Bol answered truthfully: "But this area is quite remote. I've been here several times by myself, and I didn't see many people even during the day. The canal's spillway has its own priority. A secondary spillway like this may not be used once in more than ten years. I once worked on the Canal Management Committee for a period of time, but I only discovered this place by accident..."
As he spoke, he stepped forward and placed his hand on the rusty door handle, took a deep breath, and pushed forward.
The bottom of the iron door rubbed against the ground, making a harsh scraping sound. Dust also fell from the ceiling, and it slowly retreated, opening a gap.
There seemed to be a forest outside, and the entrance was hidden in a lush forest. Stepping out the door was a dense bush.
There is a tree-lined avenue there, like the one commonly seen in parks. There are several street lamps hanging with magic crystals standing on the side of the road. At this moment, the street lights in the park were already on, and through the dim light, an overgrown river was vaguely visible in the distance.
There is also an arch bridge covered with vines over the river.
Bol stepped aside, looked at them with some vigilance, and said: "The inner city is inside, I can only send you here."
Fang Plover didn't answer. He gently raised his hand, and a silver construct flew out from there.
The dark red light flashing in the crystal flew half a circle in the air and then flew out the door, nimbly passing through the canopy of trees and disappearing.
Bol looked at this scene with some surprise - he had never seen a clockwork fairy like this, let alone a craftsman who could control the construct so dexterously.
After Fang Yu asked Calamity Star to walk around the area, he confirmed that they were already in the inner city.
He also noticed that there was a layer of barrier above the inner city, which should be a restricted air zone, so he promptly lowered the height of the disaster star to avoid alerting the warlocks in the inner city.
After withdrawing the disaster star, he glanced at Boer. The surprise in his eyes fell on him, which made Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little proud.
But what he was proud of was not his successful show off skills. This little trick was no longer worth mentioning in his opinion, but that he successfully achieved what he wanted to achieve, which made him feel a little like Sylvester. , the feeling of being close to Miss Scarpet as 'cunning'.
Although it's just a feeling, Fang Pultru also feels that this is a great improvement.
Then Bol nodded slightly and said: "Yes, but if you don't mind, I hope you can do us a small favor again. This should be a convenient thing for you, and of course you have the right to refuse." "
Boll was stunned for a moment, and then frowned. He didn't want to cause trouble, but he also vaguely felt that these people had no ill intentions.
What's more, the hand that Fang Plover showed earlier made him realize that this young alchemist didn't seem to be simple. Boll pressed his hand on his chest and thought silently for a moment, where he held Fang Plover's payment to him safely. Thirty Corian-Ithurian gold coins. After a while, he raised his head and asked:
"What's the deal?"
"Send us a letter," Fang Yu smiled: "You will pass through Herring Gull Lane when you return to the Outer Harbor from here. If you are free, you can bring this letter to the people there. Is that okay?"
Bol was relieved, but it was just an errand. He didn't even mention the reward, and nodded directly: "Okay."
Fang Plover also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little regretful that Sylvester was not here and could not see her captain's performance. He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the other party. "No. 231, Herring Gull Lane."
Bol didn't say much, silently put away the letter, nodded to them, turned around and walked into the passage.
He happened to pass by Hongye and Saya in that direction. Because they were far apart, Tapolis and his group didn't understand what was happening here, so they couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.
Hongye walked forward, looked out the door and asked, "Are you here?"
Fang Plover nodded.
Hongye pointed at Bol who was leaving again and asked: "What's going on?"
"I asked him to help deliver a letter," Fang Plover also looked at the direction Bol left, "No. 231, Herring Gull Lane."
"He agreed?" Hongye was a little surprised. She could see how much the young man didn't trust them.
"It's just a matter of course." Fang Yu replied.
Alyssa glanced at him from the side, as if she saw an invisible tail rising to the sky, and she couldn't help but feel a little funny.
Hongye's eyes flashed with surprise at this moment, and she remembered what that address represented, "A person from Silver Wisland?"
Fang Yu nodded seriously. Although he had some prejudices against the people of the Rainbow Alliance, he still wanted to try Silver Vislan's attitude. In the Super League, Silver Vislan is indeed the one with the highest reputation and the best reputation. The things they do are at least not as unkind as other major guilds, and they also have a certain following among the free electors.
Many even believe that the Silver Veslan is the one who truly inherited the Forerunners' original intentions.
Although these were only on the surface, for Sophie's sake, Fang Yu would also give her a warning. But as for whether the people of Silver Wisland want to believe it or not, that is their own business. There is no way he would take the risk and come here at this time.
In fact, he has a better choice, which is to contact the Princess of Silver Vislan directly, but unfortunately he can't do that at the moment.
He also explained the situation of Boll and his co-workers in the letter, hoping that people from Silver Wisland could help.
Based on Silver Vislan's consistent behavior, they should take action. Silver Vislan is a knight who pursues justice, not to mention that hosting some aboriginal miners in this harsh winter is not a burden at all to them.
"Is it okay?" Hongye asked. In her opinion, Silver Wislan was a member of the Rainbow Alliance anyway.
Fang Yu shook his head. The Rainbow Alliance is not a whole, and the alliances between major guilds are more based on interests than anything else. Although most of the time they have consistent interests, more often than not there are many differences and contradictions within the Grand Guild Alliance.
He found that his understanding of the descendants of Flor before was too shallow. He regarded the other party as an enemy, but forgot that there were many different voices within this enemy. Even though some senior members of the descendants of Flor may have taken refuge in the forces of darkness, not everyone is a believer in darkness, nor is it possible.
He knows Odin, and Ragnarok is also a descendant of Flor, but could Odin be a follower of the Dark Saints?
This is undoubtedly ridiculous. But he never thought deeply about it in this direction. This was his dereliction of duty as the leader, but fortunately he reacted in time.
This was the real reason why he decided to go to Gula and his party.
Compared with the descendants of Flor, he is more familiar with the Rainbow Alliance at the moment. Several factions within the Rainbow Alliance - the Spear of the Silver Forest, the former Tapolis and the current Silver Vislan. been touched. Now it was too late for him to learn more about the descendants of Flor, but the Rainbow Alliance could give it a try.
Silver Vislan is the best choice.
He needs a point of support. Of course it would be best if he succeeds, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't succeed.
Fang Yu once again turned his attention to Saya, who was still answering Baiye's group's questions about Tapolis, and did not notice the conversation between Hongye and him.
"Miss Saya," he said.
Saya was startled and then looked over.
"The inner city is outside. Please guard this passage."
Fang Plover needs some reliable people to guard here. There is a forbidden air spell in the inner city, and there should also be things like space laws. If they wanted to leave the inner city without disturbing anyone, they had to return from here.
But before Saya could answer, Bai Ye on the side spoke first: "Mr. Ed, how about we stay and guard this place."
He paused for a moment, "My people don't have much cooperation with you, but Saya and Kosora might be able to help you."
Fang Yu looked at them a little surprised. He didn't trust these people in Tapolis at first, but the fake recruitment order should have a certain deterrent effect on these people. And he had made it very clear before - the people in Jefflett's red team may not be aware of the current situation - and the cultists should be causing trouble behind the Crow Claw Temple.
Unless there are dark believers among these people, the possibility of them turning back is very small.
Moreover, Saya had told him privately before that these people were not the middle and high-level people in Tapolis. He believed that even if dark believers infiltrated into Tapolis, they would not be able to control everyone in them.
The Dragon Cult or the Crow's Claw Temple must have bribed some high-level officials, but they would never have predicted that the Seven Seas Brigade would come to Gula, and they certainly would not have laid out chess pieces so accurately among the middle and lower-level members in advance.
He thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay."
…
The shrill sirens were ringing over the Hengfeng Harbor.
In the port area, sailboats were lowering their sails one after another and slowly sailing away from the pier. From a distance, the wind-controlling warships connected end to end looked like white trains, converging towards the outside of Hengfeng Port.
Regarding the emergency situation in Stargate Port, the military certainly did not have no plan. The moment communication on both sides of the Stargate was disconnected, the entire Hengfeng Port started operating according to the emergency plan.
Two of the three fleets will rush directly to the Rainbow Sky Gorge, and the other will enter the sea of clouds to monitor the situation coming from the direction of Beikaolin.
In Linde, another fleet will also go south into the large wake area and directly guard the entrance from Saint-Hughan to the Sea of Clouds.
The Stargate Port special garrison troops stationed in various places also immediately entered the highest alert state.
Hengfeng Port first sent a communication request to Grande and Elpaxin, requesting to take over the backup communication frequency band from the Super Competitive Alliance, but there was no response to the request. On the contrary - the alliance immediately cut off the communication frequency band. the military's control of communities.
So about five minutes later, two special fleets left the port. One went directly to the direction of Grande, and the other entered the Sea of Clouds, then turned northwest and sailed northwest. After passing Fenris, it headed straight for Elpaxin. area.
However, mobilization under emergency regulations still takes time. According to the calculations of the Hengfeng Port Emergency Command, it will take at least twelve hours for the fleet heading to Grande to arrive at its destination.
The other fleet entering El Paxin is not expected to enter the combat area until seventy-two hours later.
And these seventy-two hours are the deadline left for every alliance official in the Elpaxin Crystal Hall at this moment.
But the situation in the Crystal Hall at this moment is very different from the past. As early as half an hour ago, the Alliance had closed the entrance and exit channels of the Crystal Hall. Except for the necessary personnel, almost all non-staff personnel were driven away. a region.
The main crystal tower that connects the inside and outside of the star gate is standing in the center of the hall at this moment. It is shining slightly, and under this light, the number of staff in the hall is about two-thirds less than usual. .
The rest are almost all core members of the alliance.
However, only a small number of these core members know what is going on, and most operation and maintenance personnel are not very aware of the current situation outside. They knew that there was something wrong with the Stargate's communication. Logically speaking, the military should send a request to their communication channel, but this request was not conveyed to everyone. People were a little surprised, but they didn't know what happened. What.
As for the jurisdiction of the community, it is in the hands of other people. Now the entire community has entered a state of martial law, internal and external communication has been suspended, and it is almost impossible to get any useful information from above.
However, although everything is still expected, in the core area of the Crystal Hall, the faces of several alliance officials are not as good-looking as they imagined.
"Why were the plans brought forward?"
"There are still four days until the barrier is opened, and Grande may not be ready yet. Is it too urgent to cut off the communication on both sides of the star gate in such an urgent manner?"
"Yes, we will alert the snake. The military will not fail to respond. The time left for us is less than seventy-two hours at most. If we prepare the ceremony in advance, the consul may not agree."
"Is it worth it just for a group of young boys? They have been to Altori, but they may not be able to discover the secrets under the Snow Stone Castle. The people in the temple have already dealt with it very cleanly."
Several alliance officials whispered.
But it wasn't until someone stepped onto the iron bridge next to the Crystal Tower and walked in their direction. Everyone noticed the identity of the person, and they quickly stopped the discussion and bowed their heads in that direction.
"Lord Holy Son," all the officials said in unison. Their voices were not loud and did not spread too far, but they were full of humility and respect: "You are here."
The man looked at the officials gathered here, took off his hood, and revealed the face of a young man. Although he was wearing a cloak, he was still wearing tourist clothes underneath, and he looked like a tourist.
"Don't worry, everyone," the young man said, "My father has his own plans. The military has already suspected us, and now it is just a trigger. The news we released before was to numb some people. In fact, We have already anticipated and moved our plans forward.”
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at a picture projected on the main crystal tower. That is the live broadcast of current actions by the Descendants of Flor, and it is also the most important source of information in the community.
"Watch carefully," the young man replied: "An era has come to an end, and another drama has just begun. Each of you will be a witness to it."
The alliance officials looked at each other and saw excitement in their eyes.
…
Fang Yu was holding the communication crystal in his hand and spoke in a low voice:
"I'll leave that to you."
"Just be at ease, brother Ed," Tianlan's voice came from the communication crystal, and it seemed that she could faintly hear her assurance: "There is no big problem here, it's just a little thing."
But Fang Yu didn't believe this poet lady who always talked about running things. In terms of the level of troublemaking in the team, except for the Papalar man who had evil intentions around him and rolled his black eyes, he didn't know what he had in mind. Besides, it has to be this little girl.
"Sylvid." He asked again in a low voice.
On the other side of the crystal, the ship officer lady glanced at Tian Lan with a smile, and then nodded: "Here you are, Captain."
Fang Plover breathed a sigh of relief. "Your mission is very important. If we can leave Gula smoothly, it all depends on you."
Sylvide looked at the tall and towering building not far away, then nodded slightly and responded.
Fang Yu knew that his ship officer was reliable, and there were Luo Yu and Luo Hao there, so in theory there should be no problem.
Of course, he did not enter Gula without any plan. It has almost become a subconscious habit of his to consider the worst-case scenario for situations that have not yet happened.
He then put down the communication crystal and looked ahead.
Soon after passing through the park, they entered the central area of the inner city, the spire of the Aidanrian Temple, almost a block away.
He raised his head and looked in that direction.
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