"If you're a man, then go to the 100th floor!!"
This Sky Tower was a place where all kinds of mysteries and abnormal phenomena were causing us to be extremely frustrated. I made such an ambitious vow. Alaya was a rather honest person, so she immediately corrected me, "Big bro, most of the people here are girls, and we're already on the 576th floor …"
"…" I was speechless. This is really strange. Even a naive person can be quite strong sometimes. Little angel sister hit the nail on the head …
"Ahem, let's not consider the details." I quickly coughed before Icetis could say anything. Then, I turned to Alaya and said, "Let's start the teleportation. Find a suitable floor. By the way, how many floors does this tower have? We're already at the 500th floor? "
"The number of floors isn't fixed," Alaya said while carefully setting the destination of the crystal cluster. "This tower is more than 30 kilometers tall, but the height of each floor is different. Also, the internal space of the Sky Tower is constantly changing. There are even some floors with unknown functions that will suddenly disappear. Since I don't know what's going on with these floors, I didn't take the risk to teleport there. So, I don't know how many floors there are here. We can only go to those places where the space is stable. Next, let's go to the 735th floor. This is the final focal point of the entire magic array. According to the mysticism theories that I have grasped, this focal point should be a very crucial place, more crucial than all the previous focal points. "
As soon as Alaya finished speaking, the crystal cluster activated the teleportation. Once again, we arrived at an unfamiliar area.
Ever since we entered this Sky Tower, we seemed to have been teleporting here and there. There were strange things everywhere, and we kept discovering clues that made us unable to stop exploring. We didn't stop at a fixed floor for more than 30 minutes. We didn't know when this kind of teleportation would end. The moment the teleportation started, these random thoughts popped up in my mind.
Then, the turbulent light and shadow before me stabilized. When I came back to my senses, I realized that there was a starry sky in front of me.
Beneath my feet was the special crystal floor of the Sky Tower that extended into the distance. Behind me was the crystal cluster used for teleportation, which was still emitting a faint light. The dome above us was filled with twinkling stars and a spectacular nebula.
The image of a gigantic planet slowly rotated beside us and let out a low buzzing sound.
Fortunately, we weren't greeted by an orderly formation of elite warriors from the old Empire, but a bunch of holographic images.
"That was an indoor primeval forest just now, and now it's a map of outer space and galaxies." "What … What is this!!" Sandora looked around and said in an indifferent tone. She had already become immune to the 'surprises' of the Sky Tower. She was a proud Schilling Queen, of course, of course she wouldn't be happy.
But one thing was certain — no matter what kind of space the two half-dragon girls were. Suddenly, a girl exclaimed beside me. It was Shakina who couldn't help but exclaim. She pulled Sona and looked around in amazement. The magnificent galaxy in the sky was something that they couldn't see on the ground. I didn't know if the space environment on this floor of the Sky Tower was the same as the Homeworld Gaia, but one thing was for sure. No matter what kind of space scenery it was, it was enough to make the two Dracon girls, who had never known that the earth was a ball, scream in surprise.
This kind of beauty and shock could stimulate the instinctive amazement of any intelligent creature born under this starry sky. The universe itself was the most magnificent picture in this world. Cough cough, I suddenly couldn't help but feel artistic.
"This is the universe that you live in." The elder sister took a deep breath as if she was using this method to confirm that she was still in the tower and not in the vacuum of the universe. "Each of those twinkling stars is millions of times larger than the earth that you grew up on. There are countless such stars in the real universe. The gigantic spheres around you are planets, and the mother continent that you live in is one of them. I can't explain to you what stars and planets are, but it's good enough to know that this is the world that you live in. "
"Planets?" I originally thought that Shakina might not understand the concept of "the earth is a sphere," but I didn't expect that she would understand after a slight pause. "Oh, I know. Those scholars mentioned that the mother continent of all living things is actually spherical. It revolves around the sun in a cycle. I've been to King's City before, and I've seen an alchemy device called the 'Celestial Observatory,' which is used to describe this."
"But compared to this place …" Sona said as she looked around with a look of disbelief on her face. "There's no point in comparing. This is … the world? We live in such a magnificent … place? "
"It's impossible to imagine." After finally realizing the scale of 'universe' and 'planet,' Shakina decisively gave up. "Forget it, this isn't something that two little mortals should think about. This is a scale that only you gods would care about."
Actually, if I had the time, I would really like to teach the two half-dragon girls a lesson. After all, in my own environment, I haven't experienced the feeling of superiority in knowledge for a long time (except for when I taught Mercury Lamp how to write). Unfortunately, now was obviously not the time.
This floor of the Sky Tower was the most special floor that we had explored so far. It was even more special than the indoor primeval forest. This was the only floor that was completely dominated by projections. There was nothing stored here, and it didn't have any functions. It was completely a projection hall, and its only purpose was to show us a starry sky. This projection hall was built on the last focal point of the entire magic array. According to Alaya's explanation, the focal point of the magic array was the place with the highest energy index in the entire array, and it was also the most convenient location to control the entire array. Setting up a projection hall at such a crucial location would make the images here very intriguing. The silly cat angel had already flown to the edge of the projection area and was reading the flow of arcane magic here, hoping to find the secret behind the images. Meanwhile, Sandora and I began to study the planet projections around us. They looked very interesting, and … there were some details that made us pay attention to them.
Extremely high-precision illusions formed everything in all directions, making this floor feel as if we were standing on a giant stone platform floating in the universe. Above us was a twinkling starry sky, and around us were images of huge planets slowly orbiting around us. All of this gave the giant stone platform a mysterious atmosphere. Each of the huge planet projections was about the same size, with a radius of about two to three meters, and the distance between them was no more than twenty meters. This meant that the planet projections here weren't made according to scale. They could be schematics, or even individual models, used to show the past scenery of the fifteenth heaven of the old Empire. I first saw the image of the mother planet Gaia in these planet models, so I had this conjecture.
Now, seeing the holographic projection of the mother planet Gaia in the Sky Tower, I was no longer surprised.
The nearest planet floating in the model of the mother planet Gaia looked a little unfamiliar, but after carefully identifying the details and comparing it with several maps at hand, we finally confirmed that this planet was the planet where the mother continent of this world was located.
There were also a few vivid planet models floating in the distance. One of them was an ecological planet, while the others were barren, with only mottled cracks or hot magma on the surface. Some of the planets had moons or asteroid rings around them.
All these planet models were slowly orbiting in concentric circles, showing the schematics of a star system.
"If we understand it in a straightforward way, this model system shows that at a certain time, the mother planet Gaia and the mother planet of this world were in the same star system," Sandora said. "The other planets around it should be other planets in the same star system at that time, and one of them also had life."
"But in fact, I have released the probe and confirmed that there are no other planets in the star system where the mother planet is located."
The mother planet, of course, referred to the planet where Sona and Sona were born and raised. After coming to this world, we really didn't care about the space environment of this planet. After all, there were no space threats in this world, and Sandora wouldn't waste energy to scan empty space. But now, it was necessary for us to understand the state of space around here. The mother continent was located in a lonely star system. In this star system with an orange-yellow sun, there was only one planet and an asteroid belt on the outer edge. It was considered a 'shabby' family among the celestial systems that had life. However, the large celestial model in front of us showed that the mother planet was adjacent to the mother planet Gaia, and there were many other planets around it. Where did these planets go?
The mother planet Gaia in this model, was it the one in the shadow space or the one in the shattered space fragments?
The answer seemed to be the latter, but now I wasn't sure of my guess anymore.
"Observatory, the name of this floor is the observatory." The sound of flapping wings came into my ears, and Alaya landed next to me. "The system says that this is the space scene at the end of the Old Empire era."
"In other words, during the Old Empire era, the mother planet Gaia was in such a planetary system?" Sandora connected to the mental connection and contacted the shadow space. "Gaia, let me ask you something. Do you remember what kind of environment the mother planet was in? I mean, how many planets were there in the star system you were in? What about the characteristics of the sun there? "
Gaia immediately replied, "There are no neighboring planets. My memory bank is blank in terms of relevant information."
"Gaia doesn't remember being next to any planets." Sandora glanced at us. "In other words, the celestial model in front of us might be showing a replica of the mother planet in the fifteenth heaven. During the Old Empire era, this replica was located near the mother planet. There must have been an accident that caused the entire star system to be distorted. Other than the mother planet that was spared, all the planets, including the replica, became 'Lost Worlds'. This is all I can deduce based on the current information. "
"But there are still a lot of gaps, aren't there?" My sister spread her hands. "What's up with this sky tower and the name Alaya that can be seen everywhere here? If there is only one Alaya, then this place must have been built by the Old Empire. There must be something wrong with your memory bank. "
"Until today, I was still full of confidence in my memory core." Sandora twitched the corner of her mouth and laughed at herself helplessly. Alaya blinked and said softly, "I've never been confident in this aspect, so the blow isn't that big …"
This natural airhead is quite self-aware … But speaking of which, is there really a problem with the Shiring Apostles' memory core?! Instead of doubting it, I'd rather believe that the earthlings can solve the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem in twenty years!
By then, Shallow Shallow had already completed her 'exploration'. She had studied the models of the surrounding planets and ran over to grab my sleeve. "Hey, Ah Jun, actually, the mother planet in this model is different from the mother planet of the Shadow Realm."
Seeing that she had successfully attracted everyone's attention, Shallow Shallow was elated and announced her discovery. "Look, the mother planet in this model doesn't have the buildings that we're familiar with. The mother planet of the Shadow Realm, Gaia, has storage arrays, heavy factories, weather control and other big things. But in this model, all the corresponding places are empty wastelands. Isn't that a big difference?"
"Sigh, we've already noticed that." Sandora waved her hand. "What does this little difference mean?"
"There's something else." Shallow Shallow pointed to the holographic projection beside her. "Look, although the corresponding place to the facilities on the mother planet of the Shadow Realm is a wasteland, there are other man-made objects near the wasteland. You can zoom in on these areas with your finger. There's a huge plaza, a crystal tower and something that looks like a magic array. It looks like it's from the Mystical, right?"
Sandora's eyes lit up. She hadn't noticed this detail in the beginning. We were only focused on the model of the planet in front of us. In terms of landform, it matched perfectly with the mother planet, Gaia, but we didn't notice anything wrong with the buildings on the surface. Only when Shallow Shallow was bored would she notice these minor details.
"Indeed … there are a lot of buildings that seem to be from the Mystical on this planet model." Sandora zoomed in on the buildings that Shallow Shallow had discovered and muttered to herself. "Although I still can't tell what they're for, they could definitely be built by the Mystics of the Old Empire. Wait, what's the corresponding place on the surface of the Shadow Realm's mother planet? "
"Wasteland, forest, all sorts of undeveloped areas." I had just checked the images that Gaia had sent over and replied immediately.
Yes, wasteland and forest. There's a large area of undeveloped areas on the mother planet, Gaia. Right next to the storage array on Gaia, there's a wasteland that grew wantonly. We never knew why the wasteland wasn't used. But now, on the model of the planet in front of us, the coordinates of the storage array was a wasteland. Where the wasteland was supposed to be, there was a crystal tower!
No one had ever paid attention to the undeveloped areas on the mother planet. I only thought that it was during the Old Empire era and that the mother planet of the fifteenth Heaven had a good ecological environment. But after comparing it to the model of the planet in front of us, a sense of incongruity suddenly emerged.
"I seem to have thought of something." Lin Xue revealed a pondering expression. "The model of the mother planet in front of us only has mystical buildings. The corresponding area on the technological side is all wasteland. On the other hand, on the mother planet of the Shadow Realm, the areas where the two overlapped are exactly opposite … If we were to combine the two together … "As Lin Xue spoke, she merged the holographic projection of the mother planet that Gaia had sent over with the projection in front of us, replacing the abnormal blank areas on the surface of the two.
A brand new mother planet appeared in front of us.
The areas that took up 70% of the planet's surface remained unchanged, pieced together seamlessly. On the other hand, the areas where artificial facilities were distributed had formed large, neatly planned buildings.
The mystical-style crystal buildings and the technologically-rich steel city didn't clash at all. They intersected with each other in a way that left one speechless. In the areas where the two overlapped, the buildings also delicately avoided each other's edges.
It was as if …
"It was printed in advance and then cut into pieces like a puzzle," Sandora said and turned to look at Alaya.
"It's a little … familiar." The angel sister finally stopped expressing that she had no recollection of it. Even though she still couldn't recall anything specific, she already felt a sense of familiarity. She couldn't help but reach out and touch a region on the new holographic projection. After the image was enlarged, a magnificent fortress that was constructed with alternating silver metal and crystal appeared before us.
In the plaza in front of the fortress, there were two rows of angel sculptures neatly arranged.
"This is the place where angels are created," Alaya said in a daze. "That's right, I was born. I should have a place to be born … I was born on Mother Planet, so there should be an Angel Factory there. But Gaia doesn't seem to have one on the surface. "
"The mother planet was split into two?" Lin Xue finally frowned and said the most bizarre but also the most intriguing guess so far. "Half of it is technological, and the other half is mystical?"
"There is information from a probe from another lost world." At that moment, Sandora finally received the first batch of information from the probe. Everyone exclaimed in unison, "Let's take a look!"
Not all the probes had reached their destination, but most of them were in position. They were now scattered across more than twenty lost worlds and were sending us the images they had captured.
Continents floating in space, broken island chains in the sky, lakes in the clouds, towers rising and falling in lava lakes, ancient cities shrouded in fog … These lost worlds were really colorful.
Then, about a third of the lost worlds had found their corresponding locations on the mother planet.
Just as Shallow Shallow had guessed, there were many lost worlds that couldn't correspond to the mother planet. However, very soon, we found the suspected corresponding locations on the surrounding planet's holographic projection.
Our previous guesses were verified one after another. Now, the only question left was how the mother planet of the shadow realm was connected to the broken mother planet of this peripheral world.
"Hey, Brother Monarch." Just as I was watching the live images from the probe, Alaya suddenly said, "I've made a big discovery."
"Huh?"
The angel sister organized her words and said a few seconds later, "There might be two towers in the sky …"
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