In the blink of an eye, more than a month has passed, and autumn in the forest has come to an end, and winter is roaring with a powerful cold wave.

The leaves of the trees fell, the forest became a little bleak, and the cold wind blew through the dry treetops, making a "whining" sound, which made people shudder to listen.

The animals in the forest became miserable, and because of the lack of food, they began to live hungry and full, and smart ones such as black bears and pythons began to hibernate.

As for Gregory, the behavior of "leaving early and returning late" has become his norm, and he can't see a shadow all day long. In his humanoid state, his face became more and more sallow, and he looked a little haggard, and he didn't know why.

Richard was unaffected, and during this time, he concentrated on his own research, and came up with some results, on the one hand, the crystal skull, and on the other hand, the spells in the "Monroe Chapter".

As for the crystal skull, Richard researched and found a very surprising point, that is, the crystal skull was covered with magic patterns. Its magic pattern is several times higher than that seen in the secret room and altar inside the mountain, and it is completely carved with the means of miniature carving, which is almost imperceptible to the naked eye, and can only be seen clearly by magnifying more than ten times or dozens of times with lenses.

To put it simply, if you look at the ordinary magic pattern as a simple circuit, then the crystal skull is already a complete small and medium-sized integrated circuit. This is like the radio of the modern earth in the seventies of the twentieth century, compared with the computer, its complexity is simply not an order of magnitude.

In the Crystal Skull, the organic combination of numerous magic pattern units gives the Crystal Skull many possibilities. Richard is convinced that if the crack is completely successful, it can play a lot of roles, of course, but at the moment it can only be regarded as barely researching two functions - two functions that have been guessed before:

The first function, inputting a specific fluctuating mana, causes the crystal skull to release a spiritual shock, and after hitting the organism, it can make the target lose control of their emotions, and then become angry, acting only on instinct. The more mana you enter, the more noticeable the effect will be.

The scope of application of this function is actually relatively narrow, after all, after a target is out of control, it is not necessarily easier to deal with than when it is calm, and it may exert a more powerful combat effectiveness, which needs to be selected in combination with the actual situation.

The second function is to generate a built-in mental force field. If the creature in the mental force field is an intelligent creature human, then the mental power will be exercised and the mental strength will be enhanced, and if it is a non-intelligent creature, it will improve the mind.

The range of this mental force field can be adjusted, and the smaller the range, the better the effect. Richard tried to shrink the force field to less than one meter, only enveloping his body, and found that he could significantly increase his mental strength, and after more than a month, his spiritual strength had far exceeded that of a normal wizard apprentice, and he continued to advance towards the wizard level.

In addition to the study of the crystal skull, it is the study of spells in the "Monroe Chapter". In more than a month, Richard learned a lot of spells. Although they are all zero-ring spells, and the effect is not very large, Richard is trying to transform, combine, and release them through magic patterns, so as to break through the power limit of the wizard's apprentice's zero-ring spells.

......

It's night.

The night is as cold as ice, and the starry sky hangs upside down.

Richard walked out of the castle and into the clearing in front of the castle, where Pandora was standing, staring up at the starry sky.

Richard approached, and Pandora glanced at it noticeably.

"What are you looking at?" asked Richard aloud.

Pandora's eyes flashed, she tilted her head and thought for a while, and replied seriously, "Stars." After speaking, he pointed to one of the stars in the sky.

Richard looked over, looked at the star Pandora pointed to, and said, "North Star." ”

"Scared?" Pandora wondered, what North Star?

"Did you notice that the star is bright and located due north?"

"Scared-" Pandora was stunned, looked at it for a moment and nodded, "Scared." ”

"So it's the North Star. Richard exclaimed, "The North Star itself is the brightest star in the direction of due north. Of course, the stars are moving, so the North Star is also changing. ”

"Scared?" really?

"Of course it is. Specifically, it's not the stars that move, it's the planet that we're on, well, the earth moves. It sways around a certain range around something called the axis of rotation, like a tall tree, and when the wind blows, the treetops sway.

And the earth, which is called the axis of rotation, will slowly sweep out a circle as it sways. There are some astrologers, well, people who like to watch the stars, and they call the time that sweeps over a round vertebra the great year, or Platonic year. Converted to the current year, it is about 25,800 years.

During each year, the planet, well, the earth will move relative to the fixed background sky, and the direction of due north will change periodically, so the North Star will change accordingly. ”

Pandora's eyes flickered, and the next moment she saw Richard stretch out his hand and look in the direction Richard was pointing.

"That star, as many people call him Vega, or the α Vega and Lyra, has a beautiful legend. More than 10,000 years ago, it was the North Star. Richard said, then pointed again, and took Pandora to look over.

"More than 3,000 years ago, the North Star was replaced by that one, which is called the right pivot, or the α star of Ziwei Right Wall and Draconia. ”

"More than 1,000 years ago, the North Star was the same one, and it was called Arctic II, or β Ursa Minor. Of course, it is also called the 'Emperor Star', because at that time, as the North Star, it was very much in line with some people's imagination of noble status, and felt that it corresponded to the person with the highest power on the earth. ”

"Of course, people will die, the stars will change, and by now, it is already this star called Gou Chenyi and Ursa Minor α which has become the new North Star. ”

"If you live long enough, you will find that in more than a thousand years, the North Star will become that one, it is called Shaowei Zengba, the γ of the Immortal Throne. After more than 2,000 years, it will become that star-Shangwei Zengyi. After more than 1,500 years, it became the star called the Sky Hook Five. After that, Tianjin 4 and Tianjin 2, until more than 10,000 years later, after nearly 25,800 years of cycle, Polaris reverted back to the original Vega. ”

Pandora kept looking at the stars in the direction Richard pointed, circled around and looked back, and then looked at Richard.

At this moment, Pandora felt a very strange feeling in her heart, she couldn't say what it was, but she felt that the person in front of her seemed to be very powerful, not the kind of power she could beat animals, but another—another kind of power that was more powerful than her.

Well, it's messy. That's what she felt, though.

We all know that the stars move, we all know what happened 10,000 years before and 10,000 years after that, so what else we don't know? What else can't we do? 10,000 years, so many more than a hundred years plus a piece, even she, even Gregory can't live that long.

But why does the other party know so much? What do you know so much and what have you been busy with? Why don't you play with her, why......

Pandora had a lot of questions in her mind, and before she could say it, she heard Richard speak first.

Richard said lightly: "I'll leave tomorrow." ”

"Scared!" Pandora's eyes suddenly widened, and she looked directly at Richard, her eyes blinking, blinking, and blinking, and she slowly lowered her head. The teeth bit their lips lightly, thinking seriously about something, and after a long time, they raised their heads, looked at Richard, and said, "Don't-go." ”

Richard glanced at Pandora, then smiled, raised his hand and rubbed Pandora's head, and said loudly: "No, I said before, there are many things to do, and you can't stay here all the time." In recent times, the things that can be done and the research have been almost done, so I have to leave. ”

Pandora opened her mouth to say something more, but in the end nothing came out. Because she didn't know what to say, after all, she had never had the experience of persuading people to stay.

Feeling a hand rubbing her head, Pandora couldn't help but feel a familiar, very comfortable feeling of wanting to lean against the other person. But I don't know why, she didn't want to lean over, but turned her head to the side and deliberately avoided the hand touching her hair, looked at the other party viciously, walked into the castle, and said loudly: "Scared!"

In the night, as Pandora walked into the castle, Richard shook his head slightly.