The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Under the seed bank building, the team did not enter the building immediately, but they stood in a neat row. One of them walked up to his horse, took a lantern from the saddle, and lit it. Lantern.

At this time, what came out of the lantern was not fire, but thick smoke. Then the man held the lantern, shaking it, chanting something, and walked up to a companion, doing some ceremonial things. Finally, he used his fingers to dip a little grease that looked like some kind of mixed color into the leather at the waist, and drew a circle on his companion.

After that, that person did the same thing for each of his companions, which took a lot of time, and during the whole process, those people stood in the cold wind without any dissatisfaction. There was no need to look at the expressions behind their masks, just from their current appearance. You can already feel a strong sense of piety just by moving.

Although this blessing ceremony seems very simple, it does not mean that it has no effect at all. In fact, after these people completed the ceremony, each of them had a more or less weak energy fluctuation, This kind of energy fluctuation will not produce any powerful force, but it can create a deterrent field, just like the deterrence caused by the approximate difference in life level.

What surprised Leo even more was that this weak energy fluctuation was the same as Sylvia's life energy, the only difference was in strength and weakness, that is to say, the god these people believed in was Sylvia, And judging from the fact that these people can obtain the effect similar to the blessing of the gods through a simple blessing ceremony, Sylvia now has at least some power of laws in this world, which is not a good thing for Sylvia .

Although the true god of a world is equivalent to an Omega-level advanced life form, its potential has reached its peak and is firmly bound to the world. Once the world is destroyed, the gods of this world will either be destroyed together, or they will be power Stripped and made mortal.

Sylvia's potential far exceeds the true god of a world. If she becomes a god of a world, it will be tantamount to destroying her own future. She is also very clear about this.

However, now everything Leo sees and perceives is telling him that Sylvia seems to have become the god of this world destroyed by the disaster, otherwise, she could not have just relied on a few simple rituals. Being able to give blessings to her believers in a distant place also made Leo feel a little worried about what happened to Sylvia and him in the memory he lost.

After the blessing ceremony was completed, everyone took out their weapons, took out a lantern from their respective saddles, lit it and hung it around their waists, and then entered the building under the leadership of several captain-like figures.

At this time, Leo used the mental net to scan the building and secretly observed the actions of those people.

I saw that the people who entered the building seemed to have a clear goal. They were divided into three teams, each facing a different area in the building, and it seemed that it was not the first time for them to come here. Inside the building, they were able to quickly find the way to the upper floors.

Soon the three teams came to their respective goals, and one of them was outside the seed bank. They took out a wooden box and carefully took some seeds from the container of the seed bank into the box. They did not Instead of taking all of the seeds away, only a few of them were taken.

Afterwards, someone seemed to propose to take some special seeds, but it seemed that the captain denied it. Soon they took enough seeds and returned from the original way. The whole process went very smoothly without any trouble.

Compared with this team, the luck of the other two teams is not so good. The place they want to go is blocked by vines, and they are discussing what to do, but judging from their behavior, they have different opinions It was very big, but in the end they chose the same method, which was to take several small chainsaws from their backpacks and cut the vines blocking their way.

When these people cut the vines, Leo clearly felt that the giant vines in the building seemed to be awakened, and the life energy emitted by the vines began to spread in the building, but the petrified shell of the vines did not shatter, and it felt more like A stress response to injury.

The people inside the building also immediately noticed the movement of the giant vines, because the smoke from the lanterns they hung around their waists changed color, from light gray to dark black.

After discovering this situation, these people's movements became much faster. Some people stopped their work, took out some grease-like things from their backpacks, and quickly applied them to the vent holes on the mask. And also smeared some for my companions.

Soon they opened a passage in the place covered by vines, but there was one person who was perhaps too flustered in the ancient times. When taking back the tool, he accidentally hung on the edge of the mask, tearing the mask a little bit, revealing A line of gaps.

This person immediately wanted to put on the mask, but when his hand touched the mask, he could not move as if he lost control, and the movement of this person also attracted the attention of other companions around him. They saw the mask on the person's face. Behind the crooked masks, one by one, as if they were frightened by something, quickly moved away to make a space, and at the same time pointed the weapon in their hands at this companion.

This person wanted to tell his companion that he was fine, but he couldn't do anything. Not only could he not move his body, he couldn't even open his mouth to speak.

Seeing this situation, the captain of this team didn't say anything. He aimed directly at his companion's head and pulled the trigger. The bullets flying out of the gun barrel directly smashed the opponent's head. Also collapsed on the ground.

At this moment, the body suddenly trembled, as if the man whose head had been smashed into half was still alive, and then saw tiny vines coming out of his body, dragging him He quickly sank into the vines below him, and just disappeared from the eyes of other people around him.

Everyone stood stiffly in place at the moment, not daring to move, deeply afraid that the slight movement caused by their movements would cause some bad things, so they stood there blankly for several minutes, until the captain made a move. After a tidying up, they relaxed, and continued to move towards the target location on tiptoe.

Although the gunshots here were not loud, but because the building was very empty and spread far away, the other two teams in the building also heard it. After hearing the sound, they all stopped their movements. Staying in place for a while, then quickened the pace,

The two teams came to the archives and the laboratory of the building respectively, where they searched for some well-preserved archives and experimental instruments, then left in a hurry and returned to the outside of the building by the same route.

Although during this process, they encountered some minor accidents, such as the wriggling vines changing the terrain and blocking the passage when they came, but overall they were lucky, and they didn't need to kill their teammates to get back to the ground as before. Accidents resolved.

The group didn't say much, they put all the things they got in a leather box on the horse's back properly, then got on the horse, and galloped out of the city. The leader on the road took out a bell and forcefully Although the bell is not loud, its sound is very penetrating. Even the cold wind that travels through the city cannot blow away the bell, and even the walls of buildings cannot stop the spread of the bell. The people looking for things at the edge of the city stopped what they were doing after hearing the bell, stuffed all the valuable things they found into their backpacks, and quickly ran out of the abandoned room, toward the They rushed past the road where they first gathered.

There are also some people who heard the bell, but they did not stop searching for items immediately like others, but continued to search for things in the abandoned houses covered by snow, but what they did not realize was that at this moment The giant vines in the city began to emit some tiny spores that could not be seen clearly by the naked eye. These spores would not be blown by the wind, but slowly spread towards the periphery of the city as if they were controlled by some invisible force.

At this time, those scavengers had gathered on the main road outside the city, and the team of riders who entered the city center also rushed out of the city. They didn't talk nonsense, but shook the lanterns in their hands, so that everyone could Seeing that the smoke from the lantern turned dark gray, he passed through the crowd and galloped in the direction he came from.

After seeing the color of the lantern smoke, the scavengers seemed to understand what was going on. They quickly put the contents of their backpacks on the sleds, and then helped each other and followed closely behind the team of riders , took a step, moved quickly, away from the city.

Not long after these people left, those people who didn't stop picking up waste immediately after hearing the bell all returned to the gathering point one after another. They found that the people here had already left, and everyone was a little flustered, all carrying heavy backpacks , Following the traces left behind, strode forward to catch up, trying to catch up with the team that had left.

However, just after they had walked more than ten meters, they stopped one after another, and then turned around with dull expressions, dropped their backpacks, and walked towards the city with awkward steps like puppets being manipulated. go.

Leo watched all this happen in the dark, he did not take action to save those who inhaled the free spores and lost control, but he turned back to the building where the seed bank was located, and took out some seeds from the seed bank , From the actions of those people just now, it is not difficult to see that these seeds are very important to them, and their value is naturally high, and they should be exchanged for money or other items if necessary.

After taking some seeds, Leo left the city, followed the traces left by those people on the road, and chased after them.

Within the city limits, those people walked very fast, basically using their best strength to hurry, but when they left the suburbs of the city and entered the wild, they stopped, took a rest, and then took it easy. Continue on your way slowly.

After walking for about an hour or two, when the sky began to gradually darken, these thousands of people had already arrived outside a cleared camp.

In an area about 30 meters outside the camp, many torches were lit, and a snow wall about three meters high separated the camp from the outside world. After freezing, the wall becomes extremely hard and stable, and it is also extremely difficult to climb.

In the camp, tents and simple igloos built with snow blocks are neatly arranged in the open space. Although the snow on the open space has not been cleared, several roads are still planned, criss-crossing and dividing the camp. different regions.

Before that, the team of riders had already returned to this camp, and they put the items they found into a tent guarded by a dozen fully armed soldiers in the camp, and then lit one by one with the people left behind in the camp. Campfires, food preparation, and more.

When the scavengers returned to the camp, they could drink hot water and food that could warm their bodies quickly, but most of the scavengers did not run to get food, but ran to the sleds full of backpacks , took his own backpack, and then ran to the snow table outside the tent of a businessman who was familiar with scavenged items, took out the things he found one by one, and showed them to the businessman.

The merchant quickly appraised these items and gave a price. Some people cursed repeatedly and looked annoyed when they heard the price, while some cheered loudly when they heard the price, whether they were dissatisfied that the price was too low Those who are still satisfied with the purchase price, they did not ask other merchants for the price, but just completed the transaction in the hands of the merchant they found.

Soon all the items found by these scavengers were sold. After eating, they each returned to their tents, and the camp became a little quieter.

Those merchants who purchased a large number of items have not rested yet. They have classified all the items, and some items of extremely high value will be stored by them, while other items of average value will be bundled on their own special sleds. Alright, we'll be shipping back to New Rand after dawn tomorrow.

At this time, it was completely dark, and some beasts hidden in the snow cave during the day also began to move. Perhaps it was the temptation brought by the large number of living animals in the camp. Some hungry beasts began to come outside the camp. The edge of the bright area kept wandering and probing, and finally a few beasts finally couldn't bear the impulse, got into the area illuminated by the torches, and quickly approached the snow wall outside the camp, but before they got close to the snow wall, they heard After a few gunshots, these beasts fell to the ground, and after gliding for a certain distance, they lay there motionless. Blood also flowed from their bodies, staining the snow below them red.

The smell of blood has a strong temptation to those beasts, and none of them can bear this temptation. The animal nature occupies the rare reason, and they rushed into the torch isolation zone outside the camp in groups, and the sound of gunshots echoed in the camp. The sound came out one after another, tearing apart the silence of the land.