ACT169: The Legend of the Sewer
In Ramses, the "sewer legend" has always been the most famous urban legend here. As the world's largest and most complex underground maze, dwarf engineers once sorted out the construction drawings of various periods and initially judged that the total length of the sewer is more than 30,000 kilometers, and the deepest point is 15 kilometers underground.
Such an exaggerated project took the dwarves 2,000 years!
When the city was built, the dwarves had just become a smart race. Although they had decided to climb to the surface to live, the habit of cave dwelling was not immediately changed. Therefore, the sewer was not a simple drainage system, but an underground street that could live in people. Later, the residents were slowly emptied and completely turned into sewers. Moreover, even if people were not occupied, the sewer had to take into account the underground bunkers and troop transport passages during the war period, and was built with all connections.
Such a huge underground city, the deep and dark maze attracted adventurers to come and find excitement, and also gave birth to a large number of legends!
Mysterious underground race, monsters in sewers, unknown spaces inhabited by the dead... and so on.
In addition to adventurers who have been there in person, some newspapers and magazines also use the mentality of writing novels when there is no news and create some incredible legends. These true and false stimulating stories are mixed together to form the unique "sewer legend" of Ramses.
Perhaps because there are too many fake stories, many people think that "sewer legends" are fabricated nonsense. Only a very small number of people know that among these seemingly false stories, many are actually true!
"The entire sewer system has about 300 floors from top to bottom, divided into 12 areas. Some areas are rebuilt with mine pits and underground caves. The total area... unknown. The reason for this is that the Municipal Archives failed to have a fire and most of the drawings were burned, so this is the only information they can provide us!"
In the name of her grandmother, Litis borrowed a copy of the sewer structure diagram from the Ramses Municipal Archive, but when she got it, she realized that it was actually an incomplete and incomplete product!
The administrator told her helplessly that as early as more than 50 years ago, the Urban Management Office had given up the management and maintenance of spaces below the 36th floor of the sewer, and most of the passages leading to the lower floor had been blocked.
In addition, the official explicitly prohibits anyone from entering the space below 36th floor without authorization, on the grounds that a large amount of harmful gases were deposited in the lower space, but this still cannot prevent some of the experts who call themselves "adventurers" from drilling down one after another. Even 7 years ago, a man claimed that he had reached the 203rd floor and brought back a rare fluorescent orchid.
"It is certain that there is no suffocation problem in the sewer. People who have gone there say that the air quality there is more 'fresh' than expected, and harmful gases only exist in certain dead corners."
"Why does the Zhengaxe prohibit adventurers from going down?" Ling Lan asked inexplicably.
"Because there are so many missing! According to official statistics, nearly 30% of the people who enter the sewer without authorization every year cannot return to the ground. Some are lost and starve to death in an unknown corner, while others are attacked by dangerous creatures. I heard that even the mice below have grown to the size of piglets, and there are hundreds of rats in a litter of them, so it is no problem to bite people to death."
"Dwarves never thought about managing them?"
"The dwarves have indeed planned to manage them. They want to put erosion gas into the sewer, but the goblins strongly opposed it. Those who love money in the green skins believe that sewer legends can promote the development of the city's tourism industry, so the sewer ecological environment is also included in the environmental protection system of Ramses, so this matter was finally left alone."
"After you say this, why do I feel that the vassal of the goblins are about to climb onto the clan?"
"That's not the case, but now it's basically an equal relationship. These two tribes get along much more harmoniously than within our human race."
The sewer must be searched, and everyone felt that they could not give up on Alpha because of difficulties. But at the same time, they had to face a serious follow-up problem, that is, when they really found Alpha, they might inevitably fight with the person who robbed her. They didn't know what the other party's strength was.
"Searching the sewer, it is definitely not enough for a few of us alone. I think we should find some helpers..."
While Weiss and the others were still investigating and preparing for the search for Alpha, at the same time, deep underground, a large group of people were busy in a secret facility unknown to the outside world. This facility is located on the 123rd floor of the sewer. It was once a dwarf underground military station. It has a very spacious space, but has now been secretly transformed into a research facility.
In a relatively spacious space, a large group of staff wearing white ones were assembling various strange equipment. An oval translucent machine was placed in the middle, with a large number of pipes and lines connected at the bottom. Several staff members of higher classes were concentrating on debugging. A circle of guards with live ammunition was not allowed to approach even their own people easily. In the circle, two idle people, one old and one young, were standing in front of the machine and talking.
"Dr., why is such an important experiment not conducted at the headquarters?"
"Because the experiment requires the use of the ground veins to connect 6 magic cores, the total value of magic gathered will be astronomical. The cowards at the headquarters are worried that they will be taken away by the slaughter, so they handed over the test to the branch for the first time."
"Uh...how severe the explosion would be?"
"That depends on how much magic is leaked. If it is light, it will be a small explosion that is inconsistency. The dwarves on it cannot even feel it. If it is heavy... Nakapanzhou probably needs to re-draw the map!"
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With a playful smile, the old man held his eyes on the slightly unnatural nervous expression of the purple-haired young man, then smiled and walked out of the cordon with his hands behind his back, and walked towards a little girl sitting in the corner with her knees. If Weiss was here at this time, he would find that this loli was the girl he saved from the gangster that night.
"Omega, end the standby mode, switch to combat mode, and let Sigma come out."
Hearing the old man's words, the seemingly well-behaved girl nodded, and then her eyes were instantly lost, and even her body became stiff. However, this sudden death-like state lasted only a few seconds, and her eyes soon shone again. However, after seeing the other person's eyes, the old man suddenly frowned and scolded in an unhappy tone.
"Miao, you disobey the order again!"
"Do I just make you hate that? Dear grandpa~ grandpa~!"
"Hmph! I don't have a disobedient granddaughter as much as you."
The girl who was very well-behaved just now seemed to have become a different person. The other party stood up from the ground, patted the dust on the corner of her skirt, then jumped back gently, and sat on the wooden box she leaned against before. The girl's upper body leaned back slightly, crossed her legs casually, and her face showed a evil smile that was completely inconsistent with her age.
At first, the old man glared at him, but the other party ignored him, and in the end the old man was defeated in front of the young man.
"Forget it, it's the same as you said. The first experiment can be painful after 3 days, so I need to explain the precautions to you."
"Oh ~! Are you worried that I will feel nervous?"
"I was originally planning to let Sigma take the role of the 'control body' in the experiment, but I changed my mind just now. Judging from the degree of mental strength, you are undoubtedly the highest among the three personalities. Although the guys in the psychiatric department say that you are too violent and lack effective control, I don't think so."
"If you want to compliment, just save money. Just tell me the key points. How much strength can I get this time?"
Chapter completed!