Beyond the city is the last major city in the north of the Empire, beyond which is the vast and dangerous Black Pine Forest, which occupies almost a tenth of the entire kingdom and is full of poison swamps, beast caves, and the nests of some ancient creatures, although the black pine forest is also rich in some rare alchemical materials and ores, but due to the danger and some terrible legends in the depths of the forest, few people will be willing to take the initiative to enter the depths of the forest.For many years, the Imperials have been working on the development of this vast forest, after all, it is a waste to let such a fertile land be left in the hinterland of the Empire without developing it, but the black pine forest can be called an extraordinary vitality and the large and small beasts entrenched in the dense forest, the development progress is extremely slow, and now after so many years, the Imperials have only established a few cities around the pine forest - Greenway is one of them.Arguably one of the most successful examples of the Black Pine Forest, the city was located on a land that was part of the Dark Jungle two hundred years ago, but the efforts of generations of druids and mystical mages have freed the land from the "life cycle" of the Black Pine Forest, causing the wildly spreading and reborn trees to stop at the forest barrier in the north of the city, while the Imperials have flourished, built the city, and cultivated the fields in Greenway, making it a strong fortress of civilization.But the cost of building such a city is simply too great.In order to take a piece of land from the black pine forest, it took enough manpower, material resources and energy to build ten large cities of the same size in the wilderness anywhere else on the planet, and there was no need to worry about the forest counterattack, so this ambitious development plan did not last.Greenway was the most successful and the last pioneer city, and since Greenway was completely stabilized two hundred years ago, the Empire's attitude towards the black pine forest has changed from development and expansion to maintaining the status quo, and this system has continued to this day, and to this day, I am afraid that not many people still remember those days when they cut through the thorns and thorns in the dense forest, and measured the land inch by inch.With Leah's help, it was not difficult to pass the level, and the caravan successfully obtained all the legal formalities and stepped into this legendary city.Apparently more prosperous and gigantic than any other town before it, the bridgehead-like city has been expanded and expanded over countless generations, and now stands like a giant ant nest on the edge of the forest, where the workshops and camps that were once set up for the pioneers are now houses and shops, and the people who live in the city make a living by selling the resources collected from the black pine forest, and where caravans from the north and south converge in order to purchase all kinds of specialties from the black pine forest at relatively low prices.And there are even three towers in the city that can be used to moor medium-sized airships, which are used as military ports for transporting supplies to the north - after all, there is always something to pay off for spending a lot of manpower and material resources to build a pioneer city here.To the north of the city, between the black pine forest and the city's buildings, stands a majestic wall, a pale green enclosure that shines with magic all year round, and the walls are inlaid with rune stone bricks from elven craftsmen, which serves to stop the black pine forest from encroaching on the city—although the land has been detached from the life cycle of the black pine forest, the small scale of vegetation has never stopped, without this wall, the overgrown shrubs and weeds would have driven any city official crazy.The magic caravan was driving on the avenue, but Hao Ren didn't enjoy the scenery outside for too long, he closed the curtains and gently tapped the data terminal lying on his shoulder and pretending to be dead: "Is the data analysis out?"
”"Damn it, you can remember the unit when you have something," the data terminal snorted, "but even if you have a keen sense, there is something wrong with those guys called Black Sword Knights." ”"Undead creatures?"
Vivien raised an eyebrow, "I don't feel like they breathe like a living person......
The heat response and blood distribution on the body are also not right. ”"It's alive, but it's weird......
It's not complete," the data terminal said, "The samples encountered are limited, and the results of this analysis may not be accurate, but at the moment, it seems that the so-called Black Sword Knight is probably a soldier who has been transformed by magic or some other means."
their meat.
The body is still active, but there are a lot of things working in the body that are not biological tissues, and the nerve signals throughout their body are normal, but the activity of the brain is incredibly low - this situation is indeed a bit like zombies driven by undead spells, but as I said earlier, their bodies are alive. ”"Synths who rely on commands," Hao Ren muttered, touching his chin, "let's categorize them like this for now." ”"Why are you so interested in those Black Sword Knights?"
Leah looked at Hao Ren curiously, "Isn't your job to save the world?"
”It's okay not to say this, as soon as he said this, Hao Ren's face suddenly wrinkled: "Don't mention it, observing and recording the civilization ecology is the job of the censor, okay - saving the world should have been my boss's job!"
If it weren't for the special situation of the dream plane, what I should do every day would be to record these things related to civilization observations, right......"
Leah was taken aback: "So this is your job?!"
I thought your main task was to collect the corpses of civilization and calculate my inheritance......"
Hao Ren: "......
Have you finished your homework?
”Leah: "Not like you!"
”Hao Ren smiled triumphantly, then turned his head to analyze the planetary analysis report that had just received from Nolan.His expression changed slightly.One of the most striking notes in the analysis report was the discovery of an anomalous signal response inside the core of Lahrien.The precision scanning probe has completed scanning most of the planet's structure, and even Nolan himself has run to the core to set up a temporary anchorage, and a steady stream of planetary analysis reports have been summarized to the main engine of the Giant Tortoise Rock Terrace, and then uploaded to Hao Ren.Due to the planet's split in two and the Earth's core exposed for a long time, the once molten and hot core has now cooled down to an iron-rich sphere, and while its temperature is still deadly to humans, it is already "cold" to the planet's core.After days of careful searching, Nolan has finally found something interesting in the cooling core."
Boss, I scanned a dense special area in the depths of the earth's core, and there was a mass of unknown matter with a density and energy intensity exceeding the average hidden in Hao Ren's heart of surprise and excitement, and turned to ask for details: "Only such vague information?
Can't tell what it is?
”Nolan hesitated for a second: "......
The scanning system is getting a little troublesome and interfering. ”A strange energy field enveloped around Rahrien's core, and this energy field even interfered with Nolan's advanced radar system, so much so that Miss Ship's mother still couldn't fully understand what was buried in the core.But at least one thing is certain: normal planetary interiors don't naturally produce such things.It's man-made, and it's definitely not something that can be created by the civilization on the surface of the planet today.In the Psychic Connection, the image of Nolan comes to Hao Ren's mind, with a dark red mass of geocentric matter still glowing reddish, and various small fragments floating in the low-gravity environment around the Earth's core, which is "dust" raised by the oscillation of the star core.The expression on Nolan's face was a little tangled: "Boss, the things in the core are still releasing energy pulses, but the signals are disorganized, and there is no useful information to crack at all."
Who do you say left this?
”"This planet has been destroyed once, but even before it was destroyed, it was only a planetary indigenous civilization that lived on its surface, and according to Leah's observations, it was impossible for that civilization to place anything in the core of their home planet," Hao Ren pondered, "so what you found may be a relic left by the civilization of the Upper Age—something that existed before the formation of the Dark Realm." ”Nolan frowned: "This thing may have something to do with the 'vaccine' we are looking for, but it is now wrapped in a layer of energy field, which has obvious traces of encryption, and it looks like a lockbox-I am afraid that it will be very problematic to forcibly crack it." ”"It can't be forcibly cracked," Hao Ren said immediately, "It's buried deep in the core of the earth, and any problem in that place will cause destruction to the entire planet, and if it blows up, we will be guilty." ”“…… Boss, I always think it's best not to take the initiative to say this kind of thing with your physique, what if it comes true?
”Hao Ren was suddenly a little embarrassed: "Why are you even learning badly now......
Seriously, don't mess with that thing.You have to break that energy barrier safely, if the spaceship does not have enough computing power, I authorize you to use the computing support of the World Tree, and there is only one requirement: stable, as stable as you can, understand?
”"Nolan understands."
The communication hung up, and Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief.Nolan has made pretty good progress there.The main task of Rahrien is to act on the surface of the planet, to personally participate in and observe the form of civilization in this world, to record how this civilization survives and operates in a special environment, and to observe the changes that are taking place in the Dragon's Empire is one of the tasks; On the other side is Nolan and her army of probes, whose mission is to scan the entire planet's physical structure and deep secrets, looking for clues in the dead objects.The two routes run in parallel to complete the observation of civilization as well as the documentation of the local environment at the same time.By the way, you can also search for traces related to the Lord of Madness.Hao Ren was full of emotion in his heart: In fact, this is the normal workflow that a normal censor should carry out under normal circumstances-the mother's previous kind of pulling out the main gun before landing is not normal at all, okay!
And after sighing, he felt a little urgency: Nolan had already found a significant anomaly on this planet, although the anomaly was shrouded in an energy barrier, but it was only a matter of time before the barrier was broken, so would his actions on the surface of the planet also achieve certain results?
His instincts told him that there must be some secret hidden in the Dragon Empire, and it was this secret that made it so different from any other country on the planet Rahrion, and he believed that this secret would be revealed as soon as the journey came to an end......