King from scratch

Returning to the familiar world, Yu disappeared without a sound.

The broken ruins appeared in front of everyone, and everything seemed to be frozen at a certain moment, and it seemed that they could still smell the breath left by the burning fire.

It's as if they didn't cross the dimension and had a dialogue with the disappeared Safa Federation, but just stared blankly.

The strong sense of delusion brought about by the instantaneous change of the scene makes it difficult not to make people doubt their own experience.

Fortunately, among the three "persons" present, there is no such stupid type.

Even Embers, who was a little fussy, his first reaction when he returned to this world was: "I'm going to learn that science!"

He ignited a fierce fighting spirit, and these unknowns he never knew ignited fire in his boring life, prompting him to sprout amazing enthusiasm.

Because of the long and boring life of undead creatures, they lack enthusiasm for everything that belongs to the short-lived species, and some undead creatures are even so radical that they try to end their too long life by all means.

But if the boringness they define is just because they don't know the unknown existence at all, then they can also give birth to surging passion and cast their sights on a wider field.

At least this is the case for Embers, who has the rare qualities of undead creatures, excessive enthusiasm and excessive curiosity.

And these two have now evolved into a surging fighting spirit for the unknown.

Embers looked at He Xingwen, and the color of the soul fire began to cycle again in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple: "Where can I learn this science? The kingdom?"

He Xingwen thought about his question for two seconds, and had to tell the other party with regret: "There is no systematic science in the kingdom." He turned his gaze to the ruins, and gently tapped the ground: "In fact, it is in here."

Everything that the Salfa Federation left to this world is in these ruins.

Embers looked around the ruins, his field of vision was wider than that of humans, enough to include the endless ruins and the bustling explorers on the ruins.

Embers, who was full of fighting spirit, clapped his hands: "No problem! I'll start learning right away."

A question mark popped up in He Xingwen's head.

Immediately afterwards, the ruins shook.

Unlike the shaking caused by the [Steel Transformation] skill before, this shaking is not because the steel that makes up the ruins is moving, but something is moving deeper in the ruins, causing the ruins above to shake uncontrollably.

"The time lapse between the two dimensions is not proportional." He Tong faithfully compared the time lapse ratio of this dimension, and gave He Tong an accurate judgment: "At present, it is a random passage."

He Xingwen looked at He Tong: "Randomly passing?"

"These two dimensions are not on the same time axis, and the time elapsed ratio cannot be counted. Only when the next intersection occurs—that is, when the creatures of the two dimensions reappear in dialogue, can we confirm how long the two dimensions have passed."

He Xingwen took a while to understand this passage.

The shaking around was still going on, and the feeling of shaking was very clear—something was crawling out from under the ruins.

Embers' soul fire flickered in different colors, sometimes turning red, as if a raging fire was burning, and sometimes turning purple, as if blood had accumulated.

He Xingwen understood this passage: "In other words, the great scientists are right. Although they have passed more than three hundred years, and here only three months have passed, this does not mean that the time of the two dimensions has passed. It's 1:100."

"Fortunately, we rushed back as soon as possible and didn't stay in that dimension for too long, otherwise we don't know what will happen..."

In the violent shaking, He Xingwen suddenly realized the crux of the problem: "So now, how long has it been since we entered another dimension?"

He Tong glanced at Embers. On the premise of maintaining the human form, part of his data hovered around the opponent's feet, ready to avoid accidents at any time.

"More than two months."

He Xingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

He Tong added: "The real time is more than two months, if it is changed to another world, it will be about two years."

In the past two years or so, for players, the real online time can only be online for twelve hours a day at most.

In other words, the game time lapse that players can really experience is only one year.

But that's not the point. The point is that He Xingwen vaguely remembered that their original plan was a short-term trip...

What would the kingdom be like without a king for two years?

The game lost its maintainer for two months, will something unexpected happen?

Hua Guo lost contact with His Majesty the King for two months...

He Xingwen didn't dare to continue thinking, and subconsciously looked at He Tong.

If you want to get an answer, there is no better person to ask than He Tong.

Ho Tong was ready to answer the question, but before that, because of further developments in the situation, he had to divert his attention to another minor issue.

Ruins, collapsed.

After the tremors became stronger and stronger, and some creatures under the ruins climbed up one by one, the ruins that were struggling to support finally quit.

The cornerstone has been dug through, and it is a bit too much to stand still.

Accompanied by countless skeletons gushing out of the ground, it was ruins that collapsed in an instant.

After a lapse of two years (game time), the ruins of the Salfa Federation once again ushered in aftershocks.

But unlike the chaos two years ago, the explorers in the ruins this time even seemed too skillful in handling and coping.

The sound of "rumbling" echoed on the ruins, and one after another, the ruins mixed with steel mixed together to form a new ruin terrain.

He Xingwen didn't panic. In fact, none of the three "persons" at the scene expressed any panic about the sudden disaster.

The data entrenched near Embos jumped up and surrounded Embos with a snap.

There were some cute white jade skeletons, but the moment the data flooded in, they shattered to pieces.

The fiery red soul fire broke away from the skull and continued to expand, forming a blazing flame.

In the flames, something is taking shape.

The ruins that collapsed above fell here.

The golden light enveloped He Xingwen, and he didn't even bother to increase the brightness. The heavy objects fell on top of the golden light and did not affect He Xingwen in any way.

In the chaotic scene of the disaster, He Xingwen was the only one who was surrounded by emptiness. There were no fallen objects or skeletons crawling out of the ground.

Those skeletons that crawled out from the ruins were extremely numerous and in different shapes, and they were adapting to their bodies with their teeth and claws stretched out—then they were smashed right on the ground by the collapsed ruins.

Most of the skeletons were smashed on the spot, the bones fell to the ground, and they were still bouncing around, trying to reassemble them into skeleton racks.

The scene was in chaos, and other movements came from above the ruins.

The sound of machinery running came from above, and He Xingwen vaguely heard other movements, footsteps, conversations, and so on.

Apparently some existence has quickly locked the starting point of this aftershock, and rushed here, ready to carry out rescue excavation.

The data extended from the red flame, and stuffed the unknown existence that was taking shape in the flame back into the narrow body.

The ever-expanding flames shrunk rapidly, forming a phantom aggrieved.

A red ghost.

The appearance of Embers can be vaguely seen in the facial features. Unlike the flesh and skeleton, he is obviously more powerful in ghost form.

After making sure that the opponent did not become a complete body, the data withdrew from the ghost and retracted back into He Tong's body.

The ghost awoke from his shackles, and he took a deep breath.

The messy composition in the pile of ruins rose up from the ground, was sucked in by him, and disappeared into the red.

The golden light that hadn't been lit just now after the ruins collapsed slightly increased its brightness at this time, maintaining an absolutely safe area around He Xingwen.

He Xingwen's attention was not on himself, he stared dumbfounded at the large piece of waste that was sucked into the ghost's mouth, and suddenly felt a little trust in Embers' claim that he had a [-]/[-] split with the Undead Emperor.

Then his eyes moved up slowly along the ruins. After Engels sucked in the piece of waste that originally isolated them from the outside world, a huge hole appeared above the ruins.

A pile of flying tools and densely packed kingdom knights circled around the entrance of the cave. They were originally planning to carry out rescue excavation on the source of the vibration, but now...

They stared at the strange combination below through the sudden opening, dumbfounded, not knowing whether to launch an attack or communicate.

Swarms of skeletons, a ghost and... two players?

What a bewildering combination.

After being stunned for a short period of time, they conducted a tentative communication with this strange combination, and finally changed the place of conversation to a safe area.

A strangely shaped aircraft led the way crookedly in the sky, and the knights of the kingdom surrounded them as escorts, and the skeletons who had barely assembled their skeletons followed behind them.

He Xingwen and the others in the crowd are suffering from the noise pollution from Embers.

"I just want to call them out to help me find 'science'. This place is so big, I can't do it alone, and I didn't expect such a big commotion..." The red ghost floating beside He Xingwen said He continued: "I never thought that this power would exceed the limit of my form at the time, so that the situation got a little out of control..."

"It's really only a little bit out of control! Look, I'm pretty normal now!" Embers floated to prove his safety: "So, when do we start looking for 'science'? I don't mean to be What's wrong with being surrounded by Yuangunguns is that sometimes they are really too enthusiastic..."

Embers glanced at the kingdom knights around him, and made a puzzled voice: "It's strange, why aren't they enthusiastic about me anymore? They suddenly became orderly?"

He muttered to himself, didn't take it to heart, and continued to encourage He Xingwen: "Let's go to 'science', how about it, how about it?"

Embers kept circling He Xingwen with an attitude of not giving up until he reached his goal. Judging from his performance, it was really hard to imagine that the other party just took a deep breath and directly absorbed half of the heroic appearance of the building.

He Xingwen automatically filtered his words, looking at the changes in the ruins of the Salfa Federation.

It has changed dramatically.

Of course, considering the creativity and hands-on ability of the players, two years of game time is enough for them to carry out a comprehensive transformation of the ruins of the Salfa Federation.

The ruins are still ruins, it is divided into countless small pieces by roads and walls, and there is a sign beside each small piece.

For example, in the divided ruins area they just walked through, the sign on the side reads "Suspected Experimental Area, Danger Level: ☆☆☆☆☆, Entry Criteria: Need to have the Gold Access Ticket of Egypt, very The undead need to have the ability to teleport through space. Prohibited items: the use of large-scale offensive spells is prohibited, killing people is prohibited, and illegal teleportation is prohibited..."

He Xingwen's eyes paused slightly on these precautions.

Apparently the ruins have been rebuilt into new order.

He Xingwen's order was carried out without reservation, "the ruins are open to all intelligent creatures on the mainland", so it became a gold mine that attracted countless intelligent creatures.

Gold diggers come here from all over the mainland, looking forward to the favor of the goddess of luck, so that they can find valuable "gold" here, and then change their destiny.

After the team walked through the planned "mines" one after another, they arrived at another area.

He Xingwen's gaze paused on this area.

From seeing these dense flying tools to the details of how quickly the Kingdom Knights found the source of the aftershock, He Xingwen should have guessed this point—Hua Guo had a hand in it.

At the same time as this conclusion was drawn, another point naturally appeared in front of him.

Hua Guo and Ai Zhijin communicated and cooperated to some extent during He Xingwen's absence.

In front of this cleared area, He Xingwen saw old acquaintances.

Nubida, Ai Zhijin's certain leader Du Lei, Silent Huang, and He Xiangwen, etc.

It was as if all the intelligent creatures closely related to He Xingwen had gathered here from all over the world.

Considering that he disappeared for two months, such a "grand" welcome ceremony seems normal.

After all, He Xingwen thought with his toes, and he could guess the series of pessimistic guesses and preventive plans that the Special Bureau of Investigation quickly drew up after finding out that His Majesty the King could not be contacted.

The existence of He Xingwen is extremely important to the world, and it is also true to the intelligent creatures in these two worlds.

No one in the know would want to see the bridge between the two worlds crumbling these days—especially when everything is going on in full swing.

Embers was keenly aware that something was wrong with the atmosphere. He stopped babbling and looked around at the crowd not far away. He didn't find anything worthy of attention, so he turned his attention back.

"Science, science!" His voice became the only movement present: "So, what does it look like?"

Embers was puzzled by this: "How can I find it here? Is that ether crystal you found earlier a part of that science?"

Embers was thoughtful: "If it looks like this, I can just let the skeleton army clean it up." The red ghost turned around on the spot, facing the scattered skeletons behind them: "You If you have no objections, can I call more skeletons? It’s too big here, and it’s too slow to find such a few skeletons.”

The eyes of the rest of the audience moved from En Bosi to He Xingwen.

"Be quiet," He Xingwen gestured to Embers, "I will solve this problem."

"Oh~ you're so kind." Embers floated around, not stingy with his sweet words: "I knew this going out was the wisest choice for me!"

Embers was chattering over there, He Xingwen automatically filtered his words, took a step forward, and greeted everyone present.

"A little accident happened..." He casually canceled the player template from himself, and restored the more familiar appearance of others: "Come on, let's talk about this accident in detail."

Nubida whistled to Emboss: "A red ghost, really strange."

Of all the people, Nubida is the most at ease, he doesn't seem to be affected by the disappearance of the king, of course, we all know that as a demon, he never shows his true emotions on his face.

"It seems that His Majesty the King has experienced a lot these days." Du Lei didn't let the devil go on talking, after all, the devil couldn't spit out ivory.

Ai Zhijin smoothed things over: "Let's go in and talk."

Huang quickly walked behind He Xingwen and said in a low voice, "Everything is fine in the Kingdom."

He Xingwen let go of half of his heart: "Let me just say, in the kingdom's system, the most redundant thing is the king."

He Xiangwen's eyebrows twitched slightly, and there was an unresolved depth on his ordinary template face.

He didn't speak, at least right now, he wasn't fit to say anything.

Things in another world are more suitable for communication in another world.

"These skeletons may not be suitable..." Du Lei reminded Embers: "You can leave them here."

They stepped into this newly built building.

There are multiple windows in the building, with signs of different responsibilities hanging on the windows. The hall is very large, with seats and flowers placed, which seems to have a certain sense of sight.

For example, banks and the like.

Of course, considering that there are no banks in this world, such a thoughtful and humane setting can only be a commercial organization under Aizhijin.

Because of the clearance, there was no one else here. They walked around the hall and walked into the meeting room.

Most of the knights of the kingdom stayed outside, and only a few entered the meeting room.

The number of people is not important, what is important is the identity of the interlocutor.

When this conversation began, none of you could have imagined that it would change this world, or even the other world, so profoundly.

He Xingwen looked around at everyone present and reached out to He Tong.

A square ether crystal emerged from He Tong's hands, and He Tong handed it to He Xingwen.

All eyes then fell on this peculiar crystal.

He Xingwen put it on the table and introduced it to everyone present: "This is the outer area of ​​the Palace of Knowledge."

Some people didn't understand, some showed puzzled expressions, He Xiangwen sat up straight.

He Xingwen explained to others: "The Palace of Knowledge is the "library" of the Federation. It includes the scientific system of the Salfa Federation and the principles of many inventions, and has a huge branch of information..."

When He Xingwen said this, everyone's expressions became serious, even Embers was no exception.

The main reason for their gathering here was the disappearance of His Majesty the King.

But the secondary reason is undoubtedly that the treasures contained in the ruins attracted them here.

When the Salfa Federation existed, people denied, doubted, and even guarded against the existence of science. When the Salfa Federation disappeared from this continent, people flocked to try to master science.

The reason for the emergence of these two attitudes is also very simple. People will be interested in pure power, but they will never have a friendly attitude towards another force that holds powerful power.

The existence of the Salfa Federation is a powerful threat to all races on the continent (except undead creatures).

And when the Salfa Federation disappeared, no matter how powerful he was, the attraction of "science" to intelligent creatures was so strong.

They will want to be the next Salfa Federation - provided that the reason for the collapse of the Safa Federation overnight is not because of researching "science".

He Xingwen's words continued: "Of course, I have already said that this is the outer area of ​​the Temple of Knowledge, and what it covers is only the initial stage of 'science'."

"But it gives a complete scientific system." He Xiangwen said: "This is of great significance to everyone."

"That's why we want to talk about it," He Xingwen didn't deny it: "How to deal with this ether crystal?"

The scene was quiet for a few seconds, and soon became lively.

Nubida was the first to express: "As a citizen of the kingdom, the devil will always follow your decisions faithfully."

Huang nodded slightly, there was no need to say anything at all.

Du Lei glanced at He Xiangwen and said, "Ai Zhijin is very interested in it. If you want, we can discuss the price to be paid for purchasing this knowledge."

He Xiangwen didn't express his opinion, but asked He Xingwen instead: "How do you plan to deal with it?"

He Xingwen: "Knowledge belongs to all intelligent creatures. There is no doubt about it. If no one has any objections, I plan to share it with the mainland..." He Xingwen glanced at He Xiangwen: "And share it with players."

Du Lei glanced at the rest of the people present, and thought about who would have an opinion—is there anyone else here who is not the king's own?

In other words, is it possible for His Majesty's enemies to take part in this conversation?

Even Ai Zhijin is firmly tied to the Kingdom, and they have signed a series of comprehensive and in-depth cooperation agreements to jointly develop this continent.

Without the support of the kingdom, Ai Zhijin would not be able to achieve such in-depth development-after all, they are merchants, not rulers.

"I don't think anyone will have an opinion," Embers, who was ignored by others present, said enthusiastically: "Let's go to the next step, how to share? How can I learn science?"

The others cast their eyes on Embers again.

This guy's love of science is too overwhelming to not be noticed.

He Xingwen gave some proposals: "Set up a science academy in the Kingdom, open the authority of the Hall of Knowledge to all explorers who enter the Salfa Federation, and establish a sharing system to supplement and improve the scientific system."

"The kingdom will form a pure research organization... just call it the Palace of Knowledge. The purpose of this organization is to rebuild the scientific system. It will be stationed in the ruins of the Sarfa Federation and welcome all intelligent creatures interested in science to join. .”

"Explorers can donate any scientific instruments they find in the ruins to the Temple of Knowledge to gain further access to the Temple of Knowledge."

He Xingwen roughly described his thoughts before looking at the rest of the audience: "What do you think?"

Embers agrees unconditionally, eager to fast-forward the conversation to the end: "I think it's okay, so when do we start learning science?"

Du Lei raised a question: "Does Aizhijin need to transfer the management of the ruins to a purely research organization like the Temple of Knowledge?"

He Xingwen did not make it clear: "You can cooperate."

In other words, at least part of the management rights must be transferred.

Du Lei understood what the king meant, and nodded slightly, indicating that he had no other questions.

He Xingwen looked at He Xiangwen, and He Xiangwen thought for a moment: "Who is the management team of the Palace of Knowledge?"

"This is something you guys need to discuss later. Of course, it's not with me, but with Zhe and the others." He Xingwen shook hands as the shopkeeper very smoothly: "Are there any other questions?"

No one spoke.

He Xingwen: "Then, it's time to talk about the little accident I mentioned."

Those prefixes just now are not a serious matter-maybe for others, it is very important.

But comparing the gains and losses of a corner of the pond, compared to this vast world, it is really meaningless.

What's more, just as Du Lei thought, there is no one here who would oppose him at all.

He Xingwen brought up the real topic of this conversation: "I met with the great scientists of the Salfa Federation."