The Sentinel Tower stands on the ground.
For those born in the era of the Great Recession of mankind, the Sentinel Tower is a miraculous structure beyond their imagination. These main bodies are hundreds of meters high, and the total height including the base and floating height is a thousand meters. The giant magic device exceeds the technical limits of any contemporary human country (including the Principality of Cecil). The surging energy of each sentinel tower is enough to support the simultaneous operation of all the mage towers in the entire Ansu King City, and the energy they use Many technologies - including large-scale anti-gravity fields, adaptive shield technology, force field joint projection technology, etc., make today's anthropologists only look up to them.
After establishing the third forward base and ensuring the supply of materials and smooth roads in the rear, the Cecil engineering team continued to march south, and finally arrived at the sentinel that needed to be reinforced on the 1st of Frost Moon. At the foot of the tower, next to this highland known as "Thunder Hill," engineers laid the first wooden pile for the camp.
A former member of the 100-person construction aid team and a carpenter, the middle-aged craftsman "Bruce" from the royal capital is the chief architect of this "peak base". This stocky middle-aged man stands on On the large wooden box in the center of the camp, he held a reference drawing in his hand and stared at the construction progress of the workers with wide eyes. His nose, which was red from drinking too much, was even more red and shiny in the slightly smelly wasteland wind. .
"Connect the magic network first - don't be busy powering on the obelisk, connect the base plate first! People going to the wall should be careful not to leave the shield range, especially the breeze barrier - here The air is not good for your health! Charles, Bob, you take three people to put up the jammer, otherwise the obelisk will not turn on..."
Bruce's loud voice Echoing in the construction site, this middle-aged man from the royal capital was full of momentum and high-spirited - he looked at the busy construction site in front of him, at the exotic wasteland outside the construction site, and at the huge giant nearby The tower and the dense energy barrier surrounding the tower made all the tension in my heart turn into excitement and excitement, and even a little bit of pride.
This is where great architects should stay.
He comes from the royal capital and is a senior carpenter. His ancestors have been carpenters for generations, but he has not been a peaceful person since he was born. Bruce Panshi swears by his surname - this surname can be easily identified at a glance. Seeing the dwarf blood in his ancestors - he was born to do great things. He longs for adventure and does great things in extraordinary fields, rather than being a carpenter in the stable capital. However, he has no extraordinary talent. Even the dwarf blood passed down from his ancestors only gives him one more thing. He only had strength, so he inherited the family's trademark in the end. However, the development plan of the southern border... gave this restless carpenter hope.
He was one of the few members of the 100-member aid team who signed up actively.
"Is the jammer in place? Report immediately if it is in place - it is your safety guarantee, so don't waste your time!!"
Bruce's loud voice rang out again.
He did see extraordinary opportunities in the Southern Territory. He saw the attack of the aberrations, the rise of a magic city, the establishment of the principality, and the vigorous "Industrial New City Plan". ", he tried his best to seize these opportunities and prove his strength in front of the great architect Gordon, and today, he finally encountered the biggest opportunity - to start construction in the wasteland.
There is no doubt that this extraordinary "service" will become his greatest achievement. Bruce believes that after returning, he may even be directly rated as a "great architect" - just like the same "great architect" Gordon, the Great Architect, became one of Cecil's most senior technicians. There are only a few people in this position, such as the "Great Craftsman" Mr. Nicholas Egg, the "Magic Master" Mr. Kamel and Miss Rebecca...
The camp's infrastructure was quickly laid out Then, the magic network units that can be easily assembled were first connected into a powerful array, and several "Steel Ambassadors" were located in the center of these magic network matrices and had been connected online, but these can serve as magic energy obelisks. Before the multifunctional tanks activated their crystals, several special devices were first erected throughout the base.
They are poles made of metal, with the bottom buried deeply into the ground, and several parallel "branches" branching out two meters above them. A series of runes are distributed on the branches. On the surface, small pieces of crystal are inlaid on the tops of the metal branches like the heads of staffs, emitting a faint light.
These devices are "jammers."
It is very dangerous to use high-power magic devices near the Great Wall, because the monsters breed in the magic tide have an unquenchable desire for pure magic, just like the monsters wandering outside. Aberrations will take the initiative to approach human towns. The powerful magic obelisk is like a lighthouse in the dark night in front of these monsters - this is already located on the high ground of the Sentinel Tower. For some monsters with stronger perception, This is already their sniffing area. In order to prevent the magic energy obelisk from attracting powerful monsters the moment it is turned on, and to prevent the magnificent wall itself, which is not in good condition, from being attacked by monsters, the construction workers must do this in advance. Some preparation.
That's what jammers are for.
Its forked branches are engraved with runes for breath shielding, magic concealment and elemental disturbance. The effects are actually not perfect, but given the average intelligence of the wasteland monsters, these spell effects are enough. It disrupts the judgment of those aberrations from a distance.
Of course, if the enemy is close enough, or it is a monster with particularly keen perception and preliminary intelligence, these simple jammers will not be effective. At that time, the safety of the camp will still depend on the grandeur. Wall and the guns in the hands of loyal soldiers to protect it - but as long as it can filter out 60 to 70% of the monsters, it has met Gawain's requirements.
At the edge of the camp, Gawain stood on a boulder next to the "Thunder Hill", watching the pioneers set up the jammers at several predetermined places. As they were activated one by one, a The crystals and rune arrays glowed faintly, and the magical aura escaping from the entire camp quickly became weak and chaotic.
This level of disguise cannot hide from high-level or even mid-level experts, but it must be able to filter out more than 70% of the aberrations.
The nearby air was slightly distorted, and Amber's figure condensed out of the air. She came to Gawain's side and said casually: "The jammer has been activated."
"I "I saw it."
"To be honest, I was relieved after this thing was activated," Amber wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead in an exaggerated manner, and then became a little curious, "But then again ...To survive in the wasteland, we must have this kind of jamming technology... We rely on jammers to protect the camp, so how do other 'tower repair troops' solve the problem, such as the team in the Western Region..."
Gawain glanced at the half-elf: "Are you stuck in your head again?"
"Hey, what do you mean by that!"
"Such a simple question Do you still need to ask?" Gawain casually knocked Amber on the head, "A jammer is just a spell-casting device, and it's not a high-level magic. Those teams that don't have jammers can just find a few mages and put them in the camp. Put the breath masking and magic concealment skills in a fixed position for a day, and change people when you are tired, or give someone a chair to sit on."
Amber blinked and couldn't help but muttered after realizing it. "Oh my god, I suddenly felt so stupid after thinking about that picture..."
"Is it stupid? But before the emergence of magic devices that pursue 'general use' and 'civilian use', all mages In fact, they all do this," Gawain shrugged. "They are proud of their ability to master extraordinary power and release it, and to this day, extraordinary people in most areas outside of Cecil still think so."
Hearing Gawain's words, even Amber, who usually didn't like to use his brain very much, couldn't help but think deeply. Gawain shook his head and turned around to stare at the Sentinel Tower. direction.
The huge gray-white tower body is suspended in the anti-gravity field, quietly releasing its huge energy between the dirty and twisted heaven and earth, while the hill-like tower base is set up in the thunderous sky. At the top of the hill, part of it is integrated with the hill. A large number of complex structures are hidden deep in the rocks and soil. There are several raised "ridges" extending from the connection between the base and the hill, like the aerial roots of trees. It generally extends far away on the land - part of it extends in the direction of the Black Forest. The camp established by the Cecil Engineering Team is located near one of the "ridges".
Gawain knew that the "ridge" that looked like aerial roots was actually the integrated sensor and engineering pipeline assembly unit of the Sentinel Tower. Each base would symmetrically extend out six ways, three of which barrierOutside, the other three are located inside the barrier. They continuously collect pollution readings inside and outside the barrier and upload them to the artificial intelligence of the tower for reference to ensure that the barrier can adjust in real time as the internal and external pressure changes. The Sentinel Tower The magical "adaptive shield" technology actually relies on these complex and huge sensor arrays.
Such a superb technological product exists so close to the human kingdom - but only because of the obstruction of a dark forest, a dark mountain, and seven hundred years of decline and decline. , Ansu's decline is already unimaginable...Civilization is really a very fragile thing.
What did the elves who once built the Sentinel Tower think after seeing the decline of the human kingdom, especially Anzu?
Will they despise it? Or will they be amazed, just like people on earth marveled at the great decline of European science and technology after the fall of the ancient Roman Empire, and marveled at the replacement of civilization by barbarism? Or... they have no time to lament the decline of mankind, because even they themselves can no longer build the core devices of those towers.
A nimble figure jumped onto the boulder, and Solderin, holding a short bow, appeared in front of Gawain.
"Outposts have been arranged in the surrounding area, and no corrupted monsters have been found approaching yet."
"Very good, let the Ranger soldiers strengthen their vigilance," Gawain nodded slightly, and then suddenly Said, "Go and organize a team of elite soldiers, and call Sonia, and come together to see me."
Solderin was stunned for a moment: "Call mother? What do you want to do?"
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"I want to enter the Sentinel Tower," Gawain said, "and check the situation inside."
Before Solderin responded, Amber beside him had already exclaimed. : "Oh my god - Old Zongzi, are you kidding me?"
"Would I joke about this?" Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "We are here to solve the problem of the Sentinel Tower. ——Just building the auxiliary tower and pressure relief point can be done by an excellent architect with drawings and an engineering team. Our purpose here is to find as many clues as possible from the Sentinel Tower. "
"I understand," Solderin lowered his head, "I'll arrange the manpower."
"Do I have to go with him?" Amber couldn't bear it. Pointing to his nose, "You never told me that you were going to run into the Sentinel Tower before you came here - standing eight hundred meters away from the barrier is my limit. Let me tell you..."
Gawain didn't say anything, just looked at her with a half-smile, and after seeing this familiar expression of "You can do whatever you want, I'll have to take you away under my arm in a while", Amber's The pointed ears were still drooped: "Okay, okay, who asked me to collect your salary..."
"I could have just said no earlier."