The Record of Unusual Creatures Chapter 1117: Twilight capital
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People do n’t need to travel through all nine kingdoms to reach Midgard—in fact, after Heimdall ’s death, Midgard ’s space was fixed on the seventh floor of the nine kingdoms. Behind the solidified space chain, there is also the Nibelung, the kingdom of the dead, and Nivelheim, the underworld. It is said that the situation in those two countries is worse than in other places, but at present Hao Ren is not planning to go there.
They arrived at the destination of this trip: Midgard's Twilight Capital.
Midgard, in the days when the Nordic gods flourished, it was the "atrium" of the nine kingdoms. It is said that Odin led the gods to open up various kingdoms on the branches of Yugudola Hill, and divided the atrium into a place for human existence. In the memory of Vivian, this continent is actually the Nordic "Gods" "Our human experiment base and observation test field. But no matter what it looked like, it is now similar to other countries.
Midgard ’s sky appears reddish lead, and the extremely dim sky is almost the same as midnight. The turbid and thick clouds cover the dry and twisted ground, and it seems as if it is about to collapse. Under the sky, the charred land can no longer be seen in the past. There are continuous smoke and poisonous mist between the crisscross ravines, and the tentacles of First born meander out from some of the largest seams On the land after the disaster, a ridge-like protrusion was formed. Midgard once had several rivers flowing through the entire continent and a verdant mountains, but now the rivers have dried up and the mountains have become bare. Between the burnt mountains, the last of this "world" is hidden Tinder: Twilight Capital.
The spherical aircraft glides silently in the dark, gradually approaching the energy source in front, and the situation of the twilight capital is presented to everyone through holographic projection.
It was a city of unprecedented scale, but it was also a chaotic, antiquated, crumbling city. Hao Ren saw a dim barrier shrouded between the mountains. The barrier was translucent and irregular in shape, just like someone tried to expand it into what it is today. Inside the barrier, you can vaguely see large and strange buildings. The buildings are stacked one on top of the other, filling every inch of space in the barrier like biological tissue with a diseased hyperplasia, as described by Wendell.
The spherical vehicle stopped at a distance from the twilight capital, and Anthony asked, "Where is the entrance?"
Wendel is obviously a bit uncomfortable with this perspective from the sky. He stood on the edge of the platform for a long time to understand the direction of the city, and raised his finger to the corner of the barrier near the corner of the mountains: "There is one of the gates."
"Is there any formalities for going in and out?" Hao Ren asked casually.
Wendle just shrugged silently: "Who do you do with the procedure?"
Hao Ren soon understood the meaning of this sentence:
Inside the barrier is the only refuge for human beings, and outside the barrier is the endless darkness of lifelessness. This can almost be regarded as a one-way passage between the living and the dead, except for the light seeker. Who would dare to go out the door? And in this dark and eternal night, who will come in from outside the gate?
Maybe thousands of years ago, the gates of the Twilight Capital had passed through, but now, even the relevant cards may be useless.
"We probably have to deal with the Steam Council after entering," Wendell said. "They manage the city."
When the old man mentioned the name "Steam Council", his face was a bit complicated, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction in his respect: he respected the city managers, but this "Steam Council" did Not much support. In fact, as a pragmatic ruling collective. It is the Steam Council that is constantly reducing the size of the team of light seekers, and recently issued a notice that it will no longer send light seekers.
This complicates Wendell ’s feelings about Parliament.
"Steam Council? We are not very interested in this," Vivian shook his head. "We want to see your 'Ancient Saint' first. He still shelters Twilight."
An "Ancient Saint" that came out suddenly two thousand years ago and has sheltered Midgard humans to this day. This has caused Vivian to have great interest. She vaguely guessed the identity of this ancient Saint, and this also It is an important reason for her coming here.
Wendel looked at Vivian in surprise: "The ancient Saint is still sheltering us ... but I am afraid it will not be so easy for you to see him."
Hao Ren raised an eyebrow: "He does n’t see anyone?"
Wendel shook his head: "The ancient sage hasn't appeared in many years. Now only the caregivers in the lower zone can see him. There are thousands of people in the twilight capital who want to meet the ancient sage. People simply do n’t have this qualification. "
Vivian smiled slightly: "We are from other countries, I think this identity is enough to arouse the interest of the ancient saint."
Windell's expression changed momentarily, obviously approving the Vivian sentence. He groaned a little: "Well, it makes sense. Gu Sheng will be very happy if I hear from you. I can send you a letter through the light seeker's organization. We still have a little friendship with the caregiver. But in any case, the Steam Council will definitely pay attention to you-they manage the entire city, and everything that happens inside the barrier can't be concealed from them. To be honest, I want to avoid provoking the Steam Council as much as possible. They ... are very conservative. Will block. "
Hao Ren waved his hand to signal that it did n’t matter, and then Anthony controlled the spherical aircraft towards the gate of the Twilight Capital.
At a distance from the barrier, the aircraft descended slowly, and a pedestrian landed directly in the desolate area outside the city: in order not to cause too much disturbance, they could not drive in such a large space shuttle The plane flew in.
Before reaching the barrier entrance, Hao Ren saw the situation outside the light curtain.
Outside the barrier is a dry and twisted land. This land was also eroded by magical storms. Everything on the earth showed signs of severe weathering, and a very old piece of land was faintly visible in the severely weathered surface landscape. Architectural complex: They are probably the remains of cities more than two thousand years ago.
This relic is close to the twilight barrier, and some of the wreckage ruins are even divided by the barrier!
"That was the ancient city of 'Kammhillen'." Wendell explained beside Hao Ren, and curiously fiddled with the life-supporting collar around his neck: this little device was better than his original The magic talisman is much more advanced. He wears this thing and walks in the magic energy radiation without feeling at all.
Looking at the ruins of the building divided by the light curtain, Hao Ren certainly knows what they mean: "Life and death, separated by a wall."
"When the barrier was raised, the city was just on its edge, so the whole city was divided into two, half of the city survived, and it has now melted into a block in the twilight, and the outer part of the barrier This is what it looks like, "Wendell smiled and shook his head bitterly." There were no gates at this time, so everyone who stayed outside died. "
Lily stood on a large rock protruding from the ground and looked up, and suddenly found that there was also a little bit of light in the dark wilderness outside the light curtain. It was suddenly surprised: "Someone is moving outside the barrier?!"
"That's the collectors," Wendell nodded. "The resources in the twilight are always limited. We have to risk mining the ore from the darkness outside. Scholars have studied various Way, we can open up three mines near the twilight capital, but unfortunately it ca n’t be any further away. Come with me, after entering the gate, I know a way, and if you walk from there, you can try not to cause trouble. . "
The team advances in the dark, to the magnificent light curtain that emits a soft yellow light.
The Twilight Capital, as its name implies, serves as the last lighthouse of civilization on the Midgard continent shrouded in the long night.
It took them half an hour to pass through the ruins of the city outside the barrier. After crossing a large area of weathered and collapsed, almost undisturbed building debris, a halo that could accommodate three trucks moving side by side appeared in front of everyone : This aura is embedded in the twilight barrier, the light curtain inside the aura is obviously thinner than the outside, here is the gate.
"What is this?" Hao Ren looked at the thing outside the gate in surprise.
Beside the gate of the Twilight City, there is a piece of artificially leveled land. There are hundreds of sculptures scattered in disorder, all of which are men, women and children with different expressions. These lifelike portraits are holding their heads. Weeping, some are helping each other, some are struggling to crawl forward, and the most striking is the front of the sculpture group: this is an old man sitting on the ground, his legs have shrunk and deformed, but He just sat there quietly, facing the gate, waving and smiling.
It seemed to be waving and smiling at the entire twilight, as if someone was standing opposite the light curtain, and the old man was waving goodbye to him.
For this, Wendell only said one sentence: "When the barrier was raised, half of the cities remained outside." (To be continued.)