Wendu Town, an important town located on the northern border of the Gubatan Empire, was one of the three military fortresses used by the royal court of the Gubatan Empire to defend against the invasion of the ancient Hegu Empire, an old enemy from the north.

There have been several great battles in this historic town, the most famous of which was the Imperial General Karl ?? Wendu led 5,000 knights to block the tens of thousands of troops of the Hegu Empire here, and a fierce war broke out between the two sides, and with the arrival of the follow-up armies of both sides, it eventually developed into a large melee of more than 100,000 people. In the war, the legendary general Karl?? Riding a white horse and holding a sword studded with diamonds, Wendu repeatedly charged through the enemy's lines, bringing back the head of the local commander and winning the war. This is also the origin of the name of the town, and to this day, Carl?? Wendu's remained in the impregnable fortress - by his name, and by posterity.

Today, the town of Wendu is still in a state of semi-war, and after a hundred years of peace, the Gurutan Empire and the Dutch Empire seem to have reached the tipping point of war, and there have been conflicts here for more than ten years. In order to resist the possibility of war, it is now a war drum formation, in addition to the increase in garrisons every year, the continuous delivery of materials, but also attracted a lot of people with various purposes, in short, chaotic.

But this kind of chaos is not special in the context of the whole planet, this era is a bit similar to the Warring States + Middle Ages on the earth, a certain lord with two hundred families can be called a national war without saying a word.

Diamond Sword, the name of a century-old inn in Wendu Town, the owner is a cute and chubby middle-aged man, who is shouting at the door to pull business for his century-old shop.

"Diamond Sword, Diamond Sword, five-star luxury decoration, private bathroom, free breakfast at the accommodation, and unlimited hot water. A century-old store with a long history, worth staying! There is also a 10% discount when you stay now, and if you miss it, you won't miss it! ”

This ad sounds good, but if you really believe it, it's two hundred and five.

At this moment, the two hundred and five Hao Shen were covering his face and taking his little friends to confess on the second floor of the Diamond Sword Hotel.

"What a hundred-year-old store!" Hao Shen wanted to drop some glasses or pencils or something, "I've inquired today, this piece of land is the new development zone of Wendu Town, and it has lasted less than ten years." And it is also a famous civilian area, the five-star decoration of the ghost, and the room has an extra toilet to dare to say that there is an independent bathroom? Put a kettle and dare to say that there is no limit to hot water? I believe you're a ghost! ”

Everyone looked at Hao Shen with twitching corners of their mouths, but at this time, the system dared to come out and complain, "Okay, you chose the place, and the room fee has been paid, what's the use of saying this now?" Oh, these days are not credible people with honest appearances, I said that he set up a non-refundable sign, why did he make it, it turned out to be premeditated. You're going to be really angry, or you're going to just smash it, right? ”

Hao Shen still looked depressed, but he still waved his hand, where could he really smash people's stores because he was deceived once, "Alas, forget it, anyway, we are just looking for a clean place, and we don't really want to live, it's just a little unhappy." Okay, don't talk about this, we've all turned around for a day, what have we gained? ”

At the moment, there are five people here, Hao Shen, System, Catherine, and Scarlett, Lilith is not interested in coming to inquire about the news, and there must be someone left on the mothership, so she stays on the mothership.

According to Hao Shen's intuitive instructions, everyone has been here for a day, in order to be efficient, several people are divided into three groups, one group led by Hao Shen and a small number of biochemical soldiers as a group to explore around the town, the second group is led by the Scarlett Five to the town's archives to check the information, and the third group is Catherine acting alone - this woman insists on her professionalism and brings others will only be held back, and the system continues to improve the information of the planet through probes, until the evening when they gather in this inconspicuous inn to exchange information.

"I'll start with that." Scarlett coughed twice, her eyes flashing first, "We investigated the Archives and some nearby religious houses of worship and obtained some historical materials. We first confirmed the age from the literature, this era is still 700 years before the global unification of the Carolivinson, the most powerful empire of this era is the Cuban Empire, twenty years later the Cuban Empire will have a rebellion, and eventually split into six small countries, God, I can't believe that we are actually witnessing history - the ancient Carrowinsian Empire appeared during this period. And according to our historical records, there were many famous historical figures, poets, generals, and philosophers during this period, who set off the first revival of Carrowvinson's thought and literature, and had a ......... on our civilization."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Hao Shen stopped the chattering Scarlett with several pauses on his face, and his face was speechless, "I said sister, I didn't ask you to check history, I want clues, clues after the chaos of time and space!" ”

"This, what's this......" Scarlett suddenly panicked, and squirmed for a long time before shaking her head, "No, nothing has been found, these historical records are almost different from our history, even if there are some differences in details, it is also because of the lack of historical materials......."

"Well, I knew it would be like this." Catherine covered her head and sighed, glaring at Scarlett, "I know you studied history well, and when you were in college, you were the president of the Civilization and History Graduate Society, but now you are also a rebel executive, why haven't you grown up a little?" ”

Scarlett's face flushed, and she was desperate to burrow into the cracks in the ground, while she kept making small movements: she was scrambling behind her back to hide a bundle of historical texts she had collected in her pocket.

Hao Shen waved his hand, "Forget it, let's study history if we study history, at least we have determined one thing, that is, there is no problem with the general direction of history." What about you? What's in it for you? ”

"Hey, hey." Catherine wiped her nose proudly, and then patted her chest, "Of course it's a huge gain, don't underestimate my professionalism!" ”

"Professional salted fish?" Hao Shen couldn't help but interject, and suddenly the woman jumped up angrily, "You are only salted fish, even a god can't smear people's innocence out of thin air!" I'm an agent, okay! ”

Then, as if to show off, she puffed out her face and stretched out her fingers, quickly proving her professionalism: "I don't know much about history, the words in those thick books have never been credible, and history is written by the victors." If you want to get really useful information, you have to use a more direct method, I went to several taverns, chambers of commerce, and post offices in Wendu Town, and hey, I got some amazing things! ”

In any world, the Tavern Chamber of Commerce is a distribution center for people, and there are many merchants, rangers, and messengers who travel all over the world all year round and have a lot of information. Some of this information may not be very credible, but if it can be sifted through correctly, it can still be useful. It seems that Catherine has really gained something.

"Have you ever heard of 'The Resurrection of the Gods'?"

The revival of all gods, this word Hao Shen had heard twice when he was wandering around the street, he pinched his chin and recalled, "I have heard a few missionaries on the street mention it, as if it is saying that the evil in the world has caused chaos, and the ancient gods are about to wake up and re-educate the chaotic world and so on. However, I am not surprised that war and strife have always been the greatest breeding beds of religion. ”

Catherine shook her finger, "Of course it's not surprising, because what you're hearing is just a one-sided, religiously polished version, and in fact this statement has nothing to do with religion at all, and the real thing is not the resurrection of the gods, but the return of the things of the ancient gods to the earth!" It was first formed as a communication between rangers and explorers, dating back decades, when an adventuring party accidentally entered an unknown area, discovered the relics of the gods, and obtained the relics of the old gods, thus triggering the Age of Great Exploration. ”

Hao Shen suddenly realized and nodded, but he still didn't think there was anything special: "The explorer learned about some kind of ancient ruins, and then obtained the treasures in the ruins, because of the limitations of cognition, the treasures and ruins were recognized as the gods...... It's a common thing. ”

"If it's common, it can't be called a relic of the old gods!" Catherine sneered, "Actually, that's the problem: according to a certain explorer's guild, the relics of the old gods can be conferred with special powers!" Someone once saw a power gainer summon a ball of fireball that fell from the sky and easily wiped out an army that surrounded them! ”

"Magic?" Hao Shen was stunned for a moment, and then realized the seriousness of the problem, "Wait a minute, I remember that you seem to be a scientific and technological civilization......"

"Yes, the development process of our civilization is highly similar to that of Earth, and before the transverse universe, magic was classified as fantasy and superstition." Catherine spread her hands, "So this is obviously not something that should exist in normal history. ”

Scarlett was also stunned, and at this time she couldn't hide it, and pulled out a large bundle of pages with her backhand, "Wait a minute, magic...... Why don't I remember a ...... in the literature?"

Catherine glanced at her faintly, "Because until now, magic has only existed in the hands of a few people, and it has been less than ten years since magic was first recorded. ”

Of course, new things that have only appeared in a decade will not appear in literature, just like smartphones on Earth, and you can see the impact of mobile phones everywhere - except for history textbooks. What's more, here, the so-called magic is still in the hands of a very small number of people.

But in any case, this is indeed an extremely important discovery, and it gives everyone a very important direction of investigation.

Hao Shen couldn't help but clap his hands, a female agent is a female agent, although she is a salted fish on weekdays, "Very good, then next, we will follow this kind of ...... To investigate the phenomenon of magic, we must first find a way to get some of the so-called relics of the ancient gods, and we have to find some people who have obtained the relics, and it is best to find those relics. Catherine, that's where your investigation is going to be, get in touch with the party, and ......"

"No, no, no!" Catherine interrupted Hao Shen with a wave of her hand, and then looked at the latter with a look of surprise, only to see that the latter was inexplicable, and then said: "I know what a god is, it's just inexplicable!" Before, I wondered why you had come here where the first ruins and magic appeared were not here, and then I finally understood - do you know why Wendu Town has been fighting recently? Half a month ago, the team of a famous adventure group had an accident, and the only survivor brought back a piece of news: the ruins of the ancient gods appeared in the Black Bee Canyon, three hundred kilometers north of Wendu Town! Now, the whole town is looking for people to hunt for treasure! ”

Rao is Hao Shen was already nervous, and he couldn't help but be stunned at this time, he was actually just pointing at the point, thinking about relying on the power of information to fight the law of cause and effect, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"Wow...... Ahem, ahem, well, this god is really like a god! ”

"Uh-huh, amazing!" Catherine applauded again, and then looked at Hao Shen expectantly, "So, Hao Dashen, you must have found very valuable news, right?" ”

"Uh......" Hao Shen touched his head, and said after a long time: "What, there are a lot of iron mines near this Wendu Town, and it really deserves to be a strategic place, from this point it can be seen that the metallurgical technology of the Cuban Empire has developed well, by the way, I also found aluminum alloy, do you dare to believe it?" Oops, the development of civilization is really interesting, hahahaha........."

Catherine: "...... Ha? ”

The system suddenly sighed and muttered, "this occupational disease again......"

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