Chapter 146-145- Invitation
Through Elliott's description, his journey of exploring the mysterious garden unfolds slowly before Yvette's eyes like a scroll.
Elite had come to the polar regions with the investigation team. Within the Divine Grace, there were five ranks, from S-Rank to D-Rank, each accommodating different investigation difficulties. When investigating the Blood Demon incident, he and his partner, Bai Zhi, were only D-Rank investigators. Later, they earned merits, boosting their capabilities and becoming C-Rank investigators, joining the operation.
Accompanying them was an A-rank investigator as captain, a B-rank vice-captain, and two other C-rank members like him—of course, each of them also had a corresponding level of magic mecha as a combat partner.
After they found the mysterious garden and were about to approach it, strange things happened.
They found that the mysterious garden would move away as they approached, like a mirage on the horizon.
After a full sprint and flying for a distance, the mysterious garden disappeared directly. When he turned around, he found that the garden had reappeared behind him. Even the analysis equipment on the magic mecha could not figure out the reason.
So the team began to think that the entrance to the mysterious garden might be in this area and could not be entered directly.
Based on this idea, everyone began to search on the ice field, and finally saw a gorgeous white door in a cave under a glacier. It was carved with beautiful patterns, with various strange creatures and scenes. It was so complicated that it seemed to depict a world. Moreover, this door was so huge that even a three or four-meter-tall magic mecha could easily enter.
After touching the door, the Divine Grace Investigation Team entered the dark world behind the door without much effort. It was pitch black there, and all light could hardly be transmitted far, even if the output power was increased.
Elliott controlled Bai Zhi to move forward until the darkness in front of him turned into light again. However, when the surrounding scenes became clear, he found that he and his teammates were separated and he appeared in an unfamiliar place.
What caught his eyes was a street with mechanical puppets walking back and forth. These puppets were of an old style, not very advanced, with stiff movements, no human form, and they did not speak. They had no reaction to the magic robot that suddenly appeared next to them.
Then he saw many bizarrely shaped metal buildings nearby, with pipes crawling all over the facades, as well as metal obelisks, on which runes of various colors could be seen circling like flowing data.
Looking up, the scene was even more terrifying. Instead of a sky, a brass-colored mechanical structure filled the air. Countless gigantic gears, bearings, and levers slowly turned and meshed, forming a vast mechanical star map. The heavy structure, rusted and rusted, roared loudly, as if it would collapse at any moment.
There was no doubt that this was a megacity filled with metal structures and mechanical puppets. The place where Elliott was might just be one of the floors here. The mechanical star map above his head was probably just a ceiling, and there were higher floors above it.
After being shocked for a while, Ellit and Bai Zhi, who had just arrived, did not realize what the problem was. They simply felt that this scene was in line with the mechanical aesthetics of the puppets, but the compatriots around them were a bit too stiff and not agile at all, and each of them looked like a pseudo-human.
After trying to communicate without success, Elliott saw a tall tower in the distance that seemed to lead to the upper floors, but just as he was about to go over, he got lost.
In order to clear a path, he used the magic mecha's heavy artillery. Just after firing a shot, a crude steam robot came over, warned him that he could not use weapons here, and gave him a ticket.
This sounds like nothing wrong, but after receiving the ticket, Elliott and Bai Zhi were shocked to find that their rune weapons had become ineffective. There were no abnormalities during the inspection, and the magic energy supply was sufficient, but they just couldn't be used!
With their combat power drastically reduced, Elite and Bai Zhi began their "wilderness survival" in the mechanical city. They discovered magical energy flowing through the building pipes and sought an opportunity to steal some, solving their energy problem. After figuring out the maze-like streets and terrain, they walked for dozens of kilometers before finally entering the Optimus Prime-like tower. Passing through the tower, he reached the upper level, but discovered that this wasn't the top floor either, so he had to continue searching...
In this way, they were trapped in the Mechanical City for nearly fifty years.
They discovered that each floor here had unique rules of order, and those who did not comply would be immediately punished by the rules. Moreover, the implementation method was very strange, completely beyond their knowledge in the database... To be honest, even magic was not enough to describe the strangeness of this rule.
They also encountered some magical creatures that looked like gears, bearings, or copperplate books. They were like patrolling guards here and would attack outsiders like them. Fortunately, they did not get tickets during the several encounters, and their fighting ability was still able to be used, so they managed to escape.
Finally one day, after going through hardships, they climbed to the top floor of the Mechanical City, saw the brilliant night sky filled with stars, broke through the heavy defenses of the magical creatures, and jumped down from the edge of the top floor.
At the moment of falling, countless strange lights and shadows changed rapidly.
When they fell into a clear water like a mirror with small flowers floating in it, the huge city behind them had disappeared. Only a brass metal island like an exquisite miniature model remained, floating quietly on the blue waves not far away.
They sank to the bottom of the water and moved forward underwater. When they climbed out of the water, they found themselves at the edge of the mysterious garden, which was surrounded by high white walls. Every few meters, there was a gate on the wall, and there were statues of magical creatures guarding the gate.
So, under the fierce attack of the magical creatures, they forced their way through the gate and returned to the ice field of the real world with wounds all over their bodies. However, they were exhausted and could not continue fighting. Finally, they encountered a powerful aberration and were smashed to pieces at the bottom of the ice canyon, where they have been ever since.
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After listening to Elliott's description, Yvette and Abella were silent.
Even experienced immortals like them had never seen such a strange place.
And once you enter, you will be teleported to an unknown place? Are those places interconnected, or does everyone have a separate island as a prison?
Yvette had previously thought that this place might be a super relic of the Origin Civilization, but as someone who had been to the Origin Civilization, she was certain that the Origin Civilization did not have this technology, unless Elliot did not enter the real world, but entered a virtual online game through a vision device.
But the problem is, Elliott and his partner are both mechanical people. How can mechanical people tell whether they are entering a virtual world or the real world?
What's more, the injuries they suffered in the mysterious garden were also brought out, and the wear and tear on various parts were also real. How can this be explained?
Thinking of this, Yvette suddenly felt that this was a bit similar to the Dream Mist, but the Dream Mist was the real world of origin, and everything in this mysterious garden was too imaginative and lacked the heaviness of reality, so it didn't feel quite the same.
"Master, do we really have to go into this place to look for someone..." Abella said fearfully. For the heir of God, the most important thing is to stay alive. Risking his life for the so-called friend... Is that something the heir of God can do?
Even for the master, I can’t do that!
She was so full that she lit a stick of incense outside and burned the manuscript she wrote to her master.
"...Let's go and take a look." Yvette said. She was also a little hesitant, but not as cowardly as Abella.
Seeing that Yvette still wanted to go and take a look, Elliott tried to dissuade her, obviously not wanting the two to repeat the same mistake, but Yvette soon silenced him with a word. She said, "Are you going to go back like this?"
Elliott lowered his head. As the White Dove Detective, the mystery lay before him, yet he hadn't solved it. As an investigator, the mission lay before him, yet he couldn't complete it. As an ordinary mecha, his companions were inside, yet he couldn't save them. Now, his companions were missing, or dead. In every way, it was a result he found difficult to accept.
"I'll go with you." Elliott finally made his choice, "but I can't guarantee your safety."
"You can borrow the equipment here to convey the information to the sanctuary. That way, even if someone comes later, they can use your information as a reference," Yvette said. "We're just going to take a look. Whether we can get in or not hasn't been confirmed yet."
After all, she is a naturally cautious person. If she is not sure, she would rather just take a look and let Bingyu stay in there for hundreds or thousands of years. When her strength increases and she has enough confidence, she will come here to rescue her.
As a member of the mechanical race, Bingyu should have this lifespan... probably.
"Okay." Elliott breathed a sigh of relief.
A few hours later, under Elliott's guidance, Yvette saw the location of the mysterious garden through the car window.
Looking down from above, it truly was a vast floating garden, a vast, mysterious lake. Tiny flowerbeds and pavilions dotted the clear waters like floating lotus leaves. In the lake's center, a flawless ivory tower stood silently, emitting a holy and tranquil glow in the gloomy polar night, like a white beacon.
She parked the car and got out. Abella and Elliott hurried after her and watched this magnificent spectacle from a distance with her.
But after a few seconds, suddenly, a white door appeared in front of Yvette.
The door was small, just wide enough for one person to pass through, and emanated a soft, immaterial glow. Without any warning or external force, the pure white door silently opened inward, revealing the darkness beyond, even darker than the polar night.
Elliott was stunned and exclaimed, "What's going on?"
Yvette and Abella were also surprised. According to the exploration results of the Divine Grace Team, it would take some time to find the entrance here. The mysterious garden itself was just an illusion, and the real body might not be here at all.
But why, as soon as Yvette got out of the car, the door appeared on its own, right in front of her?
Is this Secret Garden... an invitation?
(End of this chapter)
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