After the arrival of the railway, the form of cargo transportation has changed a lot. Merchants of all sizes are willing to use trains as a fast and cheap method. However, after leaving the railway, they can still only rely on traditional means to transport goods to different locations.
This situation is more common in areas with poor infrastructure.
The same goes for this caravan. The carriages carry a large number of durable goods that value practicality. They are also equipped with weapons and additional iron plates to deal with bandits and monsters - but no matter how hard the carriage body is, it has its limits after all.
The businessmen saw a strange red-black light flashing on the horizon from a distance. Just when they were surprised by the strange phenomenon, a huge fireball roared across the sky and fell in the distance.
The moment the landing module with a mass of 3,000 tons fell to the ground at a speed of 20 kilometers per second, the kinetic energy accumulated during the acceleration process, the frictional heat energy covering the outside of the cabin, the sharply changing air pressure, the energy transfer of the space phase shift defense system... many forces gathered together.
The result of a little, instant release can be summed up in one word - destruction.
The huge energy equivalent to detonating 180,000 tons of TNT explosives at the same time turned into high-heat blast wind, carrying high-temperature and high-pressure shock waves that spread at a speed of Mach 47. Exposed to the impact of high-temperature gases of thousands of degrees, the merchants were instantly carbonized, blown away, and raging.
The burning carriage was blown away like a toy, and the high temperature storm instantly dyed the vibrant plain with the color of death.
Across a distance of several kilometers, the slightly weakened shock wave swept towards the train. Roland only had time to shout, and the high-heat storm had already rushed in front of him. Everyone instinctively raised their hands to cover the front and closed their eyes, but death and scorching heat
It has not arrived, and even the air flow has not changed.
Opening a crack, a phenomenon more surprising than the heat wave sweeping the earth appeared in front of Favna and others.
A large number of octagonal luminous barriers built embankments around the train. The wall of light on the right side of the train, the side facing the shock wave, formed a 45-degree angle with the ground. The roaring thermal shock wave passed along the luminous slope.
The train continues to move forward.
"Wall of Sighs..."
Roland whispered the real name of the Wall of Light and frowned.
Just now, the "Spinning Wheel" has been lifted, and the black diamond spindle stirred the mana when it fell, and the surrounding area has restored the ability to use magic. But it is necessary to activate such a number of "Wall of Sighs" at the same time in such a short period of time.
.Arranged into the best mode to deal with shock waves. This strength is enough to convince almost all magicians. But since it can be done to this extent, why bother to perform such an exaggerated and unnecessary performance? Or in front of a whole train.
Human face?
With doubts and an unknown premonition, Roland clenched his fists.
The thermal shock wave dissipates, and the backflowing air forms an atmospheric vortex. The center of the vortex is also the center of the deep pit formed by the things falling from the sky. The spindle opens like a flower bud, and in the center of the four wide petals, there is an elegant figure holding a staff of civilization.
Appearing from the center of the storm.
Wearing a burgundy dress with a very aristocratic style. He is holding a gem-encrusted civilized staff in his left hand, and swinging a large wine glass for wine tasting in his right hand. His ruby-like eyes are watching the flowing liquid of the same color, and his raven-like black hair is slightly
Shaking, Toshiro's face showed an extremely natural expression.
At first glance, he looked like a playboy that could be seen everywhere, but at that moment, everyone who was paying attention to the black-haired boy had their hair on end.
This person - if you can call it a "person" - appeared at the center of the explosion.
Even though the giant black diamond is super hard and may have used special magic to absorb and buffer the force of the impact, looking at the surrounding scene like a hellish desert after the high heat attack, as well as the large crater with a diameter of hundreds of meters, who can
You wouldn't think that it would be normal for someone to stand in the center of that kind of place and taste red wine with a leisurely expression.
Moreover, based on the results of rational thinking about paranormal phenomena, people have fear based on some more instinctive feelings.
The smoke gradually dispersed, and the mysterious figure turned his face sideways and raised the corners of his mouth toward the train.
"Fortunately, I thought I would be late."
When he realized that the other person was laughing, an apologetic voice came from behind. He turned around and saw that the mysterious figure who was originally in the distance was on the roof of the car - behind him.
"What an exaggerated way to rush for time."
Roland, who was the first to wake up from the shock, whispered, and everyone could hear the accusation in his words.
"Don't say that, I have controlled the speed at 20 kilometers per second. If it falls at 80 kilometers per second, the power will not be as simple as quadrupling. The energy of the fall will be equivalent to 3 million tons of explosives. Not only will it be thrown
A crater with a diameter of 1 kilometer and a radius of 60 kilometers will be shrouded in the blast wind. If the crash site is a densely populated metropolis, millions of people may die."
"sophistry."
Roland muttered in a low voice and deliberately turned his face away. When his eyes touched the surrounding ground, his right hand began to tremble uncontrollably again.
After the high-heat shock wave passed by, the surface was covered with a layer of charred black. Under the high heat and pressure, the black diamond was also crushed, and those strange objects that imitated animals and plants were turned into fragments scattered on the ground. However, the shock wave only left for 2 minutes, and the black diamond was
Spread on the ground again, repeating the previous evolutionary process.
"That was the original purpose of the 'Boiling Mirror Realm'."
Li Lin's insightful voice came from behind, and Roland turned back with a stiff expression on his face.
"Original purpose?"
"That's right. It was not a weapon originally, but a tool used to transform an extremely harsh environment into one that can be inhabited by organic life.") plan, the initial test subject was Mars with a normal temperature of minus 30 degrees Celsius, a pressure of 0.006 atmospheres, and no water.
To make the earth suitable for human life, melt the dry ice in the polar caps, use carbon dioxide to increase the air pressure and temperature, melt the underground ice to form an ocean, and then send seaweed, moss, and cockroaches to Mars to slowly build a structure close to the earth.
However, this process is too time-consuming. It took nearly a hundred years to create an environment close to the mountains of the Earth. During this period, cockroaches also mutated. An ape-like mutant creature called the "Mars Strong" evolved, and the station personnel made trouble.
High-risk situations such as independently establishing a country with a feudal system. After this, the plan to use inorganic life to change the environment was officially put on the agenda, and finally succeeded. It was decided to combine it with artificial life forms and invest in the earth's environment restoration plan.
It took more than three billion years for organic life to go from a single cell nucleus to the Cambrian explosion of life. Inorganic life, which can renew dozens of generations in a day, can reproduce this process in just a few decades, coupled with its high speed of expansion.
, the ability to manipulate changes in matter, and is not afraid of high temperatures, radiation, ultra-low temperatures, and environmental pollution. It is most suitable for changing the planet's environment. As long as it is combined with the use of artificial life, it can truly control the evolution and survival of inorganic life in more than ten years.
It is not a dream that time will turn a dead planet into a human paradise again.
"No matter what kind of extreme environment they are, they can survive. They are perfectly suitable for use in transforming the environment. Of course, like all tools, they can also be used for destruction."
Li Lin played with the wine glass. His red eyes shifted slightly and he teased the struggling man:
"You feel the same way, Azdahaka."
"It's obviously a bunch of bullshit theory. But it still sounds like it's true. It really hasn't changed at all."
After spitting out the bloody spit, Azdahaka raised his chin arrogantly.
"Hey, long time no see, monster. Didn't you go out wearing black clothes today?"
"Even I will be defeated when faced with women's stubbornness. Opinions such as 'Occasionally you should pay attention to changing your style to avoid leaving a stereotype in the eyes of children' are indeed reasonable."
"That's a pity. The tasteless mourning clothes I wore were very suitable for my current use."
"is that so……"
Shrugging in confusion, Li Lin turned to one side and asked:
"What do you think of Her Majesty the Saint?"
"If you run a funeral business or are willing to become a clergy, black mourning clothes will really suit you."
After chatting politely, Saint Diana, who was standing next to Roland at some point, raised her skirt and bowed slightly, and her graceful and elegant greetings echoed among the men and women who were almost confused.
"I finally meet you, a person who transcends the ordinary world. In order to prevent irrelevant people from disturbing the first contact, I have made all the passengers in the carriage fall asleep. I hope that the current conversation environment can satisfy you."
"Easy to say."
A strange silence lingered in the air. Roland looked at the graceful Li Lin and the graceful saint. The boy who was extremely shaken in his heart tried his best to appear unmoved, but as long as he paid careful attention, anyone could
Notice the slight cracks in his resolute expression.
The situation was completely beyond the scope of what he originally imagined, and the word "taken a sudden turn for the worse" is a suitable description.
Since the beginning of the war, he has always believed that this incident was Azdahaka's clumsy way of deliberately causing trouble to expose the existence of Alfheim in order to avoid the "Wall of Will". But Li Lin's calm attitude, Ji Ai
Er's speech shows that these are just the tip of the iceberg. Behind the seemingly nonsense, there is an unknown conspiracy.
Although I don’t know what method was used, the church may have already known or speculated about Li Lin’s existence, and used Azdahaka who came to the door to lure Li Lin here. As for the church’s conspiracy, Li Lin may be afraid
They have already noticed that with their own plans, both sides are hiding behind the scenes to take advantage of this situation and carry out their own plans...
(It’s just a conspiracy theory.)
He is so self-deprecating in his heart, but Roland also knows that politics is not a world that can be restrained and measured by ordinary morality. On the surface, he holds high the banner of moral justice, but secretly formulates all kinds of conspiracies and plots to frame others as if nothing has happened - this kind of thing is in power.
There are many people on the field. The Archons of Alfheim and the Saints of the Church are all people who are well versed in this. Even if this is the case, it is not worth making a fuss about.
Just like this...
"It seems that everyone is a little confused... In this way, I will come down to reason and explain, what do you think of Miss Saint?"
"That's fine. I also want to test your reasoning ability and see how many points you can get. By the way, my scoring standards are very strict."
"Then I'll start."
Clearing his throat, Li Lin spoke calmly.
"Where should I start? Well... from the very beginning. As one of the agents of the Mother Goddess in the human world, you have always maintained some degree of contact with the agents of divine will throughout the ages. Of course, this is limited to the chosen ones.
When it is a human being, if it is another race, such as orcs, the Marfa Orthodox Church is responsible for similar contact...or surveillance and support work."
Although they regard each other as a heretic that must be eliminated, Ymir and the Orthodox Church are both the means and agents used by the Mother Goddess to interfere with the intelligent species, just like the Finance Department 1 and Finance Department 2 of a company, and God's will acts on behalf of them.
The others can be regarded as practical execution departments, cooperating with each other to build an important force for the Mother Goddess to intervene in the world system. Therefore, it is not unexpected that the highest level of the church has one or two channels to contact the Mother Goddess.
What can be called an accident is an agent of divine will.
"Decades ago, a certain agent of divine will gave up his mission and disappeared together with the person who was supposed to be wiped out. Although this was the arbitrary act of the legendary figure, as the church responsible for monitoring, it cannot absolve itself of the blame. In order to restore the situation,
Killers were sent out one after another, but all ended in failure. The result was not only the loss of troops. What was more fatal was that the value of the church in the eyes of a certain adult, and even the feasibility of the past system needed to be re-examined. To put it bluntly, it was the boss.
I feel unreliable.”
Leonardo's rebellion clearly declared a truth. No matter how it is managed and dominated, human beings will always resist domination. This is not a simple dissatisfaction, but a rebellious nature rooted in the genes of intelligent life. The church is of course the executive
It is an agency of divine will, but the people who make up the church are also humans. There is no guarantee that one day this organization will not lose control or be unable to perform its originally assigned functions. Based on this, the Mother Goddess's attitude towards the church has also undergone subtle changes.
"Trust is something that is easy to lose but difficult to regain. Especially for subordinates who are deemed incompetent by their superiors, even if they are not immediately fired, dangerous signs will be revealed little by little. For example -"
"The church was not informed of the election of a new agent of divine will."
After cutting off his speech, Ji Air smiled. It was a dignified smile that fit the status of a saint, but it was inexplicably distorted in Roland's eyes.
"If the full score is 100 points, this reasoning can score at least 90 points or more. Next, the incompetent young woman will explain it. As you said, we are very confused about the delay in the mother goddess choosing the agent of divine will. Just in time.
At this time, the v.e consortium began to rise, and various new technologies advanced rapidly, changing people's lives and the balance of power among countries. Since then, we have vaguely noticed that there is an unusual existence behind the consortium. "
"As expected...the church, which often kills those who promote technological and civilizational progress, has never taken action against the consortium. I have long found it strange. I have received instructions not to interfere with the consortium."
"Yes. Considering the speed at which the consortium launches new technologies and expands its power, it is natural to speculate whether there is a divine agent behind the consortium. However, this is just a guess. Faced with the consortium's organizational system that is difficult to penetrate, we are also very worried.
When I was having a headache, the gentleman lying over there came to visit and said that there were unexpected things for us to see. With the idea of giving it a try, His Holiness the Pope and I decided to take advantage of this opportunity to meet with the new generation of agents of divine will.
touch……"
"In order to test the new agent's thoughts and true intention of promoting technological progress, and thus provide a basis for the church's future positioning and strategy, it is best to take this opportunity to consolidate the church's position."
Spreading his hands, the black-haired boy let out a bored sigh.
"I don't mind doing things in a big way, but if it's meaningless, why waste time and energy?"
"No...meaning?"
Ji Air's smile did not change, and there was no emotion on his pure and innocent face. He asked questions as if he was simply troubled.
"That's what it means, miss."
It was not Li Lin who responded to Ji Air. Everyone moved their eyes at the same time and turned to one side.
"Would you make a deal with ants? In his eyes, you... no, it should be said that all living things in this world are like ants."
With his mechanized half exposed, Azdahaka let out an outright laugh.
He had vaguely guessed the church's thoughts from the beginning. Azdahaka was not upset that the church used him to contact Li Lin, but he felt from the bottom of his heart how ridiculous human beings were.
Want to contact and negotiate with the transcendent species? Want to use the transcendent species to consolidate your power position?
This is really a ridiculous joke. Regardless of whether he has the racial order given by the Mother Goddess or not, Li Lin is originally on a completely different level from all creatures in the world. Whether it is humans, orcs, or ancient species,
No matter how hard you struggle, you can't compete with it. Without any equivalent strength to support it, you want to express your thoughts to a monster that is completely different from all living beings and is almost like a natural disaster? There is a limit to joking.
"Miss Saint, you still don't understand? As long as you are willing, destroying the world is a piece of cake."
"No matter what, this is too..."
"Although it is very general, what Azdahaka said is the truth. Ms. Jiel, if I take it seriously, I am afraid that 70% of the creatures in this world will disappear without even feeling pain. In fact, as long as it boils
If the Mirror Realm swallowed up a land the size of Seres or occupied several islands, it would be enough to wipe out nearly 90% of organic life in one month."
How is it possible——
This is the same idea that everyone in the audience has. If it is the terrifying proliferation and expansion ability of black diamonds that drives mankind to a desperate situation, then it is not impossible. Occupying a few islands or swallowing Seres can make the creatures
90% destruction... This is no longer an exaggeration, but a delusion.
Among the confused and suspicious eyes, only Roland cast a wary look at Li Lin.
Looking around, Li Lin shrugged with a wry smile on his face. It seemed as if he saw a group of teachers with stupid students.
"It seems like everyone doesn't believe it... well, let the young man over there answer my questions for me."
"I?"
Roland didn't know what Li Lin was talking about for a while, but soon he shook his head.
"How can I possibly know the answer to such a mindless question?"
"Don't say frustrating words. Men who say they can't do it before they do it will be hated by women. It's not that troublesome. Just give me a hint and you should understand what's going on."
Li Lin smiled at Roland, whose face was about to wrinkle into a ball, and said.
"You have been fighting since just now. Your physical strength and spirit must have been quite exhausted. How do you feel now?"
Clenching his fists and exerting force secretly, Roland's face became even more confused.
Although I had rested for a short while, my physical strength had recovered incredibly after just a short while.
No strengthening spells were activated, and no food or sports drinks were added, but the physical strength was indeed restored.
"The second question, uh, let me make it clear first that good children should not imitate this."
Li Lin was playing with a beautiful silver cigarette case, which belonged to Azdahaka. I don't know when it came into his hand. He lit the cigarette and raised the hand holding the cigarette. The front part of the cigarette smoked violently.
Burning flames.
"When these two phenomena come together, you should understand what is going on?"
Roland frowned and stared at the burning cigarette. He was not a smoker, but he also knew that it was definitely not a normal burning method. After careful inspection, he found no signs of manipulation. The confused boy lowered his gaze and stared at his clenched fist.
Violently burning cigarette;
Quick recovery of physical strength;
There must be a substance that works at the same time between the two. Speaking of something that can boost combustion and cheer people up...
"oxygen……"
The young man murmured the answer, and his raised face turned as pale as paper.
"Congratulations on the correct answer."
Li Lin gently flicked away the ashes of his cigarette and answered in a relaxed tone that remained unchanged.
"By changing the composition of the atmosphere and increasing the oxygen concentration, one month is enough for the world to freeze and all things to become extinct." (To be continued..)