Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Until a certain moment, Shen Qian, who was deep in thought, was suddenly awakened by the frantically vibrating bracelet.
Shen Qian looked at the many messages that popped up on his bracelet in astonishment, and his expression gradually became surprised.
"Lizhou is submerged and all life is in ruins!"
"Shen Qian, where are you? Have you heard that there was an earthquake in Sucheng, and it is said that there were many scavengers..."
"Some people on the Internet said that Xincheng collapsed and many people fled into the restricted area. Others said that Shangzhou also collapsed. Now the school is completely blocked and we won't go out at all. Shen Qian, do you have any news outside?"
There was a variety of information on the bracelets. Some people were shocked to convey the information to Shen Qian, while others were confirming the authenticity of the information with Shen Qian.
Shen Qian took a look and found that the time span of these messages ranged from afternoon to evening, and most of them were sent by Junwu's classmates.
There are also some relatives and friends from Jingcheng. The second senior sister, third senior brother and fifth senior brother have also sent him messages, seemingly asking about the situation in Jiangzhou.
Shen Qian was puzzled at first, and then suddenly thought of something. He looked up at the center of the city, where some warriors from the city lord's palace were building a temporary communication tower.
During the previous subsidence in Jiangzhou, the signal tower located in the center of the city also collapsed, which resulted in Jiangzhou being virtually cut off from the outside world.
The bracelet was disconnected, and Shen Qian, who had been helping to defend the city, did not notice it.
At this time, as the temporary signal source was set up, the delayed information poured into the bracelet.
Shen Qian seemed to have thought of something again. He flipped his wrist and the Shanhai badge issued by the Martial Arts Association also appeared in his palm.
In addition to being a pass to the inner city, this badge is also a communicator within the mountains and seas.
It's just that when Shen Qian was refining, in order to avoid being disturbed, he directly turned off the function of receiving notifications, and now he remembered to turn it on.
"Message notifications have been re-enabled!"
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
With constant reminders, a cold female voice kept ringing in Shen Qian's ears, reporting to him one piece of missed information.
"Jiangzhou is submerged and scavengers are invading. Please ask nearby mountain and sea warriors to come to the rescue!"
"Lizhou has collapsed and scavengers have invaded. Please ask nearby mountain and sea warriors to come to the rescue!"
"Shangzhou subsidence..."
Shen Qian listened intently to the announcement in the badge, and after a moment he couldn't help but exhale.
The messy messages on the bracelet turned out to be true.
Jiangzhou, Lizhou, Shangzhou, Xincheng, Sucheng, Lincheng... six cities from the first and second provinces of Jiangzhong and the first province of Jiangdong all suffered subsidence at almost the same time. , and scavengers appeared in all of them.
No wonder something happened in Jiangzhou. Not as many mountain and sea warriors appeared here as expected. It turned out that Jiangzhou was only one of the cities affected.
The military warrior has a separate communication system. Shen Qian had only received the transfer order from the Lushu Battalion through Yu Shouji, but he ignored the details that only two battalions came to support.
Now, it all makes sense.
As Shen Qian continued to confirm with all parties, the context of the whole matter became clear.
All six cities were attacked by scavengers, and the subsequent directions were similar. Under the suppression of military warriors, the scavengers in the six cities were cleared away, leaving only large bodies of corpses. …
Except for the initial chaos, which caused a certain number of casualties in the respective cities, the riots from the scavengers felt a bit anticlimactic.
Shen Qian didn't understand what these scavengers wanted to do, but he had a vague idea that things were not as simple as they seemed.
After thinking about it, Shen Qian flashed and came to an abandoned house. He then took out the golden ball and boarded the Hall of Hundred Kings, which had not been online for a long time.
When his consciousness reappeared on the throne, Shen Qian entered the community directly without waiting for Wan Ning to come online.
The main hall with many thrones standing there looked very lonely at first glance, with almost no human beings visible.
The Star Council above the head was also dark, and the thirteen floating thrones were all empty.
Shen Qian frowned and then felt relieved.
There have been such big changes in the outside world. I'm afraid most people don't have time to go online at this time, so it's normal to be so deserted.
Shen Qian, who shook his head, was about to log off when a soft cry suddenly came from beside him.
"Hey, No. 98, is that you?"
The clear and sweet voice came from a throne further forward.
There, a figure of Mo Hu was leaning sideways, as if he was looking at Shen Qian with interest.
"No.9!"
Shen Qian was startled, then said hello in surprise, "I thought no one was online."
He was unfamiliar with most of the people in the Hundred Kings Palace, but No. 9 was considered a special one among them.
Not only because the other party looks like a lively and enthusiastic big sister, but also because the other party even sent a message to remind him before he and No. 56 went to the world of spiritual witches last time.
It later turned out that No. 56 did have a huge problem. No matter what mentality No. 9 had in giving him the warning at the time, judging from the results, at least No. 9 should be a more trustworthy member.
"Oh, I was just in a daze here, so I set up the stealth mode, hehe..."
No. 9 stretched and smiled.
It suddenly dawned on Shen Qian, no wonder he didn't notice the other party just now.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. Let me guess. Is it because of the Six Cities Changes that you suddenly came online?"
No. 9 asked.
"That's right, I want to find out if there is any inside information. The notification in the Shanhai Badge can't tell anything."
Shen Qian didn't shy away, nodding and admitting.
"Well, these scavengers must have an agenda, but I'm afraid no one can tell the reason for the time being. If we want to know the truth, we probably have to wait until the princes come back..."
"Waiting for the prince to come back?"
Shen Qian was surprised, "Aren't all the princes in China?"
Before, he was wondering why no prince appeared in the Jiangzhou subsidence, but now that he understood the meaning of No. 9's words, it was clear that there was something hidden behind it.
"As far as I know, just last night, all the ancient prisons overseas were lost. Except for the princes guarding Beidu and Demon City, most of the princes went to sea..."
No. 9 wrote lightly, but dropped an explosive news to Shen Qian.
"The ancient prison was lost?"
Shen Qian's body trembled.
That day, Shen Qian already knew about the existence of the ancient prison from the words of the fifth senior brother.
And these ancient prisons guarded by the most powerful people in the mountains and seas are all like forbidden places.
No one knows what is being held inside, and the powerful men from the mountains and seas who are responsible for guarding the ancient prison are all directly appointed by the Royal Council. …
Even Shanhai might not know the existence of these places.
Shen Qian didn't know what "the ancient prison was lost" meant, but from the fact that all the princes went overseas, it could be seen that the consequences must be extremely serious.
No wonder there was no response from him when he contacted Uncle Pingyang and Uncle Luo Shen.
The appearance of the black mist, the fall of the six cities, and the fall of the ancient prison, all these things happened in a very short period of time, and there seemed to be an inexplicable connection behind them.
Shen Qian tried to chat with No. 9 again, but unfortunately No. 9, who had a mysterious origin, did not give any more useful information.
Finally, Shen Qian pretended to casually ask about No. 56, but No. 9 also seemed unaware.
Shen Qian could only judge that either Baiwang Palace had quietly erased everything about No. 56, or Baiwang Palace was still unaware of No. 56's identity.
…
Shen Qian stayed in Jiangzhou for three days.
If it were just the mountain and sea warriors who came to help guard the situation, they could retreat first after the situation calmed down. However, Shen Qian still held a military position, and as the commander of the Lushu Camp, he had to wait until the situation completely calmed down.
It wasn't until the commissioner of the Martial Arts Department came and the City Lord's Mansion took over the reconstruction work of Jiangzhou City again. Shen Qian sent Yuan You away first, and then settled Wan Ning and Jiang Xuan in place. Then he took the sergeants of the Ninth Company and Under the command of Yu Shouji, he returned to the station.
Later, Shen Qian returned to school.
In the past three days, officials issued a brief report on the fall of the Six Cities. The total number of casualties in the Six Cities exceeded 400,000, and the corpses of the scavengers who attacked the Six Cities exceeded 100,000 according to subsequent statistics.
Since the Lucheng incident more than ten years ago, the human race has not had such a major accident for a long time, and the whole country was shocked.
Compared with the uproar from the outside world, Shen Qian is more concerned about the situation overseas.
Shen Qian met Uncle Pingyang who had returned from overseas a day ago.
Uncle Pingyang did not hide anything from Shen Qian's inquiry.
"A group of guards from three ancient prisons overseas rebelled at the same time. They killed other guards and released the prisoners in the ancient prisons. Most of them are missing now."
"Missing?" Shen Qian was a little disbelieving, "Can the prince find no trace of them even if he takes action?"
"The situation overseas is far more complicated than you think. The deep sea is where the most doors are. Most of them should have entered those doors. You should know that there are many doors that princes cannot enter. of."
Facing Shen Qian's question, Pingyang Bo said with a hint of helplessness, "Some of the prison guards who had not had time to escape have been killed by Xuan Minghou, who was the first to be alert, but for the rest, it is impossible to find them for the time being. "
"Principal, why did the prison guards suddenly rebel collectively?"
Shen Qian couldn't help but ask.
"The reason is currently unknown. The prison guards who were found have lost their minds and cannot ask anything. However... there may be the shadow of the defected Tuodong Hou behind this incident."
Uncle Pingyang's voice was low.
Tuo Donghou?
While Shen Qian was surprised, he was also wary of Da Sheng.
Judging from what happened before, Tuodong Hou had some kind of collusion with the Spirit Witch Clan. Unexpectedly, the other party had other plans to escape overseas.
Thinking that he and Tuo Donghou were on opposite sides, Shen Qian had trouble sleeping and eating. …
Now it is equivalent to the other party having another powerful force called "Mountain and Sea Prison Guard" in their hands...
"About those scavengers..."
"This matter is still under investigation by the Martial Arts Department. The fall of Six Cities should have nothing to do with Marquis Tuodong."
Knowing what Shen Qian wanted to ask, Pingyang Bo waved his hand and said, "One hundred and twelve years ago, the chaos before the opening of the Ten Gates was far worse than now. These are just signs before the great changes. Treat them with a normal mind. Can."
"Our human race is far more powerful now than it was then. There should be no major chaos, and you don't have to worry too much."
Shen Qian didn't know whether Uncle Pingyang was consoling him, but he had no choice but to give up.
Things seemed to be exactly as Uncle Pingyang said. A few days after Shen Qian returned to school, the suspension of classes was cancelled, and the discussion on the Internet about the fall of the Six Cities gradually subsided. Since that day, no evil incidents have occurred in China. Everything seems to be back to the way it was before.
Or maybe it's just the calm before the storm.
…
Jiang Zhongjun Wudong Campus.
At this time, more than a week had passed since the Jiangzhou subsidence.
Shen Qian stood under a dark mountain range, waiting for the settlement information of the level.
After a series of changes, plus a trip to the geocentric city, Shen Qian already felt a great sense of crisis.
He didn't know what the coming changes would bring, and the only thing he could do was to quickly improve his strength.
And according to Shen Qian's current knowledge, he also has a shortcut... the Vientiane Tower!
If I don't go to the Vientiane Tower, the more than ten military performance orders on my body will become rusty.
But the Vientiane Tower also has a threshold, that is, you must have cleared the three-star secret realm at least three times as a prerequisite.
This condition is neither high nor low. Judging from the average hardware facilities of domestic martial arts universities, Samsung Secret Realm is only the minimum requirement for graduates in all martial arts universities, which is somewhat similar to CET-4 and CET-6 in liberal arts.
There are a total of thirteen secret realms in Jiangzhong Junwu.
According to the clearance rules of the secret realm, in order to clear the three-star secret realm, you must first clear two or more two-star secret realms, and entering the two-star secret realm requires the experience of clearing two or more one-star secret realms.
With Shen Qian's strength, it would be easy to clear low-level secret realms.
In fact, except for the "Long River of Death", which is known as the only six-star secret realm in the country, even the two five-star secret realms of Jiang Zhongjunwu are not difficult for Shen Qian today.
However, to enter the secret realm, you must first have an A-level or higher rating corresponding to the martial arts simulation mechanism card, and you have to queue up, so Shen Qian spent a full week before finally getting the qualification to enter the three-star secret realm the day before yesterday.
It took another two days, and Shen Qian just came out of the "Ten Thousand Bandits Mountain" behind him for the third time.
Wanpi Mountain is an extremely classic three-star secret realm. It is said to be based on some classic Chinese Jianghu elements.
There are literally tens of thousands of bandits on this dark mountain range, with strengths ranging from novice warriors to advanced warriors.
It is common for students who enter Wanbi Mountain to spend ten and a half days there.
Shen cleared the level three times in the past two days, which is considered extremely efficient.
After waiting for a moment, Shen Qian received the "customs clearance settlement". As expected, the evaluation level was "sss".
Shen Qian, who entered Wanbi Mountain for the third time, finally received a perfect rating, which also meant that he broke the domestic secret realm clearance record for the fourth time in these ten days.
At the same time, it is equivalent to harvesting at least three martial arts orders.
Including the ones he had before, Shen Qian actually owned more than twenty martial arts orders.
"It's time to visit the Vientiane Tower."
Shen Qian went all the way to the east campus with anticipation, and finally came to an ancient pagoda with a height of 1,000 meters.
The Vientiane Tower is a super-large secret realm spread all over the world. The ancient tower in front of you is actually just an entry port, not the real Vientiane Tower.
But even if it is just a port, the ancient pagoda in front of you is extremely majestic.
This made Shen Qian even more excited about what the real Vientiane Tower would look like!
Gathering his mind, Shen Qian strode into the ancient pagoda.
