Above the base of the Sentinel Tower, floating in the air relying on anti-gravity technology, is the most important "functional facility" of this tower, a shield projection device called a "stone tablet".
The energy barrier of the Grand Wall relies on the "stone tablet" to maintain, but the function of the stone tablet is not limited to creating a layer of shield. As a powerful magic facility, the stone tablet has a very complex structure inside. Function, it not only creates a shield, but also plays the role of an upper-level sensor. It monitors the barrier conditions at a kilometer altitude in real time, monitors the energy tide within the wasteland, and reports its own status to the base at any time. The demonic mind.
The sensor array in the stone tablet may be the last unit that may malfunction and bypass the demon's mind.
"There is a lift to the stone monument on the top floor of this room." Banner opened a new operating interface on the alloy pillar next to the demon's mind and said quickly while checking the system, "Let me Look...Thanks to the spirit of the forest, the lift is in good condition."
Gawain nodded: "Let's go take a look at the stone monument."
No one is there. Objecting, Gawain immediately arranged for Solderin and the Rangers to continue to monitor the situation in the base. He and Banner and others came to the upper level of the room where the demon's mind was - a circular lifting platform was standing still. Parked quietly in the groove at the top of the room.
This lifting platform has been parked here for seven centuries, but the protective system of the Sentinel Tower still maintains it in good condition. After Banner injected magic power and control instructions into it, the circle Light blue magic lines and vague elven runes immediately appeared on the ground of the shaped platform. Gawain felt a slight vibration under his feet, and the entire platform began to rise slowly.
The magical cloud top emitting dense light gradually approached in the field of vision, and energy shields were automatically raised around the lifting platform to protect the passengers, but Gawain did not pay attention to the magical clouds and clouds above his head. With the shield around him, he focused almost all of his attention on the magic patterns emerging on the surface of the lifting platform.
This is the anti-gravity technology of elves... far more advanced than humans.
It only needs to be injected with a small amount of magic power to carry a considerable load up, and the floating process is incredibly smooth. Its rune structure has obviously been well optimized, so much so that Banner was very concerned about it. There is almost no need for additional control...
Humans also have floating magic and floating devices based on gravity spells. In the towers of the great magicians, they often use similar floating platforms. To transport people or goods, but Gawain knew the fatal flaw of those flotation devices - they consume so much energy that they can only be used in the mage tower, and are difficult to control, so much so that they require the tower spirit of the mage tower to assist in the control. As for falling, it is so expensive and complicated that only mid-level to high-level extraordinary beings can afford the cost...
Researchers at the Rune Research Institute have been trying to crack and optimize human gravity spells. HoweverThey encountered a similar problem to the original communication technology: a technical black box.
Gravity spells were not created by humans, and their origins are a mystery. There are also a large number of unexplainable structures in the spell models. Jenny and her technical team have been unable to convert large-scale The anti-gravity array has been optimized to the point where it can be used in practical applications. So far, the only achievements of the Rune Research Institute in gravity spells are "weight loss spell" and "floating trick". The former has been applied in construction and In the field of material transfer, the latter... due to the extremely small load and the problem of parallel interference from multiple arrays, it cannot be applied so far.
In the past, the technical black box of communication technology was cracked after the introduction of eternal sleeper technology. So, will the technical black box of gravity spells... find a breakthrough in the elves' knowledge system?
The floating platform continued to rise, and it penetrated the thick magic cloud top. The dense light mist filled everyone's sight, and the arc generated by the friction between the magic power and the platform shield was all around. With a crackling sound, Amber seemed to be frightened by this seemingly dangerous "travel". The goose shrank its neck subconsciously, while Gawain was still thinking about the application of anti-gravity technology——
Breaking away from gravity and soaring into the sky is something that almost every intelligent creature would yearn for. Needless to say, its significance in the military and civilian fields. More importantly, the technology of breaking away from gravity is also something that Gawain has always been thinking about - in his lifetime. , within the realm of imagination, this seems to be the only way that allows him to touch those satellites in space and touch his own "body".
On this road, griffins can’t do it, giant eagles can’t do it, and the mage’s personal flying technique can’t do it either.
As long as the conditions are ripe, aircraft must be manufactured.
The floating platform passed through the magic cloud top that was more than ten meters thick. The crackling arcs and dense light mist gradually sank to the feet. Beyond the platform, there was an amazing open field of vision.
The magnificent wall of astonishing scale stretches out in front of you like an aurora falling into the earth, outlining the border of the ancient Gondor Empire. In the north, at the end of your sight is the undulating outline of the dark mountains. In the south, the purple-black corrupted land stretches as far as the eye can see. Rugged and ferocious rocks and withered plants are scattered on the plains. Some twisted and shapeless ruins appear in the distance, looking desolate and vast.
Amber stared blankly at the scene on the other side of the barrier, and finally exclaimed for a long time: "Wow..."
"That's Gondor, the strongest in human history." A large empire, where the ancestors of Anzu escaped seven hundred years ago." The memory from Gawain Cecil came to his mind. Gawain looked at the wasteland in the south and broke the silence, "Seeing that Is that the slightly red striped area? That's the road where one-fifth of our people died. And the crooked ruins in the distance look like they've melted. It was Thranduran - the last border city still organizing a resistance army. Back then, Charlie tried to persuade the lord of Thranduran to lead the army immediately.As the people fled, the stubborn old count insisted on living and dying with the city. He finally detonated Thranduran's magic pipes, and those crooked things were the remnants of the magic pipes. ”
Everyone listened quietly to Gawain’s narration, even Amber couldn’t help but become quiet, and in this short silence, the entire lift entered a shadow— —
It arrived at the lower parking area of the stele.
After a brief period of adaptation, the group's eyes adapted to the dimmed magic light inside the stele. Amber blinked and looked. Looking around, I was surprised to find that the interior of this huge stone monument was actually not very large - there was only a circular hall within sight. The hall had a high roof, but the highest could not exceed dozens of meters. Apart from the hall, , she did not see any other exits.
Neatly silver-white metal pillars stood in the hall. Those metal pillars may be the monitoring and control devices of the stone monument.
"Most of the entire stele is sealed off and wrapped with thick artificial rock and more than a dozen layers of magic materials," Banner explained. "This is because there is very powerful energy surging in the stele. Energy is extremely dangerous, and it must keep its energy environment closed to prevent the shield from becoming unbalanced, so we must seal it. The walls of this hall are ten meters thick, and rely on a huge magic circle set up on the roof to establish connections with the stone tablet. Through this magic circle, we can understand the working conditions of various parts of the stone tablet. "
As Banner spoke, he came to those silver-white metal pillars. He activated one of them, and complex and mysterious elven runes appeared on the surface of the metal pillar, accompanied by a slight sound. There was a buzzing sound, and a large number of illusion projections showing data appeared in the air around the pillar.
Gawain and Sonia were nervously watching Banner's work, hoping that Banner could find some abnormalities. , but at the same time, I am worried that a major fault of the Sentinel Tower has been discovered - the stone tablet is the most important structure of the Sentinel Tower, and almost all faults that occur here are fatal. If the problem really lies here...
Then I'm afraid the entire barrier repair and reinforcement plan will become a joke
Amber also paid attention to Banner's operations for a while, but she really didn't know anything about elven runes, nor did she understand the sentinels. After a while, she lost interest in the things in front of her and began to look around.
The "visions" that happened one after another today made her very concerned.
< p>She is a careless girl, with a carefree part in her character, but this does not mean that she lacks heart and lungs (although many people think so), she will not simplify what she has seen before. It's as simple as "dazzling", but she knows one thing very well - I'm afraid only she can see those things.They are projections from the Shadow Realm, or... they are part of the Shadow Realm. The phenomenon that occurs after invading the real world
Here.Is there a shadow rift? Why do shadow cracks appear out of thin air in nature?
Amber frowned. She tried to relax her mind and let her innate and unexplainable shadow talent gradually dominate her five senses. She breathed slowly and scanned the entire hall. .
She began to try to observe this place from the perspective of a shadow creature.
Most of the figures I saw below were a shadow dweller - the shadow dwellers had no communication with the creatures in the material world, and even seemed to have a certain amount of malice, but they were relatively...close to her. , Amber didn’t know if the shadow residents were close to her, but she did have experience in dealing with them.
Those weird, seemingly illogical residents are actually a kind of intelligent creatures. They will not point themselves in this direction for no reason, unless there is something here that disrupts the order of the material world and the shadow world. ……thing.
"The devices here also show that everything is normal," Banner's slightly confused voice rang not far away. The elf mage repeatedly checked several key sensors of the stone tablet, and his tone Full of puzzlement, "Strange... normal is simply unbelievable..."
Sonia also came to Banner: "It seems that the sensor is in good working condition. The connection here with the demon spirit's mind What?"
"The connection is smooth, wait, it's too smooth..."
The voices of Banner and Sonia became ethereal and blurry in Amber's ears.
Her hair had grown very long unknowingly, floating in the air as if it had lost gravity. Her eyes turned into a strange light golden color, reflecting the black and white scenery of the Shadow Realm, a squirming mass. The smoke gathered at her feet, creating a passage to the Shadow Realm.
She entered the Shadow Realm.
Some hollow and strange figures wrapped in rune cloth emerged around her. Those hollow figures whispered in a low voice: "You are in big trouble..." "They have already caused damage. ..." "But it seems you can delay it a little longer." "That has nothing to do with us..." "It's just that I need to remind you that you belong here after all..." "Look up, look up."
Amber raised his head and looked at the roof of the hall.
Large-scale hatching vines and roots were entangled on all the silver-white metal pillars, spreading on the walls of the entire hall, and drilling through the cracks in the parking area of the lifting platform to the outside of the stone monument.
They seem to be connected to the base below, to the earth under the base, to the wasteland, and to something more blasphemous deep in the wasteland.
“Oh my god!!”