Chapter 15: Stargate 3
The topography of Tuling Canyon is artificially modified.
Stephen continued to follow the leyline trend, and after walking for more than ten kilometers, he finally found a leyline node between the cracks of a mountain range.
The environment around here is special.
When Stephen first arrived, he was confronted by a wandering Scout Eye, which is not a combat unit, but has excellent vision and can also see through invisibility. They are the monsters bred by the Eye of Observation, that is, the giant eyeballs that fly around the planet String Moon, and basically with the erosion of the Quarter Moon by the Death Omen, there are a large number of Detection Eyes distributed throughout the planet. Many times if Zen people want to go out, the first thing to solve is the detection eye in the sky, fortunately, their flying ability is relatively average, and they can't fly high in the air if they are not fast, and most of them can be shot down with a strong bow.
"Lord Stephen, look here!" said the girl, pointing to the cave between them.
Stephen walked briskly.
Then he couldn't help but look surprised, and muttered, "How is it possible! There are still plants here!"
The entire life force of the Quarter Moon has been eroded by the Death Omen.
Basically, except for the place where the Four Spirit Circles were shrouded, it was already difficult to see the green vegetation. And at this moment in front of Stephen there was a clump of grass, although it looked a little yellow, but there was no doubt that it had survived here for a long time.
"This looks like resurrection grass!" Stephen fiddled with the plant in front of him.
Resurrection grass is an extremely hardy plant, and its most famous ability is to come back from the dead, being able to come back to life in a near-completely dry state. This small plant is still a little different from the resurrection grass in Stephen's memory, but according to the different environmental factors of the planet, it is normal for a certain amount of mutation and evolution to adapt to the harsh living environment.
"Lord Stephen, we should bring it back!" said the girl, Hagi, with a slightly agitated expression.
If this amazing plant could really survive in such a harsh environment, perhaps the legendary druid Arondo-Shepherd could try to plant it in more places, perhaps it was a small effort, but undoubtedly increasing the life force of the planet.
"Hmm. Be careful. I'll dig it out. Stephen pulled out his pickaxe and said.
There is almost no water source in this vicinity, only bare rocks can be seen, and the last rain was a long, long time ago, the plants in the Siling Canyon were completely maintained by the power of spells, but a small grass in front of them relied on its own tenacious vitality to survive.
"The leyline hub is here. After digging up the small resurrection grass, Stephen looked around.
The terrain here is poor.
It is surrounded by uneven rubble, and many of the mountains show signs of collapse due to desertification.
But that didn't bother Stephen, he swept his eyes around and said, "Get out of the way!"
- "Fossils are mud!"
With the aura of a spell, the solid rock in front of him gradually turned into soft earth, but because of the environment of the quarter moon, the spell transformed into mud and sand lacking moisture.
"We need to rebuild a fortress here. Stephen said in a deep voice.
It's not far from the Earth Spirit Canyon, so you can quickly support it in case of a monster attack, but only if you have a strong fortress that can defend against the monster army.
This is not very difficult for him.
Under the almost incredible gaze of the girl Hagi and the others, Stephen quickly dug out a large area of the surrounding mountain, and then a huge pit appeared in front of him, and Stephen relied on his magical ability to dig a huge pit of 1,500 square meters directly in the ground.
"You are responsible for clearing the rubble around the area, leaving a few people to keep an eye on the surrounding area. Stephen commanded.
Immediately afterwards, he began to reinforce the entire ground, directly from twenty meters underground to lay the foundation with granite, considering that many monsters have the ability to diamonds, Stephen also blessed the 'hardening technique' after laying the foundation.
The scale of the whole project is not small.
At most, the aborigines transported some materials, and Stephen himself had to do it himself.
As a result, the work was slow, and it took him about a day to complete the foundations of the fortress and then begin to build the four walls. The city wall directly uses obsidian, and in addition to blessing the hardening technique, Stephen also imprinted some simple reinforcement circles on it, because of the time constraints, he can't open up an elemental pool here.
Ultimately.
After about a week, a fortress covering an area of about 3,000 square meters was formed.
The entire fortress has three floors, which can accommodate more than 3,000 people at most, and the teleportation point of the leyline center is located on the first underground level, and Stephen has established a very stable space landmark with the help of the energy of the leyline network. But this is only the beginning of the construction of the Stargate, he must also return to Motera to re-lock this space marker, only on the Motera can connect to the portal here, the entire Stargate project can be considered a real success.
Stephen's magical building abilities have undoubtedly shocked many of Zenda!
Many people now have the legend that a mysterious and powerful sorcerer came to Chanda, and used magical spells to build a fortress outside.
Zenda's garrison entered the next day, and the person in charge here was none other than the girl-Hagi.
At present, there are about 1,000 defenders in the entire fortress, of which about one-third of them are Viku warriors, and the girl-Hagi's father once crossed the sea to rescue the Viku people and died in battle, so the girl Hagi has a high reputation among the Viku people, and there are many powerful Viku warriors in her entourage, and even a legendary rank of Viku berserker. However, until Stephen actually teleports supplies from Motella to the Quarter Moon, it is unlikely that Chanda will have too many troops stationed there. According to Stephen's idea, the best way is to expand the area of the Four Spirits Circle, and directly shroud this place under the protection of the Circle.
Of course.
No one has been able to do it yet, this is a huge circle completed by four demigods at the same time in the Year of Darkness, and the difficulty is almost comparable to building a large maze lock.
The legendary Druid Arondo-Shepherd is studying the Resurrection Grass that Stephen has brought back, and according to him, this plant has an amazing tenacity and can be planted in a land that has been corrupted by ancient evils, provided that there is a certain amount of water to feed it.
Time flies.
Stephen had been on the moon for about half a month, and when the teleportation marker inside the fortress was completed, it was finally time for him to leave for Motela.
Stargate was built on the premise that Stephen could teleport back unharmed!
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