The Hovercraft made by the Elim carries the group to the center of the floating island known as the "Island of the Rising Sun", flying lightly in mid-air, hundreds of meters above the ground. This kind of car should be a very high-end thing in the world of Erim, but in addition to the technical level is higher than that of the earth, it is even inferior to the private cars on the earth in terms of interior and appearance, almost all the parts inside and outside the car are cast with the same gray-white man-made material, the color and material are extremely monotonous, and there are no decorative patterns, no soft seats, and nothing special material is wrapped in armrests or window frames or the like.

It's like a cheap industrial product of plastic in a single pour, and despite its high-tech form and performance, anyone can see at a glance that it is only made according to the standard of "enough is enough" once for personal experience.

Erim's elves are generally taller and thinner than humans, but the overall difference is not too big (at least closer to normal than Yitzax), so the interior of this car is suitable for Hao Ren and others. Itzax sat a little cramped inside, but it was bearable. On either side of the car, there is a series of narrow windows that extend down under the seats, through which you can see the city as it flies by.

At first glance, the buildings are beautiful, with their elongated arcs and simple and elegant structures, most of the houses seem to mimic tree trunks and buds, and the Elim Elf's architectural style is dominated by tall towers and oval buildings with sleek lines, which make their city like the capital of a thousand towers - of course, the name alone evokes it. But the reality of resource depletion lies in these elegant-looking buildings: all the houses are made of the off-white man-made material. From the façade to the roof, and then to the open space and roads between the houses. Everywhere there are lifeless-looking synthetics of this hue, and the raw and natural building materials should have been depleted many years ago. Or as the infrastructure of the floating island, it cannot be mined lightly, so the Elrim Genie uses the Guò Industrial Recycling Cycle method to recycle these things from the ruins again and again to build their own homes. But a completely gray-white city is too oppressive, so these elven buildings have planted as many plants as possible, but the number of these plants is not large, and it seems that in order to maintain efficient urban functions, most of the plants are planted in special places such as ecological domes. Other than that, there is no decoration in the city.

There are no monuments, no street sculptures, no parks or any other facilities that have nothing to do with survival and waste building materials. The city is like a low-quality scene where the lowest materials are chosen to reduce the pressure on the graphics card and all terrain details are ignored, with monotonous and repetitive houses and straight and simple roads everywhere you look. The hurried elves live in this drab and dead city, like a set of faded slides.

Izzax looked at the city below, thoughtful: "They are still in a state of orderly life, and it seems that no matter how bad the situation is, they are trying to keep society in order, and ...... At least on the surface, it's 'normal'. ”

Hilda's attention wasn't on the city below, and she had already noticed the anxiety on her son's face: "How bad is the situation? Can't sustain it anymore? ”

"Survival words. "Wim was a calm-voiced young man, who had inherited from his mother—or every elf—a near-perfect appearance, handsome and manly. "The astrologers and magicians at the scene suffered heavy casualties, but at that time, the test site was as far away as possible from the main island chain, so the material losses were still acceptable. The supply of the main residential areas and the ecological dome are no problem. We can still maintain the standard of living we used to live in for a long time. ”

"It's a matter of faith...... Right. "Hilda knows Erim's current situation well, so she quickly figured out why." You've finally restored social order, but I can feel a dead atmosphere. ”

"Yes, this incident has dealt a big blow to the confidence of the people, even some members of the council," Wim nodded, "The space-time accelerator is the last big project we can start, the only way to the depths of the stars that can be found under the limited resources - the big bang has destroyed the last confidence of many people, we still have survival materials, but only survival is left." ”

As Wim said this, he finally couldn't help but look at the group of "visitors from the other world" sitting in the back of the car, all of what he reported was the current state of society before Hilda's return, but a group from beyond the stars...... No, the incredible guest from outside the universe completely disrupted his worldview and his grasp of the current situation. His first thought was that the embarrassment of the Elrim Elves for thousands of years had finally dawned, and now a group of high-civilization visitors who knew how to travel between the stars appeared in front of him, which might break the ice, but at the same time he was worried about a more realistic problem:

Is it too late? Will they help? Was their help helpful?

Hilda also turned her gaze to Hao Ren and them, but she didn't ask anything, just turned her head to look at Wim again: "First announce the news of the visitors from the other world, and then say that we have the key to the voyage." The space-time accelerator was a failure, but it was a great success from the point of view of technological progress - in short, it was announced, and the first task was to reinvigorate the people and restore the confidence of the people. ”

Hao Ren nodded slightly, not making a clear statement. He was still thinking about the best way to deal with it, so he didn't rush into committing to anything, but at least what Hilda said could be done. Wim seemed to get some confidence from the slight nod, and the expression on his face widened.

"Isle of Rainbow Light...... How many are left? Hilda inquired about other things.

The Rainbow Island is the floating island where the space-time accelerator test was carried out, and it is the last space test site of the Erim Elves with complete facilities and a large-capacity energy system. For a long time, since these elves only had one planet and could not find any other place to stay within tens of millions of light years around them, they were unable to carry out many super-large-scale experiments until they later dismantled the planet and turned it into countless space islands, and they began to test some dangerous projects that could not be carried out directly on the home planet. Thousands of years of struggling with a technological fork in the road have cost them one such proving ground after another, the vast majority of which would have been enough to pollute the entire planet – the loss of just one floating island in space is a relatively optimistic scenario. But even so, the number of floating islands in space is still limited, and thousands of years of continuous consumption have finally come to an end.

The Isle of Rainbow Light is their last hope.

"The Isle of Rainbow Light is gone," Wim replied in a low voice after a few seconds of silence, "Mother, you must have looked at the end of the island chain when you were in space, right?" There's a new piece of rubble there...... That's the Isle of Rainbows. After the Big Bang, debris flew everywhere, some of which was thrown into the sun, and the other part was rushed into space, and we only had time to salvage a fifth of its matter. The rubble is temporarily placed in the wreckage pile of the island chain, and some resources may be extracted from it, and the test site is gone, but its wreckage will probably allow everyone to live a good life for a few years. ”

"I saw the rubble, but I didn't expect ......it," Hilda frowned, "what about the Island of the Stars?" ”

The Isle of the Stars is another floating island in space, an important industrial town and energy furnace, it receives energy from the coronal station and stores it, during the accelerator test, the Isle of Rainbow Light is pushed to the far end of the island chain to prevent threats to the settlements, but the Isle of the Stars must be powered by it, it is so close to the test site that Hilda is worried about the fate of the island.

She didn't dare to observe the situation of the entire island chain in space, so she didn't know if she had seen the island of stars at that time.

"The Isle of the Stars is still there, but with some injuries, some debris broke through the anti-aircraft fire network, crashed into some of the gravity generators and propulsion units of the Isle of the Stars, and one piece of debris was almost stuck in the energy hub - but luckily it was a little off. The situation there has been brought under control, the Council of Elders of Technology is trying to figure out how to restore its functionality, and the Wizard Mechanics have returned from dismantling some equipment from the Land of Death, and it seems that they are still working...... At least it's a lot better than a completely broken one. ”

"Well, it's better than expected," Hilda breathed a sigh of relief, "and let Kadiren come and see me when I get back, and I have a lot to discuss with him, and our otherworldly friends." ”

"Elder Kadilan, he......" Wim suddenly dodged Hilda's gaze, "Elder Kadirun went to the 'Prayer World'. ”

"What?!" Hilda's voice suddenly rose up, "Who allowed that?!" ”

"It was he who volunteered to pray that something was wrong with the world, and that the Elysian Land organization from 200 years ago seemed to be active again...... Part of the parliament ......"

"So the current social order is just a superficial effort?!" Hilda's face was suddenly very ugly and stern, "Immediately after I go back, convene a council of elders, I want to put order back in order!" (To be continued......)