Gao Wen stared at the direction of the horizon for a long time. In the first few minutes, the huge cognitive conflict made him unable to even guess what he was seeing—no matter what it was, it was far away from his only sun. far.
That broad and majestic arc continued to rise, and it rose much faster than the sun in the initial stage, so Gawain saw a small part of its arc after a while, and that arc was indeed rising. Glowing, the edges have hazy colors and unreal, cloud-like structures. This thing should provide the light and heat of this world, but its light is not as dazzling as the sun so that it cannot be seen directly—in fact On the contrary, Gao Wen could not only look directly at the curved surface, but even see some subtle lines on the curved surface.
After roughly judging the arc of that thing, Gawain realized that it was a thing with an apparent diameter dozens or even hundreds of times larger than the sun—of course, its real size should be smaller than a normal star, but it It's too close to the ground.
At this distance, if it rises, it may cover about one-fifth of the sky... Of course, this is only Gao Wen's rough sense, because the touch he has received is really great, and what he intuitively judges will inevitably be very big deviation.
It's hard to describe the oppressive feeling of watching a giant celestial body rise in front of your eyes.
Quickly searched Gawain Cecil's memory, and sure enough, he found countless equally spectacular "sunrises" in that memory. That thing in the sky was not an abnormal celestial phenomenon, but the most normal landscape in this world.
So what about the explanation
Gawain quickly made many interpretations based on the knowledge he had mastered. Perhaps it was because the physical rules of this world were completely different from those of his home universe, so the light and thermal efficiency of the stars were quite low, and the planet under his feet was very far away from the stars. So close, so that you can see such a huge sun, but at the same time the earth is not scorched; it is also possible that it is not a sun at all, but a hole emitting light and heat radiation, or something else. Scientific but magical stuff...
But it is more likely that the planet under my feet is not orbiting the sun, but orbiting a gas giant planet. It is not a planet at all, but a satellite of the latter, rising from the sky...
is the satellite's parent star.
At this moment, the feeling of "a foreign land" felt by Gao Wen was stronger than ever.
"Ancestor? Lord Ancestor?" Hetty's voice came from the side, finally waking up Gao Wen who was in a state of sluggishness and contemplation.
"Ah... ah?" Gao Wen suddenly woke up, looking at N's great-granddaughter beside him with a little doubt.
The beautiful lady left the dark, cramped and perilous underground tunnel, and at this time regained a little bit of her former style, she bowed slightly to Gao Wen: "Ancestor, you were in a daze just now, but we have to leave here first. "
Gao Wen faltered twice, and then he noticed that the exit of the tunnel was an unobstructed hillside. It is really not wise to stand here when the surrounding situation is unknown, so he nodded: "Go to a high place first to check the surrounding situation. What I know is the terrain seven hundred years ago, and it may not be useful today."
So the group headed towards the hillside not far away under Gawain's instructions, and on the way, Gawain couldn't help but look up at the huge "sun" several times.
"Master Zu, have you been looking at the sun?" Rebecca, who was walking behind Gao Wen, couldn't help but asked with concern, "Is there any problem?"
Amber next to him said casually: "Your ancestors have slept without seeing the sun for seven hundred years, so if you finally see the sun, you must take a second look."
Gao Wen ignored Amber, and glanced at the great-granddaughter on the N+1 floor, shook his head slightly, and confirmed in his heart what the locals in this world called the thing in the sky—it was indeed called the sun.
In other words, no matter how the word is pronounced, in the minds of people in this world, what the word refers to is the sun and nothing else.
Gao Wen retrieved the memory of the original owner of the body again, and after trying keywords and vague information several times, he finally raised his head with a feeling, and looked at the slightly dark sky on the other side.
In the sky that hadn't fully brightened yet and there were still many stars left, he found a "star" about the size of a grain of rice that was brighter than all the stars.
Humans in this world call that special star "Ao", and endow it with many symbolic meanings in religion and magic rituals.
The previous two guesses may be overturned, and only the third guess is reliable.
"Au" is the star of this galaxy, so far away that it is unimaginable, its brilliance sprinkled on the ground under Gawain's feet, almost as cold as other starlight.
In the cool morning breeze, Gao Wen climbed to the top of the hill.
A piece of land that was burned by the flames of war and presented a strange festering state appeared in the distance.
As if strong acid had been poured on the flesh, the earth was rotten, large areas of rock and soil turned gray black, and cracks could be seen spreading everywhere, the vegetation on the land had long been corrupted, and the remaining trunks were twisted into In a demonized state like a devil's claws, further away, you can see collapsed walls, charred houses, and the Cecil family's castle shrouded in smoke and dust.
Aberrations that resemble giants roam the wasteland.
Fields and crops have long been annihilated in the tide of monsters, and they are completely indistinguishable.
"The family's territory..." Rebecca lay on the hillside, clenched her teeth tightly, her eyes were a little red, and tears of anger or sadness rolled around in her eyes. This girl who just inherited the family business has not even adapted to The lord girl seemed to have lost everything at this moment.
"This is what the land corrupted by the demon tide looks like," Gao Wen sighed. "The Gondor Empire was corrupted from the inside out to look like this. I guess that corruption should still be entrenched in the old empire until today." on the wasteland—and yet a new corruption has emerged within the realms of civilization."
Amber broke out in a cold sweat: "God of Shadows... we were surrounded by these things all the time?"
Hetty thought about the possibility of the family's recovery: "Is there any help?"
"It's hopeless," Gawain shook his head. "You didn't stop the attack of the aberrants. They have formed a group resonance, and the elemental infection caused by the demon tide caused by it is irreversible. Even if all the monsters are eliminated, the monsters occupying this land The pollution on the surface will also last for a long time."
"How long will it last?" Hetty seemed a little unwilling to give up.
"Has human civilization returned to the land of the Gondor Empire?" Gawain asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"...there is still a forbidden zone of life, and no one dares to set foot on the land on the other side of the magnificent barrier."
Gao Wen shrugged: "It seems that the corruption of the Cecil Territory will last at least seven hundred years."
Rebecca and Hetty looked at this ancestor in amazement. They couldn't understand why this great figure who founded the Cecil family could be so calm when facing the scene where the last piece of the family's territory was destroyed by monsters— There was no anger or sorrow, it was as if they were looking at things that had nothing to do with them, and this attitude even made them a little scared.
However, Gao Wen quickly noticed the eyes of the two, and asked, "Is there any problem?"
"My lord ancestor, aren't you... angry?" Rebecca asked cautiously, "This is the last piece of territory of the Cecil family..."
Gawain was taken aback for a moment, and immediately realized that he still hadn't fully assumed the role, which revealed his flaws, so he quickly put on a straight face and suppressed all his acting skills: "Indulging in these things will not help. Gawain Sethi Er is a pioneer, every inch of land and wealth of this family was built from scratch by me, if there is no territory, it will be gone, at worst, find another place to open up wasteland—what are mother-in-law and mother doing?"
Hetty and Rebecca quickly nodded again and again, while nodding, they admired their ancestors in their hearts, saying that they really deserved to be legend-level ancestors, and their vision and heart were really different—I just didn’t know that all the lands in this land had already Divided by the existing aristocratic system, the land of no man was basically a restricted area, where did the ancestors plan to open up wasteland...
"There's nothing to see here. We have to plan our itinerary next. The next step is to find the town first, and then find a way to reunite with the group of people who broke out." Gao Wen quickly changed the subject while pretending to be X. , "I remember that a knight named Philip led people to break through? Did you discuss the meeting point?"
Rebecca quickly replied: "The agreement is on Tanzan Town in the north. If Tanzan is also attacked by monsters, we will continue north along the Kingdom Avenue."
Gao Wen nodded, and was about to leave when a strange feeling made him stop suddenly.
After being stunned for a moment, he and the Byron knight next to him shouted almost simultaneously: "Get down! Hide!"
Although they didn't know why, Rebecca and Hetty immediately followed Knight Byron and hid under a nearby boulder, while Amber had already disappeared into the shadows and got into an unknown corner the moment Gawain opened his mouth. Gawain followed closely behind Rebecca to hide, but suddenly saw the little maid Betty, who looked a little silly, still holding the pan, standing there with a dazed face, so he rushed out and dragged her away. Come back—and almost at the next moment, a sense of oppression that made everyone tremble fell from the sky.
In the light of the rising "giant sun", an elegant and huge creature slowly flew across the sky.
It was a giant dragon tens of meters long.
In panic, Hetty subconsciously cast a third-level spell "Curved Light Position" to conceal everyone's figures, but she was not sure whether this simple spell could hide the eyes of a legendary creature.
But the dragon really didn't notice the people on the ground—or maybe it didn't bother to pay attention at all. He or she just flapped its wings slowly, flying gracefully and majestically across the sky, and the land of Cecil Territory that was destroyed by the demon tide was reflected in those huge eyes.
Then it took a sip of the salt soda... oh, the breath burned the place.