The battle between the black well and the tide.

To be honest, Gawain had no idea that he would hear such a shocking ancient secret in his casual conversation with the Siren Tyr, but when he thought about it, he knew that if there was anyone in this world who could name more ancient and detailed historical information than his moon elve, it would be this group of deep-sea saltwater fish who had been observing land since ancient times.

The so-called black trap...... What is it?

According to Tyr, it seems to be a filtering mechanism, or a "reaper mechanism" that harvests civilizations according to fixed standards, and the fact that every terrestrial civilization from antiquity to the present day has developed to a certain extent and then destroyed - destroyed by the Demon Tide, or destroyed by that mysterious "black trap", is terrifying.

But Gawain also knows very well that even if the black trap exists, human beings cannot stop the pace of development.

Because there's still a magic tide.

If you don't develop, you will die in the demon tide, and if you develop, you may encounter a black trap.

The only thing he can do, and the only thing that may work, is to find the truth about the "black trap" before humanity encounters it.

"I don't know if there is a development path that can both carry the demon tide and avoid the black trap, but I believe that sitting still is definitely not the solution, the demon tide has no mercy, and it will not postpone the visit because of the awe of human beings."

Gawain looked at the night in the distance and said slowly in a calm and indifferent tone, while Tyr, who was next to him, opened his eyes slightly, and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "A leader should have such an awareness...... You're a good friend. ”

Gawain smiled back and asked, "Why did you suddenly tell me these things tonight?" ”

Tyr shrugged, "I just talked about it casually during small talk." ”

Gawain didn't say a word, just looked at the kraken quietly until the latter looked helpless: "Okay - it's actually nothing, just take it as a gift from the rainbow technology." You may not realize what you've come up with, but in my judgment, your new use of magical energy is really valuable to us Krakens, and I'm telling you this in return...... Of course, knowing this in advance isn't necessarily a good thing for you. ”

Gawain didn't care about Till's last words, but said very seriously: "You have already given the return gift of the rainbow technology. ”

"That little bit of superficial knowledge of shipbuilding is nothing, you can figure it out after a few years of research on your own, but the general magic energy ...... But it's been a bottleneck for us. We Krakens are unable to feel the magic of nature, nor can we understand and memorize your spell models, and we have been using the simplest and crudest methods to obtain energy in the most unstable and inefficient way, and due to the influence of the Demon Tide, our efforts in this area have to be overturned almost every tens of thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years...... So you can imagine how important it is to us that there is a hope that can break the bottleneck. ”

Speaking of this, Tyr was silent for a moment before continuing, "Krakens are not accustomed to indebtedness to others, even friends. ”

Gao Wen looked at Till's eyes quietly, and nodded lightly for a long time: "I understand, then I accept your kindness." ”

"Very well, may you be civilized and prosperous—we had a very pleasant conversation tonight."

Tyr's voice rang out in the night, and she leaped, the tail of the fish, reflecting the glittering starlight, in a graceful arc in the starlight and falling towards the murmuring waters of the White Water River.

Gawain stood on a rock on the bank of the river, looking down in the direction of Tyr's whereabouts.

“…… Due to the local water element cycle, the water level of the Baishui River will drop at night - didn't you fall to your death? ”

"I'm fine!"

……

Even knowing that more challenges await him in the distant future, Gawain will not stop him - or rather, it is precisely because he knows the mysterious and terrifying phenomenon of the "black trap" that he wants to speed up the development of certain fields.

Although it is uncertain whether there is a connection between the battle against the tide in ancient times and the Black Well, the fact that the dragons, who have always lived in seclusion, will participate in the war on the continent on a large scale, and the spearhead of the war is directly aimed at human faith, is enough for Gawain to turn his attention to the gods.

He didn't know what role the gods played in the "Black Well", but he didn't mind adding a little more to his knowledge of the gods.

In the deepest part of the Fortress of Disobedience, in front of the magical door that leads to the Shadow Realm.

The old hall, built a thousand years ago, has been renovated, the broken walls and roof have been restored and decorated with contemporary cement materials and paints, and the ancient magic circle on the ground has been replaced by a modern magic net, and in this new hall, only one thing remains in its original form: the circular magic door in the center of the room.

Around the Magic Gate, several monitoring circle platforms were flashing with unpredictable light, and magicians in white researcher uniforms were busy around the Magic Gate, monitoring the situation of the gate, while Kamel, who was full of arcane brilliance, floated in front of the gate, emitting a powerful arcane pulse at the gate's energy center.

The slightly dim runes on the gate immediately lit up, and a stable passage through the Shadow Realm was opened.

"The lab in the Fortress of Disobedience is ready," Kamel said, turning to Gawain and the others, who arrived early in the morning, "we can start at any time." ”

Gawain glanced around the people around him—in addition to Wright, who had to participate in the experiment, he was accompanied by Pitman and Amber, as well as a group of researchers led by Rebecca. Originally, Herty also wanted to come with her, but considering the busy affairs of the Government Affairs Department, and the fact that Herty herself had withdrawn from the R&D team, she finally stayed in the post of the Government Affairs Department.

Amber didn't want to come, but she was Gawain's guard, and she was the most powerful shadow master in the territory, considering the inextricable connection between the shadow world and the shadow world, bringing her was equivalent to an extra insurance against channel fluctuations in advance, so whether this guy wanted to or not, Gawain forcibly brought her over.

After confirming the manpower around him, Gawain nodded and looked at Wright: "Is the substrate for the test on board?" ”

Wright took out the Holy Light Substrate from his body: "Here." ”

Emily emerged from mid-air behind Wright and waved hello to Gawain.

Oh, and this little girl should be counted - she's Wright's binding gear.

Gawain shook her hand at Emily, then took the lead and walked forward: "The test equipment is already in the lab...... Let's go inside. ”

After passing through the passage to the Shadow Realm, the interior of the fortress of disobedience is revealed.

The 1,000-year-old facility had been reactivated, but only one of the labs, and most of it remained the same as Gawain had first seen it—even more deserted than it had been when he first saw it.

Because all valuable ancient equipment and sample materials have been removed.

Ignoring the empty corridors and rooms, the group walked straight into the depths of the fortress of disobedience, led by Kamal.

They walked through the outer cloister of the fortress and passed the fan-shaped hall that once housed the remains of nine hundred and seventy-two bodies.

The remains of the fan-shaped hall had been transported out and properly buried in the cemetery outside Cecil, and now that the hall was empty, except for the rows of seats that remained silent in the dim light, Carmel couldn't help but slow down as he walked through the fan-shaped hall, he looked at the place that had trapped him for a thousand years, but finally said nothing, but went straight to the end of the hall, opening the passage to the Supreme Protection Laboratory.

Gawain was taken to a room he hadn't seen before.

The room was just outside the fan-shaped hall, judging by its location, it should be close to the door that led to the resting place of the giant deer Ammon, and Gawain saw that the laboratory had been thoroughly cleaned and refurbished, the rectangular room was brightly lit, and the magic test bench and various experimental devices based on rune technology were placed, and at the end of the room, there was a large floor-to-ceiling window.

There is a faint light curtain floating on the surface of the floor-to-ceiling window, but outside the light curtain is an endless dim space, in which countless broken and floating boulders and small pieces of land can be faintly seen, and the remains of a huge giant deer like a hill are located in the center of the entire dim space, and the soft light it emits illuminates many metal fragments and small pumice stones floating around it, which looks beautiful and abnormal, but also strange and abnormal.

Wright looked at the corpse of the giant deer Amon outside through the floor-to-ceiling window, although he already knew about the fall of the god of nature, and he himself had given up his belief in the god of light, but at this moment, he couldn't help but be touched by the holy and massive god body.

Gawain stepped forward and patted Wright on the shoulder: "Don't look at it - what we're going to do today is a disobedient move." ”

Kamel came to the center of the laboratory, where a circular platform was set up, and this platform was also one of the few ancient equipment preserved in the entire laboratory, in front of which he opened his hands and poured pure arcane energy into the metal columns on both sides of the platform, and with a sudden low hum, the ancient magus whispered to himself:

"Disobedience Plan, Experiment...... Go on. ”

A low hum gradually turned into a steady, steady sound, and outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, a more condensed and obvious energy barrier appeared out of thin air, gradually enveloping the entire fortress of disobedience, while a mechanical monotonous, slightly distorted synthesized sound came from the sounding device on the roof of the laboratory:

“…… The secondary energy system is activated, and the operator is certified......

“…… Active protective barriers are being activated...... Open the passive barrier...... Turn on the Divine Power Filter...... Turn on the same frequency warning system......

“…… Emergency fuse system test...... The state of the emergency fuse system is normal......

"Serious warning: Bastion Master AI is offline...... Alternate AI Offline ...... Databases at all levels are offline, and networks at all levels are offline ......"

"Ignore." Kamel said quietly.

"Ignoring the error message, secondary authority was transferred to the basic answering authority, and 99 percent of the operators were detected...... Ignore and remove the operator certification restriction. The self-test of the whole function of the basic answering mechanism is completed, and the answering mechanism is online.

"Good day, Director of the Carmel Slane Institute, I wish you a happy work."

Despite knowing that he was speaking only a basic responder with no thinking ability and a pattern that had been set a thousand years ago, Kamel went back in time in a trance, and saw the busy scene of people coming and going in this laboratory in a trance, and he felt the arcane energy in his body vibrate, and after a long time, he whispered, "Good day, rebels...... Let's get started. ”