On the Seven Towers

Dark room, locked curtains, dusty wooden bed, rotten bedding. This one is exactly the same as the previous five rooms. Xiao Chen felt that those winding tunnels with no end were much better than this damn house. At least there were gentle and shiny runes and fresh wind blowing from nowhere. Unlike here, it's like a cage, suffocating. When he got home, he wanted to take down all the curtains and burn them. Xiao Chen thought angrily that such things would give him nightmares in the future! !

There is such darkness in my memory, when was the last time? Kindergarten or daycare? Locked in a closed food store or tuck shop? The memory of the past is a bit blurry. The only things that are clear are the pain of claustrophobia, the torture of darkness, and my mother’s smiling face with tears.

Can I see my mother again?

For some reason, Xiao Chen couldn't help but look back at Luo Ling.

Luo Ling smiled at him, but there was a lot of fatigue in her smile. Xiao Chen saw that the blood on her forehead bandage had dyed half of the towel red. The original white shirt had become almost like a rag due to the previous struggles. However, her eyes were still bright, just like when Xiao Chen found her underground.

"I'm fine. Find a way out first." Luo Ling replied calmly.

"You... are strong."

"Don't praise me, I get proud easily." Luo Ling raised her chin slightly.

"For a proud girl like you, shouldn't pride be a natural attribute? Look, you are not necessarily older than me. You are already a university teacher."

Luo Ling blinked, "When a woman is proud, it's the man who suffers."

"No way?"

"Yes, this is a woman."

Xiao Chen smiled, gave up arguing, and lowered his voice and said, "Do you think that Liu Yisheng is weird?"

"You don't like him?" Luo Ling asked.

"It has nothing to do with whether you like it or not. First of all, the timing of his appearance is very strange. Secondly, his behavior here is also very strange. For example, he remembers such complicated roads and never takes detours. For example, he does not know gold, but he wields an ax very skillfully. , For example, the surrounding environment is so weird, but he doesn't know how to be worried... and he can also feel which box the best treasure is in. "

"Don't you think it's better to work together now instead of getting to the bottom of things?"

Xiao Chen was silent.

"You still don't like him, just because he is stronger and more powerful than you." Luo Ling chuckled, "No need to argue, I understand, this is a man."

Xiao Chen suddenly felt a little dizzy, maybe because he concentrated on lighting the fire sword for too long.

At this time, Liu Yisheng's rough voice came from the front.

"Wow! There's a big table in this room!"

It seems that letting him take the lead is indeed a good idea.

This is a unique room, a bit like a studio, a bit like a study. Except for the window and the door that are blocked by curtains, almost all other walls are occupied by shelves. There are not only books on the shelves, but also bottles and cans. Perhaps due to the age, the liquid in many bottles has evaporated, and the contents of other bottles have turned into unrecognizable dust. There is a large table and an armchair in the middle of the room. The table was covered with papers and a bottle of dried ink. The owner seemed to have left in a hurry. On the paper directly in front of the seat was a half-written letter.

"Sure enough, that kind of mutated Spanish." Xiao Chen and Luo Ling hurried forward and tried to read the letter. However, due to time constraints, some of the writing on this piece of paper was blurred, and Luo Ling could only vaguely read part of the content.

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"Dear Ellen:

My spiritual mentor, my most trusted friend and most loyal comrade-in-arms. I am writing this letter to tell you that I have decided to cross the Raging Sea to help Mero find the Seven Towers.

As a strong man entering the Holy Realm, this is a goal that he cannot give up. The ultimate power he pursues may only be found in the Seven Towers. It has been half a year since he left, but we have heard nothing from him. I think he needs... (large blurred handwriting)

You also know that the secrets of the Seven Towers are related to the nature of the world. If we can come back alive, what has been bothering the three of us about God... I believe the legend must have its truth. So even though it's full of danger, it's worth going.

At the beginning, I promised to help you stabilize the domestic situation. Now through our efforts, the opposition has disappeared. I believe that with your talents, you will be able to..., so now it is time for me to set out.

I built this house to protect Melo's family and his heritage. When I leave, I will seal this house. To open it, you can use the link attached to the letter..."

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"The letter ends here." Luo Ling read out all the words that could be distinguished.

"Three people appear in this letter, Mello, Allen and the person who wrote the letter. The three of them should be very close friends and comrades-in-arms. Allen is a man of very high status. Mello is a master of the Holy Domain. Domain is probably a very high level. The person who wrote the letter is a powerful magician." Xiao Chen tapped his fingers on the table, "Mello is going to the Seven Towers, and this thing is related to the nature of the world. ?”

"Seven Towers... I wonder if it is the Seven Towers or the Seventh Tower? Or is it the code name of something?" Luo Ling asked.

"In addition to the Seven Towers, gods are also mentioned here. Judging from the meaning of the letter, the Seven Towers are probably related to the power of gods." Xiao Chen said.

"It seems that we have arrived at an incredible place." Luo Ling sighed.

Xiao Chen continued his analysis with a sullen face: "But Melo may have encountered some difficulties or dangers when he was exploring these secrets. After a while, the owner here wanted to go and help him. And he entrusted the house and inheritance place to this person. Allen.”

"The place of inheritance is obviously where the statue is. In other words, Zhou He inherited the power of Merlot?" Luo Ling guessed.

"It should be. But obviously, the owner encountered an accident when he wrote this. He left the house and never came back. Neither this letter nor the thing that opened the seal were given to the person named Allen. Therefore, the inheritance land has not fallen into the hands of Merlot’s descendants, and the house has always been in this state.”

"That is to say, the thing that opened the seal was either in this room or on him at that time." Luo Ling put down the scroll and looked at every place in the room, trying to find some clues.

Xiao Chen shook his head, "He hasn't even finished writing the letter, which means that the matter was very sudden, and there are no signs of fighting here. I guess he must have been alarmed by something happening around the house, not far from the house." There is a problem here. I don’t think he will bring something to unseal it. For example, if you suddenly hear someone knocking on the door, will you put the jade bracelet you are looking at in your pocket or put it in the drawer of the dresser? "

"Then let's look for it quickly. It's a pity that the place where this thing is written in the letter can't be seen clearly."

"Since it is a magical thing like a seal, I guess there will be runes on it. Let's search the room for anything similar."

"What is this? Can it be eaten?" At this moment, Liu Yisheng picked up a dark badge from nowhere. It has runes that glow blue.

Xiao Chen was deeply afraid that Liu Yisheng would use his sharp teeth again, so he quickly snatched the badge away. This badge has a crescent moon with five stars in its concave arc. The badge was small and had runes on it, so he thought it was most likely this. He took the badge in his hand and concentrated on it. A very strange feeling rushed into his mind, and then he felt as if his soul was being sucked into this badge. Then the badge sent a soft ripple flowing slowly across the room.

When ripples pass over something, bright colors replace the original stale atmosphere. The old tables and chairs became brand new, the decaying bookshelves became neat and tidy, and the faded carpets turned into bright red, as if they had just been bought back. All the dust was gone, as if it had just been cleaned. Then the curtains opened automatically, and a beam of sunlight shone into the room. When the light shines on the vase on the desk, it turns out that the vase is filled with water. A green sprout slowly climbs up from the mouth of the vase, forming a bud, and finally unfolds into a lazy lily. He lowered his head slightly, as if he was saluting Luo Ling in front of him.

Luo Ling blocked the dazzling sunlight with her hands, and then released her fingers, letting the sunlight shine through gently through her fingers. Although she was trapped underground for only half a day, the sunshine gave her the joy of seeing her again after a long separation. She gently bent down and sniffed the lily. The fragrant smell was like the morning on campus. She took a slow and greedy breath, and then sat quietly on the master's chair. The previous thrilling experience seemed to drain her of all her strength at this moment, leaving her unable to stand up from the chair and look outside the window.

"This...is this magic?" Xiao Chen walked back and forth in the room, touching and patting every place with his hands. The tables, chair backs, and bookshelves were all made of solid oak, as if they had been carefully maintained. He picked up the curtain and looked at it carefully. It was fine velvet and there was nothing strange about it. No matter how hard he pulled, there was no response. He had the illusion that this was an ordinary morning, and everything around him seemed to be laughing at him. He had just had a nightmare, and he still refused to believe that he had woken up.

Only Liu Yisheng looked around inexplicably, then grinned and said, "Now I don't hate this place so much." He strode to the window, opened it, and stretched his head to take a look. Then he waved to the window and shouted: "Hi! Hello everyone!"

Xiao Chen and Luo Ling both ran to the window and saw outside the window a small garden, surrounding a fountain. The small garden was neatly tended, and various flowers were blooming. But Liu Yisheng greeted a group of birds perched on the garden wall. The birds were chirping in unison.

However, at this time, they were not in the mood to laugh at Liu Yisheng who was talking to the bird. Because they saw layers of rooftops outside the wall, they were in the center of a small town, and small houses full of exotic styles filled the entire field of vision. The movement on the house side obviously alerted the residents of the town. Xiao Chen saw that two or three residents wearing exotic costumes had gathered at the iron gate of the garden. They were peering inside.

Xiao Chen's heart felt like it was hit hard by a heavy hammer. We... were really abandoned by the original world.

Conjecture and confirmation are as different as water and wine. All kinds of speculation cannot pave the way for a tragic fact. Xiao Chen felt like a hungover drunkard, feeling dizzy and having a splitting headache. Suddenly his vision went dark, and he felt that his entire spiritual world had been drained away.

He staggered backwards, but was held up by a pair of small hands. Luo Ling patted his back and whispered, "Welcome to the new world alive."