Newcastle.

Perhaps it is no longer suitable to be called a "city", and the endless buildings stretch infinitely into the distance on the vast land, and as the original place, it is rarely inhabited.

There are more of the different magic factories here, each of which is like a giant cog, constituting a conceptual flood beast.

This is the new town now, made of cold steel and marble, where semi-automatic magic devices are running day and night, with only a handful of workers in charge of keeping things running smoothly.

More civilians moved farther away to live in the city, and the administrative institutions and power centers of the new city also moved to the city.

At the site of the former castle lord's mansion, it was the first building to install star lanterns, and people were amazed by the glass balls that emitted a soft glow for a long time at night. At that time, the whole new city was dark at night, and the common people were reluctant to use expensive kerosene lamps, and they had long been accustomed to the darkness of the night.

So at that time, the City Lord's Mansion was dazzling, and the young City Lord also popularized the star lantern in just a few days, dispelling the darkness of the city at night, which was a "miracle" for ordinary people.

And every day after that, there were countless "miracles" that accompanied the people of the new city, and in the end, they were so numb that they no longer bothered with the strange "magic machinery" that the city lord had concocted.

Civilians can't understand advanced magic, and the simple version of the magic machine can't understand either, but they can intuitively feel the changes in their lives.

In life, they can be fed and clothed, no longer afraid of the attack of demonic beasts at night, they can walk on the bluestone streets of the city that were once out of reach for them without any scruples, and they don't have to worry about the scolding of the "transcendental" adults.

So they felt from the bottom of their hearts that the young lord was a "great man" who brought a good, equal life as he said.

It's just that in recent years, the young city lord has abdicated and no longer leads the new city forward, but returns to the city lord's mansion with only a few people left.

Looking at the light of the only few rooms in the city lord's mansion that were still lit up, it was undoubtedly a little bleak compared to the glory of the past, and the workers and occupations in the past would sigh silently in their hearts.

However, no one said anything, after all, the new lord of the city was equally humble and idealistic, and he planned a better future, although everyone's work was more arduous.

Su Qiran was lying on the bricks and tiles on the top floor of the City Lord's Mansion, looking at the few stars in the sky with a wooden board beside him, on which was tea that was still steaming a little hot.

Now the new city can no longer see the brilliant starry sky before, a large amount of industrial exhaust gas sent by the magic guide factory is filled in the high sky of the new city, and the worse and worse air quality makes the day hazy, and the night sky can rarely be seen.

The nearby forests have been cut down, and now the timber needed for the new city has to be transported from the Chaos Lands.

Su Qiran, who has experienced another life, of course knows what this is, the excessive exploitation of resources has caused a sharp deterioration of the environment, if it is allowed to go on like this, even if the predicted end does not happen, the world will be destroyed in the hands of human beings.

"What are you thinking?" someone jumped up from the skylight on one side, and she was dressed in a long white dress, like an angel dancing in the moonlight.

"Didn't think about anything. Su Qiran sat up and picked up the teacup on the side. "The Star Bamboo Empire has already started to act, right?"

"Hmm. Qin Xiaotong nodded, and immediately sat down on the other side of Su Qiran without caring about soiling her long skirt.

After all, she is not an elegant and noble princess at all, there is no gentle temperament between her eyebrows, only a cold murderous aura, and she dresses up like a princess in time, but... Everyone believed that the girl was born to wield a sword on the battlefield, and that the enemy's bright red armor was the most beautiful decoration.

The reason why she recently changed her normal way to wear such a pure long dress was just that someone praised her for being quite good-looking.

"They have initiated a war against the Necromantic Lands, and from the latest information, they are locked in a bitter battle in the middle of the former Eternal Forest. Qin Xiaotong reported the situation carefully, "Actually, what I care more about is why you didn't respond to the call of the Xingzhu Empire, although the power now lies on Lin Jin." ”

"I didn't choose the path of the Star Bamboo Empire. Su Qiran said softly, "At that time, Jian Lingtian and Mu Qinghe both understood that they were eager for [miracles] and hoped to find impossible salvation in the land of the dead. ”

"The path you chose must be right...?" Qin Xiaotong hesitated slightly, but still said without hesitation. "In the place of origin, Xingnuo has already woken up, and she has also made contact with Xiaoxiao in the new world, but Xiaoxiao has been wandering in the other world for ten years, and she still hasn't found the origin coordinates. ”

"Maybe it's right for us to gather all our forces together to attack the Necromantic Lands?"

“... Who knows. Su Qiran spit out a few words lightly, there is no doubt about his growth in the past few years, his strength has increased to the peak that this world can allow, although he does not have the courage to challenge the path of God like Jian Lingtian.

The bigger change is his temperament, he didn't take anything very seriously before, he disguised himself as a coward to escape responsibility and hatred, and he was extremely selfish and secretly ruthless, and now he is more calm and introverted, no matter how much emotion he has, he will not tell anyone, he has always hated alcohol, and now he is addicted to alcohol, especially the kind of elixir aging that can anesthetize the spirit of the professional.

Qin Xiaotong sometimes felt that the person sitting opposite him was an old man who had lived his life.

"This is the city we built, we replaced the old order with a new one, some people were happy and some were disappointed, we stumbled along the way, I don't know how many mistakes we made, I wanted to tear it down many times and start over, but the reality didn't give me this opportunity. Su Qiran said faintly, "So whether it is the path of the Star Bamboo Empire or the path I have chosen, I can't judge which one is right and which one is wrong, so I just follow my own judgment." ”

"How is it, is it a very capricious speech?" Su Qiran smiled faintly.

"Hmm. Qin Xiaotong nodded silently.

"It's time for our side to get ready, no matter whether the Star Bamboo Empire succeeds or fails, there is not much time left for this world. ”

"If we want to mobilize for war now... The biggest obstacle is Lin Jin. Qin Xiaotong was a little helpless, "He doesn't look like the kind of person who will obediently return his hard-won rights to us." ”

"It's okay, Lin Jin, he's not a stupid person, he'll agree to give power back to us for the time being. Su Qiran smiled freely, and immediately stood up on the roof under the moonlight, looking up at the sky further north, where there was a blood-red light shining on the small half of the sky, even at night.

"Here we go...!"