The little bug "burrowed" out of the ground as if it had no body, crawling slowly on the asphalt road. Its movements were neither hasty nor impatient. It not only burned small objects such as shredded paper and cigarette butts on the road, but also quietly burned the road itself, leaving a charred crawling mark underneath it.
More than a dozen of these bugs appeared in the blink of an eye, occupying most of the road in front of Spencer's house. Looking at the entire road, it was crawling red. Gongsun Ce guessed that there might be one in front of every house at this time. Similar sight.
Just about ten seconds after the bugs appeared, a rapid ringing of bells rang in the street, followed by a broadcast that sounded like a neighborhood committee aunt: "It's lava bug time now. Please cooperate with the pest control, and be careful." scald."
The Spencers walked to the door of their house, Mr. Rea moved a black stone frame like a fruit basket, and Alfroda brandished a strange weapon like pliers. She quickly picked up an insect and knocked it hard against the edge of the stone frame. After being tied with a dull sound, the lava bug closed its eyes and stopped moving. She threw the bug into the stone frame and started to deal with the next bug.
"These are lava worms." Mr. Rhea told the curious Gongsun Ce. "On certain days, when day and night alternate, they will come out of the ground and slowly crawl on the ground. They will burn the road. Anything that is combustible can even cause fire and wind, so we have to deal with the bugs regularly - it doesn't take long, usually it can be done in about ten minutes."
The stone frame has been mostly filled, and Gongsun Ce looked stiff: "The way to deal with it is to treat them as food reserves...?"
"Some environmentalists will release them back into the fire, but we prefer to make them into jerky or roast them. Crack the shells and sprinkle some salt and pepper. It tastes good."
In the subsequent conversation, Gongsun Ce learned that these bugs were completely harmless when underground. The lava bugs would not even damage underground pipes when they floated to the surface. Only when they were on the surface would they turn into such stupid incinerators. He looked at the slow-moving insects and felt a little awkward, but he couldn't explain why.
"Doesn't it look like Dianhuo?" Yan Qi sneered. Before Gongsun Ce could speak, he turned around and said, "Fire-breathing girl, come out too!"
"Ah? You are impermanent... What does it have to do with me if you do special assignments?"
Caldesia looked confused, but Yan Qi was already minding his own business. She quickly told her parents to take a walk after dinner, dragging Rei Shigure who was washing the dishes, and quickly chased after her.
The four of them left the small building and walked a few steps. Yan Qi silently made a seal. The next moment, hot air blew suddenly, and the uncomfortable dryness made them unconsciously tighten their lips. The bright red flames under their feet were like a sea of blood surging in hell. They appeared in the center of Molten Valley City without any warning, standing above the wound that tore the earth apart.
Yan Qi suddenly asked: "The Dianhuo sinks deep into the ground, ignites when it encounters the wind, and explodes when it hits the ground. Why is Molten Valley City able to survive despite being built on fire?"
Caldesia said without thinking: "The state government invested in the construction of a high-precision air filtration circulation system, which can accurately filter floating wind..."
"Nonsense!" Yan Qi sneered, "Ravage Valley City has a history of nearly six hundred years, and people have been living around the Rift Valley since a thousand years ago. Where was the technology available at that time?"
"Forehead……"
Caldesia turned around and hid behind her boyfriend, giving him an encouraging look. Shigurei looked down at the bottomless rift valley, thoughtfully.
"Is this an expansion of the definition? Dianhuo is safe underground. The underground is 'below the ground'. If a very deep rift valley is forcibly excavated against Dianhuo, then the entire area around this area can be said to be 'below the ground'." The area on the ground... cooperates with the architectural planning in the city to form an expanded array, and the safety of Molten Valley City is guaranteed."
"My brain is not broken yet." Yan Qi nodded and asked, "The Fire Wind State is vast, and the land of just one state is the size of two ordinary states. Why don't you build a floating city in the stable sky? Spend a lot of time to settle on the ground?”
"In order to take advantage of the lake water..."
Gongsun Ce felt something was wrong only halfway through his words. If he only wanted to utilize natural resources, he could just build and excavate sites around the rift valley, and build the city itself in a safer place. A place like the Cold Steel State with strong folk customs can build a Burning Steel City, but there is no reason for a political and cultural center like the Fire Wind State to do the same. If there are other plans for building a city in a dangerous area...
He flew upwards, high enough to see the entire city from high in the sky. At this time, Gongsun Ce saw a fiery red "net". This network originated from the Great Rift Valley in the center of the city and extended in five directions. Each main road gave birth to countless nerve-like branches. Covering the entire Molten Valley City. This net is active, and the fiery red color that makes up it is the lava bugs that emerged from the ground, and it is dim at the same time, because the bugs are being quickly eliminated by the city, and residents use weapons to clean the small areas in front of their homes. In the city center, a drone fleet kills bugs with precision and efficiency.
Within a few minutes, the network of lava worms was almost invisible. Caldesia looked at her familiar hometown and suddenly felt a little cold.
She murmured to herself: "Why does that net look like the spell Mr. Will used?"
The three of them all remembered that when Weiyuan City floated into the air, Agent Will used a huge magic spell to fix the entire city. The silver chain was extremely similar to the scene in Molten Valley City at that time. . Yan Qi raised his chin and said with a smile, "Where do you think the technique is hidden?"
Caldesia looked at the center of the rift valley. At this moment, curiosity took over the girl's heart. She shouted and turned into a ball of flame, flying into the depths of the rift valley in Molten Valley City. The flames were like an extension of her limbs, and her senses swayed with the fire veins in the ground, allowing her to see the city and this land clearly.
She saw the lake water flowing into secret workshops, where people used it to build strange weapons; she saw many flames being collected by the church priests with black stones and made into bullets or explosives; she saw the lake fire In the deepest part, there is a cold giant insect standing quietly. It is bound to the ground by countless silver chains, like a stone statue preserved from ancient times. Those bright silver locks were extremely thick, extending along the five main veins, spreading from the underground of Molten Valley City to the entire Firewind State, and ending somewhere in the desolate west. An inconspicuous colored light floats on their surface, like the residual wine foam in a glass...
Caldesia suddenly jumped out of the flames. She shook her head and felt dizzy: "It's a chain of mithril! Someone used a huge amount of mithril to make a 'lock' underground in the Fire Wind State... one end is connected to here. , one end is connected to the west...Is that the seal of the Saint? What is he sealing?"
Yan Qi waved his hand casually and said, "Go back! Now you have something to talk about with your parents."
Caldesia was so angry at this man's attitude that she gritted her teeth: "I was born and raised here, and I have the right to know the secrets of my hometown!"
"But I have no obligation to teach you!"
Yan Qi laughed evilly twice and disappeared with Gongsun Ce in an instant. Caldesia stared at the place where the man in black had been, and raised her voice eight times angrily: "Reiichi, how can there be a super master with such a bad character!?"
"Mr. Yan has always been like this," Shiyu Rei said in a gentle tone, "You have to be very patient when dealing with him. We can ask Gongsun when we get back."
"Is there any difference between this and him telling us directly?!"
Shigurei thought for a moment and slapped his palm: "He can stop explaining. That person has always been afraid of trouble."
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Yan Qi's teleportation is completely different from Shigure Rei's. When using Shadow Canlan or Dream Kingdom to operate, Gongsun Ce always had a strange feeling of swimming in the lower levels of the world, but when he was walking with Yan Qi, he had no "feelings", as if they were still standing in place without moving a step, and the surrounding people The world has changed its position on its own.
This time they came to a desolate mountainous area. The rocks were a dull ocher color, like blood that had dried for a long time, or like rust corroding the rocks. Yan Qi said nothing and waited in front of the mountain. Gongsun Ce was familiar with his temper and knew that when this man didn't want to speak, no matter how much he said, he would only respond impatiently, so he stood quietly with him.
They didn't wait long. A few minutes later, a bright silver light flashed across the sky, and an agent in a trench coat landed next to them with a suitcase. Gongsun Ce waved his hand in surprise: "Mr. Will? Are you coming from Cangdu?"
"The Seventh Knight has taken over the burden for me. Now I can play a more effective role in the Northern Continent." Will took the lead and walked forward, "Mr. Gongsun, what did you do today?"
Gongsun Ce felt nervous and cursed Yan Qi, the traitor, for plotting to harm me. If I had known that Will was coming today, I would have taken the time to do something practical! When the time comes, I will take a notebook and take a picture of it. This is today's meeting record of the enemy's defense situation and the simulated battle analysis of both sides. No matter what, I have to make the other party look at him with new eyes and praise him for his extremely high efficiency. He is worthy of being the ace commissioner of our Sky City. Now, after a whole day of catching fish and talking nonsense, the other party couldn’t be more restrained after hearing the schedule and said, “Are you here to do something?” Are you here to travel on public funds?
"I'm going to be a guest at Cardesia's house." Gongsun Ce smiled awkwardly, thinking that his image would be over here.
The agent's next statement caught him off guard: "Having fun?"
"Ah, it's good. Her parents are very nice people. We also had local charcoal-grilled whole chicken at night..."
Gongsun Ce was stunned after speaking. We are clearly heading into some forbidden forbidden area, waiting to uncover the big secrets of Fire Wind and the Church, but what is going on with this weirdly harmonious conversation in ordinary language? Could it be that you also arranged for yourself the identity of "Teacher Will, Special Inspector of Cangdu" and are you still involved in the drama now? Then your professionalism of not letting go of any practice time is really worth learning from!
"very good."
"ah?"
Will took out his notebook and took a few notes, his expression seemed to lighten. He led the two of them all the way deep into the mountainous area, and tapped a mediocre mountain wall with the crime-fighting gun that turned into a pistol. A silver magic circle emerged from the ancient rocks, and then the ocher-red rocks lifted up with a rumble, revealing a direct path to the ground.
Will took the lead and walked toward the inside of the passage. After the mountain wall closed, there was no light at all, and his voice echoed in the dark space.
"We have learned about the restrictions Situ Yi has placed on you and have adjusted the teaching plan based on the current situation. But before the official start, we all agree that we should conduct an important inspection on you to avoid impulsiveness leading to a big mistake."
He used "we", more than one person. Gongsun Ce frowned: "As for the heart-searching, Alandia can..."
"The judgment of the Knight of Dawn will be mixed with personal feelings," Yan Qi said. "She knew it well and entrusted us to do things."
"Okay, okay, then does our inspection have to enter a forbidden area?"
"The investigation is over." Will said, "Mr. Gongsun, I would like to ask you to tell us a story. We know the ins and outs of that incident, but we don't know what the person involved was thinking."
"Shall I tell?"
They followed the secret passage in the mountain all the way down, moving forward in the darkness that smelled of dust. The agent took out a small metal ball from his windbreaker and threw it up. The ball emitted a white light and illuminated the surrounding area.
Gongsun Ce faintly saw the end of the road through the light, which led directly to a simple temple. Seven giant pillars made of mithril supported the stone roof, and flat white stones formed the cornerstone of the temple. The surface of the temple glowed faintly as they arrived.
"The story goes like this. Thousands of years ago, the Fire and Wind State was a fertile land. At that time, the fire burned on the earth, but it was as approachable as flowing water. Fire and wind are treasures in life, and people rely on the power of nature to grow. Reproduction. The Drusus family was one of the most powerful families at that time. They were powerful and wanted to become king.
Also a thousand years ago, the land under our feet was not called the Fire Wind State. At that time, this mountainous area belonged to the UFO State, which was the territory of the Marcius family. They are cunning, greedy, and ambitious. They live in the dark underground because the UFO State has wonderful powers. Things can only exist stably below the surface of the earth. Once they rise to the surface, they will be as empty as rootless duckweed. "
Gongsun Ce had never heard of the name of the UFO State, and there was no such state in the United States.
"Days like this should have continued until the Saint came to the UFO State."
As they spoke, they stepped into the temple. In the very center of this ancient building, there is a burly and huge creature sleeping. Its metal skin glows with shining silver. Its four thick legs are like the load-bearing pillars of the building. Its long nose hangs down naturally, like A slide for giants. It opened its eyes, looked at Will for a moment, then stood up slowly and let out a friendly cry.
This giant silver elephant seemed to be laughing when it barked. Gongsun Ce guessed that it must have a good temper. He found familiar handwriting on the elephant's body. This time there was no sage's advice, but a heavy monologue at the beginning.
[Record my sins here. 】
