Chapter 763

In recent days, the whole city of Rome has been boiling because of the video of unknown origin. The contradictions caused by Solon were further stimulated, and with the support of the two families, derissa and Joseph, waves of large-scale demonstrations were set off in Rome. The residents of Rome asked Solon to hand over the murderer. Even under Solon's arrangement, the officer rumored to have been killed frequently appeared in public, but was accused of being a substitute for the dead.

The public also demanded the disclosure of Sauron's palace, which has violated Sauron's bottom line. He immediately returned with a strong fight, and the leader of the movement was arrested and publicly executed. Then private troops were transferred from the outer island under Sauron's name to suppress it. All those who dared to make trouble were arrested, and several lower nobles were also affected. They are basically the system of mendriza's two families. These people were executed by Solon, which is also a meaning conveyed by Solon to the two families to some extent.

Sauron's tough counterattack reminds many people of the bloody days 15 years ago. Now they remember Sauron's iron blood and towering. This has calmed down many voices of opposition, but it is like lava on a volcano. People's dissatisfaction and anger with Sauron are increasing and will erupt at any time.

Sauron was also very busy. At several meetings, mendeliza and Joseph were absent, making it clear that they wanted Sauron to sing the opposite tune. Other officials under the two systems or their allies have also frequently impeached Sauron's political achievements in recent years. Even on the other side of the inquisition, under the pressure of Joseph's two giants and the people, he had to reopen the investigation into the death of the old Pope that year, which greatly damaged Sauron's image.

That day, Solon, who had finished his business and returned to his private office, did not roar angrily, but a series of explosions came from the office. When weatherl carefully pushed the door open, he knew his master was in a terrible mood when he saw that the supplies and brains in the office had become a pile of rags, and there were cobweb cracks on the wall.

He hesitated a little. He didn't know if disturbing Sauron at this time would be looking for death?

Sauron noticed him and repressed his anger: "what's the matter again?"

"No, sir. But there's someone who wants to see you." wither bowed his head.

"Who? Mendeliza, or Joseph?" Sauron sneered.

"No, sir. His name is Rex and he claims to be a member of the dark brotherhood," returned wither.

"Dark brotherhood?" Sauron marched, and suddenly the anger in his chest disappeared completely. The word, which had been separated for more than ten years, finally rushed into his world. This made Sauron run away, and wither didn't dare to disturb him. After a while, Sauron said, "let him see me."

A moment later, Rex, who had broken his arm, walked into Sauron's office. When he saw the mess in the room, he was obviously startled. Sauron frowned and said, "you'd better say something useful. Now I'm in a bad mood."

Rex quickly lowered his head and said, "my Lord must be interested, because I know one thing, one thing about the dark brotherhood and zero sum Pope Paul."

"Oh? That sounds interesting. Come on."

So Rex told all about Paul's arrival in the city of rock and going with zero to the headquarters of the Dark Brotherhood to meet secretly with the Committee of seven. Sauron gradually smiled. When Rex finished, he said in a deep voice, "since you are a member of the dark brotherhood, why do you tell me this?"

"My Lord, I'm not anymore. Isabel's ruthless woman has fired me. Now, I just want to revenge that woman!" Rex said gnashing his teeth.

"Well, if I catch her. She's yours. Now tell me, where is the headquarters of the dark brotherhood?"

"Pearl corridor, my Lord. They have an underground base there. I know how to get there. Of course, I hope I can get a little return for my efforts." Rex whispered.

Sauron laughed, patted him on the shoulder and said, "you bring great news. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly."

He called weatherl in again, asked a silver hand guard to take Rex down to rest, and then said to weatherl: "Go and tell Adam they have something to do. This is a good opportunity to kill all the leaders of the Poseidon group, the boy Paul and the brotherhood who always thought they were high. I want to see who dares to stand up against me after that!"

"Of course not," said wither, flattering nearby.

At the same time that Sauron was going to hold the tripartite talks on the zero class and the dark brotherhood, a ketch was sailing in a special sea area. It was a medium-sized ship and could carry about 50 people. There were not many people on board except a dozen sailors. But everyone here had a prominent identity. On this humble ship, there were the dark brothers Isabel, one of the seven members of the Council, and zero, the leader of the sea god group, and finally Pope Paul of Rome.

They left the rock city secretly three days ago. After several days of land travel, they set sail at a secret port belonging to the brotherhood at dawn today and sailed to this sea area.

It's winter, and part of the sea near the mainland has already frozen and can't be navigated by ships. But here, there is no ice because there is an active volcano in the sea. Stimulated by the high temperature and cold sea water released by the volcano from time to time, a hazy water mist is generated over the sea area. The captain driving in it must be a person familiar with this waterway, otherwise it's easy to hit the dark sea Reefs or ice floes lead to shipwrecks.

Obviously, the captain in charge of the sailboat now has rich experience and is very familiar with this waterway. The ship didn't drive fast, but it gradually approached the zero class destination. The place they are going to is called the Pearl cloister, which is a group of islands strung together by 18 islands. Because it looks like a pearl necklace from the air, it has the name of the Pearl cloister.

The headquarters of the Dark Brotherhood was on an island in the Pearl corridor. When Paul heard the news, he was surprised and couldn't close his mouth. He had thought about many possibilities, but he didn't think that the brotherhood would be set up in that place. Because the Pearl cloister is actually one of the inner islands ruled by Rome, and there is a military base in the papal hall on one of the islands.

I'm afraid even Sauron wouldn't know that the Dark Brotherhood would set its base under his nose. If Isabel hadn't said it himself, Paul wouldn't believe it.

Zero independent bow, looking at the hazy sea area filled with water mist ahead, I feel like I'm in a dream. But when you think about it carefully, you never feel like a dream. Zero suddenly thought, if he had not been discovered by the people of z7 base, would he continue to sleep deeply until the energy of the hibernation warehouse was exhausted, and then he died quietly in his sleep.

That would be another ending.

Now, he is facing an unknown future, just like this water mist. We can only vaguely see the shadow of things ahead, but when the ship approaches, we will find that the gap between imagination and reality is so huge.

Suddenly, zero moved in his heart, and then footsteps rang out behind him. Then the fragrant wind drilled his nose, and Isabel leaned against the railing in front of the ship: "Every time I pass by this time, I will stand at the bow of the ship. This hazy feeling is very beautiful, isn't it? But in fact, these water mist are very deadly. The heat of submarine volcanoes and ice water stimulate each other to form water mist, but at the same time, some radiation mist in the sea water volatilizes, making them form some nano-sized toxic particles in the mist."

Isabel turned around, leaned his back against the railing with powder and said, "look at the sailors on this ship. They basically have to change a batch every year. Even if they are far away from this sea area, their life expectancy will be one-third shorter than that of normal people."

"But they are still willing to work for you."

"No, No. to be exact, it's working for the brotherhood. Because they can't earn the remuneration we pay." Isabel said faintly.

Zero silence. Indeed, it is not easy for everyone to live in this era. If you can earn a huge fortune for your family to live a carefree life, let alone shorten life expectancy by one third, even if you work hard, it is estimated that many people will be willing to do it. Zero, turn to another topic and ask: "In fact, I'm curious. What criteria does your brotherhood base on to judge that the future you guide is beneficial to everyone on the mainland?"

Isabel shrugged and said, "how can there be any standard? The so-called future in our eyes is just the future that a few people want."

Zero gave her a deep look, and Isabel said calmly: "In fact, this is the case. As human beings, we also have desires and ambitions. As long as there are such things, what we see is destined to be a narrow future. In fact, the current world is just a world of a few people. Low level people can only survive by relying on the upper level. They are more concerned about the present, and they don't care about the future."

"That makes sense, but it doesn't sound comfortable."

"Lord zero was also an idealist." Isabel laughed.

"That's not true, but I'm not used to putting my ambition in such a high sounding word as' guidance '."

"It turns out that Lord zero also has ambition."

"Who has no ambition in this era?" zero asked with a smile. "Just like Miss Isabel, your ambition is not small, is it?"

"Don't say that. I just want to live hard and live a little better."

At this time, Pope Paul got out of the cabin. He went up the deck and walked towards the bow. He also greeted them and said, "you two are so interested. Is there any beautiful scenery to enjoy such a big fog?"

Isabel greeted him and said, "it's windy and foggy here. My body can't stand it. I won't accompany you."

Watching her leave, Paul said with a smile, "her body is not as delicate as it appears."

"Of course, for an ordinary person, he has been exposed to this environment for many years without any change organization. Even if he is not capable, his physical quality will not be much worse. Women, weakness and so on are just protective colors," zero said.

Paul looked at him and said, "you can see it thoroughly. I just think she should be injected with gene enhancer like me, so she can resist the erosion of surface radiation."

The pope said, "now, the two old foxes in mendrisa should use the video I gave them to make Sauron angry? It's a pity that I'm not in Rome and can't see Sauron's wonderful expression."

Zero smiled: "it seems that you are not afraid of Sauron. It is clear that our current situation is far from an advantage."

"Of course I'm not afraid of him, because I know what kind of person he is." Paul looked back to zero and said, "in fact, I'm more afraid of you."

"Afraid of me?" zero shook his head. "Do I look so terrible?"

"Because I can't see through you, just like this water mist. People are always afraid of the unknown, don't they?"

Knowing what he wanted to say, holding the railing, he said in a deep voice, "maybe you will think that some of my actions are incomprehensible. For example, why did I bring down Sauron, but finally I handed you the throne."

"Yes, this is your most invisible place."

"That's because, whether it's the western continent or you, it's an episode in my life. And I don't have time to stop for these episodes. In my future, there are more important people and things waiting for me." zero looked at the young Pope and said: "I just hope that this experience of fighting together can make you and me a loyal ally. In the future, when I need your strength, your highness Paul, I hope you can help me."

There was an inexplicable flame burning in Paul's chest. In his zero eyes, he seemed to see the continuous war that would be filled with the future. He gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand and said, "well, I'll bet once. If you can do everything you promised, I will be your most loyal ally at any time!"

"That's settled." zero smiled and squeezed Paul's palm.

At this moment, the fog suddenly dispersed.

The ship left the foggy area and suddenly opened its sight. Just in front of them, the Pearl corridor of an arc-shaped island group formed by more than a dozen islands arrived. The ship drove into a hidden harbor. The zero and others got off the ship, and two cars had been waiting. The car left the wharf and drove into a mountain tunnel. When it stopped, zero almost thought he was back to the old city Which railway station in the era.

Except that there was only one platform, and the train on the track had only four short carriages, it was not much different from the railway station in the old era. Isabel invited them to get on the train and walked into one of the luxury carriages. The two walls of the carriage were inlaid with boards, the roof was hung with a crystal ceiling, and a picture of Mona Lisa's smile It is hung on the wall on the left. The ground is covered with red carpet. People walk on it comfortably and silently.

It's not like a carriage, it's like a room in a mansion.

After zero and others got on the train, the train whistled and spewed steam from the front. Zero was surprised that the train applied the most primitive steam kinetic energy system. Isabel explained: "The use of steam system can avoid being noticed by the outside world due to the large-scale use of energy. Although it is an ancient kinetic energy system, we have redesigned it so that we can use solid fuel to replace the original coal. However, it is more because of the strong nostalgia of some members."

In Isabel's explanation, the train began to run. It followed the track. Under the ancient appearance, the kinetic energy provided by the technology of the new era enabled the big guy to drive powerfully. When people were in the carriage, they didn't feel any shaking at all, but looked at the tunnel platform retreating outside the window. Then when the outside light was on, it was a virgin forest covered with snow Driving in the forest, the door of the carriage was pushed open, and a waiter pushed the dining car in, skillfully placing good wine and food.

Isabel said, "it will take more than an hour to reach the base. Let's have something to eat first."

Looking at the silver plates decorated with patterns and fine silver tableware on the table, everything in it reveals the ancient and low-key luxury of the dark brotherhood. They are completely a group of hermit nobles, or the highest level. Even Isabel, who is just floating on the edge of the core of power, her every move can see that others are difficult And the details and temperament of.

Compared with her, I think the guard named Rex is really right. He's like a hick.

It's just that few Hicks can have the power and influence he has now.

The only one who seems more elegant is Pope Paul. The elegant actions followed by the Roman aristocracy make him eat and look pleasant. As for zero, Cinderella and Mr. X, they can only be described as "rude".

The train arrived at its destination in more than an hour. The city of St. Louis, where the headquarters of the Dark Brotherhood is located, is actually a base in the hinterland of the mountain. After the train arrives at the station, it still needs to drive along the tunnel. After about one kilometer, it will see the gate of St. Louis. The steel gate powered by hydraulic machinery slowly opens and the gate opens After that, there is a security passage about 100 meters long. After passing the security check, you will finally enter St. Louis.

The city in the mountainside is not as big as expected, and its area is about the same as that of a small town, let alone the scale of asgat. The city in the mountainside does not have the holographic projection board of asgat, and you can see the rough mountainside when you look up. Only high-power lighting is installed in the mountainside, and the street lights in the city streets do not go out for many years, so the whole city The city lights are bright.

As for the style of the city, if asgat is magnificent, St. Louis is elegant and quiet. The buildings here are slender and gorgeous. Various sculptures can be seen on the walls and eaves for decoration. The fine white slate road is like a complicated pattern, connecting the whole city into an indivisible whole. Among them, there are fountains, squares, flower beds and green belts as ornaments.

There are few soldiers in St. Louis. The people here are elegant and well-dressed. Even cars are very rare. From time to time, several common carriages in the middle ages pass by.

The whole city of St. Louis is reflected in zero's eyes like a paradise. With his rich experience, he couldn't help seeing it at this moment.