The white ship is still moving forward, but the sky is gradually turning gray, and cold ice particles are blowing outside the window, hitting the hull of the ship and making a slight sound.
As it entered the white ice sea, the ship's speed became slower and slower, and many ice floes appeared on the sea. The ice fragments broke at first, and then large icebergs began to appear.
"This is the range of the White Ice Sea." Wearing a thick coat, Letis walked onto the steel deck, her boots making a slight trembling echo on the ground.
"Hey!" With a soft shout, Alena jumped out of the cabin, then landed safely next to Letis, looking at the broken snow-white world in the distance.
"Huh, although I have heard many legends about Baibinghai from the old man, this is my first time here."
"What legend?" Letis asked with interest.
"It's probably a story about some prehistoric giants, such as beluga whales and giant octopuses, and there is a sleeping El Dorado at the bottom of the sea."
"So, I seem to have heard of some." Letis recalled some vague memories.
"However, many sailors say that if it is not a specially-made boat, it is best not to get close to the white ice sea, because if you are not careful, you will hit the glacier or get stuck in the ice." Alena continued to say that it is rare among sailors.
Some experience, and then others gradually come out of the cabin.
"Wow, it's so cold." Ye Ling was still wearing a dress similar to a summer dress, jumping up and down on the deck and moving around.
"The road ahead depends on Eidolon." Bumansha came behind her with a smile and held Eidolon's shoulders.
"No problem~" Ye Ling gave a thumbs up.
Then a burst of fine golden particles scattered into the air, and instantly reorganized into a huge and mighty fiery red dragon. The dragon horns on its head were in the shape of emerald, and the wings and hind legs of the limbs were also green in color.
"Huh~~~"
The raging flames spurted out in a spiral shape toward the front of the ship. The high temperature instantly melted and evaporated the ice, bringing violently rising white gas, which then continued to wash forward.
After that, the flames dissipated, and a blue river appeared in the broken snow-white world, and the Eidolon turned into a human form again and landed easily on the deck.
"How is it, how is it~" Ye Ling circled around everyone.
"Great, great~" Wei Miya smiled and clapped her hands.
"Hey." Then Eidolon ran to Lorraine Hill and was hugged by the latter.
Lorraine Hill gently touched Eidolon's head, and then let the ship move forward again, heading towards the depths of the White Ice Sea.
The cold wind in the sky is getting stronger and stronger, and the snow-white earth is like the surface of a cake, with a small opening being lightly cut by a knife, leading continuously to its center.
After walking through a huge ice surface tens of kilometers wide, a narrow sea surface appeared in front of it. The ice on its edges was broken and the middle was a deep blue. Now there was no need for Eidolon to burn the road with fire.
However, when everyone zooms out, the world in the distance is still blocked by a piece of snow-white iceberg. If you look down from the sky, you will find that steep and tall glaciers are quietly suspended in the sea, dividing the sea into broken and narrow strips.
of the strait.
This is the coldest and inaccessible White Ice Sea among the seven seas.
After traveling for half a day, the sun set in the sky and everyone returned to the warm cabin to rest.
In the bedroom, Lorraine Hill was sitting on the bed, with a thick diary spread out in front of her. She was holding a pen and sketching today's path on one of the rough maps. She saw that the crossed point was getting closer and closer.
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After writing down some insights and today's findings, Lorraine Hill closed the diary again, when Vimiya's voice came from beside him.
"Have you finished writing today's diary?" She was wearing blue velvet pajamas and holding freshly brewed hot tea in her hand.
"It's finished."
Wei Miya walked slowly to the bed and sat next to Lorraine Hill.
"Would you like a drink?"
Seeing the aroma coming from the tea cup in Wei Miya's hand, Lorraine Hill thought for a while and nodded.
"But, I want milk." I won't be able to sleep well if I drink tea at night.
"Well, I'll go prepare it." After saying that, Wei Miya put down the cup and walked out of the room.
Just when Lorraine Hill felt that he was in some trouble, Vimiya came back with hot milk in her hand.
"With some sugar added, it should be more palatable."
"Thank you." With that said, Lorraine Hill held the warm quilt in his hands.
The room was a little quiet for a while, neither of them were the kind of people who talked a lot.
"How many years are there until the arrival of the phantom of chaos?" Vimiya asked at this time.
"According to the Sage Society and my estimate, it's about 80 years."
"It's 80 years." Wei Miya felt uncomfortable and did not continue.
"Does Luo Lan have any plans? Although the current technological progress and recovery on earth are rapid, there is still a long way to go before the heyday of the Winged Sun."
"Things that those seniors didn't have the confidence to do back then, we are doing now, and it feels very uncertain." Wei Miya's little finger gently rubbed the enamel on the cup, and her light blue nails reflected a little sparkle under the candlelight.
particle.
"It is indeed difficult, but it is not completely impossible." Lorraine Hill pressed the diary with one hand, stroked it slowly, and spoke.
"I have some ideas, but they are not mature yet, so this time I want to go to the ruins left by Lielwu first." Lorraine Hill turned to look out the window, and the dark glass reflected her silhouette.
There is no scenery or light in the white ice sea at night, which is completely different from the bustling northern continent.
"Is it technology related to the Ajika Project?" Wei Miya took a sip of hot tea.
"I can't hide it from Wei Miya." Lorraine Hill nodded helplessly.
"Although you are one of the Four Primordials and are sure to control its influence, others are not. They will panic or think that you are doing evil." Vimiya slowly said the items related to Dorothy's death.
, and banned technology.
"I know, so I won't act too hastily. Let's slowly popularize some related technologies. This is indeed a bit dangerous behavior." Lorraine Hill used his fingers to draw small drawings on the slightly cold glass.
Star.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, Keti and I will support you." Wei Miya hugged Lorraine Hill from behind.
"If all hope fails in the end, we can still leave this galaxy on the 'Homecoming' starship and continue to seek solutions to the problem. Well, human beings are such strong existences."
"Well..." Lorraine Hill looked at the still dark world outside the window, agreed softly, and then slowly closed his eyes.
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The next day, the ship continued to move forward.
On the third day, we arrived near the target point and started searching.
On the fourth day, no target was found on the sea, so we prepared to dive to the bottom of the sea.
On the fifth day, the undersea exploration begins.
On the sixth day, nothing was found.
On the seventh day, I found some traces, but they were not what I was looking for. These were the relics of the twilight era.
On the eighth day, the rocks on the seabed began to be broken and the mud was lifted up.
On the ninth day, continue to delve deeper.
On the tenth day, I explored an unknown corner and began to dive in.
Under the dark water, Vimiya and Lorraine Hill held hands and shuttled through the water. Long ropes were tied to their bodies, connecting them to the invisible ship above their heads.
"This is it." Wei Miya stopped swimming and looked at the still dark area in front of her.
Then light blue light balls emerged from the water, illuminating the scenery on the seabed, and a split black gap appeared in the underground filled with coral rocks and gray-black silt.
"Although the design was very good when it was built, it cannot withstand natural changes." Vimiya said, pulling Lorraine Hill and sneaking into the gap.
As the two people dived, their figures fell into the huge gap at the entrance of the abyss like an invisible speck of dust, and then downwards.
The rope floated up after a while because it was not long enough.
After another period of time, a bright brilliance bloomed from the ground and then dissipated.
The originally pitch-black underground before their eyes suddenly opened up, revealing the huge and empty space of time inside.
This place is like a cave, with huge stone pillars supported everywhere in the ground. They resist the water pressure from the outside and prevent the cave roof from collapsing. As far as the eye can see, the bottom is boundless and endless.
Square low stone pillar.
These stone pillars are like movable type printing plates, arranged closely, but with a few gaps between them. Their color is dark gray like granite, and there are black and clear textures inside. However, these textures are not different from the irregular patterns formed naturally.
They are very regular, square, slanted, vertical, etc., and are outlined into symbols. Some of them have small patterns and symbols on them, like some kind of hieroglyphs.
These stone pillars are like a chessboard, distributed throughout the underground. They are extremely quiet, without extraordinary power or any fluctuations in magic power. They are just like the stubborn rocks on the roadside, lifeless.
But when these densely packed square stone pillars stretching for hundreds of miles are spread all over the seabed, it gives people a great shock and sense of grandeur. It seems that this place is not nothing, but the corpse of a dead civilization with symbols on it.
Recording its life and everything.
Lorraine Hill stretched out his hand and spread his fingers through the bubbles. Some light spots began to emerge on the bottom of the sea, and then slowly illuminated this quiet and lonely place.
"Let's go down and take a look." Lorraine Hill and Wei Miya approached the nearest square stone pillar. When they landed on it, they discovered that the stone pillar was nearly twenty meters wide and had thick veins on it.
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"This should be some kind of text, but I don't recognize it." Lorraine Hill shook his head. It stands to reason that there should be relevant records in the system of Divine Wing Sun. Could it be that Xing Tian and Lelila created it after they left the earth?
The two of them started looking for each other one by one, slowly flying and swimming in this underground time.
"Lolan, look at that one." Among the many stone pillars, there is a rather special stone pillar. Its color is dark red, which is different from the surrounding stone pillars with gray, white and black patterns.
Like other stone pillars, this one also has other people's patterns all over its body.
"This...should be a puzzle slate."
When the two of them took a closer look at the stone pillar, there were patterns marked on it in front of some words, which roughly explained the meaning of these basic words. For example, there were three dots before the word "three", and two dots before the word "two".
With such a neat table, it is not difficult to guess the meaning of the following symbols.
As he continued to look down, symbols of the sun and moon began to appear in the stone pillars. A simple diagram of the Ivar galaxy was also drawn, pointing the sun to another symbol in the stone pillars, and so on, as well as animal symbols and some simple chemical molecules.
picture.
Although the written languages of the universe are different, the chemical molecules are the same and can convey accurate information. In this way, even aliens who do not understand the earth's writing can slowly understand the meaning of the symbols and gradually interpret the entire underground ruins.
information left behind.
After sorting through the hundreds of symbols memorized in their minds, Lorraine Hill and Vimiya slowly floated up again, looking at the endless sea of stone pillars in front of them.
"Such an interpretation cannot be completed in a short time." Lorraine Hill sounded a little regretful.
"We need more manpower to do this." Wei Miya also nodded.
Then the two of them continued to swim in the sea of stone pillars underground, exploring its boundaries and looking for something special.
As I walked, I discovered that every one thousand meters, there was a red stone pillar specially designed for interpretation. They were intentionally scattered everywhere. As long as someone found one of them, it would be possible to completely interpret the entire ruins.
"The red stone pillars are arranged this way intentionally." Lorraine Hill said about his discovery.
"And the veins in these stone pillars are not only on the surface, but also on the inside." Wei Miya said, the edge of her palm was filled with water, and she slashed at a stone pillar, revealing the difference between gray and black inside.
texture.
"The Sun of Divine Wings seems to use some kind of technology to press two rocks of different materials together to form veins and patterns. Even if the outside is scraped off, the internal texture remains unchanged, so it is not a problem for one layer to be corroded away.
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"This kind of technology is not necessarily difficult to say, but it is certainly very troublesome."
"Keep looking..."
Finally, late that night, the two returned home.
"Wow, Sister Lorraine is finally back." Ye Ling threw herself into Lorraine Hill's arms, and Vimiya covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Don't I miss you so much about Luo Lan?"
"I will take care of Wei Miya." Bumansha gently opened her arms and hugged her.
After a few people comforted each other, they started talking about business.
"You must have discovered something when you come back so late." Lan Lier curiously circled around the two of them, as if trying to find out what was different.
"Yes, we have indeed discovered a large relic, but the interpretation work is also very cumbersome. We have to consider staying here for a long time and looking for foreign aid." Lorraine Hill explained.
"Can you tell me what you found?" Letis looked at her curiously.
"This..." Lorraine Hill sat at the table, wiping the hair on his shoulders with a towel, and then told everyone about the long history and underground scenes.
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"In other words, we have to establish a long-term station here." Alena rubbed her chin.
"Yes."
"It feels like there will be an opportunity. In this way, there will not be fewer ships coming and going in the future, and various supplies will be needed. I see a way to make money."
"Aha, is this your only ambition?" Letis glanced at Alena.
"No, in my short career of several decades, I have become more and more aware of one thing, that is, making money is really important. You can buy a big ship, a lot of alchemy materials, and delicious food.
, interesting treasures, etc." Alena raised her fingers and wiggled them gently.
"so what?"
"So I have to take action immediately!" Alena rushed back to the room and started writing a plan for the future.
Everyone in the activity room laughed and played again, and then slowly became quiet.
"Loland Vimiya has worked hard, please have a good rest today."
I'm a little sad today because I found out that someone I know is a liar 0 0,
I have already reported the crime, and I was defrauded of 2,000, so I learned a lesson.
(In the future, if you encounter a book friend who says that you are seriously ill and have been frail since childhood, you must ask her to send you a diagnosis certificate and a recent check list. There are too many scammers and they are very cunning.)