On the top platform of Twilight Capital.
The pale yellow shroud of chaos shrouded the city as always. The shroud was covered with mysterious light patterns that ordinary people could not understand. Outside the Twilight Shroud, the sky of Midgard was still dark and turbid. On the indistinguishable dark sky, only the strange patterns formed by the rolling clouds could be vaguely seen.
At this moment, the high-ranking members of the Steam Assembly, the caretakers of the Iron Throne, Hao Ren's small team, and some other prestigious people in the city were gathered on the platform, looking at the dark sky and the barren land in the distance with different thoughts in their minds. Not far behind them was the large elevator platform where a great battle had broken out not long ago. Although the smoke of the steel platform had dissipated, there was still an unpleasant smell lingering around. The smell of gunpowder mixed with the smell of engine oil made Lily look a little listless. The husky maiden's ears drooped as she swayed around Hao Ren, her tail sweeping Hao Ren's arm from time to time. "Mr. Landlord, I'm hungry. Not ready yet?"
Hao Ren gave Lily a bag of snacks and continued to look up at the horizon in the distance. On the horizon, he could vaguely see some black shadows that looked like mountains but were not. Some dark red light floated behind the shadows, making it difficult to see the terrain of the dark wilderness. Now the 'mountains' had not changed at all, but Hao Ren knew that a powerful force was surging and brewing there.
It was the runic body of Yggdrasil.
He looked up at the sky above the city again. Through the thin light curtain of the Twilight Shroud, he could see a vague white light jumping between the clouds. It was the second soul of Yggdrasil, Whitey. Well, the name was too awkward, but Hao Ren had no intention of changing it. Now this soul was observing the situation of the entire Midgard continent through a unique third-party perspective to prepare for the next action. After thousands of years of continuous weakness, Yggdrasil's control of his body was in an unprecedented state. Without the help of Whitey, it would take him a long time to find a specific body in the thousands of kilometers of tentacles.
Well, in fact, Hao Ren did not understand the principle of this. He just felt that the First Born was amazing in all aspects.
Wendell and Hao Ren stood together on the edge of the platform, waiting for that special moment. The old Lightseeker had calmed down from the initial excitement, joy, helplessness, and uneasiness. He now only felt a calm expectation. In the darkness, he curiously asked the people nearby, "What will it be like when dawn comes?"
Nangong Wuyue laughed. "Haven't I shown you the video data?"
Wendell thought for a moment and shook his head with a smile. "I can't imagine it. I can't imagine it. I can't imagine how this land will be sprinkled with light. I just hope it will not be too dazzling."
At this time, a slightly strange female voice came from behind Hao Ren. "Will dawn really come as you say?"
Hao Ren turned his head and found that standing behind him was the Supreme Speaker of the Steam Assembly, Lavinia. The unsmiling woman had now changed into a very solemn formal dress, and even seemed to have dressed up a little, looking much more pleasing to the eye than before. Although she was looking into the distance, her eyes did not seem to really focus on any place outside the Twilight Shroud.
Hao Ren did not like the female 'Speaker' very much. Although he knew that the Steam Assembly was a respectable group, and the members of the Steam Assembly who were standing here today were the ones who respected the ancient sages, perhaps the previous unpleasantness had left a bad impression on him. He always disliked the rigidity and excessive caution of the Steam Assembly. But even if he did not appreciate it, he still nodded politely. "Of course. Do you think the ancient sages will lie to you?"
"I know you don't like the Steam Assembly, foreigner," Lavinia just smiled faintly. "Many people don't like us, including ourselves. But I hope you can understand that it is very difficult to maintain this city. We can only take the most rational path."
"I understand," Hao Ren nodded gently.
"I was the one who issued the order to disband the Lightseekers," Lavinia said. "It turns out that the order was not smart."
"But it's not wrong," Vivian came over. "You seem to be defending the Steam Assembly now."
Lavinia was silent for a moment and nodded slightly. "Maybe. But more importantly, I hope you can understand that no one wants the lights under this shroud to go out. But some people choose to be brave and go to the darkness with the little fuel left to light a new fire or find new fuel. Some people choose to be cautious and don't want to give up the last bit of firewood in the brazier. After dawn, the Steam Assembly will probably come to an end. I know that you have a close relationship with the ancient sages, so I only have one hope: don't blame those who protect the tinder. They are just being careful. "
"Who told you that the Steam Assembly is going to be disbanded?" Hao Ren raised his eyebrows and finally succeeded in stunning Lavinia for once.
"You mean …"
The female speaker opened her mouth in shock. But before she could finish, something happened outside the Twilight Shroud that made everyone hold their breath. She could only swallow all the words she wanted to say.
A tremor that grew from weak to strong came from the depths of the earth, and a rumble that sounded like thousands of behemoths trampling over the ground gradually spread to every corner of Midgard. At the end of the horizon, the black silhouettes of the mountains began to move. They wandered, undulated, trembled, and finally shook off the soil and rocks that had accumulated over thousands of years. As the crust of the mountains peeled off layer by layer, what was revealed was the branches of the World Tree covered in white runes and unprecedentedly huge.
These magnificent 'branches' broke free from the shackles of the earth and awakened more, slightly smaller vines from the ground. Countless tentacles of the First Born woke up from their long sleep, shining with mysterious ancient runes, and moved slowly on the barren land. In the background of the long chaotic night, this scene was so weird that it made people's scalp tingle.
The dawn of Twilight Capital began with the dance of thousands of tentacle monsters.
Looking at the scene of tentacles dancing on the vast land, Vivian sighed from the bottom of her heart. "To tell you the truth, if I did not know that Blackie is a good boy, I would really think that this is a porn."
There was a commotion on the steel platform. The scene on the ground in the distance was more incredible than the most bizarre dream for these people who lived a boring and stressful life every day. Not to mention that the huge vines were shaking the earth as they stretched into the sky. Although Whitey focused on commanding every tentacle to avoid the foundation of Twilight Capital, the tremors in the distance still made people's faces turn pale. Even the always calm speaker of the Steam Assembly could not help but exclaim, "Ancestors …"
Finally, the awakening of the tentacles of the First Born reached a certain peak. When the biological tissue fully recovered, Yggdrasil took a deep breath.
Hao Ren saw the mysterious runes on the tentacles shining several times brighter than usual. The sea of tentacles stirred the free magic energy in the atmosphere. Countless strands of colorful light emerged in the air and were quickly absorbed by the runes on the tentacles. In the next few minutes, the absorption process became faster and more obvious, and eventually evolved into sixteen huge vortexes connecting the sky and the earth.
The chaotic sky seemed to have been pierced by a dozen holes. Powerful magic energy gathered into a powerful storm and was swallowed by the branches of the World Tree under the earth. At the same time, the energy system in the upper layer of the dimension was also reshaped. The long-lost light began to pierce the clouds and sprinkle on the earth.
With the purification of the atmospheric environment, other more amazing changes were gradually spreading from the earth.
"Look over there!"
Nangong Wuyue, who had been coiling herself in a circle, looked into the distance. At this time, she first saw the scene in the wilderness outside the city and suddenly exclaimed.
In the desolate wilderness, large patches of vegetation were growing at an alarming rate!
For the caretaker of all beings, reshaping the ecology of a place was the duty of the First Born. For Yggdrasil, a specially created super being, this work had long been engraved in his life code. The magic radiation killed the creatures, but it did not take away the nutrients in the depths of the earth. Yggdrasil's deep breath not only swept away the magic energy in the atmosphere but also accumulated and adjusted the nutrients needed to reshape the ecology in a short period of time.
After accumulating to a certain extent, he split off a portion of his tentacles. The origin blood flowing in the tentacles gushed out and grew on the ground with the wind, rapidly turning into lush vegetation.
From this point alone, it could be seen that Yggdrasil was really many times stronger than the mass-produced First Born like Zorm.
But Hao Ren still felt that it was really like a carnival of tentacles. It had entered the stage of a dance of tentacles and hundreds of millions of incarnations!
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