Standing side by side with Lyudmila in the slowly descending "wind ladder", Roland feels like a sightseeing elevator before the crossing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is a relatively complete modern civilization system in the world of Vares, and many industrial products look similar to those on Earth, but if you look closely, you will find that the starting point of the two is different.

The scientific and technological system on the earth is based on the laws of physics, chemistry, mathematics and other laws that have been verified by practice, but in the world of Vares, where supernatural forces are common, except for the laws of mathematics that still apply, the laws and theorems of other natural sciences may not be valid.

The engineering techniques here are more or less magical, concentrated in two fundamental disciplines: alchemy and elementalism.

Alchemy is quite "materialistic", with many similarities with chemistry on earth, and elementology is too unscientific, completely a manifestation of supernatural powers.

In Varestianyu, the main material plane is closely intertwined with the four elemental planes of water, fire, earth, and wind, and spellcasters have discovered that elemental beings can provide a lot of convenience to life thousands of years ago. They cast spells to open dimensional passages, summon or directly capture elemental creatures from the inner planes, study their properties, and develop a complete set of doctrines.

Today, scholars have applied the theory of elements to all aspects of real life, and combined elementalism with alchemy, creating a variety of automatic and semi-automatic machinery, is setting off a vigorous industrial revolution, the well-known "magic train" is a model of the perfect combination of alchemy, elementology and engineering technology!

According to Roland's understanding, this magical industrial revolution has two relatively independent origins, located in the New World and the Old World, because the real environment is different, and the characteristics reflected are also different.

The magical civilization of the New World lacks historical accumulation and is relatively rough and superficial, but it has rich reserves of magic crystals, so its technical system is very dependent on the natural energy source of magic crystals, and the alchemy of refining and using magic crystals is very developed, and elementalism is relatively less valued.

The Old World is the opposite, the historical accumulation of three eras has laid a deep foundation of civilization for this land, even if the Holy Light Age persecuted the arcane spellcasters for a long time, it has not completely destroyed the wisdom of the ancient arcane masters, magic as a mainstream doctrine that exists in all levels of society has never stopped developing and progressing, and more and more tends to serve the needs of reality.

At the same time, the reality of the barren Magic Crystal Deposits in the Old World also forced scholars to use their brains, so in those areas with a more relaxed religious atmosphere, the "modern elementology" of replacing magic crystals with elemental creatures to provide energy for machinery has become a widely popular science of capital, and countless spellcasters are sharpening their heads to compete for this frontier, and if anyone can come up with a new discovery with practical prospects, industrialists and bankers will immediately wave money and flock to it, eager to step on the threshold.

According to the theory of modern elementology, the four elements of water, fire, earth and wind have their own characteristics. The earth element is mainly used in the field of engineering and construction; The fire element can provide continuous heat and can also easily convert heat energy into other forms of energy, which is the core device of the magic steam engine; For example, the wind ladder ridden by Roland and Lyudmila is powered by the wind element, and when they step out of the wind ladder and see the intricate underground water supply pipes, it is the water element that provides hydraulic power to deliver tap water to thousands of households in the city.

Probably affected by the "haunted rumors", few people have dared to come to the Valhalla to worship in recent times, and there are only two figures in the deserted corridor, Roland and Lyudmila.

The old man who was in charge of the cemetery was nowhere to be seen, but in fact he hadn't been seen for many days.

"Long before the rumors of haunting became popular, this old man was regarded as a strange man, it is said that because he worked in the cemetery all the year round, he had a heavy yin qi on his body, and sometimes he was possessed by ghosts, and he behaved strangely and said some inexplicable things, some people thought that this was the ghost using his mouth to convey greetings to relatives and friends in the yang world, and others said that he was purely drunk." Lyudmila shrugged, "Pietro thinks the second possibility is more likely, because the old man who guards the tomb often goes to his shop to buy alcohol and drinks a large glass of vodka every day. ”

Because no one took care of it, the incense and candles in the tomb were also extinguished, and the yin wind was blowing, and Lyudmila couldn't help but feel numb on her scalp, and subconsciously wanted to say something to strengthen her courage.

Strange to say, the old man was the first, and the workers who repaired the water pipes disappeared, and the rumors of haunting became more and more evil, so that no one dared to come to sweep the tomb anymore, and the plumbers also went on strike, and finally alarmed the Great Church of Kord, and Beowulf sent a priest to investigate, and the result was also gone...... Roland, what the hell do you think is going on? There can't really be ghosts haunting Valhalla, right? The female ranger was worried.

Roland smiled slightly: "Yes, there are quite a few." ”

"Hey! Don't scare me! ”

"It's true, there was a ghost floating behind you just now."

Lyudmila quickly turned back, but saw nothing but her own shadow, and she was so angry that she picked up a bouquet and struck Roland twice on the back.

A smile tugged at the corner of Roland's lips, but a strange glint flashed in the depths of his eyes.

A pair of wall lamps are placed every 100 steps on both sides of the corridor, and an inextinguishable flame is sealed in the glass lampshade to illuminate the corridor leading to the depths of the cemetery.

In Lyudmila's eyes, everything was normal except for a little dampness, but Roland could feel the strong negative energy churning around him.

In a place like an underground cemetery, it should be said that there are several ghosts and ghosts, and most of these imaginary undead creatures are unbelievers, who do not have a special desire to go to the "heavenly kingdom (outer plane)" after death, and are nostalgic for relatives and friends in the world, so they are detained in the cemetery and become the so-called "bound spirits".

These imaginary undead creatures were incarnated by the heroes of Kitland, and usually did not harm their own people, and when the city was invaded by foreign enemies, they would also voluntarily defend their homeland, so Beowulf and Natasha knew that this situation existed, and did not send a priest to remove the spirits. It was only recently that rumors of haunting had become so loud that someone had to be sent to investigate in case of the emergence of the kind of "fierce spirit" that the six relatives did not recognize.

There is no sunlight in the underground Valhalla all year round, and there may be ghosts, and the concentration of negative energy will of course be relatively high, which is not a problem, the problem is that the negative energy here fluctuates violently, which is not normal!

Roland is a priest, "theology" and "necromancy" are his main skills, of course, he knows that under normal conditions, the negative energy of Valhalla is peaceful and orderly, like a calm lake, even if there is undead activity, it will abide by the order here, and will not actively appear in front of the living, let alone hurt people.

At this moment, the negative energy in Valhalla has fluctuated abnormally, like the surface of the sea disturbed by a storm, forced to set off stormy waves, destroying the original order.

"Mira, be careful." Roland finally reminded his giant girlfriend, "It's more dangerous than we expected. ”

Lyudmila was taken aback and instinctively raised her longbow to guard the surroundings.

"Is there really a ghost?!" (To be continued.) )