The ancient and solid fortress of Frost and Snow City stands in the wind and snow just like it has in the past few thousand years. It stands like a proud guard on the first sentry in front of the Gorgon Abyss, as if layers of petal-like city walls welcome it.
The cold wind blocked the blizzard from the plains outside the city, but the howling sound produced when the cold wind swept across the plains could still enter the interior of this fortress city through the gaps between the city walls. The sound passed through the city walls
The double distortion with the magic barrier turned into a low whimper that echoed in the outermost streets of the fortress city for a long time, just like the cry of the earth.
It may be difficult for outsiders to sleep peacefully in such a night. Even the tough northerners will inevitably feel a little upset and agitated when they hear the wailing sounds circling outside the city. The tradition of the northern border allows them to treat this kind of thing in the north.
The ominous sounds hovering in the snowfield were regarded as a bad omen, so the taverns on the outermost streets of the fortress city lit up the brightest lights one after another, and barrels of strong liquor were brought to the table, melting into courage and heat.
into the blood vessels.
The people who stayed in Frost and Snow City were chatting and laughing loudly in the tavern, using their voices to disperse the ominous sounds from the plains. They were talking about the war on the front line, the black sword knights who had lost their minds, and the Ge who had entered a relatively peaceful state.
Some people in the Ergon Abyss are also talking about the "embassy" that entered the city during the day.
No matter what we were talking about, it was all about making the atmosphere hot. Only in this way could we withstand the blizzard that was sweeping across the entire snowfield.
But almost all the noise is at the foot of the mountain. The further you go to the upper reaches of the city, the fewer the sounds of people. In the area where the Lord's Castle is located, you can almost only hear the howling of the raging wind and snow.
The cold wind carries snowflakes through the courtyard of the post house, making the flags in the courtyard rattle. Occasionally, in the dim light, you can see a figure flashing near the gate of the post house, which is facing the wind and snow.
The legionnaires who went to inspect the city defense facilities saw that the outside world was gradually freezing, which made the warm room seem like an isolated paradise.
Lily lay at the window and watched the snowstorm for a long time, and finally reluctantly looked away: "Oh... such a big snowstorm, even I don't want to go out..."
Vivian, who was adding firewood to the fireplace, rolled her eyes at her: "You've been debating whether to go out for a walk for a long time in this damn weather. You're almost sick, okay?"
"Don't make it difficult for her. The king of transportation in the Arctic Circle is forced to stay in the house and watch the snow outside. It's a miracle of education that she hasn't demolished the house yet, okay?" Hao Ren waved his hand and turned to Leah.
, "How about it, do you have any clues about the Tumen Empire and the 'source point' where the world collapsed?"
After finishing the exploration of the Gorgon Abyss, he summoned Lily, Vivian and Leah into the room to discuss the clues discovered by the three probes, and the one who was most likely to give reference information was naturally
It is the goddess of creation herself who has been sleeping in the realm of darkness for ten thousand years.
Unfortunately, just like the terms Black Pine Forest, Hersonga, Gorgon, and Tiamat, Leah also knew nothing about the so-called Tumen Empire.
"I've never heard of the former, and I can't understand the latter," Leah shook her head from side to side and swayed her calves back and forth while sitting on a high-back chair. This was not because she was in a good mood, but she was slightly irritable.
Expressed, "But even though I don't understand it, I have made some bad discoveries about the changes in the world."
"Bad discovery?" Hao Ren frowned and felt a hint of something bad from Leah's simple words, "What's going on?"
Leah raised her face: "You still remember that the Gorgon Abyss and the Black Pine Forest are connected, right?"
Hao Ren nodded: "Of course, remember it. It was because of this incident that we took a shortcut and rushed directly from the black pine forest to the north."
"Then you should also remember what I said at that time, which roughly means that the Black Pine Forest and the Gorgon Abyss are essentially no different. They are both 'fragments of the deep world', and they are now there because they are 'rising'
The real world is interconnected." Leah stopped her shaky movements and her expression became serious, "I just confirmed two things."
Hao Ren and Vivian looked at each other and said in unison: "What two things?"
"First, 'floating' is absolutely true. I have been keeping a little mental energy on the connection point between Gorgon Abyss and Black Pine Forest. Now I can confirm that the connection point is becoming more and more stable, and there are new connections.
The point is being established, which shows that the 'world line debris' deep in the world is indeed rising and has begun to affect the structure of the real world," Leah said slowly, "Secondly... I found that as those things floated up,
The stability of the entire Lahirion is declining, and the rate and intensity of the decline far exceed the rising speed of the world line debris."
Hao Ren frowned slightly and pinched his chin with his hand: "What does it mean in human language?"
Leah glared at him, but still explained: "Lahrien is wrapped by my divine power barrier, so it can be regarded as a closed 'small world', and the information cycle of this small world is like
The mini-universe presents a self-consistent and stable state, but since there is stability, there will naturally be times of instability. At this moment, the stability of Lahirian as an information structure is declining. When converted to the normal world
, that is, the entropy value is increasing sharply, and the universe is heading for collapse! And its stability is declining much faster than the floating speed of those world line debris, which shows that something else is accelerating the process of plunging the entire world into chaos!"
Hao Ren listened in a daze and finally realized the seriousness of the situation: "You mean...Lahrien is gradually collapsing?!"
Leah nodded silently.
For some reason, Hao Ren suddenly thought of the inexplicable civil war going on in the Dragon Empire.
Originally he thought this was just a regular conflict within indigenous civilization, but clues gradually emerged in his mind, making him vaguely feel that he had caught something.
The unknown energy reaction in the center of the earth, the mysterious signal connection between the center of the earth and the Imperial Capital of Dragon, the secret of the Knight of the Broken Sword moving freely in the black pine forest, the connection between the black pine forest and the Gorgon Abyss, Princess Constance and
The connection between the Gorgon Abyss...
He listed everything that had happened so far, and the explicit or implicit connections between them became more obvious:
The Black Sword Knights, who were bound to the Dragon Soul Emperor, collectively showed "symptoms" of being contaminated and corrupted. At the same time, Princess Constance suddenly raised a banner against the Black Sword Knights as if she had been preparing for a long time.
The regiment went to war, and the six northern provinces responded instantly. The Gorgon Abyss also weakened its activity intensity at the same time. At the same time as this series of events occurred, the deeper parts of the world were also changing simultaneously.
Those "collapsed world line fragments" began to rise from the bottom of the world, and the stability of the entire Lahirion rapidly declined.
Obviously everything can be said to be an "emergency situation", but when all the things are added together, it feels like they have been rehearsed countless times and are coordinated seamlessly.
Lily couldn't help but become serious at this time. She took her eyes away from the snow and wind outside the window, turned around and asked: "Is it related to the residual influence of the Crazy Lord?"
"I still haven't felt the power fluctuations of the Lord of Madness," Leah pinched her eyebrows with her fingers and sounded depressed, "This world gives me a very bad feeling. It's like a machine that is running according to a predetermined program. Every day
Everyone is running in this machine as if they are destined."
"If Lahirian's stability continues to decline, how long can it last in the real world?" Hao Ren asked the most critical question.
"Two years, at most two years," Leah said with certainty, "and in this process, the 'world line wreckage' like the Black Pine Forest and the Gorgon Abyss will completely rise to the surface, and more than half of the planet will
Areas will be replaced, and more than 70% of the population will be devoured; then, the remaining 'safe islands' will lose order, the physical rules will become chaotic, and the material world will fall apart; finally, the entire world will be decomposed into basic information elements, and there will no longer be any
Whatever is born, nothing will die, and that will be the last day of the world."
Hao Ren opened his mouth and stretched out his fingers to knock on the shell of the data terminal: "Is this... beyond the scope of my work?"
"Damn it, since the day you signed the contract, how many things have you done that are not out of line?" The data terminal bounced on Hao Ren's shoulder, "But it's okay, now we are considered a family in the Dream Plane.
It's a great cause, and an immigration fleet can still be assembled. If the ball cannot be saved, at least it will be no problem to pick up the people, and then if Leah shows her best, she should be able to pack away half of the ecosystem..."
Hao Ren breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay, there shouldn't be any need to write a check. But those are the next best choices. We can't just wait for this weird 'end of the world' to develop like this. How can a world collapse?
Where is it going to collapse? Moreover, it is protected by Leah’s divine power. Under such circumstances, why does it still end inexplicably?”
No one could answer his question, even Leah could only smile and shake her head, while Lily once again turned her attention to the snowstorm outside the window.
"It's snowing so hard..." the husky girl muttered, "I always feel like something is going to happen tonight..."
Vivian glanced at her sideways: "Don't talk nonsense, the dog spits out..."
Before she finished speaking, a sudden feeling of heart palpitations suddenly made everyone in the room stand up from their chairs.
Leah jumped directly to the ground, her face became extremely gloomy, she came to the window in a flash, and then pushed the window open.
The wind and snow outside the window suddenly roared towards this breakthrough, but before it came into contact with Leah's body, all the wind and snow suddenly stopped, and then retreated to both sides with fear.
Leah looked due south.
The sky in that direction became extremely dark. Although it was indeed night now, the sky was still darker than imagined, as if there was an extremely huge dark vortex hanging upside down, absorbing all the light between heaven and earth.
"Lord of Madness..." Leah said through gritted teeth.