Chapter 1115 Light Seeker
Although Hao Ren had already guessed what the world on the other side of the Rainbow Bridge looked like and what kind of destructive power the "magic radiation" in Vivian's words had, it wasn't until he and everyone stepped out of the portal that he Realize how miserable the kingdom outside Asgard is now.
They crossed the spiral door of the Rainbow Bridge and stepped into a purgatory-like place.
The earth was burned to ashes, and everything in the world collapsed into ashes. Hao Ren stood on the ruins of the Rainbow Bridge on this side and looked into the distance. Every inch of the land he saw showed signs of severe distortion, with huge and terrifying cracks. Valleys can be seen everywhere, and thick smoke billows from the rift valleys, as if the endless karma fire in the cracks in the earth has not been burned out to this day. Outside the rift valley, you can see continuous pieces of dirty green glass covering everything. Those vitreous bodies were fluorescent and looked like disgusting viscous fluids. They were distributed in clusters, extending from under the Rainbow Bridge to the end of the horizon. These glass bodies are the product of magical radiation - unprecedentedly powerful magical energy, coupled with the catalytic shock of the demon hunter's beam cannon, the mixed magical energy produced completely melted and destroyed the earth, turning all organic matter on the earth into In addition to this disgusting and weird glass-like thing, these magic energy-soaked residues can hardly be put to any use. They are like the curse itself, covering the earth with scorching heat and disgustingness, making this place even in a few years. Not a single blade of grass has grown for tens of thousands of years.
A sky dominated by ashes and dust enveloped the earth. Thick dust clouds almost blocked all light, and the heaven and earth were shrouded in darkness, making this purgatory-like world even more terrifying and gloomy.
This is a burned-out world, a world after all prosperity and vitality have been smelted into slag. The air is filled with deadly poisonous gas and radiation. There is no longer light in the sky. Life is cut off and everything is infected. No living thing can survive in this kind of world. They cannot thrive in the environment - at least most ordinary species cannot.
Wu Yue grabbed Hao Ren's arm with a little fear, stretched her neck and looked into the distance trying to find a glimmer of life, but it was obvious that she couldn't find it. Only the only living things in this completely burned place are still alive, and that is the tentacles on the edge of the continent.
The powerful Yggdrasil, its tentacles that penetrate the continent can still survive even here. Now everyone is standing on one of his tentacles, while the other dozen tentacles are swaying slightly in the distance, silvery white. The strange runes also shine brightly on these tentacles. However, these biological tissues cannot bring any vitality or warmth to this place. On the contrary, these weird things can only make this place appear more eerie and terrifying, like a nightmare in the abyss.
The Rainbow Bridge on this side is the same as the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard. Only the spiral door is still in operation. The crystal trails covering the branches of Yggdrasil are fragmented, and due to the erosion of magic energy, this The crystal trail on one side showed a more tragic state. Hao Ren walked in front, leading everyone slowly towards the completely dead land along the eldest son's tentacles. He had seen Asgard before after experiencing Ragnarok. At that time, he thought it was already a quite miserable wasteland. However, when he got here, he realized what a beautiful place Asgard was.
Although that side was also destroyed by the war, compared with here, it was as intact as heaven.
"Which kingdom is this? Nibelungen, the Kingdom of Death? Wart Alheim? Mspelheim?" Nangong Sanba couldn't help but muttered, "It can't be Midgard...it's so miserable. .”
"I can't recognize it at all," Vivian frowned, "I never thought that the magic energy burned so violently, actually... this space was completely burned, everything was beyond recognition, the mountains collapsed, and the rivers steamed. Damn it, I don’t know where we are.”
"Those 'battlefield scavengers' we saw on the surveillance video came to Asgard across the Rainbow Bridge," Hao Ren looked at Vivian, "In other words, they passed through this wasteland. What do you think? Who can do this?"
"A strong Asaph or a fire giant should be able to barely survive in this environment, but certainly not for a long time: there is no water and food here, and it seems unlikely that those things will be produced. In addition, the figures on the surveillance video No matter judging from the clothing or physical features, he is obviously not a giant or an Asaph. I look more like a human from Midgard." Vivian said, helplessly spreading her hands, "Humans are absolutely useless. You can't survive here for more than ten minutes, I can't explain this problem."
Everyone walked off the Rainbow Bridge and explored this dead world. There are no relics to collect here, and there are no battlefield ruins or other things to examine. The magic energy storm destroyed everything here equally, leaving only worthless ashes for people to admire.
If nothing is found here, Hao Ren's next target is another Rainbow Bridge more than a hundred kilometers away from here, where there is a gate that leads to the next "world".
According to Vivian, except for Asgard, which has only one "universal rainbow bridge", the other eight kingdoms each have two space passages that can point to the two kingdoms respectively. After Heimdall died in battle, these space passages were fixed in pairs, connecting several kingdoms into a chain.
Now without the guidance of Odin's gem, Hao Ren and the others have no way to control the mapping of the Rainbow Bridge, so they can only proceed one kingdom at a time.
Originally, Hao Ren didn't have any hope for this desolate continent, but hope always came inadvertently: there was not really nothing here.
"Landlord! There's something here!"
Lily, who was running around at the front, suddenly stopped in front of a hill, turned her head and shouted to this side.
A group of people rushed over, and Lily pointed to a pile of objects on the ground: "It looks like it was left by humans."
Several pieces of beaten-shaped rocks were neatly stacked together. There were some meaningless pottery and leather fragments scattered around the stones. On the top of the pile of stones, there was a metal-cast cane, and next to it lay a cane. Carrying a small compass-like device - these things may be some kind of symbolic souvenir. A polished stone slab lay flat on the ground, with something written in ancient writing on it.
Hao Ren bent down and used the translation plug-in to read the writing on the slate: "...Tanarosa, the light seeker, rests here. He devoted his life to searching for the remaining light of the spark in the nine kingdoms, but he did not find any until his death. , this warrior fell in Vanaheim, may the ancestors and Valkyrie protect his soul and lead him to the eternal kingdom."
Lily carefully opened the slate and found that there were words on the back of the slate:
"Friend, I will continue our journey. Even if only one person is left, I will arrive in Asgard. May you protect me in the palace of the eternal kingdom. If I fall, may we meet again in the eternal kingdom. If One day in the future, new light seekers will set out, and I hope they can read this text. We are trapped in the long night, but we will move towards the light until death."
"Lightseeker..." Vivian repeated the word in a low voice, "I have never heard of this term in the Nordic cultural system."
"Obviously, it was a term that came into being after the Nine Kingdoms separated from the main material plane." Hao Ren frowned, reasoning about the hidden meaning in this passage, "Fell in Vanaheim...that is to say, here Is it Vanaheim?”
"The former home of the Warner gods. It used to be rich in water and grass, with several large rivers and an inland sea. Phantom lights often appeared in the sky." Vivian looked at the surrounding land that was completely destroyed by magic energy and sighed softly, "I didn't expect that. It turned out like this.”
Anthony carefully observed the small tomb and suddenly discovered something: "The handwriting is very new."
Hao Ren perked up in an instant: "The one I just left behind?!"
The old mage immediately summoned a test-type magic ball. The magic ball circled the metal cane several times and then disappeared: "In no more than...two days, everywhere here is filled with magic energy. According to the magic energy, The amount of accumulation on the surface of the metal can tell when it was last touched by a living thing."
Lily jumped up immediately: "The person who left these things is probably still in Vanaheim!"
"Separately search for each other!" Before she finished speaking, Vivian shouted and summoned swarms of small bats. A large black group of bats spread out in all directions, "There are no signs of people passing through the Rainbow Bridge on the Asgard side. This I’m afraid something has happened to someone!”
Hao Ren, Galadra, and Anthony also immediately opened their personal spaces and released all the detection probes they carried. The detection probe and the bat swarm quickly disappeared under the chaotic sky of Vanaheim, while a rapidly expanding scanning area was mapped out in the data terminal and Vivian's mind.
Galadra looked worried: "This man said he was going to Asgard, but we didn't find any trace when we came from the Rainbow Bridge. I'm afraid he was lost."
Hao Ren's heart sank: "Getting lost in this damn place... I can't imagine the consequences. That man was able to get all the way here. I hope he has more ways to save his life, otherwise we will be late."