Hao Ren soon received news from Galazur and Anthony Alfonso. The messengers sent by Odin had worked. The Twilight Guards and the wizards were confused, but under the direct order of the Steam Assembly, they had temporarily stopped fighting. Now the two sides on the upper platform were in an awkward standoff, and the follow-up forces of the Steam Assembly were cleaning up the mess. The dragon queen had tried her best to hold back, but the Twilight Guards had a lot of wounded. The aftermath of the lift platform would probably keep the Steam Assembly busy for a while.
But anyway, there was no need for them to worry about the upper platform.
"In the past two thousand years, I have thought about a lot of things." Odin could not help but sigh again after telling the story of the establishment of Twilight Capital. "We are outsiders. In fact, I knew from the beginning that we, the 'otherworldlings' with powerful technology, are obviously not the natives of this world. We are just poor refugees who have been stranded here for some reason. But we have become arrogant because there is a group of indigenous creatures in this world who are equally intelligent but far weaker than us. This makes us feel that we are the natural rulers of this world. We openly occupy the land that does not belong to us, but we lack the foundation for development: population, history, culture, technological system. We have nothing except for the sporadic heritage we brought from our hometown. But even so, we can still rely on the simple power to rule over all living beings. This has completely blinded everyone's eyes.
"Humans are ignorant, so we think they are born ignorant. Humans are weak, so we think they will always be weak. Humans do not understand runes and technology, so we think they do not have the qualifications and wisdom to touch these things. But in fact? They built this Twilight Capital in some way that even I can't think of. Old friend, you are right. This world is theirs after all. "
"In fact, the development of humans is far more powerful than you think, if they were not trapped in this ruin," Vivian shook her head with a wry smile. "Do you know how the earth is now? Humans can already fly to the moon, the sky, the sea, and the land. They are everywhere, and the cities they built are more magnificent than any divine kingdom in the Mythological Era. The changes are too great. I don't know how to tell you. "
"Then don't say it," Odin's voice had a kind of relief. "In any case, my time has passed. I am glad to see you again, and you seem to be doing well. This means that at least some of the otherworldlings have survived in today's world, which is more or less a comfort to me. In fact, I have only one request. "
"Help Twilight Capital?" Hao Ren suddenly asked.
"Yes," Odin said slowly. "I was thinking of giving up completely, but your sudden appearance gave me some hope. Since you have a way to come in from the outside world, you should have a way to bring the people here out. I don't know if you have noticed, but this city is actually coming to an end. Humans have been trying to prolong the life of the city and have developed amazing technology under the barrier, but everything is coming to an end."
In fact, even if Odin did not say anything, Hao Ren would find a way to take away the millions of people in the city. But he still asked, "What's wrong?"
"I," Odin said faintly, "am dying."
Although they had expected it, Hao Ren and Vivian were silent when they heard this sentence.
Hao Ren looked up at the dome of the throne hall. The dome was not completely closed. There was a huge circular hole directly above the roof, through which the scenery outside the fortress could be seen. He saw crisscrossing steel beams and layers of city buildings. The whole of Twilight Capital was like a bloated nest, and Odin, who was in the deepest part of the nest, was like a cornerstone. The whole city was heavy on his shoulders.
Although they had not figured out the operating mechanism of the Twilight Shroud, there was no doubt that the defense mechanism of the city was entirely based on Odin himself.
Hao Ren looked at Odin again. The old man, who was sealed in the crystal, was so weak that he did not even look like a human. His current weakness was undoubtedly related to maintaining the Twilight Shroud all year round.
"Maybe you don't have to die," Hao Ren said to the MDT and smiled. "I have a way to restore you. But before that, I have to ask you something first: we are here on a mission. We are looking for an ancient spacecraft, which once belonged to the wisdom giant Mimir. The spacecraft should be quite large, and it was finally sunk into the Fountain of Wisdom. But it is said that it may move along the branches of Yggdrasil between the Nine Worlds, so we can't determine its location now. "
Vivian added, "If you can help us find that thing, we can move the entire population of Twilight Capital out at any time."
A few seconds later, Odin said in a hesitant tone, "Are you looking for a black spacecraft?"
Hao Ren was shocked. "You know where it is?"
Odin paused and suddenly let out a low, hoarse laugh. Then the laughter became louder and louder. Finally, he could not hold it in anymore. "Ha … Haha … Fate, fate, the Norn sisters always talk about fate, but I'm afraid even they would not think that there would be such a coincidence in the world …"
Hao Ren quickly grabbed Vivian's arm. "Will the old man pass out?"
Vivian frowned. "No, he passed out two thousand years ago …"
Odin suddenly raised his voice. "Do you know what the Twilight Shroud is?"
"What is it?" Hao Ren was startled.
Odin's voice came from all directions. "The spacecraft you are looking for is here."
As soon as his voice trailed off, a creaking sound came from the depths of the ground.
Hao Ren was shocked to find that the floor of the throne hall was actually covered with a completely transparent barrier. Everything, including the throne and the cables, was actually placed on the barrier. The reason why he could see this was because the stone slabs under the barrier were moving and retreating!
The sound of mechanical friction was getting louder and louder, and the entire floor of the throne hall began to deform. The heavy strips of stones disassembled themselves in a dazzling motion, dispersing and disappearing one by one at the roots of the walls around the hall. When the ground receded, Hao Ren saw the deepest secret hidden in the depths of Twilight Capital.
In a huge hole that emitted a faint red light, a huge interstellar spacecraft was quietly parked.
Most of the structure of the spaceship was hidden in the deep darkness, and it was impossible to see its specific shape and size from here. However, one thing was certain, and that was that it was quite large. The spaceship was obviously not completely silent. A part of its armor plate was flashing with starry lights, and two streams of light snaked up from the depths of the darkness. Although the light was weak, it was enough to show that the central power system of the spaceship was still operating, and it was transmitting energy to the outside.
And Odin's Iron Throne was built on a protruding structure at the top of the spacecraft: they were completely connected!
"The Twilight Shroud is the shield of this spacecraft," Odin's voice awakened Hao Ren from the shock. "Although I did not know what it was at first, I found that it was sent to Midgard by the vines of Yggdrasil, and there was a powerful force inside it. At that time, Twilight Capital was not yet formed, and the few surviving city-states relied on a large number of rune barriers to resist the erosion of the outside world. So I thought of using this powerful energy source of unknown origin to build a defense system."
"What the … What a coincidence …" Hao Ren thought that it was just as Odin said. Fate was a wonderful thing, and he had chosen the right path. If he had put aside the matter of Twilight Capital and focused on looking for Ymir's spacecraft, he did not know how many detours he would have to take.
But then again, he had vaguely felt that Twilight Capital should have clues about this spaceship. After all, an entire city had survived the Twilight of the Gods, which required a very powerful force, and this force was unlikely to come from ordinary humans. So he had linked the starship to Twilight Capital at that time.
But now that he saw it with his own eyes, he could not help but be surprised.
"I studied it for a long time, but I couldn't open the shell of this thing. But I succeeded in activating its shield from the outside, expanding the shield and moving it over the entire city," Odin's voice was full of pride. "However, to maintain this shield, I have to continuously exert external stimulation on it, so I sat here, day after day, year after year, to prevent the Twilight Shroud from going out."
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