Chapter 1531 Facing the Test Bravely

In the depths of Violet Island, in theory, it should be the edge of the barren wilderness where the City of Thousand Towers is located. The two expedition teams of the Cecils and the Typhons completed the confluence, and after negotiation, each camped at a distance of only 100 meters. In two clearings, well-trained Iron Ranger fighters and rogue guards began to patrol around the camp, and check the status of traps and warning runes set nearby—they had to complete this before the last ray of light in the sky completely set on the mountain. item of work.

At this moment, it is already dusk when the night is approaching. Whether it is Cecil or Typhon's exploration team members, their nerves will be extraordinarily tense at this time-even though the power of the gods has left this real space, hundreds of thousands of The erosion of dreams over the years has still permanently changed the environment and even the natural rules of Violet Island. The shadow power here is strong and highly active, and weird and difficult dangers often lurk in the places where shadows intersect.

Maybe it's a crack leading to the shadow world, maybe it's a weird light and shadow that can erode people's hearts and cause short-term madness, or even a passage for the shadow dwellers to invade the real world... Between the interlaced light and shadow, there are strange things that you don't encounter in ordinary life. Elephants are commonplace here, and as the sun fades and night falls, the probability of these weird things happening will reach its peak. The goddess who holds the power of shadow has the name "Lady of the Night".

Of course, there are powerful and experienced legendary adventurers like Mordir Wilde in the Cecilian exploration team, but even so, the soldiers dare not blindly and relax to believe that the old mage alone can fight against this All the dangers of the island—for Mordir himself did not believe it...

While the soldiers in the two camps raised their vigilance and prepared to welcome another night on the island, the leaders of the two exploration teams got together and began to discuss how to continue operations in this weird place, and how the two teams How should the team work together.

Diana came to the Cecil camp. Since the two camps were only 100 meters apart, she didn't bring any entourage with her when she came. Now she is standing in front of the temporary partition wall in the north of the camp, with Maggie and Modil looked at the dark wilderness in the distance together—and around them were high-power magic spar lamps. The bright light released by these charged crystals dispelled the darkness, making the entire camp as bright as day.

Even between the camps of the Typhons and the Cecils, soldiers on both sides specially established a "light channel" illuminated by lights, so that personnel can travel safely in the dark. This is also one of the reasons why the two sides built the camps so close: the distance of 100 meters can ensure the independence of the two exploration teams while allowing the two parties to travel safely and save lighting costs on the road.

"To spend the night safely on Violet Island, it is necessary to maintain such a lighting environment without 'gap'." Maggie looked back at the lighting conditions in various parts of the camp, and shook her head with some sighs, "When night falls, the power of shadow will Blending with the ordinary dark environment, it quietly erodes the body and mind. We had no experience in the initial exploration process. There were soldiers who slept in places where the lights could not illuminate, which resulted in a soldier being injured.

Part of its flesh and blood disappeared out of thin air as if it was 'erased' by the darkness, and two soldiers fell into temporary madness and had to withdraw from the exploration... The remaining breath of the god was even more weird and difficult to guard against than we imagined. "

"It's the same with us. The early explorers stayed in the shade for too long, and some people almost 'walked' into the depths of the shadows. The few soldiers who were rescued by chance are still receiving treatment at the rear," Diana said in a deep voice, "Fortunately, with the information you generously shared afterwards, we avoided many dangers in the process of entering the deep forest."

Maggie just nodded slightly: "You're welcome, we have the same mission, and cooperating with each other can improve the success rate of everyone's mission."

Diana hummed, and then turned her eyes again to the barren wilderness in the distance that was gradually being shrouded in heavy night. The chaotic weeds and jagged rocks in the wilderness were gradually becoming blurred in the darkening sky, while in the distant forest Occasionally, the strange cries of unknown creatures made the night even more strange. After looking at it for a while, she broke the silence: "You have been wandering here for four days, why don't you choose to camp in the depths of the wilderness, but still put The camp is set up at the edge of the forest? Is there something in the wilderness?"

Maggie glanced back at the direction of the camp, lowered her voice slightly: "Master Mordir insisted on this, because... he was worried that the City of Thousand Towers would suddenly 'emerge'."

"Worried that the city of a thousand towers will suddenly appear?" Diana was a little dazed. She checked the load on her mental core before asking, "What does this mean?"

"He thought this wilderness was where the City of Thousand Towers was, but for some reason, it didn't appear before our eyes," Maggie explained patiently, "He was worried that if we camped deep in the wilderness, the City of Thousand Towers would The city suddenly appeared in the real world again, and we would be directly 'pressed' under the city in our sleep..."

Diana was silent for a moment, and Maggie heard several humming and friction sounds of mechanical operation in her body, but in the end the lady nodded: "...In a sense, what Master Mordir was worried about The situation is also possible, although it is quite a bold conjecture... But he has indeed seen a more extensive and bizarre world than ordinary people know."

Maggie thought for a while, then nodded: "A rather tactful and sincere evaluation."

While talking, the night finally gradually fell, and the last ray of sunlight in the sky faded extremely fast. When it finally disappeared, it was as if the sun was escaping from the sky, and not long after that, a magnificent sight emerged from the dark night. of bright stars.

Maybe it's because it's far away from the city lights full of colorful neon lights, or maybe it's because it's not covered by clouds and fog. The starry sky that can be seen in the depths of Violet Island is extraordinarily magnificent, and the starry sky seen in this wilderness is even better than in the forest area. What can be seen is even brighter. The countless stars are inlaid on the dome like broken diamonds. Diana raised her head and looked at the sky full of stars in a daze. Maggie next to her sighed casually: " Starry skies look brighter in wilderness areas, right?"

Diana didn't seem to hear it, she just stared at the stars in the sky in a daze. At the same time, a sound of footsteps came from not far away. Mordir, who was wearing a simple robe, walked over from the tent, Shaking his head and sighing as he walked towards Maggie - it looked like his attempts to find the City of a Thousand Towers using observation and phase spells were not going well.

"No response at all," Mordir muttered as soon as he arrived in front of Maggie, "I tried to observe the concentration of shadow power to determine whether there is a projection of matter in the wilderness, but none of the shadow power in the wilderness was disturbed by matter at all." Signs, I briefly switched myself to the shadow state and entered the shadow world to find clues. There was only an open space there. Whether it was elemental interference, arcane positioning or space distortion detection, I did all the tests, and there was only one result. , there is nothing in the wilderness... Is she dead again?"

Modil was halfway through the chanting before suddenly noticing Diana who was standing next to Maggie and looking up at the sky. He found that the latter was motionless and had no response to his arrival. He immediately wondered if this ancient iron man had returned Something went wrong, and as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a slight buzzing sound from Diana's body, and then one of Diana's eyes began to glow slightly, as if it had switched to a special mode Usually, she just stared at the stars in the sky for a while, then suddenly turned her head: "There is a little problem with the orbits of the stars. I am comparing the data recorded in other areas of Violet Island."

"Is there a problem with the trajectories of the stars?" Modil was stunned for a moment, and immediately raised his head to stare at the starry sky. At the same time, he quickly drew a few runes in the air with his other hand. Afterwards, a delicate star map was formed. The old mage manipulated the star map in his hand while observing the starry sky. After a long time, he shook his head in doubt, "I didn't see it..."

"Your strength is very strong, but some things have nothing to do with strength. The number of star trajectories that the human brain can process at the same time is limited, and the observation accuracy of the human eye is limited by the nervous system. Even with magical amplification, it cannot be as accurate as a machine," Diana said calmly, one of her eyes has been replaced by a light blue crystal, the slight streamer filled in the artificial viewfinder looks beautiful but weird in this night, "After my observation and comparison , now the starry sky above our heads has a trajectory deviation of about 3/10,000, and several stars are in an abnormally static state."

Maggie on the side had already vaguely guessed something at this time: "You mean..."

"This starry sky is fake." Diana raised her head, pointing at the magnificent night. "A layer of projection, or some kind of magic barrier with projection function—we have been looking in the wrong direction."

Mordir slowly widened his eyes, and then he showed a sudden look. He was not at all frustrated when he learned that he had been in the wrong direction all along. Instead, he clapped his hands happily: "So that's what happened! I said Why can't I find it anywhere..."

But he seemed to have thought of something again, and then he glanced at Maggie: "Wait, no, we have aerial reconnaissance, and Maggie flew around the entire plain area twice this afternoon. If there was something in the sky she would have found it by now."

Maggie couldn't help showing doubts when she heard this, and Diana asked casually after thinking for a while: "It's always daytime when you are reconnaissance in the sky?"

"Of course it's daytime, and the vision is not good at night, not to mention the sky is full of shadows..." Maggie replied casually, and realized just halfway through, "Ah, I understand what you mean!"

"I also understand—it turned out to be like this," Modil rubbed his forehead, with a rather helpless expression on his face, "I'm really blinded by my own inertial thinking, it seems that no matter how many years of adventure, this The world is always full of amazing things. The city of a thousand towers is hidden in the night, hidden behind a false starry sky, this is really... very shadow god style."

"Right now, this is just our guess. After all, the only clue we can be sure of is that something is wrong with the starry sky above our heads," Diana said calmly—after all, as a machine girl, unless something too sudden happens to cause The core of her mind didn't have time to cool down, so she was quite calm in most cases, "We must first find a way to solve the problem of this false starry sky. If this is really an illusion barrier and it covers the sky, it will not be easy to deal with it. , this may be a test Ms. Ye gave us..."

Diana analyzed the situation with a serious face, but Maggie and Modil opposite her had obviously begun to let their minds run wild—the two began to mutter in front of Diana:

"Such a high phantom barrier, based on the coverage and focus point, is probably several thousand meters long. It can't be hit by the anti-aircraft guns carried by individual soldiers, right?"

"It's hard to say, the main reason is that I didn't find any traces when I was flying in the sky before, and I can't be sure how high the barrier is..."

"Why don't we talk to the rear and ask them to send two more transport planes to bring a few large anti-aircraft guns over... Ah, it seems that we can just send a Dragoon fighter plane over? That thing can fly quite high, I remember..."

"That will delay another day, ordinary pilots dare not fly over the forest in the hinterland of Violet at night," Maggie shook her head, "Why don't I take off again, I am more flexible than ordinary fighters, and the black dragon's defense is also very strong. "

"Will this be a bit risky?" Modil was a little worried, "And what can you do up there? Black dragons are not good at spells. In the dragon form, you only have breath, and you don't have any means of long-range attacks."

"I don't think it's a problem. The black dragon's shadow resistance is very high," Maggie said with a serious face, "I can carry two anti-aircraft guns on my body. Isn't this a long-range attack method?"

"Sounds doable."

"feasible."

When these two people communicated, they didn't mean to shy away from others at all. Diana was dumbfounded when she listened to it. She felt that her mental core load was gradually increasing on the spot. He resolutely opened the cooling vent near his neck, and stared at the two "Ceciles" in front of him while spraying hot air from his collar: "Wait, are you planning to use cannons to directly hit... "

"We think your judgment just now is very reasonable," Maggie said without waiting for the other party to finish speaking, "This may be a test given to us by Ms. Ye, and actively coping with the test is what the ancient god wants to see the most."

Diana felt that her cooling pipes were about to burn out: "No, no, no... I think you Cecilians understand the 'test' and how to deal with it..."

However, she couldn't continue with what she said later, because she found that the two Cecils in front of her (Maggie had been assimilated after staying in Cecil for too long) had no intention of considering other means at all, Mordir He has already turned his head and walked to the depths of the camp, looking for soldiers to take out the anti-aircraft gun (why did the exploration team bring this thing?), Maggie is moving her hands and feet, and it seems that she is already preparing to transform into the sky...

Looking at this situation, Diana had a thought at the core of her mind - from the very beginning, she shouldn't have expected these Cecilians to have any more gentle and rational solutions to their problems. It proves that when Cecil's soldiers face a problem, they will ignite a large amount of explosives. This has nothing to do with who is leading the team. At most, it is the detonation time sooner or later...

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