Chapter 288 The Current Situation of Alien Shelters

Hao Ren looked back at the direction where everyone came from. The path in the thick fog had disappeared, leaving only a layer of black mirror rippling like water. This circular "mirror" seemed to be drawn in the space. It extends out from the building abruptly, with a width of more than ten meters, with many trivial black strips floating on the edge like dry oil paint. He reached out curiously and touched it, but didn't feel that he was in contact with any entity. He poked his head in and took a look again, and found that the path on the opposite side of the "mirror" was still there. Hesiana threw angrily from behind: "If you want to go back, you can leave through this mirror, just keep walking along the road. You have marks on your body, so as long as you don't break into the thick fog, you'll be fine. The entrances and exits where the shadow layer intersects with the real world are guarded by an ancient one. Tell them and you can freely enter and leave this place. But don't bring anyone in - your mark is only valid for you. Once outsiders enter the second The layer of shadow space is designated to die."

This mirror-like thing is the passage from the Shadow Fortress to the outside world. They are distributed throughout the city, and there are powerful gatekeepers guarding both ends of the passage. The one in front of Hao Ren is still a relatively small one. There are large entrances and exits dedicated to the entry and exit of bulk materials in more tightly guarded areas of the city, but it is not a place where visitors can set foot casually. Hesiana led everyone away from the platform. In front of the steps at the end of the platform, everyone saw a tall ancient tree. Hao Ren couldn't help but look at the tree a few more times: This tree is different from normal trees. Its mottled and wrinkled bark is tangled together, giving people the impression of an old face.

"Is there anything strange about me?" Hao Ren was observing, and the ancient tree actually opened its mouth. The folds on the trunk trembled, and a pair of dark brown eyes were revealed from under the thick bark. The sound of rattling wooden wood sounded deep in the trunk, "Hmm... I don't know the guy, an outsider... But with Hesiana's guidance, I can trust him. Don't cause trouble in the city, otherwise it will become fertilizer."

"This is the ancient tree Gangrudal, the guardian of this gate. He just came to this city a hundred years ago." Hesiana bowed slightly to the ancient tree and then introduced to Hao Ren, "Everyone There are two gatekeepers in the passage, one each in the real world and the shadow fortress. Senior Hesperus guards the real level of this passage, and Gangludar guards the shadow side. Don't underestimate Gangludar's power, this All the plants in the city obey his orders. Although he guards the gate here, he also monitors the streets in all other urban areas. Moreover, he is also an ancient man who has survived from the mythical era to this day. In terms of age, he is the most senior elder in the city. One of them."

The ancient tree Gangludal swayed the crown of the tree reservedly, seeming to like this compliment about age and qualifications. However, after Vivian walked around it, she suddenly said thoughtfully: "I seem to have seen it before." You...wait a minute, it seems I was the one who planted you back then! I remembered - where is the promised fruit?"

The crown of Gangrudar's tree trembled, and then he glanced at Vivian intently. As a result, the whole tree trembled as if the vibration mode was turned on: "Mistress... mistress!"

Vivian didn't care about this. She went up and grabbed Gangludar's trunk and shook it: "Has the fruit borne or not? Where is the promised fruit?!"

Gangrudar dropped leaves and dead branches, his voice trembling: "Wait... wait... this is a misunderstanding! I am not a fruit tree! I have already said that I am not a fruit tree! I explained it to you when I first learned how to speak! I am a fighting tree man!"

Vivian let go of her hand in disappointment: "Tch, I know, I'm just unhappy - I wasted several years before I realized I took the wrong sapling..."

Hao Ren was very surprised: "What's going on?"

"I brought it from Ymir's garden," Vivian resented. "Once I went to visit Ymir and found a fruit that was delicious, so I went to the orchard and cut a branch. I came back and planted it myself, but I got the wrong one. After taking care of it for several years, I realized that Ya was a fruitless tree, and the one with fruit was his second cousin. Tsk, I was stupidly happy under a broken tree for several years. , and I watered and fertilized it enthusiastically every day, but in the end it couldn’t even bear any fruit.”

Hesiana stared at all this with her mouth open, and suddenly remembered something and showed an expression of realization to Gangludar: "Ah, let me tell you, why do you pretend to be asleep every time I mention Lady Vivian? It turns out that's the case. What’s going on...it’s a shame that I still admire you as my senior!”

Gangludar's crown trembled: "So what! I am your senior in terms of age! You must pay attention to the superiority of the young and the inferior. No matter how difficult the situation is, you must not forget the glory of the past. If you live just to survive, then How is it different from the nest of shadow night sparrows on the third fork of the tree to the east of me?"

As he spoke, Gangrudar also spread out his branches to prove that there was really a nest of birds living on the third branch of the tree to the east, to enhance his persuasiveness.

Hesiana was speechless and could only nod with a smile, but Vivian glanced at the ancient tree with sigh: "Forget it, just live well...live longer, like those in Northern Europe." A whole series of chickens and dogs were killed and no one is left. Only a tree like you is left to remember what they looked like."

Gangludar was silent for a moment, then slightly lowered all the branches: "Yes, Mistress."

The group of people bid farewell to this ancient guard plant that has a history of thousands of years, and walked with Heather Anna in this strange city under the shadow. They walked through the medieval-style stone streets and passed the eerie ancient buildings with mottled old lights and dim lights. On the road, I occasionally pass by some pedestrians who look just like ordinary people, but are actually aliens. Most of the residents in this city are vampires, with the remaining about one-third being humanoid creatures called shadow demons, and the rest are mostly idle races that have no climate. There are still a small number of werewolves in the city, and their situation here is a bit embarrassing. After all, the city is dominated by their rival race. However, due to the current situation, this small group of werewolves still maintain relative peace with the vampires in the city.

The so-called peace means working hard to treat each other as if the other party does not exist. If we don't meet each other, we won't be able to fight.

Hao Ren noticed that although this shadow city was quite large, there were actually very few residents. At the end of the huge main road, there were less than ten people. Most of the huge and solemn ancient houses were as dark and deserted as ghost houses. , the real residents may not occupy even one-tenth of the rooms. Originally, he thought he would see a bustling scene in the alien shelter, and he could see vampires or little devils rubbing shoulders at any time on the road, but in fact... it was as lonely as a ghost town. It could only be said that there were still people living there, but It's definitely not something that's popular.

"There are actually only tens of thousands of residents in the city. Think about it, a city as big as the real Athens has only tens of thousands of residents," Hesiana introduced the current situation of the city, "And even among these tens of thousands, many are They don’t show up at all. Too many people are disappointed with the current situation, so they simply go back to sleep. They only wake up once every few hundred years to look at the situation outside. When they find that the situation has not improved, they go back to sleep. Some guys even get enough sleep. Two thousand years...longer than the time I have spent in this city.”

"Didn't you live here just after this city was built?" Nangong Wuyue asked curiously.

"No," Hesiana shook her head, "I am from 1800...or maybe I was sent here by Lord Vivian 1700 years ago. At that time, the city was still blocked, but there was Lady Vivian. As a guarantee, Hesperus made an exception and took me in. At that time, I was still alone, and it was only later that I formed my own family."

Vivian nodded: "Well, she was so annoying, so I had to throw her here. And to be honest, the situation was difficult at the time, and I had problems supporting myself, so why not send her to a safer place? ——At that time, she was still a little girl who didn’t understand anything. It was too dangerous for me to run around outside.”

Lily is an upright girl: "But when the situation is not difficult, it is also a problem for you to support yourself!"

Hao Ren quickly pulled the husky behind him: "This girl is really... talking nonsense!"

Finally, the group arrived at a new neighborhood deep in the city that seemed to be more neatly planned. Hesiana became obviously happy after arriving here. She pointed to the largest spire house in front of her: "It's right here! This is me Where I live, all the houses with the same emblem around me are the territory of the Hesiana family - welcome to my home~~"

This is a large house with a black roof and gray walls, elegant decoration, and a gloomy vampire-style appearance. Although the style is depressing, the details are gorgeous. Hao Ren can see at a glance what the emblem Hesiana said is: the exterior of the house The most conspicuous place on the wall hangs a huge family crest, and on the fabric that is seven or eight meters long is an extra-large photo of Vivian - not the short-haired child-like shrunken version of Hessiana, but the same girl as Vivian. An's image of long hair is exactly the same, and the degree of restoration is at least 99.9%. This mug shot is the so-called family emblem. Seeing this scene, Vivian covered her face and turned away: "That's why I don't want to come to this place... She's too annoying."

(Happy New Year's Day everyone! In addition, take advantage of the big holiday to give some monthly tickets and double them now. And continue to reflexively ask for tickets for annual works, but it seems that the free ticket mechanism has been changed. If there are no free tickets, forget it. We won't Xing spends money to buy votes.)