Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 439 Cold Steel Blood (2)

·Push from Qiluo app·

(つд) The teachings of the scriptures delivered to you today.

The weak fight to survive.

The strong fight for their beliefs.

Meditate before holding a weapon.

Keep in mind why you choose to fight.

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Towards night, the Venus Star sailed past the border of the Cold Steel State.

A blizzard whizzes past at night, and a little bit of snow disturbs people's vision. Looking around, the snow field stretches like a white sea, occasionally dotted with snow-covered rocks and forests.The heavy snow of goose feathers pressed down gloomyly, and it didn't take long to wrap the boat in a coat of the same color as the environment.

Shi Yuling shivered as soon as he went out: "Hey, it's so cold!"

It's really cold here. The temperature at the border has dropped to minus 10 degrees. If you splash water, it will condense into ice fog in the air.Going deeper is the bitter cold in the north where the temperature is below minus [-] degrees all year round. It takes literal courage to step out of the house there, because if you are not fully prepared, people will freeze to death in the snow.Miss Shi Yu, who was wearing sandals and shorts, obviously underestimated the temperature in Beidi, her lips could not stop trembling, and her toes were red from the cold.

Seeing this, Gongsun Ce hurriedly opened his clothes: "Come here to warm up."

Shi Yu Ling swished into his arms, clung to his warm body and refused to let go: "My God, how do people in this place usually live?"

Gongsun Ce wrapped his girlfriend in a coat, and Qi Luo on the side gave an intimate explanation. She prepared a big cotton jacket and cotton trousers early to wrap herself like a fur ball.

"The specificity of the Cold Steel State lies in the metal. All local metals will lower the surrounding temperature under normal circumstances. The Cold Steel State is originally located in the extremely cold north, and there are naturally rich metal mineral resources. Both sides The action created this ice sheet that will never melt. It is said that the northernmost side of this land is a dead zone where human beings cannot move, and they will die suddenly due to hypothermia if they only walk a few steps there.”

Shi Yu couldn't stop shivering: "Hey, our boat is a metal boat, right? Then won't we be frozen by the boat in the future?"

"The Venus Star is equipped with a protective force field, so it's no problem~" Qi Luo said, "It's only now that I realize that it's really convenient to practice back to heaven..."

Further ahead, Elandia and Qin Qianbai stood side by side. Miss Knight only added a small coat over her summer dress, and Missy simply wore her usual shirt and long skirt.The two ladies were heroic in the cold wind without any sign of chilling, which made the three of them who were not good enough feel envious.

"Da da da... isn't the little girl cold?"

"It feels cold but it doesn't hurt. According to her, she has such a wonderful physique."

Seeing that the girl in his arms was freezing, Gongsun Ce hurried back to the warm cabin first.As soon as he returned to the room, Yuling immediately regained his spirits, like a snake that had been frozen into a popsicle and returned to its warm nest.She occupied the couch and cushions for the first time, and then arrogantly stretched her feet into Gongsun Ce's arms to keep warm.Gongsun Ce helped her rub the soles of her frozen feet, and the huntress let out a comfortable hum.

"That's great, that's great... Let's stop talking and quickly find a warm place to hibernate..."

"You are still hibernating. You have already integrated into the identity of a cold-blooded animal very well. You are almost looking for a shell to be a turtle." Gongsun Ce handed her a white blanket. How can people set up their base camp in a place like Cold Steel State?"

"Because the State of Cold Steel is the holy place for all warriors in the Northern Continent, many well-known 'masters' in history have practiced here." Qin Qianbai said as he entered the door, "There are frozen soils where ten deaths and no life exist, and cold mountains that have been frozen for thousands of years , there is steel that can make weapons alive with a little addition. The Cold Steel Arena was built underground in that city, and people eager for fame and wealth went to fight one after another, just to win the title of the only 'champion'."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows: "Champion is a title passed down from generation to generation?"

"The one who can win to the end in the cold steel arena is the champion of the group." Qin Qianbai nodded, "The champion of this generation is called Valens, and he wears a mask all the year round, and no one knows his true identity. He was the unanimous champion 30 years ago, and he still is today."

That was a long time ago. 30 years ago, everyone on this ship had not yet been born, superpowers did not exist yet, the global situation was at its most tense, and the world was filled with the smell of cold gunpowder.At that time, there were conflicts between the Empire and the Union over the border issue. Small-scale conflicts were actually local wars. The entire Albinos Mountains were the battlefield for both sides.Everyone thinks that war is bound to come, and if you want to avoid being killed, you must win the battle first.

Gongsun Ce has not personally experienced that era, but he can smell the extremism and madness of the past from the behavior of the elders, from the wartime plans of Shigure, Chikou, Holy Sword Knights and so on.He originally thought that the champion was an uncle of the same generation as Qin Ming, but if Valens had been the champion 30 years ago, then he would be middle-aged or even old.Such a person is still active in the front line of making troubles, which is really full of vitality. Perhaps this is the common characteristic of warriors.

"The date of the peace talks agreed by Gaius is still six days away. It stands to reason that we have plenty of time." Gongsun Ce scratched his head, "Go to the arena if you want to fight, don't worry about leaking information and other messy issues, I will help you carry around."

Qin Qianbai nodded happily: "Yes."

She happily ran out of the bridge to look for winter clothes for herself.Gongsun Ce was thinking about whether he should make a special dueling suit for his girl, and when he looked down, he saw Ling's toes nodding his hand.

"What's wrong, Zero?"

"Are you saying that these martial arts practitioners have no brains?" Shi Yuling couldn't understand, "I have traveled all the way to this place to fight, so what if I can win a few games. Let alone passers-by who are hot-blooded A, B, C, D, even if it was a little girl, she would not be able to beat the champion ten to ten, wouldn't that mean going all the way to get beaten?"

Gongsun Ce remembered the words of the ninja Lei Ming, and thought deeply: "There are always some people who don't know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, while others want to see for themselves how high the sky is."

Shi Yuling raised his eyebrows: "You can see it?"

"100 out of 100 people can't reach it. After seeing the gap, they may not be able to fly happily at the bottom. But for them, seeing and not seeing are different after all."

The wind and snow outside the window flooded the moonlit night, and the fire that belonged to the smoke could not be seen.The Venus star flew for a long time in the silent night until a wisp of white smoke drifted through the window.

"Look below!" Qi Luo exclaimed.

The crew members walked to the window one after another, and clearly visible lights and smoke emerged from the boundless monotonous snow field.The dense white mist that shot straight into the sky reminded Gongsun Ce of the hot springs in the middle of Zero Island. It is not just a mere underground spring that can bring heat.It was flames, still glowing orange-red even under the cold wind, the flames surrounded the snow in a circle, melting the ice and snow to create a city wall of steam.Behind the city wall, there is a rigid urban outline, it is a city of steel standing in the polar region!

The surfaces of the steel-cast and iron-cast houses reflect the sky-high flames, so much golden light flows on the outside of the buildings, like golden dragons circling in the snow.There is a silver pathway extending like a spider web outside the steel city, and people holding torches walk on the steel, wearing thin clothes even though they are in the polar regions.Seeing this, Gongsun Ce felt strange: "Didn't it be said that the local steel would cause extreme cold?"

"The metal in the Cold Steel State has another characteristic," Dawn Knight replied. "When the metal is in the place where the living creatures live, it will emit a weak heat on its own. The local ancestors discovered that hitting the metal with flesh can It makes it heat so much more efficiently that they beat cold steel for years and years to make it a life-preserving source of heat."

"It really has the style of Hezhong..."

Gongsun Ce looked at the steel city in the snow and imagined the history thousands of years ago.The former warriors braved the wind and snow and stepped into the polar regions to mine cold steel for building their homes.The road they stepped on melted the ice and snow, and their boiling blood built a city of steel that would never dim.

This is Burning Steel City, the capital of the State of Cold Steel, and the hottest city in the North.

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"Gongsun Ce, our winter clothes are wasted."

"Who would have thought that Burning Steel City would be so hot..."

A group of people who got off the airship grabbed small fans and fanned non-stop. The burning steel city was as warm as a room with floor heating.The interior of the city is brightly lit, and most of the residents on the road have a strong face and a strong figure. The 1.6-meter Qiluo looks like a dwarf in the environment where strong men walk everywhere.

Gongsun Ce was flipping through the local information on his mobile phone, and after looking at it for a long time, he couldn't see why: "Is this the territory of the Shiyuan family or the territory of the church?"

"The State of Cold Steel is a neutral zone." Dawn Knight told him, "The local totem is under the jurisdiction of the Cold Steel Arena, so the management has changed hands several times in history, and no one can hold power stably."

"Okay, it's still very Hezhong style, so what about local political tendencies?"

"Gaius Otimemis has an extremely high local approval rate."

This is a strange thing. Compared with Gaius's idea of ​​advocating advanced ideas and being touted by young people, the wildness and teaching of the church are logically more in line with the temperament of this place.Gongsun Ce wanted to explore further: "Why?"

"Because both Gaius Otimis and Klein Ayman were soldiers who participated in border conflicts. They have established military exploits and received medals. They are war heroes in people's eyes. Many officers are from the Northland, This is the stronghold of radicals... I guess you can think of this, after all, you are so smart, Mr. Devil."

The voice interrupted by the side made Gongsun Strategy familiar. He turned his head and saw a blond young man leaning against the vending machine, holding a large glass of iced Coke in one hand.

Gongsun Ce remembered the identity of this person after recalling it for a while: "Ed Follies? The equipment minister of Guangnuo?"

This person is the superpower he fought back then, and the old team of Aurus.He seems to have grown up a lot now, wearing casual shirts and trousers, without that pretentious white coat.

Ed took a sip of Coke: "Oh my God, you really remember me, no wonder you're popular. Don't be nervous, it's just a chance encounter. Whoever wants to provoke you won't be able to be a pioneer like me."

Gongsun Ce pushed down his glasses: "You left the capital of the sky. Aurus made arrangements beforehand?"

"You really know how to read minds?" Ed shrugged, "Let me guess, Miss Qin looked very interested, I guess you are going to the casino."

"I guessed wrong, the destination is the Cold Steel Arena."

"That's the casino." Ed threw away the finished Coke bottle, "Do you want me to lead the way? It's all about apologizing for four years ago."

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The Dawn Knight took the girls to find a place to stay, while Gongsun Ce and Qin Qianbai followed Ed to explore the way first.He took the two of them to an open-air parking lot. The open space in the parking lot was surrounded by temporary wires. Many young people peeked out of the car and shouted loudly, like a different kind of drive-in theater.The bright headlights of the car illuminated the figures coming and going in the open space, and the dark-skinned bald muscular man was punching the man with the prosthetic body.The prosthetic man hit the muscular man in the jaw with an uppercut, raised his arms and shouted after knocking down his opponent.

"Okay!" "Stand up!" "Who told you not to use the prosthetic body?!" "Get your dead muscles and roll!"

"10! 9! 8!" The robot referee counted down loudly.The muscular man wiped his blood and stood up, jumped up like a cornered beast, threw the prosthetic man to the ground, and beat the enemy's face almost frantically.The bloodthirsty shouts of the audience became louder, and Ed led the two of them through the vehicle.

"Mr. Ai De, is this black punch?" Qin Qianbai asked.

"It's a non-governmental amateur competition. Many people start here when they can't find a way out, hoping to be recognized and led by the people below. You don't need to waste time here, just follow me." Ed said , "Please don't call me sir, I'm more than a year younger than you."

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows: "Good guy, you were only in the second grade when you fought with me?"

Ed smiled wryly: "I'll do the stupidest thing at the age of the deadliest child. At that time, the oldest among us were Aurus and Claire, who were sophomores in high school..."

"No, Aurus is the same age as me. He skipped grades to enter high school early in order to establish himself as a good senior among young people."

The eldest lady chuckled softly, and Ed slapped his forehead hard: "Thank you so much. Now I understand better how stupid he was back then."

Farther from the amateur ring, there was an open bar with a shiny neon sign, a holographic projection floating in the air, playing crude programs, and loud rock music that made people's ears ringing.The guests in the bar have colorful hair and are dressed up like bosozoku from Zero Island.A burly man with red hair was accosting the indifferent female bartender at the bar, his eyes lit up when he saw Ed coming.

"Hey guy, Ed! The Cyclops plug-in last time was really good, what good stuff did you bring to the buddies?"

"Nothing new, Morimoto. I'm here to ask you for a spot." Ed waved his hand, "There are experts who want to go to the casino, super experts."

"I'm stupid, so bragging? Look at what you brought..."

Morimoto followed Ai De's gestures, his eyes hesitated on Gongsun Ce's face, and he slowly lowered his head to look at the black-haired girl.She quietly held the arm of the gray-haired young man, like a well-behaved doll.

All the men and women in the bar looked at the girl, and Morimoto spoke on behalf of everyone: "... Seriously?"

The doll-like girl nodded.

The roar of laughter in the bar overwhelmed the music for a while, and even the cold female bartender covered her lips.The ruffians hammered the table and the bar and laughed out of breath. Morimoto laughed and asked, "What the hell is this new type of abduction method?!"

Ed's face was as usual: "She is the same person as me."

Morimoto stopped laughing immediately, and he stepped back cautiously: "I can give superpowers a peripheral quota."

"The periphery is the most basic betting game. Only those who are famous can enter the main game. Only the best players in the main game are eligible to enter the higher-level ring." Ed turned his head and explained, "What kind of game do you want to play?"

"The most advanced." Qin Qianbai said.

Ed smiled: "She wants to play unlimited."

Laughter in the bar turned to annoyed roars, and the riffraff stood up insulted.Morimoto grabbed a beer bottle and pointed the bottom of the bottle at the girl's head threateningly: "Why are you?"

Qin Qianbai stretched out his fingers, half-wrapped the bottom of the beer bottle with his thumb and forefinger, and twirled it gently.The thick bottom of the wine bottle was "spun" down silently, as easily as unscrewing the cap of a beverage bottle.She placed the bottom of the bottle on the bar, the cut smooth as if with a water knife.

Morimoto's Adam's apple moved, and he stared at the foundation for a long time without saying a word.A curious ruffian came up and grabbed the bottom of the bottle, and said excitedly, "I'm so good at cutting noodles! What model is it?"

Morimoto squeezed out the words between his teeth: "She doesn't use a prosthesis."

The ruffian's hands trembled, and the bottom of the bottle fell to the ground with a bang, and the sound of swallowing saliva was heard from time to time, and everyone's eyes were burning with fire.

Morimoto has fought in casinos before, and he knows what it's like for masters to fight.With the blessing of prosthetic bodies, armed forces, and impermanence, people's combat effectiveness has been leaping, and those who can smash big holes are everywhere, and smashing buildings is not a bright performance. As long as you are willing to spend money and work hard, destroy There is no limit to the upper limit of power.But those who are really powerful have their own "skills", and their manipulation of power is so superb that they don't need to use destruction to show their strength.

As far as the kung fu at the bottom of the bottle is concerned, even a famous old man in the casino can guarantee it, but this girl can do it as easily as twisting the bottle cap!
Morimoto stood up from the bar, flexing his shoulders, he was going to do the final test.

"I have an unlimited quota in hand." He said in a low voice, "I'll give it to you if you win!"

There was no extra nonsense, the man's giant fist had already hit Qin Qianbai's face when he spoke.The girl took a step to dodge to the right, and Morimoto's attack came like a torrential storm. The violent fist wind knocked down the round table in the bar, and the sound of wine bottles breaking exploded one after another.

Morimoto had already swung hundreds of punches in three seconds, and he showed his true ability to hit a speed that was comparable to that of his peak period.But none of the punches hit, Morimoto felt more and more frightened as he attacked.The girl seemed to be just avoiding, but in reality it was himself who was really retreating.Every step she took was in a position that could kill her with one move, Morimoto had to fly back to save her life!

Suddenly, the fist wind stopped suddenly, and Morimoto's fist stopped in the air, with an index finger resting on his fist bone.Sweat poured down the man's face, Qin Qianbai withdrew his finger and spoke calmly.

"You started with Val Pugis fighting skills, and later switched to the wrestling skills of the natives of the Nanyang Islands and the kicking skills of the Fuhu Gate in Cangwu Province. Both your waist and legs have serious old injuries that have not healed so far, so you have to quit From the front line to behind the scenes.”

Morimoto smiled reluctantly: "Master, you have misjudged your eyes. My injury has already healed."

"You still don't dare to turn around quickly, and your right leg is still blocked when you move. This is a heartache." Qin Qianbai said, "Healing of a physical injury and leaving a heart injury unhealed is not considered a cure."

Morimoto's eyes were wide open, he sat back at the bar and drank a large glass of wine to suppress his shock.

"You are a super expert." Morimoto said, "The quota is yours! As long as it is your field, I will bet you in full!"

The cheers of gangsters erupted in the bar, and Mu Qiang's men shouted excitedly.Qin Qianbai thanked him, turned and left, leaving Ai De to pack up.Gongsun Ce touched her head and asked, "How can you see the heartache?"

The girl raised her face and said triumphantly, "Because I am a super expert."

(End of this chapter)