Chapter 621 The Bloodstained City of Doom
"Besides, the scale of this city looks a bit scary..." Mu You thought.
There are hundreds of giants in the patrol team outside, so the total number of giants in this city should be at least tens of thousands...
Mu You did not dare to get closer, and stopped the savage in time and found a place to hide, because there might be god-level existences in the city, or giants with perception type like the female giant, who would be easily discovered if they got too close.
It was because of the visual suppression that Mu You dared to approach the enemy's lair so recklessly. If he was suppressed by the enemy's visual suppression without knowing it, he would be in trouble.
Next, Mu You controlled the character and circled around the city from a distance, constantly using the broken fog mirror to look back and observe the situation.
The more he looked, the more frightened he was.
This city is really too large, with a horizontal and vertical span of at least 100 kilometers. A whole circle of tall walls were erected around it, and the scene in the center of the city could not be seen, but just based on this range and the number of giants seen along the way, the population of giants in this city must be more than six digits!
Mu You had a headache.
If the base of this giant is only a small tribe or village with a few hundred or a few thousand people, they may be able to force it down by crushing the population.
However, how can they push a city of more than 100,000 people? This is definitely beyond the ability of the players at this stage.
"Can we only let Sunset City withdraw first..." Mu You sighed.
This giant city is not far from Sunset City, at least it is definitely within the raid range of the giants. If the giant army is on the road at full speed, it will only take half a day to raid from here to Sunset City.
Now the giants have not figured out the true and false of Sunset City, but there is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Once the situation of Sunset City is figured out by the other party in the future, they will definitely send a large army to attack the city.
If the fools are allowed to develop steadily for a few years, they may be able to resist the attack of the giants, but it is definitely not possible now. Facing the giant siege that may happen at any time, the only way is not to fight, let the players of Sunset City withdraw from other cities in advance, and then destroy the control facilities of Sunset City, leaving the other party with a dead city.
But this means that the players have just entered Gaotian for less than half a year and have already lost a city, which will definitely hurt morale.
Mu You shook his head. Let's not talk about this for now. There is another thing that he cares about: before he patrolled the city just now, the text had prompted that 'the blood god's arm pointed to the city ahead'.
At first, Mu You thought that the location of the next blood god's body just coincided with the direction of the giant city, but as he circled the city, the arm was always pointing to the giant city...
There is only one possibility: the blood god's body he is looking for is in this giant city!
"So part of the blood god's body was taken away by the giant?" Mu You was a little surprised.
He has already obtained the head of the blood god, and other parts cannot be parasitized. What do these god-eating beasts want to do with the blood god's body?
Mu You pondered for a moment, but there was no result. He decided to transform into a giant and go over to investigate in person.
Although the transformation is likely to be discovered by the god-eating beast in the first place, there is no better way at this time. What information can be obtained in the past is what it counts. At worst, it will die once, and it can be resurrected anyway.
Thinking of this, Mu You asked the savages and the bone dragon to hide on the other side of the river, and he went to the city on the other side alone.
[You transformed into a giant scout, waded through the river, and hurried to the city on the other side...]
[You quickly approached the city. Not far ahead, a scout coming from another direction arrived at the city gate before you and was stopped by the giant guard at the city gate...]
[You followed the giant scout and approached the city gate quietly. ]
[When you were a thousand meters away from the city gate, you were suddenly surrounded by a familiar feeling. ]
[You subconsciously looked up and saw an invisible order rune barrier in the sky, covering the entire city...]
"Order barrier?"
Mu You was stunned.
Generally speaking, the order barrier is like a law, which is to set a specific rule and constraint. All creatures in the barrier must abide by this rule.
However, constraints are generally set for enemies. Why do these giants use order barriers in their own territory?
Besides, since he has already obtained the power of order, the giants should not be able to use the power of order. Then who created this barrier?
Unfortunately, the range of this barrier is too large. Mu You can only see the tip of the iceberg from his perspective. There is no space or time to analyze its function in detail.
[The giant scout in front successfully passed the guard's inspection. It's your turn. ]
[You walked forward. The giant guard looked at you and showed nothing unusual. Then he asked you to show the scout manual. ]
[You took out a manual you had looted before. After a rough inspection, the giant guard waved to make way for you. ]
["Lord Fengshen has ordered that you should gather at the intelligence department immediately after returning to the city!" With the giant's last instructions, you successfully entered the city gate. ]
"..."
Mu You looked weird. He actually got in, and it was so easy for him to get in. He thought he would have to go through at least a big battle...
And, these god-eating beasts couldn't see through his disguise?
Mu You even suspected at one point that the God-Eating Beast had already seen through him and was just pretending to let him in, hoping to catch him in a trap.
But after thinking carefully, it seems unlikely. A fool has been killed by a giant before. These giants should know that the fool cannot be killed. If they let him in, not only will he not be able to stay, but he will also leak their intelligence.
"Could it be because of the order barrier just now?" Mu You thought.
He entered this barrier first and then came into contact with the giant. The only reasonable explanation at the moment is that this order barrier contains some unknown rules, which prevented him from being discovered by the God Devouring Beast.
In any case, now that he has sneaked in, he must seize the opportunity and do his best to get some intelligence.
[You enter the city and find that the city is densely built. A large number of giants dressed as civilians are walking around the city. The roads in the city are crisscrossed, like a maze. You can hardly identify the direction for a while...]
Sure enough, it's not just the army! There are also civilians in this city, and there are quite a few of them. At this time, Mu You has just arrived and has no idea about the terrain distribution in this city. He can only follow the giant scouts in front of him. It seems that he has to go to some "intelligence department" to sign in first.
[You followed the giant scout calmly, circling the city, and soon entered a hidden street. Finally, both of you entered a seemingly ordinary building deep in the alley. ]
[Entering the building, there were already several giant scouts dressed similarly in the hall. They sat on the seats on both sides without saying a word. When they saw you two enter, they just turned their heads and looked at you. They didn't say much and still sat in their respective seats. ]
[The giant scout you followed walked to an empty seat on the left and sat down. You chose...]
[You continued to follow him and sat down in the empty seat next to him. ]
[The hall fell silent. More than 20 people were silent, like stone statues. ]
[...In the next hour, several scouts entered the room one after another and sat in other seats...]
[...Two hours after you entered the house, a giant in a white coat pushed the door open from the back door. 】
【This giant was wearing white clothes and a pair of white gloves. Both the white clothes and gloves were covered with blood, as if he had just dealt with the corpse of some creature. 】
【As the white-clothed giant entered the room, the other giants stood up at once, and you immediately stood up with the others. 】
【The white-clothed giant looked at the people in the hall, counted the number of people, and his face quickly became gloomy: "Twenty-seven people... A total of thirty-eight scouts were sent out before, and there are still eleven people who have not been heard from yet..." 】
Mu You frowned.
Eleven scouts did not come back, and he just killed eleven giants in total, but he pretended to be a giant.
In other words, there is still one giant who did not come back?
Did he meet with an accident outside? Or was it just delayed by some accident?
If you say that there are other players who have dealt with a giant, Mu You does not believe it. If an ordinary player really dealt with a giant, it should have been publicized long ago.
【“They were able to detect our presence so quickly and kill eleven of us quietly... It seems that we underestimated the descendants of the Fool. The previous reconnaissance order was a bit reckless..." The white-clothed giant lowered his head and pondered. 】
Mu You curled his lips. There was something strange about this matter. Why did they directly count all the kills on the Fool?
【“Has anyone found out the Fool’s lair?” The white-clothed giant scanned the scouts present one by one. 】
【Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. 】
【The white-clothed giant seemed to have known this: "Hand in the scout manual and the map of the Fool’s route that has been found." 】
【You followed the other giants and placed a scout manual and a map marked with the soul-guiding lamp on the table in front of the white-clothed giant. 】
【“The two gods are working and cannot get away. No new orders have been issued yet. Next, all members of the scout team will suspend the reconnaissance operation and go to the ancient battlefield in the south of the city to support the excavation work until new orders are issued.” The white-clothed giant ordered. 】
"Two gods?"
Mu You raised his eyebrows. There are indeed gods in this city, and there are two of them.
At this time, Mu You remembered that when he entered the city before, the guards at the city gate had mentioned a 'seam god'.
Seam God, is it one of the two gods in this city?
This is the first time I have heard of this god. I can ask the lamp god later.
【"Yes." The scouts responded one after another and filed out of the house. 】
【You followed the other giants in a low profile and rushed all the way in the city...】
【Soon, you arrived at the southern area of the city. It was a wasteland, separated from the residential area by an isolation barrier. There were no buildings in the isolation zone, and the ground was covered with weeds and shrubs, like an undeveloped wilderness. 】
【You and other giants easily passed the barrier. The moment you entered the barrier, you suddenly felt a strong breath of ghosts coming towards you. It seemed that there were roars full of resentment, echoing in your ears, making you shudder. 】
【You follow the giant scout team, along a path in the wasteland, all the way deep, and soon arrive at an open space. 】
【What appears before you is a construction site similar to an archaeological site. The entire ground is barren, and a large number of pits of varying sizes have been dug out. 】
【And around each pit, dense giant skeletons can be vaguely seen, almost all over the site, like a mass grave. The soil in the site is an abnormal deep red, and the smell of blood is overwhelming. 】
[A large number of giants wearing white uniforms and white gloves are distributed in various pits, holding small hammers, shovels and other tools, carefully digging in the soil between the bones...]
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Mu You looked more and more confused. Where is this city? Why are there so many giant skeletons buried?
Moreover, the descriptions of "soil stained with blood", "roaring resentful souls", etc., all imply that these giants did not die normally, but were killed by people.
【“Finally here!” At this time, one of the giants in white saw the arrival of the scout team, hurried over, took off his gloves, and pointed to the camp not far away: “Quick, change your clothes, take tools and come down to help... Remember, don’t touch those bones, otherwise the curse of the vengeful spirits will contaminate your arms...”】
【You followed the other giants and entered the camp tent, picked up a white coat, white hat and gloves, and after getting dressed, entered the site again. Under the command of the giant in white, you dispersed to various parts of the site...】
【You passed by one of the pits, and several giants working below suddenly cheered. 】
【You looked down and saw one of the giants in the pit carefully digging out a damaged short staff from the blood soil with both hands: “Another shipment, it’s the Sea God’s Scepter...”】
“...”
Without the giants reporting, Mu You’s omniscient crystal has also fed back information.
The Sea God’s Scepter, one of the artifacts of the God of Water, was actually buried under this land?
"Speaking of which, this is really an archaeological treasure hunt..." Mu You looked at the description of "shipped", and his mouth twitched.
At this time, his game character could not go anywhere else, and could only be forced to serve as a coolie for these archaeological giants.
Mu You simply hung up the game.
In reality, he took out the oil lamp, summoned the lamp god, and described the experience in the game and the lamp god.
"Order barrier...ancient battlefield?"
The lamp god was shocked after hearing this, and looked at him strangely: "You didn't find the city of order?"
"The city of order?" Mu You was stunned: "You mean..."
"Yes, it is the city of the God of Order, and it is also the last refuge of the gods before the demise of the gods..." The lamp god sighed with some regrets and explained: "When the God Devourer appeared, the gods were in chaos. Because no one understood the characteristics of the God Devourer at that time, the God Devourer spread rapidly among the gods. No one could stop it. In a short period of time, most of the gods were infected. In addition, many gods and gods died in the chaos, and the territory was almost devoured by the God Devourer."
" And we, the remaining gods and tribesmen, had no way to go, and finally had to retreat to the City of Order. "
"In order to defend this last base, the God of Order sacrificed the artifact Book of Order and created an Order barrier around the City of Order. As long as you are in the barrier, all parasitic behaviors will be forcibly blocked, which created a safe area for us, the only remaining survivors."
The lamp god sighed and looked at Mu You: "It's normal that you were not discovered by the God Devouring Beast. The layer of Order barrier you felt is actually the "Book of Order". Its rules block the induction between the God Devouring Beasts. Under its protection, the God Devouring Beasts failed to discover your abnormality. "