"Tholinburg?" Andesa repeated the word in a low voice with some confusion - she was not very clear about the place names of Cecil, but she had a vague impression of the name. After a moment of recall, She finally found the information corresponding to Solin Castle from some intelligence and document memories, "Ah, I have heard of this name... It seems to be in the Holy Spirit Plain..."
"Strictly speaking , on the dividing line between the Holy Spirit Plain and the Eastern Territory - of course it is part of the Holy Spirit Plain from the administrative point of view," Sister Marianne said with a smile, "It is a place full of miracles."
"Miracle... I remember that the Holy Spirit Plains was reduced to a wasteland during the civil war in Anzu, and Solinburg was the most severely damaged area. It..." Andesa couldn't help but whisper, but she spoke quickly. He was interrupted by the new scenery that appeared outside the car window, and his attention was completely drawn to the wilderness outside.
She saw a huge tower appearing in the distance. The tower was made of metal and artificial stone. It was even grander than the communication tower of Winter Wolf Castle. There was a magical light wandering on the surface of the tower. , there is a huge crystal device on the top of the tower that is slowly rotating under the support of some kind of mechanical structure. A series of ancillary facilities can be seen around the tower, like a small fortress.
She saw a group of buildings that looked like villages and towns appearing further away. A large number of brand-new houses were lined up in rows, their roofs shining in the bright sunshine, and the flattened land was like a brown sheet. It is spread like a giant carpet around the village and town, and neat and wide roads can be seen in the fields, as well as street lights neatly arranged on both sides of the road.
The train is speeding through this winter wilderness, but the winter wilderness welcomes visitors here with a look of rebirth.
Andesa's remaining eye widened, and she looked at everything outside the window in astonishment. These scenery were obviously very different from what she had seen from the intelligence and had sketched in her mind. Big difference.
"Are we really heading towards Thorinburg?" She finally couldn't help but ask, "Is this the war zone that was contaminated by the divine disaster?"
Marian The nun smiled: "Yes, there is no doubt about it - in fact, we have passed the last pass in the east. What you see now is the land of the Holy Spirit Plain. Solin Castle is right in front, at the end of the next mountain pass. You'll see it - and you'll be even more surprised then."
"...I thought I would see more ruins and wreckage here," Andersa said. He whispered as if talking to himself, "This is different from what I imagined..."
"We rebuilt this place - General Margarita and the Construction Corps led by her, and the Minister of Agriculture Led by the joint reconstruction team, coupled with the reconstruction volunteers who returned from various places to the Holy Spirit Plains, hundreds of thousands of people worked together to rebuild everything you see, and also built many other things, such as the one we just passed by The tower and its surrounding buildings are Solin's secondary nodes, part of the Holy Spirit Plains Magic Network. It has a high-power transceiver device that canTo establish a direct connection with the main hub of Solin,” said Sister Marianne with pride. “In addition, the railway we are now on was also part of the construction project last year.
"Of course, there are still the kind of ruins you mentioned - after all, the Holy Spirit Plain is so big, it is impossible for us to rebuild everything in such a short time. There are still many ruins in the Boulder City and Fertile Woodland areas. There are large areas waiting for revival, and the Supreme Government Affairs Office is sending more engineering teams and more resources to those areas every month. About one-half of those areas have now resumed production, but they are far away from here. We will definitely not be able to see it during this trip."
Andesa listened to all this in surprise, and many scenes she had never imagined were imagined in her mind. She seemed to want to ask more, but. Her movements were suddenly interrupted by a whistle coming from the front.
The train sounded a sharp, high-pitched whistle. The loud sound echoed between the hills and the plains. Andesa felt her body shaking a few times, and then the train drove out of a relatively gentle path. The mountain pass - this small, sight-obstructing mountain was quickly left behind, and the vast plain scenery came into Andersa's eyes.
A piece of green that should not have appeared in winter quickly caught her eye and occupied her sight.
It was a canopy of trees that blocked out the sky and the sun, a green city that seemed to be floating over the plain, a plant, a...miracle that challenged the imagination of mortals.
"What is that?!" Andesa even forgot about the pain in her upper body for a moment, subconsciously raising her arms and pointing outside, her face full of shock.
"That's where we're going," Sister Marianne said, "Thorinburg - the one you see is the 'Thorin Tree', which covers the entire area of Thorin. The castle is now under its canopy, occupying only a small area on the east side. Our train will drive directly into the outer edge of the canopy, and next to the old castle is the newly built station. ”
"Thorin Giant Tree..." Andesa murmured to herself in astonishment, and then the turbulent thoughts in her mind finally calmed down a little, and some information in her memory also emerged, "I have heard of this name, in some documents There... and in the newspapers and magazines of you Cecil people. I know that there is such a "tree" coming out of the ground, as big as a castle... but I always thought that was an exaggeration... "
"That's a euphemism - in fact, she was bigger than any castle half a year ago," Sister Marianne shook her head, "but now her growth has slowed to a halt. , in theory, it will not continue to expand no matter how long it grows, otherwise we would really have to worry about the entire plain being enveloped by its canopy... Although it seems quite impressive to me, people from the Ministry of Agriculture don’t think so.”
Andesa looked at the approaching scenery outside the car window with a mentality of witnessing a miracle. Listening to the nun’s story, she suddenly noticed a detail in the other party’s vocabulary.: "'She'? You said that tree..."
"Oh, didn't the Thorin Giant Tree be called 'She' in the information you saw?" Sister Marian raised her eyebrows, "Well, it's understandable. After all, not everyone knows about Ms. Bertila's situation...including those reporters and writers who have written countless articles around the Thorin Giant Tree."
An Desha was still confused: "...?"
Cecil... there are so many things that make people confused.
......
On the top of the giant tree, a group of vibrant flower vines grew out of the branches and leaves. Surrounded by the flowers and vines, the figure of a young woman gradually took shape. .
Bertila controlled her human form and came to the edge of the canopy flat area. On the highest overlooking platform in the Holy Spirit Plain, she looked far into the distance, looking in the direction of the boundary between the mountains and the plains. .
In fact, her gaze is meaningless: since she became a plant, her perception has long been no longer human. She perceives the world through the huge root system and branches spreading towards the sky, and The human form she simulated for herself actually had no vision at all, but many times, Bertila was still used to doing this kind of "looking out" - which would give her a "fulfilling" feeling.
The artificial brain hidden deep in the canopy chamber is running powerfully, and the simulated neural signals maintain the stability of Bertila's personality. She took a deep breath with her simulated body - the entire canopy. The vigorous photosynthesis made her feel happy.
She "saw" a magic train coming from the east and entering the edge area covered by the tree canopy. The vines set up near the station received the signal and were transmitting the scene there.
There were footsteps approaching from behind the mimic's body, and the sound of shoes hitting the surface of the hard blades was like the sound of feet on concrete ground. Bertila didn't look back, knowing who was standing behind him. .
"She's here," a slightly hoarse voice came from Bertila's body, which was essentially made of wooden structure. "Why don't you go and take a look?"
Station The middle-aged man behind Bertila was silent for two seconds before breaking the silence with complicated emotions: "...I don't know how to face her."
"You have to face it. "Yes," Bertila said slowly, "She will stay here for a long time, and you can't escape all this forever."
Bard twitched his lips: "...Who caused it again. What about my current situation?"
"...We agreed not to mention this."
Bud smiled silently and shook his head slightly: "No matter what. He said that the generals on the front line and the chief consuls of the Government Affairs Department really gave me a big problem... When I first heard the news, I was at a loss, and even now I still feel as if I am dreaming. "
"I can imagine - you are halfway through the monitoring work, and suddenly someone calls you out and accuses you.I told you that your daughter has become the first batch of prisoners of war and will be sent to Solinburg within a few days. Just imagine your chaotic mood at that time," Bertila's slightly stiff tone actually had a slight hint of emotion. With a little teasing, "Aren't you worried? I heard she was seriously injured. "
Bud was silent for a moment, then whispered: "She is a soldier, and some things are her bounden duty. "
"She is a soldier, but you are a father. Her bounden duty does not conflict with your worries," Bertila shook his head and turned to face Bud Wendell, " After finishing what you are doing, you should go take a look, you have to face it. I believe that with so many days to prepare, you should have thought about how to meet your daughter. "
"...This is really not like you," Bard glanced at the former "Dean of the Death of All Things" in front of him, "In the more than ten years that I have known you, 'Bell Lady Teela has always been the embodiment of meanness, cunning and danger. "
Bertira did not respond, and Bard didn't care. He just shook his head and mentioned another matter: "I came to you to report a situation. ”
“Situation? What's going on? "
"This is the record left by the monitoring team in the recent period," Bud handed over a pile of information in his hand, "We still haven't tracked that signal, but we found some other Traces, this may have some value. ”
Bertila didn’t actually need to use her “eyes” to see the information that Bard brought, but she still reached out to take the papers and put them in front of her eyes seriously - after all, life requires There is a sense of ritual, and a plant is no exception - her "eyes" scanned the tables and descriptions on it, and her expression became serious little by little.
She is not actually a magic network communication or signal. She is an expert in mathematics and cryptography, but since the last time she successfully decoded geometric figures from a mysterious signal, her value in this area has been valued by the superiors. Now if the monitoring team finds valuable clues, in addition to researching it with their superiors, In addition to the department submission, she will also be given a copy.
“These random weak noises are not normal fluctuations in the magic network... Is that what you mean? " Bertila shook the file in his hand and looked at Bard.
"That's right - we have compared all the waveforms, and those noises really shouldn't appear in the magic network. "
"These noises are very weak, chaotic, and completely undecipherable - including the 'point trace solution' I discovered before does not work," Bertila pinched his chin, "You What do you think? "
"We now suspect that the signal has been broadcasting continuously, covering our transceiver devices every minute and every second, and these noises are the traces it left - but due to some kind of The reason is that this signal is severely interfered with and weakened most of the time, so we are completely unable to decipher its content, and we did not even notice it until we increased the sensitivity of the transceiver device."Existence," Bard said slowly about his and his colleagues' thoughts, "Based on this idea, the few times we suddenly received signals in the past, it was not actually the signal that suddenly 'appeared', but some kind of interference and shielding effect. There was a brief glitch in the thing..."
Bertila's face could not express too vividly, but there was still a trace of seriousness in the subtle changes in her face: "This sounds...but A little unsettling. Have the materials been submitted to Imperial City? ”
“It has been sent. Master Kamel personally replied that he will take the matter seriously. At the same time, he will also coordinate the working groups of Shilin City, Winter Keep and the listening stations in Luan to try to We are looking for evidence of the existence of these noises everywhere," Bud nodded. "If this kind of noise is found everywhere, then our guess can be further confirmed. "
Bertila didn't speak for a while. After thinking for more than ten seconds, she nodded slightly.
"If there is nothing wrong here, then I will go first. I'm back," Bard said to Bertila, "The monitoring workstation is still waiting for me to reply. "
Bertila hummed, and Bard turned around and walked towards the elevator not far away, but as soon as the latter took a few steps, Bertila suddenly stopped him again: "Wait a minute. one time. "
"Is there anything else? "
"Andesa Wendell has been moved to the west building of the old castle," Bertila looked at Bard's back and said, "That will be her exclusive 'recuperation area'. If If you want to visit, Margarita and I can help arrange it. ”
Bard turned his back to Bertila, neither answering nor leaving. He stood there like this for a long time, and finally just nodded slightly and continued to move towards the elevator. Go.