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“Nicolas, the evacuation from the death row has begun, and someone will pick you up soon.”

Merlin’s words sounded in the communicator, and the noise of the electric current was sandwiched in between, and the voice sounded very vague.

Nicolas did not respond. He sat behind his desk, lowered his head, smoking a cigarette, not knowing what he was thinking.

He looks like this for a long time. The ashtray on the tabletop is full of cigarette butts, and there is a faint afterglow on it. The soot falls all around, and he doesn’t mean to clean it up.

Raising his head slightly, Nicolas’s look pale, he has been underground for a long time, he is like a dead body.

“Where are you? Merlin.”

Nicolas asked, after a long time, a hoarse sound came back from the other end.

“Surface, mechanical academy, I just handed the’flame bearer’ to Lorenzo.”

“The flame bearer? So he decided to use this name?”

“en. “

Nicolas took a deep breath of smoke, and he, who was already thin, became more old man surrounded by smoke.

“What’s wrong? Nicolas.” Merlin asked.

“Thinking, feeling, after all, I will go to death row soon after all, when I come out, Old Turin, cleansing agency… and even you, maybe they will all become part of the ruins.”

Nicolas dropped his cigarette butt and looked melancholy.

“Merlin, do you think all this is correct?”

“What do you want to say?”

“Death row, do you think this kind of refuge really makes sense?” Nicolas said, “I want to be with you more than to survive by chance.”

“But someone needs to keep the knowledge, Nicolas.”

“Then why not you?” Nicolas asked rhetorically.

“You know, this kind of entanglement is fruitless, Nicolas, each of us needs to make a choice.”

“Of course I know.”

Nicolas slowly got up, still placed a strangely shaped key and a pistol on his desk.

He took the gun, stuck it around his waist, took the key again, and put it away.

“I also made a choice, Merlin, I still doubt death row.”

“What do you suspect?”

“I don’t know, but just like intuition, I always feel something is wrong.”

Nicolas said and glanced at his feet. Behind the layers of steel and soil, there is Pillar of Forge, and it is more convenient that the death row is located.

“Don’t do stupid things.”

After a short pause, Merlin said.

Nicolas smiled, and he responded.

“No, I will survive, Reverend, after all, mine carries your knowledge.”

“I’m sorry, I always feel that I should say goodbye to you personally.” Merlin said.

“It’s okay, don’t think too badly, maybe we can see you again.”

Nicolas picked up the communicator as he said, and before pushing the door open, he finally asked Merlin.

“By the way…Reverend, is your greed satisfied?”

The madness and greed of the alchemists for the truth continuously drove these crazy people forward, by fair means or foul.

“Probably.”

Merlin replied.

Nicolas looked relaxed after hearing it, and he said softly.

“That’s good.”

Communication was interrupted. Nicolas pushed open the door and walked out. He stretched his body vigorously, as if there was going to be some intense exercise next.

“Reverend, what you taught me, if you doubt it, you should practice it.”

Nicolas whispered.

“Has anyone really seen a death row?” He laughed, “I am on the list anyway. I don’t need them to pick me up, I will go there myself.”

Nicolas said moving towards the depths of the perpetual motion pump.

The structure of Old Turin is like a towering tree. As a rhizome, Pillar of Forge is deeply rooted in the ground. It uses complex pipes and steel to stably prop up the buildings above the ground. Here is the beginning of the energy of the entire city, a furnace like a god-made creation boiling day and night, swallowing the river water from the River Thames, releasing continuously the power, like a giant whale that ascends, erupting steam.

Nicolas stood in front of the heavy mechanical valve. He took a deep breath, as if he was about to make a serious decision. After a long pause, he lifts the head again and said to the technician beside him, “I’m ready. “

When the technicians saw this, it was not good to say anything. They picked up the safety equipment and put on Nicolas.

This is a protective suit made to fight Roger. After antimemetic and a little Holy Silver processing, Nicolas feels like he is wearing a heavy armor, and then he puts on a heavy oxygen tube on his back. The connected breathing mask completely seals itself from the outside world, and only penetrates the outside world through transparent lenses.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” the technician couldn’t help asking.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a routine inspection,” Nicolas said, and his voice became thicker. “It’s just that I will inspect it myself this time.”

Seeing this, the technician could not persuade him. After all, in terms of regulations, Nicolas did nothing wrong. The order to check the operation of Pillar of Forge belongs to his authority.

They could only get out of the way, and after waiting a few seconds, the heavy mechanical valve slowly opened.

Nicolas looked at the deep red world behind the door, even through the protective clothing, he could still feel the heat of the air, as if a giant dragon was breathing Dragon Breath.

Picking up the safety cable, Nicolas walked into the crimson world.

Pillar of Forge is the core of many powers surrounding the Old Turin system. Here is the world’s largest melting pot. The fireworks in it have never extinguished since they ignite. In order to control such powerful fireworks, the perpetual motion pump has done many things. Security design, so that Pillar of Forge is usually isolated and blocked by several blockades.

It has undergone a certain degree of automation. Only during security inspections can personnel enter. However, each security inspection is a risky risk for the staff.

Now Nicolas has also joined this adventure inside.

He has always felt that the existence of the death row is very strange. In the impression, he does not remember what is under Pillar of Forge, and it seems that there is no direct access to the depths.

Through the search of information, Nicolas only knew that there was a garbage dump in the depths, which was used to discharge the ash in the furnace. Nicolas couldn’t figure out why he wanted to build a refuge here.

Nicolas raised similar questions to Merlin and Arthur, but they were both rejected in the end. Now he couldn’t help it, and decided to go there in person and inquire about it.

I can clearly feel that as Nicolas leaves the package of the perpetual motion pump, the temperature in the dim passage is astonishing, and the sound of the fan is heard in the darkness, as if there are hundreds of fans operating, pumping the hot gas from.

After years of renovation, this underground space is like a maze. Except for the Foreign Domain of the perpetual motion pump, the maps of other areas have not been updated for many years, and most of them have been abandoned, leaving them desolate.

Nicolas walked along the path in his memory, clutching the safety line tightly in his hand, ready to hang himself on the handle on the side at any time.

Continue down.

He has been here very few times. At that time, he was just an ordinary technician and was selected to maintain Pillar of Forge’s pipeline. At that time, Nicolas rarely went deep like this.

As he progressed deep underground, he could clearly feel the temperature rise continuously. This is normal. The temperature of Pillar of Forge is extremely high. In order to cool it down, the mechanical academy attracted River Thames and set up There are a large number of cobweb-like ventilation pipes, which rotate and roar together, as if to set off a storm in this Underground World.

The cleansing agency has never worried about Pillar of Forge being invaded. The harsh environment here has caused it to become the grave of the invaders even if it is invaded.

Even through the protective clothing, Nicolas already felt the heat intolerable. He was breathing heavily. Fortunately, there is enough oxygen. If there is no oxygen supply, he can directly breathe the hot and old air underground. Nicolas feels that he may not be able to walk much. It will fall far away.

The surrounding environment has gradually opened up, covered with rust and dust, as if no one had ever been here.

Nicolas climbed up the suspended ladder. I don’t know how long it has not been maintained. Every time he moves, it will make a babble, as if it is about to collapse.

Except for these messy noises, it is very quiet here. It seems that Nicolas is the only one who exists, and he looks extremely lonely.

He walked through a suspended corridor, and there was endless darkness underneath. Nicolas kicked off some residues, they were submerged in the darkness, and there was nothing.

dong! dong! dong!

It sounded like a heartbeat, but this heartbeat sound was much louder than ordinary people’s heartbeat, as if it came from the chest of a giant.

A touch of red light shrouded Nicolas’s body, and he looked towards the other side, and saw flames that were difficult to look at directly from the gaps in the steel, as if the metal was wrapped in a scorching sun.

The furnace began to stir.

It not only supplies energy for the city, but is also responsible for smelting metals. There are some special alloys. Only Pillar of Forge can reach the extreme temperature. The molten metal and the fireworks are intertwined, pouring into the runners, forming a handful Another murderous weapon.

After thinking about it, Nicolas only felt the promenade under his feet tremble, and then he felt a sense of frustration.

That’s bad.

It has been too long since no one has visited here. Under the repeated baptism between humidity and dryness, the metal has long been covered with rust and damaged. During the time Nicolas stayed, it completely shattered.

Nicolas fell into the darkness below. He cursed secretly in his heart. He, who has always been cautious, would actually make mistakes in this kind of thing.

Fortunately, he set up a safety line beforehand. Nicolas who fell halfway was pulled tight by the rope, and fiercely hit the wall on the other side. He didn’t have time to protect, and the oxygen mask broke into a gap, and the glass was broken. Stabbed the skin.

Without waiting for Nicolas to do anything to save it, the other end of the safety rope above also broke, the fragile metal was twisted, and Nicolas fell again.

For a moment, Nicolas’s mind went blank, but there was no regret.

Nicolas has always felt that the death row is a treacherous conspiracy, without an answer, this guy with a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder will not be rest assured.

Raising his hand abruptly, grabbing the bulge on the wall, Nicolas stabilized his body, he lowered his head, he could hear the echo in the dark, very close, which seemed not as high as expected.

The safety line above also fell, extending into the darkness, and Nicolas jumped down.

After a few seconds, the shock came.

Nicolas fiercely fell to the ground, and the pain made him grin. Fortunately, the mask was completely broken, and the hot air poured into his nose, making Nicolas absent.

Tired to get up, he tried to fix it, but the leak was so serious that he could only throw it away.

Nicolas let out an angry growl, and he unloaded the heavy oxygen tank and threw it aside.

His eyes are a little confused, and the hot heat sometimes makes people hallucinate. He knows this very well, but he didn’t expect it to come so fast.

It seems that there are women singing softly, the heat is absent, but a kind of comforting warmth, they surround Nicolas, urging him to fall asleep.

“Shut up.”

Nicolas scolded, he dragged the oxygen tank in embarrassment, rushed the pipe towards him, greedily inhaling oxygen, making himself slightly awake.

There are often various accidents in the maintenance of Pillar of Forge, so they usually act as squad, but now Nicolas is the only one, but fortunately, the communicator is still with him, he may still be able to call for help… [19459002 ]

Nicolas’ thoughts stopped and he saw what he had been looking for.

A door full of dust, he was erected not far in front, as if waiting for Nicolas all the time, he took a few deep breaths of oxygen, took off his heavy protective clothing forcefully, and felt the skin for a while The tingling from the upload is like being burned.

But this made Nicolas a lot lighter. He ran quickly and inserted the weird-shaped key in his hand into the keyhole. Dryness spread from it. Nicolas prayed that the lock core would not be rusted to death. He gently applied force. The door opens.

Nicolas fell directly in, he extended the hand according to the memory position and pulled down the valve.

Soon the dim light came on, and after a burst of noise, the narrow elevator began to descend.

“I remember correctly…”

Nicolas said to himself.

In the continuous update iteration of Pillar of Forge, many things are difficult to remember in detail on the map. In a certain version of the map, Nicolas once saw this. This is a maintenance elevator, and rare can go directly to the “garbage” below. Field” elevator.

After that, the icon seemed to have been erased deliberately. No one knows. The key was found by Nicolas from the depths of the archives. It was mixed with a bunch of keys that didn’t know what it was used to open. Together, it took him a long time to find out.

Continuously descending in the dark, Nicolas tried hard to keep himself awake. I don’t know how long it took before the door opened.

He staggered to his feet, the air was no longer hot, but a slight cooling sensation, which made Nicolas sober a lot. He walked to the edge of the platform and looked down at the many buildings below, and you could see the silhouette Flashing, there is a huge armor slowly advancing.

Nicolas’ expression became completely stiff. It stands to reason that this place should be a refuge, but here is only a group of troops in the dark.

His breathing was suppressed, he muttered to himself.

“Here… Where is it?”

“The Bottom of Lamentation, the station of the Scavenger Department.”

Someone replied, Nicolas turned his head in horror, but he felt that he had been hit by something. His vision was blurred and he fell down. At the end of his consciousness, he heard someone say to him.

“Don’t be afraid, we will take you to the death row.”

Galahad walked to Nicolas’s side and carried him vigorously.