Chapter 1278 "Cruising"

The "Steel Land" did not respond to Gawain's voyage signal. This empty body was operating according to the established procedures, just like the timetable in the past. After staying at the border of the Kingdom of God for a while, it began to retreat into the depths of darkness and chaos—— The roar of an ancient engine or some other kind of propulsion device came from within the giant beast, and the translucent energy shield became thicker and thicker than before, and the boundless sea of ​​dust clouds gathered from all directions. " Gradually sank and retreated, and the surging dust began to close together above everyone's heads.

Melita raised her head and looked towards the direction of God of War. The dead city shrouded in dusk skylight floated above a sea of ​​disintegrating clouds. Noretta and the others were still standing at the border and watching. The clouds and mist had gathered from all around, and the faces in the distance gradually became blurred in the clouds and mist—she waved her hand vigorously, and the figure in the distance also waved her hand, and then the sea of ​​clouds in the sky filled everyone's vision.

"We're starting to 'sink'," Gawain said in a deep voice. He raised his head and saw that the layer of yellow cloud was getting thicker and thicker outside the shield, and the surrounding light was getting dimmer. "Next We will lose touch with the world as we know it, and enter a realm that mortals have never visited—be careful."

"From the moment we stepped into the Kingdom of God of War, we have already stepped into a realm that mortals have never visited." Daniel shook his head slightly and said in a deep voice, while Mary standing behind Daniel held tightly The short staff in his hand looked a little nervous, but also a little bit of anticipation and excitement for the unknown.

Gao Wen couldn't help but take another look at the young female mage, and nodded slightly.

As Daniel's mental state improved, the girl who used to be submissive and lived in fear every day has undergone great changes...even she may not realize it.

The "sky light" from above is dimming more and more. As the giant steel ship sinks deeper and deeper, the thick sea of ​​clouds, which is a mixture of a large amount of sand, dust and mist, becomes darker like night— —And as the darkness outside the shield became thicker, certain automatic systems on the "Iron Land" were activated, and more lights began to appear in the field of vision of Gawain and others.

These light balls floating in mid-air, like street lamps, are distributed on both sides of the road made of unknown alloy. They can't make the place as bright as day, but they are enough for people to see the surrounding situation clearly.

"This place should have been owned by people," Modil said thoughtfully, looking at the lights that started automatically as the "sky" dimmed, "Machines don't need this kind of street lights, only people do."

"We've left that 'sea of ​​clouds'." Victoria suddenly looked up, and her eyes caught the change of the scenery outside the shield—although it was as dark as night outside, the powerful eyesight of the superhuman could still Distinguish those vague "landscapes" in the darkness,

She saw a turbulent cloud and mist moving away quickly beyond the shield. In the depths of the cloud and mist, there was a dim yellow light that was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye. Beyond the fuzzy clouds, boundless darkness and chaos have come from all directions.

The giant steel ship left by the voyager fell into the deep sea and is still sinking.

"We've left the material world now, haven't we?" Amber nervously looked at the situation outside the shield, and couldn't help murmuring while crossing her arms, "Why do I feel a little cold... inside this shield Is it really possible to maintain a suitable environment for survival?"

"The surrounding temperature hasn't changed, you're scaring yourself," Gao Wen glanced at the shameless Alliance, "As for the material world... I'm not sure what is the material world, what is an element or what is it?" The spiritual world."

He frowned, looking at the endless and deep darkness outside the shield, and in that darkness, there seemed to be countless geometric lines floating, countless chaotic substances or "plaques" that were indescribable in words: "Look Have you seen those things? Those 'entities' that seem to be floating in the dark - we just passed through one of the extraordinarily huge 'clumps', but the 'ship' under our feet didn't seem to interact with that thing at all, It's like walking through a shadow...but according to Mirmina, those 'objects' floating in the dark are supposed to be 'entities' that can be touched..."

Amber's eyes widened suddenly: "Boat? You said that the thing under our feet is a boat?"

"I can't think of a more appropriate name-'Steel Earth' can only be used to describe its upper layer, and the overall structure and operation of this thing is obviously not an island, it is some kind of...'navigation prop left by the sailor ’, so I think it’s a ship—even though it’s a bit bigger than we thought it would be.”

Gawain spoke slowly, and led the crowd towards the steel road under their feet. While walking, he felt the energy flow around him, and at the same time, he was still trying to call the "Starter System" that might remain here.

"Such a huge...'ship'..." The young sorceress Mary swallowed her saliva, looking at the alloy deck stretching far away in front of her eyes and the ancient facilities built on it with a trace of awe. After adapting to life in the imperial capital, the girl once thought that she had gained knowledge, even if she was not as knowledgeable as her mentor, at least she could be considered a qualified mage. , There are so many unimaginable things in this world.

Melita heard Mary's low exclamation, and she just smiled and glanced at the other party: "The Voyager can create even bigger things, so big that even we dragons can't imagine."

Gawain smiled, shook his head and said nothing: Yes, the behemoth created by the Voyagers is indeed beyond imagination... Have you ever seen a space station in orbit around the entire planet?

A gigantic shadow suddenly emerged from the darkness, looming over the shield of the Iron Earth with silent coercion, it looked like a pitch-black column—though seeing another pitch-black thing in the dark sounded It's a bit weird, but Gao Wen and his party could indeed clearly see the outline and trajectory of this "chaotic clump". It floated out from the depths of the darkness, and while it was spinning, it mingled with the "huge ship" under everyone's feet. "Passing through each other did not bring the slightest shock, nor did it produce any ripples in the darkness.

"Once again...we passed by this 'entity' in chaos," Kamel said in a deep voice, the two lights on his head flickered slightly, showing that he was in deep thought, "It seems that we The 'ship' under the feet has adopted some unknown technology, which can prevent itself from interacting with the 'entities' in the chaos... It's incredible, how is this possible?"

No one could answer Kamel's doubts, not even Melita, who is a giant dragon, but Gawain suddenly remembered the things that Milmina mentioned to him in the report, those things about the relationship between material and immaterial. The fuzzy boundary between the two, the mutual transformation between the spirit and the entity—he still couldn’t understand the mystery behind this incident, but vaguely, he felt that the many strange phenomena that occurred at the "bottom of the world" must have something to do with Mill What Mina sees is somehow connected.

The sailors 1.8 million years ago... must have understood these mysteries and transformed them into controllable technologies. The huge ship that can sail in the deep sea may have some applications for this.

"By the way, what are those 'objects' floating in the darkness?" Amber raised her head, looking curiously at the chaotic clumps that kept floating past the shield, emerging and disappearing in the darkness, " It doesn't look like the kind of wreckage floating outside the Divine Palace - although the wreckage is strangely shaped, the color and original shape can still be seen in general, but these black geometric figures... Some people feel that they don't even conform to……"

Amber frowned, and seemed a little stuck when she continued to describe, but Gao Wen knew what she wanted to say, and continued casually: "It doesn't conform to the common sense of geometry... it shouldn't exist in the real world, right?"

"The senior advisors of the Theocracy Council don't have a unified view on the nature of these things," Kamel said in a deep voice, "They speculate that these 'chaos drifters' may be fragments of thoughts from an even older age, and the information about them History has been completely submerged in the long river of time, and even the oldest dragon god does not know its origin. In the long period of forgetting and mutation, the echoes of the ancient times have turned into these invisible things floating in the deep sea... But Another guess is that these things are not that old, and that they are also part of the reflection of this trend of thought, but the mapping logic does not conform to the laws we know..."

"...We don't know much about the strange existence here," Gawain sighed softly, then looked at Kamel, "Can you locate the explorer puppet that was sent here before?"

"Yes, although it is in the standby state, it has been releasing weak magic signals outward, and I can feel that it is under a passage in front," Kamel nodded and said, "I remembered the message sent back by the puppet. According to the road map, there is a route to enter the interior of this 'ship'...although in terms of 'depth', it is far from reaching the real 'core' of this ship."

Gawain nodded, signaling to Kamel to lead the way ahead, and the entire exploration team continued to walk towards the depths of this "iron earth".

At the same time, this ancient ship, which may have been in operation for 1.8 million years, with a mysterious mission, continues to "navigate" in this boundless chaotic space, with no effective reference objects in its field of vision , no one knows how fast this "ship" flies and how deep it dives, only those strange and chaotic shadows constantly passing outside the shield remind everyone that the "land" under their feet is not fixed It is not moving, but is always in a sailing state.

At this moment, a slight shaking suddenly came from under the feet, and the exploration team that was walking towards the entrance of a passage stopped immediately.

Amber looked around nervously, and quickly whispered Bibi: "What's going on, what's going on..."

Kamel raised his hand and drew a few simple runes in mid-air. After a while, he whispered: "...we are slowing down, and...'floating'."

Before he finished speaking, a very hazy gleam of light suddenly appeared obliquely above this "steel land". In the boundless darkness and chaos, this ray of gleam was particularly eye-catching and sudden!

Everyone immediately raised their vigilance, guarding against some indescribable horror emerging from the darkness. Gawain was staring at the dim light, and some vague guesses arose in his mind, and then As the twilight was getting closer and closer, some fragmented floating objects orbiting the twilight gradually emerged from the darkness, and the vague guess in his mind was gradually confirmed.

The huge "ship" carrying everyone began to "float" towards the twilight, and in the process skillfully avoided the debris of the wreck that was orbiting around the twilight—or what remained of the debris of the wreck The "echo" of the ship sensed some kind of extreme danger, and avoided the ship's upward trajectory ahead of time—only a moment later, the scenery in the hazy twilight gradually became clear, and after seeing clearly what it was, Everyone gradually widened their eyes.

It was a piece of land, a piece of fertile soil, a piece of lush garden floating in the depths of darkness and chaos, a layer of light film wrapped a space like a bulb, the space was bright in spring, flowers were in full bloom, and there were countless rare and exotic fruits. Hanging on the branches, the heavy fruit bends the branches of the sacred tree, and the fertile land undulates and stretches, and all the flowers in the world are blooming on the land. Two big rivers pass through the fertile soil and flow into a huge garden. The big river flows Honey and fine wine glowed pale golden under the sky.

And in that garden, next to the flowing river, wonderful creatures with wings and shaped like elves are busy making gourmet delicacies or exquisite ornaments, and they dedicate the finished things to a long table in the center of the garden. The long table was extremely wide, surrounded by laughing guests, and at the end of the long table, there were three beautiful figures—they had the lower body like a deer, but the upper body was a beautiful woman, and they wore flowers and leaves. A garland woven with grass, long blond hair hanging in front of her like a waterfall.

They... or "they", are entertaining the guests at the long table. This feast seems to have just begun, but it seems to have lasted for ten thousand years.

The ancient ships navigating in darkness and chaos gradually approached the "paradise" floating in nothingness, countless detection devices were quietly activated, and several lights also shone on the surface of the thin film of light, but the feasting in the garden The Holy Spirits turned a blind eye to this.

"That's..." Amber raised her head and pointed to the "garden" floating outside the shield in an upside-down posture, staring at the scenery in the garden, dumbfounded.

At this moment, the "Steel Land" is extremely close to that piece of "Promised Land", even much closer than when hovering at the border of the God of War Kingdom, and with the eyes of the members of the exploration team, they can clearly see the land in the garden. feast.

"...The Divine Kingdom of the Three Gods of Abundance," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Obviously, this is a new 'one stop'."

After his words fell, Mordir blinked his eyes, as if he was about to say something, but at this moment, a new mutation happened suddenly!

He saw that the shield covering the sky above his head flickered suddenly, and an additional layer of light blue barrier was unfolded, and outside this new shield, the "God of Harvest" floating in the dark chaos Country" instantly changed its appearance!

The "sunshine" shining on the fertile soil turned into a gloomy, blood-colored setting sun. The fertile land was covered with a layer of decayed and rotten swamp. What grew out of the land were rusty sickles and hideous twisted branches. The blood flowed in the great river, pouring into the dying and withered garden, and the swollen and rotting monsters continued to fish out the terrible stumps and carrion from the blood river, and sent them to the long table full of thorns, and the long table was crowded with people. A thin and shriveled monster, hungry and crazily tearing away the flesh on the long table, and even tearing its own shriveled limbs——and at the end of the long table, three twisted and hideous figures were quietly watching the ongoing battle. In the feast of ten thousand years, the garlands on their bodies turned into thorns, and the green vines turned into chains protruding from the bones. The chains extended to infinity, as if extending to the end of the kingdom of God, and the rotten blood came from Their bodies penetrated by the chains continuously flowed and dripped, and merged into the river of blood in the garden!