Chapter 1419 Restoration

Within a few days after this, the post-war meeting began to proceed smoothly according to the scheduled process-one bill was thrown out and one bill was discussed, and most of the content was actually formulating various post-war conferences. Economic recovery, plans for transnational aid, and as the meeting progressed, various issues related to the division of post-war wasteland and development rights were gradually brought to the table.

These are extremely sensitive "pie-dividing" issues, but they are being carried out in a surprisingly smooth manner, as many people have realized-on such issues involving the basic order of the alliance, the three major In fact, the empire has already set the tone in private.

Whether it is Typhon or Cecil, or Baiyin located in the extreme south of the continent, no empire wants the alliance to be in chaos. Under this premise, all issues that may cause the alliance to be in chaos have been formally resolved as early as the Tarash Conference. Before the start, "ventilation" was carried out. As the saying goes, small meetings are held for big things, and big meetings are held for small things. The remaining "details" after the Great Empire finalizes the general direction.

Belsetia Chenxing stood on the high terrace, quietly looking at the night sky above the Tarash Plain. From this position overlooking the earth, one can see beams of light emanating from the dark earth , extending to the distance like a continuous chain, and at the root of these light beams, you can see sparse artificial lights, those lights are much weaker and rarer than those of the Elven King's Court, but in this dark place On the land that has been shrouded for seven hundred years, even the faintest lights are precious.

Footsteps came from behind, and the Silver Queen spoke slowly without turning her head: "The food aid plan for the Gaoling Kingdom and the Ogulei Tribal Country has finally been finalized today, and the Alliance Food Committee should be busy soon."

"The weather has begun to turn cold, and the southern and western regions of the mainland that were most damaged in the war have lost half of their grain production," Elaine's voice came from the side, "although the pollution caused by the chaotic magic energy has subsided , but the good fields that have been destroyed can’t grow again——before the next planting season, many areas will face severe food ration pressure. I am very worried whether the food committee can really solve such a big problem. After all... Gaoling Kingdom itself was once one of the largest grain-producing countries in the alliance."

"Yeah, the pressure is really great, especially since the Loren kingdoms have already used a large amount of food reserves to support Tarrond - at that time, no one thought that the next food shortage would come like this," Berseti said. Ya shook her head, "But according to Uncle Gawain, the situation doesn't seem to be as serious as imagined. The main reason is that the Sorin Sea of ​​Trees has spread to the northern part of Tarash, and that huge sea of ​​trees is absorbing everything. It would leave the biomass residue and convert it into edible parts, which is enough to relieve some of the food pressure."

"The fruit bred in that piece of tree sea..." Elaine's expression suddenly became a little weird, "I heard that Sorin tree sea feeds on the remains of biochemically synthesized beasts and dark roots, and the food transformed in this way... Although I know non-toxic,

But it still feels weird. "

"But the victims of starvation don't think about this," Belsetia glanced at Elaine, "In the face of life and death, they don't care whether the food in their hands grows from the corpses of monsters—not to mention the land itself. Where life dies, there are countless strange things buried under every piece of land we cultivated, so don’t pay attention to such details.”

"It's exactly as you said," Elaine nodded, and then she became a little curious, "But I heard that the yield of Sorin tree fruit is actually not high. Relying on the fruit of the sea of ​​trees can really alleviate the food crisis faced by the entire continent. Is it stressful?"

Belsetia thought for a while, and said slowly: "It is said that the newly grown leaves and part of the roots of the giant tree of Thorin have begun to become edible. Before the arrival of this winter, more than 70% of her new body parts It can be transformed into a safe food in a specific way—even as a staple food.”

Elaine listened, and opened her eyes a little bit, until finally she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Transform the body into food?! This... this is not a fruit that grows... Sister Bertila... ..."

"She's still the same as before," Bersetia shook her head lightly and interrupted Elaine, "You know, when we got the news, it must have been something she had decided. Sister Bersetia has always Thinking she's somehow...responsible for the mess left by the end of all things, even though this offshoot of the wasteland has long since had nothing to do with her. She's even a bit paranoid in that regard."

"...We can't make decisions for her, and we can't make decisions for those victims," ​​Elaine exhaled softly, "If Uncle Gao Wen also agrees to this matter, then we have no right to say anything. "

"Yes, Uncle Gawain agreed," Belsetia nodded, and then her expression became slightly serious, "Speaking of which, what do you think of the 'plan' proposed by Uncle Gawain? Those rune stones..."

Elaine frowned slightly, and said with some uncertainty: "I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing in the end, but it is indeed like what Princess Ophelia said, this is something that has to be done—bomb It is already there, and in the case of being unable to dismantle it, we can only choose to try to make it from an uncontrolled bomb to a controlled one. But if we really find a way to control this 'planet transformation system', no one will It is uncertain whether this will be another "wasteland crisis" in the future, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and most human beings do not have full foresight and firm belief like Uncle Gao Wen."

Belsetia supported the railing on the edge of the terrace with her hands, staring at the darkness in the distance: "From a human's point of view, it may be a bit too early to think about these things now, but from an elf's point of view, many 'too early' problems It's all in the not-too-distant future. It's impossible for Uncle Gao Wen not to have thought of this, but he still chose to start this plan. This only shows that the benefits of this matter outweigh the risks, or...in the case that the risks are doomed, doing this The risk is relatively small."

"Well, sometimes when you think about it, this world is really full of malice towards us," Elaine sighed helplessly. "The end seems to always follow us, but most of us really just want to survive in peace."

"Every day we survive, we are a little luckier than those civilizations that died early." Belsetia raised her head and looked up at the star-studded night sky. Above this land that lacks light, the sky that has just been purified It seems to be clearer than any place on Loren Continent, and there are more stars than any other place, and among the twinkling stars, some kind of imagination about the distance is attracting the eyes of the Silver Queen, "So sometimes I am also very Curious, that civilization that is constantly sending us signals...do they also face the malice of this world all the time like us, and carefully maintain their existence every day?"

"...they have developed to the level where they can send signals to the opposite side of the star sea. That may be a civilization that is far stronger than ours," Elaine replied seriously to the Queen's casual remark, "but advanced does not necessarily mean friendly, No one can be sure whether this civilization that is constantly sending signals is friendly, although judging from what they are sending now, this civilization has not shown any malicious external..."

Belsetia nodded lightly: "The issue of this alien signal is already being discussed within the alliance. By tomorrow, the further 'Star Sea Project' will be put on the table, although we are not yet ready to directly step into the starry sky. preparations, but this continuous signal and the discovery at the Viplandon Observatory have pushed the vast starry sky to everyone... There are other civilizations in the starry sky, and the pioneers among us have put in great efforts to crack the alien star. The 'code' of civilized communication, we can't turn a blind eye to the facts."

The maid Elaine seemed to be lost in thought because of this topic, and she didn't speak for a few seconds. Belsetia couldn't help laughing when she saw this: "What are you thinking, Elaine?"

"I'm thinking... In the Tarash Conference, which was dominated by heavy and serious topics such as food crisis, medical aid, and post-war interests, such an issue about the starry sky seems to be the 'only romance' in the heavy atmosphere, Elaine smiled, "Maybe Uncle Gao Wen temporarily added the 'Xinghai Project' to the meeting agenda for this purpose?"

"...Although this sounds good, I always feel that he didn't think about it so much at all. He probably just thought of it and added it in." The Silver Queen sighed slightly, "Uncle Gao Wen is a pragmatist. We can't understand the romance."

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"Just send it here." Diana turned her head and said to several guards who came with her.

Several Typhon extraordinary people bowed their heads and took orders, and walked back silently. Diana withdrew her gaze from them. She turned her head to look forward, and saw that the corridor with a distinctive Gondor style seemed to extend infinitely in her field of vision. A row of faint lights illuminate the underground space directly below the source of the Deep Blue Well. At the end of the corridor stands a door that looks extremely heavy. On both sides of the corridor, on the walls made of alloy, there are Metal gates are neatly lined up one after another.

When Diana's eyes fell on those neatly arranged metal gates, the light above one of the gates suddenly lit up, and a bright indicative track appeared on the floor, a mechanical synthesis sound echoed in the open underground. There was a sound in the space: "Soldier, your repair tank is ready, proceed along the indicated track, room number R-635."

How long has it been since you heard this beep?

This familiar yet unfamiliar system prompt made Diana's mental core slightly warm, and those ancient memories still remained in her storage body, but even with Iron Man's artificial mind, it seemed that when recalling these pictures, she seemed to be confused. With a faded brown color, she walked towards one of the rooms along the flowing light. With the slight friction of the mechanical device, the alloy gate slid open before her eyes, and a small repair room appeared in front of her eyes.

Diana stepped into it, and saw that there were seven or eight "repair tanks" neatly arranged in this small repair room. It was a metal with a silver-white coating, the size of a single bed, and a sunken center. On the edge of each platform, you can see all kinds of maintenance equipment on standby. At this moment, all the repair slots in the room are empty, and the light on the edge is dim. Only the light on the edge of one platform is slightly lit, which is obviously for her. prepare for.

"Soldier, undress and step forward, your repair slot is marked."

The reminder sounded beside her ears. Diana gathered herself together, temporarily suppressed some messy thoughts in her heart, and prepared according to the voice prompted by the system. During this process, she could always feel a "will"— ——This "will" is here, in this room, in this base, and in the entire area of ​​the Deep Blue Well.

Diana knew that this was "she" looking at her. Long, long ago, she was also a node under the control of this "consciousness", but now she is no longer, and this consciousness is now examining her gaze... It seems a little curious.

This repair facility is located on the edge of the Iron Man production and maintenance array, and is generally in the "shallow area" of the Deep Blue Fortress. There are still thousands of meters of dirt, rock, steel and cement between it and the deepest Ophelia Matrix. But this barrier of thousands of meters can't stop Ophelia Norton's "gaze" transmitted along with countless data links and sensing devices.

Diana lay down in the repair tank assigned to herself, and the cold but reassuring touch stimulated her bionic skin. She felt that her mental core had gradually returned to smooth operation, and those arrayed around the repair tank The working machines are making slight humming sounds one by one—the equipment here is inspecting an unrecognizable body that has been remodeled and repaired after seven hundred years, and trying to work out a feasible "recovery" plan, which must be It's not easy.

There seemed to be a period of time before the equipment was ready, and Diana focused her gaze on the ceiling. She saw a ring structure directly above the repair tank, with many cables and dormant robotic arms hovering. On the edge of the ring structure, and in the center of the ring structure, another device emitting a dark red shimmer can be seen—the edge of the device flickers slightly, like a weird eye.

It was indeed an eye, and Diana quickly understood that it was the eye of Ophelia Norton, the princess of Gondor who was in charge of the Iron Army long, long ago. Such or similar magical devices are used to monitor the Iron Soldiers. Every production array, every maintenance unit, every storage or transfer facility, and even every Iron Soldier has an "extension unit" connected to this system. ", the iron people are used to this, and even feel very friendly, but at this moment Diana looks at that eye, but suddenly feels...a bit awkward.

As if sensing the uneasiness of the Iron Man soldier, Ophelia Norton's voice sounded in the room: "You look a little nervous, Diana."

"...sorry," Diana replied softly, "I haven't been in a repair tank for many years."

"Maybe it's not just because of this," Ophelia's voice sounded gentle and flat, "but it's not important—I want to repair your body, which is already on the verge of limit, first."

"...Yes, thank you very much."