To be honest, Gawain was really shocked when Tyr suddenly emerged from the water - the sea monster seems to be an elemental body in nature. When this sea caterpillar monster lurked in the water There was no breath at all. This guy suddenly popped up. If Gawain had had bricks in his hand, he would have breathed out by now...
After calming down, Gawain Looking at Tier swimming in the water: "What are you doing soaking in the river so late?"
"I'm not in the river, am I on the bank?" Tier responded confidently, "I It's a sea monster, a water element."
"...This makes sense..." Gawain touched his chin, and then suddenly felt something was wrong, "Wait, if I remember correctly. , You should be instructing the workers at the shipyard at this time, right?"
Tire has now become the ship's technical consultant in the territory. Although she still tries to catch up on her sleep whenever possible, According to reports from his subordinates, this sea caterpillar monster was indeed working hard at the shipyard.
Like most factories in the territory, the shipyard also implements a three-shift system. The craftsmen worked overtime to repair the ships seized from the nobles of the Southern Territory in order to cope with the large-scale construction period in the Southern Territory after the war. The pressure on river transportation is increasing. On the other hand, under Tyr's guidance, he is working hard to learn Kraken's craft technology and research how to make new ships. At this time, if Gawain remembers correctly, Tyr should be staying at the shipyard. That's right...
"Aha... Today's scheduled work is all done. Now they are testing the strength of several materials. This does not require me to watch from the side, and I will use it for you land people. The material I was using was unfamiliar,” Tire said as she swam to the shore. The starlight shone on her wet long hair, glowing with a strange brilliance. “Then I came out early...”
Gawain was a little speechless for a moment: "Didn't I sneak out..."
"No one noticed," Tire shook his head indifferently, "I secretly flowed out along the drain pipe. "..."
Gawain: "..."
Did this sea caterpillar monster really not realize that the person in front of him was the biggest boss? This guy told him how he had sneaked away without any psychological pressure at all...
Gawain couldn't help but have a strong curiosity about the social form and customs of the Kraken. He knelt down and looked at Tyr, who was leisurely soaking in the water: "Are you sea monsters as heartless as you? Do you usually... have anything to worry about?"
"Heartless? I don't think so...but maybe that's how it seems to you," Tier slapped his tail hard in the water, jumped out of the water with a splash, and patted Gao Wentao like a salted fish. On the ground beside him, he patted his tail and said, "Our race...can live for a long time and has experienced a lot of things. We have seen too much, so we seem a little different from you." Same. Compared to Siren, even your so-called immortal elves are a fairly young race... Oh my god, they finally turned over. ”
Gawain glanced at this salted fish that had been flopping on the shore for a long time before turning over. He really couldn’t tell the background and temperament of the so-called “ancient race of the deep sea” from such a funny guy, but He knows that what Tire said is true: as an ancient race that has witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations on land season after season, this group of deep-sea salted fish are fully qualified to regard any species on land as "children" .
At this point, I am afraid that only his own satellite spirit can compete with the deep-sea salted fish.
But he does not intend to discuss ancient qualifications with Tyr. Instead of talking about the topic, he turned his attention to the two sides of the Baishui River illuminated by the radiance of the magic crystal lamp. After a moment of silence, he asked: "Having lived here for more than a year, what do you think of this place? "
"It is developing very fast, in good order, and there are many strange and weird things. Although it is not advanced, your technical route can still give me some inspiration," Tier supported his body with his fish tail. , commented very pertinently, “It’s just that there are many hidden dangers, which are basically caused by too rapid development. "
Gawain looked at Tyr with interest: "What's the specifics? "
"If you don't mind it being harsh, I'll tell you," Tire patted his tail indifferently, "You are so far ahead that only a few people are really following you. At such a pace, most of the people in the governing body you formed only know what to do, but don’t know why to do it; your population and territory expand too fast, and the order in remote areas will inevitably be chaotic. Before the administrators, this kind of chaos was unsolvable; your army was powerful but lacked real training. They had not seen enough blood and needed more fire tests; your territory was developing extremely fast, but it would always slow down. One day, once its development slows down, those industries that rely on the dividends brought by rapid development will have problems--that's all I can see. "
Gawain looked at Tyr with some surprise: "I didn't expect you would observe so much..."
"I'm just lazy, not blind, and I usually don't Reading the newspaper - although it’s a bit troublesome to always get the newspaper wet," Tire said, glancing at Gawain, "But then again... you actually know these hidden dangers yourself. "
"How could you not know?" Gawain smiled helplessly and admitted Tire's statement frankly, "But we must develop even if there are hidden dangers. Stagnating is not a problem of facing hidden dangers - -That will destroy the country and the family. "
"Anyway, you have laid a rock fortress, and you have the foundation to make up for these hidden dangers. As long as you develop and digest it steadily, these shortcomings will slowly be made up for. ”
Gawain did not expect that this deep-sea salted fish would analyze a matter so seriously and discuss it with himself so seriously, but he also knew that this was Tyr Ways to show “sincerity”——In recent times, this deep-sea salted fish has been running to several research departments almost every day. For this reason, she has even greatly reduced her sleeping time. It is obvious that the arcane energy control technology behind the "Rainbow Cannon" is correct. It is really important for the Kraken who are stuck in a technical bottleneck. When facing the interests of the race, even Tyr, who is so lazy that he almost dies on the spot, will become reliable.
"It would be nice to have this digestion time," Gawain couldn't help but murmured softly, and then asked a question with some curiosity, "Actually, there is something I have always been curious about - in your Siren Observation In the long years of land civilization, civilizations have risen and died season after season. Is there really no civilization that can withstand the tide of evil? ”
This question is really important, and Gawain really wants to confirm it? Thing: Is the demonic tide really unsolvable for mortals?
From the time when the Kraken observed the land to the present, more than ten seasons of civilizations have risen and fallen, and countless intelligent and brave races have been active on this land. Could it be that they were all destroyed by the demonic tide?
Faced with the questions raised by Gawain, Tyr rarely showed a trace of hesitation and confusion.
Gawain caught the subtle changes in Tire's expression: "Is there any secret?"
"It's not really a secret, but there is something we can't confirm yet. ," Tyr gently patted the rock below him with his fish tail, "I believe you are a rational and calm person - so I plan to tell you about a phenomenon we have discovered."
Gawain's expression became solemn, and he listened quietly to Tyr's story.
Tiel’s first words made him look surprised: “…In fact, not all civilizations were destroyed by the demonic tide—some were destroyed due to various reasons before the demonic tide broke out. The cause disappeared on its own, and some... disappeared suddenly after surviving the demonic tide. "
According to Tyr, there are two kinds of demonic tides. , the demonic tide that the Gondor Empire experienced seven hundred years ago can only be said to be a small-scale "ripple", but when the real big demonic tide arrives, the whole world will be turned upside down, and that will be truly irresistible. of.
So Gawain was immediately surprised: "Has anyone successfully withstood the great demonic tide?"
"Yes, and there are more than one," Tire nodded seriously and said, "They They have found protective technologies that can withstand the demonic tide, or have discovered the changing patterns of the demonic tide, and built safe zones in advance. There is even a race that has completed the life-form transformation of the whole family before the demonic tide arrives. We once thought that those civilizations would be fine after surviving the time... But in the end, they suddenly perished after the end of the demonic tide."
"Suddenly perished? "Gawain heard the deep meaning from Tire's words, "In other words, you don't know the reason?"
"It seems that a huge war broke out suddenly, but you can't tell who it is with. Fight, our observers also went ashore to investigate the situation, but found that civilization on landBasically all the stored data was destroyed, and even if some data were found, it would only contain the crazy words of a deranged madman. In addition, we have also observed extremely large-scale collective suicide and burial phenomena... which are completely unclear. ”
Gawain frowned tightly. This situation was something he had never thought about before, but he still vaguely remembered... that he had indeed observed it when he was hanging in the sky as a satellite spirit. The war spread across the entire continent, even a war that could destroy all countries on the continent...
Although his observations were severely interrupted at the time and he could not piece together the complete development process from those messy pictures, but The existence of those scenes is enough to prove that what Tyr said is true.
It is not just the demonic tide that destroys civilization on the continent.
“Our ability to observe on land is limited. Because we will also be affected by the magic tide to a certain extent - the Kraken will not die when the magic tide arrives, but our equipment will be greatly disturbed, and the ocean itself will become very dangerous and difficult to control, so we do not Knowing what happened before and after the demonic tide, there is only one thing that can be determined: as long as civilization on land develops to a certain level, it will inevitably encounter a catastrophic disaster. There is a bottleneck waiting there, and this bottleneck should... It appeared after the demon tide ended. "
A bottleneck, an invisible bottleneck, or...a trap.
"It's very much like a trap, isn't it? "Tyr's voice came from the side, and it hit Gawain's mind. The Siren lady propped herself up with her fish tail, raised her head and looked at the night sky full of stars, "Each civilization seems to be in a dark sky. Sailing in the ocean, we sirens watched from a distance, watching their lights flicker on and off in the dark sea, some of them were swallowed up by the storm, some were extinguished before the storm came, and those who were lucky enough to survive the storm District... before we could go to congratulate them, they suddenly went out. This is really a scary world. There seems to be a large whirlpool invisible to the naked eye in the dark ocean, which will suddenly engulf unwary sailors, so we gave this mysterious and terrifying phenomenon a name——
"We call it the 'black trap', a trap in the dark sea."