To the north of the hot springs west of the Shattered Star, the sun shines brightly in the sea.

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In the northern hemisphere of Lanxing, the Shattered Star Islands are 200 kilometers to the west, and the large submarine hydrothermal vents are 30 kilometers to the north, and the depth is more than 400 meters.

It is a mysterious sea deep in the outer rim, a very long distance from the nearest continent, and land creatures of this era have almost never set foot here. However, in contrast to the almost impossible to see terrestrial life, it is an area of exceptional abundance of marine life, with numerous marine life congregating in the vicinity and attracting a large number of predators from the sky to settle here.

However, even if these soaring creatures occasionally dive into the water to catch food, they can only see the shallow waters vibrant, and they will never know what a magnificent miracle is hidden in this submarine plateau at a depth of more than 400 meters.

The Holy City, the name that Xinglan set at random in the middle of talking and laughing, has truly become a sacred place that cannot be desecrated in the minds of the people of Xihai today, and the wide city that has almost completely replaced the submarine rock bed spreads all the way at a depth of more than 400 meters, and the regular structure of symmetrical distribution is like a huge flower blooming on the bottom of the sea.

However, the first thing that every Shiokai person who approaches the city from afar will not notice is the city that blooms like a flower.

The Shiokai people live in areas that vary greatly, and because of their ability to dynamically adjust internal pressures, they can be seen from sea level to a depth of several kilometers, so they are not like many deep-sea animals who have never seen sunlight...... A considerable number of the people of Shiokai have seen the scene above the sea, especially when the legend of the illusory heavenly kingdom above has gradually become a legend, and people are full of curiosity about the world beyond the sea.

Many people have seen the sun in the sky, but have you ever seen the sun in the water? Radiant and shining for kilometers, the sun shines.

More than 400 meters below sea level, this is an area that cannot be reached by outside sunlight, and it should be a completely dark world. The brightness of the light fungus can only illuminate an area of a few meters around the Shiokai people themselves, while the lighting device used by the personnel of the Holy City can illuminate the distance of tens of meters in the vicinity, but there is such an incomparably bright light suspended in the sea water above the Holy City...... Its blinding light illuminated thousands of meters all the way, and even from the sky, you could clearly see the bright light of the ocean from the bottom up, and this light directly made the entire area of the holy city as bright as day.

This is the sun that belongs only to the Holy City, and relying on this bright light that cannot be seen directly, most of the Holy City areas do not need to use the silk threads of sea trees attached to the light fungus as a lighting network like the Shiokai Village, and the indoor areas are also uniformly illuminated with electrical appliances. These waterproof lamps are perfectly functional even in the ocean, but most Shiokai people prefer to bask in the rays of the sun in that round of water. It was not only a giant lighting installation, but also the source of power for navigating the lighthouse and the entire holy city.

In a sense, it would not be wrong to call this device a little sun, because despite the huge difference between the two, they do share the same principle of light...... This is a giant nuclear fusion reactor, it just floats in the sea hundreds of meters above the Holy City, the light that looks so dazzling that it can't be seen directly is actually just a trace of light that has been deliberately leaked out after being weakened many times, and the huge energy is burning in this small sun, and then transmitted to the bottom through the arranged energy cables, providing energy for the operation of the entire Holy City.

It is said that in the early days when the sun was just lit, it caused a large-scale ecosystem collapse in the nearby seas...... Despite the terrible heat and radiation at the core isolated by a thick shell, many plants and animals suffer from physiological confusion in various senses because they are unable to adapt to this bright light that is constantly working around the clock. However, the potential of life is endless, and now the creatures in the vicinity have long been accustomed to this incredibly bright light source, and even some simple algae have evolved special species, directly attached to the surface of this small sun's shell for continuous photosynthesis, and as a result, the special maintenance personnel of the Holy City have to turn off this small sun for a period of time every month to clean up the algae that grows endlessly, otherwise they will probably be able to wrap all the energy cables.

No one knows how long this little sun can be used, and its various parameters are classified information and are not allowed to be investigated casually, but according to rumors, it seems that this glittering artificial sun appeared in this ocean thousands of years ago when the Holy City was just beginning to be built. That said, the device's lifespan has been incredibly long, and most of the people in the Holy City have no idea how the fusion reactor is maintained, except for a few dedicated personnel who are responsible for maintenance.

Basically, the people of Shiokai who come to the Holy City for the first time are full of excitement and joy, especially the new children who are recruited every year, and they always look up at the glittering artificial sun above with longing eyes, and marvel at the things they have never seen before...... This time, however, there was an exception in the large square where the freshmen had gathered, and the girl had just quietly watched everything in front of her, and had not spoken a word since she arrived, with no expression on her face.

"Alas......"

Xue Feng looked at Xiao Xi who was standing alone in the square, trying to attract the attention of the other party, but only got the other party's blank gaze, she has been like this since Yun Yun mysteriously disappeared, and the miracle did not happen until the rescue team from the Holy City arrived there, and Yun Yun did not appear again, and when Xiao Xi tried to ask the rescue team if they would continue to look for Yun Yun's traces in the same place, they received a ruthless reply from the rescue team: "Our order is only to pick up the personnel and recover the wreckage of the deep submersible, Not including staying in place to search for a child who is likely to have been killed, the manpower of the rescue team does not allow this kind of time-wasting, we can't desperately try to save every Shiokai person, this kind of thing happens everywhere under the sea. ”

Even if he knew that what the other party said was the truth, he had expected it a long time ago, but Xiaoxi completely fell into this state of lost soul from that moment on. Although Xue Feng wanted to stay and continue to comfort her, after all, it was basically all his fault, but he was obviously unable to protect himself at the moment...... Soon after arriving at this gathering place for new students, the Xihai people, who were in charge of law enforcement, had already found him, this incident was so bad that he couldn't refuse the other party's practice of detaining him on the spot, and in the end he could only smile bitterly at Xiaoxi and was taken away.

As for what kind of punishment will be imposed, only God knows.

Xiaoxi watched Xue Feng being taken away expressionlessly, perhaps in her heart, she also blamed Xue Feng for these problems. Although she has been bullied with various knives, the moment Yun Yun disappeared, she really had the feeling that the whole world collapsed in an instant. I longed to see that guy again, who had clearly said that no one would be separated, and that they would be with each other forever, and that they could play sea ball together every day......

Due to the delay in the journey, she was obviously one of the last freshmen to arrive in this square, because when she arrived, there was actually only a small group of freshmen left, and most of the children had already been divided into leading teachers and began to actually go to the interior of the Holy City. This square was the outermost part of the Holy City, which was similar to the entrance to the city gate, and the children next to it wanted to come over to talk, but when they saw her gloomy appearance, they hesitated, and finally did not try to get close to it again.

"New kids? Why don't you go and talk to everyone? ”

A gentle voice sounded behind her, and when she turned around in surprise, she saw a young man who looked not much bigger than Xue Feng standing behind her, and reached out and touched her head with a smile: "But speaking of which, you are so short, are you really old?" ”

Click!

At this moment, Xiaoxi seemed to hear the sound of some nerve breaking, and after arriving here, she finally spoke for the first time, although she was still expressionless: "Are you a senior senior?" ”

If this is a presumptuous senior, even if he is in danger of getting into trouble, he must press the other party to the ground and beat him violently!

However, the young Xihai people in front of him smiled, and said something that she didn't expect with a warm smile: "Well, I'm not a senior, I'm one of the leading teachers." ”

Open...... What are you kidding, is there such a young teacher leading the team?

However, the teacher in front of him seemed to have completely failed to see the girl's suspicious eyes, and continued to take advantage of the height difference to touch her head mercilessly: "You are the child whose companion had an accident on the road, don't give up hope, she doesn't want to see you like this." ”

“…… You know it all? Xiaoxi looked at the Xihai man who claimed to be the teacher who led the team with some shock, but the other party seemed to have not heard her reply at all, and pointed to the tall bone beam gate at the entrance of the Holy City in front of him: "It's hard to come here, how can you not take a good look at the scenery?" Let me tell you, don't look at the gate built by the bones of this giant beast is very majestic, in fact, when it was built, there were countless debates about which materials to use to build, and in the end, do you know what the result is? It's actually to build several different gates and use them in different times of the day! Oh my God, I tell you, you really don't know how many materials those early students of architecture wasted for the so-called art, glowstone, quartz, glass, prismarine, etc., all of which were used up in dozens of groups......

“…… Ha? Xiaoxi looked at the young teacher in front of him who began to reveal all kinds of black history behind the Holy City with an inexplicable expression, "That, what the hell are you doing to tell me so many messy things all of a sudden......"

“…… Then, some of the outlandish students even want to pump out all the water to make an underwater structure with no water inside, but they can never fill it in buckets...... Eh, why did you say these things were introduced to you? As if the young teacher who had turned into a tour guide stopped complaining, chuckled and looked at Xiaoxi's confused eyes, "As your leading teacher, isn't this a matter of course?" ”

"Huh?"