The door of sorrow.

A military fortress built on the cliffs of the mountainside. The bitter cold wind freezes the hard towering city walls. The steel gate that is almost integrated with the walls is enough to intercept most of the legions. The most deadly thing is that in front of the fortress, there is only one winding road called the Frost Road leading to the mountainside. It is steep and narrow, covered with countless bone corpses.

Looking down from a high altitude, the mountain range where the Gate of Sadness is located is the tail of the Renver Mountains. Except for this mountain road, the other directions are all snow-covered mountains all year round. The cold weather and difficult roads are natural barriers, which are enough to break any idea of ​​the legion's advancement.

The reason why the legions of the Ailan Faluo Empire were able to capture this military fortress more than ten years ago was rumored to have an internal support and the legendary crown prince's attack. Only then did they successfully knock on the gate, but they also left behind countless unjust souls.

Unfortunately, the final victory belonged to the Kingdom of Stoke, which made the reputation of the Patriotic War, and also severely damaged the Southern Legion of the Ailan Faluo Empire.

The reason for victory was also because of the legendary action of the Ailan Faluo Empire, which led to the alliance of forces of the surrounding kingdoms. They could not watch the Ailan Faluo Empire stretched out its tentacles from the extreme cold north, and their lips were lost and their teeth were cold. The people in power in various countries could see clearly.

Another thing that is certain is that the Balas family of the Southern Legion did not suffer liquidation by the Ailan Faluo Empire because of this defeated war, but instead rose to a higher level in the prestige of the imperial military.

Times have changed.

The plague that swept across the north suddenly broke out, completely destroying this majestic military fortress, including the 150,000 Stoke Kingdom soldiers stationed inside.

No matter where they are in, the military and nobles of the king capital Limontanlu would definitely not allow the plague to devour these soldiers. After all, this is one of the most elite legions in the kingdom. For this reason, the great nobles and the Valante family have made a lot of efforts, but the result is obvious.

This plague that destroyed countless towns and villages not only destroyed the province of Hedalas, the City of Adalas and the Gate of Murder, but also destroyed the sense of belonging of countless civilians to the kingdom.

The soldiers who died were not alone, they had family, wives and descendants. Their joint reactions caused frequent turmoil in many places in the kingdom, which led to the rise of the young royal party and criticized the old nobles who held most of the rights.

The terrifying power of many great nobles was ignored, especially the plague and disaster, and the terrifying power displayed by Valoran leader set off an inexplicable wave, and shadows in the darkness frequently surged.

.............

At dusk, the autumn wind with frost blew the green mist above the door of sadness. The subtle frost and plague in the air were mixed together, like jade salt flowers, which continued to hang around the fortress, hazy and obscuring their vision.

Unlike the north side of the Gate of Sadness, behind it is a slightly desolate field. The dark green mist is like a viscous liquid, slowly squirming on the field, and occasionally the autumn wind will blow light ripples.

Squeak! Squeak!

At the edge of the field, groups of plague mice made subtle and sharp sounds, running in the direction of the fog flow. From a distance, they looked a little huge, about the size of an adult. The sharp minions tore the soil, the green fur turned on the rotten flesh, and the fishy yellow and smelly pus dripped on the grass.

After rushing in the mountains for nearly a thousand meters, this group of plague rats finally stayed in a place that looked like a cave entrance. There were traces of erosion of water on the surrounding mountain walls, and some rotten bones and many unknown garbage were piled up on both sides of the cave entrance.

It seems that it should be one of the drains of the Gate of Sadness, responsible for discharging sewage and garbage in the city. It is very popular with rats, and it is also gnawing on these garbage, which has led to the rats becoming the first animals infected with the plague and becoming the mutated appearance of the present.

In the crowded and noisy "squeaking" sound, the plague mice ran quickly along the drainage outlet into the underground drainage pipe, and hidden in it was a plague mice with slightly strange running movements and more humane appearance.

Unlike his unevolved cousins, Tuqi has long been accustomed to walking upright and forgets the movement of crawling limbs. If it weren't for the Lord's order this time, he wouldn't want these cousins ​​to mingle with each other. The stinky smell stimulated the sense of smell.

After entering this underground drainage system, Tuqi took the chaotic team and left the clan by himself. Based on the map of the Gate of Sorrow that he remembered in his mind, he began to search for information with real value.

The walls of the drainage passage are made of stone. After erosion of sewage and plague gas, it is quite wet and difficult to walk. Fortunately, there are the potions prepared by Singid in advance, and these plagues are not a problem. As for the road, compared to the sewer where Zuanna gathers countless toxic conjugates, it is much cleaner.

The cold air soaked the skin of the fur and skin. While Tuqi was running, a precise machinery was revealed on the forelimbs, and the red light flashed, as if sensing something.

Now, Tuqi, in addition to the name of the source of the plague, has an additional prefix of [Omega Squad, Poison Needle Sniper], and at the same time, there is also a real memory and bond between several partners in his head.

Friendship, life and death? The mutated and paranoid Tuqi had extra emotions for the first time, which was something that he had never felt in the filthy kingdom of Zuan's sewer.

The hidden [thermal detector] bound to the forelimbs is one of the scientific and technological equipment of the Omega team.

In that world full of war, the development of technology has also entered the Big Bang ladder, and various killing equipment have been continuously put into the war. The technological equipment carried by the Omega team was also born in the ongoing war and is the essence.

After running for a long time, Tuqi felt an abnormality. According to the information provided by the war stonemasons and Shadowflowers, there are at least 100,000 soldiers in this military fortress. Once infected with the plague, there should be a lot of noise, but he has not heard any abnormal sounds so far.

Moreover, the [thermal sensing detector] only detects the life characteristics of the plague movement, but never senses the gathering of large-scale plague people, which is very strange.

Puff!

The strange sound attracted Tuqi's attention. He stopped running and looked down at the ground in the sewer. This was not the sound of stepping on water stains, but more like the stream of sticky blood gathering.

The bright red color reflected into the copper goggles, and the gasping sound suddenly sounded. Tuqi subconsciously pulled out a thick alloy crossbow from the fur layer, and his sharp ears slightly incited him, listening carefully to the movements around him.

"Red blood?"

A solemn look appeared in his eyes. Before this mission, he had discussed some issues with Xinjid. He was very cautious and now he was used for it: most of the blood of the infected persons had been converted into green by the factors in the plague, and there was almost no red. But what he was in front of him was blood-red liquid mixed with sewage flowing.

While paying attention to the movements around him, Tuqi stretched out his right hand to twist some liquid and rub it gently. The breath, blood and sewage of living people had just solidified, but why are there living people in this city covered by the plague?

Carrying doubts, Tuqi decided to go deep into the core area of ​​the Gate of Sadness.

In the complex drainage channel, the figure of a plague mouse ran quickly, and the splashed sewage wet the fur, covering up the subtle sound of mechanical rotation.

The cold and quiet air pressed on his head and shoulders as he ran, and the dull shadows pulled on the corroding walls. No other sound vibrated the air except for the occasional movement of small creatures.

"The smell of blood is like delicious mold!"

The limbs suddenly stopped, Tuqi's nose slightly sniffed, and a sickly red flashed in his crazy eyes behind the goggles. Then he carefully packed up his equipment. These were treasures, even in Zuan, which could be regarded as a truly valuable batch of items.

"Oh, it's time for me to find something valuable, don't let me down."
Chapter completed!