Chapter 242: Close Encounter
As the supreme core of the "Disobedient" fortress, this fortress facility is built entirely in another dimension, and its energy source is just as Gawain guessed - with the help of the "Divine Power Inverter Array", it draws energy directly from the corpse of the god of nature, "Giant Deer Amorn", and it is precisely because of the continuous energy supply brought by the divine corpse that this fortress has been operating in isolation to this day.
But this is also what makes Gawain regret - the extremely special energy system of this fortress and the special environment in which it is located determine that the technology inside it lacks versatility and reference, at least in the short term, this fortress will not be able to have direct use value for his territory.
It's advanced, but it's too special, it's meaningful, but it's too dangerous, and with the current level of technology and production in the realm, it's impossible to develop it or study it.
And the same is true of the god corpses and the "god-killing weapons" floating in the other space, they are all treasures beyond the current digestion capacity of the Cecil Domain, and they are also beyond the psychological capacity of the current Cecil Domain. The only way Gawain could think of was to temporarily seal them here, wait for the territory to develop in the future, and then carry out large-scale research and excavation.
For him, compared to this unpredictable fortress, Kamel's talent is the most valuable gain.
Gawain stood in front of the separation wall, looking at the white giant deer from afar, the white giant deer that emitted a glimmer of light was the only existence in this dark and chaotic space that gave people a sense of warmth and brightness, in the presence of a protective barrier, mortals could not feel the horror of the giant deer, but could only feel the shock and awe from the bottom of their hearts from its amazing corpse - he was so holy and elegant, even if it had fallen and been mutilated, it was still so beautiful that it was thrilling, every line of his body, every piece of fur, Every ray of holy brilliance carries a sense of beauty that is unimaginable to mortals.
It was a real mythical creature, a creature that only existed in the most beautiful imagination and perfect dreams of man, and he made Gawain think of the "eternal dream" created by the Eternal Sleeper cultists, but unlike the "eternal dream", the giant deer Ammon was real, and he really lay here, proving the reality of the age of the gods.
"Can the barrier be opened?" Gawain turned to look at Kamel, "I'd like to get closer." ”
"Never!" Carmel was taken aback by Gawain's words, "Don't be fooled by this appearance, without the protection of the protective barrier, mortals will go berserk and die almost immediately after coming into close contact with the gods!" There are no more usable guards in the fortress......"
"You may not believe it, but the coercion of the gods has no effect on me," Gawain glanced at Kamel with a smile, then raised his hand to point at Tyr beside him, "It doesn't affect her either." ”
Kamel was in a great state of consternation, to be honest, since he had transformed into a life form and endured so much solitude, he had rarely had strong emotional fluctuations, but today he had produced more emotional turmoil in a single day than he had in the last hundreds of years combined—his arcane body trembling for a long time to organize the words: "Are you serious? ”
"Would anyone joke about this kind of thing?" Gawain looked at Kamel very seriously, "I have been in contact with the flesh and blood of the gods, and Tyr is even more ...... There have been many close encounters, and we are sure of this. ”
The arcane brilliance on Kamel's body flickered, and it seemed to be fiercely contradictory for a moment, and then he floated up, with a determined tone: "I can open the barrier an exit, but I must be with you." ”
"You?" Gawain raised his eyebrows, "Didn't you say that there are no more usable guards here?" ”
"I don't need guards," Kamel said, "and I've lost many of my mortal weaknesses since my life form transformation, including those affected by the will of the gods...... I can act with you. ”
The ancient man's attitude was very resolute, and Gawain understood his thoughts very well: Kamel had finally waited for the hope of leaving here, and naturally he didn't want to see this only hope die and really kill himself, so he nodded: "Okay, you come with us." Tyr, come with me—I see you've been drooling for a long time. ”
"Why!" Tyr wiped the saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth and followed Gawain without hesitation, "I'm reserved—you see I even brought a knife and fork......"
Gawain was taken aback: Why does this seafood go out with knives and forks?! Where did she come from!
Hetty knew what Gawain was special about, but he still reminded him with concern: "Ancestor, please be careful, it's too weird here." ”
"Don't worry, I'll pay attention," Gao Wen comforted his eldest granddaughter, "You wait here with the soldiers, and I'll come as soon as I go." ”
Kamal came to an ancient operating table next to the wall, and after a series of operations, Gawain noticed that the energy barrier outside the wall shook slightly, and the magical light flowing on its surface also condensed into a hazy shadow, which was obviously the exit.
"Come with me," Kamel reminded as he walked towards the exit first, floating forward as he floated forward, "Hold on, I don't know if you can really resist the will of the gods, but as long as you don't get too far away from me, even if something does happen, I will have time to get you to safety." ”
After passing through that translucent protective barrier, Gawain was surprised to find...... The environment on the outside is virtually indistinguishable from the inside of the barrier.
After seeing the shattered world, his first concern was whether there was air to breathe outside the barrier, because the environment was really like the forbidden space, but after leaving the barrier, he found that not only could he breathe freely, but even ...... There's still gravity.
Even though the earth in sight is a myriad of floating boulders, and although there are many fragments of matter floating in mid-air as if they have lost their weight, as long as you step on those larger floating boulders, you will feel the same gravity as the outside world.
Kamel also issued a reminder next to him: "Don't leave these rocks, once you go too far, you will lose gravity, and you will never come back unless you find a new place to stay." ”
Gawain nodded, and various conjectures popped up in his mind.
The facts seemed to show that this alternate space was still a reflection of the real world - like the Shadow Realm, with its strange but corresponding physical rules to the current world, he looked up at the chaotic deep space, and the boulders and wreckage floating high in the sky, and suddenly remembered what Kamal had said before.
"Is this really the Shadow Realm?"
Kamel nodded when he heard Gawain's words: "It took us more than ten years to confirm this matter, and we finally determined this. Scholars' conjectures about the hierarchical structure of the world are correct, and there is indeed a more disordered and chaotic place under the shadow world, where the land is in a state of fragmentation, and the gravitational environment is also scattered due to the shattering of the earth, which is a chaotic reflection of the real world towards the deep secondary mapping...... If there are some contours that correspond to the real world in the shadow world, here the images of the real world are distorted to the point of being completely unrecognizable. ”
"I found a large void in the dark mountains of the Shadow Realm," Gawain said, "The location of that large void is right next to the Magic Gate, and it has something to do with the Shadow Realm?" ”
"That's the passage from the Shadow Realm to the Shadow Realm," Carmell affirmed Gawain's conjecture, "We don't know what forces are causing this phenomenon, but this terrifying Great Void is occasionally found in the Shadow Realm, and with proper guidance, we can use the Great Void to enter the deeper Shadow Realm." In fact, this is also the only way to enter the Shadow Realm - it is relatively easy to enter the Shadow Realm, all it takes is a strong Shadow Talent, proper ritual magic, and some spellcasting materials to open the door to the Shadow Realm, but in order to enter the Shadow Realm, you must find that kind of big void. ”
Gawain couldn't help but mutter, "It always feels like someone has carved those holes in the shadow world......"
"What did you say?"
"No, nothing," Gawain shook his head, "have you found any other Shadow Realm Voids?" ”
"Yes, we have found it, but we have only succeeded in building a magic gate," Carmel replied calmly, "This process requires a lot of energy, and it requires some kind of 'guidance', we first found the corresponding coordinates of Shirahoshi Fall in the present world through magic and divination, and then built a superficial 'disobedient' fortress on this coordinate, and then opened a spatial rift at the bottom of the fortress, with the help of ' The Giant Deer's divine power pushed the spatial rift and pushed it to the edge of the Great Void of the Shadow Realm, and finally opened the only door to the Shadow Realm. This success is almost impossible to replicate unless we can find another fallen god across the Great Void in the Shadowworld. ”
There are indeed other great voids in the Shadow Realm, and these Great Voids are the passages to the Shadow Realm, and the power of the gods can open these passages......
Clues converged in Gawain's mind, and after a moment, he looked up at the corpse of the "God of Nature".
It was already close in front of him, this corpse was so huge, now it was like a small hill towering a hundred meters away, and there was a warm aura in the faint white light that permeated the surface of the huge white deer's body, just by getting closer, Gawain felt a vigorous vitality coming towards him.
It's a strange thing to feel this kind of life on a corpse.
And while sensing the life, he could also clearly sense that something left in this corpse was afraid of him.
Is that the consciousness of the gods still remaining? Is it a fragment of the soul? Or is it just a conditioned reflex left over from the remnants of strong, vigorous tissue cells that can't die? Gawain couldn't tell what this subtle feeling was, but he could clearly feel that some of the corpse's energy response was rapidly declining as he approached, as if it was trying to hide itself.
Even Kamel noticed this change, his life form was transformed by the power of the gods, so he was also extremely sensitive to the changes in the energy in the body of the "giant deer Amorn", he glanced at Gawain in horror, but in the next second, he was even more horrified to see the half-snake creature named Tyr rush towards the body of the god of nature, and raised his knife and fork high......
"Delicious!!"
Tyr has a high opinion of the god of nature.