Chapter 582 Inside

The "ridge" made of a mixture of special alloys and runestones extends from the base of the Sentinel Tower, like some kind of huge root, and like some kind of pipe extending all the way from the Thunder Hill to the plain, the wasteland area The long-term magic energy erosion has stained the traces of the civilization's creation, the once smooth alloy shell has become rough and pitted, and the solid runestone blessed by the elements is also mottled.

But the damage to the outer shell is only an appearance. Inside the "ridge", the ancient magic device is still working faithfully. The normal function of maintaining the tower of the sentry may have declined, but the creations of elves are still more reliable than humans.

A small group of elite Iron Rangers led by Solderling reached the northern section of the No. 3 "Spine". Gawain, Amber, Sonia, and the elf magister named Banner walked to the front of the team. They raised their heads and watched. Facing the raised man-made structure on the side of the "ridge", an ancient gate was quietly closing, and the mottled writing on the gate was still recognizable: Access iii.

"Since the tower of the sentry was completed and the territory of civilization was withdrawn, this gate has never been opened again..." Sonia stepped forward, rubbing the elf-style relief pattern on the gate with emotion, "Wasteland There are dozens of sentinel towers on the border, but only a third of them have been effectively maintained and overhauled in the past seven hundred years. The towers that are being maintained are completely running on the automatic repair system of the year."

"Fortunately, most of the things made by elves are sturdy and durable," Gawain nodded, looking at the magister named Banner, "Master Banner, it's up to you next."

Banner, with slender eyebrows and a tall and thin figure, nodded. He came to the gate and took out a peculiarly shaped maple leaf-shaped metal plate from his body, and stuffed it into the elves depicting flowers, plants and trees on the surface of the gate. After a gap in the relief, he began to inject magic into the relief.

The dense floating light flashed on the gate, and the ancient mechanical device began to operate in the depths. Around the gate, the locks creaked and unlocked, but the gate itself remained motionless.

Banner looked at the motionless gate, shrugged, took out an elbow wrench from the tool bag at his waist, and slammed it on a lock beside the gate: "Occasionally... these things need a little help."

After smashing it three or five times, an obvious click came from somewhere, and the magic door with the exquisite relief finally opened smoothly, revealing the dark passage inside.

Amber stared: "Hey, I said...you don't match the elegant style of the legendary elves."

"If you look closely, the arc of my wrench is a perfect quarter-circle.

This is elegance," the wizard wizard put away his tools and glanced at Amber, "The world has many wrong impressions of elves, and the labeling is very serious. As a half-elf, you can't be affected by these wrong impressions. Judgment , little girl. "

Amber rolled his eyes immediately, but Gawain didn't bother about the elegance of the elves at all. He stepped forward and walked towards the gate, while reminding the people around him: "Everyone, cheer up, there's nothing in here. No one has lived in seven hundred years."

The soldiers stepped over the gate and stepped into the main passage inside the "ridge", and the moment they entered the passage, the breath of the wasteland was isolated.

Amber immediately sensed this subtle change. She glanced back at the entrance and saw the corrupted and twisted Demon Tide Wasteland. However, there seemed to be an invisible barrier blocking the door, and the depressing magical energy aura It didn't get into the interior of the "ridge" in the slightest.

"The entire Sentinel Tower is protected by a complex protective filtering system," Sonia noted the surprise on Amber's face and explained patiently, "This is to prevent the magic tide from invading the core of the tower and interfering with the operation of key spells inside. , This is the main sensor and material circulation pipeline of the tower, although it is located on the periphery, the protection level is second only to the core area."

"It's amazing..." Amber muttered in surprise, raised his eyebrows, and looked towards the end of the corridor.

The ancient induction device finally reacted after being sluggish for a few seconds. Magic lights lit up in the corridor, illuminating the way forward. In this passage that had not been opened for seven centuries, everything seemed to be still completed in the past. time look.

The gray-white floor and walls extend in sight, and the simplicity is dotted with a small number of elf-style decorations and markers. In addition to magic lamps, several huge pipes can be seen on the slightly curved roof. Inlaid in the building materials in a semi-buried state, the pipes are translucent, and it seems that something is constantly surging and transporting inside.

Amber became curious again: "What's in those tubes?"

"The pipes are coolant," Banner said. "In order to control this huge and complex magic tower, a powerful demon mind is placed in the base, which generates a lot of heat in operation, in order to prevent the core from melting , we designed a very efficient cooling system. These coolants are only part of the system, and there are more complex structures ahead.”

"Wow!" Amber extended his voice, exclaimed exaggeratedly, and glanced at Gawain calmly.

At this moment, Gawain was taking his eyes back from the pipes flowing with coolant, his face was calm, but the same thought as Amber was in his heart:

The biggest problem with the rainbow generator is heat.

This cooling system can be used.

"To be honest, I'm very interested in many technologies here," Gawain said casually, "Although this tower was built by the human kingdoms and elves, we didn't touch much of its technical part back then... … If possible, can you show me its heat exchange structure and cooling core later?”

Hearing Gawain's words, Banner and Sonia exchanged glances almost subconsciously, and then the latter smiled: "The tower of the Sentinel is jointly built and shared by all ethnic groups, of course there is no problem."

Banner reminded: "However, the magic skills of elves and humans are very different, and the rune structure is also very different. This is why almost all the technology of the Sentinel Tower was in the hands of the Silver Empire. It is not that we do not want to announce it, but You should be aware that humans can only imitate a limited number of runes even if they come into contact with them."

"Of course, I know, I just want to see," Gawain said with a smile, "and we have made good progress in the field of runes now. Although humans still can't release the spells of elves, we have mastered some runes. The translation method, the technology in this tower, is somewhat of a reference value on our side."

"Then please," Banner nodded, "you were also one of the builders of these towers back then, and we have no reason to stop you. However, for the purpose of protecting the property of the Silver Empire and preventing excessive leakage of technology, please do not draw any drawing."

"Thank you very much, that's enough. I just have a look and refer to your design ideas for some magical devices."

Gawain expressed his gratitude, and then continued to walk forward with the team, but under his calm face, there was a trace of excitement in his heart.

This is the crystallization of the highest technology of the Silver Empire, everything here... is a treasure! !

Of course, he didn't lie about the reason for entering the tower. He really wanted to find out what went wrong with these sentinel towers, and this was also one of his goals and even missions in organizing this massive project, but in addition to Apart from this official reason, he is also interested in the elf technology in the Sentinel Tower.

After the fall of the Gondor Empire, these elves have the world's most advanced artificial intelligence technology, the most outstanding high-density rune technology, and the most powerful anti-gravity technology! !

Of course, due to the problems left over from the history of the "primitive elf split", the elves themselves have many black boxes to solve in these technologies, and all the magic skills of elves have been almost incomprehensible to human beings for a long time, and the two races have never Thought about the possibility of technical exchange, but...it doesn't matter.

Math will explain the power of each rune and their optimal placement.

Sonia and the elf magister named Banner walked quietly beside them. Gawain could not see too many emotional fluctuations on the faces of the two elves.

They didn't mind Gawain to observe the core structure in this tower, and they didn't mind that their technology fell into the hands of humans.

The reason is just the friendship of the various races working together to build the Sentinel Tower 700 years ago? Or was it out of their friendship with "Gawain Cecil" himself? Or...they didn't realize that the Cecilians had fully mastered the technology of using rune logic to reorganize the elven runes, did not realize that humans had been able to completely control elven magic, not just cast it on cannonballs A wind element blessing?

To be honest, Gawain was a little surprised that the other party agreed to his request so happily. He was even ready to secretly study in the Sentinel Tower, but since the other party has agreed... Then Gawain has no reason. Miss this opportunity.

Although Gawain Cecil was erudite 700 years ago, he was more of a military general. When he built the Sentinel Tower, he did not have a deep understanding of its technology. Humanity 700 years ago was going through a great recession. , and also faced the gap of "incomprehensible magic of alien races". Although he participated in the tower repair project, he also did not come into contact with the latter's core technology, so today's opportunity is particularly precious.

The team continued to advance towards the core area of ​​the base of the Sentinel Tower, and at every distance, Sonya or Banner would ask the team to pause to check the operation of those key devices.

"This is the sensory center of the entire No. 3 ridge," Banner stopped again when he was halfway through the corridor, and he came to a gray-white square column with pale gold patterns that connected the roof and floor. As he took out the tool, he said, "All sensing centers are connected together. In theory, no matter which one of the six ridges is in trouble, a problem should be seen in any sensing center..."

While speaking, the magus had already removed a cover on the pillar. After the protective cover was removed, a large number of metal sheets overlapped like leaves and inscribed with complex magic runes on the surface appeared to everyone. in front of you.

These metal sheets were piled up in layers inside the column. Banner stretched out his hand and waved near the metal sheets, and some of the metal sheets immediately broke away from their respective positions and flew into the air. With a serious expression on Banner's face, he controlled these pieces of metal to fly past his eyes one by one with the telekinesis technique, and at the same time carefully observed their situation. The metal pieces are infused with magic, sensing their behavior.

"...All the sensor centers are functioning normally, and the sensors on the six ridges are all intact," Banner said with a frown. "The signal from the wasteland side is also very clear."

Sophia asked, "What about the communication with the Demon Mind?"

"The communication is good, there is almost no delay, and the operation of the demon's mind seems to be normal," Banner said, using magic to return the metal blades to their original positions, then raised his head and looked at the end of the corridor, "In front of you is the Sentinel Tower. The control center of the pedestal is gone, maybe we should go check its brain directly."