East, white sand hills, mine station.

A makeshift watchtower stands on high ground near the platform, guarded by vigilant sentries and armoured vehicles, and a special freight train is parked next to Platform 1, the back half of which is made up of several open cargo chassis, some of which are already stacked with cargo, and the only empty chassis in the middle of the train waiting to be loaded.

With the muffled sound of machinery, a large tractor drove up to the loading dock under the command of the guide, and the heavy pallet dragged behind the tractor was covered with a huge tarpaulin, which blocked the cargo inside, but judging from its huge size and faint outline, this was probably not an ordinary ore or mechanical equipment.

On the platform, Pittman was watching the final process of the transfer of goods - the hook of the lifting device had been attached to the pallet at the back of the tractor, the engineers were recharging the pallet's weight-loss runes, half of the soldiers in charge of escorting had already boarded the train, and two officers were leading the rest of the soldiers to check the situation around the train to make sure nothing was lost.

Beside Pittman, Holm, the head of Baisha Mining, couldn't help but smack his lips: "To be honest, this is probably the most important cargo in the world that no one dares to rob......"

"But it still needs to be guarded against, and there will always be a madman like that," said a young knight with a single ponytail, a well-built, heroic young knight, "especially since it needs to change the means of transport halfway, and it can't be too careful." ”

Pitman smiled and glanced at the knightess, "Miss Margarita, don't always be so tight—men don't like ladies like stones. ”

Margarita looked serious: "I'm a knight, and then a woman. ”

“…… Like Philip," Pitman muttered as the corners of his mouth twitched, "It's not fun to talk about." ”

The knightess had only arrived in the White Sands today, and she had been instructed to escort the vital cargo all the way to St. Sunil - it would be a long journey, although the advanced means of transportation had greatly shortened the journey, but due to the limited coverage of the Magic Energy Track, she had to take the team to the Gülen region with her team, and then transfer the goods to the cargo ship, along the waterway all the way through Cecil, Kant, and the Rock, through the entire plain of the Holy Spirit, and finally to St. Sunil - the overall journey was not short.

Her mission will be an important part of His Majesty's coronation.

The pressure of the task, combined with her own personality, made Miss Margarita always seem a little nervous, and for Pittman, it was quite boring to communicate with such a person.

His whispering fell entirely into Margarita's ears, and the earnest female knight turned her head and said solemnly: "Master, I'm sorry if I speak in a way that makes you unhappy—I'm not an interesting person. We're going to be working together for a long time, and I'm going to try not to disturb your mood. ”

"Don't, don't, I can't stand you talking like this...... How is this worse than Philip's symptoms," Pitman waved his hand vigorously, and then sighed a little, "But then again, there are really not many 'standard' knights like you in Cecil's legion now, and most of the knights who have been promoted on the battlefield don't have much time to learn your set of things......"

"Those knights who have risen through the ranks on the battlefield are more worthy of respect, and their loyalty and bravery are worthy of their titles," said Margarita earnestly, "I have heard General Philip say that this is an era that has begun to be turned upside down, and that it is inevitable that the old will be obsolete and the new will replace them. And as for what you call 'that set of things'...... There may be some of it that is out of fashion, but loyalty and conscientiousness are always necessary, and they will carry over to the new knights. ”

Pitman couldn't help but glance Margarita up and down, and suddenly showed a hint of emotion: "Girl, you should be very proud of your identity, right?" ”

Margarita straightened up and smiled reservedly: "Many people may think that the status of a knight is just a good background, but I think it is more proud to be able to prove that I am worthy of this status through hard work. ”

She did not hide her pride and pride too much, but chose to express it in a reserved way—in accordance with the rules of knightly etiquette, because a good knight cannot avoid or hide his good qualities, and even for the sake of humility, these pride must be properly displayed.

Hearing the other party's words, Pitman looked at Margarita for a while, and the hippie smile of the past had somehow been retracted, and he had a hint of distraction, as if he had suddenly fallen into some memory.

Margarita blinked in confusion, looked down at herself, and confirmed that there was no problem with her demeanor before speaking: "Master? Is there anything wrong with what I just said? ”

"No...... I just suddenly remembered an old friend......" Pitman sighed softly and said Yoyo, "He said something similar when I first met him many years ago. ”

"Did you know a knight when you were younger?" Margarita was intrigued, and then some anticipation, "Said something like that...... Then I would like to get acquainted with the gentleman, who is supposed to be a respectable man. ”

"It's a pity that guy didn't get a chance to meet a beautiful lady like you, he died many years ago," Pitman shook his head, "and that guy just said something like that, and he wasn't very serious in character, and even if he lived to this day, you wouldn't expect him to be an old version of Philip - a little closer to Byron." ”

Margarita didn't care about Pittman's teasing behind, but pursed her lips with some regret: "Is it already dead...... Sorry, I shouldn't have brought it up. ”

"It's okay...... It was all years ago, and an old man like me wouldn't bother with you," Pitman chuckled at the corners of his mouth, then turned his face away, looked at the cargo being loaded, and sighed deeply, "And compared to the dead ones...... It's the living that makes people even more entangled. ”

The click of hinges came from not far away, and with the help of mechanical devices, the weight-reduced cargo was placed in the middle of the train's cargo chassis, and the soldiers stepped forward and used crowbars to pull the latches on the chassis to lock the cargo pallet and the train chassis.

A gust of wind blew from the direction of the plain, lifting a corner of the tarpaulin, and in that moment, part of a huge skull flashed through the gaps in the tarpaulin.

The whistle sounded on the platform, and the commander began to gather the soldiers and arrange for the rest to board the train.

"Age of Empires...... The thing that scared that guy for half his life is gone after all. ”

Pitman grunted softly, stepped away, and walked towards his own car.

Several of the apprentices who were waiting next to him immediately stepped forward, took the old druid's cane, and wrapped his arms around his senile and rickety body.

Margarita stood still, looking at the back of the old druid as she left, looking a little confused, but she quickly put these things aside that had nothing to do with the mission, and the female knight from Kant sorted out her dress, turned to Holm and nodded: "Mr. Home, we are on our way - thank you for your assistance, and I wish you all the best in your next mission." ”

Holm smiled and took off his hat, "Good luck all the way, Miss Knight." ”

With a loud flute and a succession of runes, the huge freight train slowly started and accelerated in the direction of the platform, heading west.

Holm watched the particular "truck" leave, then turned and walked out of the platform.

There's a lot more he has to do—

The collection of the remains of the pseudo-god's body has ended, and the valuable experimental samples have been sent back to Cecil in batches a few days ago, and the remaining flesh and bones have been completely cut, among which the skull will be transported to St. Sunil and presented to the emperor, and the rest of the skeleton will be transported to the south, where they will be divided and sent to several research facilities or secret warehouses for long-term research.

When he learned the truth behind the wreckage, the slave-turned-mine leader felt a chill down his spine and couldn't sleep all night after returning to the mine, but after seeing the cut flesh and bones, his fear vanished, and he only sighed at this moment—

The power of the gods was stolen by humans, copied by humans, and finally destroyed by humans, and the world ...... It's really going to be turned upside down.

And as a non-religious person himself, Holm now has to deal with the scene left behind after the body of the false god was taken away.

An assistant in a short black coat walked up to him and asked, "Sir, did the superior say what to do with that big pit?" ”

After the removal of the body of the false god, a huge sinkhole was created between the mine and the river, and the scale of the pit was so large that it became a headache to fill in, and it was unrealistic to fill it, but it came in handy, and the assistants of the mining company couldn't think of any use for a while.

"Let's go survey the soil and terrain around the big crater first, and tomorrow Mr. Bruce will lead the engineering team over," Holm nodded and said, "The government department has a plan - the water from the Whitewater River will be introduced into the big pit, and an artificial lake will be built out, it will be easier for the mine to get water, and a settlement can be built around the artificial lake." The East Frontier is already ours, and we don't have to think about the development agreement signed with the Loren family in the first place, this mining area ...... It's time to scale. ”

The assistant's eyes widened in surprise: "Artificial lake? ”

"Yes, it's all named, it's called Baisha Lake," Holm turned his head to look in the direction of the mining area and shrugged, "I originally thought that it would take another three or five years to build a lake here, but I didn't expect that friends from the deep sea helped us gnaw a pit in advance......"

……

The gentle waves crashed against the sand, the massive alloy barrier that hung on the edge of the sand, and the bright sun shone on the white sand, the starships, the rocks, the outposts, and the friends from the deep sea scattered between them.

Friends of the deep sea are paralyzed on the beach, as lazy as the afternoon sun.

Thousands of mermaids slumped on the beach to bask in the sun, and the sight was spectacular.

In this lazy and idle atmosphere, the voice of a certain kraken came from the loudspeakers set up all over the beach: "Thirty minutes is up, all of them, turn over!" ”

A small number of Krakens looked up, and a few responders stretched hard, then slapped their tails on the beach with a snap and flipped their faces on the spot, but many more Krakens didn't even raise their heads, but continued to bask in their tails and bodies in the lazy sun, and didn't even bother to turn over.

The Kraken, who was conducting the broadcast command, didn't say anything more - it seemed too lazy to remind him a second time.

Extending to the starship's aft engine platform that stretched to land, the Siren Queen Pettia glanced at the scene on the beach, her long snake tail swaying slightly: "It's right to let the sisters eat in three groups in turn...... The impurities in those foods require more energy to filter and purify, and they amplify the 'inerting effect' after we eat. ”

For the Krakens, basking in the sun after a full meal is not a natural laziness, but a part of normal physiological activity - in order to be able to transform those unfamiliar energies and substances, they must be irradiated with the magical energy from the giant sun, because they themselves do not have the ability to process those energies.

In fact, even the transformation of energy and matter through basking in the sun is the result of their efforts to adapt and evolve after arriving in this world, and before coming to this world, the krakens had no concept of "basking in the sun" at all.

The world they lived in had no sunlight to shine in, only an endless ocean, and almost never-ending storms, thunder, and lightning.

"The new food does have a lot of impurities, but it has brought us precious energy supplements, as well as new raw energy samples," said a kraken with long blue hair and obvious scales on his cheeks, "After actual testing, after ingesting new energy samples and adapting them, all the sisters have increased their adaptability to this world to varying degrees, and with the pure arcane energy provided by the rainbow technology as an aid, many sisters can already faintly perceive the so-called 'magic' thing." ”

"Magic...... Petia whispered, lowering her head and rubbing her fingers.

A small cluster of arcane sparks burst out from her slender fingertips, brief and bright.

"It's a very unlivable world for the Kraken, but it's finally ...... We can slowly make this our home. ”

"As you say."

"Hathaway, inform Tyre at our next contact to elevate the human race 'Cecil' to Level 2 contact standards," Petia said, "and we will be happy to share our knowledge of the sea with our friends on land if they have the courage to challenge it in the future." ”

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