Take Taobao with you to another world

"Isn't that the end of everything?" Georg said.

"Maybe." Liard didn't see much seriousness on his face, he pushed his long hair back, looked at Georg and said with a smile, "It's just a premonition dream, who knows when it will come What? Maybe it didn’t come when our bones turned to dust after we died, and that would be even better.”

Georg looked at him, Liard's smile was unshaven, the wind brought the breath of early summer from the window, and the swaying tree shadows fell on the floor.

Time seems to stand still at this moment.

Makes you want to stay in this moment forever.

"I really don't understand those things about you talented people...but I believe in you." Georg said, "If the end really comes, can anyone escape it?"

"I don't think there's anyone," Liard said, "at least not that I know of."

"Including the queen and that 'magician'?"

Liard smiled and said nothing.

"Okay," Georg said, sighing.

"Are you scared?" Leah asked.

"It's hard for me to say that I'm not afraid of death," said Georg, "but I've already died once. So..."

He took one of Leah's hands, brought it to his lips, and kissed it lightly.

"My master, even if the end is inevitable, I will be by your side until the moment your soul is annihilated."

As one of the heads of the United Kingdom, Liard has the right to travel freely in the forest and participate in the internal affairs of the elves to a certain extent. However, his visit this time is mainly to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony of the tree elves at the invitation of the queen.

"God of nature is above", the situation of the world has undergone great changes in the past few years, a variable has fallen from the unknown world to the end of the west, even if everyone who has seen him knows that this is not a thing in the pool, But the rippling waves can turn into a storm in just over ten years. The violent storm is set off at the two levels of reality and spirit at the same time, blowing from the western continent to the center of Zhongzhou, although there are still more than half of the population and territory. The old days are still muddled, but those areas that have accepted the changes for various reasons have been swept away by a tsunami, and everything has changed from the original appearance.

Just how the Central Empire has become fragmented in these few years is enough to amaze people for a long time. Even if a huge empire declines, it should not collapse so quickly, but it happened like this.The division of the central empire was the result of many factors working together, and the power of the elves in this process can be said to be the most surprising, and it dealt a heavy blow to the empire—to the regime of the imperial capital.

Although, as a powerful long-lived race, people are sure that the elves will return to the stage of history one day, but their revenge against the Central Empire came so quickly and violently, which was indeed beyond the expectations of many people, and many people even did not understand the elves. Where did the hatred come from, but they quickly turned their attention away from pursuing the cause and effect.

Because the United Kingdom was formed.

After waking up in the morning, Liard and Georg dealt with some official duties first, then changed into their uniforms, left their solitary residence in the forest, and walked all the way to the place where the ceremony was held in the center of the forest accompanied by the reception elves.Before making the covenant with the elves, Liard had only visited the forest two or three times as a nobleman. For him who was very immature at the time, the feeling brought about by these limited experiences was nothing more than that this race roughly matched the historical records. Individuals seem to be stronger than ordinary humans but not much stronger. The forest does look beautiful, peaceful, and a desirable fairyland, but the people who live here are just a bunch of stubborn old guys and the like.

Looking at it now is a completely different feeling.

The changes in Shenguang Forest are visible to the naked eye. This change is all-round, not only reflected in the visible buildings, clothing, and living habits, but also in the ethereal urban atmosphere and the spiritual outlook of the members.The products of the Western Industrial Federation are continuously imported into the United Kingdom through two channels of river and sea. The elves surprisingly accept these foreign things the most and the fastest. The elves moved from the tree to settle under the tree, from free life to fixed work and rest, which is enough to show how deep the influence of the alliance is on them.

Not only that, the cultural products of the Alliance are also very popular among the elves, and most of the elves are already proficient in using the common script and official language of the Alliance, and they accept the proper nouns and related explanations from another world without hesitation , and spread them out like the tools that came with them, not at all like those scholars who did research in the Master's University worried about the irreparable consequences this time - the language was "polluted", people lost their thinking There is no room for civilization, and civilization is no longer unique. Some people even wonder whether the elves have transferred their hatred of the Central Empire to the entire human race.

Liard didn't think that they thought too much like Georg, but he, like the elves, thought that only by accepting them first could we talk about the later screening and further development.What the magician represents is a complete, grand and closely related system. Renaming the products of its civilization will not change the essence of this system, nor will it appear that people in their world are wise.Liard knew that someone from Master University had also submitted manuscripts on the controversy to the Industrial Alliance, and one or two articles had already been published.

The roads leading to the center of the forest are twists and turns like a labyrinth. Their extension and turning angles look like the lines of a huge magic circle. In fact, there is indeed a huge magic circle buried under these roads, so when you go to the center of the forest It is best not to ride a car or ride any mounts.The road chosen by Liard and the others is very clean, but there are many people coming from all directions towards the same direction in other places separated by greenery.

Those people are nobles, mages, knights, warriors, priests, dwarves, survivors... In other places, it is rare for these people to gather together without fighting.But they are here, not only because of their own interests with the elves, but also because of another commonality between them, these people greet each other like ordinary companions, walk with each other, and talk naturally between words There's nothing that connects people faster than talking about something—say, this fledgling debate.

Even though we have already arrived at the place, the ceremony has not yet started, so these topics have not stopped, because a relatively influential manuscript was published in the recent comment section, the important thing about it is that the author is a red-robed bishop who has revealed his identity , is a powerful figure in the religious capital.Liard knew a little bit about him. This is a holy son who was born and raised by all gods, and entered the top ranks of the Holy See in the most "orthodox" and purest way. A careerist who goes up, this is the person who is most likely to become a saint, because he is not only proficient in management, but also has not been contaminated by the filth of the world, and his body and mind are pure and flawless. The church said that only such a person can hear the oracle.

The articles he wrote also fully embody the imprint of this identity, and the writing is simply colorful, and its content-this famous theologian, scholar and philosopher said that the Union is indeed in the agricultural output, production skills, Strict organization and the experience of mind control over the ruled have great advantages over neighboring countries, but the false path chosen by the alliance is unsustainable.No matter how eloquently self-decorated, the purpose of the industrial alliance's conquest of the Quartet is not as they say, just to rescue the most people from the shackles, they have won in many places, and they did not choose The correct path won the hearts of the people.

The reason why the alliance can develop rapidly is because corruption is always rapid. This political entity caters to the darkest and most despicable desires of human beings, and does not bring anything bright and beautiful to this world.This loving and compassionate figure said that the alliance has been promoting hatred, creating non-existent contradictions, destroying class order, and delusional attempts to achieve a world dominated by them through chaos in the world, but they do not think that hatred will spread like wildfire, and eventually will Burn back to themselves.Because "those who develop the habit of hatred, once they succeed, will find new targets of hatred without stopping."

This is something that has happened many times in history, and it cannot be solved by attributing everything wrong to the existence of kings, nobles and churches.

Exploitation and oppression can be eradicated only if the Alliance share their creations and crafts with the entire world.

What the Alliance people do is no different from any careerist. They just released a plague that has no antidote just to fight for power and profit, and even attacked religion for this.

But what is wrong with the existence of religion?

Even if they don't talk about the disrespectful question of "what form does God exist in", just like people are born with parents, people will instinctively look for the destination of the soul from birth.If life is only for food and reproduction, then there is no difference between human beings and animals. It is faith that enables people to create civilization and make history move forward.Objectively speaking, Alliance people can also say that they are people with beliefs, but beliefs should only be used to restrain themselves, not to discipline others, let alone require everything in the world to follow their rules

No matter what kind of arrogance, it should not override the freedom and dignity of individual life.Human beings are born to suffer, why continue to increase the suffering in this world?

Judging by the tone of his voice, the author is absolutely sure of his own rightness.

Liard knew what was coming to him, and hoped that the Holy Son and the think tank behind him were prepared, and they had better not forget this: this is the battlefield of the Alliance.

But another wonderful point is that even if they know this, they have to go to this battlefield.

The breeze blew through the hearts of the trees, and the rustling of branches and leaves echoed among the trees accompanied by the melodious music. Liard and others were ushered into the auditorium, and guests from all over the mainland also came one after another. After the disappearance, people calmed down, took their positions solemnly, stood outside the invisible boundary, and looked at the golden spring in the center of the venue.

Even people without a little talent can feel a wonderful tension in the air.

The sun gradually shifted, and surrounded by many elves, the prince and queen walked slowly from the side of the trail with two tree elves in their arms. With their steps, the sun gradually covered the spring water, and the blazing stars fell on the soft golden waves. On the sky, a piece of gold and green splendor that even looks dim in the daytime is reflected, and even the sacred trees on the shore show a translucent texture in this glow. Under the dazzling array, stars are born from the sparkling ripples, one by one. rise out of the water.

The stars rotated and floated, and they slowly took their place in the eyes of everyone who was amazed or dreamy. The Queen first took a step forward and stepped onto the spring water barefoot.

In the radiance of the spring water, the sunlight was as gentle as the moonlight, and the queen's skin seemed to become transparent. Her brows were gentle, and she lifted the tree elf in her arms to the source of light.

Then she let go of her hand slowly, the sunlight sparked hazy white light on the tree elf's soft cheeks and short round limbs, as if wrapping him in a translucent light cocoon out of thin air, the tree elf opened his green eyes wide Eyes, he floated in mid-air, looked left and right, looked at the queen in front of him, and then at another brother by the spring, Arthur bit his finger and looked at him, and also widened his tender green eyes.The Prince looked into the middle of the fountain, and gently pulled his finger out.

Only the tree elves knew what they communicated with their eyes, and then the array of stars surrounding the spring spun again and drew inward.

The queen took a step back, and the silvery white and golden radiance intertwined and intertwined, and finally completely covered the tree elf's figure. The light that could barely be tolerated by human eyes became brighter, and finally even the elves had to hide their faces to avoid it.Then, even though almost everyone closed their eyes tightly, they could still see the reality in their minds: like a new star being born, a silent light storm erupted over the spring, and the grand torrent of light swept in all directions. Go, swept across the entire forest, in this bright and colorless light stream, everything in the world lost its original color, and people could even see their own internal organs in the hallucination.

In the purest light, everything is invisible, even the earth loses its sense of reality, and people seem to be floating in the void.

This strange feeling that was almost frightening lasted only for a moment. Only a very few people with special talents saw more things. When people gradually recovered, they realized what such a vision represented.

The Tree Elf has come of age.

The next generation ruler of Shenguang Forest finally appeared.

Of course, this kind of statement is not very respectful, but even if the guests who came here today are all the guests that the elves believe can be trusted to a certain extent, I also hope that the ceremony of the tree elves will go smoothly, but I am [-]% sure that this time it will be successful There are not many people.

Now, it can be said that the big stone in everyone's heart has been settled.

The eruption of visions did not cause any harm to people, on the contrary, no matter elves or humans, all the people present felt that the stream of light took away some bad things from them, their ailments dissipated, their minds became clear, and when they opened their eyes again Eyes, some feel they have regained their sight.

The sunlight shifted imperceptibly, and the tension in the air was receding. People looked at the spring water again, and saw that the tree elf, who had grown from a child to an adult, had descended from mid-air to the surface of the water, with long green hair hanging down to him. It's hard to say whether this strange color is thick or light, but when people see it, they feel that it is the color that the leaves should have in summer. The hazy halo gradually fades from his body, and people see that his skin is very white , his appearance was astonishingly handsome as expected, his slender body was wrapped in a long robe, and only the elves could decipher the power attribute represented by the patterns on it.

Even if they don't know his power attribute, anyone can see that this is an extremely powerful talent.

Stepping from infancy to adulthood, the crown prince didn't seem to be uncomfortable. With a smile on his lips and hands on his chest, he first addressed the queen, then the prince and many of his fellow clansmen, and finally addressed the people around the spring. The guests saluted one by one, and everyone also bowed to him.

Then His Royal Highness walked out of the spring, took another tree elf who was still looking at him with wide eyes from the prince, hugged him to his chest, and whispered a few words to the queen and the prince.No one heard what they said, but it was evident that they did not make another Dryad perform the same ritual.

The tree elf's coming-of-age ceremony failed at first, and then was postponed again and again. The root cause seemed to be the little Highness. No one knew the reason. Obviously, the ceremony this time did not solve the problem.This caused some bad speculation, but it didn't have a significant impact on the elves, nor did it hinder the establishment of the United Kingdom. Of course, one of the two tree elves has grown up, and the situation is much better than before.

At least the stability of the United Kingdom has been further assured.

The ceremony ended soon, and the elves were not happy, and people don't like to waste time on red tape. After giving gifts one by one, they left the center of the forest with due caution. Only a few people chose to leave Leave, the rest of the guests have to complete their other missions in the Shenguang Forest this time.

After all, the largest broadcasting tower and information center in the United Kingdom, a paper mill, a printing factory, and a machinery factory are all located in the Shenguang Forest. Only the broadcasting tower and the information center are in the center of the forest, and most of the other facilities are on the outskirts of the forest. The smelter is even further away. This kind of industrial layout may not be very scientific, but it meets the survival needs of elves.

Liard walked into the conference hall alone, the carved windows were wide open, the summer sun shone through the treetops, the hall was shaded, the breeze blowing in was very comfortable, and the high-backed chairs were just soft and firm. Lin Tao is very calming. Everyone here is a famous sage, knowledgeable, wise, calm and sensible... This is really a perfect communication environment.

It's so perfect that people don't need any reason to know that what they are about to hear next is definitely not pleasant.

Apparently, the participants also understood this very well. The atmosphere around the round table was already a bit heavy before the meeting started, and then the queen announced the start of the meeting.Before the first topic started, His Highness Arland, who had just grown up, walked in from the door, holding a stack of documents in his hand, and distributed them to each seat one by one.

Liard looked at the document in front of him, and a stream of light flashed past, indicating that it would spontaneously burn once it left this place, so he reached out and opened it.

This is a summary report, which summarizes the process and results of Master University's re-validation of the planetary data provided by the Western Alliance over the past five years.Everyone here has participated in or hosted one or two of the studies in some form, which is why most of them have a bad face.

When a person comes to a new world, the first question he will ask is basically: Where is this?

This is Central Asia.

But the world is not just Middle-earth.The Far East is adjacent to it, and there is little traffic between the two sides of the strait. There are fortresses standing on both sides of the strait. People have only recently realized how big the world is over there. Island, the race of people living there looks not much different from Central Continent, and the population under the rule of the Far Eastern monarchs is tens of millions.The Far Eastern Continent also has polar ice sheets to the north, the ocean to the south, and islands near the sea. No one has ever been to the end of the deep sea, or those who have gone there have never returned.

People know more about the spatial structure of the world than about its geography.

The world is flat and the world is round.

An expedition team composed of mages, scholars and the most courageous people worked hard and narrowly escaped death across the polar ice sheet. A white ship carried various detection instruments, fuel and water supplies for a whole year, and traveled along the The meridian delineated by the Industrial Alliance sailed south until the end of the sea, and they found another polar ice sheet. Only part of the beach could see the land, and then there was ice and snow, as high as mountains and as deep as plateaus.

The ice field expedition team and the ocean-going scientific research ship both marked the pole. After crossing the ice field, the expedition team arrived at the "New World" by ice boat, and was discovered by the wasteland outpost set up by the Far Eastern monarch in the Northland. They were sent to the holy capital and entertained Then they were sent out of the country again; the ocean-going scientific research ship sailed around the polar ice sheet, and returned after receiving the scientific research team going to explore the polar center.Great results have been achieved on both sides.

The United Kingdom has been doing these things since its inception, and it can even be said that in some respects it was in order to concentrate the greatest efforts on finding the truth about the world that the United Kingdom was able to be established so quickly; although the work they did was far from Compared with the Industrial Alliance, wherever the power of the Industrial Alliance expands, their exploration of the world will go, but it is much better than other people in this world who are still closed.

Along with the scientific research work, there is also theoretical research work. The researchers of the Master University accepted the theoretical system of the Industrial Alliance. After a lot of careful and patient work, they measured various data similar to the Industrial Alliance: About this The mass, density, gravity, and periodicity of the world, and a map of the large regions covering the territory of the original Central Empire was drawn.Some people may think that spending so much effort to get a result similar to that of the Industrial Alliance is a meaningless duplication of work, but only in this process, more than a dozen senior mages were promoted to archmages, and three archmages were promoted to legal ranks. Saint is already worthy of people's devotion to it.

But not everyone has benefited from these jobs. Three archmages have been promoted to Dharma Saints, but the spiritual seas of the other five archmages have fallen into a frenzy. Severe people have been imprisoned in the tower before causing a large number of casualties due to their uncontrollable behavior.

The reason for their madness is the same: the world is not round, nor is the world flat.

The cosmological constant is consistent, and the basic mechanical principles are consistent, but the space model from another world does not hold here.