Even though Zhao Jundu said so and knew his talent and ability, Qianye was still not optimistic. No matter how miraculous that piece of super original crystal is, it is always a foreign object. For the Heavenly King, who pays attention to the truth and purity, any foreign object means that the road is cut off. Perhaps becoming a god general is the dream of many people in life, but for Zhao Jundu, failing to be a heavenly king means failure.
If Zhao Jundu hadn't entered Baicheng that day, there would be no damage to the foundation.
Song Zining broke the tense atmosphere, changed the subject, and asked, "What is this base for, and why is there such a big commotion?"
Zhao Jundu said: "It's okay to tell you, anyway, it won't be a secret after a while. This is the advance base prepared by the empire to land in the new world. Because time is tight, we will proceed in this wartime mode."
"Any news from the new world?" Qianye also pricked up his ears.
Zhao Jundu nodded, "Finally got some definite news from Yongye. When the new world opens, there will be entrances leading to the new world on many continents. Well... it's similar to the maelstrom. According to the calculations of everyone in Tianji , There will also be an entrance in the area above Qinlu, so the empire decided to build a base here in advance, just in case."
"If the new world has so many entrances, what are those giants in Yongye doing?"
"They should be going to open the door."
At this point, Qianye and Song Zining understood. Song Zining said: "That is to say, when the entrance here is opened, we are likely to meet a strong dark race inside."
"It should be so."
Song Zining had a look of worry on his face, and sighed, "They took the lead this time."
Since the door to the new world is opened by the dark race, the first batch of powerful people to enter are naturally the Yongye side. By the time other exits are opened and the empire can enter, it will already be behind.
However, Zhao Jundu said: "There is nothing to regret. Judging from the information obtained so far, Yongye has been preparing for the arrival of the new world for thousands of years. It's just that all the secrets are held in the hands of the few supreme beings in the holy mountain, and they are the only ones." Only then can we perceive the opportunity of opening the gate of the new world. This can’t compete with them. But just like the maelstrom, there is no need to worry about temporary gains and losses.”
Afterwards, Zhao Jundu also asked about Qianye's development in Yonglu, and he was also surprised to learn that the most important batch of aid came from Queen Li. However, Empress Li's behavior has always been unpredictable. After all, the three of them are young, and they discussed together for a long time, but they did not discuss why. They still don't understand why Empress Li is so impressed by Qianye. Song Zining's expression has always been very natural, and he will not be seen.
Qianye's progress in Yonglu was very smooth, and Zhao Jundu didn't have any suggestions to give, but ordered a batch of weapons and equipment within the scope of authority, and ordered people to send them to Yonglu. With the example of Queen Li first, no one can say anything about the whereabouts of this batch of equipment. And it's not a free gift, Qianye needs to use various mineral resources produced in Yonglu as compensation, and the compensation period can be extended to three years. It can also be regarded as included in the normal trade category of the empire with third parties.
This just relieved Qianye's urgent need. As for the empire's thousand years of experience, it is not in a hurry. It hoards as many rare minerals as it has, and digests them slowly, so that the value can be maximized. This transaction can be said to take what they need.
The base here has been regarded as a top-secret place for the empire's war preparations in the near future. Although Zhao Jundu is the chief officer of this place, Song Zining and Qianye can't stay longer, and they are going to leave after chatting.
The two were about to leave when an officer rushed over and said, "Lord Cointreau, there is a latest secret report!"
"speak."
The officer glanced at Qianye and Song Zining, and reminded in a low voice, "My lord, this is the highest-level secret report, and it can only be reviewed by you alone, and no other people are allowed to be present."
Zhao Jundu ignored it, and reached out to take the secret report file bag, casually opened the sealed seal of the original force, glanced at it, and let out a light sigh, thoughtfully.
The officer didn't dare to really accuse anything, so he could only stand aside embarrassingly.
Zhao Jundu raised his head and said to Qianye: "Xiao Wu, when you get back there, you have to be careful in everything. The big figures above don't intend to see Yong Ye open the door of the new world so easily, and are determined to destroy it. Regardless of success or failure of this move, I'm afraid All will cause a strong reaction from the dark race. Zining is fine in the empire, but you are alone, but be careful."
Qian Ye said: "Yong Land is remote and desolate, sending a large army here is not worth the loss, if only a few strong men come alone, I am not afraid."
"That's good."
Zhao Jundu didn't want to keep them any longer, he ordered Qianye and Song Zining to be sent to the airship, and then went back to supervise the construction of the base. When he left, Qianye suddenly felt uneasy for no reason, and he didn't know why.
In the depths of the void, a dilapidated and old airship is speeding forward. It flew steadily and fast, definitely not the performance that an old cargo ship should have, it was obviously camouflaged.
It bypassed a group of outer floating islands, and under the cover of these uninhabited floating islands, it quietly landed on a remote edge of the Twilight Continent. Several people got off the airship, one of them was wearing a hood and cloak, his face was hidden in the shadows, his aura was almost nonexistent, and he couldn't even tell his race. And the others are actually humans.
A middle-aged man took out a tightly sealed wooden box, handed it to the mysterious man, and said, "Do you remember how and when to open it?"
"remember."
"Well, don't let us down."
Several people returned to the airship, leaving only the mysterious man outside. Immediately, the airship flew away, and the mysterious man watched the airship go away. When he raised his head, he finally revealed his face. His eyes were full of blood, and he was clearly a blood race.
After the airship disappeared into the void, he lowered his hood and quickly moved away, disappearing into the undulating mountains of the Twilight Continent.
In the outskirts of the Twilight Continent, there stands an ancient and elegant castle. It is built on a straight and steep mountain, overlooking the vast plain below. There are traces of wind and frost everywhere on the cliff, but there are also ancient vines and young trees growing tenaciously. Under the cover of the traces of time, traces of the old wars can still be seen. Some traces of knife and sword chops even stretched for tens of meters.
Castle of Theseus is one of the oldest and most famous castles in the Twilight Continent. In the era of disputes, it was the frontier of the war between the blood race and other dark races, and countless wars took place here.
Later, when the human race awakened the force of dawn, when Taizu led the human race out of the Twilight Continent, he also captured the Fort of Theseus, and repelled the chasing troops of the blood race here several times. In the end, more than half of the rioting human race successfully escaped from the Twilight Continent Guang Continent, escaped from the eternal night, and since then took the first step of the Great Qin to establish a country.
At this moment, in this ancient castle where every stone and brick is full of stories, you can see elite blood warriors in full armor everywhere, and there are strong knights in every patrol team, and the guard level has been raised to an extremely high level.
This is not unusual. You must know that after the awakened human race broke out of the Twilight Continent, there were very few wars in this area. In the past thousand years, disputes between other dark races and blood races have rarely ignited the flames of war in the core area of the blood race. When the Twilight Continent came up, it mostly happened in the lower or middle-level continents where the races were mixed. There are usually only a few soldiers stationed in the Castle of Theseus, but now, the number of garrison troops alone is ten times larger than before.
The main building of the ancient castle was full of chills. As long as they got a little closer, the blood warriors would feel the trembling from the depths of their blood. That is the natural deterrent of the upper-ranked blood race to the lower-ranked ones.
Now the blood warriors in the ancient castle are all from the twelve ancient clans, and their own bloodlines are quite high. However, within tens of meters around the main building, there was no patrolling soldiers, and even the powerful knights only appeared occasionally, and they just passed by in a hurry, unwilling to stay longer. From this, it can be seen how terrifying the bloodline suppression in the main building is.
As for the emptiness of the guards in the main building, it was actually not a problem at all. Anyone who wants to sneak into the main building at this time is really looking for death.
The main building of the castle has four floors. The hall on the ground floor is extremely magnificent, and the uppermost floor is a hollow structure, with a dome supported by countless giant pillars, which is a condescending fortress. Only the second and third floors can be inhabited. The second floor is the residence of some earls and viscounts, while the huge third floor has only three suites, each of which has its own owner. The original owner of the Castle of Theseus, Count Pinode, had to go to the second floor to squeeze.
Although the high-ranking vampires living on the third floor deliberately suppressed their aura, the faint coercion agitated each other, making people breathless.
A blood viscount hurried into the main building and went up to the third floor. After carefully identifying the family emblem on the door, he knocked lightly on the door knocker.
"Come in." A cold and clear voice came from behind the door, and the thick bronze door opened by itself.
The Viscount walked through the gate. Behind the gate was a spacious living room. Every piece of furniture and accessories in the hall had a history of at least a hundred years. The exquisite and ubiquitous carvings were just right, which interpreted magnificence without being too dense. On the big sofa, sat a blood race girl in black, flipping through a thick ancient scroll without raising her eyelids.
The pulsation of the Viscount's blood core involuntarily accelerated, and his breathing was also a little rough. However, he controlled his emotions well and did not touch the border of faux pas.
Although the girl on the sofa is privately considered to be one of the most beautiful vampires in history, and can compete with the queen of the night in appearance, but at the same time, her terrifying strength has also been proven. Just stretch out a finger and you can crush A dead viscount.
"Your Highness Yetong, there is a Viscount from the Lower Continent who claims to be a member of your clan and wants to see you."
Yetong was still looking at the ancient scroll in his hand, and said, "The lower continent, my clansman? Is it a branch of whose family?"
"No, he said it was from Yongye."
"Yongye?" Yetong finally raised his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Let him in."
A moment later, a blood viscount appeared in front of Yetong. His long light gray hair looked a little messy, the blood in his pupils was dull, his face was as pale as paper, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken. As a viscount, he was obviously in a bad situation.
He first stared at Yetong for a while, and after a while he realized his rudeness, he hurriedly lowered his head and asked, "Are you His Royal Highness Yetong?"
There was blood in the depths of Yetong's pupils, reflecting him in them. In the turbid smell of blood, she found a little familiar smell, which gradually overlapped with long-term memories, and also awakened those memories that had fallen asleep before the bloodline awakened.
"On the territory... are you okay now?" Yetong asked.