Viewed from a high altitude, drilling machines are constantly rising from the twelve holes on the ground. Alloy containers are neatly placed on the fan. It is estimated that the superconducting ore that has been excavated has been transported up, and then the engineering vehicles
Load it up and sail to the transport ship outside the city.
Ding Meng secretly cast his mental vision, and the situation underground really surprised him. He thought that the size of the mining area in the black gold base was already large enough, but the size of the mining area in front of him was so big that he was stunned, because the roots of the sacred tree were really strong.
Too huge.
Under normal circumstances, the size of tree roots is about two to three times larger than the tree part on the ground. The height of the Aoki Sacred Tree is more than three thousand meters. You can imagine how spectacular the tangled branches underground are. It is really not inferior.
On a large starship.
The God War Alliance's underground excavation plan was obviously carefully designed. The intelligent robots first dug vertically downward to a depth of about one hundred meters, then each spread out laterally to a distance of five hundred meters, and then slowly moved downward diagonally.
Spreading is equivalent to forming a spherical body that wraps the entire tree root, and finally digs toward the central core. The purpose of digging is to prevent the sacred tree from collapsing.
If this tree falls, not to mention the city of Murtaya will be destroyed, it is estimated that most of the forest will collapse, and no one on the ground will be spared.
Ding Meng was not in a hurry to go down. After scanning the structure of the underground mining area, he began to observe the surrounding situation.
"I suggest we start from the ground first." Xiao Ai suddenly said, "The person who can design this excavation plan is definitely an expert in this field. How can ordinary soldiers think of this?"
Ding Meng said: "Find this expert first?"
Xiao Ai said: "No, finding this expert will definitely be like finding a needle in a haystack, but for such a huge project, there must be a special command center and real-time console. These facilities must not be underground, they must be set up on the ground, and they must be
Nearby, I just scanned it, and there are no large starships nearby. There are only a few transport ships outside the royal city. You'd better search on the ground first to see if you can find some clues first."
Ding Meng's mental vision spread out again, and his eyes fell on the palace below: "No need to look, there is definitely something going on there."
The palace square had been blown to pieces by Ding Meng before, but the palace itself was intact. Now a group of fully armed soldiers have been stationed. It can be clearly seen with telepathy. A spacious room in the southeast corner of the first floor hall has been transformed into
Similar to the cabin of the starship command center, the master console cannot be installed in this room, so the replacement is a medium-sized optical brain. The virtual projection generated by the optical brain is exactly the three-dimensional map of the mining area.
The map is incomplete, because the cursor lines are slowly moving downwards. It is obvious that the excavation work is in full swing. A group of workers are pointing around the map, seemingly discussing the progress of the excavation.
After Ding Meng scanned it carefully for a while, Xiao Ai said: "Okay, I have recorded all the data and information, and we can leave now."
"Don't worry!" Ding Meng's eyes fell on the second floor of the palace.
The soldiers of the alliance did not enter the second floor, because the first floor was given over by the Qingshu tribe, and the second and third floors were the residences of the royal family and nobles.
What's strange is that the monarch and the two priests are not there. There are only five or six noble families nesting in various large rooms. These people have frightened expressions, but there is only one family living on the third floor.
Due to the absence of the two priests, Ding Meng's telepathy was like no one's land. He shuttled freely inside the palace and observed all the movements clearly. Especially for this standard family of three, through the room interior and clothing
Judging from their appearance, this family's status in the Qingshu clan is definitely not low.
The man kept pacing in the room, looking very worried, while the woman was sitting on the bedside with a sad look on her face. The two were obviously a couple, because there was a short female tree in the corner of the room.
The person should be the daughter of this couple.
The parents were looking miserable, but the daughter looked confused: "Dad, why are there twelve holes around the sacred tree?"
The child is young and ignorant, but that does not mean that the parents are also unaware. The woman's tone was very worried: "Tang Cheng, have these humans gone under the sacred tree?"
The man named Tang Cheng was still pacing and ignored her.
The woman continued: "This kind of thing has never happened in the ten-year worship ceremony. Now that the monarch wants to cooperate with the God War Alliance, I always feel that the monarch has violated the will of the gods."
Tang Cheng was a little impatient: "You're a woman, what do you know? If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. There are people from the Alliance everywhere now. It's not good if others hear you."
The woman was even more worried: "You also know that the situation is not good. Princess Lingyun has been killed. Why don't you persuade the monarch?"
Tang Cheng frowned: "No one can persuade him. He obeyed the priest's words and may have gone down now."
The woman said: "They also went down? With those humans?"
Tang Cheng said: "Otherwise? Where do you think they can go?"
Ding Meng secretly wondered if the monarch and others had also gone down to the mining area?
The woman said: "Are you going to check out that ore? I heard from the priest that the stone is very valuable. You can sell the stone to the Alliance, and the Alliance will exchange it for a large amount of materials. Is that so?"
The daughter also ran over excitedly: "Dad, their human chocolate is delicious. Can we change it to chocolate?"
Tang Cheng was upset by the mother and daughter's question. He looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "I suspect that they are digging for ore and that searching for the temple is real."
Not only was the woman confused when she heard this, but even Ding Meng found it strange. Isn't the temple on the rooftop of your palace? Is there another temple?
Fortunately, Tang Cheng has already explained: "The temple above our heads is usually used to preserve the Holy Spirit. In addition to protecting us, the Holy Spirit also has an important role. It can communicate with the tree god. We usually see
You can only see the tree god once every ten years, that's because the tree god is not in this temple."
The woman asked in surprise: "Is there another temple?"
Tang Cheng nodded: "The real temple is actually located underground. Legend has it that as long as you find the real temple and open the door of the temple, you can gain eternal life."
The woman doubted: "Who did you listen to?"
Tang Cheng sighed deeply: "The previous king accidentally revealed it to me when he was drunk. You must not tell it."
The woman was stunned for a long time and continued to ask: "But how do the monarch and the priest know this?"
Tang Cheng sighed even more: "I can only tell you that because of this big secret, the mysterious death of the previous monarch is inseparable from the two priests."
The woman was stunned: "You mean the two priests conspired to kill the previous king?"
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Tang Cheng was so frightened that he quickly interrupted her, "please keep your voice down and don't say anything nonsense. If it reaches the ears of the priest, our family will definitely die."
The news was so shocking that the woman was indeed frightened: "Maybe Princess Lingyun was killed because of this secret."
Tang Cheng sighed: "After all, the princess is the new king recognized by the tree god. Now that the new king is dead, it depends on when Prince Spirit Sword can return..."
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After hearing this, Ding Meng understood the whole story almost instantly.
This secret of the Qingshu tribe should have been passed down from generation to generation, but the knowledge was limited to the kings of the past generations. However, this secret was inadvertently known by two priests. The priests must have selfish motives.
With the entire Qingshu tribe's reverence for the gods, it is absolutely impossible to touch the sacred tree. Even if they have the courage, they do not have the ability to dig out a huge underground mining area, so they must rely on external force. This external force is the God War Alliance.
Using the alliance's technological power to dig into this is child's play.
Xiao Ai said: "My preliminary judgment is that the monarch, Lingyun, and Lingjian should not know anything about it."
Ding Meng said solemnly: "I'm afraid Zhiyan himself doesn't know that he is being used by the two priests."
This analysis also makes sense. If Zhiyan knew anything about immortality and the like, he would have come directly to your door if he had cooperated with you.
However, the method of the two priests was really clever. They persuaded the monarch to cooperate with the alliance for the first time and exchanged wood for supplies. They were sure that Lingyun would intervene sooner or later. The quality of the wood was declining year by year, so the alliance would definitely send people to negotiate every year. The Qingshu tribe was
Those who were negotiating on the sidelines should have known without thinking that it was the two priests. The results of the negotiations were getting worse and worse, and sooner or later the alliance would be forced to use force.
If the alliance wants to use force, it must get through the tree god. The priest must have tipped off the message and told the Blu-ray Group the specific time of the ceremony, so Zhiyan chose to take action on this day.
Khadiga's first fleet is used as cannon fodder. The battle between the first fleet and the tree god will inevitably exhaust the energy of the tree god. Then at this time, Zhiyan's second fleet can sail unimpeded. It really waits until the alliance army comes to the border.
, it is difficult for the monarch not to cooperate thoroughly.
Of course, the plans to murder Lingyun were all part of the priest's plan. The only accident was that Khadiga escaped, and Dinmon and his gang came out midway and stole the Holy Spirit.
But so what? The mining area is now being excavated, and all plans are proceeding in an orderly manner according to the will of the two priests.
After thinking about this, Ding Meng couldn't help but sigh secretly. Sometimes desire is really enough to make anyone crazy. The plan of the two priests completely ignored their own kind. As for such things as immortality, Ding Meng was absolutely convinced.
Don't believe it.
Xiao Ai also agreed: "In this universe, even the most powerful gods of the highest civilization will fall in the face of a long time. No species can achieve immortality."
Ding Meng nodded: "Let's go down and take a look. What are they looking for?"
