Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 19

"Colonel—"

The door of the main city guard council hall was pushed open by a non-commissioned officer, breaking the dull and tense atmosphere.

The people in the council hall, who were arguing endlessly and arguing with each other, all looked towards the door at the same time.

The person who came was Colonel Hudis' confidant, and he walked towards the main seat in the council hall with a tense expression, and said a few words to Colonel Hudis in his ear.

Colonel Hu Disi's expression changed suddenly, he stood up and walked out, not even saying "excuse me".

People looked at each other.

The boy is in the prime of life, he is upright, with ruthless methods.After the disappearance of the Holy Son, the captain of the guard of the main city was dismissed, and he is currently in charge of all affairs in the main city.I don't know what is the worse news that made him react so strongly.

At this moment, the wristbands of everyone in the council hall vibrated.

""The Son of God's signal is online, or is there still a glimmer of life?"".

""Ghost No. 1 is linked again! Prepare to broadcast the follow-up of the murder of the Son!"".

""The Shocking News Comes, The Holy Son may not be dead, Ghost No. 1 continues to occupy the attention of the public!"".

……

There was a commotion in the crowd.

The non-commissioned officer led the way, took Colonel Hudis to the corner of the building, and made a "please" gesture: "Look, it's over there!"

This building is located on the left side of the central street in the main city. From this angle, you can have a panoramic view of the giant screen outside the temple.On the large electronic screen, the eyeball symbol of "Bright Eyes" is displayed, and a line of characters is horizontally placed in the center of the giant screen.

[It is detected that the signal of Shengzi Xuexian is online and connected. 】

Colonel Hudis frowned, his red beard trembled imperceptibly, and then his stern gaze moved down.

In the square below the giant screen, a dark group of people had already gathered.

Traffic is paralyzed, the guard is struggling, but more people are pouring in near the square.

Some people were crying, some were screaming, some were having excited conversations with the broadcast media, and the scene became visibly uncontrollable, as if the nightmare from a month ago was repeating itself.

But this situation is obviously worse than when the Son disappeared.

"How long has it been?" Woody asked.

"Only a few minutes," the sergeant replied.

"Where is the source of the signal?"

"Unable to trace, it should indeed be sent by Ghost 1." The sergeant said, "Ghost 1 is bound to the Son's bracelet, and detected the signal fluctuation of His Royal Highness Son's bracelet. But before it failed to keep up with the black evil The dragon, with a high probability, is still in its original position, and is far away from the son. At present, it should be on the way to the coordinates of the son's bracelet, so there is no live broadcast for the time being."

"Close the giant screen first, and disperse the people." Colonel Hudis immediately made a decision and ordered, "'Mingmu' will definitely make the next move. We have to seize this opportunity to see if we can lock their lair."

Knowing that the Holy Son might still be alive, the non-commissioned officer was actually very excited.

After getting the order, he would of course carry it out immediately, but he still couldn't hold back his personal emotions and asked, "The Holy Son..."

The red-bearded colonel in the neat military uniform didn't seem to think much about the safety of the Holy Son. He was asked by the sergeant before he said to him: "Call Dr. Bai, the Holy Son may find a way to contact the Temple. Tell them to pay attention to the Temple's communication immediately. "

The sergeant took the order and left.

……

Although Xuexian's body was tired, his nerves were tense, so the dream didn't last for a long time.When he woke up, he had only eaten half of the jerky in his hand.

Patting his face, he pulled himself together and continued to stare at the signal circle on the bracelet.But for some reason, the wail of the young dragon in the dream kept echoing in his ears.

Yes, howling.

Like a child who loses his parents, a traveler loses his companions.

Xuexian didn't know why he had such a dream.

This dream infected him with some sad emotions, and he couldn't help the sadness in his heart, but at this moment, an ancient electronic sound suddenly sounded in the Tower of Babel.

There is an echo!

Xue Xian instantly bounced off the floor.

A small dialog box appeared on the screen of the equipment station, prompting him to have an unidentifiable communication request.

He rushed over and tried five or six times on a pile of dusty buttons before successfully finding the connection button.

After confirming the communication, some colorful noises flashed across the screen, and the image distorted and flickered, gradually forming a face he had never seen before.

No, a mask to be precise.

The mask was very simple, with a pure white base and a red eye painted on it.

A strange male voice said: "Hello, dear His Royal Highness Son."

Xue Xian was puzzled: "Who are you?"

But soon he understood, and said angrily, "You are a person with 'sight'!"

"It's surprising you're still alive."

The strange male voice behind the mask said that the voice was pleasant, and even the tone was very relaxed.Under such circumstances, it only made Xuexian shudder.

What Luo Duo said was indeed true, everything was done by "Bright Eyes"!

However, how do people with "sightedness" know that he is here?Could it be that "Bright Eyes" has infiltrated the interior of the temple?

Xuexian couldn't help being alert.

The male voice did not answer Xue Xian, but said to himself: "It seems that you are much stronger and smarter than I imagined. Not only are you alive, but you have also found a way to contact the habitat continent, which really impresses me." .”

The camera kept staring at the pale mask without moving a bit.

"You must have a lot of questions to ask right now?"

"Ah, I seem to have forgotten to tell you that our communication is one-way. I can neither hear you nor see you."

Xue Xian was on the verge of speaking, but swallowed the sentence abruptly when he heard this, only clenched his fists, and glared at the screen.

"Don't worry, I have no personal grievances with you, even... I still like you very much."

The man said, laughing lightly.

Xue Xian immediately got goosebumps.

"It's just a pity. I'm sorry to tell you that even if you successfully contact the temple, no one will come to pick you up."

Xuexian opened his eyes slightly, what do you mean?

What do you mean no one will come?

"After you disappeared, the truth about the collusion between the Temple and the base and the inhumane treatment of the same kind was revealed. The people living in the mainland were indignant, and people launched a rebellion. Not only the Temple organization was overthrown, but the Temple itself was also blown up. , has long since ceased to exist.”

Even if the other party couldn't hear him, Xue Xian still couldn't hold back this time: "You're lying!"

"They no longer need you as a puppet." The man said, "There is no temple in the world anymore, and people no longer need you as a holy son. Besides, for everyone, you have become a meal for evil dragons."

The man's ending sounded with obvious mockery and sarcasm: "No one will cross the Storm Harbor to save a dead person who is useless."

The mist gradually filled Shang Xuexian's eyes. He was angry and unbelievable, but he couldn't refute these words. He could only shout in despair: "You are talking nonsense, I am not dead yet! Let the temple call me!"

But the other party couldn't hear him, so naturally he wouldn't be affected by his words: "Stop making fearless attempts, save time to review your wonderful life."

"correct."

"I haven't introduced myself yet."

The man finally said.

"My name is Perseus."

Communications cut off.

The screen returns to pitch black.

Xuexian immediately turned around and rushed towards the signal transmitter.

His wristband was still connected to the signal transmitter, and the interface flashed green rings over and over again, indicating that it was still sending signals, but no matter how hard he tried, he never got a response.

In the dead of night in the tower, everything that happened just now was like Xue Xian's nightmare.

With tears in his eyes, he still didn't give up. Just as he was about to try again, a strange voice suddenly came from his ear.

"knock--"

"His-"

The sound was intermittent, sometimes light and sometimes heavy.

Xuexian listened for a while, and finally determined that something was scratching the iron gate under the tower.

Because the iron gate was broken when entering the tower, Xuexian only used a branch to fasten the iron gate.But as long as the force outside is strong enough, the branch may be broken.

The operating room was [-] meters below the tower, so Xue Xian could not hear clearly, only human voices could be distinguished.

Will it be Ross and Rodo?

Could it be that they went back and forth and planned to spend the night in this tower?

Xue Xian lay on the top of the ladder, his eyes were still wet, and he only tentatively called out twice: "Who is it? Who is below?"

Apart from the faint human voice and the vibration of the iron door, there was no other sound.

Perhaps the people outside had already given an answer, but Xue Xian's location was unclear, so he decided to take a look.

He climbed down the ladder, but just one-third of the way up, he couldn't see clearly at all.The tower is dark, and the bright light emitted by the equipment in the operation room has a limited lighting range, which is not enough to reach the bottom of the tower.

"Luo Duo, is that you?" Xue Xian shouted, "Please answer if you hear that!"

"Hisss--"

This position makes the sound a lot clearer, like countless nails scratching the iron sheet, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Xuexian's voice faintly echoed in the tower, and the moment it reached the bottom of the tower, the voice outside the door suddenly became louder, and "bang, bang" sounded again, it was the people outside slamming on the iron gate .

Xuexian was keenly aware of the danger, and his heart tightened, but it was too late, but it was too soon, and there was only a "click", and the iron door bounced against the wall with a "clang"!

The branch holding the door was broken!

The night is cold as water.

A cold wind howled into the tower, blowing on Xuexian's face.

All the intuitions that belonged to the Holy Son were activated, but he was not allowed to think, and the screams that belonged to the deformed body appeared below.

The screams were dense and noisy, one after another, and just by listening, one could tell that there were more than one or two aberrants who broke into the tower.

Xue Xian just climbed up a few steps when he felt the ladder start to vibrate violently.

The aberration has begun to climb up the ladder!

As a holy son, Xue Xian would not be infected, but he has never seen so many severe distortions with his own eyes.

In that fabled sanatorium, severe deformities were injected with sedatives, and humanitarian assistance was carried out in a "sedative and paralyzed" way.Because the risk factor was too high, the nursing home never accepted any visits or interviews. Even Xue Xian had only seen some photos in the report. Now that I think about it, it was probably just a means of deception.

In less than a minute, the aberrant had already climbed up to the bright spot of the ladder, approaching the place where Xue Xian had been before.

Xue Xian has quickly returned to the operation room, instinctively picked up the long fishbone on the floor.

Almost at the same time he turned his head, a face lingering in black air appeared on the edge of the ladder.

It was a woman, whose age could not be seen because of the severe distortion.

Perhaps it was due to hunger, but the breath of life in the tower made her go crazy, her black eyes were fixed on Xuexian's direction, she opened her mouth and let out a long whistle, revealing her sharp teeth.

Xue Xian was shaking.

He found he couldn't do it.

"Don't come here!" He yelled as he stepped back, "Go!"

The aberrations fell on deaf ears.

Be it human beings or animals, everything with life and warmth is just food to satisfy their hunger in their eyes.

But they were once living human beings.

They are the people living in the mainland, and they are someone's parents, children, and lover.

The Holy Son is sympathetic to all living beings, Xuexian really can't immediately pierce the head of the deformed body without psychological barriers like a guard.

But he only hesitated for two seconds, and the female deformity came straight to him with teeth and claws.

She rushed forward and bit his arm!

"what--"

Xue Xian let out a painful cry, and the only fishbone that could be used as a weapon fell to the ground.

Blood flowed from his arm. Under the severe pain, he had a quick wit, and in this position pushed the deformity to the edge of the operating room, and then slammed her down!

There is only one entrance here, which can be regarded as easy to defend but difficult to attack.

The next No.2 and No.3 distortions were all pushed down the tower heavily by Xue Xian.

The aberrant screamed and rolled down from the operating room to the bottom of the [-]-meter-high tower. With the sound of "bang bang" falling to the ground, the old ladder by the wall was finally overwhelmed and made a "cackling" sound.

The ladder is about to break!

For a moment, Xuexian felt that he had lost all five senses. He didn't even know what happened. He only relied on the will to survive, pushing one after another of the deformed bodies that were trying to eat him down the tower.

"Bangdang-"

Until the loud noise came, the ladder broke and fell together with the seven or eight mutants hanging on the ladder.

At the bottom of the dark tower, there are only the anxious and terrifying screams of the distortion body.

Now they can't climb up.

Xuexian panted sharply, and fell to the floor.

It was a long time later that he realized again that the place where his arm was bitten was in severe pain. The tooth marks were deep and bleeding, and the pain made him tremble all over.

He clutched his wound and stared at the bottom of the tower in a daze for a while.

I don't know why, but at this moment, he opened his lips slightly and sang a hymn in a low voice.

"People of Blue Star,

Across the bright galaxy.

We are not afraid of hard work,

Fight against the dangers of aliens.

We praise the true meaning of love, praise the pure soul.

We are not afraid of changes, and kill the ancient evil spirits.

O prophet of mankind,

Tell the prophecy of the end.

We swim against the current,

Restoring yesterday's glory.

......"

"Teacher, will the distortion of human beings stop?"

The little Son asked this question.

"Of course." Dr. Bai answered him in a gentle and firm way as always, "We have you, don't you help the people every day?"

Xuexian said sadly, "But I can't help so many people by myself."

"One, ten...hundreds and thousands." Dr. Bai said, "Add up day by day, and the number of people you help will become considerable. No matter how small you think your power is, it is true." The earth is changing the fate of people. Besides, Xuexian, you are not small at all."

——"You are our hope."

hope.

Hope is like a painted cake, it looks so real, but it is so illusory.

The singing stopped abruptly.

Xuexian is a bird that lives high in the ivory tower, and has never transmitted its singing to the real dark place.

And the power in his singing...has it ever really existed?