Chapter 536 Dangerous Signal

Cold month.

The coldest month in Ansu has arrived.

The giant sun rises solemnly and slowly into the sky, and the huge sun wheel with the halo of clouds floats the tawny strips like wood grain, and the change of those colored stripes heralds one thing: the largest cooling after winter. Coming soon.

The sun, the largest celestial body in the sky, is also the celestial body that is most closely related to people's lives. An experienced farmer can infer the approximate cooling date and temperature based on the changes in the stripes on the sun wheel, while scholars use the sun wheel to change the temperature. The method used to deduce the overall climate of the second year was developed - the observation of giant suns has always been a very important part of the daily life of people in this world.

San Sunil City, Mage District.

With a slight rubbing sound, the "Sunday Platform" on the upper floor of the Astrology Tower opened its heavy and huge skylight, and the magic-driven lifting platform also stopped firmly on the top of the passage in the center of the daily platform, Morgan Hugo. He and his assistants walked off the lift platform and came to the position used to observe the sun wheel, ready to start the routine observation work.

"Open filter plate - filter mode III."

The old royal mage gave instructions to the assistant on the side, and at the same time beckoned to the bookshelf not far away, quills, parchment, ink bottles and other objects flew over immediately, hovering firmly in front of him, and the one who received the order The assistant ran to a control node not far away and began to inject magic power into the rune column.

Seeing the slightly reckless actions of his assistant, Morgan couldn't help shouting: "Be careful! The runes here are invaluable!"

The assistant hurriedly controlled the range of infused magic power, and as the rune pillars around the sun platform brightened, a thin layer of light floated on the skylight used to observe the sun wheel.

After a while, the brilliance of magic condensed into a layer of light crystals like a substance, filtering the sunlight outside the skylight into a mode more suitable for human eyes to observe, Morgan Hugo nodded slightly: This set was built a hundred years ago. The magic device is still useful to this day, and as the most qualified astrologer in this astrological tower, the privilege of invoking this magic device has always been the thing he is most proud of.

The old mage stood under the filter plate made of magical brilliance, raised his head and carefully observed the sun wheel outside the skylight, observing the changes of every colored stripe on its surface, while the quill and parchment hovered over him. Beside him, he kept writing quickly, recording all the data and drawings.

Other assistants also came to the observation position and recorded the data they were responsible for. A quiet and awe-inspiring atmosphere shrouded the top of the astrology tower.

However, this atmosphere did not last long,

An assistant's suspicious whisper broke the calm on the observation platform: "The red stripe at the bottom is shifted three degrees to the east?"

Morgan Hugo immediately glared at his assistant: "What nonsense?"

"It's true! Teacher!" the assistant said quickly, and then took out the last observation record while taking what he recorded to the instructor, "Look, this is the last record—you confirmed it yourself."

Morgan Hugo took a few pages of paper handed by his assistant, and his eyes swept over them quickly. He was stunned for a moment, then looked at it more carefully, and then raised his head again, his eyes unblinking. Stare at the giant sun in the sky.

"This is impossible..." The old astrologer muttered to himself, he waved his hand to summon the illusion spell used to calibrate the coordinates, and set a large reference mark around the sun wheel image on the filter board, but after looking at the calibration As a result, his shock continued unabated, "No...impossible... such a large-scale shift... this has never been seen before..."

"Teacher, do we want to report it to Silver Castle?" the assistant asked cautiously, "This is an obvious celestial anomaly."

"Report to Silver Castle immediately!!"

...

In the Dark Mountains, in the No. 2 astronomical observation station, the young mage who was in charge of recording the changes of the sun wheel also put down the record board in his hand in astonishment.

"Could it be that there's a storm on the surface of the sun?" the young wizard muttered to himself. He took another look at the data and patterns on the record board, then raised his head and looked through the large filter lens on the roof of the observatory. Looking at the image of the sun wheel, his face was incredible.

The companion on the side looked over curiously: "Could it be that the historical record is wrong?"

"No, all data are observed and recorded in duplicate," said the young mage, standing up and walking towards the entrance of the observatory. "I'll go outside to see, you continue to record inside!"

He walked out of the observatory and came to the platform connected to the site. The cold north wind swirled over the dark mountains, swept through the forests and canyons, whistling on the site that was just built a few months ago, making the The young mage who came out of the warm room couldn't help shivering.

The young mage propped up his shield to isolate the cold mountain wind, then took out a portable filter lens and carefully observed the giant sun in the sky through the lens.

These astronomical observatories set in the Dark Mountains are a spin-off of Kamel's "Essence of Magic" project, which aims to study the link between the cycle of giant sun activity and changes in the magic of nature.

Carmel has always believed that the magic of nature comes from the giant sun in the sky, but since the whole world itself is shrouded in a powerful magic environment, it is also necessary to observe the external magic changes in this "shrouded environment". It became difficult. In order to reduce interference as much as possible and improve the accuracy of observations, Carmel presided over the construction of a series of observation stations in the Dark Mountains.

"No. 2 Astronomical Observatory" is one of them.

These observatories serve both to detect changes in magic power and to observe changes in the sky, and because they are built high up in the Dark Mountains, it even has the function of monitoring the magnificent walls.

Being able to be stationed in such an observation station, the young mage is naturally the best among the many apprentices and assistants under Carmel, but at this moment, this outstanding young man is caught in a huge shock.

The giant sun still hangs quietly in the sky, providing light and heat to the world as always. In the eyes of ordinary people, I am afraid that it has no change at all. However, for this young man, the sun in the sky has become at this moment. Very unfamiliar.

The young mage looked up for a long time without blinking. Even with the protection of filter lenses, his eyes quickly became painful. He had to lower his head and use magic to relieve the pain in his eyes, and then began to carefully Check the parameters on the scoreboard in your hand.

At this moment, a strange low voice entered the ears of the young mage.

The sound seemed to come from far, far away, it sounded like a hurricane surrounded by thunder, it spread so far that it was blurred when it reached the ears, and the young man was in this strange noise. Raising his head, after seeing the source of the sound, his expression fell into a sluggishness.

He looked over the ridges of the Dark Mountains, over the dark forest at the foot of the other side, over the Corrupted Plains destroyed by the corruption of the Demon Tide, and at the end of the line of sight, on the southern horizon, the entire Great Wall was emitting brighter than ever. multiple times the light.

The low sound of wind and thunder came from that magnificent wall.

"...Goddess of magic..." the young mage exclaimed in a low voice, then turned and rushed to the observation station, "Quickly notify Master Carmel! Notify the lord!!"

...

On the horizon far away in the south, the radiance from the magnificent wall is like an aurora falling to the ground, and the radiance several times stronger than usual floats there, with a sense of breathtaking magnificence. The disturbing sound of wind and thunder was still coming—it was just a lot smaller than at the beginning.

Gawain stood on the observation platform of the Dark Mountain Range, looking at the distant scene without saying a word for a long time.

In his mind, the alarm from the satellite surveillance system was still ringing:

"...Warning, the activity of giant planets is abnormally rising, warning, the activity of giant planets is abnormally rising..."

The magical changes in nature are closely related to the activities of the giant sun, and according to what happened 700 years ago, the changes of the giant sun are very likely to indicate the approach of the magical tide. The various observation records of the Krakens also confirm this: every When the magic tide rises, the first person to react abnormally must be the sun in the sky.

Is the time running out...or is it that the time has come?

Gawain turned off the alarm information in his mind, and turned to look at the young mage beside him—except for his "satellite spirit" who first noticed the change of the sun with the help of the satellite alarm, this young man was the first in the territory. A person who found anomalies and sent back an alarm, and the anomaly of the magnificent wall was also reported by this young man in time.

"How long has it been since the great wall made the strange noise and light?"

"It's been four hours now, my lord," the young mage said nervously, "but I can only be sure that the strange noise came from four hours ago, not when the brightness changed - we are in The hours before that had been documenting something else, not looking at the Great Wall."

Gawain nodded. From the report of the young mage, he could hear the rigor of researchers.

Behind Gawain, Heidi and others who came with him were all worried, and Amber was the first one who couldn't help it: "I said... That wall is not going to collapse right now, right?!"

Gawain wanted to give a clear answer, but after thinking for a few seconds, he could only shake his head: "...I don't know."

Heidi and Rebecca said in unison, "You don't know either?"

"I can only be sure of one thing: the current strange noise and the increase in the brightness of the energy barrier are all manifestations of the surge in the load of the magnificent wall. It is under very high pressure at the moment, but the barrier has not broken, which means that the pressure has not exceeded the threshold. , according to the original design, as long as there is no new shock, it will repair itself - but I am not sure whether the safety system of the barrier can survive this test after seven hundred years of wind and rain."

Rebecca swallowed: "What if... it's not enough?"

"The Dark Mountains may be able to block the first onslaught of the tide, but the aberrations will soon begin to try to cross this barrier, and the best case scenario is that the chaotic magic in the Gondor Wastes has grown substantially over the past seven hundred years. Attenuate and no longer have the power to directly destroy the human world, then the southern border will return to the situation when Ansu first established his country 700 years ago - constantly fighting the monsters rushing out of the magic tide, and performing a never-ending tug-of-war War," Gawain shook his head, "the good news is that we now have magic cannons and rainbow devices, and the bad news is that in other parts of the southern border, there are no longer the Cecil wolf cavalry of the past, and there is no longer a return to death. The priest charge group and the noble death squad."

Behind Hetty, a council official couldn't help but whisper, "So we better hope it survives this..."

"It's hard to say whether the prayer control will work or not, but at least we can't just wait like this," Gawain turned around and looked at Hetty, "The Government Affairs Office has entered a state of emergency and is ready to call strategic supplies at any time... Currently, large-scale protective equipment has been installed. The town of the shield is used as a preparatory refuge...increase the surveillance to the south of the dark mountains, all observation points are turned to the magnificent wall...prepare for propaganda, the security team is on standby at all times, and no chaos can be anywhere..."

As Gawain's instructions were issued one by one, everyone at the scene realized the seriousness of the matter more clearly, and in addition to this, they also felt a little reassured.

It is better to have instructions and arrangements than to be at a loss.