There was darkness in the wide sewer, and the deep hole seemed to suck out all the light.
No wonder Mego is scared. Even a battle-experienced person like Qian Weining has to prepare his mind in advance and take a deep breath for a long time.
Chen Jingshu was calm because she knew where the sewer led to.
Ren Xiaosu realized that the entire bounty hunter organization probably already played a very important role in the underground world of Ghent City, and they were very familiar with this place.
He looked at the sewer outlet and asked curiously: "Wait a minute, this is a sewer built with modern technology. Although it is very dilapidated, the problem is that this kind of technology is not available in the wizarding country."< /p>
The concrete on the wall of the sewer opening has been severely corroded, and even the steel bars inside are exposed.
This was the first time Ren Xiaosu saw the reinforced concrete building structure in the wizarding country. It was as novel as when he saw the ruins of human civilization in Jingshan.
So, the entire city of Ghent was built on the basis of a pre-catastrophic human city, which surprised Ren Xiaosu.
Moreover, he was even more surprised that the sewer could be preserved for so long.
Theoretically, the service life of reinforced concrete is very high and has no upper limit.
But in fact, as long as these buildings are exposed to the air, they will naturally be affected by oxidation, weathering, rain and snow. If the steel bars inside the concrete rot, they will be damaged faster.
Therefore, the construction technology level of this sewer before the disaster must be very high, otherwise it would not be able to survive 200 years later.
Chen Jingshu looked at Ren Xiaosu: "Is this kind of construction technology common in China?"
"Basically, it is the same in the barrier," Ren Xiaosu nodded: "At least it is better than masonry. The buildings should be more practical."
Chen Jingshu said: "Actually, when the disaster came, most people in the Wizarding Kingdom lived in this underground city, and everyone turned the original air-raid shelter into a new one. Home, lingering inside."
Everyone around them listened quietly. Even Qian Weining heard about these things for the first time. These are past events that the wizard organization no longer wants to mention.
Chen Jingshu continued: "After the disaster passed, the wizards took everyone back to the surface to rebuild their homes on the surface. They got along well at first, but when Russell died, the wizard organization began to intensify. Exploiting ordinary people, divisions appeared in the human group after the disaster."
When everyone was underground, everyone united to fight against the cruel disaster period. Although there were injustices at that time, there were some. The existence of Russell and the new wizard forces around him was at least tolerable.
Because Russell himself is extremely charming, everyone is willing to regard him as a leader and trust him to handle things fairly.
At that time, Russell even established a temporary post-disaster committee underground.A temporary underground court was also established. Even if wizards break the law and bully ordinary people, they will still be punished.
And what’s even more cruel is that if a wizard breaks the law, the Eye of True Seeing will be confiscated directly.
A wizard without the Eye of True Seeing is the same as an ordinary person.
At that time, various wizards and old nobles also wanted to fight against Russell, but they could not defeat Russell before the disaster, let alone after the disaster.
These old nobles can't even support themselves, so they can't raise so many sons. Without the soil for the existence of blood-inherited witchcraft, they can only be hung up and beaten by Russell.
So, when everyone returns to the surface, the reason why everyone wants to kill Russell so much is because they know that as long as Russell is still there, the old wizard aristocracy will never be able to stand up again.
At that time, Russell had already begun planning for the wizard school. If he were allowed to break down the class barriers between wizards and ordinary people, the bloodline system of wizard aristocrats would naturally be disintegrated.
In order not to hand over their exclusive witchcraft and to ensure the continuation of their bloodline, the nobles instigated Russell's servant Voss to poison Russell.
As soon as Russell died, the new wizarding forces naturally dissipated, and most of the survivors died in the encirclement and suppression of the old nobles.
When the exploitation system was re-established, some people could not bear to be exploited, so they had huge differences with the old wizard aristocracy.
In order not to be killed, they returned to the underground world and continued to survive in the dark world.
The people from the Holy Church organization also followed everyone back underground that time.
Chen Jingshu looked at Ren Xiaosu and said: "The days of hiding underground are difficult. The wizards and old nobles came down to encircle and suppress them many times at first. Everyone had to avoid their pursuit. Fortunately, this underground world is enough. It’s so huge that it’s not easy for them to find our traces. Later, everyone discovered that it was actually okay to live underground, and supplies gradually became abundant, and the surface and underground became two completely independent operating systems.”
"Then why did you suddenly come out again now? I think you must be making big moves, right?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously: "What makes you take the risk to come out, even if you lose your life."
"Because The underground building facilities are close to decay," Chen Jingshu said: "According to estimates, if this underground structure persists for another twenty years at most, it will probably collapse, so we have no choice but to return to the surface."
"Oh, so before returning to the surface, you have to solve the problem of the old wizard aristocrats. Otherwise, you will be dead if you come to the surface." Ren Xiaosu nodded and said: "But it's too late for you to act. The wizards on the surface have already It’s become a trend.”
“We have to look for a chance of survival,” Chen Jingshu sighed: “We all know that this is difficult, but how can we know where the chance is if we don’t fight for it?”
< p>"Now you have found it," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.Chen Jingshu said calmly: "You want to say, youThis is the glimmer of hope, right? "
"You can all answer the questions, and you are making progress," Ren Xiaosu said. "Without external help, you will not be able to defeat these wizards even if you develop for another two hundred years. You can't defeat these wizards just by relying on those smooth-talking dudes from the wizard family." You can't handle such a big thing, so you can only rely on external help. "
Chen Anan on the side said stubbornly: "We are also very powerful. "
"It's a pity that you don't have rich fighting experience. It's unrealistic to always hope for the internal transformation of the wizard aristocracy. How can these vested interests really help you? "Ren Xiaosu said: "So, you need to let those exploited proletarian comrades stand up... Forget it, otherwise something will happen. ”
Chen Jingshu was stunned for a moment after hearing this: “Then why do you say that you are this glimmer of hope? I don’t think you have any experience in fighting. You are unfamiliar with the place here. You go and join forces.” Who? And besides, I know that you won't stay in the wizarding country for long at all, and you don't have the time and energy to do these things. "
Ren Xiaosu smiled and said: "What Russell did back then, I will do now. "
The so-called Russell's method is, of course, to hang up the old nobles and beat them up, and then maintain a high degree of agreement with everyone.
But Ren Xiaosu is more ruthless than Russell Although he is not good at fighting, he is good at killing people.
Russell does not kill people because he is a member of the wizard group, but Ren Xiaosu is not. He has no mercy for the wizards from the beginning. In their hearts, there is only blood hatred between them.
Qian Weining and others listened to the conversation between the two, and then became more and more silent.
Just yesterday, Qian Weining. I thought that Ren Xiaosu just wanted to kill the wizard, but now I realized that the other party actually wanted to challenge the entire wizarding country.
The two things seemed to have similar processes, but the results were completely different. The difficulty is also completely different.
Ren Xiaosu turned around and smiled at Qian Weining and others: "Don't be afraid, even if you fail, you can follow me to Middle-earth. This is the retreat I leave for you. "
"Master, don't worry too much. As long as the master doesn't abandon us, we will follow him to the death," Qian Weining hurriedly expressed his loyalty.
At this time, Chen Jingshu went to the side to chop down branches, and then Ask An An to wrap the oilcloth around the branches and light it.
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment: "What is this for? "
"Light the torch," Chen Jingshu said: "You must follow me closely after entering the cave entrance. If you go the wrong way with the torch, you will either enter some death zone and be poisoned, or it will suddenly cause an explosion. Blow yourself up. ”
“Dead zone? Exploded to death? Ren Xiaosu said in a daze: "Is there any mechanism in the sewer? Who set it up?" "
Chen Jingshu said: "Maybe it was set up by the people who built this underground city. The explosions always come very suddenly, and I don't know why. ”
Ren Xiaosu couldn't laugh or cry: "What kind of mechanism is this? It was clearly your torch that ignited the methane accumulated underground, and then caused the explosion."
This huge underground city must have been designed at the beginning. I have considered the ventilation problem, but after such a long time, the ventilation facilities have been damaged and some parts of the interior have collapsed, which will definitely cause the accumulation of methane gas. It would be strange if the torch does not explode when it is approached.
So this thing is not a mechanism deliberately set up by someone at all...
Ren Xiaosu said: "Okay, don't light the torch."
He started from The palace took out more than a dozen bright flashlights and distributed them, and then he took out a tritium lamp as lighting equipment. It is said that this tritium lamp was snatched from the Qing family earlier.
Chen Jingshu, Qian Weining and others held the flashlights in confusion: "What is this?"
"Press the switch," Ren Xiaosu demonstrated for them. A beam of light shone into the sewer, illuminating a distance of tens of meters at once, and the entire sewer was as bright as day.
Chen Jingshu was immediately shocked: "What is this?!"
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly had the illusion that a high-level civilization was crushing a low-level civilization...
He explained patiently: "This is technology, a device that uses electricity as energy to provide lighting effects. If a flashlight is only turned on at the lowest setting, it should be able to provide dozens of hours of lighting time."
Qian Weining looked at the flashlight in his hand as if he had found a treasure: "Master, you actually gave us such a precious thing to use?"
Ren Xiaosu couldn't laugh or cry: "This What a precious item. This is the standard equipment for combat troops in Middle-earth! You really don’t know much about Middle-earth, and you don’t know much about technology under the control of the wizard organization.”
"Is Middle-earth so magical?" Qian Weining said with emotion. At this moment, he actually had the urge to go to Middle-earth and see it.
Ren Xiaosu said with a smile: "A bright flashlight can surprise you. How surprised will you be when you see things like cameras, running water, and televisions? Don't worry, I will even need you in the future." If you stay in the northwest branch of Daxing, you can also go to Middle-earth frequently."
The Wizarding Country is only a thousand kilometers away from Fortress 178, which is not that far away with modern transportation. And, if you drive a steam train at full speed, it will only take ten hours.
At this time, Chen Jingshu looked at the tritium lamp in Ren Xiaosu's hand: "Then what is this in your hand?"
"This thing is called a tritium lamp," Ren Xiaosu said: " It uses radioactive materials as lighting energy and can last for 20 years or even longer without being damaged. "Wow! 20 years?" Everyone around them exclaimed.
For a moment, Ren Xiaosu felt like he was facing a group of curious babies.
He silently looked at these curious babies, and then took out a military telescope and handed it to them.To Qian Weining: "Here, try it, this thing can make you see very far."
"Wow! So clear!" Qian Weining exclaimed: "What is this thing that is so magical?" ? ”
Chen Jingshu took the telescope and discovered that she could even see details hundreds of meters away through this weird tool!
"Is this the technology of Middle-earth?" Chen Jingshu murmured.
Everyone passed the telescope around to play with, and then each one expressed their inner exclamation.
"I just like how you look like you have never seen the world," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
These words made Chen Jingshu and others feel a little uncomfortable, but they didn’t know how to refute...
Ren Xiaosu glanced at them, then took out a pistol and put on a silencer , fired a shot at the sparrow flying in the sky.
The sparrow was beaten until its feathers flew away, and it fell straight to the ground.
"Wow, so awesome?" The people around were amazed again.
Ren Xiaosu asked Qian Weining to pick up the sparrow: "Look at the wounds on this sparrow."
Qian Weining checked and found that the sparrow's body had been beaten. Weared, bloody and bloody.
He said in shock: "Master, is this the weapon of China?"
Qian Weining is 31 years old this year, so he did not participate in the war 17 years ago, but He had heard of Middle-earth weapons.
But at that time, when he heard other people describe firearms, he was always a little skeptical. It was not until this moment that he understood how cruel this thing was.
"This is on the edge of Ghent, so I can't show you the power of other weapons. The pistol is just the least powerful one," Ren Xiaosu explained: "Its characteristic is that it has long-range accuracy. It is much more powerful than a bow and arrow, and it is extremely fast and almost impossible to dodge."
Chen Jingshu said: "This thing is much more powerful than the sleeve arrow."
For example, people like Chen Jingshu and Qian Weining can understand the difference between firearms and bows and arrows in an instant, while Mego, Li Guoguo, and Liu Ting can only stay at "It's awesome!" "Wow!" "Wow!" "Fuck!" At this stage, they know that this thing is powerful, but they don't know how powerful it is...
Ren Xiaosu put the pistol into Qian Weining's hand: "I will have the opportunity to practice shooting with you in the next few days. , after you get familiar with it, I will equip each of you with 100 rounds of ammunition."
Qian Weining was immediately moved: "Master, you can also give this thing to us. You are so generous!"
"Ahem, you have all sworn allegiance, of course I can't hide my secrets," Ren Xiaosu said.
Chen Jingshu hesitated for a moment: "Can you sell me one? I can pay for it. Is a hundred gold coins enough?"
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu was serious at this moment. I really want to make an arms deal with the wizarding country. A mediocre pistol can be exchanged for one here.Hundreds of gold coins? This is such a huge profit, isn’t it?
However, Ren Xiaosu did not accept the deal in the end. Instead, he directly gave Chen Jingshu a pistol. He put the pistol into Chen Jingshu's hand and said: "I can give it to you for free, but before I teach you how to shoot, you must first Don't use it, it's easy to get into trouble. Also, you must remember that this thing is extremely dangerous, and the gun should never be pointed at your own people."
Ren Xiaosu suddenly thought of issuing guns to these people. I may have taken some detours before.
What he thought before was to form the first wizard knights. This kind of magic turret regiment with extremely strong combat effectiveness is almost as strong as a bomber. It is powerful just thinking about it, and it does not cost money or waste ammunition. .
But then Ren Xiaosu was thinking, since pistols and automatic rifles are not worth a lot of money anyway, and bullets are not worth a lot of money, then why doesn't he arm these people with modern weapons before they become wizards? force?
With an automatic rifle and a heavy machine gun, wouldn’t it be better to hang them up to fight the cavalry? If we find favorable terrain, it would be no problem for more than a hundred people to defeat several thousand cavalry, right?
Moreover, Qian Weining also showed off a unique skill on the way north: the secret distance measurement method!
This thing sounds mysterious, but it’s actually just raising your thumb up as a secret reference to measure the enemy’s distance.
In other words, Qian Weining is simply a natural-born artilleryman...with a little training, he can carry a long-distance mortar and run around. Although it is a physical strike, it is actually not as powerful as a witch. There's not much difference in magic, right, and it's much more ruthless than those little wizards...
Even Ren Xiaosu now doesn't dare to say that he can ignore artillery fire. At most, he can just dodge the ballistics. If he really wants to have artillery shells If you hit him, he will die.
Things that even Xiaosu is afraid of, let alone wizards.
So, before establishing the Wizard Knights, it is better to establish the first modern army in the Wizarding Kingdom. Anyway, he has the arms...
"Let's go in first. Let’s talk again,” Ren Xiaosu said.
Chen Jingshu led the way with a bright flashlight, and everyone’s footsteps made a splashing sound on the sewage. The sound echoed in the pipes, which sounded particularly abrupt.
Ren Xiaosu looked at the wall of the sewer and saw some strange graffiti, some in Chinese and some in wizard language. The words were colorful, like a special spiritual symbol.
He cannot understand wizarding language, but he can understand Chinese.
The words "freedom" and "resistance" are written on the wall, along with bold and weird patterns.
Ren Xiaosu asked: "Who wrote these?"
"Of course they are the underground residents," Chen Jingshu said: "It's just casual graffiti. I heard that before the disaster, everyone I just like to graffiti on the wall."
"I heard before that the Norman family killed all the underground people in order to find Donnelly?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"Almost," Chen Jingshu said calmly.Jing said quietly: "Probably killed less than half, but after more than a hundred years, they are no longer familiar with the situation underground, so our newly found hiding place was not discovered by them. It was also that incident, Only then did we make up our minds to go to the surface and no longer let others slaughter us."
Ren Xiaosu used tritium lamps to illuminate the walls on both sides, and suddenly felt that the graffiti had a strange chaotic beauty.
As we walked further, the scene in front of us suddenly became clearer, and a wider underground world appeared in front of everyone: a huge spillway capable of driving tanks, staggered steps, and overhead To the unusual steel.
The accumulation of decay on the steel was so thick that Ren Xiaosu suspected that those things would shatter to pieces at the slightest touch.
Chen Jingshu followed his gaze and explained: "Those things above the head are probably pipes before the disaster, and no one has touched them for a long time."
Ren Xiaosu was amazed. With emotion, this place is like an abandoned underground factory, full of tough mystery.
There are also those colorful graffiti that can be seen everywhere, and more of them have become portraits, such as angels with withered wings, such as the back of a person, such as crows and tigers.
The patterns here have no clear structure, as if someone just drew whatever they thought of.
Chen Jingshu said: "Actually, these patterns hide mysteries. They contain some route instructions. Only a few underground people can understand them. These people are all underground leaders."
"So you can understand that you are also one of the leaders?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously.
"I'm not, but Chen An'an and Chen Cheng's fathers are," Chen Jingshu explained.
Ren Xiaosu was thinking at this time, if the underground people really wanted to resist the spirit, would his weapons be enough to arm a resistance army?
Chen Jingshu and the others have never seen modern weapons, so they feel that there must be enough wizards to overthrow the wizards. After all, ordinary people cannot fight against the wizards.
But Ren Xiaosu feels that this matter is not that complicated anymore...
Modern thermal weapons are enough to kill gods, let alone a group of false gods?
Ren Xiaosu touched the paint on the wall: "This is not ordinary paint, but made from ground minerals, right? Only in this way can they maintain such bright colors underground."
Ordinary pigments cannot be preserved for a long time, especially when exposed to dirty air. Mineral pigments are different. The decay period of minerals is much longer than that of ordinary pigments.
Hearing Ren Xiaosu’s question, Chen Jingshu’s expression immediately changed and she chose to avoid the question.
Ren Xiaosu continued: "So you continued to dig a larger space based on the original underground world to find these colorful minerals, otherwise such things would not appear in the sewers. No. The reason why the Man family failed to encircle and suppress you is because they didn’t know that you had dug up other dimensions, such asSecond, third and fourth floors underground. "
Chen Jingshu frowned: "I look down on you a bit. "
"Don't be so surprised," Ren Xiaosu said with a smile: "When my companions come here, they will refresh your knowledge. "
Then, when they traveled a few hundred meters further, a voice suddenly came from the front: "Who? Report your identity! "
"On Monday, the gods fell," Chen Jingshu replied in code.
Qian Weining, who was behind Ren Xiaosu, took a few steps forward and stood in front of the new master, guarding him carefully. , he swept away the flashlight beam, and suddenly a young man with tattoos on his face appeared.
Chen Jingshu explained to Ren Xiaosu: "People with tattoos on their faces can no longer integrate. The people in the surface cities are the guardians of the entire underground world. "
Ren Xiaosu suddenly felt that the world beneath Ghent City was more like a product of the wasteland era than any place he had ever seen before.
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