A heavily armed black dragon descended from the sky and stirred up a huge water column on the White Water River—this kind of thing even surprised the citizens of Cecil who often saw strange things on weekdays, so soon there were The patrol personnel on the river and embankment reported the situation to the government affairs office, and the news quickly reached Gao Wen's ears.
And almost at the same time when the patrol personnel reported the news, Gawain knew what had fallen from the sky—Rebecca sent an emergency message from the experiment base far away in the parish, indicating that the falling object on the White Water River should be It's Maggie with a mechanical problem...
Today seems destined to be a very lively day.
After soaking in the cold white water river for a while, Maggie felt the throbbing pain all over her body and the dizziness in her head subside a little. She confirmed her injury, then propped up her limbs vigorously, and stepped on the mud at the bottom of the river step by step Sand, walked towards the direction of the river bank.
Probably the previous fall severely damaged the mechanical structure of the steel wings. She felt that some joints of the fixed steel skeleton on the wings had been stuck, which made her posture somewhat weird, and it took more effort to finally reach the On the shore, she heard the noisy sound from the shore, and the faint sound of the mechanical ship starting, so she couldn't help but sighed in her heart.
It seems that the movement when I fell was too big, which has already caused quite a confusion. There should be many onlookers on the shore, and the sound of the mechanical boat... probably because the superiors already knew the situation of the "falling object", and it was sent by the river management department. Come help your "tugboat" ashore...
Maggie thought about it, and felt that a huge black dragon suddenly ran out of the White Water River at this time, and there were a lot of hideous "armors" hanging on its body, which would probably cause quite a lot of trouble—even though many Cecil Everyone knew that His Majesty the Emperor had a black dragon under his command, and even witnessed the scene of "black dragons falling" every now and then at the flight bases on the outskirts of the city. However, the Baishui River is close to the inner city after all, so we should try our best to avoid causing unnecessary confusion.
What's more, you have to consider the "secrecy" of your own cutting-edge technology.
So she gave up the plan to go ashore directly in this posture, but directly transformed into a human form underwater, and while sensing the crowd on the shore, she found a place where there were relatively few people and went ashore...
As for the "salvage team" that has already set off... Let's explain later.
Near the bank of the river where the crowd gathered, on a relatively unobtrusive bank, the sound of splashing water suddenly sounded, and then a drenched figure with black hair and shawls, wearing a black maid uniform, walked out of the water.
Maggie's footsteps were a little flimsy, and the trauma suffered in the dragon form was also reflected in this human body. She walked ashore unsteadily, looking embarrassed, but slowly, she laughed.
The more I laughed, the happier I was, and I even laughed out loud.
"Mom! There's a sister over there! It seems that she just came out of the river, and she's soaked all over!!"
Maggie stopped laughing, followed the sound and looked over, and saw a child not far away was looking at this side with a face full of surprise, and beside her was a young woman with the same wide-eyed eyes.
"Don't bark! Offend people!" The young woman lowered her head and reprimanded her child, then looked at Maggie with some nervousness and worry, and shouted from a distance, "Miss, do you need help?"
Maggie smiled and waved her hands, bursts of heat rose from her body, and while quickly drying the clothes soaked in river water, she walked towards the inner city.
At the same time, she still had some doubts and apprehensions in her heart—when she fell down, she seemed to vaguely see some shadows flashing past in the river... But when she came to her senses, she didn't find any clues around her. Did something happen
I hope no one was hurt... Otherwise, with that kind of speed and strength, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to be safe...
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In Cecil Palace, in the room where the large pool was placed, the clear water suddenly surged up, condensing into a female appearance in mid-air.
Betty, who was stirring in the pool with a large wooden ladle, was taken aback. The wooden ladle almost fell into the water. She took a half step back, and then stared wide-eyed at Tyre, who emerged from the water.
After a delay of two seconds, Betty bowed belatedly: "Miss Till, good afternoon!!"
"Hey, good afternoon..." Tyre replied in a dazed manner, as if he hadn't realized what happened, "Strange, I'm not in the White Water River... Oh my god!"
Some horrifying "dying memories" surfaced in Miss Kraken's water-filled head.
Betty was taken aback by Till's exclamation, she held the long handle of the wooden ladle tightly with both hands, and stared at him with wide eyes. Looking at the head maid in front of her eyes: "Betty! I was stabbed to death by an iron jaw just now!!"
Betty: "...?"
"Siestas are getting more and more dangerous these days..." Tyre continued in words that no one could understand, "I shouldn't have gone out, how could this happen when I stay indoors... Hey, Betty, speaking of the recent water Is it getting salty? How much salt did you put in?"
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After dozens of minutes, Maggie, who had returned from the "crash point" by herself, came before Gao Wen.
"I heard." Gao Wen casually put aside the document he was flipping through, and looked at Miss Dragonborn standing in front of him with a strange expression, "You are testing the 'Steel Wings' made by Rebecca... the test failed gone?"
"I encountered a mechanical failure in the air, but I don't think it can be regarded as a complete failure," Maggie replied immediately, "The lift-off was smooth, and the flight for about an hour in the first half was also smooth. I think the Iron Wing itself is Works, just has a few design flaws that need to be adjusted...”
"Failure is the only way to go in the process of technology research and development, I understand," Gao Wen interrupted Maggie, and looked her up and down, "But you...how is your injury?"
"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine now. I successfully decelerated in the last half of the period. After entering the water, I was just a little strained and dizzy," Maggie replied earnestly, "Dragonborn has a strong recovery ability, and it is Not seriously injured."
"Then let's check with Pittman later, and take a rest." Gawain looked at Maggie with a trace of curiosity, "Also... what about the 'Steel Wings' set? Did it stay at the bottom of the river?"
Maggie shook her head: "It's still on me, on my body in dragon form—if you want to dismantle it for inspection, you need to find an open place for me to change form."
"I'm not in a hurry..." Gao Wen said casually, but the sudden curiosity in his heart became more and more intense. He stood up from behind the desk, and couldn't help but look Maggie up and down again, "Actually, I've always cared …What exactly is the principle of your dragon’s “transformation”? During the process of form transformation, where did the items you carry with you go? The personal items in human form are nothing more than that, even a huge device like steel wings can Is it hidden with the transformation of form?"
Maggie opened her mouth, inevitably confused by Gawain's series of questions, but soon she remembered that Cecil's emperor had a strong curiosity about technology, and even in a sense, the legendary The pioneers themselves are the earliest technicians in this land and one of the founders of magic technology—Rebecca and her technicians usually keep coming up with the "why" "style", I'm afraid it's just Learned from this legendary pioneer.
She was a little secretly admiring, but at the same time a little at a loss, she managed to squeeze out a less stiff smile before saying embarrassingly: "This involves a very complicated process of material transformation, in fact, even the dragonborn themselves can't figure it out." …it's a gift of dragons, but dragonborn aren't exactly 'dragons...'
"Some scholars have conjectured that the transformation spell of dragons is actually a kind of space replacement. We temporarily store another body of ourselves in a space that cannot be opened by a third party, so that we can explain our transformation process. Huge volume and mass changes in the medium, but we do not agree with this guess...
"Another explanation is 'elemental criticality', which holds that dragons' transfiguration spells 'elementally reshape' the material that makes them up, just like shaping a pile of sand into different forms, and we recorded The 'code' of each combination of sand grains can also extract extra sand grains from the 'beach' of the elemental world to shape the body... In fact, this kind of statement is more difficult to apply than the theory of 'space replacement', which needs to be explained There are too many, and most of them cannot be verified by technical means...
"But in my opinion, I prefer to believe in the second explanation."
Speaking of this, Maggie couldn't help but shook her head with a wry smile: "Perhaps the dragons in Tarrond know more, they have higher technology and more knowledge... But they never share this knowledge with outsiders , including the mortal races on the continent of Loren, as well as us exiled 'Dragonborn'."
Gawain has always been concerned about the mysterious and inextricably linked between the dragons and the dragons, but at the moment his attention is still more on the unknown knowledge—the many transformation spells in this world are always the ones he is most interested in. Confused and curious things are also areas that cannot be fully explained by runic logic so far. As the source of transformation spells, the transformation of dragons seems to contain the biggest contradiction and secret of the world's "material boundary"—
What is going on with the "matter" of this world? Why does the operation of magic force cause such weird changes in matter? Huge monsters weighing several tons can transform into light human beings, and the huge mass seems to "disappear out of thin air"... How does this process happen
to the elements? Attributed to space-time replacement
No matter what the reason is, it seems that it is inseparable from the operation of magic power, which involves the most essential question: what exactly is magic power
How does this kind of thing that is most likely to be a kind of "wave" affect the essence of everything in the world...
Gao Wen frowned. Today's conversation with Maggie seemed to have suddenly touched some intuitions in his heart, and once again made him pay attention to the strange connection and "boundary" between matter and magic in this world.
For a long time, he was busy paying attention to the operation of the empire and the complicated situation on the mainland. At this moment, the conversation about "transfiguration" suddenly brought his attention back to the "unknown" border, and in his thoughts In the midst of the chaos, he couldn't help but think of the magic tide again.
Under the influence of powerful chaotic magic, a terrible disaster that spread to the whole world and turned all matter upside down.
Gao Wen's thoughts couldn't help spreading wantonly for a while, and various thoughts were constantly reorganized and connected by inspiration. In his wild thoughts, he even came up with a somewhat absurd and weird idea:
Everything in the world is turned upside down... Could it be that the magic tide is a "transformation" that affects the entire planet...
"His Majesty?"
Maggie watched Gawain talking and suddenly fell silent, her expression became more and more serious. The initial bewilderment quickly turned into nervousness. She called out in a low voice, which made Gawain suddenly come out of his wild thoughts. Woke up.
Gao Wen quickly sorted out the thoughts and conjectures just now, and then slowly sorted out after preparations. At the same time, he looked at Maggie with a little apology: "Sorry, I was a little distracted thinking about something just now. Where are we talking?"
"We're talking about the principle behind Transfiguration." Although Maggie was puzzled, she didn't ask any more questions, and just replied with a lowered head. "I mentioned that Tarrond may have more relevant knowledge, but the Dragon Clan never communicates with outsiders." share their knowledge and skills."
"Tallond..." Gawain couldn't help muttering softly, "Is my little pony's hometown... really curious."