The summer wind swirled between the buildings in the city, and the clear and open sky seemed high and far away. Amber sat on the outer edge of the clock tower, looking at the deep sea visitors next to him with curious eyes: "I heard Saying that you are not the natives of this world - what do the magicians call it...'visitors from a foreign land', your entire race are visitors from a foreign land?"
"This is not a secret, At least we sirens have never concealed this. We will frankly inform every race or civilization we deal with. However, civilizations on land are short-lived, and it is always difficult for them to pass on things that are too old for a long time, and we are only in the extreme. We only interact with terrestrial civilizations occasionally, so you terrestrial scholars always think that we are too mysterious and even a little dangerous."
Tear said unhurriedly, the tip of his tail unconscious. The ground swayed in circles in mid-air, looking leisurely and relaxed.
“We are indeed not the natives of this planet, but we have been here for many, many years...To put it bluntly, we ‘outsiders’ living on this planet are Time has surpassed most of the so-called 'natives' on your land, but that doesn't mean much to us Krakens
"We come from a place far, far away, in fact not even that. Even we ourselves don’t know how far away our hometown is from here—we fell into this world with a crashed spaceship in ancient times, and too many weird and bizarre phenomena occurred during that disastrous voyage. We have some scholars who have survived from that era to this day, but they have not yet been able to decipher the root causes of those phenomena, and they have not been able to find the location of their hometown.
"Isn't it a bit too far to tell you this?"
Tier suddenly stopped and glanced at Amber, his face seemed a little embarrassed.
"To be honest, it sounds quite strenuous...but it's not that I can't understand it completely," Amber blinked, "I know that magicians are fascinated by the stars. This has been the case since ancient times. But so far, I haven't heard of any powerful mage who can actually 'throw' himself outside this planet. Even the most powerful flying skills have their limits. It is said that the higher you go, the more chaotic and dangerous the magic environment becomes - Rebbe. Kaman is trying to build an aircraft that can fly at a very, very high altitude. It is said that they want to try to see if the idea of using magic technology can break through the limits of flight and take a look at the world under our feet..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but look Tire up and down, with a tone of disbelief: "You said you crashed into this world on a 'ship', so at least your existence is It proves that there are indeed other worlds in the starry sky, and they also exist - at least there was technology that could travel in the starry sky?"
"Of course there are, there are other worlds, and there are ways to go there. Technology," Tire laughed, but she quickly put away her smile and couldn't help but sigh, "Unfortunately, after so many years, we have neither successfully repaired it.The spaceship has not seen any other race in this world successfully leave this planet... This second point is particularly strange. It is as if there is an invisible barrier on this planet. This barrier has not blocked anyone. But everyone died before touching this barrier. "
Humber's pointed ears twitched subconsciously, and her expression became a little subtle: "Have you talked about these words with the old...His Majesty? "
"Of course, his curiosity is even more powerful than yours," Tire said casually. "Long before you became interested, he had already asked me about everything about the Kraken. "
"...Then would you mind telling me what your 'spaceship' looks like? Amber asked curiously, "What does it rely on to fly?" "
"I'm afraid this has no reference value for your technical system - and I only know a rough idea myself. After all, I am not a professional technician. "
"It doesn't matter, I'm just curious anyway - of course, if you don't want to say it, forget it..."
Tear glanced at Amber and saw the pair of amber Her big beautiful eyes did sparkle with curiosity, and she couldn't help but laugh, stretched hard, and said in a lazy tone: "Okay, anyway, I was full of sleep just now, so I'm going to leave next door." It will be a while before you sleep... If you have nothing to do, then I will tell you about how we live in Antavien. "
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Kamael floated into the assembly workshop, and various sounds of machinery operation and personnel command and response immediately came from all directions.
He looked not far away and saw a large group of people busy around a large equipment. The equipment had a long acceleration track - and judging from the interfaces at both ends of the track, it had more acceleration. The structure is waiting to be connected - a large number of magic capacitors and overload devices are fixed around the track, and a large number of devices that dazzle ordinary people are being connected to the main body of the equipment one by one.
A somewhat bald one. A middle-aged man is directing the staff at the scene. He has a serious and focused expression on his face. The only remaining ring of hair on his head is wet with sweat and is reflecting light together with his scalp under the light, but he has obviously not paid attention. to these trivial issues: the work in front of him is very important, and it is worthy for a bald man to temporarily forget about his fur problem.
Kamel drifted over there, and only spoke after the other party noticed him. Say hello: "Marin, how's the situation? ”
Marlin Leslie saluted Kamel, then raised his hand and pointed to the acceleration device next to him: “As you can see, our previous design has been overturned, and the melting of the guide rail is continuously accelerated. Destruction is a big problem and we are redesigning the balance scheme between these rails. This time it's going well, and maybe we can do the next accelerated test in a few days. "
Kamail nodded slightly.
The middle-aged man in front of him named Marlin Leslie has a certainA noble surname, and in fact he was indeed born into a noble family - Viscount Leslie, the governor of Tanzania City, was his uncle, but as a member of the noble family, Marin was obviously more willing to deal with knowledge and technology.
As a more experienced and capable member of the Magic Technology Research Institute, he leads a second-level team. Their mission this time is to find a way to get the "extreme acceleration device".
This device is a key part of the "High-Speed Aircraft Project". It was initiated by Rebecca, the Minister of Magic Energy Technology, and handed over to Marin and his technical team for specific completion.
This is how many projects of the Magic Technology Research Institute operate now - as the top person in charge of the Magic Technology Department, Rebecca's energy is limited after all, no matter how many wonderful ideas she has, , there are only so many things she can focus on at one time, so as the research and development projects become more and more complex and numerous, and as the technical staff gradually becomes more abundant, she begins to split many projects into secondary laboratories or independent independent laboratories. Research team, up to now, almost all the more basic or short-term research and development tasks are completed by senior researchers like Marin and the team (relevant honors and awards will of course belong to these teams), and Rebecca and Ka The projects that Meyer and the others are personally responsible for actually account for less than 20% of all the research and development tasks under the entire Magic Energy Technology Department.
The two percent is truly long-term and cutting-edge content.
In addition, Kamel and Rebecca will regularly visit various project teams to confirm the progress of various tasks-just like today.
"Her Highness Rebecca is having a remote meeting with the technical exchange representative of the Silver Empire. She will come over after the meeting," Kamel said casually to Marin while paying attention to the work of the on-site technicians. Leslie said, "I read the report when you last activated the accelerating device. Although the device melted down at that time, according to the records left by the monitoring array, the accelerating body should have been infinitely close to the missile before losing power. "Limit?"
"But it still failed to break through," Marin shook his head regretfully, "And afterwards we also found that there was serious elemental corrosion damage on the surface of the accelerator, which was probably the guide rail. It was caused by the lack of time to release the waste energy internally - at extremely high speeds, many things developed beyond our expectations, and there are still many things that need to be adjusted and improved."
"Take your time. Kamel's voice was low, with a reassuring tremor, "Success always requires the accumulation of repeated failures."
Listening to the trustworthy words of this ancient great mage, Ma Maer said. Lin nodded solemnly, and then wiped the sweat from his head - when he touched his smooth scalp, he seemed to be depressed for a moment, but soon he regained his energy and devoted himself to it again Calibration and assembly of accelerator device in progress.
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Gao Wen put down the review work at hand, moved his slightly stiff shoulders, then took a deep breath, stood up and came to the window.
The sunshine outside the window is just right, and the bustling scene of the city can be seen.
Everything is finally on the right track, and a rare period of stable development is coming to Cecil - with the establishment of a series of diplomatic relations, the smooth advancement of overseas commercial activities, and the "Cecil "This new name is gradually being recognized in surrounding countries. More and more businessmen, students, and sojourners are coming here from afar. Cecil's businessmen and envoys are also slowly moving towards the Ogure Tribal Nation, The northern kingdoms and even the Typhon Empire spread.
Magical technology broke down the barriers built by the old production order and liberated a large number of productive forces from the land. What followed was the prosperity of commerce and the circulation of "people", and this All this has brought about cultural exchanges and inevitable impacts on relations between countries. The originally distant and unfamiliar countries will lose their mysterious aura with the injection of commodities, and the strangers who appear with the commodities will further broaden people's horizons - whether people are willing or not, the differences between countries, races and races, civilizations and The walls between civilizations are under attack, and the once pastoral and pastoral situation that seemed beautiful and peaceful is actually being isolated and closed.
Civilians in the Cecil hinterland have also begun to come into contact with gray elves, red valley people, dwarves, orcs and even goblins, and more and more humans are appearing in the hometowns of these races. Of course, all this is just the beginning, and the communication only occurs on a small scale, but there is no doubt that this is the situation that Gawain wants to see.
If possible, he hopes that this period of stable development can last longer.
A gentle knock on the door suddenly came from the study door, interrupting Gawain's reverie. He heard Betty's voice coming from outside the door: "Your Majesty! There is a visitor!"
p>Compared with a few years ago, the little maid's voice now seems much more mature and calm, but it is only her voice that is mature and calm. When choosing words and sentences, Betty still has a hint of rashness and insufficiency from time to time. A "solemn" feeling.
Gawain smiled, turned around and let Betty in, and said casually: "There should be no visitor appointments today - what kind of person is he?"
Wearing a royal maid Betty, who was wearing a long dress and was slightly taller than a few years ago, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It's the guests you mentioned who can be specially notified, Miss Melita, and the other one who came last time..." "Miss!"
Obviously, she has forgotten the name of "the other lady" - but after several years of growth, she no longer has the confidence to forget the word "Miss". shout out.
"Melita and Noretta? The two came together?" Betty's forgetfulness did not prevent Gawain from extracting useful information. After learning that they were two senior agents of the Mithril Treasure House, After visiting together, he frowned subconsciously, "And he still took the initiative to come..."
Then he temporarily put aside some doubts in his heart and nodded slightly to Betty: "Let them come in first."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
p>Betty bowed vigorously and trotted away. Not long after, Gawain heard two rhythmic footsteps coming from outside the corridor.
A moment later, Melita and Noretta appeared together in front of Gawain.
"I'm sorry to bother you," Melita took the first step forward and said with her usual polite attitude, "I hope this didn't cause you any trouble."
"It's okay, I welcome friends at any time," Gawain nodded, "I just didn't expect that two senior agents from the Mithril Treasure House would visit at the same time... Did you bring anything?"
He suddenly noticed Nuo. Leta was also carrying a large, heavy-looking box in her hand, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Two agents suddenly visited at the same time, bringing such a big box with them, which made him vaguely aware of some unusual signals.
And... whether it was an illusion or not, he sensed a familiar aura from the tightly closed box that looked like it was made of some high-level magic material.
"Then let's make a long story short," Noretta took a step forward and placed the box on the ground. "Our first task this time is to return something to you - something you lost. Something that has been around for many years."
As she spoke, she activated the locking device on the suitcase. With a slight click, the lid made of precious magic metal automatically rose, revealing the things contained inside.
A shield that has been weathered and covered in scars.