The taxi drove deeper and deeper.
The surrounding scenes are getting weirder and weirder.
There are ruins on both sides. From the outside, you can vaguely see a trace of civilization.
Lu Xiao looked at those tall buildings in a daze.
Even though those towering ruins were wrapped in rotting flesh, Lu Xiao could still recognize them at a glance.
"Why do I feel like these ruins look so much like office buildings?"
After hearing Lu Xiao's words, Driver also reacted.
"Damn it, if you don't tell me I haven't thought of it yet."
"Isn't this just an office building?"
Ding Dan held his chin and thought for a moment before speaking.
"Coming in all the way from the periphery, it feels like a road into the city."
"The periphery is the suburbs, or rural areas."
"The deeper you go, the more you feel like you are in the center of the city."
Lu Xiao groaned and asked Driver.
"Do you see where this is?"
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Perhaps Driver is the only person present who comes from the same era as him.
And Lu Xiao really didn't go to many places in that era.
Driver was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise.
"You suspect this is a place from our time?"
Lu Xiao nodded.
"Yes, I remember the mirror once said."
"Our world is the same world as the current world."
"And the two of us are from Near-Ancient Era."
Driver is a little speechless.
"But this is Dark Prison. It has nothing to do with our era, right?"
Lu Xiao shook his head, still firm in his thoughts.
"Mirror, where in my world is this?"
He thought this in his heart, and then the voice of Omniscient Mirror sounded in his ears.
"The answer to this question requires a piece of your fingernail."
Hearing this, Lu Xiao pulled out a piece without hesitation.
Omniscient Mirror answered this question immediately after swallowing his fingernail.
"The answer is: Shanghai."
Hearing Omniscient Mirror's answer, Lu Xiao's heart skipped a beat.
Seeing Lu Xiao pull out his fingernails, Ding Dan and Driver immediately understood what happened.
Driver asked immediately.
"How is it? What do you say, dear Omniscient Mirror?"
Lu Xiao's expression is a little strange.
His voice had a slight tremor.
"The mirror said, this is Shanghai."
After hearing Lu Xiao's words, Driver felt his head buzzing.
His eyes gradually became dull.
Ding Dan asked doubtfully.
"Shanghai, is this a city?"
He had never heard of this place name.
Lu Xiao said in a heavy tone.
"Maybe you can understand if I rephrase it."
"In our time, Shanghai was also called Magic City!"
Instantly, a shocked expression appeared on Ding Dan's face.
After a long while, he said in a deep voice.
"This must be a coincidence, right?"
Lu Xiao shook his head.
"If it's a coincidence, then it's too much of a coincidence."
As he said that, he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately looked at Ding Dan and asked.
"By the way, do you know about the Catastrophic Century?"
"Also, do you know how Innovation Century was established?"
Ding Dan shook his head somewhat dully.
"There is no documentation left about Calamity Era."
"Even the best archaeologists don't know what happened to Calamity Era."
"It's as if that history didn't exist at all."
"Originally, there was a lot of quarrel among the public about the history of Calamity Era."
"A few people firmly believe that Calamity Era does exist."
"And most people think that Calamity Era is a scam."
"But as documents from earlier periods were unearthed, the existence of Calamity Era was confirmed."
After listening to Ding Dan's answer, Lu Xiao was silent for a moment before continuing to ask.
"It's just confirmed that it exists, but we don't know what happened, right?"
Ding Dan nodded.
"History was my favorite subject when I was in school."
"The book does not record anything about Calamity Era. Even the information about Near-Ancient Era is very little, only a few sentences."
"On the contrary, Medieval Era had relatively more content during that period."
"Our teacher speculated at the time that perhaps the human civilization of Near-Ancient Era had preserved the cultural relics from pre-medieval times so well that they were passed down."
"On the contrary, they didn't record much about their own time."
"There is nothing representative left."
Lu Xiao looked at Ding Dan, his eyes changing constantly.
"So how was Innovation Century established?"
Ding Dan thought about it carefully.
"According to textbook records, Innovation Century was built on a wasteland."
"Our earliest ancestors began to build civilization on that wasteland."
"They call themselves Pioneers."
"It took them thirty years to develop from agricultural civilization to technological civilization."
Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes.
"Do you know how long it took for the development of agricultural civilization to technological civilization in my era?"
"Thousands of years."
"But it only took your ancestors thirty years to leapfrog industrial civilization and reach technological civilization."
"Don't you think it's weird?"
"And, the mirror once said, I am the person from Near-Ancient Era."
Ding Dan was stunned for a moment, and then a chill shot straight down his spine.
"You mean, Pioneers comes from the same era as you?"
Lu Xiao has no direct answer.
"In Present World, I see many things that look familiar to me, and they are very similar to the products of my time."
"For example, Smart Brain."
"In our day, it was called a computer."
"The two are just different in name, but their actual functions are the same."
Ding Dan quickly understood the meaning of Lu Xiao's words.
"You mean, Pioneers's technology comes from your time?"
Lu Xiao nodded.
"But that's not the point."
"Maybe they dug these technologies out of the soil."
"But since they have obtained these technologies, they must have a clearer understanding of Near-Ancient Era."
"And you said that there are only a few sentences about Near-Ancient Era in the textbook."
"This is very illogical."
Hearing this, Ding Dan also frowned.
"Do you suspect that they tampered with the textbooks?"
"Or is it that history is being concealed?"
"But what's the point of them doing this?"
Ding Dan I don't quite understand.
Lu Xiao did not continue this topic, but continued to ask.
"As for how Dark Prison was born, do you have the corresponding information inside Prison Warden?"
Ding Dan nodded first, then shook his head.
"The information is available, but the confidentiality level is very high."
"Perhaps even the level of Doctor does not have the authority to access that information."
Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.
"So, who founded Prison Warden?"
"What is the purpose of establishment?"
Ding Dan was silent for a long time, as if thinking.
After a long time, his expression became condensed.
"Pioneers!"