Sword of Dawn

As Kamel spoke, he raised his arm condensed with arcane energy and pointed at the wall. With a tiny spark jumping, a hidden isolation door suddenly appeared on the originally seamless wall. The isolation door With the creaking sound of the mechanical operation slowly opening, Kamel slowly floated towards the door: "Please follow me, I hope you will remain calm no matter what you see."

Gawain and Hetty looked at each other, and led the people to follow Kamel's pace.

"We have paid a huge price. It is enough for mortals to directly touch the flesh and blood of the gods, or even look directly at the flesh and blood, not to mention extracting energy and genetic factors from it, but we found some god corpses in the Shadow Realm' The stuff that 'mixed' together helped us find a way to resist the powers of the gods...albeit only partially."

Following behind Kamel, Gawain saw the hidden rooms and the secrets that still remained in the rooms.

In a laboratory, he saw large pieces of metal and crystal wreckage bound and sealed by a complex magic circle. Those wreckages seemed to be peeled off from some kind of larger man-made object, even after experiencing I don't know how many years have passed, but they still maintain a brand new texture.

"Their materials..." Gawain looked at the metal and crystal fragments with a serious expression, "Is it the same as the Eternal Slate?"

Kamel nodded: "That's right, exactly the same, these things are with the corpses of the gods, and it even seems that they caused the fall of the gods - but we don't know the real connection between the eternal stone and these things."

Gao Wen's heart moved, he had vaguely guessed the truth, but he didn't say anything.

And Kamel passed through this room and continued to float forward: "I don't know the whole picture of the whole plan, but I know that the power of the gods is the only thing that can resist the tide of magic, and the only thing that allows humans to survive the tide of magic The only way is to change our life forms. After decades of research, the pioneers have found a way to extract energy from the flesh and blood of the gods, and the team I lead is going one step further on this basis: injecting the genetic factors of the gods Human cells, thereby changing the essence of human beings in the basic biological structure.

"Through this method, human beings may carry those 'powers of the gods', even if it is only a weak trace of power, it can also bring hope of resisting the tide of magic. In the 'outside' laboratory, I cultivated the first phase The experimental subject, I named it 'God'..."

"I see..." Gawain muttered in a low voice.

Kamel didn't hear clearly: "What?"

"No, it's not important," Gawain looked at the ancient mana spirit, "and then? The abomination succeeded?"

"In the end, we succeeded. We created a stable genetic factor, which can be safely combined with human cells and passed on from generation to generation. Humans carrying genetic factors will not die like the first issue of 'God' Due to the malignant mutation, beneficial rapid mutations can occur when the evil tide comes, mutate before the body dies, and adapt to the new environment in the evil tide... Theoretically so. "

Kamel led Gao Wen and his party to the next room, where they saw neatly arranged culture containers, those culture containers were well preserved, and human samples of different periods were soaked in the translucent biomass solution ——The initial samples were huge corpses with swollen bodies and distorted crystals spreading out from the body surface, but the condition of these samples became more stable as time passed, and in the final container, it was almost a healthy human being.

"You say it's theoretically so?" Gawain looked at Kamel floating in front of him, and had a faint guess in his heart, "You didn't test it?"

"I can't test it," Kamel stopped, "All the information about the magic tide can only be simulated. We use the Deep Blue Well to simulate, but what the real magic tide is like... Probably only the gods know, but we But against the gods."

After saying this, the ancient mana spirit led the crowd to continue walking forward. Gawain noticed that they were heading towards a higher level: there is still a third level in this facility.

"After the final abomination is completed, the mission of this facility is over, the personnel are evacuated, and the materials and samples are sent back to the imperial capital, but not everyone has been evacuated," Kamel's voice echoed in the empty corridor He said, empty as if undead, "We are not sure whether the gods can really fight against the tide of evil, and we are not sure whether there will be new disasters to destroy human beings, so a group of people were selected as 'seeds', the seeds They are sealed in the deepest part of this facility, in a different space isolated from the real world, if the 'outside world' is really destroyed, then at least we have left the last ray of hope for mankind."

"The ones we saw in the hall..." Hetty muttered to herself, and then raised her voice, "Are you planning to rebuild human society with a few hundred people?"

"No, there are more than a few hundred of us," Kamel seemed to smile, but all his expressions were mixed with the confused and hazy arcane sparks, and he stopped in front of a door at the end of the corridor, "This Behind the door is the stasis hall, which originally held 6 people."

"Sixty thousand?!" Hetty's eyes widened, but then she realized the key point in Kamel's words, "You said... originally?"

"Yes, originally."

Kamel opened the door, and as the heavy and ancient isolation door slowly opened, the scene in the stagnant hall appeared before everyone's eyes.

Everyone was speechless in astonishment.

Behind the gate is a fragmented space, there is no stasis hall at all, and there are no [-] "seeds" to rebuild civilization - a kind of crazy darkness shrouds the outside, huge space cracks and violent energy turbulence are raging in the distance, entering There are only rubble floating in the air, broken wreckage, and chaotic shadows, and a small piece of ground, a few sections of torn walls, and the dome are the only remaining traces of the stasis hall.

It was as if a wild storm had hit here, completely tearing and devouring the stasis hall.

This is a desperate scene, but Kamel has calmly accepted this fact many years ago. He just quietly closed the floodgate, led everyone to another direction, and slowly told the story of what happened that year. Come out: "We made a fatal mistake... Even if we hide here, we can't escape the demon tide.

"The magic tide attacked the refuge, and caused a chain reaction of space collapse. Except for a small part of the facilities, everything was destroyed by the energy tide and space storm. 6 people disappeared without a sound, and survived The only ones left are the 'Watchers' at the center of the facility.

"Watchers are the caretakers who voluntarily stayed behind. We sleep in a small stasis hall, and wake up every 20 years to check the situation in the stasis hall and receive the latest news from the communication hall. ——We fell asleep again and again, and woke up again and again, watching 6 people lying unconscious in the stasis hall, while the communication hall contained news that all the empire was safe.

"You can't imagine what it feels like... In 1 year when the facility was closed, the last person we knew in the outside world passed away. In 160 years, the magic tide has not yet happened, the empire is still prosperous, and we even started Doubt the necessity and significance of this plan, maybe the magic wave will never come at all, our more than 900 volunteers and 240 'seeds' are just worried about a ridiculous doomsday prophecy, and panic for this illusory doomsday It took us all our lives, but we still faithfully carried out the orders and fulfilled the oath we made back then. During the [-] years when the facility was closed, some people couldn’t hold on anymore, and we broke out small-scale internal conflicts. The gates opened inside, but eventually Grand Magister Wigmar took control, and then..."

Kamel was silent for a long time before his voice sounded low: "We were awakened by a piercing alarm, and in the chaos we received information that the fortress had been severely damaged. In the communication hall, we saw His Majesty the Emperor The last message sent, we are the last survivors - the necessity and significance of this plan has finally been confirmed, however everything is not going the way we expected.

"The stasis hall was destroyed, two-thirds of the entire facility disappeared in the storm, and the magic that led to the real world was also closed due to the influence of the magic tide. Even if the magic door was not closed, we couldn't leave here—— The outside world can no longer survive, and the only thing left for us to survive is this standing awl.

"We've been through chaos, we've been through despair, we've been through hysteria and even violence, but in the end, we decided to live."

Chapter 0241 The God of Nature

It's not easy to survive.

A magic fortress left in a different space has been cut off from the outside world, and inside it has no resources to sustain long-term survival—the storm caused by the magic tide destroyed the stasis hall and its supporting facilities. In the remaining structures of the fortress, Kamel and his fellow Wardens had to plan carefully for the days ahead.

"We are participants in the 'Abomination' experiment, each of us has undergone the final stage of mutation transformation, which allows us to survive longer than ordinary humans, but the lack of supplies is still a big problem. We firmly believe that the situation will It’s getting better, there will be a day when all problems will be solved, but first we have to live to that day—under the leadership of the great magister, everyone began to save every resource and began to repair the remaining facilities in the fort.”

Kamel led Gawain and his party through a series of abandoned areas, which were already close to the existing edge of the "fortress". The magic tide destroyed many things in this area, and fragmented rooms and corridors were the most common sights here. But with a strong magical barrier still in effect, these areas aren't nearly impossible to live in.

"We first restored the supply of magic energy - this fortress built in a different space has its own energy circulation system, we can directly draw energy from the external environment to maintain the operation here, and then we repaired most of the damage The inner walls and barriers to prevent the dangerous Chaos energies from penetrating, and finally we began to try to reactivate the magic door to the outside world... Attempts in this regard failed.

"The magic tide has changed the operation mechanism of the magic gate. It is not damaged, but it cannot be activated. We have transferred half of the energy of the fortress to the magic gate, but it cannot even open a small crack. In the In the process of continuous attempts and research, our supplies have become less and less, and the health of each member has begun to deteriorate.

"The tide of magic has not completely affected us. In fact, its influence is everywhere and subtle. As time goes by, everyone's body begins to have problems. Facts have proved that the transformation of "sinister" can't make us survive forever. Claude Pirin was the first to die, a rapid illness brought him down in the laboratory, followed by the eldest son of the Pardini family...

"Some people died in accidents. The brothers and sisters of the Corden family were knocked out of the platform by a boulder floating in space when they were trying to repair the barrier, and Xirod was killed when he was repairing the magic power focuser. Our number has been decreasing, but there is no hope of leaving here for a long time—even if we can release a mage's eye to take a look at the situation in the outside world, but unfortunately, the door is closed and cannot be opened at all. "

Hetty's eyes were sad: "Then...everyone died..."

"Human beings are very fragile creatures, both physically and mentally," Kamel sighed with an energetic trill, "We failed to maintain order to the end. In the last few decades, we broke out once Serious...chaos, the heavy pressure shattered everyone's hope, and the great magister was unable to maintain it any longer, and right here, more than half of the people got...'relief'."

Kamel brought Gawain to a very open place, which seemed to have been a gathering hall, but half of its outward extension had been completely broken, the floor, walls, and roof fragments were floating messily in the dark space, and An energy barrier shrouded the fragmented dividing line.

Traces of damage by powerful spells can be seen everywhere here.

"After everything was over, the survivors who calmed down realized what a stupid thing they had done. However, everything was irreparable. There were only a dozen people left alive, and none of them would live for long."

"We quietly accepted our ending, and at the end, we finally retained the last bit of decency as an imperial magister."

Gawain looked at Kamel's body full of energy: "Then...how did you become like this?"

Kamel was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "I'm the last one—I can't tell whether it's luck or misfortune, but the transformation I carried out on myself was exceptionally successful, and I became the healthiest and longest-lived person here. After everyone died, I didn't show any signs of weakening.

"I spent more than ten years in a muddle, and during this time I placed the remains of all my colleagues, as you can see, let them sit there, as if everyone was alive... I feel that I Crazy maybe, but I don't remember what a sane mind is supposed to look like. Then I wandered the empty fortress for a few more years, continuing my work--examining the ancient equipment, inventorying the warehouse Observing changes in the external environment, keeping records, occasionally doing some experiments, occasionally talking to myself, and occasionally talking to those people sitting in the hall...

"But I still don't die, and the end of my life seems so far away, and in the process, I find my mental state is getting worse.

"So, I have decided to end my life early - by a method of my own choice."

"The method you chose?" Tyre looked at Kamel curiously, "What method will turn you into... this appearance?"

"I said before that this is the place where the White Star fell. The God of Nature fell in this place 3000 years ago, and this entire fortress of 'rebellion' was built with the 'White Star' as the core and foundation. I I have paid the price of my life for this place, so I also decided to end my life with 'His'—"

Kamel stopped in his tracks, and a partition wall painted with runes and made of some unknown metal blocked everyone's eyes. As Kamel released some kind of spell, the runes on the partition wall were activated. Array, this heavy metal wall immediately began to vibrate, and as the runes on it lit up one by one, it slowly and solemnly rose up in front of everyone.

There is a translucent energy barrier outside the partition wall, and through that energy barrier, the real situation outside the facility is finally presented to Gawain.

This is indeed not the Shadowland—but it is a weirder and more chaotic place than the Shadowland. Countless fragmented boulders float in the dark and deep space. These densely packed stones floating in the air constitute the boundless space in this space The "earth" of the world, and above this fragmented land hovers a never-ending chaotic cloud. Strange dark lightning rages silently at high altitude, outlining all kinds of monsters in the chaotic cloud. The indescribable, terrifying illusion, and in this chaotic world, there is one thing that deeply attracts everyone's attention.

It was a huge white deer like a hill. He was floating among the fragmented boulder floating islands. His limbs were bound by countless thick chains, and a hazy white light shrouded him. On the body of the giant deer, many broken metal and crystal wrecks can be seen floating in the air. Those huge metal wreckages have been severely distorted and deformed, and their shapes are so weird that Hetty can't imagine their original appearance and appearance at all. What is the function, but Gao Wen vaguely felt that those huge metal wreckages looked like some kind of flying device - they had a tail structure like a propeller, and extended bones like a weapon pylon. The structure is completely incomprehensible to humans in today's Loren Continent!

And more importantly - the texture of those metals and crystals is very similar to the Eternal Slate!

Gawain felt his heart beating fast, and he heard Kamel's voice from the side: "Look, this is the fallen white star, the natural god that the druids once worshiped - the giant deer Amorn! "

"God of nature!" Hetty couldn't help exclaiming at this moment, "Oh my God!!"

"Don't worry, the 'barrier' will protect your minds." Kamel seemed to think that Hetty was worried about the consequences of facing the gods, so he raised his finger and pointed to the hazy energy barrier outside the metal barrier, "This layer The barrier is the most valuable achievement we found from the wreckage around the god's corpse. We simulated the energy fluctuations of those wreckage and found that the magic power of the same frequency can offset the damage of the god's power to the mortal mind. As long as the barrier is still there, you are safe."

Gawain looked at the translucent energy barrier with shock, and looked through the barrier at the metal wreckage around the corpse of "Giant Deer Amorn". He never thought that he would come into contact with the secrets of the gods so soon. , came into contact with the relics of those "God Killers", and when all this was truly presented in front of his eyes, apart from surprise, there was only a heartfelt shock in his heart——

This is where the gods fell, this is the fallen gods, and this is the "weapon" that killed the gods...

Those who built that weapon have left, but their creations remain here, and the "monitoring satellite" they left in this world is still functioning today.

Gawain retracted his gaze and looked at Kamel who was not far away: "So, it was the power of the gods that turned you into this?"

"I'm still not sure whether my thoughts were influenced by the gods at that time. Although there is this barrier, I have lived with the corpses of the gods here for hundreds of years. My mind cannot be completely normal. "Kamel said mockingly, "I opened the door and entered that unprotected space. I didn't carry any protective equipment, and I didn't activate any protective spells. I walked towards the giant deer and guided his energy into Inside myself, hoping to kill myself in this way—then the energy exploded, and my body was torn apart by the impact of divine power, and finally...became like this."

"You have become an energy creature, and you can't die," Gawain casually wiped off Tyre's saliva beside him, and looked up at Kamel, who had been transformed into a life form, "How many years have passed since then? "

"I can't remember clearly. After the life form was transformed, my memory was in an intermittent state," Kamel said helplessly, and pointed to the armor piece on his chest, "I carved these on myself. , just to remind myself to prevent myself from completely becoming an unconscious monster, but if I didn’t meet you all of a sudden, I’m afraid it’s only a matter of time before I become an unconscious monster…”

"When we first met, you questioned if we were real," said Hetty, remembering what happened at the beginning. "What does that mean?"

"Do you know, before you showed up, I've 'saw' living people appearing in front of my eyes at least seven times," Kamel's voice was full of bitterness, "I saw someone find this dusty and forgotten fortress, I saw that someone opened the magic door, and I saw those colleagues who had withdrawn back to this place. They came to pick me up and told me that the mission was over... I was having hallucinations, hallucinations again and again, at first I I thought there was something wrong with my spirit, but then I discovered that it was the power of the gods that was constantly affecting me—its power would occasionally seep through the barrier and create all kinds of illusions in front of my eyes, so I didn’t I will wonder if you are phantoms, if there is something wrong with the barrier..."

Gawain finally understood what was going on with Kamel's weird behavior at the beginning. He looked at the ancient magister in front of him with emotion, and felt that the other party's mind could be maintained until today—even though his own "history "It is countless times longer than Kamel, but he knows that it is because his life form has mutated from the beginning, and the person in front of him... he persisted as a human for hundreds of years before his life form transformed. !

After a long silence, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't worry, we are real."

Chapter 0242

As the highest core of the "Rebellion" fortress, this fortress facility was built entirely in a different space, and its energy source was just as Gawain guessed - with the help of the "divine power inverter array", it was directly from the god of nature "giant" It is because of the continuous energy supply brought by the corpse of the god that the fortress has been operating in isolation until today.

But this is also what makes Gao Wen regret - the extremely special energy system of this fortress and the special environment in which it is located determine that its internal technology lacks versatility and reference. There is no direct use value for his territory.

It is very advanced, but it is too special, it is meaningful, but it is too dangerous. With the current technology and production level of the territory, it is neither possible to develop it, nor to study it.

The same is true for the corpses of gods floating in different spaces and the "God Killing Weapon". They are all treasures that are beyond the digestion capacity of the current Cecil Territory, and also beyond the psychological endurance of the current Cecil Territory.The only solution that Gao Wen could think of was to temporarily seal them here, and wait for the territory to develop in the future before launching large-scale research and excavation work.

For him, Kamel himself was the most valuable gain compared to this impenetrable fortress.

Gao Wen stood in front of the partition wall, looking at the giant white deer from a distance. The shimmering white giant deer was the only existence that gave people a sense of warmth and brightness in this dark and chaotic space. Under normal circumstances, mortals can't feel the terror of the giant deer, but can only feel the shock and awe from the heart from its astonishing corpse——He is so holy and elegant, even if he has fallen and been incomplete, He It is still so beautiful that it is shocking. Every line of His, every piece of fur, and every ray of holy brilliance, has a beauty that is unimaginable to mortals.

It was a true mythical creature, a creature that only exists in the best imaginations of human beings and the most perfect dreams. It made Gawain think of the "eternal dream" created by the believers of the Eternal Sleepers, but Different from the "Eternal Dreamland", the giant deer Amorn is real, and he really lies here, proving the real existence of the age of the gods.

"Can the barrier be opened?" Gawain turned to look at Kamel, "I want to take a closer look."

"Never!" Kamel was taken aback by Gawain's words, "Don't be fooled by the appearance, if there is no protective barrier, mortals will go mad and die almost immediately after coming into contact with the gods at close range! There are no protective gear available..."

"You may not believe it, but the coercion of the gods has no effect on me." Gawain glanced at Kamel with a smile, and then raised his finger to Tire beside him, "it doesn't affect her either."

Kamel fell into great consternation. To be honest, since he transformed into a life form and endured loneliness for so long, he has rarely had strong emotional fluctuations. However, the emotional fluctuations he produced in a day today Almost more than the sum of his past hundreds of years—his arcane body trembled, and it took him a long time to organize his words: "Are you serious?"

"Will someone use this kind of thing as a joke?" Gawain looked at Kamel seriously, "I have been in contact with the flesh and blood of gods, and Tyr has... been in close contact many times. We are very good at this. grasp."

The arcane brilliance on Kamel's body flickered, and he seemed to be in conflict for a while, then he floated up, with a determined tone: "I can open the barrier to an exit, but I must be with you."

"You?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say that there are no protective devices available here?"

"I don't need protective equipment," Kamel said. "After the transformation of life form, I have lost many of the weaknesses of mortals, including the weakness of being affected by the will of gods... I can act with you."

The attitude of this ancient man was very firm, and Gawain understood his thoughts very well: Kamel waited so hard for the hope of leaving here, so naturally he didn't want to see this only hope kill himself, so He nodded: "Okay, you come with us. Tyr, you come with me too - I see you have been drooling for a long time."

"No way!" Tire wiped the saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth vigorously, and followed behind Gawain without hesitation, "I'm reserved—you see, I even brought a knife and fork..."

Gao Wen was shocked: Why does this seafood carry a knife and fork with him when he goes out? !Where did she come from!

Hetty knew something special about Gawain, but she still reminded him with concern: "Ancestor, please be careful, this place is really weird."

"Don't worry, I will pay attention," Gao Wen comforted the eldest granddaughter, "You wait here with the soldiers, and I will come as soon as I go."

Kamel came to an ancient operating table next to the partition wall. After a series of operations, Gawain noticed that the energy barrier outside the partition wall shook slightly, and the flow of magical light wandering on its surface also condensed. A hazy phantom appeared, which was obviously the exit.

"Follow me," Kamel walked towards the exit first, and reminded while floating forward, "Follow me closely, I don't know if you can really resist the influence of the will of the gods, but as long as you stay away from me too Even if something really happens, I will have time to take you to a safe place."

After passing through the translucent protective barrier, Gawain was surprised to find that... the outside environment is actually almost the same as the inside of the barrier.

After seeing the fragmented world, the first thing he worried about was whether there was any breathable air outside the barrier, because the environment was really like a space where life was forbidden, but after leaving the barrier, he discovered that not only could the outside be Breathing freely, even... still has gravity.

Although the land in sight is countless floating boulders, although there are many material fragments floating in mid-air as if they have lost weight, as long as you step on those larger floating boulders, you will feel the same gravity as the outside world .

Kamel also issued a reminder: "Don't leave these stones. Once you leave too far, you will lose gravity. After drifting away, you will never come back unless you find a new foothold."

Gawain nodded while making various conjectures in his mind.

All kinds of facts seem to show that this different space is still a reflection of the real world - just like the shadow world, it has weird physical rules that correspond to the real world. He looked up at the chaotic deep space and the boulders floating in the sky , Wreckage, suddenly remembered what Kamel said before.

"This is really the Shadow Realm?"

Kamel nodded when he heard Gawain's words: "We have spent more than ten years confirming this matter, and finally confirmed this point. Scholars' conjecture about the world's layered structure is correct. Under the Shadow Realm, there is indeed a There is a more disordered and chaotic place, where the land is in a broken state, and the gravity environment is also scattered due to the shattering of the earth. It is the chaotic reflection formed by the secondary reflection of the real world to the deep layer... If we say Some contours corresponding to the real world can still be found to some extent in the Shadow Realm, so here, the images of the real world have been distorted to the point of being completely unrecognizable."

"I found a big hole in the dark mountains of the Shadow Realm," Gawain said. "That big hole is located next to the Might and Magic Gate. Is it related to the Shadow Realm?"

"That's the passage from the Shadow Realm to the Shadow Realm," Kamel affirmed Gawain's conjecture, "We don't know what force caused this phenomenon, but this terrifying phenomenon is occasionally found in the Shadow Realm." The big hole, through proper guidance, can use the big hole to enter the deeper Shadow Realm. In fact, this is the only way to enter the Shadow Realm - it is relatively easy to enter the Shadow Realm, you only need a strong shadow talent, Proper ritual magic, plus some spell-casting materials, can open the door to the Shadow Realm, but if you want to enter the Shadow Realm, you must find that big hole."

Gawain couldn't help muttering: "It always feels like someone carved out those holes in the Shadow Realm..."

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing." Gawain shook his head, "Have you found any other voids in the Shadow Realm?"

"Yes, we have discovered it before, but we only managed to build a magic gate," Kamel replied frankly. "This process requires a lot of energy, and it needs some kind of 'guidance'. We first use magic and The method of divination found the corresponding coordinates of Bai Xing's fall in the real world, and then built the surface 'rebellious' fortress on this coordinate, and then opened the space rift at the bottom of the fortress. Pushing to the edge of the Great Void of the Shadow Realm, and finally opened the only door that can lead to the Shadow Realm. This kind of success is almost impossible to replicate-unless we can find another fallen star opposite the other Great Void of the Shadow Realm God."

Sure enough, there are other large holes in the Shadow Realm, and these big holes are the passages leading to the Shadow Realm, and the power of the gods can open these passages...

All kinds of clues gathered in Gao Wen's mind. After a while, he raised his head and looked at the corpse of the "God of Nature".

This corpse is so huge that it stands a hundred meters away like a small hill. The faint white light permeating the body of the huge white deer carries a warm aura. Just approaching, Gao Wen felt a vigorous vitality coming towards him.

It is really a weird thing to sense this kind of vitality on a corpse.

And while sensing the vitality, he could also clearly sense that something remaining in this corpse was afraid of him.

Is that the remaining consciousness of the gods?Is it a fragment of the soul?Or is it just the conditioned reflex of those undying, vigorous tissue cells?Gao Wen couldn't explain what this subtle feeling was, but he could clearly feel that a part of the energy response in this corpse was rapidly declining as he approached, as if trying to hide himself.