Chapter 1379 Observatory

Located in the barren wilderness near the frontline base, the ancient facility that maintains its structural integrity is standing quietly in the setting sun. Due to the continuous extension of the purification device in the wasteland, the dirty clouds that originally entrenched over this area have gradually disappeared. With the change of the energy field, it was gradually dispelled. For the first time in several centuries, the normal sunlight shone on the land——in the setting sun, the mottled ancient buildings were like giants standing silently on the land, facing the wilderness. The depths cast long shadows.

A heavily armed command vehicle and two heavy combat vehicles were parked in the shadows near the building, and the soldiers set up several temporary outposts around the wasteland to monitor the wasteland. In the command vehicle, the hologram in front of Philip A clear image is being displayed on the projection.

The team led by warrior Sara was approaching the only entrance at the bottom of the building. The ancient gate had been damaged, and the crooked door panel was dumped in the nearby dust. The space behind the gate was like a dark cave. In the dusk, the huge mouth was quietly opened, as if waiting for the reckless person to approach, and in the background sound of the screen, Philip could still hear the soldiers' heavy breathing from under the full-coverage helmet.

"We have come to the entrance, and neither the heat source alarm nor the life detector responded," the voice of soldier Sarah sounded from outside the screen, "There are no active targets within the visual range, and we have not been attacked."

"Look around the entrance and take all the pictures in," Philip said to the communication device, "then move forward in a guarded formation and pay attention to safety."

"Yes, General." The soldier's voice came, and at the same time, the screen on the holographic projection began to rotate. The mottled and old outer walls and the building materials falling off the outer walls moved slowly in front of the eyes of everyone in the command vehicle. Then the screen began to move towards the dark "hole". A scout turned on the light, and a bright beam of light shone into the door.

At this moment, the middle-aged scholar standing next to Philip suddenly said: "Stop for a moment, and turn back to the place just now—is there something in the middle of the pile of rubble where the light hit just now?"

As the expert's voice fell, the picture sent back by the communication device moved accordingly. A pile of broken objects scattered on the ground and a half-buried rectangular thin plate appeared in front of Philip and the others. A soldier pointed at the pile Wreckage: "Yes, this looks like a sign... There seems to be something on the surface, do you want to take it out? It looks very fragile."

Philip said in a deep voice: "Take it out and handle it carefully, there are words on it." "Yes, General."

The thin plate that was half buried in the ruins was carefully taken out, a piece of dust and debris fell from its surface, the soldier turned it over carefully, and put the side that appeared to have writing on the front of the picture. In the middle—there is a pattern that has been severely worn and weathered, and it is difficult for ordinary people to recognize it, but it can still be seen that it is the text of the ancient Gondor Empire. Philip immediately turned his head to look at the middle-aged scholar beside him: "I can see that the text written What is it?"

"We're identifying.

"The middle-aged scholar frowned, and several other experts came over. These people who knew the relics of Gondor carefully distinguished the symbols on the screen while discussing in a low voice from time to time, and then they took out the ancient Gondor. The map of the empire was drawn on it, as if to confirm the historical location of the facility here. After a long while, one of the scholars whispered thoughtfully: "Could it be that this is Viplandon?" observatory? "

"The Viplandon Observatory?" Philip frowned immediately, he vaguely remembered when he heard the name before, "Why does it sound a little familiar..."

"It was one of the largest astronomical observation facilities in the ancient Gondor period. It was located in the northern part of the ancient empire. It is said that there were extraterrestrial objects falling in this area thousands of years ago. "the research facility of 'object'," the middle-aged scholar explained, "most of the characters on that sign are already unrecognizable, but you can still see the words Observatory, we just confirmed the ancient map, where we are now It is near Viplandonshire in old Gondor..."

"I remembered! Your Majesty mentioned this place to me." Philip said with a dazed look, nodding his head. He did remember the knowledge corresponding to this place name, and he remembered that Gao Wen once mentioned that after the destruction of the Gondor Empire, the northern pioneers passed by this "Viplanden Observatory", and His Majesty's legendary face The similar shield of the guardian of the kingdom was obtained by the pioneers from a facility in the Viplandon area - it is said that the shield is even one of the legendary "exotic objects"...

"This observatory is still here, and the main structure shows no sign of collapse..." After realizing that this ancient facility might be of great significance, Philip's expression became more serious than before, "We have to report... "

"General, do you want to go deeper?" At this moment, the voice of soldier Sarah came from the communication device, "There is a very wide space inside, but the magic power reaction is still deeper in the facility. Find out if there is a way to move forward?"

"...keep moving," Philip ordered after a little thought, "keep an eye on the readings of the detection equipment."

The soldiers received the order and began to continue their operations in this ancient facility that had been silent for centuries. From the pictures sent back, it can be seen that they first entered a roughly circular hall. All the equipment has been damaged and silent, and it is obviously impossible to be the source of the mysterious energy reaction, and the lighting system in the facility has been completely broken. After checking some remaining energy lines, the technical experts made a judgment: this The energy system of the observatory itself is completely shut down.

"An energy response somewhere inside the observatory can still be sensed from the outside, and this energy response is very stable, without any strain on the actions of the exploration team," said a technical expert, "so this energy response may have nothing to do with the observatory itself , I suspect that it is some kind of exogenous energy source...such as some kind of ancient relic, which is stored in that facility and has been running all these years..."

"It can continuously release energy for seven centuries, no matter what it is, it can only be described as amazing," Philip frowned and shook his head, "Even the cutting-edge technology left by the Gondor Empire back then is difficult ..."

"General, we have found a way to the upper floor. It looks like a spare staircase on the side of the hall." Sarah's voice suddenly came from outside the screen, interrupting Philip's soliloquy. "We are going up. , there seems to be a door ahead..."

Philip's eyes immediately returned to the holographic projection. He saw two soldiers walking up a rather steep staircase, and the steps that had been in disrepair for a long time seemed to be quite stable. At the end of the steep staircase, there was A small platform can be seen, and a dull metal door is inlaid on the wall on the other side of the platform. It is closed tightly, and a rusty sign can be seen on the door frame.

The signboard is obviously in much better condition than the signboard at the entrance of the facility. The characters on it are faintly legible, and the middle-aged scholar standing next to Philip quickly recognized the words on it: "The upper observatory—the door The back should be the most important part of the observatory."

"You can try to open the door," said another scholar. "Theoretically, there won't be any traps behind this kind of door. This is a research facility. It doesn't need to arrange any weapons near the observatory."

The soldiers who entered the observatory received the order, and one of them stepped forward, put his hand on the heavy-looking metal door and pushed it slightly—the next second, the surface of the door suddenly A flowing gleam appeared!

The twilight flowed on the surface of the gate, as if some kind of "will" that had been sleeping for an unknown number of years suddenly woke up in its depths. Philip and several technical experts were also taken aback for an instant—this door still has energy? !

Immediately afterwards, before anyone could speak, the faint light flowing on the door quickly gathered together, turning into a light curtain floating in front of the door, with clear characters jumping on the light curtain.

Philip immediately looked at the expert next to him, and the latter translated without waiting for the general to speak: "It does not meet the identity verification—general, this is an access control system, it is still operating normally, and it needs permission to open the door..."

"It's all 700 years ago. Where can I find the authority to open the door?" Another scholar next to him said suddenly, "It seems that we have to find a way to crack this old antique... This door still has energy, behind it The structure of the facility probably still has energy. If you forcibly destroy the gate, I don’t know if it will trigger some kind of destruction mechanism. Secret research facilities like this usually have settings for automatically destroying data..."

"Wait," Philip had been frowning thoughtfully since just now, and suddenly interrupted the conversation of several scholars, "Don't rush to stimulate this door, let's report the situation here Go up, if you have permission... I'm afraid there is a way to solve it..."

...

"The First Legion led by Philip discovered the Viplandon Observatory in the highland area to the southeast of the Mana Scorch," Gawain put down the information he had just received in the study room covered with blue velvet, and said to the person next to him. Amber, who helped sort out the information, said, "And the condition of the observatory is incredible, and the main structure is intact."

Hearing this, Amber's eyes widened immediately: "I'll go! Then they dug up something good! Philip is also so talented in this line?"

"...I think the 'talent' you mentioned might not be the same as what I'm thinking at this time." Gawain glanced at the former outstanding tomb robber, "but as long as you are happy."

"Hey, it's not important," Amber waved her hand casually, and then rolled her eyes, "By the way, I remember you picked up that shield from the Viplandon area... You said that before on."

"That's right, the Shield of the Guardian of the Kingdom was indeed found in an underground facility in the Viplandon area," Gawain nodded, "but strictly speaking, Charlie and I only found a very strong metal plate back then. We really couldn't figure out what that thing was, and felt that its size, shape, and hardness were just right, so we welded a handle to use it as a shield..."

What Gao Wen said was indeed the origin of the legendary shield that is as famous as the Pioneer Sword, but he did not mention more details:

The main body of the Shield of the Guardian of the Kingdom, the metal plate of unknown origin and extremely high hardness, is actually one of the fragments that fell on the surface in the Viplandon "Meteorite Rain" incident, and those fragments were Amo The wreckage thrown from the space station when En hit the sky station, the Gondor people in ancient times regarded those wreckages as "exotic objects". Later, with the development of Gondor civilization, scholars set up research facilities including A series of research facilities including the Viplandon Observatory, time passed, Gondor was destroyed, one of these fragments from the Sky Station fell into the hands of Charlie and Gawain who led the team to the north at that time, and was processed Becoming a shield, all of this is like an invisible thread, linking the three thousand years of history together.

And sometimes, thinking of the fall of the white star three thousand years ago, thinking of the "meteorite rain" in the Viplandon area, thinking of the Pioneer Army processing the fragments into Gawain Cecil's shield, Gawain can't help but continue to think about it— —Is it because of being with the piece of debris from the Sky Station all the year round that Gawain Cecil experienced some kind of "change" seven hundred years ago, leading to the establishment of a certain relationship between him and the legacy of the voyagers in space? Contact, and indirectly contact with yourself as a "satellite essence" at that time? As the strongest knight, Gawain Cecil died in his prime, leaving behind an immortal body, and he was reborn on the surface of the space, occupying such a body that once held the voyager fragment... All of this really seemed like a deal that had already been made.

Today, many mysteries about the legacy of Gawain Cecil and the Voyager have been revealed, but only this most critical part remains blank in Gawain's memory.

"Hey... hey," at this moment, Amber's voice suddenly came from the side, waking Gao Wen up from the state of being distracted, "Are you okay? Suddenly your eyes are in a trance... have you lost your mind again?"

"It's nothing, I just accidentally remembered something from the past." Gao Wen shook his head and said casually, "Where did you just say?"

"Speaking of your shield, you got it out of a box in a basement in Viplandon. It was just a metal plate with no idea what it was used for, and then you welded it to use it as a shield..." Amber said As he spoke, he glanced at the information Gawain threw on the table just now, "How is the situation with Philip now? What did they find in the observatory?"

"They found an ancient access control, which requires some kind of authentication authority to enter. The observatory on the upper floor of the observatory is blocked by that thing, and the explorers cannot enter," Gao Wen said in a deep voice. "The access control system is still running, which means that the observatory It is very likely that other things are still operating on the upper floor, and rashly destroying the gate will most likely lead to the destruction of the data in the facility, so Philip is now waiting for further instructions."

"I'm going, there's still a lock in the seven-hundred-year-old grave, then..." Amber was taken aback, and immediately realized, "Wait, authentication authority... I remember..."

"Yes, I need to contact our neighbors now," Gawain smiled. "Augustus may have such an 'authority', and they should be very interested in that observatory."