"Do you know my mother?" Lin Yuan asked.
"Of course, didn't anyone tell you? Your mother has royal blood." The Queen smiled and replied, "I have seen her many times. Your mother, Lin Lan'er, is a beautiful and powerful person. I like that child very much."
Lin Yuan was a little surprised. She had rarely heard people mention her parents since she was a child. This was the first time she knew that her family had bloodline connected to the queen.
In fact, her family could own a large estate near the White Pagoda, so they must be a wealthy or noble family, or at least they were once prominent. But for some reason, Lin Yuan had never met any relatives from either of her parents' families.
It was as if all her relatives had died and she was the only one left in this world.
She had lived in the White Tower since she was a child, and almost no one had ever visited her. Apart from Roy, her mother's former colleague, almost no one had ever mentioned their parents to her.
The queen came down from the throne, took Lin Yuan's hand, and led her to walk in the spacious and magnificent palace. While walking, she talked to Lin Yuan about her mother.
Her hands are soft, her movements are graceful, and her eyes are gentle behind the white veil, making people feel friendly and comfortable.
"When Lin Lan'er was your age, she often came to my place to play. I used to hold her hand like this." The Queen looked at Lin Yuan and spoke. The tentacles caught a hint of sadness and nostalgia in her emotions. "You are very similar to your mother."
"Really? I look like my mom?"
Lin Yuan feels that she is not very similar to her mother.
She had seen photos of her mother. Her mother was a tall, strong and cheerful woman with a high ponytail, a pair of legs that could run very fast, and she loved to laugh. She showed a bright smile in every photo.
It seems like we are not of the same type from the inside out.
The Queen looked at her with a gentle smile, as if she knew what she was thinking.
"Your mother, Lin Lan'er, is a strong and intelligent girl who has her own opinions and clear understanding of everything. Although you are the guide, your personalities are almost the same."
Lin Yuan felt a surge of joy in her heart. It turned out that her mother was a very good person. For some reason, her emotions seemed to fluctuate more here than usual.
"I heard that you broke off the engagement with your fiancé, applied to go to the Special Research Department, visited many contaminated areas, and even solved the golden tree contamination area?" asked the queen.
Lin Yuan hummed.
"I should thank you. It has been many years since humans have won the battle against the contaminated area and taken back the land from the contaminated area." The queen held her hand and smiled, "You are worthy of being your mother's child."
Lin Yuan doesn't quite remember what her mother looks like. What kind of person is her mother?
She was too young at the time. She only vaguely remembers her mother's warm embrace and her gentle hands. She wanted to hear more about her mother from people who knew her.
She followed the queen unconsciously. She felt relaxed when such a beautiful and elegant lady held her hand, and she felt a desire to be close to her.
It seemed as if he wanted to listen to her more, be closer to her, and be led by her like this and keep going.
No wonder so many people like His Majesty.
She really looks elegant and gentle, like the embodiment of all the beauty in the world, like a mother.
She followed the queen to a rectangular window.
The entire huge white tower has a smooth porcelain white exterior wall. It is pure white and dense in texture, like an ivory tower without any windows.
But I didn't expect that in such a high place, near the top, there is such a small square window.
The queen took Lin Yuan to look out of the window together.
The terrain here is very high, and through the thin clouds, you can overlook the entire capital of the empire. From here, you can see all the small houses, roads, rivers and the city walls in the distance.
Clustered closely around the White Tower is a group of magnificent buildings with green tiles and red walls in bright colors. But it is only a small area.
Further away, the residential buildings began to become dilapidated, dense, and messy, with a gray color spreading into the distance.
Standing here, one can clearly see the holy light emanating from the top of the White Tower. The light of light spreads from the top of the tower, like a hemispherical bowl upside down on the ground, enveloping the entire capital of the empire.
The pedestrians coming and going on the streets like ants and the countless densely packed houses on the earth are all protected by this protective screen of holy light.
Humans gather around the White Tower, crowded under the protection of the holy light, and live hard in this twisted world full of dangers.
The wind blew in from the small window, slightly lifting the queen's veil, revealing her fair jaw and beautiful lips.
"Human life is becoming increasingly difficult. Now we can only rely on the White Tower to survive in this world." The thin lips sighed softly, "Sometimes I am a little confused. I don't know if the path we are taking is correct, and whether we can move towards a more distant future."
That sigh was full of worry, heaviness, sadness and the hardship of shouldering a heavy responsibility.
These emotions are so strong and so contagious.
If it were someone else, he would have kneeled down on one knee and sworn allegiance to the Majesty who is concerned about the fate of mankind.
Yes? She said she was willing to go through fire and water for her, and to dedicate everything to saving the precarious fate of all mankind.
Fortunately, Lin Yuan is a person with minimal emotional fluctuations.
She just sighed softly - this was already not easy for her.
The Queen stood by the window, holding her hand gently, her gesture relaxed and casual, "I just wanted to ask you, did you bring out any golden tree trunks from the golden tree contaminated area?"
In such a relaxed atmosphere, Lin Yuan wanted to answer as soon as he opened his mouth.
At that moment something clicked in her mind.
【I can't say.】
She looked inward at her own spiritual vision and saw a bright and clear full moon in the sky amidst the vast expansion of the sky.
Lin Yuan was a little dazed, with his brain covered by a layer of fog, but he suddenly woke up.
Right? How can I say that? Otherwise, Xunhua will be in danger.
Lin Yuan broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
In her own mental picture, she vaguely saw her own spiritual body.
The deep-sea monster's clear yellow eyes appeared from the gaps between its tentacles, gazing at the myriad stars in the sky, as if confronting some powerful force in the distance.
Deep in the starry sky, in a place that could not be seen or touched, someone was watching her faintly.
"The golden tree completely withered after the pollution zone dissipated. Not a single leaf was left," said Lin Yuan.
She was still holding the queen's hand, but the skin of her palm was cold, not as warm as she had just imagined.
In a sense, Lin Yuan's answer was true. At least in her own mood, she did not realize that she was lying.
The eyes that were watching her from the distant void could not find any flaws in her spirit.
The queen, wearing a pure white crown and a white veil, stood by the window where the breeze was blowing. She was gentle, beautiful, pure and spotless.
She stared at Lin Yuan for a long time before she seemed satisfied with her answer.
"I heard that you also went to Contaminated Area No. 5." She spoke softly and slowly. "That was the first contaminated area you went to. Did you bring anything back from there?"
Lin Yuan complained to her that she had worked so hard to find many ancient energy stones of inestimable value, but they were snatched away by a group of crude and barbaric sentinels. That group of people were sentinels from Kyoto.
"Those are people from the Public Security Department. The sentry leading the team is called Tan Shu." Lin Yuan reported to the highest leader of the Empire. "I reported this incident after I came back. Roy, the head of our Special Research Department, promised to seek justice for me later. He didn't even get back the last Imperial coin."
The Queen finally laughed. "It's too dangerous for a guide like you to go to the contaminated area. You should be equipped with a powerful sentinel."
She showed a nostalgic look and said softly, "In the past, there were many sentinels and guides like this."
Finally, the Queen summoned Luther from the Royal Guard and ordered him to assign guards to Lin Yuan when he entered the contaminated area.
Lin Yuan didn't want a dedicated sentinel.
But she was still very happy. At least Her Majesty the Queen of the Empire did not object to her guiding people in and out of the contaminated area, and expressed support for her actions.
She thought that it would be much more convenient for her to continue entering and exiting the contaminated area in the future.
"I'm curious, which contaminated area are you going to go to next time?" Before parting, the queen asked Lin Yuan.
"I haven't thought about it yet? Okay." Lin Yuan said.
At this moment, when she was ready to leave and most relaxed, she could clearly feel the intense gaze.
Somewhere, there was a powerful spiritual being, staring at her with burning eyes.
Torturing her mental state to see if there was even the slightest lie in her answers.
Even if she showed the slightest sign of hesitation or panic, the other party would notice it.
But she really hadn't made up her mind yet, and didn't know where to go. Her emotions were sincere, frank and fearless.
"So you didn't know yet?" The queen stretched out her fingers and gently pressed her hair.
"Well, let me give you a suggestion. If you are willing, you can consider going to Contaminated Area 338. It is a very old contaminated area with many secrets worth exploring."
Your Majesty's advice is equivalent to an order and assignment.
Lin Yuan nodded in agreement.
As Luther accompanied her away, he asked Lin Yuan, "Do you know the contaminated area No. 338?"
Lin Yuan shook her head. There were so many contaminated areas and she didn’t know the situation of each one.
"That is a place without pupils, a dark dungeon, a world without eyes." Luther sighed, "Why would His Majesty send a guide like you to that place?"
A place without pupils.
Lin Yuan went over the word in his mind.
I remembered the revelation I had seen on the wooden box in the shipwreck. After the golden tree pattern, the map title was followed by a blind eye totem.
A place without pupils, a world without eyes.
Could it be that Contaminated Area 338 is the place I am going to explore?
"Your Majesty is such a kind person, so the decision he made must have its own deep meaning." Luther made a gesture of repentance on his chest, "Come on, follow me to the Royal Guard and I will pick out some powerful guys for you."
Lin Yuan doesn't want to be a dedicated sentinel, nor does he really want to team up with others.
But although Her Majesty is gentle, her orders are unquestionable. Luther will resolutely carry them out for her.
Luther took Lin Yuan down the elevator to the floor where the Royal Guards were stationed.
To select a suitable candidate for her from among those sentinels.
"What kind of sentinel do you want?" Luther asked her.
"What kind?" Lin Yuan thought for a moment, "If we act together, of course we need the strongest sentinel."
…
The Royal Guard is stationed inside the White Tower, occupying an entire floor of its own.
It has the most advanced high-tech training equipment and luxurious training venues.
The training ground was quite lively today, with many people rushing to one place. It seemed like something was happening.
"I heard that a guide will be given a guard to protect her when she enters the contaminated area." A sentry said to his partner.
"Have we in the Royal Guard fallen to this state? Who wants to be a bodyguard for a guide?" said his companion unhappily.
The two sentries walked to the registration desk for the selected candidates and discussed while looking at the electronic registration screen.
There were many people watching the excitement, but not many people registered for admission.
I heard that the person who needs protection is neither a member of the royal family nor a noble, but just an ordinary guide with no roots or foundation.
Most people are not willing to go to dangerous places like polluted areas. Many people come here just to watch the fun.
"It seems to be the one mentioned in the legend. The guide who opened the golden tree."
"I've heard of that guy, too. How brave does a guide have to be to dare to enter and exit the contaminated area?"
"No sentinel would dare to take a guide like this. I guess she will never go out."
"Yeah, he's definitely going to look scary, like a gorilla. I'm not going anyway."
As the two were talking, a sentry pushed them aside and walked past them.
The sentry lost one arm and replaced it with a bionic robotic arm. He lifted the personal terminal on the robotic arm and swiped it on the electronic registration screen, which made a beeping sound.
"Registration successful, welcome Sergeant Yunluo." A mechanical sound rang out on the electronic screen.
"Team Cloud?"
"Is it Yunluo? Didn't he die in the Golden Tree contaminated area?"
"He was trapped in the contaminated area for several months, and everyone thought he was dead. Unexpectedly, when the contaminated area collapsed this time, he was still alive and struggled out."
"How dare he sign up for this? He almost died in the contaminated area and even lost a hand. Aren't you afraid at all? That's going to a place without pupils."
There was a lot of discussion around. Yun Luo swiped his registration card and turned around to look at the two people behind him.
"Only the weak are afraid of others' strength." The blue light of the electronic screen reflected on his thin and cold face. "The real strong will always be attracted to the strong."
He moved his elbows, stretched and clenched his mechanical fingers into fists, and walked towards the entrance of the selection venue.
Not long after he left, another sentry came. He had a full beard and was a well-known strong man in the Royal Guard. He also reached out and swiped his personal terminal on the screen.
"I heard that Yun Luo has become even more powerful after getting a robotic arm, so I'm going to find him to practice with. Haha, it's not for the sake of a guide."
The next person to sign up was a member who had just participated in the special operation in the Golden Tree contaminated area. He did not make any excuses and was very straightforward.
"I'm going to Guide Lin. Don't compete with me."
One after another, sentries came forward and scanned their personal information to enter.
There are still not many people who sign up. But as Yun Luo just said, all of them are truly strong men in the Royal Guards.
Some of them were members who had participated in the Golden Tree Pollution Zone Operation, while many others had never seen Lin Yuan.
A guide who dares to go in and out of the contaminated area.
Perhaps those noble sons who wore sentinel uniforms but spent their entire lives staying behind safe lines didn't understand.
But the strong men who often go deep into dangerous places and fight bloody battles in contaminated areas are keenly aware of what this means.
A rare guide who can become a companion, enter the contaminated area side by side, and provide assistance to the Sentinels at any time.
They are willing to get in touch with this legendary guide and become friends with her.
"No way, there are so many people who signed up." The sentinel who spoke first nudged his companion with his elbow, "A violent guide who is not afraid of even mutants, who hangs out with the sentinels all day, and there are still so many people who want to get to know him."
His hand poked empty air, and he found that his companion had squeezed in front of the screen at some point and also swiped his identity information.
Ji Xuan and Ni Ji took the elevator back from the upper floors of the White Tower and discovered the excitement at the guard team's training ground.
"What's going on?" Ji Xuan stopped a sentry who was running by and asked.
"It's a selection." The sentinel said breathlessly, "It's organized by Chief Luther to compete for the strongest sentinel. We all rushed to watch."
After hearing the whole story, Ji Xuan took Ni Ji to the selection venue to watch.
"Contaminated Area 338 is a place without eyes." Ji Xuan frowned slightly. He remembered what the Minister of Finance said not long ago.
"What a coincidence! His Majesty actually sent a guide to explore that place, and asked Lao Lu to choose a sentinel for her as a partner."
The selection site was a drill ground normally used for sentinels’ training.
The huge circular field has guardrails to limit energy overload, and is surrounded by high stands, allowing the participating sentinels to perform freely.
Ji Xuan led Ni Ji to appear in the stands and saw that the competition between the two sentinels on the field had entered a white-hot stage.
There were many sentries watching, and more and more sentries were preparing to participate in the competition.
At that moment, Luther, the commander of the Royal Guard, appeared from the high ground of the opposite stand, leading a young girl.
The girl, wearing a pure white guide uniform, straightened her skirt and sat down leisurely on a seat in the stands.
He is not as big and strong as the legend says, with arms and waist like an ape, and a shape like an iron tower.
She is almost the same as all normal guides, with a tender face, a slim body, and beautiful appearance.
But she is nothing like an ordinary guide.
The sentins believed that if any guide from the Guidance Academy stood here and was stared at by so many sentins, his face would turn red and he would feel embarrassed.
In this world, it is always the nobles who select the guides who graduate from the academy.
Guides are selected.
Waiting, shy, unable to take initiative, and not contacting sentinels casually are the labels that this world puts on guides.
But the girl appeared in front of everyone's gaze. She stood on a high place, holding the railing with both hands, looking down at the sentinels fighting for her, her expression calm and frank.
Her expression seemed to tell everyone that this was a normal thing. She was a powerful guide and was qualified to choose the strongest sentinel here as her partner.
She stood on a high stand, the breeze blowing her snow-white skirt, her figure was slender and her expression was cold.
Fearless, arrogant, calm, and powerful.
That kind of temperament cannot be faked; it is the aura of a warrior.
Facing the terrifying deformed creatures, he opened the powerful guide that sealed off the 400 contaminated areas.
She is a bright flower that has blossomed after being stained with blood on the battlefield and experiencing life and death.
Not a delicate greenhouse decoration.
She stood on the platform, observing intently, and selecting her own exclusive sentinel and combat partner.
She said she wanted the strongest sentinel here.
Ni Ji stood on the stand, looking up at the figure. At this moment, everyone's eyes were on the guide in a white dress.
"She's very charming." Ji Xuan said to Ni Ji beside him, "By the way, you should have seen her. I heard that she got the key in the contaminated area and gave it to you who was passing by."
He saw the sentry beside him turn his gaze away from the distant stands and gave him a gentle affirmative answer.
Ji Xuan suddenly felt that he had missed something.
There was a lot of noise all around.
Ni Ji turned his head, his eyes lit up a little, his expression was calm and his emotions were restrained.
"How about it? Are you interested in this mission?" Ji Xuan asked him with a smile, "Do you want to get in touch with this guide sent by the queen and find out what kind of person he is?"
"If you, the adjutant, want me to go." Ni Ji said slowly and steadily.
His eyes fell on the martial arts arena, looking at the two sentinels competing, his face as calm as a lake, unmoved. He didn't seem to have much special interest, nor did he show any excessive concern.
Just waiting for Ji Xuan to assign a task.
The sentinels fought on the training ground to a critical point, summoning their own spirits and bodies, and gluing themselves together.
Ji Xuan thought for a while.
He was very curious about this guide and wanted to know what the queen wanted from the contaminated area No. 338. Ni Ji was the most suitable person.
But he had an illusion. He always felt that Ni Ji suddenly turned into a fully armed warrior in front of him, guarding all his emotions perfectly.
"Then you should go and take part in this selection. Just do your best and try to stay with this guide and enter the contaminated area together." Finally, Ji Xuan instructed Ni Ji.
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