Chapter III: Crisis
It's already winter, and it's snow-covered everywhere.
During the whole week's march, Reilly and the others encountered three blizzards, which were sour...... It's unbelievable!
Without a guide who is familiar with the local situation, the march can become very dangerous. No one knows whether there is a foothold under the snow or a bottomless sinkhole, and it is safe to walk on the main road.
Richard moved his troops as he went, and then reorganized on the road. By the time the team reached the Weeping Scar, they were already a useful unit.
After a round of redeployment and recruitment, Weeze has assembled seventy percent of the Akmund family's forces in Hulan, and Semir has expressed unease, while Richard and Reilly have dismissed it. Where you dare to rebel, you will turn around and destroy again.
The Weeping Marks are a huge rift valley with an average depth of more than 100 meters, and the bottom is a turbulent water that does not freeze all year round. When the group went to check, there was a large amount of mist in the rift valley, which was called a wall of fog by the locals. There is a mountain range at each end of the rift valley that blocks the intrusion of the sea.
"This terrain ...... If it was a natural occurrence, it would be too much of a coincidence, wouldn't it?" said Richard with a frown.
"The most obvious ones are at both ends of the rift. Reilly said with a solemn face: "The two mountains that block the sea are only ten kilometers wide, but they are as neat as levees. ”
"There must be some terrible secret hidden in this plane. Richard affirmed.
Reilly looked down on the lifeless sea, and could not find a breath of life as far as the eye could see. Faced with such a sea, Reilly suddenly had a strong urge to find out the secret behind it.
The next moment, Reilly suddenly found that the people around him had disappeared, and he seemed to have become the last life in the entire universe.
(This feeling...... Time!My time is detached from the outside world!)
Having understood this, Reilly's consciousness returned to his body. When I look at the ocean again, I have a different feeling. Such a magnificent scene itself will bring a huge impact to people, and the stronger the spiritual power, the more profound the feeling.
The faces of the quicksand and others were ugly, and Richard broke out in a cold sweat. Only Semir and Lina looked as usual, they had already experienced the shock of this sight.
"This sea ten is very peculiar. Richard said with a sigh of relief.
Seeing his embarrassed look, Reilly's heart moved.
(Could it be that this kid is also ...... )
At that moment, Reilly's time was detached from the outside world. It is not an illusion, but a reality that ordinary people cannot understand. In that state, Reilly almost lost his sense of time. If he didn't wake up in time, he might have grown old in an instant, or tens of thousands of years had passed in the outside world, but he himself was still stuck in that moment.
"Lord Gordon once said that the ocean of this plane has some kind of strange power that will have an impact on the spirit and even soul of the strong. The stronger the impact a person receives, the greater his potential. As long as the will is strong enough, you will not get hurt, there is nothing to worry about. Semir explained.
"No harm?" said Gordon, did he say?" asked Richard in surprise.
"Yes, that's what Lord Gordon said in the first place. Later we also brought young officers here to test their potential and see how much they were impacted. Anyone who feels uncomfortable is later proven to be a person with potential. ”
"Does the whole seaside of Hulan have this effect?"
"Nope. Semir shook his head and said, "So far, we've only seen this in the mountains at either end of the rift. ”
Hearing her words, Reilly fell into deep thought.
(It seems that only Richard and I have discovered the crisis)
Reilly and the others ran here to see the sea, as if they were standing on a branch of a tree sticking out of the cliff. Most people think that they are still standing on the precipice, not at all aware of the crisis in front of them. And Reilly saw what was beneath the surface through divine vision, which is why he entered that strange state.
In fact, it's not the first time that Reilly has encountered this situation. Every time he uses the Space-Time Gate to travel through other worlds, his time is altered. No matter how much time he spends inside the door, it's just a day outside the door and vice versa. This does not mean that the speed of time in the world of Norland and other worlds is so different, but that the time of Reilly itself has been altered. Although he had long speculated about this phenomenon, he had not had the opportunity to confirm those speculations before.
The crisis just now almost put Reilly into a situation from which he could never recover, but it also made him understand a little bit of the mystery of the laws of time and space. This may seem like a trivial point, but it is the key that opens the door and gives him the opportunity to step into a whole new realm.
"What a nice place. Reilly said happily.
"yes. Richard nodded and said, "In the future, we can send all the alternate Construct Riders over for testing." Okay, let's go across the rift. ”
To the north of the Weeping Scar is a rugged hill filled with large and small stone forests and caves. After the heavy snowfall, all the caves were covered, forming a deadly trap.
In Richard's army, only the Constructed Knights and the Darkblade Knights were able to break through the hills. Even if they accidentally fall into a snow pit, they have the ability to save themselves.
The Weeping Scar was about a kilometer wide and dangerous even along the Coast Mountains, and the snow on the ground had long since frozen, and it was blown smooth as a mirror by the cold wind, and then sprinkled with a layer of snow powder, which made it even more slippery than just ice.
The wind is sometimes strong and sometimes light, and sometimes a strong gust of wind can even sweep a monster stronger than a constructed mount into the sky. If it is those human warriors who are not strong enough, they may even be blown away by the wind thousands of kilometers away. If an ordinary army were to pass through this Coast Range, more than thirty percent of the warriors would probably be blown into the Weeping Scars.
The complex terrain on the north shore of the Weeping Trace is also a natural barrier, and the army simply cannot pass in such weather, so the Hulan people did not set up defenses here. Although the powerhouses of the Sanctuary can pass the scars of the Divine Cry, Hulan has legendary powerhouses in charge and is not afraid of the surprise attacks of a small number of powerhouses.
After looking at the terrain on both sides of the river, Reilly and the others returned to the place where the Norlanders and Hulands confronted: the Continental Bridge.
The so-called Continental Bridge is actually an area in the middle of the Weeping Trace, less than 100 meters away from both banks. The bottom of the rift rises abruptly, creating a gentle slope that looks like a giant bridge a kilometer wide has been built.
In the past, it was the only passage connecting the north and the south, hence the name "Continental Bridge".