Throne of Shadows

After walking around and looking at the important places, Dongchen returned to the suspension car against the wind and sand.

"Brother, is this for me?" The little angel looked at the ball in Dongchen's hand and cried happily.

Throwing the ball to Annie casually, Dongchen sat down around the table with Christina and Begobird.

"There was a war in the town, and I found potholes and dry creeps in many places, which should be bugs."

"Is it them again?" Christina sighed sadly, remembering something.

Begobird took a sip of wine: "Where's the energy?"

"I didn't find it. I only found some broken machinery, and there should be some remnants inside. Let's go and have a look tomorrow. There seems to be some creature in the town."

Looking back at Annie, who was giggling happily while holding the ball, Dongchen couldn't help but recall the whisper in his heart.

The small town at night is eerie and dead silent, only the sound of wind and sand blowing against the houses.

next morning.When the sun rose, Dongchen and his team parked the suspension vehicle in the town and got off. Their goal was the energy center of the town, where they might be able to find energy for new roads.

The sound of footsteps thumping on the metal floor, except for Annie, the other three were a little panicked, Dongchen glared at Begobird angrily, and quickened his pace.

Energy centers, as the most important source of power supply for a town, are generally hidden.This town is no exception, its energy center is hidden underground.If the exit wasn't half-open, Dongchen might not have found out.

The sloping steep slope was covered with dust, and Dongchen and his party slid down.

"Cough, cough, this hellish place is really terrible." Sneezing and shaking the dust all over his body, Begobird couldn't stop coughing.

With the broken barbed wire and the rusty gate, Dongchen and his group turned on the flashlights and walked in.

The high roof and all kinds of huge mechanical pipes are vertical and horizontal. With the light coming in, they appear in front of the eyes of the four people, making them have to admire the greatness of civilization. Unfortunately, such a great civilization was destroyed by a group of bugs. .

"Bird, which direction are we going?" Dongchen scanned with a flashlight, not knowing where to search for energy. He only discovered this place yesterday, but didn't go deep.

"Let me think about it." Begobold glanced around with the lamp, and sighed loudly from time to time: "Great, what a great civilization."

"Okay, where should we go?" Dong Chen urged again impatiently.

"This way."

Ga... creak... ku!

There was a toothache-like grinding sound from behind, and the four of them hurriedly turned their heads, only seeing the last ray of light coming in from the outside world after the door was closed.

"what happened?"

The rapid-fire flashlight found nothing.Dongchen and the others stood together back to back.

"Hey, boy, what the hell is in this place?" Begobird's tone was full of unspeakable horror.There was no way the old door at the door would close by itself.Since it didn't close it by itself, then something must have closed it, so what was it that closed him?

"I don't know." Dong Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and the lights were quickly strafing around, but nothing could be found.

"Sister, I'm afraid."

Christina held Annie tightly in her arms, and comforted softly: "Be good, don't be afraid. With my sister around, nothing can hurt you."

In the silent and empty room, there was no other movement except breathing and heartbeat, and the surrounding steel monsters that appeared from time to time in the light exuded an endless oppressive atmosphere.

"Go in or go back?" Begobold said: "We don't have much energy, and if we encounter some insect swarms again, we will definitely not be able to escape. But this ghost place..."

"Go in." Dongchen made a decision: "No matter what it is, since he doesn't show up, he must be afraid of us. As long as we are careful, there shouldn't be any major problems."

The crowd continued on their way.It's just that there is a kind of depressive panic in everyone's heart, and the tight string in the bottom of the heart doesn't know when it will suddenly break.

The dull atmosphere lasted until a high disc platform.Looking at the broken equipment in front of him, Begobold kicked hard: "The central energy source has leaked. After so many years, I don't know how much is left? Come and help me. I can't break this thing without professional tools." open."

Don't have professional tools?A sword is a tool. Although destruction is easier than construction, it is not easy to break open such ancient technological equipment with weapons.

At first, Dongchen worked alone.Christina, who later found out that nothing happened, also raised her hand.

If there is work to do, people will not think about it.The depression in the body was also relieved bit by bit with the sound of steel equipment colliding.However, no one noticed that an invisible hand had quietly appeared beside them.

"Ball, my ball, come and play with me, okay?" The soft words that suddenly appeared in her ear made Annie's eyes widen.

Looking up at Begobird who was directing, and then at his brothers and sisters not far away, the little angel turned his head in confusion.

"Come, come, come. Come and play with me..."

Unknowingly breaking free from Begobird's hands, Annie walked forward in confusion with the leather fan in her arms.

The mist was everywhere, and Begoberd seemed to have noticed nothing, and he was still directing...

"Be careful, although there is not much energy source left, it may explode in case of a heavy blow. Hey, you should be careful..."

"You can do it, you can do it." Christina glared at Begoberd angrily, and threw the dismantled steel parts away.Just as I was thinking about bending down and continuing to dismantle the equipment, I suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Where's Annie?"

With a pair of green cat eyes staring at Begobird, Christina stepped forward a little bit: "I ask you where Anne is?"

"Annie? Isn't Annie here?" The empty hand, where there is the warm feeling of the little angel.Begobold was stunned: "Annie, Annie was held by me just now, why... why is it gone! This... this..."

Running around like the wind, Dongchen discovered Anne's disappearance as soon as Christina spoke.Just circled down and found nothing.

Annie is really gone!

Returning to the team, the three of them looked at me and I looked at you, and they all saw a kind of panic and fear in each other's eyes.

"What happened just now? Calm down." Dongchen pressed Begobird's shoulder, looking around with a pair of stern eyes.

"I don't know, I don't know anything, Annie has been held by me all the time, but for some reason, she disappeared in a blink of an eye. Annie, my lovely Annie..."

Snapped!

With a slap on Begobird's face, Christina roared angrily: "A big man, why are you panicking? Think about it carefully, Annie can't have disappeared for no reason. Think carefully about it for me, what the hell is going on?" What's the matter?"

Trembling all over, he took the cigarette and lighter from the top of his head. Begobold tried several times, but failed to light it. Finally, he simply put the cigarette in his mouth and took a dry puff: "I don't know, I really don't know." Know."

"you……"

Reaching out to grab Christina's raised slap, Dongchen shook his head: "Don't embarrass him, let's look for it, Annie might just get lost."

Comforting the panic-stricken Begoberd with words he didn't believe, Dongchen narrowed his eyes again.