A ...... that Enya has never seen before The creature appeared in the doorway, a smiling face that looked pleasant on the smooth metal shell, and he floated in some kind of gravity-defying fashion in the air a short distance from the ground, its interior filled with energy, but it was clearly not a magical reaction - the wonderful creature floated in, and very politely:

"Hello, I'm here to install the equipment."

Enya was a little stunned for a moment—but her mood changes were well hidden in the smooth eggshell—and she stared at the metal ball floating in, and then saw a lot of things floating in behind the other party, which were parts of the magic guide device to be assembled, including neatly packed rune substrates, crystals fixed in metal frames, alloy bases with plug-in structures, and other bits and pieces. These things have no anti-gravity or repulsive structure of their own, and are apparently floating under the control of the metal sphere in front of them.

The parts of the device were soon neatly stacked in the room, and the bright metal ball came to Enya, who seemed to be looking at the pale golden dragon egg curiously, but its mood changes were also hidden in the hard shell, and then he floated up and down, and happily introduced himself: "I am the chief master craftsman here, and I was ordered to design a special magic net terminal and come to install it myself, you can call me St. Nicholas Egg- Of course, you can also call me Mr. Egg or Mr. Nicholas. ”

"Uh...... Hello," a hesitant voice came from the pale golden dome, "you can call me Enya." ”

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Enya," the metal dome floated again, and some of the stacked contraption parts not far away floated with it, "Then I'll start working on it—it might be a little noisy, excuse me." ”

Enya watched in amazement as the self-proclaimed creature began to get busy, and the strange device parts began to combine at a dizzying speed into the prototype of some complex machine, and in the process, she sensed extremely high-frequency and extremely precise magnetic field oscillations, as well as a large number of energy fluctuations that were imperceptible to mortals, all of which were obviously released by this wonderful creature - as the world's oldest god, Enya can be called well-informed and experienced. But at this time, I still couldn't help but think of a thought: it really deserves to be a region ruled by extraterritorial wanderers...... Why are there so many strange creatures in this place?

But soon she realized that as an egg, she could still talk to people, and she seemed to be an abnormal creature who usually drank tea and read the newspaper, and suddenly felt fine.

Nicholas Egg was always in a happy mood by quickly assembling the parts of the device that he had designed and debugged, but what was even more interesting was the "occupant" of this room, the pale golden egg standing next to it, as if he had been watching this side, and it was the first time he had seen such an interesting creature after being in this world for so many years, and he couldn't help but say to the other party: "I heard that there is a new guest here...... But I didn't expect it to be such a quirky guest. Ah, ma'am, forgive me for offending - are you not hatching yet? ”

"Sort of," Enya said casually, while observing the shell of the egg, "What about you?" Didn't you hatch it too? ”

"Me? That's what I look like," the egg always floats up and down, as if mimicking the human shrug, "Of course, at first there were people who thought I was an eggshell on the outside, but it was actually my skin...... Well, skin. ”

"It's amazing," Enya whispered, thoughtfully, some ancient, marginal memories that seemed to come from interesting reports from some traveling dragons, and after a few seconds of silence she suddenly spoke, "You're not a creature of this world?" ”

Mr. Dan was stunned, and subconsciously said according to his usual external explanation: "Well, that's right, in fact, I am a magus from the ancient Gondor Empire, and I had to temporarily transform into this ...... because of an experimental accident."

"You fell into the mountains to the south?" Enya interrupted without waiting for the other party to finish, "I remember...... Humans call that mountain range the Dark Mountains. Ah, that was probably more than a thousand years ago, maybe a little longer. ”

Mr. Dan subconsciously stopped what he was doing (although he didn't have hands), and he turned around in shock: "How do you know?!" ”

"I know a lot of things—even though I was far north at the time, the dragons who traveled out often told me about interesting changes happening around the world," Enya said lightly, "You don't have to be nervous, I'm not going to fuss about an exotic visitor like a normal person, there are so many incredible things happening in this world, and your presence is ...... to me." It's not too unusual. ”

The egg couldn't help but float towards the golden giant egg in the center of the room: "Then what else do you know?" Do you know how I got here?! ”

"This seems to be important to you, but I'm sorry......" Enya hesitated, but said calmly, "I didn't see the moment you fell into this world, so I can't judge much. However, my dragon reports that you suddenly emerged from the turbulent top of the atmosphere and crashed to the earth, and no trace was found in the steady-state limit layer, so I assume that you must have passed through some kind of space-time rift - not a normal space voyage. ”

"I've passed through the rift in space......" Egg always muttered to himself, "so my way home is not in the stars, but probably some kind of space phenomenon...... At least not the normal route ......"

"I'm not sure," Enya said, "that the structure of space-time is the most complex and incomprehensible part of the world's mysteries, and on a million-year scale, there are occasional cracks and cracks in the smooth and complete structure of space-time that even the gods can't understand, and my only experience is that the bottom of this world may not be as stable as we think, and the closer we get to the foundation of the world, the more unpredictable, counter-intuitive, and irrational the posture of all things becomes." ”

"Unpredictable, anti-common sense, irrational?" Mr. Dan subconsciously repeated the words used by the other party, and couldn't help but ask, driven by curiosity, "Why do you say that?" ”

Enya hesitated suddenly, and after a moment of contemplation, she broke her silence: "There is some knowledge, I am not sure if I can say it, so I can only tell you some examples that are not too beyond your knowledge to remind you: as we all know, in the material world, the mind and matter are clearly separated, in the shadow world, there is often a misalignment and overlap between matter and projection, and in the shadow world, the world in the eyes of the observer is already a kind of ' Illusion', the existence of the vast majority of things is already outside the perception of intelligent beings, and in the deepest part, the place called the 'deep sea'...... I won't say much here, but I can only tell you one thing: there are no entities in the deep sea, and the concept of a physical universe has fallen apart there. ”

"There is no entity? The concept of the physical universe falling apart? "Eggs always have some difficulty understanding the other person's words," what does this mean? ”

"I can't read too much," Enya said without hesitation, "firstly, too much advanced knowledge is itself harmful to you, and secondly, my interpretation is probably wrong as well, because the knowledge of the gods is also limited. I'm just here to give you a reference...... If you are looking for your way home, then perhaps this path is deeper in the world, in the 'bottom of the world' where the rules of time and space are more fragile and prone to loopholes—in the material world where the structure of time and space is continuous and stable, there is little hope. ”

"A deeper world...... Deeper ......" Mr. Dan whispered to himself, he seemed a little lost at first, but suddenly he was uplifted again, "Ah, I see, thank you very much, I see!" ”

Enya still has some regrets: "I don't think I helped much. ”

"You've done me a great help, Lady Enya!" "For so many years, I have always thought that I am from space, at least my 'path' to this planet is in space, but I have never considered the idea of the structure of time and space - you have opened up a new idea for me, this is the first step I have taken in more than a thousand years!" ”

"But it's not that easy to take this first step," Enya couldn't help but remind, "Even if you know that the bottom of the world may be hiding the mystery of the structure of time and space, how do you plan to find a way out there?" It is beyond your current understanding, and far beyond what you can control with the technology you have today, and as far as I know, the furthest you can now take is just stepping into the Shadow Realm, and you are far from reaching the 'bottom'. ”

Mr. Dan's voice sounded not discouraged in the slightest: "I like Gawain's words: technology is always improving, and what you can't do now doesn't mean you can't do it in the future." I think he's right. I've been waiting in this world for more than a thousand years, the Gondor Empire was very advanced, but they didn't make it to the day when they touched the stars, and now I'm waiting for Cecil, who is curious about the stars, and who have studied the bottom of the world, and this time I can still participate in their cause openly - I can live for many, many years, and I feel that I will always see that day, and see the technology of this world advanced to the depths of the universe...... Then I'll find my way home. ”

Enya quietly listened to the wonderful metal creature talking about her dreams with high spirits, and when the other party's voice fell, she couldn't help but say, "You are very optimistic. But if ...... What if you really didn't wait? ”

Mr. Dan suddenly fell silent, and after a few seconds of silence, he smiled and shook his body from side to side: "I will turn into a rock in this world, and quietly wait for the day when the self will disintegrate." Luckily, this planet is a good place for me to settle down and bury - so until that day comes, I'm going to enjoy every day as much as I can, and enjoy these days of working with metal to the fullest. ”

Not far away, the half-assembled parts of the device floated again, and under the delicate control of Nicholas Egg, the tightly knit structures began to continue to assemble together, and a special magic net terminal and several indiscernible auxiliary equipment gradually took shape in midair.

Enya thought quietly, not knowing what she was thinking, she suddenly laughed softly: "I really like this world. ”

"yes, I like it too," Mr. Dan replied casually as he was busy with his work, "so you should also go out for a walk once in a while like me - I can understand the joy of being in the room, I also spend most of my time in the workshop, but going out to bask in the sun also has the benefit of being in the sun." ”

Enya suddenly fell silent: "......"

Dan always noticed the quietness of the golden dome, and his heart was full of speculation, and he hesitated to ask, "Is it ...... Can't you float? ”

“…… I seem to have forgotten about this feature," Enya said, "but I can look into it." Okay, I'm working on it again. ”

"Then it seems that I just can't float now," Dan always felt like he had an answer, and his voice was relieved, "It's okay, I understand the feeling - cold days are always hard." ”

“？”

Enya felt a question mark floating on her eggshell, but before she could ask, the Mr. Iron Ball was already immersed in the follow-up work, and she only heard the other party's pleasant voice coming: "...... Don't worry, this set of equipment will be ready to use as soon as it is installed, and while not being able to go out can make you feel a little depressed, the wonderful online world will eliminate all your boring time......"

……

"This is the current state of the Silver Elves," Belsetia said, standing in front of Amon, with a calm and nonchalant expression, about what happened to the people of the forests and valleys after the departure of the god of nature, "To this day, although the Silver Empire is still a clerical state, it is essentially driven by mostly secular forces - the clergy of the royal family is only a symbol most of the time, we still worship God, but our lives have been consciously or unconsciously moved away from the practice of faith.

"But in a small area, there are still spirits who adhere to the fundamentalist faith, led by the fundamentalist druids, and at the top of them are a few ancient priests who have survived from three thousand years ago......"

"I'm curious about one thing," Amonen suddenly asked softly after Belsetia had finished speaking, "those fundamentalist druids, can they cast spells?" ”

“…… OK. ”

"Those ancient priests who have survived from three thousand years ago to the present, can they use spells?"

“…… They relied on certain ancient artifacts and relics that have been passed down to the present day to cast their spells. ”

"Both groups refuse to recognize the current theocratic symbol of the Elven Court and look forward to the restoration of the old Druids."

"Yes."

Amone sighed softly.

"The priests who have survived since 3,000 years ago, they are my devout believers, and I suddenly abandoned them...... It's my fault, and the druids who promote the Fundamentalist Restoration, they don't believe in you or me. ”

Belsetia raised her head and looked into the eyes of the god of nature—her heart had gradually calmed down, and even looking at these holy eyes did not produce violent emotional fluctuations: "So what do you mean?" ”

"Let those ancient priests come to me, I have abandoned them for three thousand years...... It's time to meet, too. ”

Belsetia's eyes widened instantly, as if she couldn't believe what she had heard: "But in this way, won't your efforts so far be in vain?" And those priests who have come into contact with the gods again will ...... when they go back."

She stopped abruptly at this point, as if she realized something, and she looked to the side and saw Gao Wenzheng standing there with a calm expression, as if he had already expected everything.

Belsetia froze, raised her head again, and looked at the gods worshiped by the elves of yesteryear: "And what about the rest of the fundamentalist druids?" ”

"Give them two choices," Amone whispered, "either with you or with me." ”

(End of chapter)