As midnight approached, the super-light communication signals echoing among the stars calmed down again, and the huge antenna array at the top of Thorin's giant tree gradually returned to standby mode, leaving only the towering steel skeleton and crystal matrix whispering softly in the night wind. whimper.
Coolant was flowing in the fiber pipes, and the servo brain arrays that had been operating at high speed for a long time entered shallow sleep in one ecological cabin after another. Bertila felt the nerve surges in his body gradually calming down. After a long time, he turned his attention to the Magic Network terminal not far away. "Brother Gawain, the signal from Noi has stopped transmitting."
"Thank you for your hard work," said the message on the communication screen. Gawain nodded slightly, "Let's end the communication first, and check Thorin's antenna system by the way. This is the first time it has been running continuously for such a long time."
Bertila nodded, Then the remote connection with the imperial capital was cut off. On the other end, Gawain was still sitting at the desk for a long time after the communication ended. His eyes fell on the printing device next to him, and the paper spit out from the printout port The tapes have been stacked into a thick pile in the paper drop box. The snow-white paper is printed with the conversation records between the two planets in the past few hours. The first half is about civilizations and civilizations, and the second half is about people and people.
He exhaled softly, stood up and walked to the large floor-to-ceiling window. It was already midnight, and the night outside the window was as dark as thick ink, and there were cold stars shining down from space. The majestic star river spans between the dark mountains and the northwest forest area. The starlight and the artificial lights in the city complement each other, and every bit of brilliance is sharply reflected in Gawain's eyes.
Light footsteps came from the side, and Amber's breath came to Gawain's side. After a moment of silence, her voice suddenly sounded, "Do you think the witch is also looking at the stars at this time?" ”
“She will see more and brighter stars than we can see, and she can also overlook the earth and see thousands of lights.” Gawain said slowly, for some reason, he. Suddenly he recalled the years when he was trapped in a satellite overlooking the earth for hundreds of thousands of years. In a sense, he and the "witch" Nova in the satellite at that time were actually very similar. However, the difference was that When he was hanging high in the sky, he had never truly visited the earth beneath his feet. When the "witch" stepped towards her destiny, she had to say goodbye to the homeland where she was born and raised. This difference is difficult for outsiders to truly understand even if they can imagine it.
Hearing Gawain's words, Amber just curled her lips and muttered casually, "You sound like you have quite a lot of life experience."
Gawain just smiled and said Without responding, Amber was a person who couldn't calm down. Seeing Gawain remain silent, she couldn't help but mutter, "They have to directly link a person's brain to the Voyager satellite to maintain the relationship with Loren." "I didn't expect that they would use this method to bypass the authority of the Sailor Legacy." sigh, "But now we can finally understandExplain why the communication content sent by the Noi people always seems so humane and slightly reckless. Because the spokesperson among the Noi people really installed her thinking into the super-light antenna. All along, we have Talking directly to an open heart. "
Amber thought for a moment and suddenly thought of a question. "The witch mentioned at the end that she felt kindness and warmth in the communication sent from Loren to Noi, and for this reason she chose to trust her. We strange alien tribes, what do you think this is? Is it a neurological illusion that the witch had after establishing a connection with the Voyager device? Or is there really something that cannot be explained by this theory? She can really pass the Voyager. The user's device can scan our emotions when sending messages."
"I don't have any clue," Gao Wen confessed that he knew nothing about the matter. "This is not in any subject we currently know. There is no theory to support that super-light communication can transmit feelings, but since the witch believes that she felt Loren’s kindness in the star space, we should not live up to her expectations, after all."
At this point, he paused, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, "This cold starry sky needs a little warm romance. ”
The primitive energy spurting out from the depths of the star washes away the cracks and holes inside and outside the Peak of the Ancestral. Under the conscious control of the “Lord of All Laws”, these surges strictly follow the blueprint. They need to flow in their own trajectories, and have been connected and resonated with large-scale facilities built all over the mountain. With the support of this steady stream of energy, the once sacred mountain of the people of Ogure has now gradually turned into a A "machine" of unprecedented scale gradually came to life on this land.
The first ray of sunshine in the early morning penetrated the clouds and shone continuously on the hillside on the side of the Peak of the Ancestors. The alloy guard plates are like the armor that mortals put on the holy mountain, shining in the sun, and there are huge pipeline facilities crisscrossing between the energy stations, analysis stations and sensor amplification arrays, and the rough and powerful giant valves and relay pump stations present solemn silhouettes in the sun. Occasionally, the mist sprayed from a pressure relief valve or sublimator slowly drifts between these silhouettes, forming a continuous mist over the holy mountain.
What is surging in those large pipes is the alchemical solution used as a coolant. It is not easy to draw energy from the depths of the planet to drive a giant machine that covers half of the plain. Maintaining the stability of a machine with astonishing capabilities during operation is a huge challenge. The heat dissipation system inside the "Vibration Focus" is huge and complex. Its deepest pipes are built around the "Observer Chamber", and shallow pipes run from the bottom of the mountain. Spreading to the top of the mountain, in the pipeline system that spreads kilometer after kilometer, tons of cooling liquid are surging every minute and every second. These liquids extract the huge heat from the core of the observation device and safely After conversion, the heat is transferred to the heat exchange station at the foot of the mountain, making it a part of the city's heating system. This is regarded as a magic tide observation device for the people of Augure.A negligible "reward". .
In addition to this huge heat dissipation system, there are also a group of small spider web-like pipes buried inside the mountain that has been covered by the alloy carapace of the Holy Mountain. The biomass solution flows in the small pipes. The solution is soaked in growing nerve fibers. This huge nervous system is modeled after the giant Thorin tree and was directly designed by the Empire's Supreme Druid Research Institute. Its nerve endings can extend all the way to the giant ring on the plain. This system will ensure that the operation of the observation device is stable, reliable and overall synchronized. Compared with communication methods based on magic fields, this direct line to the nervous system obviously has irreplaceable advantages in terms of anti-interference and fault location.
Early spring has arrived, and the morning wind is still a bit cold, but when the cold wind blows through the hills, several figures have already arrived at the top of the holy mountain. Chief Camilla stood in front of the devil. On a platform near the network hub tower, she looked up at the distant scenery. She saw steel, crystals and pipes spreading beneath her feet. The once familiar pilgrim paths, mountains and springs had all been covered by heavy industrial armor, and On the plain at the foot of the mountain, an astonishingly large sensor array ring has begun to take shape. The tall towers stand in the hazy morning light, and the continuous construction site can be vaguely seen near the ring frame connecting the tall towers.
After looking at it like this for a long time, Camilla looked back and shook her head with a sigh, "It's completely different from what she remembered."
"Good morning I told you that the scenery on the mountain has changed, but you can’t wait to see it. Why are you so busy with official duties? Do you think you are such a diligent person?" Wenna Bai Zhi's voice came from beside Camilla, the gray elf clan leader's The tone sounded a little complaining, "The top of the mountain was capped last month, and all energy sources have been covered by restraint wells and control bolts. We have been up there several times."
"I Isn't this always a bit nervous?" Camilla glanced down at her childhood friend at her feet, "You know, orcs are a bit sensitive in this regard, and I don't dare to look at what the Holy Mountain looks like now."
"Then what do you think now that you have seen it?" A thin voice suddenly came from the side, and there was also the buzzing sound of rapidly flapping wings. Fairy Queen Stella flapped her wings and hung in the air. Stopping next to Camilla's head, "Do you regret the decision we made together?"
Camilla turned her head and glanced at this little one. This queen once led her tribe to live in the holy mountain. Before that, the kingdom of elves had ruled on this mountain for hundreds of thousands of years. But now they have moved their entire family to the foot of the mountain and settled in a new home in a valley near Helm City. Logically speaking, goblins should be the group with the most say over the Holy Mountain, but these optimistic little ones don't seem to care about it at all.
"Of course I don't regret it. There has never been a concept of regret in the orc culture. The road is always moving forward." Camilla shook her head. "I don't feel sorry either. In fact, look WithThis scene can be described as a miracle. I am even a little proud. We weak mortals have built something on this land that even the gods would be amazed by. But what about you Stella, aren’t you and your tribe regretful that this is your homeland after all?”
“No regrets,” Stella laughed, flipping up and down, “Holy The mountain has not disappeared, it is just at our feet. It just changed into new clothes. We have already discussed that the goblins will move back after the demonic tide has passed. Anyway, the living space required by the goblins is not large. We can build a vibrant artificial garden between the steel."
Stella blinked and couldn't help but imagine what a group of elves living among huge mechanical facilities, building gardens between factories and pipes, and obsessed with studying machinery and magic technology would look like. Orcs Limited Her imagination ability prevented her from conjuring up that scene in the end, but one thing is for sure, that was not the familiar "little friend" in her memory.
"You guys really can always bring things to life." Surprisingly, it seems that no matter what the world becomes, you can live well. "Wyclif, who was standing on a big rock nearby, smiled and shook his head. The human king took out the pipe from his arms, carefully filled it with tobacco, and then lit it with his own steel prosthetic limb. , he put the pipe to his mouth, but looked at a platform in the distance on the top of the mountain.
It was an elevator platform, but the shaft leading to the depths of the mountain was currently blocked. The solid steel gates tightly locked the secrets, and the howling mountain wind passed through the steel frame of the elevator.
Wycliffe bit his pipe, and the tobacco shone in the cold early spring wind. With the smoke curling up, he sighed, "It's hard to imagine that a former god is right next to us, separated only by a shaft, some earth, rocks and steel plates. ”
His soliloquy also made several friends around him sigh. But only two or three seconds after the human king finished speaking, several people on the top of the mountain saw what was in front of them. Bright arcane sparks suddenly flashed in the air, and pure magic jumped in the air and outlined a line of text
"Yes, I am right at your feet, so can you please stop scattering cigarette ashes later?" "
Wyclif""
"I'll pinch you," Stur, the king of spiritual witches who remained silent next to him, raised his hand and directly suppressed Wick. Reeve’s pipe, “Don’t think you can smoke in the factory just because you are a king. "
"Looking" at the movement above her head, Mirmina in the observer's secret room couldn't help but smile.
She has been working in this cave for half a year, and now Now, as the magic tide gradually approaches the Noi's home planet, the day for the official launch of the observation device is gradually approaching.
In the past six months, she has witnessed this with her ubiquitous magic vision. The land underwent a series of changes. Under her gaze, the ancient holy mountain was gradually transformed into a giant steel beast. The vast ancestral plain was continuously transformed intoThe construction sites, factories and pipelines in this area are filling up little by little. The people gathered in this area have reached a certain equilibrium point. Almost every day, new engineering teams or expert groups are sent to Helm City by flying machines or magic trains. point, and at the same time, people who have completed tasks or rotated positions are evacuated from here every day. The Loren people are racing against time. All the mortal power on this planet has now been focused on one thing, making things happen here. Earth-shaking changes.
While the entire Ancestral Plain was turned upside down, only the starry sky covering this land remained the same.
Myrmina switched her perception. She contacted a sensor node located in the north of the Holy Mountain that had been debugged and put into trial operation. Through the "eyes" of this sensor node, she Look up at the sky quietly.
Even though it was daytime, she could clearly perceive the existence of those distant stars.
The sensor array has not yet been completed, and she cannot accurately distinguish the subtle disturbances among the stars, but she can already vaguely "hear" the thousands of stars in the universe. Singing softly, she could hear the voice of "O", which was distant but profound. She could also hear the voice of "Sun", the gas giant planet released by the Loren people as the source of light and heat. The fluctuations produced are steady and powerful, complementing the "Ao".
For some reason, Myrmina suddenly thought of that civilization four light years away.
It is said that the home planet of the Noi people is different from Loren. There is no gentle gas giant planet like the "Sun" around them. The planet under their feet directly revolves around a star, and that star The powerful energy released has shaped the magnificent mountains, rivers and lush ecology on the land of Noi, and the "sunrise" on Noi's home planet is also completely different from Loren. They cannot see the magnificent and huge sun disk, their sun It cannot cover a quarter of the sky. When the sun rises, it is just a bright spot about the size of a coin.
Myrmena imagined the scenery of distant alien stars and couldn't help but wonder about her plans. I have new expectations for that “trip”.
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