After Alleria's awakening, we had solved a lot of things that had been bothering us, including the problem of teleportation to the various lost worlds. Before that, we had to wait for the right time to teleport to the lost worlds according to the "periodic calendar" of the Empire. Alleria had not only brought us the knowledge of the ancient Xiling Empire, but also the coordinates and guidance codes of various Empire facilities. As long as we had the coordinates of these Empire facilities, we could directly teleport to the corresponding lost world. According to statistics, about one-third of the lost worlds had Empire facilities, and our target was, of course, the one-third of the lost worlds. The remaining two-thirds were not affected by the activation of the mother planet.
Needless to say, the coordinates of the teleportation to the Kingdom of the Giant Dragon were the Forgotten Garden. This ancient Schilling city that had been hidden in the conceptual layer was now open for a long time. We teleported there directly. The teleportation exit was the square in front of the assembly hall.
Sangina, Sona, Liliana, and Vanilla were supposed to stay in the Mother Continent. After all, they were still busy with religious activities all over the world. However, the attraction of the City of Angels was too great, and they all wanted to come and broaden their horizons. Coincidentally, the missionaries from all over the world would not have any major problems, so we brought the four of them along. Thus, we set off in a group again.
The moment I stood on the plaza in front of the assembly hall, I felt that this place was different from when I left. I couldn't help but look around. I instantly discovered that the roofs of many buildings were emitting a faint light. Moreover, the crystal facilities that were dim a few days ago were also emitting a gentle light. In short, it gave off a feeling: This city seemed to have come back to life.
There was an extremely soft, almost like music reverberating in the air. However, there was an indescribable tone to it. I could still remember this tone. It was the sound that I had heard when the Forgotten Garden first appeared. It was said that this was the unique system sound of large-scale facilities in the Empire's mystical side. Alright, I had to admit that this sound was slightly better than the buzzing sound of psionic energy equipment, although the latter sounded quite interesting.
"The Forgotten Garden is gradually activating. When the City of Angels was released, it also restarted. Now, 60% of the city's functions have been restored." Alleria floated in the air not far in front of us, pointing at the surrounding city buildings. "But this city is mainly used as an administrative center. The research and production facilities are not here, so the activated buildings are temporarily useless. Only the city's central control hall is of some use. I have been working there for the past few days. "
I nodded to show that I knew. Alleria had been busy running between the Lost Worlds and the Mother Continent for the past few days. Sometimes, she would bring along Alaya or a few of the five Protoss Cops to help. As for the rest of us … well, in terms of cutting-edge mystical technology, even Sandora was semi-illiterate. So, we could only stay in the Holy Capital to play with the kids.
Alleria suddenly floated over and added, "The energy supply of the Forgotten Garden was not sufficient at first. Fortunately, the problem was solved by the siblings Elson and Monina. I have to thank them."
I was taken aback. I looked at the two envoys from the God Realm who were usually just messing around with me. (If I didn't mention it, you would have probably forgotten that the siblings had such an identity). "Not bad. You guys have research on the magical equipment of the Xi Ling Empire?"
"Anyway, the Holy Light is a universal energy, and I am the best at it. The two of us only provided the energy for the city's core to be reactivated." Elson smiled smugly, his expression full of self-satisfaction. "Brothers and sisters working together can cut through metal."
Shallow Shallow asked curiously, "How did you do it? Monina can use the Holy Light too? "
Monina shrugged. "Tie my brother to the Holy Light Furnace, and I will cheer him on from the side."
I was speechless. I knew it! That was the only way …
"Where is the City of Angels? Where is the City of Angels?! " Liliana was not interested in the topic of Monina and her sister. She jumped up and down, clamoring to see the City of Angels. Alleria pointed to the sky. "There, seventeen kilometers above the Forgotten Garden."
Only then did everyone notice that the sky was much higher than the last time we came. Just as Alleria had said, when the new facilities of the Empire appeared in the space, the available space was expanded. And in the clouds that were even higher, we could see a cluster of buildings in the sky.
"Wow!" Qian Qian instantly exclaimed in surprise. Then, without another word, she pulled me up into the sky. A group of people followed closely behind. We covered the distance of a dozen kilometers in the blink of an eye. Moments later, we reached the clouds. Looking at the magnificent scenery in front of us, we held our breaths. Only Sakina, Kaho, and Vanilla were panting heavily. The flight just now was a little too exciting for them.
We had seen the City of Angels in a broken state in the Assembly Hall before, but we did not expect it to be so amazing after it was reassembled. If the Xiling Empire's technologically advanced space fortress was awe-inspiring with the power of steel and the beauty of technology, then the City of Angels was using a sacred and fairytale atmosphere to intoxicate people.
We searched the sky above the City of Angels for a while and found a platinum tower that pierced through the clouds. We landed on the half-moon platform at the top of the tower. Looking down at the City of Angels from here, we had a panoramic view of the magnificent scenery. Giant towers were floating in the sky, high and low, scattered in the clouds. There was no pattern to it, and it seemed to be moving at will. Yet, there was an indescribable harmony and elegance to it. Between the towers, we could see corridors in the sky and large floating platforms. Most of these buildings were connected by suspended ramps or stairs, but there were also some buildings that floated independently in the sky. Perhaps the only way to get there was through flight or teleportation. Only angels would be used to such a place. Among all the buildings in the City of Angels, giant floating towers and circular platforms took up about seventy to eighty percent of them. This should be the style that the Schilling Angels loved the most. Alaya stood beside me, her eyes shining with joy. Just like the Forgotten Garden, the buildings here followed the usual style of the mysterious side. Elegant, slender, reaching into the sky, the main color scheme was pure white. Only the edges of the buildings were decorated with golden lines, and the outer walls of the buildings were embedded with large blue crystals.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have thought that such a city would only appear in a fantasy.
I gazed into the distance and saw that in the periphery of the buildings, there was an unusually large wall structure floating between the floating towers and platforms. The curved wall structure was also embedded with blue crystals that were full of energy, and at the top was a wide ramp without railings. Alaya seemed to be in a daze when she saw them, staring blankly into the distance. After a long time, she raised her arm. "Brother Monarch, I want to take a walk up there …"
"What you see is the East Angel Wall." Alleria's voice was filled with nostalgia. "In the past, I often patrolled the ramp of the Angel Wall with Lady Alaya to check on the growth of the new core. You can see the huge crystals embedded in the wall. In fact, each crystal is an evocation field. The Angel Wall is a set of large energy collection and conversion devices. It injects complex energy and data from various buildings into the evocation crystals, producing an angel core inside. That is our original form, a … light amalgamation that is difficult to describe with words. There are specialized 'caretakers' who collect these cores and send them to the tower under our feet. After a period of catalysis, the core will produce a new angel. But now, this production system has been shut down. "
"Brother Monarch, I want to take a walk up there …" Alaya repeated again as she pulled my arm.
I smiled at her. "Go ahead. Be careful not to fall …"
"It's okay. The Angel City is built more than ten kilometers above the ground. Even if you fall, you have enough time to react and fly back up." Alleria seemed to be smiling, her voice full of joy.
I was speechless. May I ask if this was specially designed for Alaya?
My angel sister spread her wings and happily flew towards the East Angel Wall in the distance. She would normally trip and fall while walking on the ground, but she actually displayed unimaginable dexterity and agility as she flew around the city in the clouds. She nimbly circled above the spires, circled around the clouds, and passed through the mist. Then, she landed steadily on the top of the wall in the distance. She was practically a tiny dot as she waved at us. Meanwhile, on our side, Lyn lowered her head in shame … for all the reasons that we all knew.
"This is the East Angel Wall. Is there a West Angel Wall, South Angel Wall and so on?" Shallow Shallow asked curiously. Alleria shook her head gently. "No, only the East Angel Wall." Shallow Shallow was stunned. "Huh?"
"The Angel Wall is the general name for the Angel Core Molding Factory. This molding factory is called 'East'," Alleria explained calmly. As for me? Alright, I kind of regretted listening to this explanation … It felt like something was about to shatter.
"The tower below us is the Angel Catalysis Center, also known as the Angel Factory. It is also the control center of the Angel City." Alleria saw that the atmosphere was a little strange but didn't think much of it. She continued to explain, "Its lower half is the production area and the upper half is the control area. The control area and the Forgotten Garden on the surface use a public data link. The function is the same. You can check the activation progress of the mother planet here. Do you want to take a look?"
We readily agreed. Alleria came to a small pillar in the middle of the half-moon hanging platform. She gently touched its surface and a rune array appeared on the ground of the platform. Looking at the array that covered the entire platform, Liliana suddenly muttered, "Oh f * ck, such a complicated thing is just an access control. Is there a need for such a high level of security?"
"Of course, because this is the backup control center of the mother planet's Occult facilities." Alleria was the type to answer questions. Even when Liliana muttered to herself, she would patiently explain. Just as she finished speaking, everyone was transported to the interior of the Platinum Tower by a teleportation beam.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, we didn't arrive at a place that looked like a complicated command center. There weren't any dazzling super equipment or rows of control terminals in front of us either. The Platinum Tower's control center was much simpler than anyone had imagined. It was a spacious circular hall with a radius of less than two hundred meters. It was incredibly spacious. The hall was built with the same white crystal material as the tower. It looked like marble, but the surface had a metallic and crystal-like luster and texture. The hall was about ten meters high and the dome had a very slight arc. If one didn't look closely, one wouldn't be able to tell that the center of the hall was actually arched upwards. The hall's floor was decorated with blue patterns that emitted a faint halo. There was a rhythmic energy pulse from them, which meant that these patterns were also magic arrays. The facilities of the Empire's Occult seemed to have this characteristic. They looked like decorative patterns, but in fact, they were functional runes. The Shiring Apostles didn't waste anything on things that were purely for show. This was also reflected in the patterns inside their buildings. In the center of the hall, the ground caved in, forming a shallow pit with a radius of thirty to forty meters. A set of rapidly refreshing holographic images floated above the shallow pit. This was the only equipment in the entire control center.
Alleria brought us to the holographic images and tapped a few times in the air. A set of control panel-like images appeared next to the shallow pit. The images were floating with mysterious drawings and runes, as well as Schilling text that I recognized. The former was like a heavenly book to me. I could only barely tell from the latter that these control panels showed the operating status of the City of Angels and the Forgotten Garden.
"Now that the power supply of the energy system has been restored, I've sent all the floating demonic spirits that can still be activated to repair the Holy Light Furnace and the Mana Relay Point. The current energy demand has finally been met, and the situation will gradually get better." Alleria switched the monitor screen in front of her while explaining her work. "The next step is to move the Sky Tower in, but before that, I have to go there personally."
"Speaking of which, what is the Sky Tower for?" As soon as I heard about the tower, my interest was immediately piqued. It was in that tower that we first came into contact with the secrets of our home planet and discovered the abnormality of this world. It was also there that we saw the map of our home planet and made the conjecture that the fifteenth sky might be divided into two. It could be said that it was the starting point of all events, and there was a layer of it that we had yet to crack. "I heard you say that there is the control center of the Colossi there, but it seems to have a lot of functions."
Alleria turned to me and said quietly, "It used to be the main console of the capital universe of Heaven. The entire world's defense system is controlled by it, including the control of the World Gate within the universe and the main switch of all defense facilities on the home planet."
We instantly understood and expressed our astonishment — I didn't expect the Tower of the Sky to have such a powerful background!
This also explained why a group of highly elite people like us, including a cunning and experienced guy like Icetis, were almost killed by the shadow system in the Phantom Tower. The defense center of the entire capital universe? How could the level of defense be simple?
In addition, this also explained one thing: after the technological home planet represented by Pandora and the others awakened, we did not have the relevant technology for the World Gate in our hands. It was only after that that Tawil built the World Gate and the foundation of today's macro world based on the technological fragments snatched from the Fallen Apostle and the database in Visca's head. It turned out that in the era of the Old Empire, the fifteenth sky used mystical technology for world transmission, and this technology had been sleeping in this universe along with the split of the home planet!
"Now that the capital universe has collapsed, leaving only this fragment of a light year, I'm afraid 90% of the Sky Tower's functions have been scrapped," Alleria shook her head gently. "But it also controls the various defense systems and authentication hubs on the home planet. This part of the function is still very important to us. I have to go to the Sky Tower again and restart the core control room there. That way, we can obtain the accurate status of all the facilities on the home planet and the management rights of the defense system. This must be the first task."
"But the core control room of the Sky Tower is still locked down, right?" Sister looked at Alleria. "You've been there twice, but you couldn't open the door, right? And you … "
"I was attacked by the avatars of my old friends in the Mirage Tower," Alleria shrugged. "That was indeed my mistake. I thought that my avatar would have a higher authority in the Mirage Tower. I didn't expect that when my avatar was taken out of the Mirage Tower, the authority list would be reset to zero. The security mechanism set by Odemsius really can't be exploited. But soon we will have a capable assistant who can take care of the Phantom Tower's defense. "
"Who?" I was curious.
"The one I mentioned earlier, Odemsius. He's the chief designer of the Sky Tower's defense system." Alleria clicked on the projection in front of her, and a solemn-looking male avatar immediately appeared on it. He looked like a human in his thirties or forties. He had dark skin, dark brown short hair, and the lines on his face were as hard as an axe. The most striking thing about him was that there were no eyeballs in his eyes at all. Instead, there were two arcane cores jumping around. It was strange and mysterious. I instantly had an impression of this avatar. I vaguely remembered seeing this person in the old phantom in the assembly hall …
"Oh, I remember now," Shallow Shallow suddenly realized. "I saw this person in the assembly hall. The old emperor sent this person called Odemsius to send Araya on his way …"
A group of people gave Shallow Shallow sidelong glances. I slapped my forehead. The old emperor sent Araya on his way … Although the meaning is similar, girl … you can't say it like that!
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