Chapter 1501 Going Deep

In the courtyard of the Cecil Palace, Betty and Enya are admiring the new ice sculpture in front of the fountain. The ice sculpture is so lifelike that it looks like Tyre himself. She was probably accidentally frozen into this shape while sleeping next to the pool. Because the elemental creatures will turn into transparent ice crystals after being completely frozen, they are regarded as ice sculptures made by people.

The two young dragons who slipped over from the embassy of Tarrond to play are lying next to the ice sculpture in Tyre at the moment. The two excited little guys are practicing their innate skills that are indispensable as dragons, and they take turns using the little dragons. He was roasting Tire's frozen tail, and with the help of Amber, who was afraid of chaos, he directed the two young dragons to adjust the firepower while sprinkling salt, cumin and black pepper on Tire's tail. .

And not far away, Gawain was standing with Heidi, watching the warm scene by the fountain (correct), Heti couldn't help showing a helpless smile on his face: "Every winter Tyre can always Do some unexpected things... It’s the first time I know that the Kraken really turns into a transparent texture like ice after it’s completely frozen?”

"It's an elemental creature after all," Gawain said with a smile, "and what is every winter—when did Tyre divide the seasons?"

"That's true," Hetty thought for a while, and couldn't help but smile, then her eyes fell on Amber again, "She won't really plan to roast and eat Tyre's tail, will she? Although Tyre himself might not Mind, but this matter..."

"Don't worry about it, it's just funny, it's good for her to play around with these two little guys for a while," Gao Wen said casually, and then changed the subject, "Let's not talk about these things...Amoen mentioned it earlier. How is the investigation of the situation? Is there any follow-up?"

"You mean the plants of unknown origin that appeared on the border of the Shadow Garden?" Hetty immediately understood what Gawain was talking about, and frowned slightly, "After receiving the report, the Theocratic Council immediately sent someone to check it out. , the 'invasive plants' mentioned by Mr. Lu were indeed found in the border area, but the follow-up investigation made no progress. The technical department retrieved all the records of the various monitoring devices installed in the Shadow Garden over the past few months , but no abnormal data were found."

Listening to Hetty's report, Gawain also frowned a little bit.

The "plants" of unknown origin appeared in the shadow garden. This is the "vision" that Amon suddenly reported not long ago-several flowers and plants suddenly appeared on the edge of the huge garden. Of course, it would be nothing if they were placed in other places , but that was deep in the Shadow Realm, a garden created by the power of the God of Nature in the past, and a few flowers and plants that were not in the plan would be a big deal.

After receiving the report, the technicians of the Theocratic Council broke out in a cold sweat on the spot, followed by several days of investigation and spot monitoring, but as Hetty reported...the investigation found nothing.

"Did the monitoring equipment leave no traces... But Amon's judgment should not be wrong," Gao Wen said in a low voice, "Although he is no longer a god, his strength and instinct are still there, and he will not remember I don't know the flowers and plants in my garden...have you sampled and analyzed it?"

"Can't sample successfully," Hetty shook her head, "Those flowers and plants that abnormally appear on the border of the courtyard don't seem to be completely 'real', any attempt to move or sample them will cause them to quickly decompose and disappear, let alone brought to the present In the world, even in the Shadow Garden, the leaf samples collected will disappear within two minutes.

"In view of this, the technical monks of the Council can only conduct in-situ research on those plants without destroying the plants, and the results obtained are limited. Now we can only confirm that those plants do not belong to any species known in the world, and they have weak It has no smell or taste, is touchable and harmless, but too much touching will cause it to wither temporarily - this withering will gradually recover over the next few hours."

"...It sounds like it has some characteristics of a 'miracle'," Gao Wen pondered, and then suddenly mentioned a seemingly irrelevant matter,

"Is there any movement worthy of attention in the churches of the gods in the world recently?"

"No," Hetty shook his head again, "Since the establishment of communication with alien civilizations, the Theocratic Council has increased the monitoring level of all churches to prevent ideological changes, and the trial monks of the arbitration tribunal have been watching, but so far there has been no response. Abnormal report came out."

"There are no visions..." Gao Wen folded his arms, his tone was extremely serious, and he said suddenly after a moment of contemplation, "Let the council continue to closely monitor the world's major sects, especially the priests of the three gods of abundance."

Heti froze for a moment, and her eyes changed slightly: "The three gods of abundance... Do you really suspect that the 'invasive plants' that appeared in the Shadow Garden are related to those three goddesses?"

"The monitoring equipment has not been touched, either because the 'intruder' has a magical power that we have not yet known, thus blinding the divine detection function of the equipment, or because the intruder somehow managed to get mixed into the 'white list' - Feng Rao 3 The origin of gods is closely related to the gods of nature. In the ancient times, the powers of the gods were mixed, and the abundance gods were even regarded as "variants" after the belief in nature gods was introduced into human society from elven society. This kind of "same origin" Sex' is also reflected in the power and authority of the corresponding gods.

"Our current technology is not enough to accurately distinguish and perceive the power of all the gods. If it is true that the three gods of abundance have invaded the Shadow Garden, then the monitoring equipment is likely to confuse this power with Amorn's power... ...I think that's the most likely scenario."

Hetty nodded earnestly and wrote down Gawain's instructions. After hesitating for a few seconds, she still couldn't hold back her words: "If it's true that the three goddesses of abundance are acting... what do you think they want to do?"

"I don't know, I don't have the ability to predict." Gao Wen shrugged, "But if you have to guess... I hope this is a good sign."

Hetty was a little curious: "A good sign?"

"Do you still remember what I said before?" Gawain glanced at her, "Cecil took the lead in experimenting with church reforms, and allied countries promoted the order of 'theocratic monarchy' across the continent. The work has achieved certain results all over the world. In theory, this kind of change in the mortal world should have begun to affect the gods behind the churches... Maybe there is still some distance from the real "unbundling", but those who are more thoughtful As far as the gods are concerned, they may already be trying to move their limbs..."

"Move your hands and feet..." Hetty thought thoughtfully, "So you think the traces that appeared on the edge of the Shadow Garden are probably the three gods of abundance sending signals..."

"The shackles that bind mortals and gods are as dangerous as thorns, so that even if the shackles are loosened slightly, neither side dare to act rashly," Gao Wen sighed, "The three gods of abundance may indeed be sending us a signal But this signal seems to be more difficult to understand than Kamel's face and Nicholas' eyes... But it can't be helped.

"Now we can only hope that this 'relaxation' will continue, so that more gods can take the initiative to try to contact the world, and all we can do... is to let the council concentrate on it, and don't miss the gods' fight. Do your best to wink at us."

The picture in Hetty's mind immediately emerged...

...

At the same time, off the northern coast of Loren Continent, on the Violet Island covered by lush primeval jungle and wilderness, an expedition team led by Modil and Maggie was walking through the depths of a dense forest.

An abnormally thick and dark environment shrouded the dense forest. Even at noon, even in places where the sun shines, the sky that should have been sunny also showed a state of approaching dusk. Where there is no direct sunlight, there are even shadows among the trees, as if there are disturbing shadows everywhere.

Even if the exploration team members turned on the lighting equipment they carried with them, even if Maggie and Mordir summoned the magic light ball, the brilliance could barely be maintained to the extent that everyone could see the road clearly. Not enough to dispel the surrounding shadows - which makes the whole exploration process feel oppressive.

"How should I put it... As expected of the place where Lady Ye's power influences, the dense shadow environment here is really impressive," Mordir wore a short robe that was easy to move, and held a short staff in one hand and a mage's bodyguard in the other. The commonly used one-handed sword, while paying attention to the movement in the surrounding woods, casually said to the dragon-born maid next to her, "It feels like 'projecting' the Shadow Realm into the real world..."

"The only good thing is that the dark environment itself is harmless. At least we didn't encounter monsters that suddenly emerged from the Shadow Realm, nor did we encounter the kind of thick fog that would make people completely lost."

Maggie said in a low voice. She held a long sword in each hand and kept cleaning up the plants blocking the way. The maid skirt on her body didn't seem to affect her agility at all.

Overgrown vines and grotesque bushes are formidable obstacles to ordinary people, but not a problem to a maid with the power of a dragon—and if she encounters a really troublesome bush, she will simply A mouthful of dragon's breath went out to burn it clean, which ensured the speed of the exploration team and also left enough eye-catching "marks" along the way to prevent the team from getting lost in this seemingly endless jungle.

"Yeah, at least the fog has cleared." Modil looked up at the depths of the dense forest, and at the same time seriously felt the flow of magic power in the surrounding environment, "Now we can explain why the cities in the former Violet Kingdom were isolated from each other. The area is blocked by the fog, and unauthorized strangers who enter the forest will be sent back to the exit by the fog..."

Maggie raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

"Because things like dreams are discontinuous, so are the dreams of gods. Where dreams are interrupted, nothingness is nothingness. It is impossible for you to walk from one dream to another through your legs... I think, at the beginning Ms. Ye probably didn't outline the details of these deep forests at all in her dreams, so they are always shrouded in mist, only special existences like 'messenger' can open the passage in the mist," Modil is not concerned He said slowly, "So, in the Violet Kingdom, it's not a 'road' that connects cities to each other, it's actually Ms. Ye's imagination..."

The old mage's previous analysis was quite reasonable, but the final conclusion made Maggie almost choke to death on her own saliva. The young Miss Dragonborn suddenly coughed twice, and looked at the great adventurer with a strange expression: "Where did you learn that?" to this word?"

"Oh, I found a few books on Victoria's bookshelf...these exquisite words come from our great Gawain Cecil the Great," Mordir blushed, talking about his idol obviously made him quite happy , but then he was a little puzzled, "But I don't know why, but Victoria hides these books in the deepest part of the bookshelf. If it wasn't discovered by accident, I wouldn't even know that she has collected these good things..."

Maggie: "..."

"Did you know that Victoria collected these books?" Mordir didn't notice the momentary embarrassment on Miss Dragonborn's face, but asked casually.

Maggie was silent for two seconds: "...I know."

"Oh? Then do you know where she bought it from?" Modil was overjoyed, "I can't find any channels anywhere..."

"I know," Maggie sighed resignedly, "I bought them for her."

While saying this, she waved two long swords casually, cut off the vines and weeds blocking the road, and then suddenly spewed a fiery flame forward, instantly burning a bush in the distance—— Under her precise control, the flames of the dragon's breath only burned for a moment and then quickly extinguished, and the flames around the bushes did not spread out at all. Only a thick smoke lingered in the open space and rose into the sky through the gaps in the forest.

The thick smoke was a signal, used to inform the remaining troops in the rear camp and a dragoon reconnaissance plane circling in the nearby sky about the approximate location of the exploration team—Maggie would come here every once in a while.

To be honest, there is a humanoid female dragon that can breathe fire at any time in the team, which is a bit exciting for ordinary explorers, but for Cecil soldiers who have long been accustomed to cooperating with all kinds of weird "friendly troops" It's a fairly commonplace thing.

Behind Mordir and Maggie was a small group of heavily armed Iron Ranger warriors. These elite soldiers who wore light charged armor and were good at performing tasks in various special environments marched silently, keeping their eyes on each other. Be vigilant against any disturbance in the forest. Not long after Maggie’s breath burned the bushes and caused thick smoke, one of the ranger fighters received a communication from the rear. After quickly confirming the password and transmitting the information, the The soldiers quickly came to Mordir and Maggie: "Aerial reconnaissance has brought news that there is a huge rock with a strange shape about four kilometers in front of us, and it has a strong magic power response."

"Got it," Maggie nodded, "let's take a closer look."

After the soldiers retreated, Maggie turned her head to look at the great adventurer beside her: "The huge boulder with a strange shape... that should be the kind of 'stone pile' that you detected with the eyes of the mage before."

"It should be, the location is correct," Modil said, "When I was scouting with the eyes of the mage before, those unusually abrupt 'stone piles' in the forest were very interesting... No matter how you look at it, it looks like It is a man-made thing, but theoretically there should be no real man-made things on Violet Island."

Maggie nodded slightly: "I hope that thing can help us better understand the mysterious 'ancient god', Ms. Ye, after all... who is there?!"

As if she had noticed something suddenly, she suddenly looked at the shadow in the forest not far away, and her eyes suddenly turned into vertical pupils unique to dragons, and the faint coercion spread out in all directions.

But there was nothing there, only shadows.

(It’s time to push the book. The title of the book is "Into the Unscientific". The author is a novice fisherman. It is said that the author was milked three times in the last book and wrote 8000 points alive. The setting of the new book this time is also very interesting. If you are interested, you can Go check it out.)