dark moon

Chapter 42 A pot of flowers

The scenery around him is constantly changing, and traces of the halfling appear and disappear. A half-footprint on the ground and a scratch on the plant models on both sides of the street can always be a sign that he can follow him smoothly.

"Dang", another successful block, another surprise attack from the shadows, a chase all the way, similar confrontations have happened five or six times, fortunately, Shuer can successfully avoid each time, but...

"During my adventures in the past, was I particularly harsh on him? Did he particularly hate me?" Shuer shook his numb wrist and complained through gritted teeth, "Why do you come to me every time?"

"Otherwise, who should you ask him to look for?" Xiaolu pointed to his nose, "Looking for me? Or looking for Sasa?"

"That's right, there are three of us, and he can only look for me." He muttered a few words to himself, Xiuer tilted his head and looked at the buildings around him, and said with a half-smile, "But it's almost a farce. It’s time to end this.”

"Is this here? Well, it should be." Lin Jing suddenly kicked his hooves like an untamed wild horse, "Sasa, you lazy fool, come down here."

"Is it okay?" The female swordsman, whose vision was blurry, couldn't wait to put on her glasses again, and she could finally see the surrounding environment clearly. "Ah, this building..."

Along the way in the underground city, all the buildings we saw were basically undefended civilian facilities, even those research institutions. Only this area now has a clear military color and can be called a warning. strict.

Thousands of meters of walls completely surrounded this area. There was a lookout tower every 50 meters on the top of the wall. The towers were also equipped with thermal weapons of the same standard. The towers were closed with barbed wire. .The entire area was as tightly defended as a military fortress, and its importance seemed to have been written on the surface.

"Dangerous experimental product storage facility." Shuuer stood in front of the open door and pretended to understand the sign on the side of the door. "Plants like piranha and blood-sucking weeds will be grown here."

"There are no outsiders, so don't pretend." Lin Jing lowered her head and poked Xiu Er's serious face, "Actually, you don't understand this word at all, it has three letters in total, and it turned into such a long list of names."

"You actually discovered it. Yes, I edited all the previous translations. I can't edit them anymore."

"Hee hee." Saff covered her mouth and snickered. It was so funny every time watching the two of them teasing each other. I really hope that this kind of happiness can last forever, even if they have to face danger at any time.

"Whoa", the laughter disturbed the scary guy, and two eyes hit the female swordsman's face at the same time.Shuer and Moria rushed to her side with sinister smiles. Each of them slapped her on the back of her thigh, and held up her arms from left to right like they were rushing through the gate.

"Hey, hey, why are you hitting me again? Don't bully me. Haha, let me down. Hahaha, you two bastards have gone crazy."

Although they were laughing and joking, nothing about the surroundings was ignored by the three of them.

It looks like a fortress from the outside, but it looks like a prison inside. The wall is divided into eight areas. Each area is separated by a second high wall. Dozens of automatic flamethrowers are installed on the top of the wall and are aimed at interior space.

Now, the doors to seven areas are open, and the inside is in chaos.These areas are all man-made land, which should have been planted with many plants, but now, there are charred ashes and traces of flames everywhere. It is obvious that the frog people activated the defense system at the last moment and burned all the experimental results.

"It looks like there was a glass cover." Picking up a few places of soil and twisting it between his fingers, Shure and Moreia looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"Well, the quality of the soil is wrong." Lin Jing sniffed her finger, nodded and said, "The glass was melted by the high temperature, and I don't know what it is planting."

"It's just a very common plant." Shuer shrugged. "This is some kind of vine. It's a high-risk species and a predator of soil nutrients. It has strong adaptability to the environment. If it breeds in the forest, it can destroy a lot of trees in a few years." Vegetation, to protect the environment, must be controlled. Well, there is an introduction written on it.”

"And this, originally called Drunken Beast Grass, this word... Oh, it is medicinal, but after eating it, people will feel like drunk, and it is highly addictive. What is grown here is a kind of Something has been transformed in order to weaken the bad effects. Since it has just been cultivated, it needs long-term observation, so it is planted here."

"Interesting." Moria said with great interest, "Are they all these strange things? What a pity. If only I could bring..."

"No if." Xiu'er emphasized and interrupted Lin Jing's fantasy, not letting her tell the truth behind it. "Don't think about those unrealistic things. Don't forget what we are here to do."

"Is Macajeren really going to be here?" Saff leaned on Moria's back and looked around. "The only complete place here is the house."

"Go and have a look and you'll know." Xiu Er went directly to the only closed area, which was the only building in the prison that was not exposed to the air.

"Swish", the metal door slid open on both sides, as if opening its arms to welcome guests.He walked around the circular corridor without squinting, turning a blind eye to the rooms on both sides. Shuer already had some understanding of the frogman's architectural style, and walked directly to the location directly opposite the entrance of the circular corridor. Sure enough, the only two-door room here The opposite door appeared in front of everyone.

"What do you think this place is?" Pointing to the door, Shuer walked in without waiting for Moria and Saff to guess. "It was mentioned in the diary that this city, oh no, it should be The director of this research station issues centralized orders, and this is the post of the director."

"Stationmaster's room?" Looking at the many plant specimens hanging on the wall, Lin Jing curled his lips, "The top person in charge of the city lives in a place where he is pointed at by various weapons?"

"The weapons pointed at are the seven experimental fields, which are not available in these research laboratories." Shuer patted the piles of information on his desk, "These are experimental reports submitted regularly by various research institutes. Tsk, it's really If you don’t do your job properly, you have so much backlog.”

"Makajaren is not here." The only dedicated person was Saff. The girl interrupted Shuer and Moria's busy work, "At least he doesn't seem to be here now. I can't hear his breathing or heartbeat. It's so quiet here, even if he has a shadow to protect him, I should be able to hear him."

"I'm mentally prepared." Xiure didn't seem to be anxious at all, staring at the table and said, "Didn't you just think that Macajerun wanted to lead us somewhere? It seems like this is it. Ha, I I realize we should be in the right place."

Following Xiure's gaze, he saw a red button under a glass cover on the table, and a familiar black leather notepad placed neatly next to it.

"Hey, this button..." Lin Jing's curious nature could hardly be restrained, and he opened the glass cover and looked at Xiu Er with full expectation, "Shall we press it?"

"Absolutely not. It says on the side, don't press it. If you press it, the city will explode."

"Eh?" Lin Jing subconsciously retracted her hand and searched for the button for a long time, but couldn't find anything that looked like words.

"I lied to you, there are no words." Xiure said with a serious face, and pressed the button first, "Such an obvious and simple mechanism is nothing more than opening some secret rooms that only the stationmaster is qualified to enter. Look, open it."

"Just wait. After I get back, I'll find an opportunity to come and bully Lisa."

The normal mechanism in this office is unlikely to have any fatal traps, so the three of them seem to be very relaxed.However, it was only on the surface. In fact, the three of them were not relaxed at all, and they were extremely careful in every movement.

Just like Xiu Er said that he was lying to Moria, but in fact, everyone knew that this is an institution that studies plants, and Moria has some plant attributes. Xiu Er is worried about what is targeted at the button The defensive measures of the plants had a negative impact on the forest spirits, so they deliberately took the first step, and while pressing the button, they deliberately protected Moria behind them.

Fortunately, Xiure's worries were a little unnecessary. After pressing the button, everything was calm. Only the opposite wall slowly slid open to both sides, revealing a dark room inside.

The decoration of the dark room is magnificent, at least from the perspective of the Parvatiga people.

There are several portrait paintings hanging on the wall. Although the paintings are all of frogs, there are several rows of wine bottles of different heights in the wine cabinet. Although I don’t know the taste, but by looking at the appearance of the bottles, you can tell that they are of great value. , the large sofa is soft and comfortable. Opposite the sofa, the entire wall is covered with the glass screen that I saw before. Unfortunately, no graphics can be played now.

From any angle, this is a private space for the webmaster to relieve stress after work. Even in Parvatiga, where many top people handle official business, there are similar secret rooms, so it is not worth making a fuss about.

What is really worth making a fuss about is the coffee table in front of the sofa. The transparent coffee table is made into a lotus leaf shape. It may look very beautiful to frog people. Of course, this is not the point. The point is that there is a flowerpot above the coffee table, an unknown plant. red flowers blooming in flowerpot.

"Pop", Xiure clicked the button hard, and the wall quickly closed and returned to its original state.

The three of them looked at each other with surprise in their expressions.

"What did you originally think you would encounter?" Moria asked straightforwardly, no longer caring about charades.

"There are many possibilities, such as the possible mastermind behind the scenes, the survivors of the frog people, or the main body of the controlled frog people, who have systematic intelligence to communicate. But I really didn't expect that the webmaster would be so sentimental. I have a potted flower in my lounge. Moria, that’s not a fake flower.”

"Sadly, that's true."

"Tsk, this is interesting." Shuer turned his attention to the notepad, "It seems that the second arduous journey has begun. Since the stationmaster put the notepad in such an obvious place, I am afraid it is just for others to see. Let's look into it and I think it will explain everything."

(End of this chapter)