The sinkhole you saw really looked like this? "Roland stood up in surprise.
"I'm sorry …" Camilla was slightly embarrassed. "My drawing skills are only at this level."
The scene on the table was drawn by the butler according to Joan's memory. However, it was not comparable to Scroll and Soroya's. Even the apprentices in the art studio were far from it. The densely packed short lines were the grassland, the crooked circles were the sinkholes, the uplifted slope was the mountain, and the wavy lines represented the seawater. To an outsider, it was no different from a simple drawing and could not be used as a reference.
But Roland was different.
He had once seen the legendary Bottomless Land in his dream.
It was also the "endpoint" of the Battle of Divine Will, the passage for the victorious race to advance. Even though it was eventually engulfed by tsunamis and volcanoes, and the towns built on it were all destroyed, the general topography did not change much. For example, one side was flat while the other was bulging, and the distant towering continent could be vaguely seen.
Before seeing it with their own eyes, it was always an illusory legend. After all, the northern end of the Land of Dawn stretched for thousands of kilometers. The humans before the Union were unable to draw a detailed map of it, and whether it even existed was a question.
From the beginning to the end, only Lan had mentioned the location of the Bottomless Land.
And now, Joan's experience had turned it into a reality.
"No, this is enough." Roland could not wait to take out the large map from the bookcase and spread it on the floor in front of the table. He then placed the map in the direction of the north east of the continent. "It's probably here."
"What exactly is that?" Camilla could not help but ask. "I don't think it's a naturally formed sinkhole."
"Why would you think so?" Roland asked.
"It's obvious." She crossed her arms. "How can a sinkhole be so regular? And that strange seabed, the land and seawater in the sky, it's weird no matter how I look at it. "
Roland pondered for a moment. "I feel that there's no such thing as natural."
"What … do you mean?"
"For example, the Misty Forest and grassland to the west of Neverwinter used to be a wasteland, but a bird brought seeds here and gradually evolved into what it is today. As long as enough time passes, such a hypothesis will definitely be established. However, later generations believe that this is the inherent appearance of the world. Don't you find it strange? "
Camilla frowned. "I don't understand what you're talking about."
Roland sighed inwardly. These principles were indeed too complicated for the people of the current generation. It was normal for them to be unable to understand.
"I see." Nightingale, who was chewing on dried fish, suddenly clapped her hands and said, "What you're trying to say is that we're no different from birds and beasts, right?"
"Is this a riddle?" The butler rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
"Think about it." Nightingale pointed at the city in the night outside the window and said, "Birds brought seeds here and formed the forest and grassland. Humans moved to the North Slope Mountain and built Neverwinter. For this world, the essence should be the same. The so-called natural is only from our point of view. Even a bird wouldn't think that the branches of a tree are more natural than the eaves. Otherwise, why would it build its nest on the latter? According to this inference, the circular sinkhole and the countercurrent are all part of the natural world, just like the Misty Forest and Neverwinter. "She paused for a moment and said," Maybe the moon and stars above our heads were formed in the same way! "
"This …" Camilla was stunned for a moment.
Roland raised his eyebrows in surprise. Camilla was obviously a bad student, but she was exceptionally sharp in some aspects … Should he say that it was because of her jumpy personality or because she was an idiot with a broader mind?
He recalled the scene where the stones kept hitting each other and finally converged into a planet.
God brought magic power to this world.
From that moment on, the world had embarked on a completely different path.
"Let's go back to your previous question." He cleared his throat and roused Camilla from her daze. "The island that Joan arrived at should be the Bottomless Land, and the black hole should be the pathway for the advancement of the race. When the relics of God become one, the path to heaven will appear, but it will definitely not be true liberation, nor will it win the smile of God. But we still need to go there — the Bottomless Land is the place closest to the Divine Domain. Perhaps there is a way to escape the Battle of Divine Will. "
Camilla widened her eyes, as though she wanted to blurt out "where did you learn of these things", but she ultimately held back.
"As for the floating continent, I'm guessing that it's most likely the Sky-sea Realm that the demons speak of." Roland turned around and picked up a pen holder, placing it west of the Land of Dawn. "Due to certain reasons, a distorted spatial passageway has formed at the bottom of the Shadow Waters. The other end is connected to the Sky-sea Realm, which is why Joan was able to instantly move from the Shadow Islands to the other side of the sea. In fact, it's not just her, the bottom of the two seas are also connected. Every once in a while, large amounts of seawater will pour into the Sky-sea Realm, and then fall back down, forming the waterfall that Joan saw. "
Camilla was surprised. "Could this be the reason why Thunder saw the seawater crossing the Sealine, forever flowing from high to low?"
"I'm afraid so." He nodded. "There's no need for the seawater to flow back, because the high and low sides are connected. Similarly, the rapid ebb and flow of the tides has nothing to do with the celestial bodies, and only depends on the frequency and number of passageways open. "
"You mean, there's more than one sea region like the Shadow Islands?"
"To make the entire Maelstrom Sea rise and fall, just one passageway is probably far from enough. As for whether there are ruins of ancient civilizations in those places, it's unknown. " Roland felt the puzzle pieces in his mind coming together. "And the stone tower ruins in the middle of the Shadow Islands should be looking at the Sky-sea Realm."
"Then what's the meaning of the door seen in the observation mirror?" Nightingale interrupted.
"Perhaps only the builder knows." He shook his head. "But we can boldly speculate that it might be a watchtower. The ruins have been under the water for a long time, and to be honest, it's not a good observation point. So, could it be that a long time ago, the terrain of the Shadow Islands wasn't as low as it is now, and the Sky-sea Realm wasn't as high? Until the Battle of Divine Will changed everything, and the watchers and the watched no longer exist. Only the magic guided observation mirror still keeps a close eye on the original target, and it hasn't changed to this day. "
"With all due respect, this is a little too unbelievable!" Camilla gasped. "Changing the height of two continents? Do you know how much this will affect the entire sea region? "
"It could probably kill all the land creatures." Roland could not help but think of the waves that were taller than mountains. "Perhaps this was the original intention of God … Of course, these are all my guesses, and you can't treat them as facts." He suppressed his distracting thoughts and changed the topic. "Finally, there's the Black Continent in the northeast of the Land of Dawn. Joan saw countless sea monsters attacking it. Based on the analysis of the information obtained, it should be the territory of the demons."
He walked to the top of the map and wrote the name Valkries mentioned on the carpet with a charcoal pencil.
"Blackstone Region."
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