Crown of Silence

Chapter 589 Decaying Iron

On the side of the clock tower of Westminster Abbey, you can hear the rotation of the machine not far away in the office. It is the clear sound of the huge second hand ticking forward.

The firelight of the fireplace shines.

Ye Qingxuan sat on the sofa and looked at the copper seal in his hand.

"Ye Qingxuan, remember, don't trust anyone in Avalon."

Maxwell's voice was still ringing in his ears: "Including me."

"including you?"

Ye Qingxuan murmured softly and rubbed his forehead with a headache.

Don't understand.

What the hell is Maxwell up to?

What happened?

He pondered for a long time and couldn't find a clue, so he could only focus on the copper seal in his hand.

The thickness of a thumb and the length of one hand, the standard copper seal for secret documents looks like brass, but is actually an alloy material mixed with lapis lazuli. Its hardness and toughness exceed that of diamond. It is used to store secret documents and confidential information.

The special design will be damaged once opened. The special paint on the seal is intact and there is no possibility of anyone peeking.

I don't know why, but the cold copper seal feels vaguely warm when I hold it in my hand, as if it contains live coals. But if you feel it carefully, it's still cold.

The warmth is just an illusion.

No, it's not.

Ye Qingxuan could feel it clearly.

There was some kind of heat that could not be felt by the body seeping out of it, with a stinging sensation like a needle, wisps of it, dim and vague, but the steel was regarded as nothing, passing through his body and the air, dissipating in in the air.

"What exactly is it?"

Ye Qingxuan moved his fingers together, carefully opened the outer casing of the copper seal according to the method in his memory, and removed the self-destruction mechanism inside. After putting it aside, he breathed a sigh of relief and unscrewed the screws of the copper seal.

Contrary to his expectation, what slipped into his hand was a heavy lead pipe inside the copper seal.

What he opened was just the outermost wrapping of the gift.

The lead pipe is heavy, as if it has been processed by alchemy. It is at least several times heavier than similar pipes. After unscrewing the outer layer, the fine interlayer in the middle can be seen through the side wall. Dozens of strange materials are nested together in the middle, carefully sealing the core.

It's like blocking some scourge.

hot.

Under the dim green light shining in the lead cylinder, the illusory heat Ye Qingxuan felt was dozens of times stronger than before. The tingling sensation was like the capillaries all over his body being congested and ruptured after strenuous exercise. When it arrives, it feels uncomfortable, but at the same time, there is a strange sense of longing in the body.

It's like meeting again after a long separation...

Ye Qingxuan held a stone the size of the knuckle of his little finger and looked at it carefully. After a while, he felt dizzy and felt sluggish when moving his fingers. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his hand and peeled off a layer of skin from his suddenly dry palm.

He could feel that the cells in his body were more active than ever before.

It is also weaker than ever before.

Being killed at ten times the speed and regenerated at ten times the speed, some kind of slow...alienation is going on? !

What the hell did Maxwell leave to himself?

"——Iron of Decay."

Outside the door, Shi Dong's voice sounded in the distance.

It seemed that through the heavy door, one could feel the doubts in Ye Qingxuan's heart.

He did not push the door open, but said hoarsely: "You'd better put that thing away properly. Except for you, no one here can resist the harm of that thing..."

Ye Qingxuan was stunned, "Is this thing dangerous?"

"very dangerous."

Stone replied: "In terms of pollutant rating, it is even higher than the threat level of the Cup of Hope. According to the results measured by the counter, the thing on your body is also a dangerous object that is absolutely prohibited from circulation and excavation in the East.

It kills the cells in your body and destroys you from the smallest detail. Except for the few pure-blooded celestial beings in the world, anyone else who dares to play with this kind of thing is committing suicide..."

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, then carefully put the piece of decaying iron back into the lead cylinder.

But the illusory heat and stinging pain are still lingering here, unable to dissipate.

What on earth was Maxwell thinking?

"You'd better come out."

Shi Dong sighed: "I will have people seal this place later. Within half a year, it will not be suitable for human habitation."

Even after Ye Qingxuan came out, Shi Dong still maintained a ten-meter distance between the two, as if avoiding a savage beast.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Sir, I want to live a few more years."

Stone carefully put on a strange and thick protective suit for himself: "Actually, you are now a humanoid poison. I suggest that you should not come into contact with others until the things on your body are completely eliminated... Based on your The speed of physical signs and metabolism can be accelerated to dozens of times higher than that of ordinary people, and it should be fine in one night. "

Maxwell, what evil are you trying to do! ! !

Ye Qingxuan rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly:

"Okay, what's the reason for you to come to me so late?"

Stone pointed to the room: "You must have read my briefing, right?"

"What you wrote is too wordy. I only read the first part."

"It doesn't matter, you just need to be clear about the embarrassing past."

Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time, covering his face and sighing.

"...Indeed, it's embarrassing."

Leviathan is actually a fairy in the lake or something... Is King Arthur's brain really okay!

No, history has proven that this bastard's brain is indeed sick.

And it's very sick.

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Ye Qingxuan waved his hand, signaling Shi Dong to follow him.

They couldn't stay in the room anymore, so they found a place to sit down and talk.

Soon, they arrived at the atrium of the church.

Ye Qingxuan sat on the bench, pondered for a long time, and couldn't help scratching his hair: "I know what you always ask... but in the current situation, I don't know where to start."

Shi Dong was not surprised by this, just nodded, and suggested calmly: "Then go back to the beginning again, don't forget your purpose. What are you here for?"

"Of course, to save Anglu."

Ye Qingxuan answered, but Shi Dong still looked at him and asked: "What else?"

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Save Anglu while saving Maxwell."

Shi Dong was still indifferent, like an old fool, not surprised by the sky falling, just scratching his chin for a long time, and commented calmly: "This will be difficult."

"Of course I know." Ye Qingxuan asked: "Do you have any suggestions?"

"Me?"

Shi Dong pondered, scratched his steel skull, and sighed: "According to my experience in previous years, if you don't know how to defeat the enemy, then clean up the inside first... Anyway, you are idle."

"Huh?" Ye Qingxuan was stunned.

Shi Dong repeated: "Purge the internal, I mean... you don't understand what I mean?"

"I know what you are talking about, but why this?"

"This is the usual style of the Inquisition."

Shi Dong replied as a matter of course: "Anyway, there is nothing to do, so let's purge the internal first. To resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the internal situation. Necessary cleansing and purification are the foundation for an organization to survive for a long time. At all times, the purity of the organization must be guaranteed.

At least, we must first figure out who is not pure."

"What after we figure it out?"

Shi Dong spread his hands, "Of course, put them on the list of 'reserve firewood'. Demons are still useful after death, but troublesome things like heretics can only be used as firewood.

Fortunately, both the dead and the living can be burned.

Why are you so slow in this regard, Your Excellency the Chief Judge? I thought you would be very good at this."

"..."

Ye Qingxuan was speechless, "Shi Dong, you Can you say something useful? "

"I think I have hinted quite blatantly, right?"

Shi Dong looked at him, his eyes serious: "You know what I am reminding you, right?

If you want to save this country, you should not care so much, and you should not be tied down by trivial things.

In this world, others are always unreliable. If you want something, you have to do it yourself, sir.

As long as you nod, the stake can be erected on Queen's Road tomorrow.

Those politicians who have held secret meetings in the past few days, trying to dictate to you, trying to divide power and get something for nothing, and those noble maggot parasites who think they are noble but are of no use to this country, will line up in a long line, one after another, and turn into a pile of coal ash cleanly and pollution-free.

From now on, you will no longer be bound and can show your skills... Can you still expect anything from this group of people? "

Silence.

Long silence.

Ye Qingxuan smoked his pipe, exhaled the depressing smoke, and asked in a muffled voice: "Do you think that no one is trustworthy?"

"Trust? What a luxurious term."

Shi Dong sneered, "Sir, even the Inquisition has irresistible temptations, let alone other people? I don't hate those nobles, and I understand their stupid behavior. After all, the nature of the power class is like this.

There may be many people among them who can be called kind, but their origin and position determine their position. As long as you are willing to think about these boring things, you can always understand.

Take out Come on, Lord Judge.

Who do you think will not betray you? "

Ye Qingxuan pondered for a long time and asked tentatively:

"Maxwell?"

Shi Dong shook his head: "I can see that he loves you, but he loves someone more."

"Lancelot?"

Shi Dong shook his head again: "He loves you too, but... you know."

"Okay, what about Mephisto?"

Shi Dong sneered: "I don't know if you have heard the saying: If the priest is reliable, sows will climb trees. Do you really believe that he will keep his mouth shut about what he heard in the confessional?"

Ye Qingxuan sighed and shook his head.

A long silence.

Ye Qingxuan's eyes suddenly lit up: "I think I can think of one."

"Oh?" Shi Dong raised his eyebrows.

"In Avalon, the person I trust the most, who will not betray me and can help me... I roughly know who it is. Unfortunately, I don't know where it went, and I can't find it."

"Wait... you mean 'it'?"

"Yes, 'it'."

"..."

Shi Dong was silent for a long time, and then sighed: "To some extent, perhaps this trust can really stand the test..."

He was a little helpless about Ye Qingxuan's ignorance.

Shi Dong didn't waste any more words. In his opinion, the reality was like this, and the situation would force Ye Qingxuan to make a choice, it was nothing more than sooner or later.

So, he got up and said goodbye and went back to sleep.

Leaving Ye Qingxuan alone, leaning on the bench and smoking his pipe, he looked helplessly at the gloomy night sky above his head, racking his brains and thinking of a solution.

"What a trouble."

He rubbed his forehead and sighed.

Then, he heard a rustling sound.

Among the dead branches and fallen leaves, something walked lightly with four paws. Its golden hair was already covered with mud stains. It had not been combed for a long time and had become tangled.

But its eyes were still arrogant, high above, and invincible.

It jumped onto the bench easily and sat next to Ye Qingxuan. With an unbelievable expression on his face, it snorted disdainfully from its nostrils.

Then, it shook its body and skillfully threw all the mud spots on Ye Qingxuan's clothes.

"Hey, Lao Fei!"

Ye Qingxuan finally woke up, jumped up from the chair, ecstatic, laughed, and hugged the person he trusted most in Avalon: "It's been a long time since we last met!"