The male protagonist tricked me

--can not sleep!

I don't know whose voice it was, it exploded in my ears like a thunderbolt.

Song Ao forced his eyes open from the almost unstoppable drowsiness.

Only then did he realize that he was indeed lying in a warm and comfortable place, surrounded by softness, like a huge "sac", enveloping him.

But if you try to move your body, you will find that although the "bag" is comfortable, it is very narrow, and it can barely accommodate him lying in it alone.

And the whole "capsule" was completely dark, even though Song Ao was very sure that he had opened his eyes wide, he still couldn't see anything.

So he could only use his hands to check the condition of his body.

Soon, Song Ao found that he was in good health and was not injured, and he was still wearing his combat uniform. He even found the egg in a strong and hidden pocket, and another egg beside his leg. He touched the Xingli knife tied there from the side.

This is what he should have looked like when he entered this secret realm!

Song Ao thought about it, and immediately went to his star sea.This time, his star sea was not frozen, let alone any hindrance, Song Ao easily reached his own star sea.

He has indeed reached the fifth level of the star sea, and he has indeed condensed the heart of the five elements.

Even by observing carefully, he could still find the Gu swimming slowly in the sea of ​​stars.

However, the way this star sea operates... seems to have some problems.

Song Ao carefully observed his own star sea, and found that the power of the star sea was flowing in a direction that was not under his control, and then escaped from several key points of the body, and was absorbed by the "sac".

Song Ao immediately thought of the scene they saw after they used the power of the star sea to attach to their eyes that night in the brothel - countless red threads continuously drew the power of the star sea from them and sent them to the direction of the city lord's mansion.

Is this Missy's "sincerity"?

But what did the eldest lady let them see these things for?

There seemed to be the sound of the young lady's warning in my ears - don't move, don't sleep, but don't talk either.

She also said that her name was Xia Jueqing.

Song Ao recalled Uncle Liu's reaction when he deliberately asked Uncle Liu about the Xia family before they entered the City Lord's Mansion.

Xia Lu Empire, Xia and Lu Empire.

According to the history books of the empire, several major families led mankind from the planet to the interstellar, went through all kinds of hardships, sacrificed countless heroes, and finally established the Xialu Empire.

The name of Xia Lu is also to commemorate the two families who sacrificed the most and the largest in the whole process.

After the establishment of the empire, these two families disappeared and never appeared in the ruling history of the empire.

About these two families, there are only a few scribbles in the history textbooks. If you want to read more detailed information, you have to go to the history department for further research.

However, the textbooks will not talk about the mysteries of the noble circle, the disputes of the aristocratic families, let alone the ancient secret realm.

Now that the Lu family is here, it seems that they are plotting some big plan.

And what about the Xia family?Why is the eldest lady in this city "Lu Fanrou" surnamed Xia, but the real Xia family is kept secret?

Song Ao was thinking quietly, while trying to control his own star sea, to stop the continuous flow of the power of the star sea.

However, what surprised Song Ao was that what he did had no effect. Even if he could still feel his own Xinghai, the entire Xinghai seemed to be no longer under his control.

As the master of this sea of ​​stars, he actually became a real "bystander".

Song Ao frowned in confusion, and remembered Xia Jueqing's words again - don't move, don't sleep, but don't talk either.

So what exactly is this place, why can't I get out of this "bag"?

If what he saw now is the real truth of Tiancheng, then is this Xia Jueqing's sincerity?

Obviously, Song Ao still underestimated Xia Jueqing's sincerity.

It didn't take long before he heard voices starting to come from outside the "sac".

Lying in it, Song Ao didn't know the thickness of the "bag", but judging from the sound, it shouldn't be very thick, and the effect of sound transmission is quite good.

Crash, bang.

It seemed to be the sound of an iron chain being pulled, followed by a louder bang bang sound, and a metal iron door was pushed open, making a harsh friction sound.

However, the voice seemed to come from the inner wall of the "sac", which made Song Ao's scalp feel numb again and again.

Then came the sound of footsteps, and two people approached one after the other.

From this, Song Ao judged that they were in the same room, and from the sound of footsteps, the room seemed to be very large, but it was not empty. It sounded like a huge factory building.

plant?

Song Ao had some not-so-good guesses in his heart.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and finally stopped at a place very close to him.

— don't move, don't sleep, but don't talk either.

Song Ao tried his best to keep his breathing steady and his heartbeat slow down, so as not to act like he had "woke up".

Then he heard two muffled thumps, as if the "bag" next door was being slapped.

So, isn't there just one "bag" here?

Song Ao hadn't made the next step of conjecture and judgment when the sound of thump thud rang right next to the "bag" he was in.

"Dong Dong", "Dong Dong".

The voice was actually not loud, but it made Song Ao feel terrified, as if he was just a watermelon waiting to be ripe and taken away, and his life would end at any moment.

But obviously, if he is really that melon, he is probably still a long way from "mature".

Song Ao held his breath, and then a voice he was somewhat familiar with asked, "How long will it take for this last batch of fuel to fully mature?"

Listen to that voice, is it the Lord Lu or who?

"My lord, the villain has already thought of all the ways to speed up the catalysis. I will definitely let my lord catch up with the time in four days, and never delay my business!" Old Uncle Liu's flattering voice followed.

"Hmm." City Lord Lu responded, and then patted Song Ao's "bag", "But, what if I said, I want to get two fuel out?"

"This..." Old Uncle Liu's voice seemed very hesitant, "If you want to take out the fuel, the power of the star sea collected may not be enough, but if it is necessary, the city lord can wait two or three days before coming, at least to maximize the power to drain their star power."

"It's a pity to squeeze it out..." The city lord chuckled twice, "You don't understand these things, these two guys are of great use to me. There is no other way to make up for the lack of two people. ?”

"Yes, yes..." Old Uncle Liu was a little hesitant, but he still gritted his teeth when he saw the city lord's inquiring eyes, "Although the power of the star sea of ​​those who are about to die is too weak, as long as it is given at the end At this critical moment, if we inject them with a powerful catalyst to melt their flesh and blood, and turn them all into the power of the star sea, it should be enough."

"Well, that's good." The city lord waved his hand in satisfaction, "How many people do you need?"

"This... this group of more than 50 people, plus about 100 people who were still lingering before, make up [-] people, and there should be no problem." Old Uncle Liu replied with some trembling.

"Only 100 people." The city lord laughed, "What's the matter, let's do it like this."

"Yes..." Old Uncle Liu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and he was glad that he was the right-hand man of the city lord, and not one of the 100 people who were sentenced to death casually.

Feeling that his attitude seemed a bit inappropriate and not positive enough, old Liu Bo immediately added, "But this time it's all thanks to the city lord. The effect of charging is much better than before. The analysis results of the technical department also said that the energy contained in the power of the star sea is much higher. It's full."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?" City Lord Lu raised his eyebrows, "Is there a reason why the quality is better?" This is related to the use of future energy, and City Lord Lu is naturally more concerned.

"You also know that the reason why we let these fuels condense the heart of the elements every time is to temper the power of the star sea with the power of the elements and make the power of the star sea more pure. And this time to promote their condensing of the power of the star sea At that time, the villain deliberately tried to fuse the five elements, instead of activating the condensation one by one, I didn't expect the effect to be so good."

Old Uncle Liu arched his hands, and in a few words, he turned the accidental collision, Song Ao and Jiang Heng's incident of causing the tornado of the power of the star sea into his "deliberate action", and even regarded the accident as his own merit. flaunted it.

But Song Ao was shocked when he heard it. It turned out that this secret realm was never intended to allow them to achieve any improvement, even if it prompted them to reach the fifth level of the Star Sea and condense the heart of the elements, it was just for the further benefit of their future. Extract value from yourself.

Jiang Heng's inference was correct from the very beginning, this secret realm was never opened for them to improve...

"Then you did a good job, why didn't you say it earlier, and I will reward you when you go back." Hearing the report from Old Uncle Liu, City Lord Lu was naturally full of joy.

When he breaks through the shackles of Tiancheng and regains control of the empire, he can use these as bait to easily attract a large number of people who are willing to work under him.

"However, the villain would like to ask boldly why the city lord must let these two people go..." Seeing the city lord's mouth was tinged with a smile, and he seemed in a good mood, old Uncle Liu thought about it, and then he boldly asked road.

"Hahahaha..." Speaking of this, the city lord couldn't help but let out a burst of laughter, "You also know that we are cooperating with the Song family on the surface, but in fact we are using the Song family as a backup."

"Yes." Old Uncle Liu knew this of course, but he really didn't like these gangsters.After all, they are all people who have been manipulated by the royal family and their City Lord Lu.

Those people are better than them because they are born and can practice?If he can be given such conditions and opportunities, he will definitely be the dazzling star of the empire.

But it doesn't matter, when the city lord really breaks through the shackles and takes over the empire again, he will also become a close minister of the emperor!

"This Song Zhan is shrewd and cunning, but in the end he is just a little clever. Haha... I married him a useless daughter, and he believed me and cooperated with us."

"But this guy is insidious. I wanted to trick him into using the Rank Nine Ring Gu, but he backhandedly planted the Rank Nine Ring Gu on his other kid. Ha, you know what it means to be smart and be fooled." Are you smart?" Speaking of the past, City Lord Lu gritted his teeth for a while, but at the end, he couldn't help laughing for some reason.

Old Uncle Liu actually knew about this, but he also knew that at this time, there was room for the city lord to talk and show off, so he cautiously pretended not to understand and shook his head, "This... villain doesn't understand, I heard It was planted on the marshal's adopted son."

"Yes, it was planted on Zhou Zhuo's adopted son, hahahaha... But, that kid is not his adopted son."

Hearing this, Old Liu Bo and Song Ao were startled.

For Old Uncle Liu, this was something he didn't know, and he hadn't collected information.The essence of human beings is gossip, and Old Liu Bo became curious immediately.

And Song Ao held his breath, this was the first time he had heard about Jiang Heng's life experience.

Although he felt that his guesses in the past were probably close to ten, but even now, there is still no conclusive evidence, let alone heard from any insider.

Seeing that the city lord seemed to be trying to trick him on purpose, old Uncle Liu followed up with a sense of current affairs: "This... isn't an adopted son? Could it be that it is Jiang Shuo or Zhou Zhuo's parent-child?!"

"Hehehe, you old boy, you are quite smart." Lu City Lord smiled, "It's okay to say that. As for what he is... Haha, in two days you will will know."

Seeing the city lord's high spirits, old Uncle Liu naturally laughed along with him, although in the end, the city lord did not give a real answer, and old Uncle Liu naturally didn't dare to ask.

"Leave aside for now, what did you mean when you said something strange happened in the fuel area?" the city lord changed the subject and asked again.

Just now in the study, when he was about to talk to Song Ao and Jiang Heng, old Uncle Liu secretly told him that strange traces were found in the fuel area.

The first thing Lu City Lord was worried about was the issue of his two most important fuels, so he rushed here to take a look in person in a hurry.

Seeing that Song Ao and Jiang Heng's bags were in good health, he felt relieved and prepared to deal with the strange things that old Uncle Liu said.

There is no small matter in the fuel area. Every fuel is related to whether their plan will succeed in the end. Therefore, Lu City Lord has always regarded the fuel area as very important. Even if there are special personnel to manage, patrol, and inspect, he often goes in and out of the fuel area. district, and even set out to address some of these issues.

It's not that he doesn't trust his subordinates to do these things well, but that City Lord Lu has such a personality. He has to go through his own hands before he can rest assured about the important things he cares about.

Seeing that he finally got down to business, old Uncle Liu immediately took a step forward and pointed with his hand, "City Master, look, there are some strange marks here, as if they were scratched with a knife."

What Old Uncle Liu was referring to was the shell of the "bag" that Song Ao was lying on. There were several deep and clear scratches on it. It seemed that the marks were still very fresh.

Just now City Lord Lu saw that the most important bag was all right, so his mood was half relieved, and he heard old Liu Bo say that even if Song Ao and Jiang Heng are replaced, there are still other ways to replenish the fuel. It was much better, and I didn't even notice that there were scratches on the pouch.

At this time, looking closely at the direction that Old Uncle Liu pointed out, City Lord Lu immediately frowned, "What's going on?!"

The fuel area has always been an important place, and this kind of scratch is obviously caused by a dagger, and it seems that it will not last more than three days.

Seeing that City Lord Lu was showing signs of getting angry again, old Uncle Liu's little heart raised his throat again, and he carefully reported: "During the last inspection last night, the inspectors have not found these scratches. It was only discovered during the patrol inspection, and after he reported to the villain, the villain didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately reported to you."

However, such an explanation did not satisfy the city lord. He frowned and said dissatisfiedly, "So what do the guards do for food? Let people sneak in here in the middle of the night to do this kind of thing?"

Old Uncle Liu didn't dare to refute, so he just continued, "But we have checked everything, and the bag is all intact, only this one has a slight scratch..."

"Slightly scratched?" City Lord Lu raised his voice, "You'd better pray that he can be caught today, so as not to delay my plan, otherwise... Humph!" City Lord Lu shook his sleeve angrily, "So far What have you found so far?"

"Yes, because there are no abnormalities in the entry and exit records of the fuel area, so the villain has already checked the list of all entries and exits from Tiancheng from last night to this morning..." Old Uncle Liu began to report again trembling.

However, Song Ao's nerves became more tense - because he felt as if something was dragging his soul, as if trying to drag him out of this body.

The tugging sensation made him dizzy and nauseous.

But this quarterly uncomfortable feeling still has a trace of familiarity.

Before finally losing consciousness, Song Ao suddenly remembered that it seemed that the same feeling captured him when he stepped into the secret realm just now!

——"Huh...ha...huh..."

He suddenly opened his eyes again and stood up straight. Song Ao was breathing like a person who just came up from a deep water area holding his breath.

Jiang Heng, who was a step away from him, had a smaller range of movements, but his face was not very good-looking, and his excessive paleness made him sharper.

The eldest lady let go, sat back on her seat leisurely, and smiled, "How about it, is my sincerity enough?"

"Huh...that was just now, what was that?" Song Ao's breathing finally calmed down after a while, recalling the strange feeling just now, he looked at the eldest lady and asked.

"What is that?" The eldest lady repeated softly, curling the corners of her mouth, and the scar on her face added a bit of horror, "That is the truth, the truth of this world."

"Those, what are those sac-like things? Why are we in it, and when were we in it?" Song Ao asked immediately.

The eldest lady raised her brows, "That's called the Xingli Cocoon Room, maybe the name can let you guess part of its purpose. But...you have too many questions, it should be my turn now."

Song Ao pursed the corners of his lips. They were in a transactional relationship. Although it was a little unreasonable, the eldest lady's request was indeed reasonable.Song Ao hesitated for two seconds before nodding, "Ask."

The eldest lady looked at Song Ao with sharp eyes.

She has a lot of questions to ask. After all, it has been more than two years since the last time the secret realm was opened and someone came in. There must have been many changes in the empire.

Over the years, she has been putting Lu Fanrou's face on her face, but secretly contacted some "fuel" in private, and heard something about the empire from them.

It was her only consolation in the long boring night.

Now she still has too many questions to ask, but she knows that there is not so much time now, and I am afraid that there is only enough time for her to ask one or two questions.

If it was Jiang Heng, maybe she would ask about the rise and fall of the empire, border wars, and anecdotes about the royal family.

But facing Song Ao, the question she was most concerned about was always the last one—"Ah Rou, how did she die and who was it?"

Song Ao pursed his lips, and looked at Jiang Heng hesitantly.

At this time, Jiang Heng has also slowed down, returning to his usual indifferent appearance.

It's just that the way he looks at Song Ao always has a different temperature when he looks at others.

Finding affirmation from Jiang Heng's eyes, Song Ao looked at Xia Jueqing again and asked, "If... I tell you that she is still alive, can you tell me about your relationship with her? Why do you want to ask?" Anything about her?"

"She's still alive?!" Xia Jueqing's face immediately flashed with ecstasy!

Over the years, she has used her own methods to scout out a lot of news and built a set of information databases that belong to her alone.

All of this was done secretly under the eyes of City Lord Lu.

After all, if that old man with a strong desire to control knows all this, one can imagine how tragic her end will be.

Therefore, Xia Jueqing has always handled things very secretly and with restraint.

But this also leads to a very big problem. Her sources of information are not only very limited, but also very random.

After all, in the past 20 years, before Song Ao and the others, there were actually only three groups of people who came in, and in order not to arouse suspicion from the outside world, Tiancheng still only detained about one-third of the people each time as usual in order to avoid suspicion from the outside world. Fuel, everyone else will put it back.

Xia Jueqing remembered very clearly that the person who came here for the first time in the past 20 years was already younger than her in her early 20s at that time. She vaguely heard that Ah Rou was married, and heard the news that the two were very in love, so she Already full of joy.

After another five years, I heard that Ah Rou had a child. The newly born sons and daughters of the Song family were all quite cute, and they were also very popular in the imperial aristocratic circle. She seldom shows her face, but from these scraps of news, she can also get a glimpse of Ah Rou's happiness.

However, in the past five years, when she wanted to ask about her old friend again, Lu Fanrou, this person, this name, seemed to have disappeared!

This made her start to panic, and she began to try to collect more information, and it was because of this that she learned that there was such a huge shocking secret buried underground in Tiancheng.