The murky, hazy sky shrouded the dead city. There was no sun or stars in the sky, but there was an even layer of dim light. The city was grand and magnificent, but it was silent and deserted. A dead kingdom appeared to be "dead", and a new group of visitors was now coming to this empty and desolate place.
Amber's eyes widened as she nervously observed the surroundings. After making sure that nothing would suddenly jump out and beat her up, she relaxed a little. Then her eyes swept across the high walls and silhouettes of palaces in the distance as she muttered thoughtfully, "This place looks very different from the surroundings of the Mistress of the Night's throne … I thought the divine kingdom of the God of War was also an open and empty place."
"Of course, different divine kingdoms are different." Gwen glanced at Amber and said casually, "They present the appearance of the believers according to the mythology. Different churches will try their best to portray the 'divine scenery' that is different from others. In a sense, this is also an important means for them to attract their believers."
"Then I will definitely like the divine kingdoms of the Three Gods of Fertility or the God of Commerce." Amber's eyes suddenly lit up as she said with a smile, "It is said that the garden of the Three Gods of Fertility is full of beer and honey, the trees are full of fresh fruits that will not rot, and the long table in the middle of the garden is full of delicacies that can feed countless people. The divine kingdom of the God of Commerce is full of money, and everyone builds houses with gold and gems …"
Modir, who was curiously looking at the surrounding scenery, could not help but turn to look at the 'Imperial Intelligence Minister'. "If the world is full of gold, then gold is as worthless as stone …"
"Let the God of Commerce figure out the devaluation of gold himself." Amber waved her hand carelessly, fully expressing her attitude in the realm of the gods. "I like shiny things, okay?"
Gwen could not help but sigh. "If I didn't know your background, sometimes I would have suspected that you were raised by a Giant Dragon …"
Melita and Noretta rolled their eyes at the same time, but Amber's train of thought had already continued to expand. The Shame of the Alliance, who had always had a strange logic, seemed to have something in his mind. Suddenly, as if he had discovered a new world, he said excitedly, "I think I've thought of an idea … You see, we can now enter the divine kingdom of the God of War without being tainted. So if our technology in the divine realm continues to develop, do you think that there will be a day when we can freely enter and exit the divine realm of other gods without engaging in a divine war? By then, we can directly go to the divine kingdom of the God of Commerce and rob money, or go to the three gods of fertility … "
As soon as she said that, not to mention Gwen, Modir and the rest, even the White Knight, who was meticulously carrying out their mission, suddenly fell into a strange state of astonishment. The two Dragons, Melita and Noretta, looked at each other, but Amber became more excited. "Not only that! If we succeed in mastering the law of thought, we can even use the thought to create something, and then go to the corresponding divine kingdom to steal … I mean take … "
Gwen looked at Amber, who had suddenly gone off the rails, and was stunned for two seconds before he reacted. "Good heavens, are you talking about a bug?"
"What do you mean by bug?" Amber asked in a daze. Windsor Mappel, who had been listening beside her for a long time, suddenly shook her head after pondering for a long time. "Unfortunately, Miss Amber, the situation you described … I'm afraid it's difficult to achieve."
"Huh?" Amber blinked and looked at the legendary sorcerer from the Typhon Empire with a little surprise.
"According to our research on the divine kingdom, in this space supported by the 'thought', everything is not a 'stable existence'," Windsor Mappel explained very seriously. "Just like the high walls and the swords decorating the palace, they are stable entities here, but after we brought some samples to the outside world, they all deteriorated and dissipated in a short period of time. Even their nature is undergoing strange changes. Steel will become loose and fragile sand, stones will evaporate and disappear in the air, cloth will gradually become transparent and disintegrate … Except for the 'remains' of the God of War, almost everything will not be stable for long after leaving the divine kingdom.
"We suspect that this has something to do with the fall of the God of War, and the deeper reason … should be the termination of the thought of the God of War. Now the belief in the God of War is shrinking all over the world, and because the truth behind the battle of the God of Orion is gradually being revealed, many devout believers have begun to doubt their faith, and this change is obviously reflected in the 'thought product' like the divine kingdom.
"Therefore, Master Kamel, my mentor, and I have also given a name to the things in the divine kingdom that cannot exist stably in the real world. We call them 'imaginary entities'.
"To sum up, Miss Amber's idea is based on the stable existence of things in the divine kingdom, and this requires the mortal world to maintain a stable belief, which is contrary to what we are doing now …"
The president of Typhon's Association of Mages explained the special characteristics of the 'imaginary entities' in the divine kingdom in a very serious manner and analyzed Amber's bold idea. She was probably the only scholar so far who would take Amber's ideas seriously. This made Amber feel awkward. She scratched her head and glanced at Gwen. "I feel a little awkward …"
Windsor looked at Gwen with a serious face. "It seems that my answer has troubled Miss Amber?"
"Err … no, don't worry about it." Gwen immediately waved his hand. "Your answer is very meaningful to me. We need these professional explanations about the mysteries of the divine kingdom …"
He could not say that his intelligence minister was a joker in front of the foreign scholars. Under normal circumstances, the scholars of Cecil would not even care about this guy's idea.
But then again, although Amber did come up with a bad idea just now, Windsor Mabel's explanation about the "imaginary entity" of the divine kingdom still had some implications in Gawain's mind. Looking at the ancient and magnificent temple and city before him, Gawain could not help but have some doubts. It was true that the "imaginary entity" that lost the support of the ideology would disintegrate in reality, but in this domain called the "deep sea", these entities that lost their support could exist stably for quite a long time. What was the reason for that? The remains of the gods could exist longer than the divine kingdom. What was the reason?
In this' deep sea ', the boundary between matter and thought seemed to be particularly blurred. The things that people could see and touch here were in essence the' information 'imagined by a large number of mortal minds. For some reason, at the same time, Gwen could not help but think of the' discovery 'mentioned in the report by the Goddess of Magic, Mirmina.
At the bottom of the world, matter and magic showed similar properties. The distinction between substance and non-substance was not clear. It was a vague transition.
Gwen shook his head and put these uncontrollable thoughts aside for the time being. Although he could come up with countless conjectures, at this time, conjectures could only be conjectures and could not be used practically. He still remembered his original purpose of coming here.
"Take us to the 'border.'" He looked at Kamel and said with a serious face.
Under the lead of Kamel and Lady Windsor, Gwen and the others passed through the quiet cheering walkway and the arena area. They passed through the empty and deserted palace and the outer city area, and finally arrived at the 'border of the divine kingdom' that was showing signs of disintegration and dissipation.
The magnificent and vast sea of dust and clouds came into everyone's sight. The boundless dust and the dark and chaotic 'extraterritorial space' in the distance made Amber hold her breath. In the depths of the sea of clouds, inside a massive vortex, a disturbing space fissure and a stream of blue light flowing in the depths of the fissure caught Gwen's attention.
The two Young Dragon behind Melita and Noretta immediately became restless. They fluttered and shouted in the direction of the vortex, looking excited and nervous.
Melita immediately bent down and comforted her two daughters. The mother's gentleness calmed the two little ones a little. Noretta looked up and said worriedly while looking at the fissure in the vortex, "It seems that I'm right. These fissure and the fissure we found in the Tide-Defying Tower are the same thing. They are all the fissure of the Deep Blue Network. They may even be the same 'vein flow' and are connected together."
Amber swallowed her saliva and looked nervous. "So the thing in the tower escaped all the way through the fissure and ran out from here. Now it has run into the Mistress of the Night's divine kingdom."
"… The fissure is located outside the divine kingdom of the God of War. Although it looks very close now, it is caused by the loss of control of the divine kingdom of the God of War." Gwen carefully observed the situation in the sea of clouds in the distance as he analyzed. "There are no traces left behind by the corrosion of the Tide-Defying Tower around the fissure. Maybe the special environment in the deep sea has erased the traces, or maybe the Tide-Defying Tower did not stay after leaving the fissure and quickly changed its position."
"After being trapped in the Tide-Defying Tower for so many years, even the instinctive Evil Gods of Chaos would have chosen to stay away from this thing when they had the chance to break free." Melita put her hand on the heads of the two Young Dragon and said casually while stroking their smooth scales. "Unfortunately, if there are no traces left here, then the clue is gone. We now only have the ability to enter the divine kingdom of the God of War. We know nothing about the mystery of the deep sea, let alone where the divine kingdom of the Mistress of the Night is."
"The clue of this fissure is gone, but the other thing may not be," Gwen said in a low voice as he slowly looked up at the end of the boundless sea of clouds. This place should have been shrouded in darkness, but there was a bright light ball floating above the clouds. That was the Illumination spell left by Mirmina. With the support of the power of the former Goddess of Magic, the light ball could continue to illuminate this place for a long time. "Kamel, the Steel Earth you mentioned appears periodically, right? How long will it take before it appears? "
"On average, it approaches the border of the divine kingdom once every two days. Since the first time we explored this place, it has appeared on time twice. The pattern is very stable," Kamel immediately replied, his voice buzzing. "You came at the right time. Today is the day it appears again. But I'm afraid we will have to wait here for a while."
Gwen nodded and then asked, "I heard that you have carried out a certain level of investigation on the Steel Earth? How did you do it? What was the result? "
"At that time, we tried to send in an autonomous marionette," Kamel said, nodding. "The marionette carried out an exploration mission inside the target for a few hours before it went into hibernation. When the target approached the border of the divine kingdom again, it was reactivated and sent back the data it collected. According to the data it collected, we confirmed that the Steel Earth had 'sneaked' into a dark and chaotic space after leaving the divine kingdom. During its' voyage ', it had approached something floating in the dark space several times, but for some reason, the marionette's recording device could not capture a clear picture.
"But one thing is for sure. Humans can survive and move around on the 'Steel Earth'. The magic puppet did not detect any toxic or harmful substances or energy radiation, and the 'Steel Earth' itself is protected by a layer of energy shield with unknown principles. The environment inside the 'Steel Earth' is warm and safe. But considering the uncertainty of this mysterious thing, Ms. Windsor and I still recommend that you take adequate precautions when exploring the target area and bring enough supplies. "
"Where is the marionette now?" Amber asked curiously.
"It is still in the depths of the Steel Earth, and it went into hibernation mode after the last data transmission," Kamel said. "It is not to continue to conserve energy. After leaving the divine kingdom of the God of War, the marionette can recharge from the environment, but its autonomous ability is limited. The structure of the Steel Earth is getting more and more complex, and the judgment required is beyond the marionette's ability to think. We were worried that something might happen to it during the exploration, so we ordered it to go into hibernation mode after the last communication."
"It's still up there, huh …" Gawain said with a slight nod. At this moment, from the corner of his eyes, he suddenly saw layers of ripples appearing in the depths of the dark chaos in the distance.
A hazy and chaotic light spread out from the dark ripples and floated up little by little, moving closer and closer.
It reminded him of a 'submarine' that floated up from the deep ocean, or … some kind of deep-water creature with light-emitting organs.
The "steel land" that Kamal mentioned appeared. Following a certain strict schedule, they traversed a long cruise that was incalculable and returned to the borders of the divine kingdom that was constantly collapsing.
"Kamel, Victoria, Amber, and Modir, come with me to explore the situation," Gwen immediately turned back and said. "Melita will fly us there. The rest of you stay here to provide support. "
In the distance, the magnificent steel behemoth had reached one-third of its structure out of the dark and chaotic boundary. The dust at the edge of the cloud sea was stirred up by the Steel Earth, setting off a spectacular dust vortex. Lights of various sizes flashed on the edge of the behemoth, outlining its structure that was wider than the city walls.
"Your Majesty Gwen, I hope to go with you," Windsor Mappel, who was asked to stay behind to provide support, could not help but step forward. "Please allow me."
Gwen turned to look at the figures beside him.
It seemed that he could not exclude the people of Typhon from this operation. Whether it was from a political perspective, from the perspective of academic cooperation, or from the contribution of various parties to this' door 'project, the people of Typhon should have a place in the exploration of the Steel Earth.
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