Take Taobao with you to another world

Liard is not very good at mathematics and science. Although he has always been conscious of his own talent and strength, he has never found out what he is best at. He was an excellent magician when he was in the Knights of Tita. The Principality is an excellent White Mage. After the establishment of the United Kingdom, he participated in related projects and used it the most. The best performance is his perception. He has the ability to quickly locate certain things.

Therefore, he realized a few years ago that, unlike the industrial alliance's way of inducting laws through reality—or through surveying the materials of the three-dimensional world, the way mages perceive the world—perception or organs, One more than ordinary people.

The researchers of Master University are still trying to find their basic principles for this kind of perception. They have achieved some results in application, but the progress is not very great.These modest advances were only enough for them to draw some plausible conclusions, which were closer to intuition than experience, and the data provided by the Industrial Federation and the research methods had influenced them so much that they were able to exclude the use of the senses in experiments exploring this ability. The various delusions or illusions that accompany the time, the result with the highest probability is obtained by superimposing samples.

In the observer's four-dimensional spiritual perception, the world is neither a plane nor a sphere, but another appearance. It is an extremely weird, extremely distorted state that neither conforms to common sense nor intuition. All mages who participated in that experiment had a great impact.

This is the largest experimental accident that has occurred since the establishment of the United Kingdom.In order to avoid the loss of more core forces due to this taboo experiment, Master University finally decided to seal up the relevant experimental results. Only people like Liard who are both talented and rulers can use their power to directly access relevant materials.Even though he had made quite a lot of psychological preparations, because he couldn't control himself to repeat some experiments (Georg couldn't stop him), after the backlash, Liard isolated himself for a whole month before letting his strength And the spiritual realm has re-stabilized.

This was the best result among all the participants. Afterwards, they speculated that it might be because of Liard’s other secular identity, plus he already had a partner and the relationship with his partner was very stable, and his cognitive barriers to reality were quite tenacious. , an undetermined experimental result was not enough to destroy his worldview.

Although it was also because of this lesson that he successfully advanced to become a Dharma Saint, but this is obviously an unrepeatable path. Talented people show a disadvantage to ordinary people in this respect. Their strength is the same as theirs. The perception of the world is closely related.Naturally, they turned their attention to the industrial alliance dominated by mortals. In addition to the shared contract between the elf queen and the magician, they also secretly sent a piece of information to the industrial alliance before sealing the experiment.

After discussing this in a small area, the other party conducted a similar experiment.

Their conclusion is: the experimental results are "not suitable to be made public" and should also be "temporarily sealed" and "wait for the right time."

This made the researchers of Master University have some opinions. They didn't shut up until the Industrial Alliance sent them some video data through the HNA fleet and saw the scene of a natural disaster in the test site.

While they're not without progress in other areas... what could be more fascinating to the arrogant gifted than the quest for the truth of the world?Especially after the research methods of the Industrial Alliance opened the door to a new world for them, more and more people are addicted to it, even if they are only repeating the verification of the theory, they are satisfied, and some people even rejected the tree elf's coming-of-age ceremony. invite.

Those who didn't come might not know what they were missing, Leyard thought as he read the materials.Or they may not necessarily "see" when they come - in the vision of the ceremony just now, when others were introspective or looking up at the sky, Leah cast his spiritual vision to his feet.

The earth loses its color, everyone is suspended and helpless, surrounded by an ethereal whiteness. This is the experience of most people, but Liard's feeling is slightly different. Although the earth loses its color, there is still the earth under their feet, and the matter still exists, but Under the earth is...

Void.

The darkness is endless and there is nothing.

That's not because the "universe" is too empty, that darkness is just empty, empty empty.

Even though he had already had a similar experience, it took a long time for Liard to recover after the ceremony. Now half of his mind is still occupied by the darkness, and only half of his energy is focused on this place. To sum up.He had seen many research results before the conference, and some researches he hadn't been exposed to, but there were not too many surprises. In this way, he read to the end of this rather thick material.This is a geographic report.

He directly turned to the conclusion page, and after his eyes stayed on those few lines for a long time, he returned to the beginning of the report.During this process, there was a relatively obvious power fluctuation from him, but it didn't alarm others, because most people were unconsciously emitting it.The strict protection of this conference room is not only external, but also internal. Few people can read this summary of the achievements of the past five years without having obvious individual reactions.

Liard looked at this geography report very seriously, and reported that after a five-year survey of the world—or planets, the sources of data were from the Western Industrial Federation to the United Kingdom in the Middle East. If some information obtained through communication is included as a reference, they can only temporarily draw a conclusion that there is no such natural landform as "volcano" in this world, at least there is no obvious observable landform.There is no record of volcanic eruptions in the historical records of either Central Continent or the Far East.

But there is the geological phenomenon of earthquakes.For example, in the rift war more than 200 years ago, "gravity"—now assumed to be gravity—triggered two major earthquakes that caused huge casualties. On this date, when the earthquake occurred, the ground cracked and magma flowed, and the changes in the landform caused by it are still clearly visible.200 years after the closure of the fissure, some small and medium-sized earthquakes have occasionally been recorded in some areas, but higher-level earthquakes have never occurred again.No earthquakes have been recorded for nearly 50 years.

In order to measure the thickness of the earth's crust and the nature of the earth's core, both the Industrial Alliance and the Master's University in the United Kingdom have used the method of making small earthquakes to measure the wave feedback. The Industrial Alliance has first obtained the results, and the United Kingdom statistics will take a while , It will take some time to accept the conclusion, and the two sides need to communicate with each other to verify the experimental process, so what everyone here sees can still be regarded as the latest research results.

The report said in a gentle tone as possible, according to the known theoretical system, the accuracy of the existing instruments and the scale of experiments they can currently complete, the average thickness of the crust they have measured so far is ( ).No mantle, no core.

The interior of the planet is empty.At least most of them are empty.

According to the gravitational acceleration measured by them, this world should be solid, and its mass should be ( ), but the reality is that the seismic wave will lose feedback after reaching a distance of ( ), if it is not filled with the matter inside the planet, it will be completely absorbed wave, there is only one other conclusion left: it is empty.If it is really empty, since the diameter of the planet is (), but the thickness of the crust is only (), to describe it in a more vivid way, you can imagine shrinking the planet into a black sphere that can be embraced by both hands, The earth on which human beings depend is a thin film floating above this darkness.

Not even eggshells.Any external force can easily tear it apart.

Liard remembered his dream.

A dream of one world falling into another.

He looked at the frowning crowd in the meeting room, the acquaintances occasionally whispered to each other, and the queen and the prince also whispered to each other from time to time. He looked out the window again, at the thin antenna pointed sharply at the blue sky.

Do you believe that the world will perish?he thinks.

He sensed that another person was also looking out the window.That is the crown prince of the forest, His Royal Highness Arland.

When the four eyes met, the Highness nodded politely to him.

Leah froze for a moment.

The intuition of the gifted is sometimes unreasonable.

This Highness "knows".He knew everything, whether it was everything they were going to discuss today, or everything they hadn't done that had been sealed.

The abilities of the gifted are sometimes completely unreasonable.

"The talents of gifted people sometimes make no sense at all." Astaros said, "The only thing they have in common is that they are all human beings. Human beings are a species that is easier to understand and understand each other. "

"Aren't you human?" Thunderbird said, and he paused. "Oh, you're not."

"My dear friend," Astaros asked again, "do you believe that the world will perish?"

"What did you say, Your Majesty?" Thunderbird asked, "It's very windy, I can't hear you clearly."

"Everything has a beginning and an end." Chu Jun Yajia heard it, and he responded deeply.

Astaros glanced at him and smiled.

"Everything will come to an end." Astaros said, "It is the instinct of all species to survive."

"No one said that if you want to live, you will definitely be able to live." Thunderbird said slowly.

"Yes." Astaros said with a smile, "so they have to put in a very, very hard effort, a long time, and a far-reaching layout."

As they spoke, the ground beneath their feet was dusty, and the plains were unbroken. They were on a high platform, looking down at a moving monster on the ground.It is white, looks like a crustacean insect, has a rounded body, and is extremely huge. Amidst the rumbling noise, sharp gastropods protrude from both sides of its body, and every step leaves a hole in the ground. footprint.

The armies that lined the plain watched in awe as the man-made monster passed before them.It is too heterogeneous, and even those who have participated in its construction throughout the process cannot feel friendly when seeing the bone carapace. It looks too much like a living thing.Even knowing that behind those compound-eye-like command rooms and blowhole-like portholes are soldiers and officers who are as frightened as they are, the people looking up on the ground are still in awe of it from the bottom of their hearts.

"What number is this?" Thunderbird asked.

"No. 12." Astaros said.

"It's the last one!" Chu Jun Yajia said happily, "Thirteen is a perfect number!"

"So is this one of your layouts too?" Thunderbird asked. "I think, and not just me, that 'Paladin' looks much better. Why not make them the same thing?"

"The human form is not suitable for combat at all." Jaga, who still looks like a teenager, looked up at him and said, "It has to stand, and it is very difficult to keep it balanced, and the burden on the joints is also heavy. , and its fighting part is too far from the ground, and it can't run fast enough, which is also very strange."

"Worms don't look good when they run, so it's better to be a paladin." Thunderbird insisted.

"This is a heavy weapon of war!" Jaga said, "As long as they have enough strength, strength is their majesty!"

"They're strong enough. Why not make them look better?"

The childish re-reading debate can last forever, and the monarch of the Far East said meaninglessly: "They are all tools."

"They are the most powerful weapons in this world!" Jaga said enthusiastically, "We can use them to conquer the world!"

"But apart from dragons, I don't think it is necessary to use such weapons in wars between humans." Thunderbird said, "Your warlock army will also be very useful."

Astaros laughed, "They are indeed powerful, although their role is not entirely in war...But of course there are dragons in Middle-earth, not only dragons, we also have a friend who has never met, he created a magical alliance , making this world a lot more interesting. If one day we become enemies with him—"

He paused, and said lightly: "Before the inevitable moment comes, these things may not have a complete chance of winning."

"I don't believe it!" Jaga said.

Thunderbird was also obviously taken aback, "What?"

"Do you think they are invincible?" Astaros laughed again.

"Is not it?"

"Of course not," said Astaros. "Until the right conditions are met, they are only invincible against some primitive opponents, but it is clear that the world has been disturbed by people. Isn't that expedition to prove it One of them? Of course, as the starting key, they are also qualified. "

"That expedition team may be just a collection of lunatics. There are no humans in the extreme arctic ice field, and there is no valuable thing. Why do they challenge the limit of life? What did they get after paying such a high price? Numbers that can be calculated from above?” Jaga frowned and said, “At least half of them are gifted! Even if no one can control why they are willing to sacrifice their lives, I don’t think their actions can change the world. At that time, they should use their power to more useful places."

"What's useful?" Thunderbird asked.

"Naturally, it makes myself stronger!" Jaga said without thinking.

Thunderbird looked at Astaros, who remained expressionless, and asked instead: "My dear friend, what do you think of the business that our opponent across the sea, His Excellency 'Sorcerer', is doing?" Woolen cloth?"

"Why do you ask me this question? I don't really understand your affairs." Thunderbird said honestly, "I only know that their territory is increasing rapidly, and their business is quite big. Those things called newspapers and some The book looks pretty good, and I think you are doing similar things."

"We are indeed close in the act of gathering human resources to achieve certain goals." Astaros said with a smile, "In other respects, our motivations and methods are different, and the ultimate goals we want to achieve are also very different. , but everything we do leads to the same goal. Since the farewell in the past, I have never met a soul who is so compatible with me. The more I know about him, the more I regard him as my confidant. He's just perfect."

The softer and more affectionate his tone was, the more indescribable Thunderbird's expression was, "confidant?"

"Do you think, my friend, that man is nobler than all other races of nature?" asked Astaros.

"Of course not." The Thunderbird replied immediately, "They are simply numerous, and combined, they are more capable of surviving than some natural races."

"Based on this, my friend, do you think the Thunderbirds are nobler than humans?" Astaros asked, "Or the most noble is the dragon?"

Thunderbird pursed his lips, and asked with a sullen face: "You don't have to press me like this, the Thunderbirds don't want to join the human war, do you want to talk about the demons on the other side of the rift, those people of your clan are more powerful than this world?" The human race is more noble and more qualified to be the master of all species?"

"If my words offend you, then I apologize to you." The monarch of the Far East said. He watched the Thunderbird struggling to accept his apology, and then looked towards the sky, as if he could look across the ocean and see the legendary The thin figure of the city surrounded by fortresses.His voice melted into the wind, "The reason why I regard the 'magician' as a confidant is because it is obvious in his actions that there is no distinction between races in his world, whether they are gifted or A mortal, be it a dragon, an elf, or the resurrected, or other beings whose real identity is unknown, as long as they can benefit his cause. We can easily think that this is because he is not of this world, so he is not bound by common sense. It's one of the reasons."

Astaros said distantly: "I saw what they sent."

"Those newspapers and magazines?" Thunderbird asked.

Rescuing the mage expedition team is of course not without rewards, although their own existence has provided value to the Far East monarchs. After answering everything they can answer—and of course getting some information feedback, they are sent to Go to the strait where the two continents meet, and go back by boat from there.

Three months later, the other side of the strait sent a ship of thank-you gifts. The gifts were very precious-hundreds of newspapers, magazines and books enough to fill a bookshelf. Compared with other treasures on the same ship And magical artifacts, these printed materials are enough to offset the help that the expedition team received. Although the Far East also left many people in special nodes in Central Continent, it is almost impossible to collect all these materials without exposing yourself. .And the elves chose to give them such a gift, obviously not just to show favor to the Far Eastern monarch.

It is still a temptation.

The title of "Sorcerer" comes from a misunderstanding that is indulged. This title is quickly distinguished from the Far Eastern monarch and everything related to it, but the two are not unrelated, because people can easily associate it. Since the sorcerer is (most likely) from another world, what about Astaros?

He also has the same genius wisdom and amazing commanding power. He can concentrate human and material resources in a short period of time in a way that ordinary people can't imagine, and change the face of human society on a large scale.This cannot be convincingly explained by talent or divine revelation, especially when he created the "Paladin" and other twelve giant alchemy objects in the Far East. Placed around the holy capital, without deliberately covering them, anyone can spot their existence from far away—the expedition team of talented people naturally saw them too.

All water has its source, and all life has its birthplace. What made him decide to unify the Far East, establish an alliance of warlocks, and create these things with the power of the whole country?Does this mean that he has already discovered the various abnormalities in this world, and how much is this related to the world on the other side of the rift?

"Do you know those specialized languages?" Thunderbird asked.

"As long as they are created by human beings living in groups, there is no language and text that cannot be interpreted. The interesting point is that they separate recording current events from exploring the world, allowing people to choose which fact to live in." Asta "In reality, either side's facts contain part of the truth about the world, and that should be what they're building for the future," Ross said.

"Only a few years, enough time for them to discover something?" Thunderbird asked.

"It's only a very short time when measured by your and my lives. In fact, dear friend, in the ancient philosophy of the bereaved family, one will be divided into two, two will become four, and four will become eight... …It only takes a few cycles for things to change radically. They are changing," Astaros said.

"The more powerful this magician is, the more troublesome it will be for you?" Thunderbird asked.

Astaros smiled and said nothing.

Thunderbird said, "Because they must be against 'the other side.'"

"To be precise, that side must regard them as enemies," Astaros said.

Thunderbird looked at him for a while, then suddenly said: "So you just watch that magician grow stronger, because that's what you want, right? You need to create an enemy for them, an enemy that is strong enough , you won’t let them land in this world smoothly. Why?”

"Why would you let this happen, aren't you their king?"