"The tomography results are out!"
"The earth's crust on both sides of the Demon Palace is rising rapidly. It will reach the same height as the sea level in three minutes!"
"The sea level is still falling. The seawater is disappearing at a rate of 260 million cubic meters per second!"
The originally calm surface of the North Sea was now filled with tumultuous waves. Violent winds whipped up waves that were dozens of meters tall. The dark clouds were like divine punishment descending from the heavens, covering the sky and pressing down step by step as if they wanted to destroy the entire land and sea.
The ark that was anchored on the surface of the sea had long since sunk to the bottom of the sea. The warriors sat on the flying beasts and quickly rose into the sky, swaying in the wind and rain. Fortunately, this team was equipped with a sufficient number of flying beasts. The flying beasts had amazing stamina and strong bones, allowing them to fly against the wind and rain. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
However, there were still some unfortunate warriors who fell into the sea. Their companions tried to rescue them, but the dozens of meter tall waves and countless undercurrents increased the difficulty of rescue. Be it those who fell into the water or the rescuers, they all felt exhausted in an extremely short period of time.
All in all, the current North Sea was like a boiling bathtub that someone had pulled out the plug at the bottom of the bathtub. The seawater rapidly drained underground, forming huge whirlpools and waves on the surface of the sea. This phenomenon was too strange, and it was a disaster that no one had ever seen before.
City Lord Goethe and Calvinson had already moved to the back of the giant flying beast and were listening to the reports from the various technical teams. The situation was not optimistic, and their expressions became more and more solemn. The sound of the wind and rain outside did not weaken in the slightest.
From the tomography device, one could clearly see that a violent movement similar to the movement of continental plates was occurring. The center of the seabed sunk, and the surrounding areas rose as seawater was drained into the depths of the earth's crust.
Normally, such a large-scale movement would take thousands or even tens of thousands of years. However, today, all of this had happened in just a few minutes. In the blink of an eye, the appearance of the North Sea had completely changed. The seawater receded, revealing the seabed covered in sand and gravel. Countless fish struggled painfully in the sand and died because there was no water source.
"What is going on? The North Sea, with a total area of 14,335 square kilometers, actually lowered its sea level by 1.7 meters in a minute? Damn it, if this continues, the North Sea will cease to exist! What kind of natural phenomenon can cause such a huge change in the earth's crust? "Goethe roared as he looked out the window at the tumbling sea.
Calvinson shook his head. "I'm afraid this isn't a natural phenomenon."
"What did you say?" Godea was startled. "Could it be that there are other powers that can turn the Lower Realm upside down? Even if the King of Demon Kings, Harry Cain, were here, he wouldn't be able to mobilize such destructive energy. "
Calvinson said, "The remnant Scroll of Creation mentioned that the Lower Realm was originally a whole. It wasn't divided into upper, middle, and lower levels. Later on, the elites of the Upper Realm and the Lower Realm had an unprecedented battle. This is what the history books call the War of the Two Realms."
"The war between the two worlds finally ended with the defeat of the Lower Realm. Hence, the Lower Realm was divided into three. The first layer was given to the humans, the third layer was given to the demons, and the middle layer was shared between the two races."
"In order to prevent the demons from rising again, the Upper Realm brought in humans with outstanding combat power from the middle realm, which is our Demon Subduing City and the Demon Subduing Army."
"Therefore, the three layers of the Lower Realm didn't exist since ancient times. They were artificially created later on. This is like a person building a three-story building on a piece of land. It doesn't matter if the building is made of concrete or pure steel or copper. As long as it's man-made, after experiencing wind and rain and time, it will reach the limit of its lifespan one day. Once this limit is exceeded, the building will collapse."
"Now that the earth's crust has changed so drastically, I suspect that the three layers of the Lower Realm have reached their limit. As time passes, the entire Lower Realm will become more and more unstable. Finally, it will completely collapse and return to its original state."
Goethe's body swayed slightly, and his expression changed greatly. "You're an expert in history. I know you've read almost all the books in the city, but you can't just say things like that!"
Calvinson shrugged. "Do you remember the Sith Mountain Range incident? Overnight, the Sith Mountain Range, the first layer of the Lower Realm, broke and collapsed from the center. Countless alien races living in the mezzanine area swarmed out. Until now, many still remain in remote areas of the mainland. "
Goethe nodded, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and gestured for Calvinson to continue.
When Xia Fan and Xia Geng first arrived in the Lower Realm, they once encountered a tribe from the Great Lake District who wanted to attack Meimei's White Stone City. Those tribesmen had come to the mainland from the collapsed area of the Sith Mountain Range. In other parts of the mainland, there were more strange intelligent life forms from the mezzanine area. However, the main mission of the Demon Subduing Army was to resist the demons. In addition, the combat power of the life forms in the mezzanine area was not strong, so the Demon Subduing City did not carry out a large-scale purge of them.
"Other than the Sith Mountain Range, there's also the melting of the southern glaciers, the warming of the Adria Basin, and the appearance of deserts in the Great Rift Valley rainforest. All these geographical events are classified by us as the earth's crust."
"In theory, these events are indeed related to the earth's crust, but don't you think the earth's crust has been moving more and more frequently recently?"
"And the demons' activities have also intensified at the same time. Is this a coincidence? All along, we thought that the special geological structure of the third layer of the Lower Realm should be stable and will be stable forever. But what if our cognition is wrong? What should we do? "
"I know that with your character, you will ask me for data to prove my inference. But I'm sorry, my friend, I don't have any evidence. I'm just relying on my intuition and a historian's research on the changes of the world from ancient to modern times to make a hypothesis. This hypothesis may seem absurd to a considerable number of people, but history has always taught us again and again that not everything in the world can be explained by data or some scientific calculation model."
Calvinson, a liberal arts student who studied history, had a very different temperament from Goethe, a science and engineering student who made weapons. Although Calvinson's tone was flat, the speculations he threw out were more and more astonishing, almost to the extent of being whimsical.
Goethe pursed his lips. "You see the third layer of the Lower Realm as a concrete building? That's very illogical. You have to know that it would take us a whole seven days to go from the first layer to the second layer, even if we took a super-speed magnetic elevator. The thickness and stability of the third layer of the Lower Realm is not something that concrete can compare to. "
Calvinson shrugged. "I've said it before. A guy who studies history like me can't produce the scientific data that you value. My theory only comes from my research of history. There have been too many changes on the continent recently, and I'm a little worried."
"So you ignored my objections and invited Heaven's Wings?"
Calvinson was noncommittal. "To be precise, we didn't just invite Heaven's Wings. We also invited some families and forces with special talents to the Lower Realm. It's just that Heaven's Wings has the most outstanding personality, and is the most famous."
"Who else? I don't want to see the Lower Realm filled with all kinds of messy weirdos, "Goethe said.
Calvinson smiled. "I'm very sorry, my friend. You voted against it, so you've been excluded from the executive committee. You won't know their names. You just need to remember one thing: whether it's Heaven's Wings or the other forces invited to the Lower Realm, they're just like us — humans, not demons."
His gaze suddenly turned serious, and Calvinson said in a heavy voice, "Actually, most of the city lords are like me. What they care about the most isn't Heaven's Wings, but the Upper Realm.
"After all, it's been 12,673 eras since we've had any contact with the Upper Realm. They seem to have forgotten our existence and that our Demon Subduing Army is under their leadership. This abnormality should be what we're most worried about."
"Old friend, now is not the time for us to argue. The most important thing is to use the weapons you've researched and save our people before the bottom of the sea collapses. Otherwise, they'll be buried underground along with the Demon Palace."
Sigh …
Goethe sighed deeply and continued to look at the stormy sky outside the window.
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