The huge tower stands in the sky like a thread hanging from the clouds.
It was the rope through which the saints lowered their fate to the mortal world. The flickering silver light was reflected under the burning clouds, as if they were pitiful for all living beings being lost in the mortal world.
It seems that the fate of an ancient time is solidified in that high tower.
All the stories in that destiny are eternally static in a given time - just like everything in this sea of trees.
Fang Plover was staring at the three towers for a long time.
In his eyes, it was difficult to tell whose story was behind them - who built them. Is this sea of trees a fragment recorded by occultists that disappeared in history, or is it just the result of some people's wild imagination?
An elusive imagination?
But human imagination must ultimately be based on a certain basis of reality.
So does the past here come from the same civilization he saw from under the abyss, or is it the flipped reflection of that dark world, those strange construction machines, and the artificial dragon souls sleeping here——
And what does it mean?
At first, he meant that it was just an inadvertently set level. Just like this dense forest, it had no metaphorical meaning. It was just that there were huge ruins hidden in the valley, like an unknown and exciting adventure.
But those proofs from different technical routes of the times are all buried among those towers, like silent treasure troves that guard secrets. To those who don’t understand the secrets between them, this is nothing—
But in his eyes.
There seems to be some unknown secret behind this.
Dragon Soul No. 8, Fairy Queen Ovina, could not tell him that secret. He asked about it, and found that this lady was very approachable and easy to get along with, reminding her of another of her blood-related descendants.
It seems that their entire group is so calm, rational and calm.
But Fang Plover actually came into contact with forest elves in the goblin residence. They are a very lively tribe. Every goblin is full of curiosity, energetic and loves to be lively.
Ovina will answer his questions. She will talk about her own origins and the era after the evil star.
"I don't know what happened after that."
"I only remember...like-minded people, we guarded a secret together; the tower shaped my body, I was chosen and volunteered to join it, for a lofty goal..."
"Do you remember that goal, Ms. Owena?"
The Fairy Queen slowly shook her head, her eyes lit up with a ball of fire, as if she was staring at something.
"The fire of the golden flame is like the azure flame... The broken fragments came to the world, and then there was a door, and countless sails shining with silver light left the world, leaving only darkness and silence..."
Fang Yu silently listened to this riddle-like riddle. The Fairy Queen seemed to have seen a similar scene from a fragment in the future or the past. In fact, he had also seen a glimpse of it from a nightmare——
The fire of Venus falls into the dust, this is the prophecy of the dark dragon.
The dead enemy will surely reappear. The ancient fable has now become a recurring fact. Although he did not encounter the resurrected Dragon Witch during the battle in the north.
But judging from the performance of the Golden Flame Ring, the dark dragon is undoubtedly still there, and may have merged with Ms. Misu.
He didn't know whether there was good or bad behind it. It was also difficult for him to guess whether it would cause another tragedy in the future, but the Seven Seas Brigade never found any information about the dark dragon and its followers after that.
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They reported the information to the Elpaxin authorities, but it seemed that it was not taken seriously, because the dragon beast army in the north of Traveler Swamp had already left and was no longer seen. The chaotic situation in the north has not yet been controlled, and everything is waiting to be done.
, and it is unlikely to invest too much manpower in this illusory matter.
The Craftsmen Guild and the Knights promised to keep in touch with them, but so far they have not sent back any information about the Dragon Witch.
He trusted Arquette and the dwarf masters. They would never neglect their duties in this kind of matter. That is, there was really no clue about the dark dragon. Everything about Kaolin-Yinxiulian now seemed
Confusing.
However, the Dragon Witch disappeared.
However, the green dragon Mageri—or Toragototh, who defected during the Battle of Fenris and has not yet appeared, has truly embraced the embrace of darkness and joined the ranks of the dark dragons.
It was eroded by the power of the abyss under the abyss, and witnessed and embraced the green will. Although it was not the original shadow dragon, it could also be regarded as a metamorphosis - there were many dark dragons like this in the era of giants.
origin.
Not to mention that the soul of the Dark Dragon King he released from the ruins of Idos is still unknown where it is lingering and what kind of conspiracy it is plotting.
Then Fang Yu thought of the misty ghost next to him, another person closely related to the Dragon King - the heir to the throne from the Dark Ages, Nidhogg's daughter.
The Dragon Queen named Margaret, or Alesha as she called herself, didn't seem to have any ill intentions, but he still didn't dare to trust her completely.
In any case, the return of the dark dragon is definitely not a good thing for this world that is becoming chaotic.
Then 'the shattered fragments came into the world, followed by a door, and countless sails shining with silver light left this world'. Fang Yu couldn't help but think of what he saw in that dream, under the abyss.
Scenes--
Isn't that just a broken world?
Legend has it that the sky collapsed when Isolin was destroyed. Perhaps that dream was foreshadowing something. The thing that cracked was the moment when the Green Star collapsed. It heralded the end of a world.
At the moment when the misfortune star collapsed, the world also sank, and the north of today's Kaolin-Yinxiulian completely disappeared from the world. Only the remains of the elves in the wild forest and the north of the Dragon Roaring Mountains were left.
shadow……
But that was just the end of that war.
What happened before that?
That is the history recorded among the elves of Numelin. That history has long since disappeared from this world with Silver Sail, and mortals have only witnessed a corner of that incomplete world.
Even the snakes and lizard people are tight-lipped about this. Perhaps after a long period of time and years, the inhabitants of the jungle lost their own civilization and many ancient records. The Great Council still left some inscriptions on stone slabs.
According to records, the Snake People of Sinsas disappeared completely along with their empire.
Where did the elves go?
Why is there only a dark world left?
The world under the abyss is indeed dark, cold, and creepy. Everything behind it seems to tell a certain tragedy, but the source of the tragedy is unknown.
Fang Yu suppressed the uneasy part of his heart little by little, trying to convince himself that the stories in the fables actually had little to do with him, at least not yet, and Ovina's words - at least explained two things.
The research on the Silver Tower and the development of the second technical route should be closely related to the Green Star. He can further expand on this speculation, which sounds like a preparation for the occultists to deal with a prophecy about the future——
This prophecy may foreshadow the return of the dark dragon.
It could also be about the aftermath of Green Star.
Or the next time the evil star will come is also unknown, but that era was too long ago, and time has almost erased all credible information. There may be some remaining parts, but it is not accessible to him.
A bold idea suddenly came to Fang Pliong's mind:
Perhaps the demise of the Green Star was not as perfect as people imagined, and the Numerin elves left many stories behind. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why mortals still fought with the dark dragon for so long after that.
When the last dark dragon is annihilated.
The mortals are aware of today's crisis. The enemies who died in the past will definitely return, so there are so many hands and feet left behind. The Lightsworn, the Silver Helmet Guards, the Oath-Keeping Clan, and the legend of the five Dragon-Slaying Holy Swords...
As well as the occultists and the first magic emperor who founded them.
Didn’t the establishment of the Silver Tower come from this?
The ideas gradually became clearer.
Yes, the Dragon Worshipers are still flourishing in the world, and traces of the Emerald Star have reappeared in the silver sands of Instania - going back seven hundred years ago, the same obsidian-colored fragments appeared in the empire.
Deep underground there is light and death.
Several young people came here and got some inspiration from it.
The power of green has never faded.
The root cause behind all this must be what happened at the end of that war. At the end of the second disaster, people may not have ended that dark war, but only continued it to this day.
If there were any insiders behind all of this, the Oath Keepers, the Light Leaders, the Silver Helmet Guards and even the Mirra Palace must know something, but Fang Yu now understood the answer to the mystery closest to him.
Maybe it's right in front of you.
Because it was the most mysterious of the five forces that originally guarded the world, the Silver Spire and the Occultist.
And this is the second thing revealed in Oweina's words. The plan promoted by the Silver Tower Library and the secret they kept were precisely to deal with the unexpected encounter at a certain moment.
That moment has come.
There are only a series of questions left in his mind - is the soul sleeping in Tower No. 5 really the ultimate answer to all questions?
Did the occultists of the Silver Tower really succeed?
But if it succeeded, then why would the crystal rest underground in the Dragon Roar Mountains?
What memory did Miss Tata lose?
Who was behind that fire?
Some things are forming coherent clues in Fang Yu's mind. There is no doubt that he has come to the right place. The Silver Tower can indeed give him many answers, and he has not yet reached the end of this world.
So what is the door?
The flickering silver sail passed through the door and left the world. This may be a metaphor for two possibilities, or it was the scene he witnessed from his dream, where countless silver sails were fighting with each other in the dark sky.
When the world collapsed, they all fled in all directions.
Or, as the mortals can see, the silver ship of the Numerin elves passed through the Bridge of Heaven in a mighty manner and disappeared from this world forever. That door-maybe leads to another world.
But people have never found any traces of elves from the second world.
Did they really find the other hidden door?
The door to the third world above the clouds?
A face that was both angry and happy, bright eyes, and every promise he had made in the past flashed in his mind. He subconsciously put his hand on his chest, and then he remembered that this was not the outside.
That thin notebook was not here either. A huge whirlpool seemed to appear around him, and those subtle clues and coincidences seemed to be connecting together one by one to create what they had been looking for.
It seems to be the ultimate goal by coincidence.
However, the complex clues seemed to lack a series of final connection points. Fang Piao thought for a while and felt his thoughts were a little confused. He felt that there was a vague connection behind them, but there was still a lack of a common thread to integrate them.
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After frowning and thinking for a while, he had no choice but to give up, silently looked at the calm Ms. Dragon Soul, and asked:
"Ms. Ovina, are you also a fairy dragon soul? I heard that the scholars of the Silver Tower made a total of seven fairy dragon souls?"
The Fairy Queen was slightly startled and looked at him with a surprised expression, "Are you...?"
But her restless eyes flashed away, and then returned to normal, "Have you met Vivian, Qina...or are you a participant in the follow-up plan?"
Fang Piao was slightly surprised: "Huh?"
"No need to be surprised, that is a secret we keep together," Ovina looked at him with a wise look, "You must either become the owner of this secret, otherwise it is impossible to know everything."
She paused, "But I have never seen those latecomers. Is she my descendant?"
Fang Yu felt a turmoil in his heart, but he still nodded slightly.
"What's her name?"
"I can't tell you," that is also the biggest secret that Fang Pliong keeps. He doesn't know whether the world in the sea of trees is really independent, or whether it is a fragment of time remaining here.
He promised Miss Tata to keep the secret, but if someone can call upon the memory of the dragon soul here, then he will undoubtedly break his promise, "But she..."
"She is excellent?" Oweina smiled slightly, with light in her eyes, "I understand, they still reached the end point."
Fang Yu looked at her in surprise.
He couldn't imagine that this was a simulated dragon soul, and the other party's speech and behavior seemed to really exist in this world.
But the Fairy Queen saw through what he was thinking, "It is my basic ability to deduce the future from the past. Every fairy dragon soul has this ability, calculation and deduction. This is the meaning of our birth. I guess you
If they came here to find an answer, then they must have encountered some kind of setback."
"How do you know, Ms. Oweina?" Fang Pultru couldn't restrain his surprise.
"Because the work we are advancing will definitely encounter such difficulties, surrounded by enemies, and we have to give up something when necessary, but it is all worth it. At least the most precious treasure has survived, otherwise you would not
Will appear here."
"But how are you sure it's her?"
"I don't need to be sure," Ovina replied, "You told me. If you are not sure whether it is the final answer, then it must be the final answer, because the known answer is
It must be a given, and only the unknown answer is the ultimate goal we want to get closer to..."
"At least, it's the closest one. Besides, I don't need to confirm whether it's right or wrong, because you will confirm it yourself, right?"
After Ms. Dragon Soul finished speaking, she turned her gaze to the tall tower on the horizon.
Fang Yu was speechless for a moment. Miss Tata could read his mind, but it was as if the Fairy Queen could read his mind.
As he watched, changes had already taken place in the distance.
It only took Gulland a short while to solve the problem he had set himself. Like an innate talent, the secret of potions was clearly revealed to him.
It's just like a big open book. It's not like there haven't been such wizards in the history of Aitaria. In fact, most of the naturalists have similar abilities. Compared to the magicians, the ether is the same to them.
Readings that can be consulted.
The world is sometimes unfair.
The dark wall became transparent and separated to both sides. The constructs surrounding the barrier stopped attacking and landed one after another - although their attacks were useless, under the influence of several Kraken constructs
Under the leadership, the circular defense line did not play any role at all.
The people from Guta, the craftsmen from Kapka and the people from Lotao, combined with several geniuses from the Grand Craftsmen Association, did not need him to pay attention to the etheric network between dozens of goblin dolls.
Covering every corner of the forest.
Before Golande approached the high wall, the army of constructors had already flooded the entire defense area like a tide, so that they did not even encounter much resistance when they unlocked the restrictions on the dark barrier.
The communication crystal lit up, and Tigue's reply came from it. The Lotao people first expressed their gratitude to them, and then parted ways with the Kaulin people - their purpose was to occupy as many towers in the central area as possible.
before the entire round ends.
In fact, what was left in front of the Kaolin people was only the final target - the towering Tower No. 5.
Fang Yu put away the communication crystal and ended the conversation with Oweina. The fairy queen was sleeping here and did not know what happened after the Silver Tower. Everything was just as she said, in the end it was up to him.
Verify everything yourself.
He looked in the direction of Tower 3 and Tower 4. The people from Giant Tree Hill were the first to enter the central area. Maybe they had already entered Tower 3, got what they wanted, and entered the next one.
Competition area.
As for the Imperial people, their opponent's progress should be ahead of his own, but how far ahead is still unknown. Fang Pulver is not too anxious, as the competition in the sea of trees has been settled.
The order is not critical.
It was at this time that a red line suddenly rose on the horizon.
That dark red line seemed to separate the entire world from the sky, giving people an illusion - as if the entire world of trees and seas was split along that line, causing some violent shaking.
But Fang Yu immediately realized that it was not an illusion, or at least it was not entirely an illusion. A violent shaking was coming from a distant direction, like an earthquake wave, rolling in, making the entire forest tremble.
A horizontal wave surged on the ground, causing trees to fall down and rocks to roll over as it passed, causing those who were unsteady to stand to fall backwards and fall to the ground. Only Fang Plover was able to escape by holding on to a towering ancient tree beside him.
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He raised his head and looked in that direction. Tower 4, where the Imperial people were located, almost tilted slightly, and then stopped.
Then everything fell silent.
The Imperials took action.
That kind of powerful power seemed to make him witness the great power he witnessed underground in the Nozpitz mining area again. Although it was not enough to lift the entire central area, there was no doubt that it was just as Xiaoyao said -
The other party was experimenting with exactly that kind of device.
There was no reply in the world of thinking for a long time, but the Imperial people had undoubtedly taken action. Whether they succeeded was not yet known - but Fang Yu secretly guessed that the possibility of the other party's failure was unlikely.
But this did not have a big impact on him. In any case, the two most important opponents have to step into the next level one after another. In this case, everything will be decided by the subsequent games.
And at this moment.
It's actually more important to him.
But compared with the calmness of Fang Pliong at the moment, the wave on the main stage has been unable to subside for a long time. People have become accustomed to the surprises and even frights brought by this competition again and again, but they often think that the victory or defeat has been decided...
But there are always new situations emerging.
First, the craftsmen players from the Hill of Giant Trees won the first place from the miracle-working Kaolin people. They entered Tower 3 first in an almost tricky way. After taking away the mechanical artifact there, they entered the next level first.
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But then, the Imperials, who had obviously suffered a huge loss, actually invaded the central area before the Kaolin people, used that weird device to create an earthquake, and opened the door to the fourth main tower.
The moment the tower guardians were wiped out, everyone understood what the Imperial Workshop relied on this time - perhaps from the beginning, they would not be able to use the advantages they had accumulated previously.
"Isn't the Corinthian making a joke?"
"That's not necessarily true. They broke the Empire's alliance head-on. After that, they just returned to the starting line. Do you think based on their previous games, the Empire and the people of Giant Tree Hill can get along well in the following schedule?
"
"That's true."
People in the arena whispered, and not everyone cared about the feelings of the Oshu people. Those spectators who traveled thousands of miles from other regions to Apenande were often the most loyal fans of the Craftsman Competition. And their vision was often
It is also the most vicious.
However, Jerros did not discuss this with his partner. His eyes were fixed on the strange devices on the screen, the steel pillars nailed into the ground, and the strange-shaped magical furnace that matched them.
"Tower magic furnace?" Jerros whispered.
"I heard that the empire has been advancing related technologies recently," the young partner responded, "Did you know that they went to Instania not long ago, just to find technical information related to the tower magic furnace?
It is said that it has something to do with the Dragon Alchemist."
"Is it related to the antique machine recovered from the Nozpits underground?"
The young partner nodded.
"Another lost technology?" Jellos was a little surprised, "What do you think it is, a device for making earthquakes, some new type of war weapon?"
"I don't see it like..."
"I don't think so either," Jerros shook his head and said, "This year's competition is really strange. Players from all over the world have chosen to experiment with new ideas in the sea of trees. That device looks more like it is going to be used in the central area.
Part of it has risen, thanks to the people of the Empire who came up with such an idea..."
While the commentators on the main stage were marveling, Juno Pilio was walking into the high tower. He didn't pay too much attention to the container containing the dragon soul 'Miaoguang' - although that
Dragon Soul was unparalleled in the last competition.
It can even be said that it was through her that Loofah reached the finals and has since become the rising legend.
But the eyes of the young Imperial Gemini were completely attracted by the object on the throne. It was a piece of emerald, like a twinkling star. It seemed to have existed there forever, without any change, just like the occultists.
Record its properties and status as they were at this time.
The fragments of records were stored in the tower as stagnant moments over countless time.
"Tower Lone Star," Juno murmured, "Luo Fen, go and record his information."
The FOX students didn't say much, they just nodded silently and walked forward.
On the other hand, Georgifen, the other imperial twin behind them, looked a little elated, "I didn't expect it would be so easy to achieve our goal. Those Kaolin people must think they are the big winners. They are really a bunch of country bumpkins."
Juno turned around and glared at him.
Georgifen seemed to be quite afraid of his partner, and for a moment he didn't dare to refute.
The former then replied, "Stop talking nonsense and liberate Miaoguang. Although our goal stops here, no one wants to lose in the subsequent games. Those overseas teams are not reliable either. We will most likely have to compete with the Kaolin people."
We met at the Hall of the Holy King."
Everyone else looked at each other and nodded silently.
When the Imperial people entered the next level, Fang Plover and others naturally got the hint.
But there wasn't much in his heart. He just raised his head and looked at the tower guardians disintegrating in mid-air - since there was no time limit, they simply chose a safer method.
It is also a more violent solution.
Directly overwhelming the guards of this huge tower with endless constructs, the arrogant dragon was unable to defeat the seemingly endless army. Three of the seven Kraken constructs were scrapped - and the format
After the tower core has also been reduced to parts.
They successfully won the battle.
After that, we advanced step by step and arrived under the tower. There were no tricks and no questions needed to be answered in the whole process - the door was opened just because the guardian of the tower had turned into nothingness. At this moment, the main arena was silent, and no one expected to take the test.
Lin Ren will use this method to declare the end of the game.
There is no shock more heartfelt than using strength to defeat cleverness. It is like a frontal punch, defeating all doubts with one blow, and shattering those gossips into pieces. Anyone who sees this scene will involuntarily think of the same craftsman competition in the last session.
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The universal sword, the new-generation genius named Loofah, piloted the Lord-class battleship, blasted through the body of the tower guardian with one cannon, and opened the main tower door behind. At that time, a group of geniuses even took
What a coincidence.
They didn't completely defeat the guardian, they just broke through the tower's protection and caused the silver dragon to collapse.
It's not just the audience.
The participating contestants, including Mu Lan, MTT, Wei Yu and Luo Wei, all looked at Fang Pliance with an indescribable emotion, and every one of them was not the choice of the moment.
But in this competition, there is always an illusion of insignificance. After witnessing such a sun-blocking army sweeping everything, who would not feel unbelievable about the man who made it all happen?
"Ed...?" MTT couldn't help but open his mouth.
"I used some tricks," Fang Plover said to them in a low voice. "I may not be able to use this, but it is good for you. I don't want the Kaolin people to lose their prestige outside. We must get this
A complete victory in the game.”
In the past, he would definitely not have chosen to do this. But it was a reward for trust. As he said, reputation means something to him but not much, but it is very different for other people in this delegation.
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Since everyone is a member of the Lilac Alliance, helping others is also helping himself. He believes that his efforts will be rewarded at some point in the future.
Since the training camp, his mentality has become doubly mature.
"That means we don't actually need this outside?" Mu Lan asked curiously.
Not even close.
Fang Yu shook his head. Not to mention the Siren's construction, he couldn't even do the monster dolls. Even the Valkyrie's construction that he and Weiyu completed together was just a drawing outside the sea of trees.
Just Zhang.
Ovina and a group of goblin dolls suddenly stopped outside the giant tower.
Fang Yu turned around and asked the other party with doubtful eyes. The fairy queen was smiling slightly, "We can only stop here, Mr. Knight. After all, we are just a ray of light on this etheric sea, and they will belong to
My memory is constant here, and if I leave this space, I will be just an ordinary fairy dragon soul, and I will no longer have independent consciousness."
"But you don't have to worry, Mr. Knight," Owena replied with a smile, "Miaoguang and the others are different, and the answer you are looking for is the most peculiar existence here. I believe you can definitely do it.
Find the key."
Fang Yu was startled for a moment before he realized what the other party meant: "You called me...?"
"Now that I know you have found the answer," Ms. Dragon Soul smiled lightly, "I naturally understand your identity. I will see you later, Mr. Knight."
Fang Plover suddenly felt a little melancholy. He had only known the Fairy Queen for a day, but he had learned a lot from her, and they fought side by side to defeat the Empire's army of magic furnace creatures like a tidal wave.
If there is any deep feeling, it may not be enough, but I can only watch the other person trapped in this slice of time forever. Her body may no longer exist in the world. Just like everyone in this sea of trees.
One thing is general.
They are just the knowledge recorded in the tower and the documents stored in the library. They are just wisps of light and dots of stars in the etheric world, transformed into what is seen in this world.
everything of.
But all that is ultimately false.
"See you later."
Fang Yu replied in a low voice, then walked towards the tower without looking back, leaving everything that originally belonged to this world behind in this sea of trees.
He just looked up at the tower, passed through the open door, and saw the answer he wanted on the throne.
At that moment, he was slightly nervous, and couldn't help but take a breath - everyone stopped and looked at him, understanding that the other party must have some basis for choosing Tower 5 - although Fang Plover was behind the throne.
What he saw above was not the image he imagined.
It was just a flash of light.
It's like the initial uncertain form hidden in the starlight, a mass of mixed information.
But at that moment, Fang Yu felt an inexplicable hope in his heart, as if he had realized something, that was exactly what he needed, that answer, that key, that was a piece of information——
It is also a memory.
A most precious memory.
He stretched out his hand into the light, a little warmth rose from his heart, and countless information flowed to him and through him to the deeper levels of his conscious world.
Where--
There is a flash of silver light that is waking up.
…
At 8,500 words, I began to slowly make up for what I owed.