Everyone squeezed to the nearest porthole and looked at the scenery outside in surprise. They saw a huge shadow floating less than a few dozen kilometers away from the flying formation. That shadow was Helcrown. The black city, which was supposed to be docked near the southern coastline of the continent, was now floating at the edge of the atmosphere. No one knew when it flew here.
Y'lisabet squinted at the city and suddenly exclaimed, "The dome shield is not open!"
Hao Ren was shocked. This position was already a place where the atmosphere was extremely thin, just one step away from space. If Helcrown did not open the shield, it would be no different from floating in space, and only a small part of the city's residents had the ability to survive in a vacuum. A lightning-like thought crossed everyone's mind: Something happened to Helcrown?!
"Call the airship control room," Y'zaks said immediately. Y 'zaks said immediately. But as soon as his voice trailed off, the door of the VIP cabin slid open silently, and a few elven magisters rushed in. "Sun King, Helcrown is floating near the route …"
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment before he realized that the 'Sun King' was referring to him, but this was not the time to argue about the name. He quickly asked the situation. "How did Helcrown float to this place? Did you get the notice? "
"No, before the airship set sail, we also contacted the terminal tower of Helcrown, everything was normal there at that time." The leading elven magisters looked nervous. "Do you want to change course and check out the situation?"
Hao Ren almost jumped up. "Do you still need to ask? Let's go and have a look!"
The escorting elven cruisers immediately changed course and moved closer to Helcrown. The huge airship also turned into low-speed mode after a few seconds and slowly approached the strange black floating city. The cruiser flying in front circled a few kilometers away from Helcrown and sent out a series of contact signals, but there was no response.
"Why do I feel that the city is strange?" Hao Ren suddenly found that the outline of Helcrown was very strange. It took him a while to realize what was going on: at this moment, there was a sun rising from the other side of the horizon, and Helcrown was illuminated by the sun. However, the reflection everywhere in the city was blurred, and the edge of the city appeared strange and translucent. Soon, the news from the vanguard cruiser confirmed his feeling. An observer reported, "We have entered the outskirts of the city. It's a phantom."
"Mirage?" Nangong Sanba was surprised to hear this news. "Is the mirage of an alien planet so advanced?"
"Don't mess around, Mirage doesn't look like this," Wuyue occupied three seats by herself. She sat on the seat and hissed at her brother, "Maybe Helcrown is researching high-tech technology again, it's projection technology."
Y'lisabet stepped on the seat and looked at the mirage of the city outside. "I don't remember there being such a projection technology in the city."
The elfin cruiser carefully entered the "city" floating at the top of the atmosphere and hovered between the shadowy spires for a while. After actual contact, it was completely certain that the entire city was a highly realistic image. It was just that this illusion was much more realistic than a mirage. Apart from the incongruity of being illuminated by the sun, it was almost no different from a real city. There were even figures of residents on the streets of the city.
If this was a natural phenomenon, then it could only be said that Raven 12345 was absolutely drunk when she pinched this planet.
Hao Ren let the airship and the escort team return to the route. No matter what the situation was, he would naturally find out when he saw Lanina.
The next part of the journey was full speed, and the airship soon arrived at the southern coastline of the continent. Everyone saw the real Helcrown docked as usual in the coastal area. The giant black city had been fixed on the coastal continental shelf. The mages had raised a huge stone bridge from the bottom of the sea to connect the city and the coastline together. At one end of the coastline of the long bridge, a small town under construction could be seen. Some residents of Helcrown were moving to the mainland. They planned to build the first local city on the other end of the long bridge across the sea.
Everything looked as usual, and there was no sign of any riots in the city.
Not far from the new town of Long Bridge was the terminal tower of the Aerymian elves. Hao Ren saw a few big golden words on the huge square: Helcrown North Station. He suddenly felt that the style of the whole city had been dragged down...
Y 'zaks' old subordinates had long heard that their boss was visiting. At this time, a group of "people" were waiting in the square, looking like a group of relatives and friends. As soon as Hao Ren and the others walked down the gangway, Lanina greeted them. "My King, long time no see. I'm glad you can come."
Y 'lisabet ran up and grabbed Lanina's demon horn and shook it vigorously. "Me too, me too!"
"Yes, yes, and Her Royal Highness I haven't seen for a long time..." Lanina smiled as she took Y 'lisabet down and touched the little girl's decorative little horn. "You're about to become a big demon. You can't be so spoiled after your horn grows the seventh ring."
Y 'zaks brought his daughter back and said straightforwardly, "Anything unusual in the city recently?"
"Everything is as usual." Lanina nodded, but she found that Y 'zaks and Hao Ren's expressions were unusually serious. "What's wrong?"
"We found the phantom of Helcrown at the top of the atmosphere." Hao Ren briefly told the other party what he had seen before. "Haven't you studied something similar recently? For example, a mirage system or something... "
Lanina did not expect Hao Ren to mention this as soon as they met. She was stunned for a moment before she responded, "No... We've been busy building the new city and developing the wasteland recently. Almost all our manpower has been used in this area."
"Is it really a natural phenomenon?" Y 'zaks frowned and glanced at Hao Ren. "Should we ask the goddess?"
Hao Ren hesitated for a moment. He really did not want to bother the neurotic goddess with these messy things. After all, the goddess seemed to have a bad habit of "adding blessings" recently. But after hesitating, he still had to call the heaven hotline: after all, only Raven 12345 knew about the situation of the planet.
The goddess' voice was as fierce as ever, and it seemed that she was in a bad mood. "Which one? What the hell? Those who seek longevity don't talk, those who seek wealth get lost, those who seek children go see a doctor, those who seek world peace go back and read the Bible again... "
Hao Ren choked and coughed. "Ahem, it's me... You've been annoyed by prayers again recently?"
"Oh, Hao Ren," Raven 12345's tone became better. "It's nothing. It's just that two days ago, I asked the pope to hold a prayer event to celebrate the three thousandth anniversary of God's arrival. I was annoyed by those unconstrained guys. Let's not talk about me first. What's wrong with you? "
Hao Ren carefully told her about the strange phenomenon in New Aerym, and then asked, "Is this a natural phenomenon? Or is it an Easter egg you left for this planet? "
Raven 12345 shouted back on the spot. "What Easter egg? Do you think Genesis is a joke? The natural laws of the entire universe are the same. There are no Easter eggs in this regard. Go check if there's anything messy in Helcrown, like an extra-large holographic projector or something. That's it, I'm hanging up. "
Hanging up, Hao Ren turned his head to look at his friends around him, who were full of anticipation. He shrugged and said, "It's not a natural phenomenon. The goddess suggested that we check the city. "
Y 'zaks frowned and thought for a long time. Suddenly, he remembered something and took the lead. "Let's go to the power furnace."
The others hurried to catch up. Hao Ren asked, "You suspect that there's a problem with the power furnace?"
"I'm familiar with everything in the city, except one thing." Y 'zaks walked quickly. "The core of the power furnace is part of the remains of the First Born. Only it is unknown."
Y 'zaks strode forward with his long legs, one step ahead of the others. Y' lisabet could not keep up with him with her short legs. The little girl was anxious. "Dad, wait … Slow down …"
At last, the little girl had no choice. She simply took out a grappling hook from her pocket and threw it at Y 'zaks. Then, she climbed up to her father's shoulder with the rope. "Phew... Dad, you're walking too fast."
The way the father and son got along was always so unexpected.
Soon, they came to the power furnace deep under Helcrown and met the eldar technician in charge of operating the equipment. Y 'zaks waved his hand to interrupt the technician's salute. "Don't bow. Is there a problem with the power furnace? "
"The power furnace is normal, but since an hour ago, its core has been emitting some kind of signal."
Everyone looked at each other: there was indeed a problem!
Y 'zaks exhaled. "I knew it. It's not safe to use that thing."
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