Sword and Magic and Taxi

A week, a month, a season, a year, Zhao Mai never left the Doomsday Volcano for a second. He spent his days reading books, studying history, compiling notes, and performing complex calculations on the ice, calculations that no one could understand. Sometimes, he uses neural networks to hand over the computing load to the Gardener Dragon and the newly hatched ghost ship. After every calculation like this, Gardener Long would run to Xiaohua and cry, saying that the master bullied them, showed them things they couldn't understand at all, and forced them to work.

Xiaohua also had no idea what Zhao Mai was doing. Even if Zhao Mai passed his understanding to Xiaohua using the Druid method, she would still have difficulty understanding it. I'm studying how two periods of history are superimposed, that is, the relationship between parallel worlds. I have to find out what's going on with the dissonance in my body. Zhao Mai scratched his head and said helplessly: I'm not completely finished yet. Understand it, so the realizations imparted to you may not be understandable either.”

Then you will stay here forever?

As long as I approach the door and have the idea of ​​going out, I feel in danger. Zhao Mai said: You know that I am not smart, I just rely on my feelings to get here step by step. I believe in the feeling of stocking up on food. I believe in your feelings, and I have to believe in mine. If you want to ask me what happened specifically, then I really can’t tell you. You may need to stay with me and wait for me.

Xiaohua nodded. Now it seems that there is nothing abnormal about Zhao Mai except not leaving Mount Doom. Whether it is natural force or psychic powers, they are all very stable. If Xiaohua had to say something unusual, there was only one thing: Zhao Mai became a bit talkative (she learned this word from Zhao Mai), and from time to time he would say some things with very strange logic, very similar to They are the prophets or shamans of the world of Golarion - there are memories of them in the Enlightenment Tree.

Zhao Mai is equivalent to temporarily settling his home in the Doomsday Volcano. This is definitely an unusual residence. The endless power of destruction and the terrifying will to end everything always surround Zhao Mai, and no one can sleep here. Fortunately, Zhao Mai can restore his mental and physical strength without sleeping, so he can use the saved time to think. In this way, time passed slowly, year after year, twelve years later, Zhao Mai still locked himself in the Doomsday Volcano, looking for the result he had always wanted.

Due to the effect of the immortality potion, Zhao Mai, Xiaohua and the food reserves remained unchanged, but Aragorn was different. This is the second time he has come to Mount Doom after becoming the king. He has only one purpose, to visit his old friend who has been locked up here for twelve years.

He was already a popular and successful king, and both Gondor and Rohan benefited from this. People's living standards continue to improve, and society is peaceful and prosperous. This is not due to you alone. Legion bread solved your food problem, and the end of the war reduced your military expenditures, allowing you to devote more power to people's livelihood. Zhao Mai spoke frankly to the king , said: The orcs have settled down in the south of Mordor. There is no Sauron forcing them to fight. In fact, the orcs do not have to kill other races. Xiaohua told me that they go to the arena to fight when their hands are itchy. This It is also a way to solve the urge to fight. So, if you want the land in the south of Mordor, or continue to build castles and fortresses on the border, I advise you to save it.

Your words are much stronger than the words you wrote in the letter. I don't seem to have offended you, right?

Zhao Mai snorted and nodded: Basically all the elves have left, and the ones left can be counted on two hands. Frodo and the others also left, heading to Valinor with Gandalf. These sad ruins You sent a messenger to tell me the news, why don't you say it offends me? In this world, I am the only one who can rest assured and bold without flattering you, so just accept it.

Haha, that's true. Aragorn said: I'm here to tell you something. Can you increase the production of legion's bread? I need more mouths to feed.

Bah, you have the nerve to say that. My legion's bread is calculated based on your population, and the richer you are, the less legion's bread is. I have already told you the reason. Don't you know what happened to Sauron back then? Is that so? You feel good about eating the bread, but it will be over once the supply is cut off. Do you want your Gondor to end up like that? I will increase your quantity to harm you.

Are you sure your calculation is correct?

Zhao Mai rolled his eyes and pointed at the volcanic rock wall with his finger: Look at the things above. If you can understand what I am calculating, even if it is close to my calculation level, I will cover all the food in your country. Over the years, I Mobilize tens of thousands of gardener dragons to help me share the calculation pressure, will I make a mistake? But you, after becoming the king, have you lacked ambition?

That's not true. Arwen can't see anyone going hungry, but poverty will always exist.

Alwen, that elf wife of yours? Zhao Mai scratched his head, rolled his eyes upward, pinched his fingers together, and pretended for a few seconds before saying: I just did the calculation again, yes. You said poverty is always exist, but they are your citizens, and you have to fulfill your responsibilities. The legion bread I gave you is definitely enough. If you continue to increase it, it will only increase three things: dependence, laziness and corruption. I think the third The most likely possibility is that you are the king. Haven’t you killed anyone with your sword for a long time? Can you show me the Holy Sword Nasir? I have never seen it since it was recast.

Of course. But you'd better be careful, it's very sharp. Aragorn took the sword off his waist and handed it directly to Zhao Mai. To be honest, the elves' forging skills are really good. I can't see that it was once just a fragment.

With a swish sound, the sword was unsheathed, and the cold light was like a ray of light. The Holy Sword of Nasir was indeed extraordinary! Zhao Mai gently touched the spine of the sword with his hand, and suddenly felt a pain in his finger, and blood actually dripped from it. Is there something wrong with the workmanship of this sword? Are there burrs on the surface? I'm not touching the blade, it's just a smooth blade. Where did it cut me?

Zhao Mai looked at the wound on his finger, and the regenerative power had healed it quickly. At this moment, the last piece of the puzzle that had lasted twelve years finally came together.

He sheathed the sword and returned it to Aragorn, and said: Thank you for coming to see me. I finally understand why I want to stay in this crater. The Lord of the Rings is afraid of this place, just like it was once in Saint Nasir. The same fear in the fragments of the sword.”

The Supreme Lord of the Rings, doesn't it already fall off?

That's right. Zhao Mai said, But I am the next Supreme Lord of the Rings.