"There are many reasons, the most direct one is that it is not easy to build. Without hesitation, Bran replied, "The melting snow of the Frost Tooth flows almost entirely into the sea through the Ru River, and the summer water flow at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is very high. The Great Wall will be washed away by water at a low place, and it will tilt and collapse soon after it is built on the mountainside, and it will be built on the top of the mountain...... I don't know if the commander-in-chief has counted it: the height of the mountains on both sides of the Grand Canyon is far more than 1,000 feet, which is higher than the top of any wall along the Great Wall, which is an excellent natural hazard in itself. If the construction of the Great Wall is really started, the construction difficulty is equivalent to building countless Eagle's Nest Cities, and the labor and resources required are comparable to building another desperate Great Wall. ”

Iger was not satisfied with this explanation: "Then at least we can open up patrol routes on both sides of the Grand Canyon to facilitate the movement of the night watch." The Shadow Tower soldiers told me that there was no way out, and they had to be reopened, why was that?"

"There used to be roads, but thousands of years later, they have long since been carried away by the water due to landslides rolling to the bottom of the valley. Bran let out a long sigh, "Speaking of the loopholes in the Great Wall's defenses, I'm going to give you one more piece of information that has long been forgotten - remember what I said earlier, it is difficult for the Wraiths to control the ghouls across the Wall." ”

Of course, I remember that Bran said it at the time - the reason will be told to himself later, apparently now it is what he said "wait".

"I want to hear about it. ”

"In addition to being a high wall, physically blocking the passage of wild men and goblins, the Great Wall is also magically a barrier. The Wraiths don't like to be near the Wall, which gives the impression that the Wall is 'anti-Ghouls' - this is not an illusion, but I would like to add that the Anti-Wraiths are only one of the collateral effects of the Wall's function, and the main purpose of the magic woven within it is to shield the power of the cold gods that originate from the Land of Eternal Winter - the power that floats through the air and supports the existence of the Wraiths and Ghouls. ”

"It's understandable, but wouldn't it be better to seal the Grand Canyon as well? It won't be said that the gravity of the power of the cold god is greater than that of the air, and it will sink to the bottom of the canyon, so it can't penetrate it. ”

Even if he is as knowledgeable as a green prophet, he doesn't have the concept of gas specific gravity in his mind, but after all, with countless years of wisdom and experience, Bran quickly understood what Egg was talking about, and quickly skipped this stubble: "As the commander-in-chief of the night watch, you should be clear about the distribution of the nineteen fortresses along the Great Wall, which one is in the middle?"

Nonsense, I don't have a map of the land grant and the Great Wall in my head, which one is the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch?Iger nodded: "If you talk about the 'middle' in terms of quantity, it is naturally the Queen's Gate - whether it is counted from east to west or from west to east, it is the tenth." But if we talk about the spatial scale at both ends of the Great Wall, it is the Black Castle...... The Night's Watch used the fortress as their headquarters even when it was at its lowest point, because patrols were sent from here to the east and west of the Wall, both on the ground and at the top of the Wall. ”

"Competent commander-in-chief, that's right. Bran nodded, "So, what if I asked not about the Great Wall, but about Seal Bay to Icy Bay—i.e., which castle under the Night's Watch is the same distance from the east and west coasts?"

Egger opened his mouth, vaguely answering before he could think about it.

The westernmost part of the Great Wall is forty or fifty miles away from Icefjord Harbor, so the fortress that is equal to the distance to the east and west coasts must be more than twenty miles west of Castle Black—it is not the Queen's Gate that is next to it, and the deep lake dwelling farther away does not seem to be right, and further west......

Egger's heart pounded, and the final conclusion was indeed the one he had a hunch: the Night's Watch fortress as far away as Seal Bay and Icy Bay was not the same ancient Blackshirt fortress where the original Night Watch stronghold, the giant Glowing Heart Tree and the Black Gate were located, and where he and the little green prophet Bran were staying at the moment?

"Fort Night!" Egger blurted out, "Dio--this means that when the Legion was first established, the Grand Canyon was indeed within the patrol range set by the first high-level of the Night's Watch!"

Bran's face was full of approval: "That's right, I can also tell you that the source of the Great Wall's power to shield the cold gods and drive away strange spirits is the giant heart tree embedded deep in the Great Wall of Desperation in the Desperate Realm of the Long Night Castle Section, which has been fused with the most powerful green prophet in the past. The stone pedestal, carved with ancient runes, pressed under tens of millions of tons of ice, should have rounded it up...... No, the spherical radiating endless energy around it was confined to the Great Wall, and shaped into a magical wall of the same shape as the Great Wall, and the entity composed of ice blocks of the Great Wall of Desperation and the 'soul' constructed by magic form the ultimate barrier against death. ”

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Egger was completely stunned, so it was, everything was strung together: the Great Wall of Desperation is not only the largest man-made structure in the world of ice and fire, but also the most spectacular magic prop, it is a powerful "barrier generator", and the super heart tree is the energy core that supports its operation!

The 998th Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch had a new understanding of the ice wall that was nominally his own, but the Green Prophet Bran still did not stop recounting: "And because the giant tree is closer to the western end of the Great Wall, the anti-cold magic in the western half of the Great Wall is more powerful than the eastern end, and at the end of the Shadow Tower, this force even uses the fish beam wood forest planted on both sides of the Grand Canyon as a channel, like an invisible wall, penetrating for dozens of miles, filling the last gap, and extending into the sea of the Cold Ice Bay. Except for the little bit that overflowed from the sky and the far sea, the Great Wall kept all the power of the cold god out of the plug. ”

The Yuliang Wood Forest that spreads all over the mountains was originally planted to make up for the shortcomings of the Grand Canyon that could not build a wall, and its function was to make up for the invisible Great Wall that shielded the power of the cold gods! Although there is a gap in the physical aspect of the Great Wall, at the level of magic, it traverses the east and west of the latitude where it is located, blocking the energy that the strange ghosts rely on for their livelihood to the north, forming a paradise for the living!

Perfect and delicate, yet incredibly grandiose, Egger was first struck by the magnificence of the "deep beauty" beneath the seemingly bulky exterior of the ice wall, and his first thought was that Daenerys in the original plot sent the White Dragon to save Jon and eventually destroyed the Wall...... It's far-fetched and stupid beyond forgiveness.

After the secret scolding ended, he was more arrogant: the prophet had made countless targeted preparations, and he had such a line of defense, so if he couldn't win the war, he would really be a waste, what kind of commander-in-chief, obediently spit and drown himself!

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However, the skeptical spirit cultivated after tomorrow made Egger quickly have another problem: "Then I am worried again - the Great Wall is difficult to destroy, but the Yuliang Wood Forest is exposed, if the strange ghost destroys this forest, won't it open a gap in the invisible Great Wall, this continuous anti-cold god energy field?"

"And they will do it. Unexpectedly, Bran didn't dismiss Egger this time, "But I must emphasize again that the Fishbeam Grove that filled the Grand Canyon was only strengthened, not formed—well, the anti-cold god energy field—a good word. As long as the Great Wall does not fall and the Super Heart Tree is not destroyed, the magic barrier is complete, even if the Fish Beam Wood Forest disappears, the power of the cold god can only slowly seep in from the weak point of the Grand Canyon, and the strange ghosts in the south of the Great Wall will still be significantly weaker than outside the fortress, as long as they are dealt with properly, they can be dealt with. ”

That's good.

The last doubt was lifted, and Egg nodded lightly, but unfortunately his mind was spinning too fast - he immediately remembered a deeper question that had been buried in his heart for a long time: "You have been talking about the power of the cold god, what the hell is that damn cold god...... Well, and Rahlo! You say there are no gods in this world, so are they just like you, two wizards with more powerful and extraordinary powers?"

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After a moment of hesitation, the new Green Prophet finally had something he couldn't answer for the first time: "This is a question that I forgive me for not being able to answer, I have not met either of these two face-to-face, either spiritual or physical. To be sure, both of these exist: powerful beyond my ability to peer into and tempt, but by no means as omnipotent as believers perceive. Certainly not human, maybe some higher alternative life form...... My suggestion is to stop the unfounded speculation and speculation, and there is no point in considering the possibility of the cold god entering the war in this war: if he makes a move, no matter how much the Night's Watch prepares except for the equally mysterious Lord of Light—do you believe the prophecy?"

Again, talking about the cold god, suddenly jumped to the prophecy again.

Confused, Iger had grown accustomed to the Green Prophet Bran's narration habits, as he seemed to be talking about jumpy topics, but in fact they often followed a hidden logic, rather than saying whatever he thought of.

This is not an exam, and without much thought, Iger quickly gave an answer that he felt was more moderate and not easy to ask questions: "I think it's good to listen to such things as prophecy, and you can't ignore it, but you don't have to take it too seriously." ”

Bran looked into Egger's eyes, shook his head as well, and smiled incomprehensibly: "There's nothing wrong with that, however, prophecy and prophecy are not the same. Roughly speaking, there are at least three kinds. The first type: swearing and venting, there is belief, there is none, typical examples: you have offended someone, someone predicts that you will not die well' - no matter what, people will die, in fact, no matter how early you die or late death, the cause of death is never this prophecy. On the contrary, if you live in the shadow of this curse all day long, you may die as predicted. ”

Interesting theory, Iger nodded, thinking of the witch's prophecy to Cersei that she would have a miserable second life.

"The second: because there are sufficient sources of information, a full understanding of the nature of things and the way the world works, relying on logic, through calculations and reasoning to predict the direction of the situation. Even if this kind of prophecy is not necessarily correct, it often has considerable reference value, and if you don't take it to heart after hearing it, it will be a great waste. ”

Iger nodded again, the other party was reasonable, and there was nothing embarrassing to admit this: "Indeed...... The third one. ”

"You must have heard the following passage: After the long summer, the stars will weep blood, the cold darkness will cover the world, and in this hour of terror, a hero will be reborn in the land of smoke and salt. He will awaken the dragon in the stone and draw the flaming sword in the flames - the 'Lightbringer', the red sword of heroes, the wielding of which is the reincarnation of Azar Ah, and he will drive away the darkness. ”

"Yes, I did. "It's such a long time, and to be honest, Egger can't recite it all this way," the Priests of the Lord of Light and the Red God followers spread everywhere, and it was one of the most well-known prophecies in the world - what happened to it?"

This is the third type of prophecy, which appears to be a prophecy, but is essentially a warning, an ultimatum, and a declaration of war – Rahlo's to the god of cold. Bran took a sip from the glass on the bedside table and began to interpret the prophecy as the Green Prophet.

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