Chapter 26 Year-End Auction (7200)
The light of the twin moons was bright and dark, the light of the Demon Moon was quiet when it was not mad, and the Sealed Moon was as dim as an old street lamp throughout, leaving the earth staggered with silver and yellow light.
Inside the Hatsuyao ship in the harbor, at the bridge.
Looking up at the moonlight above his head, which had not changed for 80,000 years, the memory of the silver fairy flowed backwards, as if returning to the past.
Since its birth, 80,000 years of history and more than 400 years of life have too much to remember.
But there is only one problem that Dawn can't let go of the most.
"Why is it always me, always me who survives?"
Lying on her back on the captain's seat, in this undisturbed silent night, the silver goblin stared at the shape of the moon, and she couldn't help muttering: "Four eras, seventeen civilizations, hundreds of kingdoms, thousands of kings, tens of billions of people...... Why is it only me, a little goblin? ”
It's a question, but Dawn knows the answer.
Because I am weak.
Because it is weak, it can be manipulated by machines, easily stagnate time, and live to the era of civilization re-prosperity.
This is not a shameful thing - the essence of Dawn is the battleship Silver Elves, the complete form of this artificial elf race that needs to be merged with things under their control.
It's like if Dawn and the Primordial Dawn are one, then her strength may be able to soar to the light of the heart and even the divine will.
But that's about it.
Nothing can be changed.
She doesn't have a choice.
Dawn learns that all the children of the Xiguang Society are learning a new channeling technique with Professor Svetley, which can not only strengthen the soul, but also curb the deterioration of demonization.
They are chasing power.
Or rather, the right to chase a choice.
It is precisely because of the experience of orphans in the past that everyone knows very well that on this Ai'an continent, only with power can they chase and decide the direction of their own destiny.
Powerful, what a beautiful word.
Dawn envy this word.
"However, if you are not weak, you will not survive."
Slowly closing her eyes, the elf retracted her wings, and she cowered in the captain's seat, sighing softly, "If I don't survive, I won't be able to remember those who should be remembered." ”
- However, if you are strong, you can choose your own destiny.
For some reason, a person's voice suddenly sounded in Dawn's mind.
It is not clear whether the voice is male or female, old or young, and the only thing that can be remembered is the gentle tone.
"Dawn, your life has just dawned, and you haven't experienced much of this world yet."
"We chose to let you live...... I hope you can be happy, happy, and have ...... A life that belongs to you, not a 'battleship companion goblin'. ”
"You should be in control of your own destiny, Dawn."
Choose, and survive.
At this moment, Dawn thought that she would be distraught.
But at this time, she was very calm for some reason.
A faint halo of light lit up from the inside of the battleship, then crossed the bridge, turning into an expanding ball of light, spreading out in all directions, across the port and the city.
In this light, all confusion is silenced—not because confusion is answered, but because confusion no longer affects people's thoughts, and people no longer care about chaos, but can think calmly and calmly.
Dawn opened her eyes, and she looked suspiciously in the direction where the light had emerged.
That was the direction of Professor Svetley's room.
At this moment, in the room, Su Day, who had roughly completed the primary chapter of the 'Clear Heart and Fa', opened his eyes.
The Enlightenment Meditation is a collection of many practices, including sacred geometry, and its foundation is the Divine Wood Method.
Even in the multiverse, the foundation of the Divine Tree is exaggerated and terrifying, even if it was Su Sun at the beginning, with his ontological talent and immortal blood, there was no way to surpass the Divine Wood series in terms of pure spiritual power reserves.
Although Su Sun rarely relied on the spiritual power reserves of the main body to suppress the enemy, but now there was a chance to start over, so why not do it?
In the air centered on Su Sun, the silver-cyan qi veins were deriving in all directions, just like blood vessels, and the roots were about to take root in the atmosphere, absorbing and purifying those source energy that was difficult to be used by ordinary people, and there was a slight air flow rotating in the room, and a small storm sounded.
A faint glow of wisdom emanated from him, the same as the Tree of Wisdom, but with a subtle light.
As the holder of the Wisdom Tree's Essence Soul and the Fertilizer, Su Day's understanding of the Wisdom Tree was far better than that of other Divine Trees—this time, with the Reincarnation Immortal Method, he had completely integrated some of the characteristics of the Wisdom Tree into his own cultivation, and the 'Light of the Bright Heart' derived from Huiguang was one of them.
The wisdom of the Tree of Wisdom will give people inspiration and make them more wise. But in the same way, Huiguang will also make people realize some strange knowledge that is not useful, such as saying, 'Braised pork and beer roast taste better!' "I see.,I should have been able to clear the game just now! ’。
The same is true of the Light of the Heart: for friendly units, it can calm doubts and confusion, make people clarify their minds, and can see what they are doing before thinking.
And for enemy units...... It'll fast-forward to 'I know the truth, but why are the pigeons so big?' This kind of heart is thorough.
In other words, the mind is so clear that it forgets to think at all.
As for what is friendly and what is adversary, it is purely a free mind.
At this moment, Su Sun also noticed that Dawn was outside his door, and seemed to be hesitating.
So he simply said, "What's the matter?" Ms. Dawn? ”
"If there's something, please come in, I haven't slept yet."
The voice fell, and another time passed.
Click.
The silver goblin flapped its steel wings and floated into Su Sun's room with some hesitation.
“…… Familiar breath, Professor Svetley. ”
She said softly, with a deep puzzle in her tone: "This is not the breath of the devil, nor is it the breath of humans...... This is more like a tree man, the breath of the tree people's initial big tree. ”
"It makes people feel calm, and the body is light, as if you are in a happy dreamland......"
Talking to himself, the goblin paused slightly, and then, dawn said seriously: "What race are you?" ”
"Could it be that you are really the first big ......?"
"I'm not."
And Su Sun calmly interrupted him.
He didn't say much: "But I can be." Anyone can be. ”
Then, again, silence.
"Can I learn?"
It seemed that with great courage, confusion, and some temptation, the silver fairy with the appearance of a girl took a deep breath: "Study...... What is your practice? ”
Dawn's tone at this time seemed to be expecting someone to reject her.
It's better to say that she regretted it as soon as she said it, but she was looking forward to it and wanted someone to take it for her, and such a complicated mood is difficult to describe in words.
fearful and expectant; Hesitant and unwilling.
She waited for the professor in front of her to respond.
"Okay."
In this regard, Su Yan just chuckled and nodded in agreement.
"Anyone can learn."
Time flies.
Since mid-November, the seaside capital has had a rather strange period of time.
Every morning, you can see a large number of city guards or patrol guards hurrying through the streets.
They walked in a hurry, with solemn expressions, as if something terrible had happened—but soon they all returned in vain.
According to the surrounding residents, every time the city guards were dispatched, it was because of a mysterious disappearance.
At some point in the middle of the night, suddenly there would be a flash of light through the night, and then the windows would crack, and the children would cry, and then the windows would break, and the owner of the house would be missing, as if it had been hidden by the gods.
However, according to the testimonies of some half-grown children who like to sneak out in the middle of the night, they saw a tall shadow carrying a figure upside down in the sky, but unfortunately the speed was too fast for them to see the specific appearance of the shadow and the figure.
The case of disappearance, which is a big deal for the coastal capital that has been peaceful for a long time, even the dead are not so rare.
After all, in the Ai'an Continent, a momentary quarrel will cause others to become angry, intending to use violence to solve the problem, so dead people are quite common, and many of them are accidents.
On the contrary, it is a kidnapping, because it is too deliberate, and there is an element of conspiracy unexpectedly.
Undoubtedly, in search of clues, the city guards quickly went out and searched the houses of the abductees......
This was much more embarrassing, and they found a lot of espionage information there, including but not limited to the demographics of the coastal capital, the distribution of important facilities, the location of the source energy furnace of the mobile city, and the general situation of the army.
When these things were discovered, an atmosphere of anger and embarrassment rippled through the entire army - it was easy to imagine what kind of occupation the person holding it was.
They are spies on the Imperial side.
And the fact that the special disappearances that appear every morning, in which the missing people are spies of the Imperial side, highlights the incompetence of the city guards and the special intelligence forces of the coastal capital...... And confuse them.
"Let's not talk about how these guys were found - I'll have a special intelligence channel."
The leader of the Seaside Capital's intelligence team, a member of the Falses family, pointed to the plate behind him in his office, and said to the team members solemnly: "So many Imperial spies are collecting information on all the key facilities in our Seaside Capital, what does this mean?" I don't think it's necessary to say more. ”
"The Imperial side is plotting against us, and the next days will be ten times more cautious than before!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Damn!"
At the same time, in an inconspicuous small building in the coastal capital, a young man dressed in the costume of the Asmodean Empire angrily hammered the table with his fist, his brows furrowed, and he looked at the sweaty subordinates in front of him viciously: "Most of our intelligence network in the coastal capital has been unplugged in the last ten days...... That's the network that took us decades to slowly put in place! ”
"Now, they have disappeared, just like sweeping away the cobwebs in the house, and even if they are found again, they are full of broken silk threads - not to mention that His Majesty the Emperor will be furious because of this, even if it is the anger of the major general of the Third Army, we can't bear it!"
"And we can't even give them an explanation now, let alone know the enemy's body, and we don't even know if our people are dead or not?"
"Big, sir......"
In the face of the young officer's anger, the intelligence officer could only tremble and reply: "I can be sure that our people are indeed fine, but now they are in a very bad condition, maybe in some kind of coma, or in a special mental state, they can't communicate with the source energy......"
"Then find a way to wake up this group of shit!"
The young officer glared up, his tone vicious and mocking: "Don't forget your duty, it's almost time for the year-end auction, and we need information, but this group of waste has been discovered one by one...... Ha, they even became vigilant, if there is no valid reason, I, as the envoy of the empire, can't even go out of this small building! ”
"Gnath, I even doubt that the Empire has a traitor at the top in the intelligence system of the Seaside Capital......"
The officer's tone was overtly threatening and questioning.
And what he said was undoubtedly exactly what the intelligence chief was worried about.
Indeed, given the speed at which intelligence networks are being unplugged, there is a spies that are a reasonable explanation.
However, he couldn't find this spy, and according to reason, only he was a spy who could uproot the complicated imperial intelligence network in just a dozen days.
In order to dispel his suspicions and keep his family in the Empire from being burned as fuel, the intelligence chief knew he had to do everything in his power.
But no clue is no clue, just like no matter how incompetent and furious you are, you can't do a math problem.
When the young officer with a black face almost forced the local intelligence chief to jump over the wall, but still did not get any information, and after spying on the other party's betrayal, he simply asked the intelligence officer to leave, and he regained his composure alone, frowning and sitting in the office chair.
"Strange...... It is true that Genus did not betray, I can still confirm that. ”
He muttered to himself, "Could it be that it was really just a coincidence and did not know the true purpose of our second and third legions?" ”
"Then who is so bold as to dare to provoke the majesty of the Empire?"
A list of powerful and hostile people from the same coastal capital flowed through his heart, and the young officer said to himself, "No, none of them have that strength...... Even if it was that Professor Svetley, even if he was really a god-willed powerhouse, why didn't he just kill those people? ”
"Incomprehensible ......"
The Empire's twenty-eight armies, the first four of which were the Emperor's Guard, the real core of the Asmodean royal family.
Among them, the First Army defended the Tower of Babel, the Second and Third Armies were stationed around the capital, and the Fourth Army patrolled the central region to sweep away bandits and spreading demonic settlements.
And this time, as the Third Army, the direct officer of Major General Colencia, came to the seaside capital for the purpose of the year-end auction, the 'immortal firewood' that was already well-known in the upper echelons of the empire.
The Emperor was very interested in the Ancient Origin Plant, which was a well-known thing in the Imperial Capital, and the last person who provided His Majesty with a fossilized rhizome of an ancient plant has now become a new Frontier Count, and no one can ignore this level of reward.
More importantly, the core city of the coastal capital is the heart of the source energy furnace...... It is an ancient creation from the previous era.
If it weren't for the abundance of energy, they wouldn't have been able to implement preferential policies to gradually build the coastal city into such a behemoth.
"Only His Majesty the Emperor is entitled to possess such a treasure—whether it's the Immortal Firewood or the Holy Sun Engine."
Standing up a little gloomily, the young officer raised his head and looked out the window at the inner city: "And this seaside capital, which is said to be extremely prosperous, is actually in the company of the stinking demon...... Immediately after the mission, leave this hellish place. ”
"I really don't want to spend half a moment in this filthy place with filthy air!"
Meanwhile.
Just when the attacked Imperial side was suspicious, intimidating and tempting each other.
Su Ri analyzed the purpose of the Imperial Mission's trip from the mouths of the many imperial secret agents who had been washed by the light of the clear heart.
Men who have advanced, when facing those secret agents who are just secretive, and whose hard power is the highest but Linghui, are basically completely crushed, and one hand can catch them all like lifting the back of a cat's neck.
"Sure enough, it's for the core of the sacred tree...... Although the people of this world do not know the true value of the Divine Tree, rare things are always treasures, even if it is only the most insignificant immortal power, it will make people extremely thirsty. ”
"Moreover, is there actually one of the Source Energy Furnace Hearts in the Seaside Capital that is also cast from the Holy Day Fragment...... It's no wonder that they don't seem to be demanding of the souls of the demons, and they have the spare energy to implement all kinds of preferential policies. ”
With such emotion, Su Sun put down the teacup in his hand.
In front of him, there were more than a dozen figures who were working hard to carry all kinds of materials to the Chuyao ship.
He didn't kill these Imperial agents who were captured by himself, but after covering up their appearance a little, he used them as laborers of the Xiguang Association - after all, it was impossible to always let Su Sun carry the materials by himself, he had a lot of things, such as taking the children to learn junior high school math, and he couldn't waste it on these things.
After the work was completed, Su Sun planned to put the other party's amnestics related to him back after a while.
Why?
The most important thing is that it is not necessary.
Even if it was an enemy, Su Sun had no intention of killing people indiscriminately. These Imperial agents are spies, but they are not stained with blood, nor do they do anything evil in the true sense of the word.
After all, as an undercover agent, the most important thing is not to attract attention.
Evil will inevitably be discovered, and if you want to be a person who is not suspected, you must be a good person.
Whether it's by nature or not, at least the agents aren't evil—the ones who are evil are dead.
For the rest, there is no reason to hurt.
Even, Su Yan not only didn't harm these people, but also passed on the cultivation method of Burning Ember Fire to them by the way—even if he was not a demon, he could practice this cultivation method and slowly improve the purity of his soul.
To be honest, Su Yan didn't mind this at all, he believed that this would allow this cultivation to spread rapidly in the empire and expand his influence in the mobile metropolitan area.
By then, combined with Cicero's ongoing propaganda in the villages, it would not be a few months before a significant number of people would begin to spread the word on their own initiative.
"Well, Cicero did a great job - in just a few weeks, he had spread the channeling technique to more than seventy villages, thousands of people?"
After calming down and perceiving slightly, Su Tian was suddenly startled: "Good guy, how did he do it?!" ”
The answer is viral ads and free distribution!
Just above the land of Aion, which Su Tian didn't know, there was a big red banner hanging on it, which read, 'Free distribution of source energy guidance techniques, Tong Suo is not bullied, special effects on demonization!' A line of large-lettered off-road vehicles is constantly exploding across the wilderness.
The violent roar was like thunder, and the mere appearance was eye-catching, and if you added the red-haired woman in the driver's seat who was shouting with excitement on her face, raising her horn from time to time, and saying a classic propaganda slogan, even an ascetic would not help but look sideways.
"Let's take a look, the free advanced cultivation method can curb the demonization disease and condense the soul of the best cultivation method!"
"The original price is 19,998 imperial coins, but now I don't need money, I don't need any money, I give it away for free!"
"Don't think it's a fake, you poor devils think carefully about what is worth being deceived by us!"
"You don't need to buy it, we force it to be delivered to your door!"
She laughed, spitting out demagogic propaganda as she spoke.
If you don't look at Cicero's boring face in the passenger seat, and Cecilia in the back seat of the car, imitating Funia's every move, clenching her little fist, it's all perfect, with a wild beauty.
As if disgusted that such publicity was not enough, Funia snapped her fingers.
At the back of the carriage, a box was ejected in a slight explosion and hurled towards an unknown town not far away—and all contained in this box were simple diagrams, in the simplest language, of the Ember Fire Cultivation.
The sound of constant brainwashing can haunt any village for three days under the influence of magic, and the cheap printed books inside the chests are enough for every inhabitant of the wilderness to have one copy if they are to spread.
"Interesting, so interesting!"
At this moment, Funya was like a madman, laughing and attacking, and then pulled out a huge banner to hang on the fence of a village that she would pass by later.
It has been a while since she cultivated the Ember Flame, and as a pioneer space adventurer whose talent is far better than Cicero's, Funia can already clearly feel that the impurities in her soul have been purified a lot, and her mind has become even more transparent.
It is precisely because of this that she is amazed and moved by the knowledge contained in this practice.
Then, even more proud of your choice!
"Hahaha, it's me, behind this cultivation is at least an A-level opening branch, or even a higher-level top-level task!"
After throwing a box of leaflets and law-fixing books into a village, Phnia drifts through the wasteland in an off-road vehicle, and she almost wants to sing a song at the moment: "Sure enough, if you are born to be an explorer, you must dare to make decisions!" I've got this hidden quest reward related to Candlelight! ”
Candle Day, in the mouths of the explorers of the multiverse, is certainly a typical chaotic boss.
But he's also an unsolicited mega-tasker!
No matter what the world is, as long as there is a candle day, it means turmoil, change, reconstruction, reform, strife and antagonism.
His mission was either to save the world, or to shatter the old world and reforge the new.
As long as you follow Candle Day and don't get killed by Candle Day, you will definitely be able to eat all-you-can-eat quests, and you can also explore more unknown possibilities!
Funia is confident that in addition to liking to make some explosions, she is usually a little cranky, and her personality is not very good, and she is a bit crazy and habitually maliciously talking hi, and she also likes to maliciously spoil movie endings with friends on weekdays, but she is generally a good girl.
If Candlelight doesn't kill her, then there's nothing to be afraid of - the next most important thing is to get involved!
"On the Holy Day, how can this mad woman be so energetic...... Let her rest for a while, I want to say 'I won't accept gifts for the holidays this year' as soon as I open my mouth now......"
Cicero's idea is very simple - he has not slept well for ten consecutive days, and he has been brainwashed by loud advertisements almost all day long, and the man feels that he is not only about to become deaf, but also about to have a nervous breakdown.
You must know that when the propaganda does not work, most of the time it is Cicero himself who goes out and demonstrates in person as a demonic patient, so that the suspicious villagers can believe in the truth of the Fa amendment.
He is physically and mentally exhausted, and Cicero's strength is also high, and it is normal that he can't support it now.
"No, even if I can stand it, Cecilia can't stand it!"
Taking a deep breath, the man decided to have a good chat with the mysterious woman of Funya: "Ma'am, I think ......"
But he was halfway through his sentence when he shut his mouth.
Because Funya also kept her mouth shut.
The two looked out the window of the car, where the horizon was.
Right now.
On the other side of the distant horizon, a cloud of smoke suddenly rose.
Then, with the violent fluctuation of source energy, a golden bright mobile warship sped away towards the east of the continent at a flying speed.
The majestic hull, the castle-like hull, the indestructible armor, and the huge and friendless Holy Day Totem inscribed on the shell......=
"That's the battleship of the Church of the Holy Day......"
Even if she was as informal as Funia, after seeing the golden battleship livery, she couldn't help but look serious: "So vast, those weird brains, fools who worship the sun, where are they going?" ”
After analyzing it, the explorer is keenly aware of the connection between things: "Oriental...... Are they going to the seaside capital, or are they going in the direction in which the meteorite fell? ”
She guessed right.
But it's not all.
At this moment, everywhere on the Aion continent, there were similar mobile fleets advancing, moving from all directions, towards the seaside holy land located in the southeast corner.
Empire, Frost Army, Cult of the Holy Day, Order of the Light, Somos Chamber of Commerce, United of the Nobles of the East Sea......
It's big, it's small, it's advanced, it's broken.
In all cases, a fleet that adds up to form a small mobile city is surging in the direction of the seaside capital.
Immediately, it's December, the end of the year.
The seaside capital, the year-end auction.
It's time to get started.