The Battle of the Black Trap and Against the Tide.
To be honest, Gawain never expected that he would hear such a shocking ancient secret in the chat with Tyr the sea monster, but after thinking about it carefully, he knew that if anyone in this world could tell more than him This satellite knows even more ancient and detailed historical data, so there are only this group of deep-sea saltwater fish that have been observing land since ancient times.
The so-called black trap... what the hell is it
According to Thiel, it seems to be a filtering mechanism, or a "reaper mechanism" that harvests civilizations according to fixed standards. Every land civilization from ancient times to the present has been destroyed after it has developed to a certain extent. The fact that it was destroyed by the magic tide, or destroyed by the mysterious "black trap", makes people feel creepy.
But Gao Wen is also very clear that even if the black trap exists, human beings cannot stop the pace of development.
Because there is still a demon tide.
If you don't develop, you will die in the demon tide; if you develop, you may encounter a black trap.
The only thing he can do, the only possible effective thing, is to find out the truth about the "black trap" before human beings encounter it.
"I don't know if there is a development path that can withstand the evil tide and avoid the black trap, but I believe that sitting and waiting is definitely not the solution. The evil tide has no mercy, and it will not postpone its visit because of human awe and retreat. of."
Gawain looked at the night in the distance, and said slowly in a calm and indifferent tone, while Tire, who was beside him, opened his eyes slightly, and a smile appeared on his face: "A leader should have such awareness... You are a good person." friend."
Gao Wen also returned a smile and asked a question, "Why did you suddenly tell me these things tonight?"
Till shrugged: "It was just casually mentioned here during the chat."
Gao Wen didn't say anything, just watched the sea monster quietly until the latter showed a helpless look: "Well, it's nothing, just take it as a return gift from Hongguang Technology. You may not realize that you all What happened, but as far as I can judge, your brand-new use of magical energy is really of reference value to us sea monsters. Not necessarily a good thing."
Gao Wen didn't pay attention to Tire's last words, but said very seriously: "You have already given Hongguang Technology's return gift."
"The superficial knowledge of shipbuilding is nothing. You can figure it out after a few years of research, but the general magic energy... has always been our bottleneck. We sea monsters can't feel the magic power in nature, and we can't understand and remember you. For a long time, we have been using the most simple and rude methods with poor stability and efficiency to obtain energy, and due to the influence of the magic tide, our efforts in this area are almost every tens of thousands of years or a dozen In ten thousand years, everything will be overthrown and restarted...so you should be able to imagine how important a hope of breaking the bottleneck is to us."
Speaking of this, Tyre was silent for a moment, and then continued: "The siren is not used to indebting others, even friends."
Gawain looked into Tyre's eyes quietly, and nodded lightly after a long time: "I understand, then I accept your kindness."
"Very well, may your civilization prosper and have a very pleasant conversation tonight."
Tyre's voice came in the night, and she jumped forward, the tail of the fish reflected the starlight, drawing a beautiful arc under the starlight, and fell towards the gurgling water of the Whitewater River.
Gawain stood on the rock by the river bank, lowered his head and quietly watched the direction of Tyre's fall.
"...Affected by the local water element cycle, the water level of the Baishui River will drop at night, so you didn't fall to your death?"
"I'm fine!"
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Even knowing that there are more challenges waiting for him in the distant future, Gao Wen will not stop his pace. In other words, it is precisely because he knows the mysterious and terrifying phenomenon of "black traps" that he has to speed up all the more. The speed of development in certain areas.
Although it is still uncertain whether there is a connection between the war against the tide in ancient times and the black trap, but the giant dragon that has always lived in seclusion will participate in the war on the mainland on a large scale, and the spearhead of the war is directed at human beliefs, which is high enough Wen turned his attention to the gods.
He doesn't know what role the gods play in "The Black Trap," but he doesn't mind adding some insight into the gods.
In the deepest part of the Rebel Fortress, in front of the magic gate leading to the Shadow Realm.
The ancient hall built a thousand years ago has been renovated, the damaged walls and roof have been repaired and decorated with contemporary cement materials and paints, and the ancient magic circle on the ground that has long been scrapped has been replaced by a modern magic net. In this brand-new hall, only one thing still maintains the most original appearance: the round magic door in the center of the room.
Around the Might and Magic Gate, several magic circle platforms for monitoring are flickering with flickering brilliance. Magic technicians in white researcher uniforms are busy around the Might and Magic Gate, monitoring the situation of the gate, while the whole body is full of arcana. The brilliant Kamel floated in front of the gate, and released a powerful arcane pulse towards the energy center of the gate.
The slightly dim runes on the gate immediately brightened up, and a stable passage to the Shadow Realm was opened.
"The laboratory in the fortress of disobedience is ready," Kamel turned around, and said to Gao Wen and the others who arrived here early in the morning, "We can start anytime."
Gao Wen looked around at the people around him. Apart from Wright who had to participate in the experiment, Pittman, Amber, and a group of researchers led by Rebecca also came with him. Originally, Heidi also wanted to come along with her, but considering the busy affairs of the government affairs department and the fact that Heti herself had quit the R&D team, she finally stayed in the government affairs department.
Amber is unwilling to come, but she is Gawain's bodyguard and the most powerful shadow master in the territory. Considering the inextricable connection between the Shadow Realm and the Shadow Realm, it would be too much to bring her It is an insurance for early warning of channel fluctuations, so whether this guy is willing or not, Gao Wen forced her to come here.
After confirming the people around him, Gawain nodded and looked at Wright: "Did you bring the test board?"
Wright took out the holy light substrate from his body: "Here."
Emily emerged from the mid-air behind Wright, and waved to Gawain in greeting.
Oh, and this little girl should also be counted. She is Wright's binding equipment.
Gao Wen shook his hand at Emily, and then walked forward first: "The testing equipment is ready in the laboratory...then let's go in."
After passing through the passage leading to the Shadow Realm, the interior of the Rebellious Fortress was presented to everyone.
This ancient facility with a history of one thousand years has been reopened, but only one of the laboratories has been reopened. Most of its area still maintains the appearance that Gawain first saw, even better than when he first saw it. Deserted and empty.
Because all valuable ancient equipment and sample material has been removed.
The group ignored the empty corridors and rooms, but walked directly into the depths of the rebellious fortress under the leadership of Kamel.
They walked through the outer corridors of the fortress, and passed the fan-shaped hall where the remains of nine hundred and seventy-two people had once been placed.
All the remains in the fan-shaped hall were transported out and properly buried in the cemetery outside Cecil City. Now the hall is empty, only rows of seats remain silent in the dim light , Kamel couldn’t help slowing down when he walked through the fan-shaped hall. He looked at this place that had trapped him for a thousand years, but in the end he didn’t say anything, but went straight to the end of the hall, opened the Opened the passage to the highest protection laboratory.
Gao Wen was taken to a room he had never seen before.
This room is just outside the fan-shaped hall. Judging from its location, it should be close to the gate leading to the resting place of the giant deer Amorn. Gawain saw that this laboratory has been thoroughly cleaned and maintained. In the rectangular room The lights are bright, and there are magic experiment tables and various experimental devices based on rune technology. At the end of the room, there is a huge floor-to-ceiling window.
There is a slight light curtain floating on the surface of the floor-to-ceiling window, but outside the light curtain is an endless dark space. In that dark space, countless broken and floating boulders and small pieces of land can be vaguely seen, and a huge mountain like a hill The body of the giant deer is located in the center of the entire dark space. The soft shimmering light it emits illuminates many metal fragments and small pieces of pumice floating around it. It looks extremely beautiful, but it is also extremely strange.
Wright looked at the body of the giant deer Amoen through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Although he had already known about the fall of the God of Nature and had given up his belief in the God of Holy Light, at this moment, he still couldn't help it. I was touched by the holy and huge body of God.
Gawain stepped forward and patted Wright on the shoulder: "Don't look at what we are going to do today is an act of disobedience."
Kamel came to the center of the laboratory, where a circular platform was set up. This platform is also one of the few remaining ancient equipment in the entire laboratory. He opened his hands in front of the platform, injecting pure arcane energy into it. In the metal pillars on both sides of the platform, accompanied by a sudden low humming sound, the ancient magister whispered to himself:
"Defying the plan, the experiment...continues."
The low humming sound gradually turned into a gentle and steady sound. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, a more solid and more obvious energy barrier appeared out of thin air, and gradually enveloped the entire fortress of rebellion. A mechanically monotonous and slightly distorted synthesis The voice came from the sound device on the roof of the laboratory:
"...secondary energy system activated, operator certified...
"...Activating the active protection barrier... Turning on the passive protection barrier... Turning on the divine power filter... Turning on the same-frequency early warning system...
“…Emergency Fuse System Testing…Emergency Fuse System Status Normal…
"Serious warning: Bastion Master AI is offline... Standby AI is offline... Databases at all levels are offline, networks at all levels are offline..."
"Ignore." Kamel said quietly.
"Ignore the error message, the auxiliary authority is transferred to the basic answering mechanism, and it is detected that 99% of the operators are missing... Ignore, and the operator authentication restriction is lifted. The basic answering mechanism has completed the self-test of all functions, and the answering mechanism is online.
"Good day, Chief of the Carmels Lane Think Tank, I wish you a happy work."
Even though he knew that what was talking at this moment was just a basic response mechanism that had no thinking ability and was set up a thousand years ago, Kamel went back to the past in a trance at this moment, and saw a scene in this laboratory in a trance. He felt the arcane energy in his body vibrate in the busy scene of people coming and going. After a long time, he said softly: "Good day, rebels... let's start."