At the same time, at the crash site of the Antavern, in the water elemental domain that corresponded to the main material space.
The never-ending rain covered the Boundless Sea and filled the space between the two layers of the ocean. Above the Boundless Sea, the layer of ocean that was hanging upside down in the air was forming layers of waves. In the waves, one could vaguely see the water elements shuttling back and forth, continuing the cycle of growth, fusion, battle, and recombination. In the depths of the Boundless Sea, one could vaguely see a large scale of blue light flowing across the deep sea and connecting to the huge water system on the other side of the ocean.
This scene, which was impossible to see in the real world and completely contrary to the common sense of the material world, was the norm in the water elemental domain. The pure elemental power blended with the magic background of this world, forming a unique 'cycle' system. But for the sirens, who were also elemental creatures, the environment here did not make them feel any sense of familiarity. This was just a space that was similar to their home world, and the vast Endless Sea was not the sea in their memory of their home world.
But the sirens were simple-minded, and they adapted quickly to the environment.
A sentry station stood firmly in the middle of the undulating waves of the Boundless Sea. It was shaped like a slightly open shell. Its streamlined shell had a silver-white metallic texture and light blue paint on its surface, outlining the unique totem patterns of the sirens that looked like the limbs of some deep-sea creatures. In the gaps of the shell, one could see a radiant energy barrier. Inside the barrier, one could vaguely see living quarters, weapon stations, communication stations and other facilities, as well as decorative tentacle stone sculptures and seaweed. A dozen sirens were busy working among the facilities in the sentry station.
At the base of the outpost, there were several 'anchoring' devices that emitted blue halos. Together, they maintained the stability of the building from the material world, so that it would not drift away in this world with only the ocean.
At the edge of the outpost, on a crescent-shaped platform, two siren sentinels were monitoring the situation in the Endless Sea. They had the lower body of a sea snake, and their long tails coiled into a very stable form. In their hands, they held trident shaped weapons, and the front of the silver-white weapon was slightly glowing like water ripples. That was a unique phenomenon caused by the constant 'refresh' of the charged particles on the blade.
"Yawn … I feel like I have been standing here for a century." A siren with long blue hair suddenly yawned, her long tail curled under her body, and the tip of her tail poked out and wagged left and right. "This rain makes me sleepy …"
"Nonsense, you would be sleepy even without the rain." The siren with lavender hair could not help but squint at her. "You are just lazy. You will be awake as long as you are not on guard."
"Don't say that, Caroline." The siren waved the trident in her hand. "I'm serious. It's mainly because the thing we're in charge of is too boring. It's just a few streams of 'water flow', and there's no change at all …"
The siren called Caroline did not answer her companion's complaint. She just lowered her head and looked at the deep sea. As a water elemental creature, she could see far, far away through the dark and deep sea. In her eyes, the light blue light that penetrated the depths of the Boundless Sea was indeed like some kind of beautiful 'water flow'. She stared at it for more than ten seconds. Suddenly, she looked up and said, "What do you think this thing is? It looks like water, but it is not water. It emerges from the bottom of the sea out of thin air, and then flows to some place out of thin air. Her Majesty is so serious that we have to keep an eye on it, and report if there is any change … What the hell is this thing? "
"Didn't you hear what Great Witch Hathaway said? This thing is called the Deep Blue Net. It is the 'power system' of this planet. It is similar to ocean currents and atmospheric circulation, but it flows with magic power. And unlike ocean currents and atmospheric circulation, which can only appear in the material world, it can flow in all the 'realms' of the entire planet. It is like a net that circulates in the real world, the Realm of Shadows, the Realm of Shadows, and so on … "
The siren with aquamarine hair seemed to be quite knowledgeable. At the very least, she had listened attentively to the teachings of the scholars. However, her companion named Korolin was obviously not the type to listen attentively. After only half of the lecture, Korolin shook her head and said with an 'I completely understand everything' expression, "Power system, oh? Ocean currents? Then I seem to understand … "
As she spoke, she looked down at the blue streams of light in the depths of the sea. She looked like she wanted to cause trouble. "Then where do you think I will swim to if I dive in?"
"You don't understand at all!" The blue-haired siren suddenly turned pale with fright. "This thing is not water. Let me tell you, if you jump in, you might die in there. It was not easy for us to have a truce with the local water elementals for so many years. If you die and go back without a clear explanation, what if we fight again..."
The siren sentinel was obviously frightened by her companion's strange idea. She quickly spouted a bunch of things to persuade her sister, who had always been very active. The siren named Coroline listened and finally gave up on her very creative idea. However, her eyes still could not help but fall on the blue streams of light that penetrated the Boundless Sea. She was ready to cause trouble. She muttered, "Then you say … is there anything that can travel through this' river '? Since they are a kind of 'Net Dao' … "
"How am I supposed to ask … Maybe Great Witch Hathaway or Her Majesty the Queen knows?" The blue-haired siren thought for a moment, the tip of her tail wagging quickly in the air. "After all, we can sense and understand the 'magic power' on this planet not long ago. Even the great witches don't know much about it. All our knowledge about magic power and the Deep Blue Web comes from the exchanges with our allies on the land. But the racial gap between our allies on the land and the sirens is so huge …"
"Yes." Coroline curled the trident with her tail and knocked her fists with both hands. She had an 'I understand now' look on her face. "The land allies are so different from us. They will die if they jump into the Deep Blue Net. But the same cannot be said for the sirens. So, it means that I can still dive in …"
Before her voice trailed off, the blue-haired siren curled her tail with her tail, and the two long snake tails instantly became a dead knot.
"I have to prevent you from digging your own grave. I heard that many years ago, you took the initiative to 'end' yourself and be reborn. Your brain has not been normal. Now I have learned," the blue-haired siren said helplessly. "Our mission is just to monitor the energy flow here. Can you save yourself the trouble … Tsk, now I am not sleepy at all …"
"Well, I am just kidding." Seeing the helpless look on her companion's face, the siren Coroline finally raised her hands to indicate that she had completely given up the idea of 'diving in'. At the same time, she glanced at the bottom of the sea again. "After the shift change, let's go to the monitoring room and see if the sisters there have found anything interesting. Then I will eat a dried squid to comfort myself …"
Before her voice trailed off, an extremely fast shadow suddenly flashed across the blue light in the depths of the Boundless Sea. The shadow made the two sentries on the sentry post widen their eyes in an instant.
Although they had been chattering non-stop when they were on sentry duty, they never diverted their attention from what they were monitoring. The flash of shadow did not escape the eyes of the two siren soldiers at all.
"Did you see that?" Coroline immediately pulled out her trident from her tail. While nervously watching the light at the bottom of the sea to see if there was any other movement, she quickly said, "I didn't see what it was, but something must have gone by just now …"
"I saw it … That thing was very fast. I couldn't see it clearly. But the monitoring room may have captured a clearer image!" The blue-haired siren had already reacted. She quickly called the other sentries on standby in the dormitory to come over and change shifts. Then she quickly said to Coroline, "This must be in line with the 'reporting standard' ordered by Her Majesty the Queen. I will go to the monitoring room to check the footage. You go to the communication station to contact the Antavern! Let's split up! "
"Okay!"
The two sirens quickly rushed to the two areas of the sentry post. Their tails, which were tied into tight knots, suddenly straightened. But after all, they were well-trained soldiers. The little embarrassment did not affect them in the slightest. The two sirens raised the tridents in their hands at the same time and did not hesitate to cut off the tails that could not be untied for a while. Then, they screamed in pain and yelled, "If I knew you would cut it off, I wouldn't have done it." Then, they quickly ran in the direction of the monitoring room and the communication station.
…
New Agundor, in the headquarters of the Council that had been renovated and rebuilt from abandoned facilities, Andal, who looked like a weathered old man, stood beside a projection round table. His brows were tightly knitted together. The ancient Giant Dragon, who had lived through nearly two million years of Dragons' history, the arrival of the ancient voyagers and the modern 'coming of age ceremony', and had witnessed the changes of the planet, was now nervous as if he was facing a great enemy. His face had never looked so pale before. "A rift … a rift that runs through the entire Tide-Defying Tower and even extends all the way to the West Coast … And who knows how many years that thing has been there?!"
Above the projection round table that was engraved with many Dragon runes, Helagol's figure clearly appeared before Andal. The expression on the dragon leader's face was not much better than Andal's. In fact, he looked a little gloomier. "There is no theory that can explain all of this. That rift has hidden from everyone's eyes, not just yours and mine, even … the gods'. According to the clues that Gwen Cecil found at the scene, there seems to be a 'curtain' working there. It is a miraculous power, and it has been working even after losing the power to maintain it. It only disintegrated when it was invaded by the shadowy sandstorm.
"As for the rift outside the tower, it was discovered by the two Young Dragons who were infected by the Dark Blue magic … I suspect that all the Young Dragons who were infected by the Dark Blue magic can see or sense those rifts …"
Andal nodded with a pale face and said in a low voice, "That rift has probably been affecting our dragon eggs since many years ago. But all along, Tarlonde had the protection of the gods, so this influence had been blocked outside. It was only now that the gods have left that the Young Dragons were affected. The Dark Blue Web is not a recent problem, but it has been abnormal for many years …"
"These are not important, old friend, these are secondary —" Helagol interrupted Andal. The leader of the Dragons looked unusually serious. "The most important thing now is the 'Reverse Tide' in the tower … According to the clues that Gwen Cecil has found, if the situation is going in the worst direction, then the Reverse Tide … I am afraid that it has already escaped, maybe even centuries ago.
"Andal, our vigilance and monitoring of the tower for so long is a joke. Tarlonde has a big problem."
"It's not that Tarlonde has a big problem, it's that the world is going to have a big problem." Andal took a deep breath. "An out-of-control 'God of Disorder' is wandering out of the sight of the mortal civilization. The big mess we made a million years ago has finally become a flame out of control."
The two leaders in the room suddenly quieted down at the same time. In this uncomfortable silence, a new light screen suddenly rose on the projection round table. After a moment of interference, Gwen's figure appeared next to Helagol's holographic projection.
"I don't mean to disturb, but I think it's necessary to contact you directly," Gwen said. Behind him was a vast white indoor space. "Leaders Tarlonde, you should already know the situation on my side."
"Yes, we received the report forwarded by Noretta." Helagol immediately composed himself and said calmly. "The situation is very serious. I have nothing to hide from you. This situation is beyond Andal's and my worst judgment."
It was indeed beyond their worst judgment. After all, before this, he and Andal's worst judgment about the Tide-Defying Tower was that it was about to go completely out of control. Who would have thought that the tower directly gave everyone a big surprise — it had escaped six hundred years ago.
Helagol then asked, "Are you still in the tower?"
"Yes, I'm still here. We have confirmed that there is no trace of divine pollution left in it. It's a very ironic situation. The tower that everyone was on guard against is now very safe. It's an immobile ancient ruin." Gwen said with a wry smile. "I'm organizing people to expand the scope of the investigation here. Although I don't think we can find the whereabouts of the 'thing that escaped', it will at least give us a better understanding of this ruin."
Hao Ren sighed and looked helpless. "I didn't expect that the team that I brought in to deal with the crisis would be used in this aspect. But at least it's not a wasted trip."
Helagol's face was tense for a long time before he sighed. "… Tarlonde should be responsible for all of this."
"It's not easy to find out who is responsible for a debt of more than a million years." Gwen interrupted the leader of the Dragons. "Now we have more important things to face. It's about the escaped 'God of the Tide-Defying'. I'd like to hear your opinion. "
The escaped 'God of the Tide-Defying' … Where would he be now?
Helagol's face was gloomy. It was a difficult question to answer, but he did not seem to have no answer in his mind.
(The time of the book release is the 'Otherworld Conquest Handbook' that I released last time. It's still strong and growing well after the milk. It's going to be on the shelves soon. I think I can release it again. Those who like the theme of otherworld exploration can take a look.)
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