Cattail Fly (4)
"Where is this?" Shi Jianxia asked in surprise.
The ancient city is majestic, but it is located in an uninhabited place and has been abandoned. The city walls are covered with moss and weeds, and there are potholes in many places. It is obvious that high-quality stones were used, but no one knows how it was damaged like this.
The freckled young man handed over a gas mask and said, "King's Landing."
When I saw Xia Wuyu.
There was a plaque hanging on the city gate that was about to fall down. She was not blind, so she was asking about the origin of this city.
But the freckled young man clearly had no intention of explaining further.
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
Shi Jianxia took the gas mask and put it on, then shut up and didn't ask why he had to wear a gas mask.
The cross-dressing man suddenly turned around and reminded, "No matter what you hear or see later, keep your mouth shut."
His voice was quite solemn, and although it was still a soft and charming female voice, there was no sense of incongruity in it.
After several confrontations, Shi Jianxia had never seen a cross-dressing man with such an attitude. He became more and more curious about their purpose, and also curious about what was in this ancient city that was worthy of his special instructions.
There can't be any ghosts, right?
Digging graves and the like is indeed a bit creepy.
The three of them walked towards the city gate.
When he walked in, Jianxia found that there were two people standing in the city gate. They were wearing the uniforms of the Zerg Investigation Department.
One of the bearded men was still holding a cigarette. Sensing someone approaching, he slowly exhaled a puff of smoke and said casually, "The shift will be over in 24 hours. Hurry up."
The man in cross-dressing nodded and strode forward. He moved with such ease and familiarity that it didn't look like he was here for the first time.
Shi Jianxia felt very complicated.
A place that was guarded by the Zerg Investigation Department must not be a simple place, and she had no idea of the depth of the two guarding the gate, especially when she looked at the bearded man, who was biting his cigarette butt with a half-smile on his face, as if he was mocking an ant looking up at an elephant.
Shi Jianxia quickly withdrew her gaze. The man in cross-dressing grabbed her shoulders and led her straight inside, blocking the bearded man's sight.
Through a barely noticeable energy membrane, a brand new world appeared before the three of them.
It was not as desolate and dilapidated as imagined. The streets in the ancient city were clean, the shops on both sides were open, and there seemed to be people walking around in the shops.
Shi Jianxia felt even more strange, but she soon understood why the cross-dressing man warned her to keep her mouth shut no matter what she heard or saw.
A figure in a store swayed and walked out. It had human limbs, but its head was a furry white ball. The positions of its facial features could be vaguely seen through the depressions.
But there was no skin under the fur, but a round, pale area. The most eye-catching thing was the long, strip-shaped mouthparts hanging from its nose, almost drooping to its chest.
It seemed unaware of the three people entering the ancient city, and staggered into the street like a zombie.
This is the parasite of the cattail fly. Its bizarre appearance can be compared with the strange beasts in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Shi Jianxia turned to look at the freckled young man who was only slightly taller than her and drew a question mark in the air.
The freckled young man spread his hands and put a period to it.
What kind of rubbish code is this?
Shi Jianxia looked away expressionlessly, and was about to pull the sleeve of the cross-dressing man, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he hit nothing.
The cross-dressing man took a step forward.
At this time, more and more caterpillar fly parasites staggered out of the store and all walked towards the depths of the street.
The man dressed as a woman walked straight forward, with a freckled young man staring at him from behind, so Shi Jianxia had no choice but to follow him.
The cattail fly parasites were not moving very fast, so the three of them followed behind them at a relatively safe distance.
Half an hour later, Shi Jianxia saw a high platform in the distance. Before she had time to take a closer look, the man in cross-dressing grabbed her collar and lifted her up.
The man in cross-dressing moved very lightly. Even though he was holding Shi Jianxia, he floated up to the roof in a few steps and then let go of her hand like throwing away dough.
Shi Jianxia barely grabbed the glazed tiles, steadied his body, and rubbed his neck which was hurt by his collar, cursing the cross-dressing man in his heart for being a beast.
She is not that little rascal like 朏朏, who can be easily grabbed by the scruff of the neck.
Forget it. I will never pull the back of 描描's neck again when I go back. If it does something wrong, I will punish it by making it face the wall and reflect on its mistakes.
Shi Jianxia was forced to lie on the roof like a thief, with only half of his head exposed.
Looking forward from this angle, the platform is clearer and more obvious. The retro style is a bit like the altar used for ancient sacrifices. There is a circle of stone railings around the edge, and the stone railings are engraved with many patterns of dragons and animals. The most eye-catching is undoubtedly the stone sculpture in front of the platform.
When Shi Jianxia saw the huge stone sculpture, he was stunned.
It is the Xuanwu totem.
A very large basalt totem almost covers the entire front edge of the platform.
Xuanwu holds his head high, as if looking up at something. His majestic figure and imposing aura are so majestic that even a mere relief sculpture can inspire awe.
The cross-dressing man keenly noticed the change in her eyes and asked, "Do you know him?"
Shi Jianxia reacted immediately and said to herself, "Oh no!" She thought that this guy's perception ability was too strong and he could even see her emotions through the gas mask.
She replied, half-truthfully, "I have."
The freckled young man overheard the conversation between the two and cast his gaze over, then asked, "Where have you seen me before?"
Before the Jun family was exterminated, Jun's Landing had never been open to the public. This area was also their private territory, with a strange barrier that prevented outsiders from entering without their permission.
But with the annihilation of the Jun family, King's Landing became a dead city, and the strange barrier disappeared. The energy shield now covering the city was set up by the Zerg Investigation Office to isolate this place.
Shi Jianxia answered honestly, "Wasn't there a news report about the Nan Tengxing Hot Spring Villa a while ago? There's an observation deck in the villa, and the beams on the observation deck are carved with a pattern exactly like that giant turtle."
This is no secret, and everyone in the Zerg Investigation Department who has been to the observation deck knows it.
Shi Jianxia avoided the main point and did not tell the cross-dressing man that this was the Xuanwu totem, but his heart became active.
The appearance of the Xuanwu totem here, does it mean that this ancient city is related to the Xuanwu family among the four divine beasts?
Unfortunately, the chip she accidentally obtained from the hot spring villa rarely mentioned the Xuanwu family and the Baihu family, and even their surnames were not recorded.
The fifty-year agreement has gone through many changes, and it is fortunate that they have always kept their promise.
Without waiting for the cross-dressing man and the freckled youth to ask further questions, Shi Jianxia took the lead and asked, "Why is this city called King's Landing?"
The word "Jun Lin" is too powerful. In the feudal era, only the emperor could use it.
I don't know what the cross-dressing man was thinking. Before, he was like a clam, not saying anything. But now he cooperated and said, "This is the ancestral land of the Baipu Star Jun family. It has been passed down for thousands of years. The word "Junlin" was given by their ancestors. It is said that the Jun family was once descendants of the royal family of the ancient civilization. They believe in their noble bloodline and never interact with outsiders."
Shi Jianxia was not interested in the royal family, and she had never heard of any dynasty's royal family with the surname Jun. It was most likely a rumor. The deeper reason for not interacting with outsiders might be to protect the star core and the inheritance of the Xuanwu family.
Unfortunately, the Xuanwu family, like the Qinglong family and the Suzaku family, has no one who has awakened the mimicry of the divine beast.
What caught Shi Jianxia's attention were the five words "Bai Pu Xingjunshi" in the words of the cross-dressing man.
The silver-white paper scroll that she still keeps in her space ring has the name Bai Pu Xingjun written on it.
Could it be that the Baipu Xingjun clan is the family that inherits the Xuanwu mimicry?
That's not right. The cattail flies invaded Baipu Star more than a year ago. Even if the Jun family was wiped out in the cattail fly invasion, someone should have participated in the appointment at the hot spring villa fifty years ago before that.
And so on and so forth.
The skeleton holding the white paper scroll was found in the sea of Nan Teng Star. Could it be that the owner of the skeleton was the representative sent by the Xuanwu family to the hot spring villa to keep an appointment, but encountered an accident on the way and was buried in the sea?
What did he want to convey by the scroll he was holding before his death?
Shi Jianxia lowered her eyes in thought and didn't notice that the cross-dressing man was looking at her with interest.
When her thoughts hit a bottleneck, he said at the right time: "If I remember correctly, your friend with the surname Jun is the last heir of the Baipu Star Jun family."
When I saw Xia, my mind suddenly became clear.
The inheritance of the Baipuxing Jun family has not been broken, so Jun Xiaoyi’s previous trip to the hot spring villa was not just for tourism, the real purpose was to keep an appointment.
But things were not as he imagined. The owner's wife became a parasite, so he chose to sit back and wait and see.
And during the time when he, Wen Qiuqiu, and Yuan Huai were abducted by Master Shen, perhaps something happened that she didn't know about.
For example, he may have had a conversation with the owner of the villa, and there was also the dandelion that fell next to the pavilion of the hot spring villa.
Not only that, the fact that Manor Master Shen and his wife died together was also somewhat strange.
If Manor Master Chen was so easily persuaded by her to lay down his butcher knife with just a few words, he wouldn't have been obsessed for so many years, and wouldn't have allowed his wife, who had become a parasite, to have an ever-increasing appetite.
When a sober person does evil, it is not called making a mistake, it is called committing a crime.
Once the ball of thread finds its end, the next step becomes logical.
Jun Xiaoyi is the heir of the Xuanwu family, and it is impossible for him not to know the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". No wonder he showed a thoughtful expression when he learned that her mimicry was the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". I'm afraid he had already guessed her identity at that time.
But after so many years, the original owner of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and the current owner of "Classic of Mountains and Seas", and even the original inheritors of the four sacred beasts and the current inheritors of the four sacred beasts, have no connection except the fragments of the star core that have exhausted their energy. What kind of people the two parties are and what will happen after they recognize each other are all uncontrollable factors.
Thinking of this, Shi Jianxia couldn't help but feel a little strange. Was the ancestral precepts really that important? Could it have enabled the Four Divine Beasts to continue following their ancestors' footsteps and searching for the whereabouts of the inheritor of the Classic of Mountains and Seas even after the energy of the star core fragments was exhausted?
"Jun Xiaoyi." The man in cross-dressing repeated the name.
The freckled young man next to him added, "What Jun Xiaoyi? My name is Jun Bieyi. It's strange that such a noble name has sounded so earthy to you."
Shi Jianxia was full of doubts: "..."
She humbly asked for advice, "He told me his name was Jun Xiaoyi, and you said his name was Jun Bieyi. Could it be that he changed his name?"
The freckled young man became interested, and even looked at her with a hint of gloating, as if to say, "You are such a good friend that you don't even know my real name."
When I saw Xia Wuyu.
"I don't know the details, but it's said that cattail flies invaded King's Landing a year ago. Not many members of the Jun family have awakened their mimicry, and their levels are not high. Those with special abilities were sucked dry by the cattail flies, and those without special abilities were all parasitized."
"Your friend was also parasitized, but perhaps because of his special physique, he didn't immediately become a parasite. Instead, he used a butcher knife to slaughter all the parasites in the city. Fei Wu took the opportunity to steal things and almost lost his life here. You should know about this, right?"
"To be honest, that guy is really fierce, but I think there's something wrong with this. Jun Bieyi was an ordinary person without any mimicry before. There's no way his combat power would increase dramatically after being parasitized. Even Fei Wu almost died at his hands."
The freckled young man stroked his chin, his eyes sparkling, as if he was planning some bad idea.
Shi Jianxia was shocked when he heard this, and then he recalled the time he spent with Jun Xiaoyi and the scene of him clumsily controlling Dandelion to participate in the battle. Jun Bieyi was completely different from the one described by the freckled young man.
Appearance and personality can be disguised, but some subconscious reactions cannot be controlled. Is the 'madman' who made Number Five furious really Jun Xiaoyi?
The logic that Shi Jianxia had finally sorted out in his mind turned into a tangled ball of thread again, a mess that could not be sorted out no matter how hard he tried.
Just at this moment, the cross-dressing man whispered, "Stop talking."
When Shi Jianxia came back to his senses in a daze, he happened to see that under the high platform in front of him, the cattail fly parasites were crawling on the ground like pilgrims, paying homage to the bloody figure that had appeared on the platform at some point.
The pale white dandelion heads covered the ground, reflecting a layer of blood-red glow that made people feel cold all over.
The silver moon dyed the sky red. The young man was wearing a blood-red robe with silver lines around it. A blood-red dandelion was dotted on his silver belt. A blue diamond-shaped crystal hung on his right ear. His thin red lips seemed to have taken a sip of blood, and the corners of his lips slowly curled up, showing an indescribable wildness and evil.
He sat lazily on the throne on the platform with his legs crossed, his chin supported by one hand, and looked down at his people nonchalantly.
As if he noticed someone was looking at him, his pair of blood-red pupils cut like sharp blades.
Plop!
Shi Jianxia's heart skipped a beat and he reflexively clenched the glazed tiles in his hand.
Jun Xiaoyi.
He looks exactly like Jun Xiaoyi!
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