Steel steam and flame

The temperature is colder than these days in more than a dozen years. The cold wind has been blowing for a long time and shows no sign of letting up. It only continues to increase in momentum.

It was close to five o'clock in the afternoon, and darkness existed in every part of the air. Various lamps had already changed their automatic lighting times, so that at least there was light on the ground shrouded in darkness.

"Our newly appointed Inspector General, do you still have time to sit here?" The female voice sounded more teasing and teasing.

There is always a vague whistling sound in the air. It is the friction sound generated by the cold wind passing through the huge canyon or ravine. It continues to reverberate through the terrain and reaches the ground like a miserable cry.

On the steel floor, the sound of "dang-dang" footsteps came closer and closer, and soon disappeared, replaced by the roar of the wind.

"Dear Inspector General Joshua, what are the latest instructions recently?" The female voice just now became serious, as if she was reporting work to her direct superior, "Do you need to accompany the Chief Inspector to appreciate this great rift valley full of tears? ?”

Joshua laughed: "Don't make fun of me about these things. The position of Inspector General is not very suitable for me. The family taste is very strong, and my ability does not even account for one-tenth of the judgment standard."

"Family background is also a part of strength. If it weren't for last month's mission because the city's guard commander was willing to help us once because of your family's power, we might still be worrying about how to complete the mission at this moment. However, As long as you do your job well, you don't have to care about other people's opinions." The woman said nonchalantly, "Aren't other inspector generals selected like this? Those who really rely on ability to reach this point are just one. You can count them on your hands, right?"

"Although this is the fact, my original intention was to join the Knights of the Round Table or go to a certain area to manage the family's property after I came back, rather than the supervisory team of the Holy Emperor's Hall. This choice of the family is consistent with the actual situation. , but,,,"

“Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot Accordingww go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.” By the time the wind became quieter again, he had lost the desire to answer the phone.

Joshua walked forward, somewhat silent. The woman followed him all the way to a wide steel bridge nearby. Stopping at a place illuminated by a streetlight, Joshua approached the railing. His hands with black leather gloves rested naturally on the railing. His upper body leaned forward slightly and looked at the darkness of the huge rift under the bridge that swallowed up all the light. . The width of the rift valley is nearly a thousand meters, and large areas of underground building structures can be seen on both walls, as well as various pipe joints cut to be flush with each other on both sides of the rift valley.

Many of the pipes are rusty, and the Blanco Mountains make Manoma's climate less dry and more humid.

The wind passed through this rift valley, making a miserable cry. Moving forward along the rift valley, there is a flash of light two or three kilometers away. Both Joshua and the woman had been there. There are more than a dozen engineering teams with a large number of people, starting to fill in the great rift valley and making corresponding transformations accordingly.

"It's been two years since the last catastrophe." Joshua sighed, "This rift will not be completely filled until the next two years are over, right?"

The woman said "Yeah" and acquiesced to Joshua's statement: "If the Holy Emperor's Hall hadn't moved its headquarters to another place in the Manoma region and wanted to completely fill and transform this rift valley, I think it would have taken three months. There’s no need for it. The new headquarters was built in less than four or five months. With the physical endurance of the surgeon, he can do it for a week or two without taking a break. The efficiency is amazing. "

"It seems to be similar to what you said." Joshua also knew the reason. "The old headquarters site has been considered an abandoned place, and no one will pay attention to the speed of construction and renovation. But because of this, it is impossible in normal times. Only when we come to Manoma to work can we have the opportunity to live in the same place with the Holy Messengers from all over the world, receive training and live here."

"So it seems that the disaster two years ago was a good thing?" The lady smiled and was about to say something more when she noticed eyes falling on her. Reacting in an instant, the woman quickly pursed her lips.

"There is no one else around." In the cold and frozen silence, the woman whispered later to defend herself.

Joshua sighed, lowered his head slightly, and let the movements of his mouth be hidden in the shadows: "I know there is no one else, but this is a matter of consciousness. Someone in the supervisor team has already been in trouble because of these things, and we must deal with this matter You have to be vigilant. Many people know that the Rift Valley is not caused by the so-called earthquake that triggers chain explosions of certain devices, but because of the sword light that can even cover the sun..."

"...It seems that some of the noble Holy Fathers of the Holy Emperor Hall have died because of this. This is a disaster that is not glorious from the beginning for the Holy Emperor Hall itself." The voice was lowered, about Deep down, Shua also has great curiosity about the "disaster" two years ago. But starting from a certain day, not only the empire, but also the intelligence dealers within the dark world, all agreed to block all information.

No information could be collected anymore, and those who tried to find out afterwards were either found and investigated, or received direct warnings. Joshua believes that apart from these two cases, more cases must have been directly eliminated, which has achieved a deterrent effect. That was an incident involving various families from all four directions. What Joshua knew was only a little beyond this line. More information was still hidden in the mist.

"Go back." Joshua was no longer in the mood to stay here and turned towards the dormitory renovated from the old headquarters site.

Everything in the old site has been moved away, except for a large number of buildings that have been retained and used as supervisors for the newcomers and the Holy Envoys selected from each region. Essentially turned into a camp, and warehouse used for storage. The surrounding well-developed transportation system allows members here to move to various areas quickly to carry out tasks or support operations.

Several dormitory buildings have already been surrounded by lights. Before Joshua and the woman separated at the intersection ahead, their communicators rang. There was a hint of something happening in each other's eyes. The two separated a little distance and connected, and both received instructions to go to the meeting hall.

After a little speed, they shuttled among the various buildings, and the two soon met other people in the supervisor team.

"Joshua, have you heard?" A man came over with a gloomy expression on his face, "In two small countries near the border area, half of the hundreds of strongholds in the border area were removed within a week. The churches in the border area , and several members on duty were assassinated.”

"It has been about a week. If there was a problem, it would have been impossible to wait until now to summon us." Joshua thought about it and said, "Something more serious must have happened. In addition, where did this information come from? Coming? Nades."

"The family stronghold was implicated, information obtained from subsequent investigations." Nades spoke directly. This information will be released in a few minutes, so there is no need to hide anything. At this time, a beeping sound came from his communicator.

"New information is coming." Nades' expression became even more ugly, and he connected. This time there was no need for Nades to tell him, Joshua and the woman's hearing was enough for them to capture the sound coming from the communicator.

"Find a way to prevent yourself from participating in all subsequent tasks and operations, Nades!" was a warning voice, "The family's stronghold has been removed. In addition, there is definite news that a holy guard in the Holy Emperor's Hall has several Almost completely wiped out, it seems like only two people escaped!"

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