Romance of Gods

Chapter 114 North by Northwest
Tianwangshan City is located in an uninhabited area on the outskirts, northwest by north, among deserted buildings.

A large number of heavily armed guards guarding the only way to the depths of the ruins.

Thick steel bars protruding from the broken concrete formed a dense forest, shadowing the ferocious barbed wire fence behind which was covered with various charms.

Behind the mesh wall, there is a thriving green lawn, and a white ceramic fountain sprays continuously.

Men and women in striped hospital gowns wander aimlessly among them, with dozens of tall yellowing buildings behind them.

"Mr. Yan."

A man with unusually tall stature came from a distance.

He was wearing a crisp suit and a black woolen coat, and his facial features were like a three-dimensional body with sharp edges and corners, sharp and serious.

As soon as the guard soldiers saw him, they immediately dispersed into two straight columns and paid attention to him.

The man nodded slightly and walked straight through the barbed wire fence into Building [-] in the center.

Boom!Boom!
The corridor was dim, and the leather shoes hitting the steps reflected a muffled echo like thunder.

The man walked to the top floor of the 36th floor, walked out of the emergency exit, and found himself at the end of the dark corridor.

On both sides of the corridor, windowless metal doors are eye-catching, claustrophobic and cold.

From time to time, horrifying cries and laughter can be heard coming from behind the door.

The red fluorescent sign protruding from the top of the door frame uniformly reads "Intensive Care Unit".

The man looked at his watch and saw that the hands were exactly at ten o'clock.

He held his head high and walked to the other end of the corridor, stopping in front of a monitoring room at the end.

Click, click... a thin sound like the turning of a pointer or the bite of gears suddenly sounded in Zuo Qiutang's ears.

She woke up from her coma and followed the sound. The heavy door slowly rose, and a tall man's figure appeared behind the door.

When he walked to the bedside, Zuo Qiutang's consciousness was completely awakened. The outline of his dark eyes trembled slightly, and the powerful pressure emanating from the person suffocated her.

Zuo Qiutang tried to move and found that he was firmly fixed on the bed by the restraint belt. He said in a deep voice: "Who are you? Where is this place? Am I not in the Kowloon Walled City?"

"Answer my question first."

The man was serious in speech, and his tone was unquestionable as soon as he spoke.

Before he finished speaking, a unicorn-like beast that was as big as a lamb, as black as ink, and shaped like a unicorn jumped out of the man's windbreaker pocket and jumped onto his shoulder. Its round beast eyes calmly stared at Zuo Qiutang.

[You are being watched by the real body of Haechi. In front of it, you cannot disguise your words and deeds in any way]

"Haizhi, the divine beast of justice, you are..." Zuo Qiutang looked at the man in disbelief, his voice trembling, "God of Prison, Gaotao!"

He was silent for a few seconds, which was regarded as acquiescence, and then he said, "Miss Zuo, please answer my question truthfully... What is the purpose of your visit to Kowloon Walled City this time?"

There are ten halls in the Chiguo Hall, which are respectively in charge of order, justice, economy and other areas closely related to the actors. Gaotao, the prison god, is the master of the judicial hall.

His magical power is vast and cannot be competed by a third-level god actor.

Zuo Qiutang was a little panicked. She took a long breath and said solemnly: "After being promoted to the third level, the actor has the right to go to the lower world for vacation every three years. I went to Kowloon Walled City this time. On vacation.”

Gao Tao nodded, "How many days did you spend in Kowloon Walled City?"

Zuo Qiutang frowned at this time, looking suspicious, "I remember that I have only been there for three days, but it feels like I have spent more than a month."

"Have you had any contact with anyone during this period?"

"I only came into contact with one jeweler. I found a large saltwater sea relic from him and bought it."

At this time, Haechi opened his mouth, and a crystal ruby ​​was bitten by his teeth. Gao Tao turned his head and asked, "Is this it?"

"Correct!"

Zuo Qiutang vaguely noticed something, and there was some fear in his voice.

"Do you know Chen Yan?"

Her tone was firm, "Chen Yan? Never heard of it."

Gao Tao talked with Hae Zhi and finally nodded.

"Okay, Miss Zuo, you have recovered well and can now express your questions."

Zuo Qiutang showed no signs of relaxation, "Master Gaotao, what happened to me? Where is this place?"

Gao Tao waved his hand and untied the restraints fixed on the bed.

As soon as he was free, Zuo Qiutang immediately turned over and sat up.

"Miss Zuo, your condition is stable now and you can leave the intensive care unit, but you will have to stay here for a while and be observed. If you don't mind, let's go out and talk while walking."

She watched carefully and nodded slightly.

The strange noises that followed one after another in the corridor made people feel frightened. Zuo Qiutang followed Gao Tao cautiously.

"Actually, you have already guessed it. The situation is as you thought. You were occupied by a dove in the Kowloon Walled City. Ruby is the medium."

"Jiu...so, I have been abandoned by Chi Guo now, right?"

Zuo Qiutang was breathing heavily. She clutched her chest and couldn't feel any of her divine power.

"Of course not. Actors are the cornerstone of the state, and we will not give up on anyone easily. Although the doves in these severely ill patients detained in iron boxes have been removed, they have been occupied for too long. , whose mind has fallen into madness.

Even so, we are still working hard to treat them.You are lucky, because the removal was timely, your body was not affected too much, and you can leave here soon.But before leaving, I temporarily sealed the divine power in your body. Don't worry about it. The same goes for everyone else here. "

"How soon?"

"Probably eight to [-] years."

"ten years……"

Gao Tao smiled for the first time and said, "How about this holiday? Is this holiday long enough? You can rest here to your heart's content."

Zuo Qiutang stared deeply, "If imprisonment can be interpreted as a vacation, then I have nothing to say." The two left the building, and the warm morning light fell from the sky.

Zuo Qiutang's gaze crossed the patients resting on the lawn and settled on the ruins of the building behind the barbed wire fence.

"This is not Chiguo Palace."

"Yes." Gao Tao walked down the steps and introduced: "Your current situation is not suitable for entering Tianwang Mountain. This is an indigenous city outside the mountain. We bought a piece of land from the committee and built this place specifically for the resettlement of the occupied nests. A sanatorium.”

Zuo Qiutang snorted. In fact... he was already regarded as a dangerous person.

"Where is the Flying Bear? I want to see him!"

"Fei Xiong?" Gao Tao turned to look directly at her, "Fei Xiong is very busy. In the country of Chi, he is the only one who can take the initiative to find others."

Desperation appeared on Zuo Qiutang's face.

"It may rain in the next few days. Today is a rare good day. Enjoy the sunshine."

After Gao Tao finished speaking, he walked straight through the barbed wire fence and left the nursing home without looking back.

As soon as his figure disappeared, strange men and women nearby gathered around Zuo Qiutang.

She was like the only protected animal left in the zoo. All the visitors opened their eyes wide and looked closely at the cold hair on her face.

The fetid air coming out of their mouths and noses smelled like overnight swill and was suffocating.

"Hey Hey……"

"Are you going to pee? Let me mix it with the mud!"

"You are prettier than me! I will break off your teeth and scratch your face!"

"Attention, Patient No. 598 is showing aggression, take her into the observation room."

No one knew where the supervisor was. As soon as the pale woman on the side finished speaking, two guards in black rushed out of the building.

He put a bag around her body, then tied her with a hemp rope, and lifted her away from here with a scream of "Ah! Ah!".

Zuo Qiutang looked at the woman's struggling legs. Although the sun was shining warmly, her body felt like it had fallen into an ice cave.

Ten years, she has to live with these madmen for ten years, like an animal!
"roll……"

She looked around at the dozens of monsters surrounding her. She was about to curse, but she immediately held it back.

She was afraid that if she went crazy, she would be taken away immediately.

Next to the fountain, under the shade of the trees.

A man with long curly hair was sitting on a bench. He smiled, patted the empty seat next to him, and shouted: "Come here! Ignore them, they are not mentally normal!"

Hearing the sound, Zuo Qiutang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He rushed away from the crowd, panted and came to the man, turned around and sat down next to him.

She covered her face with her hands, her back heaving and shaking.

The curly-haired man smiled and said: "If you stay with a madman for a long time, even a normal person will fall into the abyss. Therefore, if you want to survive in the sanatorium and find friends with sane mind, it is the most important thing."

Zuo Qiutang turned to look at him, "How long have you been here?"

"No, no, no!" The curly-haired man waved his hand quickly, "We are now discussing the difference between normal people and madmen. Before you ask questions, you must first prove that you are not a monster pretending to be a normal person."

Zuo Qiutang frowned, "How to prove it?"

"It's very simple. Madmen don't have secrets, but normal people do." The curly-haired man lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Now, let's tell each other a secret that must not be mentioned to outsiders."

Secret?
Just as Zuo Qiutang was deep in thought, he suddenly felt a severe pain in his head.

She... seemed to see a pair of eyes slowly opening in the depths of her mind.

"To express my sincerity, I will go first." The curly-haired man looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, then made up his mind and said calmly: "My first girlfriend is actually... a purebred shepherd dog. Of course, she is just my spiritual companion. Trust me, I have never done anything to her. Really... really, you have to believe me! It's your turn!"

"My secret."

The curly-haired man didn't notice that Zuo Qiutang's expression suddenly became extremely calm.

"Come closer, I tell you."

He rubbed his hands and tilted his head expectantly.

Zuo Qiutang whispered a few words to him. Suddenly, the curly-haired man threw his head up and fell to the ground, pointing at her in fear, and kept yelling.

At the same time, the calmness on Zuo Qiutang's face disappeared, and his expression became extremely painful.

She felt that just now, a very brief moment of blankness flashed in her mind.

"93, it's time for you to take your medicine."

Seeing the guards dragging the curly-haired man away, Zuo Qiutang was in a daze, and the eyes that opened in his mind... disappeared.

……

"Hey! Brother, do you want to sell this thing? Don't look at me like that!"

Tianwang Mountain, peripheral city.

There is a constant flow of people and the sound of hawking is endless.

At the corner of the corner, Chen Yan withdrew his vacant gaze, looked at the three men standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "I'm here to practice the stall. I will definitely sell things, but the price you gave me is too low. I have the purchasing authority. Even if you pay it out, it’s not at this price.”

"This……"

The three men looked at each other in shock when they heard this.

After saying that, Chen Yan's heart condensed slightly.

Were you dazzled just now?
I always feel like... there are eyes staring at me invisibly.

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