Dense clouds hung low and heavy rain poured down. The entire Baisha area was shrouded in an endless darkness. Under the swirling clouds, the rain curtain seemed to be an ocean hanging upside down from the sky. It was so dense that people doubted whether It will suffocate in it, and in this apocalyptic darkness and storm, countless weird limbs are growing, countless indescribable things cheering and condensing from the rain, and everyone who witnesses all this - The Iron Throne The soldiers, officers, and war technicians on board will never forget the spiritual shock brought by this scene for the rest of their lives.
All the crew members of the Iron Throne have passed the san-check, and now the entire train is filled with a positive and optimistic atmosphere.
"Turn off the mental protection system." Commander Maryland felt that his mind was clearer than ever before, and he judged that the on-board mental protection system was no longer useful, so he ordered.
The structure that is difficult to describe in words is still moving. It hangs down from the vortex of the cloud top, as if a huge deep-sea creature is licking the earth with countless tentacles, but from the clouds This huge structure was not the only thing that appeared - when the lightning burst and the light was strongest, Maryland could see many small humanoid creatures shuttling between the tentacles, and they seemed to be holding various kinds of objects. Tools were busy in that chaotic gluttonous feast. With the help of the powerful vision of the extraordinary, Maryland could tell that the shapes of some of the individuals were similar to Miss Till in the territory.
But the shapes of other individuals are not so easy to describe... In addition to their humanoid bodies, they have pieced together all kinds of weird limbs, and some of them are even unclear whether they should be considered limbs. , as if... randomly long...
Those are Cecil's allies, the sirens from the deep sea.
Thankfully, this powerful group is Cecil's ally.
The adjutant walked over from the side. The young officer had a look of confusion on his face: "General, do we need to do anything now?"
"Nothing needs to be done. "Maryland said to the adjutant, "Just wait until the rain stops."
"Yes, General."
The two of them raised their heads at the same time and looked through the train car covered with reinforced shields. He opened the window and looked at the gluttonous feast in the distance.
In the center of this dark rainstorm, in the central area of the jump field that has almost completely evolved into the realm of water elements, the "forest" formed by the tentacles has completely isolated the man-made god from the outside environment. The "Poseidon" beast that was jointly mimicked by thousands of tidal banshees covered this area with its unprecedentedly huge body. Between the thousands of tentacles hanging down by the Poseidon, the runes flickered on and off, layer upon layer. The illusory force field intertwined into an airtight barrier, and all the desperate resistance of the giant deer came to nothing in front of that powerful barrier.
In the area covered by the Poseidon, inside the barrier, Vanessa, the Siren General with the title of Deep Sea Lord, is commanding the deep sea warriors to complete the final treatment of "food".reason.
The environment of heavy rain is a "mimetic ocean" created by the elemental warp field. The sirens can move freely in such an environment. They are walking through the rain curtain as if they are swimming in the ocean. He stood up and used the long-handled charging blade in his hand to cut the huge body of the giant deer that was still struggling instinctively.
This is a rather dangerous job. Although the giant deer has died, the huge vitality and magic power remaining in its body are still maintaining the flesh and blood, and even allow the flesh and blood to remain independent after being cut apart. After surviving for a period of time, facing this kind of opponent, even if it is a powerful deep-sea warrior, even if it creates a home field advantage and an ambush advantage, the Kraken will still inevitably suffer some casualties.
Near the shoulder and neck of the giant deer, an overly reckless deep-sea warrior waved his war blade and cut open a piece of flesh that was still crawling. A dazzling arc of electricity erupted from the wound without warning. Hitting the body of the unlucky sea monster, the latter only had time to let out a scream before it turned into pieces of water and dissipated in the air.
The Krakens who were busy nearby saw this scene, and several of them shouted: "Ah - Yu Sheng failed, zero points out!"
This is what happened to the Krakens A very popular mocking sentence in society is used to laugh at those sirens who accidentally die because of their carelessness.
Vanessa, who happened to be swimming nearby, swung her snake tail, picked up the war blade dropped by the death warrior, and gave a false wave to the soldiers who were a little carried away: "Pay attention to order!! Unless you have been growing up! I have never died since I was a child!"
The soldiers dispersed in a hurry and continued to perform tasks, cutting up the giant deer's carcass or dealing with the "troublesome products" that grew from the giant deer's blood, Vanessa Then he casually threw the recovered war blade to a sea monster following him - the sea monster transformed into a sea demon with a large number of arms and legs, and at this moment, each arm and leg had several war blades wrapped around it.
"Take these weapons back, don't leave any behind, wait until they are resurrected and come back to get them."
A tidal banshee with a lilac fish tail swam from a distance She came over, holding a short staff with complex patterns in her hand. There were many cut meat samples floating in the water bubbles beside her: "General, the cut meat pieces have been initially identified."
"How was the result?"
"It tastes good!" The purple-tailed siren nodded vigorously at first, then frowned a little, "But the taste is not very good, and the energy is a bit mixed. , this thing is very much like a combination product, and the technology is very immature. In addition, its regeneration is also limited. It should have exceeded the threshold at present, and its regeneration ability is declining sharply. This is completely inferior to the giant squid..."
"Well...it's not surprising, after all, this is a 'imitation' made by humans," Vanessa said casually, "It's normal to have poor quality, but at least the quantity is large, right? In addition, can this thing supply energy to the reactor?"
"It should be fine, but it requires an extra layer of extraction process., otherwise it may put a certain amount of pressure on the reactor," the purple-tailed siren said seriously, "If the rainbow light technology transmitted from Tyr can be used smoothly, our energy conversion efficiency will increase by more than 30%, and this batch of new fuel will It will be a good deal. "
"Very good, then collect them all - part of it will be replenished for everyone after you go back, and part of it will be used to supply energy to the reactor. The queen will decide how to distribute it. "
"Yes, General," the purple-tailed siren nodded and then glanced at the giant deer being cut. "It's incredible... This season's land civilization can actually create such a thing." . I always thought that their technical level was very low, but they created a rainbow light device and this thing... I don’t know if the technology they used to create this thing can be made public. If so, maybe it can be solved. The problem of insufficient production of giant squid is over. "
"I'm afraid not," Vanessa sighed, "I heard that the technology used to create this 'god' is very cruel and dark. Not only is it unacceptable to humankind's own moral values, but the Queen does not intend to have it. We are here just to get rid of these 'technological artifacts'. As for the technology itself... let it die like this. "
The purple-tailed siren blinked and muttered: "I can't even accept it but I still created it. Humans are such a strange race..."
"Their ethnic group is Split, this is one of the characteristics, there is no way," Vanessa said, "The humans we are working with are just one of their groups, and there are many similar groups in human society... I want to understand them. The difference between them is quite troublesome. "
The purple-tailed siren thought for a while and let out a regretful sigh: "Alas...it's really rare to have such good cooking skills. ”
“Yes, it’s rare to have such good cooking skills. "
...
Everything is over.
In the velvet study room of Silver Castle, the holographic projection device displays the latest information sent back from the Iron Throne.< /p>
The world is shrouded in darkness, violent storms wash over the white sand area, huge deep-sea creatures descend in the rain, and a gluttonous feast is the final outcome of the artificial god.
Watch it in Gawain. Come on, this is really a hopeful image, but it’s a pity that the image is too shocking and it seems not suitable to be disclosed to the public under the current social background.
“We can consider how to publicize it next.” Gawain lightly knocked on the table, attracting the attention of the two guardian dukes (grand consuls), "The disaster caused by the Death of All Things has only begun to end now, but if we want it to land smoothly, , we still have a lot to do. "
Duke Baldwin took a deep breath and couldn't help but ask: "Is that the 'Siren' you mentioned? ”
“Yes, sirens are deep sea groups that appear in many legends, but unlike most legendary groups, they really exist and have established a certain connection with us. ”
Bardwin seemed to have something to say, but hesitated, but Victoria next to him spoke directly: "Is there any risk?"
"There are risks in contact with any alien race. But sometimes we have no choice, and in my personal judgment, these Kraken are trustworthy - as early as two years ago, the Southern Territory has established contact with the Kraken, and we have some technical exchanges. Although the scale is not large, at least A certain level of equal dialogue was achieved."
Bardwin and Victoria exchanged glances and seemed slightly relieved, but still a little nervous.
Of course Gawain knows why.
He spread his hands and leaned back on the high-backed chair: "I know what you are worried about. Frankly speaking, they are a very powerful group. Although their territory is in the deep sea, if they If they are willing, they can indeed set off a storm on land...a storm in every sense of the word, but we must be aware of one fact:
"Whether we are willing or not, there are such powerful ethnic groups in this world. , sea monsters exist, dragons exist, and some powerful races that only exist in legends may also exist. They may live in far away places, but if they are willing, they can come to this Loren continent, and we …You can’t even get out of the coastline.
“These races do exist. The only thing we, the races blocked by the ocean and our own civilization, should be thankful for is that at least they are not hostile to us.
“But This kind of 'no hostility' is not something we strive for, it is a gift from fate.
“We can only do two things. First, face this fact, because escaping and pretending to be deaf will not solve the problem; second, develop yourself, don’t stop at the current moment of peace, don’t Blinded by short-term prosperity, outside our eyes, the world is still very big. If we want to survive in this huge world for a long time, development is the last word.”
Gao Wen said. The words were very straightforward. In the eyes of the two great consuls, these straightforward words might even undermine their self-confidence as human beings.
It is difficult to admit that you are weak, especially for people like them.
But some facts must be recognized clearly. Many times the driving force for development lies in realizing one's own shortcomings, and this is exactly what the human beings on this land have learned after being blocked inland for seven hundred years. What was lacking after seven hundred years of peace under heavy protection was, from a certain perspective, one of the reasons for the decline of the former Anzu Kingdom.
The Sirens are a peace-loving race. These creatures from the deep sea, with wonderful ideas, lively and friendly creatures, are valuable allies of the Principality of Cecil (now the Cecil Empire). However, as Gawain said Like this, this "friendliness" is not earned by humans themselves, but is just a matter of good luck.
That’s why Gawain values the “technical cooperation” between Cecil and Siren so much. Even if the cooperation only involves one or two key technologies, it means that at least humans are qualified."Dialogue" with these deep-sea creatures.
If the Cecil people did not even have rainbow light technology, no matter how friendly those deep-sea creatures were, would they be interested in a small principality on a distant land?
I am afraid that one more glance at the backward humans on land will delay them from digging squid.
Development is the last word. Cecil people know this and have tasted the benefits of development. However, more than half of the people in this country do not know that the two great consuls in front of Gawain Perhaps they are the wise ones among this majority. They have already felt the urgency of "social progress", but in order to make them more deeply aware of the importance of development and broaden their horizons, it is necessary for Gawain to show them Something more intuitive.
Bardwin next to him showed a thoughtful look, and Victoria also understood what Gawain meant by saying this.
At this moment, the two dukes suddenly had a certain feeling - the resurrected Duke Gawain Cecil was really like an elder in the family, spending almost every moment in his life. We must do our best to maintain the existence of this "family", and we must always find ways to discipline and guide those naughty children who are disobedient to discipline. We must pay attention to guidance, warnings, and preaching, and remind us tirelessly: "Don't touch this; Don't touch that; don't waste your studies; be careful of dangers; exercise; eat more vegetables; live in harmony with your brothers and sisters..."
However, no one listened to him, naughty children A civil war demolished the house and burned down the kitchen and warehouse (the grain-producing area in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain), forcing the ancestor to get out of bed at an age of more than 700 years to put out the fire...
The two dukes looked at Gawain subconsciously, and at the same time felt that this founding hero was really not easy.
Gawain noticed the change in the eyes of the two men, and was pleased that his efforts to guide the process of transforming these two old nobles had achieved good results, but soon he felt that the eyes of the two men seemed a bit strange. Right...
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At the same time, in the Shadow Realm, the deepest part of the Disobedience Fortress.
In the dark and chaotic void space, large and small floating boulders and islands formed a fragmented earth. A large piece of ancient battleship wreckage emitting a faint light surrounded a giant deer corpse emitting white light. In this space that seemed to be eternally silent, the giant deer Amorn opened his eyes slightly, and in his crystal eyes, scenes of flashing scenes were reflected:
Covered with steel armor and shields The train was speeding on the railway track, and the furious man-made god was chasing after the armored train.
The mortal artillery positions were at full fire, bombarding the abominations and disasters that were attacking the front.
Torrential rain poured down, rifts in space opened up in the thick clouds, and indescribable alien limbs hung from the sky, tearing apart the carcass of the giant deer, feasting on it in a feast.
In a rift valley deep underground, in a collapsed and cracked ancient palace, a vibrant but extremely strange plant grows between the rock walls.Then, countless vines spread out from around it. This plant was so huge that it covered half of the rift valley, and a shocking tear and burning trace could be seen spreading from the bottom to the top.
Scenes flashed by, eventually fading into nothingness.
After a long period of dead silence, the crystal-like eyeballs dimmed. The giant deer Amorn closed his eyes again, and the white shimmer surrounding him also dimmed slightly.