Chapter 176 - Shadow Capital

A look of reminiscence appeared on Valkyrie's face, and then he suddenly came to a realization, "It's your Colt. You said you would give it to someone, could it be this zero? "So father, you've already been in contact with him. But if that's the case, why didn't you bring him back directly?"

"At the time, I wasn't sure. The signal was negligible, even though the wave energy was detected. So I gave him Colt, and I installed a wave-energy monitor on the gun that would periodically feed the data back to my personal brain. It was only recently that the energy of the sacred recording on Zero began to increase, which meant that it was the experimental subject of the plan. As his abilities improve, the power that will be obtained from the Sacred Book will become more and more obvious. " "As for the so-called third party restriction clause, the Colt on zero gives us ample excuse to circumvent it."

"So that's what you were thinking about in the morning."

"I just made preparations in advance. I'm not a god, so how would I know what would happen in the future?" Ben shook his head.

"I understand," he said respectfully. "I will personally go and extradite the zeros. You can rest assured." "Father!"

With that, he turned and left. Ben looked at the zero picture on the screen and smiled. "We'll see each other soon."

After leaving Windmill Town, the long and broken road extended northwards. This road, which passed through most of the cities and bases along the coastline, was gradually built 20 years after the catastrophe. At first, it was just an important transportation route between several bases, but with the appearance of various bases, the need for traffic made the scale of the road grow larger and further apart. Finally, the entire coastline was cleared. To this day, this coastline road is still a marvel of interest.

However, due to the lack of maintenance and construction, the road began to break as time passed. But as long as the vehicle was passable, there would be no philanthropist to finance the road.

After about 600 to 700 km north of Windmill Town, there would be a mountain area. From here, the surface of the earth bid farewell to the plains to the south, and the mountainous terrain of the northern lands began to appear. On the day of the Cataclysm, the original continental plates either sank or merged. For example, the central continent was the fusion of the Eurasian plate and the Pacific plate, while the large crevice was the result of the collision of the two plates.

On the other hand, the mountainous area where the coastline extended from Windmill Town suddenly rose from the horizon. It was the impact and compression from the collision of the plates, causing the original structure of the land to change, causing the surface of the ground to rise, but also giving rise to a large amount of underground space. Contaminated seawater is poured back, diluted and precipitated, forming a precious usable water containing a small amount of radiation.

The Shadow City base was built on land in this kind of underground water. Due to the special stratigraphic structure, the city could not be built underground. At the beginning, the developers of Shadow Capital had discovered that this area was rich in water resources, which was why the most primitive water purification plant had gradually developed until now into the size of a city.

In turbulent times, water represented a continuation of life. It could be said that every area that produced water resources was a major city. Shadow City was no exception. The original developer had been replaced by the current committee, becoming the ruling class of the city. Sitting between the valleys was a city that was illuminated by the natural sunlight for only a small amount of time a year. During this period, the biggest industry was the large scale water purification plant that took up nearly half of the city's surface area.

Besides supplying the city with water, the Shadow City also sold water to other cities or bases to make huge profits. Clearly, the Shadow City was a meat that was fat to the point of being meat. If no one had any ideas about it, it would just be a joke. However, the members of the Shadow Capital were very smart, since they had already signed an agreement with the Dark Council when the city was first established.

Shadow City would become a legal city under the protection of the Dark Council. Every year, a certain amount of taxes would be paid to the Dark Council in exchange for its armed protection. In the City of Shadows, a colonel of the Blood Knights and an elite unit had been stationed all year round to suppress any armed force that dared to invade the city.

Because of the existence of the Blood Knight, the Shadow City had become a refuge. A passing merchant or traveler can take a break here and rest at ease, for which they must, of course, pay a much higher tax on entry to the city than any other city.

Monnie and Atasha had been in the Shadow City for two days, and in order to enter the city, Monnie had paid all the money she had. After spending an entire night on the streets, the two of them relied on Mony's dancing in the bar of the Shadow Capital to earn the money to rent a room.

While waiting for the rendezvous, Monnie spent her free time of the day holding a picture of her mother and asking like a needle in a haystack on the streets of the city for any relevant information. Monnie moved from place to place every day, trying to maximize the sources. But until now, she hadn't been able to gather any useful information. Instead, she had been harassed by many men with excess energy.

However, Monnie had a gun and a knife, and men did not dare to fight in the Shadow City. Otherwise, it would attract the attention of the Public Security Officer. That was why Monnie didn't get into any trouble, but nothing was absolute. After two or three days, quite a few people already knew that there would be a beautiful young lady who would stubbornly search for someone important on the streets during the day.

Scythe Tai was one of them, he was one of the leaders of the Blood Brotherhood. The Brotherhood was a semi-legal organisation. Normally, they would be the ones to handle matters that did not go well in the Shadow City, but this was in exchange for the legal right to stay in the city. Other than carrying out official tasks, the Brotherhood would also engage in business with huge benefits such as slaves and firearms.

Beautiful slaves were even more profitable than weapons. Hence, after personally confirming Mony's appearance, Tyne, this young lady, was now in his possession. Beautiful but young female slaves like Monnie could be sold for a sky-high price. But before he sold her, Tyne wanted to taste her.

But he could not openly kidnap anyone in the Shadow City, even if he was part of the Brotherhood. Once it was found out, Tyne would definitely be taken as a sacrifice to maintain the righteousness of the city. He wasn't stupid, and Monnie had an atesa on her, and that black girl was not to be trifled with. Therefore, Tyne designed a simple but effective trap.

"Excuse me, have you seen this woman in the photo before?"

On the street, Monnie was holding the photo and interrogating every passerby. After she received another disappointed answer, she heard someone say from behind, "Eh, I seem to have seen this woman before."

Monnie quickly turned around. Behind her was a man with long, grayish-brown hair.