Deep Sea Embers Chapter 353: The second waterway

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"This is a safe place. For at least the past fifty years, the Frost authorities have never known that there are secrets like this hidden under their feet," Nemo Wilkins walked into this deep underground hideout. He turned around and said to Duncan and the others who came in, with obvious pride in his tone, "These ancient sewers are criss-crossed, and most of the areas have been abandoned, so they are dry and safe. There are also some branch roads leading to the upper pipelines. system, but all the connecting ports are safe, even if one or two are discovered, the city hall cannot search the entire underground structure—they don’t have that many people.”

As the "tavern owner" said, he came to a nearby concrete wall and turned the valve on a certain pipe, and there was a faint hissing sound of airflow from afar——soon there were more The gas lamps were turned on, and those gas lamps that had been kept bright also became brighter.

"Actually, the current Frost City Hall can maintain the basic operation of the city is quite good," he turned around, grinning, with a hint of mockery on his slender face, "Half a century ago What is hidden in the sewers? I am afraid that only the old craftsmen who served the Frost Queen can explain it clearly."

Is this a facility left over from the Queen's era? !

Fan Na immediately guessed the truth from the other party's words, she opened her eyes slightly in surprise, "These underground waterways...how did you hide them?"

Nemo shrugged: "I haven't experienced the chaos half a century ago, but my grandfather told me half my life-he told me that the Frost Queen once built a huge underground for the entire city-state." The structure was originally designed to cope with land pressure and lay the foundation for the long-term development of the city-state. These underground structures included underground waterways, power pipelines, power grids, and a complete set of transportation systems that were world-leading at the time, and the sewers in front of you are the deepest among them. One - Strictly speaking, it should have been named 'Second Waterway', because there is a

The first waterway is the sewer system currently used by Frost.

"After the Great Rebellion, the city-state did not actually

It fell at the first time-although the rebels later publicized that they've completely disintegrated the last guard of the Mad Queen in a very short period of time, but the actual situation is that in the Queen's Palace-that is, today's For seventy-two hours after the city center was taken, the battle continued. The loyalists who stayed in the city went from the ground to the ground. In the criss-crossing subway stations and power pipeline network, there were people fighting everywhere.

"The rebels who invaded the city center are announcing victory, the newspapers are publishing the news of the regime change, the citizens are hiding in their homes and worrying, the subway station is blocked, people lie on the ground near the tube well, listening to the distant Various disturbing sounds came from the depths.

"All this continued until the day of the execution—the roar of the collapse of the sea cliff shook the entire city, and finally ended the last underground resistance.

"After that, the Queen's Guards blew up all the shafts leading to the second waterway, and closed the gates connecting with the first waterway. , the entire second waterway is completely separated from the upper layer.”

As Nemo Wilkins said, he raised his head and glanced at the thick dome above, as if he wanted to scan the busy streets of the city-state above through the layers of steel, cement and stone.

"In fact, the new government established by the rebels was not ignorant of this sewer. They knew the existence of the Frost Underworld—but so what? They just knew of its existence. .

"The sea cliffs collapsed, the city was severely damaged, and the frost after the civil war took decades to recover, and the boiling gold became the only remaining economic pillar of the city. The splendor in the history books remains, until today, the city is still using the plumbing system left by the Queen.

"Under such circumstances, who has the ability to search the huge webway deep underground in the city-state? The cost of reopening the vertical and reorganizing the second waterway is unacceptable for the new government—and for the war For Frost, whose population and city size have shrunk in the future, it is enough to have the 'first waterway' on the upper level."

"Since it's enough, let's make do with it." Fan Na suddenly remembered Morris not long ago

Subconsciously murmured a sentence once said.

"That's right, enough is enough. This city is already riddled with holes, and I really can't afford to go to war again," Nemo said with a smile, "Besides, for such a big city, even the sewers There's a little 'moss in the depths, no big deal, cults of heresy, dark growths, shadows of the night, out-of-control anomalies—there's a lot of stuff in the gutter, and none of them are bigger than us. Worth the headache for the authorities and the church."

Duncan didn't say much all the time, but just listened to the "informant"'s rambling narration, and then he suddenly said: "Such a huge underground facility, and I think there are gas and electricity supplies here-no Maybe it was maintained by you alone?"

"Of course not," Nemo Wilkins laughed. The descendants of the Queen's Guard, such as me, and some brothers and sisters who passed the test under General Tirian and were confirmed to be loyal and reliable—but they are not suitable to show up."

"...Tirion said he planted some 'informants' in Frost, he is really modest," Duncan couldn't help but shook his head, "That kid actually buried such a large area in Frost Power..."

Nemo heard the name Duncan used when referring to Tirian. The expression on the middle-aged man's face stiffened obviously, but he didn't say anything.

While several people were talking, Morris was always observing the underground world with great interest. The valves and pipeline branches installed in the later stage suddenly asked after a while: "Are you still controlling the entire second waterway?"

"Strictly speaking, it's only a small part of it," Nemo shook his head regretfully, "Although I really want to say that the entire underground kingdom is under control, after all, our manpower is limited, and the scale of the entire Second Waterway exceeds It's hard to imagine—only about one-fifth of the abandoned sewers are under our control now, other areas are either isolated from each other by collapse, abandoned, or covered with toxic sewage, and some places are eroded by dangerous forces and difficult to access. "

"Dangerous power erosion?" Fan Na immediately frowned, her professional sensitive cells began to throb.

"Sometimes, hunted illegal transcendents stray into the sewers, and they die down here, causing widespread pollution, but more often than not, it's the darkness itself that breeds monsters," Nemo said, "After all, this is a huge underground world. The gas we sneaked in from the pipe well above cannot maintain the lighting of the entire Second Waterway. When the brightness is not enough... Some places fall into darkness, and they will fall into darkness forever .”

Fan Na stared, not knowing what to say for a moment, she just felt a little suffocated.

Come from Prosperous Prosperity, and as the protector of city-state order, she really can't imagine that a city would allow such a thing to happen-a large-scale underground facility has been in a state of darkness for a long time, and even has begun to breed shadows , Can’t be purified, is that okay?

However, the facts in front of us prove that this is indeed possible, and the Frost people have lived like this for half a century, and nothing major seems to happen.

"It is not ruled out that there will occasionally be unlucky ones who strayed into the ground and disappear, or the death rate of the guards at night is higher than that of other city-states, but everyone is used to it."

Nemo obviously saw the astonished expression on Fanna's face. He had already judged that the people in front of him were all "foreigners", so he naturally knew why the other party was surprised.

"Clean up several dangerous areas on the first waterway and the branch line of the subway every few years ~IndoMTL.com~ Pour incense and holy ashes into the ground every few years, and increase the death pensions of the guards a bit, so that The gatekeeper usually makes two more trips, and most ordinary people are still alive... This is already a very good situation.”

Speaking, the "tavern owner" paused, and turned his head with a smile: "Believe me, most city-states are actually not much better, and they have not been much better since ancient times."

Duncan and the others looked at each other for a while, not knowing what to say, and there was a short and awkward silence

Afterwards, it was Fan Na who spoke first—she looked at Morris next to her and asked, "What's your judgment?"

"Thinking and memory should be clear with no signs of cognitive disturbance."

Maurice answered Fanna's question, but his eyes kept falling on Nemo Wilkins, and in the old scholar's eyes, a pale silver glow was gradually dissipating.

Nemo blinked, with a confused expression on his face: "What are you guys talking about?"

Duncan turned his gaze and watched the other party quietly: "Mr. Nemo, congratulations, you are not affected by cognitive interference.