Crown of Silence

Chapter 716: His Royal Highness's Black Box

Late at night, Avalon, the surrounding island No. 6, was completely silent.

After the implementation of martial law, there was no sign of any activity here at night, only the clanging of the patrol force's power armor. In the darkness, the sentry looked around silently.

Dozens of detection barriers enveloped the island, seeing through everything.

This largest island around Avalon has been given to Ye Qingxuan. It is obviously close to the capital, but he was allowed to station a military force here that can overthrow Avalon in a few hours.

Not to mention the headquarters of the fifth department here, just the Stein No. 6 Secret Room · Ether Network Development Bureau, which was personally led by Newton, the Order of the Chainsaw Monks, and even Ye Qingxuan stationed his largest military force, the Inquisition, here.

These days, I don't know how many people secretly poked Ye Qingxuan's spine, scolded him for his wolfish ambitions, and lamented that the country would no longer be a country.

For this crime that would have been punishable by hanging at the traitor's door in the past, Her Majesty the Queen only fined him 600 pounds of blue gold and let it go.

Faced with Her Majesty's careless decentralization, it is no wonder that Ye Qingxuan is regarded as the shadow emperor of Anglo by many people.

In fact, if Avalon is the core of Anglo, then this is Ye Qingxuan's most important foundation. There are countless levels of checkpoints and sentries inside and outside, and countless underground secret buildings dug in secret.

Even during the day, this place is shrouded in thick fog.

No one knows what is going on here, how many people there are, and even the construction materials and food and other supplies are not seen in and out, let alone estimation.

There are many different speculations about this.

"It's a black box, and His Highness's cat is hidden inside."

After Tristan got drunk, he showed a creepy and weird smile when facing other people's indirect questions: "Before you see it, no one will care whether you are dead or alive.

But when you open the box, it will be decided by His Highness's cat."

From then on, the name "His Highness's Black Box" became popular among the upper class of Avalon and was recognized by everyone.

Except Lao Fei.

And now, in the black box in the middle of the night, Ye Qingxuan stood on the top of the mountain, staring at the black clouds gradually floating from afar above his head.

The night wind was cold, but with a faint heat.

Ye Qingxuan took a deep breath, sneezed, and his snot flowed out in a mess. He quickly wiped it off and coughed twice: "There is a smell of burning coming from the south."

The clouds from Asgard have floated over and enveloped Avalon, just like a warning of war. In just one month, Asgard's desperate war reserve has caused the entire West to be in chaos.

Including Anglo, who was the first to bear the brunt.

"What time is it?"

Ye Qingxuan rubbed his hands and exhaled a breath of cold air.

Behind Ye Qingxuan, Laura's voice came from the empty air: "Two o'clock in the morning."

Ye Qingxuan nodded.

"Soon."

As soon as the voice fell, a sound like the roar of an iron whale came from the top of his head.

It was as if a star was ignited, illuminating the dark clouds. With the heavy whistle sound, the terrifying flames passed through the clouds, downwards, set off a hurricane, tore the iron clouds of war, and revealed a scale claw.

Iron light hung high in the sky.

That was the Nomadic Mountain.

The huge searchlight shone down, illuminating Ye Qingxuan. In the hurricane, his hair flew up, like flowing mercury.

Under the lights on the ground and the conductors of the musicians, a huge gap suddenly opened on the smooth ground, revealing the complex steel frame inside and the deep darkness.

In the deepest part of the darkness, there were dots of light, and musicians could be seen running around the huge landing platform.

This was the reason why Mary fined him six hundred pounds of green gold.

Avalon was within the radiation range of the heaven on earth for thousands of miles, so she knew what happened here. But she didn't expect that she gave this place to Ye Qingxuan, and this bastard emptied the entire island.

If she didn't fine him and warn him, the moths this guy made would sooner or later blow up the entire island.

The huge Nomadic Mountain slowly sank under the opened ground, but as it connected with the ground, the armored knight on the deck flipped over the railing, crossed a distance of several meters, and landed in front of Ye Qingxuan.

There were still unwashed bloodstains on the knight's armor, and he was murderous.

But as the heavy helmet was taken off, the bald forehead and half of the metal skull were exposed.

The old priest, who made people wonder why he was still alive, smiled at Ye Qingxuan and knelt down to meet him.

"Welcome back, Shi Dong."

Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hand, pulled him up from the ground, shook his head and sighed: "You are much older again."

Shi Dong walked out of the opened power armor and sat on the wheelchair that had been pushed up next to him. When he heard Ye Qingxuan's voice, he laughed like a broken bellows.

"Too many lice don't itch. I'm so old, why would I care about getting older?"

"You've been rushing back day and night, are you still energetic?" Ye Qingxuan asked, "I'm afraid you can't rest tonight."

"At this level, I can still swing the sword for ten days and nights."

Shi Dong shook his head nonchalantly, pushed the wheelchair and followed Ye Qingxuan into the elevator.

The iron gate closed, and the huge lift slowly sank with the sound of mechanical operation. Shi Dong tilted his head and watched Ye Qingxuan sneezing and washing his nose, and immediately felt gloating.

"You haven't had a hard time these past two days?"

"You shouldn't be so pretentious." Ye Qingxuan shook his head and sighed: "It's too cold up there. I should have worn a cotton coat earlier."

Shi Dong smiled, "What are you talking about?"

"Everything."

Ye Qingxuan shrugged: "My problems are not so bad. You can help me with a lot of pressure when you come back. How about yours? After three months, how are the results?"

"Good luck, just as you expected."

Shi Dong grinned. When he smiled, he looked like a well-fed monster, full of satisfaction. Even the elevator was filled with a faint smell of blood.

"Tell me in detail."

Ye Qingxuan nodded: "The communication interference in the dark world is too great, so I can only report reluctantly. I want to hear your experience and feelings."

"Originally, I expected that the situation in the dark world was too complicated. We have been hidden for so many years and have no intelligence. It will take about half a year to complete the exploration.

But with the maps and information brought by the retired dragoons, it only took us two months to find the ruins of the White Stone Fortress. In accordance with your instructions, we set up subsequent supply points along the way, prepared sea charts and specific routes. And..."

He paused, and a trace of joy flashed in his bloodshot eyes:

"-We reopened the White Stone Fortress!"

In fact, the Eastward Expedition of the Promised Inquisition began as early as after the threat of Leviathan ended.

Although there were many things to do, Ye Qingxuan never thought of dragging it out.

He could endure for decades and wait slowly, but Shi Dong and the others could not. Since they chose to follow him, even if Ye Qingxuan did not have the energy to completely open up the east for the time being, he still wanted to let them see the results of the first stage.

Therefore, the early development and exploration were put on the agenda, and after half a month of preparation, led by Shi Dong, they set out for the dark world.

The goal this time was to bypass the ether turbulence and those chaotic areas by sea, and find a new way from the sea. A road leading to the core of the great pioneering era, the glorious place of the former Inquisition - the White Stone Fortress.

The fleet was led by Nomadic Mountain as the flagship, half of the Witch Hammer was dispatched, 200 purification musicians plus 90 royal musicians, and eight strange ships from the Royal Academy. Everyone was ecstatically dancing on this "dead road" with an uncertain future.

In fact, Ye Qingxuan did not expect that the biggest help on this trip was actually those retired "dragoons".

Since Gaius's rebellion, this ranger who was once active in the dark world has been imprisoned by Anglu. Now with Ye Qingxuan, the traitor, taking over the core, he no longer cares about the Holy City.

Thinking that his teacher had been imprisoned for so many years because of a document from the Holy City, Ye Qingxuan was so angry that he would not restrict their freedom anymore.

Although the watch shop was in a bad business and few customers came, Butcher Seton had decided to quit and did not accept Ye Qingxuan's recruitment again. However, this did not prevent him from introducing other colleagues.

After so many years, everyone has grown old, but thanks to the inhuman transformation of the past, although it was a bit wasted, they still maintained the state of the past and did not wait to die like ordinary old men.

As a disciple of Abraham, Ye Qingxuan won the unanimous respect and recognition of these people. Many people rejected Ye Qingxuan's proposal to spend their old age. After knowing that Ye Qingxuan wanted to explore the dark world, they volunteered to join the exploration team.

Ye Qingxuan once again experienced the magic of the dark world.

Even though there was no way out and the future was uncertain, every exploration was a life-threatening one, and they would go deep into the inhuman demonic realm, but when these already slow-witted dragon cavalrymen heard this word, their eyes would still sparkle.

Thanks to the information they provided and the supply points built by the former dragon cavalrymen in the dark world, this voyage was so smooth.

Shi Dong did not say much about the wind and rain and battles along the way, but Ye Qingxuan could imagine it. There was a whole fleet when they went there, and there were only three ships when they returned, including the Nomadic Mountain that returned early.

More than sixteen of the ships were damaged for various reasons, and the rest were all left by Shi Dong in the temporary base opened up in the dark world.

This was a way out for the Inquisition after he heard the decision of the Holy City.

Even if Anglo was defeated in the future, Ye Qingxuan could calmly withdraw to the dark world and use the White Stone Fortress as a foundation to plan a comeback.

Although the White Stone Fortress has been occupied for hundreds of years, dozens of secret rooms underground are still well sealed, and a large amount of war reserves can be activated with just a few secret codes.

These are the secrets left by the countries when they supplied the Court at all costs.

"Hard work along the way."

After listening to the brief report, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but sigh softly and patted Shi Dong on the shoulder.

Oriental people like to say that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure.

Although the elderly are sometimes stale, they often do things steadily and never make people worry.

Especially after Shi Dong was pitted by the cold storage of the cult for hundreds of years, he got used to considering defeat before victory. In countless war chess deductions over the years, countless plans for a comeback have been prepared.

Now it's just a matter of execution.

Ye Qingxuan tilted his head and lit a cigarette, and asked in a deep voice: "So, what is the second purpose?"

"As you wish."

Shi Dong grinned, and the sharp iron teeth rubbed against each other, making a tooth-grinding sound:

"——The actual combat test of the 'water tank' was successfully completed."