Steel steam and flame

"This world may be much larger than we imagined, but this is not the reason why we have not been able to explore some traces of the continental group. In the thousands of years since I fell asleep, the Theocracy and the Nature Association have launched many ocean expeditions. Exploration, in the same way, the three giant countries on the Houxiang Continent are also doing the same thing.”

"In addition, when I talked with the giant whale group thousands of years ago, they talked about their efforts on this issue. It was an exploration based on the life course of the giant whale as the exploration time. The natural growth of young giant whales After the fourth stage, they will enter the selection list among the groups. Finally, the selected giant whales will form an exploration team, usually five to seven in number, led by two fifth-stage adult giant whales to choose a certain direction. Start a journey of discovery.”

Hillary, who was listening very seriously, couldn't help but said: "Won't you come back?"

"There will be no return. This is the sacrifice made by the giant whale group. The entire life of the exploration team is on the journey, swimming forward non-stop until they reach the end of life. Choose the four stages of juvenile giants Whales are also used to extend the time of exploration. They can reach adulthood during the journey and receive various teachings from the adult giant whales who lead the team. Of course, the results waiting for them are all predetermined, and they will die one after another during the journey."

"How does the information get back?" Hillary caught the confusion.

Perkinz smiled at this time: "It's very simple, it's the sound of a giant whale. It's just that the number of these sounds is very small. If an exploration team has six giant whales, then there are only six sounds. Before death, that one The giant whale will use all its power to destroy its self-organization structure, emit directional sounds, and let them pass back. For this reason, there will be special whales in the giant whale group who are trained from childhood to accept these 'sounds of death' '."

"Still no results, this is the answer they gave me, not a trace was found."

At this point, Perkinz paused for a moment, and then continued after the thoughtful look on Hillary's face disappeared: "However, this is not the main reason for the judgment of the giant whale group. They still firmly believe that the world is just too huge, and The time is too far away from the collapse of the World Tree in ancient history, so they still have not been able to reach the minimum distance they should have reached."

"This has been going on for a long time, and a certain moment has arrived. Of course, this time has been part of history long before the Theocracy and the Natural Society were established."

"At some point?" Hillary savored these words, "It seems that the giant whale group made a major decision, as if after a long period of failure, they finally chose to try their best. Then , what is this decision?”

"It was a bold decision, but it did bear fruit in the end. After the giant whale group collected enough information over time, they came to a judgment that seemed like a guess, but in fact, in their hearts, they already thought it was this. "Peckinz was very happy when he said this part. Sharing these is his hobby and interest. Otherwise, "Strange Creatures" and other books would not be spread on the continent of Houxiang.

He organized his thoughts and began to describe slowly: "At that time, the giant whale group still held the idea that the world was too huge. This may be because they themselves were huge. After all, an adult giant whale was like a floating island. But after a long time, , the exploration that continues without interruption has been going on for a long, long time, and the answer has still not been obtained. Moreover, this kind of exploration will also cause huge pollution to the sea area due to the corpses of dead giant whales in the exploration team. "

"Until a certain moment comes, the leaders within the giant whale group...well, it can't be said to be leaders. It should be a young, newly promoted leader. Do you understand what the leader means?"

"A giant whale of the knight-king class." Hillary gave the answer.

"Yes, a giant whale of the Knight King class took the initiative to make a request, and after a period of discussion, it got the answer it wanted. That is, it will lead a larger team, and the four-stage strength limit will be placed on Smaller, so as to extend the journey time as much as possible. In addition, tools are also specially made to travel long distances to speed up the progress, rather than just relying on the giant whale itself to swim in the ocean."

"Because after leaving the three-phase continental plate..."

Hillary interrupted Perkins, "There are no directional ocean currents. After the distance is too far, it radiates outward from the center point of the Three-Phase Continent. The further away, the weather, ocean currents and ecological environment Everything will become all kinds of strange and completely irregular." Perkinz looked over and continued with emotion, "I remember telling you that I was once a member of the Theocracy's ocean exploration fleet, and I saw three Learn about the marine environment outside the continent with your own eyes and personal experience.”

"That will definitely not be a good memory." Perkins expressed sympathy and continued, "In short, the exploration team led by the giant whale of the knight king class lowered the strength stage to the third stage, and 'created' A ship. In fact, the ship is made of the skeleton of a giant whale. In normal times, it is completely pulled and protected by the giant whale of the knight king class, and it moves forward at super high speed."

"After the preparations were complete, together with the leader, the exploration team of thirty-seven giant whales set off. After that, there was a long wait. How long is the specific time..." Pekinz sighed, " In fact, at that time, the giant whale group thought that the exploration had failed. According to the data given to me by the New World Tree later on, the dragons and giant whales of the Knight King class had an average life span of nearly eight thousand years for the dragons, and more than eight thousand years for the giant whales. Ten thousand years. But there is a state of old age, just like us surgeons, but the condition is much better."

"For more than ten thousand years, after thirty-six sounds of life were captured one after another, the last voice belonging to the leader has not yet sounded. And by the time the giant whale group really captured that voice, it was already More than fifteen thousand years later.”

"Of course, the giant whale group could not tell me specific information, but they also said that although the leader did not find traces of other continents in the ocean, he brought information equivalent to the discovery of the continent. .”

Hilary frowned here, as if she thought of something. But he said nothing, waiting quietly for Perkinz's words.

"The following is the conclusion. Don't be surprised after hearing this, although I was very surprised at the time. Don't think too much, although I must have thought about it a lot, for a long time, maybe two or three years, and discussed it with the will of the new world tree. But for You just know."

"Actually, the continental groups did not return to their original positions. They were dragged away, that is, by the will of the ancient historical World Tree. Those are continents, and the only thing that can move them is the World Tree that stabilizes them. And the creation The origin of all this is the arrival of the six red stars, which completely disrupted and destroyed something. And these things are probably the protections or restrictions set by the age of gods."

"When they are destroyed..."

"The gods who died in the age of gods?"

"The continental group is very likely to have become a hotbed for the gods themselves to be resurrected. And the reason why we can't find them..." Perkins looked around and gestured, "Just like this small country of fog. , except for specific entry methods, only people of the Knight King class can find this place. As for the continental group, perhaps the special protection mechanism set up by the gods is not only to prevent external searches, but also to inhibit internal breakthroughs. "

"In short, the power of the Knight King class can only sense abnormalities at close range. Because the giant whale group has said that if the leader carries a weapon left over from ancient history, it will be like the Holy Spear and Holy Sword of the Empire. If it’s something like that, it should be a different result.”

"The continental groups are not far away from us, but maybe we are only a few meters apart and cannot detect them."