On the continent of Loren, the Duchy of Cecil is not alone in keeping an eye on the movement of the Great Wall.

Beyond the vast wastelands of Gondor, past the dark and twisted jungles and corrupted lands, the effects of the Great Wall of Wonder are particularly disturbing in the southern part of the continent, in the warm lands covered by mountains and boundless forests.

This is because there is no natural barrier between the Kaolin Kingdom and the Gondor Wasteland, like the Dark Mountains.

This kingdom in the southern part of the continent was founded by the southern exiles of the former Gondor Empire, who helped them establish a new kingdom between the mountains and was heavily influenced by the elven culture for the next seven hundred years. After a long period of running-in, adaptation, trade, and marriage, the country has become extremely close to the Silver Empire further south, and due to the actual effect of the Great Wall, the border region in the northern part of the Kaolin Kingdom near the Gondor Wasteland is effectively controlled by both elves and humans, and the two races have worked together to create an endless "forest sea defense" here to defend against the threat posed by the wasteland.

Here, centuries of interdependence and a physical threat from the wasteland bind the two kingdoms together.

In the No. 1 Forest Ranger Tower of the Linhai Defense Line, Ranger General Lomar stood in front of the oval window, looking at the front line of the barrier in the north - the endless green forest sea stretched in his field of vision, and the towering ancient trees with magical power shook their branches and leaves in the invisible magical wind, making the forest sea seem to float a layer of emerald green waves, and at the end of the horizon in the distance, the energy barrier of the magnificent wall was flickering with an unsettling brightness, and the low sound of wind and thunder rolling swept through Lin Hai and reached the ears of the Ranger General.

He turned and looked at the main console in the hall, "What's going on?" ”

The main console was located in the center of the oval room, and a row of silvery-white light alloy cylinders lined up neatly on either side of the main console, projecting various holograms outward, and several elven controllers were busy between the alloy cylinders.

Hearing the words of the Ranger General, one of the controllers immediately activated the cylinder in front of him, and with the runes lit up, a group of projections in front of the column were magnified, showing the situation in the northernmost part of the Linhai defense line: on the screen, more than a dozen towering ancient trees were creaking up from the ground, striding forward with "feet" composed of countless roots, bright runes floating on the branches of the ancient trees, forming layers of energy barriers within the coverage of its canopy, and a group of elves in short robes riding a moonlight giant deer, Closely behind the ancient tree, he rushed towards the energy barrier in the distance that was on the verge of overload.

"The second group of Magisters has set off, and sixteen Guardian Ancient Trees are escorting them."

"How's the first Magus doing? Are you out of trouble? ”

The controller quickly reported: "Still trapped in the tunnel area, there are three people who have been contaminated by the demon tide and are in urgent need of treatment - the Guardian Ancient Tree has medicine and a healing pod, but I'm afraid it's too late. ”

The Ranger General's brow furrowed as he looked out the window at the sea of forests—built by humans and elves alike, to seal off and purify the demonic energy that was constantly spreading from the wasteland of Gondor. After seven hundred years of growth, the original magic seeds have now become a barrier large enough to cover the entire northern border, but in the face of the direct impact of the demon tide, can these brave and loyal ancient trees really carry it?

In any case, the offline Sentinel Tower must be reactivated.

"Let the Ranger troops assemble again, stand by at the Sentinel Heights, and wait until the second group crosses the front line of Linhai, and then empty the distortions around the Sentinel Tower diagonally from the east and west sides, and buy at least thirty minutes of repair time for the Magus," the Ranger General ordered his lieutenant in a loud voice, "This tower cannot be lost!" ”

"Yes."

As soon as the subordinates' words fell, the voice of the correspondent came from another direction: "General, the communication from the Star Temple is Her Majesty. ”

Queen? Your Majesty has arrived at the Temple of the Stars? Is the situation so dire?

The Ranger General immediately responded as he walked to the communication platform: "Connected." ”

The rune civilization around the communication platform lit up, and a holographic projection from the Star Sanctuary appeared above the unique cylindrical communicator of the elven clan - the elven queen Blasetia appeared in front of the ranger general, the ruler who was majestic and beautiful sat on the pale golden "throne of domination" with a solemn face, countless glimmering cables and pipes extended from behind the seat, connecting a large number of ancient devices around the queen, and the queen herself looked at Lomar and said solemnly: " Our communication with the whole of the North has been cut off. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," General Ranger bowed his head, "the communication system of the Great Wall was badly damaged in the first overload, and we are figuring out how to fix it - but the priority now is to restart Sentinel Tower One. ”

"How's it going?"

"The first repair team was attacked by the aberrant and had to take refuge in the refuge tunnel, where they are still trapped. The second group has just departed, and I have already sent the Ranger unit to buy them time to repair it," the Ranger General said without concealment, "The situation is not optimistic, but I can guarantee that the mission will be completed." ”

"Very well," Queen Beersettia nodded slightly, "After the Sentinel Tower is repaired, select a group of the most elite rangers and jungle couriers, and I will send them to the north." ”

"Yes," the Ranger General commanded, and asked casually, "do you want to remind the northern kingdoms?" ”

"The Great Wall is deteriorating faster than expected, this is a situation that threatens the entire world, and the other kingdoms must be warned," the Elven Queen nodded, "and also to reassure the people in the northern part of the continent, now that communication is cut off, they need news of their homeland." Other than that...... It is also necessary to go to Ansu to confirm the situation there. ”

The Ranger General was slightly stunned: "Gao Wen in the rumors? Cecil's resurrection? ”

"It's not just a rumor - a high-level ranger who has traveled abroad has also sent a message directly to the Star Temple, that high-level ranger once participated in the Northern Pioneer Army, and Gawain? Cecil, who has worked with him for many years, said he had confirmed the truth. ”

"A high-level ranger who once participated in the Northern Pioneer Army and worked with Gao Wen for many years?" Lomar thought for a moment when he heard this, "Is it Thorderlin?" ”

"It's him."

"I see, his words should be credible."

The Ranger General nodded, he had known Thorderlin for many years, and although the last seven centuries had not been very frequent, the elves were a race whose personality was difficult to change, and even if he had not been in contact for a long time, he believed that Sölderlin was still an honest and reliable man - except for hair problems, that respectable old friend never lied.

The communication hung up.

Belsetia on the "Throne" exhaled a long breath and tapped her fingers lightly on the armrests of the golden chair, the lights of the cable pipes spilling out from behind her flickered, indicating that the queen was not in a calm mood at the moment.

She raised her head and looked around the brightly lit oval hall, looking at the curved metal skeletons around the hall that connected the roof and floor, the runic lights flickering between the skeletons, and the elven magisters shuttling back and forth in the hall, and asked aloud, "How is the anti-gravity unit doing?" ”

The Magister in charge of monitoring the anti-gravity crew immediately responded: "The output is stable, and the crew response rate is seventy percent, Your Majesty." ”

Seventy percent......

A thousand years ago it was 80 percent, and 5,000 years ago it was 90 percent.

This temple of stars is a precious heritage passed down from generation to generation by the elves, but the technology to make it has long been lost, and today's silver elves are not even sure whether this floating fortress was designed by the elves themselves, or if they brought it out of some more ancient ruins - the too old history of the Silver Empire and the chaotic age of the primordial elves have destroyed too many inherited memories, and everyone says that the elves are the most advanced civilization on this continent, but Belsetia herself knows, The elves are just lying on an advanced ancient relic that is gradually dying, the silver empire of the elves...... It's also dying.

When will the Temple of the Stars fall?

None of the elves of the ages seemed to have considered this, and in their minds, this ancient and eternal floating fortress seemed to never fall, but sitting on the throne of domination, listening to the sound of those ancient and broken ancient machines running hard, listening to the mechanical spirits groaning in their nervous systems, Belsetia felt ...... In her lifetime, she probably should think about it.

Seven hundred years ago, the Silver Empire could have built magnificent walls, but simply because the last vacuum extraction station went down for unknown reasons two hundred years ago, it would have been difficult for elves today to repair even a Sentinel Tower.

As the ruler of the Silver Empire, Belsetia doesn't want other nations to know about the terrible decline of the Silver Empire, but as a member of the intelligent race of Loren, she must warn the nations of humanity about one fact:

The Great Wall may not last much longer, and the Silver Empire that once built it...... There is no ability to fix it again.

A personal maid stepped forward and bent down beside Belsetia's throne: "Your Majesty, you need to rest. ”

"Don't worry, the load is low at the moment."

Belsetia waved her hand, then tapped the armrest of the seat on the other side, and a slightly tremor-distorted synthesized voice sounded in the control hall: "Command input...... Switched to auto-homing mode......"

There was a faint tremor from the entire Star Temple, and this huge floating fortress left the sky of the Gaoling Kingdom and began to fly slowly towards the vast jungle of the Silver Empire, while Belsetia adjusted her posture on the seat, leaned on the backrest and looked at her maid slightly: "Do you still have an impression of Uncle Gawain?" ”

The personal maid who grew up with him since he was a child nodded: "At that time, you liked to follow him. ”

Belsetia laughed, "It was with him that he was making trouble—in the name of the Queen, he was dragged to visit the tavern or something." ”

She and Gawain? Cecil's contact time was actually not very long-the Northern Pioneer Army established a new kingdom in the north of the continent, and the pioneers who were busy dealing with the wasteland could not have much time to run to the south of the continent often, as the ruler of the Southern Silver Empire, Belsetia had little chance to leave his country, and the only opportunity for the two sides to contact was in several joint actions between humans and elves - including the laying and completion ceremony of the Great Wall, the signing ceremony of several major agreements, etc., However, since Bersetia was just a little girl who had just sat on the throne at that time, and the power of the empire was temporarily under the supervision of a few regent princes, she had plenty of time to take advantage of every exchange opportunity to run to the camps of several human kingdoms.

Her two favorite places to go at that time were the pavilion of the Ansu Kingdom and the mansion of the Typhon Kingdom - Typhon at that time was one of the many kingdoms in the eastern part of the continent.

"Do you think Duke Gawain's resurrection is credible?" The valet couldn't help but ask, "Although there seems to be evidence that this thing is true now......"

"I believe it to be true," Belsetia whispered, "how could a person who had received the blessing of the four elements die so lightly? ”