Lebius briefly flipped through the application documents delivered to him by Boluogo, raised his eyebrows, and sighed in a low voice, "Well...promoted to a defender, should I say this is what I expected?"
Bologg sat on the other side of the desk, sitting upright. Even though Bologg had now served as the leader of the special operations team, he still had full respect for the senior Lebius.
"After experiencing these, I realized that I urgently need more powerful power to deal with more complex battle situations."
Boluogo said rationally that in his words, Boluogo was not pursuing power, but just looking for the ability to fight disasters.
From beginning to end, Boluogo never succumbed to power.
"I know, you don't need to say so much, just like I would refuse."
Lebius picked up his seal, pressed hard on Bologo's document to make a red mark, and then handed the document back to Bologo.
"Then let me first congratulate you on being promoted to defender, Bolog." Lebius smiled at Bolog.
During the Decay Plague incident, although Lebius was seriously injured all over his body and some of his limbs were paralyzed, due to the malleability of the secret energy, this did not have much impact on their lives.
Lebius's mental state is not depressed. On the contrary, because of the death of Red Dog, many years of hatred have been resolved. Today Lebius looks much more cheerful than before.
After so many years, Bologg and Lebius can be considered old friends, and Bologg has seen his changes.
"The defender..."
Lebius muttered something in a low voice and leaned back with a relaxed posture.
He said nostalgically, "It's so fast, Boluogo. It feels like yesterday you were an intern who didn't understand anything, and today you have become a defender."
"Time is like this, blurring out those repetitive and monotonous things. For this reason, when we look back on the past, we find that everything passed so fast."
Boluogo also has the same feeling. If life is a movie, then most of the clips in life are montages of scenes that flash by quickly.
The two looked at each other and smiled tacitly. Bologger stood up, picked up the documents, and said goodbye to Lebius, "Then I'll go find Mamo first."
"good."
Boluogo turned around and left. He was the only one walking in the quiet corridor. He had walked this road many times. If the Kenshi had not made any adjustments to the layout recently, Boluogo could even walk through it with his eyes closed.
All the way.
Arriving at the Court of Pillars, he took the elevator to the sublimation furnace core. In the hot air, Bologg passed by many researchers, and he even said hello to Freya one by one on the way.
Through the cooperation of Freya and Kenshi, part of the sublimation furnace core has been connected to the ruins area. Researchers are trying to find ways to lay pipelines from the forge volcano to the current sublimation furnace core to provide energy for a series of subsequent studies.
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In the midst of the busyness, Boluogo turned left and right. After confirming his authority, he reached the depths of the sublimation furnace core.
In the dim space, countless cables were scattered and hanging like clumps of vines. The metal ground was dotted with huge facilities that were erected. They were not closed, and the complex structures inside were clearly visible.
An arc several meters long burst out in the darkness, extinguished, and crackling sparks fell straight down.
This is Mamo's Garden, literally, a garden.
Since Boluogo successfully explored the etheric realm, Mamo summoned the old antiques in the Scholars Hall to build this place together and was responsible for conducting many studies on the etheric realm.
Along with a sharp whistling sound, the surrounding machinery began to operate. Boluogo felt that the huge amount of ether was gathering here, and the bright golden light reflected the darkness, making the garden shine golden.
High-concentration ether precipitated in mid-air, and golden water droplets stagnated for a few seconds, and then fell pattering down.
In the slightly humid air, Bologgo stepped up the stairs and saw the vague figure lying on the iron chair on the high platform. He also saw Mamo, Aimu, Bailey, and a bunch of Freya surrounding him.
, they rarely remained quiet and stared together.
This is a promotion ceremony. Judging from the strength of the ether, it should be a promotion from a sublimation person to a prayer person.
Boluogo moved forward silently. He had also observed several promotion ceremonies before, but this time the promotion ceremony was different. As the concentration of ether increased, metal spikes like lightning rods rose up from the ground, and they surrounded
Sitting on an iron chair, it seems that some unknown ritual and sacrifice are being performed.
Suddenly, Bologg had an inexplicable sense of dislocation. He looked at his arm. Bologg ordered his arm to be raised. His consciousness was indeed transmitted to the arm. The whole arm was raised, but just now the arm
Where it stayed, a faint blue afterimage was left behind.
Not only Boluogo, but anyone present who moved slightly would leave a series of afterimages on the trajectory of their actions. At the same time, Boluogo found that the sounds he heard became hazy, as if he was soaking in water.
In the pool.
An inexplicable ethereal feeling enveloped his mind, and then a strange feeling that was about to move arose. Boluogo felt as if something was coming.
The dazzling electric arcs bounced between the metal spikes. They were connected together and swayed out brilliant electric circles. The surrounding ether was attracted by them and converged towards the mid-air, forming a liquid with a diameter of several meters.
Aether ball.
If he hadn't seen its formation process clearly, Bologo would have thought it was a sphere made of gold, with blurry faces reflected on the shiny surface.
"Start compressing!"
Mamo said loudly, and under his command, the output power of the garden increased sharply.
The electric arc repeatedly strikes the ether ball, like a forging hammer hammering steel. After each collision, the ether ball shrinks a bit, as if the energy in it has been evaporated.
Bologo had seen a similar scene in Raymond Gaiton. This was not evaporation, but compression.
The Garden is trying to restrain the etheric sphere, causing it to further compress, concentrate, and then...collapse.
boom--
A restraining metal spike could not bear such a powerful energy, so it exploded and twisted, and a gap appeared in the accumulated electric coils.
After losing the pressure, a dazzling halo of light immediately burst out from the ether ball, as if it was about to break out of the constraints of the garden.
At this time, the power of the Glory One suddenly rose, and Mamon's rickety figure actually picked up the collapsed restraining metal spike, and stood it up again. At the same time, relying on the power of his own Glory One, he replaced the machine and suppressed the ether.
ball.
The storm of energy descended instantly. Boluogo lowered his center of gravity to avoid being overturned by the roaring impact. When he raised his head and tried to see the situation clearly, the ether ball had been completely compressed under the terrifying restraint.
A bright golden light appeared.
collapse.
The golden light spot disappeared. It seemed to have poked a hole in the material world. Behind the hole was a world made of pure energy.
The etheric realm.
"you did it……"
While Bologo sighed in a low voice, the collapse point twisted into a twisted channel to the etheric realm, and in an instant, a massive amount of ether poured into the material realm from the etheric realm.
The channel was not stable, and the vortex that pierced the material world was spinning rapidly. The screams of metal erupted on the metal spikes one after another, followed by a roaring trembling sound from above.
Several huge cables overheated and melted, exploding into dazzling flames and falling from the sky.
Mamo knew that this attempt had reached its limit, so he had no choice but to put away the ether, the machine gradually subsided, and the restraint stance stopped.
The high-speed rotating vortex channel collapsed completely after lasting for more than ten seconds. The connection between the material world and the etheric world was interrupted, and it turned into pattering golden raindrops and fell to the ground.
The high-energy reaction disappeared, and the noisy garden became quiet. Boluogo felt that the strange ethereal energy around him disappeared. As soon as he took a step forward, a series of explosions sounded from around him.
The overloaded machinery collapsed one by one, huge cables broke and fell down, and the ground and dome shook continuously, as if the entire garden was about to collapse.
But the reaction of Mamo and others was very calm, as if they were accustomed to such a scene. Boluogo could not imagine how many times they had made similar attempts during this period.
"How long did this channel stability last?"
In the reverberation of the explosion, Mamo asked extremely tiredly. He was already an old guy, and using the power of the Glory One in this way was a big drain on him.
"Seventeen seconds."
Bailey looked at the data panel and gave an accurate number.
Mamo confirmed, "Not bad, at least it broke through fifteen seconds."
The honest Freyas on the side started to move. They cooperated with other staff to extinguish the fire and repair the equipment. A few of them followed Mamo, constantly recording what Mamo said and key data one after another.
The remaining few trotted all the way to the iron chairs on the high platform. They skillfully carried out the promoted person lying among them, put them on a stretcher, and then sent them to the border nursing home. Under Mamo's crazy research, the staff's
Promotion has become secondary.
After giving many instructions, Mamo noticed Boluogo's arrival and asked, "Why are you here?"
Boluogo did not answer his words, but asked, "Is this the knowledge obtained from Raymond Gaiton?"
"Part of it," Mamo paused, "King Solomon created an overlapping point between the etheric realm and the material realm in the Golden Palace. We are trying to replicate this feat."
"Any results?"
"As you can see."
Mamo raised his hand to show the messy high platform, "We have been able to create a short-term stable channel."
"But that's not enough," said Bologna.
"I know."
Mamo was silent for a moment this time. He pondered his emotions for a while and then said, "And we also used this to understand what will happen to this world when the ether concentration continues to rise."
Boluogo recalled the gathering and collapse of the ether just now. He was already prepared for this scene.
During Raymond Guyton's escape, all the information carried by Boluogo and Aimu were burned in the subsequent light burst. But fortunately, Aimu is a person with a strong memory, and with the help of alchemy
The doll upgraded and optimized itself, and she had most of the knowledge firmly engraved in her mind.
Coupled with the various subsequent memories of the two, Sublimation Furnace Core gradually figured out some research routes, and what Boluogo just saw was one of the results in a short period of time.
"When the ether concentration reaches its peak, if it continues to rise, the excess ether will accumulate together, attract and entangle each other, and the energy level will become more and more terrifying until it collapses itself."
Mamo explained what just happened, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember what I told you before about the relationship between the material world and the etheric world?"
Boluogo answered skillfully, "The material world and the etheric world are like two parallel pieces of paper. The material world is located above the etheric world. As the ether increases, it is like placing a heavy weight on the paper. It will
It crushes the material world and distorts the flat paper."
The ether distorts the material world, which in turn gives the Sublime Players various extraordinary powers. If you think about it this way, the Sublime Players who were born in the material world are like parasites, constantly disrupting and harming the material world.
"Yes, our previous knowledge was limited to excess ether distorting reality. Now we have seen the scene after excess collapse, that is to say..."
Mamo was silent for a moment, and continued in a calm mood, "In other words, our previous expectations of extraordinary disasters ravaging the world were still too optimistic."
The most intuitive impact of the increase in ether concentration on the world is the increase in ether vortex points. The manic ether will easily cause terrible natural disasters. No existence in the mountains or cities can escape their baptism.
But this is not the worst ending.
Boluogo could easily guess what happened next. "After the ether concentration in the entire world reaches its peak, the first thing to happen is the extraordinary disaster caused by many ether vortex points. After that, the ether vortex points will condense more ether."
, its own energy level continues to upgrade until it collapses."
"To form passages leading to the etheric realm one by one, so that the material realm and the etheric realm overlap."
Mamo nodded, then shook his head, "No, Boluogo, I previously thought that the final result would be that the material world and the etheric world overlap, but now it seems that the real ending is not like this."
"You continue." Boluogo listened carefully.
"Do you know anything about celestial bodies? For example, the gravity of celestial bodies?" Mamo asked.
"certainly."
Relying on the memory of his "previous life", Boluogo has an unexpectedly large reserve of knowledge in this area.
"In my opinion, there is no so-called overlap between the material world and the etheric world. There may be a stage where the two worlds will overlap, but the real situation is that after a short period of overlap, these etheric vortices
The channel collapsed by the point will continue to expand, like giant worms, eating away the entire world."
"Just like the mutual attraction between celestial bodies, a celestial body with a greater mass attracts a celestial body with a smaller mass, causing it to be torn into pieces under its own gravity... I guess that by then, these two parallel pieces of paper will also be
In this ending, the material world was torn to pieces and fell into the etheric world."
Both of them maintained a high degree of restraint and talked about the matter rationally, but the facts carried in their words were too heavy, making Boluogo feel a little tight in his chest.
"It's like a hunt."
After a moment of silence, Boluogo said coldly, "The etheric world is like a hunter, hunting other worlds in the vast void."
"First, let the ether gradually penetrate into the material world. After people become aware of this... new energy, they use it extensively so that the ether can further develop at a high speed. When our ether technology reaches a certain height, it will also be the end of our lives.
"
Boluogo took a long breath and comforted, "At least we know what all this is about, instead of losing without understanding."
"Losing? We haven't planned to admit defeat so easily."
Mamo said forcefully, "You have also seen the experiments in the garden. I am trying to create a stable channel to further explore the etheric realm. This may help us find a way to reverse the disaster."
He then added, "Since King Solomon could discover the Initiation Scroll in the etheric realm, why can't we?"
"It's natural."
Regarding these things, Boluogo did not show too much fear. He was used to a series of bad situations. Moreover, he had enough confidence in himself and the future. He did not think that all this would end so simply.
"This will affect the fate of the whole world," Bologo paid attention to another question, "Does the Bureau of Order intend to share this speculation with others?"
"Yes, in the face of this world-class crisis, we must unite all the forces that can be united, but first, we must ensure internal stability."
Because of his extremely high authority, Mamo is aware of many decisions that Bologo is not yet aware of.
"The Bureau of Order plans to share this information with the forces within the Rhine League first." Apart from the Bureau of Order, there is only one other force in the Rhine League, Mamo said, "that is, the Group of Secrets."
"The Bureau of Order hopes to use this to make up for the differences during the Wrath of the Scorched Earth and completely unite the power of the Rhine Alliance," Mamo continued. "After uniting the secret groups, there are the narrow countries, and finally the Ke
Gardel Empire."
"It really unites all the forces."
Boluogo didn't expect that the Kogadel Empire would also be on the list. Will he one day have to fight together with his unrelenting enemy?
"Not yet. There are many forces that are still within the scope of consideration, such as the Kogadel Empire."
Mamo said, "You also know that there are devils behind many forces. These strange existences from the etheric realm may be the messengers of disaster."
"Um."
Boluogo nodded, he also agreed with this point.
"By the way, what are you doing here?" Mamo realized at this moment that Boluogo would not usually appear here.
"Here, submit the application." Boluogo raised the document in his hand.
Mamo glanced briefly and said in a slightly surprised voice, "Application for promotion? Basekeeper?"
Seeing Mamo's happy look, Boluogo felt that something was wrong, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, it's just a promotion ceremony, not a promotion ceremony for those who are promoted to glory." Mamo looked Boluoge up and down. After thinking for a long time, he pointed to the burnt iron chair on the high platform, "Boluogo, you
Are you interested in dedicating your life to science?”
Boluogo had no expression on his face and secretly said in his heart, "I knew it."