"Gundam Colossus?" Alaya muttered softly to himself as he watched the Metal Colossus that had fallen to the ground and was tightly bound by countless tenacious vines of divinity, its entire body riddled with lacerations and yet still struggling with all its might.
Bubble jumped up immediately. "What? What? Gundam Colossus? There's such a thing? Is it a collector's edition? "
I pushed her to the side and asked Alaya, "Do you recognize these metal lumps?"
The angel sister blinked in confusion. Confusion flashed in her golden eyes and she smiled apologetically at me. "I'm sorry, Brother Monarch, I … don't know." "Don't know?" Sandora glanced at me. Alaya's answer was too strange.
The angel sister nodded seriously. "I don't know. This name came out of nowhere. I must have come across related information in the past, but it disappeared from my memory core … Maybe my memory was destroyed during my slumber back then. But such a powerful magical creation … Its technology has reached the level of the Empire's mystical side. If it was created by another civilization, then it must be the ultimate achievement of their creator. There aren't many civilizations that have the ability to create such a magical creature … But there isn't any record of it in the public database. "
"Could it be that this was created by the Empire?" Sandora suddenly asked.
"It can't be …" I scratched my head. My instincts told me that this guess wasn't reliable. "This thing doesn't have any psionic reaction at all. Also, there aren't any signs that it was created by the Empire. Can't you tell whether it was created by the Empire with a single glance?"
"But the mystical side's creations are an exception." Sandora shook her head. "Not all Empire creations have obvious characteristics, and not all Empire creations have a psionic reaction. One-third of Raven's mystical skills don't rely on psionic energy to activate. Alaya's power is the same as the Protoss's Holy Light, a power of the psionic level. In addition, there were many things in the mystical side that used secondary energy, such as arcane energy and elemental energy. With the advantage of the mystical side in mathematical correction, those devices that used secondary energy could produce the same effect as psionic devices. So, it was sometimes difficult to determine whether a mystical creation was a product of the Empire through the energy reaction, unless it had an obvious logo or serial number. Of course, if the design style had obvious Empire characteristics, it would also be easy to determine. But these colossi in front of me … I don't know if the Empire has ever built something like this. Their combat ability is the biggest reason why people suspect that they are related to the Empire's mystical side. "
"The material isn't something the Empire has used before either … At least, my database doesn't have any records of this metal."
Sandora cut a small piece of metal from the Colossus, crushed it into pieces in her hand, and scanned the structure of the metal pieces. Sandora came to a conclusion. Speaking of which, it would have been perfect if she hadn't stuffed those things into her mouth after coming to this conclusion.
"The mystical side is good at distorting matter, and even creating imaginary matter." Alaya squatted beside the colossus, observing the flow of energy in the cavity while reaching out to touch the cracks on the colossus' body that were slowly healing. "Look, this has become something else."
As Alaya's finger brushed across the surface, the broken surface of the colossus' body quickly showed a crystal-clear texture, as if it had suddenly turned into glass. At the same time, its uncontrollable self-repair ability came to an abrupt halt along with the drastic change in its material foundation. A deep echo came from the cavity, and the energy flow was also blocked due to the change in the conductive medium. The colossus' activity instantly weakened.
"The foundation of all things in the world must follow a set of simple binding formulas, or rather, information clusters. It is a complete set of information that describes the fundamental particles. Everything can be changed if you find the correct pattern of this formula. This is the ultimate answer that the mortal race's alchemy pursues. "When it came to her field of expertise, even the simple-minded Alaya could speak with fervor and assurance. Although her tone was still soft, the current her gave off a surprisingly reliable feeling." Changing the formula will leave traces of the operation, and by tracing these traces back, we can find the original form of matter. Now, I'm trying to reverse the material composition of this thing, and see what state it has gone through during its creation. "
As Alaya spoke, she pressed her finger on the colossus' chest, and a piece of metal there immediately began to transform. First, it turned into a greyish-white rough metal, and then a crystalline texture appeared. Next, it actually melted as if it was about to liquefy. The colossus' material form changed rapidly, and Lin Xue couldn't help but mutter in a low voice, "… Even in the junkyard, this is at the level of a veteran of five dynasties …"
I thought about it and agreed. Just how many times had this lump of metal in front of me been melted down!?
"I've got it." Alaya suddenly exclaimed softly and stood up. A large piece of metal plate on the chest of the colossus had completely changed, turning into a dull crystalline substance that was blue with a tinge of paleness.
"A depleted psionic crystal …" Sandora's tone was solemn. "It really is a creation of the Empire."
"There's no information about this thing in the database at all." Alaya frowned. "When did we create this thing … Especially the mystical golems, I should know all about it."
"Maybe it's because the system was damaged after sleeping for too long, but it's also possible …" Sandora looked up at the Sky Tower not far away. "Anyway, I don't think the situation is right. A creation of the Empire has appeared here, but none of us know what it is. At the same time, the database is also missing key information. You can't even recognize the operating mode of that colossus. In any case, you shouldn't have forgotten such a crucial thing. Don't worry about the colossus here, hurry up and go to that tower … "
"Squeak —" Before Sandora could finish her sentence, she was suddenly interrupted by a sharp screech from the ground. The colossus, which had been on the verge of death, struggled for one last time. A strange sound came from its body, and then countless complex crimson runes suddenly appeared on the smooth metal surface of its face. Like a rapidly refreshing screen, large numbers of runes quickly swam on the colossus' face. At the same time, the cavity of the colossus' body suddenly exploded with blinding white light!
"Damn it!" I immediately activated my protective shield, but there was another defense expert here who was even faster. Elson casually summoned a beam of light, completely enveloping the colossus and the area half a meter around it. In the next second, the beam of light was completely filled with the blinding white light of the explosion.
The beam of light dissipated, leaving only a deep hole in the ground. All the impact was focused by the beam of light in two directions, and the result was that it blew through the floating continent where the Sky Tower was located. Looking down from the big hole left in the ground, you could even see the slowly drifting clouds on the other side of the continent. When the colossus self-destructed, it finally couldn't use its attack skills to distinguish between friend and foe.
"Now I believe that this thing is a product of the Empire." Liliana patted her small, flat chest. "Self-destruct."
We temporarily put all kinds of speculations about the colossus at the back of our minds, and soon came to the entrance of the Sky Tower. This magnificent building had an unexpectedly plain entrance, but at the bottom of the smooth tower, there was a row of semi-circular arches about three meters high. The arches had no decoration, and it was just a row of dark openings. Inside, there was a straight and deep corridor illuminated by magic crystals.
"It looks more like a building vent or waste pipe," Sandora couldn't help but murmur.
"This is also the first time I know that there is an entrance here," Sekina said in surprise. "The square of the Sky Tower's back door is a dead place. I don't know how many explorers in history have been vaporized by those terrible colossus. No one has ever broken through the defense line to reach this position. Sona and I only heard about this place. Back then, we entered from the main entrance. "
"The main entrance is probably better than this place." Lin Xue muttered casually and stepped into the "back door" that looked like the exit of a sewage pipe. She immediately covered her nose and said, "Oh, is it really a sewer? It smells so bad!"
The passage was dimly lit, with only the magic crystals floating near the vault providing illumination. There were tenacious vines growing on the smooth walls on both sides. They were poking their heads out of the grooves between the walls and the floor. The ground was different from the Giant Stone Square outside. It was covered with a layer of grayish-white alloy-like material. We didn't know how many years this thing had been here, but there was no trace of mottling on it. The surroundings were filled with rotten plants and other strange smells that we couldn't identify. We had no choice but to activate our magic shield.
"I can sense magic waves." A gentle radiance emanated from Alaya's body, greatly alleviating the darkness in the corridor. Now that he was finally in his own home field, the sleepy worm seemed to be full of vigor. "This position seems to be a component of a large magic array. The energy is gathering in a regular pattern, and then transforming into another state... There are a few forks in front. I'll lead the way. If we follow the energy flow, we should be able to safely bypass any possible defenses... Wow!"
The angel sister let out a short cry of surprise and fell to the ground in front of our family's stupefied gaze.
… Should I say that I'm used to it or something? This kind of situation where my heart is as still as water is really strange. I felt that the moment Araya fell to the ground, only one sentence popped up in his mind: This world is still normal.
"Are you okay?" In the end, Shakina didn't understand this idiotic angel and immediately came over with concern. I helped a certain silly cat who had fallen on flat ground up and pouted. "Don't worry, this is a natural phenomenon."
At this moment, Araya finally remembered to rub his nose and looked at me seriously. "Brother Monarch, you have to be careful. The ground here is really slippery. I accidentally fell just now." That was basically how this idiot's mental structure was.
"I feel like all of you are a bunch of strange fellows," Shakina muttered to herself before returning to the middle of the group. The two dracon girls, Chestnut, Lin Xue, Xiaoxue, Little Bubble and the others were protected in the middle of the group. They couldn't be counted as combat personnel, so it was better to protect them a little. Originally, we didn't have many thoughts of being careful in such a place, but after confirming that the colossi were made by the Empire and that all the Shiring Apostles present seemed to have some problems with their memory cores, Sandora felt that the situation was a little strange and decided to be careful.
Of course, what made us decide to be more careful was the prophecy of the mother-daughter pair, Lin Xue and Xiaoxue: The secret hidden in this Sky Tower is earth-shattering, and its defense system isn't as simple as the colossi outside. Since the prophet had spoken, we naturally had to be careful.
Araya floated in the air, acting as a searchlight while leading everyone around the forks in the road. I didn't know how she judged the road ahead. To be honest, although I could feel the surrounding energy, in my own perception, the flow of this energy was messy and there was no pattern at all. Only an expert like Araya who had a deep understanding of the Empire's mystical side could find a safe passage in this messy energy. Under her lead, we walked for a full half an hour without coming into contact with any more guards. After rounding the last corner, the group finally left the dark road that seemed to be a sewer. The field of vision in front of us suddenly widened. The semi-circular gray vault and dim magic crystals turned into a wide alloy corridor. Soft and uniform light came from nowhere, filling the space in all directions. The ground under our feet was no longer the greyish-white alloy, but a milky white substance with a crystalline texture. There were small bright spots swimming quickly in these milky white crystals, following a seemingly regular trajectory through the entire corridor and disappearing into the distance.
"This is the outer part of a giant energy matrix." Araya landed gently on the ground, bent down and knocked on the layer of crystals. "Its function may be to provide redundant energy buffers for the entire matrix. If I'm not mistaken, all the corridors and passages in this quite large area have the same function. They are all parts of a certain matrix. This tower must require an astonishing amount of energy to operate. "
"In other words, we are now walking on a wire." Shallow Shallow's metaphor, although jumpy, was always surprisingly accurate. "It feels very similar to many things made by the Empire. The scale is especially large."
"After all, it is suspected to be a product of the Empire." Sandora nodded. Then, she said with a conflicted expression, "In any case, I must understand what is going on. Since this is something made by the Empire, why can't I see it at all?! Even if there are many things on the mystical side that don't have obvious characteristics of the Empire, we have already come this far and have obviously come into contact with the core structure of this tower. Yet, we still haven't found anything related to the Empire. No matter how you look at it, this is a little too strange. "
Araya flew into the air, sensing the flow of energy around him. Then, he flew happily to the fork in the road on the left. "Brother Monarch, over here! This leads to the inner area … Whoa! "
It was easy to crash into a roof if one flew too high, especially when one's judgment had deteriorated after sleeping for twenty hours …
Little Bubble excitedly rushed over to collect Araya's feathers. Under the guidance of the angel sister, we saw a small door hidden at the corner of the corridor. After pushing the door open, an incomparably wide hall appeared before our eyes.
Perhaps the word "hall" couldn't even be used to describe this place, because this was an indoor plaza!
This was a circular space with a radius of several hundred meters. It was completely empty, and the ground was covered in the same milky-white crystals as the one in the corridor. Mysterious blue light flowed all over the ground, forming a complete, large-scale array. This array obviously wasn't the entire array, because there was also an incomparably gigantic crystal cluster in the center of the hall. All the light in the energy array gathered at the base of this crystal cluster, and then flowed upwards to the ceiling that was several dozen meters high — it was likely to lead to the second floor.
Apart from the crystal cluster in the center of the hall, which had a radius of several dozen meters, there wasn't a single supporting pillar in the entire hall.
"This is the place known as the Assembly Hall." Sayana looked at the magnificent interior with excitement. Sona looked back and said in surprise, "The entrance has disappeared."
So it was the small door that we had just passed through. It had now disappeared.
"Seamless spatial teleportation." Sandora knocked on the wall behind us. "The back of this place is solid. That side door just now should be a teleportation device. Unless we forcefully break through the array here, we probably won't be able to find that thing."
"Wow! This place is so big! We can fly around freely! " Jingle happily jumped out of my pocket and flew around in the air. Mercury Lamp also flew out. The two winged guys flew a hundred meters away in the blink of an eye and played. Little Bubble cheered and jumped to the center of the hall. She jumped to the center of the hall. Her attention was completely attracted by the huge crystal cluster in the center of the hall. Her eyes were filled with the reflection of the stars. The little guy happily climbed up the crystal cluster and began to break off a green crystal. Ji Shanshan was panicking and shouted, "Come down! You can't touch this! "
The elder sister also hurriedly ran over and persuaded the little brat to come down from the sparkling crystal. Although we understood that Little Bubble was crazy about sparkling things, this place looked like an important historical site. If she really broke the key thing here, it wouldn't be fun.
After discovering that there wasn't anything noteworthy in the other parts of the hall, we focused on the crystal cluster in the center. This thing looked like it was made up of many colorful sharp crystals. It had a radius of several dozen meters. The surface was crisscrossed with crystals pointing to the air. Sandora scanned the internal structure of this thing. Unfortunately, we didn't find any ancient treasures or naked little girls sealed inside. Of course, there wasn't any knowledgeable old man ready to pass on his power to you. There were only crystals inside and a high energy reaction. "If it explodes, it's enough to destroy the world," Sandora commented on the energy contained in the crystal.
"Explorers came to this hall, but they went through the safe front door," Shakina flipped through her notebook. Although she had been to the Sky Tower before, she was still not familiar with this place. As a weak party, the two of them came here to work for other big parties. It was impossible for them to have a deep understanding of this place. "Let me see. Most of the floors in the Sky Tower can't be reached through the regular route. You can find a hall or a room on every floor. The crystal cluster in the center of the hall or room is a teleportation device. I remember the activation methods and sequence that I asked the elder about. There is a control panel under the crystal cluster. You can teleport to another floor through the control panel. If you want to return to the entrance, you just need to quickly knock on the crystal cluster a few times … "
While talking, Sayana circled around the crystal and found what she was looking for. It was a two-foot square crystal that was floating in the air.
There was a familiar cross-shaped emblem on it.
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