When the ancient sage woke up, the significance of the Steam Assembly would not disappear. Although Odin was the supreme leader of the city, the real rulers of the city must be the group of high-ranking councilors. They had been governing the city for thousands of years and knew the institutional operation of the city and the social problems of the Twilight survivors like the back of their hand. The power of the Steam Assembly was indispensable if the great transfer was to be carried out.
Lavinia, the speaker of the Steam Assembly, was a complete stranger to Hao Ren. But judging from Angelica's attitude and Wendell's words, the unsmiling woman was trustworthy, just, dignified, powerful, and highly loyal to the ancient sage. This was why she was still the top speaker of the Steam Assembly after Odin woke up: everyone trusted her.
Hao Ren's sudden words were quite difficult for others to understand. The amount of information contained in it was enough for everyone to ponder for a long time and then be shocked. But Lavinia just nodded indifferently.
Of course, there was still a lot of doubt in her eyes.
"Your ancient sage will tell you the details himself," Hao Ren spread out his hand. "We are going to see him now. Also, get these messy welcoming teams to withdraw. It's useless. Look at these guys covered in bandages. Aren't they just making trouble for us by standing out? "
The last time they went to Odin's Iron Throne, it was full of sparks and lightning. A group of people had dragged the hatred of the entire city down, and the whole journey was earth-shattering. But this time, no one stopped them from going to the Iron Throne. On the contrary, the speaker of the Steam Assembly and several high-ranking councilors personally accompanied them to the lower city. In the throne hall of the sanctuary, Odin was still sitting on his Iron Throne, waiting for the good news from Nibelungen.
"The corruption has been solved," Hao Ren told the other the good news bluntly. He then raised his hand and pointed to the white light floating on the top of the hall. "This is the soul of the World Tree, Yggdrasil? Whitey, I have brought him out of the Chaotic Dream. "
Odin's reaction was as he had expected. The first thing that surprised him was why the soul of the World Tree had a separate name, and it was called Whitey. Of course, he was not surprised because Vivian told him that the World Tree had a schizophrenic personality called Blackie. The two names were just given half an hour ago.
Odin was no stranger to the soul of Yggdrasil. Although he had not actually seen Yggdrasil, he had met the World Tree many times in his Chaotic Dream. One was an old, weak, decaying alien sealed in a crystal, and the other was a demigod guardian corrupted by an ancient curse, whose soul and body were about to perish. The two dizzy and retarded masters became friends through their dreams. It was like two floating bottles across the Pacific Ocean. Anyway, when Hao Ren was about to continue the introduction, Odin took the initiative to interrupt. "No need for introductions, no need for introductions. We have been friends for a long time, a long time …"
Hao Ren thought that there was probably no other person in this world who could use the term "friends for a long time" so well with Odin.
"Your feat in Niebelungen is worthy of being recorded in history." Odin was not very clear how Hao Ren solved the problem of the World Tree's corruption. But in his normal worldview, he felt that it must be an earth-shattering battle, at least the kind where the good and the evil would throw balls of lightning at each other for half an hour. So the old man directly regarded Hao Ren as an epic hero. "The World Tree, Yggdrasil, will be reborn because of your feat. The world is finally saved."
Hao Ren suddenly remembered the process of him stabbing a hole in the head of Blackie. It was called a "feat", and he felt a little embarrassed. So he quickly changed the topic. "Ahem … Let's talk about this later. The key now is how to quickly move the people of Twilight Capital. We have discussed it with Yggdrasil. He will begin to purify the environment of Midgard. He will strive to recreate an ecological area in the hinterland of this continent, that is, around Twilight Capital. Then I will have to trouble you to move the people out of the city. "
"I will arrange it," Odin promised. "But I am afraid it will not be done in a short time. And … millions of subjects of Twilight Capital, they have lived here for generations. This place not only has their family business, but also their … technology and culture. Are we going to give up these things?"
"Of course not," Hao Ren said. How could a professional landlord not think of this? "I've moved houses for larger groups of immigrants, and I've never left my luggage behind … Well, at least, most of it. You can rest assured that we will arrange large machinery to help the city move. The steam units and factory facilities will be cut and moved as a whole. We will arrange personnel to ensure that these equipment can still be used after the relocation. We can't let the people of Twilight Capital eat grass directly on the prairie after they move out. In addition, there is no need to worry about intangible cultural heritage. We have estimated the possible damage to the city in the process of extracting the spaceship. Basically, only the central area will be affected. In fact, the main reason we moved the city residents out is for insurance. After all, the Twilight Shroud has been running for 2,000 years. If it suddenly shuts down, the tires of a car will be rubbed, not to mention such a large ancient spaceship that has passed its warranty period. "
Galazur also frowned. "In fact, if there is another alternative, we are not willing to move so many people. Not only is the project huge, but it is also difficult for many people to give up their family business. But we have calculated all the possible consequences. If we want to thoroughly study the underground spaceship, the best way is to move it as a whole. Otherwise, if something goes wrong during the research process, the threat to Twilight Capital will be greater. So we have to evacuate people in advance. And to be honest, this city of yours is really uninhabitable. "
Anthony Alfonso nodded. "I have checked the flow of magic in the city. The rune, which is more than a thousand years old to reduce gravity, has basically failed. The subsidence of the lower city is very serious, and the stability of the upper structure is almost at its limit. Some parts of the city have serious toxic leakage. For people in that part of the city, it is safer to go to the wilderness."
"I understand, I understand," Odin's voice came from all around. "So, let's get to work."
The order to evacuate quickly spread to every corner of this ancient city.
Along with it was the news that the shroud was about to open and dawn was coming.
This was an order that had never been issued since the establishment of Twilight Capital. It was a situation that people living in this city had never heard of. For ordinary people with limited lifespan, the world outside Twilight Capital was no different from an ancient legend, and the word "dawn" was just a mysterious word repeatedly mentioned in the scrolls of scholars. People lived in this intricate steel fortress like a jungle. Steam engines, big gears, workshop platforms, dark alleys, large crypts … These were all of their lives and all of their world. But now this small world was about to usher in the end. The instructions from the Steam Assembly made everyone look up from their busy and boring lives in confusion, looking at the familiar, turbid city dome.
The long night is over?
Noises began to appear in every corner of the city. The first reaction of millions of caged survivors to the sudden prospect of 'freedom' was not ecstasy but confusion. Few people could understand the true meaning of the order. More people chose to flock to the streets, to the control agencies set up by the Steam Assembly in various areas of the city, trying to figure out what was going on.
The Steam Assembly lived up to expectations. Or rather, the earliest builders and rule-makers of the city (including Odin of course) had never given up the possibility of leaving the sanctuary from the beginning. The various measures and systems for 'the moment of dawn' had been drafted a long time ago. Before the chaos broke out, the sheriffs and propagandists of the Steam Assembly had come to every densely populated place to reorganize the social order and preach the evacuation plan. Others went to the various important facilities deep in the city: the big boiler, the central gear set, the pressure pipeline control area. They quickly took over all the key organs in the name of 'emergency management regulations' and prepared for the next step.
While everything was being carried out in an orderly manner, Galazur had to return to her kingdom.
The dragon queen said that she had plenty of spare manpower on hand. She wanted to go back to her hometown to call some helpers so that Hao Ren would not have to worry about how to transport the large equipment in Twilight Capital.
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