Qin Xiao almost shouted when he was caught. Fortunately, he adjusted in time and did not burst out with murderous intent.
Since entering the mechanical fortress, Qin Xiao has been focusing on observing the surrounding environment.
As for the star warriors around him, in his eyes they were almost no different from dead people.
The result was that the factor he paid least attention to gave him an unexpected blow.
Qin Xiao turned his head to look, only to find that the hand that had just held him had been withdrawn.
No one stared at him, and no one said anything to him, as if the pull on him just now was just an illusion.
But Qin Xiao knew that it was definitely not an illusion. The person pulling him was probably the guy next to him who looked no different from other star warriors.
Although it was definitely not an illusion, Qin Xiao still didn't want to walk into the tower.
The tall and thick mechanical city wall made Qin Xiao afraid. He was worried that what would be waiting for him after entering was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.
Seeing that he still wanted to leave, the guy who just pulled him finally spoke again.
"Believe me, nothing will happen if you follow me in. If you leave the team now, you will definitely die."
The man spoke in a low voice and very fast, as if he was worried that he would be exposed.
Qin Xiao originally wanted to ask a few more questions, but when he thought of the current situation, he rationally remained silent.
After a little hesitation, he finally followed the team into the tower.
The situation inside the tower was not as spooky as expected, but it was still a bit strange.
The structure here is like a honeycomb. There are countless small rooms inside the tower, which are built around it layer by layer.
There were crowds of people in the room from time to time, and it was obvious that someone was living in it.
While Qin Xiao was still observing the situation here, he suddenly noticed that the Xingshi around him began to walk towards some rooms in an orderly manner, apparently preparing to go back to rest.
He did not act rashly, but followed the guy who had spoken to him before and walked towards a room.
There was no bed in the room, just six chairs.
After the star warriors entered the room, they sat silently on their chairs and soon fell into a state similar to sleep.
The guy who had talked to Qin Xiao before also sat on the chair, but he did not fall into sleep, but used some method to leave only the light armor on the chair.
"Drag me the light armor, hurry up." The man walked up to Qin Xiao and said eagerly.
He also placed Qin Xiao's light armor on the chair, and after some manipulation, he sat down on the ground.
Qin Xiao looked at him calmly. He was a middle-aged man who looked about thirty years old. His appearance was not outstanding, but his eyes were very bright, making it easy for people to trust him.
Seeing this look, Qin Xiao suddenly realized why he had always felt weird before.
The people here have straight eyes. Although they are not hollow, they lack spirituality after all.
Qin Xiao suddenly recalled what the man said to him at the beginning - they are all ghosts.
He sat down like a man and asked in a low voice: "Where is this place?"
"This is Licheng." The man replied.
"Are you a human or a ghost?" Qin Xiao continued to ask.
The man smiled and said, "Shouldn't you ask me where I am and what the situation is here now?"
"I need to confirm whether you are trustworthy first." Qin Xiao said cautiously, and then added honestly: "Although this matter is difficult to confirm."
The man smiled again and gave Qin Xiao a thumbs up: "Awesome."
"In Licheng, the first step to judge whether a person is a human or a ghost is to look at the eyes, and the second step is to listen to the name." The man explained.
"Name?" Qin Xiao was a little surprised: "What kind of name can confirm that the other person is a person?"
"As long as he has a name, it doesn't matter what his name is." The man said carelessly: "Because people controlled by Lihun will not think about 'who am I' at all. They are just zombies."
"You mean that only a sane person would think of giving himself a name?"
"Yes."
"So do you have a name?"
"have."
"what's your name?"
"My name is Long Batian."
"what is it call?"
"Long Batian."
Although he was in an unknown environment and should remain serious, Qin Xiao couldn't help but laugh when he heard the name.
"A very domineering name." Qin Xiaoyan said sincerely.
"Just laugh if you want." Long Batian said with an indifferent expression: "I just want to give myself a funny name and make myself laugh occasionally, so as not to go crazy one day."
Qin Xiao sat down next to Long Batian, which was a signal to release trust.
"Tell me, what's going on here." Qin Xiao asked.
With Long Batian's narration, this place called Li City finally unveiled its mysterious veil.
But the first thing Long Batian introduced was not Li Cheng, but a life form that Qin Xiao had never heard of - the Phantom Soul Clan.
Although called a clan, the Phantom Soul Clan is not a real race.
Because the Phantom Soul Clan does not have a complete inheritance, all Phantom Soul Clan are transformed.
The Phantom Soul clan looks the same as humans, but in fact they all live under the mental control of the transformers.
This is why Long Batian didn't let Qin Xiao escape when he was outside. If he had gone to talk to those "ordinary people", he would have been discovered by the city lord soon.
The city lord of Li City is the reformer of the Phantom Soul Clan. He is a mechanical soul.
That mechanical soul called itself Li Hun, so it named this place Licheng.
All the Phantom Soul tribe in Li City are explorers who entered Area 53.
They were originally human beings who entered here in a spiritual state, but were controlled by Lihun and became members of Licheng.
Long Batian was originally one of the unlucky ones who accidentally entered here, but by chance, he broke away from the control of Lihun, so he could occasionally stay awake.
But he is not free, he still has the spiritual imprint of the departed soul in his body.
Once he is far away from Li Cheng, the spiritual imprint will directly explode his body.
The "ordinary people" outside Li City have only been suppressed by Li Hun's spiritual imprint, and they live here pretending to be "ordinary people".
When Lihun needs them to go out to fight, they will turn on the control of the spiritual imprint, and they can become warriors who go out to fight by putting on light armor.
In short, the entire city is operating under the control of Lihun.
Whether they are ordinary people or warriors, they all come according to his needs.
But according to Long Batian's observation, Li Hun is not always in control of everything.
Licheng should be operating on its own according to a certain set program, similar to how Lihun built Licheng into a huge mechanical equipment.
It's just that this "equipment" is too high-end, and many of the parts inside are made of people.
Listening to Long Batian's analysis, Qin Xiao nodded secretly.
No wonder he felt that many situations here seemed very dull before. It probably meant that Lihun couldn't really control everything and could only control this place in a program-like way.
While Long Batian was sorting out his thoughts, Qin Xiao took the initiative to ask: "Do you know the origin of the departed soul?"
