Chapter 3174 Changhuo Clan

How did you get old?

This is what the newly appeared crystal eye tribe said to Cassata.

From the literal meaning, he seemed to be "sighing" or "wondering" why Cassata suddenly got old.

However, the deeper meaning is interesting.

First of all, he must know Cassata. That is to say, the "old friend" that Cassata whispered at the beginning should be this person.

And old friend means old friend or old friend. Generally refers to friends who have known each other for many years, and Cassata has become a member of the Elder Council six hundred years ago, and the natural lifespan of the crystal eye tribe is generally seven hundred to one thousand years old. Cassata has obviously reached the end of his life, and his old friend is probably also a few hundred years old?

But this crystal eye tribe with a single earring looks more like a young man than an old man. This is one of the doubts.

Also, since Cassata has reached the end of his life, if there is no external intervention, his appearance "aging" is a natural law.

In other words, Cassata should have shown signs of old age at his current age.

Considering this, the words of the Crystal Eye tribe wearing a single earring are very interesting.

Combined with the previous speculation, he seemed to not understand why his "old friend" Cassata suddenly became so old and frail?

It was as if he had been sleeping for too long, or isolated from the world for too long, in a utopia where time was frozen, and had no idea that time was passing by in the outside world.

This point is very speculative.

Where was he before? Why didn't he know that time was passing? Why did his old friend grow old, but he remained young?

And... why did he need a ceremony to appear? And the location of this ceremony was chosen in the ring fort that was supposed to be a network of people coming and going?

Further speculation, did the ceremony choose the ring fort, or did the Crystal Eye tribe build the ring fort to serve the ceremony? If it is the latter, then it is terrifying to think about it carefully.

You know, the internal structure of Crystal City is connected by ring forts one by one.

While Angel was thinking, Luigi beside him received a new message: "Gleipnir reproduced the appearance of the Crystal Eye Clan member just now through mirror reflection."

Mirror reflection means presenting an image in the form of a mirror.

"Gleipnir originally wanted to confirm the identity of this Crystal Eye Clan member through Fadda's identification. But unfortunately, Fadda doesn't know this person, and she has never seen him at all."

"In Fadda's own words, it is-"

"He looks very distinctive, especially his pair of elf-like long ears, which are extremely rare among the Crystal Eye Clan. But strangely, I haven't seen him in Crystal City."

What Fadda said actually means: his appearance is very recognizable, and he has extremely rare long ears, so he should be the object of discussion among the Crystal Eye Clan. In other words, he can become a celebrity in the gossip world.

But Fadda has never seen such a unique existence in Crystal City, which makes her very confused.

Fata was puzzled, but her words confirmed Angel's guess.

This Crystal Eye Clan, which was manifested through an unknown ritual, may have been "isolated from the world" for a long time, so long that when he saw Cassata, he wondered why he had aged, and so long that Fata, who had been in Crystal City for nearly four hundred years, had never seen his appearance.

Angel expressed his guess.

Laplace raised his eyebrows and said nothing; while Luigi remained silent... It was not that Luigi thought of anything, but simply because he was communicating with Gleipnir through telepathy.

Half a minute later, Luigi said, "Your guess should be right. However, he obviously has a disordered time phenomenon, and this disordered time phenomenon manifests itself in him: time stops flowing, or time slows down. Isolation from the world does not cause disordered time, so there should be a deeper secret here."

"Gleipnir has already made a guess, and this guess may be the most core piece of the 'puzzle' she is looking for."

Luigi paused: "Wait a moment, the answer should come out soon."

If nothing unexpected happens, the remaining puzzle pieces are hidden in Hilda's study. When all the puzzle pieces are put together, that is the moment when the secret is revealed.

Even though Gleipnir actually has a guess, she still has to find the remaining puzzle pieces and find important evidence to support her guess.

...

While waiting for Gleipnir to find the puzzle pieces, Angel and others set out on the road to the siege party again.

The passages they took before were basically dim, and the only advantage was that there was only one road. There will be no forks in the road, just keep going forward and you will reach the end.

Now the first half of this passage is the same as before, but as they move forward, not only the passage becomes wider and the light becomes brighter, but there are even forks in the road.

However, although there are forks in the road, there are road signs at each intersection to ensure that you will not get lost.

As for why this situation suddenly occurred, according to Luigi's explanation, the passages will merge as you get closer to the main station of the siege party. After all, if they don't merge, wouldn't the main station of the siege party be full of passages, which is even more sieved than a sieve?

And hundreds of passages will eventually merge into ten main passages.

They should be walking on one of the ten main passages now.

So, will we meet people coming out of other channels later? Angel looked at the forks in the road that kept appearing, thinking so in his heart.

Before the thought came to an end, Angel heard the sound of "thump, thump, thump".

The source of the sound came from a fork in the road ahead.

"Is someone coming?" Angel whispered.

Luigi nodded: "It's hard to say whether they are 'human' or not. Although there are many humanoid races in the Sun Mirror Region, the dominant ones are non-human races."

Mirror dragons, for example, are not humanoid.

However, this loud "thump thump thump" sound was obviously not made by the mirror dragon.

This sound was different from the footsteps in Angel's memory. From an auditory perspective, it sounded a bit like... the sound of a blind stick.

When a blind man holds a stick and touches the ground with its tip, the sound it makes is so crisp.

However, the sound now is only the sound of the blind stick hitting the ground, not the sound of the blind man's feet. So, it may not be a blind stick.

While Angel was guessing silently, the sound got closer and closer, and finally, 'he' walked out of the crystal-like fork in the road.

When 'him' appeared, Angel was obviously stunned for a second, because the other person looked so much like a wood spirit.

To be precise, it is the "stick man" that the wood spirit changes into.

However, this one is even stronger and taller than the "stick man", and can be called an enlarged version of the stick man, or a "bamboo pole man".

Literally means "bamboo pole".

His body is a pitch-black stick, like a fire stick or a black iron bamboo pole. The hands are also long and slender poles, one section at a time. His legs... well, there are no clear legs. The stick is straight from head to toe.

Therefore, what he calls "walking" is actually jumping and jumping, and the stick falls to the ground, so the sound it makes is so similar to a blind stick.

Although his body is a black stick and he has no defined legs, he does have facial features.

After he came out of the fork in the road, he obviously noticed Angel and others behind him. He turned around and looked back, so Angel saw his face.

Similarly, he has no so-called head, and his face is also on a straight stick. His nose is invisible, his mouth is split, and a row of gleaming fangs can be seen. His eyes are inverted crescent moons, with a scarlet interior, giving people a sinister and malicious feeling.

After the bamboo pole man saw Angel and the others, his crooked scarlet eyes flickered, as if he wanted to get closer.

However, before he could make any move, he saw Laplace's indifferent eyes.

Laplace didn't say anything, just stared at him lightly.

That look... looked down upon others with disdain as always.

Being stared at by such eyes, according to his character, he should be angry, but this time, he didn't feel any anger at all. His emotions were frozen by an inexplicable coldness.

Although he didn't know why, he already understood that these people were not easy to mess with.

He was silent for a moment, showed what he thought was a kind smile to Angel and others, and then disappeared the next second.

He did not disappear out of thin air. Angel could feel that his power was somewhat similar to that of the Cantor wizard. His so-called disappearance was actually merging into the darkness and leaving quickly along the darkness.

However, compared to the ability of Wizard Canter, the fluctuations on his body are much more obvious. At least when Wizard Canter blends into the darkness, Angel cannot sense his existence. As for this one, the fluctuations can be detected through the barrier.

But I have to say that although the fluctuations on his body are large, the speed is quite fast.

He left Angel's range of perception almost instantly, and now he had no idea where he was going.

"Oh, I unexpectedly met the Changhuo clan, so unlucky!"

While Angel was still staring at the empty distance, Luigi's cold snort came to his ears.

"Changhuo clan, are you talking about the large stick figure just now?" Angel asked curiously.

Luigi nodded, with an obvious look of disgust on his face: "Yes, this race's reputation in the Sun Mirror Realm is better than that of Pilusi, but in my opinion, they are actually more disgusting than Pilusi. ”

"At least, when I go to find Baba Legon, if the mood comes, I will play the piano in front of Piluxiu. But the Changhuo clan, haha, even if Hua Ningjing invites me to go, I won't go! Dog! Don’t even go to the show!”

"The dogs won't go...and the dogs won't go either...then you are..." Angel muttered in a low voice.

Luigi glared angrily: "Don't catch me, I'm expressing my disgust for the Changhuo tribe! I don't even understand why the major ethnic groups hate Pilu Xiu more. At least Pi Lu Xiu still has a spiritual light. But the Changhuo tribe has nothing but trouble every day. They are like mosquitoes in the White Mirror Realm, and they have no benefit other than sucking blood. "

This was the first time that Angel heard Luigi express such dissatisfaction with a certain race. This made Angel a little curious. How did this long-stricken tribe offend Luigi?

"I haven't offended me, I just don't understand some of their actions!" Luigi still said angrily, and there was no other substance in his words other than expressing emotions.

Angel could only focus on Laplace.

Laplace also understood what Angel meant, and introduced the "Changzhuo Clan".

The Changhuo tribe lives in the mirror space: the Valley of Split. They seem to be naturally close to darkness and can control the power of darkness and the power of shadow.

Their names are "confused", but they don't charm, but incite.

They are born to be incited, love to sow discord, like to provoke opposition, and split the tribes. However, they do not only do this to the outside world, they will also attack each other and split and oppose each other.

The place where they originally lived was called "Shadow Valley", but later the Changhu tribe produced a few crouching dragons and phoenixes, who provoked disputes externally and provoked the opposition between "darkness" and "shadow" internally, so the Shadow Valley was split into Dark Valley and Shadow Valley, leading to a complete split within the Changhu tribe, which is why it is called the Valley of Split.

The reason why Luigi hates the Changhu tribe is also because of their incitement.

Although the Changhu tribe did not incite Luigi, they provoked many disputes in the Unfallen King City, one of which made Luigi very angry.

This dispute can be summed up in one sentence: the Changhu tribe created an incitement performance called "high art"

It sounds complicated, but in fact, it is just putting the definition of "classical music" and "vulgar music" in the human world in the Undying King City.

A certain instrument is classical music, and a certain instrument is vulgar music. A certain piece of music is as elegant as snow, and a certain piece of music is as vulgar as inferior.

The methods of the Changhu tribe are not sophisticated, but they are very good at grasping people's hearts.

In the end, they really provoked this dispute.

This matter is very unreasonable and a taint to Luigi. Therefore, he hates the Changhu tribe very much.

Of course, the Changhu tribe is not really inciting just for the sake of incitement. They have also gained a lot of benefits from the dispute. Every dispute can make them a lot of money.

Their reputation is better than Piruxiu now, and there is also a reason for buying people's hearts with money.

As for why they "buy people's hearts", it is naturally not really for reputation. This is also their means of incitement: instigate some people, appease some people, buy some people, and suppress some people.

So, the cycle of incitement is established.

"However, the Changhu tribe is not completely useless as Luigi said, they also have advantages." Laplace: "They know the situation very well."

When your power far exceeds that of the Changhu tribe, or even crushes them, the threat of the Changhu tribe to you will become smaller, and they may even become a sharp blade in your hands.

Laplace has the power to completely crush the Changhu tribe, so it is completely okay for her to comment that the Changhu tribe knows the situation very well.

Angel recalled the Changhu tribe who ran away quickly when he realized something was wrong, and nodded silently.

Indeed, they know the situation very well.