After realizing that the architectural structure near the base of the Tide-Defying Tower was the same style as the scene of Modir's meeting with the Twin Elves many years ago in the 'sandstorm illusion', Gwen realized that the harvest of this' Tide-Defying Tower Exploration Operation 'was very likely to exceed his expectations.
Those broken ancient clues were emerging and reorganizing in his mind. Although the obscure connection between the clues was still in the fog, he seemed to have felt the attraction between these clues. Their overall appearance was still ambiguous, but overall, a huge puzzle was gradually emerging from the fog.
And this tower that had been standing since ancient times … would undoubtedly be the biggest fulcrum of this' puzzle '.
Gwen took a light breath and calmed his somewhat turbulent emotions. At the same time, he raised his guard even more. Holding the Pathfinder longsword in his hand, he maintained the maximum amount of external perception. He took the lead and walked toward the faintly opened alloy door at the base of the tower. Behind him, Modir and Amber, who were also on high alert, followed closely behind.
They arrived at the end of this' road ', and an astonishing door stood there.
It was even bigger and grander than the tallest city gate of Saint Sunil. The door, which was made of some unknown metal, looked solemn and heavy. The whole door had a silver-gray color with a very textured texture. The surface of the door was as smooth as a mirror, and under that extremely smooth surface, straight lines could be vaguely seen from top to bottom. This door was embedded in a high wall that looked like a cliff, and there was a 'gap' in the middle that could allow several people to pass through side by side. Judging from the structure, it should be able to slide into the wall on both sides under the action of some mechanical device.
Amber stood in front of the door in a daze, looking up at the high top of it. Her whole goose was in a state of shock. After a long time, she came back to her senses and looked at Gwen with some kind of shock and curiosity. "I wanted to ask just now. Why do you think the door of this ancient ruin is always open with a gap? Did the Voyager forget to close the door when he left? "
Gwen could not help but look sideways at this shame of the alliance. He thought to himself that this guy was indeed skilled in her profession, and her professionalism was deeply rooted in her organs. She was already so shocked, and the first thing that came to her mind was that the door was not locked. Luckily, the Tide-Defying Tower did not have a window, or she would have probably jumped in through the window by now.
"It was opened by the Dragons." Although he was complaining in his mind, Gwen still shook his head and explained the information he had received. "After the Voyager left, the Dragons found a way to open the entrance of this tower. From here, they obtained a small part of the knowledge that came from the Voyager … and this was the root of the 'Rebellion' that later."
As he spoke, he strode forward, and before he was about to pass through the 'gap' and enter the tower, he could not help but look at the towering door again. The barrier that had weathered a million years of wind and frost was still extremely sturdy today, and the bright and clean alloy surface faintly reflected the distant starlight and the distant deep space that the voyager had left for, never to return.
Gawain subconsciously stretched out his hand and gently touched the door. He seemed to be able to sense the distant past through this cold contact, as well as the stories that had once happened here and revolved around this tower.
A faint stream of light suddenly flowed out from where his palm touched the door and quickly flowed up along the edge of the door. A buzzing sound suddenly came into everyone's ears. The sound seemed to have activated some kind of system that had been dormant for many years. The next second, the surface of the silent door suddenly glowed. Streams of light flowed along the lines buried in the door, and a large number of flashing light spots suddenly appeared before Gwen and the rest. These light spots flashed rapidly on the surface of the door, and gradually, a clear pattern and text appeared before them!
Hu Po was shocked by this sudden change. His entire body flickered back and forth between his shadow and material form a few times before stabilizing. At the same time, he was still yelling, "Hey … Hey hey, this thing lit up! Why did it light up when you touched it? "
Gwen did not expect this sudden change, but he quickly suppressed his surprise. While keeping calm, he pressed his hand on Amber's head and said, "Don't be so surprised when you are exploring the ruins. Didn't you see the lights suddenly lit up?"
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the image that was floating on the surface of the door. The text and image had gradually stabilized and began to refresh one line after another. Just like the text on the street sign, when Gwen's eyes fixed on the 'display screen', the meaning of these ancient Voyager words appeared in his mind.
"Facility offline, access authority frozen."
"Detected Firmament Station authorization port, re-authorizing access … access authority activated."
"Serious system warning, factory area shutdown, reason unknown … core database missing or locked … accumulated error log overflow, production management center offline."
"Ancillary system available, door authorized, re-uploading facility structure …"
The text on the embedded door's display screen was quickly refreshed. Lines of text slid past Gwen's eyes. He stared at this scene and took in all the changes. The next moment, he suddenly felt a deeper 'connection'. This connection pointed to the orbiting space station far away in space and was transmitted to his memory through the authorization agreement between the satellite and the space station. The whole process lasted no more than three to five seconds. Gwen slowly looked away and blinked at the interior of the tower.
The next second, the structure of the building behind the door appeared in his mind like some kind of translucent hologram, marking all the authorized doors and roads.
He heard a series of noises coming from the tower. It was the sound of the heavy and ancient mechanical structure colliding and grinding. Amber also heard the noise. She looked nervous at first, as if she was afraid that something would suddenly rush out of the tower and kill her. But soon she noticed the calm expression on Gwen's face and calmed down. On the other hand, the old mage Modir was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He looked at Gwen with his eyes wide open. "This … this is you …"
"Yes." Gwen looked at the old mage and nodded with a smile. "Just a little trick."
After saying this, he walked into the tower.
Gawain was not worried at all that Hu Po or Modir would have any ideas, nor was he worried about the so-called "exposing his uniqueness." Firstly, it was because he trusted them, and secondly, he was very clear about his current position and what he was doing. There were priorities, and everyone had responsibilities. He was not a cautious "transmigrator newbie" in this world, but a person who had been hanging in the sky for millions of years and lying in a coffin for more than seven hundred years (in the eyes of others). Now, he was the rightful ruler of an empire and the leader of an alliance of nations. Among all the things he faced and all the people he interacted with on a daily basis, the "little secret of the satellite spirits" was almost the most meaningless thing.
Anyway, he had used the identity of an "extraterrestrial wanderer" many times.
The tower was brightly lit.
Just like what was recorded in Modir's travels, part of the system in this tower was still functioning. Even before Gawain's group arrived, the lights in this tower had probably never been extinguished.
A low humming sound came from all directions. Some invisible systems were still running in the ancient floors, walls, and dome. Not long after passing through the door and the short corridor behind the door, Gwen and his team arrived at an unusually spacious cylindrical hall.
Just as recorded in Modir's travels, the hall was extremely spacious. In the center of the hall was an astonishingly large conveyor system. It looked like a large, complex elevator, moving up and down quickly in some kind of pipe or rail, transporting materials of unknown use. Around the hall, there were many dazzling and nameless ancient devices. Some of those devices were still operating. Holographic projections showing complex instrument data floated above them, and various humming and beeping sounds came from those devices.
If Hao Ren had not seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that there was such an extremely advanced ancient facility on the surface of this planet that had been operating silently for nearly two million years?!
Gwen felt his heart pounding. His eyes swept across the devices that were still operating silently. Every time his eyes stopped, some information would appear in his mind —
This was the logistics distribution system, this was the central energy monitoring system, this was the entrance for maintenance personnel, there was a communication station and data interface above, and the basic underground structure went deep into the sea, deep into the seabed, and even penetrated the mantle, immersed in scorching magma …
Red warning signs that represented a system outage or an error log overflow kept popping up in his "vision," covering almost all the devices he could see. Only the devices with less load or simpler functions were barely running well. At least, there were no head-numbing error reports.
Just like the satellites and space stations in space, the situation in this production facility was not optimistic.
It had been in service for too long … and it was time for it to be scrapped.
At this moment, Amber's voice came from the side, interrupting Gwen's thoughts. "So … what about 'that thing' in this tower? We've already entered and seen a truly magnificent ancient facility, but how come I don't feel anything like mental pollution entrenched in here at all … "
Gwen reacted instantly. He frowned as he looked around and whispered thoughtfully, "'That thing' may be invisible and intangible. We may not be able to see anything here …"
In ancient times, the mortals of the Tidetide Empire collectively worshipped the Navigator's Tower near the North Pole. Their firm collective ideology gave birth to a 'god' in this tower, but other than themselves, no one knew the characteristics of the god born in the tower. According to Enya, the 'god' who died at birth might not even have a physical body. He was most likely just an empty echo, a vague shadow, or even a strong tendency of thought. He was entrenched in this tower in an invisible and intangible state, blending with the steel and light here.
But even so, Gwen gradually frowned.
Even if that thing could not be seen … the current state of the tower was too 'normal and quiet'.
He subconsciously looked at Modir beside him. "Do you feel anything? Or recall … "
Gwen stopped mid-sentence because he found that the old mage had looked up as if he was attracted by something. He was staring straight at the towering and spectacular alloy dome of the hall. This made Gwen feel that something was not right.
At this moment, Modir finally blinked. The old mage's lips trembled as if he was struggling to wake up from an absurd dream. After repeating this a few times, his voice finally squeezed out from his throat. "No … no … no … it's not here, it's not here anymore! It should be here, it should be here!! "
"Calm down, old man." Amber was shocked by the old mage's weird reaction. She quickly tried to wake Modir up from his weird mental state. "What do you mean it's not here anymore? What did you say it should be here? "
"It's that thing!" Modir suddenly woke up. He took a deep breath and pointed at the towering dome of the hall. But even if his eyes were awake, his words were still jumbled. "I remember there should be something there, a very, very big … indescribable thing. It used to stare at me with countless eyes, use countless mouths to talk to me. It's gone, it's gone! And can't you see it? There are some traces there! "
The old mage said anxiously. Gwen's heart skipped a beat. He looked up in the direction of Modir's finger, but he could only see the crisscrossing support structure and the transportation system moving up and down quickly.
But a strong intuition surged from the bottom of his heart. Gwen felt that he had missed something. He stared at the top, and his eyes swept over the structure at a glance. Suddenly, the structural diagram of the tower appeared in his mind again. And in the corner of his vision, somewhere on the dome of the hall, a silver-gray wall seemed to 'tremble' for a moment.
It was as if the two overlapped images were temporarily misaligned, as if there was an error in the rendering layer that was originally covered.
Gwen did not ignore this momentary visual signal.
And as he noticed this anomaly, the large wall and support structure above the dome of the hall suddenly flickered in his eyes. As the light flickered, some vague shadowy structures seemed to emerge from the air, and the misaligned lines vaguely showed a huge structure like a crack!
Gawain's heart skipped a beat as a lightning-quick inspiration exploded in his mind. In less than half a second, he realized a certain possibility.
He suddenly turned to Amber, who seemed to have not reacted. "Amber! There's a 'truth' that we can't see here, hidden in the crack of the real world! "
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