Chapter 21: The Otherworldly Quest Begins
The flying ship Gransefa is commissioned by the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia in the North, designed by the Royal First Military Factory of the Helgamoth Empire in the North, assembled in the Magic Engineering Department of the Winter Castle Academy in Nissière, and there are no more than ten 'Emperor-class' super large air warships in the entire Mycrof Continent. Vertex updates are the fastest
In fact, this is actually not wrong, because the furnace of this battleship was indeed designed and deployed by several legendary designs, after all, it is not something that ordinary people can do if they want to reduce the 'Melting Core Heart' to an ordinary battleship engine, and the Gransefar, which is more than 1,300 meters long, is equipped with two 'Melting Nuclear Heart' class power furnaces.
However, even though the Grantsea has an almost inexhaustible power source, it is not loaded with any weapons, and the reason why it is called a flying ship, not an air battleship, is precisely because it is a pure means of transportation, the Grantsea is a large scientific research and exploration spaceship specially used for Void exploration, it has the legendary mage Nostradamus personally inscribed the time and space travel circle, with the armor and energy furnace that the legendary warrior Joshua has solidified himself, and the energy transmission system designed by the legendary mage Barnier, So with the exception of the theoretical triennial renovation, it can travel in the void almost permanently.
And now, the Grantsfa, full of crew, is breaking through the turbulence of time and space, heading towards the target in the void, called the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground.
Fairy Township is a plane that revolves around the Mycrof world, and so is the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, although the speed of rotation between the two is not much different, but with the passage of time, the Fairy Township that was originally used as a forward base is getting farther and farther away from the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, and finally becomes no longer suitable for departure, for this, the major forces have long been prepared, and the Grant Sail is one of them, it can accurately find the coordinates of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Field in the void, and arrive at the destination within 2~5 hours.
At this time, the core members of the Empire's External Exploration Department were all on the Grantsea, and the leader of the elite team, Priest, was naturally no exception.
Prister is no stranger to the Gransefar, he has taken this spaceship to and from the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground many times, and tested his adaptability to various gravitational conditions in the ship's 'gravity chamber' In fact, as a scientific research exploration ship, the Granselaw is also equipped with a 'Elemental Cabin' to test the concentration of various elements and a 'Critical Cabin' to test the concentration of steel particles, and even an 'Aether Cabin' that simulates the pure energy world.
After many tests, Priest and the others were finally told that they would soon have their first official exploration mission.
"It's coming, if I continue to train like this, I'm really going insane!"
The person who spoke was the knight in the team, a tall and strong young man, after he learned from the mental terminal that he was about to usher in his first official mission, his first thought was not 'nervous', but the 'aftermath' that he finally got rid of from the long-term training: "Hahahaha, goodbye, twenty kilometers of full speed running before meals every day, goodbye, the miserable life of only eating nutritious meals!" I can finally become an official explorer! I can finally take a big bite of meat! β
"Woo...... It's finally here, haha, it's finally here for me! β
The alchemist in the team behaved even more unbearable, he cried and laughed, as if he was insane, he clutched his spiritual terminal, stood up and said loudly: "I will never drink the potion I have prepared every day!" Eighty bottles a day is less, even slimes can't drink so much! β
On the other side, the mages and clergy in the team were relatively firm, and they did not show any frantic postures and expressions for the time being, but the trembling fingers of the observers, as well as the dull eyes of the clergy, knew how harsh the other party had been tested in the training, and how agitated the official task was in his heart at this time.
Priest couldn't comprehend the joy of his teammates, and he didn't even pay much attention to it, because he was sitting in his place with a copy of the "Detailed Explanation of Advanced Runes" in his place, and he was studying on his own. When the other four members of the exploration team saw that their captain did not change his color after receiving the news, and even continued to study on himself with a book thicker than a brick, they all showed disbelief, fear, admiration, and admiration.
Most of the people who can join the exploration team can be regarded as geniuses, and a few are geniuses among geniuses, geniuses are piled up, naturally everyone looks down on them, the four people present have encountered such a situation at the beginning of the team, everyone feels that they should be the captain, should be the first person, and the others are just chickens and dogs, no need to pay attention.
However, in the end, they were happy to admit Priest as the captain, and this matter was naturally not without reason.
"With the Seven Gods on top, he can write two advanced math study question books in one day!" This is the whispered admiration of the clergy.
"Why?" The mage said succinctly, "He can even write three additional rune exam papers!" β
All in all, Priest's identity as the leader of the team was unquestionable, so after getting the news, everyone turned their eyes to him and waited for him to give his opinion.
"My opinion is, be careful."
Facing the expectant eyes of his teammates, Priest had to put down the book in his hand, but raised his head and said solemnly: "This time, our mission is not to explore those civilizational otherworlds that are rich in life, but some lifeless otherworlds that are dead and silent, or maybe there is no life at all. Our goal is to find a special space-time fluctuation, a 'half-plane' existence called the Great Repository. β
Immediately afterwards, the captain gave a lecture, and this scene happened to every team waiting to leave on the Gransefar.
Priest encouraged his teammates, telling them that as long as they follow the instructions and complete the mission, then they have everything in terms of exchange points and permissions, and they may be able to bring back some special products from the other world as their trophies, and everyone present has no fear at all, because they have already been prepared to join the other world exploration team when they choose to join the other world.
In other words, some of them joined the team precisely for the pleasure of adventure between life and death.
"Ah, we're starting to hand out gear."
At the end of the lecture, a battleship crew member commanded a steel van to the lounge of the elite team, he nodded silently to everyone, and then turned to leave, while the knight happily came to the car, towed the van to his companions, and opened it.
The back door of the carriage opened, and suddenly, the unique smell of steel and strong magic fluctuations poured out, and Pristel saw that inside were indeed the equipment and supplies of the five of them, five sets of renewable life support suits and life support suit outer armor, three sets of enhancement potions (the standard configuration is dragon power potion, magic burning potion, lightning potion, iron armor potion and holy healing potion as a group), simple transportation tools (foldable magic drive four-wheeled off-road vehicles), energy detectors and many strange gadgets.
These things are standard for the external exploration team, and in the long training period, Priest is really familiar with them, and beside him, the alchemist's face was a little abnormal when he saw the three sets of potions, as if he wanted to vomit a little, but Priest didn't have time to care, because he saw a brand new thing that never appeared in their equipment list.
A silver steel cylinder.
"Fix ...... Beam? β
The priest was quite curious to pick up this cylinder, which was only thirty centimeters in height and only eight centimeters in diameter, but when he touched the cylinder and began to exert force, his face suddenly changed: "No, this thing is so heavy!" Knight on! β
"Just tell you to exercise more often, and don't fish during physical training...... Look at me! β
With a casual remark to his friend, the knight strode forward, ready to pick up the silver cylinder in one go, but the moment he touched the cylinder, his face also changed: "Wait, this little thing actually weighs three tons?!" β
Three tons is actually nothing for a knight who is about to step into the golden realm, but this weight is already terrifying, and it is no wonder that the priesthood who has also undergone a lot of physical training can't pick it up, and if you want to carry it on your body for a long time, even a knight can't do it.
"So heavy? Could it be that you made a mistake? I'll take a look at the manual. β
Hearing the interaction of his teammates on the side, the mage who was holding his newly ordered [Quad-Core Combined Rapid Charge Burst Staff] enthusiastically stroked frowned, picked up the manual for repairing the light pillar from the side, he read it carefully, and then said loudly: "This item is an experiment of the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia, due to various reasons, it has not been lightweighted and is not suitable for promotion and use, and it is now distributed to all exploration teams for free to test the practice data." β
"The specific method of use is: place it vertically on the flat ground, input three standard units of energy activation, and use the spiritual input secret phrase 'Wisdom is immortal, order will last forever', wait for three minutes, and the repair light pillar will automatically activate, turning into a silver light pillar with a radius of two meters and a height of seven .5 meters. Placing the injured person in it and projecting the corresponding energy and matter according to the instructions of the light pillar will automatically repair the injured person's injuries. β
"The pillar of light cannot be destroyed, it cannot be moved, and after confirming the location, unless you enter the secret word again, wait for three hours before returning to the original state of the metal pillar, and the form can be moved. The pillar of light can provide gold-level energy barrier protection for those within range, please do not place the pillar of light indiscriminately, place it in the safest base. If someone dies during the exploration, please use the Soul Abyss Ball, an attachment to the Repair Light Pillar, to collect the souls or soul fragments of the deceased, and then place them in the Light Pillar. β
Seeing this, the mage raised his eyebrows, he raised his head, and said to the four teammates beside him in some surprise: "It's actually something made by Lord Lord?" It seems that it might indeed work! β
Basically, everyone on the Mycrove continent knows that the ten words 'Produced by the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia' without any prefix suffix means that this creation was developed and developed by the Lord of the Northlands, Earl Radcliffe, and the products with these ten words, such as 'Magic Energy Armor', 'LCD Screen', 'Continental-level Real-time Communication Array' and the recently sold hot 'Spirit Terminal', these creations are undoubtedly real masterpieces.
Magical armor is now used in a very wide range, whether it is engineering work or combat adventures, a good magical armor can make people do more with less, and the mechanical prosthetic limbs and exoskeleton armor extended from it have allowed many disabled people to regain limbs and bring them greater strength. LCD screens have also basically become a must-have in the homes of various nobles and wealthy people, and even major newspapers and periodicals, such as the Mage Weekly, have joined, and they have formed a program group to produce all kinds of news programs on the LCD screen in a loop.
Not to mention the spiritual terminal, this magic energy creation jointly developed by several legendary powerhouses is currently the hottest magic prop ever created on the Mycrof continent, it has all kinds of magical functions, and it is not a few words that can be described clearly, but there is no doubt that the spiritual terminal has permanently changed the living habits and thinking patterns of all people in the Mycrof world, and the diversified information exchange and diffusion have quickly broken the ignorance and misunderstanding caused by Warcraft and the Black Forest on the continent, as long as the corresponding price is paid, Everyone can get the information they want on the information terminal.
All in all, these ten words produced by the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia have basically become a guarantee of high-quality products, and they are not simple boutiques, but national boutiques that can spread to the whole world without any threshold. After knowing this, the knight did not complain that the silver original was too heavy, but silently hung it on the 'anti-gravity belt' around his waist, and this cylinder accounted for ninety percent of the load of the belt.
"It seems like it's some kind of Light-like treatment, but completely automatic...... It is indeed very useful for otherworldly exploration, as for this soul abyss ball. β
Priest stepped forward, he picked up the black-red ball that was about the size of an ordinary person's fist and placed next to the original book, and couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Something that can automatically save the souls around it?" Isn't that the realm of necromancy? And if we do die in an accident, then the situation must be very critical, how can there be time to save it...... What's the use of saving it? β
"Yes, what's the use of preserving it, aren't people still dead?"
The alchemist nodded, thinking that the adult might have thought a little too badly, but he thought about it for a moment: "Maybe let's take it with us and save our souls immediately after death, so that if we are completely destroyed in an emergency, the adults can know the cause of total destruction through our souls, and then avenge us?" β
"Possibly." The priest felt that the idea was indeed very creative, and he turned to the knight and said, "Why don't you die and try the effect of this thing?" β
"No thanks, I'll give you this opportunity."
Once they had their equipment settled, everyone went to the locker room to change their equipment, and soon everyone who was familiar with the process walked out of the locker room.
At this time, the entire elite external exploration team was like a mechanical team wrapped in a silver tin can. Their outermost layer is a fully enclosed magical armor from the Atlas, which is forged from 'living metal' inspired by a certain steel elemental and synthesized by various means, and these armors have the ability to heal themselves and even become more powerful over time.
And inside the silver living metal armor, it is the inner armor made of self-healing materials developed from the insect demon lord Saruka, it has extremely strong flexibility, which can greatly reduce the impact force, and the inner and outer armor are matched, even ordinary people without any extraordinary strength can withstand several gold-level full-strength attacks, and if the original strength of the transcendent equipment is good, even the gold peak can withstand the slam of the pinnacle.
The five armored humanoids are holding various equipment Priest carrying a war hammer on his waist, carrying a translucent material, as if made of crystal's 'gravity shield', which is a high-level transcendent creation worth 4,000 exchange points and a C-level exchange authority in the exchange system, it is the new equipment he just changed out some time ago, and you can see the pale white ripples centered on the shield, spreading in all directions.
The alchemist holds a slender and smooth dwarven firebolt in his hand, which was named the 'Fourth Automatic Arcane Missile Launcher' by the lord, but because the name is too difficult to remember, it is still called the 'large dwarven firebolt' by everyone.
In the mage's hand, it is naturally his 'Quad-Core Combined Rapid Charge Burst Staff', the name of this staff is also named by a certain lord, because it is too awkward, so it is simply called 'Burst Staff'.
The priest didn't take anything, but he was surrounded by seven crystal balls like satellites, which were the latest creations of the Church of the Seven Gods, but they had nothing to do with Moldavia, and the seven crystal balls shimmered with holy white brilliance of different brightness, and they were jumping and spinning one after another, very smart.
As for the knight, his equipment is the previous 'foldable quad bike', otherwise what would he call a knight for? Although it is said that it is difficult to ride a horse in the other world, driving a car is naturally a kind of 'riding', and his weapon is also placed with the off-road vehicle, so he doesn't have to carry it with him now.
The five members of the exploration team are all armed to the teeth, according to their equipment, it is not surprising that even if they subverted a small country in the West Mountain more than ten years ago, these five iron cans drove magic energy off-road vehicles all rushed forward, and even could crash through some not very thick city walls, if the strength of everyone advanced to the gold level, then they could even fight with Jiyi.
"Are you ready, everyone?"
Seeing that everyone was fully armed, Priest stood in the center of the lounge and said in a serious whisper: "Soon, our first formal exploration is about to begin, the empire has paid a lot of money for our cultivation, and we must give our own strength, even our lives, to repay this trust!" β
"Naturally!" The remaining four responded in unison.
The same echoes echoed throughout the Grantsfa, the voices of the other seven teams that had already been trained, and this time, they would be transported to eight different worlds to quickly explore and eliminate, and find the location of specific 'space-time fluctuations' or even the lost half-plane 'Unification Database'. Everyone knows that their purpose is tied to the future of the entire Mycrof civilization, and all have plenty of honor for it.
Soon, the Spirit of the Granselaw made a clear and soft female voice announcement: "The Gransefa is connecting with the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground...... The mana docking is successful, and the energy resonance begins, and the progress is 1%, 2%, 3%, ...... All members of the exploration team are requested to prepare for teleportation. β
After hearing the broadcast, all the members of the exploration team stood on a row of circular circle bases, and at this time, they could see that these dark blue circle bases were being charged with the numbers broadcast on the radio, and a majestic and deep fluctuation began to pass out of the circle little by little, calming down all the members of the exploration team who were still excited.
This is the power of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground. It is also powerful enough to connect any two points of the multiverse in an instant.
β100%γβ
The soft female voice stopped counting down and said, "The energy resonance is over." β
A low buzzing sound sounded, and at this moment, a black field unfolded on all the foundation disks of the magic circle, engulfing all the people in the exploration team, and a deep and clear voice could be faintly heard in the field.
"Multiquadrant teleportation begins."
In the year 838, at 17:21:44 p.m. on March 11, the spaceship Gransefa connected to the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground and launched the first official Otherworldly exploration operation in history.
And in the void, a tall man stood near the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, watching the arrival of the Grantsay, and the rise and end of the countless space-time fluctuations in it, and a faint silver snake shadow wrapped around his right arm, as if talking to this man.
"I didn't expect you humans to find your target faster than me."
Claris said to the man with emotion, "It took me a long time to confirm that your lost half-plane is roughly in the center of the 'Dark Realm', and you have also touched the Dark Realm with a hazy signal. β
"But the person who confirmed that the target was located in the center of the dark realm of a dozen worlds, it was still you Karlis."
The man, that is, Joshua nodded heavily, and sincerely thanked: "Excuse me, let you pay so much for our Microf world." β
"The relationship between you and me, why do you need to thank you? The dozen or so pillars of repair light you gave me have been thrown into those Grantia survivors, and many of the seriously injured who lost their body parts and even internal organs in the previous battle with the dead have been healed, and the morale of the entire survivor group has been greatly boosted, even if it is only for those children, I should do my best to help you. β
Speaking of repairing the pillar of light, Karlis's tone was filled with a hint of surprise and exclamation: "I really didn't expect that the power of steel could be used so much, so finely...... This is probably the difference between individual life and the will of the world like ours, and I will never be able to use my authority to such a micro level...... You have surpassed most Steel Pythons in the use of steel power. β
Joshua was naturally glad to accept Callis's sincere appreciation, but he didn't dwell on this topic, but mentioned something else, "Speaking of which, Karlis, why do you call certain areas near the Void Maelstrom 'Dark Realm'?" What's so different about it? β
"The dark realm is the space-time realm where many of the primordial fires have been hit hard, but have not been completely extinguished."
When Karlis said this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "In fact, the original McCrof world and me, as well as the destroyed world around it, formed a dark realm. In these worlds, there may be remnants of life, but most of them are still alive and far from falling into the abyss...... It's a terrible environment, and if it weren't for your little ones being so well equipped, I would have prevented you from sending people to those worlds. β
"Yes."
In this regard, Joshua had already guessed, so he didn't say much, but fell silent. But after a while, he shook his head and sighed: "That's it, what about the danger, I have taken all precautions for them, and the next thing to see is their hard power." β
"That's right, why don't you worry about what happens to them, every life has a trajectory of each life, you can change some trajectories, it's enough, there is no need to confirm that every life can successfully go to the end, that's impossible, they have their own way to go."
Joshua shrugged helplessly at Karlis's words, he knew that his mentality was not right...... After all, a guy like him, who often goes to other worlds to explore alone, is not qualified to say that others take risks, but even so, it is inevitable to care.
However, there was really no need for him to worry, because the warrior had already prepared for the future.
"Don't underestimate the Repair Pillar of Light, little ones." In the void, he whispered to himself, "That's not just a useful tool for repairing injuries......
As he spoke, he closed his eyes.
On one side of Joshua's spiritual sea, there was originally a chaotic void and darkness.
But now, all chaos and nothingness had receded, and there was only a hazy black mist...... And in the mist, one silver star after another was lit up, and finally turned into shining stars.
Eight more stars could be seen flying rapidly into the distance, plunged into the hazy dark mist.
Joshua opened his eyes, and he whispered to Karlis, who was beside him, "Go back." β
"Take me to the world of Callis...... It's been a long time since I've been to your place to see it. β
"Welcome, Rekindling the Flame, all worlds will be open to you."