The apartment building where Gongsun Ce lives is located in the Thorny District of the "Lower Body" of the Sky Capital.
The official name of this area is named after the dozens of giant towers drilled out of the ground. These white wonders with sharp spiers are said to be the thorns on the corpse of the giant dragon.
After the empire decided to transform it into a habitable city-state, the gray-blue leather and hard scales belonging to the dragon were quickly overshadowed by the color of the artificial thing. Nowadays, there are almost no "dragon" elements in the city on the dragon corpse. If you want to find the dragon's past appearance, in addition to the completely preserved dragon head and the long tail that did not interfere with it for some reason, there are also Only the thorns in this area can be used as the few remaining first-hand materials.
Scholars who study dragons may wail because of this, but people with super powers can understand the official measures very well: How many people are willing to see dragon elements in their daily lives, even just scales or nails? This was especially true in the northern part of the empire. After all, nearly half of the people in Ruoshui City died ten years ago.
In January 2000 of the Yongguang calendar, at the turn of the century with the New Year atmosphere in full swing, the dragon disaster that had almost disappeared from human memory reappeared in the world again.
The Dragon of the Sky descended on Ruoshui City. A total of 2 hours, 37 minutes and 40 seconds passed from the time it appeared to the time it was killed. It was known as the Disaster of the Sky in history.
Before it appeared, the empire had a tourist city with a long history built on the water; but after it was killed, the empire got a dragon corpse, the ruins of half the city, and an area with basically nothing but water. No wasteland left.
It is said that when the dragon disaster first appeared, many simple residents thought it was the end of the world: a ferocious crack opened in the sky, and a giant monster that could destroy a city just by its size roared out of it, even if Most of the witnesses failed to understand what happened. The gray-blue sky and the earth-shattering dragon roar were enough to make people panic and fall into shock due to invisible pressure.
In hindsight, the appearance of the Sky Dragon in the sky can be regarded as a blessing among misfortunes. If it emerges from the center of the city as it did when it destroyed Cosmo City three hundred years ago, or emerges from the crater of a volcano as it did when it destroyed most of the Far Sea Islands five hundred years ago, then I'm afraid there won't even be much water left in the places that were hit. It dripped.
Dragons are such terrifying creatures.
They are called dragon plagues among the people of the empire, and are called dragon phenomena in official documents. Some city-states in the kingdom and the United States call them demon dragons or evil dragons. The local sects on Zero Island call them the God of Disaster... But no matter how they are used, No matter what name it is called, no matter what cultural environment it is grown in, the image of dragon in human hearts has never changed.
The dragon is disaster, nightmare, destruction, the embodiment of misfortune, and the incarnation of natural disaster. In some closed towns in the countryside of the empire, dragons are even a taboo that cannot be mentioned. If you shout "dragon" when yelling, you will get a slap in the face.
The attitude of the simple working people towards dragons and related things can be seen from this. Gongsun Ce did not specifically look for relevant news, but he guessed that the image of teenagers living on the backs of dragon corpses in the eyes of ordinary citizens is not much better. Where to go.
But then again, people with superpowers are not immune to this kind of discrimination. If given the right to choose, who would leave their homeland and go to jail in heaven?
As a result, the students in the Sky Capital also felt a different kind of sympathy for this dead dragon. Judging from the nickname of "Da Yaozi District", the local people's fear and taboo of dragons may not be as deep as the average person's.
"Cold water or hot water?"
In the living room of Room 7 on the 7th floor, Gongsun Ce said this while holding two cups.
Miss Hunter was sitting on the sofa looking curiously at this spacious single-living apartment. After hearing this, her mouth was half-opened blankly: "I thought you would at least ask about black tea or coffee."
"I really don't know how to drink. If you want to drink, I can order takeout for you."
"Ah, no, thank you. Give me a glass of cold water... You just got angry out of nowhere, and now you're acting like this again. You're really weird..."
Gongsun Ce put the water glass on the table: "I consider myself a good-tempered student most of the time, but good people deserve to be provoked? There is absolutely no such reason. To offend with words should be retaliated with words, and to intrude with violence should be You should repay with violence. What's more, your actions reminded me of extremely unpleasant memories, so I naturally have reason to be angry."
"Ah, yes, yes...blame me, blame me..."
Alice leaned on the sofa, her movements revealing an inexplicable sense of exhaustion.
really weird.
Is there someone who made her feel nervous and nervous? Could it be the person from Kupupuka from before?
The super-powered person sets his sights downstairs in the apartment.
A gray minivan parked at the door, and two inconspicuous staff members were stuffing the unconscious cockscomb into the trunk.
Their movements were crisp and efficient. In the blink of an eye, the weirdo disappeared from the door of the apartment building. Even the blood on the ground was sucked dry by the strange instrument. Only a few broken floor tiles were left, proving that the battle just now was not his delusion, but real. of reality.
The minivan drove away. The young man knew that before long, the traces left by the battle would be completely erased, and by then there would be no "evidence" left in the world to prove the existence of this encounter.
"Hey, hey~ Brother Gongsun? A person with super powers? What's the best way to call you?"
"Just call me Gongsun Ce."
"OK, Gongsun Ce. Frankly speaking, I'm very curious. Weren't you surprised when you saw the car just now?"
"I was surprised, I just didn't show it on the outside."
Miss Alice curled her lips.
"lie."
"real."
The mature woman with long blue hair was holding a cup in one hand and supporting her face with the other hand. She pointed her fingertips at the superpower sitting on the small sofa: "You are telling a lie."
"I'm not panicking. I just fought with the Starman at the door of my house, and I met the sad Huntress again. My daily sense of peace of mind has been completely destroyed. What is there to panic about now?"
"There is a difference between abnormality and anomaly. What I just gave you is the official number of this city!"
Before walking into the apartment building, Alice Aidall handed out a random string of eight digits.
She claimed it was one of several official police numbers in Sky City, and it was. A few minutes after Gongsun Ce made the call and roughly explained the situation to the staff on the other end, the minivan came to the door of the apartment building and solved all the abnormal situations.
No staff came to visit, they just cleaned up their hands like cleaners, and then left in the car.
Miss Alice continued: "Such an incident happened in the city where I usually live, but the officials handled it with such a weird attitude. Isn't this more unsettling than the sudden appearance of weird people? "
The most trustworthy official made the most bizarre move.
As the hunter said, the sense of inconsistency that the common sense on which we depend for survival has become thin somewhere will probably make ordinary people even more panicked.
but……
Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses.
"Have you forgotten that this is the capital of the sky where millions of superpowers live? The rampage of superpowers, accidents caused by not taking inhibitors in time, accidents caused by ridiculous creations of an inhumane research institute... As long as you stay here for a few years, even children or the elderly will encounter bizarre things. Do you know the secret of getting out of these abnormal tenses, the secret to staying safe?"
"Don't answer questions with questions." Alice raised her eyebrows, "I admit it's my first time here. What's your so-called secret?"
"Don't pry around, trust the official."
"Why……"
Gongsun Ce took a sip of water amidst the questioning "Hey".
"A neighbor went berserk, encountered a monster, the house suddenly collapsed, or saw a ghost on the way home at night... Whether you saw an anomaly, defeated an anomaly, or escaped from an anomaly, the first thing you should do is Report it immediately. If your phone doesn’t work, go to the nearest police station, school or any officially operated facility. Only when you have no other option can you seek help from your family and friends. This is common sense in this city.”
He put down the cup and continued: "The official institutions of Sky City are unjust, inhumane, opaque, and not open, but they are more trustworthy than anyone else in this city. If they just cleaned up the mess but didn't go to you, then But it’s a good thing that it’s worth having a drink – it means you have nothing to do with the incident and you can go back to your daily life.”
Miss Alice rubbed her forehead, as if she had a headache.
"Wait, wait, wait a minute, are you sure this is common knowledge among local residents? I have been in this city for a few days, and according to my observation, most residents look normal."
The young man stood up and put the water glass back on the cabinet.
"I can only tell you that most people I know think this way. And your words sound very strange, as if I, Gongsun Ce, are not within the scope of normal people."
"Ahaha, I'm a little self-conscious. Even if you were a normal person in the Jiugong grid, you would have to spend a lot of money to bribe the producer to just put a hair in the grid in the lower right corner!"
Let’s leave aside the nine-square grid of normal people.
If he were to create a nine-square grid for superpowers, he thought he could put it in the upper left corner with both pure content and pure style.
This is not to boast, he is an experienced superpower user and is thorough in all aspects. Of course, he also reported the situation of the female hunter on the phone just now.
The most abnormal person he saw today was definitely the hunter who claimed to be from the kingdom.
A woman set out from an island located in the southwest of the United States, crossed the strait and an entire continent to fight in the floating city at the border. It was strange that such a weirdo was not invited to tea by the authorities.
But the official did not come to visit, but allowed Miss Alice to have contact with him. What does this mean?
Naturally, the super-powerful person already had the answer in his mind, so he did not ask questions that he already knew the answer to - he knew that Alice Adar would tell him - but instead focused his thinking on what he had just heard. One of the strangest words in vocabulary.
Dragon worshipers.
"Then, please explain the situation to me who is confused. First of all, the first question, why is the dragon worshiper just now particularly interested in my heart?"
"Because you are a superpower. The heart is the core of your superpowers, just like our impermanent magicians. The desperate Cockscomb Head probably wants to replenish energy, heal his injuries, and fly away by eating the heart. "
As expected, it was for healing.
He confirmed his suspicion.
Could it be that the city in the sky in Cock Crown Head's eyes is a food city where millions of loaves of bread gather together?
It was quite ironic for a self-confessed hunter to be beaten up by what he considered a delicious meal.
"The next question is, are the so-called dragon worshipers, as the name suggests, people who pursue the phenomenon of dragons?"
"That's right~ and you will say next, this is impossible."
"This is impossible." The superpower person categorically asserted, "More than ten or twenty years ago, in the peaceful era when dragon disasters had not appeared for a long time, and civil wars were even planned among countries, such a gathering of mentally ill people who were high Organizations that form groups to pursue excitement still have the soil to be born. But now it is different from the past. The corpse of the dragon that destroyed Ruoshui City 10 years ago is at our feet. Superbia, which collapsed 3 years ago, is still being rebuilt. After personally experiencing the disaster caused by the dragon, how could such a brainless organization still appear?"
Alice was not offended by the young man's retort.
She just raised the corners of her mouth and shook her head silently.
"That's contrary, Gongsun Ce. The alien you encountered today was born out of the tragedy in the kingdom three years ago. How many survivors do you think fell into nightmares and despair night after night after witnessing that tragedy? "
The expression didn't look like a mockery, but like a helpless smile that came from witnessing the end of a miserable person.
"After experiencing the pain with their own eyes, they regarded the evil dragon as some kind of noble existence, imagining it as a god from the other side of the world. The very event of witnessing the dragon with their own eyes has the power to distort the soul. .”
Snapped.
She placed the water glass on the table with a soft sound.
"Human beings have never been such strong creatures."
The superpower fell silent.
He thought of the nightmare that replayed when he fell asleep at noon, and of the dragon he had met in the past.
This time, he had no words to retort.
