Gate of Apocalypse

Chapter 571 [Prohibited Places]

More than half an hour later, Chen Xiaolei held Xiu Xiu's hand in the street, and Xiu Xiu's head was already wearing an exaggerated hat and a cape for vampires in the movie. The little girl seemed to be in a rather sparkling mood, walking with the wind, jumping from step to step.

It seemed that at this time she had only recovered the naive romance of a few ten-year-old girls.

At a souvenir store, the show held a finger on the shelf, and then the boss took off a horror toy, a vampire's brace, and put it on and revealed two sharp long teeth.

After taking over, Chen Xiaoliang sighed.

This little thing actually costs ten euros —— this thing is in the domestic, Yiwu small merchandise wholesale market, two bucks apiece.

Indeed, Chen Xiaolian looked at the box and it did appear on the corner: made-in-china.

But since Xiu Xiu likes it, Chen Xiaoliang doesn't matter.

A moment later, Xiu Xiu bought another strange bag of candy, and immediately after being late in her mouth, even her tongue and teeth turned red like blood.

… at the same time, on the other side of town.

A young Asian man in a grey sweatshirt, with his hands in his trouser pockets, was walking down a ramp, where a crowd of tourists were standing next to a crucifix tablet.

The young man looked around for a moment and picked up his phone.

“boss, I've seen the surrounding terrain, I've mapped it, and I'll send you a 3D terrain map later. ”

“Okay.” There was a voice on the phone: "You go around the castle and touch the terrain. ”

“Mm-hmm." The youth slowed down: “Time is up, more than a day away. ”

“Be careful, don't expose yourself. Someone else must be there at this time. Don't expose yourself when you meet your peers. I don't want to fight outside before the start. ”

“Understood." The young man hung up the phone and put it away.

The whole call, they all speak Chinese.

The youth turned and went up the ramp towards the huge ancient castle on the hill.

Behind his sweatshirt, the shirt is definitely a tiger head pattern.

……

In a vampire restaurant in town.

Teacher!! ”The girl's sharp voice carries a little dissatisfaction:" Are you still wasting your time? ”

“Oops, more than a day left, let me try the food here first?” An old man sits at a dining table and takes a photo of the local Romanian food in front of him and sends it to Twitter.

“I think we should hurry up and get ready. You can't take this as a trick, teacher!” The girl sat across from the old man and squeezed the fork in her hand.

“Quiet, quiet.” The old man smiles lazily: “When you live to my age, you will understand, enjoy the process, not the pursuit of results. This is the true meaning of life. ”

With her face on her face, the girl could see that, for the teacher's instruction, she did not buy the bill at all. She only pressed her temper with patience and did not make a move to lift the table.

……

Brown Castle.

Chen Xiaolei followed the crowd up the ramp with Xiu Xiu Xiu and came to the main entrance of the castle.

Brown Castle is the town's largest and most famous attraction.

According to legend, the famous historical figure of ancient Romania, Vlad III, the archetypal figure of vampires, is the owner of this castle.

Of course... this is bullshit.

Chen Xiaoliang knew everything.

He's a writer, he's read a lot of cluttered books, and he's read a lot about vampire legends because of his writing.

He knows very well that, in real history, this Brown Castle was not built by Vlad III.

This castle was built in 1377, when Vlad III's father wasn't even born.

Originally built to resist the Turkish invasion, the castle was built as a military castle.

Originally not even owned by Romanians, but in 1406, the King of Hungary gave the castle to the then Grand Duke of Romania.

The famous vampire prototype Vlad III is one of the Grand Dukes of the Principality of Romania.

But to be precise, this archduke of the vampire prototype, he did live in Castle Brown for a while.

But not for long.

And this vampire prototype, Vlad III, died when he was only 31 years old.

Someone killed him on the battlefield.

Historically, he has never consumed human blood - let alone livestock blood.

This Vlad III is a very forked figure. First of all, he's hot, and he's a militant. Secondly, he is cruel to his enemies and extremely cruel in his methods.

His nickname is "Puncture.”

Because he invented a very cruel form of torture specifically to kill his enemies: with a wooden stake, he chopped the key, then stabbed it in from a person's * * mouth!

Just like wearing a meat skewer, stringing people on wooden stakes like this, nailing them to the side of the road!

Legend has it that when he fought the Turks, he lost one battlefield and had to retreat back to the castle, but he took thousands of prisoners, all with "puncture” sentences, slaughtered them, and then stranded the wooden stakes of the corpses and erected them on the side of the roads where the Turks marched!

As a result, the Turkish army pursued along the way and saw thousands of wooden piles stranded with corpses. Such brutal means allowed the soldiers of the Turkish army to kneel directly, broke morale, dared not to pursue at all, and collapsed and fled.

This is the most famous achievement of the Duke of Vlad III.

At the same time, he used this harsh technique against all his enemies, both externally and internally, and he used the punishment of this brutal killing against all those who dared to oppose themselves.

Because his means were extremely cruel, the more terrible, the more evil, and finally, in legend, somehow, he was shaped into a monster who ate human flesh and drank human blood.

This Brown Castle is a stronghold where he lived for a period of time, making it a famous attraction where vampires originated.

……

Chen Xiaolian walked into the gate of Brown Castle with Xiu Xiao Xiu, passing beside him was an Asian youth wearing a hoodie. Both sides rubbed their shoulders, but did not notice each other.

Chen Xiaolian held Xiuxiu's hand and entered this famous castle.

Of course, the castle is not small, but it is not as large as you might imagine. The four corner buildings, plus the main building, are, after all, military strongholds that were once used for militarization and appear to be very rugged.

Walking in an ancient castle also has a rather gloomy feeling.

This gloomy feeling, seemingly invisible, fuels that “vampire legend” atmosphere.

In fact, Chen Xiaoliang thought it was bullshit - after all, it was centuries-old building, where the wind and the rain were blowing, plus many battle baptisms in history. The castle is an old piece of shit.

Built a house and thrown here for decades, it feels old and shady.

Besides, hundreds of years?

The narratives and various brands seem to be happy to induce this military castle deliberately into vampire legends.

Chen Xiaoliang also found it not uncommon - local governments rely on the tourism industry for their meals, how can they make money without doing so.

On this tour, Chen Xiaoxiao walked around with the show and ignored the visitors beside him. He just flew around the castle with the show.

Mostly look at the terrain.

Nothing special.

……

In the dark, the number of tourists in the streets becomes scarce.

Unlike western and domestic, nightlife is very rare at night, and even in such tourist attractions, there is no one on the street at night.

Chen Xiaocao took Xiuxiu back to the hotel, went directly to the third floor and knocked on the phoenix's door.

The phoenix seemed to have just woken up and came in her pajamas barefoot to open the door.

Apparently, the girl had just taken a bath and a pretty face fluttered with red, steaming water and half dry hair. Walk barefoot in the room, in relaxed pajamas, without thinking that it's definitely empty.

Chen Xiao Liang seemed to be rushing, but Phoenix herself seemed to have no embarrassment. After letting Chen Xiao Liang and Xiu enter the door, she shrunk straight to the bed, grabbed the quilt in her arms and slept. “Are you done?" Looks like a lot has been gained. ”

She reached out her fingers and wore a variety of commemorative clothing to the show.

Chen Xiaocai sat on the sofa in the room and sighed: “I walked through the town and found nothing. It seems like I have to wait until tomorrow's time. ”

After a pause, Chen Xiaocai asked: "Have you eaten? ”

“No.” Phoenix frowned: “Call room service, I'm too lazy to get out. ”

She said, she made another arrears.

Chen Xiaoliang nodded and called the hotel to deliver the meal. Then the room suddenly calmed down strangely.

Chen Xiaoliang increasingly felt rushed. He didn't seem to know what to talk to Phoenix about. Both of them were relatively silent, as if they couldn't find anything to talk about.

In fact, it is very simple, the two of them have also experienced two copies together, to say old, don't be afraid not to say.

But the problem is that the two replicas met, and both involved Phoenix's team members - and now Phoenix's team is obviously gone, leaving her with only one optical commander.

If she talks about what happened in the old copy, it's inevitable to mention her old part, but it's rather heartbreaking, so Chen Xiaoliang is ashamed to mention it.

Finally, the phoenix broke the silence first.

“Chen Xiaoliang, let me make a deal with you. ”

“Hmm? Uh... you say.” Chen Xiaolian's expression is very solemn.

Phoenix sat on the bed with a quilt in her arms and said softly: "You came to me and asked me to accompany you to such a place. Although I have doubts in my heart, I also followed you. I'm gonna do you a favor, and you're gonna do me a favor-- after this is over. ”

“Help you do what you say. ”

“I'm going to kill a man.” The phoenix whispered, “You have to help me. ”

“Kill a man?” Chen Xiaoliang hesitated for a moment: “Who? ”

“I can't tell you right now, all you have to do is remember that I was in love with you. In the future, I will seek revenge from that person. I will kill him. You... must help me. ”

“The awakener?” Chen Xiaocao asked.

“Mmm.”

“It's not my team, is it?” Chen Xiaoliang smiled lightly.

“No.”

Chen Xiaocai hesitated for a moment: “Okay, you'll tell me later. ”

Phoenix sat upright and stared at Chen Xiaolian: "Remember your promise today! ”

……

The next morning, around 10 o'clock, a SUV, a dusty servant drove into the town.

The car parked next to a vampire theme motel on the side of the road, the door opened, a bald man jumped off the driver's seat, stretched his lazy waist, and patted the window: “Here we go, get out of the car. ”

Nicole didn't say anything when she got off, just looked up at the hotel in front of her and the street full of souvenir shops, frowned: “Bring us here, what are you doing? Who are you looking for here? ”

Heavenly grinned: “Guess. ”

After Tom Huggins and Jenny got out of the car, Tom Huggins looked really bad.

He clenched his fists and looked cold at the sky and suddenly bit his teeth: “How do you... know! ”

Tian Li lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, deliberately wandering: “Oh? ”

“How do you know this place!” Tom Huggins whispered: “You... you're here to find that guy, aren't you? How'd you know he was here? ”

Heaven smiled, and he looked seriously at Tom Huggins: "I'm curious, how do you know that? Rationally, at your level on the Thornflower team, it's impossible to know this secret! The secret, in the whole Thornflower team, is just me and Chen, two people know. ”

Tom Huggins took a deep breath and his face turned wild: "Really, is that the guy? You really came to find that mystery man!! ”

He suddenly took two steps back and pulled his wife, Jenny, hard. "No! We have to get out of here!! ”

Tian Li narrowed his eyes: "Knight Ivan, what do you know? ”

And Jenny looked at her husband, wondering, “Tom, what's going on? ”

“It's dangerous here!” Tom Huggins bites his teeth: “This is a forbidden place! ”

“Prohibited place?” Even Nicole's curious: “What's forbidden?” She looked at this guy strangely.

Nicole is also a senior awakener, but has never heard anything special about the town of Brown - isn't this a vampire-legendary tourist destination?

“Prohibited land means, what is forbidden?” Nicole asked.

Instead of talking, Tian Li smiled at Tom Huggins with a smile: "Explain yourself. I'm also curious how you know this secret. ”

With Nicole's sharp eyes on him, Tom Huggins sighed: "The forbidden place means that this place, which forbids certain people from approaching, will disappear once some dare to come here. ”

“Some people?” Nicole thought, “Is it the awakener? Does that mean awakeners are not allowed here? What kind of legendary old guy lives here in an awakener's circle? Top expert hiding here? ”

“No, not awakeners.” The heavens have finally spoken: "The forbidden place is not aimed at the awakener. ”

“It's forbidden for anyone to come near...” Nicole's face suddenly changed: “You mean? ”

“Yes.” Nodded heavenly: “The secret, not many people know in the awakener world, but in the player world, all advanced players know the legend. This place is forbidden... forbidden, any player close! ”