Overturned Tower

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But ordinary Tongshen islanders, although they disdain to contact with other sky island people.However, on the surface, at least in front of the public, they will not directly attack the residents of other sky islands.And these synthetic humans only exist as experimental materials, without any education.This makes their moral sense rather thin.

Even emotionally speaking, Russell knew that they were just a group of poor people destined to be abandoned by worthlessness... But Russell's rationality told him that it was indeed possible for them to do such a thing.

And this also means that these synths are easy to deceive.

Malt Wine can know this kind of thing, which means that their decision to attack the agents of the outer islands has been understood by the mages.

Perhaps these mages and uncoded people also participated in or even led this conspiracy.

If it is possible to bring the malt wine to Tongshen Island, maybe Russell can do things more conveniently.

But Russell thought about it all night and gave up the idea.

——Because he is only an "Ultramarine" after all, not a "Godfather".

Malt wine and strangling these mages are not so easy to control.

Russell has already figured out the strangulation... sooner or later he will betray.Although on the surface, he claims that as long as the godfather can suppress him, he will not betray him, but the way the mage improves his ability determines that his desire will gradually become stronger until he can't control it.

But malt wine is different.

No matter from any point of view, she is loyal to the godfather.But she always had her own ideas, and the godfather even beat her several times, but he didn't change her.

Probably the last time the Godfather talked to her, Ultramarine was mentioned, and Ale learned that Ultramarine was a friend of the Godfather in Uptown.Because of this, when "Qunqing" was plotted against, she would directly rescue Russell.

During the whole process, she did not consult the godfather, nor did she tell the only "silence" who could contact the godfather proactively.

This is obviously her plan to go to the godfather to ask for a reward after the matter is done, and if it is not done, she may not even say it.

But on the other hand, as a sorcerer and a high-ranking member of the Helping Society, she took the initiative to hijack the airship alone and sent herself to the hero "Ultramarine"... If she failed, the godfather would probably kill her too.

From this ambivalence, Russell can only read that unusually strong self-confidence and self-esteem.

If Russell acts with Malt Wine as "Ultramarine", perhaps Malt Wine will try to control Ultramarine's actions in turn.

And Russell didn't want to tell her that "ultramarine is the godfather"... With malt wine's action and courage, maybe one day he would directly find the executive department.

... Russell didn't want delphinium to be misunderstood.

Moreover, Russell would not think that the three "bodyguards" were there to protect himself.

That was clearly the eye of Amyrus.Rather than protecting himself, it was more to monitor what Russell was doing on Tongshen Island.

So after putting Ringo to sleep, Russell went back to the Tower of Babel, reported Delphinium's safety in advance, and gave her a vaccination.

Fortunately, Delphinium hadn't heard about it because of the delay in the news from different sky islands. When Happy Island reported this news, it probably had to be the morning news the day after tomorrow.

Otherwise, just thinking about Delphinium's frightened and desperate expression when he saw the news, Russell would feel anxious.

Knowing this, Bad Day also decided to follow invisibility at that time.

Originally, after learning that Russell had three bodyguards, he decided to go directly to Tongshen Island to wait for Russell... But after learning the news, Bad Day couldn't sit still.

Russell, on the other hand, was worried about the safety of the bad day, so it was best not to follow him...

Because he is not sure whether those people will shoot down the airship again.

Although Russell could turn around and return at this time, he didn't intend to escape in such a desperate way.

He was also on fire.

Whoever did it all has to pay for it.

But he's not going to drag Bad Day into the water for something like this...

So Bad Sun had no choice but to explain to Russell a little bit about his psionic ability "Dead Sun" for the first time.

Chapter 13 Here I Come, Tongshen Island

Specifically, it is the psionic power related to the "sense of distance".

The more strange and "alienated" things are to oneself, the farther away you can reach each other.

In addition, this psionic ability has some restrictions related to the weather in his area.But that part of the bad day was not told to Russell.

The reason why Bad Day doesn't tell others about the effects of his psychic power is because if someone knows his secret, and he also knows the secret of the other party, he can't use his psychic power to hurt the other party, and he can't use this psychic power to Defend against the opponent's attack...

— Just like Russell's father.

Because of Sheath's betrayal, Bad Ri no longer trusts others.After the sheath's betrayal, only Russell learned part of the effects of the Bad Day psychic power.

With the protection of the bad day, if he encounters that kind of attack again, he can at least transfer Russell safely.

Although Ringo was still a little scared, a little frightened.

But the sense of responsibility and hatred still supported her to follow Russell on the new airship.

Even though her legs were still trembling when she stepped onto the airship.

It is also because of this that she admires Russell very much - not everyone can step on the airship again without fear after knowing that someone bombarded the airship with twelve missiles just to kill themselves .

Before that, she didn't know Qunqing at all, but from now on, she is also one of Qunqing's admirers.

This adoration also made Russell feel ashamed...

In Russell's view, it was because of his own existence that he killed those more than 100 innocent people.

Because of this, Russell's attitude is quite gentle and kind, without putting on airs at all.

During the conversation, Russell learned that Ringo is even one year younger than Delphinium this year.

She just graduated from Nephthys University, majoring in "Psychic Energy Use and Development", and just joined the Nephthys District Executive Department after graduation.

The two who acted together with him were her captain and senior sister, and all three were graduates of Nephthys University, only one level behind each other.Her captain was her freshman assistant; the senior was one year older than her and took good care of her in school.Those two were still lovers, which made Lingo very envious.

Just talking about the past, Ringo's tears fell down again, and while whimpering and apologizing to Russell, he covered his face.

Russell had no choice but to let his crying "bodyguard" calm down a bit...

He leaned back, thinking about the information Ringo brought him.

Maybe she didn't even know what the "common sense" she told Russell meant...

Unlike other empty islands, Sun Island has a complete surplus of educational resources.

Like Happy Island and Sogo Island, they all put the best resources into one university.In this way, the best talents will always flow to the same place, and the head office can directly sign a contract with the university to facilitate the selection of the best among the best.

But the essence of Sun Island is the production line of smart brains.Therefore, on the nine second discs, there are universities of the same level, and the names of the nine discs are the same.

According to Ringo’s previous chat with Russell, the names of the nine second discs are: Ra, Hugh, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Isis, Set, Nephthys—— It is also what Russell is familiar with, the nine-pillar god worshiped by Heliopolis in ancient Egypt in the previous life.

As for Heliopolis in ancient Egypt, its name can be directly translated as "Sun City".

So Russell asked Ringo again, the names of the three first discs.And got an answer that was about the same as he imagined...

The names of the three first disks are Aton, Amon, and Atum.

Russell remembered that this was the name of the sun gods of three different periods in ancient Egypt.Later, they all merged with Ra and became different names of Ra, both of which also have the meaning of the sun.

... If there is only the name of "Thoth" psionic ability, it can be said to be a coincidence.

Although there are names like "Tower of Babel" and the allusion of "I wish to be the scenery in the south, and I will see you in the light".But perhaps because the density was too low, Russell hadn't clearly realized what was wrong before.

until he came here.

The overlapping density of these names on Sun Island and the names in Russell's memory is too great.

And it's not just a simple name, it's even related in terms of status and allusions.

This also allows Russell to confirm that this world is not unrelated to the world in his previous life.

However, the sad or regrettable fact is that even the local residents of Sun Island don't know the meaning of these names.

There are no history lessons in this world.Even Sun Island, which values ​​education the most, has never taught what the word "Nefthys" means in Nephthys University.Ringo didn't even have the concept of "what is God".

They only thought that these names were casually chosen by the Elf directors of Sun Island, and they were not so easy to overlap.

——Just like the bad sun and the deer head, they also don't know what the name "Babel" means.

That was a secret that only Russell knew.

It is a secret from another world that no one in this world knows about.

Sun Island is very close to Tongshen Island.In just three hours, the airship approached Tongshen Island.

There were very few people on the empty boat... this time there were only more than 30 people on board, and even all the passengers in the lobby were upgraded to the second-class cabin for free, even so the second-class cabin was not full.

Russell and Ringo raised their vigilance, kept silent and watched everything around them without saying a word.

Tongshen Island in the distance also looks so gloomy at this moment.

That is a completely different style from the splendid Sun Island.

If you want to say, it is like a "specimen of factories in different eras".

From a distance, the old factory with many pipelines is intertwined with the new high-tech factory.There is no clear division, but rather the relationship between bones and viscera.

I don't say "meat" because "meat" is a residential area.

These residential areas are not far away from the factory, but are closely integrated with the factory.The roar of machines and smoke are everywhere, only a small area about one-tenth of the south of Sky Island has no tall buildings, is calm and full of green plants.

That is the only area that makes people feel beautiful in this black-gray sky island.

The lower urban area of ​​Tongshen Island is directly connected to the upper urban area, and the upper and lower urban areas are no different.

In addition to factories, there are sky-high buildings...they are at least 150-story high-rise buildings, and a few buildings should reach [-]-story buildings.Buildings of this height would wobble even in the slightest breeze, but the reason they remained stable was because other buildings were this tall.

The overlapping bridges between different buildings are like brackets that bind them together.

Fifty floors, 45 floors, 35 floors, [-] floors... Every few floors, these high-rise buildings will be connected to each other.

It looks more like a large shopping mall than a residential area.In other words, it is a shopping mall combined with a residential area.

There is no doubt that a high-rise building of this level will seriously affect daylighting.

It is impossible for natural light to penetrate the high-rise buildings and reach the bottom of these high-rise buildings, and it is replaced by bright neon lights.

Even outside the empty island, you can see the neon lights of various colors wrapped around these black and gray high-rise buildings.And different billboards hung at different heights.

This is a cyber city similar to Sogo Island, but slightly different.

Although Russell was ready to be attacked again, this time it was calm.

Nothing happened until Russell and Ringo arrived at Tongshen Island.

When they left the empty boat with the sparse crowd.

Russell raised his head and narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the super tall buildings that blocked the daylight and couldn't tell whether it was day or night.

"I'm here... Tongshen Island."

he whispered.

Chapter 14 The City Without Light

When Ringo first arrived at Tongshen Island, he felt a strong discomfort.

Almost the exact opposite of sun-drenched Isla del Sol.

It's really dark and gloomy here.

Even the narrow and crowded third disc will never affect the light of the residents.The idlers there who have nothing to do like most is to bask in the sun on the beds and chairs leaning against the street.

Thothrin will never deprive anyone of the right to bask in the sun.Even criminals who are imprisoned can apply for one to two hours of sunshine every day as a rest.The tradition they left behind regards the sun as a sacred thing.

They believe that people will get sick if they don't bask in the sun, and trees will rot if they don't bask in the sun.Even metal prosthetic bodies should be taken out to dry in the sun, otherwise the yin entangled on them will easily drive people crazy-yes, they regard sunbathing as a way to prevent cyber psychosis.

Although the Cyber ​​Church has never advocated the belief in the sun, such and such folk customs have always been circulated in Sun Island.

Only those who have gone to school will know that this is absurd... But after they have gone to school, they will no longer have any contact with those fools in the third disc.But even so, Sun Island scholars have never refuted this folk belief.

In other words, they are also enjoying and nostalgic for the dim sun above the gray dome.

And Tongshen Island is another extreme.

It seems to be telling how degenerate and filthy the city will become after losing the sunshine...

The time they arrived at Tongshen Island was 02:30 in the afternoon.

This point can be said to be in the afternoon, but at least it is not far from noon.But after they disembarked from the airship, they just walked a few hundred meters in one direction at random, and then they were submerged in the dark steel forest.

The sunlight above the head is almost completely blocked, only a little needle-like light can be seen between the overlapping metal skeletons like thorns and tree crowns.

And they look so pale, dim and powerless against the backdrop of neon lights.