Chapter 354 The inexplicable disappearance
Lei Xiao didn't hesitate and immediately started asking for the other party's specific location.
However, on the other end of the conversation, there was just a series of sizzling sounds similar to interference.
Immediately everything came to an abrupt end, and the words were automatically interrupted.
"What happened?"
Surprised, Lei Xiao immediately started to contact Faxia again, but received a message that the connection could not be established for unknown reasons.
After many unsuccessful attempts, Lei Xiao tried to contact A Bing, the maid who was traveling with Faxia, but the result was still the same as before, unable to contact either of them at all.
In order to verify whether it was his fault, Lei Xiao contacted Bai Zhi who was far away in the territory for the third time, and the respectful response of the half-elf girl immediately came to his ears.
"Things seem to be a little tricky."
After confirming that Faxia and Abing had indeed encountered some kind of sudden crisis, Lei Xiao pondered for a moment, first informed Huzhang and others around him of the situation that had just happened, and then said: "Go at full speed, the top priority is , we must rush to Shuiyue City immediately.”
"Yes! Lord!"
All the subordinates had solemn expressions and responded in unison.
After some extreme wind and lightning, facing the biting cold wind, Lei Xiao and his group, who were speeding through the mountain tops, were about to cross the vast Songyin Mountains.
In the distance, between the vast and boundless turquoise plains, a city on an island in the lake had already caught Lei Xiao's sight.
Just as Faxia described, the city is surrounded by water. The outer city wall is not an ordinary boxy structure, but a regular circle. In addition, the stones used are relatively white.
Under the bright sunshine, against the sparkling lake surface, the whole city looks like the bright moon in the water, which makes people feel surprised.
"Surrounded by perfect natural moats, towering city walls, and well-proportioned streets... it is indeed a good city."
Lei Xiao, who was still on the top of the mountain, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the strange city standing on the plain in the distance, and couldn't help but admire secretly in his heart.
"Lord, something seems wrong in Shuiyue City..."
While Lei Xiao was watching carefully, A Ling's crisp voice came to his ears through her words: "Lord Qi, this is a famous tourist city in Leng Yan. I have been here once before. , so it still leaves a lot of impressions.”
"I remember that in addition to the famous moat outside Shuiyue City, another important landscape is the center of the entire city. It is an island within an island and is also the location of the city lord's palace."
"Furthermore, as long as they are willing to pay a large amount of gold dragons and pass strict inspections, even ordinary civilians can enter the designated areas of the City Lord's Mansion to visit. However, the current center of the city seems a bit empty..."
As she spoke, A Ling's voice couldn't help but become confused.
"Oh?"
Surprised, Lei Xiao concentrated his mind, and a ray of milky white energy flashed from his dark eyes.
After raising his vision to the extreme, Lei Xiao stared away again.
Found the location of the center of Shuiyue City in the distance, except for a conspicuous island lake.
There is no island within the island at all, let alone the city lord's palace built on it.
After being stunned for a moment, Lei Xiao finally came to his senses and said in surprise: "A-Ling, do you mean that the City Lord's Mansion of Shuiyue City disappeared together with the island in the center of the city?"
"Back to Lord, it seems...that's exactly what it is."
A Ling's equally incredible voice was heard again: "As one of the city's landmark buildings, the City Lord's Mansion in Shuiyue City is a majestic giant castle, much taller and taller than the City Lord's Mansion in other cities. Much stronger, this situation is simply incredible.”
"I didn't expect that such an incredible thing would happen..."
In the lightning speed, Lei Xiao frowned and pondered for a long time, and murmured in his heart: "It seems that Faxia and Abing disappeared in the city lord's palace of Shuiyue City at that time, along with the entire island. disappeared, which caused the two to completely lose contact.”
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao immediately opened his mouth and said to Ye Cang and Chao Yan: "This unexpected disappearance could be caused by a powerful space magician who directly destroyed the entire city in the center of the city. The island was teleported away at once?”
"Back to Lord, it's just like the giant ship just now. It's theoretically possible."
Ye Cang's voice immediately rang out: "However, as far as my subordinates know, an important factor in the success of the teleportation technique is the weight of the object to be teleported."
"The weight of a small island plus a castle is undoubtedly much greater than the three-masted battleship just now."
After a pause, Ye Cang's voice rang out again: "From this, even a fifth-level space magic expert may not be able to achieve this."
"Lord, this is indeed the case."
Chaoyan's voice also reached Lei Xiao's ears: "Furthermore, according to the knowledge learned by my subordinates in the magic tower, even the most powerful space system expert will not be able to do anything once he uses this kind of super large teleportation Magic will definitely leave a large amount of abnormal magic power fluctuations in the surrounding area
Moreover, this kind of abnormal magic power fluctuation cannot be concealed and will last for several days or even longer before it completely dissipates. And now that we are so close to Shuiyue City, we still don’t sense anything. This situation is also It does not match the energy changes after teleportation. ”
"So, can we rule out the possibility of teleportation?"
Lei Xiao pondered and nodded, while speeding along.
I saw him lowering his body while tightly holding the long white hair on the back of the broad wolf, and then continued: "Is it possible that it is some kind of illusion-like camouflage technique that hides the entire city lord's palace together with the island? Up?”
"Back to Lord, this possibility is rather greater."
Ye Cang's response mixed with the wind came over again: "However, this kind of camouflage technique will only have a visual effect. By then, you only need to check it on the spot and you will be able to completely understand it."
"Lord, my subordinates always feel that this matter is too strange."
The rough voice of Knotweed sounded: "Therefore, Lord, please be careful and never leave your subordinates' side."
"I understand."
Lei Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured to himself: "Let us take a closer look in a moment to see what happened in Shuiyue City."
Just as a group of people were talking, Shuiyue City, which was originally far away, was already very close at hand.
As he moved forward, looking at the increasingly taller city walls and city gates ahead, Lei Xiao noticed.
Currently, the front end of the long wooden bridge leading to the main entrance of the city in the center of the lake has been lifted, and the city gate is completely closed.
On the city wall, a large number of soldiers wearing armor looked serious, and the sharp spears in their hands shone with a dazzling cold light in the bright sunshine.
"It seems that the sudden disappearance of the City Lord's Mansion has put the entire Shuiyue City in a state of emergency with complete closure."
Looking at the floating moon flag on the city wall dancing in the wind, representing the Faxia family, Lei Xiao nodded thoughtfully.
Easily crossing the towering city wall, the group of people wearing invisibility cloaks speeded along the streets of the city that had been completely under martial law.
Not long after, the lake on the island in the center of the city came into Lei Xiao's sight.
At this time, Lei Xiao, who was standing on an open-air balcony, could clearly observe it.
A large and exquisite wooden bridge is also built on this large blue lake.
The other end of the bridge was empty, and there were even traces of being torn apart.
As for the center of the lake, the water is turbid, and there are a lot of broken pieces of wood floating around, making everything look like a mess.
"Lord, the City Lord's Mansion of Shuiyue City and the island where it is located have indeed completely disappeared!"
Aling on the side swallowed involuntarily and said in surprise.
For her, who had seen the City Lord's Mansion once before, the empty sight in front of her was truly shocking.
"Ye Cang, first go and see if there are any traces of disguise." After gently patting Aling's thin shoulder to signal her to calm down, Lei Xiao spoke to the muscular priest next to him.
"As you command! Lord."
Ye Cang bowed to accept the order, and disappeared in front of Lei Xiao in a flash.
After Ye Cang left, Lei Xiao, who was condescending, narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to observe.
I saw that at the end of several blocks leading to the lake, they had already been blocked by a large number of heavily armed soldiers with roadblocks. It could be seen from the floating moon emblem on the breastplate.
These solemn-looking soldiers were obviously the garrison of Shuiyue City.
"Lord, my subordinates have carefully confirmed that there are indeed no traces of teleportation being used here."
After a moment, Chaoyan, who had just returned from investigating the surroundings, took a step forward, bowed and saluted.
Ye Cang, who was heading to the center of the lake, reappeared in front of Lei Xiao and replied: "Let me report to Lord Qi, there is nothing there. The entire island in the lake is not camouflaged, but completely The land disappeared.”
"So, the disappeared city lord's mansion was neither teleported away nor camouflaged?"
Lei Xiao's brows furrowed again and he murmured to himself: "So, how did this island in the lake and the Shuiyue City Lord's Mansion disappear? It's simply unbelievable."
"Lord, those three unfamiliar third-level senior powerhouses are getting closer and closer to us."
I saw the burly tiger stick, stroking his chest and saluting Lei Xiao again.
"Understood."
Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao, still wearing the invisibility cloak, couldn't help but look thoughtful.
When I entered the city just now, I had already heard the report about the knotweed.
Currently, there are eight auras of third-level powerhouses in this city.
Among them, five Tier 3 powerhouses are scattered throughout the city, while the other three Tier 3 senior powerhouses are always gathered together.
"At this stage, from the nervous and confused expressions of the soldiers along the way, as well as their still orderly actions, it can be judged that although the disappearance of the city lord's palace has caused a lot of trouble, there are still people who are commanding these soldiers. .”
"Therefore, if my prediction is correct, the three third-level senior experts gathered together are very likely to be the commander-level figures of the garrison in this city."
"As for the other five, those scattered in various locations in the city are undoubtedly mercenaries, travelers, or other forces in the city."
Thinking of this, Lei Xiao continued to frown, thinking secretly in his heart.
"Based on the current situation, there are no signs of invasion by foreign enemies in Shuiyue City. Everything seems to have happened very suddenly, and no human factors can be seen at all... Things are really getting weirder and weirder."
Just when Lei Xiao was thinking about this.
On the street not far away, three figures approaching quickly caught his eye.
These three people were seen, namely two middle-aged men with resolute faces, and a sassy woman who looked to be about thirty years old. They were all wearing Shuiyue City's standard armor.
When they saw the arrival of the three men, the ordinary soldiers around them immediately bowed and saluted.
It can be clearly seen that although the faces of the three of them are calm, there is an expression of uncontrollable nervousness and confusion between their eyebrows.
"Are they really the three garrison commanders?"
Observing this, Lei Xiao nodded to the subordinates beside him and motioned to get closer to them.
These three people are all at the third-level five-star level, and Lei Xiao himself has already reached the third-level seven-star level. Coupled with the assistance of the invisibility cloak and the concealment ring, he will naturally not be noticed by the opponent.
"Captain Carol, do you have any good suggestions?"
I saw one of the middle-aged commanders saying to the female commander with an uneasy look on his face: "Although we have completely blocked and put the entire city under martial law at the first time, we have not spread the news."
"However, due to the sudden disappearance of the City Lord's Mansion, including the City Lord, the elders of the Presbyterian Council, the newly returned Miss Faxia and A Bing, and the two elite soldiers of the Guards Squadron have all disappeared. Well, it’s not an option to continue like this.”
After saying that, the middle-aged commander shook his head helplessly.
"Yes, we have just dispatched an elite water magician diving team to go down to the river and conduct a careful search. We confirmed that the island did not sink to the bottom of the river, but indeed disappeared directly."
Another middle-aged commander also sighed, full of worry and confusion: "Furthermore, our Shuiyue City also has a complete illusion warning and defense mechanism, which can also eliminate the possibility of encountering illusions. In this way I have never heard of such anecdotes.”
"This matter is of great importance. I have just sent people to contact the Trade Fair, the Mercenary Union, the Merchant Federation and other organizations in the city, telling them to send representatives. Then we will find a solution together."
The female commander named Carol frowned and responded: "After all, we have learned about some abnormal situations before. Perhaps, there is no connection between them."
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome."
At this moment, a calm voice came to the ears of the three of them: "If you have anything, just tell me directly." (End of Chapter)