Chapter 706: Into the Core
The view from the top building of Sky City is astonishing, as there is almost no sign of anyone staying in the entire building. The entire space is covered in green, and it looks like a huge primeval jungle.
"Are we in a building? This building is so grand. Balu looked at the thick trees and sighed. Suddenly, his gaze looked at the top of the tree, and then he pointed diagonally upwards and shouted. "Look, everybody, sky-"
Ryan and the others looked up in the direction of their fingers, and sure enough, they saw a transparent structure like glass. But Ryan clearly remembers that from the outside, the walls of these places were white and opaque.
"It's amazing!" Although Ryan also has this one-way transparent material in his hand, he was still shocked by the large-scale effort to make an oversized greenhouse out of one-way transparent material and then build a small primeval jungle that can circulate inside.
But after walking through this small jungle, the real striking view appeared before him: a huge, miraculous tree stood in the center of the building, and beneath the big tree was a vast, flat lawn.
A broken robot stood underneath the tree, and in front of him was a large black slab embedded in the ground and on the tree, with many things carved into a cuneiform script that had never been seen before, which was completely different from the common English of this world.
"If only I could read the words. Hermione looked at the slate with some regret and said, "There must be a lot of knowledge and stories about this civilization in it, and maybe the reasons why those people abandoned the city and left." But now it feels too bad not to recognize the words, like not having a key at the door of the vault. ”
"I guess it's a warning to posterity. "They must have had to leave the city after doing something wrong, so they left this stele before leaving to warn future generations not to make the same mistakes as them." ”
"Even if it's carved into a mural, at least we can guess what's going on. Ryan grumbled. "This kind of completely mature abstract text makes it impossible to even guess, and the accuracy of the pictures is relatively low in the transmission of culture and knowledge, but at least once there is a fault in civilization, the most important warning can be told to future generations. ”
"That's right, Sida. Judging by that secret name of yours, you should be descended from the ruler of the city of Laputa, the city in the sky. When Baru heard Ryan's complaints, he turned to Sida and asked, "Do you have any knowledge about the language left in your family?"
"Sorry, not really. After looking down and thinking for a while, Sida said with great regret, "Our family only left all kinds of spells, but unfortunately those spells need to be used with the pendant. ”
"Okay, let's look here again. Maybe you'll find more transcripts. If I collect enough text, I'll try a prophetic spell and see if I can translate it. Ryan shrugged his shoulders and looked up at the sky, only to be surprised to see that the clouds in the sky outside seemed to fade, and the storm that surrounded the city had become smaller.
He had the impression that the clouds around the city would have cleared the morning after tomorrow. But at the rate at which the clouds were now dissipating, Ryan estimated that it would only take an hour or two for the barrier formed by the storm around him to disappear.
Ryan's look up at the sky quickly caught everyone's attention, and after following his gaze out the window, the others quickly noticed that the clouds and storm were now spreading around Laputa.
"I always thought it was the stone that was the pendant that was the key. Hermione said to Ryan through the Phoenix Brand. "But I didn't expect this city in the sky to use bloodline detection, it seems that Laputa's technology is more powerful than we thought. ”
"Oh no, the clouds have lifted. Hilda had a worried look on her face. "Didn't we just listen to the military's radio that they were sending flying warships to find Laputa. What if they take control of this floating city? I fear that this city will become a tool for careerists to use for their own nefarious ends. ”
"So what should we do?" Baloo looked anxious, then turned to look at Ryan, "As wizards, are there any magic that can make the military unable to find this city in the sky?"
"There is. Ryan nodded. "But it's absolutely impossible to cover up such a large city in a short period of time, and even if we do it together, we can't hide the whole city before the flying battleship arrives. ”
As long as you think about the fact that the World Cup venue is not as large as this, it took half of the magic world to mobilize in order to cover it up, and it took more than half a year to get it done, and you know that it is impossible for two people to perform so many complex spells in 48 hours and hide such a large sky city. And mere visual stealth is largely useless for those who have a pendant as an indication.
"In addition to using magic to hide this castle in the sky, we have other solutions that can also solve the current problem. Hermione said at this time, "With the technology level of our ship, we should be able to easily shoot down the flying battleship that is coming." To be precise, our ship is capable of destroying all aircraft in this world with its powerful energy. As long as they can't get off the ground, it's impossible to grab this city in the sky. ”
"No, you can't do that. Hilda shook her head as she reacted. "If we kill like that, then what's the difference between us and the careerists?"
"And what do you think we should do?" Baloo scratched his hair in annoyance, "We can't hide such a large city, and we can't eliminate the guys who might harm it. Can we just watch this city fall into the hands of some villains, bringing darkness and carnage to the world?"
"I have a solution. Ryan said as he summoned the Rose Lady, "I'll see if I can find the control room of this Sky City, maybe I can find a good solution." ”
"It's so beautiful!" Baru and Sida marveled at the pink gem floating above Ryan's head, and soon a pink light flew out of the gem under the guidance of Ryan's spell. After circling around a few people, it flew like outside the door of this building.
Everyone followed the point of light out of the building and ran to the edge of the platform. Because of weathering, there is no longer the original way down. Luckily, the giant tree on the top floor had grown countless roots that spread over the entire Sky City, allowing them to follow the roots of the trees that were thicker than a human all the way down.
With the help of a short distance of Phantom Shifting, they finally reached a plank path at the edge of the black hemisphere in the lower half of Sky City as fast as possible, when the pink ball of light spun around a wall and disappeared directly into the air.
"That's right, this is it. Ryan looked at a thumb-sized Laputa badge on the wall and said, "But theoretically, it would take a pendant to open this door to the core." ”
"Then we're now—" Baloo asked, only to be stopped by Ryan before he could finish. "But my Rosary can open this door, it will only take a little time. ”
After saying that, Ryan held the Rose Mother in his hand and drew runes in the air, and after seven or eight minutes, these runes made of light in the air gathered together to form a point of light that looked almost exactly like the pendant, and then disappeared into the wall.
In an instant, a hexagonal door appeared on the wall, and Ryan stood in the doorway and sat with a gesture of please. "Alright, let's go inside. Inside should be the core part of this city in the sky. ”