The blue Giant Dragon began to decelerate for the last time. Melita precisely adjusted the angle of her descent. Tarlonde's magnificent continental shield was right in front of her. She saw the slowly rotating circular entrance in front of the passage, and the faint light from the circular device was very eye-catching in the night. Omega had received the returnee's identification signal, and the passage was open.
Gwen stood behind Melita's neck, which was the closest position to the front. He stared at the magnificent scene of starlight and artificial lights above Tarlonde. For a moment, he was about to shout for Melita to stop and remind the others to be aware of the strange situation on the continent. But at the last moment, he forcibly suppressed the urge to warn them.
Amber was staring at the glorious scene of the Giant Dragon's kingdom, exclaiming from time to time. Veronica was looking at the shield on the continent thoughtfully, as if she was analyzing the principle behind the mysterious technology. Melita was in a good mood and had been introducing Tarlonde since the beginning. None of them saw the scene just now.
What was the "monster" that covered Tarlonde in an extremely crazy and indescribable form, with countless chains extending out of it? How long had it been entrenched on this continent? These questions were still unknown, but one thing Gwen was sure of was that it was obviously inseparable from the Giant Dragon's kingdom, and it definitely did not just appear here today.
It was a part of Tarlonde, something he had to face on this trip. Although it was surprising and puzzling, Gwen suspected that the "monster" was probably the biggest reward of his trip to Tarlonde. If he turned around and left, it would be a wasted trip.
After all, everyone was prepared to face the gods before they set off. Although the scene just now was horrifying, it was not beyond Gwen's psychological expectations. But the abnormality had already appeared, and he had to be vigilant.
After all, that monster … perhaps it should be described as "it".
Gwen was silent, and his expression was more serious than ever. Melita was gliding down towards the brightly lit land, and did not pay attention to what the passengers on her back were doing. Amber and Veronica had already noticed the change in expression on Gwen's face. They quietly came up to him. Veronica whispered, "Did you find something?"
"You probably didn't see it …" Gwen did not hide it. He felt that it was necessary to alert Amber and Veronica as well. As for why he saw the scene that others could not … such details were not important here. "The whole of Tarlonde is shrouded by a very large 'being', that thing has mythical characteristics.."
Veronica's expression instantly turned as serious as Gawain's. Amber immediately took half a step closer and lowered his voice, "Are you going to run away? I'm familiar with the process … "
"We're here for 'it'." Gwen glanced at the Shame of All Things. "We're already here. Where are you going?"
"I actually have some connections in the Umbral Realm …" Amber said half-jokingly. Then, she shrunk her neck and became serious. "Of course, I'm just saying …"
"Be vigilant. This is a very strange world for humans." Gawain exhaled softly and reminded him in a low voice. "Try not to act alone in Tarlund. Report to me if you find anything."
Amber and Veronica responded one after another. Gawain's gaze slowly shifted upwards, towards the exceptionally clear and resplendent starry sky of the North Pole.
The stars were twinkling, but there were no signs of the facilities left behind by the Voyager. But all kinds of clues were reminding Gwen that the Giant Dragon, which had been active since ancient times and was' imprisoned 'by some indescribable thing, had a much deeper connection with the Voyager than he had imagined.
While Gwen, Amber, and Veronica were talking, Melita's deceleration and gliding had finally come to an end. Soon, the almost transparent energy shield above Tarlonde rippled. A passage that seemed to be condensed of light appeared on the surface of the shield. At the same time, a huge metal structure suspended in the air flew from not far away and covered the entrance of the passage.
A vibrating circular interactive interface suddenly appeared in the air, and a synthetic voice rang out from nowhere. "Welcome, guests from the human world. Your access permission has been granted in advance. Omega salutes you. I hope you have an unforgettable journey in Tarlonde. "
"Woah …" Amber suddenly exclaimed. She wanted to poke Gwen's arm and ask him what the awesome thing was. But in the next second, she realized that it would be a little embarrassing. So she stopped herself and just stared at the holographic projection in the air and the huge floating metal device behind it. She could not see where the device was, and could not understand how such a huge device could float in the air. It did not have any visible anti-gravity components, and even its magical signature was very strange …
"Hello, Omega. I've heard about you from Melita. You are the advanced intelligence that maintains many of the facilities in Tarlonde." Gwen was surprised, but he controlled his emotions well. Standing on Melita's back, his expression was very calm. "I hope we get along well."
The edge of the halo trembled. "Omega has stored the world's most complete personality database. We will get along well, Your Majesty of the human race."
As they spoke, Omega's interactive interface became transparent, and the metal device behind it also rotated half a circle, completing the authentication and landing for everyone. The door to Tarlonde opened. Melita immediately flapped her wings and glided through the door and passage, and into the continental shield.
While flying at low speed, she lowered the strength of the protective barrier and let more air flow into the barrier. A warm and comfortable wind immediately blew on the faces of Gawain and the others. Amber widened her eyes in surprise because she found that in the extremely cold Arctic Ocean, the air in the Tarlund Shield actually made her feel like she was bathing in a spring breeze.
It was not as simple as a shield!
"You have built a controlled ecosystem in Tarlonde?" Gwen could not help but ask. "This shield covering the continent also functions as an ecological dome?"
"Yes, obviously," Melita replied with a hint of pride. "Without a controlled ecosystem, the North Pole is not a good place to live. Many bards will describe the Giant Dragon as a race that can live in extreme environments, and we will build the palace in the crater of volcanoes and the depths of thousand-year-old glaciers. But most of those stories are made up by us. In real life, who doesn't like a warm and comfortable environment?"
"Wow —" Amber could not help but sigh. "I thought you really like to sleep in magma and icebergs …"
Gwen was a little curious. "If that's the case, why did you leave those obviously misleading stories when you travel the world?"
"For coolness."
Gwen, Amber, and Veronica were speechless.
The atmosphere on the Giant Dragon's back fell into an awkward silence for a moment. Melita quickly flew through the air path formed by the guiding lights. The giant dragon's wings flapped in the air, and with a deep dragon roar, the Giant Dragon crossed a mountain range outside Tarlonde. The next moment, a magnificent city and a large number of giant buildings between the mountains came into the sight of Gwen and the rest!
They saw towering mountains in front of them, and the traces of 'man-made' modification had completely changed the contours of those mountains. Countless layers of huge buildings that looked like palaces and castles were built along the mountains, and the pillars and walls between the palaces were covered with exquisite and magnificent sculptures. There were also meticulously set up lights and projection devices all over the palace walls and domes. The huge holographic images and lights complemented each other, filling those ancient and beautiful palaces with a unique aura of the fusion of classical architecture and modern technology. However, other than these magnificent buildings on the mountains, what shocked Gwen even more was the city buildings at the foot of the mountains, distributed between the plains and the river valleys.
It was a huge city that he had never seen before in this world, even in the Gondor era. He saw countless man-made tall buildings lined up like a forest on the plains. Those magnificent buildings were built for the size of the Giant Dragon, and almost every one of them was larger than the City of Silver of Saint Sunil. Between the tall buildings, there were gardens and artificial forests supported by huge pillars or anti-gravity devices. They all had individual ecological domes that maintained the scenery of the four seasons. In the vast areas between the cities, there were other extraordinarily huge buildings that seemed to be some kind of factory or other infrastructure. There were a large number of pipes, support beams, and tanks supporting their main bodies, and countless lights distributed in ribbons connecting them to the city.
It was the polar night in the North Pole, but the lights between the factories, palaces, and buildings made the city of Tarlonde as bright as day. In the lights that seemed to never go out, Gwen saw a large number of streams of light moving between the roads of the city. He even saw many layers of light moving neatly in the sky above the city. Some of them were the Giant Dragon in flight, and some were all kinds of vehicles. They were orderly, and there were many signal devices floating in the air to command the traffic. Beside the busiest air transportation line, there were also huge holographic projections showing …
There were advertisements, all kinds of advertisements, promotional videos for large-scale events, artistic snapshots with unclear meanings, and even simple characters that seemed to be a type of 'Giant Dragon Art'.
At this distance, Gwen could only see the images, but he could not hear the sounds coming from the busiest areas. However, just by looking at the scene in front of him, he could see a lot of things.
Finally, for the first time in this world, the knowledgeable transmigrator widened his eyes and was truly shocked.
On the contrary, Amber, who was beside him, was less shocked. Everything about Tarlonde was beyond the scope of the half-elf's common sense. As the saying goes, beyond the limit, there was no such thing as' degree '. To her, whether the Tarlonde dragons lived in the crater or in the residential buildings did not make much difference. Anyway, she could not understand it. She could only say, "Oh my god, what the hell is this?" So, after exclaiming in surprise, she was very calm and looked around curiously.
As for Veronica, she was just as shocked as Gwen. As an ancient rebel who had lived through the glory days of Gondor, even though she had never seen a place like Tarlonde, she could see a lot of hidden information from the city's facilities. Obviously, the appearance of the 'Giant Dragon Kingdom' was very different from what she had imagined before she set off.
It was also very different from what Gwen had imagined.
"What do you think? Spectacular, isn't it?" Melita's proud voice came from the front. "This is one of the busiest places in Tarlonde — Agundor, the City of Aurora. The Council headquarters is here, and so is the headquarters of the Mithril Vault."
"… This is completely different from what I imagined the Giant Dragon Kingdom would look like." After a few seconds of silence, Gwen could not help but shake his head. "It's also very different from what any bards or scholars in the human world imagined."
"Ah, don't tell me you also thought that we would build a castle in magma and icebergs?" Melita joked. "And the castle would be full of gold and princesses from all over the world …"
"My imagination is not that exaggerated. I guessed that you have a very advanced civilization, but I didn't expect your city to develop to this extent …" Gawain suddenly felt a little speechless because he was not just shocked when he saw the city. As a 'satellite spirit' who had seen too many things, what he saw in the scenery of the city was a kind of … cramped. So he sorted out his words for a few seconds before he finally came up with a more appropriate way to put it. "I didn't expect your city to develop to such an 'extreme' level."
This was the most neutral statement he could think of.
Melita probably thought that as the "emperor of the human world," Gwen would only be shocked and surprised when he saw Tarlonde because of his lack of knowledge. She did not expect that Gwen's first comment would be "extreme." This was a word that sounded full of praise, but in fact, it was a word with a lot of meaning. Melita, who often dealt with humans, immediately understood what Gwen meant.
She was a little surprised. Then, she couldn't help but sweep her gaze across the city that had already covered the entire land. She swept her gaze across the giant factories and enterprise consortiums between the cities. She swept her gaze across the advanced, prosperous, and beautiful scenery that had not changed fundamentally for countless years.
"… It is indeed extreme," the Giant Dragon said in a somewhat dull voice. "The more I see, the more I feel that there is a lack of change."
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