The warm sea breeze caresses the skin, and the afterglow of dusk is still in the sky, and only the last bit is left to retreat to the depths of the sea level and completely dissipate at the other ends of the mountains and sea.

Just at this moment of sunset and dusk, I pushed open the door of the tavern in a heavy mood.

"Marcus, why did you come here so late today?"

Boss Dart is still standing behind the bar, like an NPC that appears regularly and at a fixed location. Even if it is only active in the tavern and its busy location is limited to the bar and kitchen, it will never feel bored.

The hot spring activities and the journey down the mountain made me feel hot all over. After wiping the sweat on my forehead, I said lazily: "The weather is too hot and I don't have much appetite. Boss, aren't you going to install an air conditioner?"

As many customers as I ask for, I never like the shop owner. Therefore, the serious middle-aged man ignored and skipped my request and started directly the topic he prepared.

"Your class seems to be very successful. Old Muqi came to praise you specifically, saying that Mei also asked many questions she had never contacted before when she got home. It was obvious that it was the credit for your teaching."

I waved my hand modestly: "That's the credit of the textbook. I've learned and taught that book while I was doing it. If I was in normal course, I would have enough to go to college."

What's more, I just got the shocking historical truth filled my whole brain, and I'm still in the digestion stage. Although this process of exploring the mystery is painful, the process of obtaining the truth is always exciting.

"Indeed, I have read Carter's heirloom, and the knowledge in it is very comprehensive. Even if only half a volume is left, it can be called a treasure written by humans."

I understand that ordinary people’s values ​​are subverted and common sense is broken. It is actually a difficult thing to accept. If you encounter a slut, you can still exceed hundreds of floors.

But in historical research, if new clues are discovered and new assumptions are proposed, it is actually a very pleasant thing. Not to mention that after a long period of exploration, the original framework was finally overturned and the happiness of a brand new theoretical system was proposed.

After listening to the pirated myth of water element, my doubts about historical issues did not decrease, but instead developed the urge to explore the dense forest of the sea.

"Boss, do you understand the primeval forest in the middle of the mainland?"

I want to listen to gossip and ask the boss, this is already common sense in Ore Town.

Hearing this word, Boss Dart blurted out: "Are you talking about the sea and forest?"

I immediately slapped the table and praised: "Expert! You know this kind of historical term boss!"

Unexpectedly, my flattery slapped on the horse's hooves. Boss Dart glared at me angrily and asked, "Did you forget where I stayed before I opened the tavern?"

Where to stay? The Sutra Pavilion?

But after he reminded me, I suddenly remembered it? The boss had said before that when he was young, he lived in an eastern city that was already in ruins. It was where he met Lin's mother.

Could it be...

"The eastern city is right next to the dense forest of the sea."

Boss Dart held the table with both hands and said to me in a helpless tone, "At that time, there were skyscrapers with steel and concrete on one side? On the other side were towering mountains and sea of ​​trees, and countless stories circulating in the local area? Do you think I wouldn't know?"

"I feel respectful and disrespectful!" I bowed my fists and raised my respectfulness in awe.

"That huge forest once spanned the east and west sides of the continent in history? But after thousands of years of deforestation and cultivation, it has shrunk to one-tenth of the original? The most severely damaged area is the desert Gobi District of the western city. I have never been to the dense forest of the sea? I just heard that the design intention of the city at that time meant to curb the expansion of the sea."

Boss Dart was wiping the cup absent-mindedly? But I listened to what he said.

"In the early days of the establishment of the federal government, this jungle may have been affected by the warm climate? It began to spread rapidly and even threatened the transportation and trade of goods on the east and west coasts? It blocked the industrialization process on both sides."

"To this end, the first Federal Commission proposed a plan to develop a modern city on the east side of the dense forest of the sea, set up the most comprehensive production links, use local materials to curb the spread of forest land, and use human activities to kill two birds with one stone."

Good guy, I have seen the "front store and back factory" model, and I have also heard of the coal-steel composite area in Ruhr District. This is the first time I know that there is such a pioneering bridgehead city.

A similar existence may be considered as the Amur Communist Qingcheng built by the Soviet Union in the Siberian region?

In short, the Federation has invested huge funds and labor and put in great effort to finally level the soft mud and steep mountains, creating a huge city that was unimaginable in the past...

There were once a host of skyscrapers, huge machinery manufacturing enterprises, as well as processing plants, chemical factories, building materials factories, and a well-known aircraft manufacturing consortium. The arterial-like railways also intertwined at this hub, ensuring logistics freight from north to south.

Boss Dart said with a complicated expression: "On the outside, it was a big deal at the beginning of the founding of the Federation, a majestic city like a garden by clouds. But I don't like it because I can smell the bloody smell of the land under my feet."

He tapped the table with his finger, "I have read the trial files of the court. At the beginning of the construction period, 130,000 innocent people died during the construction process, and 80,000 were sentenced, of which more than 2,000 indigenous people who originally lived in this land were migrated with exile... "

Boss Dart lowered the cup in his hand and looked at me with a serious expression.

"A rebel like Gotz's father is like dust sticking to the map. He was gently swept by his fingertips and fell into the abyss of fate..."

Boss Dart has investigated the old miners!

This thought flashed through my mind instantly!

Among the old miners, Doronco has always been in simplicity due to the influence of the bloodline of the deep diving agents, and later he did not dare to even have too much contact with his son.

If the boss can tell his experience casually, is there a possibility that the boss came to the ore town not by chance...

Or...

No, it's 90% possible...

According to the connections and personality shown by the boss, he can't do such a whim. He should have investigated everything before he came here!

"Boss, how is the eastern city now?"

I yelled indirectly.

Boss Dart saw through my temptation at a glance, but he was not angry and said meaningfully: "Have you ever heard an old saying, "Whatever starts with a sword will end with blood."

…………

If humans are the cells that make up this city, then the city, a complex living body, must abide by its inherent life cycle.

The glory and legend of the eastern city did not last long. In just a few decades, it has experienced a historical trajectory that only lasted thousands of years for historical cities, from prosperity to destruction and decline.

"The destruction came too suddenly and seemed particularly natural. The rapid expansion turned the eastern city into a battlefield for games between all parties. On one day, a crisis originating from the credit asset field suddenly broke out, sounding the alarm of life-threatening."

"Investors lost all their money and evacuated one after another, factory owners sold equipment to transfer property, federal borers borrowed debts to make up for the deficit, and the growing number of industries gradually declined, leaving only the civilians in the city facing the biggest crisis in history."

"Class contradictions, gangs, violent struggles, and neighborhood confrontations have become the norm in this extrajudicial paradise land, and barbaric behavior is like a vine forest that expands outside the city. In the depraved corners of the city, horrifying bizarre, absurd and horrifying stories have spread."

"The original capital of hope in the eastern part has gradually become the 'absent capital' in people's words. The chaotic appearance is just like the era of rampant martial arts in the early days of the establishment of the city. Some thieves who have long been forgotten in the corners have gradually been mentioned by people and have been promoted to idols in the hearts of newborns..."

Boss Dart said that he had lived in this chaotic city for thirty years and had been accustomed to the dark sky before finally awakening to find his own blue sky and dreams.

"No, boss... I'm here to ask you about ancient history, so why did it become a vivid modern history course?"

I scratched my head and suddenly realized that the topic was a bit outrageous, and it was a thousand years behind.

It’s equivalent to asking you, Qin Ershi, would you talk to me about "My First Half of Life"?

Boss Dart frowned and said, "I am not a historian, how can I say what you want to know! At most, as a witness and witness, I will take out the whole story of the matter and chat after dinner."

I sneered for a moment, and quickly lowered my head to eat, feeling that my social skills were still in vain.

The rapid expansion of economic industries can easily lead to the imbalance of the "three horses" of economy, system and humanities. Judging from the administration of the federal government that has not yet been sorted out, the eastern city is at most a large Gotham city, and there is no foundation like the Wayne Group and the Owl Court to maintain the foundation, and it will sooner or later fall apart.

But I always feel that it's still wrong...

"Boss, I have another question. This city takes a long time and has a huge population. The Federation has not planned to maintain order, at least delay the decline?"

Hearing my question, Boss Dart withdrew his gaze from the perspective of watching TV and said helplessly: "During the period when the rebels were in full swing, the parliament was most worried about the signs of rebellion in Dongdu, which was the base of the military industry, so he condoned many forces to intervene, and had long since given up on this intensive city and dispersed major industries."

"The credit crisis is just a gimmick for the Trust Group to draw blood and eat meat. Whether it is for political, economic, or national security reasons, it will not be allowed to stand up and save it..."

Weak branches are strong and strong, and a black method!

It is worthy of being a federal, which is timid and attacking heavily from the outside. This series of decisive combinations of punches will definitely make the eastern city that thinks it is a hero who has suppressed the rebellion so hard that it cannot be found in the north.

Boss Dart continued, "But in terms of transportation, the eastern city has a unique geographical location and cannot be easily replaced. Therefore, under the premise of maintaining the operation of the railway network, the Federation has built two phases of viaduct projects, vowing to link the eastern mountainous areas and the western central areas, so that the functions of the eastern city will be completely replaced and let it rot safely and content."

I ate a bite of the meal and nodded absent-mindedly.

But the word "highway" keeps going in my heart like an emergency light. The TV broadcasting news in the tavern and the empty night reminded me of a night with the same scene.

It seems that one day, there are haggard Professor Bakir, serious boss Dart, and drunkard old Sebala...

Wait a moment……

Could this road mentioned by Boss Dart be the venue for the ghost story mentioned by Sebala?!

…………

I suddenly looked up and looked at Boss Dart with a surprised look.

The boss also looked at me with meaningful eyes, and then slowly nodded his head to echo the doubts in my eyes...

...It's up!

The clues I got today suddenly connected into my heart, and a clear timeline gradually took shape.

Boss Dart is a man who speaks in a cloud of mountains and mist. Even if there is something about success, he will not tell you clearly that you must notice the key points and understand the meaning by yourself.

After reading "Voynich Historical Manuscripts", I also said that my boss who was unaware of the sea and forests of the sea has actually used the previous and subsequent stories to add the puzzle of my connection to the context, and vaguely expressed the meaning I wanted to express.

I don’t know how long ago, the dense forest of the sea appeared and occupied the richest land in the center of the continent, suppressing the development of mankind.

Two thousand years ago, the nameless Lord descended to the Abyss Sea and created countless gods, drove away the evil in the dense forests of the Abyss Sea and led mankind to explore the land.

More than a thousand years ago, the nameless lord burned out and disappeared. On the land opened by mankind, countless evil strangers quietly recovered, endangering the world and proclaiming the arrival of the dark age. At this time, the last god retreated overseas.

During the same period, the Holy Spirit Church rose from the north. The Holy Spirit Son used completely different forces to deal with the "twisted things" they mentioned, destroying the remains of the gods' era, and once again brought light to the mainland.

Two hundred years ago, the phenomenon of spiritual descending ended and the Holy See was completely declining. The Trust Group Federation took the opportunity to invade the Federation. Later, it realized the threat of the dense forest of the sea and launched the "East Urban Plan" in full swing. The evil no longer raged at this time. The industrial power seemed to overwhelm the mystery that had been coiled around the land for thousands of years.

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The meaning of the parliament is also very clear: if everyone is not careful, the ending may be really a crooked neck tree.

So Dongdu naturally declined.

Twenty years ago, the East-West Elevated Highway, which was developed in two phases, was completed one after another. Relying on manpower, a highway across the outer layer of the dense forest of Yuanhai was built. All the abnormal problems centered on the dense forest of Yuanhai seemed to have calmed down.

But not long ago, Mr. Rod took a car on this highway and encountered an incredible whirlpool of time and space, which seemed to bring him to a parallel world and encountered an indescribable existence...

It seems that the incident about the dense forest of the sea has not ended. Instead, after the half-off period, it will once again dance behind the scenes, brewing and causing huge waves...

Now that he returns to the extreme north, the Holy Spirit Church, which is entrenched in the holy city of Illing, seems to be responsible for sending only a small number of priests to monitor and control the sealed twisted points. There is no more fighting priests who have nailed iron books in one hand and flailed meteor hammer to spread the gospel.

The Miskatonick University in this world is obviously not as good as Mr. Rhodes. So who will protect peace? What force does the Federation have to rely on to fight against indescribable changes?

I looked at the bronze ring that was already shining brightly on my hands and also changed styles. Looking at the system information box of the name "Wang Hun Chuhun Ring" that appeared on it, I couldn't help but feel ache...
Chapter completed!