Looking at the excited Amber, Gwen was speechless for a moment.
There must be something wrong with this goose's brain.jpg.
Hao Ren's emotions were all over the place.
"You … calm down first." Gwen looked at the Shame of the Empire helplessly. "I just wanted to compliment you …"
"Oh, go ahead." Amber immediately put her hands on her hips, but her attention shifted to something else the next second. "What's going on with this shield? Didn't you say it was just 'communication'? Why is there smoke coming out from the communication? "
Gwen looked down at the Guardian Shield on the table that was gradually cooling down and said casually, "… Maybe it's under pressure that it shouldn't be under."
As he spoke, he began to think silently in his mind.
In the process of establishing a connection with the Firmament Station, there was a situation that was completely different from the previous connection with the satellite, and this alerted him.
It seemed that even if he inexplicably became a 'satellite spirit' … when connecting with those ancient facilities in space, it was not necessarily safe. Danger would come from unexpected directions.
Based on the various situations that happened when the connection was interrupted, Gwen speculated that there might be two reasons for this. On one hand, it might be that the Guardian Shield, a 'space relic', had some kind of 'upper limit'. It could not carry the data connection between the human mind and the Firmament Station for a long time, and this could be confirmed by its current state of high temperature. On the other hand, it might be that his mind itself could not withstand this kind of 'communication' that exceeded the human limit. This could be judged from his experience before the connection was disconnected.
But as to whether this second limit was caused by his mental strength or the limit of his human body, it was hard to tell for the time being.
At this moment, Amber's voice came from the side, interrupting Gwen's thoughts. "Hey, hey, what are you thinking about? Do you need to call someone to take a look? This is a big deal … "
Gwen looked up and said, "Call Heti, Kamel and Veronica."
Amber froze for a moment, then quickly guessed something from the name Gwen mentioned. She nodded and disappeared from the study in the next second.
Gawain, on the other hand, returned to his desk and looked down at the Guardian's Shield, which had completely lost its red glow.
The speed at which the silvery-white "Star Alloy" cooled down was beyond imagination. Now that he put his hand on it, there was only warmth left. Only the traces left on the desk and the burnt and curled paper proved what had just happened.
"I can't keep this table anymore …" Gwen muttered to himself as he slowly removed his hand from the surface of the shield. He couldn't help but recall the things he saw when he was connected. His mind couldn't help but be in turmoil again.
Despite the risks involved, it was all worth it in terms of the rewards they reaped.
"Firmament Station, huh …" he said in a low voice. "Judging from its scale, it's really …"
The next moment, a voice suddenly rang in his mind. "Roger that. Relocating the connection — connected to Firmament Station."
Gwen suddenly felt dizzy without warning. In an instant, the surveillance view of Firmament Station appeared in front of him again. The disordered and complicated images were overlapped with the miniature projection of the planetary facilities in orbit, as well as the randomly refreshed data and tables. In the depths of the image, he could even see the most primitive satellite surveillance view. All of this happened in an instant, but disappeared in the next second.
Gwen forcibly cut off the connection that suddenly entered his mind and was scared out of his wits.
He stared wide-eyed at the Shield of the Guardian on the desk. The shield was still lying there quietly, and he … was not in contact with the shield at all.
After the discomfort caused by the mental exhaustion faded a little, Gwen finally had the energy to guess what had just happened. The only explanation he could think of was that his reckless contact with the "Star Heritage" had led to the same result as Gwen Cecil back then. In the past few minutes, this thing had established a permanent connection between him and Firmament Station. Now he was not only connected to a surveillance satellite, but also to the huge orbiting space station!
His nearly exhausted mind obviously could not support such a huge data exchange. So at the moment of the connection, he almost lost consciousness before he could see a few images clearly.
Gawain's brows furrowed tightly. He supported himself on the table and slowly straightened his body. While he calmed his chaotic spirit and breath, he stared at the 'Guardian of the Kingdom'. His mind was filled with thoughts, and thoughts quickly formed. All kinds of guesses and decisions were born one after another …
But he did not immerse himself in his thoughts for too long. Amber walked quickly, and Heti and the others came to the study in a short while.
The first one to come in was Heti. She noticed Gwen's terrible face at a glance and was shocked. "Ancestor? You are … "
Amber came in next. She was also shocked when she saw Gwen. "Oh my God! Why do you look even worse than before … "
She almost said the words' close to sudden death '. It was the double threat of the Sword of the Pathfinder and the Shield of the Guardian that stopped the shame of the Empire. Gwen glared at her. He had already guessed what she was going to say. To be fair, if she really said it, Gwen would have slapped the Sword of the Guardian to the ceiling …
"I'm fine. It's just the aftereffect of excessive mental exhaustion." Gwen waved his hand and slowly pulled himself together. He looked at Kamel and Veronica who came into the study. "I was just trying to activate some ancient functions of the Guardian of the Kingdom. I haven't used it for many years. It seems that it's not in good condition."
Kamel and Veronica did not know the truth, but they did not ask.
Kamel floated to the side of the desk. After observing the Shield of the Guardian for a moment, a trembling voice came from his body that was full of arcane energy. "Residual traces of energy waste … It seems that there was a serious energy overload here. You're safe. That's better than anything else. "
Veronica came to Gwen's side. She held the platinum scepter in one hand and drew a sacred symbol in the air with the other. A soft, holy light came out of nowhere and shrouded Gwen. The latter immediately felt the discomfort all over his body fade away, and even his exhausted mental strength was restored.
"Thank you," Gwen said to Veronica. "It's very effective."
"It's what I should do," Veronica said gently. "So, do you have any orders for us?"
Gwen looked at the people in the study and nodded. His voice was low and serious. "I'm looking for you because I want to go to a place — the Fortress of Disobedience."
"The Fortress of Disobedience?" Kamel was a little surprised. "That place is now under lockdown because the Realm of Looming Shadow is not safe … Why do you want to go there?"
Gwen was silent for two seconds and said slowly, "To see the body of the God of Nature."
Veronica and Kamel subconsciously exchanged a look (the latter did not have eyes, but his eyes were bright). They had some guesses, but they did not say anything.
Kamel nodded. "I understand. I'll arrange it."
"Should we call Miss Tyre?" Heti asked. "In a sense, she's an expert in fighting against the gods."
"… No." Gwen shook his head. "Her way of fighting against the gods is not useful for us. And it's hard for you to wake her up at this time."
"Yes, ancestor."
…
The huge and magnificent corona was hanging high above the peaks on the west side of the Gloom Mountains. The celestial body with wood-like patterns and traces of cyclones was solemnly shining on the world. In the light and shadow of the sun and the clouds, a team of dragon riders was flying over the western forest.
On the way to the Fortress of Disobedience, Gwen poked his head out of the window and looked up at the sky.
The skies were clear, the clouds were moderate, and the blue sky appeared especially empty. He gazed into the distance, but even with the vision of a Legendary champion pushed to the limit, all he could see was blue skies and white clouds — there was nothing else.
He could not see the huge orbital ring that covered the sky, nor could he see the flashing satellite lights and the silhouette of the space station. With the scale of the Firmament Station's miniature projection, the astonishing behemoth should have cast a magnificent shadow on the land. Even if the entire Cecil Empire was far away from the equator, as long as one looked into the southern sky, they should be able to see the magnificent ring.
In fact, on any clear day, the Firmament Station should be visible to the naked eye in most parts of the planet. Even ordinary people could see it clearly.
However, Gwen could not see anything. He could only guess based on his previous impression and some vague connection at the moment. He guessed that a part of the giant arc-shaped structure of the Firmament Station was hanging high in the sky, and beside it was a cluster of satellites. Further away, there was an ancient facility called the 'Star Bridge', and a smaller Radiant Space Station orbiting slightly closer to the atmosphere. Those ancient cold tombstones were looking at the land, but their figures were completely hidden by some kind of equally ancient optical cover device.
"Ancestor?" Heti's voice came from the side. "What are you looking at?"
"The sky." Gwen looked away from the sky. "The weather is good."
Heidi nodded and revealed a bright smile. "Yes, the weather has been very good recently. Many crops in the south have begun to harvest. The new Minister of Agriculture, Romulin, is formulating a farming plan for the next season's crops...
Listening to what Heti casually mentioned, Gwen, who was a little restless, suddenly calmed down.
He looked in the direction of the Gloom Mountain Range. The cement road extended from the military zone to the depths of the natural barrier, and in the distance on both sides of the road, large tracts of farmland were waiting to be harvested or had already been harvested. The crystal above the newly built communication tower shone brightly, agricultural machinery was parked beside the farmland, and a drilling team was setting the first fixed pile in the low-lying land next to the railway …
No matter how many ancient tombstones were floating in the sky, for the people of this land, at least the weather was good today.
Gwen leaned back on the seat of the magic car and closed his eyes slightly to let his tired mind recover further.
…
After entering the military zone of the Gloom Mountain Range, entering the bottom level of the Defiant Fortress, passing through the rift of the Umbra Realm and the huge void, and passing through the ancient Gondor portal, Gwen once again came to the deepest part of this ancient facility.
The Defiant Fortress in the Umbra Realm.
This Gondor facility built in the dimensional crevice was not completely dormant. Although Cecil's technicians had removed all the equipment and materials that could be moved, the energy system and divine shielding system that were integrated with the fortress itself were still running quietly.
Ancient lights illuminated the deep and long corridors and halls. The walls and energy barriers covered with dense runes protected the place as always. Gwen, Amber, Heti, Kamel, and Veronica came to the end of the outermost corridor. Kamel opened the alloy wall here, and a layer of shimmering energy barrier separated the corridor from the outside. Through the almost transparent barrier, the scene outside the fortress was unobstructed.
On the fragmented land formed by countless floating boulders, an ancient binding device and a large amount of metal wreckage worked together to restrain the mountain-like body. A pure white radiance shrouded the corpse of the God of Nature — Amoen the Giant Deer. As the radiance slowly floated, it emitted an endless holy aura.
Veronica looked at the giant deer bound in the 'garden' area of the fortress. There was a trace of emotion on her face. "I only saw him in the report …" she said softly.
"After all, you were mainly responsible for guarding the capital of Gondor at that time." Gwen glanced at Veronica. "Kamel was the direct person in charge here."
"Every time I come back here, I can't calm down," Kamel said and looked at Gwen. "So, can you tell us your thoughts now?"
"… The main material of the shield of the Guardian of the Kingdom came from the material warehouse of the Vipranton Observatory." Gwen said slowly. He seemed to have mentioned an irrelevant topic. Veronica quickly recalled something. The former leader of the rebels frowned slightly. "I remember it was one of the research facilities of the Kingdom of Gondor, located in the north …"
"Yes, it was used to study the meteorite fragments excavated there. The ancient meteorite shower that fell in the Vipranton area." Gwen nodded. "Veronica, you and Kamel should be familiar with this. When did the Vipranton Meteorite Shower happen?"
Veronica immediately gave the answer. "About three thousand years ago …"
"Yes, the Vipranton meteorite shower happened three thousand years ago," Gawain nodded and said unhurriedly. "White Star also fell three thousand years ago."
Veronica's eyes widened slightly.
"Retreat to a safe position." Gwen looked at Kamel. "Open the barrier. I want to check the body of Amoun the giant deer."
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