The "ridge" made of a mixture of special alloys and rune stones extends from the base of the Sentinel Tower, like some kind of huge roots, and like some kind of pipeline extending from the Thunder Hill to the plains, the wasteland area The long-term erosion of mana has stained the creation of this civilization with the traces of time. The once smooth alloy shell has become rough and pitted, and the solid rune stones blessed by the elements are also mottled.
But the damage to the outer shell is only an appearance. Inside the "ridge", the ancient magic device is still operating faithfully, maintaining the normal function of the Sentinel Tower. The Silver Empire may have declined, but the creations of the elves are still more reliable than humans.
A small group of elite Iron Rangers, led by Solderin, arrived at the northern section of No. 3 "Spine". Gawain, Amber, Sonia, and an elf magister named Banner walked in front of the group. They looked up and saw On the side of the raised man-made structure, an ancient gate is quietly closed, and the mottled writing on the gate is still recognizable: Inspection port-iii.
"Since the completion of the Sentinel Tower and the retreat of the civilized territory, this gate has never been opened..." Sonia stepped forward, rubbing the elf-style embossed lines on the gate with emotion, "The border of the wasteland There are dozens of Sentinel Towers in China, but only one-third of them have been effectively maintained and overhauled in the past seven hundred years. Some towers are far away from the Silver Empire, and some towers are deeply trapped in extremely polluted areas. The maintained tower is completely relying on the automatic repair system of the year to maintain its operation."
"Fortunately, most of the things made by elves are durable." Gawain nodded, looking at the magister named Banner, "Master Banner, it's up to you next."
Banner, who has slender eyebrows and a tall and thin figure, nodded. He came to the gate and took out a metal plate in the shape of a maple leaf with a strange shape. After stuffing it into the surface of the gate, the elves depicting flowers and trees After a certain gap in the relief, he began to inject magic into the relief.
The dense floating light flashed on the gate, and the ancient mechanical device began to operate in the depths. Around the gate, the locks were unlocked creakingly, but the gate itself remained motionless.
Banner looked at the still gate, shrugged his shoulders, took out an elbow wrench from the tool bag at his waist, and slammed it on a lock next to the gate: "Occasionally... these things need a little help .”
After smashing it three or five times, there was an obvious clicking sound from somewhere, and the magic door with exquisite reliefs finally opened smoothly, revealing the dark passage inside.
Amber stared: "Hey, I said... You don't match the elegant style of the legendary elves."
"If you look closely, you will find that the arc of my wrench is a perfect quarter-circle arc. If you have to say it, it is elegance." The elf magister glanced at Amber while putting away his tools, "The world There are many wrong impressions of elves, and the labeling is very serious. As a half-elf, you can't be influenced by these wrong impressions, little girl."
Amber immediately rolled her eyes, while Gao Wen didn't bother with the question of whether the race of elves was elegant or not at all. He walked towards the gate and reminded the people around him, "Cheer up, everyone. There have been no living people for seven hundred years."
The soldiers stepped through the gate and stepped into the main passage inside the "ridge", and the moment they entered the passage, the breath of the wasteland was cut off.
Amber immediately sensed this subtle change. She turned her head to look at the direction of the entrance, and saw that outside was the corrupted and twisted demon tide wasteland. However, there seemed to be an invisible barrier blocking the door, and the depressing magic energy breath Nothing goes into the interior of the "ridge".
"The entire Sentinel Tower is protected by a complex protection-filtering system," Sonia noticed the surprise on Amber's face, and explained patiently, "This is to prevent the magic tide from invading the core of the tower and interfering with the key spells inside. This is the main sensor and material circulation pipeline of the tower, although it is located on the periphery, the protection level is second only to the core area."
"That's amazing..." Amber muttered in surprise, raised her eyebrows, and looked towards the end of the corridor.
The ancient sensing device finally reacted after being dull for a few seconds, and the magic lamps lit up in the corridor, illuminating the way forward. In the passage that has not been opened for seven centuries, everything seems to be maintained as before. The appearance of time.
The off-white ground and walls stretched out in sight, and the simplicity was dotted with a few elf-style decorations and markers. On the slightly curved roof, in addition to the inlaid magic lamps, several huge pipes could also be seen Embedded in the building materials in a half-buried state, the pipe is translucent, as if something is constantly surging and transporting inside.
Amber became curious again: "What's in those tubes?"
"There is a coolant in the pipeline," Banner said, "In order to control this huge and complex magic tower, a powerful demon mind is placed in the base, which generates a lot of heat during operation. In order to prevent the core from melting , we have designed a very efficient cooling system. These coolants are only part of the system, and there are more complex structures ahead."
"Wow..." Amber dragged her voice out, exaggerated admiration, and at the same time glanced at Gao Wen calmly.
Gao Wen was looking away from the pipes flowing with coolant at this moment, his face was calm, but he was thinking the same thought as Amber:
The biggest problem with the rainbow light generator is heat.
This cooling system can be used.
"To be honest, I'm very interested in a lot of technology here," Gao Wen said casually, "Although this tower was built by human nations and elves, we didn't get much involved in its technology back then... If possible, can you take me to see its heat exchange structure and cooling core later?"
Hearing Gao Wen's words, Banner and Sonia exchanged glances almost subconsciously, and then the latter smiled: "The Sentinel Tower is built and shared by all races, of course it's no problem."
Banner reminded: "However, the magic skills of elves and humans are very different, and the structure of runes is also very different. This is why almost all the technology of the Sentinel Tower was in the hands of the Silver Empire. It's not that we don't want to announce it, but It is because humans can only imitate to a limited extent even if they come into contact with the runes of elves, you should be clear about this."
"Of course, I know, I just want to see," Gao Wen said with a smile, "and we have made good progress in the field of runes. Although humans still cannot release the spells of elves, we have more or less mastered some runes. The translation method, the technology in this tower, has some reference value on our side."
"Then please go ahead," Banner nodded, "You were also one of the builders of these towers back then, and we have no reason to stop you. But for the purpose of protecting the property of the Silver Empire and preventing excessive disclosure of technology, please do not draw any drawing."
"Thank you very much, this is enough for me to just take a look and refer to your design ideas for some magical devices."
Gao Wen expressed his thanks, and then led the team to continue walking forward, but under his calm face, there was a trace of excitement hidden in his heart.
This is the highest technological crystallization of the Silver Empire, and everything here... is a treasure! !
Of course, he didn't lie about the reason for entering the tower. He really wanted to find out what went wrong with these sentinel towers, and this was also one of his goals and even missions in organizing this huge project, but apart from In addition to this formal reason, he is also interested in the elf technology in the Sentinel Tower.
After the fall of the Gondor Empire, these elves held the world's most advanced artificial intelligence technology, the most outstanding high-density rune technology, and the most powerful anti-gravity technology in their hands! !
Of course, due to the historical problems left over from the "Original Elves' Great Split", the elves themselves have many black boxes in these technologies that need to be solved, and all the magical skills of the elves have been almost incomprehensible to humans for a long time. I thought about the possibility of technical exchange, but... it doesn't matter.
Math will explain the power of each rune and their optimal placement.
Sonia and the elven magister named Banner walked quietly beside them. Gawain couldn't see too many emotional fluctuations on the faces of the two elves.
They didn't mind Gao Wen observing the core structure of the tower, and they didn't mind their technology falling into the hands of humans.
Is the reason just the friendship of all races working together to build the Sentinel Tower seven hundred years ago? Or out of their friendship with "Gauvan Cecil" himself? Or... They haven't realized that the Cecilians have actually fully mastered the technology of using rune logic to reorganize elf runes, and they haven't realized that humans have been able to completely control elf magic, not just imposing personality on cannonballs. Wind Elemental Blessing
To be honest, Gawain was a little surprised that the other party agreed to his request so readily. He had even prepared to study secretly in the Sentinel Tower, but since the other party had already agreed... then Gawain had no reason to miss it. such an opportunity.
Although Gawain Cecil was knowledgeable seven hundred years ago, he was more of a military general. He did not have a deep understanding of its technology when he built the Sentinel Tower. Seven hundred years ago, human beings were experiencing great It is declining, and it is also facing the gap that "foreign magic cannot understand". Although it participated in the tower repair project, it also has no contact with the latter's core technology, so today's opportunity is extremely precious.
The team continued to move towards the core area of the base of the sentry tower at [.], and every time they advanced a certain distance, Sonia or Banner would ask the team to stop to check the operation of those key devices.
"This is the sensory center of the entire No. 3 'spine'," Banner stopped again halfway through the corridor. He came to a gray-white square column with light gold patterns connecting the roof and the floor. Beside, he took out the tool and said, "All the sensing centers are connected together. In theory, no matter which one of the six 'ridges' is in trouble, you should be able to see the problem in any of the sensing centers..."
While speaking, the magister had already removed a cover plate on the pillar. After the protective cover was removed, a large number of overlapping metal pieces like leaves with complex magic runes engraved on the surface appeared to everyone. in front of you.
These metal pieces were piled up one upon another inside the pillar, and Banner reached out and waved his hand near the metal pieces, and some of the metal pieces immediately left their respective positions and flew into the air with a clatter. With a serious expression on Banner's face, he controlled these metal pieces to fly past his eyes one by one with telekinesis, and at the same time carefully observed their conditions. The metal pieces are infused with magic, sensing their movement.
"...all the sensor centers are functioning normally, and the sensors on the six 'ridges' are all intact," Banner said with a frown. "The signal from the side of the wasteland is also very clear."
Sophia asked from the side: "What about the communication with the demon's mind?"
"The communication is good, there is almost no delay, and the operation of the demon's mind seems to be normal," Banner said, returning the metal blades to their original positions with magic, and then raised his head to look at the end of the corridor, "The Sentinel Tower is ahead The control center of the pedestal is gone, maybe we should check its 'brain' directly."