When a gigantic beast falls, death does not mean the end of everything.
The remaining vitality will often survive the warming of the corpse, and survive in another form, or continue.
In the depths of the ancient Gondor Empire, chaotic and dry winds whistled on the plain with dust and mist. In a chaotic sky, the dirty clouds twisted and twisted like an upside-down funnel, covering the entire world gloomyly. The energy pulses jumped and shuttled between the vortex clouds, continuously releasing electric arcs and rumbling low-pitched thunder that were several kilometers long, and under the shroud of this terrifying celestial phenomenon, was the wasteland of the imperial capital that was melted and then torn apart.
The former imperial capital has long been turned into dust in the magic explosion, and now only sparse and distorted wreckage remains to prove the existence of human civilization. In the center of the vast plain, a huge impact crater quietly dormant on the ground, and the impact crater carries The crystal-like texture of the inner wall is sunken towards the center layer by layer, and some molten materials that can no longer see the original form are "embedded" on the inner wall, pointing straight to the sky like hideous branches, looking bleak and terrifying.
But even in the depths of such utterly devastated ruins, there is still something "alive"
At the bottom of the giant impact crater, the scorched earth bulged, and the crystal-like molten material solidified into a cone-shaped structure that seemed to be spliced together by countless prisms. out, illuminating the entire deep pit, this magical flame erupted several kilometers into the sky, echoing the swirling charged clouds in the sky, and around the "crystal cone" that erupted the magical flame, you can also see Numerous wandering mana phantoms move about.
This terrible eruption has been going on for seven hundred years, and it still shows no sign of stopping.
At the bottom of the crystal cone, a pipe extending from the bottom of the crystalline prism extends forward along the trend of the inner wall of the impact pit, and gradually merges into the molten and solidified crystalline substances on the pit wall. There are streams of light constantly emerging in the pipe, as if continuously transporting What kind of material was there? Several muddled mana phantoms lingered around this pipe, driven by instinct to approach this pure and clean energy source, but due to the existence of the pipe wall, they could not absorb the energy inside, showing restlessness .
Suddenly, a light bullet flashed between these wandering mana phantoms. The powerful force contained in the light bullet directly tore one of the phantoms apart, and blasted a cloud of chaotic arcs on the wall of the pit in the distance.
In the next moment, all the mana phantoms left the place quickly.
At the position where the light bullet flew, a narrow entrance and exit opened on the outer wall of the "Crystal Cone" at some point, a tall and straight female figure wearing an old imperial magister uniform stood there quietly, her face blank. He looked at the cloud of electric arc not far away slowly dissipating, with his hands still in the posture of raising his hands to cast spells.
The wind of the chaotic wasteland blew through the bottom of the pit, blowing the silver-gray hair on the forehead of this tall woman. Her appearance was almost impeccable, and there was no flaw on her skin, but there was something in those same silver-gray eyes. As if lacking the necessary emotion, it was as cold as a machine.
She looked in the direction of the energy conduit for a few seconds, and then slowly lowered her hands, a glimmer of light flashed in the depths of her eyeballs.
"Sweeping done, pests expelled.
"The appearance scan of the energy conduit is normal, and the environmental readings are normal.
"2488 Imperial Calendar, Fire Moon 2, Sentinel 4 started patrolling."
Accompanied by a slightly mechanized voice, the tall female imperial magister with long silver-gray hair looked up into the distance, a light blue halo formed by runes spread from her waist, and she left the ground immediately, Fly towards the outer edge of the crater.
"The situation in the warning area is normal... The appearance of each energy conduit is normal... The rest of the sentries are observed, and the vision is normal... Crossing the outer ring of the ruined area..."
While reporting the situation mechanically, the female magister quickly passed over the impact crater, and finally landed smoothly on the corrupted and torn wasteland outside the crater.
"Arrived at the patrol area outside the ruins, calibrating the monitor..." She said, raising her head and looking around at the desolate and ruined old land of the imperial capital. Presents a clear image.
Her looking around suddenly stopped, and a tall, deformed, swollen monster that seemed to be agglomerated by flowing red mud suddenly entered her line of sight.
"I saw a threatening creature, a unit with high arcane resistance, and started to eliminate it."
Before the mechanized icy voice fell, the female magister had already launched a swift attack. A halo of runes with a complex structure suddenly appeared behind her. At the same time, her legs kicked the ground vigorously. It turned into a phantom, rushing towards the distortion body in the distance at a speed close to that of a knight's charge.
The deformed body also noticed the attacker who was attacking quickly. The monster let out a chaotic roar, and the polluting magic power surged from its body. It raised its arm high, and a mass of black-red corrupt energy quickly formed, but in it Before launching this destructive energy, the female magister in an old uniform rushed over. The latter raised her arm, and an alloy blade popped out of her palm, quickly cutting off the arm used by the deformed body to cast spells. Immediately afterwards, her figure flashed, the blade swirled, and cut off the other arm of the monster neatly, the blade flashed twice, and the strength and speed were comparable to that of an excellent swordsman!
The deformed body let out a chaotic and inexplicable roar, trying to turn its body around to try to catch the movement of the "magister", but its attempt was only halfway through, and an alloy blade had already cut off the weak spot on its back.
The giant blood-red monster roared and fell down, the dirty blood and mud quickly disintegrated, the female magister raised her arm, the alloy blade retracted back into her body, and a large amount of smoke and dust from the death of the deformed body enveloped her around.
Suddenly, the smoke and dust that should have dissipated naturally stagnated, and another threatening energy response appeared in her perception. She raised her arm in an instant, trying to lock the direction of the threatening target, but the smoke and dust entrenched in the air temporarily interfered. Her judgment was in this moment of interference, a dry branch-like vine suddenly pierced from the nearby ground, stabbing straight at her back!
Accompanied by the harsh sound of metal cracking, the dry-skinned vine pierced the alloy shell on the back of the "magister", and the latter's body trembled violently, followed by a crackling sound and a series of weird mechanical movements. With the noise, the body of the tall female "magister" finally came to a stillness.
On the ground, there was a rustling sound from the position where the vines drilled out, and a large number of plant structures squirmed out of the fragile decayed soil, and even completely lifted a large area of the nearby ground. People squirmed and reorganized in a shuddering way, and soon condensed into a monstrous and weird huge tree form.
One of the giant trees shook its branches, and the twisted and folded features on the bark squirmed: "It feels so good to be able to move freely... We have spent seven hundred years laying the root network, and now it can finally come in handy gone."
Another giant tree slightly shook the vines that extended out from itself, which were the vines that pierced the back of the "magister": "It's amazing, these ancient iron men are still functioning."
"Not all mental cores have failed. The most advanced iron man can protect his core through temporary dormancy," the third giant tree said in a hoarse voice, "Look over there, the deep blue well... the iron man used Maintaining it in its own way, it has now been transformed into a fortress, and the production and maintenance arrays deep underground together maintain an entire Iron Man Corps... "
The other two giant trees shook their branches at the same time, making a rustling sound: "... It is really difficult for us to directly attack the Deep Blue Well."
"So we need to spread bit by bit, take root bit by bit, and... find a way to get rid of the line of defense formed by these iron men."
The vines piercing the back of the "magister" slowly retracted, and there was a slight buzzing and mechanical friction sound from the body of the magister who had fallen into a static state. She seemed to be trying to restart, but the damage to the magic hub prevented her restart. .
"Take 'her'," the root of the giant tree in the lead squirmed, "'Matrix' will soon notice that a sentry has lost contact, and we will leave here before more iron men climb out."
"Yes, Grand Master."
A giant tree said respectfully, and a large number of branches spread out amidst a rustling sound, wrapping the iron man magister who was in a locked state. Gushing out, all the giant trees quickly merged with those vines, and quickly disappeared in place.
A few minutes later, several tall sentries wearing the uniform of the Gondor magister landed nearby, but the giant trees had completely disappeared, leaving only a pile of ashes that were gradually melting and belonged to aberrations.
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In a valley tens of kilometers away from the ruins of the Deep Blue Well, countless twisted but luxuriant trees are rooted at the bottom of the valley. Their branches are knotted and their crowns are connected. Layers of leaves rattled in the wind of the wasteland. The sound brought a strange vitality to this extinct land.
A large number of extraordinarily tall giant deformed bodies with strange spikes on the surface hover around the entrance of the valley, guarding this strange area like sentinels, and in the depths of the valley, countless vines are wriggling out of the ground, and In a short period of time, the shapes of several giant trees are formed.
One of the giant trees moved its roots and came to a platform. While the crown and branches rattled, it placed a "female magister" wrapped in plant tissue in the center of the platform.
"It's really beyond our expectations..." At the same time as the "cargo" was put on the platform, two voices sounded at the same time as a duet came from the nearby "forest", and a pair of elf sisters walked out of the forest, bringing Looking at the "tree man" in the central open space with an admiring expression, "You seem to be doing well?"
"The lonely iron men are not difficult to deal with, they are very rigid in thinking," the leader of the treants turned around, staring at the elf twins in front of him with his dry and weird face, "Now, it's time for you to show your own value. "
"Pay attention to your words, 'Great Teacher', we are only cooperating with you, not your subordinates," said the Elf Twins coldly, "Without our help, you may not be able to break through the defense of the Iron Man Corps in a hundred years .”
"It's true that we each get what we need, but if we hadn't suffered a crushing defeat in the outside world, the proud twins would not have gone into this wasteland to seek allies," said the new grandmaster of the Death of All Things Society, the leader of the tree people. He said in a hoarse voice, "Now, let both of us give up this meaningless pride. Only results are what we all need."
The elf twins didn't say anything else, they just walked past the grand master indifferently, came to the stone platform, and looked down at the iron man sentinel who was in a locked state.
This ancient crystallization of Gondor technology lay quietly on the platform, without breathing or heartbeat, only very subtle clicks and hums came from her body, showing that her self-healing was still in progress, just temporarily Just crashed.
"Very well, at least you haven't destroyed the mental core. A large number of structures, including the magic hub, can repair themselves. Only once the mental core is damaged, we can't do anything... After all, this is the technology of the Gondorians."
The elf twins commented casually, and Leierna stepped forward and pressed her hand on the abdomen of the "female magister". In the radiance of magic power, a hole was fused in the old imperial magister uniform, revealing a hole that was also fused inside. The bionic skin with holes, and the protective shell with metallic luster under the skin.
Fierna's fingertips slid across the edge of the protective shell, as if cutting the layer of metal with an invisible blade. When various protective spells failed, the protective shell was easily opened, and what was revealed inside was Exquisite pure copper mechanical core, and all kinds of shimmering ancient magic devices.
"It's really an exquisite design." Reina sighed softly.
"And it just happened to be a critical moment for self-healing." Fierna smiled.
"At this time, it is only necessary to make a small disturbance to this unprotected mental core..."
The elf twins pressed their fingers on one of the parts of the pile of ancient magic devices at the same time, accompanied by a slight arc flash, there was a strange mechanical friction sound in the "female magister", and her eyes blinked slightly. , as if waking up from sleep.
Leierna and Fierna straightened up, came into the sight of the sentinel, and looked down: "Hello, soldier."
"The reset is complete, loading into the identification library..." The female magister focused her eyes on Leierna and Fierna, and after a moment's delay, she blinked again, "It's nice to see you, rebels."
In the open space not far away, the roots and branches of the Grand Master shook slightly.
The unrecognizable druid leader made a hoarse voice: "Now, we've got the first one done."
Throughout the valley, countless weird and twisted giant trees shook their branches at the same time, making rustling noises.
When a gigantic beast falls, death does not mean the end of everything.
The remaining vitality will often survive the warming of the corpse, and survive in another form, or continue.