Chapter 162: Deep Sorrow (30): First Entering the Core Area
The extreme push-back feeling made "Future" and Luo Ka almost unsteady. After entering the portal wrapped in flames, they did not immediately escape from this alien plane belonging to the "Dragon Realm", but fell into it.
A tunnel that operates automatically, taking them forward.
Although the background of the tunnel is dark, the light that emerges from time to time is extremely complex, chaotic and bright. Standing on the ground, "Future" and Luo Ka feel like they are riding a submarine that can only move forward in parallel.
The tunnel on the side is like a porthole looking into the outside world.
In fact, this tunnel is indeed the carrier leading to the final realm within the "Bitter Relics". It is between reality and illusion. Its original concept originated from the conveyor belt used to transport goods in the old empire.
Once, when Ivan XXII stood at the top of the "Ape Domain Main Hall" in Binglin City, which belonged to him and the empire's highest authority, he had imagined that human beings could move freely in such a huge city and no longer needed to suffer.
And tired running.
As long as crawler machinery is installed next to every asphalt road, kerosene is poured into the core power point, and the ground is continuously moved forward through steam operation, the supreme industrial masterpiece of the steam era can be realized.
But it seems that the gods do not agree with Ivan XXII's idea. They believe that human beings are an intelligent race with the original sin of annihilating the dragon clan. Even if they have become the masters of the world and technology, they can still only live in a purgatory.
In this world, there is no right to obtain the salvation of true happiness.
Therefore, when the "Pingdu Plan" was one-third advanced, the worst snow disaster since the founding of the Krusted Empire fell in Iceland Province, and an earthquake occurred more than a month later, destroying almost half of the city.
If the old empire had not been in the "golden age", I am afraid that this kind of disaster would have been enough to lead to the collapse of Ivan XXII's rule.
However, the "track tunnel" behind the portal was more like a time tunnel. "Future" and Luo Ka discovered that the two sides of the tunnel, after experiencing several brief flashes of white light, began to play the chaotic scenes they had heard from before.
Unseen, blurry images that are not characteristic of this era.
These chaotic and violently changing pictures are even mixed with a lot of weak and creepy laughter.
Perhaps because they were born in this chaotic, painful and helpless wasteland era, Lorca and "Future" have never felt warmth, comfort and safety at any time. The walls of the tunnel belong to the period from the end of the second era to the third era.
In the middle period, the pictures of normal human life in that prosperous and prosperous era, the warm families and the laughter and play among children, after being processed by their brains, just turned into enough to make people with clear mind and sound heart feel throbbing and trembling.
The "devil" howled.
After a few minutes, maybe a few hours, maybe a few years, those "scary" pictures on the walls no longer appeared, replaced by pure, rich absolute darkness.
Finally, the ground stopped moving forward. "Future" took Luo Ka's hand and took a few steps forward. After passing through the translucent curtain emitting light blue light, the surrounding scenery returned to the style of "Bitter Ruins"
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"This should be the 'core area', the 'future'. However, the layout is very different from the last time I came here. It's hard to believe that this place has changed so much in such a short time. Could it be that,
Is it because the time inside is not consistent with the flow rate outside?" Luo Ka looked around with some confusion.
Last time, it was very dark here, and the layout could only be seen clearly by turning on the "Eternal Light" flashlight that relies on the energy of meteorites to produce huge light. But this time, there is no obvious source of light, and the brightness here is like an experiment with electric lights.
room space.
However, the hand-excavated stone staircase that appeared not far from his feet last time had turned into a heavy metal texture, like an alloy material equipped with a slender blue light. It was strong and practical, and had glass guardrails installed to prevent stepping on it.
Falling in the air.
What’s even more paradoxical is that the patterns on these metal staircases, which have a style that transcends steam industrial technology, evolve with the brightness of the light. In addition to the geometrically transformed Cruzeid double-headed eagles and sunflowers, there are also a lot of knowledge.
I have never seen any sketches of conceptual technological products from the old empire. It can be said that we have entered an era that belongs to the future.
Moreover, the break in the middle of the previous steps no longer exists, replaced by a seemingly very solid glass floor.
The several glass blocks that make up the floor don't seem to be connected to the stairs next to it. They are more like suspended in the air, floating slightly up and down, making it difficult not to suspect that it is a trap.
"Here... seems to be more technological. I think this may be the world envisioned by Ivan XXII." Luo Ka commented with half admiration and half admiration.
"Indeed." "Future" nodded and agreed:
"Judging from the information I collected from federal officials, as well as ruins, old cities and abandoned experimental sites in various places, Ivan XXII is more like a 'demigod' who jumped from the future to our continent. What he proposed
The concept is different from that of the artists in Putoa who are regarded as canons.
"The ideas of the people from the south are more artistic, difficult to realize, and they are not out of the realm of magic. But Ivan XXII not only accurately found the oil in Krusted, but also developed and utilized it, turning it into a machine of that era.
Standard equipment for operation and military warfare.
"Even things like supersonic cannons, electromagnetic pulse rifles, man-made robot warriors, exoskeleton devices, man-made gods, unmanned aircraft that are almost put into actual combat, and even space rockets that fly into the universe and electronics that can better control them.
The idea of a computer was later proven feasible by scientists.
"As a great emperor and the most famous ruler of the Third Era, Ivan XXII possesses absolute rationality. He can master magic skillfully, but does not rely on it. He does not worship gods, but still
Being able to respect the beliefs of his subjects, if the 'New Yuan Crisis' had nothing to do with him, I would be willing to be his follower, but in fact, from the moment I came into contact with these materials related to him, I suspected that he was the source of the disaster.
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Doubtful?" Luo Ka asked curiously.
"Yes, but Ivan XXII is recognized as a great man by all Krusted people. No one will put evil speculations on him. He is more like the father of the national concept of Krusted.
, After all, when people miss the era known as the 'Soaring Double-Headed Eagle', they will always think of this great emperor." "Future" smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"A man who is like a father claims to initiate disasters for the happiness of his children and tortures them until they are 'dying to death'. This cannot be regarded as a real father." Luo Ka said with a slight resentment.
"Yes, and I guess..." "Future" pointed down the stairs and continued:
"As long as we go all the way down the stairs to the 'lowest lower' realm, we will see him. Just now Augustus seemed to have hinted that our arrival is a sign of the beginning of a new era. So, Ivan
Twenty-two, it's time for him to wake up.
"Also, you mentioned the changes in the scenery here just now. I guess it has something to do with the way in which 'Shang' is taken in."
"What should I say?" Luo Ka asked, raising his still white face and his pair of deeper blue eyes, looking at Luo Ka, and asked softly.
"The last time you entered here, if I remember correctly, you should have relied on the 'Jump Formation'." "Future" held his chin and analyzed:
"The magic source power used in the 'Jump Formation' is closer to the sequential gods, with a slight divinity, which can keep your consciousness clear. Just like those apostles who often recite the names of gods silently in their hearts and believe in them, they can always
Maintain absolute sobriety in crucial situations.
"And 'sorrow' will not make you confused and dizzy. On the contrary, its working principle is to change many of your inherent perceptions. The Khitanris once said, 'The river is there and is clear, no matter what your eyes are.
After much complicated processing, any color you see will be clear and clean and will not change.' In other words, it will make you more awake.
"So, when you first entered here, you were actually seriously contaminated by 'Shang', but you didn't notice it and quickly exited here, so it didn't seem to be affected in any way. And this time, we experienced
Through the process of slowly adapting to the 'sorrow', the landscape we see is closer to reality."
"So, what we saw when Nahaka and I came in last time were all hallucinations?" Luo Ka asked in a serious tone.
"No, I guess that although 'Shang' will distort your cognition, Ivan 22 must have left a lot of information here that can only be discovered after distortion. You said that you have seen human beings and
The last war between the dragons, that is, the scene during the "Karloff's End War", actually, it happened for real.
"The Cathayrians, the Eventres, and we Crusaders have all created corresponding paintings. The young man who came to the Crusad Empire under the rule of Charles XII with Adaloni
, Wright Hain, the general who rebelled from Aventrai, obtained a scroll painted by the Khitanris.
"Although, I prefer to believe that the Dragon Clan has really disappeared in the long river of history, but those successors, that is, the 'half-dragons' still exist, and a lot of the culture and power left by the Dragon Clan still exist.
Affects us. You see..."
"Future" pointed at the walls that glowed white like slide curtains. In just a few minutes, they were filled with pictures. As Yuloka carefully walked down the metal stairs, the two discovered
, the contents of the pictures on the wall did belong to the history of the dragon clan at first, but as time went by, the bodies of the dragon clan became smaller and smaller, and they seemed to be integrated with the so-called future technology.