Twilight City, top platform.
That layer of pale yellow shield exuding chaotic light shrouded the city as always, and there were mysterious light lines on the shield that ordinary people could not understand. Outside the twilight barrier, the sky of Midgard was still dark and cloudy. On the indistinguishable dark sky, one can only vaguely see various strange lines formed between the rolling clouds.
At this moment, the high-ranking members of the Steam Council, the guardians of the Iron Throne, Hao Ren's small team, and other people who are highly respected in the city are gathering on the platform, looking at the cloudy and dark sky with their own thoughts. And the barren land in the distance. Not far behind them is the large elevator platform where a war broke out not long ago. Although the smoke from the steel platform has dissipated, there is still an unpleasant smell around it, the smell of burning gunpowder and engine oil. The smell mixed together, making Lily look a little listless. The husky girl swayed around Hao Ren with her ears drooping, her tail brushing against Hao Ren's arm: "Landlord, you're hungry, aren't you alright?"
Hao Ren handed Lily a pack of snacks, and continued to look up at the distant horizon: on the horizon, he could vaguely see some rolling black shadows that looked like mountains but were not mountains. Floating behind, people can barely see the undulations of the terrain in the dark wilderness. Those "mountains" still haven't changed at all, but Hao Ren knows that a powerful force is surging and brewing there.
It was the "rune body" of the eldest son, Yggdrasil.
He looked up at the sky above the city again, and through the thin light curtain of the twilight barrier, he could see a group of indistinct white light jumping and swimming among the clouds. It was the second soul of Ygudora Hill, little Bai—well, the name is really awkward, but Hao Ren doesn't intend to change it—now this soul is inspecting the entire Midgard continent from a unique third-party perspective, so as to prepare for future actions. Because of the continuous weakening period that lasted thousands of years, Ugudora Hill's control over his body is in an unprecedentedly sluggish state. Without the assistance of the second soul "Xiaobai", I am afraid that he would just It would take a long time to find a specific limb in the thousands of kilometers of stretching tentacles.
Well, in fact, Hao Ren didn't understand what the principle was, he just felt that the creature "Eldest Son" was quite miraculous in every way.
Wendell and Hao Ren stood together on the outer edge of the platform, waiting eagerly for that special moment. The old lightseeker had calmed down from the initial excitement, joy, bewilderment, and anxiety. Now he only felt a kind of Calm anticipation. At this moment when the darkness was still there, he curiously asked the people nearby: "What will it be like when dawn comes?"
Nangong Wuyue laughed: "Didn't I already show you the video data?"
Wendell thought for a while, then smiled and shook his head: "I can't imagine it, I can't imagine it—I really can't imagine how this land is sprinkled with light, I just hope it won't be too dazzling."
At this time, a slightly unfamiliar female voice came from behind Hao Ren: "Will the dawn really come as you said?"
Hao Ren turned his head and found that standing behind him was the Supreme Speaker of the Steam Council: Lavinia. This unsmiling woman put on a very solemn formal attire at the moment, and even seemed to have dressed up a little, looking much more pleasing to the eye than before. Although she looked into the distance, her eyes didn't seem to be really focusing on anything outside the twilight barrier.
Hao Ren didn't like this female "Chairman" very much. Although he knew that the Steam Council was a respectable group, and the members of the council standing here were all Methodists who respected the ancient saints, but perhaps the previous unhappiness left behind. In spite of the bad impression, he always didn't appreciate the rigidity and over-cautiousness of the Steam Council. But even if he didn't appreciate it, he still nodded politely: "Of course—do you think the Old Sage will still lie to you?"
"I know you don't like the Steam Council, outlander," Lavinia just smiled faintly, "Many people don't like us, including ourselves, but I hope you can understand that it is quite difficult to maintain this city." Difficult, we can only take the most sensible path.”
Hao Ren nodded slightly: "I understand."
"I was the one who issued the order to disband the Lightseekers," said Lavinia. "It turns out the order wasn't very clever."
"But it's not wrong," Vivienne walked over at some point, "You seem to be defending the Steam Council now."
Lavinia was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Maybe, but more importantly, I hope you can understand that no one wants the lights under this barrier to go out, but some people choose to be brave and take what is left. There is not much fuel to light a new fire or find new fuel in the dark. Some people choose to be cautious, and are reluctant to part with the last bit of firewood in the brazier. After dawn, the steam council will probably come to an end, I know you I have a lot to do with the Old Ones, so I have only one hope: don't blame those who keep the fire alive, they're just being careful."
"Who told you that the Steam Council is going to be disbanded?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows, and finally managed to make Lavinia stunned for once.
"You mean..."
The female speaker spoke in astonishment, but before she could finish her words, a scene happened outside the twilight barrier that took everyone's breath away, and all her words could only be swallowed back.
A shock from weak to strong came from the depths of the earth, and the sound of a thousand giant beasts stepping on the ground gradually spread to all corners of the Midgard continent. At the end of the horizon, the silhouettes of those black mountains slowly Slowly starting to move, they wandered, undulated, trembled, and finally shook off the dirt and rocks accumulated for thousands of years. When the rock crust on the mountain was peeled off, what was exposed was an unprecedentedly huge giant covered with white runes. The branches of the world tree.
These magnificent "branches" broke free from the shackles of the earth, and awakened more and slightly smaller vine communities from the ground. Countless tentacles of the eldest son woke up from a long sleep, and mysterious ancient runes shone all over their bodies. Move slowly on this barren land. Against the background of a long and chaotic night, this scene is so weird that it makes one's scalp tingle.
The dawn of the twilight city begins with the dance of thousands of tentacle monsters...
Looking at the scene of tentacles dancing wildly on the vast land, Vivian sighed from the bottom of her heart: "To be honest, if I didn't know that Xiao Hei is a good boy, I really thought this was a limited film."
There was a commotion on the steel platform soon, and the scene on the distant land was even more unbelievable than the most bizarre dream for these people who lived a boring and tense life every day, not to mention those huge vines stretching to the sky. The mountains trembled intermittently, although Xiaobai concentrated on directing every tentacle to avoid the foundation of the Twilight City, but the vibrations from a distance still made ordinary people change their faces. Even the usually calm chairman of the Steam Council couldn't help but whispered: "Ancestors..."
Finally, the awakening of the tentacles of the eldest son reached a certain peak, and when the biological tissue fully recovered its functions, Ugudora Hill took a deep breath.
Hao Ren saw the mysterious runes on countless tentacles shining several times brighter than usual at the same time. The sea of tentacles danced by demons stirred up the free magical energy in the atmosphere, and countless strands of multicolored light floated in the air. Emerged from within, and quickly absorbed by the runes on the tentacles. In the next few tens of minutes, this absorption process became faster and more obvious, and finally evolved into sixteen huge vortexes penetrating the heaven and earth.
The chaotic sky seemed to have been pierced with more than a dozen openings, and the powerful magical energy gathered into an astonishing storm, which was continuously swallowed by the branches of the "World Tree" under the earth. At the same time, the energy system of the upper layer of the different space was also reshaped , the long-lost sky light began to pierce through the clouds and sprinkle to the earth little by little.
And with the purification of the atmospheric environment, other more astonishing changes are gradually spreading from the earth.
"Look over there!"
Nangong Wuyue kept coiling herself in a circle and looking into the distance. At this time, she was the first to see the scene in the wilderness outside the city, and immediately exclaimed.
In the barren wilderness, patches of vegetation are growing at an astonishing speed!
For the caretakers of all living beings, reshaping the ecology of one side is the bounden duty of the eldest son, and for Ugudora Hill, a specially created super-strong individual, this work has long been engraved in his life code. The magic energy radiation killed the creatures, but did not take away the nutrients in the depths of the earth itself. Ugudora Hill's deep breath not only cleared away the magic energy in the atmosphere, but also accumulated, adjusted and reshaped it in a short period of time. Ecologically necessary nutrients.
After accumulating to a certain extent, he burst a part of his tentacles, and the origin blood flowing in the tentacles spurted out, and grew in the wind on the ground, quickly turning into lush vegetation.
From this point alone, it can be seen that Ugudora Hill is countless times stronger than a "mass-produced eldest son" like Zhuomu.
But Hao Ren still felt that this was really like a tentacle monster's carnival... It has entered the stage of dancing with tentacles and turning into billions! (to be continued~^~)