Sword of Dawn

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The roiling heat wave rose in the forest, and the "purification road" created by the magic cannon and heavy burners stretched from Farm Fortress to the northern end of the forest barrier, accompanied by the creaking of thick wooden limbs With the sound of rattling, the "New Treant Guard" wearing heavy armor and holding a heavy weapon stepped out of the forest, while continuing to pour terrible firepower on the heads of the deformed bodies and biochemical monsters running around in the scorched earth, While steadily pushing the front line forward.

"Boom!!"

A bright ball of light swept across the sky, and an especially deafening explosion came from afar. The "Arcane Star" summoned by the Elf Empress Belsetia herself fell on the horizon of the forest border, destroying the last one that was still launching. Distortion bodies of energy light bombs shelled the position, and with the complete misfire of the enemy's heavy long-range firepower, the armored tree guards also stood firm at the front of the line.

They opened the branches around the crown of the tree, lowered the alloy armor like flower buds, and vines hung down from the crown of the tree, and a large number of ranger warriors fell from the top along the ropes, and began to harvest the remaining crops on the scorched earth. The enemy, and cover the engineering troops behind to pay close attention to building fortifications and building camps.

An exceptionally tall tree guard with heavy armor and carrying all kinds of auxiliary combat equipment strode to the middle of the position. This awesome guard opened the alloy armor around the canopy, and a petite figure peeked out from it. Standing out—she has long golden hair and fair to almost transparent skin. Many mysterious runes shone on her body surface, and the brilliance of magic power wandered on the surface of her skin. She looked at the surface and saw the standing Belsetia, who was standing among several gold golems, had a bright smile on her face: "Your Majesty! Are we fighting well?"

"It's an amazing firepower advance, and now this forest is back in our hands," Belsetia didn't hesitate in her praise, she looked at the "Commander of the Thorin Expeditionary Army" who was riding on the Treant Guard "——This is Bernardo's public identity in the Southern Allied Forces. "Do you need to take a break? You have been commanding this huge army alone..."

"No, I'm very energetic," Bernardo said with a bright smile, and waved her slender fist, "My body is specially 'made', and apart from the necessary 'rest', almost No need to rest."

"That's good," Belsetia said with a nod, and then her eyes involuntarily passed over the body of the tree guard, and cast her eyes on the towering shadow lying between the mountain peak and the plain not far away, "Finally... we Back here..."

"Here..." Berna turned around involuntarily, and looked in the direction where the Elf Queen was looking. She also saw the majestic shadow, the broken and collapsed "mountain", and the collapsed palace in the valley The buildings, as well as the keel of the fortress pointing towards the sky like the bones of a giant beast, and the remains of the Temple of Stars are reflected in the eyes of the elf like a broken mountain range, making this girl who has been away from home for many years suddenly feel a little dazed, " Last time I saw it, it was still majestic floating in the sky..."

"History always has to turn to the next page. What we can do is not to tarnish civilization and shame our ancestors in the process," Belsetia heard the elf's exclamation, with a calm expression He opened his mouth lightly, "Although the Temple of the Stars has crashed, it still protects our civilization—next, we will use the main wreckage of the Temple of the Stars as a base to build a new 'outpost fortress' on the border of the wasteland .

"The alloy wall and keel of the temple will support our city walls and towers, and the available structures in the collapsed area will be recast and recast. Valentian has already begun to arrange domestic production facilities to work overtime to manufacture purification device components. Once the wreckage area of ​​the Temple of the Stars has gained a firm foothold, we will start building the first 'Purification Tower' that will block the wall."

Berna listened quietly to the Silver Queen telling her about the future deployment. It seemed that the coalition soldiers stepped into the wreckage of the crashed temple again in her mind, cleaned up the collapsed ruins, relighted the extinguished lights, and reconstructed the collapsed The scene of the ruined corridors and the new walls being built on the edge of the ruins gradually revived a strange throbbing in her heart, and it took her a long time to recall this feeling slowly—it was hundreds of years ago. Years ago, she crossed the Homecoming Long Bridge for the first time, faced the unknown northern world for the first time, and the excitement and anticipation when she embarked on an adventure journey for the first time.

She thought she would never feel this way again, but now it seems... It seems that a life worth looking forward to has just begun at this moment.

……

"Mir Mina caught that dark priest named 'Bertram'," Gawain said to Hetty who had just stepped into the office while sitting behind his desk in the highest government affairs hall in Cecil City. "It has now been sent to Philip's base."

"Caught by Ms. Milmina?" Heidi was taken aback when she heard this, and quickly drew a rough map of the vast front in the southern area of ​​the living forest in her mind, her expression became weird, "It's not that the dark priest came from Did Beltira escape from the 'predation zone'? That place is some distance away from our frontline laboratory, how did he get caught by Ms. Mirmina?"

"...Probably because of amazing luck and excellent pathfinding talent," Gao Wen thought for a long time, but he could only give this answer, "and he also witnessed the mythical form of Mirmina with his own eyes—in the absence of any In the case of the protective device. Judging from the situation transmitted from the front, we don’t have to worry about that guy’s escape at all this time. The rest probably only needs to worry about how much more Bertila can get out of that guy’s thinking organ. useful information……"

Hetty's expression became more and more subtle, and she held back for a long time before muttering in a low voice: "I don't want to know what that unlucky guy looks like now..."

As she spoke, she shook her head, put several documents on Gao Wen's desk, and said at the same time: "We have just received news from the battlefields on the Eastern and Southern Fronts—in the direction of the Eastern Front, Typhon The Human Mage Corps and the National Knights have successfully cleared the Aberration Corps near the Dark Hills. Wolf General Andersa is building a large-scale propulsion base, and they are going to start building a barrier that runs through the wasteland from there. wall."

"...Rosetta Augustus has begun to fulfill his promise," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "So how is the situation on the southern front?"

"The addition of the 'Shorin Expeditionary Force' has stabilized the situation on the southern front, and now the southern coalition forces have been able to draw out troops to consolidate their northwest border, and the Aberration Corps going south from the Ogure tribal country has been contained in the northern part of Greta Fortress, but The battle there is still fierce; on the other hand, the Millennium Legion of the Silver Empire is gradually regaining the land north of the forest barrier with the fire support of the "Shorin Expeditionary Force", and has now advanced to the crash area of ​​the Temple of Stars. According to the Silver Queen According to the news, her next step is to recapture the remains of the Temple of the Stars and build a propulsion base based on it as the southern starting point of the blocking wall."

"'Shorin's Expeditionary Army'..." Gawain repeated the word softly, "Well, what Bertila said is right, that elf and the 'bodyguards' she brought over seem to have played a far greater role. It works as expected. However, it sounds like the situation over there is still not completely stabilized. The aberrations coming south from the Ogulei region are now only temporarily blocked at the northwest border of the Gaoling Kingdom. ..."

Speaking of this, he shook his head: "Where is the western front? Has Duke Baldwin sent a message?"

"There are many enemy-occupied areas on the western front, and the tribes have been seriously injured. In addition, the original border barriers of the Ogure tribal country were completely destroyed by the Aberration Legion. The expeditionary force had to be dragged back," Hetty said with a serious expression, "Now they have just completely blocked the gap in the mountain barrier, but there are still many out-of-control aberrations operating in the mountain forest and instinctively Driven by the drive to move to the inland city of Ogure. The place is now full of refugees, a large number of gathering areas lack protection, and the 'shelter' surrounded by a fence may suffer heavy losses even in the face of a single mutant... It's very complicated."

"Has it turned into a long-term 'bandit suppression war'..." Gao Wen frowned gradually, "Baldwin should be able to handle this situation, but the point is that we can't wait... The blocking wall must be built as soon as possible, The part that traverses the wasteland cannot be completed solely by the Typhon Empire, the pressure and risk are too great... What is Rebecca doing?"

"We are building more supercritical accelerators for the Dawn of the World, as well as an assembly plant for incendiary bombs." When Hetty said this, her tone seemed a little blunt. This was probably caused by the trembling of the hand that signed the budget. The aftermath, "made around the clock."

"Very good," Gao Wen suddenly smiled, "This is exactly what she is good at, and it is also what the Western Front urgently needs—if we can't quickly establish a 'Western Front Push Point' on the ground, then we can directly send the waste from the sky." It is also an idea to blow up a road in the west of the soil, and it will be much more convenient to build the western blocking wall at that time."

Then he breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back on the back of the chair, with a thoughtful expression: "Next, let's see how much useful information Bertila can dig out from the heads of her 'former compatriots'. information... If we can grasp the specific deployment of those dark priests and the real goals of the sentinels, the balance may have a chance to completely tilt towards us..."

……

In a garden covered by countless pure white flowers, a middle-aged man in a gray cloth robe with an ordinary face suddenly opened his eyes.

In an instant, a large number of abstract, chaotic, fragmented fragments of impressions poured into his mind, impacting his spirit. He was unable to recall any specific things from the fragmented information, but he had an extremely deep and terrifying "impression" Overwhelmingly crushing towards him, it felt as if he had forgotten some terrible facts, but only "fear" itself was deeply imprinted in the depths of his soul.

This terrible feeling is like some kind of long torture, even if it only lasted for a few seconds, it is enough to make the middle-aged man hold his head and let out a series of vague and painful roars. He rolled over in the flower field, as if feeling that his mind was It was like being gradually dissolved by strong acid, until the rustling and footsteps suddenly came from the side, and the pain in his head suddenly dissipated, he stopped twitching all over his body, and raised his head with a blank gaze, looking at the person who was walking this way. The figure coming.

Bertila, who was wearing a light green long dress, stopped in the center of the garden.

She looked down at the middle-aged man curled up on the ground.

"Long time no see, Bertram.

"Welcome to your resting place."

Chapter 1347

The middle-aged man curled up on the ground blinked vigorously, as if his memory, thinking, soul and body had been divided into different levels by some force, so that he could not think and understand the situation in front of him like a complete human being. What happened, this state lasted for several seconds, and some messy and fragmented thought fragments were reorganized in his consciousness. He finally remembered who he was and who the woman in front of him was.

"Bertera..." He hesitated to speak, his voice was hoarse and inhuman, chaotic thoughts rushed into his mind, and as the memory recovered bit by bit, his expression finally became more frightened, "I...I ...you did it all..."

He stopped suddenly, as if he had just realized the abnormality in his "body". He looked down at his human body with a look of astonishment and panic on his face, and then he almost propped himself up on the ground with his hands and feet, while Try standing up and muttering to yourself, "This is not real...this is an illusion, what have you done to me? Don't make such a joke..."

"This is the last peace of your soul, my 'citizen'." Bertila just looked at the person in front of him quietly from the beginning to the end, and his tone was extremely calm at this moment, "You can't go back, your body ——If that is also your body——it collapsed and alienated due to the posture of facing the gods, and now it is gradually being disassembled, and your consciousness was brought here by me. This is the depth of the neural network, and I used my own The space constructed by the nodes of thought. Bertram, if you still have a little bit of reason and humanity left, then recall it as soon as possible. Remember everything you have done, we don’t have much time to waste. "

Bertram—or Bertram condensed from memories suddenly stopped. He stopped struggling to stand, but looked at the front with a stunned expression, his out-of-focus eyes seemed to be watching Some endless and distant past time, and then he collapsed little by little, kneeling among the endless flower fields, holding his head tightly with his hands, and let out a howl that humans could hardly make.

Bertila stared at him until Bertram became quiet for a short while before she spoke slowly: "I'm sorry, I can only use this method to forcibly recall the original 'you', but now it seems that an early 'you' You're not able to bear the dark memories of the centuries that followed, which put a tremendous strain on your conscience."

"We wandered for hundreds of years in the dark and hopeless wasteland... We calculated, we deduced, we took root in the rotting soil, coexisted with forces beyond the comprehension of mortals, and tried to calculate the path over and over again... We We have come to a conclusion, we have come to a conclusion..." Bertram whispered as if whispering, "That's a dead end, we calculated it 300 years ago, it's a dead end...it won't work... "

"Yes, it doesn't work, we know that now - but luckily, we're not the only ones trying to survive in this world, the Cecilians found another way, and you're stuck in the dark , your thinking is also trapped there, you can't see the existence of other roads," Bertila lowered his eyes, "Pertram, even today, I still thank you for what you did when you rushed into the wasteland. Sacrifice, I believe that at least at the beginning, your vows were sincere—it’s just that the darkness and despair are far beyond what ordinary people can resist, and it’s all of us who miscalculated the malice of this world.”

"It's too late, it's too late to say this now..." Bertlam finally raised his head, and a distorted face appeared in front of Bertila, "I don't know how long I can maintain this state ——Great anger and hatred are gradually covering my consciousness, I even want to... kill you, ask quickly, Holy Maiden, I almost can't recognize your face anymore."

"What exactly do you want to do?" Beltira stopped wasting time, "What do you want to do with those rune stones in the dark blue webway?"

"Deep Blue Webway... Rune Stone... I remember," the muscles on Bertram's face trembled, and as he recalled the secrets belonging to the dark sect, the boundless malice and anger grew more and more Filled, he resisted this power, and said quickly, "This is the plan of Grand Master Borken, we...we need to domesticate the planet under our feet, and throughout the entire planet, we can interfere with matter and non-being at the same time. The magical circulatory system of the material world is the natural 'rein', and we must hold the rein in our hands..."

He suddenly coughed violently and gasped violently for a few seconds before continuing: "All our suffering and all the malice in this world come from two sources. 'Magic Power Shock', the former...the former brings a divine disaster that destroys all things, the latter...the latter will temporarily change the boundaries of all things, the magic tide...yes, we call it the magic tide..."

"Magic shocks that sweep across all the stars from time to time?" Bertila suddenly noticed this special word, "What does this mean? This is your understanding of the magic tide? How did you study it so far?"

"I don't know... this knowledge is not our achievement, it is what the elf sisters said. They said that there is a most primitive magic shock in the universe. This shock is like layers of nets, wandering back and forth between the stars , it is the original form of all things in the world, and it is also the "baseline wave band" of magic power. When this force passes over the stars, all the "virtual stars" will burn and shine brightly, and all the "physical stars" will be Immersed in a powerful force field... the minds of all intelligent creatures will be affected by it, cognition is deviated from all things, the boundary between entity and non-entity is blurred, they also mentioned... also mentioned..."

Bertram's eyes suddenly became a little slack, as if another consciousness was about to dominate his thinking, but in the next second, Bertila pressed his shoulders, and while forcing him to wake up, he hurriedly asked: "What else did they say?" What's up?"

"The magnification and dislocation of the observer effect...the projection in the deep sea and the 'primary image' in the physical universe lose their boundaries...I only know this, and most people only know this, maybe the Grand Priest Borken knows what is behind this More explanation, but I'm not sure..."

"...It seems that this is the sailor's understanding of the 'Magic Tide'," Bertila said in a deep voice, and then she observed Bertram's state, and then asked, "Then this is related to your throwing rune stones." What does it matter? What about the 'domestication' of the planet you just mentioned?"

"Block that magical shock... We want to create an eternal and safe world... 700 years ago, the big explosion in the Deep Blue Well was not a real wave of magic, on the contrary, powerful planet-level magic spewed out, Withstood the 'shock aftershock' that swept across the planet at that time - we tried to reproduce this process and control this process," Bertram said in a low and hoarse voice, his language was sometimes broken, and his mind was sometimes in a state of confusion. In a daze, but generally speaking, Beltira can understand what he said, "We need to use rune stones to control the dark blue webway of the entire planet, and then actively trigger its big eruption. If the control is precise, the planet itself will not disintegrate , and we would have a barrier around the planet...

"This barrier will last forever. It will isolate our planet from this malicious universe, and there will never be any danger of demon tides. It will also block the connection between the mortal world and the gods, and become a barrier between the world and the deep sea. High walls, the gods will never find us... Like a baby returning to the safety of its swaddling, forever and ever..."

Bertila slightly opened her eyes and stared at Bertram in front of her. She didn't speak for several seconds, and then she suddenly said, "Do you really think that you can get eternal safety in exchange for this?"

"That's what the Grand Master said, and that's what the elf sisters said," Bertram said in a low voice, "As long as our planet is carefully wrapped, it will be permanently isolated from the outside universe, and only accept the limited energy of the sun." gift, we can build a permanent home of comfort, at least... long enough to last until the sun goes out above us, and that will take many, many years."

Bertila didn't know how to evaluate this crazy plan. She just suddenly thought of another crucial point: "Wait, you said that you are going to guide the 'big explosion' of the Deep Blue Webway. How many people will die during this process?"

"Like the Gondor Empire 700 years ago," Bertram said in a deep voice, "this process is essentially recreating the birth of the Gondor wasteland—therefore, the entire mortal civilization will be destroyed, and all mortal kingdoms will perish , More than [-]% of the creatures in the world will become extinct in this process, but some will survive, just like us in the wasteland of Gondor, they will gradually evolve into our appearance in the environment soaked in dark blue magic... …Ultimately, adapting to this new world.”

Bertram paused, and slowly said in a low voice: "Our appearance is the future of all things."

"You are really crazy..." Bertila widened his eyes, staring at the middle-aged man in front of him, "Turning the entire planet into an environment like the wasteland of Gondor, destroying all civilized countries, leaving only zero and zero The stars are mutated freaks like you wandering wastelands all over the planet... What's the point of this 'safe home'? What's the point of this long-term 'protection'?"

"But at least, the creatures on this planet will no longer have to face demonic waves and divine disasters," Bertram shook his head, "and after a long time, maybe a further 'evolution' will come, The wandering mutated creatures may establish a new civilization, and more life forms may grow in the wasteland environment. What seems harsh and hopeless to you may be a fertile garden for another group of creatures... Beltira , do you know? After wandering in the Gondor wasteland for 700 years, I actually feel that the dark and corrupt land is still full of vitality... Time can change everything."

"But this should not be the fate of civilized nations, and you are not qualified to cut off the future for them," Bertila looked into Bertram's eyes, "If we are going to face a doomsday, then we are willing to die Combat, willing to fight to the last man on the battlefield, willing to face the end in resistance - not for you to create a natural disaster, to cut off the future of everyone in the name of resisting the enemy, and in the end you have to listen Said it was protecting the future world."

"...You're right, but it's a pity that we, who have been sunk in the wasteland for many years, can no longer think like you," Bertram twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a distorted, almost ugly smile, " This includes me - when the only reason and conscience I have left at this moment dissipate, I will only find your remarks naive and sanctimonious."

"Perhaps, this is the sorrow of all of us," Bertera sighed softly, "Let's go on, Bertram... Now that I know your real purpose, I want to know about those Regarding the rune stone thing, what is your next release plan? How many rune stones do you have to release? If you complete all the release plans... how will you activate them?"

"Our release progress... is already halfway through. I don't know the specifics of the whole plan, but I think we need at least... another third of the rune stones to be able to achieve the 'domestication of this planet. '," Bertram's tone was a little hesitant, as if he was fighting for some kind of "dominance" with himself, but in the end his words became smoother, "The dark blue webway is very complicated, and it's not like throwing a large number of rune stones into it in one go. There is enough 'quantity' in the network lane, and suitable nodes are limited...

"Originally, we have found almost enough nodes in the wasteland. Without disturbing the central node, the Deep Blue Well, we can send more than [-]% of the rune stones into the predetermined pulse flow, but then the plan changed, and a certain The rune stones invested in some nodes were intercepted by the Kraken... In the end we had to look beyond the barrier...

"The most important node is located in the peak of the ancestors. In the depths of that high mountain, there is actually a natural source of magic power that is no less than the deep blue well, but the locals know nothing about it. The magical environment is regarded as a gift from the ancestors...

"The other planned nodes are located deep in the mountains in the northern part of the mainland. The two swamps on the border of the Principality of the Holy Dragon each have a delivery point. There are three in the eastern extension of the Dark Mountains. There is one in the Shadow Swamp on the border of Typhon. The blue rock hills in the south of the mainland. There are two, three in the northwest of the High Ridge Kingdom...

"The number of rune stones that need to be dropped at each drop point varies, at least one, and as many as four or five. Rune stones have the function of autonomous navigation and positioning in the dark blue vein, and they will start to move after entering the network lane..."

Bertram's tone gradually became low, but he continued to tell everything he knew. During the long narration process, Bertila kept listening seriously, not missing a single word.

After a while, Bertram's voice finally completely quieted down.

He seemed to be in a deep sleep, with his head lowered and slumped in front of Bertila, his body motionless. The memory with conscience seemed to have completely left this "body", leaving only an empty shell in place.

But soon, a new consciousness grew in the corner of this body. This body began to shake, accompanied by hoarse and rough breathing. This body that had been static for a long time suddenly raised its head, his eyes were filled with anger and Filled with hatred, the muscles on his face twitched, and a hoarse and distorted voice came out of his throat: "Be-er-ti..."

However, the roar stopped abruptly before a few words could be uttered, and the surrounding flower fields full of pure white flowers suddenly squirmed, and the originally cute and harmless flowers and plants intertwined into a huge mouth full of sharp teeth, Swallowed Bertram's "body" that had begun to twist rapidly.

In the next second, the flower field returned to calm, and there was no trace left. Only Bertila, who was wearing a light green dress, stood quietly, watching the sea of ​​flowers swaying gently in the breeze.

"Go all the way, Bertram."

Chapter 1348 The Initial Shock

everything is over.

Philip stood in a secret bunker room in the basement of the advance base, and his eyes fell on the platform in the center of the room for a long time—the center of the platform was sunken, and many intricate and precise runes were engraved on its edges. Gradually extinguished, a large number of nerve cords like vines were slowly receding from the platform, and returned to the holes on the edge of the room, while in the sunken area in the center of the platform, there was only one group that had completely disappeared. Form of biomass remains, and some thin liquid.

In the past few hours, those biomass wreckages have been undergoing extremely intense alienation and transformation, presenting various terrifying forms, even for people like Philip who fought on the battlefield, recalling what they saw before I still can't help but feel my scalp tingle when I see the sight - but no matter what, this terrible process has finally come to an end at this moment, no matter what kind of soul was once trapped in this mass of flesh and blood, his connection with this world has been wiped out .

The rustling sound of plant roots suddenly came from not far away. Philip followed the sound and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a group of bright green vines coming in from a hole in the corner of the room. And in the process of wriggling, it quickly changed into a human-like outline, and finally became the incarnation of Beltera. This avatar nodded slightly to Philip, and then set its gaze on the center of the platform.

"It's all over," a slightly hoarse female voice sounded in this underground room, "Bertram and his followers have left this world, and I have dug out a lot of useful information from their memories .”

"That's good - in terms of intelligence, we have been at a disadvantage for a long time, and now we have finally made progress," Philip nodded slightly, then hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but continue, "You seem to be very concerned, Ms. Bertila .”

"...I just remembered too many things from the past," Bertila said with a hint of emotion after being silent for a moment, "Pertram was also a respectable scholar, and his followers... those who are now Half of the people we call 'dark priests' were close comrades-in-arms of brother Gao Wen, priests and spiritual leaders in the northern pioneer army. Before rushing into the wasteland, all of us have made solemn promises. The oath...it was a very special era, a very special period, we all seemed to have high ambitions and high spirits..."

"I heard His Majesty mention this matter," Philip said with a slight nod, "Not only the Society of the End of All Things, but also the Order of the Eternal Sleepers and the Sons of the Storm—these orders that fell into darkness 700 years ago all had They have had a glorious history, but no matter how glorious the history is, it is an indisputable fact that they eventually fell into darkness, blood may not be exchanged for glory, and the farther they go on the wrong path, the more they will deviate from justice."

"...The route is wrong, I understand." Bertila seemed to have a wry smile, but the change of her expression was almost imperceptible because of her stiff face. "As Brother Gao Wen said, there is no correct idea to guide With a set of scientific and reasonable methods and tools, it is difficult to truly realize the original intention by acting only with blood and heroism, and often even make things run counter to the original goal... For a long time, I actually said these words to him. It’s just a smattering of knowledge, but seeing Bertram’s current appearance, I think I already understand what he means... It’s a pity that none of us have a second chance to choose.”

"But at least we can correct this mistake," Philip said with a serious expression. "There are still many dark priests like Bertram. We must stop them before they cause disaster."

"Yes...we have to stop them," Bertera repeated Philip's words softly, "otherwise it would be a real catastrophe...a catastrophe that no one can escape from..."

……

In the deep encrypted space of the neural network, a hazy light suddenly lit up in the darkness, and then boundless white flowers quickly covered the whole land in the dim light. In a second, only a sea of ​​white flowers appeared in the empty space, and in the center of the white flowers and fine grass swaying in the wind, round tables and high-back chairs with lavender patterns appeared one by one, and one figure after another appeared on the round table around.

This includes Gawain, Veronica, and Hetty, as well as Beltira who created this space, Kamel who is far away at the site of the "Gate" project, and Mirmi who is conducting experiments on the border of the wasteland. Na, Amoen who just returned from the south not long ago, and even Enya who rarely appeared on the spiritual network recently—mortals use their real appearances, and the gods use "network images" that are similar to humans , these figures gathered around the round table, and a crucial meeting was about to start.

Gawain looked up and looked around at the figures sitting around the round table, his eyes finally fell on Bertila and he nodded lightly, then he coughed twice to break the silence: "Cough, very good, everyone is here, first of all Thank you all for coming.

"As you can see, this is a new safe space in the neural network. It is constructed by Bertila using the nodes of the Sorin giant tree, and the outer periphery is protected by the three-layer security protocol woven by Naritil and Duvalte. The main network is isolated. At the same time, in the real world, we have also set up anti-theistic barriers for all connection endpoints of the Sorin giant tree. Its protection level exceeds that of the previous origin laboratory. We can discuss here the Questions, the gods present can also speak freely."

"Oh! You guys finally got this thing out," Enya, with long blond hair hanging down like a waterfall and wearing a long white dress, smiled. She looked at the people present with a thoughtful look on her face. "It seems that the things that can be discussed here are not ordinary things...Gao Wen, what are you calling us all to talk about?"

"Bertila and Mirmina teamed up to capture the entire group of dark priests operating on the northern battlefield, including a high-ranking priest at the headmaster level," Gawain said straight to the point, "Now we have obtained A batch of key information points directly to the final conspiracy of the Sentinel and the Dark Grandmaster Borken, and some of the information points to the tide of magic and disasters—I think you should all listen to it.”

As soon as he said this, everyone at the scene immediately showed concern and solemnity, even Enya, who had experienced 180 million years and was once the god of the dragon gods, instantly became serious, and his eyes fell on Mi Ermina and Bertila: "What's the specific situation? The sentinel's plan is still related to the divine disaster and the demon tide?"

"Let me say it," Bertila stood up. In fact, she was a little nervous at the moment. After all, this was the first time she spoke with these "special advisors to the Theocracy Council". The Dark Master and the current "Shorin Master", the psychological pressure is also inevitable, but fortunately the nerves of the vegetative are tough, and the expression on her face is still very calm, "I learned from the memories of Bertram and his followers. The information was dug out, first of all about the function of those rune stones..."

Bertila's voice sounded in this vast "garden". She recounted the information she knew without missing a single detail, while the mortals and gods present all listened attentively, also without missing a single word sentence.

Until her voice fell, the scene remained silent. Perhaps it was because the amount of information contained in the information was too large, or there were too many issues behind the information that needed to be considered. For a while, no one at the scene spoke, and everyone kept silent. With a thoughtful expression, Gao Wen, who had learned the information in advance, was the first to raise his head from his thoughts. He tapped the table with his fingertips and broke the silence: "Before discussing those rune stones, I want to pay attention to Take a look... the knowledge about the 'Magic Tide' mentioned in the intelligence."

His gaze turned to Mir Mina, who is the most authoritative in the field of magic and magic power: "Bertram mentioned a brand-new piece of knowledge related to the magic tide mechanism. The 'magic shock' that sweeps through all the stars is called the 'initial form of everything in the world' and the 'reference band' of magic power, and this shock will interact with it when it sweeps across the celestial body, making the 'virtual celestial body' Optical changes occur, blurring the material and non-material boundary of the "real celestial body", and affecting the cognition of intelligent creatures on the celestial body, and then inducing the "dislocation of the observer effect in the macroscopic world"...

"The description in the second half of this paragraph has some mutual confirmation with our current research and understanding of the magic tide, especially the explanation about the 'observer's perspective shift', and..."

"And there is a vague connection with the 'Unified Fluctuation Conjecture'," Mirmina said without waiting for Gao Wen to finish speaking, "The 'shock' he mentioned is something we have never noticed, but he The mentioned 'blurred boundary between material and non-material' is an area we are currently researching. From the analysis of the unified wave model, I think the reliability of this information is extremely high—at least I don't think that a person trapped in an abandoned The dark priests in the earth can make up a set of theories so 'just right'."

"There should be no doubt about the authenticity of the information. Beltira's...'method' to obtain the information is trustworthy," Gawain nodded slightly. "This knowledge about the magic tide is not the research result of those dark priests themselves, but should be It is derived from their special 'advisors', namely... Sentinels."

"The sentinel's knowledge is the sailor's knowledge," Hetty said suddenly, "Considering the huge differences between civilization levels, their understanding of the magic tide must be closer to the 'truth' than ours."

"Is it a 'shock' that sweeps through all the stars from time to time..." Mirmina showed a thoughtful expression, "Actually speaking of this, I thought of my recent article about the 'Unified Wave Model' Some conjectures... or hypotheses."

"Hypothesis about the unified fluctuation model?" Gao Wen's heart moved. In fact, some vague thoughts were floating in his mind, but he couldn't form a complete concept for a while. At this time, he realized that the "Master of All Laws" in front of him might have something. With thoughts similar to his own, he immediately pricked up his ears, "Let's talk about it."

"The unified wave model... We try to describe the universe we live in in the form of 'everything is a wave'. Whether it is the physical celestial bodies or the non-physical magic power, thoughts, and spirits, we all think that they are all kinds of waves. The "phenomena" formed by waves of different frequencies and wavelengths in the process of independent existence and mutual oscillation, it is precisely because the bottom layer of all things has the nature of "waves", which leads to the blurring of the boundary between virtual and real in the universe and the possibility of mutual transformation. As a result, the trend of thought can produce the gods of entities, and the magic power can interfere with the virtual and real worlds. This is the basis of our theory. If we extend it, there will be an obvious conclusion:

"The universe we live in as a whole should also be a 'superposition of waves' with a larger scale, a more complex structure, and a more chaotic transformation method, or in other words, a 'field' with an astonishing scale that constantly oscillates.

"This field contains all the 'fluctuations' that are 'everything in the world', and the chaotic superposition state presented by itself is maintained at a proper balance stage, which allows intelligent individuals like us to thrive in it. Of course, due to the limited level of observation and cognition, we cannot observe the appearance of the entire universe 'field', nor can we calculate whether it will continue to be balanced like this forever, just like a bug that can only survive one day can't imagine what it will be like when night falls. What it looks like-this is not something we can focus on now, what I want to say is, where is the initial 'concussion' in this field. "

"The initial...concussion?" Amorn, who was sitting next to Mirmina and participated in the meeting as an old elf, frowned, and subconsciously said while trying to keep up with the rhythm of the topic, "You mean... ?”

"The first ripple at the beginning of the birth of the universe, the first wave born in this field world of 'everything is a wave', considering the special nature and working method of magic power in our universe, it is also very likely to be The original 'magic glow' of our world," Mirmina said with a calm and serious expression, "If we regard this universe as a pond, then this pond has a time node, before the time node, It only has calm water, without any fluctuations, and without all things in the world. Naturally, it does not have all the truth and knowledge we know today. Regarding this stage before the time node, I call it the "Unknowable Era".

"And when a certain point of time comes... I don't know what happened at this point, but ripples appeared on the calm water surface, and the initial fluctuations appeared, and matter and magic were born from the original chaotic and uniform 'field' After coming out, with their respective forms and attributes, there will be the world we know today. The subsequent stage may be called the "cognizable era".

"The 'initial shock' I mentioned is when that time comes, the first wave of fluctuations in our universe... and the layers of ripples it brings."

When Mirmina said this, she paused temporarily. She gave everyone present some time to think, and then she focused on Gao Wen.

"In these days of perfecting the unified volatility model, I have become more and more aware that this model needs a 'foundation'. If this foundation is not filled, it seems to be a loophole, making our model unable to explain 'where did it come from? ’ question—so I’ve been thinking about it for a while.

"If our universe had a 'beginning,' it must have had a 'first ripple,' that is, an initial ... 'shock.'"