Chapter 32: It Was a Tree
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Rose nudged me and pointed to the tree behind us, and I looked at the tree with suspicion. Turning around and walking under the tree, he asked tentatively, "You're the guy who manipulated the mechanism against us?" β
"Hero! Spare your life! I know it's wrong, please don't hurt me! "The tree actually made a sound.
I looked back at the tree in amazement. "You...... You...... Are you a city tree? β
"So the hero knows my identity?"
Dizzy! It's really a city tree. It's strange that this guy can manipulate all the equipment of the entire temple like a command body. "How did you end up planted here? What about the owner here? β
"The master hasn't been here since he finished here, and I think the master would have been dead for thousands of years!"
"Huh? What kind of answer do you have? If you don't be honest again, beware that I chop you and use it as firewood! β
"Don't get excited, hero, this is the case. My master is a god-level magician, and as a powerful practitioner, it is natural that my master has a lot of strange habits. Of course, he also has a hobby that all mages have in common - he likes to be quiet. So, the master built this temple. Its main function is to isolate a qiΔ disturbance from the temple. β
"If that's the case, then all it takes is a high-level mage tower to solve a qiΔ problem, why build such a huge building?" Roses are very shrewd, and it is absolutely impossible to fool the past.
The City Tree explained unhurriedly: "That's right. The master recognized a fundamental law after studying a lot of magic. That's the law of energy conservation. The use of a magic is nothing more than the transformation of energy from one form to another, and the purpose that mages hope to achieve is nothing more than the product of these energy transformations. For example, lightning magic, a mage does not use it simply to release electricity, his real purpose is to damage the target with the heat generated by the electricity. The master studied the principles of the use of magic by these mages. And delve into its essence. Finally he made a discovery. β
"What does this have to do with him building the temple?"
"It's a big deal. Because the master's research has found that the use of magic can be done as long as there are suitable conditions, and it does not necessarily require a mage. For example, magic scrolls are such a thing, although most scrolls require a little bit of magic to activate, but the master has invented a kind of scroll that does not require mana to activate. Such scrolls can even be activated by a low-level creature with no intelligence or an inanimate timer. β
"What's this?" I fully understand what this discovery has to do with the temple.
Rose nodded and said, "So your master has discovered a way to make all creatures use any level of magic?" β
The City Tree replied, "Yes, that's it. β
I asked Rose instead. "Is there anything special about this?"
"Of course it's special." Rose explained to me. "The situation is simple. Those mages have a high status among humans, and those angels and demons are stronger than humans because almost every member of them is a ** master. However, this mage's research has a problem, and he has upset the balance. Any individual creature can use the same level of magic, and the strength will depend only on the number of individuals. In the world setting of this game, the angel clan is the light god clan, and they compete with the dark god clan composed of demons for control of the world. But once all living beings can use any advanced magic, angels and demons become ordinary creatures. The largest number of individuals. Humans with super-fertile abilities will soon wipe out the angels and demons. What would you think if you were a ruler? β
"In the bud, of course, this technology that could threaten you is nipped in the bud." I understood immediately. "Oh! I understand. No wonder your master is hiding. It turned out that he was hunted down by the gods of light and darkness. β
The City Tree continued, "So the master may be able to isolate himself from the outside world by relying solely on the Mage Tower, and he needs a building that even the Temple of Light and Darkness cannot or dare not enter. β
I continued, "So he built a temple of Mother Earth. Mother Earth God is one of the founding gods, angels and demons are just self-appointed gods, and there is still a huge gap in strength, so no one dares to touch the doctrine of the Mother Earth Temple. I paused and continued, "Even the Fake Earth Mother Temple. β
"Heroes are really smart." This city tree is really old, and it can actually be patted on the back, and it is said that people are old and fine. I see that the tree is much older.
"And what happened to your master?"
"The owner then received an invitation from an old friend to study something, and then he never returned. It's been thousands of years since that departure, and I guess the owner probably encountered the test. β
Rose suddenly said, "By the way, what about the puppet that attacked us in the first place?" β
"Did the heroine say the last double puppet?"
"Yes."
"It was hit hard, and it couldn't come back if it barely held on."
"What about the wreckage?" I'm more anxious than a rose. This wreckage is a precious research material!
The owner wants his technology to be stolen, and all puppets have the ability to self-destruct, and will self-destruct once it is confirmed that consciousness cannot be guaranteed. When
"You mean self-destructing?"
"It's not self-destructing. Detonation will injure nearby companions. They were all hit into the spatial magic array in their bodies, and once they could not guarantee that their consciousness existed, they would be teleported into the spatial fault. Even the Founding God doesn't want to get it back. β
"But we've collected a lot of them, and we don't seem to see them self-destruct?"
"I think if you look at it now, you'll be surprised to see that they're just empty shells."
As soon as I heard this, I quickly ran back to the room where the mirror was. The space door is still standing there. Entering the space door, several puppets were still lying on the grass. I walked over and crouched down to check inside, but I almost didn't vomit blood. All the puppets were left with the heavy armor outside, and the armor was empty and empty. Angrily, he ran back to the City Tree: "Why are the cores missing?" β
"Didn't I say that? The owner is afraid of leaks. Therefore, it is equipped with an auto-destruct function. The more things in the teleportation ground, the more troublesome it is, and those shells have no secrets, so the teleportation system only teleports the internal structure. β
"Do you have any unbroken puppets here?"
"The making of puppets is very troublesome, and the materials are very difficult to make. The owner has only made a total of 27 puppets, two of which are validated and the other 25 are standard. β
"Then there should be more?"
"But when the master left, he took a verification mech and 1 normal model, and there were only 7 puppets left in the temple."
"We just broke 2 standard models and a validator, so there are 4 more.?
"3,000 years ago, there was a malfunctioning teleporter that started and self-destructed, and 1,200 years ago, there was a person who accidentally fell into the lake outside and lost contact, and I think it must have been corroded by the lake water for so long. 30 years ago, two puppets were accidentally caught in while repairing the shredder, so there are no more battle puppets anymore. But I also have a few service puppets. The basic principle is roughly different, and the hero wants it? β
"Let's take a look."
"Yes. It's coming soon. β
The door on the opposite side of the room suddenly opened, and a dozen little ones rushed from a distance with unimaginable speed. I couldn't see the shapes of the little things because of the distance, but they soon came up to us.
Rose looked at the little things in surprise and pulled me by the hand: "That...... That......! β
I nodded and said with the same surprise, "I know!" β
It wasn't the other place that surprised the two of us, but the way the little things acted. These puppets are actually floating in the air, and they can fly! A row of 12 puppets stopped moving after they lined up in front of us. I was amazed and circled around one of the puppets.
The height of these little things is about one meter two, but because they are floating in the air, the actual height is about one meter six. These puppets are not humanoid. They resemble a refrigerator floating in the air, except that they have eight robotic arms extending outward. I can't see any flying devices from the outside, so that means these little ones can fly on their own. And even if they stop, they still float in the air, which means that the floating of these puppets does not consume energy. In reality, I know that airships do not consume energy in the levitating state, and there is another such thing in this game world, and that is the levitation technology that Issinger is currently using. The floating technique studied by the Germans only consumes power during ascent or descent, and once hovered, only a small amount of things are needed to maintain it. However, Issinger cannot move horizontally using the ground levitation technique, but these small things can move, can it be said that they have solved the congenital defects of the levitation technique. Or do they have a different way?
Rose couldn't help but ask first, "What's the matter with the flying ability of these little things?" β
The City Tree replied, "It's a floating technique that allows things to fly." This temple also has this technology, and you should note that the lower part of the temple was not built at the bottom of the lake. Instead, it floats on the water, and in fact, we used the levitation technique to float. β
"Let's take a look at the float."
"Please follow the puppets."
The little puppet immediately flew towards the door with us, these little ones were very fast, I had no problem, but Rose was not fast enough, I simply picked her up sideways and followed. In the back passage, he twisted into a large room, which looked familiar, as if it resembled Issinger's power core. The entire room was surrounded by huge crystal-built machines that shimmered with seven-colored light, and in the center of the room, a giant red-veined magic crystal in a magic array shimmered with brilliant light, floating in the center of the room, and around it, there were 16 purple crystals slightly smaller than it that were also flickering, revolving around the red-veined magic crystal.
After seeing the red-veined magic crystal. Both of my eyes immediately lit up." The shape of the magic crystal in front of him is a diamond shape with thirty-two faces, like two multi-faceted triangular pyramids connected to each other, but it is particularly long, and the distance between the upper and lower tips is more than 10 meters. And the diameter of the central part does not exceed 34 meters. Such a large piece of magic crystal is already incredible, not to mention that this is a red-veined magic crystal, and it is very easy to drive two Aisingers with its output work. while
The sound of the City Tree rang out again. "This is the core power plant of the temple, and every qiΔ earth mechanism relies on it to operate, including our buoyancy device."
"Can the temple be moved?" That's what I'm most concerned about, it's okay to simply float up Issinger, what I need is to get Issinger moving. Isengard's original design goal was to move the fortress, and if he couldn't move, Isenger wouldn't be able to exert his maximum combat effectiveness.
"The temple could have been moved, but the power has been basically exhausted over the years, and I have no way to control the puppets to move outside the temple. So there is no way to get new energy supplements, so I have not dared to move the temple. β
"So your ground float technology can really move?" Rose asked excitedly.
"Yes. This temple wasn't originally built here, we flew here later. β
"Haha, the levitation technology is solved." I happily hugged and jumped with the roses. Thank goodness that the problem was solved for so long.
Rose was calmer than I was, and she quickly asked, "I want to ask how fast this thing moves?" There is also the problem of energy consumption, it is very expensive to move such a large thing, right? β
"That's true. The energy consumption of mobile floating technology is all concentrated in moving, and if it is just a simple hover, it almost consumes energy. The energy consumption of translation is much larger, and it is not possible to move continuously at all. The power pipelines used now store zΓ i limit flow, and the power flow when moving is very large, and many pipelines cannot withstand such a long period of large-flow transportation. A two-hour break is usually required after 10 hours of flight, and this is also affected by many factors. For example, the material of the pipe, the speed of movement, the mass of the moving object. β
I immediately asked, "I tell you how many jΓΉ can you calculate your athletic ability?" β
"Yes." I quickly opened the city attribute interface and reported Isinger's attributes to him. The City Tree quickly replied, "It's theoretically very difficult to fly for something this big, but your power machinery is also relatively large, so it's still okay to fly, and your power pipes seem to be better than the temple's materials." The structure is also relatively advanced, and there should be no problem in coping with the flight, but because the mass itself is too large. Continuous movement is absolutely impossible. I estimate that 8 hours of flight and 21 hours of rest is the limit. β
"So what if we're going to cross the ocean? 81 hours to fly over the sea, right? β
"Rest doesn't mean close, just hover."
"What about speed?" I asked excitedly.
"Theoretically, the speed can be increased indefinitely, and the special propulsion principle of the floating technology can provide continuous and steady propulsion power, which will continue to accelerate as long as it is always on. But the problem is not acceleration, but deceleration. Because the air resistance is too small, even if such a large mass thing glides at a speed of 50 miles, it will have to rush out more than 200 kilometers before it can completely stop, which is still a headwind, and if it is downwind, it will not stop. β
"Wouldn't it work if it was pushed backwards?"
"First, it is wasteful, and secondly, the strength is easy to control, it is difficult to stabilize it, and the potential energy of sudden reverse advancement and counteract is too large, and then your city will shake violently like hitting something, forget it once or twice, and often do this sooner or later, the city's power facilities will be shaken apart." If the float disintegrates in the air or the big explosion, it will be a big problem. β
Sweat! I've already tried that situation once, not to mention killing millions of people and almost scrapping the entire city's buildings, and there are still many places in Eichinger that have not been repaired! It's not something ordinary people can afford to play roller coasters in the air with something as big as Issinger, and if I do it again, I'm going to have a heart attack!
"And how did your temple solve the problem of moving?"
"It's simple, just don't fly too fast. The Temple Power Unit has a power cap. The fastest is equivalent to the speed of a bird. If it's your city and it's a little slower, I think it's safe to reach the average movement speed of a war horse. β
Rose said to me, "Isn't this a little slower?" If we want to move Issinger to Japan, won't we have to fly for a week? β
"What's the solution, it's better than disintegrating in the air and falling into the sea, right? I don't want Isenger to become Atlantis. "The situation is almost understood, it's time to do it." That City Tree. The owner of this temple has passed away, and the momentum here is about to run out, and you have no future to stay, sooner or later it will end up with this place, why don't you come with me? β
"You mean moving the temple to your territory?"
"No, no, no. The temple doesn't move, we only take the useful things with you, the temple is of little value, it's just a large building, let it sink to the bottom of the lake and sleep forever, right? β
"I really want to, but as a city tree, my mission is higher than a qiΔ. Although theoretically the master is dead. But without the exact news of the owner's death, I will not leave here. You are also not allowed to take anything with you. Even if it's a rock. β
"Why are you so stubborn and want me to use force?"
"I'm scared of death, but I want you to leave quietly after watching it, and even take a few non-combat puppets with you. However, you must not touch anything else, or I will activate the ultimate defense system. β
"The ultimate defense?"
It's the Super Teleportation System. Send the entire temple into the spatial rift, and seal it away forever and forever into the unknown infinite space. "I can put everything in my space door. Even if I was teleported, I would have committed suicide once, and I would have returned home when I was resurrected anyway. Even if you activate the ultimate defense, it won't be useless. β
"Under normal circumstances, after the adventurer's death, the soul will be teleported back to the resurrection temple and resurrected, but the spatial rift is a one-way space for teleportation spells, which can only enter but not exit. Even if you commit suicide, you can't get out. β
Rose pushes me. "Don't make too much trouble, if it's true, it will be equivalent to deleting the number, it's not cost-effective."
"Then how are you going to believe that your landlord is gone?"
"Unless you can bring your master back from the departed Star Ring, it's useless if I agree. The Ring of the Stars is the key to all the mechanisms of this temple, and no one should think of the idea of this place without it. Hearing this, Rose and I laughed in unison. The City Tree was laughed at inexplicably. "What are you laughing at?" I couldn't help but laugh even harder, and reached out to reveal the ring. "The Ring of the Stars?"
"Still have questions?"
"No problem with the new owners. We're here to help. "The tone of the City Tree is different." If you had shown me that it was so troublesome to use it earlier, any qiΔ mechanism in the temple could use this ring to close the ground. β
"You think I like it? If only you knew that as long as you hold the ring, there will be no difficulty, and the ghost will break in so hard! By the way, what do you say needs to be turned on? β
"Here." Suddenly, a stone platform rose next to the City Tree. There is a circular groove in the middle of the stone platform. I haven't seen anything before the City Tree screams first. "Where's the launcher? It must be those goddamn elves. Babaru, Babaru. β
A dozen hairy humanoid monsters came running in from the outside, all of them quite tall, but they didn't look clumsy at all. The monsters knelt down in front of the City Tree and began to mumble something, which we didn't understand anyway. The City Tree said something in the same language, and although we didn't understand it, the City Tree's tone seemed angry. The Phantom helped me translate the words of the City Tree: "The goblin stole our starter, you go and get it back." β
"Wait." I abruptly interrupted them and took the gold disc out. "That's not what you're talking about, is that the starter?"
"Launcher? How did it get to you? β
"The little goblins from the other face gave it to me, they have to say that I am some kind of savior, in fact, I think it is more suitable for me to be the god of destruction!"
The City Tree said very respectfully, "Since you have the best, please put the golden disc into the groove on the stone platform." "I did as the City Tree had told me to put the disc into the groove in the stone platform. As soon as the disc was set, the cross crystal in the middle suddenly rose. A lid suddenly opens in the middle of the crystal, and a flower-shaped groove appears underneath the lid (pictured in the Ring of the Stars' reference image gallery). I looked at the Ring of the Stars, and the groove seemed to resemble the jewel flower on the Ring of the Stars. It seems that this is the activation key.
Speaking of the City Tree, I immediately clenched my right hand into a fist and pressed the Ring of the Stars against the groove. The grooves fit the ring together perfectly, and the entire disc lights up with the insertion of the ring.
The sound of the City Tree rang out again. "Now turn 40 degrees to the left, then turn only 180 degrees and then turn 90 degrees to the left."
I turned the ring in unison, and the gold plate spun with it. After turning 50 degrees to the left, the whole temple suddenly shook, and then turning 180 degrees to the right, and the walls of the room lit up. Finally, turn left 90 degrees to return to position. With a click, the stone platform suddenly began to fall back to the ground, and the disc was retracted, and my ring naturally came out of the groove. The flower beds around the City Tree suddenly closed into the ground, and the City Tree itself shone with a golden glow.
To Rose's and I's astonished gaze, the City Tree turned into a small golden sun, and then the light began to dim, but it was still blinding. The ball of light suddenly flew out of the flower bed and landed on the ground next to us, and then it began to shapeshift, and soon became a humanoid ball of light. As the light continued to dim, the contours of the man's face and facial features gradually became clearer. But as the light continued to diminish, I suddenly realized that he seemed to have no clothes, and quickly pulled the rose into my arms and made her turn her back to the humanoid object in the light. "Don't look!"
Soon the light was completely extinguished, and a completely ** male human appeared in front of us. Looking at this guy I was sure he was the City Tree, which explains why he didn't have any clothes. The human being who changes in the City Tree is clearly a European, with long, wavy blond hair that reminds me of the Lion King. Those aqua blue eyes seem to be specially born to seduce women of good families, but unfortunately I am a man. The elegant facial expression and his upright and handsome facial features make people feel how noble he is, but the ** body completely destroys his elegance and nobility, but adds some wildness to him.
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