Section 4: Strange Beginnings and ...... Ringwraith!

Ringing Spirit.

In the story of the Lord of the Rings, the Demon Lord Sauron forged many powerful magic rings before forging the One Ring with the help of elven craftsmanship in disguise. The elves have three rings, the dwarves have seven rings, and the human beings have nine rings. These rings, also known as rings of power, will give the bearer the most urgently needed abilities or traits based on their identity, status, and abilities. They were distributed before Sauron's identity was revealed, and they were very popular at the time.

Among them, the elven three rings are the most powerful, but the craftsmanship is also the purest. Even if Sauron subsequently created the One Ring, it would be difficult to affect the holders of the Elven Three Rings. And they are currently in the hands of the two Elven Kings and the gray-robed Gandalf. They will be very useful on the journey of the Ring Guard.

Subsequently, the Dwarven Seven Rings were missing due to the mixing of Sauron's hands and feet. It empowers dwarves as well as makes them stubborn, greedy, and irrational. But the dwarves are still a tough race created by God, and they may be lost and go berserk, but they will not be controlled by Sauron. However, more than half of the Dwarven Seven Rings have long been lost, and only three of them have been recovered by Sauron, and it is unknown where they were used.

Finally, there are the Nine Rings of Humanity, which are basically and completely forged by Sauron. They are actually the weakest of the rings, but they are also worn by the nobles of Númenor, who are relatively weak in body and mind. While the Ring empowers them, it also corrupts them deeply, and when they die, they become Ring Spirits, Sauron's eternal slaves.

They are immortal, at least not until the One Ring collapses. Even if they are killed, they will respawn under the Tower of Sauron. Because their essence has been transformed into a magic ring, and the outside is only a projection of power. Unless you use special weapons and attack them in a special way, they will always re-form.

But their power is also ambiguous, vague, and uncertain. In the end, they are only human souls bound by the Ring of Power, and they have a considerable upper limit in terms of personality. When dealing with mundane things, they can use their fear aura to create a wide range of suppressive effects and inflict massive morale damage. However, if you encounter a strong-willed person, it is basically difficult to have a definite effect.

It's an elite monster who has a knack for cleaning up miscellaneous soldiers - at least in the Lord of the Rings storyline. Even Aragorn, who has not yet obtained the holy sword, can also hit nine on the top of the wind and clouds, and when they meet again in the future, they will chop melons and vegetables.

But if it's a movie line, it's a little different in terms of presentation - Angmar, the head of the Ringwraith, who didn't even dare to fart when he saw Gandalf in white robes, was even able to smash Gandalf's staff in a single blow during the Gondor Guard battle. And according to normal logic, Aragon can beat nine on the top of the storm, and the white-robed Gandalf can beat Arragon at will. Then when the head of the Ring Spirit met Gandalf, he should have thought about how to exit the field with dignity instead of going up to fight.

Depending on the way it is expressed, the intensity will be different. The film needed to show Gandalf's desperation at that time, so a few lines of the words were turned into the expansion of the combat power of the head of the Ringwraith—which was of course just an inconsequential matter at the time, because the audience's viewing experience came first, and the plot logic could be a little later. But when the story becomes a reality, this critical juncture needs to be carefully considered.

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- There is a huge difference with the world line of the movie. Although the origin is the same, the result is the same. But the developments in the middle are not quite similar. The forces and forces involved in The Lord of the Rings are so large that they are streamlined in the film. The journey of the ring-guarding actually took several years, but in the movie it was shown to be several months...... A legendary adventure that is not even a few months away. The gap is huge, and we have to confirm it.

The sustenance of the Holy Spirit had been activated, and in his container, Zhan Lan opened his eyes in his mind. Activating a mental power scan in front of a suspected top psychic power like Sauron, who can remotely confuse and control puppets, is actually an irrational operation. However, the companions had already been judged and knew that the suppression of the Great Barrier of Iluvita would be effective, so it was Zhan Lan's decision to believe in the information of his companions on the premise of confirming that this area was not Mordor.

Her spiritual power spread outward. And just as she expected, her spiritual power spread outward and reached the border only a few dozen kilometers. The accuracy of the scan has not decreased, but the distance has been greatly reduced. She immediately sensed a large black area more than ten kilometers away. And that must be the top of the storm where the hobbits are.

- Can't see through ...... And you can't try to see through it.

Zhan Lan only gave it a light try, and then stopped trying to use his own will to break through this heavy black zone. Because the existence of the black zone means that the area really has some kind of person or thing with special supernatural powers, like the previous aliens with their own biological force fields, or the temple halls where the power of Egyptian gods is entrenched.

- The Lord God has issued a mission notice telling us not to approach or interfere with the Ring Bearers until the Fellowship of the Ring is officially formed. This may also be a warning that we will only be able to access the Ring if it has been 'treated' in Rivendell. Otherwise, there is a risk that something will happen.

It's quite possible.

Because theoretically, although the Lord of the Rings is a part of Sauron, according to the setting of the original worldview, it does not absolutely belong to Sauron. A powerful individual like Gandalf will certainly fall if he wears the One Ring, but it will also completely transfer ownership of the One Ring, and the Ring will not go out of its way to return to Sauron, but will serve its new master.

Zhan Lan didn't know what would become of her when she wore the ring, but at least for now, she didn't have the idea of snatching it at all. Her mental power fluctuations swept quickly in the area of dozens of kilometers that she could see, and it was no surprise that there was no shield area for a second spiritual power person within her scanning range.

Hospitable reincarnators are not around or hiding their bodies - this is normal.

But it's a bit strange that the hostile reincarnators are not equipped with a first-strike attack or an over-the-horizon long-range strike.

Is it because their own advent point has not been notified by the Lord God, so they can't find it? Or is it ...... Are they limited by some reason and can't use over-the-horizon capabilities?

- "Miss Zhan Lan, the calamity on our body...... It's light. ”

- "And the anti-divination barrier I set up was not touched, and all kinds of means of defending against peeping were not triggered...... It's as if no one is snooping on us at the moment? ”

The new information from Zhu Wen is really a bit strange at the moment. It stands to reason that the reincarnation of a teamfight should be the most vulnerable at the moment of the initial arrival, and no matter what, the enemy will not be able to give up this first strike...... At the very least, it's an opportunity to try it first.

Zhan Lan frowned, she speculated that it might be Illuvita's Great Barrier that restricted the casting of ultra-long-range spells...... But this is not true, Saruman in the original text unleashed long-range lightning strikes hundreds of kilometers away, blocking the climbing route of the Ring Guard. In any case, the reincarnation should have a technology or magic item that can greatly expand the field of vision.

Something is wrong.

She watched as Chu Xuan took out a colorless golden apple and pushed it into the sky - this improved Edenhallowed artifact was technically a high-tech artifact that could reach an altitude of hundreds of kilometers with its own power, and then become a spy satellite large enough to provide ample vision.

It failed - it flew for thousands of kilometers and then inexplicably lost power. But in the next moment, another transparent golden apple, which was dominated by magic technology, crossed it and reached the top of the Sky Dome.

- "Technological creation has been greatly restricted, and so has magic technology. ”

Chu Xuan's voice sounded in the spiritual network.

- "The operation of the Magic Golden Apple Satellite is very difficult, most of the functions cannot be used smoothly, and only the basic satellite overlooking ability can be exercised. And the field of view ...... Very bad. ”

A curtain of light was projected in front of Chu Xuan's eyes, and Zhan Lan's spiritual power also saw it. Centered on the area where the reincarnation is located, the terrain within a radius of three or four hundred kilometers is presented to the reincarnators in the form of fuzzy modeling - the resolution is so poor that even if the reincarnators' eyes can be detected at the pixel level, they cannot see the marching columns with fewer than 100 people, or the tiny villages with fewer than five houses.

Trying to use it to get instant information is tantamount to a dream. However, if it is a large-scale military change, it can be snooped and detected in this way.

- "Is it possible to increase the resolution by lowering the height?" ”

Jiang Yu asked, but the result did not improve. Even if Chu Xuan lowered the altitude of the satellite, the result was only a reduction in the range of the overhead map and no improvement in clarity - the sky of this world seems to have a line, and the height of this line may be the field of vision of the eagle, and the clarity will adjust with the change of altitude when it is below this height, but once this line is crossed, no matter how much it is higher, the upper limit of the resolution will be completely locked and insurmountable.

And if it is lower than the height of the eagle, then even if the resolution is increased to the maximum, the range and accuracy that can be monitored will be much lower than Zhan Lan's mental power scanning area. It's not impossible to make up for this shortcoming, but to fill the skies of Middle-earth, the number of satellites needed will be unreasonable and there is a great possibility of exposure.

The means of obtaining information have been greatly curtailed.

Zhan Lan opened his external eyes and shook his head slightly with the body of the shadow.

"I didn't find the ringing spirit, but it was indeed a storm in the distance, and this forest also had a certain level of dark power. I saw some giant spiders and goblins, and maybe they were the reason. ”

"Don't you have a ring?" Jiang Yu frowned, and then slowly stretched out. "Looks like we might have arrived a little early...... Then we have more initiative at hand than we expected......"

He reached out and touched the ground. The pulsation of the earth poured into his heart.

No approach, no snooping, no interference. However, if the other party reveals traces from the main body, passive acquisition is not prohibited.

"Five vibrations...... The life rate of four ordinary people, and then there is one very strong. Well, the hobbits haven't separated from Aragon yet...... Odd. ”

Jiang Yu raised his head and looked at the sky. The color of dusk has appeared at the end of the sight. If it is according to the development in the movie and the other three teams of reincarnators are also forbidden to interfere with the hobbits, then at this time, Arragon should be out to investigate, and several little hobbits are not vigilant and cook and make a fire soon after, which is discovered by the Ringwraith.

Jiang Yu looked at the watch on his wrist. The calibrated distance is still 11.4 km. And after some previous operational temptations, the reincarnators have spent a long time of about eight minutes from the time the shield was lifted until now.

No temptation, no long-range strikes. The other three teams who came in advance were like dead people, but Jiang Yu didn't believe that they were all dead.

Dongmei, who has only been here for two days, is just that, Nanyan and Beibing, how can they not exert their own subjective initiative so much!?

"Zhu Wen, try to divinate the weakest Nan...... No, the South Yanzhou team may have borrowed enough momentum, so try to predict the movements of the Arctic Continent team, it is not necessary to get results, just try a few times. ”

"Everybody else, stay defensive...... Zhan Lan, are you sure you really didn't see the Ring Spirit nearby? ”

Zhu Wen immediately got busy, while the others stood up and waited for each other, protecting the newcomer and the relatively fragile back row in a circular circle, several golden apples of different specifications flew out from around Chu Xuan's body, floated to the outside of the front and then stood silently, and some kind of small and continuous force field covered the surrounding area.

A lot of consumables were used, and the disposable shield, the talisman of malicious perception, and the invisible guardian circle of wide area cover all served their purpose at this moment. However, even so, there is still a slight disharmony in Jiang Yu's heart.

In the Infinity Original, the Ring of the Ring is not powerful. Even Zhao Yingkong, who is a second-order, can kill him independently, and Zheng Zha, who has not officially opened the fourth-order, can easily annihilate the plurality - even if the rings come up with an all-in-one operation that is not in the original book, for the current Zhongzhou team, it is not theoretically difficult to break.

But......

Round Table Enchantment, to be activated.

- I always feel like something is ...... Weird.

"I didn't see it." Zhan Lan scanned it again, then shook her head affirmatively. "Only ordinary creatures of darkness...... However, the darkness in this area is indeed increasing. The light in me is even showing signs of boiling......"

The one-time divination crystal in Zhu Wen's hand suddenly burst out of a crack.

And at this moment!

Zhao Yingkong suddenly took a step to the side, and the immortal slash was held in his hand. The power of the void in her body quietly trembled as an unknown colossal existence approached silently!

And a black knight covered in black fog ignored all the protective detection and blocking methods of the reincarnators, and suddenly appeared in the ring-shaped protective formation!

The safe time is over.

The sword that lingered in the black mist slashed at Zhan Lan's head silently!

Ringwraith!

There are more things than expected, and today there is only one verse _(:з"∠)_

(End of chapter)