Sword of Dawn

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Diana didn't seem to hear Amber's whisper, she just stared at the phantom in front of her eyes, and subconsciously said softly: "Sir Scott..."

But she didn't go on, because this is just a video file left a long time ago, it will not respond to her own words - the real Sir Scott may have left this world for many years.

She just wanted to know what kind of message her former master had left for her here, and whether this message was related to the memories she had lost due to a malfunction.

After a while, Sir Scott's phantom really broke the silence. He looked straight ahead and said calmly as if reminiscing about the past: "You should be surprised that after the disaster broke out, there are still people in this observatory who survived... the fact This is also beyond my expectation. An ancient artifact, which happened to be stored in the upper storage room of the observatory at that time, miraculously offset the terrible energy surge. Although it only offset part of it, it made the observatory A few of them survived.

"That artifact was part of the Viplandon Meteorite Shower in the past, which is also known as an 'exotic object' in the world. Unfortunately, mortal wisdom still seems to be insufficient to decipher its mysteries. Alphonse and I have studied here several times. We have not figured out its operating mechanism and control method for many years. The only thing we can do is to guide the huge energy it continuously releases. Combined with our only wisdom, we have built a small monster in this terrible purgatory. shelter, and survive as long as possible...

"Now that thing is placed in the center of the entire shelter, you will see it later, when you see this message, we obviously don't need it anymore-I don't know what the situation is outside, the earth Has it been healed? Has the order of civilization been re-established? This answer doesn't seem to make sense to me anymore, but now that you're back here, I hope things are better...

"Diana, 20 years have passed since the disaster erupted when I decided to leave this message.

"At the beginning of the disaster, six people in the observatory survived, but Mark and Melsana only persisted for less than a month. They were eroded by deadly magic power and their bodies were severely mutated. We had to end their suffering early. Yu Levin died in the second year. He... failed to survive the transformation ceremony, and with his flesh and blood, he could not continue to survive in this predicament. Baierluo was the one who persisted longer among us, and he even persisted until the third year. Years ago. Now... only me and Alphonse are left here, and we have transformed ourselves into magical flesh puppets many years ago, so that we can keep moving until the matter of our bodies decays away Go on. You know, the Empire strictly forbids this wicked magic - but what does it matter now?

"But even with the transformed life form, our time is still limited, and Alphonse and I can feel that our souls are gradually decaying in the skin, so... Maybe it's time to leave something behind.

"Diana, we don't know if you'll actually come back, or if you, as 'Iron Man', will be able to take hold in the barbaric city-states and closed kingdoms of the north, and we're not even sure that in this catastrophe, Is there really any country that can survive, but we still decided to leave it all for you - this is the result of all our research in the past 20 years, and you... may be the only 'person' who can understand the meaning of it .

"We cracked that signal.

"Diana, do you remember that signal? That signal that began to enter our line of sight a few years ago, resounding frequently in the night sky, lighting up among the stars, and conveying information to us in a wonderfully coded way... We know it What is it?"

Accompanied by Sir Scott's words, Gawain, who was listening quietly beside him, suddenly felt a jump in his heart—a signal with a wonderful code was transmitted among the stars, which reminded him of something suddenly, and at this moment, The phantom of Sir Scott took half a step back. He opened his hands and drew invisible lines in the air, and then a scene appeared in front of Diana.

Dots, radially connected lines, and rings, this is exactly the pattern stored in the core of Diana's mind, and it is also the pattern engraved on the wall of the lobby on the first floor of the observatory!

"This is the first content we have received, and it is also the most repeated content we have received in the past few years," Sir Scott's deep voice sounded on the platform, "We have always wanted to understand what this pattern represents. What, and boldly guessed that it might be some kind of blueprint, it might be some kind of religious symbol, it might be some kind of occult symbol, but we all guessed wrong...until Grand Maester Alphonse used the power of extraterrestrial objects in the A rift was opened in this shelter to observe a specific starry sky more clearly, and we finally understood the true meaning of this picture, Diana, this pattern...it is actually a 'map', a map of the stars. map'.

"Perhaps we should call it the 'star map'? Grand Maester Alphonse thought of a good name. What it marks is actually a star, and this star is at the intersection of these lines, you noticed The dots at the ends of the lines each represent a star twinkling at the standard frequency of C-26, and the ring... which surrounds the single focus of these rays represents a certain A man-made thing, perhaps a token, a 'signature' of identity...

"And the whole pattern, the only message to us is - WE ARE HERE!"

The illusion of Sir Scott opened his hands, with a smile on his face, as if he wanted to announce to the whole world that even though 700 years of vicissitudes had passed between him and Gawain and Diana before the illusion, even though he When he left this message, he was in a desperate situation, the world outside the shelter had collapsed, but at this moment, he seemed to be burning with a raging flame, and the heat of the flame almost penetrated the barrier of seven centuries, scorching him. baked on Gawain's face.

"There they are! They are in the focal point of those stars!" announced Sir Scott, as if for emphasis. As guessed - when Grand Maester Alphonse was biting into the roast, you were replacing the alchemy oil for your brass core, Byerlo stood up drunkenly and said: 'Maybe we are not alone in this universe'... …

"We are not alone in this universe! Diana, when I finally understood the meaning of this image, Alphonse, myself, and Byerlo, who was still alive at the time, were all ignited with great enthusiasm-even though the outside world Already falling apart, the order of civilization seems to be gone, but in this little sanctuary we still find what we can do as scholars of the stars, and that's the only thing we can do here Work - deciphering all signals received by the Viplandon Observatory in Gondor between 1730 and 1740!"

The phantom of Sir Scott said loudly, he raised a hand, and then a dense light curtain emerged in the air beside him, countless light spots and lines jumped in the light curtain, they were in front of Gawain and others Extending and connecting in front of them, they gradually formed basic geometric figures, mathematical symbols, and calculation formulas. This is exactly the kind of coding pattern that Sorin Hub and Winter Hub have received more than once, and it is also the pattern of the dragon god Enya. Personally confirmed "greetings" from the stars.

"This is their 'introduction' to themselves, a proof of identity passed on among the stars. They use mathematics as a 'standard language' to show their identity to every civilization capable of receiving signals, and to show that they are a human being capable of logic. An intelligent civilization that thinks and uses the language of mathematics..."

Immediately afterwards, Sir Scott raised his other hand, and more and more complex information was condensed in the light curtain on the other side of him, which were characters with delicate structures, which were totally It is different from any kind of writing on Loren Continent.

"And these are their words, a 'letter' sent by them in an attempt to communicate with other civilizations. Of course, we were aware of this possibility when we first received this part of the signal and successfully converted it into graphics , but for a long time, we didn't know how to decipher an 'alphabet' from strangers out of thin air, coupled with the large number of observation tasks undertaken by the observatory, the research work on 'exotic objects' and the imperial capital in In recent years, investment in various research fields has been tightened and talents have been transferred. We have never had enough energy to pay attention to these mysterious alien symbols. The secrets of these words were revealed in the huge monitoring records...

"They have their own 'interpretation' - in the signal of those mathematical graphics, the sending and ending of each geometric figure has a 'stamp', which is used to correspond to a piece of text description, those basic mathematical symbols, numbers and operations There are also corresponding annotation methods. In addition, these texts themselves actually have a certain "self-explanation". As long as enough samples are accumulated and a long enough time is added, an excellent linguist can slowly deduce Their possible meanings... The combination of these two methods is enough to decipher half of the information and slowly deduce the other half...

"I'm not a good linguist, but Baierlo is, he completed 70.00% of the cracking, and after he died, Alphonse and I completed the rest...

"But unfortunately, even if we decipher these alien texts, we still don't know how to establish contact with the civilization that sent the message—we don't understand how the signal is transmitted among the stars, and the observatory is currently limited. The only thing that Alphonse and I can be sure about the function of this signal is that it has undergone a 'secondary evolution' when it was transmitted to our planet.

"This process is very complicated to explain. To understand it in a simpler way, it is that a certain high-energy level and high-speed energy fluctuations reach our planet across the vast sea of ​​stars, and react with the magical environment of our planet. After the reaction, The released fluctuations are the information recorded by the observatory's listening system. This transmission method may deliberately consider the "receiving ability" of low-level civilizations, because low-level civilizations like ours may not be able to capture this signal 'primitive pulse', and correspondingly, it is extremely difficult to transmit such a signal that can shuttle quickly among the stars...

"Of course, judging from the current situation, it doesn't make sense even if we know the principle of transmitting the signal - most of the observatory's functions have been shut down, and outside the observatory there is only a terrible purgatory distorted in chaotic magic. We have tried to contact other site, tried to protect it and tried to explore further places, but all in vain. There is no response, and there are no survivors... We have confirmed the collapse of the civilized world. In this situation, the knowledge we have ...I'm afraid it's pointless.

"But Alphonse and I still keep hope, because we are sure that you will escape safely, and you will return here with new partners someday in the future, and in a certain exploration, we are still in Vipland The No. [-] Warehouse to the northwest of Dayton has found traces of personnel staying and facilities being violently demolished, which shows that at least a group of survivors have passed by here and fled to the north...

"We have been deeply trapped in this corrupt place, and we can barely survive by relying on this small sheltered space. There is only a dead end to leave the observatory, but the traces of those survivors keep Alphonse and I always hopeful, we choose to believe ...the resilience of civilization.

"Diana, now is the 20th year that the observatory has been closed. After leaving this image, Alphonse and I will leave this sheltered space for the last time and leave the 'star map' on the most conspicuous wall of the lower floor of the observatory. ', and then we will return here, close the gate, and never leave. In the next time, Alphonse and I will be with the starry sky above our heads, quietly waiting for the last moment to come.

"Perhaps when someone comes here next time, no one will be able to understand the meaning of the star map in the lobby on the first floor, and it is even possible that no one will visit this ruin until the observatory is completely destroyed, but we believe that knowledge It is always valuable, even if civilization is destroyed, even if the last intelligent life closes its eyes under the starry sky, knowledge - as the footsteps of civilization seeking the unknown, it will always have its meaning.

"Goodbye, Diana, maybe it's too late to say it now, I didn't have time to tell you that - you have completed your service with honor, and now, you are off duty."

Chapter 1384 Legacy

As Sir Scott's last words landed, the images stored in this space played to the end. In a silent moment, the hazy light and shadow floating in mid-air drifted away quietly like an avalanche of shattered snow. It made fine shimmering particles all over the sky and quickly disappeared into the air, and this seemed to trigger a chain reaction—at the moment when the light and shadow were scattered, a glow suddenly flowed across the ground of the entire platform, and the glow condensed into a bright light. The white lines quickly converged towards the central area, and the fog-like circle of light that had always enveloped the central area quickly dimmed and weakened in the next few seconds.

Diana looked blankly at the place where Sir Scott disappeared. The ancient mental core was running jerky, as if it was processing huge emotional information. Gawain even heard a burst of abnormal noise from the other party's body, which made him He couldn't help but asked a little worriedly: "Ms. Diana, are you okay?"

"...I'm fine," Diana blinked, waking up from her stupor, "you can continue with the mission."

Her voice was still distant, mechanically precise and calm—and even calmer than usual.

Gawain stared into Diana's eyes, nodded after a while, and turned his head to look at the central area of ​​the observatory. The white light covering the center had completely faded at this moment, revealing the things hidden in it before. Gawain stretched out his hand towards Pointing over there: "Let's go check those things. If you're right, it should be the 'relic' left to you by Sir Scott."

"It's for all of us." Diana said softly, and walked over there, while Gawain waved to the people following behind, and a group of people followed the white stream of light flowing on the ground to the viewing area. In the center of the star platform, I can also see the scene here——

There is only a circular platform about one meter in the center of the observatory. Its center is slightly sunken. The surface formed by some unknown material reflects the brilliant stars above. A palm-sized palm-shaped platform seems to be made of layers of light blue crystals. The stacked "crystal block" is placed in the center of the platform. This "crystal block" is surrounded by stars, and there are mysterious lights floating on the surface. Around the platform, there are six chairs symmetrically placed, four of which are On each of the chairs was a dark urn, and in the other two sat Maester Alphonse Hall and Sir Scott Planting.

In this different space, the remains of the two ancient scholars did not rot, but turned into complete mummies. They sat quietly in their last positions, their heads still kept raised, and their sunken eye sockets seemed to be separated from each other. For 700 years, they are still staring at the crack at the top of the space, watching the clear starry sky presented in the crack.

Diana came to the two ancient scholars, bowed her head in silence, and the other people around her subconsciously held their breath, expressing their respective respects in a brief silence, and then Amber noticed Sir Scott's death. Finally, he maintained a gesture—his withered and stiff finger pointed directly under the seat, as if he was deliberately making people focus on his finger. Amber looked in that direction, and finally opened her eyes slightly. : "Ah, there is something on the ground!"

Everyone's attention was instantly attracted, and people discovered that the ground near the six seats was densely engraved with words and symbols!Centered on the circular platform, they spread out in an unconventional way, covering almost one-third of the ground of the observatory, and due to the stable environment in the different space, these marks are still clearly visible until today—only all the previous ones People's attention was attracted by the round platform reflecting the starry sky, the "lattice" in the center of the round platform, and the remains of ancient scholars, so that no one noticed that the rough "textures" on the ground turned out to be words before Hu Po spoke!

"This is..." Philip's eyes widened in an instant, and what caught his eyes was a large number of plausible characters and another kind of text that he didn't recognize at all. He felt dizzy just by looking at it, but Gawain next to him I recognized at a glance that part of those words was the common language of mankind during the Gondor Empire, and the other part was the alien signal received by both Sorin hub and Winter hub!

"This is the 'inheritance' left by Sir Scott," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "It is the 'Alien Dictionary' that they translated in 20 years."

Philip opened his eyes wide and looked at the densely packed scratches on the ground, and said softly as if talking to himself: "Carved on the ground... should be carved on the ground... There is no more stable and long-lasting recording method than this, after all, spells will Disintegrate and fail over time, storage devices will become unusable due to civilization, only those carved on the ground can withstand the longest years of erosion..."

"Record all of this," Gao Wen ordered in a deep voice, "don't touch anything here until the recording is completed, so as to prevent this shelter space from collapsing and closing early."

The accompanying personnel immediately started to get busy, recording the symbols and words engraved on the ground with the equipment brought on this trip, and made several backups stored in the magic crystal on the spot. In addition to leaving the magic images, several people The mage-scholar even took out the enchanted parchment and quill that they carried with them, and began to use the field shorthand spell to transcribe all the characters on the ground into a thick scroll——these scholars can understand it without Gao Wen or Amber specially reminding them What is the meaning of these characters engraved on the ground? Facing a knowledge heritage handed down to future generations from 700 years ago, they all regard it as the most precious treasure in history.

After the accompanying experts and scholars began to record these things, Diana, Gawain and others took the initiative to leave the central area. They stepped on the ground that Sir Scott had measured with his feet for 20 years, and walked slowly. When he reached the edge of the entire observatory, Philip looked up and looked out of the edge, watching the huge building fragments floating without gravity slowly rotating in his sight, and beyond the fragments was a vast, seemingly The boundless illusory light made him feel emotional: "Staying here for 20 years...is really unimaginable."

"Fortunately, there is still a starry sky above their heads." Gawain looked up at the huge rift directly above this different space, although he didn't know what was behind the rift, or how the two ancient Gondor magisters brought the space together. The starlight scene of the real world was "introduced" into this sanctuary, but he believes that this starry sky must have inspired Scott, Alphonse, and Byerlow 700 years ago, especially when they knew that there was a world between the stars. After seeing other civilizations that can think and communicate, the icy starlight will become the only comfort after the apocalypse—because they know that even though the world around them has fallen apart, there is still a world full of vitality light years away.

"Speaking of which, you led a large army through the Viplandon area back then, and you didn't realize that there were still people in this observatory." Amber seemed to suddenly recall something, and looked up at Gao Wen. Are you in this shelter?"

"Even if they didn't hide in this shelter, it would be difficult for them to meet us," Gawain shook his head lightly, "Viplanton is not just an observatory, it is a large area, and there are many people in this area. Large-scale towns and many research facilities, observatories, museums, warehouses, research institutes... The Gondorians have been studying extraterrestrial objects here for many years, and the observatory is only one of the core facilities here. For refugees who are in poor condition or urgently need supplementary supplies, facilities like the Observatory are obviously not as attractive as the ruins of towns and imperial warehouses along the way."

"Something from outside the sky..." Amber muttered thoughtfully, then turned her head and glanced at the "crystal block" placed on the round platform in the center of the observatory, "If it's correct, that thing should be Scott The 'exotic object' mentioned by Sir Te, can continuously release energy and maintain such a different space shelter for 700 years, that is an amazing thing, what do you think we should... how to deal with it?"

She was reminding Gawain and Diana next to him—Sir Scott left behind not only the "knowledge" engraved on the ground, but also a tangible "item" that was exuding The slightly blue crystal block is undoubtedly the key item that protected the observatory when the Deep Blue Well erupted, and it is also the reason why the observatory was not invaded by various dangerous things in the wasteland for the next 700 years. Its value It goes without saying that how to deal with it is a problem that must be faced.

As Gao Wen's hard-core dogleg, Amber of course hopes that this crystal block belongs to Cecil. After all, the entire Viplandon area is now under Cecil's control, and Philip's subordinates were the first to discover the observatory. Under the leadership of Cecil, adhering to the two principles of "everything in the wasteland is unowned" and "discover first, actual control", it seems that the relics found in this ancient facility should belong to the original discoverer .

But to be reasonable... this thing is not really ownerless.

Sir Scott has already said in the message that the inheritance here is left to Diana, which is more embarrassing-the heir is here now, and everyone has seen the video record just now, so you can't be shy Do you not recognize your face?

After much deliberation, it was a confused and troublesome account. After thinking about it for 2 minutes, Amber felt dizzy. In the end, she could only sigh and mutter in a low voice: "Oh, it's still easy to dig the grave of a dead family..."

Gao Wen didn't hear Amber's muttering clearly, but he could guess what was going on in this guy's mind, and on his side, this confused account could even go one more way - the "meteorite" that fell in the Viplandon area "Rain" is essentially the fragments of the space station that fell after Amorn hit the sky 3000 years ago, and he, the "satellite spirit", is now considered the heir to the legacy of the voyager. Isn't it his?The Viplandon Meteorite had caused considerable economic losses in the Gondor Empire back then. Was it Amorn's responsibility or his, Gao Wen's?If Amorn is responsible, then Amorn is now a senior adviser to the empire, and his direct person in charge is Gawain, which is even more incomprehensible. After all, although the Gondor Empire is gone now, the descendants of the Gondor Empire There are still many people...

This is a meaningless account. Anyone who feels that he has too many brain cells can calculate it, but Gao Wen has always felt that his brain cells are too depleted, so from the beginning, he did not intend to be confused in this sum. Too much energy wasted on the account.

He owns a whole space station in the sky, and in the near future, he will start to repair and explore the station in the sky. In the long run, sea monsters, dragons, elves, humans, these races will all come into contact with the sky station. Unless Gawain intends to fundamentally overthrow his long-standing creed and code of conduct, he cannot avoid this kind of development—unless he makes up his mind to let the race of this planet continue to lie in the gravity circle, no one will touch it. The inheritance of the voyager in the sky, and then one day in the future, he will die slowly along with the races on the earth.

He needs to truly grasp the secrets of the sailors, and he cannot go back to the old path of the Reverse Tide Empire. He needs the wisdom of the world as his help, and develops through open, transparent, and rational research instead of "elite contact, deification and worship." "To achieve this goal, he needs (and must) let all mortals on this planet break free from the shackles of their hearts and step out of their cradles, because only in this way can he avoid the future of extinction.

Then, the legacy of the Voyager is destined not to be hidden—he had to hide things well when he was not strong enough before, because many things were not under his control, but now, he is strong enough, Ceci If the Er Empire has the ability to become the helm of this era, he will be able to think in the way of a "helmsman".

Therefore, the only thing he needs to ensure is to keep things under his own control—the research and exploration of the Sky Station must be open, but the authority of the Sky Station must always be in his own hands. It will definitely rise and finally step out of the cradle, but this process must not lose control. This is not only responsible for yourself, but also for those companions who follow you, trust you, and support your ideas.

As for the current "Crystal Block", Gao Wen also has the same attitude: It doesn't matter who the crystal block belongs to, but knowledge belongs to everyone. After all, everyone has to develop, and he needs everyone to develop. Here, just secure Cecil's research share.

He looked towards the center of the observatory, and the small cube emitting a faint blue light, which seemed to be stacked with layers of crystals, was particularly eye-catching in his field of vision. He closed his eyes slightly again, and the crystal cube was still floating in front of him. In the field of vision, and a line of notes appeared around it-damaged ion energy group, key components are missing/tampered, and recycling is not recommended.

It seems that because Cassandra and Azarena restarted part of the system on the Sky Station, Gawain's ability to control the space station has been further strengthened. He noticed it when he saw the crystal block just now. These additional "notes" appear.

Now he can even directly sense the "existence" of that crystal block, and vaguely perceive the "energy track" extending around it.

But that's all - he is not an expert in this field, and the authority of the navigator does not allow him to obtain the corresponding knowledge out of thin air. He does not understand the principle and control method of this crystal block, and it is estimated that he will be given another 100 yuan. Nian still can't figure it out.

But it doesn't matter, there are many smart people in this world, and these smart people can be his help.

"Ms. Diana, this crystal is a 'relic' left to you by Sir Scott." Gawain opened his eyes and looked at the ancient machine girl beside him. "Theoretically, it should belong to you—but for the sake of the whole world For the long-term development of the alliance, I hope we can share the mysteries that may be contained in this crystal block."

"I understand what you mean." Diana's expression didn't seem to change. "Before departure, Her Majesty Rosetta also discussed this issue with me, about how the 'inheritance' that may be found in the Viplandon Observatory should be distributed— —Specific items, we can negotiate slowly, only knowledge... knowledge should belong to everyone.”

She raised her head and looked at the central area of ​​the observatory, her voice became a little low.

"Personally, I don't really care much about that crystal. I just hope...that I can take away Sir Scott's remains. This is all I wish for."

"Of course." Gao Wen stood up straight, his expression became solemn, "it should be so."

Chapter 1385 The Call Among the Stars

The work of rubbing and archiving the Chinese written materials in the shelter lasted for a whole day.

Facing these extremely important research materials that would be difficult to reproduce once they were lost, the technical experts sent by Typhon and Cecil showed extreme attention and caution. The symbols were recorded, even the patterns on the central round platform, the cracks on the nearby floating debris, and the details on the clothes of the two ancient scholars. During the whole day's busy work, these top scholars in their fields almost From the "information" level, the entire shelter space was copied in detail. If one day they want to reproduce this shelter, then these materials containing all the details can even allow them to make the replica as authentic as possible. Not bad for dust.

It may be exaggerated to do things to this extent, but it is necessary-because no one can predict what role the information recorded in this shelter will play in which field in the future, Scott The legacy Jazz left to the world may only be a deciphered script of alien texts, but this incredible sanctuary space itself...is also an amazing "legacy".

And before the scholars finished these tasks, everyone followed Gao Wen's order and did not touch any devices in the space, especially the "Crystal Cube" on the central round table.

The crystal block is obviously the key to maintaining this space. Touching it rashly will most likely lead to the early closure of this space. Of course, you can't touch it before all the information is recorded, but after the recording work is completed, Gao Wen and others still To take this thing away.

Although there is also an option of "keep the crystal block still and establish a research facility in place for fixed research", but no one knows the operating principle of this shelter, and no one knows that this alien space that relies on external forces can still maintain For how long, it is obviously not safe to put the research work in such a completely uncontrolled space-time rift, and considering that the research process is very likely to "stimulate" the crystal block, which may also lead to the closure of the shelter, so it is still Why don't you just take it away from this place and put it in a safe place to analyze it slowly.

As for whether the process of taking the crystal block itself is risky... Gao Wen is not too worried about this.After all, the message left by Sir Scott has specifically mentioned that Diana will be given the "exotic object" that maintains the shelter, and that he and Alphonse have no use for this thing, the implication is that It is the other party who can take it away. Presumably, at least in a short time after taking it away, this space will not collapse directly—at least there will be time for people to evacuate.

Of course, for safety reasons, it is best for Diana to complete the process of removing the crystal block by herself, in case Sir Scott has set up some identifying "anti-theft mechanism" around the crystal block-after all, here is In the wasteland full of dangers, Sir Scott and Grand Maester Alphonse who hid here back then must have set up a lot of safety measures in order to prevent monsters wandering in the wasteland from breaking into the shelter and destroying their research results.

On the evening of the second day after the gate of the observatory was opened, all the recording work was completed, and all research materials, experts and scholars were then evacuated, and Philip personally led the elite soldiers to escort them to the Cecil frontline base, which currently belongs to the safe zone.

Now, there are only three figures left on the observatory: Gawain, Amber, and Diana who has the "inheritance" of this place.

They returned to the round platform in the center of the observatory, and looked at the sunken "mirror" reflecting the starry sky for the last time. The "lattice" in the state of stacked crystals stayed quietly in the center of the mirror, emitting a faint blue light. Guarded by the stars on the mirror, it shines brightly.

The surroundings of the round platform were empty, and the remains and ashes of Sir Scott, Grand Maester Alphonse and others had been removed, and they were being escorted to the frontline base—even the six stone-carved chairs around the platform, It was also removed.

"It's time to evacuate," Gawain reminded Diana who seemed to be in a daze, "Ms. Diana, recover the crystal block."

At this moment, Diana finally blinked her eyes and woke up from the frozen stillness. She nodded lightly, and Gawain and Amber then took two steps back—they stood two steps away, Watching Diana reach out her hand steadily but firmly to the crystal emitting faint blue light, hold it and slowly pick it up.

A weak spark burst out from the contact between the crystal block and the round platform, and the thin electric lights jumped and flowed between them, which seemed to maintain some kind of energy transmission as if they were disconnected, but as Diana took the entire crystal block completely, After a while, the energy transmission was finally cut off quickly, and a small buzzing sound came from the depths of the round platform. In the next second, the white light streams flowing on the ground of the observatory began to go out one by one, floating on the platform. The surrounding "building fragments" also rumbled into the endless void space in the distance. Amid the louder and louder roars, the crack that revealed the starlight directly above the space began to slowly close, and the entire observatory also began to close. Then shake it up!

"The shelter space is about to be closed," Gawain nodded, took Amber and walked towards the door, "Ms. Diana, let's go."

Without any hesitation, Diana quickly put the already dimmed crystal block into her arms, turned around and followed in the footsteps of Gawain and Amber. A moment later, the group of three almost galloped away from the observatory , They walked through the door that was alienated into a space passage, and looked back at the chaotic darkness on the other side of the door. The dark fog seemed to be in a distorted state as if stirred by a crazy vortex. It appears and disappears in the depths of the chaotic vortex.

Immediately afterwards, the constantly shattering force was transmitted from the shelter space to the outside—the Viplandon Observatory in the real world also began to shake violently!

"Retreat!" Gawain made a decisive decision, he didn't miss this place at all, he grabbed the amber in his armpit and rushed to the stairs leading to the outside, accompanied by the exclamation and protest of the shadow attack goose. With a sound, the three figures rushed out of the collapsing Viplandon Observatory at an alarming speed, and ran all the way outside the cordon around the observatory before stopping.

The constantly collapsing force obviously did not spread to this point. Gao Wen and the others stopped here and looked back at the huge building that was shaking and disintegrating in the afterglow of the setting sun, and saw that its surface was quickly covered with astonishing cracks. , The bloody setting sun shone through those cracks, like the bursting blood vessels of a dying giant. With the last thunderous bang, the ancient Viplandon Observatory was finally reduced to ruins.

Not long after, the three of Gao Wen and his party returned to Cecil Base on the front line with the last group of soldiers who had evacuated from the cordon, where they saw General Philip who had placed the technical personnel, materials and samples in place.

In the command center of the frontline base, Diana took out the light blue "crystal block" and placed it in front of Gawain.

"Before leaving, His Majesty Rosetta granted me full authority to deal with all the things discovered at the Viplandon Observatory. The only order he gave me was to bring back a 'good news'," the ancient machine girl maintained her consistent With a calm posture, he said expressionlessly, "This 'crystal' will be left to your safekeeping first. I believe that with the technical support of Cecil, the research work on this object will start soon."

Gawain took the crystal block that Diana handed over. The palm-sized precision crystal exuded gentle heat in his hand, and a "sense of connection" that only he could feel was established at this moment. He slowly twirled the shiny little contraption, and was silent for a few seconds, seemingly thinking hard, before suddenly laughing and handing the crystal back to Diana.

"This is a relic left to you by Sir Scott, Lady Diana, take it with you - as I said before, what really matters is the 'knowledge' behind this relic, left by Sir Scott The most precious legacy to this world is the knowledge that can bless all mortals," Gawain said with a smile as he looked at Diana, who was a little surprised, "Please tell Her Majesty Rosetta Augustus, I hope you can get it as soon as possible." Start the joint research on this 'Crystal Block', and the solution to that 'Alien Signal'... Please reply to these as soon as possible."

The war with the wasteland continues, and the world is far from safe, but even if the war continues, the pace of development should not stop.

The surprised expression on Diana's face gradually faded away. She didn't make any hypocritical excuses, but accepted the "crystal block" frankly, and then bowed down to Gawain solemnly: "Your justice and magnanimity are impressive. Touched, I will convey your wishes to His Majesty, and from a personal point of view, I will also do my best to facilitate our next technical cooperation."

From the tone of this ancient machine girl, Gao Wen heard a different solemnity from before.

Diana left, taking the Typhon technical experts she brought with her, the remains of Sir Scott and others and the "inheritance" left to her by Sir Scott, and the rubbings and copied research materials. up.

When there was no one else around, Amber couldn't help but came to Gao Wen: "You really took that 'crystal' away from her? Although you said before that 'the ownership of the crystal can be discussed, only knowledge must be shared ', but I didn't expect you to be so generous...I remember you are not such a generous person?"

The girl's nagging made Gao Wen's face suddenly a little strange: "...What kind of image do I have in your heart?"

"Calculation, cunning, insidiousness, maximizing profit at all times, nine pits in one sentence, and one bottomless pit, half of the people who cooperate with you have sold themselves, and the other half are still counting for you when they sell Money," Amber said, wrestling her fingers, "Let me put it this way, if you put away the sword in your hand, I can say that you don't have to carry something heavy for an afternoon... But you have put your hands on the hilt, so now I But I dare not say it."

"...I don't know if you are self-aware or just remember to eat but not fight." Gao Wen curled his lips, and took his hand off the hilt of his sword helplessly, "Is this the impression you have of me after a long time?"

"I also want to find some good words, but I'm not good at this," Amber spread her hands, "And to be honest, aren't all the things I said true, you have admitted it in front of me of……"

"...It is true that many people have been tricked by me, and many people have been tricked to death by me, but there is a premise-they are all enemies," Gawain suppressed the smile on his face, slightly Looking at Amber very seriously, "And now Typhon...well, I still need to treat them carefully, but they are no longer our enemies...at least before the new order I created has a fatal collapse Fengdu is no longer our enemy."

Amber looked Gao Wen up and down suspiciously, curled her lips: "Isn't this [-]% true?"

Gao Wen was a little helpless all of a sudden. At this time, he felt that it was not a good thing that the shadow attack goose in front of him was too sharp. He couldn't tell this guy directly. After reading all the data that can be read, now that thing is useless to him personally, right?

I always feel that saying this has a great impact on my glorious image—although Gao Wen also doubts how much glorious image he can keep in the heart of this shadow assault goose...

In the final analysis, the crystal block is just an energy device that fell from the sky station, and it is still a part of the damaged fragments. It does have research value, but the greater value is to be made public, so that it can be understood as a member of the alliance. , An "interface" to study the legacy of the voyager, compared with the small crystal block itself, Gawain is more concerned about when he can repair the sky station...

Amber watched Gao Wen's expression change, and she didn't know what she understood, but suddenly, she seemed to lose interest in the question she just asked, and waved her hand indifferently: "Forget it, it must be another question anyway. There are so many reasons, I can’t understand you even after you explained it—I slipped away, and I have been tossing outside with you for a day, I have to go back and find a place to rest, and I have to go back to the imperial capital as soon as possible tomorrow..."