Sword of Daybreaker

In the upper area of ​​the Earthly Dawn, in a viewing room where you can see the open sky, Gao Wenzheng sits quietly in front of the wide floor-to-ceiling windows that occupies a full arc of the wall. The sky above the clouds is too dazzling by the crystal windows. Filtered, turned into a bright but soft light and spilled into the room, illuminating the furnishings in the room, and also illuminating a document on the small table next to it.

Gao Wen glanced at the document, and muttered to the air beside him casually, "Really, this is really not the best solution."

"But in the end it was passed," Amber's voice came from the air, and her petite figure jumped out of a shadowy rift and landed gently next to Gawain. "This shows that everyone knows that there is no better way at this stage. —As you said, you can’t fight another civil war at this time."

Gao Wen didn't speak for a while, only silently reviewing the final results of the Talash meeting in his heart, and at the same time calculating how long this meeting would allow the world to develop.

The large tracts of land that have been purified in the marginal area of ​​the wasteland are returned to the hands of the "exploring kingdom". One is to follow the legal legality, and the other is to make up for the previous wars of Typhon, Gaoling, Ogure, and Seychelles. The huge cost of war incurred by the four countries of Cyr—After the collapse of the magnificent wall, the four countries surrounding the wasteland faced the most positive and heaviest pressure, and of course the cost was the greatest. No one can do this. Questioned.

On the other hand, the Deep Blue Well and the core area of ​​the Tarash Plain were designated as neutral zones. At the same time, the three major empires established an international energy regulatory organization to invest in technology to transport the magic energy output from the Deep Blue Well to the world. This was also the plan that Gawain had negotiated with Ophelia from the beginning, and after receiving the support of the other two empires, there was almost no objection in the alliance.

Finally, the large areas of "leftover" in the Gondor Wasteland are directly designated as common property of the world, led by the three empires, and countries participate in cooperation for joint development and research. No country can do it. The above-mentioned regions claim any sovereignty, and set up a strict supervision and management system based on the alliance framework-although nominally all countries in the alliance can exercise supervision, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the final decision of the three empires.

As Gawain said, this is really not the best solution—but it is the most available solution at this stage.

"While the big countries are full, at least they must leave a mouthful of soup for small countries. Even if the distribution rights of this mouthful of soup must be held in the hands of the big country, at least we can ensure the existence of this mouthful of soup. This is what maintains the order of the alliance. Bottom line'," Gao Wen broke the silence softly, "The so-called joint development organization with the participation of various countries is essentially a soup pot. We have given each country the opportunity to share some benefits, so as long as the three empires do not fight by themselves, the dragons and the Special member states like the Kraken have no further'thoughts' about the Gondor Wasteland, and the remaining countries will not be messed up, at least temporarily."

"Yes, the premise is that the three empires did not fight by themselves," Amber shrugged. "It is of course good to be able to maintain the current friendly situation with Typhon and Silver, but who can tell in the long run? Typhon is not. Fuel-efficient lamps, elves... elves are even more stressful. Although they have been a peace-loving race nestling in the forest for thousands of years, based on my summary and deduction of existing information, they may have some in the future. Changed.

"The fall of the Temple of Stars has caused great fluctuations in the elven society. This dull ancient empire was suddenly awakened by thunder. Now all the things that have been dormant for thousands of years in that forest are a little bit alive. The foundry is being renovated, and scholars are building new research facilities. The dusty archives and ancient books and scrolls scattered in the empire are being unsealed. This time, the Silver Queen even took the initiative to propose a transnational The idea of ​​pioneering the organization, various signs indicate that this ancient race has awakened from a peaceful dream, and they are interested in the outside world..."

"Sooner or later," Gawain was obviously not surprised by what Humber was saying. "The Temple of Stars is like a lock to the elves, or even a'seal of the soul' in another sense. After the lock disappears, They will come out of the forest sooner or later—exploration is not just a privilege of human beings. But..."

When he said this, he shook his head and tapped his fingers on the armrest of the seat lightly: "The homeland of Gondor is still very big. This cake can be divided for a long time. At least within a few decades, this'dining table' will be Enough to feed every mouth in the alliance, and when the table gradually becomes saturated and the contradictions between countries begin to become prominent, we must be looking for a bigger table."

"A bigger dining table?" Amber frowned curiously, but Gao Wen didn't respond to her question. He just raised his head thoughtfully, looking at the clear and open blue sky outside the window.

"Have you encountered a'mysterious situation' related to Ms. Ye's divine power recently?" Gao Wen suddenly retracted his gaze and glanced at Amber with some concern. Is it something?"

"Don't worry, I love my life. I heard those technicians discussing the word'adverse tide' and I immediately ran away for a long time." Amber waved his hands again and again, "and I have never encountered anomalies again, no matter what The shadow sand dust and the shadow imprints are also very quiet. I feel that Ms. Ye’s power should be temporarily calmed down..."

Gawain frowned slightly: "...still don't understand the nature and function of the shadow mark?"

"I have studied for a long time, and there is no progress," Amber muttered helplessly, and with a wave of her hand in the air, the phantom-like gray-white impression appeared in her palm, slowly drifting in the air like a weightless cloud. "Although it is certain that this thing was left by Ms. Ye, no matter how I feel it, its'source of power' does not point anywhere. Even if it is placed in the shadow world, it has not changed. It seems that I want to rely on it. It’s impossible for this thing to find Lady Ye’s kingdom of God..."

While talking, she grabbed the two ends of the mark and yanked it, and then shook it around like a rope: "But then again, this thing is really amazing when used as a slingshot. , The elasticity and toughness are just right, and no matter how you use it, it won’t break. I have never seen a slingshot rubber band that works better than it in my life..."

"...Ms. Ye’s wisps of divinity can do this in your hands, right?" Gawain immediately glared at the dysfunctional half-elf, "Shadow and Dust throws out the eyes when you fight, Shadow The imprint makes you be a slingshot and a glass. Looking back, what are you going to do to steal Ms. Ye’s scepter? Knock someone sap or open a wine bottle?"

Amber immediately did not blush and opened his mouth: "That depends on the specific shape of the Shadow Scepter, maybe it can only be used as a crowbar..."

"It's a shame that you vowed to say that you were the God of Dark Night." Gao Wen waved his hand, but when he was about to say something, he heard that the door of the viewing room was suddenly pushed open, and looked back. , I saw Tyre digging in.

"Gawain, you really are here!" Tilton laughed when he saw that there were only Gawain and Amber in the room, followed by the long tail behind him and arched into the room without forgetting it. Close the door with the tip of his tail, "I have been looking for you for a long time."

"...Have you twisted those six clones into tails again?" Gao Wenlai wanted to ask the other party's intentions. At this time, he suddenly noticed the long tail behind her and said casually, "I thought you were planning to do it for a long time. Take those six clones."

"Hey, after the meeting is over, why would I take them with me? Controlling the seven bodies to walk upright all day is exhausted," Tyre immediately wiggled his tail. "It's better to walk in this form. The most At least the center of gravity is stable..."

"...Anyway, I don't quite understand your Kraken's way of thinking," Gao Wen coughed dryly before asking the other party what he wanted, "You have been looking for me for a long time? What's the matter?"

"Oh, let me tell you. I have reported the results of the Talash meeting to the Queen. Now Antawin is making preparations. After a while, a transport ship will arrive on the mainland of Loren. All the runestones we have salvaged so far are brought over—by the way, pull a ship of'cargo' back," Tyre said casually, "In addition, the queen also said that she would specially arrange for some sisters who are good at net butterfly swim to sneak into the deep blue net. Find the whereabouts of other runestones and place signal repeaters.

"Theoretically, once those signal repeaters recognize the runestones, they will try to build a more stable and controllable transceiver link. Although I don't know if this method will work, it doesn't hurt to try more."

Gawain nodded slightly while listening to Tyre's words, while Amber next to him asked after thinking about it: "Speaking of pulling a ship of'cargo' back... did you really make this decision? As this wasteland war One of the main force of the army, even if you are not a country on the mainland of Loren, you are still eligible to get a share of the joint development. As a result, you will have a small half of the dead body..."

"For us, this is much more useful than the'resources' on land," Tyre laughed and wiped the corner of his mouth quietly. "There is everything we need in the deep sea, far more than land. What can be given to us is much richer, and in comparison, the corpse of a **** is much rarer..."

Gao Wen keenly noticed the shining traces of Miss Sea-Monster's mouth, and his expression became extraordinarily weird: "Seriously, can you really get rid of that thing?"

"Go down, go down," Tyre nodded immediately, nodding his head and slapped the floor quickly with the tip of his tail. "Don't you really think that stuff is okay? I went and took a look, that fleshy...sizzling..."

Gao Wen & Amber: "..."

"Hey, tell you that you don't understand either." Tyre knew that there was a serious species barrier between Gawain and Amber's faces, and as a sea monster, she was accustomed to this kind of relationship with land races. Because of the estrangement, he waved his hand nonchalantly, "You don’t know how many weird things there are in the deep sea. At most, it is a big meatball in the restaurant of Antavien like the reverse tide... Ah, I don’t. Described, I feel that you two are about to vomit. But then again, we didn’t pull the thing back all to try it out, mainly for research..."

The Kraken’s technology allows them to extract extremely high-purity and powerful energy from the corpses of the gods. This energy is not yet mastered by the land races, but can be used to power their huge starship. This is Gao Wen’s I know, and he also knows that the sea monsters have made great progress in repairing starships in the past two years. As they gradually become aware of the "magic power" of this world, the sea monsters finally found a way to fight against the "law deviation" , They have successfully restarted many of Antavien's units. Although it is still far away from the starship's full activation, this race that has been distressed for hundreds of thousands of years on the "primitive planet"... now finally has a glimmer of hope.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Speaking of which, how is your spacecraft repair project progressing?"

"I heard that the progress is very fast. Now we have been able to make Antavien's core fusion tower run stably for a period of time, and the energy output efficiency has reached more than 50%," Tyre said in a good mood, "as long as the energy is not available. Question, many things are much more convenient. But I don’t know the specifics. After all, I’m not a deep-water technician or a deep-sea witch... ah, right, there’s another thing!"

Tyre seemed to think of something suddenly, her voice suddenly raised and both Gawain and Amber were startled. Then she raised her tail tip and said with a serious face: "I heard... they succeeded in making the super-light communication array. It started, although it only started for a short time."

"Super-light communication array?" Gao Wen was taken aback, and subconsciously glanced at Amber next to him. After two seconds of thinking, he suddenly realized the meaning behind it.

One thing flashed through his mind like lightning-the communication between the stars!

"Antaweien has the ability to communicate at speeds of light?" He asked subconsciously, but then said, "Ah, yes, of course you have this ability. After all, it is a huge ship for deep-space immigration. , Communication on the astronomical scale will inevitably have to break through this difficult problem... Your superluminal communication array has been activated for a period of time, does it mean that at least for a short period of time, that thing can be used?!"

"Ah... of course it works," probably startled by Gawain's sudden unusually serious expression, Tyre's tail was stretched for a moment, and then he nodded quickly, "but it's very unstable-we were originally I plan to use it to search for the other three sister ships that have lost contact. I didn’t expect that the main antenna went down just after completing a round of scanning... Now the Great Witch Hathaway is trying to find out the fault inside..."

Amber looked at Gawain and then at Tyre. After thinking hard in his head, he finally caught up with the current topic. He hesitated to say to Gawain: "Then... I don’t know what'superluminal communication array' means. Ah, but I probably guessed what you’re talking about. You’re not planning to... use the communication device of Antavien to respond to the'signal' we received, right? I mean taking advantage of that communication device When using..."

Gawain frowned, as if he was thinking intensely, but in the end he shook his head: "...can't be so reckless. It is not a wise move to respond rashly to an alien civilization that is most likely to be more advanced than ours. Things have to be discussed slowly, not to mention that Antavien’s superluminal communication array may not be able to complete this task. It sounds like it is in a terrible state—and the Kraken may not be willing to..."

(End of this chapter)