When the Ancient Saint awakens, the significance of the existence of the Steam Parliament will not disappear. Although Odin is the supreme leader of the city, the real ruler of the city must still be the group of high-ranking councilors: they have been managing the city for thousands of years.
, has a thorough understanding of the city's institutional operations and the social problems of the Twilight survivors. If the planned major transfer is to be carried out, the power of the Steam Council is indispensable.
Lavinia, the Speaker of the Steam Parliament, was a complete stranger to Hao Ren, but judging from Angelica's attitude and Wendell's few words, this unsmiling woman was still very trustworthy, fair and majestic.
She has strong wrists and is a "ritualist" who is extremely loyal to the "Old Saints", which is why she is still the highest spokesperson of the Steam Council after Odin wakes up: everyone has full trust in her.
Hao Ren's sudden sentence was quite difficult for others to understand. The amount of information contained in it was enough to make everyone think about it for a long time and then become shocked. However, after Lavinia heard it, she just nodded with an indifferent expression.
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Of course, she still had doubts in her eyes.
"Your Ancient Saint will tell you personally about the specific situation," Hao Ren spread his hands, "We are going to see him now. In addition, please remove all the messy greeting teams around. It's useless. Look at this gang.
My brother looks like he's covered in bandages, so if you stand up, aren't you going to cause trouble for us?"
The last time everyone went to Odin's Iron Throne, there were sparks and lightning all the way. A group of people brought hatred to the entire city and rushed down. There was the sound of landslides and ground cracking the whole way. But this time they went to the Iron Throne, and no one stopped them.
On the contrary, the Speaker of the Steam Parliament and several high-ranking members personally accompanied the group to the Lower City. In the throne room of the sanctuary, Odin was still sitting on his Iron Throne, waiting for the news from Nibelungen.
good news.
"The corruption has been resolved," Hao Ren told the other party the good news bluntly, and then raised his hand to point to the white light floating on the top of the hall, "This is the soul of the World Tree, Yggdrasil.
?Xiaobai, I brought him out of his chaotic dream."
Odin's reaction was basically expected. The first thing he was surprised about was why the soul of the World Tree had a separate name, and it was called Xiaobai... Of course, he soon stopped being surprised by this, because Vivian told
His World Tree also has a schizophrenic personality named Xiao Hei. These two names were given just half an hour ago...
In fact, Odin is no stranger to the soul of Yggdrasil. Although he has never actually seen the other party, he has come into contact with the World Tree many times in his chaotic dreams. One is sealed in the crystal.
A weak and decaying old alien who is about to die, one is a demigod guardian who has been corrupted by an ancient curse, and his soul and body are about to perish. The two masters, who are drowsy, neuropathic and slow-thinking, hooked up through dreams and became friends. Literary and artistic
It was as if they had become sworn friends across the entire Pacific Ocean. Anyway, when Hao Ren was about to continue introducing the two of them, Odin took the initiative to interrupt him: "No introduction is needed. We have been friends for a long time. We have been friends for a long time."
Long……"
Hao Ren felt that there was probably no other person in the world who could use the phrase "gods have known each other for a long time" so appropriately as Odin.
"Your feats in the Nibelungs are worthy of being recorded in history." Odin was not very sure how Hao Ren solved the corruption problem encountered by World Tree, but in his normal world view, he felt that it must be something earth-shattering.
The battle to slay demons in Weeping Ghosts and Gods would at least require two groups of good and evil to throw ball lightning at each other for half an hour, so the old man directly assigned Hao Ren to the position of an epic hero for this trip, "Yugu, the World Tree"
Dorahil will be reborn because of your feat, and the world will finally be saved."
Hao Ren immediately remembered the surgical process of poking holes in Xiao Hei's head while holding up the provocateur. This was called a "feat" and made him feel a little feverish on his face, so he quickly changed the subject: "Ahem...
We will talk about this issue later. The key now is how to quickly transfer people in the Twilight City. We have already discussed it with Yggdrasil. He will start to purify the environment of Midgard space in a while. He will fight for it.
Reshape an ecological area in the hinterland of this continent, that is, around the Twilight City, and then I will have to help you move the residents of the city out."
"I will arrange it," Odin promised, "but I'm afraid it won't be completed in a short time, and...there are millions of subjects in the Twilight City, and they have lived here for generations. Not only do they have their family properties here,
And their...technology and culture, are these things going to be given up?"
"Of course it can't be so one-size-fits-all." Who is Hao Ren? Professional landlords can't think of this. "I have moved houses for larger groups of immigrants, and I have never left any luggage behind... Well, at least most of them
Not left behind. Don’t worry, we will arrange large-scale machinery to help the city relocate. Those steam units and factory facilities will be cut and moved out as a whole. We will arrange personnel here to ensure that these equipment can still be used after they are moved out. We cannot let the Twilight City
After the common people came out, they just grazed on the prairie. In addition, there is no need to worry about intangible cultural heritage and the like. We have estimated the damage that the city may suffer during the process of extracting the spaceship. Basically, only the central area will be affected. In fact,
We relocate urban residents mainly for insurance. After all, the Twilight Barrier has been running for two thousand years, and it will shut down all of a sudden. Cars are braking hard and wearing tires, let alone such a large ancient spaceship that is out of warranty.
…”
Galadra also frowned: "Actually, if there were other alternatives, we would not be willing to let so many people relocate. Not only is the project huge, but it is also difficult for many people to give up their family business, but we have calculated
All possible consequences, if you want to conduct a thorough study of the underground spacecraft, the best way is to move it out as a whole. Otherwise, if something goes wrong in the research process, the Twilight City will be even more threatened. In this way, you still have to move it out in advance.
Evacuate the people. And to be honest... your city really can no longer be inhabited."
Anthony nodded: "I checked the flow of magic in the city. The runes used to reduce gravity for more than a thousand years have basically failed. The subsidence of the lower city is very serious, and the stability of the upper structure has almost ended.
Moreover, there are serious leaks of toxic substances in some urban areas. For the people in that part of the city, even going to the wilderness to live in the wilderness is safer than the current situation."
"I understand everything, I understand everything," Odin's voice came from all around, "Then, let's start the next work."
The order for evacuation was quickly spread to every corner of this ancient city.
Along with it, there is also the news that the barrier is about to open and dawn is coming.
This is an order that has never been issued since the establishment of the Twilight City. It is a situation that people living in this city have never heard of. For ordinary people with limited life spans, the world outside the Twilight City is already a world unlike ancient legends.
A different realm, and the word "dawn" is just a mysterious word mentioned repeatedly in scholars' books. People live in this jungle-like intricate steel fortress, with steam engines, large gears, workshop platforms, and dark alleys.
District, big crypt... these are all of their lives and all of their world. However, now this small world is coming to an end. The instructions from the Steam Council make everyone look up from their busy and boring lives in confusion.
Come, look at the familiar, turbid city dome with confusion:
The long night is over?
Noisy noises began to appear in every corner of the city. Faced with the sudden prospect of "freedom", the first reaction of the millions of survivors who had been in prison was not to be ecstatic, but to be at a loss. Few people could react immediately to the prospect of "freedom".
Understanding the true meaning of this order, more people chose to rush to the streets and rush to the control agencies deployed by the Steam Council in various areas of the city, trying to figure out what was going on.
And the Steam Council lived up to its expectations, or the city’s earliest builders and rule-makers (of course including Odin) never gave up the possibility of leaving the shelter from the beginning, regarding "the moment of dawn"
The various countermeasures and systems have been drafted a long time ago. Before the chaos occurred, the Sheriffs and propagandists of the Steam Council had already arrived in every densely populated place, began to rectify social order, and preached the transfer plan.
, while other personnel came to various important facilities deep in the city: large boilers, central gear sets, and pressure pipeline control areas. They quickly took over all key institutions in the name of "Emergency Management Regulations" to prepare for the next step.
be prepared.
And when every task was being carried out in an orderly manner, Galadra was about to return to her kingdom.
The Dragon Queen said that she had enough spare manpower to come and help, and she wanted to go back to her hometown to recruit some helpers, so that Hao Ren would not have to worry about how to transport the large equipment in the Twilight City. (To be continued.)