Chapter 1517: Something Great

It is said that one of the criteria for measuring the height of a civilization's development is to see how many "traces" this civilization can leave on the world.

The slash-and-burn primitive people could not leave long-term footprints on the earth. The farmhouses and villages they built throughout their lives could hardly cover a river valley, but a powerful kingdom could build magnificent stone cities between mountains, rivers and plains. Row upon row of houses and roads extending in all directions can make primitive humans horrified and inexplicable.

But if one looks at the world from the top of the clouds, the cities built by the kingdom and the roads between the wilderness will also melt into the earth, turning into a piece of inconspicuous dirt against a blue-green background.

But some scholars say that today's mortal civilization is creating an unprecedented miracle. The Alliance is trying to transform a majestic mountain into an eye for stargazing, and build a giant structure on the plain around the mountain to listen to the sky. The voice of the distant stars, the scale of this miracle will far exceed the Helm City that the Ogure people have been proud of for generations, surpass the sky temple that has crashed in the Silver Empire, and even surpass the one built by the Cecils The City of Magic - it is so magnificent that even in the distant space, the brilliance it emits will be clearly visible, like a bright candle in the night.

This is a very abstract statement, because no human being has really left this planet, and no one knows what it looks like to look down on the earth from space. Scholars use formulas and magnificent imaginations to describe this matter, but for For those earthly beings who have been mediocre all their lives, these wonderful words are just a fantasy dream that seems to have something to do with them, but is actually out of reach.

The cold wind in the deep winter blew across the mountains, causing disturbing whistling sounds among the towering steel frames and temporary sheds. Bottom was wearing a heavy winter coat and walking in the camp with surveying equipment on his shoulders. The cold air flow It dispelled the last bit of drowsiness in his mind, and made him somehow suddenly think of the content of an article he read in a journal two days ago.

That article was talking about the grand project being carried out at the Ancestors’ Peak, but to be honest, Botum didn’t really understand the overly technical vocabulary in that article, nor did he understand the author’s emotional expression. The parts of the entire journal that interested him most were the humorous stories and short cartoons at the end of the book, and the only reason for him to devote his attention to this professional article was that he happened to be involved in the "article" mentioned in the article. grand project".

As a member of one of the hundreds of engineering teams stationed by the Alliance on this land, as one of the hundreds of skilled workers in this camp, as the most inconspicuous brick in this grand project.

The sky has not yet fully lit up, and the sparse starlight is still entrenched at the end of the western skyline. A low-pitched rumbling sound echoes uninterruptedly between the valleys, like some kind of persistent thunder. Bottom looked up Glancing at the direction of the roaring sound, he saw a majestic blue stream of light erupting from the mountains near Camp 16, passing a long distance like a river suspended in the sky, and finally falling into Camp 17. In the north of the camp, drill back into the depths of the mountain from a large fissure.

And behind this majestic stream of light, in the background, above the more distant mountains, there are more streams of light and more camps, all of which are now bathed in the faint morning light, Like a grotesque picture scroll, exuding a thrilling momentum.

Bottom still remembers how he was overwhelmed by these magnificent scenery when he first came here, just like every foreigner who gathered here from a distant foreign country in response to the order of the alliance, he was in awe for several minutes at that time. Standing beside the distribution center at the foot of the mountain with dull eyes, looking up at the high mountain surrounded by dark blue veins, I even felt that the flames gushing out from this high mountain were about to ignite the entire sky.

In fact, this sense of shock still lingers in his heart until now, and every time he looks at the scenery outside the camp, he will be awakened, but he is no longer as intimidated by the soaring dark blue pulse as he was when he came here on the first day Can't move - he can do his job well, like many here.

The noise inside and outside the camp gradually became noisy. The roar of construction machinery and the rumble of dark blue veins shaking the mountain broke the tranquility of the morning. On the edge of Camp No. 16, a huge lifting device was transporting a steel shell engraved with many complex runes to the At the end of the track, this steel shell comes from the first foundry of the Cecil Empire. It was airlifted to the peak of the ancestors last night. It is part of the reflection array, and in the next few months, there will be dozens of reflection arrays Built on the mountain surface of the Ancestor's Peak, it restrains and focuses the dark blue veins across the sky, and transforms them into the huge energy required by the observation device.

In the north of Camp No. 17, two criss-cross metal skeletons are crawling on the surface of the icy rock formation. Bright welding lights are shining everywhere on the surface of the skeletons. In the hazy morning light, the skeletons are like two steel pythons that are gradually stretching their bodies. ——It is the basic part of the resonant amplifier. After a year, a tall tower will be built on this skeleton. It will be used to receive and amplify the monitoring signals from the plain, so that mortals can hear the voices from the stars.

This intense and busy construction site is scattered all over the mountain, full of shining welding points and rumbling mixing plants. Every inch of land, steel, crystal, cement, blood and sweat on the surface of the "Mountain" will become a piece of brick in this grand project, which makes Bottom can't help but have a strange association——

He felt like an inconspicuous worm, gathering with his worm compatriots around an unrivaled giant beast, gathering some fine dust with some insignificant power, and trying to use these dust to create a giant beast for the monster. vice armor.

He took a light breath, fixed the surveying and mapping device at the preset coordinate point, and began to adjust the parameters of the equipment. The weird thoughts that popped up in his mind would not affect a down-to-earth middle-aged man to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors. Task.

He needs to finish his work here as soon as possible, and then go to the next measurement point. After all the measurements are completed, he will return to the warm barracks, enjoy a hot meal, and then he may write to his father who stayed at home. A letter, or—if possible—applying to use the comms station in the camp to chat with his wife.

Botum couldn't help showing a smile, and looked up at the plain at the foot of the mountain. From the height of the ancestor's peak, he could overlook far, far away. He could see the shining land extending in his vision. Metal towers like the skeletons of giant beasts stood on the wilderness. The towers extended to both sides of the land, vaguely outlining some kind of larger-scale structure.

It was the "Sensor Array Ring" around the Ancestral Peak, and his wife worked near one of the towers.

...

Mirmina on the throne opened her eyes, and the automatic devices installed in various parts of the "Observer Chamber" immediately began to operate, and the anti-divine barrier continued to monitor the powerful aura escaping from the "God of the Past", A large number of monitoring systems projected many parameters to the mid-air around the throne. Most of these parameters came from nearly 10,000 sensing points set up on the Ancestor’s Peak mountain and the surrounding plains, and a small part came from the data manually uploaded by various engineering camps.

If it is an ordinary person, when faced with the suddenly refreshed and large-scale monitoring parameters, I am afraid that they will be dizzy in an instant. Let alone analyze any problems from it, it is not easy to see the content clearly. When dealing with these things, she can handle them with ease—in fact, these projected data are only a small part of her daily work, and she focuses more energy on the deep underground of the Ancestor Peak at the moment, in the place that runs through In the network system of the entire planet.

Every surge of the dark blue vein means an astonishing ups and downs of energy, and at the same time affects the fragile and complex order of time and space in the depths of this mountain, which even the "goddess of magic" Mirmina must handle carefully thing.

"...Actually, I don't have time to watch dramas at all..." The tall lady on the throne sighed, her fingers unconsciously tapped on the ornately decorated seat armrests, and the metal armrests made a crisp sound when tapped. "I hope that after the 'shell' on the mountain is closed, the workload can be reduced a little. At least at that time, I don't have to manually control the pulse flow in the shallow area..."

"It sounds like you're having a hard time there," a voice came from the side abruptly, and Mirmina turned her gaze slightly to the side, and saw Amorn's slightly disturbed figure appearing next to the throne, "How about Let me tell you a few new dramas that have been released recently? There is a fantasy-themed drama that is quite interesting. The story takes place on a planet where there is no magic power and only the laws of basic physics take effect..."

"Shut up, what you say will only make me more irritable," Mirmina interrupted BB of the God of Nature unceremoniously, "I don't want to spend my limited rest time on sulking."

"Well, if you don't tell me, don't talk about it," Amon shook the antlers, then looked around, as if he was observing the "Observer Chamber" where Mirmina was located through the limited perspective of the holographic projection. After a while, he continued to speak, but his tone was somewhat embarrassing, "The working conditions over there look normal... Do you want to stay in this cave all the time?"

"This is already the best thing they can prepare for me within the limited time," Mir Mina knew that Amon had no malicious intentions, so she responded quite calmly, "And the people who work hard here I'm not the only one... I'm just one of the many links here."

"Oh?" Amon was a little surprised, "It's usually hard to hear you say such self-effacing words."

"The magic power pervading the mountains and plains has expanded my perception field, allowing me to see and feel many things..." Mirmina's tone was a little emotional, and she didn't seem to care about the ridicule in Amorn's words It means, "There are tens of thousands of people gathered here, ordinary and ordinary people, not heroic leaders like Gawain Cecil, nor talented scholars and wise men like Kamel or Rebecca, they Some of them can't even fully understand the function of the observation device, and they can't understand what a great thing they are doing, but they gather together, so many and small forces gather together, and they gather a miracle...

"Amoen, I really hope that you can also come here to witness these things with your own eyes, witness these gathered mortals, and witness the great things they are doing. imaginary landscape."

"...you seem to be particularly sentimental today?"

"I just suddenly felt that my decision to leave the god position was one of the most correct decisions in my life." Mirmina showed a smile at the corner of her mouth.

Amoen on the opposite side of the communication thought for a while, and responded casually: "Well, since you've talked about this, I'll pack up and go."

Mirmina didn't expect the other party to respond like this, she took it back in an instant with full of emotion, and quickly waved her hand: "No, I'll just say this - the fragile balance environment here can't stand two 'Gods of the Past'. ' Disturbance!"

"I knew it," Amon shook his head, obviously just joking, "Actually, I'm busy here too, even if you really have the conditions, I won't be able to find time to go there."

"Are you busy there too?" Mirmina was a little surprised, "What can you be busy with over there? Are you researching how to make watermelons grow on trees?"

Amoen didn't care about the ridicule in her words: "The Theocratic Council came to replace a newer anti-theistic barrier in the yard yesterday. The power is almost four times that of the previous equipment, and it was placed around the golden oak tree. There are a lot of sensors—but don’t worry, I’ve circled your usual resting place, and it won’t be affected. Next, I will cooperate with the Theocracy to implement a long-term monitoring work.”

"Huh?" Mirmina really didn't expect that Amoen was really busy with business, "What happened? What is the Theocracy Historical Society trying to do?"

"It was directly arranged by Gao Wen. He believes that the abnormal plants that appeared in the yard before may be related to the three gods of abundance. This may become a breakthrough for the Theocratic Council to further eliminate the threat of divine disasters. However, the specific situation is not yet known. It's too clear," Amon said, "But when Amber came to pick tomatoes yesterday afternoon, I asked her about it, and it was... a very weird information."

"Very weird information?" Mirmina felt a little confused, "How did she tell you?"

"She said that Ms. Ye may be troubled by Gods and Gods Kingdom, so it is necessary to set up a few more channels for complaints..."

Mirmina: "...Huh?"

"Don't be 'ah', I haven't figured it out until now, she is Amber after all..."

Mirmina stared at Amoen's projection with suspicious eyes: "Seriously, could it be that there is something wrong with the vegetables grown in your yard? I'll just say that you study all kinds of weird new things all day long. Species are very unreliable things..."

"Impossible!" Questioning his own domain, Amon's expression and voice instantly became extremely serious, "The vegetables in my yard are absolutely safe, even if there is something wrong with Amber's brain, it can't be here. Food poisoning!"

"Don't be so confident, don't forget that last time you studied mushrooms in the courtyard, you almost gave Gao Wen all..."

Just when Mirmina was halfway through her words, a wave of energy from an extremely distant place suddenly interrupted her. This wave seemed to penetrate the thick shell of the planet, as if it penetrated the overlapping depths of the Ancestral Peak. The time and space caused ripples in the dark blue webway. She opened her eyes wide in surprise, and this sudden change naturally caught Amoen's attention: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

"I heard... a whistling of energy, as if it came from the depths of the distant eastern sea," the subtle ripples in the dark blue network channel were quickly calming down, and Mirmina had already read a lot of information from this short-lived energy fluctuation, After careful perception and analysis, a smile suddenly appeared on her face, "It's Siren's side, their FTL communication array is activated!"

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