However, apart from the shock of seeing the Blackstone Fortress for the first time, what concerned Soshyan most now was the unique feeling of being noticed, so he asked Veronica in a low voice.
"Did you feel it?"
"Yeah, I feel it."
"What is it?"
"The world spirit... no, it is colder and more aggressive. Is this the will to war recorded in the classics?"
"Be more specific?"
"It is said to be a spiritual entity created by the ancient empire to imitate Kane's violent thoughts and used to control giant war weapons. It is somewhat similar to the world spirit of the Virgin World. It can make the huge war machine operate like a living creature without the need for a large amount of
It requires personnel to operate it. Simply put, it is artificial intelligence in human cognition, but more powerful and controllable."
Then Veronica turned to Patricia.
"Have you communicated with the Will of War?"
Patricia shook her head.
"Although it is activated, it does not communicate with us, but it has communicated with Tal Anlek."
"Tal Anlek? Is that the war will of the Stygian Light Butterfly?"
"Yes, Tal Anlek once told us that the Seferi War Crown thought we were waiting for death and called us weak."
At this time, they had passed the flight channel and entered a corridor.
The walls on both sides of the corridor were hung with paintings and covered with antique armor, making it look like everyone was moving among a silent crowd.
At the end of the corridor is an octagonal hall, which vaguely corresponds to the outline of the Blackstone Fortress. Each side corresponds to a passage, and the main decorative colors of its arches are different, including sapphire, amethyst, emerald, amber, and crystal.
Colors, violet and onyx. Soshyan did not understand the art of the Eldar, and therefore did not understand the purpose of such design.
Veronica gave him an explanation. In Ada's understanding, people who are troubled by different emotions will move from one place to another until they find the place that best matches their inner emotions.
The color represents the mood. Those who are addicted to introspection will prefer sapphire color, creative people will be attracted to the amethyst side, and energetic people will move towards the emerald side...
But all channels can actually lead to the same place.
Soshyan still doesn't understand what kind of thinking is behind creating such a mood design inside a space fortress. This is probably also a reflection of the exaggerated side of the Ada Empire in the past.
However, they did not choose any passage. Instead, the huge octagonal hall began to rise slowly. In the process, Soshyan saw many buildings of different shapes outside through the translucent walls. They seemed to be carefully blown.
The glass protrudes inward among the pearly light.
Between them, or in the center of the entire Blackstone Fortress, is a huge space with a height of more than a hundred kilometers.
There is no visible top or bottom in this space. The ceiling and floor disappear into the shadows. Only a huge black column stands in it. It is like a dark and divine twisted tree trunk, radiating out hundreds of bridges.
Stairs, platforms, arches, and countless dark portals lead to the heart of Blackstone Fortress.
At the same time, in the center of the column, there are several huge crystals, like pearls, inlaid. The entire column is inlaid with luminous gems and petals, reflecting countless light points, making it look shimmering. The bronze, crimson, and gold are intertwined.
.
In addition, Soshyan vaguely saw something else among those brilliance.
It looked like a living creature, but it didn't have many life characteristics. Suddenly a group of these things passed by the edge of the moving octagonal hall, and Soshyan finally saw their appearance clearly.
They have a huge spindle-shaped head, with a huge one-eye embedded in the smooth metal-like exoskeleton, and a small secondary eye next to it, both showing a rose-like red color. Below the head is a slender body.
, connected to three slender and sharp lower limbs.
These unique structures range from large to small. The larger ones have unique protrusions on their heads. In addition to the three lower limbs, the slender body also has two short arms.
They swam through the gorgeous light spots like a school of fish, occasionally tumbling and gathering, as if they were aquatic animals in a beautiful coral reef, but Soshyan felt that they were not living things.
"These are Vaal elves."
Veronica conducted "popular science" on Soshyan at the right time.
"They are helpers used by Vaal priests to repair various instruments and war machines. Their efficiency is much higher than that of Bonesingers. They can create a kind of liquid spiritual bone to repair damaged areas, but this requires the spells and command of Vaal priests.
In order to achieve this, when there are no Vaal priests, they can only perform simple physical repairs and temporary guard work. After all the Vaal shrines were extinguished, this kind of elves became extinct. I didn't expect to see them here...
...They are a kind of spiritual bone structure, strictly speaking, they are not living things."
After a few minutes, the octagonal hall stopped, and then an arch door opened and everyone walked out.
This is a spacious passage. The huge entrance seems to be made for some kind of behemoth. After walking through the passage, everyone comes to a suspended bridge. The towering bridge connecting the central pillar and other areas of the fortress is wide enough for the empire to
Titans passed by, and from time to time the Vaal elves passed over everyone's heads.
As everyone approached the huge column, the sound of metallic horns suddenly resounded. Although a group of slightly loose Eldar soldiers walked out of the door of the column, they were wearing unique and rather heavy armor, with white gold rims.
Scale-like metal could be vaguely seen under the burqa, decorated with signs and symbols that Soshyan could not identify. Each soldier was equipped with a unique forked spear and a side that looked half-human.
A tall shield with a huge symbol of a black and white yin and yang fish engraved on the white shield.
Shield, this is the first time Soshyan has seen this kind of weapon among the Eldar. Almost all the Eldar's weapons tend to be guerrilla and lightweight. The shield, an equipment used only in frontal combat, has almost completely changed from theirs.
disappeared from the armory.
"If I remember correctly, these soldiers should be called sea guards. They belong to the Marine Corps in the armed forces of the ancient empire. They mainly perform anti-jump gangs and landing operations. The spears in their hands are used by the bishops of the Shining Spear path.
The Spear of the Stars is just an older and more powerful version. It is a weapon that combines near and far, and their shield is called the Shield of Enchantment. This shield can produce a distortion field that can make enemies targeted from a distance
It creates a sense of dislocation and can also create psychic shields to resist attacks. These weapons were inherited by Arkworld, but as the road changed everyone's tactics, some equipment eventually disappeared from the armory."