Chapter 743: Under the Solin Tree

The entire Cecil Empire has been shrouded in winter, and the cold wind has swept across the central plains and the southern wilderness from the mountains in the north, from Winter Castle to Cecil, from Shilin City to Changfeng Fortress, and the winter The breath is everywhere, and half of the empire has ushered in at least one snowfall.

But in the eastern plains of the Holy Spirit, where the giant tree of Thorin stands, spring and life are still flourishing.

The massive Thorin Tree stands tall on the ground, and a canopy that can cover the entire town has spread across the central axis of Thorimburg and the canyon farther west.

After a recent period of growth, this amazing plant has now reached its largest scale. Her roots and canopy no longer spread wildly, but her branches and leaves are still maturing, and her roots are still reaching deep into the ground. Go anywhere.

Within the coverage of the giant tree, the once-destroyed Solin Fort has been repaired and rebuilt, and some functions of the castle and town have been restored, and now it has become the stronghold of the local garrison and research team. Some of the roots of the giant tree grew out of the cracks in the collapsed walls of Solimburg, helping people to fix the crumbling stone walls, and several research facilities were built on the old city walls and those winding roots. stand up--

In this wonderful place, the researchers of the Cecil Empire and a huge plant seem to have reached a wonderful symbiotic relationship. The Thorin Giant Tree not only provides valuable research samples for the Druid Institute here, but also cooperates with the local production and construction.

Trunk layer, southeast fan-shaped area, a large transport truck parked in the open space beside the trunk, a group of magic technicians and workers were busy beside the truck, opened the baffles on both sides of the carriage, and untied the pallets used to fix the goods. Ropes and hooks, a commander directs the work, standing on an aerial root jutting out of the ground.

Around the unloading area is a large open space that has been initially leveled, compacted and sorted.

Some temporary houses are scattered all over the place, and the magic spar street lamps are neatly arranged along the simple roads, dispelling the darkness of the tree canopy coverage area, and the existence of road signs, building material stacks and other things shows that there are still a lot of follow-up construction plans. in an orderly manner.

The production and construction corps responsible for this area divided the area covered by the Thorin Giant Tree. In the vertical space, the Margarita Knight divided the Thorin Giant Tree into the root layer (where the underground palace is located), the trunk layer, the canopy layer, and the top layer of the tree. On the plane, she divided the circular land covered by the canopy of the giant tree into four fan-shaped areas.

At present, the staff and troops stationed here are basically operating in the fan-shaped area on the surface, and the exploration work is maintained at the root layer, and a small number of Druid Institute teams are focusing on the trunk layer and canopy layer - they are in the giant tree. Two small observation and sampling stations were set up on the trunk of the tree, and a "Druid hut" was also set up in the canopy, but in general,

Research work in these areas is still in its infancy, and the local research team has not yet explored the top of the Thorin giant tree.

If you want to send something to the top of the tree, you still need the cooperation of Thorin Giant Tree "himself".

The workers opened the side panels of the vehicle and untied the ropes that fixed the sheet. After the sheet was lifted, a huge magic device was revealed inside.

The alloy base is several meters wide, with complex locking, supporting and suspending devices, as well as a diamond-shaped metal frame several meters high. The surface of the frame is inlaid with a large number of shimmering Holm crystals.

This is a giant obelisk of magic energy - its crystal structure is too large, so it is made of a large number of small crystals spliced ​​together.

"Everyone, be careful! This thing is very expensive!" The commander stood on the roots protruding from the ground and reminded loudly, "Be careful when loosening the hooks - don't let the unlucky people get caught. Broken finger! The alchemy potion didn't come from the Gorgon River either!"

The workers responded to the commander's instructions, and the magician climbed into the car after the side panels were lowered, and checked the status of the important rune boards and whether the crystals were complete.

The commander turned his head and shouted in the direction of the Thorin Giant Tree: "Ms. Bertiera - are you there?"

As soon as the commander's voice fell, a rustling sound came from the surroundings, and then vines and brown roots entwined with flowers emerged from the nearby ground. These vines and roots twisted and merged into Bertila's Appearance: "I've always been there."

"Good day, ma'am," the commander smiled as he greeted the incredible "tree spirit" in front of him, even though he heard that the other party was once a master of the Society for the End of All Things, and even the entire Thorin giant tree was the name of all things. It is the result of the mutual mutation of the power of all the remaining believers in the Death Society, but he has been working here for a period of time and has dealt with this "tree spirit" a lot, and at this moment he can communicate with each other calmly, "The weather is good today. "

Some things have passed, this land is still alive, this is the most important - the young commander thought so.

"Yes, the weather is fine," Bertila said slowly, raising her head slightly, and there was a faint rustling in the canopy of Thorin's giant tree - the sun did not shine on her face, but on her canopy , which made her narrow her eyes, "Today's sunshine is perfect for...photosynthesis."

"The magical obelisk I told you before," the commander pointed to the cart not far away, "has been shipped from the Pompeii factory in the south."

"Oh, it's really bigger than usual..." Bertila didn't turn her head, but she had already "seen" what was on the car, "Do you need me to send it up?"

"Yes," the commander said, "just send it up, and then assemble it according to the drawings given to you before. The equipment has been debugged and can be activated remotely."

Bertila nodded, and a clattering sound came from the canopy of the Thorin Giant Tree.

The magicians and workers near the cart had already retreated. People stood in a circle in the distance and watched as several extra thick vines stretched out from the bottom of the hundreds of meters high canopy, and drilled out of layers of vines. Branches and leaves, all the way down to the huge magical obelisk, carefully rolled up those parts and lifted them upwards.

The specially-made large-scale magical obelisk seemed to have no weight in the "hands" of the vines. It was easily pulled toward the canopy, and the densely layered leaves retreated to both sides, revealing a "road" that reached the top of the tree. .

Beside the commander, Bertila raised his hand slowly, made a movement to put something on top of his head, froze for a moment, and then put his hand down.

She looked around and saw that no one noticed her actions.

The commander had been looking up at the sight of the vines sending the magic obelisk to the canopy, until the huge magic device disappeared in the dense leaves, and he looked back at Bertila beside him. , with a smile on his face: "It is the largest magical obelisk in the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Plain, with the latest signal amplification and relay array - now it is also equipped with the highest 'support tower' in the plain area, it will definitely be able to Give full play to the best performance. From now on, this is the magic net hub of the Eastern Holy Spirit Plain - the magic net nodes of half of the plain will be connected, and we are one step closer to connecting the whole country magic net into one. Thank you for your help."

Bertiera looked at the smiling young commander. Although she is an expert in biochemical technology, she only knows a little about magic technology. At this moment, she is inevitably curious: "This is a very useful thing, isn't it?"

"Of course," said the young commander at once, "the magic net not only provides energy for the magic device, it can also be used to transmit signals and maintain regional shields. Now large and small magic nets are being built all over the empire. , but the magic nets in various regions have not been fully connected, and the connection in many places can only be carried out by a series of single-line relay stations, which is not a real 'net' - His Majesty wants to connect all the magic of the entire empire. The nets are all connected, just like the Southern Border Network—the nodes of the Holy Spirit Plain are the key link connecting the magic nets all over the empire..."

Bertila quietly listened to the scene described by the young commander, and on the young man's face, she saw the pride and joy from the bottom of her heart.

Not far away, the magicians were waiting beside the magic net terminal and the small magic crystal, monitoring the magic obelisk that was being sent to the canopy. On those magicians, she saw the whole body Devotion and enthusiasm of the heart.

And in those places she can't see - she can imagine, those places also have countless proud, joyful, devoted, enthusiastic people.

They are changing the world--though many of them may not realize it--and this world-changing feat has been accumulated by countless ordinary people.

There is no need for any miracles and forbidden techniques, no supernatural power, and no need for a man-made god to rule the world.

This is another path that she and her one-time compatriots never imagined.

Bertila carefully controlled her vines and tree crown, like holding some fragile treasure, and sent the huge and complex device to the highest point of the Thorin Giant Tree. She placed those parts according to the drawings she had seen. Group them together, then, carefully place them on top of your head.

Inside the canopy are thousands of magic net rune substrates that were sent one after another a few days ago. They are pulled together by countless tiny vines. At this moment, the connection with the magic obelisk is the whole project. the last ring.

"Put it on," she said.

The magician technicians not far away received the signal that the base of the magic obelisk was activated, and they quickly sent out remote commands. Above the magic net terminal used for monitoring, the dim lines presented in the holographic projection were bit by bit. On, one node is activated rapidly.

Bertiera watched all this curiously. She saw the words appearing in those projections, and she saw the greetings sent from afar were miraculously transmitted to her eyes through the hands of mortals——

"Received a signal from the Thorin Junction - Greetings from the Boulder Reconstruction Camp."

"Received the signal from the Thorin Junction - the Red Maple Reconstruction Camp sends hello to you."

"...Pompeii greets you..."

"This is Cecil Central Station, congratulations, Rebecca Cecil greets you."

People cheered.

Even the young commander who was an officer and wore a knight's badge cheered.

Bertila blinked, and on this bright sunny day suitable for photosynthesis, she felt that her heart, which had been fused with plants, was beating again.

"Congratulations." She tried to make herself smile like a human, and said to the young commander beside her.

The young commander once again expressed his gratitude, and then ran to the workers and technicians and soldiers in the distance to celebrate with everyone.

Bertiera stood silently in place for a while before looking southward with a feeling.

There are guests.

...

A magic car flying the flag of the United Reconstruction Regiment came to the Sorin area, and it seemed to bring a big man in the car-Bertiera could see everything that happened around the giant tree of Sorin, and she saw a lot of people from From the stronghold of Solimburg, he ran out to meet the car, and saw an old man coming out of the car, and saw that the old man was surrounded by several entourages and guards—or maybe just a simple subordinate.

Finally, she saw the old man come near her trunk.

Norris looked up at the canopy that covered the sky, looked up at the countless branches illuminated by the magic spar light, the support columns dangling from the canopy, and the flower vines coiled around the tree trunks and support columns, He couldn't help but said softly: "This is the giant tree of Thorin..."

"It's a miracle..." A young agricultural technical officer also raised his head and sighed, "I've never seen any plant grow so big..."

"And she kept the whole area alive, even keeping the temperature relatively comfortable," Norris said. "Remember the road? There was snow on the ground until the intersection."

"I just transferred some of the heat from the depths of the ground to the surface." Along with a slightly hoarse female voice, Bertila's figure emerged from a group of vines and roots. Moving on the ground near the trunk, he came to Norris, "Hello, I am the plant in front of you - you can also call me Bertiera."

"Hello, Ms. Bertiera," Norris looked at the woman in front of him and put away his surprise for a moment, "I'm Norris."

"I seem to have heard this name..." Bertila frowned, showing a memory expression.

"He is the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Empire." Someone reminded him.

"Ah, yes, that's right, I remembered it," Bertila looked astonished, "and I did hear this name...in newspapers and radio."