Section 233 The Floating City and the Titanic (Part II)
A storm rose in the sea, and it became more and more violent.
The hurricane pushed the sea and created a huge wave that could not be seen to be pushed forward, and the sound was so amazing.
Most of the sea creatures try to dig deeper, and some small sea creatures that don't have time to dive roll along the wall of waves.
"Turning the rudder, turning the rudder, and tying the safety rope for deck operations, it is required to activate the protection immediately. The first mate roared hoarsely over the ship's special magic broadcast.
In order to avoid nervousness or information that should not be known to passengers for the time being, the magic broadcast on the ship is also two different channels.
But even if it is a sub-channel, the scene at sea is so treacherous now that the passengers hiding in the cabin are not without feelings.
They could see the waves crashing against the thick portholes, as if they were ready to rush in.
Belisanda was so frightened that she hid in Rand's arms, and her mother was trembling slightly, but it was impossible for her to throw herself into the man's arms like her own daughter.
Rand comforted the little girl, but there was a worry in his eyes.
The Titanic is the newest of the Olympia class, and its size is not comparable to that of even warships, because the construction of warships has stalled after the Ambergris War, but cruise ships and freighters have improved to some extent.
The Olympian-class ship Rand had been on it before, and sailing on the sea felt as safe as stepping on land, but at this time, the Titanic, which was even better than the Queen Stephanie, actually had a feeling that she was drifting involuntarily, so you can know how strong the wind and waves at sea are at this time.
Rand was on the ship, and he could only use the shaking of the ship to perceive the difference from before.
The seafarers on the deck watched in horror as the Titanic was pressed by a wall of huge waves, and every time it caught up with the Titanic at full speed, the Titanic would be thrown high by the wall of water made by the waves. Fortunately, its size is huge, and its weight is even more amazing, although it will surface a large section, but it will not be completely thrown away, and it will sink again with heavy crashing waves.
The Wall of Waves always produces a small shatter here on the Titanic, and then rushes forward.
But the ship's first mate and captain didn't feel relaxed at all. Because this seems to be dangerous, but in fact, the sea waves are so amazing that they have never been seen before, and maybe the next time it will bring huge trouble to the Titanic, or even a catastrophe.
The captain finally made up his mind to fight, not to follow in this storm, but to turn the rudder with all his might, relying on the astonishing sheer size and weight of the ship itself, as well as the magical protection that had been activated in full force on the ship, to struggle out of the layers of fierce waves. Turn diagonally upwards in hopes of avoiding these super waves.
The wind and waves combined with the turn of the Titanic itself, the people in the cabin were violently affected, not only the people of the third class collided and flew in the cabin, but even the first class was inevitable, some distinguished guests fell on the luxurious carpet, and then clung to the foot of the bed, and then called their servants to protest to the ship.
However, at this time, the captain and first mate could only turn a deaf ear. Get out of danger first.
It was two days before the Titanic was largely out of the stormy zone. But it went hundreds of kilometers north and continued its voyage.
The wind and waves, which had caused them serious trouble, surged through the sea in layers until they hit the harbor of Modo a dozen days later.
The waves crashed into the harbor, stirring up a wall of waves tens of meters high, and then crashing heavily on the harbor.
This is despite the fact that Asturias had warned more than ten days ago of the possibility of a disaster. But the power of disasters is clearly underestimated.
Fortunately, the large ships of the port of Modo did not stay here, but moved to the eastern land of the mainland.
Under the weight of the sea, some unsuspecting wooden fishing boats were smashed to pieces in an instant, and even ships made of steel were rolled, struck, torn apart, and sunk by this amazing force.
The buildings on the shore were not spared, and a wave came and went back. Most of the buildings were razed to the ground, and even if a few of them had not completely collapsed, they were only a remnant shell, and the people and things inside had been carried away by the water.
Those who had had time to flee a little farther fled to higher ground, while the waves, propelled by walls of waves from the surface, were still engulfing the port of Modo.
The sea was flowing everywhere, and it was raining heavily in the sky.
In Titania, the Narnia volcano, which had been silent for thousands of years, woke up without warning, and then spewed black smoke and lava into the sky.
The hot lava flows around the volcano, which is an ultra-hot liquid fluid that ignites where it passes and cools before turning back into hard, dark red rock.
Due to the suddenness of the eruption, few people in the nearest villages were able to escape, and some villages were covered in the flowing lava in just a few minutes.
Similar disasters have occurred one after another in various places, and it is not just the eruption of Mount Narnia and the typhoon that hit the port of Modo in the sea.
"Disasters are still happening, is this the reaction of the will to order?" Gera handed over a stack of papers, on which were written the latest statistics, all of which were the losses caused by the disasters that have occurred one after another in the past few days.
Some of them have a close relationship with Chuangshen Company, for example, almost every disaster has destroyed the nearby Skynet base station.
"Well, look at the images that came back with the help of the book of Genesis. Solomon stood in front of the window, looking in the direction of the Emerald Continent.
He waved his hand, and a temporary projection appeared in front of Guerra that was a continent, judging from the shape, it should be an emerald continent that had shrunk countless times after the projection.
It was foggy and seemed to be raining as well.
Solomon's voice rang out, "Genesis can't be seen that far, only with this level of clarity, it's pouring rain over there, and I guess the city that never sleeps has also been hit by the waves, but the damage should be smaller than that of Mordo." ”
"What's that?" Gera saw in the shadow that there seemed to be something in the sky above the Emerald Continent, like an umbrella.
But if that's an umbrella, then it's amazing, because it's almost covering the entire continent.
"That's a tree. Solomon smiled, "The World Tree, the embodiment of the Will to Order when it appears in an energetic state. It is from it that the heavy rains and the disasters we are suffering from now in the Emerald Continent come from. ”
Guerra gasped, "What should I do with it? Destroy it and stop the current disaster?"
"No, I don't. We can only resist the past. Solomon waved his hand and said, "It's angry, but it won't be angry all the time." Because although it hates the Skynet base stations that affect and interfere with him, and is trying to destroy some of them, it should find that these Skynet bases are in close proximity to too many creatures on this continent. It is unlikely that it will allow the disaster to continue, and it will also cause great losses to itself. A creature like us is the vitality of the will of order, and if it dies too much, it loses its vitality, or rather, it is suicidal. ”
"So it can only destroy some Skynet base stations, but when the disaster subsides, we can rebuild it, and then it will get used to it a little bit. Solomon looked out the window at the sky, which was the direction of the Genesis of the floating city. But at this time, the weather is gloomy and cloudy, and it should not be visible to the naked eye, unless you bless yourself with spells such as Peng Yu Angel's Eye or Eagle Eye Technique.
"But it can't destroy Genesis, because the floating city is in the sky, and as long as the Skynet base station is not destroyed at the same time, there will always be a source force that will allow it to float above our heads. As long as the floating city exists, the Skynet base stations that can still function will always be connected. ”
"We can afford to lose it. As long as we can withstand it, we can build a second floating city. The third floating city. Solomon said slowly, "Until the Emerald Continent is placed under the influence of the Floating City, at that time, the Arcane Skynet can affect another continent." ”
"Now it can also work. "The cabinet has issued a temporary control order and an emergency ******, requiring that in addition to the official magicians, all arcanists who are qualified to use the Arcane Skynet also take the initiative to register with the county government where they are located, and cooperate with the army to control the situation. And with the help of Arcane Skynet, try to prevent or mitigate the damage caused by disasters. ”
If Asturias did this, Titania and other countries would surely issue similar national ******, and there would be strong people such as legendary mages in the middle, and in the face of this kind of disaster, the role of legendary mages is much greater than that of warriors.
For example, the polar cold Durant. His legendary ice spells can greatly mitigate the damage caused by volcanic eruptions.
Although the other mages do not have such great skills and cannot directly fight against large-scale disasters such as volcanic eruptions, they can also play a role in the impact of some disasters that have weakened or are not in the center of the disaster.
It's just that I don't know how many people will respond to the cabinet's emergency ******, after all, there is no way to force it in this situation.
"Don't worry too much, although the existence of Skynet makes the will of order uncomfortable, it is still only uncomfortable, and it does not make it feel that it must be destroyed. Solomon said, "Most of Skynet's source power does not come directly from this plane. ”
Gla was stunned for a moment, nodded slowly, and couldn't help but relax a little.
Skynet's original idea was to intercept the thoughts of the creatures, but later on, with the increase in users, this was obviously not enough, and in the end, it was by breaking through how to provide the magic power in the black rock and magic crystal to Skynet, and the source force problem was almost perfectly solved.
Theoretically, as long as the source power provided by this method is sufficient, Skynet can be infinitely expanded, but in practice, it will definitely not be infinite.
The source power required by the existing Arcane Skynet comes from all directions, and most of the black rocks and magic crystals that can be provided by other alien planes under control occupy most of them, and some are from the dark regions underground, and a small amount of minerals on the ground.
It was only after a few days that the umbrella-like tree-like illusory object on the distant continent disappeared, and then the disasters in various places subsided one by one.
However, the Titanic, which escaped in the storm at sea, was still destroyed.
As they approached the northern port of the Azure Continent, they stumbled into a huge ice floe.
It was such a tragedy that many years later someone made a film dedicated to commemorating the shipwreck.
After the boat capsized, everyone struggled in the sea, and they had to support until help came.
Rand, along with Lady Sarah and Belisand, all survived the shipwreck, but this luck was not pure luck, but because of Rand.
After the ship was sunk, there was a mage by his side, always stronger than the average person.
And the most fortunate thing is that when Rand found that his magic power was exhausted and help had not yet arrived, he tried his best to connect to the arcane Skynet with his spirit.
As a result, he found that at sea, in the near sea where the Arcane Skynet should not be accessible in the first place, he actually connected to the Arcane Skynet without hindrance.
This not only gives him the possibility to cast spells again, but more importantly, he can call for help on several mage forums in Arcane Skynet, as long as there are Arcanists who are connecting to Arcane Skynet and happen to be browsing the mage forums in the vicinity, then they can hopefully be rescued.
Eventually, when the nearest rescue arrived, only about half of the Titanic's survivors remained. (To be continued.) )