Unsurprisingly, Wendell was surprised to see the spherical vehicle, and it was clear that the advanced space-atmosphere universal shuttle had exceeded his expectations.However, the old man soon recovered from his surprise, and he only thought about it: "The Twilight City also has a machine that can fly in the sky, but I have never seen anything like it......
Asgard is the kingdom of ancient gods, so I'm afraid you inherited this thing from ancient times, right?
”"The Twilight City also has flying machines?"
Hao Ren was another layer of surprise, "I'm really curious about your social situation. ”Wendell boarded the spherical aircraft with the others, and under Anthony's control and Vivien's guidance, the flying machine flew towards another rainbow bridge.As the end of the earth gradually appeared in the distance, the vast tentacles gradually came into view, and the tentacles of the eldest son were the only living things in this purgatory, except for these tentacles, there was no trace of life in Warnerheim.Looking at such an environment, it was hard for everyone to imagine how Wendell's people survived."
Tell us about the Twilight City," Nangong May looked at Wendell curiously (she had already taken on human form by this time), "what kind of place is that?"
How did you survive the collapse of heaven and earth?
”"Heaven ......and earth are collapsing," Wendell repeated in a deep, hoarse voice, "the war that was more than 2,000 years old, you all know the catastrophe - I don't know how much history is preserved on the Asgardian side, but in the Twilight Capital, there are many ancient books that record things from that time, and there are many scholars who specialize in these things: after all, they are trapped in the barrier, and they have nothing else to study.As far as I know, the war of the gods has upset the balance of the world, and Nidhogg's devouring has weakened the great World Tree, so the outer gods have taken advantage of the weakness and set the world on fire.The fire burned for three years, and all the light of the entire universe was consumed, and then the long night came, and there was only a scorching heat in the darkness.Midgard was also shrouded in a scorching heat.In just a few days, the population had plummeted to less than 10 percent, and all life in the world was about to be destroyed, when an ancient saint suddenly appeared in the crowd.Known as the 'Traveler', the Old Sage evokes a great power that sleeps deep in the earth, using it to form a barrier against the poison and evil fire of the long night, and within this barrier is the Twilight City."
Twilight is not a city for us.It is a kingdom that, though smaller than any kingdom of antiquity, has survived in it for more than 2,000 years.The Twilight City was originally formed by the connection of several city-states - the limit of the barrier was so great that everything outside of the city-states was destroyed - and over time, we continued to build homes within the barrier, and now there is not an inch of land left in the Twilight City.My biggest impression of it is crowded, crowded and old, with buildings of all ages, from a thousand years ago to a hundred years ago.It was all crowded together in disarray, the air was full of smoke and dust, the whistle of the steam workshop often sounded in the middle of the night, the gears rattled, the locomotive sometimes rumbled through the middle line of the Twilight City, and the tremors almost made it seem suspicious that the entire city would be shattered by it, and the clothes hanging from the street windows were often blown off by the strange winds that passed through the block—all the way down into the city's oldest abyss.The city was built too big, too high, too old, and even the builders and planners of the city didn't know that the cascading houses were like a nest stacked on top of each other, stacked almost to the point of touching the barrier of the sky, every time I opened my eyes.It was as if the yellow sky was about to fall. ”Lily muttered to herself, "Sounds unsafe. ”"Yes, it's not safe, but few people think so," Wendell muttered, "and everybody is used to it, and no one thinks there's anything wrong with a city like this."
Anyway, everything seems to be stable at the moment.But people who delve into ancient books and machines don't think so, we know that the Twilight City is finite, the lifespan of cities is even finite, the world has been extinguished for more than 2,000 years, and we have survived for too long on a little ember, and once that ember is also extinguished, it will be over. ”"So there was the 'Light Seeker'?"
Vivien asked curiously.Wendell nodded slightly: "There is a reason for this. ”Since the day the Twilight City was built, people have always kept in mind the fact that the outside world has burned - they are afraid of the dark night outside, and they fear that the light in the city will eventually be extinguished, and they fear that the whole world will sink like this forever, and fear breeds courage, and so the Light Seeker is born.These brave, curious, restless people are the eyes of the Twilight Capital, and with the blessings and expectations of others, they bravely break into the darkness and search for other light in the wreckage of the world, such as another Twilight City, or a piece of the Pure Land that has not yet been destroyed by evil fire, or ......
A sign of the dawn."
Some scholars believe that the long night will eventually end," Wendell said slowly, "the World Tree Yugudorahir is not dead, he is only healing, and when those sacred branches complete their transformation, the universe will be re-illuminated, and that is the dawn after the long night, and the dawn will begin in the land of the dead, Nibelungen and Niforheim.An important mission of the Light Seekers is to look for signs of dawn, but let's be honest......
Not many people have this hope, including the Light Seekers themselves, and more are just looking for another Twilight Capital. ”Speaking of this, Wendell sighed, "But even so, there are still fewer and fewer light seekers, and fewer and fewer people support us.Once upon a time, the Light Seekers had a high status as warriors of the long night, and our predecessors were once inscribed on the lowest foundation stones of the Twilight City, but slowly, the journey of the Light Seeker became an incomprehensible act of recklessness, as one group after another broke into the darkness and eventually either were swallowed up by the night or returned in madness, and very few people could bring anything back from the darkness - it was a heavy burden for the Twilight City to support such a costly team.The headquarters of the Lightseeker was originally the most magnificent building in the city, but now it has also become a dark alley area in the gutter at the bottom of the city......"
The old man said in a low voice, and finally ended the topic with a sigh of relief: "Forget it, don't talk about it. ”"To be honest, it's a no-brainer for the group," Garazore shrugged, "not even stupid."
Most sapient races are overly cautious for the sake of their swarm, and onlookers will see such caution as a missed opportunity, but most of the time, it will prolong survival in a desperate situation. ”Wendell looked at Galadrow with a strange expression, feeling that the other party's detached way of speaking was strange—but it was the most pertinent and sincere assessment of a censor accustomed to the rise and fall of civilization.As a result of Galadrow's comments, the second half of the journey became dull.And during this dreary journey, Hao Ren and the others saw the true situation of the Yugudorahir space chain after experiencing Ragnarok.It's worse than you think.The scene he saw in Asgard before made Hao Ren have a wrong first impression, he thought that the situation of the Nine Kingdoms after Ragnarok was not so tragic, but after he began to go deeper and deeper into this layer of different dimensions, he realized how destructive a big explosion through the nine layers of space was.Just as a warhead hitting a target would cause far more terrifying wounds in the target's body than the surface, the damage caused by the witcher's beam cannon and magic energy explosion had a similar effect, and the deep space of the Nine Kingdoms was extremely devastated.Warenheim has become a wasteland full of poison gas and radiation; Vat Alheim has been completely torn apart, and the entire continent has split in two and floats in the void, with only the tentacles that run through the continent connecting the shattered earth; Alfheim is in turmoil, and a storm known as "Madness" rages in the darkness, and this storm has been draining the magic of space for two thousand years, and now it has completely ground everything on the continent into powder......
They also saw the land of the giants, Jotunheim, a desperate desert, silent, silent, frozen for thousands of years, where a frenzied heat wave poured out of the ruins of the giant's city, and still scorched the land.However, Jotunheim is nothing compared to Mspelheim, where two-thirds of the continent is covered by lava lakes.All of these kingdoms have one thing in common, and that is that they are shrouded in darkness.Seeing the situation in the clouds that covered the sky with smoke and clouds, and the stirring of demonic energy destroyed the sources of light in various realms, Hao Ren understood why Wendell's people would call the era after Ragnarok "The Long Night".As the meaning literally suggests, after the end of the world, night falls, and eight of the nine kingdoms are ruled by darkness, in which only the embers of the end glimmer, scorching and deadly, and the survivors hiding under the twilight barrier tremble, anyone who dares to take a step into the darkness is enough to be called a warrior, let alone those who dare to cross the nine kingdoms of the light.
(To be continued.) )