Gongsun Ce opened his pocket watch and confirmed the time.
The time now is 7:25, and the two people who have crossed the smaller half of the Dingyi District by pigeon are standing in front of the gate of the district's sewage treatment plant.
"The target this time is Takizawa Yoshihisa, a former researcher from Zero Island. He has a gloomy personality. It is speculated that he is in the realm of the divine. His specific abilities are unknown."
"Did Mo Yuankai give any details?"
"The intelligence dealer said that he judged the destination from the abnormality of the water flow. Judging from his description, this time we may be facing an enemy who can use water to fight."
The young man took Alice and jumped over the door. Super powers were particularly useful at this time.
"Use water to fight...According to what you said before, the enemy this time is the Magical Envoy?"
When riding the pigeon before, Alice told him some common sense about the law of impermanence.
The desolate phase method that I have seen twice is mostly manifested in the strengthening of physical abilities. The Brahma phase method used by Alice herself is the manipulation of space or time. But this time the hunter's description reminded him of the strange phenomena in the impermanent law.
According to hunters, magicians are often good at manipulating the surrounding environment, or generating flames, thunder and lightning, energy balls, etc. out of thin air as a means of attack. They are like magicians in fantasy novels. To compare them to the superpowers in Sky City, they are common energy-releasing power users.
Alice shook her head: "Not necessarily. Water that is available everywhere is a very convenient material. There are also many spiritual magicians who use water as a medium to activate their abilities to launch illusions or spiritual attacks. Before actually seeing the enemy , it is not feasible to rely on one-sided intelligence to judge capabilities.”
He remembered that the impermanence of spiritual phenomena often manifested itself in the form of illusions, psychic suggestions or mental control.
The method of impermanence is surprisingly many.
"Now we have arrived at our destination. I need to remind you that this place is not a small factory in the old city. A modern sewage treatment plant covers an area of at least 25,000 square meters, which is equivalent to more than three large footballs. The size of the site. This only looks at the land area and does not take into account the building area. If the pump room, laboratory, dehydration machine room and other facilities are included, then I’m afraid we won’t be able to check this place in one night.”
What the superpowers said was true. They were walking down the aisle in the middle of the green space. They could see huge circular sewage pools neatly arranged on both sides. There were more facilities waiting for the two of them that were not usually accessible. Alice Adal visibly trembled when she saw these buildings - each round pool was covered by a flat layer of flesh wall, and the gray-blue flesh had green lines glowing in the dark. The bright light is undoubtedly proof that they are the creations of this city's biochemical technology.
The hunter swallowed and said nervously: "First tell me what these biochemical flesh walls are."
"The scientific name of these biochemical meat walls is Clean Biochemical Meat Wall. There is a dot in the middle like Biochemical Horse and Biochemical Pigeon. We usually ignore this detail when we talk about it verbally."
"Is it really called a biochemical flesh wall?! This is the first biochemical technology product I have seen today. Why do the researchers in the Sky City always have trouble with this thing?!"
"I don't know. Maybe the lunatics at Cecil Labs think big pigeons, big horses, and big chunks of meat are cooler and more handsome than giant laser guns, satellites, and laser robots."
Gongsun Ce could completely understand the hunter's confusion.
He also felt that giant robots were much more handsome than these messy biochemical products.
It's a pity that the results of the research by the white coats are actually of some practical value. They have walked beside the sewage pool and still haven't smelled any obvious odor, which is the credit of these biological organizations. As ordinary citizens who enjoy the convenience of technology, young people have no position to accuse them of spending money indiscriminately. They can only talk about their aesthetic views.
The corners of the blue-haired woman's mouth twitched: "Robots and biochemical monsters are obviously very strange. Are you familiar with the terrain here? Which steps do you usually go through to treat domestic sewage?"
What's wrong with this woman that she doesn't like giant robots?
"I visited here once when I was in high school. The sewage treatment plant in Sky City also uses the activated sludge method. The white coats cultivated a new variety of water-purifying microorganisms a few years ago to match the biochemical flesh wall you just saw. It can greatly improve the water purification efficiency, we usually call that thing..."
"I guess it's water-purifying biochemical mud."
"You are becoming more and more like a local." The young man clapped his hands to show encouragement, "According to the few memories left in my mind, generally speaking, domestic sewage will first go through several processes to treat denser inorganic particles. Then the smaller solid suspended matter is removed through sedimentation, and then it is time for the water purification biochemical mud to take effect. We are now..."
The hunter looked pained: "I don't have the hobby of searching for sewage treatment plants on the Internet, so I don't understand what you are talking about."
"In short, sewage flows into a large sedimentation tank before being purified by microorganisms."
"Then let's first go to the place where the sewage first flowed in to do a psychic test. If he really used his power here, we should be able to see some traces... Oh my god, we were fighting Tyros before dinner. After dinner Then I was tossing sewage next to the biochemical meat. When I went on a mission, my stomach was tortured more than my brain."
Look on the bright side, at least your heart hasn't stopped skipping a beat.
The superpower almost wanted to comfort the hunter with his own experience, but he swallowed his words back with difficulty.
"Look on the bright side, at least you didn't eat stinky tofu, durian fermented bean curd or anything like that tonight."
"If you can't think of something nice to say, you don't have to say it. There's no need to force yourself to speak."
The two of them didn't stop while they were talking. They walked quickly along the road, relying on the map from time to time to confirm the direction. After walking for a while, they finally saw the sedimentation tank mentioned by the superpower - a row of people being led. A square pool divided by a railing aisle.
The turbid sewage surges in the pool, and the sediment is quickly filtered out in the process. Although the staff of the sewage plant had evacuated before the two arrived, these large facilities were still operating automatically.
This time there was no biological tissue above the pool, and the smell of sewage rushed into his nose.
The young man observed that there were still some gray-blue flesh roots remaining on the edge of the square pool. It seemed that the staff took away the biochemical flesh wall that should have been there when they evacuated.
"wait a second……"
Alice took out a pen and paper and drew a symbol that looked like a one-eyed monster on a piece of paper the size of a note.
He pinched his nose and thought in his mind, why did the employees of the sewage plant act like this?
Perhaps it is because the biochemical meat wall used for cleaning has some unknown safety hazards, so that there must be staff monitoring it. But this makes no sense about the sewage pool we saw earlier. Those pieces of clean meat walls have not been moved...Due to the rush of evacuation, we did not have time to finish processing. This may be the real reason...
Alice was trying to let the paper come into contact with the sewage. She tried several times with a green face but failed.
"Do you need help?"
"What do you think?"
Gongsun Ce pointed at the sedimentation tank, and the note in the hunter's hand floated down with this movement. After being in contact with the sewage for a second, it was pulled up by an invisible force.
It's getting late.
Tonight, in the new moon, there is no jade disk visible in the night sky, only stars shining brighter than those on the ground.
In the dark environment, he couldn't see the symbol changes clearly. The young man walked up to Alice and stared at the note in her hand.
He saw the symbols drawn in black pen gradually transforming into bright red.
"I guess that's a sign of responsiveness."
Alice tore up the note and said: "Everyone can see it. Be prepared, the dragon worshiper will arrive first, he may at any time -"
"He may attack us at any time! No, no, little girl. Before that, there are more important things for you to worry about."
A strange and sarcastic sound came into the ears of the two of them.
The voice sounded a bit dull, as if it was blocked by something, but the speaker had no intention of covering himself up. No matter how loud the man spoke, his words drowned out the noise in the pool and sounded clearer than the conversation between the two just now.
Gongsun Ce and Alice turned around at the same time.
The figure of a tall man emerged from the darkness.
"Oh~ heard that? Not bad, at least your ears haven't gone deaf yet."
The hunter drew out his short arrow with vigilance: "Who are you?"
The tall man walked closer, allowing the young man to see his appearance clearly.
This man was wearing a white shirt and suit trousers. None of the buttons at the collar of the shirt were buttoned, and his neck was exposed so carelessly that you could almost see his chest. He had a black coat draped behind him and a silver headband. The white mask shows no facial features, and only the messy black hair exposed above the mask can be seen.
A man dressed strangely came slowly and leisurely, pointing his fingers at their faces through the space: "Look at how you look. A strange-looking hunter led a bunch of students to wander around here, focusing entirely on the smelly pool. I didn’t even notice anyone behind me. Hahahaha!”
He didn't respond to Alice's question, but just laughed in an extremely rude manner, which made the super-powered person feel very unhappy.
What he hates the most is this kind of guy.
Gongsun Ce frowned: "You——"
"I said I came here to deal with something, but I didn't expect to see a comedy show all the way. It made me laugh to death."
The words were interrupted just as he left his mouth.
The tall man didn't even look at him.
The masked man turned his head and said to the empty darkness: "Hey, what do you think?"
What responded to him was a cold female voice: "I think you are very rude."
The superpower and the hunter became nervous at the same time.
The two of them were already alert when the man appeared, but they didn't realize that there was a fourth person at the scene!
"It's so noisy. Let me tell you, you don't need to express your opinion at this time, no one cares about that stuff! You just need to agree with me."
"Continue the sentence, I think you are very incompetent."
"Little girl, are you finished?"
Another silver-white mask poked out from the man's shoulder.
The owner of the second mask stepped out from behind the man.
She has long black hair, wears tight-fitting clothes, and holds a dark long-handled sword in her hand. She has a well-proportioned figure but does not look thin.
Unlike that arrogant man, Gongsun Ce clearly felt the woman's gaze.
Even if the expression cannot be seen clearly through the mask, the young man is sure that the other person is looking at him at this moment.
"What, why are you still standing here? Your ears are not deaf but your brain is broken. Do you still want me to explain to you? You can't be so stupid!"
Alice ignored the man's shouts.
She took a step forward and said coldly: "I am Alice Adar, a hunter in the kingdom. I am investigating the dragon worshipers who have sneaked into the Sky City with this assistant. The unknown man in the iron mask, May I ask why you came here?"
The man shrugged his shoulders.
"It seems like it's true, what kind of world is this!"
then.
For the first time since the man appeared, the two felt his gaze.
It was as if it was only then that hunters and superpowers came into his eyes for the first time.
The tall man took out a wooden token from his pocket and waved it in his hand.
"The Imperial Ceremony Hall is doing business, and all irrelevant people should get out."
