Although Hao Ren had already guessed what the world at the other end of the Rainbow Bridge looked like, and also guessed the destructive power of the "magic energy radiation" that Vivian said, he didn't know until he and everyone stepped out of the portal. Realize how miserable the kingdom beyond Asgard is now.
They crossed the spiral door of the Rainbow Bridge and stepped into a place like purgatory.
The earth was burned to ashes, and everything in the world collapsed into ashes. Hao Ren stood on the wreckage of the Rainbow Bridge on this side and looked into the distance. Every inch of the land he saw showed signs of serious distortion, huge and terrifying cracks Valleys can be seen everywhere, and thick smoke is billowing from the rift, as if the endless karmic fire in the rift has not been burned out until today. Outside the rift valley, you can see continuous pieces of dirty green glass covering everything. Those vitreous bodies glowed with fluorescence, and their shape was like a disgusting viscous liquid. They were distributed in groups, extending from under the rainbow bridge to the end of the horizon. These vitreous bodies are the product of magic energy radiation—unprecedentedly powerful magic energy, coupled with the catalytic vibration of the demon hunter beam cannon, the resulting mixed magic energy completely melted and destroyed the earth, turning all organic matter on the earth into This disgusting, weird glass-like thing, these residues soaked in magic energy, can hardly be used for anything, they are like the curse itself, covering the earth with scorching heat and disgusting, making the place even after a few thousand years For tens of thousands of years, no grass will grow.
A sky ruled by ashes and dust enveloped the earth. The thick dust clouds almost obscured all light, and the sky and the earth were shrouded in darkness, making this purgatory-like world even more terrifying and gloomy.
This is a burnt-out world, a world after all the prosperity and vitality have been smelted into slag, the air is filled with deadly poisonous gas and radiation, the sky no longer shines brightly, life is cut off, everything is infected, no living things can survive in this world. thrive in the environment—at least not for most common species.
Wuyue grabbed Hao Ren's arm in fear, stretched her neck and looked into the distance trying to find a trace of life, but obviously she couldn't find it. In this completely burned place, only the only living things survived, and that was the tentacles on the edge of the continent.
The mighty Ugudora Hill, its tentacles that run through the continent can still survive here, and now everyone is standing on one of his tentacles, while the other ten tentacles are slightly swaying in the distance, silver-white The strange runes of the body are also shining on these tentacles. However, these biological tissues can't bring any vitality and warmth to this place. On the contrary, these weird things can only make this place look more eerie, like a nightmare in the abyss.
The Rainbow Bridge on this side is the same as the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard, only the spiral door is still in operation, and the crystallized trails covering the branches of Ygudora Hill have been fragmented, and due to the erosion of magic energy, this The crystallized trail on one side is in a more tragic state. Hao Ren walked in front, leading everyone along the eldest son's tentacles to the land that was completely dead. He had seen the appearance of Asgard after Ragnarok before, and at that time he thought it was a rather tragic wasteland, but when he got here, he realized how beautiful Asgard was.
Although the other side was also destroyed by the flames of war, compared with this place, the intact one there is like a paradise.
"Which kingdom is this? Nibelungen, the kingdom of the dead? Walter Alheim? Mspelheim?" Nangong Sanba couldn't help but mutter, "It can't be Midgard... It's so miserable. "
"I can't recognize it at all," Vivienne frowned tightly, "I never thought that the magic energy would burn so violently that... this space was completely burned, everything was beyond recognition, mountains collapsed, and rivers evaporated. , I don’t know where we are.”
"The 'battlefield scavengers' we saw on the surveillance video came to Asgard through the Rainbow Bridge," Hao Ren looked at Vivienne, "that means they crossed this wasteland, what do you think Who can do this?"
"The strong ones or flame giants among the Asaph gods should be able to barely survive in this environment, but they certainly cannot survive for a long time: there is no water and food here, and it seems unlikely to produce those things. In addition, the silhouettes on the surveillance video No matter judging from the dress or physical characteristics, it is obviously not a giant or an Asaph, but I look more like a human from Midgard," Vivienne said, spreading her hands helplessly, "Humans are absolutely useless. Can't survive here for more than ten minutes, I can't explain this problem."
Everyone walked down the Rainbow Bridge and explored in this dead world. There are no relics to collect here, and there are no things like battlefield ruins to inspect. The mana storm destroyed everything here equally, leaving only worthless ashes for people to admire.
If nothing can be found here, Hao Ren's next goal is another rainbow bridge more than a hundred kilometers away, where there is a gate leading to the next "world".
According to Vivian, except for Asgard, which only has one "universal rainbow bridge", the other eight kingdoms each have two space passages, which can point to the two kingdoms respectively. After Heimdall died in battle, these space passages were fixed in pairs, connecting several kingdoms into a chain.
Now without the guidance of Odin's gem, Hao Ren and the others have no way to control the reflection of the Rainbow Bridge, so they can only go on kingdom by kingdom.
Originally, Hao Ren didn't have any hope for this desolate continent, but hope always comes inadvertently: there is not really nothing here.
"Landlord! There's something over here!"
Lily, who was running around at the front, suddenly stopped in front of a small hill, turned her head and shouted to this side.
A group of people rushed over, and Lily pointed to a pile of objects on the ground: "It looks like it was left by humans."
Several hammered rocks were neatly stacked together, and some meaningless pottery and leather fragments were scattered around the stones. On the top of the stone pile, there was a metal walking stick, which was placed next to it. Holding a gizmo that looks like a compass—these may be some sort of token memento. A polished slate was laid flat on the ground, and something was written on the slate in ancient characters.
Hao Ren bent down and used the translation plug-in to read the writing on the slate: "...the light seeker Thanarosa rests here. He devoted his whole life to searching for the afterglow of the sparks in the Nine Kingdoms, but he didn't find anything until his death. May the patriarchs and the Valkyrie protect his soul and lead him to the eternal realm, the warrior who fell in Vanaheim."
Lily carefully turned over the slate, and found that there was indeed a word on the back of the slate:
"My friend, I will continue our journey. Even if there is only one person left, I will reach Asgard. May you protect me in the palace of the eternal kingdom. If I fall, may we meet again in the eternal kingdom. If One day in the future, new light seekers will set off, hoping that they can see this text, we are trapped in the long night, but we will march towards the light until death."
"Lightseeker..." Vivienne repeated the word in a low voice, "I have never heard of this saying in the Nordic cultural system."
"Obviously, it was a term created after the separation of the Nine Kingdoms from the main material plane," Hao Ren frowned, reasoning about the hidden meaning in this text, "Falled in Vanaheim... That is to say, here is Vanaheim?"
"The former homeland of the Warner gods used to be rich in water and grass, with several large rivers and an inland sea, and phantom lights often appeared in the sky." Vivienne looked at the surrounding land completely destroyed by the magic energy, and sighed softly, "I didn't expect that, It turned out like this."
Anthony took a closer look at this small tomb, and suddenly found something: "The writing is very new."
Hao Ren regained his energy in an instant: "The one you just left behind?!"
The old mage immediately summoned a test-type magic ball, which circled the metal staff a few times, and then disappeared: "The time is not more than... two days, here is full of magic energy, according to the magic energy. How much metal has accumulated on the surface can tell when it was last touched by a living creature."
Lily jumped up immediately: "The person who left these things is probably still in Vanaheim!"
"Divide up and look for it!" Vivienne summoned swarms of small bats before she finished speaking, and a large group of bats spread out in all directions. "There is no sign of people passing through the Rainbow Bridge on Asgard. I'm afraid something has happened!"
Hao Ren, Galazore, and Anthony also immediately opened their portable spaces and released all the detection probes they carried with them. The detection probe and bat swarm quickly disappeared under the chaotic sky of Vanaheim, and a rapidly expanding scanning area was mapped out in the data terminal and Vivian's mind.
Galazore looked worried: "This man said he was going to Asgard, but we didn't find any trace when we came over from the Rainbow Bridge. He may have lost his way."
Hao Ren's heart sank: "Getting lost in this damn place... I can't imagine the consequences. That man can make it all the way here, I hope he has more ways to save his life, otherwise we will be late." To be continued~^~)