Although they have been together for so much time, Xu Nan often feels that his understanding of Flowing Fire is really far from enough.

The soul of this cloud climbing ship hides far more than she shows.

The appearance of the silver-haired little Lori, the poisonous tongue module that is always ineffective, and the super all-round housekeeper template...... What the flowing fire showed in front of Xu Nan, in addition to the occasional small emotions, was more of a mechanical and auxiliary state.

But Xu Nan will never forget the first time he met the fire.

Compared with the shock of the cloud-climbing ship piercing the soil, the shock of the domineering and mighty hull in front of him was more impressive than the first murmur of the flowing fire.

That low sigh that has been lost for 5,000 years contains I don't know how many emotions...... To this day, Xu Nan has never seen the shadow of complex emotion on Liuhuo's body.

In fact, from the very beginning, Xu Nan has not forgotten the true origin of the Flowing Fire - she is a cloud ship lost in the war five thousand years ago, and it stands to reason that her real master should be a relevant person from the Arcane Empire.

The Wizard King, the princess of the Arcane Empire, and even the most disadvantaged are the sons-in-law of Brother Jun Yi.

Because of this, Xu Nan has always felt that Liuhuo will follow him, purely because of Lu Junyi's relationship; But later, he gradually noticed the abnormality of the silver-haired little Lori.

Although she was very concerned about the situation of the Arcane Empire, and she was also very concerned about the safety of Yutosang and Princess Selena, she had never made any request to return to the Arcane Empire since the shadow of the Arcane Empire returned one after another.

This in itself is very abnormal. You must know that the soul of the Arcane Empire has supreme loyalty, and Flowing Fire is the asset of the Arcane Empire, in a sense, her soul is also given by the Great Arcanists.

But Liuhuo didn't, she always kept a low profile, silently following Xu Nan's side, and after Xu Nan fell into the other world because of the curse of the god of fear, she chased after her without hesitation - although it was embarrassing and embarrassing to be stuck in the swamp of living corpses.

Regarding this point, Xu Nan still does not have a perfect answer.

Of course, the fact that there is an abnormality in the flowing fire does not mean that there is something wrong with her. The position of the Arcane Empire and the Celestial Divine Kingdom is very distinct, and it is impossible for a warship like Flowing Fire, which is lost in time and space, to be corrupted and controlled by the people of the Celestial Divine Kingdom; And from the communication between Xu Nan and the Wizard King and others, he didn't find any connection between Flowing Fire and the people of the Arcane Empire.

She seems to be deliberately hiding her presence.

If you start from this point of view, then becoming an assistant to a Paradise Lost Warlock is the best way to avoid many eyes, after all, the Paradise Lost system is quite good at hiding traces and calculating opportunities - of course, this kind of charging function can only be afforded by intermittent wealthy masters like Xu City Lord.

It is precisely because of this function that Xu Nan dares to build a city in the main material realm, otherwise, he doesn't need the gods to do it, just a voter of a big church or something, let alone start a holy war, and directly send a few large knights to bring the inquisition, Xu Nan will have to run away.

To get back to the point, there must be some secrets hidden in Liuhuo.

These secrets may have something to do with the arcanists who had fought alongside her on the ship; Xu Nan vaguely felt that there might even be some connection with the Ice Seat prophecy mentioned by Qin Lele.

Of course, these are Xu Nan's speculations, and whether these secrets will eventually surface depends on Liuhuo himself.

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"Lord of the Castle!"

The abruptly raised tone interrupted Xu Nan's contemplation.

Flowing Fire's eyes widened: "Are you listening to my narration or not!" ”

Xu Nan smiled apologetically, there have been too many things recently, he seems to be a little difficult to concentrate, and he is always easily distracted.

But fortunately, what Flowing Fire said is actually not complicated.

Regarding the Dark Side Universe Energy Drawing Circle, Flowing Fire pointed out that this thing is also a strictly regulated technology within the Arcane Empire - similar to nuclear weapons, and the hidden risks are very large.

The principle of this circle is very complex, in short, it is to locate the dark side of the current universe through the circle, absorb the energy of the dark side and convert it into a huge amount of energy, so as to provide it to the energy furnace; The energy of the Dark Side Universe is slightly unstable, and sometimes the energy furnace will be overloaded, and other times it will have to increase its power.

Of course, if there are only these shortcomings, then the research freaks of the Arcane Empire will definitely find a way to make up for it.

In fact, the real hidden danger lies in the energy itself.

"Because the energy comes from the dark side universe, there is a serious mismatch with some fluctuations in the current universe, and in the process of energy consumption...... Some things can be taken away, and they are very latent things, and sometimes they may be discovered very quickly, but sometimes, it can be a long, long time......"

"There was once a senior engineering mage in charge of the Dark Side Universe Energy Absorption Circle, and after several energy absorption experiments, he suddenly found that he was hundreds of years old; There have also been instances of the sudden disappearance of the Cloud Ascending Ship, and the Arcanists suspect that it has something to do with the previous overload of energy drain......"

"The empire at that time didn't pay much attention to this, or rather, they didn't have the energy and ability to watch it anymore."

"This circle has brought a certain energy breakthrough to the empire, and the empire has begun to expand dramatically, which also leaves a huge hidden danger for future falls, and my core database is missing, but on the eve of the Great War, some arcanists proposed a curse for the existence of the energy of the dark side universe...... Although I don't have much evidence, I believe that the collapse of the empire was carried away by many, many ...... precisely because it overdrew the energy of the dark side universe."

These are the exact words of the flowing fire.

It sounds a little mysterious, but Xu Nan doesn't dare to slack off.

Regarding the study of the dark side universe, Paradise Lost is very rare, which shows that the Arcane Empire tightly sealed this piece of knowledge at the beginning; To this day, Xu Nan has to admit that the original Arcane Empire may be the force with the deepest research on the dark side universe.

Even the gods of the Heavenly Realm may not know much about this mysterious realm.

The reason why Xu Nan was able to make such a decisive judgment was because if the gods of the Heavenly Realm knew something, then there would definitely be one in Paradise Lost's database!

Instead of being like now, it just reminds Xu Nan that it is a very mysterious and dangerous world, and it is said that there is a sense of symmetry with the current universe.

"Let me think again."

For this mysterious field, Xu Nan has always been able to coax and coax; However, the problem of energy is becoming more and more prominent, and what makes him even more concerned is that it is precisely because of the lack of kinetic energy in the energy furnace that 80% of the functions of the current cloud climbing ship are still unlocked!

Flowing Fire said that if you want to unlock these functions, the current energy technology cannot support it, unless Xu Nan takes a risk and activates the dark side universe energy absorption array.

"But if it's really a matter of life and death, and the city lord wants to activate the magic circle, I won't object."

"I'm just giving you enough warning based on some of the core content of the database. ”

"The Dark Side Universe is very dangerous, and even the most powerful arcanists don't dare to set foot in related fields easily."

"Of course, there is a process within the empire that can effectively minimize the negative effects, but it still can't guarantee your absolute safety!"

Xu Nan nodded.

The energy issue was put on hold for the time being, and he decided to buy some high-level creatures from Paradise Lost at his own expense; As for going hunting in person, I'm sorry, maybe it's so strong that Romang will Xu Nan consider taking the risk himself.

He really hasn't reached the point of exhaustion, you know, Xu Nan still has the super killer weapon of Yutuosang in his hand!

For security reasons, he is still in the state of keeping an extra hole card.

The Yutuosang that Lu Honghong returned to him was still out of the proper seal, and there would be no shortage of good things in Yutuosang, and it would definitely be no problem to support the consumption of the energy furnace for a period of time.

In the next few days, Xu Nan simply completed the arrangement of administrative tasks, and found that he had become idle.

The Gray Tower Administrator quickly integrated into this nascent city, and the people of the Ice Plains were actually quite easy to manage, and after the initial precautions, these impartial and selfless administrators quickly won the favor of the Ice Plains people, and as for the other races, they naturally didn't say much.

In this way, Xu Nan finally bought himself some time.

The good news came one after another.

The first is a letter from the lord of Bantuo Port! This letter was written by the lord of the castle himself, and he said that he was right

The condolences of the residents of Wildfire City, and an answer to the food problem that Xu Nan asked for help.

Mr. Guy Ritchie tactfully said that due to the principle of grain trade within the kingdom, the grain in Bantuo Port cannot be transported to Wildfire City before next winter to alleviate the urgent need here, and in addition to the fact that the food orders in the city are already running at full capacity, basically no one will be willing to do business with the new lord of Wildfire City at this time.

Xu Nan had expected this, after all, he had already learned from Evelyn's mouth that the Eastern Kingdom was full of rules, and grain trade must have grain trade licenses and qualifications, and generally speaking, the grain in the warehouse in Bantuo Port now was a list set by people last winter or in the first half of this year, Xu Nan wanted to intervene, it was really difficult, after all, the north was not a grain producing area.

But unexpectedly, Mr. Guy Ritchie changed his words and said that although the big families in the city have no intention of doing business with you, he is willing to come forward privately and give some stock of grain to Miss Su......

After reading the letter, Xu Nan was taken aback by this guy.

In addition to the joy of harvesting food, there was some fear.

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