The Death Knell

The river of white light in the sky winds its way into the distance, and this is the guidepost. The death knell takes the students to fly slowly in this direction. Because the speed is too slow, it is used as a magic floating carpet. The cloaks all looked a little listless.

There are dark clouds above this river of light, which makes the aurora-like light strips look a bit like incandescent lamps. Probably all the lighting in this world depends on them.

Most towns are located under the four strips of light. After all, light means a lot to humans. The dark wilderness in other areas is filled with all kinds of deformed monsters and incomprehensible beings, just like things created by Merlin's evil thoughts. , from Darkest Fantasy.

The monorail is a loop that runs from Lourdes to Topeka through Candletown, Rayleigh, Hound Falls, and Dashue.

It keeps running between these towns in an infinite loop, as if it is repeating its fate forever, day after day, without end.

In the multiplicity of the Dark Tower universe, the phenomenon of ‘loop’ appears extremely frequently.

Because for Merlin, the representative of darkness, if he wants to enjoy the drama, he must let the world cycle and let the creatures living in it make different choices in a highly similar environmental background, so as to observe the different consequences of these choices. To gain happiness.

I have to say that this method of playing is much more clever and interesting than Conqueror Kang's method.

"Teacher, why do you say that Holloway doesn't understand what a god is, but is the best candidate to make a god?" Mysterio still looked like a cute girl, as if the ferocious lord of hell not long ago was not her. She asked the question Sometimes she sticks out her tongue, looking embarrassed and trying to be cute.

"Because gods need 'mystery'. We understand all kinds of gods too well. They are nothing more than 'concepts' or 'existences' with high-level energy. In this case, we will only create things we can understand and think about everything. Does it all make sense?"

Deathstroke sat cross-legged on the flying carpet, holding his arms like a djinn:

"Holloway is an atheist. He is a doctor but he doesn't even believe in God. He accepted this task because of my face, so he would force himself to start fantasizing, and the more he thought about it, the less he understood. In the end, as a mortal, he was endowed with incomprehensible powers. Things that are understood are ‘mysterious’.”

"It's even harder to understand." Mysterio frowned.

Deathstroke touched her head and said something that might be easier to understand. He looked at the non-existent road ahead:

"To put it simply, only people who have no concept of gods can create gods. Whether they are fabricated or nonsense, all myths are actually imaginary stories at the beginning. People did not know what gods were at the time when myths originated. They are just telling an ordinary story. Therefore, although Holloway is an ordinary person, now he is Sepulke on the multi-dimensional level. As long as he fantasizes about the setting of gods in a single universe, little Franklin will help him realize it. of."

"I thought it was really the adjutant and the Heavenly Vault Council who were responsible for creating gods..." Liana seemed to understand. She touched her chin and rubbed it a few times quickly, making that piece of skin slightly flushed. red.

"I lied to him. In fact, it can't be said that it was a lie. I just didn't tell the whole plan."

The Supreme Mage smiled as usual, then thought about it and added:

"The adjutant will be responsible for making the body of the mechanical god, and the Sky Council will be responsible for enchanting it. But the most critical step of 'making it a god' still depends on the intelligence and methods we obtained from killing the enemy, as well as the ability of little Franklin. Holloway just provides the mystery.”

Mysterio just shrugged cutely and said that there was no problem. Whether the mass creation of gods can be successful is still unknown. Maybe a dilapidated enemy killer is not enough. They may also need to capture other guardian gods to study. .

But for the time being, the adjutant has not made any requests, so let’s leave it at that.

"The Patron Saint has caught one. The next step is to get a Merlin rainbow crystal ball to have a look." Su Ming moved his neck and the city in the distance was already in sight: "They may be the authority of some concepts, just like the infinite stones. Same thing...but it could also be dirty stuff that needs to be disposed of.”

The city in the distance looks like a dozen drilling platforms on land connected together. The towering chimneys are emitting thick smoke and heat. Even from a distance, the sound of metal collision caused by giant steam engines can be heard.

Under the river of light in the sky, the city looked golden.

"A city made entirely of copper alloy?"

Liana clicked her teeth. She had seen many metal buildings, but the style of this city was quite different.

If it were made of gold, she might even say it was in the style of the nouveau riche, but if it were made of brass... it would give people the impression that they wanted to be resplendent, but the budget was limited and they could only do a face-saving project. It was a kind of poor man pretending to be rich. funny feeling.

"Well, it's Lourdes, the city of roses, and it's also the departure station for the train. It seems we're going in the right direction." Su Ming looked at the platforms suspended in mid-air, and then looked at the rails on the viaduct not far away. : "Let's go into the city and ask around. Maybe someone knows where the Wild Witch is nearby."

"City of Roses?"

Mysterio didn't see any trace of plants in the city. The city looked like metal test tubes stuck upside down on the ground, or like the densely packed exhaust pipes of a pipe organ.

A city built suspended on a platform similar to a drilling platform, without even a speck of soil, where can we get greening?

"Ah, yes, Ludd is the greenest city in the entire Dark Tower multiverse. However, that rose madman only loves roses and has no interest in other plants at all."

But as Su Ming said this, he took the students to an uninhabited place under the platform. The distance below was about eighty meters from the ground, and the city was surrounded by steam and smoke, which was very suitable for hiding:

"The ruler here has a super luxurious palace called the Green Palace. The palace is full of roses, which will not be shown to the lower class. Appreciating flowers and leaves is a privilege of the ruling class. Tsk, I probably guessed what happened before. What did the ashes taken away by the train do?"

"But if we are just asking for information, there is no need to go to the palace, right?" Liana didn't want to see any roses that only the upper class could see. She was more pragmatic.

"Of course, but after entering the city, ask for information and let me choose the target. There are a lot of 'grey hairs' in this city, so be careful." Deathstroke listened to the sound of no one moving above the platform and nodded towards the mysterious guest. With a flick of their wrists, the two of them jumped into the city and walked into the steam that filled the streets.