Chapter 54: Six Stars in a Row
The slight abnormality quickly diverted the attention of the three masters and apprentices from the astronomical wonders.
As the shaking became more and more intense, Lin also ignored the changes in the lunar eclipse in the sky, ran into the core room, and called up various monitoring charts and pictures. The two little apprentices who ran in slowly looked at their teacher worriedly.
"Girl, take a look at the various parts of the tower, and see if anything strange is happening." Lin pointed to the mirror surface of the energy pool arranged in dozens of surveillance screens. Today's Great Sage Tower, in addition to open-air hot springs, toilets, and private rooms, has long been filled with monitors. The surveillance footage can be said to have no dead ends. It was precisely because of the sheer number that the two girls were told to be in charge.
As a teacher, I observe the data of the tower, including the energy channel data recorded through the nodes, the horizontal state of each floor, the distance between floors, the free magic power density in the atmosphere, and the temperature and humidity in each corner.
Most of the readings were unusual, but there was only one area where there were drastic changes. And there seems to be a tendency to spread its influence outward.
"Teacher, teacher, the star map of the cafeteria is flickering around."
"Well, I noticed that too."
At the same time, there was also a terrible dog barking on the first floor. In the surveillance footage on the inside of the gate, two big dogs, Gray Hoof and White Nose, are holding their forelimbs, desperately gouging the gate of the magic tower that was locked at night. I don't know if they noticed something, or if it was for some other reason, but it was clear that they were trying to escape the tower.
Since all kinds of abnormal behaviors point to the same place, Lin must go and see it for himself. The two girls were not without something to do, and he quickly said, "Halumi, you control the opening of the door on the first floor and let the two dogs out." Then, with urgent luggage, I left from the observatory with floating, and then stayed outside the tower to observe the changes in the magic tower. If there is an abnormality, shout. Kaya, you stay by the console. Remember when I taught you how to turn off the energy transfer node. When you hear my instructions, turn off the energy node at the restaurant's star map and cut off the energy supply. If you can't close the restaurant, close the whole tower. Then leave the same from the observatory with floating. If there are signs of the third floor starting to collapse, you don't have to wait for my order, just turn off the entire tower supply of the energy pool, and then leave. Did you hear it all? ”
"Yes, teacher." The two women replied in unison. Instead, Halumi asked worriedly, "Teacher, is it okay this time?" ”
Lin didn't delve into a very general question, but forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, if there is a problem, we shouldn't feel any pain." Okay, stop talking nonsense and get moving. ”
There is no reassuring comfort at all. The two girls were a little frustrated, but they still moved quickly according to the assigned task. Lin ran briskly, picked up the long wand on the shelf, and headed towards the central stairwell. Flicking your thumb at the ring at the base of your ring finger activates the tower's stairwell mechanism, and all the stone steps sink into the central pillar that runs through the three floors.
The three-story staircase link disappeared and was replaced by a shaft that connected the three floors. Lin didn't talk nonsense, and after jumping in, he blessed himself with the floatation technique. At the moment before landing, the body turned into a feather lightness, and then the knees were bent, slowing down the gravitational acceleration and kicking at the same time, and the whole person rolled forward.
This set of moves has long been mastered. This is the standard escape posture for adventuring outside, jumping off cliffs and ravines, but at this time, Lin is using it to speed up his actions.
Ignoring the two big dogs that escaped from the tower with their tails between their legs, Lin quickly ran into the restaurant. I saw the thousand-year-old star map, which was originally moving slowly with the actual situation, but it was like running crazy, spinning around and drawing six concentric circles. At the same time, the wall violently shook and expanded outward.
Luckily, the magic material is strong enough, so there is no gravel falling. But looking at the magnitude of the tremor, Lin wondered if the whole stone brick would fall out.
"Kaya!" Lin shouted outside the restaurant. The girl on standby on the third floor immediately carried out the order to turn off the power supply of the star map. I saw the monitoring data of the restaurant's location, centered on the star map, and quickly zeroed in. However, the number in the star chart position first decreased, then increased, and even exceeded the original number in one fell swoop, and continued to increase.
Faced with such a situation, the brown-skinned girl ran to the stairwell and shouted, "Teacher, it seems that it can't be locked up." Do you want the whole tower to close? ”
"No, you don't! That's fine, you leave immediately! ”
"Yes!"
The magic array nodes and mana power channels that have stopped functioning have appeared in gray-white lines. But this is only the part of the transformation of the forest, the original star map magic pattern of the Great Sage Tower, but it is colorful and flashing. The entire magic circle is like waking up, and all the designed functions will be turned on one by one.
And Halumi, who was already standing far away outside the tower, stroked the gray hooves that came to his side, and watched the changes outside the tower in amazement. Hanging high in the sky, Nan Na Yue reappeared in the form of a dark red full moon in the next moment after being completely swallowed by the black shadow.
If Lin were to be around, the teacher would explain that the sunlight is refracted through the atmosphere of the planet, and the red light will shine on the moon that has entered the shadow zone, and then reflect it. However, even if he was present, when he saw the red moon cast a pillar of light and cover the entire Great Sage Tower, it was estimated that any scientific explanation would be thrown out of the clouds.
Harumi, who knew nothing, was terrified and grabbed the fur of the gray hoof's neck and ravaged it. Seeing the Great Sage Tower bathed in the red moonlight pillar, the magic patterns of the entire tower lit up, and the cyan blue light gradually changed from top to bottom into a blood-red light in a combat state.
Between the two pointed corners of the tower, the eyes of fire condensed like human eyes, constantly looking up and down in all directions, which was exactly what the arcane eyes looked like. Outside of the edge stone, there was an attack magic array with six-sided six-pointed stars erected out of thin air, and the strategic light bomb attack array improved by Lin was also in full operation, and only the attack target was missing. Harumi even forgot to yell at the people in the tower.
The changes outside the tower cannot be managed, and they are powerless to manage it. The thousand-year-old star map wall of the restaurant seemed to have gathered too much energy, watching the bits of green light spill outward, and each magic pattern also emitted a dazzling light, as if it would explode at any time. Lin is using the primordial mark of the Great Sage Tower hidden on the back of his right hand to try to control the chaos in front of him, but to no avail.
When the energy overflowed beyond the magic pattern, rendering the entire brick and stone a faint turquoise, Lin's mind began to have memories of the past marquee. It seems that this time there is no way to escape......
Suddenly, the six concentric circles representing the trajectory of the planet made a shattering sound, and the cyan streamer instantly dimmed. The yellow light representing the sun star in the center quickly deepened, and even the surrounding masonry and magic patterns emitted a dull light. When the dark light spread to the entire star map, in an instant, the magic bricks became transparent, and moved backwards, revealing an inexplicable and strange space.
Behind this wall is outside the tower, but there is no hidden room, Lin is very sure. But looking at the stone box floating in the middle of the void, glowing with magical aura, Lin thought that this could be the storage space of the fan land?
When he came to this world on the magic side, the first thing Lin looked for was the various space props that were convenient to carry, whether it was to store personal property or travel items. But it's a pity that there are no items like storage bags, space backpacks, and space rings in the fan land. Even if it is a Fa Sheng, when he goes out, his luggage is either carried by himself or by an apprentice, and there is no stealing step to use.
Lin used to think that there was no such storage space in the Lost Land World. The space in front of me now proves that related magic also exists in this world, but it is so high-end that it is difficult for people to use it.
Looking at the stone box in the void, Lin's first thought was to take it out. Because the surrounding area of that space began to show traces of cracks out of thin air, and there were more and more of them, it is estimated that it will be inevitable that the space will collapse in the end. Then the contents stored in it should also be unsafe, so it is a natural action to remove them before they happen.
It's just that Lin didn't want to see if he could walk in. He raised his wand and recited the incantation of Bocamo's Giant Palm. I saw that the mana power continued to condense from the void, forming a huge yellow-green magic arm, and with a wave towards the storage space behind the star map wall, he scooped the stone box into the magic hand and took it out.
The process was smooth and unhindered, and the next moment the stone box was removed, the storage space completely collapsed. The strange and magnificent scene between the planes is something that Lin has never seen or heard and is difficult to describe. But the kaleidoscope-like crevices that are constantly changing, as if to fill the gaps, are constantly absorbing the quadrants of everything around them.
When Lin realized that this influence had gone beyond the original position of the wall and began to spread towards the main plane, his whole body had been sucked in and he couldn't get out. The stone box in his hand was constantly sucked forward as if he was about to break free, dragging his body and attracting it towards the broken space step by step.
Now the memories of the marquee are even happier, and even the memories of the distant Earth period have surfaced in my heart one by one.
Just as he was about to accept his fate, the transparent stone brick emitted a new demonic light, which was different from the original manifestation.
A new spell activated, and it directly weaved a web to trap the gap in the expanding plane, preventing it from continuing to grow. As if suppressed, or repaired, the magical masonry that was so transparent that it almost disappeared reappeared in its form, and quickly moved back to its original position, while gradually solidifying the space behind it. It wasn't until the wall was restored to its original state that the newly appeared magic pattern dissipated between heaven and earth.
The anomaly of the magic tower began to subside, and the shaking stopped. The mana power that was originally scattered in the atmosphere, so strong that it almost suffocated people to death, also gradually reduced its level. Everything seems to have started to get better after the stone box was taken out.
What will be the stone box that has been collected by Da Fei Zhang? Lin couldn't help but wonder.
Outside the tower, two girls and two dogs gathered together watched as the pillars of light emitted by Nanna's moon gradually receded and disappeared. At the same time, the red moon in the sky also quietly disappeared, returning to its original white disk as white as snow, and the black shadow covering the ridge also receded from the west.
The tower of the great sage towering in place, the magic pattern on the tower also turned from red to blue, and then gradually faded. The improved light bomb attack array and arcane eye at the top of the tower also turned into a little starlight, dissipating from the heavens and the earth. It was as if nothing had happened. In addition to the wooden box that Lin held in his hand, there was also the broken and useless star map in the restaurant.
Meeting the two girls, Lin looked in awe at the home where he had lived for more than a year. Perhaps its secrets have not yet been seen through by everyone, and there is still an unknown side hidden in the dark.
Judging from the results of this great change, it is quite fortunate that the worst scenario expected, that is, the explosion of the energy pool, did not happen. Lin thought to himself, and at the same time comforted the two worried and frightened girls, looking at this strange magic tower.