I got an S-level talent in the apocalypse, and I will lead Blue Star to rise

Chapter 263 Upside Down

Not only Chen Yuanyuan came, but also Ji Jia.

"I'll protect your safety," she said as soon as she came in.

As a bodyguard, it's normal for her to stay close to the young lady and protect her.

Ning Yun nodded in agreement, "Okay, let's go find the housekeeper first and buy some time."

At this moment, Butler Willis had just seen off the city lord and was filled with worry.

He had previously served the old city lord, and after the old city lord died, he served the new city lord.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past decade, he has watched as the residents of Motown have gone from initial skepticism and ridicule to their current admiration.

After the Silver Dragon invasion, the city lord organized two attacks.

At first, everyone trusted him and followed him in fighting the silver dragon.

However, after two consecutive defeats, the city lord was wounded, and many young men in the city died.

Questions about the city lord began to resurface.

But Butler Willis was different; he always believed in the city lord, that he could lead everyone to defeat the evil dragon and restore Mo City to its former prosperity.

However, after two failures, the city lord's mansion was short-handed.

It would be difficult to kill the dragon with just these guards.

The city lord's purpose in going out this time was to find several highly respected families in Mo City to discuss this matter together.

Butler Willis wanted to follow the city lord, but was ordered to stay and entertain Ning Yun and her party.

He didn't understand why the city lord valued Ning Yun and her group so much.

In his eyes, she was just an ordinary rich girl who was too arrogant to know her place and went out to play. Luckily, she was not discovered by Silver Dragon and came to Mo City.

But the city lord valued this group highly, even excessively so.

Just then, Willis, the butler, saw Ning Yun.

She was accompanied by maids and female guards.

The two looked at each other, and then Ning Yun walked over.

“Mr. Willis, is Lord Adrian here? I’d like to discuss a business deal with him.”

Wheat grains appeared out of thin air in her hand.

Butler Willis was surprised, never expecting that this ordinary-looking young lady would possess such a valuable storage item.

However, he gave an apologetic look.

"Miss Ning Yun, I'm sorry, the city lord just went out on business and I'm afraid he won't be back for a while."

Ning Yun glanced outside and then put the wheat grains away.

"I see. That's alright. We can talk again when the city lord returns. It's the same thing."

Butler Willis knew just how important food was to Motown right now.

I just don't know how much food this young lady from Azure City brought.
Butler Willis wanted to inquire, but saw Ning Yun casually take a couple of steps, looking at the painting in front of her with a curious expression.

“Mr. Willis, this painting is truly magnificent. May I ask who painted it?”

Her eyes never left the painting, as if she wanted to see every detail clearly.

Almost everyone who comes to the living room is drawn to this painting, and Willis the butler is used to it.

Originally, everyone thought it was just an ordinary painting.

But ever since Silver Dragon set his sights on Mo City, this painting has been shrouded in mystery.

He once suggested to the city lord that the painting be destroyed.

But the city lord did not listen; instead, he would stare at the painting and study it carefully whenever he had free time.

Therefore, Ning Yun showed curiosity about the painting, and Willis, the butler, blurted out.

"These are paintings collected by the old city lord. Nobody knows who the original painter was."

After the current city lord ascended the throne, he found this painting in the storeroom and felt that the man in the painting resembled himself, so he placed the painting here.

Butler Willis seemed to have said these words a thousand times, even ten thousand times. Ning Yun smiled sheepishly, "Actually, I saw this painting as soon as I came in. I was just amazed by how stunning the scene was. I never expected there to be such a story behind it."

Her maid couldn't help but interject, "Is the silver dragon in this painting exactly the same as the one that attacked Mo City?"

Butler Willis took two steps forward, his eyes fixed on the silver dragon.

“Yes, and no.”

What is this statement?
"Although I have never seen the silver dragon up close, I did catch a glimpse of it a few days ago when it was causing a ruckus at the city gate. Their eyes are different."

The dragon in the painting has red eyes, while the silver dragon outside Mo City has silver eyes.

That's why he scoffed at the rumors circulating in the city.

Anyway, the rumors were spreading like wildfire, and he didn't try to hide them.

"Because of this painting, everyone in the city says that the painter is a prophet. The scene in the painting is the ending of Mo City, which will be completely destroyed by the evil dragon and the city lord will also die."

But I don't believe it!

Look, the two dragons have different eyes. At first glance, the man in the painting seems to resemble the city lord, but the city lord doesn't have such armor, and he has a scar on his face!

He pointed vaguely, indicating the difference between the painting and reality.

Ning Yun nodded after listening, "Indeed, the person in the painting looks like the city lord at first glance, but he really doesn't have any scars on his face."

Her approval piqued Willis's interest.

He became agitated and quickly pointed out several differences.

"And the buildings here, many cities have the same buildings, how can you say they belong to Motown?"

"The height of the city gate towers also varies greatly. The city gate tower in the painting is not tall, but the city gate towers in Mo City are famously tall."

"And these plants aren't found near Motown."

Willis was very familiar with the painting and pointed out more than a dozen suspicious points.

He tried to prove to Ning Yun that the painting was not a prophecy at all, but just a coincidence.

Ning Yun's attentive listening increased Willis's goodwill, and he spoke even more enthusiastically.

Occasionally, Ning Yun would ask a question.

Little did she know, she was mostly daydreaming, chatting with Xiao Qichen.

However, there are indeed many details in the painting. If you look closely, you will find that every stroke in the painting was not drawn randomly.

From a distance, the main characters appear to be a silver dragon and a man in armor.

Only upon closer inspection can one discover that the most detailed features are actually found in the destroyed city-states.

The painting actually depicts many people: some have lost both legs, some are holding their children tightly, and some are waving knives, going mad in despair.

Compared to the so-called two "protagonists," the desperate crowd in the painting is more real and vivid.

But as she looked around, Ning Yun noticed something was off.

"Is this painting upside down?" she murmured.

The butler, Willis, who was standing nearby, didn't hear her clearly. "Miss Ning Yun, what are you saying? Is there something you don't understand?"

From this painting, he recounted the current city lord's great achievements, and was about to extend to the previous city lord.

He got so engrossed in his story that he almost forgot about the three people next to him.

Ning Yun seemed to have spoken, but he didn't hear clearly.

Fortunately, Ning Yun turned around and said, "It's nothing. I was just marveling at how many details this painting has when I looked closer."

"By the way," she asked casually, "are there many left-handed people in the city?"

Butler Willis didn't understand why she asked that, but still answered, "It should be rare, the city lord is left-handed, though."

Ning Yun's expression remained unchanged. "I see. There are quite a few left-handed people in my family, but I'm different. I thought that was the case in the outside world."

Butler Willis had no doubts whatsoever, only thinking that her ability to ask such a question showed that she was indeed an innocent young lady who didn't know the ways of the world.

Chen Yuanyuan and Ji Jia also moved closer at some point, carefully observing the figures in the painting. The two exchanged a glance without leaving a trace.

The three of them continued like this, dragging Willis's butler along.

Suddenly a maid came and said that something had happened at the city lord's mansion and needed to be dealt with.