After breaking out of the psychic network, Gao Wen immediately received Amber's report.
"...Basically, this is the situation," said the half-elf lady at the end of the report. "The current situation of the Great Wall is normal, and there are no signs of aberrations approaching. It seems that only the junction of the southern foot of the Dark Mountain Range and the Black Forest happened. Collapsed—due to the influence of the mountain, the outpost could not see the specific situation."
"... I understand," Gao Wen pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Pay close attention to the situation of the magnificent wall, and arrange for the security team in the disobedient fortress to patrol the southern part of the fortress. If the mountain collapses, the southern corridor of the disobedient fortress may be affected. "
After making these arrangements, Gao Wen didn't stop at the Institute of Magic Technology, but returned directly to the Lord's Mansion on the grounds that he needed to rest.
After returning to the study room with a relatively stable environment, he immediately called the satellite channel in his mind.
The special space bird's-eye view came to mind, and the images from the orbiting monitoring satellite appeared in front of Gawain's eyes. He carefully controlled this ancient system, and focused the monitoring on the border between the southern foot of the Dark Mountain Range and the Black Forest. Location.
He was looking for traces left by landslides or earthquakes. The overly old satellite system was struggling to operate, and the image of a piece of rotting wasteland slowly moved on the unclear screen. After several minutes of scanning and difficult comparison After that, his gaze suddenly stopped.
There is something there, on the extension line of Cecil City pointing to the south, within the scope of the Black Forest, there is something, but it is not a remnant left by a landslide, rock collapse or earthquake, but a piece of land that looks like a certain place. traces of impact craters.
After the camera zoomed in, the picture was not clear enough, and the background color of the rotten and deep waste soil made it extremely difficult to distinguish the details of the picture, but Gawain could still see the radial folds around the circular area and the outward lodging around the impact crater The Giant Log—the giant log tens of meters high can be destroyed neatly, which shows that the impact is extremely strong, and judging from the smoke and dust that has not yet dissipated in midair, the impact crater just appeared not long ago.
What it is? Could it be that something fell from the sky
Gawain looked at the huge impact crater in astonishment. Although he didn't know what exactly happened, he was almost sure that the impact crater of that shape was not caused by the magic tide.
At this moment, he hoped that he could go to the scene immediately to investigate what it was, but the location of the impact crater was at the southern foot of the Dark Mountain Range—to cross this majestic mountain range and reach the forefront of the tide of corruption, that location Too dangerous.
Although the development of the territory is on the right track and the power in his hands is gradually increasing, Gawain is already considering taking more active actions against the wasteland of Gondor, and has also formulated some plans to establish observation stations or advance bases at the southern foot of the Dark Mountains. , but obviously, these plans are just plans—for now, the Principality of Cecil is not yet ready to cross the Dark Mountains.
Soldiers carry equipment and walk from the southern foot of the steep and steep mountains. They have to pass through a large area of corrupted mountain roads with fragile structures and poisonous demonized vegetation in the middle. It is extremely difficult to go down the mountain. In a crisis, it is almost impossible to survive...
However, it is also possible to send a few top elites there without sending out soldiers, or go there by yourself—legendary powerhouses can still move at the southern foot of the Dark Mountain Range, but... is the impact crater worth the risk
Gao Wensi paid attention to the impact crater that suddenly appeared, but at this moment, another thing suddenly broke into his monitoring vision.
…
Thin clouds passed by quickly, and the cold air was cut by the huge wings, whistling and blowing past the huge scale-covered body, and the adult dragon with blue scales was hovering high in the sky. , The devastated land below is reflected in the jewel-like eyes.
Corrupted mountain rocks are layered on top of each other, and various twisted and mutated enchanted plants grow wantonly between the rock layers. The soil presents an ominous purple-black color, and a thin layer of mist floats on top of it. The region of corruption stretches southward from the Dark Mountains—the Dark Forest, the Belted Plains, the Great Wall, and finally the Wastes of Gondor—into that terrible storm of dark blue magic that even dragons fear .
The giant dragon flapped its wings and adjusted an angle in the air. Her sight swept across the border of the Black Forest, and a huge impact crater that was still emitting smoke and dust appeared in her vision.
She hovered in the sky and began to call out the obscure and ancient dragon language magic. With the surge of magic power, a light golden screen of runes appeared in the air. conversation environment.
A female voice came from the mouth of the dragon: "We have arrived at the coordinates, in the southern part of the Dark Mountains, and we have witnessed a crash crater, which is very large."
Complex symbols and lines danced on the surface of the pale golden rune light screen, and a slightly distorted voice came from the light screen: "... Received... Please come closer and observe. Pay attention to safety, it is very close to the mana pollution area, don't fall in the inside."
"I know, I will be careful," Blue Dragon said with a little carelessness, "Actually, this place is quite far from the real pollution area, I think flying to the south should be..."
Before the blue dragon finished speaking, a serious voice came from the light screen: "Don't do unnecessary things—have you forgotten the lesson from last time?"
"It wasn't my fault last time, and I just crashed and didn't aim..."
"The jury was very impressed with your crash landing, but we don't plan to watch it again in the short term—please focus on the immediate task."
The blue dragon shook her head left and right, as if she was quite impatient, then she cut off the communication, flapped her wings suddenly, and began to lower the altitude rapidly.
On the edge of the black forest, smoke and dust were still billowing in a huge impact crater. The powerful impact force that erupted earlier lifted a large piece of vegetation around the huge crater, and left a large number of radial cracks on the edge of the crater. In the center of the pit, in the deepest part of the smog, a twisted mass of metal remains still hot.
The strong wind suddenly blew away the smoke and dust at the bottom of the impact pit. The blue dragon descended from the sky, and with a heavy landing sound, the huge body stopped firmly in the impact pit.
"I'm still pretty stable."
The blue dragon underestimated softly, and then stepped forward to the bottom of the impact pit, before the group of still hot metal wreckage.
It was an alloy device with a length of about two to three meters and a diameter of less than half a meter. Although it experienced the ultra-high temperature when it entered the atmosphere and the terrible impact when it fell to the ground, the basic shape of the wreckage was still intact. It was roughly cylindrical. Both ends have been broken, and many charred cables and tube bundles protrude from the fracture, while some raised structures can still be seen on the surface of the cylinder—all kinds of features indicate that this wreckage came from a larger body. Peeled off.
"... Alas... Sure enough..."
The blue dragon let out a sigh, and then she stretched out her huge claws, and grabbed the alloy device that still had amazing heat.
"Recover the wreckage."
The huge wings beat the air and the magic power in the air, bringing the giant dragon's huge body to a high altitude. After reaching the signal transmission altitude, she first hovered in place for a while, as if hesitating whether to explore further After a while, but after a moment of hesitation, she still opened the communication.
The pale golden rune light screen appeared in the air again, and a slightly hurried voice came from inside the rune light screen: "How is the situation? Have things been confirmed?"
"The falling object has been confirmed. It is a fragment that fell off from the first or second station of the Radiance. It looks like a part of the gravity calibrator—it was probably still working when it fell. The huge amount of energy released when it fell to the ground A crater of astonishing scale was blown up here. Sigh, the scholars really said it was right."
"Is it really the glow space station..." The voice in the rune light screen paused for a moment, "The devices left by the voyager... are all about to reach the limit of their lifespan."
"It will be broken one day. We have already been mentally prepared for it."
"Being mentally prepared is not the same as being prepared," said a helpless voice from the light screen, "The key issue now is that the legacy left by the sailors may be destroyed before the end of this season cycle, but until Now, the various races of this season's civilization still do not see the slightest hope of breaking the situation... "
The blue dragon fell silent. She hovered in the high-altitude wind, seemingly speechless, but half a minute later she suddenly broke the silence: "Not necessarily."
"Um?"
"Maybe there is a turning point this time."
The voice from the light screen was suddenly a little surprised: "Turning opportunity? Which one are you talking about... let alone those elves or those sea monsters in the far sea, the inheritance of those elves has long been interrupted, those sea monsters...God knows those sea monsters I've been thinking about something all day."
"It's not them, it's human beings." Blue Dragon shook his head from side to side. "Strictly speaking, it's the kingdom established by the resurrected human beings... It seems interesting."
"That human named Gawain Cecil?" The voice in the light screen was a little surprised, "Ah, his resurrection is impressive, and his development is indeed unexpected... But you can see the breaking point from him Hope? Are you sure?"
"I'm not sure, but there is a phenomenon that may surprise you when I tell you about it," Blue Dragon said, "In his Principality of Cecil, the power of the Holy Light is developing, but the power of the God of Holy Light... is declining .”
"... unbelievable!"
"But it's true." Blue Dragon said firmly, but just when she was about to continue to say something, a strange palpitation suddenly interrupted her.
Under some intuition beyond human comprehension, the blue dragon immediately determined the source of the palpitations. She fluttered her wings suddenly and left the hovering position, and then tried to raise her head while circling, looking at the sky.
"No, come again?!"
The dragon opposite the light screen heard the blue dragon's shout, and immediately asked about the situation: "What happened?!"
"It's another sense of spying from unknown sources... from directly above!" Blue Dragon rampaged high in the sky, his tone was a bit frantic, "Damn... I still think it's coming from the direction of the satellite... Are you really sure that the Voyager didn't come back? "
"It can be confirmed—in short, you need to leave your current location as soon as possible. Get rid of the tracking and go to the western assembly point. There will be people there to meet you."
"I want to get rid of it..." Blue Dragon yelled while desperately changing his flight trajectory in the air, "The key is not to get rid of it... Damn, I'm afraid I have to perform that again..."
"Ah?! You have to think about it..."
"There's nothing to think about. If you hesitate, you will crash—I think I will definitely succeed this time."
…
Gao Wen cut off the satellite connection slightly tired and frustrated.
Lost again.
The situation was exactly the same as last time: after continuing to monitor for a period of time, the giant dragon sensed the spying from outer space, and then it quickly changed its flight direction in an incomprehensible maneuvering manner, completely disappearing from view.
But there is one thing Gao Wen can be sure of: the giant dragon that appeared this time should be the same one he saw when he was monitoring the Contracting Fort last time.
(Yo!!)