Chapter 1118 The Long Night
As expected, Wendell was extremely surprised when he saw the spherical aircraft. Obviously, this advanced space-atmosphere universal shuttle exceeded his expectations. However, the old man soon recovered from his surprise. He was just thoughtful: "The Twilight City also has machines that can fly in the sky, but I have never seen anything like this... Asgard is the home of the ancient gods. Kingdom, I’m afraid this thing was passed down from ancient times by you, right?”
"There are also aircraft in Twilight City?" Hao Ren was surprised on another level, "I'm really curious about your social situation."
Wendell boarded the spherical aircraft with everyone. Under the control of Anthony and the guidance of Vivian, the aircraft flew towards another rainbow bridge. As the end of the earth gradually appeared in the distance, those huge groups of tentacles gradually came into view. The tentacles of the eldest son were the only things still alive in this purgatory. Apart from these tentacles, there was no trace of life in Vanaheim.
Looking at such an environment, it is difficult for everyone to imagine how Wendel's tribe survived.
"Tell us about the Twilight City," Nangong Wuyue looked at Wendell curiously (she had turned into a human form at this time), "What kind of place is that? How did you survive after the collapse of the world?"
"The world collapsed..." Wendell repeated the word in a low and hoarse voice, "You all know about the war that happened more than two thousand years ago - I don't know how much Asgard has preserved. History, but in the Twilight City, there are many ancient books recording things from that time, and there are many scholars who specialize in studying these things: after all, they are trapped in the barrier, and they have nothing else to study. As far as I know, the gods The war broke the balance of the world. Nidhogg's gnawing made the great World Tree extremely weak, so the alien gods took advantage of it and ignited the world. The fire burned for three years and burned out. All the light in the entire universe fell, and the long night fell, with only scorching heat in the darkness. Midgard was also shrouded in scorching heat. In just a few days, the population dropped sharply to less than 10%. Seeing that all life in the world was about to However, at this time, an ancient saint suddenly appeared in the crowd. This ancient saint was called the "Traveler". He evoked some great power sleeping deep in the earth, and used the power of the earth to form a barrier to block Freed from the poison and evil fire in the long night, within this barrier is the City of Twilight.
"The City of Twilight is not a city to us, but a kingdom. Although it is smaller than any kingdom in ancient times, we still survive there and have existed for more than two thousand years. The City of Twilight They were all originally connected by several city-states - the barrier's coverage limit was so great that all places outside the few city-states were destroyed - and as time went by, we continued to build homes within the barrier, and now There is not an inch of free land in the City of Light. My biggest impression of the place is that it is crowded, crowded and old. Buildings from all ages, from a thousand years ago to a hundred years ago, are all crowded together in a chaotic manner, and the air There is smoke and dust everywhere, the whistle of the steam workshop often sounds in the middle of the night, the big gears rattle, and the locomotives sometimes rumble through the center line of the Twilight City, causing vibrations that almost make people doubt the entire city. It would knock them down, and the clothes hanging outside the windows facing the street would often be blown off by the strange wind that passed through the neighborhood—all the way into the city's oldest abyss. The city was built too big, too high. , it’s so old that even the city’s builders and planners don’t know what the structure is underneath those stacks of houses. I don’t even know. I only know that our city is like a building stacked up on top of each other. The nests have been stacked up so much that they almost touch the sky. Every time I open my eyes, I feel like the dim sky is about to collapse."
Lily muttered to herself, "That sounds unsafe."
"Yes, it is very unsafe, but few people would think so," Wendell muttered. "Everyone is used to living in it, and no one thinks there is anything wrong with such a city. Anyway, everything seems to be stable at the moment. But delve into it People who study ancient books and machines would not think so. We know that the Twilight City is limited, and the life of the city is even more limited. The world has been extinguished for more than two thousand years. We have survived for too long relying on a few embers. Once this happens Even if the embers are extinguished, that's the end of it."
"So the 'Light Seeker' appeared?" Vivian asked curiously.
Wendell nodded slightly: "There is a reason for this."
Since the day the Twilight City was built, people have always kept in mind the fact that the outside world has burned down - they are afraid of the long dark night outside, they are afraid that the light in the city will eventually go out, and they are afraid that the whole world will sink like this forever. Go down, and fear gave birth to courage, and the light seeker was born. These brave, curious and restless people are the eyes of the Twilight City. With the blessings and expectations of others, they bravely break into the darkness and look for other lights in the wreckage of the world, such as another Twilight City. Or a piece of pure land that has not been burned by evil fire, or...
A sign of dawn.
"Some scholars believe that the Long Night will eventually end," Wendell said slowly. "The World Tree Yggdrasil has not died. He is just healing. When those sacred branches complete their transformation, the universe will be restored." Light up, that is the dawn after the long night, and the dawn will first start from the land of death, Nibelungen and Niflheim. An important mission of the light seeker is to look for signs of the dawn, but to be honest... Not many people hold this hope, including the light seekers themselves, and most of them are just looking for another twilight city."
Having said this, Wendell sighed: "However, even so, there are still fewer and fewer light seekers, and fewer and fewer people support us. In the past, light seekers had a lofty status and were regarded as challenging the long night. Warriors, our predecessors were once engraved on the foundation stone of the Twilight City. However, slowly, the journey of searching for light turned into a reckless behavior that was not understood by others, because batch after batch of people broke in Darkness will eventually either be swallowed up by the long night or come back madly. Very few people can bring anything back from the night - supporting such a team that consumes a lot of money is a heavy burden for the Twilight City. Looking for Light The headquarters of the leader was originally the most majestic building in the city, but now it has become a dark alley in the sewers at the bottom of the city..."
The old man's voice was low, and he finally ended the topic in a low mood: "Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."
"To be honest, this is an inevitable choice for the group," Galadr shrugged. "It can't even be said to be stupid. For the survival of the group, most intelligent races will be too cautious, and onlookers will think that this caution is due to It’s a missed opportunity, but in most cases it prolongs survival in desperate situations.”
Wendell looked at Galadra with a strange expression, feeling that the other party's detached way of speaking was strange - but this was the most pertinent and sincere evaluation made by a prosecutor who was used to the rise and fall of civilization.
The second half of the journey became dull due to Galadra's comments.
During this dreary journey, Hao Ren and the others saw the true situation of the Yugudora Hill space chain after experiencing Ragnarok.
Worse than imagined.
The scene he saw in Asgard before gave Hao Ren a wrong first impression. He thought that the situation in the nine kingdoms after Ragnarok was not so tragic. Only after entering space did he realize how destructive a big explosion that penetrated the nine layers of space could be. Just like the warhead that penetrates the target will cause wounds far more terrifying than the surface, the destruction caused by the demon hunter's beam cannon and magic energy explosion also has a similar effect. The deep space of the Nine Kingdoms was extremely destroyed. serious.
Vanaheim has become a wasteland filled with poisonous gas and radiation; Watt Alheim has been completely torn apart, and the entire continent is divided into two and floating in the void. Only the tentacles that penetrate the continent connect the broken earth. Together; Alfheim is in constant turmoil, and a storm called "Frenzy" rages in the darkness. This storm absorbs the magic power in the space and continues to operate for two thousand years. Now it has completely worn away almost everything on the continent. powder……
They also saw the kingdom of giants, Jotunheim, which was a desert of despair, silent and silent, stagnant there for thousands of years, and crazy heat waves poured out from the ruins of the giant city, It is still scorching the land.
However, Jotunheim is nothing compared to Mspelheim, where two-thirds of the continent is covered by lava lakes.
All these kingdoms have one thing in common, they are shrouded in darkness.
Smoke and clouds covered the sky, and the surge of magic energy destroyed the sources of skylight in various countries. Seeing the conditions in those countries, Hao Ren understood why Wendel's people called the era after Ragnarok the "Long Night."
As the literal meaning means, after the end of the world, night falls, and eight of the nine kingdoms are ruled by darkness. In that darkness, only the embers of doom are glowing, hot and deadly, hiding under the twilight barrier. The survivors are trembling with fear. Anyone who dares to take a step into the darkness is enough to be called a warrior, let alone those light seekers who dare to cross the nine kingdoms.