Sword of Daybreaker

It is impossible for Typhon people to be excluded from the various results achieved by the "Gate Project". This includes not only the exploration of the kingdom of God itself, but also various unexpected discoveries during the exploration process-and Gao Wen As one of the initiators of the project and one of the main leaders of the alliance, of course, he has no intention of kicking his allies away under such circumstances.

But now he suspects that the origin of that piece of "Steel Land" may have something to do with the sailor, and may even have a relationship with his body in space, so he can't help but worry about it—he is worried that this journey of exploration will happen. Expected situation, and all this may not be suitable for showing to a stranger.

Although Melita Pernia is not the "owner" of the Cecil Empire, she is at least a well-informed friend in terms of personal relationships, and she also knows something about the sailors. Windsor Mapel's situation is It’s different. Gawain doesn’t know anything about this Typhon scholar—he doesn’t know what will happen to this lady if he shows too much speciality on the steel ground or activates certain Voyager techniques. Controlled response.

Daniel, who hadn't spoken much from the side, stood up at this moment.

"Let me go," the old mage glanced at his former apprentice faintly. "You scholar-type mage who is accustomed to conducting research in a stable environment may not be able to deal with exploratory actions that require resilience and experience. It doesn't matter how strong my personal power is. I still have some adventures after leaving the Royal Mage Association."

He paused, then looked at his other apprentice: "And I can take Mary with him."

Windsor Mapel looked at her mentor a little unexpectedly, with a little hesitation on her face, until Daniel seemed to inadvertently add: "Outside the'door', we need to leave a top technical official who can take control of the overall situation."

"Yes, your suggestion is very reasonable, I understand," Windsor reacted immediately and nodded solemnly to his mentor. "Then I will take the technical supervisors outside to respond. You must pay attention to your safety."

Daniel nodded slightly, Gawain just stood blankly on one side and watched, while on the other side, Merita Penia was handing the two whelps to Noretta's hand.

"You stay here with two little guys-things that have nothing to do with the Deep Blue Rift, there is no need for Meili and Nole to take risks," she said to her friend very solemnly, "If everything goes well, we will do it in two days. Can come back."

"Take care of yourself, protect yourself, and act accordingly." As a dragon who has experienced the coming-of-age ceremony together, Noretta has no nonsense at this moment, just reminding friends to pay attention to safety. "Led by Gao Wen's opinion-he and the sailor The heritage is very rooted."

"Don't worry, I know-I have a'heart-to-heart' relationship with him." Melita laughed, stretched out her hand and pressed **** the two whelps who were looking at her curiously, and then rubbed Noretta vigorously. The snow-like long hair quickly ran to the side before the latter became angry, and a brilliant light curtain fell from the sky. Under the light curtain, the slender female figure began to quickly transform into the form of a giant dragon.

In the sea of ​​sand and clouds in the distance, the huge steel giant is still wrapped in an astonishing aura and is constantly approaching the border of the kingdom of God. The layers of silver-white alloy armor and the micro-light bars on the edge of the armor belt become more and more clearly visible in the dimness. , The sea of ​​clouds is full of undulating waves, the quicksand is brought up by the edge of the steel earth, and falls like a waterfall, and a low roar is coming from far to near-this roar is not loud, but it seems to be felt The huge energy contained in the depths of that piece of "steel land" shocked the people who heard it for the first time.

A vague feeling suddenly emerged from the bottom of Gawain’s heart. He subconsciously looked at the steel giant that was gradually approaching the nearest point. Amid the huge pressure on his face, what he saw was there. However, the countless light streams flowing inside the giant and some inexplicable illusory projections-this feeling is very similar to when he came into contact with the tower of the tide, but it is a little different.

This thing is indeed the legacy left by the sailors, and... it is still "alive", "alive" like the Sky Station or the Tower of Upstream.

The sound of heavy footsteps came from behind, and Melita in the form of a dragon walked to the edge of the shattered kingdom of God. She lowered her head, and her huge eyes with magical brilliance stared at the tiny "passengers" under her feet, her voice rumbling: " I'm ready, come up."

The personnel who were scheduled to go to the "Steel Land" to perform the exploration mission immediately stepped forward, and Gao Wen's gaze scanned the entire exploration team (including Merita as a flying vehicle), and his heart gradually settled down.

Followers, doglegs, buddies, brains, 25 seniors, 25 trainees-the composition of the team is very reassuring.

The dragon rose into the sky, accompanied by a fierce air current and a turbulence, rushing out of the border of the kingdom of God, the people who remained in the kingdom of God looked up at the direction the dragon was leaving, silently looking forward to the safety of this operation. smoothly.

"I hope the legendary Gawain Cecil can solve this mystery," Windsor Mapel said softly. "The farther we go, the more unknown things we see in front of us..."

"The essence of exploration and research is to clarify the boundaries of ignorance, so that I can be more aware of the vastness of the world," Noretta's eyes always follow the figure of Merita, but she responds to Windsor's sigh. The young dragon hugged her thigh with his front paws, and the other tried to hang himself on her shoulders. "The dull and shallow people are the most confused, because they have never touched things beyond their own knowledge in their entire lives. There has never been anything that can make them doubt and think, only the explorers who walk in the front will always be accompanied by confusion, because they are dealing with the borders of civilization every day."

As a profound scholar, Windsor Mapel certainly knew this truth, so she just smiled slightly, and her eyes returned to the distance. In one corner of her vision, the border of the kingdom of God was fragmented and decorated with swords. On the high platform of the shield, the figure of Malm Dunit did not know when he appeared, looking far away in the direction of the end of the sea of ​​clouds.

This "ghost" who has coexisted with the kingdom of God does not always show up in front of people. Most of the time, he will wander around in other places in the kingdom of God, as if he is maintaining and patrolling this quiet "city of gods". He will not disturb the activities of the explorers here, and he does not take the initiative to communicate with people who enter here, but when the explorers do something that can arouse their interest, he will still show up quietly, like this quietly. Far view.

What is he looking at? Are you looking at a world that is foreign to him? Or is it just the "master" who is replacing him, watching where these mortals who break into the kingdom of God will go?

That's not what the explorers are concerned about, and Windsor Mapel just glanced at the former Pope of the God of War, nodded slightly in greeting, and then withdrew his gaze.

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The spectacular but disturbing "boundary sea of ​​clouds" surging under the dragon, gradually receding, the "steel land" with silver-white armor and complex structure gradually enlarged in the field of vision, Amber and Modil Eyes widened, staring at the destination that was approaching in the distance, Gawain patted the scales under his body and asked Merita, "Are you okay? The turbulence was very bad when I took off just now—I almost Thought you were going to fall."

"There is a lack of magic in the environment of the God of War, which makes me uncomfortable," Melita's voice followed. "When taking off, I can only use my own magic to lift off. Flying in a normal way-this process seems to require practice."

"So that's it." Gawain nodded, and after knowing the reason, he was relieved.

The flight of giant dragons does not conform to "aerodynamics", nor does it completely rely on agitating wings to raise air currents to lift off. This is a fact that real "dragonologists" nowadays gradually understand-these huge creatures must also use air currents. And "magic ripples" can make themselves fly. The lift provided by flapping their wings is far from enough. The edges of their wings have complex innate rune structures, so their flight process is essentially a "casting process". ".

"It seems that the special environment of the God of War is also extremely unfriendly to you," Carmel, who also understood the secret of dragon flight, said with emotion at this time, "You are afraid that it is fundamental here. Can't fly for a long time."

"In fact, even gliding is very tiring," Melita said helplessly, "but fortunately, everything returned to normal after leaving that place-well, everyone sits firmly and supports, we are about to land!"

The explorers on the dragon's back immediately tensed their nerves. In the next second, they noticed that they had passed through a thin and transparent energy barrier covering the steel earth. The feeling of passing through the cold curtain was fleeting. After a while, the huge dragon's body fell on a relatively flat and open metal platform with a small impact.

There was no anti-aircraft fire that triggered any automatic counterattack, and no hostile mechanical guards emerged—just like when the explorer dolls landed, the bad situation did not happen.

Daniel was the first to get up and cast a floating technique and landed on the platform—he deliberately did not have much communication with Gawain. Although Amber and Victoria here are both people who know the truth, Modil and Merita are not. I don't know about the "Liaison No. 25", so at least on the surface, he still has to maintain his identity as the "Technical Representative of Typhon."

The explorers left the dragon's back one by one, and Gawain was at the end. When he was about to set foot on the ground, he couldn't help but look back at Mylittlepony, who was leaning down and hanging his wings to the side, and said casually: "You this time The landing was very smooth-I was mentally prepared to roll on the ground for a while."

"I don't have trouble every time!" Melita yelled dissatisfiedly when she heard this, "I just have a bad look in my eyes-I'm not inaccurate in such a large area! And I fell into it last time. Didn’t I apologize to you about the Haili..."

Then there were a bunch of "limited deceleration", "dangerous flight", "dragon clan crash landing can not be called a crash" and so on. The platform soon filled with happy air.

But the cheerful air did not let the explorers relax their vigilance, nor did it reduce everyone's ability to observe.

Gao Wen raised his head and saw that a translucent energy barrier was clearly visible in his field of vision, blocking the sea of ​​sand, dust and clouds surging outside, and within his field of vision, there were silver-white or silver-grey steel extending into the distance. Deck, and some facilities like buildings fixed on the deck.

Yes, he used the word "deck" to call this so-called "steel land".

He thinks this thing is a ship, a spacecraft that cruises in the realm of the kingdom of God according to a predetermined procedure.

It is not silent here. The humming or trembling of some ancient mechanical devices when they are running has been coming from certain directions. These sounds make the intruders aware of something in the depths of the "earth" under their feet. Some things are still surging in power, and all kinds of lights can be seen everywhere on the upper deck. These large and small lights create many light and dark boundaries between the deck facilities. Gao Wen looked up and looked. To the end of the straight metal road in front of him, he saw that the distance was still shrouded in the shadow of chaos, and some rising light was burning quietly in the depths of darkness—like the light and shadow produced by the tail flame of some kind of propulsion device.

Kohaku craned her neck and looked around, recalling what she had seen on the dragon's back, while whispering to Gao Wen, "Hey, do you think this thing is bigger than our '115 Project'... which one is bigger? what?"

Project 115 is the largest war weapon manufacturing project of the Cecil Empire. Its main body is an aerospace fortress being assembled at the foot of the Dark Mountains. Its assembly has entered the second half. Although it has not been completed, its scale is quite large. considerable.

That is the largest man-made "device" Amber can think of.

But even for Project 115, it seems difficult to compare with this thing in front of me... even if they only compare size.

"This thing is larger in scale, and may even be larger than the scale of the Temple of the Stars," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "This is not something that our current technology can create... Whether it is internal or external, it is beyond the current era. Technical limits."

"This...is it left by the sailor?" Melita, who had turned into a human form on the side, swallowed, with a trace of tension on her face and said, "I feel a little bit..."

Gao Wen did not wait for Miss Lan Long to finish: "Yes, this is the legacy of the sailor."

Melita opened her mouth as if she wanted to sigh, but she didn't say anything after all, and the others beside her each had their faces tense, and they were engrossed in dealing with this "primordial heritage" that was extremely strange and unknown to mortals.

Gao Wen squinted his eyes slightly. He communicated with the satellite body located in the outer space of the material world and the main system of the Sky Station. After confirming that the connection was normal, he began to follow his accumulated experience in the Tower of Upsurge. Try to establish a connection with this "giant ship" that is cruising autonomously under the control of a certain automatic program.

In fact, he doesn't know how to establish contact, or even if this thing can respond to him, but generally speaking...As long as it is the legacy of the sailor, there must be some resonance between each other, even if the authority is restricted. He should also receive some feedback when he comes into contact with him.

However, he didn't "hear" anything. When he tried to get his mental power into the steel giant under his feet, all he perceived was nothingness-it was a cold body, just following the most primitive procedures. Setting to operate blindly, just like those simple machines made by mortals in this era...It does not have a "control system" that can respond to the identification signal of the sailor.

This seems to be different from the legacy of the sailors that Gawain has come into contact with.