Chapter 3170

"It's really hard to borrow the exhibition book this time, but there must be more than one ethnic group." Luigi winked at Angel: "You understand?"

Angel tilted his head and thought for a moment: "You mean... the organizer?"

That is, the crystal eyes.

Luigi nodded, "That's right."

Although the supporter of this gathering is Piluxiu, and the exhibition book is also transformed by the Pika sage, but the nominal organizer is still the Crystal Eyes. Naturally, all the exhibition brochures are also sent out from the Crystal City.

If there is really any ethnic group that has a surplus of exhibition books, it is only the Crystal Eyes.

"Gleipnir still has something to do with the Crystal Eyes?" Angel asked curiously.

Luigi nodded: "Yes. Since the young dragon incident, Gleipnir's reputation has spread farther, so he is often invited to go to various places for divination, and he has several divinations with the Crystal Eyes."

Therefore, if Gleipnir really wanted to borrow the exhibition book, there is a high probability that the Crystal Eyes would not refuse it.

After Angel heard the news, he also had a little anticipation for the exhibition book when he sighed with Gleipnir's extensive network of contacts. ——After seeing the Pippi Castle up close, Angel was still curious about the technology of Piluxiu's invention, especially in the means of creation, what are the connections or differences between it and the wizard's alchemy?

When Angel was thinking about it, Luigi suddenly said, "This platform is quite empty, there is no one except us... This shouldn't be a city gate, right?"

Although Luigi can share his mind with other bodies, he rarely does all-round sharing. More often, he does some screen sharing with Laplace and Gleipnir through mind synchronization, or "group chat".

In the previous "group chat", Luigi only knew that Laplace asked them to come here, but he hadn't had time to ask where the pavilion and the passage behind the pavilion lead.

Laplace: "This is an entrance and exit, but it is not used as a city gate for this gathering."

To put it simply, this place belongs to a private channel, and it is most likely used by the Crystal Eyes.

As for why Laplace can use it here? You don't need to ask to know, either you have access to connections, or you worship your strength, choose one of the two, or both.

Laplace: "You said that there is no one here, which is not right... There is no one there."

Laplace turned his head and glanced at the passage behind the pavilion. Angel and Luigi followed the sound, and in the depths of the dark passage, at a darker corner, at some point, a small head stuck out and looked outside.

And as everyone's gazes came over, he, who was observing secretly, was also startled, and shrank his head back.

Although he moved very quickly, the glimpse before was enough for Angel to see his face clearly.

The other party has one eye, and the skin is like glaze, and his face is bloodless, but almost colorless and white. In the center of his round head, there is a cluster of standing crystal lines. Maybe this is the other party's hair?

There is no doubt that the opponent must be the Crystal Eyes family.

Judging from the smoothness of his skin, the brightness of his eyes, and the thickness of his face—literally thickness—this should be a child of the Crystal Eyes, or the age at which he grew up and was about to be a teenager. .

Because it is really difficult for the Jingmu family to judge the real age, they are classified into the "juvenile" group for the time being.

"When did he come?" Luigi looked at the deep and narrow passage suspiciously: "Why didn't I feel his breath."

Luigi asked Laplace this question, but an old voice answered him.

"In the Crystal City where the corpse crystals are everywhere, you need to perceive the breath of the Crystal Eyes family, and you need a more precise perception, that is to say, you need to keep your perception outside..." A huddled figure leaning on a cane , walked out slowly from the depths of the passage: "But here is unbridled release of perception, and the object of perception is still a teenager of the Jingmu clan, which is equivalent to provoking the Jingmu clan..."

After the talking old woman walked out of the passage, she nodded lightly to Angel and Gleipnier while scolding Luigi.

There was no doubt that the old woman was Gleipnir.

Although Luigi was being scolded by Gleipnir, he didn't care at all, and he didn't put his eyes on Gleipnir, but looked behind her.

Not only Luigi, but also Angel at this time.

Because, Gleipnir didn't come out alone, and behind her was the crystal-eyed boy who spied on them before.

The other party timidly hid behind Gleipnir, only showing his side to look out.

It is impossible to tell whether this Jingmu clan boy is male or female, or in other words, Angel has never seen the gender of any Jingmu clan.

He was covered with a burlap robe with a raw edge, covering his hands and feet, only showing a small head.

"He is..." Angel looked at Gleipnir and wondered.

Gleipnir: "His name is Lita. When I came over, I saw him looking around in the passage, so I took him out."

Originally, Angel thought that the crystal-eyed boy came with Gleipnir, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Gleipnir continued: "I know his grandmother. His grandmother used to be a member of the Crystal Eye Clan Presbyterian Church, called Syluda. However, she seemed to have gone beyond the margins, and she has never come back. ."

After a pause, Gleipnir looked down at Lita: "As for Lita, I heard from the Crystal Eyes that he comes here every day just to wait for Shiluda to come back."

As soon as Gleipnir finished speaking, the young man named Lita retorted in a low voice: "Grandma Shiluda did not go to the border, but to the ghost... I, I usually wait for my grandmother, but today I have other business..."

At the end, Lita's voice became lower and lower, and her head was buried, as if she was caught in a worry.

Gleipnir patted Lita on the shoulder and turned to look at everyone: "In short, he is not spying on you secretly. He comes every day, and he should have his own business."

"Let him stay here, I'll take you in first."

As he spoke, Grappnir motioned for everyone to follow him into the Crystal City.

However, at this moment, Lita said in a very soft voice: "Mother-in-law for divination... Grandmother said that mother-in-law is a trustworthy person, you... can you take me out of here?"

Everyone's footsteps stopped, and Gleipnir also turned his head and looked at Lita suspiciously: "You want to leave here? Leave the water..."

Just halfway through, Gleipnir seemed to realize something, glanced at the towering crystal city next to him, and silently summoned a star-studded dome, covering everyone and the tower.

Grappnir has heard a rumor: the Crystal City is conscious.

This rumor has been making a lot of noise, but no one knows if it is true. She also asked Hilda, and Hilda only smiled and never gave a positive answer to this question.

Even though Hilda didn't say anything, her "avoiding and not answering" was actually an alternative "answer".

Regardless of whether Crystal City is conscious or not, Gleipnir still decided to treat it as "conscious". If the Crystal City is really conscious, then it is very likely to monitor the words of all the creatures in the castle.

In particular, the crystal eye family.

Therefore, she summoned the dome of starlight to cover them and avoid being overheard by prying eyes.

"You mean, you want to leave Crystal City? Why do you want to leave? Where are you going after leaving?" Gleipnir looked at Lita, who was less than 1.5 meters tall: "You want to find Shilu Da? Whether Hilda is out of the margins or gone to a ghost, you can't go now."

Gleipnir threw out a lot of inquiries at once, and the words seemed to be a blow, but it was not a concern.

It can also be seen from this that the relationship between Gleipnir and that Sylda should be pretty good.

Love House and Wu.

Lita: "Yes, I want to leave Crystal City, and I came here today to find an opportunity to leave while the chaos. I didn't leave to find my grandmother, but because...because..."

Lita hesitated for a while, and then in Gleipnir's eyes, she whispered the truth: "Mother, I went to the back of the snowy mountain yesterday."

Behind the snow mountain?

Hearing Lita's words, Gleipnir frowned, as if thinking of something.

On the other hand, Angel looked confused, what happened behind the snow mountain?

He knew the snow-capped mountains, and behind the Crystal City was the endless snow-capped mountains. But what is the profound meaning behind the snow-capped mountains, Angel does not know.

Perhaps, behind the snow mountain is a metaphor, a metaphor for being buried in the snow mountain? Lita means that his mother died and was buried in the snow mountain? Angel began to speculate wildly.

But without waiting for Angel to conjecture, he heard Laplace's voice.

Laplace seemed to see Angel's doubts, and briefly explained the meaning of the so-called "behind the snow-capped mountains".

After dispelling doubts, Angel discovered that his guess just now was completely wrong, and even said that it was the exact opposite.

When the Jingmu people go behind the snow-capped mountains, it does not mean death and disappearance; on the contrary, it represents a kind of new life and expectation.

The Crystal Eyes have no biological gender, their gender is set before birth. As for how to determine the gender, it has something to do with the snow mountain.

In the snow-capped mountains behind the Crystal City, there are two lakes that look like eyes and hug each other. Of these two lakes, one is a deep sky blue, and its name is Male Lake; the other lake is a quiet black, its name is Female Lake.

The existence of male lakes and female lakes determines the sex of the descendants of the Crystal Eyes.

Before the offspring of the Jingmu tribe are born, if the mother goes to the male lake to bathe, the child will be a male; on the contrary, if the mother goes to the female lake to take a bath, the child will be a female.

But in fact, the crystal eyes children born do not have any external sexual characteristics. The so-called male and female, or male and female, is just a name.

The only difference is the name: male crystal eyes must have "ta" in their names; while female crystal eyes must have "da" in their names.

Other than that, there is no other difference.

In Angel's understanding, the Crystal Eyes are a single-sex group, and he has never been able to distinguish the gender of the Crystal Eyes before, because both men and women are the same.

And the way they distinguish between genders is whether the mother takes a bath in the male lake or the female lake before giving birth to them.

It sounds sloppy to set gender.

This makes Angel quite puzzled, why is it so gendered? Also, you are a single-sex ethnic group, why must there be a gender distinction? Most importantly, how do you reproduce as a single sex?

Angel doesn't quite understand it, but he also knows that it is obviously too biased to define aliens and alien civilizations based on human worldview and cognition. Even if you don't understand it, you can just respect it, and it's just an increase of knowledge.

After understanding the meaning of "After the Snow Mountain", Angel probably also guessed Lita's thoughts.

He probably thinks that his mother no longer loves him when she has a new child? Is this the so-called "two-child syndrome"?

While Angel was guessing silently, Gleipnir and Lita continued to chat a lot.

Angel also slowly understood the situation.

Lita is indeed worried that her mother will ignore her; but this worry is not unfounded. In the past, her mother loved Lita very much, and that kind of love was beyond words, which could clearly be felt by Lita.

But last year, a year after grandmother Syluda left, Rita found that her mother was getting colder and colder towards him, and she often watched him for a long time in a daze.

It was because he had received "love" that he seemed so helpless when he lost it, and even felt that it was the resentment brought by the "second child".

Lita's mother didn't actually tell him that she was about to give birth to a new child. Lita got the news from a loyal servant of her grandmother, Hilda. It was also the servant who told Lita that staying here would only add to her sadness, and perhaps leaving Crystal City would be a good choice.

However, the children of the Crystal Eyes rarely have the opportunity to leave alone.

The reason why Lita appeared here was to find an opportunity to leave by taking advantage of the multi-ethnic regular gathering stalls.

However, before Lita could find a chance to leave, he met Gleipnir.

Grandmother Syluda once said that Gleipnir was her most trusted friend, and that's why today's conversation was born.

...

After listening to Lita's narration, everyone present actually had doubts in their hearts.

Because there are many strange places in the story that Lita tells.

Why was his mother suddenly cold to him?

Also, why did Grandma Shiluda's loyal servant suggest Lita to leave the Crystal City? From the whole story, the "opt-out" option is a bit too obtrusive and can be overcorrected, but not necessarily overcorrected.

And Lita didn't think about it, she really chose to leave the Crystal City, and even planned to leave secretly. It's a little weird too...

Angel told Laplace the doubts in his heart using the technique of sound transmission.

Laplace was silent for a moment, then said sternly, "Gleipnir told me through his mind just now that there may be some secrets behind this incident."