Hollow Knight: Hallownest

The construction of threaded bone nails was much slower than before. During this period, the group had to stay in the City of Tears, but Mo Rong went to the east of the city alone to explore the road.

"The road to the edge of the kingdom is just as Ida said, it is unworkable."

The three of them were sitting in an alley tavern, sipping the wine handed to them by the proprietress.

"To be precise, there is a group of sentries guarding it. I went to ask. If ordinary people want to enter this place, they must have the consent of the watchers."

Mo Rong raised his wine glass, raised his mask and took a big sip. The green juice reverberated in his body for a moment and then disappeared.

"What should I do? How about I go and ask?"

Quiruo stared at the wine glass in front of him, his brows knitting together involuntarily. He had never heard of the name Watcher, but without a good reason, he didn't think the group would be allowed to go.

"Forget it, I don't even have to think about the result. If it doesn't work, I have to find another way out."

Mo Rong waved his hand and searched in his mind for a way to the edge of the kingdom. In addition to the direct route to the east of the City of Tears, it seemed that the way to the beehive could also go directly to the edge of the kingdom.

But if you want to get to the hive, it seems you have to go down to the ancient basin.

"Ida, the elevator over the square can go directly to the palace."

Mo Rong turned to look at Ida who was aside. At this time, there were two empty wine glasses in front of him. Who knows how greedy he was in the palace.

"Ah, you said that, well...I can do it, but you can't."

Ida shook her head and explained to Murong that the elevator in the square was diagonally below the Watcher's Tower, very close to it. Usually, the only people who could take the elevator down to the palace, apart from their role as guards, were Royal supply caravan censored by the Watcher himself.

"Let me tell you, there is a transport truck down there that I have never seen before in this city!"

Ida dipped her hand in some wine, drew a line on the table, and then drew a rectangle. While drawing, Ida said: "I don't even know how the transport truck works. It must be something invisible." Hold on to the insect, it can run very fast, faster than a stag beetle!"

"With a swipe, it disappeared from my eyes. I even sat on it when I came back. Just wait..."

As she spoke, Ida began to rummage around, and not long after, she took out a beautifully carved card and waved it in front of the two of them.

"Now, look at this ticket, how beautiful it is."

Even the landlady in front of the bar was attracted by the ticket in Ida’s hand and asked curiously: “Is that a tram pass you’re holding in your hand?”

Ida was stunned, looked at the landlady and said in surprise: "Do you know the landlady?"

"Of course, don't look at me now making wine in this alley. When I was young, I used to make a living down there."

The landlady said proudly, and the three of them couldn't help but be surprised: "Were you also a guard when you were young?"

The proprietress nodded solemnly, and then said a little embarrassedly: "Well... you can be considered half a guard."

"Half? What does that mean?"

This sentence came from the drinker next to him. Many people heard the surprise of Mo Rong and others. They never thought that this landlady who always lives in the alley would have some experience as a guard.

"Want to hear?"

Everyone nodded. The proprietress smiled, turned around, took a glass of wine and placed it in front of her. After drinking heavily, she spoke slowly.

......

"Boss! Oops! The acid has leaked!"

"What?! Take me to see it quickly!"

In the royal sewer, several plumbers used the dim light to quickly run towards another dark place. However, they stopped in front of a pool of water within a hundred steps. What was originally a slightly turbid water body turned into a Bubbly green liquid.

"This? How do you do things?!"

The man in the lead couldn't help shouting at the plumbers next to him. Ever since the construction team pumped out acid and was corroded by it and many lives were lost, the relevant workers understood the lethality of this liquid, and even more so. The trouble is that this thing came from nowhere, so the construction team had to stop the expansion work to prevent more acid from leaking.

"Boss! We didn't do anything! This acid came out of nowhere and suddenly polluted the water body like this, and we only discovered it!"

"Yes, boss! We swear, this was definitely not our doing!"

"Okay, okay! What's the use of talking about this now! Hurry up and call everyone over, and quickly separate the isolation zone before the water body is completely polluted!"

"Yes!"

A group of people immediately got busy, calling others, holding tools, and the leader immediately started digging with a shovel.

The royal sewers are complicated and the waterways are changeable. Although the wastewater in the main city will be discharged here, the native plants here can purify them. Therefore, although the water here is not as clear as elsewhere, it is far more harmful to people than The imagination is small, but once it is saturated with this acid, the properties of the entire water body will change.

This was reflected when the construction team dug it out before. For this reason, Teacher Monomen specially launched a project to study acid. But to this day, Monomen has not been able to give them a solution and only said four Words: Keep a respectful distance.

"Boss! Everyone is here!"

"Then why are you still standing there? Dig!"

At this time, the cramped sewer was crowded with people. They all filled the soil nearby into the area that had not been infected by the acid. Everyone gathered firewood and the flames were high. Soon everyone collapsed on the ground, panting from exhaustion. , and the acid pool in front of them was completely isolated, which made the leader breathe a big sigh of relief.

Although the acid storm subsided, the leader still felt that something was wrong. He looked at the pool of acid for a moment and then remembered it. He quickly turned around and shouted:

"Who just discovered that this place was contaminated?"

"I...hu...me!"

He raised a hand in the crowd, and then slowly walked to the leader.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"Where is the source of the pollution?" The leader looked at the man and frowned. Although the problem has been solved now, treating the symptoms does not cure the root cause. If the source of the pollution cannot be found, who knows where the next contaminated place will be?

"Source of pollution? Isn't the source of pollution acid?" The man was confused by the question and could not recover for a while.

"Nonsense! Let me tell you, anyone with eyesight can see it! What I'm asking is where does this acid come from?"

The leader's eyes were so piercing that the man was so frightened that he didn't utter a word for a long time. The leader stared at him fiercely, hoping to hear the answer he was looking forward to from him.

"Boss...Boss, I...I don't know! Didn't I say this was already like this when I came here!"

"That means you don't know where this acid comes from?"

He took the lead and asked everyone. Everyone looked at each other for a moment and shook their heads.

"Find it for me!"

Not even a few minutes into the break, everyone was called to look for the source of the pollution again, but no one dared to complain. Anyone who was not a fool could understand the seriousness of what the leader just said.

The leader would ask him every few dozen seconds, but after more than ten minutes, no one could give him a definite answer. There was not much space in the sewer, and there was no reason why so many people couldn't find it until now. Then maybe There is only one sex.

"Oh shit!"

The situation he least wanted to face happened. If the source of pollution could not be found on the surface, there was only one possibility. The source of pollution was on the wall of the acid pool!

And it may still be pouring acid into it!

"You, you, and all of you, keep an eye on this acid pool. If something goes wrong, expand the isolation zone immediately!"

"Yes!"

After the leader finished speaking, he hurriedly left the Royal Sewer and ran towards the Watcher's Spire. He could no longer control the situation. Before the matter completely got out of control, he had to inform the Lord Watcher in order to get a powerful response. help.