Chapter 700 Crossing the Border

This answer stunned Jayne for a while.

Open up the black barrier border?

Even the sea water can't pass there, and any creature that comes close will be "frozen" in the black barrier. How can they cross it?

And what does the other side of the world mean?

Could it be that there is not nothingness behind the black barrier, but other continents?

One question after another came to the conductor's mind, so that he stood there like a fool, unable to finish a single sentence.

"Don't be nervous," Aurora smiled, "This is indeed a feat, but it is not reckless. For this purpose, the empire has been planning for a long time. In fact, it is not difficult to open the border. The real difficulty is to come back alive. ”

"Coming back alive means..."

"Judging from the information obtained from the mage, the world outside the border is truly dead and desolate." She shrugged, "We don't know what caused the other side to become like this. Maybe it's some kind of terrible evil spirit. , or should it not be touched by humans at all? If you want to know the answer, you must go and see it for yourself.”

The gods must not like this.

Jayne couldn't help but shudder. There is naturally a reason why the barrier exists. Of the Duke's two speculations, he is more inclined to answer the latter.

Even the sea water here has turned dark green and deep, and the climate is extremely harsh, clearly warning everyone not to get close.

Yet humans have always longed for the forbidden fruit.

He subconsciously said, "Why do we have to explore what is on the other side of the black barrier? Will it be of any help to the expansion of the empire?"

Aurora looked at him deeply, and then said slowly, "The prophet has determined... that the place where the Holy Grail appears this time is behind this black barrier."

…

In the afternoon, the trestle of the Wind Song had touched the edge of the black barrier.

Standing on the edge of the tree boat, Jayne could easily see the wonder of time frozen. Once the seawater beats across the edge, it becomes extremely slow, and the waves pile up layer by layer, like a thousand-layer cake.

The situation of the trestle is not optimistic either. Because the front end penetrated the black barrier wall, the forward speed suddenly returned to zero. However, the tree boat behind was still moving at an extremely slow speed before it came to a complete stop, so that the part sandwiched in the middle appeared. Severe extrusion deformation.

This means that if you continue to move forward, the entire tree boat will stick to the invisible wall until it becomes a huge meat pie.

The empire has conducted experiments in the past, throwing birds and mice into the black barrier.

The result was that these test objects instantly turned into a spread out flat object, directly solidifying in mid-air.

"Report, all parts of the tree boat are operating normally."

"The surgical materials have been delivered."

"The observation of the black screen did not reveal any abnormalities. According to the reflection of the light technique, it can be seen that this is indeed a weak area of ​​the barrier."

The voices of mages came one after another.

At any time, they are the main force in research.

Among the busy people at the dock, Jayne also saw many elves. This is normal. The tree boat must be driven by elves, so the Duke naturally has to bring these slaves with him. One of the women in white clothes with handcuffs and anklets was quite eye-catching. He remembered that the other party was the elder of the World Island. During the siege, the imperial fleet suffered some hardships. If the superiors had not ordered not to kill the high-ranking islanders, she would have been killed long ago. It was time for the angry warriors to hack him to death with swords and hang his body on the bow of the ship for public display.

"Bring up all the tools." Aurora waved and ordered.

Soon some soldiers carried out the order.

Jayne unexpectedly discovered that in addition to a bunch of incomprehensible iron boxes, the so-called tools also contained a group of shabby people. They were shivering in such weather, and their faces were as white as paper. There is no doubt that if you drag them outside for an hour, they will die instantly. Even if you delay it now, you will inevitably suffer from various diseases, which will be extremely troublesome to treat. The reason why His Excellency the Duke did this was that he obviously did not intend to let them escape.

These people include both elves and vampires.

"Sir, what do you mean by this!?" The elf elder wailed, "Didn't I agree that you would let my people live?"

"Yes, but I didn't say spare the lives of all the islanders." The Duke was unmoved, "Take a good look, these people are all bastards. Executioners, murderers, rebels, inhuman thugs. They Some hold the blood of imperial soldiers, and some extend their slaughtering knives to innocent ordinary residents. Do I want to forgive such people? "

"Fart, is there anyone more suitable for the title of executioner than the Natatine?" one of the elves said angrily, "Don't you have a count of how many islanders you have killed?"

"I don't object to you fighting back on the battlefield, but the war is over, and you shouldn't turn your targets on the residents of the empire." Aurora said coldly, "That will only make you look like a coward, not an angry person. warrior."

These words were unanimously echoed by Navy sailors.

"Kill them and pay with blood!"

"Make them pay the price they deserve!"

"Fake!" the man spat. "How many crimes were committed against innocent people when Natantine captured the World Island? What does it mean that the war is over? As long as there is one islander left alive, this war will end. It won’t end!”

"Oh? Really?" Aurora raised her eyebrows. "But many elves have already joined Natatin and even found a stable job in the center of the empire. The empire has forgiven your sins and given you a chance to reshape your life, but unfortunately you didn't cherish it. Elder Koslin... I hope you can understand one thing. These people deserve to die. Even if they don't come here, they will be sent to the gallows. I regard them as stepping stones to open a new era. For them, it is the last chance to contribute themselves, which can be regarded as... doing their part for the empire."

"Don't compromise with the empire. We want freedom. The only way is to fight to the end!"

"Elder, Natatin is not trustworthy!"

"Shut them up." The Duke said lightly, "As a tool, sound is not necessary."

Several soldiers rushed up and smashed the teeth of these elves with the handles of their guns, and stuffed a piece of rags into their mouths.

The shouting soon turned into sobbing.

"You've seen that their existence will only make the conflict continue." Aurora shrugged at the elder and said, "I'm not targeting the elves on purpose. Those vampires who have committed capital crimes are also among the tools, so your doubts are unreasonable. If you break your promise because of this, I'm afraid more islanders will die for you."

The elf elder knelt down tremblingly, and she turned her head away, as if she couldn't bear to watch what happened next.

Aurora raised the corner of her mouth and waved to her subordinates.

The group of people dragged out were all pushed into the iron box placed at the dock.