In the imagination, the place where the crystallization should be located should be like this: a translucent film of protection on the outside, crystallized inside, and the film itself has been torn through a hole by humans, and a lot of cables, wires, and other things have been dragged in through this hole, and all kinds of strange machines cling to the surface of the crystal, desperately extracting the energy contained in the crystallization all the time, until it is completely drained and the whole tree dies - just as humans have been doing with ordinary forests for a long time.

Obviously, I've been superficial again.

At the end of the passage is a huge object that looks like a cocoon, but all that makes it up is wood. Many large, rhizome-like objects protrude from the surface of the cocoon, connecting to the giant tree itself, seemingly to provide it with energy. Humans have set up all sorts of magic arrays and machines on these rhizomes, and the cables that should have been dragging the ground are concentrated in a large metal pipe, so that the nearby ground does not look very messy.

"It's a bit of a surprise, I thought the energy-pumping machine would be placed directly on the crystal. After secretly lamenting my own superficiality, I looked at the scene in front of me and couldn't help but sigh, "And then every day I smoke the energy in it until it is exhausted, just like mining fossil fuels." ”

Even though I was at the end of the line, Emilina heard my voice and answered without looking back, "It's nothing if it's really a fossil fuel, but the energy in the crystals can be replenished by the giant tree, and it's almost an infinitely renewable resource, and no one will do the stupid thing of fishing for the best of your ability." This method of extracting energy from the rhizome that transports energy does little harm to the giant tree, and in a sense, humans are at most parasites that steal energy from the giant tree to live. ”

When I heard this, I couldn't help but feel a black line on my head: "It always feels so subtle that I can't refute it...... Aside, Emilina, have you noticed anything out of the ordinary?"

The blonde girl didn't answer me, but took a few steps forward and walked up to the guard in charge of protecting the crystal. However, all of the mages guarding the area said without exception that they had not noticed any disturbances, not even a single cockroach had ever appeared nearby.

"Sister-sama. Could it be that you guessed wrong?" Lisa said to Emilina after asking to no avail, "Maybe the other party went to Fia's main room instead of here. ”

Emilina, who was caressing her chin, looked at the cocoon and said with a slight amusement: "Lisa, then you tell me what the other party plans to do in the main room? The AI has not been activated yet, even if it has been activated, how much damage will it cause to the coalition forces if it destroys her?"

Emilina is right, destroying the AI will affect the overall command efficiency of the fortress at most. And it doesn't cause complete paralysis like a hit on the energy system, which basically doesn't make any sense. Therefore, the shawl long hair was replaced by a pained expression after opening his mouth and being silent for a few seconds: "It's the same." ”

After the word "energy system" appeared in my mind, I suddenly thought of a possibility, and then raised my hand to the blonde girl and beckoned, "By the way, Emilina, how about checking the energy supply lines? After all, the crystals that are the core are tightly protected, and even if they can sneak in, they can't destroy them in plain sight, but we need to pump energy from here and send it out, and these wires are unprotected......"

When the girl heard this, she immediately turned her head to look at me in surprise, and a pair of beautiful blue eyes instantly lit up. He clenched his fist hard and pounded it in the palm of his hand and said, "That's right, this is indeed a blind spot." Zhou Yi, well done, thank you for the reminder. Lisa, come and help me. ”

The sisters gave up their observation of the cocoons and went to the metal pipes laid on the ground and began to beat them together. They had been checking from the end of the cocoon, close to the end of the trunk, until at last the blonde girl straightened up and loudly announced with her ponytail in her ponytail, "Found it." Over here. ”

The mages gathered around and began to gossip, while I continued to make soy sauce on the spot. After all, magic circles are also used in the energy system. Wouldn't I be looking for trouble if I casually walked over?

After handing over the problem to these mages, Emilina brought Lisa to her and took the initiative to explain without waiting for me to ask: "It is a destructive spell similar to a time bomb, the power is very small, and there is basically no magic fluctuation when it is cast, plus the giant tree is releasing energy at that time. So the others didn't notice. However, the opponent has set up a clever position, and if the spell is successfully activated, it will most likely destroy most of the cables, thus cutting off the energy supply in the fortress. As for when the spell will be activated, you can guess it, right?"

"Tomorrow morning at ten o'clock when we have a ribbon-cutting ceremony......" I couldn't help but put my hand on my forehead and sighed deeply, "Okay." It's not surprising that the enemy would do this, but how the hell did the other party get in? Didn't Saizeriya lead the team in tracking down the invisible phantom god in the morning, could it be that the decoy that was deliberately released to attract attention, and the one who was really responsible for infiltrating took advantage of our busy situation to sneak into the enchantment?"

The girl tapped her hand on the top of my head, "It's too much of a fuss, why send someone to toss outside to alert us if you can sneak in without knowing it?" I guess the invisible phantom failed on its first attempt to drill through the barrier, got rid of Saizeriya and then circled back, and this time it succeeded. ”

It's a more reasonable explanation, and I nodded in agreement: "Well, maybe that's it." So Emilina, after unblocking the spell set by the enemy, do you plan to find the other party next?"

"There's no need. The one who will really feel anxious after the spell is lifted, will try to set up the spell a second time, and let people stay vigilant and wait for themselves to show their feet. Emilina waved her hand casually and led the way she came, "I've already asked the guards here to arrange it, and I'll leave the rest to them." ”

Although I was a little surprised, I was slightly relieved: "Great, I thought I was going to catch ghosts with you all night." ”

The blonde girl suddenly changed to a crying and laughing expression on her face: "How is it possible, there is something more important to do tomorrow than this, how can it affect your rest because of it?" Go back and wash and sleep, although it is still very early." ”

I still want to go to Mengyun to see what the little girl is busy with, and she is invited by Senior Sister Blue Feather to stop me from swiping my natural stay favorability at all times in the team, and I can't take care of such an [important] thing?

"Got it. You should rest early, too. It's up to you tomorrow. ”

Who would have thought that Emilina glared at me angrily: "What do you mean it's all up to me, do you want to play soy sauce again?

In the past, I would probably take the initiative to die and say things like "the enemy will die after being serious", but recently, Emlina has always made us feel very strange, and even my own state has been confused, so I hesitated not to do it: "That's not what it meant." Well, we'll try to help anyway. I can assure you of that. ”

The blonde girl finally let me go, and took the lead and strode back to the original fork in the road. Next door was Fiya's main room, but both Emilina and I apparently didn't think there was the need to go over and check it out, so we just left.

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After sending the sisters back to their room, I knocked on Mengyun's door.

"You knocked on the wrong door. The younger sister, who opened the wooden door with a small crack, revealed her little head from the inside, and said solemnly, "Lan Yu's room is on the left side. Or do you want to pick one that isn't difficult? Then Luyin's room is on the right, but Crimson Snow is also in it, and you'll have to figure out how to get rid of the ghost before you do something weird to the double ponytail. If you're going to take on a higher challenge, Saria's room is in the fourth room on the right. Medium difficulty. Osvia's room is the fifth room on the left. As for Emilina, the most difficult one, I don't think you have what it takes to get her, stupid brother. Or is it that you evil gentleman hit the lowest difficulty White Lotus with a bad idea!? This is the only thing that is absolutely not allowed, and I will not let you succeed if you risk your life!"

The little girl's words were so straightforward that I couldn't help but burst into tears on the spot, and I didn't care about waving the countless black lines and rolling thunder on my head, so I hurriedly answered: "I didn't knock on the wrong door, I just came to find you." ”

I saw that my baby sister's face suddenly turned pale, she covered her chest with her hands, took a few steps back, and said with a frightened face: "What, what!? stupid brother, you really can't do this, I'm your own sister who is related by blood!"

This sudden desire to go back to washing and sleeping shouldn't be a delusion, isn't it!?

After slamming the knife on the top of Mengyun's head, she finally got her back to her senses. I casually pushed open the door and walked in: "Don't worry, even if you're not my sister, we won't be interested in a half-sized girl like you who is suspected of being Lori." In short, put aside the daily life and something. What were you doing in the room just now, and you even rejected the invitation of Senior Sister Blue Feather?

The part covered by both hands changed from a flat small chest to a baby sister on top of her head pouted very casually: "I was downloading resources at the time." ”

Strange,In my impression, although this girl likes to play games, she is not to the extent that she will stay in the room and refuse to meet between friends.,What kind of game attracted her?

"Are you playing a game, what's your name?"

Unexpectedly, Mengyun pinched the skirt in front of her body and raised it to a height that was just enough to cover her cute fatness, and stretched out the index finger of her other hand and gently pressed it on her lower abdomen: "What's that." I'm here to download the resource. ”

"Where did you come from, at the first word, people couldn't help but spray the festival all over the ground The combination of the cat ear girl and the alternative horse monkey soju that can still be transformed with blind dog eyes even though he is covered in mechanical prosthetics!?" ”

"What are so many silencers going on, are you really not helping the author cheat the number of words?" rescued the stupid Mengyun and stepped on me with a little pain. Then he walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, "Ah, ah, I haven't done those strange things with Kolber, and besides, he doesn't have the guts. In addition, it was just a joke just now, the real situation is that I happened to be practicing spells in the room when Lan Yu came to invite, so I decisively refused without even opening the door. After all, my spells are too much, right?"

Seriously, I can't imagine what kind of reaction Senior Sister Lan Yu would have when she saw a cute skeleton soldier standing in the little girl's room after Mengyun opened the door, smiling (?) and raising her hand to greet her and saying "Hello", and this is obviously a thing that breaks through the sky, but I always can't help but want to laugh, and it's a god horse situation!

But the bridge bean sack, there seems to be something wrong with this?

I felt as if I was in a hurry to get some thought out of my head, but before we could figure out what it was, Mengyun continued to speak, interrupting my train of thought.

"Don't worry, brother. I know how many pounds and taels I have at the moment, so I won't mess around. However, I also hope to get some exercise. Not to mention inheriting my mother's mantle, at least let me be able to help you. The younger sister nodded her little head with both hands in her arms and said, "If there is only one stupid brother, I always feel that something is wrong." ”

"Girl, are you worried about my safety?" The little touch made me feel that my heart was full of warmth, "Brother, it's okay with me, you just take care of yourself now." ”

I don't want Mengyun to look at me with disdain: "Who is worried about the life or death of this guy, I'm worried about those innocent girls around you!"

"Wait, this is completely different from the previous atmosphere, hey!"

"Hey, what's wrong with such an obvious everyday atmosphere?"

What else could I say about this, who burst into tears in an instant, and decisively raised his hands: "Okay, little sister, I lost." In short, the practice of spells must be mastered in a good manner, and don't force yourself. There's still a fierce battle waiting for us tomorrow, so remember to rest early in the evening. I'll go back first. ”

"It's too early to go on a night raid. ”

"It's going back to wash and sleep, how can it be repaired!" (To be continued.) )