Although it is early spring, Daling City is still snowing heavily. Except for a road that seems to have been run over by the occasional passing wheel, and a little brown earth color can be seen, everything is cold and silent in the pure white.
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At this time, in the snowy field, there were several gray and white camouflage military vehicles speeding on the road. In a military vehicle in the middle and front, a young general in his twenties and seventies in military uniform was frowning.
The sparkling, swirlless gold star on his shoulder indicated that he was a magic-armored lieutenant general, but sitting beside him was a magic-warfare admiral.
Compared with the solemn sitting posture of General Mo Zhan, the young man's sitting posture seemed very casual - as if he had a higher military rank. This strange scene made people look a bit weird.
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At this time, the young man's index fingers kept tapping on his knees subconsciously, and he kept mumbling something in his mouth, as if he was thinking deeply about some problem.
"Your Highness, where are we going?"
In front of him, a driver who looked like an adjutant turned back and asked curiously.
The young man seemed to be awakened from his deep thoughts and looked a little annoyed. He glared at the adjutant fiercely.
"Song Wei, first of all, even if you are my brother who grew up with me and a retainer of the Xia family, in the army, please call me general or chief, not your highness."
"Second, where are we going, don't ask if you shouldn't ask. After arriving at the place, you and General Tang wait in the car outside, and I can go in alone."
He said calmly.
"But... sir, your safety..."
The adjutant suddenly said doubtfully.
"Don't worry, that place is probably safer than the imperial palace."
The young man smiled strangely and did not reply. He seemed to be deep in thought again.
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After an unknown amount of time, the young man's thoughts were once again interrupted by a fleet of vehicles that came to a halt and a few sudden shouts and noises. He looked up and saw that the door of the cab had already been opened. Song Wei seemed to have gotten out of the car and went to the front to negotiate.
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"Password?" A very alert voice sounded.
"Riptide, reply?" Song Wei's response also vaguely reached the young man's eardrums.
"Bingshuang! Who is here? Get out of the car immediately and accept inspection, and inform him of your identity and your purpose of coming!" The alert voice seemed a bit tense, and the tone was full of evil.
"Hello, brother, this is the convoy of General Xia Tian, the third prince of the empire and deputy chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters in Dalinghe." Song Wei revealed his identity.
"I don't care who you are, when you get here, you must undergo an identity check!" shouted the alert voice.
"Asshole, which section do you belong to? The Guards Corps? As a personal guard of the royal family, how dare you be so disrespectful to the royal family?" Song Wei suddenly became a little annoyed, and he shouted in a deep voice.
"You don't need to know which department we are in, just let us know which department you are in and what you are here to do." The alert voice said coldly.
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The young man was startled, but he whispered a few instructions to General Mo Zhan beside him, opened the door and got out of the car.
After walking a few steps, he found that the convoy had stopped in front of a heavily guarded small manor. At the gate, his adjutant was facing a cold confrontation with a guard officer.
He hurriedly walked up, but pulled Song Wei away.
"Hello, I am Xia Tian, I am here to visit His Highness."
He said with a smile.
The imperial guard officer glanced at Xia Tian, and he nodded solemnly. He took a strange instrument from the soldier behind him.
I saw that after he pressed the instrument a few times, he pointed the instrument at Xia Tian. The halo flashed, and the instrument had already emitted a strange light and swept towards Xia Tian's head. Song Wei was immediately panicked. However, he was killed by Xia Tian.
Hold on tight.
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"The soul wave detection passed, the identity verification passed, the third prince of the empire, the deputy chief of staff of the Dalinghe former enemy headquarters, Xia Tian. Security level seven. Allowed to enter."
After the instrument flashed a few times, it emitted several simulated human voices.
The guard officer, whose face was full of vigilance, suddenly seemed to relax.
"I have my responsibilities. Please forgive me for being rude. Your Highness, do you need to enter? Then please come in."
He made up for the military salute to Xia Tian, but said in a deep voice.
Xia Tian returned the greeting with a smile: "Major, you are doing your duty faithfully, what's wrong with you? The empire is indestructible because of your loyal guard."
"Your Highness is still here..."
He thought about it for a while, then asked inquiringly.
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"Yes, I have been kneeling there all morning, motionless, which makes me really worried."
The officer sighed and said in a low voice: "Are you here to visit His Highness? Please come with me."
He motioned for Xia Tian to follow him and strode towards the manor.
Xia Tian smiled slightly and strode to follow him, leaving Song Wei muttering inexplicably on the spot.
"What the hell is this place... His Majesty the Emperor's presence does not need to be so tightly guarded... I have never heard that His Majesty has left the imperial capital... Where is this place? Also, who is that His Highness? Let us, Your Highness, call Him His Highness.
?How can-"
He was suddenly startled, as if he suddenly thought of something, but his face suddenly turned pale.
"Damn it, I really shouldn't have been so reckless..."
He murmured regretfully, then lowered his head and thought about it, quickly returned to the car, and waited solemnly.
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In the manor, the major led the way silently, and Xia Tian followed silently behind him.
After walking for about ten minutes, when a gatehouse suddenly appeared not far from Xia Tian's eyes, the major stopped. He bowed to Xia Xu, then gave a military salute to Xia Tian, but silently backed away.
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Xia Tian raised his eyes and looked at the gate tower.
The big characters "Xie Family Tomb in the Far North" are silently telling something on the gate tower.
Xia Tian was stunned for a while, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he sighed strangely and walked in gently.
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"Alert, the internal security cordon is 100 meters away from 11 o'clock, and an unknown soul wave is approaching."
When Xia Tian passed by a tombstone that read "The tomb of Xie Yufei, the first generation head of the Xie family in the far north and the Yong King of the Empire," a low artificial voice suddenly sounded in front of Xia Tian, and then, a continuous majestic sound
The sound of drawing a sword suddenly sounded.
Xia Tian stopped and looked up. Countless sword-wielding figures emerged from the pine and cypress trees in the snow. They looked at Xia Tian with great vigilance, and there were even many of them.
Some of the earth demon warriors who were fully armored seemed to be above the earth.
Some of them were holding magic walkie-talkies, and a few were holding a small black box. Their thumbs were pressing a red button on the black box with great vigilance, as if they were ready to press it at any time.
"The alarm is lifted, the source of the soul wave is the third prince of the empire, Xia Tian, deputy chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters in Dalinghe."
The artificial voice sounded again.
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Hisses came and went, and with a few soft sounds, people disappeared one after another, leaving only a man who looked like a major general of Demon War, but he walked towards Xia Tian without hiding.
"Hello... sir," he saluted Xia Tian and said in a low voice.
"Hello, General Shang." Xia Tian returned the greeting with a smile.
"Sir, please forgive us because of our responsibilities, we cannot greet or accompany you. If you have something to do with His Highness, you can go in by yourself." Major General Mo Zhan said respectfully.
"You guys did a great job."
Xia Xia nodded solemnly: "During His Highness's trip, without the heavy protection of the army and without the presence of stars, he is most likely to be assassinated. You must remain vigilant at all times - we cannot allow barbarians to secretly assassinate His Highness. We cannot allow it to happen again.
What we need to know more is that His Highness is just a magician, and any small group of magic warriors that sneak in can kill him, do you understand?"
He warned in a low voice.
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"Yes, sir, the soul wave alarm recently developed by the Imperial Magic Energy Research Institute is very useful. Now, anyone who wants to get close to His Highness must go through the soul wave detector of the outer guard and the soul wave alarm of our inner guard.
Identification——This time, no matter how many and powerful the Barbarian Hidden Assassins are, I’m afraid they won’t be able to get close to His Highness.”
"The invisibility of the Barbarian Dark Thorns can certainly hide the figure, and it can also restrain the breath, so that people will not notice them until they are extremely close - but for the ultra-highly sensitive soul wave alarm, it is completely useless
, as long as there is an unknown soul spiral approaching, it will sound the alarm from a long distance away."
"Once an abnormality is discovered, as long as one of us presses the alarm button, the alarms on several Xingyao bosses will buzz. At that time, they will arrive in an instant to participate in the rescue. With so many precautions,
Next, I think it should be foolproof."
Major General Mo Zhan also replied in a low voice.
"Well... please continue to fulfill your duties like this. Your Highness's safety is also the lifeblood of the empire."
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Xia Tian smiled and nodded, and then he looked up and saw a figure looming in front of a tombstone in the distance in the wind and snow.
"Your Highness...comes to pay homage again..."
he asked in a low voice.
"Yes, today is the death anniversary of the old man." Major General Mo Zhan replied respectfully.
"Sir, what's the matter with you? If it's nothing serious, His Highness has ordered that no one should disturb you..."
Major General Mo Zhan thought for a moment and said in a low voice.
"It's okay...just came to take a look..."
Xia Tian stared at the figure in the distance strangely, but sighed softly.
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"How long has your Highness been like this?" After a long silence, he pointed at the figure, but seemed to be at a loss for words and asked knowingly.
"It's been a morning..."
Major General Mo Zhan also sighed: "Since I left the headquarters in the morning, until now, I have been kneeling there without a drop of water or rice. It has been snowing, and we are really worried... and no one dares to persuade His Highness.
The retainers did not allow us to persuade him."
He pointed at a few figures standing solemnly not far away from the figure, but said in a dull voice.
Xia Tian's face also began to hesitate.
He thought for a while, turned around a few times, but turned around again.
"That's it, I just... came to take a look, and by the way... check everyone's security measures."
He said with a wry smile, but shook his head and returned to the original route.
Major General Mo Zhan bowed and watched Xia Tian leave gently stepping on the snow.
Then, he glanced at the wind and snow behind him - nothing had changed, everyone was motionless, and except for the fluttering snowflakes, it seemed that the entire world was frozen in a static and desolate picture.
He sighed inexplicably again, and with a flash of his body, he disappeared again. (To be continued...)