Thick clouds hung low, torrential rain poured down, and the entire Baisha area was shrouded in an endless darkness. Under the swirling clouds, the rain curtain seemed to be an ocean hanging upside down from the sky, and it was so dense that people doubted whether it would be in it The degree of suffocation, and in this darkness and squall like the end of the world, countless weird limbs are growing, countless indescribable things are cheering and condensing from the rain, and all those who have witnessed this—the soldiers on the Iron Throne, Officers and war technicians will never forget the spiritual shock brought about by this scene.
All the crew members of the Iron Throne have passed a san-check, and now the whole train is surrounded by a positive and optimistic atmosphere.
"Turn off the mental protection system." Commander Maryland felt that his mind was clearer than ever, and he judged that the on-board mental protection system was no longer useful, so he ordered.
That indescribable structure is still active, it hangs down from the vortex on the top of the cloud, as if a huge deep-sea creature is licking the earth with countless tentacles, but this huge creature is not the only one emerging from the cloud. structure—when the lightning burst and the light was the strongest, Maryland could see many small humanoid creatures moving between those tentacles. The feast was busy, and with the help of the extraordinary eyesight, Maryland could tell that some of the individuals were similar in shape to Miss Till in the territory.
But the shape of some other individuals is not so easy to describe... In addition to the humanoid body, they have put together all kinds of strangely shaped limbs, and some even don't know whether they should be regarded as limbs, as if... Randomly long of…
Those are Cecil's allies, the sirens from the deep.
Thankfully, this powerful pack is Cecil's ally.
The adjutant walked over from the side, and the young officer had a look of confusion on his face: "General, what do we need to do now?"
"Don't do anything," Maryland said to the adjutant. "Just wait until the rain stops."
"Yes, General."
The two raised their heads at the same time, and looked at the gluttonous feast in the distance through the train window covered with reinforced shields.
In the center of this dark rainstorm, in the central area of the transition field that has almost completely evolved into the field of water elements, the "forest" formed by the tentacles has completely isolated the man-made god from the outside environment. The "Sea Emperor" monster that mimicked it covered this area with its unprecedentedly large body. Between the thousands of tentacles hanging down from the Sea Emperor, the rune brilliance flickered on and off, and layers of illusory force fields intertwined into The impenetrable barrier, all the desperate resistance of Julu failed in front of that powerful barrier.
And in the area shrouded by the Neptune, inside the barrier, Vanessa, the Siren General who holds the title of Lord of the Deep Sea, is directing the deep sea warriors to complete the final processing of the "food".
The environment where the torrential rain is pouring is the "mimetic ocean" created by the element transition field. The sea monsters can move freely in such an environment. At this moment, they are walking through the rain curtain as if swimming in the ocean. The charged war blade sliced through the giant deer's huge body that was still struggling instinctively.
This is a rather dangerous job. Although the giant deer has died, the huge vitality and magic power remaining in its body are still maintaining the flesh and blood, and even allow the flesh and blood to survive independently for a period of time after being cut apart. Facing this Such opponents, even if they are powerful deep-sea fighters, even if they create home court advantage and ambush advantage, the Krakens will still inevitably suffer some casualties.
Near the shoulder and neck of the giant deer, an overly reckless deep-sea warrior swung his war blade and cut open a piece of still wriggling flesh. A dazzling electric arc erupted from the wound without warning, and hit the hapless sea monster head-on. The body of the latter only had time to let out a scream before it slammed into splinters and dissipated into the air.
The Krakens who were busy nearby saw this scene, and some of them yelled: "Ah—Yusheng failed, zero points out!"
This is a very popular ridicule in the siren society, used to ridicule those sea monsters who accidentally died because of carelessness.
Vanessa, who just happened to swim nearby, swung the tail of the snake, picked up the war blade dropped by the death warrior, and waved it at the soldiers who were a little lost: "Pay attention to order!! Unless you have never died since childhood!"
The soldiers hurriedly dispersed and continued to perform tasks, to cut up the corpse of the giant deer or deal with the "troublesome products" bred from the blood of the giant deer. Vanessa casually threw the recovered war blade to her side A sea monster next to him—the sea monster turned into a sea monster with a lot of arms, and at this moment, there are several war blades wrapped around each arm.
"Take these weapons back, don't leave any of them behind, and get them after they are resurrected."
A tidal banshee with a lavender fishtail swam over from a distance, holding a short staff with complex patterns in her hand, and there were many cut flesh samples floating in the water bubbles beside her: "General, cut The pieces of meat that came down have already completed preliminary identification."
"what's the result?"
"Delicious!" The sea monster with a purple tail nodded vigorously at first, and then frowned, "But the taste is not very good, and the energy is a bit mixed. This thing looks like a combination product, and the technology is very immature. .In addition, its regeneration is also limited. It should have exceeded the threshold at present, and its regeneration ability is declining sharply. This is completely inferior to the giant squid... "
"Hmm... not surprising, after all, this is an 'imitation' made by humans," Vanessa said casually, "It's normal to have poor quality, but at least the quantity is large enough to fill you up? In addition, this thing can give the reactor Do you provide energy?"
"It should be fine, but it needs an extra layer of extraction process, otherwise it may put a certain amount of pressure on the reactor," the sea monster with a purple tail said seriously, "If the rainbow light technology transmitted by Tyr can be used smoothly, our energy The conversion efficiency will increase by more than 30%, and this batch of new fuel will be very cost-effective.”
"Very well, let's collect them all - when we go back, some of them will be replenished for everyone's consumption, and some of them will be used to supply energy to the reactor. The queen will decide how to distribute them."
"Yes, general," the purple-tailed siren said with a nod, and then glanced at the giant deer being cut. "It's unbelievable... This season's land civilization can actually create such a thing. I always thought their technology level was very high. It’s low, but they made the rainbow light device and this thing... I don’t know if their technology for making this thing can be made public, if they can, maybe they can solve the problem of insufficient production of giant squid.”
"I'm afraid not," Vanessa sighed. "I've heard that the technology used to create this 'god' is very cruel and dark. Not only is it unacceptable to humans' own moral values, but the Queen doesn't intend to have it either. We're here to deal with it." product of technology', as for the technology itself... let it die."
The purple-tailed siren blinked, and muttered: "I couldn't accept it, but I still created it. Humans are such a strange race..."
"Their ethnic groups are divided, this is one of the characteristics, there is no way," Vanessa said, "The humans who cooperate with us are only one of their ethnic groups, and there are many similar ethnic groups in human society... think It's quite a hassle to figure out the difference between them."
The purple-tailed siren thought for a while, and then sighed regretfully: "Alas... such a good cooking skill is really rare."
"Yeah, it's rare to have such a good cooking skill."
…
it's all over.
In the velvet study of Silver Castle, the latest information from the Iron Throne is displayed on the holographic projection device.
The sky and the earth were shrouded in darkness, violent storms washed over the Baisha area, and huge deep-sea creatures descended in the rain. A feast of gluttony was the final outcome of the man-made god.
In Gao Wen's view, this is really a hopeful video, but unfortunately the picture is too shocking, and it seems inappropriate to release it to the public under the current social background.
"We can think about how to promote it next," Gao Wen tapped on the table lightly, attracting the attention of the two guardian dukes (grand consuls), "The disaster caused by the death of all things, until now It’s only tentatively over, but we still have a lot to do if we want it to land smoothly.”
Duke Baldwin took a deep breath, but still couldn't help asking: "Is that the 'sea monster' you mentioned?"
"That's right, sea monsters, a group of deep-sea people who appear in many legends, but unlike most of the legendary groups, they really exist and have established a certain connection with us."
Baldwin seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated to speak, but Victoria next to him spoke directly: "Is there any risk?"
"Contacting with any alien race is risky, but sometimes we have no choice, and in my personal judgment, these sea monsters are trustworthy—as early as two years ago, the southern border had established contact with the sea monsters, and we had some technical exchanges , although the scale is small, at least a certain level of equal dialogue has been achieved.”
Baldwin and Victoria exchanged glances, and seemed to be slightly relieved, but their spirits were still a little tense.
Of course Gao Wen knew why.
He spread his hands and leaned back on the high-back chair: "I know what you are worried about. Frankly speaking, they are a very powerful group. Although their domain is in the deep sea, they can indeed be on land if they want to." Raising a storm on... a storm in every sense of the word, but we must be aware of one fact:
"Whether we like it or not, there are such powerful races in this world, such as sea monsters, dragons, and some powerful races that only exist in legends. They may live far away, but if If they are willing, they can come to this continent of Loren, while we... can't even get out of the coastline.
"These races really exist, and the only thing we, the races blocked by the ocean and our own civilization level, should be thankful for is that at least they are not hostile to us.
"But this kind of 'no hostility' was not won by us, it was given by fate.
"There are only two things we can do. First, face the fact, because escaping and pretending to be deaf will not solve the problem; Beyond our eyes, the world is still very big, and if we want to survive in this big world for a long time, development is the last word.”
Gao Wen spoke very bluntly. In the eyes of the two grand consuls, such blunt words might even hurt their self-confidence as human beings.
It's hard to admit that you're weak, and it's even harder for people like them.
But some facts must be recognized. Many times, the driving force for development lies in the awareness of one's own shortcomings, and this is precisely why the human beings in this land have lived peacefully for seven years under heavy protection after being blocked inland for seven hundred years. What is lacking a hundred years later, in a way, is also one of the reasons for the decline of the former Ansu Kingdom.
Sirens are a peace-loving race. These lively and friendly creatures with wonderful ideas from the deep sea are valuable allies of the Principality of Cecil (now the Empire of Cecil). However, as Gawain said, this "friendliness" "It's not that human beings have fought for it, it's just that human beings are lucky.
That's why Gao Wen attached so much importance to the "technical cooperation" between Cecil and Siren. Even if the cooperation is only one or two key technologies, it means that at least human beings are qualified to "talk" to these deep-sea creatures.
If the Cecilians didn't even have the rainbow light technology in their hands, no matter how friendly those deep sea creatures are, would they be interested in a small principality on a distant land
I'm afraid that looking at the backward humans on land will delay their digging squid.
Development is the last word. The people of Cecil know this and have already tasted the sweetness of development, but more than half of the people in this country don't know that the two archons in front of Gawain may be among the majority The wise people in the world already feel the urgency of "social progress", but in order to make them more aware of the importance of development and broaden their horizons, it is necessary for Gao Wen to show them something more intuitive.
Patwin next to him showed a pensive look, and Victoria also understood what Gawain meant by saying this.
At this moment, the two dukes suddenly had a certain feeling—the resurrected Duke Gawain Cecil was really like an elder in the family, trying his best to maintain this "family" almost every moment ", we must always find ways to discipline and guide those unruly children, pay attention to guidance, warning, and preaching, reminding tirelessly: "Don't touch this; don't touch that; don't waste your studies ; be careful of danger; exercise your body; eat more vegetables; live in harmony with your brothers and sisters... "
However, no one listened to him. The brats demolished the house in a civil war, and burned the kitchen and warehouse (the grain-producing area in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain), forcing the ancestors to climb out of bed at the age of more than 700 years. get up and fight the fire...
The two dukes looked at Gao Wen subconsciously, and at the same time felt that it was not easy for the founding hero.
Gao Wen noticed the change in the eyes of the two, and he was gratified that his efforts to guide and transform the two old nobles had achieved good results, but soon he felt that the eyes of the two people seemed a little wrong...
…
At the same time, in the shadow world, the deepest part of the rebellious fortress.
In the dark and chaotic empty space, large and small floating boulders and islands form a fragmented land. A large piece of ancient battleship wreckage emitting faint light surrounds a giant deer corpse emitting white light. In this space that seems to be eternally silent Inside, the giant deer Amoen opened his eyes slightly, and in the crystal-like eyes, there were scenes that flashed continuously:
Iron armored and shielded trains raced along the tracks, with enraged man-made gods chasing after them.
The artillery positions of mortals are fully fired, bombarding the gods and disasters that hit the front line.
The torrential rain poured down, space rifts opened in the dense clouds, and indescribable alien limbs hung down from the air, tearing the corpse of the giant deer, feasting on the feast.
In the rift deep underground, in the collapsed and cracked ancient palace, a vibrant but extremely strange plant grows between the rock walls, and countless vines spread out from its surroundings. This plant is so huge that it covers half the area. A rift can be seen, and a shocking tear and burn mark can be seen spreading from its bottom to its top.
Scenes of pictures flashed, and finally gradually returned to nothingness.
After a long period of silence, those crystal-like eyeballs dimmed, and the giant deer Amorn closed his eyes again, and the white shimmer around him dimmed slightly.
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