Many questions and conjectures about the eternal storm suddenly appeared in Gawain's mind, and before he asked Melita about this matter, the latter had already climbed several times in a row - under the powerful During the manipulation of magic power, the huge dragon's majestic silhouette passed through the thick clouds, passed through the invisible magic dividing line, and passed through the static boundary of magic power known to mankind...
"We Entering the turbulent layer." Melita's voice suddenly came from the front.
Gawain subconsciously took two steps towards the edge of the dragon's back. Looking at this atmospheric space that was still unfamiliar to humans, he saw that the endless sea of clouds had fallen far below the dragon's wings. The place became a vast expanse of white, while the land and ocean were shrouded in a layer of gauze-like clouds, blurring the boundaries and details. When he looked around, all he saw was the clear and bright blue sky. , the oblique sunlight is shining obliquely from above the sea of clouds.
At first glance, this place does not seem as dangerous and chaotic as imagined.
However, he soon noticed a large number of abnormal haloes floating around Melita's huge body. Layers of shimmering light were being inspired from the edges of her wings out of thin air and traveling along the sides. Circles of ripples formed along the boundary of her magic shield, spreading everywhere in the air, as if a giant dragon was soaring in an originally invisible ocean. This ocean was stirred by external forces, so the "waves" It appeared, forming those abnormal halos.
Gawain can be sure that nothing like this happened when Melita was flying in the magic static realm!
Amber was putting her hands on her forehead and looking at the distant scene. She seemed not to notice the halo around Melita, but just marveled at the openness and grandeur of this place: "Wow - this This place... This place is so vast that it's scary... It feels like if you take one step out, you will be integrated into the sky forever..."
"It's a pity that humans will only fall back if they step out here. The earth," Veronica, who had been silent, actually broke her silence. It seemed that the vast and high sky also attracted her attention. She stood up from where she had been sitting and glanced across the distance, "... ...It's 'calmer' here than I thought. I thought the turbulence layer would be a more violent place."
"In fact, outside my protective barrier, the surrounding airflow and magic are really real. It's very violent - it's just invisible to the naked eye," Melita said, "Have you noticed the halos on the edges of my wings? That's the magic of the turbulent layer washing away from my protective barrier. As the top of the layer goes up, the magic concentration will become higher than near the surface, but it will also be more difficult to control. The most dangerous factor is that all turbulence is 'invisible' - just like the scene in front of you, here It looks very peaceful, but in fact there are turbulences everywhere, and these turbulences will not reveal themselves until outsiders run into them and are burned into torches by magic."
Amber. After thinking about it for a while, he commented from the bottom of his heart.: "Oh my god..."
Gawain's thoughts drifted involuntarily to a direction that might seem strange to others: "The higher the atmosphere, the stronger the magic energy level...then the atmosphere Isn't there the most powerful magical environment in the 'starry sky world' outside?"
Melita was silent for a few seconds and shook her head: "Then I don't know...between the stars... Who knows what it's like among the stars?"
Her tone was a bit strange, and she seemed unwilling to answer questions in this regard. Gao Wenwen wanted to continue asking, but before he spoke, he suddenly became excited. He reacted - it was best not to ask the agent too much "extraordinary" knowledge during this trip. This was what he had repeatedly warned himself before setting off. After all, everyone on this trip was traveling on Melita's car. On his back, if he asked Chaogang just one sentence, it might lead to the most serious air crash in the first contact between humans and dragons...
At that time, a giant dragon would spurt out blood and emerge from the turbulent layer. Scroll down, the emperor of the empire, the intelligence chief, and a disobedient leader were wiped out in the Arctic Circle because of his bad words. Even if it were left to historians, they would not dare to write about it, and there is something more important. One point: Gawain himself has some psychological shadow about the plane crash. After all, he fell like this in his previous life...
Gawain shook his head to get rid of the irrelevant associations that suddenly emerged. Out of his mind, he then looked at the atmospheric space that seemed calm but was actually filled with huge energy. He couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression on his face: "There is such a huge amount of energy here... If the magic environment of the turbulent layer can also It would be nice if it could be used."
As soon as this sentence came out, Amber immediately showed a strange look. The latter looked up and down at Gawain several times before he couldn't help mumbling: "That's true. As expected of you..."
Gowen: "?"
He didn't understand the circuit in Amber's head for a while, but just when he was about to ask, he heard a low dragon roar. Then he interrupted everything he wanted to say - everyone immediately raised their heads, and the next second, they were shocked to see a vast wall of clouds coming towards them!
It turns out that Melita has crossed a raised "mountain" on the top of the sea of clouds. The cloud wall structure of the eternal storm in the turbulent layer instantly occupied all the sight of Gawain and others. At this moment, no matter it was The carefree Amber, the calm and solemn Veronica, and even the well-informed Gawain all held their breath for a moment and were dumbfounded in front of this spectacular sight.
They watched the wall of clouds fill their field of vision with an overwhelming momentum, and Melita "collided" into the barrier with an momentum that did not slow down as if rushing towards a cliff. At this moment, the pressure from the giant thing even made Gawain suffocate for a moment, and Amber beside him subconsciously let out a short exclamation.
The next second, their vision was filled with endless chaotic clouds and mist. They could no longer see the open and distant blue sky, nor could they see the sea below reflecting the sunlight.Above, the only sight was thick, dark, and violent clouds, and the roaring hurricane swept wildly outside Melita's shield. The scene was like falling into the end of the world.
The surrounding light quickly dimmed - although the cloud wall looked like a white and bright barrier from the outside, the thick clouds inside would actually block almost all sunlight, and the storm barrier was the thickest. The place is also undoubtedly the darkest, and in this respect, the Eternal Storm is no different from any other storm.
Gawain, who was riding on the back of a giant dragon, felt like he was rushing into a stormy midnight. The roaring hurricane and the continuous lightning in the distance were dominating the entire space - he could no longer see the storm clearly. The scene inside was so terrible that even the perception ability of the legendary powerhouse was greatly suppressed, making it impossible to perceive the changes in the magical environment two hundred meters away.
However, in this spectacular, even spectacular and terrifying environment, Melita Pernia, as a guide and means of transportation, spread her giant wings wantonly and made a sound that seemed very... With the cheerful dragon roar, she raised her head and said loudly in a very happy tone: "How is it? Let me just say that it is very spectacular here!?"
Her voice in the dragon form is very special Loud, but the howling wind, thunder and lightning in the storm circle are also roaring. Even if most of those sounds have been filtered by the magic barrier, a considerable part is still transmitted into the inside of the barrier. Melita's voice and those from the outside world The terrible sounds were mixed together, like thunder exploding in the ears of Gawain and others.
Amber immediately shouted: "To be honest - it's a bit too spectacular!!"
"This is a special feature of Tallond's tourism - even outsiders can't experience it. "We're here!" Melita said very happily, "Don't worry! It's safe inside my protective barrier, and nothing will happen - and I fly here several times every year without any accidents." "Been there!"
She seemed to be deliberately using her pleasant tone to reduce the nervousness of the "passengers" when traveling through the eternal storm, and this was somewhat effective, at least Amber's nervous face seemed to It was obviously relieved, but Gawain felt uncertain in his heart - others may not know it, but he had seen the dragon lady's "crash landing method" with his own eyes. Although the other party said that it was all an accident... but It's enough to scare people.
However, he thought about it carefully and felt that he had not set any form of "safe return fg" before setting off. From a metaphysical point of view, it should still be safe, since Melita's crash landing method itself It is also a part of metaphysics, so if they use metaphysics to fight against metaphysics, there should be no accidents during their journey through the storm...
He just comforted himself with his head full of nonsense, and then He temporarily ignored the uneasiness caused by the surrounding scenery and transportation during the storm. After his eyes and mental perception had slightly adapted to the terrifying environment here, he immediately began to observe his surroundings.
He will never forget hisOne of the important purposes of this journey is to collect knowledge, to collect knowledge that will be of great help to mankind to go out of the land and explore the world.
He is not an expert in the field of marine meteorology or atmospheric science. In fact, there are almost no experts in related fields in this era, but he can carefully record everything he sees and feels. , one day, these things will be put to use.
With this thought in mind, he began to observe the changes in the scene outside Melita's protective barrier, and tried to find the "source of power" for the eternal storm to never dissipate from the flow of magic around him.
At this moment, a flash of light that appeared at the edge of his field of vision suddenly caught his attention.
At first, Gawain thought it was lightning in the storm clouds - there were a lot of electrical discharges nearby, and arcs would temporarily illuminate the dark clouds in the distance almost every second. However, soon, he Then he realized that it was a beam of light that was different from the surrounding lightning. Not only was the intensity and duration different from lightning, but its direction was also abnormal.
The light came from directly below, from near the "base" of the eternal storm.
Strong discharges are rarely seen in that direction.
Gawain took a few steps in front of Melita's shoulder blades and approached the edge of the dragon's back. He looked towards the left front and lower part of the dragon's wing, which was where the light appeared before - although the light itself had already It disappeared, but there seemed to be some faint light surging deep in the thick clouds.
About half a minute later, he saw another flash of light - this time it was clear. He saw a straight beam of light suddenly bursting out from near the base of Eternal Storm, as if something was coming. It was like an eruption. Although it lasted very short, he was 100% sure that it was definitely not lightning!
And when the beam of light erupted, Gawain immediately felt an obvious fluctuation of magic power, which made his expression become more serious.
In such a chaotic environment, in the depths of the storm with such serious disturbance, the magic wave can still clearly spread so far, which shows that the strength of that energy source is extraordinary.
There is something at the core of Eternal Storm! Something with a very powerful energy response! !
"Melita," he immediately raised his head and shouted loudly, "What is that over there?"
Melita didn't seem to react for a moment: "Ah? Where?”
“Below you—under the storm, did you see those flashes of light?”
After Gawain gave the direction again, Melita Then she turned her head and glanced down. A moment later, her thunderous voice came from the front: "That is the center of the eternal storm, and it is also the place where the cyclone is formed! However, there are strong magic barriers and dangers near the eye of the storm. We can't get through the high-speed cyclone - we have to go around it!"
"Can't we get through it?" Gawain asked loudly, "Then do you know what's inside?"
"Of course I don't know! Melita also shouted loudly, because the nearby storm and thunder were becoming more and more violent. Even if there was a magic barrier to block it, the loud noise leaking in began to affect the conversation between her and Gawain and others, "I When I first hatched, Omega told me not to go near the base of the cyclone. All dragons have known this since childhood! It's very dangerous there, no dragon has ever gone in there! ! ”
Even the dragons don’t know what is at the center of this eternal storm? Isn’t this the barrier at their door? Isn’t it Tallond’s own defense system?
At this moment, great doubts arose in Gawain's mind, and he instinctively realized that the secret hidden in this storm might be more profound than everyone initially imagined.
Dangmei. When Rita began to adjust his flying posture, preparing to bypass the cyclone from outside the "barrier" in the eye of the storm, he couldn't help but take another half step to the edge of the dragon's back, and looked down.
Almost at the same time, another flash of light burst out from the direction of the eye of the storm, piercing the darkness deep in the cyclone like a burning sword, and powerful magic fluctuations also entered his perception range at the same time. It was as clear as a candlelight in the night.
Gawain subconsciously focused on the magic wave, and his spreading spiritual power connected to the energy at the base of the storm like a thread. The source did not allow him to think about it, and some verse-like information came directly into his mind in the next second -
"...Don't be intoxicated in this illusory and peaceful night...The night will eventually come. Be broken...
"...Don't indulge in your warm cradle...The cradle will overturn one day...
"...Don't sleep in the shelter of your soul... ...Sooner or later, the shelter of the soul will become an unbreakable shackles...
"Let's set off, before the stars twinkle, let's set off, before the long night ends...
"Let's set off sooner. , day has fallen..."