In the extreme north, the weather is freezing and everything is withered. But even the thousands of miles of ice fields within the Arctic Circle were once the battlefield where the "gods" fought endlessly in the mythical age. To this day, the mysteries left behind by the age of the gods
The power still echoes deep in this ice, like a ghost stubbornly entrenched on this planet, hollowly calling out the glory of the mythical age in the cold winter. And this place is really suitable to become the final fortress of the demon hunter.
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This is not the first time Hao Ren and the others have set foot in the Arctic Circle, but they have never gone so far north as they did today: their goal is the North Pole, one of the two coldest extremes in the world. When standing
On this endless ice sheet, listening to the cold wind whistling past her ears, Vivian seemed to recall the most distant fragments in her memory. That was the years after the last ice age on earth, when the cold was not yet there.
Completely leaving this world, large areas of land and ocean are still covered by ice. Vivian woke up on such an ice sheet.
"Is it possible that the place where you first woke up was in the North Pole?" Hao Ren asked curiously after hearing Vivian's emotion, "Then let's dig down here and see if we can find your relics.
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"It's just an ice field. Who knows if it's the North Pole," Vivian shook her head, "And what's a relic? I'm still alive, okay."
On the vast Arctic ice sheet, a rustic Big Dipper car parked behind a steep ice rock↘Hao Ren and his friends left the car and observed the surrounding situation outside. But there was really nothing worth observing in this place.
Things: As far as the field of vision can be seen, there is only a dull and monotonous piece of ice and snow, and there is silence on the ice sheet that has not been disturbed for thousands of years. Although humans have set foot on the North and South Poles in exploration, this is a bitter cold place where it is difficult to survive.
.On the Arctic ice sheet, there are still most places that no one has ever set foot on: and Hao Ren and the others must have taken this route.
In this deserted place, there really isn't even a hair.
Bai Huo was still wearing her somewhat tattered Witcher uniform, but added an extra fleece sweater underneath. This thin outfit really didn't look like what she should wear in the Arctic Circle, but everyone at the scene was also fearless.
Being a hot and cold Superman, no one cared about the inconsistency in his clothing. The Witcher girl did not pay attention to the discussion between Hao Ren and Vivian. She just stood not far away and looked up at the starry sky quietly.
There is something silently calculated about the position of the stars and the state of the starlight.
At this time, the North Pole is under the cover of polar night, and it is currently the darkest moment. The stars in the sky are clearly discernible, and the exceptionally clear atmosphere makes it very easy to observe the stars. Bai Huo looked up at the stars and breathed a sigh of relief.
: "The stars are not in chaos yet. Corpus' ancient weapons have not been activated yet. It seems that the Presbyterian Order has not been able to knock down all the energy nodes."
"Can you tell by looking at the stars?" Hao Ren also went over and looked at the sky side by side with Bai Huo, but the stars in his eyes were just stars, and he himself didn't quite understand how astrological magic worked. "I run a lot in space.
Well, those are just shining stars, thousands of light years away from the earth, what kind of power can they really provide to your magic?"
"The power of the astrology does not lie in the stars themselves, but in the artificial meanings given by using the stars as a chessboard. Even if the stars are not there, the astrology magic can still have an effect," Bai Huo explained casually, "Actually, we just use the stars as a coordinate system to construct magic.
It’s just a formula.”
"After the Industrial Revolution, it became very difficult to use astrological magic in some areas." Vivian muttered next to her. "The coordinate system has become blurry, and the hand-drawn astrolabe is not accurate. It is recorded from memory.
All the stars were too mind-numbing, and many wizards living in Europe gave up on the project."
Hao Ren didn't react for a moment: "Why?"
"Air pollution. In modern times, there is also light pollution, which is a fatal thing. You need to use half a catty of eye drops to read astrology. Many astrology masters have developed cataracts from staring at the sky," Vivian pouted.
, "I admire other people quite a lot, but I can't admire this one. They don't give astrologers a way to survive..."
Hao Ren was speechless for a moment. He coughed twice and put aside this somewhat weird topic, and began to ask Bai Huo about his next move: "We are already here. How far are we from the 'fortress' you mentioned?"
Bai Huo looked at the ice field under the dark night. Ordinary people would probably lose their way immediately if they stood here. But she has lived on this ice field since she was a child. After practicing on this ice field, she can accurately locate everything on the ice field just by intuition.
Something. She pointed in a certain direction: "Go that way, and you will reach the 'intermediate layer' of the Ice Fortress in about ten kilometers. Judging from the stars, the Ice Fortress should still be in our hands."
"What's the relationship between that Ice Fortress and 'Corpus'?" Hao Ren was very interested in the Demon Hunter's base camp. He still didn't understand the reason why this magical place is both a hidden space and an ancient secret realm.
What kind of logic is there, "It's the gate?"
"It can be said that," Bai Huo nodded slightly, "Corpus is a different space that existed in ancient times, just like Tartarus, Asgard and Olympus, but it is more
Stable, broader, and more mysterious, it can be said that this incredible space is also one of the important reasons for the demon hunters to gain the upper hand in the battle to end the myth. The entrance and exit of Corpus is located at the North Pole and is completely fixed on
That location, so in order to defend their fortress, the first generation of demon hunters built a tower with powerful magic at the entrance and exit of another space, called the "Tower of Stars". Part of this tower is in the real world, and part of it extends
To Corpus, it served as a passage. Later, as the power of the demon hunters continued to grow, the predecessors began to expand the part of the Tower of Stars in the real world, and slowly the tower was expanded into a huge fortress.
That's the Ice Fortress."
Lily's ears twitched: "So now the Elder Order is suppressed by you in Corpus Space? Although they have an advantage in combat effectiveness, as long as the Ice Fortress and Star Tower are still in the hands of 'normal demon hunters'
If you go up, the Presbyterian Church won’t be able to escape?”
"Yes, this is our only advantage," Bai Huo smiled bitterly, "We summoned brothers and sisters from all over the world to fight back the Presbyterian Order from the entrance of Corpus, and paid a price of nearly ten thousand people to defeat the Stars.
Guard the tower."
Hao Ren didn't say anything, but squatted down and scratched the ice and snow with his fingers. After a moment, he raised his head and said, "It's not safe to open the legion's gate in the Ice Fortress. That's the entrance to Corpus. The space structure may be unstable. It's not safe to open the door."
There may be an opportunity for the Presbyterian Church to take advantage of. If you have no objections, I think this is a more appropriate place to open the door."
Bai Huo had been holding back a question for a long time, and finally couldn't help it anymore: "So you want to use the portal to send your 'army' here? Do you really have an army?"
"Nonsense, after we've come this far, do you still think we are planning to fight against the Hundred Thousand Elders with these few people?" Hao Ren rolled his eyes, and then looked at the few friends around him. Except for the cat who was taking care of the fish at home,
In addition, he brought out all the thugs from "Hao Ren Sanctuary" this time, including Nangong's parents, but these are still not the main force of the operation. The main force of the operation is still eight hundred light years away.
On New Irem, they are getting ready under the organization of La Nina, waiting for the moment when the portal opens. "My troops are far away from here. To be honest, if your group of elders hadn't activated those ancient weapons, they would have attacked me."
It's also a trouble, I won't use such a big deal, you owe me a favor."
Bai Huo listened to Hao Ren's words in a daze, and nodded very seriously: "I will keep it in mind. As long as you can help the demon hunters get through this crisis, I am willing to swear allegiance to you."
Hao Renxin said: In what age is it still popular to swear allegiance? He should follow the normal script and let the loser girl in front of him agree to marry him, but he felt that if he really wanted to say this, he would be put on the spot.
I was beaten to death, so I swallowed all those unrealistic ideas and started dumping all kinds of bits and pieces out of my portable space.
This would be his greatest act ever on earth:
Build a demonic portal and summon an army of 100,000 from an alien planet!
Oh no, according to the work report, what he wants to call is 100,000 peacekeepers. This sounds much better.
(I’m running behind on my manuscript again...I’ll just update it this time, and I’m going to prepare a big news...) (To be continued.)