Infrastructure Throne
Chapter 8 Saving Abyss City
The room is located in the secret passage of the courtyard of Enshi and Iron Shop. The walls are made of thick Thai rocks, completely soundproofed from the outside world. There is an expensive agar lamp ten steps above the roof, which burns smokelessly and silently, and has a faint fragrance lingering.
Boss Mo sent the guys away and started to work as a servant himself, serving tea and water, and accompanied the countess to appreciate the carvings on the walls and paintings by famous artists.
When he heard the officiant and the earl talking about the city lord, Boss Mo quietly wiped his sweat, and couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen intently.
Earl Yan En leaned on the back of the bench, crossed his legs, stared at the man drinking tea with his brown eyes, and couldn't help frowning:
"Haven't you found my damn nephew yet? It's been so many days. At that time, I saw with my own eyes that the beast slave injured him with a curse. If you dare to get close, even if he died in the misty forest, it's time to find the body."
"No, no, Lord Earl, I didn't make it clear." Officiant Mo Yun picked up the tea lid and scraped off the floating leaves on the surface, calming the other party's anxiety with a slow tone.
"Although the city lord Yan Zui didn't show up, there are reports that people in the city have seen people with a similar back to him recently. In addition to my understanding of the city lord, how can it be so easy to kill him with a mere curse? ?”
"Hmph." Earl Yan En changed his sitting position, his waist leaned forward slightly, his face full of impatience, "I didn't expect to see that guy's body, otherwise, why should we hide in this secret room secretly to meet each other? but……"
Priest Mo Yun laughed, and his chin became sharper: "Hehe, don't be too impatient, my lord. The old city lord was so powerful back then, and he couldn't resist time in the end. You are in your prime, and you still have enough time to enjoy the rights at your fingertips Woolen cloth."
Earl Yan En glanced at him: "Since the city lord is not here, as the officiant, you are nominally the second person in power in Yuanliu City. Why have you not fully grasped that kid Yan Zui's guards after so long? If it wasn't for your disadvantages, We have already successfully entered the main city lord's mansion!"
Being repeatedly squeezed, Mo Yun's face gradually became a little ugly, and his smile faded: "Well, you also know that Xiao Meng, the captain of the guard under the Lord Yan Zui, is his confidant, and he is upright. I want to persuade him, I'm afraid only the corpse of City Lord Yan will do."
The countess sat down beside her husband with scented tea, and Boss Mo respectfully waited on him. Hearing this, she couldn't help being curious, and interjected to ask:
"The subordinates don't understand, Yan Zui is the son of the old city lord, you are the younger brother of the old city lord, you also have the right to inherit, when the old city lord passed away, you didn't fight with him, why wait until now?"
Yan En showed displeasure: "It has only been more than half a year since the elder brother passed away and that kid took over. The elder brother built an iron guard to pave the way for him. As the only son of the elder brother, he is justified. How can I fight?"
"If he is obedient, everyone can just muddle through. But not long after this kid took office, he announced that he would rectify the property and taxation of Yuanliu City, and even went so far as to investigate the mines!"
Earl Yan En sneered with a "ha":
"For a long time, how many people's wealth and lives have been tied to the mine. Who gave him the courage to touch everyone's golden rice bowl? He thought he could do whatever he wanted with the power in his hands! Or did he think he was full-fledged? , can wipe out all of us old bones?!"
"It's so naive!"
Earl Yan En leaned back heavily in the chair, the accumulated resentment filled his brows, making his face look even more ferocious, Boss Mo didn't dare to vent his anger, it took a long time for the earl to calm down under the consolation of his wife.
Priest Mo Yun was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Speaking of which, I have to thank the beast slaves for attacking, which greatly weakened City Lord Yan's power for us, and seriously injured him, otherwise, it would have taken a lot of trouble."
Earl Yan En waved his hand and clenched his fists: "It is the best time to drag him from his seat while his foundation is unstable and he is seriously injured and missing! We must not let this kid destroy our family and wealth that we have painstakingly managed !"
Priest Mo Yun licked his lips, and held the staff tightly and tightly, hesitating a bit: "I have tried my best to buy some people to use for us, but last time the beast slaves attacked suddenly, our people were not killed or injured. few……"
"I don't want to listen to such nonsense! Yan Zui is not here, so Xiao Meng is nothing to worry about. Last time the guards suffered heavy casualties, they couldn't be replenished for a while, and they still have to send a large number of people to guard the city walls. The City Lord's Mansion is already showing its pretensions."
Earl Yan En pressed the corner of the table, and his gloomy eyes fell on Boss Mo's face: "How are the armor and swords made during this time? Is it enough for an army of 200 people, armed to the teeth?"
Boss Mo felt bitter: "Master Earl, what you said last time was not this number. It takes time for us to build high-quality weapons, especially armor, which is complicated..."
Yan Enhan asked: "Are you deaf? I just want you to answer yes or no!"
Boss Mo's voice trembled, and he was forced into a dilemma by the other party's eyes, so he nodded obediently: "Yes, yes, I will..."
Yan En let out a snort from his nose, reluctantly letting him go, Boss Mo secretly heaved a sigh of relief, touched his neck, his hands were wet and greasy.
"Master Mo Yun, why don't you speak?"
Mo Yun frowned, and said in a low voice: "I just find it strange that since the Lord Yan is not dead, he still dares to hang around in the city, but he refuses to show up for so long. If he is in the City Lord's Mansion, the guards will definitely treat us Desperately resisting. What kind of medicine does he sell in his gourd?"
"I know that." The countess, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly spoke out, curling up her wrists with her temple hair, and bent her wrists in a charming arc.
In the secret room, several people turned their heads in surprise, Earl Yan En was kind to his wife: "What's your opinion, madam?"
The Countess covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "You forgot, Yan Zui was disfigured - he was so glamorous before, he was the focus of everyone's attention wherever he went, the favored son of heaven, the darling of the god of beauty! Anyone who is in front of him will be ashamed." Overshadowed."
The Countess's blue pupils showed unconcealable jealousy: "But what about now? An ugly monster who can scare a child into tears, and the drop from the clouds to the quagmire, you old bastards who have never been beautiful will not understand!
"Maybe he is hiding in the foggy forest and crying right now! So what if he shows up, the guards who are loyal to him may not be able to recognize him."
"Hahaha, well said, the lord of our Abyss City, how can we let a shameless guy be in charge!"
The four people conspiring in the secret room looked at each other and smiled, and the agar lamp hanging from the roof melted their shadows into a ball and spread them on the ground, like a silent beast...
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The outskirts of Yuanliu City.
When several nobles conspired to usurp power, Yan Zui, whom they called "shameless", was sitting on a broken scooter, being pushed forward by a young man in a peasant three-piece suit.
"Can't you get down and walk by yourself?" Shen Qingze rolled his sleeves and pushed the scooter with a grim expression.
Yan Zui rested his arms on his pillow and said lazily: "I kindly tell you the truth about milk, this is my reward. Otherwise, you will have to drink other people's bath water."
When Shen Qingze thought of this possibility, his face darkened instantly.
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Yan Zui smiled slightly, "What do you think about the big deal I just mentioned?"
"Can you equip fifty elite crossbows and steel swords?" Shen Qingze frowned, shaking his head like a rattle, "Can't you pay the deposit first? What if you default? Where can I go to collect debts?"
Yan Zui said softly: "The City Lord's Mansion."
Shen Qingze sneered: "Hehe, do you think I look easy to deceive?"
Yan Zui stroked his chin and looked at the other party carefully, with doubts on his face: "Are all the farmers in your village as smart as you?"
"..." Shen Qingze looked down at his farmer's three-piece suit, and suddenly fell silent.
Before Yan Zui could say anything, a sudden gust of wind struck, blowing the dead trees all around, rolling up yellow sand and fallen leaves all over the sky, and the dust dazzled people's eyes!
Immediately afterwards, the sky seemed to dim in an instant, and a line of darkness spread from the northern sky, like a roaring sea tide, covering the sky and the sun in the blink of an eye!
When the last ray of light disappeared into the sky, a strange darkness suddenly enveloped the whole city!
Shen Qingze opened the main interface in surprise, and there was an extra main line in the plot column that has not changed for thousands of years:
【crisis!Eternal night descends on Yuanliu City! 】
It has been more than a month since I came to Dawn Continent, and this is the first time the system prompts that there is a main plot. As a game developer, Shen Qingze knows very well that before his death, the game world setting had just completed the preliminary construction, and the main plot was still blank .
In other words, everything that is happening now is entirely due to the evolution and development of this different world.
As the only player, Shen Qingze's every move may change the course of the world!
With [-]% uneasiness and [-]% surprise, Shen Qingze opened the main line plot description with a serious face:
[Sudden darkness enveloped this small northern city. An ancient legend circulated in the city. It was the anger of the night god that brought eternal night to the world. bright! 】
night God?What the hell?
Why doesn't he remember that there are gods in the game?
Shen Qingze read down patiently:
【Is there really a god in the world?You can't help but wonder. 】
Shen Qingze: "..." The system can also read minds?
[There is a Yeshen Mountain to the west of Yuanliu City, maybe there will be clues there. 】
...is this gone?
In just a few paragraphs of reminders, Shen Qingze read them over and over three times, but still couldn't figure it out.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the originally blue sky seemed to be completely covered by a black curtain, only the walls of Yuanliu City were lit up with scattered lights.
Shouts of panic and cries of fear came from far away in the open four fields.
The cold wind that suddenly dropped in temperature blew across the side of his neck, Shen Qingze subconsciously gathered his collar, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Yan Zui got off the cart at some point and had been standing by his side for a long time.
Yan Zui looked up at the deep black void, his brows were furrowed, his gaze lost focus for a moment, and landed on some unknown place, sometimes staring intently, as if trying to meet some kind of existence.
"It came at such a time, is it a coincidence or..."
Shen Qingze caught this extremely light murmur, and turned to look at him: "What's coming?"
Yan Zui withdrew his usual casual smile, and met the other party's gaze solemnly: "Go home quickly, bring your family, pack up your things, and leave far away. It's best to hide in the foggy forest. In short, don't enter City, see the sun come out, then go back."
Shen Qingze was slightly surprised: "Why?"
"There's no time to explain, it's up to you whether you listen or not."
Yan Zui wrapped his hood tightly, held the world-defying gun in his hand, stopped talking to the young man, turned around and walked into the dark night, his slender figure gradually drifted away until it disappeared completely.
The system guides him to go to Yeshen Mountain to look for clues, but Yan Zui warns him of danger and tells him to run away...
Shen Qingze weighed it in his heart, and decided to go home and find Father Li before making any plans.
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When Shen Qingze hurried back to the village dragging a small cart, he saw that the doors and windows of every house were closed, quiet and oppressive, only the sound of cocks crowing and dogs barking, making them restless.When he passed by the widow Wang's house at the entrance of the village, he vaguely heard someone chanting aloud prayers to God of Night.
The air was full of tension and solemnity.
The oil lamp was on at home, and the big white dog smelled his scent from afar and rushed out to greet him.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Qingze smelled the aroma of food, and his hungry stomach immediately groaned. Old Li limped and brought the food to the table, calling the young man to come and eat.
The dishes on the table were extraordinarily rich, including meat and eggs, and even a pot of fragrant chicken soup. If it wasn't for the weird weather outside, Shen Qingze almost mistakenly thought that it was a holiday.
He remembered Yan Zui's advice, and said, "Father, there will be danger outside soon, I'll go and pack up my things and take you out for a while."
Old man Li shook his head with a peaceful expression: "Silly boy, you don't understand, as long as it's still dark, it doesn't matter where you go to avoid it. Let's eat first, I've prepared everything, eat it while it's hot."
Shen Qingze wanted to persuade a few words, but was stared at by old man Li, so he had to pick up the bowl and chopsticks, took a couple of bites, and couldn't help but ask: "Father, it's getting dark outside suddenly, I heard some rumors about god……"
"Oh, it's the night god who got angry." Father Li sat at the table, didn't serve himself bowls and chopsticks, and only held an old pipe in his mouth, and he dug it out from nowhere, even the shredded tobacco was old. , choking him to cough a few times, still smoking slowly.
Shen Qingze frowned: "Ye Shen really exists?"
The oil lamp in the room was dimly lit, and the old face of Li's old man appeared and disappeared in the smoke.
"Who knows, I haven't seen it in my life. But maybe I will see it soon."
Shen Qingze pondered over the plot explanation given by the system over and over in his mind, without thinking deeply about the overtones of the second half of Li's father's sentence.
Father Li squinted his eyes, staring absently at the flickering flames of the oil lamp, his face showing reminiscence.
"The elders in the village once said that Ye Shen's palace is on Ye Shen Mountain. He hates the light of the sun very much. Whenever he wakes up from a deep sleep, he will cover the sun. I only experienced that time 30 years ago. Today is the same, eternal night falls."
"Has the same thing happened 30 years ago?" Shen Qingze's eyes lit up slightly, "So, there is a way to break Yong Ye and bring everything back to normal?"
Father Li looked at him through the smoke with cloudy eyes, and nodded slowly: "There is a way, and people who have lived long enough know."
"How did you do it 30 years ago?"
"Sacrifice." Old Li breathed out a puff of smoke: "The chief priest will hold a grand ceremony in the city, offer rich sacrifices, and pray to the night god, praying for him to sleep peacefully as soon as possible, so that the light will reappear."
"It's that simple?" Shen Qingze was suspicious, then why should everyone be so nervous, why not just wait at home for the sacrifice.
Old man Li shook his head and said vaguely: "I am a bad old man, how can I know, but there is another rumor that every time the night god is angry, it is because of demons. In addition to offering sacrifices, he also has to kill Drop the demon hiding in the crowd, and you can appease the wrath of Night God."
Sacrifice?demon?
Yan Zui's cursed and terrifying face suddenly flashed across his mind, Shen Qingze's brows twitched suddenly, with a strange expression on his face: "Then, how to find out the demon in the crowd?"
Father Li sighed: "Master Priest is in charge of all the sacrifices in the city, and he can communicate with the gods, so he must know."
When Shen Qingze heard all these anecdotes, he only felt that there were a lot of clues, and he had a vague premonition that as long as he had something to do with gods, religions, demons, sacrifices, etc., nothing good would happen.
Maybe Yan Zui somehow guessed the hidden truth behind it, and didn't want to hurt them, so he let them go out to avoid the limelight?
Shen Qingze thought about it, it's better to avoid it if possible.
After putting away the bowls and chopsticks, Shen Qingze went back to the house in the dark to pack up his things. Before he lit the oil lamp, there was already a gleam of light in the corner of the house——
Is that the fish tank where the golden dragon carp and dragon scale jade are placed?
Shen Qingze was taken aback for a moment, since he threw the jade given by Yan Zui into the fish tank, he almost forgot about it, and he didn't expect an unexpected change to happen at this moment.
He held the lamp in one hand, and fished in the tank for a long time with the other, until he felt a smooth and cold touch in his palm, he tightened his five fingers suddenly, and a golden little guy was caught by him!
It no longer looks like a carp, its body has become long and thin, and it even has four small claws, covered with golden scales, like a hybrid of a lizard and a water snake. Look at it.
[System: Congratulations on getting a new clue! 】
Shen Qingze's system page had just refreshed this reminder, before he had time to think about it, there was a sudden vibration under his feet, and after a while, he returned to calm, which shocked the originally silent village.
[You accidentally obtained a successfully evolved ichthyosaur. Unexpectedly, it caused a change in Yeshen Mountain. The people in Yuanliu City were alarmed. pray. 】
Shen Qingze: "..." Fortunately, no one knew that he did it.
[If you leave it alone, there may be more violent changes. You decide to go to Yeshen Mountain to explore the truth behind the thick fog! 】
Shen Qingze: "???"
When did he decide to explore the truth?
"Aze!" Father Li knocked on the wooden door, and he looked a little uneasy, "It seems that there was an earthquake just now, are you okay?"
Shen Qingze immediately threw the little ichthyosaur back into the bathtub, coughed lightly: "I'm fine."
"That's good." Father Li replied vaguely, still frowning, looking worried: "I don't know when I will be tall..."
[System: Please go to Yeshen Mountain within two hours, otherwise the clues will be invalid. 】
The system prompt was still urging him to investigate the truth, Shen Qingze hesitated for a moment, thinking that it was not too late to escape, and said:
"I want to go out for a while, and I will come back as soon as possible. You always stay at home and don't go anywhere. If I don't come back, don't open the door and don't let strangers into the house."
Originally thinking that Old Man Li would prevent him from getting involved in dangerous places, Shen Qingze racked his brains to weave reasonable arguments, but unexpectedly Old Man Li just hesitated to speak and stopped looking at him for a while, finally nodded silently, and let him go.
Before leaving, Father Li hurriedly brought a coat from the room and stuffed it for him: "It was sewn from the skin of the King Kong bear you hunted last time. It keeps you warm. Now that there is no sun, it will get colder and colder. You wear it, don't catch a cold."
At this time, Father Li became extremely verbose, Xu Xu urged him for a long time, Shen Qingze said helplessly: "Don't worry, I'll come back as soon as I go, wait for me to come back, it won't be too late."
Old man Li trembled slightly while holding his hand, bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, and nodded: "Come back early, I'll prepare a supper for you."
Shen Qingze nodded lightly, took the dagger and the crossbow, quickly blended into the night, and went straight to the place guided by the map.
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Yeshen Mountain is located in the northwest of Yuanliu City. The mountain is full of clouds and mist all the year round, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and there are almost no people in the vicinity.
Fortunately, the map guidance did not require him to climb to the top of the mountain.
Shen Qingze stepped on the thorny forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the old oil lamp in his hand could only illuminate the surrounding three meters.
Strangely, he didn't hear a single bird chirping all the way, and the surroundings were eerily silent, except for the sound of dead branches and fallen leaves being crushed by himself.
"It should be around here..."
Standing at the coordinates indicated by the map, Shen Qingze dug open the fallen leaves all over the ground, looked around, but didn't notice anything unusual, until he raised his head -
A huge black feather that was as long as an arm hung on the treetop above his head, and the cold wind blew through, trembling and falling from the branch.
Shen Qingze reached out to catch it.
At the moment of starting, the system prompt pops up instantly:
【Congratulations on discovering a new clue—the Feather of the Kunpeng! 】
[Kunpeng is an ancient monster in the legend of the Eastern Great Xia Empire.There is a record as follows, "Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is. It turns into a bird, its name is Peng, and it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky."]
Its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky...
Shen Qingze squinted his eyes in surprise, looking from the feather of the Kunpeng to the sky that was so dark that there was not a single ray of light in the distance——
What night god legend?
It turned out to be so!
A shock like electric shock rushed along Shen Qingze's spine to the nerve endings of his brain, and the unexpected truth made his scalp tingle for a while.
Even if he wasn't a god, how could he be able to deal with that ancient monster with a trumpet below level 20? !
At the same time, only Shen Qingze could hear the notification sound echoing in his ears:
[Main quest update: reveal the truth!Disintegrate the conspiracy!Save the Abyss City in the darkness! 】
[Main quest reward: In addition to the basic reward, an additional 100 amethyst will be presented]
Shen Qingze was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed, Zijing is the currency obtained by krypton gold!
He seems to have seen the krypton gold equipment and appearance, beckoning to him!
The author has something to say: System: The Emperor's New Clothes is also waving to you!
Boss Mo sent the guys away and started to work as a servant himself, serving tea and water, and accompanied the countess to appreciate the carvings on the walls and paintings by famous artists.
When he heard the officiant and the earl talking about the city lord, Boss Mo quietly wiped his sweat, and couldn't help but prick up his ears to listen intently.
Earl Yan En leaned on the back of the bench, crossed his legs, stared at the man drinking tea with his brown eyes, and couldn't help frowning:
"Haven't you found my damn nephew yet? It's been so many days. At that time, I saw with my own eyes that the beast slave injured him with a curse. If you dare to get close, even if he died in the misty forest, it's time to find the body."
"No, no, Lord Earl, I didn't make it clear." Officiant Mo Yun picked up the tea lid and scraped off the floating leaves on the surface, calming the other party's anxiety with a slow tone.
"Although the city lord Yan Zui didn't show up, there are reports that people in the city have seen people with a similar back to him recently. In addition to my understanding of the city lord, how can it be so easy to kill him with a mere curse? ?”
"Hmph." Earl Yan En changed his sitting position, his waist leaned forward slightly, his face full of impatience, "I didn't expect to see that guy's body, otherwise, why should we hide in this secret room secretly to meet each other? but……"
Priest Mo Yun laughed, and his chin became sharper: "Hehe, don't be too impatient, my lord. The old city lord was so powerful back then, and he couldn't resist time in the end. You are in your prime, and you still have enough time to enjoy the rights at your fingertips Woolen cloth."
Earl Yan En glanced at him: "Since the city lord is not here, as the officiant, you are nominally the second person in power in Yuanliu City. Why have you not fully grasped that kid Yan Zui's guards after so long? If it wasn't for your disadvantages, We have already successfully entered the main city lord's mansion!"
Being repeatedly squeezed, Mo Yun's face gradually became a little ugly, and his smile faded: "Well, you also know that Xiao Meng, the captain of the guard under the Lord Yan Zui, is his confidant, and he is upright. I want to persuade him, I'm afraid only the corpse of City Lord Yan will do."
The countess sat down beside her husband with scented tea, and Boss Mo respectfully waited on him. Hearing this, she couldn't help being curious, and interjected to ask:
"The subordinates don't understand, Yan Zui is the son of the old city lord, you are the younger brother of the old city lord, you also have the right to inherit, when the old city lord passed away, you didn't fight with him, why wait until now?"
Yan En showed displeasure: "It has only been more than half a year since the elder brother passed away and that kid took over. The elder brother built an iron guard to pave the way for him. As the only son of the elder brother, he is justified. How can I fight?"
"If he is obedient, everyone can just muddle through. But not long after this kid took office, he announced that he would rectify the property and taxation of Yuanliu City, and even went so far as to investigate the mines!"
Earl Yan En sneered with a "ha":
"For a long time, how many people's wealth and lives have been tied to the mine. Who gave him the courage to touch everyone's golden rice bowl? He thought he could do whatever he wanted with the power in his hands! Or did he think he was full-fledged? , can wipe out all of us old bones?!"
"It's so naive!"
Earl Yan En leaned back heavily in the chair, the accumulated resentment filled his brows, making his face look even more ferocious, Boss Mo didn't dare to vent his anger, it took a long time for the earl to calm down under the consolation of his wife.
Priest Mo Yun was silent for a moment, then sighed: "Speaking of which, I have to thank the beast slaves for attacking, which greatly weakened City Lord Yan's power for us, and seriously injured him, otherwise, it would have taken a lot of trouble."
Earl Yan En waved his hand and clenched his fists: "It is the best time to drag him from his seat while his foundation is unstable and he is seriously injured and missing! We must not let this kid destroy our family and wealth that we have painstakingly managed !"
Priest Mo Yun licked his lips, and held the staff tightly and tightly, hesitating a bit: "I have tried my best to buy some people to use for us, but last time the beast slaves attacked suddenly, our people were not killed or injured. few……"
"I don't want to listen to such nonsense! Yan Zui is not here, so Xiao Meng is nothing to worry about. Last time the guards suffered heavy casualties, they couldn't be replenished for a while, and they still have to send a large number of people to guard the city walls. The City Lord's Mansion is already showing its pretensions."
Earl Yan En pressed the corner of the table, and his gloomy eyes fell on Boss Mo's face: "How are the armor and swords made during this time? Is it enough for an army of 200 people, armed to the teeth?"
Boss Mo felt bitter: "Master Earl, what you said last time was not this number. It takes time for us to build high-quality weapons, especially armor, which is complicated..."
Yan Enhan asked: "Are you deaf? I just want you to answer yes or no!"
Boss Mo's voice trembled, and he was forced into a dilemma by the other party's eyes, so he nodded obediently: "Yes, yes, I will..."
Yan En let out a snort from his nose, reluctantly letting him go, Boss Mo secretly heaved a sigh of relief, touched his neck, his hands were wet and greasy.
"Master Mo Yun, why don't you speak?"
Mo Yun frowned, and said in a low voice: "I just find it strange that since the Lord Yan is not dead, he still dares to hang around in the city, but he refuses to show up for so long. If he is in the City Lord's Mansion, the guards will definitely treat us Desperately resisting. What kind of medicine does he sell in his gourd?"
"I know that." The countess, who had been sitting quietly by the side, suddenly spoke out, curling up her wrists with her temple hair, and bent her wrists in a charming arc.
In the secret room, several people turned their heads in surprise, Earl Yan En was kind to his wife: "What's your opinion, madam?"
The Countess covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "You forgot, Yan Zui was disfigured - he was so glamorous before, he was the focus of everyone's attention wherever he went, the favored son of heaven, the darling of the god of beauty! Anyone who is in front of him will be ashamed." Overshadowed."
The Countess's blue pupils showed unconcealable jealousy: "But what about now? An ugly monster who can scare a child into tears, and the drop from the clouds to the quagmire, you old bastards who have never been beautiful will not understand!
"Maybe he is hiding in the foggy forest and crying right now! So what if he shows up, the guards who are loyal to him may not be able to recognize him."
"Hahaha, well said, the lord of our Abyss City, how can we let a shameless guy be in charge!"
The four people conspiring in the secret room looked at each other and smiled, and the agar lamp hanging from the roof melted their shadows into a ball and spread them on the ground, like a silent beast...
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The outskirts of Yuanliu City.
When several nobles conspired to usurp power, Yan Zui, whom they called "shameless", was sitting on a broken scooter, being pushed forward by a young man in a peasant three-piece suit.
"Can't you get down and walk by yourself?" Shen Qingze rolled his sleeves and pushed the scooter with a grim expression.
Yan Zui rested his arms on his pillow and said lazily: "I kindly tell you the truth about milk, this is my reward. Otherwise, you will have to drink other people's bath water."
When Shen Qingze thought of this possibility, his face darkened instantly.
"Okay, let's not talk about this." Yan Zui smiled slightly, "What do you think about the big deal I just mentioned?"
"Can you equip fifty elite crossbows and steel swords?" Shen Qingze frowned, shaking his head like a rattle, "Can't you pay the deposit first? What if you default? Where can I go to collect debts?"
Yan Zui said softly: "The City Lord's Mansion."
Shen Qingze sneered: "Hehe, do you think I look easy to deceive?"
Yan Zui stroked his chin and looked at the other party carefully, with doubts on his face: "Are all the farmers in your village as smart as you?"
"..." Shen Qingze looked down at his farmer's three-piece suit, and suddenly fell silent.
Before Yan Zui could say anything, a sudden gust of wind struck, blowing the dead trees all around, rolling up yellow sand and fallen leaves all over the sky, and the dust dazzled people's eyes!
Immediately afterwards, the sky seemed to dim in an instant, and a line of darkness spread from the northern sky, like a roaring sea tide, covering the sky and the sun in the blink of an eye!
When the last ray of light disappeared into the sky, a strange darkness suddenly enveloped the whole city!
Shen Qingze opened the main interface in surprise, and there was an extra main line in the plot column that has not changed for thousands of years:
【crisis!Eternal night descends on Yuanliu City! 】
It has been more than a month since I came to Dawn Continent, and this is the first time the system prompts that there is a main plot. As a game developer, Shen Qingze knows very well that before his death, the game world setting had just completed the preliminary construction, and the main plot was still blank .
In other words, everything that is happening now is entirely due to the evolution and development of this different world.
As the only player, Shen Qingze's every move may change the course of the world!
With [-]% uneasiness and [-]% surprise, Shen Qingze opened the main line plot description with a serious face:
[Sudden darkness enveloped this small northern city. An ancient legend circulated in the city. It was the anger of the night god that brought eternal night to the world. bright! 】
night God?What the hell?
Why doesn't he remember that there are gods in the game?
Shen Qingze read down patiently:
【Is there really a god in the world?You can't help but wonder. 】
Shen Qingze: "..." The system can also read minds?
[There is a Yeshen Mountain to the west of Yuanliu City, maybe there will be clues there. 】
...is this gone?
In just a few paragraphs of reminders, Shen Qingze read them over and over three times, but still couldn't figure it out.
At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the originally blue sky seemed to be completely covered by a black curtain, only the walls of Yuanliu City were lit up with scattered lights.
Shouts of panic and cries of fear came from far away in the open four fields.
The cold wind that suddenly dropped in temperature blew across the side of his neck, Shen Qingze subconsciously gathered his collar, and when he came back to his senses, he saw that Yan Zui got off the cart at some point and had been standing by his side for a long time.
Yan Zui looked up at the deep black void, his brows were furrowed, his gaze lost focus for a moment, and landed on some unknown place, sometimes staring intently, as if trying to meet some kind of existence.
"It came at such a time, is it a coincidence or..."
Shen Qingze caught this extremely light murmur, and turned to look at him: "What's coming?"
Yan Zui withdrew his usual casual smile, and met the other party's gaze solemnly: "Go home quickly, bring your family, pack up your things, and leave far away. It's best to hide in the foggy forest. In short, don't enter City, see the sun come out, then go back."
Shen Qingze was slightly surprised: "Why?"
"There's no time to explain, it's up to you whether you listen or not."
Yan Zui wrapped his hood tightly, held the world-defying gun in his hand, stopped talking to the young man, turned around and walked into the dark night, his slender figure gradually drifted away until it disappeared completely.
The system guides him to go to Yeshen Mountain to look for clues, but Yan Zui warns him of danger and tells him to run away...
Shen Qingze weighed it in his heart, and decided to go home and find Father Li before making any plans.
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When Shen Qingze hurried back to the village dragging a small cart, he saw that the doors and windows of every house were closed, quiet and oppressive, only the sound of cocks crowing and dogs barking, making them restless.When he passed by the widow Wang's house at the entrance of the village, he vaguely heard someone chanting aloud prayers to God of Night.
The air was full of tension and solemnity.
The oil lamp was on at home, and the big white dog smelled his scent from afar and rushed out to greet him.
As soon as he entered the door, Shen Qingze smelled the aroma of food, and his hungry stomach immediately groaned. Old Li limped and brought the food to the table, calling the young man to come and eat.
The dishes on the table were extraordinarily rich, including meat and eggs, and even a pot of fragrant chicken soup. If it wasn't for the weird weather outside, Shen Qingze almost mistakenly thought that it was a holiday.
He remembered Yan Zui's advice, and said, "Father, there will be danger outside soon, I'll go and pack up my things and take you out for a while."
Old man Li shook his head with a peaceful expression: "Silly boy, you don't understand, as long as it's still dark, it doesn't matter where you go to avoid it. Let's eat first, I've prepared everything, eat it while it's hot."
Shen Qingze wanted to persuade a few words, but was stared at by old man Li, so he had to pick up the bowl and chopsticks, took a couple of bites, and couldn't help but ask: "Father, it's getting dark outside suddenly, I heard some rumors about god……"
"Oh, it's the night god who got angry." Father Li sat at the table, didn't serve himself bowls and chopsticks, and only held an old pipe in his mouth, and he dug it out from nowhere, even the shredded tobacco was old. , choking him to cough a few times, still smoking slowly.
Shen Qingze frowned: "Ye Shen really exists?"
The oil lamp in the room was dimly lit, and the old face of Li's old man appeared and disappeared in the smoke.
"Who knows, I haven't seen it in my life. But maybe I will see it soon."
Shen Qingze pondered over the plot explanation given by the system over and over in his mind, without thinking deeply about the overtones of the second half of Li's father's sentence.
Father Li squinted his eyes, staring absently at the flickering flames of the oil lamp, his face showing reminiscence.
"The elders in the village once said that Ye Shen's palace is on Ye Shen Mountain. He hates the light of the sun very much. Whenever he wakes up from a deep sleep, he will cover the sun. I only experienced that time 30 years ago. Today is the same, eternal night falls."
"Has the same thing happened 30 years ago?" Shen Qingze's eyes lit up slightly, "So, there is a way to break Yong Ye and bring everything back to normal?"
Father Li looked at him through the smoke with cloudy eyes, and nodded slowly: "There is a way, and people who have lived long enough know."
"How did you do it 30 years ago?"
"Sacrifice." Old Li breathed out a puff of smoke: "The chief priest will hold a grand ceremony in the city, offer rich sacrifices, and pray to the night god, praying for him to sleep peacefully as soon as possible, so that the light will reappear."
"It's that simple?" Shen Qingze was suspicious, then why should everyone be so nervous, why not just wait at home for the sacrifice.
Old man Li shook his head and said vaguely: "I am a bad old man, how can I know, but there is another rumor that every time the night god is angry, it is because of demons. In addition to offering sacrifices, he also has to kill Drop the demon hiding in the crowd, and you can appease the wrath of Night God."
Sacrifice?demon?
Yan Zui's cursed and terrifying face suddenly flashed across his mind, Shen Qingze's brows twitched suddenly, with a strange expression on his face: "Then, how to find out the demon in the crowd?"
Father Li sighed: "Master Priest is in charge of all the sacrifices in the city, and he can communicate with the gods, so he must know."
When Shen Qingze heard all these anecdotes, he only felt that there were a lot of clues, and he had a vague premonition that as long as he had something to do with gods, religions, demons, sacrifices, etc., nothing good would happen.
Maybe Yan Zui somehow guessed the hidden truth behind it, and didn't want to hurt them, so he let them go out to avoid the limelight?
Shen Qingze thought about it, it's better to avoid it if possible.
After putting away the bowls and chopsticks, Shen Qingze went back to the house in the dark to pack up his things. Before he lit the oil lamp, there was already a gleam of light in the corner of the house——
Is that the fish tank where the golden dragon carp and dragon scale jade are placed?
Shen Qingze was taken aback for a moment, since he threw the jade given by Yan Zui into the fish tank, he almost forgot about it, and he didn't expect an unexpected change to happen at this moment.
He held the lamp in one hand, and fished in the tank for a long time with the other, until he felt a smooth and cold touch in his palm, he tightened his five fingers suddenly, and a golden little guy was caught by him!
It no longer looks like a carp, its body has become long and thin, and it even has four small claws, covered with golden scales, like a hybrid of a lizard and a water snake. Look at it.
[System: Congratulations on getting a new clue! 】
Shen Qingze's system page had just refreshed this reminder, before he had time to think about it, there was a sudden vibration under his feet, and after a while, he returned to calm, which shocked the originally silent village.
[You accidentally obtained a successfully evolved ichthyosaur. Unexpectedly, it caused a change in Yeshen Mountain. The people in Yuanliu City were alarmed. pray. 】
Shen Qingze: "..." Fortunately, no one knew that he did it.
[If you leave it alone, there may be more violent changes. You decide to go to Yeshen Mountain to explore the truth behind the thick fog! 】
Shen Qingze: "???"
When did he decide to explore the truth?
"Aze!" Father Li knocked on the wooden door, and he looked a little uneasy, "It seems that there was an earthquake just now, are you okay?"
Shen Qingze immediately threw the little ichthyosaur back into the bathtub, coughed lightly: "I'm fine."
"That's good." Father Li replied vaguely, still frowning, looking worried: "I don't know when I will be tall..."
[System: Please go to Yeshen Mountain within two hours, otherwise the clues will be invalid. 】
The system prompt was still urging him to investigate the truth, Shen Qingze hesitated for a moment, thinking that it was not too late to escape, and said:
"I want to go out for a while, and I will come back as soon as possible. You always stay at home and don't go anywhere. If I don't come back, don't open the door and don't let strangers into the house."
Originally thinking that Old Man Li would prevent him from getting involved in dangerous places, Shen Qingze racked his brains to weave reasonable arguments, but unexpectedly Old Man Li just hesitated to speak and stopped looking at him for a while, finally nodded silently, and let him go.
Before leaving, Father Li hurriedly brought a coat from the room and stuffed it for him: "It was sewn from the skin of the King Kong bear you hunted last time. It keeps you warm. Now that there is no sun, it will get colder and colder. You wear it, don't catch a cold."
At this time, Father Li became extremely verbose, Xu Xu urged him for a long time, Shen Qingze said helplessly: "Don't worry, I'll come back as soon as I go, wait for me to come back, it won't be too late."
Old man Li trembled slightly while holding his hand, bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, and nodded: "Come back early, I'll prepare a supper for you."
Shen Qingze nodded lightly, took the dagger and the crossbow, quickly blended into the night, and went straight to the place guided by the map.
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Yeshen Mountain is located in the northwest of Yuanliu City. The mountain is full of clouds and mist all the year round, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to walk, and there are almost no people in the vicinity.
Fortunately, the map guidance did not require him to climb to the top of the mountain.
Shen Qingze stepped on the thorny forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and the old oil lamp in his hand could only illuminate the surrounding three meters.
Strangely, he didn't hear a single bird chirping all the way, and the surroundings were eerily silent, except for the sound of dead branches and fallen leaves being crushed by himself.
"It should be around here..."
Standing at the coordinates indicated by the map, Shen Qingze dug open the fallen leaves all over the ground, looked around, but didn't notice anything unusual, until he raised his head -
A huge black feather that was as long as an arm hung on the treetop above his head, and the cold wind blew through, trembling and falling from the branch.
Shen Qingze reached out to catch it.
At the moment of starting, the system prompt pops up instantly:
【Congratulations on discovering a new clue—the Feather of the Kunpeng! 】
[Kunpeng is an ancient monster in the legend of the Eastern Great Xia Empire.There is a record as follows, "Kun is so big, I don't know how many thousands of miles away it is. It turns into a bird, its name is Peng, and it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky."]
Its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky...
Shen Qingze squinted his eyes in surprise, looking from the feather of the Kunpeng to the sky that was so dark that there was not a single ray of light in the distance——
What night god legend?
It turned out to be so!
A shock like electric shock rushed along Shen Qingze's spine to the nerve endings of his brain, and the unexpected truth made his scalp tingle for a while.
Even if he wasn't a god, how could he be able to deal with that ancient monster with a trumpet below level 20? !
At the same time, only Shen Qingze could hear the notification sound echoing in his ears:
[Main quest update: reveal the truth!Disintegrate the conspiracy!Save the Abyss City in the darkness! 】
[Main quest reward: In addition to the basic reward, an additional 100 amethyst will be presented]
Shen Qingze was taken aback for a moment, then overjoyed, Zijing is the currency obtained by krypton gold!
He seems to have seen the krypton gold equipment and appearance, beckoning to him!
The author has something to say: System: The Emperor's New Clothes is also waving to you!
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