Chapter 181: Puzzle 16
I don't know if it was because it was already early in the morning, or because Qi An was there, this night was extraordinarily peaceful, and the boss made of fog did not come to Lin You. When Lin You woke up, she saw Qi An carrying breakfast when she came downstairs.
I don't know where Qi An got the ingredients for breakfast, and Lin You didn't bother to ask, because he couldn't poison himself. Since Lin You has been interested in cooking recently, Qi An also learned a little bit. Although it can't make a big dish, at least the breakfast is no problem.
After breakfast, Lin You consciously went to clean up the tableware. Qi An looked at the busy Lin You and wiped her mouth, and said lightly:
"I have something to do when I go out later, you don't need to worry about me."
"Exactly, I have something to do too." Lin You nodded to show her understanding, she was going to go out later. Something like that happened yesterday. She wanted to take advantage of the relative safety of the day to go around the city to see if anything had changed. Maybe she would get some useful information.
The two did not have much communication, and went out the door one after the other. As soon as Lin You went out, he opened the appraisal. Through this skill, he was a little worried when he saw the situation outside. The gold walls and floors outside showed mottled traces. During the day, a faint black gas scurried around the city. It seemed that the power to maintain the normal operation of the city was gradually weakening.
Lin You chose the path she was most familiar with and started investigating, that is, the path from her current residence to the arena. The street is very deserted, and this desertion is different from the deserted daytime in the past, showing a taste of depression and decay. This made Lin You feel as if this city had not been inhabited for a long, long time.
The gate of the arena was closed tightly, Lin You pushed it, but still didn't push it. Then gave up. Apart from the depression, this road has no other very strange places. Afterwards, Lin You dared to go to the noble area again. The prince's mansion was still on the high and uplifted hillside yesterday, surrounded by thick fog. Lin You subconsciously didn't want to go there, because he felt that it was very dangerous there, and hesitantly turned around and left here.
According to his main quest, Lin You felt that the place was not something he had to investigate clearly, and it was not worth taking the risk.
On the way back, the tiny scales that fell on the ground that she saw last night were still there. Sometimes Lin You would accidentally step on those scales and make a creaking noise, which startled her. In a morning of the world, she almost visited all the familiar places, Lin You didn't find anything strange, so standing on the street, she didn't know what to do.
Originally wanted to find Abel's companion, but it seemed that the whole city was empty. The aristocratic area looked dangerous, and she didn't want to take the risk anywhere, so Lin You was in an embarrassing situation. After thinking for a while, Lin You still had no idea, and she didn't want to continue standing like a fool, so she started wandering aimlessly.
While walking, Lin You came to a familiar area - the slum
This place, since Lin You made money in the arena, hadn't come back. Without him, this place is not only messy, but the people inside are lifeless, making people look dull. At first, Lin You thought that this place was incompatible with the City of Bliss, was there any clues and deliberately searched for a few circles, but did not find anything special.
On the contrary, in these few laps, Lin You never came again after a few minor troubles due to the incompatibility between Lin You and the place.
The slum is even more dilapidated now, but since everyone came, Lin You still walked in and strolled around. After walking around, she found something that surprised her. The people in the slums are still alive. No, it should be said that these people are all humanoids.
There are very few decent shabby houses in the slum, most of which are small tents or "matchboxes", so through the tattered "walls", Lin You can see the residents living there at a glance. At this moment, these people are almost all up. There is a garbage dump near the slum, and most of the people in the slum get their food from there. Fortunately, there are very few people in the slums, otherwise the fact of starving to death will definitely happen.
Now people in the slums are hiding in their small houses and eating lunch. They look at Lin You's delicate little skirt, and there is a trace of greed in their eyes. Lin You is very familiar with these greeds, and does not Very concerned. After she took a few more steps, a hoarse male voice suddenly stopped her.
"Miss, do you still know me?"
Lin You looked at the old man who was standing in front of him, looked at it carefully for a while, and remembered this person. Originally, she should have thought of this person at the first time, but the ability of the City of Bliss to subtly confuse people is too strong. If you don't pay attention, let alone the person she met ten days and a half ago, just a day or two ago. You may not notice that someone who has passed by is standing in front of you. It is rare for Lin You to remember this NPC who has met once.
This old man was on the first day. After the female pastor was taken away, he came over to the female pastor's "matchbox" to see if there were any cheap ones to pick up. He is not only an ordinary wretched old man, but also a corpse collector in the slum. Responsible for burying the bodies of those who died in the slums.
Lin You nodded and said that he still remembered him. The wrinkles on the old man's face stretched out. He cracked his mouth and smiled. He first flattered Lin You:
"Have you found your friend? Tsk tsk tsk, look at your dress, it's really noble and beautiful."
Behind the old man was a small tent, and there was an unpleasant smell in the tent, Lin You looked over with the corner of his eye. Oh, the thing on the ground looks like... a person?
This old man likes to make a fortune.
Lin You had some thoughts in her heart, but she didn't reveal the slightest on her face. Although this slum has not found any clues, the people in the whole city have disappeared, no, to be precise, they have turned into scales, but the slum is still the same, and this is the strangest place. Why don't you try to test this old man? With this kind of intention in mind, Lin You said:
"No, you guessed wrong. I didn't find her."
The old man didn't expect that the truth was not what he thought, and there was a little surprise on his face. He is still surprised that ten out of ten people who leave this slum will not be able to come back. This woman actually came back. If he hadn't thought that he could squeeze some oil out of this woman, he would not have been with this woman. get in a word.
Although the outside of the City of Bliss is fake, the food that can be bought with gold coins is edible. Stock up on food. If an old man like him gets sick, he can't find food for the time being. He also has an emergency time by storing food, so he doesn't have to run around for food and water every day.
But this woman, why does she play cards out of common sense.
Lin You ignored the old man's mental activities and continued:
"Yesterday, the city of bliss was empty for one night. You can take clothes and jewelry outside, so I took some... As for my friends, they naturally disappeared."
These words were half-truths, and Lin You even showed a somewhat flustered expression when she said it, which made people know at a glance that she was lying. Lin You watched the old man out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, the old man was stunned for a moment after hearing what Lin You said.
"What, what a night sky city?"
Um? Do you really believe it? Lin You frowned, she made some drafts, her face pretended to be a little nervous
"Yesterday, I rested here." The skirts in the city of bliss change every day. They are gorgeous and impractical. Lin You wore this skirt for a whole morning, and the hem of the skirt was a little dirty and wrinkled. . It made Lin You look a little embarrassed, but instead confirmed Lin You's words. Seeing the serious expression of the old man, Lin You said mysteriously:
"Yesterday, Prince Fu sent soldiers to kill a lot of people, all of them...then...the dragon..."
At the end, Lin You's tone was a little choked up. The words were also intermittent, making it difficult to hear. But the words that were not clear made the old man pale in fright.
The Golden Dragons are coming back to life, they are doomed!
"What did you see? What did you see?" The old man didn't care about etiquette, he quickly pulled Lin You into the small tent, and said grimly.
"I don't know, by the way, I saw someone trying to revive the dragon. Many people died, and all of my comrades died." Lin You said vaguely. On the ground of her tent, what looked like a human figure from the outside was unexpectedly is a corpse. Lin You had a guess, so she wanted to see if the old man was who she imagined, because this person obviously seemed to know something.
The old man was stunned by Lin You's words at first, and then kept urging Lin You to continue, but Lin You was not stupid. Having said everything, what did she use to negotiate conditions with the old man?
"Humph! You want to know why you don't go to see it." Lin You stopped talking. "You want to ask me for information, but you are so beautiful!"
Lin You deliberately showed an anxious and arrogant side. Anyway, this person has seen her once or twice, and he doesn't know her usual character at all.
When Lin You said this, the old man was choked. He really planned to do so. Lin You asked him to go out of the slum to find out the news, but he was unwilling. It is really too dangerous for the remnants of the city of gold like them to be outside. Except for occasionally going out to exchange for more food to save, he never leaves the slums, not to mention listening to this woman say that it is so outside now. Danger.
The old man persuaded him in a good voice at first, but unfortunately it was completely useless to Lin You. Then the old man was about to do it directly when Lin You suddenly said:
"I'm an adventurer..."
A corner of the dagger hidden in the broad sleeve embroidered with gold thread was exposed. The old man froze for a moment. He examined Xia Lin You, and finally estimated Xia Lin You's combat power and his combat power. In the end, he still didn't want to break up with Lin You over this trivial matter. After all, Lin You said that she came over last night, and it is estimated that she is a bit skilled if she can wander around the slum all night without incident. So he sighed and said:
"What do you want to tell me about the outside world?"
Seeing that the old man said this, Lin You deliberately said with a little panic and eagerness in his tone:
"This city is so weird, I want to leave, you tell me how to leave this city."
The old man's heart sank. It was the first time that he saw people who entered the city and offered to leave. After thinking about it carefully, he said:
"Have you heard of the Golden City dedicated to the Golden Dragon?"
Lin You didn't speak, the old man continued.
God will not stay in the mortal world for too long, so the city of gold that was originally built by God's order was actually just a city of pleasure that the nobles wanted to build. However, the Golden Dragon took it seriously. No matter what the gods do, it is a subordinate of the gods, and has great prestige in the world. Seeing that this golden city is said to be dedicated to him and to the gods, he can't turn his eyes away.
Dragons have always loved treasures.
The golden dragon came to live in the city for a few days. It found that the nobles actually regarded themselves as the masters of the city. The dragon's monopoly desire made it angry. He did not drive away the nobles as in the legend, but killed those The nobles only left some servants and the like to serve it, and these remaining human beings are the ancestors of the old man and his family.
These people were not free until the Golden Dragon was taken care of by Qi An. The gods don't want this city anymore, and the golden dragon has disappeared. After there is nothing to threaten their survival, they don't want to leave this golden city. They have lived here for a long time for generations, and there are no people in the area for thousands of miles. They are all forests, and there are evil beasts and spirits in the forest, and they dare not leave. Later, these people who did not leave and chose to stay in the Golden City welcomed the existence of this guy Jiekford, and they were once again raised in captivity.
In order to resurrect the Golden Dragon, some of these people who have lived in the Golden City for generations were sent out by Geekford to lure more people back to the City of Elysium. But in the end, these people are few and isolated from the world all the year round. They seldom successfully bring people to the city of gold. Later, these people were replaced by cunning and cold-blooded humans like Abel.
But these men were not dead either, and Gekford believed that their blood was filthy, the offspring of mortals punished by the golden dragon, and refused to feed the golden dragon with their souls. They drew a slum, imprisoned them in it and let them fend for themselves, and they were able to survive.
After all, they were able to leave the Golden City and travel through the danger-ridden forest to reach other towns, and it was Geekford who gave them shelter. Otherwise, with the strength of these people alone, unless luck breaks the table, it is really impossible to leave. Coupled with the fact that there is now all the miasma set up by Jirkford, it is even more difficult to leave.
The old man slowly told Lin You about the origins of these people and the difficulties of life. When all this was finished, the old man looked at Lin You with tears in his eyes, and once again mentioned that he hoped that Lin You could tell him what happened outside, Lin You changed his attention to exchanging information with the old man and pretended to be moved. Tell the old man what's going on outside.
If it was a sympathetic girl who heard such tragic experiences of these people, and was told the history of these people by the old man, she would definitely soften her heart. But Lin You is different. After the old man talked about so many things, besides crying about their pity, did he tell her anything? Did you promise her anything?
She was tricked into the City of Bliss by these minions. If she was innocent, she would be even more innocent, and it was not for these people to be pitiful. Don't forget, although these people are so down and out now, they will be thrown away when they are used up by Jiekfer, but they are still alive. What about the people who were deceived by them before? He died a long time ago, and there is no soul left.
Since Lin You can see so clearly, why did Lin You tell the old man the information?
Of course, it was because the old man knew the way out of the city. Lin You took the matter very seriously, and even Abel's death was counted on Geekford's head. Obviously, the old man had heard the name Abel. Hearing that Lin You said that Abel had also been sacrificed, his body trembled, and it seemed that he was clearly frightened.
Yes, Lin You did it on purpose.
Not to mention serious, how could this old man make up his mind to leave this city? Looking at the slum environment, it was really bad, but in order to survive, this old man was used to being able to live here for so long. If he didn't give him another powerful medicine, the old man probably couldn't make up his mind to leave the City of Bliss.
However, the existence of this old man is really nowhere to be found, and it takes no effort to get it. Lin You pretended to be persuaded by the old man, honestly told the information instead of telling, and volunteered to continue to inquire about the old man. In fact, the red thread was activated, and the red thread wrapped around the old man's feet, preventing Lin You from losing the insider of the old man.
Sure enough, Lin You found out that he had just left, and the old man took out a small box from that corner, not to mention that it was full of gold, and then dug out a big bag full of potatoes. It seems that this old man has already left a way out for himself. Lin You's words made him hesitant. After frantically hesitating for a while, the old man decided to leave.
He is leaving now. If he is lucky, he may live for a few more years. If he does not leave, he may not survive tonight.
Lin You, who was wearing an invisibility amulet, watched all the movements of the old man with a successful smile in his eyes.
That's right, that's how to make up your mind early, hello and me.