Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 26 Going Underground
At 9 o'clock, Thorn District, Marlene Motobu Park.

This park, built a few years ago, was built near the community where Gongsun Ce lived and was named after the donor, Marlene Motobu.The interior of the park is full of greenery, and the spring flowers are more colorful against the backdrop of green leaves. The fresh air refreshes the two who just came out of the sewage plant area.

In the center of the park is a huge white tower reaching the sky, which is one of the hundreds of "thorns" in the Thorn District.The roots of the White Tower are extremely thick, reminding Alice of the branches of a century-old tree, but even the ancient tree in memory is petite compared to the giant in front of her eyes.

Alice couldn't imagine what such a "thorn" could be used for. She remembered the phone call between Gongsun Ce and Mo Yuankai more than ten minutes ago, and vaguely believed the intelligence dealer's guess.

——"Spines? Officially they are called spines, but why are there thorns on the back of the Dragon of the Sky? Let me tell you a non-mainstream guess. The so-called spines are actually the flying aids of the Dragon of the Sky."

——"It flies with this?!"

——"Just like there are many nozzles on a large robot that are easy to turn, the white tower in the spine area should be a means for it to adjust its flying posture. Because this thing is hollow, it directly connects to the belly of the dragon."

Alice didn't feel very surprised at first, but when she witnessed this giant now, her thinking became active uncontrollably.She imagined the situation back then in her mind, imagining the gray-blue giant dragon flapping its wings, spouting streams of air, energy, or smoke behind it.Its body as big as a mountain can thus rotate flexibly, allowing it to soar freely above the sky.It can almost see the whole world in its eyes, and the mountains and rivers can be seen to the end at a glance.But the people and beasts on the ground couldn't even perceive the flying of the giant, because the gap between them was too great. They could only see the shadow that covered the sky and the sun, but they couldn't understand the movement of the giant dragon.

Perhaps this is the reason why it is named the sky, because the dragon is another sky in the eyes of humans.

"Miss Alice?"

The superpower beside him made a voice, and Alice replied in a trance: "It's nothing... I was thinking how powerful the Dragon of the Sky should have been... What a great life it would be."

"No matter how great it was, it died. It was killed by the empire, and its body was used to build a city for us little ants to use as houses."

Gongsun Ce's brisk voice brought her back to reality.The gray-haired superpower user is squatting at the root of the thorn, operating a small gray box in his hand, which is a prop to open the thorn channel.The caretaker of the park was trembling when he handed it over to the two of them, saying that it was a violation of regulations and that it was a special situation. Open the back door and you should go down quietly and don’t make too much noise.

After hearing this, Alice knew that they were able to go down not because of the government's accommodation, but because of Mo Yuankai's arrangement.This information dealer not only helped them plan the shortest route back to the Thorn District, but also gave them a plan to get to the Dragon's Belly, so powerful that she deeply doubted his true identity.Maybe he's official too?Or maybe he did it all with superpowers?

"...If big is considered great, sumo wrestlers should be much stronger than us."

Gongsun Ce was still talking nonsense, Alice rolled her eyes and said, "Can you have the romance and fantasy that young people should have?"

"No. It's best for dragons to be dead. If I really want to say, I hope they can be smaller in size, so that they can be killed with fewer cuts." Gongsun Ce made some adjustments, and slapped the small gray box on the thorn surface, "Done."

At this moment, traces of manual cutting appeared on the smooth and unmarked surface of the roots of the thorns, and a boxy "door" opened from the inside, revealing the vast space inside the giant tower.

"This is……!"

Alice exclaimed, she saw so much today that she didn't know anything about.

A circular platform made of steel replaced what should have been the "ground position", and an alloy bracket protruded from the side of the platform, which seemed to be a supporting fixture.

"Don't ask me, it's the first time I've been here for ten years that I know the thorns are empty." Gongsun Ce stepped onto the platform first, "Ghost knows where we're going back... Get ready, Miss Alice, you have to let's go."

Alice jumped to his side in a hurry.After a short period of darkness, the platform where the two stood was lit up with a dim light.At the same time, they felt the weightlessness of the elevator going down, and the steel platform began to descend at a rapid speed, as fast as falling from the top of a building!
"There's no such place—hiss!"

Alice's words were only halfway through when she was replaced by her own exclamation. The rapidly descending platform made a big bend, and the white tower wall was about to hit her head.

"You're distracted." Gongsun Ce used his telekinetic force to give his partner a hand, and the tower wall almost brushed against her hair.

"I'm sorry, I was so surprised." Alice was confused.

Now the two are not so much riding an elevator as they are sliding down an inclined track using the platform as a surfboard.I don't know if it's the psychological pressure in the small environment, but Gongsun Ce always feels that the track is still getting more and more inclined.

If it continues like this, I am afraid that sooner or later the passage in the giant tower will change from downward to near horizontal, and in that case...

"We are... going to the central area?"

Alice spoke his mind.

"I think so. If the core of the dragon is in the very center of its body—the junction of the central area and the spine area—then we are undoubtedly heading for the most critical area."

Gongsun Ce looked sideways at his companion, he could see the haste and uneasiness in the other's eyes, but at the same time, he also had the curiosity and joy of going to an unknown environment.If experts from other forces came here, they probably wouldn't show this look, would they?After all, hunters are impermanent agents who work for the government, and it is normal that they will appear less "professional".

Gongsun Ce smiled secretly in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Miss Alice who went down to the ground looks very happy."

The hunter was a little embarrassed: "Big sister, did I act so obviously..."

"Eyes sparkle."

"It's too exaggerated!"

"He's clearly a hunter but acts like an adventurer."

"You can't blame me! What's in the belly of the dragon, what is the underground of the flying city, is there anyone who is not curious about this! Worried about whether they will not be able to keep up with the actions of the dragon lunatics, but also Excited by this unexpected adventure, this is the contradictory nature of human beings~"

It's hard to tell.

The giant dragon is synonymous with disaster in traditional culture. In the eyes of most people, the belly of a dragon is probably a more taboo and terrifying place than hell.Those who are curious about it are called bold, and those who are happy about it are worthy of a clear mind.But Alice was still imagining how happy the dragon would be when she was flying, and it was difficult for ordinary people to understand.

Gongsun Ce pushed down his glasses: "If you have this curiosity, it may be more suitable for you to be a researcher than a hunter."

Alice shook her head in disgust: "Absolutely not, what I hate the most are inhuman researchers."

Why do you equate scientific researchers with inhumanity?It's not that the white coats in all places are the same as the universities in this city.

At this time, the descending trajectory has crossed the 45° limit, and the platform that carried them down until now has gradually slowed down after flashing light prompts.The passages on both sides became thinner, not as thick as the tower wall when it just descended from the ground. Gongsun Ce speculated that this might be a symbol of their approaching the bottom.

The track gradually became horizontal with subtle angle adjustments, and after another burst of speed, they arrived at a mechanism like a train platform.

At this time, the platform stopped operating completely. Gongsun Ce and Alice stepped into the platform and found that the road leading to the front was firmly blocked by heavy steel like a vault door.

"Miss Alice, can Freesia teleport to places you can't see?"

"No, I can't perceive the shadow behind the door, can you create a white barrier behind the door?"

No shadows...a strong light behind the door?Gongsun Ce pondered and mobilized his energy.

"Wait a moment."

Gongsun Ce imagined in his mind that on the other side of the door that he couldn't see, there would be a semicircular white matter like a snow house.The cognitive barrier caused by invisibility is far greater than the physical distance. Fortunately, Gongsun Ce has rich experience, and this little trick is easy for him.

"About 6.5 meters in front of me, there is a circular shadow cast by the white dome."

"Okay, keep quiet..." Alice put her hand on his shoulder, "Shadow Freesia."

Accompanied by the inherent suffocation when teleporting, they came to the other side of the door at the same time.

Gongsun Ce removed the white matter barrier, and he immediately understood why there was no shadow behind the door.

What came into view was a sea of ​​green.

The transparent unknown material forms a channel like an undersea tunnel, and a large amount of green liquid flows around the channel.The green is pulsating and flexible, like fireflies on a midsummer night gathered together, like corals in the underwater world melted into the water, the rush of the liquid carries a clear vitality, like countless tiny lives gathered into the sea Dancing before their eyes!

In the emerald green sea of ​​life, you can vaguely see the roots of big trees.The intertwined tissue seems to protrude from the outside of the pipe, and its shape reminds Gongsun Ce of blood vessels, nerves, or other more complex biological structures.Those organizations that are bigger than buildings are swaying under the emerald green wash, splitting and melting, like a tsunami in the clouds, a landslide in the sea.

They were speechless for a moment, shocked by the spectacle in front of them, and even temporarily forgot their purpose.A second later, Gongsun Ce realized that he should take a step forward, but at this time his common sense raised another question that was more worthy of consideration than the scenery.

"Hi, Gongsun Ce." Alice's voice was trembling slightly, "Do you think this color... looks familiar?"

"I don't think so." Gongsun Ce subconsciously denied this absurd guess, even though he knew that the hunters were telling his lies.

Alice ignored his speech, and continued to talk about her conjecture: "This color is exactly the same as...the green lines on biochemical animals!"

The body of the horse, the beak of the pigeon, the surface of the flesh wall... all biochemical animals produced in the capital of the sky will have green lines with unknown meaning.

The details of life flashed by one scene after another, and Gongsun Ce suddenly remembered the discussion with his friends in the past, saying that the capital of the sky gathered elite scientists from all over the world, why don't they invest time and manpower in this inexplicable In terms of biochemical technology, a bunch of big pigeons and rotten meat are created.Now he thinks of his disdain for official decisions in the past and suddenly finds it extremely ridiculous...

When the flesh and blood of the Dragon of the Firmament is at your fingertips, what reason do they have for not developing biochemical technology?
(End of this chapter)