High Above

More than that.

If all the ‘holy lands’ of the mountain people are areas related to the fragments of the [Skyfall Spaceship]…

"Then I have to go."

At the bottom of the lake, holding the Book of Silver Glory in his hand, Ian murmured to himself: "With the authority of the Silver Chip and the Book of Silver Glory, I might be able to obtain more secrets related to the follow-up of the Sky Pendant, as well as information related to the secrets of the true dragon. information!"

"The mountain people's sacred place is simply a treasure trove to me."

He raised his head and looked up from the bottom of the lake in the direction of the Baisen Mountains in the west, his eyes burning: "Whether it's memory, secrets or technology - I already know a little about the truth about the Skyfall Disaster, but there is definitely other information. !”

"I have to go to those holy places and do a 'reading'!"

"No matter which holy place!"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Ian leaned down and pushed aside the sand and dust at the bottom of the lake.

The light blue source of energy surged around the boy's body, controlling the water flow to form a vortex, slowly lifting the 'blue' silver sand in the precognitive vision and piling it aside.

Silver sand is a special material, its real name is 'dragon crystal'.

Although the name startled Ian at first, after carefully observing the information fed back by the silver chip, the boy sighed in disappointment.

In essence, the dragon crystal is no different from the source material crystal that spilled out of the ether crystal in Ian's left hand. They are both self-source material mixed with part of the living body and condensed into a solid structure similar to nails and teeth.

It's just that the true dragon's source material is too huge, and the crystal structure it can form is more complex and solid, and can even last as long as an ore.

In fact, some real dragons, such as the King of the Mountain that Ian has seen, have body armor composed of dragon crystal condensed by themselves mixed with some high-strength alloys, and their strength is comparable to the highest level of etheric weapons.

This dragon crystal is naturally the dragon crystal of the Qiang Steel Dragon. He used this material to bury the remains of the 'Nether Crystal Engine' at the bottom of the lake, concealing its aura and existence, and used it to communicate with the Nether Crystal Engine to stably transport the Nether Crystal. The power in the engine is directed to the entire Ryan Territory.

An extremely large amount of source material overflowed from this place, infiltrating the entire territory of Le'an.

"It turns out that it was the real dragon's technology that connected the Nether Crystal Engine."

When he saw this, Ian couldn't help but suddenly realized: "No wonder the Book of Silver Glory and the Silver Chip are needed to fully activate these ancient memories - the Silver Chip activates the Nether Crystal Engine, while the Book of Silver Glory links the Dragon Crystal, and the Dragon Crystal fragments the spacecraft Some of the information in it is translated into understandable patterns.”

Seeing this, Ian actually had a guess in his mind.

That is, the silver chip may very well be the key thing in the "sky-falling spaceship".

Ian still remembers what Teacher Hilliard said when delivering the silver chip to him.

"The key to the eternal labyrinth..."

Whispering to himself, the young man closed his eyes: "The mazes I have seen so far are all special areas caused by pre-era civilizations or various disasters - and there are so many mazes in this world that can be called In eternity, what disaster can be so great that it falls from the sky?"

There is only the maze created by the spaceship falling from the sky...

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and the silver sand was slowly opened under Ian's control.

Then, a huge metal creation is revealed at the bottom of Lake Ryan.

A 'black metal ball' with a radius of one hundred and twenty meters.

Pure black absorbed all light, and the huge metal ball was buried by more than twenty meters of silver sand.

Ian only lifted the most superficial layer, and could only see part of the black metal ball exposed to the outside world.

But both the precognitive vision and the silver chip told him that this thing was extraordinary.

The dense mist is as bright as the scorching sun in the sky...

"The fifth energy level...golden light!"

Slowly exhaling, Ian forced himself to calm down: "Sure enough... it's related! Even the damaged wreckage has golden feedback, so complete..."

Maybe, it’s rainbow color? !

Ian can't be sure about this. In fact, so far, Ian can't be sure about the relationship between the precognitive horizon and each energy level.

But golden things, no matter what they are, whether they are paths or people, inheritance or objects, they definitely have the potential to change the entire world!

The metal ball was broken, and there was a huge crack in its shell, from which a steady stream of source material flowed.

Staring at the black metal ball, Ian closed his eyes and thought for a long time.

Then he leaned forward, reached out, and touched.

Then, the young man felt a tremor originating from his soul.

[Core component detected: Youjing engine]

[Status: Seriously damaged]

[The core vacuum zone has been damaged, the energy supply system is completely abnormal, the space cavity manufacturer cannot operate, and the space-time supercharger structure is damaged...]

[This part is almost irreparable. It is recommended to deal with it immediately to avoid irreversible effects on the crashed planet/star field/subspace]

[It has been detected that the damaged part has been properly handled, please continue to maintain it]

"really."

The moment he touched the Nether Crystal Engine, Ian completely understood - the silver chip did have exactly the same origin as it!

They...all come from the sky-falling spaceship!

The Nether Crystal Engine has suffered irreparable damage, but even so, it still maintains a peculiar function - it can collect all kinds of energy generated by radiation, geothermal heat and even water flow, and then make it into 'Essence'...

In the same way, it can also collect all the original source matter from the sun and the center of the earth, gather it around itself, and process it into an extremely high-quality source matter.

It was supposed to seize all the source matter in the surrounding space and time, leading to the emergence of a large 'dead source matter area'. There was wasteland within a thousand miles, leaving only the source matter around Lake Ryan.

However, this accumulation of source matter will not bring life, because the source matter with an excessively high energy level is like high-energy radiation and will kill all surrounding creatures.

However, the good news is that the Youjing engine is damaged.

All the essence it gathered spread out from the cracks.

The dragon crystal of the Qiang Steel Dragon acts as a buffer zone to evenly spread these source materials to the entire surrounding area, making the Ryan collar a rich source of texture.

This is also the reason why the surrounding environment of Ryan Territory is so good, and you can grow whatever you want - the Nether Crystal Engine is the gathering point of artificial source matter in the surrounding mountains, and the center of the psychic field.

This kind of condition can be used as a psychic plantation or as the core area of ​​industrial facilities.

No matter which one it is, it can greatly strengthen the power and capital of his lord.

If written with data similar to game BUFF, it would probably be exaggerated data like [Nethercrystal Engine Burial Ground: Basic output +150%, Psychic plant output +100%, Sublimation Industry energy supply demand -50%] .

The original Lord of Ryan just obeyed the superficial phenomenon and took advantage of this environment. At most, he could be an ordinary rich man, a wealthy lord.

But if it is Ian... he has already thought of an excellent idea in his mind. He can make perfect use of the high-quality environment brought by the Nether Crystal Engine and the excellent geographical location of Lake Ryan to plant crops far beyond the borders of Ryan Territory. Several times or even dozens of times more psychic plants!

It’s called ‘Vertical Hydroponic Farm’!

This facility, which is regarded as a source of crops for colonies in outer space on Earth, can perfectly utilize the excellent water quality of Lake Ryan and show its talents on Terra!

More than that.

Ian also found a familiar feeling from the functions of the Nether Crystal Engine.

"Isn't this the 'Earth Engine' I built on the path of spiritual disaster? It should have imitated part of the current capabilities of the Nether Crystal Engine, and then used it as an 'artificial source mass gathering point'."

Ian couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "With the ability of a prophet...it often happens that you already know the 'ending' as the answer, and then you know the 'cause' of the problem..."

"Although I can't repair it yet, in the future, as I collect more and more information about the spacecraft, the silver chip should be able to help me find a way to repair it."

Recording the damaged structure of the Nether Crystal Engine, Ian ended his exploration of the bottom of Lake Ryan.

I have to say that the harvest this time is beyond imagination... but it is reasonable.

A long time ago, Ian knew that Lake Ryan was a meteorite lake, and that this place was also a holy land for mountain people. He also knew that the source environment here was extremely favorable, and even psychic plants like Xiahui grass could grow vigorously, just like weed.

Indeed, a special kind of natural source of concentration, such as a labyrinth, is a typical example.

Therefore, other people in Terra will take this situation as "natural", and the mountain people and Lord Ryan are just the lucky ones who happen to discover these special areas.

But Ian knows that behind every maze there is likely to be a secret related to pre-era civilization or alien fire.

This is true of the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, and so is the Labyrinth of Avak Subspace.

"It's still a bit careless."

While rising from the bottom of the lake, Ian reflected on himself: "Next time you encounter such a special area or anomaly, you must be more vigilant! Who knows what relics of pre-era civilization or fragments of alien spacecraft are behind it?"

If Qiang Steel Dragon's dragon crystal hadn't reacted to the Book of Silver Glory this time, and Ian had been cautious and checked it himself as soon as possible, it is very likely that the abnormal situation in Lake Ryan would have been reported to other mountain people or The Imperials discovered it!

Of course, the greater possibility is to regard this place as the Holy Land of Dragons - the homeland of the fifth-level true dragon. What's impossible?

With the noise of the lake surging, Ian jumped out of the lake.

At night, the pale silver moonlight falls from the phantom moon, shining on the lake and the young man standing floating on the water.

He shook his long hair. Although with the help of the fairy blood, he would not really get soaked in water, this was Ian's habit.

At this moment, Ian, who happened to be looking up at the moon, noticed something.

"There is also source of essence in the moonlight..."

Staring at the bright phantom moon above his head, Ian couldn't help but think of the scene in the ancient memory he had seen before, where the Watching Moon attracted most of the shattered fragments of the Watching Moon.

Maybe...there are also some fragments of the fallen spacecraft on the moon?

"grown ups?"

After Ian looked up at the moon briefly, he walked on the water and came to the lakeside.

And Scott, who had been waiting for Ian, commanded the soldiers to isolate the crowd from Lake Ryan, stepped forward.

He didn't ask anything, but his eyes were concerned.

"Nothing."

Ian shook his head slightly. It was certainly impossible for him to tell Scott the secret of a spacecraft fragment such as the Nether Crystal Engine that might arouse the prying eyes of the empire and even the world's powerful forces - that would definitely not trust him, but harm him.

Since everyone thinks that Ryan Territory is a natural gathering place of essence, so it is a holy land... Then let everyone think so!

Ian reluctantly kept the truth in his stomach and endured this disturbing and even terrifying truth alone!

Moreover, Ian is basically convinced.

Among the kingdoms of Terra, there must be forces that possess and even analyze some of the fragments of the spacecraft that fell from the sky.

The Dragon Island located in the orbit of Terra may be a force specializing in this project - otherwise, Ian can't think of any reason for the lone ranger-like real dragons to gather together and cooperate.

Although the exposure of the Nether Crystal Engine will not lead to a certain death like the exposure of the Silver Chip and the Immovable Castle, it will definitely lead to it being recycled and taken away, causing the entire territory to lose its specialness.

must be kept secret,

"There's an iron-scaled fish coming into the lake."

Looking at the lake with Scott, Ian lowered his eyes and said calmly: "This is the propaganda to the outside world - saying that the World of Warcraft has been expelled by me."

"Understood, my lord."

Scott understood what Ian meant: "There is only one caliber for the outside world - but sir, there won't be any more visions, right?"

"Won't."

Ian shook his head slightly.

That was the end of the matter.

All the residents of Ryan City have no doubts about the "warcraft harassment" described by Ian.

After all, this is the South Ridge, the territory inside the Baisen Mountains, and the Sharp Claw Tiger Crossing Road is not news. Is there any surprise that a monster came along the river in Lake Ryan?

The Ascended Noble's responsibility as a lord is to 'drive out or kill the monsters'.

This is also the source of income for most frontier lords, and it is countless times faster than robbing the people of their territories for a few rations.

Based on the fighting power that Ian showed in the battle to retake Ryan City, no one would doubt that he could not defeat the World of Warcraft - everyone was even regretting that Ian did not catch the fish and grilled it fiercely. The anger of those who were frightened.

the next day.

After asking the elders of the local mountain people, Ian learned that the mountain people who worshiped the Dragon God had three holy places since ancient times.

Today's Laian Territory is exactly "Xiahui Lake", one of the three holy places in the past.

The second holy land, which Ian is also familiar with, is one of the landmarks in Nanling, the ‘Qiangang Mountain’ under the jurisdiction of the Manya Elder Tribe.

The third holy place is relatively far away.

It is located in the center of the Midela Autonomous Region. It is also the underground lair of the Baisen Dragon God in the past, a huge underground cavity 'Steel Dragon's Nest'.

"interesting."

This was Ian's comment. He looked at the map and immediately became happy: "I have already been to Xiahui Lake - Qiangang Mountain. As long as I can contact the Dragon Worshiping Sect, it's probably just a matter of saying it. At worst, the silver In exchange for news about the Book of Glory.”

"After I finish going to the Steel Dragon's Lair, I will return this book to them."

The secret method and identity of the Dragon Worship Cult are indeed of great help to Ian. The King of the Mountain and Xio also have a good impression of Ian, and so does Ian to them.

Not to mention, the Dragon Worship Cult also gave Ian a property in the imperial capital - although he had never lived there, he did regard him as one of their own.

In the blink of an eye, it was November 1st, 773rd year of Starfall.

Ian's first week in charge of the Ryan Territory has passed.

With the help of Lan Dian and Amber, the assembly of the magnetic storm armor has been completed, and the repair of the city has also been basically completed.

On the west side of the Ryan Territory, fortifications have also been erected for the entrance and exit of the mountain gorge, and three magnetic storm coils are flashing dangerous arcs.

In recent days, in addition to trying to test the actual combat capabilities of the magnetic storm armor, Ian is also sending spies to investigate the movements of most of the mountain residents.

However, this week, there were neither spies nor scouts on the mountain people's side, which made the young man very confused as to what the rebellious mountain people were up to.

You know, it’s not Ian who is anxious, but them!

In a few days, when Ian builds a few more magnetic storm coils to form an array, even if the enemy comes with armor, they will be severely electrocuted!

But soon, a piece of good news and a piece of bad news ended Ian's confusion.

Good news - Qingchao led the 'mercenaries' from Harrison Port to Ryan Territory. Ian has another group of reinforcements.

Bad news—mountain folk aren't just waiting around these days.

They just had an ulterior plan and hid it from everyone.

A hurried-looking mountain people spy came to Ian and reported to him: "Sir, the mountain people's forward troops bypassed our sight through the trail and are now approaching the mouth of Gu Yanfeng Gorge!"

"And...there are armors in their camp!"