Chapter 548: Sighting Again
After escaping from the psychic network, Gawain immediately received Amber's report.
“…… That's pretty much it," Miss Half-Elf said at the end of her report, "the situation of the Great Wall is normal at the moment, and there is no sign of an aberration approaching, it seems that only the southern foothills of the Dark Mountains and the border of the Black Forest have collapsed - due to the mountainous terrain, the outpost cannot see the situation. ”
“…… I see," Gao Wen said with a slight hesitation, nodding his head, "pay close attention to the situation of the Great Wall, and arrange for the security team inside the Rebellion Fortress to patrol the southern part of the Fortress, if it is a real mountain collapse, the southern corridor of the Rebellion Fortress may be affected." ”
After arranging this, Gawain did not stop at the Magic Technique Research Institute, but returned directly to the Lord's Mansion on the grounds that he needed to rest.
After returning to the more stable study, he immediately called the satellite channel in his head.
A special space overhead view came to mind, and images from orbital monitoring satellites appeared in front of Gawain's "eyes", and he carefully controlled the ancient system, focusing on the southern foothills of the Dark Mountains and the border of the Black Forest.
He searched for the traces of landslides or earthquakes, the overly old satellite system struggling to operate, the blurred image of a slow-moving, decaying wasteland, and after hours of glancing and difficult comparisons, his gaze suddenly stopped.
There was something, on the extension of Cecil to the south, within the Black Forest, but it was not the remnants of a landslide, a landslide, or an earthquake, but a trace that looked like some kind of impact crater.
The picture is not clear enough when the camera zooms in, and the background color of the rotten wasteland makes it extremely difficult to distinguish the details of the picture, but Gawain can still see the radial folds around the annular area and the lodging giant wood around the impact crater - it can neatly break the giant wood tens of meters high, which indicates that the impact is extremely strong, and judging from the smoke and dust that has not yet dissipated in mid-air, the impact crater appeared not long ago.
What's that? Could it be that something fell from the sky?
Gawain looked at the massive crater in amazement, and although he didn't know exactly what was going on, he was almost certain that the crater in that form was not caused by the Demon Tide.
At this moment, he desperately wanted to be able to go to the scene immediately to investigate what it was, but the location of the impact crater was at the southern foot of the Dark Mountain Range—it was too dangerous to climb over this magnificent mountain range to the forefront of the Demon Tide's corruption.
Although Gawain was already considering more aggressive action against the Gondor Wasteland, as the territory was on track and gaining more power, and had some plans to establish an observatory or forward base in the southern foothills of the Dark Mountains, it was clear that these plans were just plans - for now, the Duchy of Cecil was not ready to cross the Dark Mountains.
Soldiers carrying equipment from the southern foothills of steep and steep mountain ranges, in the middle, have to pass through large and fragile corrupt mountain roads and toxic demonic vegetation covered areas, the descent is extremely difficult, whether it is to carry supplies or call for rear support, in the event of a crisis, it is almost impossible to survive......
However, it is also possible to send a few top elites over without sending soldiers, or to go there yourself—the legendary powerhouse can still move in the southern foothills of the Dark Mountains, but it ...... Is that crater worth the risk?
Gao Wensi thought about it, the sudden appearance of the impact crater made him very concerned, but at this moment, something else suddenly broke into his monitoring vision.
……
Thin clouds flew across each side, cold currents sliced by massive wings and whistling across the scale-covered body, an adult dragon with blue scales hovering high in the sky, her large, jewel-like eyes reflecting the devastated landscape below.
Layers upon layers of corrupted rock, twisted and mutated demonic plants growing between the rock formations, ominous purple-black soil, and a thin layer of mist floating above it, this area of Chaos Demonic Energy stretches south from the Dark Mountains—the Black Forest, the Ribbon Plains, the Great Wall, and finally the Gondor Wasteland—all the way to the terrifying storm of deep blue magic, a place that even dragons would fear.
The dragon flapped its wings and shifted an angle in the air, her gaze sweeping across the borders of the Black Forest, a massive crater of impact that was still emitting smoke and dust.
She hovered high in the sky and began to invoke the obscure ancient dragon magic, and with the surge of magic, pale golden rune light screens appeared in the air, and the mana shield blocked out the wind whistling outside, preparing a stable environment for communication.
A female voice came from the dragon's mouth: "Arrived at the coordinates, southern part of the Dark Mountains, witnessed the crash crater, the scale is large. ”
Complex symbols and lines danced on the surface of the pale golden rune light screen, and a slightly distorted voice came from the light screen: "...... Roger that...... Please take a closer look. Be safe, it's close to the magical contaminated area, don't fall into it. ”
"I know, I'll be careful," the blue dragon said with a slight grin, "Actually, this place is quite far from the real polluted area, and I think it should be ...... to fly south."
Before the blue dragon could finish speaking, a serious voice immediately came from the light screen: "Don't do anything superfluous - have you forgotten the lesson from last time?" ”
"It wasn't my fault last time, and I just crash-landed and didn't aim......"
"The jury is impressed with your crash landing, but we don't plan to watch it again anytime soon - please focus on the task at hand."
The blue dragon shook her head from side to side, as if she was impatient, and then she cut off the communication, her wings flailing violently, and she began to rapidly reduce her altitude.
At the edge of the Black Forest, smoke and dust were still billowing from a huge crater, and the powerful impact force of the previous explosion swept away a large area of vegetation around the crater, leaving a large area of radial cracks on the edge of the crater, and in the center of the crater, in the deepest part of the smoke, a twisted and deformed metal debris was still hot.
The wind blew suddenly, dispersing the smoke and dust that hit the bottom of the pit, and the blue dragon fell from the sky, and with a heavy sound of landing, the huge body came to a steady stop in the impact pit.
"I'm pretty steady."
The blue dragon whispered a whisper, then stepped forward to the bottom of the impact pit, to the still-hot metal wreckage.
It was an alloy device about two or three meters long and less than half a meter in diameter, and despite the extreme heat of its inversion and the terrible impact of its crash to the ground, the basic shape of the wreckage was still intact, roughly cylindrical in shape, broken at both ends, and many charred bundles of wires and tubes extending from the fracture, and some protruding structures could be seen on the surface of the cylinder—various features suggesting that the wreckage had been peeled off from a larger entity.
“…… Alas...... Sure enough......"
The blue dragon let out a sigh from her mouth, and then she reached out her massive claws and grabbed the alloy device that still had an incredible amount of heat.
"Recover the wreckage."
The massive wings stirred up the air and the magic in it, carrying the dragon's massive body high into the air, and after reaching the signal transmission altitude, she first circled in place for a moment, as if hesitating to probe further away, but after a moment of hesitation, she turned on the communication.
The pale golden rune light screen resurfaced in the air again, and a slightly hurried voice came from the rune light screen: "How is the situation?" Did you confirm it? ”
"The falling object has been confirmed to be debris from Glow 1 or Glow 2, and it looks like part of a gravitational calibrator - it was probably still working when it fell, and the huge amount of energy released at the moment of its fall has blown up a large crater of astonishing size. Alas, it was really said right by scholars. ”
"Is it really the Glow Space Station...... the voice inside the rune light screen paused for a moment, "the device left behind by the Voyager...... All of them are about to reach the limit of their lifespan. ”
"It's going to be bad one day, aren't we mentally prepared for a long time."
"Being mentally prepared is not the same as being prepared," a helpless voice came from the light screen, "The key issue now is that the legacy left by the Voyager may be largely destroyed before the end of this season's cycle, but until now, the various races of civilization this season still have no hope of breaking the game......"
The blue dragon fell silent, she hovered in the high wind, seemingly speechless, but after half a minute she suddenly broke the silence: "Not necessarily. ”
"Huh?"
"Maybe this time there will be a turnaround."
The voice that came out of the light screen was suddenly a little surprised: "Turnaround? Which do you say...... Not to mention those elves or those krakens in the far sea, the inheritance of those elves has long been interrupted, and those krakens ...... God knows what those Krakens were thinking all day. ”
"It's not them, it's humans," the blue dragon shook his head from side to side, "Strictly speaking, it's the kingdom established by the humans who have come back from the dead...... Seems to make some sense. ”
"That's called Gawain? Cecil's humans? The voice in the light screen was slightly surprised, "Ah, his resurrection is impressive, and his development is indeed unexpected...... But do you see in him the hope of breaking the game? Are you sure? ”
"Not sure, but there is a phenomenon that you might be shocked when I say it," the blue dragon said, "In his Duchy of Cecil, the power of the Holy Light is developing, but the power of the God of Light ...... But it's receding. ”
“…… Unbelievable! ”
"But it's true." The blue dragon said firmly, but just as she was about to continue to say something, a strange palpitation suddenly interrupted her.
With some kind of intuition beyond human comprehension, the blue dragon immediately determined the source of this palpitation, and she jerked her wings away from her hovering position, then hovered and tried to raise her head to look high in the sky.
"Won't you, again?!"
The dragon on the other side of the light screen heard the blue dragon's shout and immediately asked about the situation: "What happened?!" ”
"It's another sense of prying eyes from an unknown source...... From above! The blue dragon was rampage in the air, and his tone was a little frantic, "Damn...... I still think it's coming from the direction of the satellite...... Are you really sure the setter didn't come back? ”
"Totally sure - in any case you need to get out of your current location as soon as possible. Shake off the trail and head to the Western Rendezvous, where someone will meet you. ”
"I want to shake off the ......," the blue dragon shouted as he desperately changed his flight trajectory in the air, "the key is that I can't shake it off...... Damn, I'm afraid I'm going to perform that again......"
"Huh?! You have to think about ......."
"There's nothing to think about, hesitate and you'll crash – I think I'm going to make it this time."
……
Gawain cut off the satellite connection with a little exhaustion and frustration.
Lost again.
The same happened last time: after a period of continuous surveillance, the dragon became aware of the prying eyes from outer space, and then quickly changed direction in an incomprehensible maneuver and disappeared from view entirely.
But Gawain was sure of one thing: the dragon that appeared this time was the same one he had seen the last time he monitored Fort Contract.
(Yo!!) )