Chapter 116 Is This a Dream or Reality?

It was not until Annan and Ingrid reached the innermost part of the alley that they finally reached a quiet enough place.

He smiled and waved to Justus in the kebab shop across the street, signaling that they could see him. Then he released the voice that Professor Hui sent.

That's a huge exhortation:

"You guys come back as soon as possible, don't delay too long, pay attention to safety.

"I just received the news that the Daughter of Storms of the previous generation of the Duchy of Winter completed her self-sacrifice today, but the next Daughter of Storms is the aunt of Archduke Ivan. She is not young and needs to use rituals and potions. It takes a period of adjustment to succeed. The specific ceremony time, the Principality of Winter has decided to arrange it in twelve days.

"Without the suppression of the Tower of Storms in the past two weeks, various forms of celestial disturbances may occur all over the world. . Earthquakes may also occur in the area, causing subterranean collapse, cracking, or collapse of the sky dome and subway lanes.

"—You'd better come back quickly, otherwise you may encounter something bad, such as the sky dome or the collapse of the driveway. After returning to the Ash Tower, it will be somewhat safer."

……I see.

Annan was stunned.

It was here—

He has understood.

Annan didn't think about earthquakes from the very beginning. Because even if there is, most of them will be intercepted by the underground city... So it is normal that there is no earthquake record in the above world.

Earthquakes are not without earthquakes.

In other words, because the depth of the underground city is not too deep... Even shallow earthquakes will occur below them.

The successful establishment of the underground city probably presupposes the existence of the Tower of Storms.

If earthquakes cannot be completely suppressed, cities and tunnels cannot be built smoothly underground.

I'm afraid that if you build a small section, it will collapse directly in case of a small earthquake - not to mention the fragile submarine tunnel.

It turns out that they have tacitly agreed that there will be no earthquakes in the underground world...

For the first time, Annan could clearly realize the necessity of the existence of the wizard tower.

For other wizard towers, the mission Annan is responsible for is not obvious for the time being...

But the Tower of Storms can directly suppress natural disasters. This is of great significance to the five countries.

I am afraid that in the next twelve days, other countries have already begun to organize asylum.

Annan glanced at Ingrid.

...In that case, are you dying now?

Of course, Annan was embarrassed to say this out loud.

At first, Annan thought that Ingrid died from the lava pouring in the "Black Gold Field". That's why "Professor Wolf" took revenge on the Principality of Winter... But when "Frederick" said he didn't know the reason for the formation of the Cinder Barrens, Justus was not surprised and would be nice to him Exciting explanation.

If Ingrid really died in the black gold field, but "Frederick" has forgotten about it - Justus probably won't explain it at all, but will beat him.

At the same time, Justus was able to think of Ingrid's death in the event that "Black Gold Fields" became "Cinder Barrens"...

This shows that Ingrid should not have died in the event of the lava backflow.

Thinking about it now is normal. Ingrid, a young girl, has no reason to go to the gold fields of the exploration layer to hang out.

According to reason, in order to avoid casualties caused by the earthquake, the wise people should choose to close all the cities, gather all the people to the shelter, or directly call on the residents to leave the underground world and wait on the ground for twelve days.

But they didn't.

Because after all, there are only twelve days... In the short twelve days, there may not be any natural disasters. Like a tsunami, a volcanic eruption, or an earthquake—if they were to evacuate for twelve days and then move back in, the cost in between would be too high.

Not to mention the cost of food and lodging,

There are also lost wages and property lost during the chaotic evacuation process. And with all of them gathered together, the underground city, which had a serious lack of legal control, was even more difficult to manage.

Every city has different laws, and people naturally have different habits. Usually it's fine, but if you focus on evacuation, contradictions and conflicts will inevitably occur.

So in the end, not only did the wise men fail to issue an evacuation order.

Instead, the information was completely covered up.

From the fact that Annan did not know about this, the final loss may indeed be small.

Only the "Bone Bone Forest" should have turned into a "Bone Eating Forest", and there should only be one earthquake in these twelve days.

—The earthquake that killed Ingrid.

That is, here, now, now.

That being the case...

Then Professor Gray's true identity is probably--

Annan and Ingrid looked at each other.

Not waiting for Annan to say anything.

He suddenly felt a violent shaking sensation under his feet.

His pupils instantly tightened.

Under Annan's gaze.

The "Spotted Bone Forest" in the distance suddenly began to disintegrate from top to bottom.

It's like countless tall pillars stacked with Coke cans, suddenly collapsed one by one; it's like a super-large domino.

Like the black-yellow mountains and seas frozen in the void, they roared like a landslide and tsunami, and then collapsed.

- It was a magnificent scene.

Ingrid looked a little dazed.

And Annan turned around.

I happened to see that the building beside her suddenly swayed and fell towards her.

At that moment... the world in front of Annan suddenly became dim and slow.

Looking at Justus from the barbecue shop across the street, his expression gradually turned terrified.

He reached out to the two of them—

"Be careful!"

Annan shouted loudly and hugged Ingrid.

He took her and ran in the extremely narrow alley. Both their skins were scratched by the stone wall...but even so, they only ran from the innermost to the position close to the exit.

Watching the slow and yellow world become increasingly abstract, like an oil painting.

Annan felt his spine burning hot.

His strong intuition told him that danger was approaching.

So--

Without hesitation, he pushed Ingrid under him.

Annan himself stretched out his arms and propped himself on the walls on both sides, like a solid umbrella.

In Justus' terrified eyes, the figure of "Frederick" was submerged by the leaning and slowly falling tall buildings.

Unlike "historical".

Ingrid, who was supposed to be buried at the end of the alley, survived under the dome supported by "Frederick".

Like all the inhabitants of underground cities...

On the verge of death, Annan did not lose this memory and woke up from a nightmare.

The world in front of him became dim and dry.

and gradually become dim.

The whole world stands still here.

Only Annan's mind is running fast-

At the same time, he could feel the rust smell of being bombarded by boulders on his back, the blood spilling out of his throat... and the smell of the "Dragon Sleep Mixture" coming from the strong wind.

what.

Annan responded.

- This is a choice.

Perseverance... resisting this mortal fate for Ingrid?

Or dodge to the side... dodge the axe thrown by Justus?

Is it the "future" at the beginning, or Frederick's prophecy dream?

Or is it the "past" of childhood, a childhood obsession that Frederick remembered before he died?

"Did you dream...or woke up from a dream?"

Professor Hui's voice sounded very clearly in Annan's ears.

- In the end, where is the reality?

Where is the dream?