Chapter 716 The Real Inner City
After dropping Kelly off in a deserted town, Thor tidied his clothes and prepared to go directly into the ancient city of Sterne.
The last time he came here, he accidentally discovered the existence of the upside-down tree, and then was chased away in a panic by a bunch of branches and roots.
"So this time we are returning home in glory. It shouldn't be too much to ask for a few branches of the Inverted Tree, right?"
There was no one here who could allow Thor to teleport, so he followed the ordinary people and entered through the outer city gate.
This time he paid attention to his disguise, and the ordinary wizard apprentices guarding the city gate would definitely not be able to recognize him.
But when Thor sneaked into the outer city, he looked around and didn't find anyone he knew.
He had also stayed here for more than half a year, but now the place has changed and the people are different too.
Things are really different now.
Thor sighed with emotion as he strolled around the outer city, observing for half an hour.
But after observation, he discovered a strange phenomenon.
There is only one entrance and exit between the outer city and the inner city. This entrance and exit is embedded in the mountain and is the only place without water among the circle of waterfalls in the inner city.
It is probably through the passage inside the mountain that one enters the inner city.
However, the entrance and exit doors were tightly closed, and it looked as if no one was allowed to enter or exit.
There were always people coming and going near the passage in the outer city, but no one went in.
When Thor saw that no one had entered, he knew that he probably couldn't get in.
"Then let's use the second plan." Thor approached the waterfall and looked up at the water vapor in front of him.
The concentration of magical elements here is very high, but there is no magic circle to maintain it. It is obviously a new witchcraft prop developed by the ancient city of Archaeoster.
Thor's figure suddenly became transparent and merged with the waterfall in front of him.
As Thor looked unfamiliar, several wizard apprentices in the outer city kept an eye on his movements.
However, this group of people lost track of Thor in an instant.
Just as they realized that someone was trying to break into the inner city and were about to report it, a silver butterfly suddenly appeared before them.
The butterfly fluttered and circled around each of them.
These apprentices suddenly forgot what they were originally supposed to do.
They looked at each other, wondering how they got together.
Although they were confused, they quickly put their doubts aside and dispersed again because they each had their own tasks to accomplish.
At this time, Thor had already flown into the air, waiting for the Nightmare Butterfly to return.
"Brother Thor, complete the mission."
Thor took Penny back and thought, "We can't take the normal passage. The surrounding passages seem to have no protection, but there must be traps in them. We can force our way in, but that upside-down tree is a bit weird. Before we find its core, it's best not to expose the power of the third level, lest it run away directly."
Whether the Upside-Down Tree ran away or hid deep in the earth, it was still difficult for Thor to track it.
Next, Thor moved forward carefully, avoiding every place that seemed to be a trap and not disturbing the magical fluctuations nearby.
It took him nearly twenty minutes to get through the short distance of more than ten meters.
At the last moment of crossing the protective barrier of the inner city, the resistance in front of Thor suddenly dropped. He took a step forward and successfully reached the inner city.
However, when he saw the scene in the inner city, even Thor, who thought he was well-informed, was shocked.
The ancient city of Sterne, where the Baidong College is located, looks like the end of the world! The once tall buildings and wide roads are now covered with a thick layer of dust.
The ground was littered with broken parts and collapsed buildings.
Although sunlight can penetrate the insulating protective layer above the entire city, it cannot change the gray tones here.
Thor took a step forward and stepped into the thick dust.
"This place... should be near the high-rise building where I used to live."
But looking around, there were no buildings higher than ten stories high. Most of them were ruins or debris lying on the ground.
"The fluctuations of magic power here are extremely chaotic." Penny couldn't help but come out of her diary and flew around Thor a few times, taking in the misery all around. "Even if we cast magic directly, it won't attract other people's attention."
A black shadow emerged from Thor's chest and transformed into a young man.
He crossed his arms, "I highly doubt there's anyone else here!"
Thor put his cloak back into the storage device, leaving only his more slim-fitting black shirt and trousers.
He half-knelt down and examined the dust on the ground.
"The dust is already more than a palm's thickness. Judging from its softness, it seems that almost no one has ever set foot here."
Thor took off again and came to the top of the tallest building nearby, standing on a steel bar sticking out.
Looking down at the earth from a high place can give you more information.
Not only in the vicinity, but in the entire inner city, there are no buildings taller than ten stories.
“The whole inner city has become like this.”
Herman also flew beside Thor. "It looked as if some violent force exploded in mid-air and directly destroyed the upper half of the city. The dust produced by the explosion directly covered all the buildings in the city with a layer of dust."
Thor nodded. "Now the question is, when did the inner city become like this?"
Did the inner city become ruins by accident? Or was it divided into inner and outer cities artificially after it became ruins?
Do the people in the outer city know that the inner city has become like this? Where are the people in the inner city?
When Thor was observing in the outer city, he did not see any official wizards. All positions were held by wizard apprentices.
And they are all newcomers.
"Guoster, it seems that something big has really happened at Baidong College."
Thor did not find any trace of the inverted tree, and the magic fluctuations in the inner city were chaotic, so he gave instructions to Penny and Herman.
"Separate yourselves and look for any survivors in the inner city."
"Yes!"*2The two of them went to explore on the left and right respectively.
Thor was not idle either. He jumped off a tall building and hovered half a meter above the ground, looking for possible survivors.
Or a corpse.
However, after searching for a long time on the ground and inside the corridor, he didn't see a single person.
However, I saw a lot of rotten food and dusty furniture.
Most of the homes were tidy, without the mess caused by people fleeing in a panic.
"People should have evacuated in an orderly manner."
Thor climbed in through a window and saw several plates of food on the dining table that had turned green and black and could no longer be recognized.
He opened the storage cabinets again and saw a lot of food and drinks inside. There were also some locked cabinets with silver coins and archaeological banknotes.
"When they evacuated, these people probably didn't know they wouldn't come back. Otherwise they wouldn't have left behind even the necessities and money."
An hour later, Thor, Penny and Herman met again on the rooftop of a tall building near the city center.
"Did you find anything?" Thor asked them.
Herman shook his head. "It's like no one has ever lived here. There's not even a finger to be found."
Penny brought back good news.
"I didn't see any human figures either. It was as if the people here disappeared out of thin air. However, I sensed that there were active dreams in the center of the city."
Are there dreams? If there are dreams, there should still be living people.
Thor immediately decided, "Let's go to the city center!"
(End of this chapter)
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