To be honest, Hao Ren is not very interested in the origin and transformation ceremony of the Black Sword Knight. He came here mainly because of a signal scanned by the data terminal.
There are always regular pulses released from the holy arsenal. This signal is short and repetitive, but it has a subtle match with another signal—that is the mysterious pulse that Nolan collected in the center of the earth.
After entering the holy armory, the signal sensed by the data terminal became more obvious, and now it has begun to lock the original source of the signal.
The biggest feeling of this abandoned first-generation holy arsenal is the emptiness—the 770,000 mechanical swords and a large number of supporting equipment that were once stored here have been relocated to the south, leaving only the dizzying Huge hollows and countless neatly arranged platforms and supports. In the center of the holy arsenal, the lifting platform is connected to a cross-shaped long bridge passage. The long bridge points to four directions, of which countless neatly arranged sword seats can be seen in two directions, and the other two directions point to After careful scanning by the data terminal in the server area and the "Spirit Infusion Workshop" where soul infusion operations were performed, it was finally confirmed that the signal came from a certain corner of the Spirit Infusion workshop.
Hao Ren pointed in that direction: "Can we go over there and have a look?"
"Of course, feel free to visit," Constance nodded indifferently, "but most of the equipment here has been removed, and there are not many valuable things."
Hao Ren smiled and did not speak. Under the guidance of the data terminal, he came to the spirit injection workshop. This is probably the place that has been most thoroughly relocated. Almost 99% of the equipment has been removed, leaving only There were neatly arranged empty space for the machine seats and a few weird-looking devices, but the signal did not come from any of them—it came from a black obelisk in the center of the spirit injection workshop.
"What is this?" He pointed curiously at the black obelisk, which is about one person tall and has an extremely smooth surface, but driven by magic, some words and symbols occasionally emerge from the smooth black panel Come out, but it doesn't seem to make any sense.
Constance showed a strange expression: "The foundation stone... don't you know?"
Hao Ren felt a little nervous: This seems to be something the inheritors should know
But he didn't show this nervousness, but nodded naturally: "We really don't know. Don't be surprised, we really don't remember much about this."
Perhaps because the memory decline of the inheritors of this era is really serious, Constance did not doubt him, but explained lightly: "This is something that appeared with the restart of the era. We don't Knowing the origin of the foundation stone, I only know that every time a new era begins, there must be some stones like this scattered around the "origin point" of the new era, that is, around the inheritors. Over time, we put this black Stones are regarded as the crystallization of the alternation of epochs, the 'imprints' left by the annihilation and reshaping of the world, so even if these stones have no use, we still think they have a special meaning... "
Having said that, she stretched out her hand and gently stroked the surface of the "foundation stone": "In every important facility built by the inheritors, there will be a foundation stone like this to symbolize the continuation of the world. It will not be taken away."
Stones that appeared during the alternation of epochs? Or... a stone that won't annihilate with the world even after the change of eras
Hao Ren immediately became very interested in the so-called cornerstone. He followed Constance's example and put his hand on the cornerstone, and at the same time ordered the data terminal to be placed close to the surface of the obelisk.
"Partner, I have read the complete information!" Almost at the same time, the surprise voice of the data terminal sounded in his mind, "So that's how it is... This thing has a constant 'concept' for itself, and it can only be read when it is touched. Only then will the inner information be released!"
Hao Ren slightly lowered his eyelids to cover his suddenly fluctuating gaze: "What is the content of the message?"
"It seems to be a very complicated set of keys... There is also a decoding database..." the data terminal said, and then exclaimed again, "It exactly matches the signals Nolan read at the center of the earth! Partner, the foundation stone records What is the decoding rule of 'that thing' in the center of the earth!"
"Send it to Nolan immediately."
"Understood, the decoded copy has been sent, and Nolan has started decoding."
Hao Ren withdrew his hand from the surface of the foundation stone, and the data terminal flew up and landed on his shoulder calmly.
"We probably understand what is going on with the transformation ceremony of the Black Sword Knight," Leah said beside him, "according to my standards, it is indeed not suitable for Grand Duke Owen—even if you use the Black Sword Knight's bio-mechanical transformation technology to strengthen His body also uses a mechanical sword to assist him in thinking, but allowing his soul to enter the mechanical sword and control his original body through remote control is not a solution to the problem of soul damage at all. Leave this matter to me Well, I'm pretty sure I'll get him back to full health."
Liya spoke with full confidence, and she couldn't see the appearance of flipping through the books in the examination room at all.
Constance finally had a slight indifference and indifference on her face. She turned to Leah and bowed down solemnly to express her gratitude: "Then, I will thank you on behalf of Heywood. You saved not only A general."
"I won't say too much," Liya waved her hand, "Everything is for this 'alternation of eras', isn't it?"
Hao Ren took over the conversation: "Then we will talk about the change of era... First of all, I want to make sure that the change of era has to be completed? Does it have to be fought until the world is annihilated?" ? Or... as long as the minions controlled by the power of annihilation are eliminated, this era change will be considered complete?"
"Eliminate the minions of Annihilation?" Constance couldn't help showing an incredulous expression, "How is this possible... The minions of Annihilation are endless, as long as the war continues, the power of Annihilation will continue to spread, spread, and infect, and everything in the world will become its The claws and teeth are only the length of time they persist, so the annihilated claws and claws cannot be wiped out. Fighting those claws and claws, the world will be eaten away a little bit, and then start fighting with them on the last small piece of pure land in the world, the final battlefield In the decisive battle, when everything is wiped out, the turn of the era is considered to be completed... and those who persist in resisting on the final battlefield will become the first pioneers of the new era, this is the rule of the world."
Constance said these things in an unsuspecting tone, but Hao Ren heard the clues immediately.
"That is to say, no one has actually tried to wipe out all the minions of Annihilation before the world is destroyed. In fact, every end of the world is forced - it is the inheritors who cannot resist the attack of the minions of Annihilation, which leads to a world collapse. Is this what it means to fall and eventually destroy?"
Without waiting for Constance to answer, Vivienne also spoke: "Therefore, no one can make a conclusion on the matter of 'whether it is necessary to fight until the end of the world to complete the era change', because no one has ever You can try another way!"
Constance opened her mouth, but after all she couldn't refute, she could only frown and say slowly: "Thinking about it... it is indeed the case. But so what? Countless epochs have passed, and the ancestors were in their heyday have failed to truly overcome annihilation before the end of the world, and our era is the worst in history-a large number of inheritors have lost their memories, and ancient knowledge is incomplete. In this case, do you think it is possible for us to Are you really eliminating all the minions of Annihilation?"
Looking at Princess Constance, who was gradually becoming unstable, Hao Ren said flatly, "Who said it's impossible?"
Constance: "You..."
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me or think we are ignorant," Hao Ren waved his hand. "In fact, we need to investigate some more things about the truth about the change of eras. But it doesn't matter, we can settle this battle first. Since it is a war against the end of the world... then the World Tree Temple can be done freely."
Constance looked at Hao Ren in confusion, not knowing what the other person meant, but Lily next to her was already happy: "Wow! Landlord, so you mean we can be rash?"
Vivian gave the husky girl a disdainful look: "Look how happy you are—don't be cowardly if you have the ability to go to the battlefield."
"When have I been counseled!" Lily grinned, "How can strategic retreat and strategic defense be called counseling!"
Vivian: "..."
Hao Ren: "..."
At the same time, in the temporary base near the center of the earth, Nolan was directing a large number of construction machinery to land on an alloy platform built close to the center of the earth.
The decoded information from Hao Ren has been entered into the database. After a simple comparison, Nolan has already determined that these things are the key to accessing the mysterious "item" in the center of the earth.
In the process of deciphering these days, Nolan can be said to be unable to do anything about the encrypted barrier in the center of the earth. The protection of the latter far exceeds everyone's initial expectations-and this makes Nolan stunned.
She realized that the things in the center of the earth came from a highly skilled creator, and when Hao Ren passed on the information about the alternation of eras and the cycle of annihilation to her, she had already vaguely guessed who left the things in the center of the earth. It's down.
That should come from ancient times, from the lost age when civilization had not yet declined.
what will it be What is its function
The construction machinery landed on the platform, and a large number of needle towers had been erected on the platform in advance. Below each needle tower was a long data needle. Mysterious barriers deep within the Earth's core maintain physical connections.
For many days, these thorns were Nolan's deepest limit, and she has never made any progress in accessing the data source in the center of the earth through the thorns.
"Inject decoding information and start recompiling the data stream."
Nolan stood on the bridge, looking at the lines of data constantly refreshed on the analysis interface, and the word "to be received" on the central holographic projection, while on the other side of the window, the construction machinery was nervously adjusting The status of each data needle.
There was a sound like a heartbeat on the bridge: boom, boom, boom, boom...
The heartbeat from the center of the earth seems to be faster and more chaotic than before.
"The information injection was successful, the recompilation was completed, and the initial contact pulse was sent... The transmission is complete."
Nolan stared at all the interfaces.
After a few seconds of tormented waiting, a line of text suddenly appeared on the central holographic projection:
An access request is received and the database is opened.
It's done!
(Strongly recommend "The Warlock of the Marvel World", the author is very happy. It is a novel that relies on clever ideas to fish in troubled waters in the Marvel world. It is very good-looking, with a big brain hole, and it is easy enough. Anyone who is short of books or not can read it Look, those who like to read anomalies should also like the style of this book.)