1915, British Empire.
During the First World War, the whole of Britain was shrouded in the haze of German artillery fire.
The empire that has ruled the world for nearly half a century is like an old lion king on the grassland. Facing the setting sun at the last moment of his life, he struggles to raise his claws that are no longer sharp and waves towards the one who dares to invade. Provoke its majestic enemies!
But unfortunately, what this old and disappointed man has to face is the ferocious Germany that has risen!
Huge Zeppelins carried large amounts of ammunition to bomb coastal areas of the United Kingdom at the beginning of the year. They also bombed the capital London in May, causing damage to buildings in large residential and commercial areas.
At the call of Prime Minister Churchill, the entire British Empire moved!
Like clockwork embedded in gears, this huge war machine roared. All factories continued to produce artillery shells, sending batches of young people to the battlefield.
The war was started by a group of old men, but it was the young people who paid the price!
A total of fifteen countries have joined this war, which has cast a shadow over Europe, the Pacific, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. It ultimately brought serious disasters to mankind and contributed to the deaths of tens of millions of people.
In order to commemorate those who died in the war, historians and politicians later named it World War I.
But it is clear that the only lesson humanity has learned from history is that it never learns.
However, the above mentioned has nothing to do with Lord's goal of this trip. He is not here to prevent the world war, but just to find people.
After being captured by the Weeping Angels, when he opened his eyes again, he found that he had arrived in England a hundred years ago.
The patter...
The shrill cold rain cast a layer of sadness on the streets of England.
In the distance, there are several huge chimneys reaching into the sky. The thick black smoke emanating from them is like the devil's claws reaching into the sky, adding a strange and ominous atmosphere to the foggy and gray sky.
The machinery and gears in the unknown factory were operating, making deafening roars.
Several scarlet searchlights emitted huge light, penetrating the white fog that filled the surroundings. The heavy rain made it look like a giant beast was watching him silently through the curtain of heavy rain.
There were almost no pedestrians visible on the cobblestone streets under the heavy rain.
This dispelled Lord's idea of asking for directions. He covered himself with a thin layer of spiritual pressure, blocked out all the rain, and walked along this street towards the city center.
He planned to find someone first to ask where exactly this place was.
But Lord walked for nearly ten minutes without seeing a bright light, and he couldn't even feel a trace of life.
Except for the two scarlet searchlights of the factory in the distant fog, the entire city was shrouded in darkness. No one could see a firelight, as if everyone had turned off the lights early and fell asleep.
Anyone who is not an idiot knows that there is definitely something wrong with the scene in front of him!
Although it is obscured by fog and cannot see the whole picture clearly, the range that can be sensed by spiritual pressure is about more than a hundred square kilometers. It is considered a medium-sized city. This should not be the case no matter how small the population is!
"Is it the Weeping Angels?"
Lord frowned, feeling vaguely bad, and secretly becoming more vigilant.
The range of the Absolute Domain extends to fifty meters around him as the center of the circle, and surveillance bacteria are arranged behind it to guard against the sudden appearance of the Weeping Angels, and he can react immediately once other creatures invade the domain.
After stopping to think for a moment, Lord decided to go to the factory to have a look.
It is the only place with light in the entire city. Maybe you can get some useful information there, such as knowing where this ghost place is and where the hotel where Constantine and others are trapped is!
Lord gathered spiritual power on the soles of his feet and slowly floated into the sky, intending to fly directly through the fog.
However, at this moment.
Buzz——
A shiver struck the depths of his soul, swallowing him up as quickly as a raging flame.
His keen sixth sense told him that if he continued to climb higher, he would die in the next moment. There seemed to be something indescribable in the black smoke that could directly threaten his life!
Black smoke and white fog seemed to separate the city's sky from the earth.
It's like a clear line that defines the edge of life and death. Any creature that dares to touch this line will be swallowed by the black mist of death.
"...No flying?"
Before the investigation was clear, Lord decided that it was best for him to play it safe.
The source of this black smoke is the huge factory with scarlet searchlights on, and it is also the only place he can go to now.
The road to the factory is not easy.
The factory was built in the suburbs, so we couldn't take the main roads in the city and had to take the muddy roads after the rain.
I believe anyone who has ever driven on a rainy day in the countryside knows how difficult it is to walk on a mud road after it rains. It is almost one foot deep and one foot shallow, and it is also accompanied by upturned mud. It can be said to be extremely annoying. .
But if it's just to this extent, Lord actually doesn't care very much. The really difficult road is after leaving the city.
About three kilometers away from the factory, there is a section of black road paved with some strange material mixed with asphalt.
Pata~ Pata~
I don't know what was paved on the black road. The greasy and sticky feel made Lord feel very uncomfortable. Every foot felt like stepping in glue. When he pulled it out, he could even pull out silk threads, and there was even more smell in the rain. A foul smell.
From the first time he saw this city to now, he felt terrible, even a strong sense of disgust.
If he hadn't taken Constantine, Potts, and the mysterious unknown God of Death into consideration, Lord would probably have taken out the Blade Ruohuo and burned the city to pieces with flames, completely eliminating all threats from the source!
But alas, he couldn't do that.
Lord suppressed the disgust and discomfort in his heart and stepped on this disgusting black road, getting closer to the factory in the fog.
As the distance got closer, he could finally get a glimpse of part of the factory's structure.
This is a huge ring-shaped factory, with a total height of about three floors, and each floor is almost ten meters long.
There are countless steel and iron beams built together outside, and finally a simple factory was erected. From the outside, it looks like a hedgehog, with protruding steel structures all over its body, and the two huge scarlet search lights. , set up on the top floor of the factory.
However, compared to the weird shape of the factory, another thing caught Lord's attention.
Not far from the factory, there was a river used to dump industrial waste. However, the river had dried up long ago, exposing the deep ditch below.
What is piled in this ditch is not industrial waste.
Instead, they were piled up like mountains of minced meat and remains, as if they had been smashed into pieces by some kind of machinery. They exuded a disgusting rotten smell, and there was also a steady stream of mutilated body parts flowing in from the factory excretion pipes. This ditch!
Judging from the characteristics of the minced meat and remains, Lord was almost certain that they came from 'human beings'. The factory in front of him was a bloody factory!
Now he knew why there was no one in the city, because everyone was here.
