The Record of Unusual Creatures Chapter 280: Shadow mount

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Athens, one of the oldest cities on earth that has been preserved and still in use today. When mankind stumbled into the gate of civilization from the primitive era of slash and burn, when mankind for the first time no longer worried about the beasts in food and clothing and the wilderness, when the earliest philosophers and wise men appeared in mankind, when mankind began to use words and mysteries Of religious symbols to entrust their thinking and marvel at this world, city-states began to rise, and kingdoms began to build. The earliest thinkers who broke away from basic production poured their abundant brain energy on giant stone blocks and elaborately designed vaults. The high walls, columns, vaults, and stairs made of rocks build a city that symbolizes human power. They decorated their courtyards with reliefs and statues full of religious mysteries. From the very beginning, the building has evolved a variety of additional functions and even pure symbolic meanings from the simple wind and rain and the resistance to wild animals. The complex of buildings rose from the ground and quickly became one of the most incredible products of the planet.

However, the city is not a symbol of glory that is unique to humans. On this planet, there is another group of creatures that coexist with humans, although they have been actively or forced to hide in the shadows, even completely from the present humans. The body disappears from the cognition, but they are still really active in the history of the planet. The human history book will not remember them, but another history book made of stone and wood will not forget all this: the city.

The older cities leave the traces of the ancients, the oldest cities have even been fully integrated with the creatures in the shadows and are inseparable. These cities are not only human homes, but also a lot of darkness. Biological territory-No matter how Demon Hunter and the church reject this, they must also admit that there are still a large number of heterogeneous nests on this planet. These nests have been hard-working by heterogeneous people from the beginning, and they will never Will give in. In an era when various myths and legends and historical records are chaotic and intertwined, a small number of aliens lived with human beings in full openness, and these spectacular ancient cities were built, with absolute brutal rule over most humans. The savage and strange of these, these powerful creatures that regard humans as writers and animals are already rare "moderates." As a result, they were regarded as protectors by the earth people and worshipped, and even the existence of the entire city was used to worship a powerful and benevolent "god". This situation lasted for thousands of years until the human beings in Demon Hunter With help, he got rid of this situation of being in captivity. Only half of the founders of these cities were expelled into the shadows.

No one now believes that some of the supernatural creatures really lived in the collapsed and abandoned temples in the city.

But as mentioned earlier, these cities have been home to some kind of heterogeneity since the beginning. They built it, maintained it, and even went to the battlefield for it. Even if these aliens were forced to retreat into the shadows, they never really left the city. They just rebuilt the fortress, hiding it in a corner that humans could not detect.

A group of people is slowly approaching an entrance to this fortress.

Hao Ren and the rest of the group stayed in the hotel where they stayed. Today, they set off with Vivian to find an alien who is said to have survived from the mythological era. It is one of the few acquaintances in Vivian. She lives The place is in the oldest part of the city, it has been a long time since everyone got off the bus.

"Are you sure that the person we are looking for is in this direction?" Hao Ren looked up again at the old streets that seemed to be familiar, and questioned the direction of the Vivian for the third time, "If it is correct, we have been the third I saw this stone wall. "

"That's how it goes, go round the circle." Vivian nodded. "Athens is a very special place. Many strange survivors make their home here, but they have to be found by special methods-Demon Hunter has never searched here. Never stopped, the daredevil who will not hide himself has long since died. "

Hao Ren can only nod, continue to follow Vivian in the oldest streets of the Acropolis, and unconsciously get closer and closer to the older depths of the city. He occasionally looked up boredly, and saw those old buildings that were indistinguishable from historical relics or imitations and restorations by modern people, and he suddenly produced a strange illusion that spanned time. He felt as if he was walking in the middle of a slide arranged backwards along the history of mankind, moving forward. The more you see the past scenery.

On the earth, the truly authentic old city no longer exists. Even the city of Athens is an advanced city repackaged and packaged by modern civilization. When walking around in the bustling urban area, the most people see the skyscrapers and bustling shopping markets that are indistinguishable from other modern cities. This once disappointed the exciting Lily. However, after everyone walked along with Vivian and slowly left the newly established city and entered some of the more primitive areas of Athens, they finally saw the ancient Greek-style stone columns and sculptures, whether they were real historical relics or not. It is also an imitation restored by future generations. These things are intertwined and embedded in the cracks of the city's new buildings. People can't help but have a heavy sense of history.

And the more you go to the older areas of the Acropolis, the more sense of history becomes, and in the end the retro houses will simply become the main buildings on both sides, and exquisite sculptures It also almost completely replaced the modern signs such as impetuous neon signs and station signs, and as Vivian led everyone to the depths of the street, this change was getting deeper and deeper, until finally Hao Ren finally produced a trace of violations Feeling.

He looked at the streets on both sides, which were still somewhat familiar, as if he had passed by two or three times from here an hour ago, but if you look closely, you will find that the scenes on both sides of the street are changing in detail, street lights The color signs of the store are fading, the concrete floor on the road is not known when it becomes a neat and flat slab, and the sun that should be hung in the east from the sky does not know when it moved to the west.

The girl with a big nerve, Lily, is a little strange: "Eh, the surrounding atmosphere seems not quite right, and there are fewer and fewer passers-by."

Even if it is a relatively old neighborhood, it is by no means a desolate area. When people first came to this area, many pedestrians could still be seen around, but somehow the flow of people on both sides of the road became more and more Less, this change is subtle, and Lily didn't find anything wrong until the pedestrians on the road had become too unnatural. Hao Ren looked strangely at the increasingly strange surroundings, and found that even the existing pedestrians on the road were a little weird: they walked aimlessly on the road like walking dead, could not see anyone talking to each other, but also watching Until someone stops to do something casually, they are like someone deliberately laid out the "landscape", just to ensure that this street is not too weird.

"We are close to the shadow mezzanine, so be careful," Vivian slowed down. "Do n’t push open any door on the road, and do n’t walk into any corner where the sun ca n’t shine. Go, do n’t talk to any passers-by, and most importantly, do n’t exceed my footsteps. It starts as a labyrinth, and if you take a wrong path, you will fall into the trap of the shadow world. ”

Finally, she specially reminded Y’zaks: "You should also pay attention to these big men, these shadow interlayers are the strongest aliens that have been shaped for thousands of years, even if you may be trapped."

Y’zaks nodded cautiously, Hao Ren felt a little fluffy on his body: "I go ... you guys are like ghost films ..."

“All the surviving aliens are divided into two types, one is a lone party like me, and the other is clumping together. The latter can form a family in the current situation, there must be some ways,” Vivian 浅With a smile, "This place is one of the few remaining settlements. It has been in business for thousands of years. The layered defenses are not a joke. Demon Hunter can't do anything about this place. Well, at least temporarily."

People continue to walk through this street that seems to be in circles, but the surrounding scenery changes every moment. Every time you take a step, the buildings and decorations on both sides of the road will be like that. A little change is undetectable, and this change is becoming more and more obvious. It seems that as we continue to approach a certain "shadowed mezzanine", this street no longer hides its anomalies. Hao Ren noticed that the modern buildings on both sides of the road had disappeared somehow. The houses made of stones are leaning out from both sides at a weird angle. It seems that these cold stones are looking at everyone curiously. general. And between these buildings, you can still occasionally see signs and road signs with a little sense of modernity, but they all fade away, just as weird as black and white photos. Hao Ren turned his head and looked at his direction when he came. He saw a mist, and he could no longer find the previous intersection.

The crowd finally stopped in front of a strange shop. This is the last "modern house" on this street.

A beautiful woman in black clothes with a gloomy expression standing in front of the door waiting for them. She smiled at Vivian: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Countess."

"Your place is really hard to find," Vivian came forward, "Hespe rides."

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