After stepping into the cabin, everything that came into view made Luo Xue a little dazed.
In her understanding, the battle at the Hanging Tower happened only a few months ago, but the ruins of the tower she saw now had gone through the vicissitudes of history.
The first, second and third floors are where the tower workers live. Although they are also called "tower dwellers", their lives are just a little more secure than those of the wasteland dwellers.
Apart from not having to worry about natural disasters, the lives of the lower-class tower dwellers are not much different from those of the wasteland dwellers, at least that was the case in the era when Luo Xue once lived.
Therefore, after this suspended tower fell to the ground, the first facilities to be abandoned were the facilities on the first, second and third floors. The air was filled with the smell of decaying metal, and the rusty ground and walls were seeping with reddish water droplets.
This is not blood, but the main material structure of the first, second and third layers that has been eroded by time.
In order to avoid damaging the ground, Luo Xue and Su Yiyao flew into the air and moved forward cautiously.
They did not stay on the ground floor and soon arrived at the center of the tower ruins, where there was a gravity elevator that could go to each floor.
Perhaps due to the needs of the exhibition, the gravity elevator has been refurbished, almost like a new one, so it can still be operated.
After getting on the gravity elevator, Luo Xue hesitated for a while before finally pressing the button for the eighth floor, which was the location of the Lingxi Laboratory.
Even if Ling Ling is still alive, she probably won't be inside this tower, but at least in the Lingxi laboratory, there should be something she left behind.
Su Yiyao saw that Luo Xue was worried along the way, and she soon realized that Achou was missing an old friend.
Although some inexplicable emotions arose in her heart when she thought of this, Su Yiyao still remained silent and followed Luo Xue without saying a word.
At the same time, the hatch of the tower ruins opened again, and a furtive figure slipped in.
"Ahem... What the hell, why would the people above choose this place... Never mind, anyway, we'll just follow their orders and there will be no problem."
When he thought of the promise of joining the Tower Society, he was filled with energy. He could finally stop staying in the lifeless place of the Antiquities Association.
The Federation today has changed a lot compared to the thirty days and nights ago. In the past, the Federation existed as a representative of the alliance of major suspended towers, and the power of the Federation itself came from the consensus of the major suspended towers.
In other words, if the major suspended towers do not agree, the so-called federation is just a paper shell that cannot even maintain superficial relationships.
Today's Federation is more like a special entity independent of all the suspended towers. It has the power to coordinate all the suspended towers. The Supreme Council of the Federation has the highest command over any suspended tower.
The evolution of the Federation is related to the catastrophe of that year. The sage directly contributed to this change. It cannot be said to be good or bad. It can only be said that a political structure has been replaced.
Under the Supreme Council of the Federation, there are departments responsible for various fields, under the departments there are associations, and finally the most basic federal agents.
Although the Historic Sites Association falls under the Department of History, it is responsible for the management of historical sites.
But because most of the ancient monuments are actually of little value, it is considered a relatively unpopular department.
Although he is nominally a federal agent, most of his jobs are as a ticket seller and tour guide at historical attractions... Other places are okay, but for example, the ruins of the No. 1 Ground Tower are antiques from 3,000 years ago, and no one is willing to visit them.
Entering the Antiques Association was already considered exile, and being assigned to the No. 1 Ground Tower Ruins was no different from being in jail. All federal operators in the Antiques Association wanted to seize the opportunity to escape from this sea of suffering.
Entering the Tower Club would be his chance.
The Tower Club is a non-governmental organization that emerged some time ago. Although it is called a non-governmental organization, in fact the top leaders of the Tower Club are all the rulers of various suspended towers.
Their purpose is not only to suppress the ground tower project, but more importantly to expand the scale of the suspended tower so that they can expand their influence in the airspace.
To this end, the High Tower will vigorously promote the construction plan of the Scourge Engine, and disputes often arise with the Abandoned Tower, which is diametrically opposed to it.
The Abandoned Tower Society claims that the world's suspended towers have reached their limit, and if they continue to expand, the Scourge Energy will wither, so they have been blocking the construction of the Scourge Engine.
Of course, the core interest of both the High Tower Society and the Abandoned Tower Society is to ensure their own voice within the Federation, so they all unanimously opposed the ground tower plan proposed by the Sage.
These two nominally civil organizations have the support of those in power in the high towers, and the remuneration is quite generous...so many people dream of joining these two organizations.
"You only need to secretly place a piece of information in that laboratory and not let anyone know, and you can enter the tower..."
The sneaky figure took out a document that was deliberately made to look old. He did not recognize the words on it, and the Tower Society did not tell him the purpose of doing so.
But just do it. Who can guess what the big shots are thinking?
Thinking of this, the stealthy figure moved towards the direction of the gravity elevator. However, he wasted quite a bit of time because he had to avoid the rotten ground and move very carefully.
Most tourists don’t go to the gravity elevator, so only a part of the ground here has been repaired, and the rest... is so ugly that you can’t walk on it.
When he finally arrived near the gravity elevator, he found that the door of the gravity elevator was open.
"really weird..."
The stealthy figure walked into the elevator, only to find that it seemed to still be somewhat warm inside, as if it had been in operation for a while not long ago.
"Could it be possible that someone came in?"
The sneaky figure frowned slightly, but then he thought, apart from employees like them, who else could accurately avoid the rusty road surface?
You know, these roads are already so rotten that they are beyond recognition. If you step on them at any time, they will collapse. There have been several accidents before, so they are basically sealed off.
Visitors are prohibited from entering this location. It's not that it cannot be open to the public for exhibition, but it is too dangerous.
"It must be this guy Aaron who sneaked in..."
The sneaky figure gritted his teeth. Could it be that Aaron also received a task from the High Tower or Wasted Tower?
Forget it, I'll just finish the commission on hand first. No matter what this guy Aaron can do, I'll just take care of myself first.
With this thought in mind, the sneaky figure immediately pressed the gravity elevator button and headed to the Lingxi Laboratory on the eighth floor.
The gravity elevator slowly rises upwards, passing through ancient monuments with a history of three thousand years. The dark silence is like heading towards an endless abyss.
......
"Ding!"
The gravity elevator arrived, and Luo Xue and Su Yiyao walked out of the elevator.
For Luo Xue, the memory of coming to the eighth floor happened only a few months ago, but what she sees now... is completely different from what she remembers.
Apart from the traces brought by time, it can be clearly seen that the entire eighth floor has been transformed.
Previously, only a small part of the eighth floor was used as a laboratory, but now every "beehive" room that Luo Xue could see was filled with various instruments and devices.
Luo Xue could barely recognize that several of the rooms were used to replicate the Calamity Engine, but she had no idea what the other rooms were used for.
Luo Xue took Su Yiyao for a walk, but couldn't find the place where she had been before, let alone introduce it. After walking around for a few times, they returned to the entrance of the gravity elevator.
There was no way. There were simply too many rooms here, and they were filled with all kinds of incomprehensible things. Luo Xue used her spiritual sense to scan all the rooms, but had no idea where to start. She didn't know where to look for traces left by the spirit bell.
Just when Luo Xue was feeling embarrassed, the gravity elevator was suddenly driven again.
At the same time, Su Yiyao subconsciously became alert and whispered,
"Ah Chou, someone is coming!"
"Um... don't be nervous, this is a tourist attraction, it's normal for people to come here." Luo Xue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but soon realized something was wrong, "Wait, didn't the ticket seller just tell us not to come to the Lingxi Laboratory?"
"is it?"
Su Yiyao tilted her head, she couldn't understand the language here.
Luo Xue scanned with her spiritual sense and found that although the person on the gravity elevator was not the ticket seller just now, he was wearing the same uniform, so he should be a staff member.
It was too late to leave now. Luo Xue had an idea and pulled Su Yiyao aside, using her magical powers to cover up her existence.
Su Yiyao didn't care at first. What was the so-called ban? She was just a mortal... But when Luo Xue pulled her like that, she fell directly into Luo Xue's arms.
Listening to Luo Xue's faint heartbeat, Su Yiyao suddenly felt that hiding was not a bad idea...
"Ding!"
The gravity elevator opened again, and a furtive figure walked out.
His cautious look made Luo Xue a little suspicious. Wasn't he a staff member? Could it be that he was not here to see her?
The sneaky figure breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that there was no one around, but he still trotted nervously, turning left and right until he came to a room that was no different from any other "beehive".
Only a federal agent from the Ancient Monuments Association could remember this complex layout and accurately find Ling Ling's office that even Luo Xue couldn't find.
Otherwise, how could the Tower be confident in letting a non-core staff member do such a risky thing.
Under Luo Xue's curious gaze, the sneaky figure took out an almost rotten file bag from his arms and gently placed it in the secret compartment next to the abandoned laboratory table.
After doing all this, the sneaky figure did not dare to stay for a moment. He quickly ran back to the gravity elevator along the original path and left in a flash.
After this man left, Luo Xue unleashed her magical powers, let go of Su Yiyao, and looked in the direction he left, frowning slightly.
"...Isn't he here to find us?"
Su Yiyao leaned on Luo Xue's shoulder somewhat reluctantly, regretting that this sneaky figure ran away so fast and why he didn't stay a little longer.
"I don't think so..."
Luo Xue walked into the beehive room with doubts and took out the things that the sneaky figure had hidden in the secret compartment.
At this moment, she saw a small mark on the laboratory table out of the corner of her eye. Her pupils shrank instantly, and she put down the file bag in her hand and looked over.
Su Yiyao was attracted by Luo Xue's reaction, but she saw that the reason for Luo Xue's expression was just a small mark that she didn't understand.
"What is this?" Su Yiyao asked.
"It's Lingling..."
Luo Xue's fingertips stroked the bell-shaped mark. She could imagine Ling Ling's small stature, tiptoeing, clumsily carving the bell mark on the laboratory table.
Back then, things in the gathering place were always piled together in a mess. In order to distinguish who the things belonged to, all the children would leave their own unique marks on their belongings.
Luo Xue’s mark is a snowflake, and Ling Ling’s mark is a bell.
"Spirit bell..."
Su Yiyao chewed on this word and inexplicably felt a serious sense of crisis.
It seems that Ah Chou has a very good relationship with Ling Ling...
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." Luo Xue wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and whispered, "Let's see first, what exactly did this guy hide on Ling Ling's lab table..."
Not necessarily. Lingling...is not necessarily dead. Maybe she is just old and retired, that's all.
The life span of an innate master is three hundred years. Maybe only a hundred years have passed, and Ling Ling is still young and small...
"Ah Chou, you seem...crying."
Su Yiyao looked up and said with heartache.
Although she instinctively felt that Lingling was a crisis to her, but seeing how distressed Achou looked... Su Yiyao suddenly wanted Lingling to come out and stay with Achou.
At least, Achou won’t be sad.
"fine."
Luo Xue said silently and calmly opened the file bag.
She read the contents of the file word by word, her expression becoming more and more solemn as she read, and finally closed it again.
"What's written on it?" Su Yiyao asked with a little concern. After all, she couldn't understand the words here. "Is it about... Lingling?"
"Yeah." Luo Xue nodded slightly, "It's her experimental record, but... maybe it's not true."
In this experimental record, Ling Ling recorded in a cold tone the changes that occurred to an ordinary person after using the special ability potion, and called this change evolution.
What’s even more terrifying is that at the end of the experimental record, Ling Ling said that the effect she needed was to mass-produce people with special abilities who could be controlled by her.
This is not something Ling Ling would do, at least not something the Ling Ling that Luo Xue knows would do. This approach... is more like something Qualcomm would do.
Could it be that Ling Ling was influenced by Gao Tong and embarked on the same path as him?
Luo Xue was in a state of confusion, and her hand holding the experimental records couldn't help but tighten.
After listening to Luo Xue's retelling of the contents of the record, Su Yiyao pondered for a while and said,
"Achou, this experimental record must be forged."
Chapter 255: Xiaoyao, You Are Still Here
"....may be."
Luo Xue said softly. She didn't want to believe that this was what Ling Ling would do, but... people always change. What if? What if... Ling Ling becomes someone she doesn't recognize?
This is what Luo Xue least wants to see, and it is also the worry that has been buried deep in her heart.
"No, it must be forged."
Su Yiyao shook her head and said calmly, "Although the content here sounds reasonable, it is obviously expressing a certain tendency. If you analyze it carefully, it is more like describing some extreme facts in a tone that does not belong to her."
If Luo Xue calmed down and analyzed these, she should be able to see them between the lines, but the only problem now was that she couldn't calm down.
"Secondly...the person just now secretly put this information here, and his purpose must be to discredit Ling Ling whom you know." Su Yiyao said, her fingertips touching the paper, and a hint of hesitation appeared on her face.
But soon, she decided to speak out.
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