Chapter 1568： A hundred years in the dark

Gawain looked curiously at the silver-haired girl who gave the impression of "pale" in front of him. Although he had heard the description of the other party in the report before, he didn't really realize that the other party was inhuman until he saw it with his own eyes. What exactly is the "different texture" of the girl: what constitutes this girl is the purest black and white, and there is no other color. This extreme pure color even makes the outline of her face appear a little bit. Blurred, and being watched by those colorless eyes, I am afraid most people will feel creepy.

This kind of creepy and foreign texture can even make people subconsciously ignore the girl's pretty face and the friendly and gentle smile at the corner of her mouth.

But Gao Wen is well-informed after all. After the initial surprise and curiosity, his attitude immediately calmed down. He knew that the other party's appearance should be influenced by the "light and shadow master" of Ms. Ye, and the other party's appearance Identity...obvious.

"Hello," he smiled and stretched out his hand, "You should be the Miss Morning Star mentioned in the report?"

The silver-haired girl seemed to be taken aback by Gawain's outstretched hand. She probably didn't expect "the legendary Gawain Cecil" to be so approachable. From Gawain's fingertips, "Hello."

Amber finally reacted at this time. She first glanced at the girl in front of her in surprise, and then the corresponding memories emerged in her mind, and she couldn't help exclaiming: "It's you! I remember it! I was here before. I've been dealing with you while wandering around the city, and there are many people just like you!"

"Yes, that's us, but what you were wandering about in the city was just a projection between the real and the unreal," the girl Morningstar said with a smile, "the 'anchor' was not fully functional at that time, and you had arrived The border of the kingdom of God is at a critical stage of disintegration from the real world at any time, so the lady temporarily blocked part of your self-knowledge and memory, allowing you to live in the city for a while. I'm sorry, in order to make the anchoring process smooth, We have been hiding the truth from you."

"It's not in the way, it's not in the way," Amber immediately waved his hands indifferently, but his face showed a happy look, "It's quite interesting to recall that experience, and you also take good care of me, there is food, drink and shelter. place…"

As she spoke, her gaze swept across the chest of Chenxing's black cloak, her gaze stayed on the silver-white emblem, and after a moment of silence, she said softly, "The emblem of the Military Intelligence Agency... Although I can probably Guess what happened, but I still want to hear you tell me Silver-Eyed Cloade, who is yours?"

"He's my great-grandfather," Morningstar smiled lightly, "and the founder of the MIIA's Shadow Affairs Section. He passed away more than a dozen years ago, and my father and grandfather took over his 'inheritance' at an early age. '. Up to now, most of the MI operators in the city of night are 'fourth generation' or earlier 'third generation' like me, you may think my appearance is a bit strange... This is the first The third and fourth generation have completely completed the proof of 'Shadow Affinity'."

Amber opened his mouth and scratched his hair a little embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not that strange... Although I was really surprised when I saw it for the first time."

Chen Xing just smiled indifferently, and then took a half step back slightly, pointing to the entrance of the city of night: "Please come with me, I will take you through this city on the border between the kingdom of God and the world, Chief Amber, after this you are the real hostess of this city. In addition, I will also introduce you to the situation here on the way. The lost and their descendants have been living in this world for a hundred years. Lots of stuff...to see."

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The City of Night, as its name suggests, seems to be forever shrouded in a dark and chaotic sky above the city, maintaining a paradoxical state that seems to have entered the night, but there are still glimmers of light illuminating the streets.

This is very different from the desert surrounding the Throne of the Night Lady, which is always illuminated by the pale light...

But even if it is forever shrouded in such a dim sky, even if from a distance the whole city seems to be just an eerie and gloomy silhouette, the streets of this "City of Night" are actually far more than Gawain imagined..." bustling and bustling.”

Because this city has inhabitants, and there are innumerable inhabitants.

In the mist, row upon row of houses lined the streets. From a distance, many houses seemed to be stacked against the geometric principles. Their upside-down outer walls even made it difficult to accurately determine the orientation of doors and windows. On both sides of the road, There are also simple and elegant street lamps that extend into the distance. The crystal lampshade at the top of the street lamps is flickering with a pale and dim light. This light is not for lighting, but simply as an embellishment in the city.

And in the streets and alleys of this city, which looks like a dream and is somewhat absurd and weird, it is the residents of the night city. They are the dark shadows that suddenly flashed from the walls, the misty clouds that are bustling through the streets, and they are all wrapped around them. Rune cloth belts, shadow dwellers with secretive movements, and even many other figures that were not visible to the naked eye at all, but only the whispering voices that sounded in the air, and only from the perception of breath, Gawain could judge. out "there are people out there".

This is the city created by the master of light and shadow. It is located at the "gate" at the border of night. From the painting style to the atmosphere, from the buildings in the city to the residents living here, everything here presents a kind of dream and reality. Staggered weird state, it can even be called a "lucid dream", and even a well-informed person like Gawain, walking on such a city street is quite creepy, which even reminds him of some Description from horror stories:

When you open your eyes and see this place, you feel that there are no figures anywhere, you rubbed your eyes hard, and found that this TM is full of human figures and only human "shadows"...

"The painting style of this place finally begins to match the impression left by the ancient **** 'Lady Night' to the world." Even Amber, who has "lived" in this city for a while, seemed a little uncomfortable. Walking through a low wall, a flat "shadow" like a sheet of paper was printed on the low wall. As Amber's voice fell, the shadow "floated" abruptly from the wall, and then it seemed to be with Gao Wen and others The person said hello, and then turned into an invisible cloud and drifted away, "I didn't feel so wrong when I was wandering in this place before..."

"Your self-awareness was incomplete at the time, so of course you didn't feel any inconsistencies," Morning Star smiled, "but you don't have to be nervous, the residents living in this city are all the children of Lady Ye. The people are the shadow dwellers who have completed their journey of return and regained their senses from the blind wandering state. Maybe their shape is a little weird... but everyone is very friendly, and they will treat you as VIPs."

"They are all shadow dwellers?" Gawain opened his eyes in surprise, "Including the shadow that emerged from the wall just now, and those 'voices' that can only be heard speaking?"

"Yes, they are all shadow dwellers. There are only two kinds of dwellers here, either the 'Descendants of the Lost' like me, or the shadow dwellers," Morningstar smiled and nodded, "and the descendants of the lost are everywhere in the city. The population is very small.”

"...I thought all the shadow dwellers were the ones with rune cloth belts wrapped around their bodies, with a cloud of mist floating inside," Gawain said in surprise, "So they have...other forms."

"Shadow residents also have emotions, and naturally they will have different aesthetics. When they were wandering unconsciously, everyone was the same, but now that they have regained their senses, they will naturally... dress up," Chen Xing said, with a tone and expression that seemed to It's a bit weird. "Of course, their way of dressing may not be the same as the 'outside' aesthetic. For example, in the past two years, many shadow residents seem to have 'translucent black frosted fog with a concentration of 32% with horizontal gray and white. Gradients' as a pop aesthetic... well, honestly, I don't really understand that either."

Gawain thought for a while, and finally he could only let out a long sigh: "What on earth was Madam Ye thinking about when she created this race..."

"Ms. He... will often act recklessly," Chen Xing's mouth curled slightly, "When I was very young, my great-grandfather once told me about his youth, he said that when the lost people first came here I am also not used to this. Living next to an unpredictable ancient **** brought a lot of pressure to everyone, but later we found out that the lady's seemingly 'unpredictable eccentric temper' was actually It's just a matter of thinking about it, and ignoring him... It doesn't seem to have any effect."

Gawain glanced at Amber next to him subconsciously, and then immediately withdrew his gaze before the Shadow Assault Goose noticed.

Chen Xing continued to lead the way forward, and suddenly stopped in front of an intersection, then she raised her hand and pointed forward.

Gawain looked in the direction of her finger, and his eyes suddenly froze in mid-air.

He saw a banner, depicting a sword and a plow, flying high on a steeple in the city of night, although the banner had faded, leaving only the same monotonous black and white as the surrounding buildings, but the sword and plow pattern Instead, it became clearer.

He heard Morningstar's voice next to him: "Most of the people living in this block are descendants of Cecil people, and the Shadow Affairs Section will use this as a stronghold. We maintain the laws of the empire here, dealing with and other The relationship between the city and on behalf of the descendants of the lost and dealing with the shadow dwellers.

"In the past century, we have formed a very good 'neighborhood relationship' with the aboriginal people here, and learned a lot from the shadow people about the shadow world, about the ancient civilization, and even about the night lady and the tide. History Although the shadow dwellers have been wandering blindly for hundreds of thousands of years, most of them still remember what happened during their wandering, and some were originally inhabitants of the Violet Kingdom, and they know many unknown histories ."

Then she paused, then raised her finger and pointed in another direction: "The intersection ahead is to the left, and two blocks across, is where the descendants of the Typhons live."

"Typhon?!" Gawain stopped in surprise, but then he realized that he was right, of course there are descendants of the Typhons here!

When the dream of the Violet Kingdom suddenly dissipated, the "foreigners" devoured by the mist were not only the operators and multinational businessmen sent by Cecil, but also a large number of Typhon merchants and their own intelligence personnel who stayed on the Violet Island during the same period. Not only Typhon, but also the grey elf traders from the Mosswood Forest, the apprentices sent by the northern city-state union to study, and the travelers who crossed the strait in their own name!

Back then, the Violet Kingdom was a reclusive country, but it was only in its core areas that enforced a strict lockdown policy. Its border cities were still open to the Loren Continent. Under such a limited opening, those who were trapped in the Violet Mist were not. A whole bunch of people!

To Lady Ye, Cecil is no different from Typhon and Ogure. Since he left the Silver-Eyed Clod and his party, then to other "lost people" who also entered the Shadow Kingdom... Of course He will treat them equally.

"Also... Of course there will be Typhons," Gawain exhaled softly with a curious expression on his face, "Then what's the situation with them now?"

"Their leader was Viscount Herbona Raven, a very capable leader, and as far as I know, the grandfather of Viscount Herbona Raven, named Dante Raven, was a A soldier," Chen Xing nodded, "We don't know much about the 'outside world', all the information comes from the inheritance of our ancestors and fathers, but considering that the 'outer world' has not experienced a century like the city of night. With the passage of time, the information we know should not be out of date, right?"

Gawain looked at Amber next to him thoughtfully, the latter nodded after a moment of thought: "Dante Raven, a soldier of Typhon, he has a cousin named Marianne Raven, this Marianne Miss Nu was one of the first Typhon scholars to study at Cecil."

"Mariano Raven..." Gawain thought for a while, then recalled, "Oh, I signed the graduation certificate of those special Typhon students back then. I remember that name."

"It seems that Miss Marianne's cousin is also one of the people who disappeared in the Violet Mist Incident, and his descendants have now become the leaders of the Typhons in this night city..." Gawain said, involuntarily Sheng sighed, "For people outside, the disappearance of a loved one just happened not long ago, but in this night city, everything is a century ago."

"It seems that we have to do some handover work after that," Amber said thoughtfully, "This city is not only our people, but also the descendants of the lost from various countries. For those who lost their relatives in the Violet Mist incident The news we bring out...is precious to those who hear it."

Gawain nodded.

Compared with the coming tide and Ragnarok plan, this is not a big deal, but for those who are closely related, these things must be taken care of.

Morningstar turned his head and pointed to the other side of the block.

"On the other side is the block jointly established by the descendants of the lost people of the Ogure tribe and the descendants of the northern city-state. Most of the outstanding craftsmen and brewers are concentrated there. They have a wide network of connections, and they also have a good relationship with the shadow residents...

"Four blocks away from here, there is a large residential area, which is called the 'Great Market'. Most of the people living there are descendants of adventurers and independent merchants, and some are scholars or free mercenaries. Yes. The atmosphere of the big market is relaxed and there are many entertainment venues, and even the shadow residents often go there to kill time.

"In addition, there are some scattered settlements between these blocks, most of which have gradually appeared in the past 100 years... After such a long time, in fact, the descendants left by the original group of lost people have already happened. There have been great changes, and some people don't care much about the 'inheritance' and 'admonition' left by their ancestors, but in general, everyone is getting along pretty well now..."

Listening to Chen Xing's remarks, Gao Wen suddenly sighed softly: "A hundred years of vicissitudes..."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Chen Xing froze for a moment, then smiled, "One hundred years of vicissitudes."