Chapter 1290 Evacuation

Melita didn't hear what Gao Wen was muttering. She just circled the "central area" full of towers at the end, and then began to adjust her direction and fly towards the direction she came from.

"Our time is limited," she said regretfully, "The scale of this 'home port' is really amazing, even if everyone can fly like me, we have to scout the entire sky over the home port within 12 hours It's not going to be easy - not to mention the maze of subterranean structures and the many cordoned-off facilities and danger zones below."

"Let's go back first," Gao Wen said in a deep voice, "Since that spaceship is cruising according to a fixed procedure, we can send more investigators to explore here. But to be honest, it makes me feel uneasy..."

"Not very practical?" Melita turned her head slightly, "What do you mean?"

"'Sentry system', this home port and that spaceship are still part of the Sentinel system in essence, we can't control it, but can only follow the spaceship that cruises regularly, but maybe when this system will There are other changes, such as the spacecraft changing the cruise program... I don't like this kind of uncontrolled situation, especially when there is an out-of-control 'sentinel' behind all of this."

"I think I understand your concerns," Melita said in a low voice, "but this is a problem we have to face. There are too many things in our world beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the legacy of the sailor is one of them One, this advanced civilization... They once saved this planet, but the huge machines they left behind are becoming more and more terrifying and dangerous to us today, especially these machines are now having problems... You know what? This reminds me of a holographic story from long ago in Tarrond..."

"Holographic story?"

"It's similar to your ghost drama, but it's a little more immersive," Melita explained casually, "That story is about the mice after the end-the world is over, and a group of mice living in the depths of the industrial area Became the new masters of the world, they live in a huge old factory, and regard the automatic machines in the factory as gods, and as time goes by, the various equipment in the factory are aging, small and weak The rats faced the increasingly abnormal giant machines with fear every day, and tried various ways to please them, or 'repair' them, and even lit incense to try to communicate with the 'machine soul'-but the machines still Aging and collapsing day by day, in the view of the rats, the factory, their whole 'world', is approaching the end, the end of the world after the end of the world..."

She turned her neck and turned her head: "It's actually a very old-fashioned horror and spoof story, but I like to collect this kind of outdated old holograms. Unfortunately, all the holograms in my collection are gone, otherwise I must pull Look... in those ancient times, Tarrond created many good things."

Listening to Melita's casual chat,

Gao Wen just kept silent for a long time in his thoughts, until the horizon of the steel land appeared in the distance, and the canopy of the giant tree of reincarnation towered like a mountain at the end of his vision, then he slowly said as if talking to himself: "Aren't we mouse."

Melita was silent for a while, and when she spoke again, there was a faint smile in her tone: "Yes, we are not mice, and we will not be mice."

Gawain and Melita returned to the wreckage area of ​​the giant tree of reincarnation, successfully reunited with Amber, Victoria and others who were waiting here, and saw Daniel and Mary who had just returned from exploring the depths of the wreckage, and waited until everyone had gathered , he told everyone the details and conjectures that he and Melita saw in the sky.

"...The above is what Melita and I saw," Gawain said slowly, looking at Hu Po and the others gathered in front of him in front of the cabin left by the Fierna sisters, "Now we can confirm that , this home port was supposed to have six spaceships... or warships, but now five of them and their corresponding port maintenance facilities have been destroyed, most of the reason is because of the system conflicts after being polluted by the reverse tide .”

Melita on the side nodded: "I guess that when the reverse tide polluted this home port, it shouldn't be done in an instant. The sentinel system also had a fierce resistance, and it is very likely that it self-destructed when the resistance failed. However, it was too late at that time, and the out-of-control mind had seized too much authority, so that the main structure of the homeport itself and a spaceship were preserved... Now all the 'normal parts' of the Sentinel system have been removed Completely destroyed by an out-of-control mind."

Gao Wen nodded silently, approving Melita's judgment, and at the same time couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

When he first learned the truth about "Sentry", he actually had some hope left in his heart. He hoped that there was still room for saving this ancient voyager legacy, and that there were still some useful things left in the Sentinel system. For example, the subsystems that were cut out at critical moments, but the shocking wreckage in other ports forced him to dispel all illusions... The sentinel system is over, and the out-of-control mind has destroyed all uninfected parts of this system , the only thing left is the "toxic shell" that has been completely eroded by the reverse tide.

The new truth was so shocking that no one at the scene spoke for a while, but after a few seconds, Amber couldn't help breaking the silence: "Actually, this is a good thing. At the beginning, I killed five-sixths of my spaceship, and also blew up the corresponding port and maintenance equipment. It was equivalent to punching myself half to death—so that even if it restarted that spaceship one day, we will It won't be a whole fleet to deal with..."

Amber's thinking is always so optimistic, and her heartless appearance really makes people feel a little more relaxed, but Victoria, who is always stern-faced next to her, extinguishes the half-elf's enthusiasm with cold facts: "The situation is really serious. Has there been any change? For the current mortal nations, it may not make much difference whether the main battleship left by a civilization of the level of the Voyager is one or six, and compared with that spaceship, this' The home port' may be the most threatening force of the Sentinel, and with our current technology, even if the home port is left here without resistance, it may take tens of thousands of years for us to dismantle it slowly..."

Amber suddenly opened his mouth and stopped talking, while Modil on the side sighed after thinking about the technological gap between this "home port" that can't be seen as far as the eye can see and the current mortal civilization: "In short, I just can't beat it." ...you can't beat it if you don't move."

As soon as this remark came out, Gawain and Amber immediately looked at the great adventurer with strange eyes, which made Modil a little dazed: "Uh...did I say something wrong?"

"...That's not true," Gao Wen touched his chin in embarrassment, "It's just that I suddenly thought of something else after hearing your words, so don't worry about it."

Victoria on the side also showed a rare embarrassment on her face. As a descendant of the Wilder family, she also devoted herself to studying the "Modill's Travels" left by her ancestors. At this moment, she naturally thought of something disrespectful to her ancestors, so Immediately coughed twice, and looked to the side while changing the topic: "Your Majesty, what are we going to do next? Should we continue to search the depths of the giant tree of reincarnation? Or start exploring the Voyager facilities near the home port?"

"...Let's return," Gawain looked towards the port, and after hesitating for a while, he still had to order to leave—although the secrets buried in this home port made him want to continue investigating here, but strictly following the procedures The spaceship will not take into account the wishes of a group of "stowaways", not to mention the limited amount of supplies they carry this time, "We can continue to send people to explore here, and we can have a long-term plan about the sentry after we go back. That ship Spaceships don't wait for people."

Victoria bowed her head and accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then... what should I do here?" Amber looked around, and her eyes finally fell on the small wooden house in front of her. Pink and white flower, "I mean... what about 'them'? Let's just leave them here?"

In fact, there is no need for Amber to remind, Gawain has not forgotten what happened in the hut. He looked at the twin flowers in the wooden hut, as if he saw two pioneers standing opposite him after hundreds of years—mortals confronting each other. Heralds of their own destiny: "We shouldn't have left them here."

"But how should we take them away?" Mary, who had been following along obediently in the line without opening her mouth, couldn't help breaking the silence at this time, her voice seemed quite nervous. She had already heard from Kamel just now. After learning about the elf twins, there was a hint of sadness in the eyes when looking at the hut at this moment, "I mean... if you pick the flowers or pull the flower vines down, will it hurt them instead?"

"...This is really a blind spot in my knowledge," Gawain sighed helplessly, "It would be great if Amorn was here, he must know about this matter."

He shook his head, and just as he finished speaking, it seemed that an invisible wind suddenly blew through the surroundings, and the shrubs, flowers and plants attached to the remains of the giant tree of reincarnation suddenly swayed slightly, and small rustling sounds came from all directions. passed it on.

Everyone was immediately attracted by this change, and Gao Wen heard a voice faintly sounding in the back of his mind at the same time as those rustling sounds came from the surroundings - it was a strange and deep voice, distant but clear : "Take them away..."

"Did you hear any sound?" Gawain immediately looked around and said in a low tone.

"Sound? Didn't hear it," Humber immediately pricked up her ears, and her pointed elf ears sensitively shook twice in mid-air, "...didn't hear anything."

Gawain didn't speak, but frowned slightly and looked in the direction of the cabin. The voice that suddenly appeared in his mind had disappeared, as if it had never appeared before, but Gawain didn't think there was a problem with his judgment.

He walked towards the hut, and Amber hurriedly followed behind: "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Bring them." Gawain stepped across the door and looked at the two small flowers quietly blooming on the flower vine. "Give them to Amorn immediately after you go back."

"Ah... but how do I take it?" Hu Po subconsciously pulled out her two precious daggers, but encountered difficulties when she walked to the flower vine, "Just pull it down or..."

"Try to bring the flower vine as intact as possible... strip it from the root," Gawain glanced at the vine that seemed to be fused with the pillars of the hut, "it shouldn't be difficult for you."

"Okay, it's not difficult...well." Amber murmured casually, she raised her dagger after a little concentration, and began to quickly but delicately peel off the vines wrapped around the pillar, and the two flowers hanging on the vines The pink and white flower at the end trembled slightly with her movements, silent but seemed to respond——During this period, Amber looked up and curled her lips, "Hold on, I will try not to hurt you... Tsk , so stupid, I actually chatted with Hua..."

After chanting, Amber's movements were extremely fast, and the flower vines were stripped off the pillar almost in the blink of an eye. At the same time, Victoria also walked into the house. She glanced at Amber's "results" and stepped forward quickly. Gathering the fallen flower vines together with the flowers, while being careful not to cause damage, finally she quickly drew a few runes on top of the coiled flower vines, and the thick ice was instantly formed out of thin air, connecting the two flowers and The vines were frozen together.

"This can guarantee vitality—there won't be any damage," Victoria nodded to Gao Wen. "I often use this method to preserve all kinds of creatures, from plants to nephews, with great success."

Modil, who followed behind into the room, saw this scene and muttered to himself: "I seem to be doing this back then..."

Gao Wen nodded to Victoria, then turned and walked outside the house: "Let's leave—time is running out."

A group of people walked out of the hut and were about to walk in the direction of the spaceship at the port, but Hu Po seemed to have discovered something suddenly, and pointed to the distance with wide eyes: "Hey! Look!"

Gao Wen immediately looked up and saw a bush not far away rapidly withering in front of his eyes.

There were rustling sounds from all around.

Everyone looked around, and as far as they could see, the vegetation, fruit bushes, and shrubs that had grown from the remains of the giant tree of reincarnation were all withering and decaying at an alarming rate. With Sister Fierna's cabin as the center, this giant tree The remaining vitality in the tree is rapidly dissipating.

It is as if a garden that has been stagnant for hundreds of years is rapidly dying in just a few minutes.

The nursery nursery that Fierna sisters had carefully taken care of also withered, and the vines growing around the nursery also broke and fell down. She blinked: "All the vitality here is just for..."

A loud sound of dry and broken wooden structure came from not far away, the sound was like thunder, interrupting Hu Po's speech.

"The canopy is about to collapse!" Gawain quickly reacted, "Evacuate immediately!"

Before he finished speaking, Melita had already turned into a dragon in a brilliant light curtain, and a deep and majestic voice sounded in the open space: "Everyone come up! Let's fly out!"

The bang of the broken wooden structure continued to come from the surroundings, filling the entire port area like increasingly dense thunder, and the whole ground trembled slightly, and in the distance, the edge of the crown of the giant tree of reincarnation faintly The smoke and dust of the contract has begun to rise, and the fragile branch structure continues to collapse in the eyes of everyone!

The dragon soared into the sky.