Returning from the abyss

Ai Siqi and Delos are undoubtedly a pair of crooked siblings. Their views on matters such as life and death are completely different from ordinary people. This cannot be described as simple survival mania. But Lu Ning didn't care about this kind of problem. After she revealed her identity, the next question she considered was what to do next.

Although sending these two people back was an option, for Lu Ning who was bound to gain something every time he set out, it felt like the trip was in vain. It's not her problem to prevent the promotion ceremony from failing now. No one can predict the exact time, but for Lu Ning, she has to find something that can replace it.

"Are you going to follow me?" she asked.

The two men nodded.

"All actions are subject to my instructions."

The two men continued to nod.

"Okay, then let's go to the west."

The two of them were stunned for a moment.

Of course Ai Siqi and Delos knew what was on the west side of Kane Fortress. Many people here have migrated from the west, and the other adjacent territory outside the mountain has been destroyed by the war and is now just a wasteland, so Lu Ning's goal must not be that deserted area.

Further to the west is the territory of the elves.

This group of warlike ethnic groups have divided themselves into dozens of ethnic groups, and they are not very welcoming to outsiders, if not exclusive. Even in this day and age, outsiders entering the elves' territory will probably receive very targeted treatment.

"The territory of the elves is not very..." Delos said mid-sentence, glanced at Lu Ning's expression, and then continued, "outsiders are not very welcome."

"It doesn't matter. I'm afraid there aren't many living elves who won't welcome us now." Lu Ning didn't care much.

"If you leave the mountain from the west, there are usually three ways." Ai Siqi said enthusiastically, "My suggestion is to go to the direction of Tree Shadow City, where the forest elves, tree elves and white elves live. These three The race is relatively peace-loving. Tree Shadow City was not destroyed.”

Lu Ning was very kind to people who took the initiative to be guides. It was the same for her wherever she went.

"We're leaving tomorrow." She glanced at the two of them, "You guys change some clothes."

The two people escaped from Kane Fortress. Their clothes were as tattered as those who fled. Since Lu Ning wanted to take them with him, he still had to pay a little attention to his personal image. As for her replacement clothes, she naturally had the standard uniform of the intelligence team she brought with her.

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Two days later, the three people in the temporary team had passed through the northwest wilderness and entered the territory of the elves.

The number of surviving elves dropped sharply, and the three of them didn't even see many traces of elves along the way. Ai Siqi and Delos are very professional in wilderness survival. Although Lu Ning himself does not need that much survival ability, these two people still support themselves in most cases and do not make Lu Ning feel too troublesome.

"In one or two days, we will be able to enter the Higurashi Forest area." Delos said to Lu Ning during dinner.

The Sunset Forest is the most extensive forest in the northern and western regions of the Haifa continent. In fact, more than one city of elves is based on this forest. Tree Shadow City is located on the edge of the Sunset Forest. It is one of the earliest cities among the elves to start multi-ethnic trade. Thanks to the fact that the xenophobia here is not so strong.

"How long will it take to get to Shuying City?" Lu Ning asked.

"We have been using magic all the way..." Delos estimated, "It shouldn't take long. Within three to five days."

"In this case, summer is basically over." Lu Ning raised her head and looked at the sky. There are few stars in the night sky, and the blowing wind has brought a bit of coolness. Autumn has begun to show some signs, but it is not obvious yet.

"Are you thinking about the Harvest Festival? The harvest has already arrived in the east?" Ai Siqi asked.

A bumper harvest is almost inevitable, but Lu Ning knows that Liuye has mastered many parts of Chen Geng's agriculture. With the technological output tacitly approved by Jun Ying and Yu Wenbin, it is completely impossible for the autumn harvest to support the sharply reduced population. Enough, even enough for next year's Chen Geng to devote all his energy to fighting the coming disaster.

Of course, Lu Ning did not say this directly. She had no interest in introducing the pros and cons of Chen Geng to the two of them, she was just thinking about the situation in Shuying City.

According to the latest news from Christine, Transit attempted the first satellite launch, but the launch ultimately failed.

The satellite lost contact the moment it entered its intended orbit, and the various response devices installed on the satellite did not respond.

Christine was not surprised that this happened, but the situation became slightly more serious than it was optimistic.

Lu Ning has no idea about the direction of the development of this technology. What she is thinking about now is what kind of help Shuying City can provide, and what if there are tourists in Shuying City.

"Do you have any specific information about the situation there? Shuying City." Lu Ning asked.

"What's the specific situation? We haven't contacted the outside world for a long time. Even the current news was brought back by a small number of people sent out to investigate." Delos said.

"Does that mean it's not very timely?"

"Yeah." Delos admitted this.

"What's the latest news?"

"When winter came, it was said that some elves had gathered to start repairing the outside of Tree Shadow City. If it were the speed of the elves, I am afraid that the main settlement areas would have been repaired by now."

"So, why didn't any elves do this before? Did they have a unified command at that time?" Lu Ning asked.

"Then we don't know. Out of caution, the investigators just observed the area for a while and did not talk directly to the group of elves."

Lu Ning nodded and did not continue to ask.

When the summer heat began to subside, Lu Ning also saw the walls of Shuying City that were wrapped in vines.

The city was not restored, but became a place of quasi-memorial, protected by the magic of the elves. The new city was built next to Shuying City. There was no city wall, but a large number of war towers, the symbol of the elves, were erected.

The elves' war towers are different from the magic towers of angels and other races. They are not used to form positions or establish connections. Their greatest function is to rise from the ground when a threat approaches, and then use their hundreds of tons of fists to crush the intruder.

It sounds simple and unpretentious, but if these towers have magic resistance and agility no less than human beings, they will become a very terrifying army. There are probably thousands of such war towers around Shuying City.

"What kind of laying speed is this?" Delos was surprised. You must know that according to the news before winter, there were no such things around Shuying City. How could so many war towers be built in just half a year? These things are not ordinary buildings, and the magic integrated inside them is not something that ordinary magicians can imprint.

"Obviously, they have the technology to mass-produce war towers. If it weren't for the lack of materials, they would probably be able to build more than this." Ai Siqi said carelessly. Lu Ning thought thoughtfully: "Elves didn't have this ability before."

"That is, if killing weapons like the War Tower can be produced in large quantities, then other races except angels will not be able to stop the elves." Ai Siqi is more clear about this. "The human forbidden spell master, the demi-human Heroes, orc warchiefs, orc-like high priests, these more famous single combat units are not as good as the war tower in one-on-one combat, and they are not as easy to build as the war tower."

"It can't be compared like this." Lu Ning said, "Let's go and take a look."

She led the two people and continued walking towards Shuying City, but at a certain moment, Lu Ning suddenly felt that she had crossed a certain line. A sharp gaze like an eagle had already fallen on her.

"Oh?"

Lu Ning had already put her hand on the handle of the gun at her waist, ready to draw it at any time. As for Ai Siqi and Delos, they noticed something from their reactions. Both of them had stopped and their spirits became highly tense.

"It's right not to let people go deep, Delos. I'm afraid there are incredible people guarding this place, which is more dangerous than these war towers..."

As he spoke, Lu Ning turned his gaze in the direction of the threat.

Here on the edge of the forest, there are so many giant trees and bushes that almost every place can become an excellent hiding place. Among the several conventional detection methods that Lu Ning carried with her, no hidden person was found. It was the crisis that she only noticed with the magic on her body.

Want to take action? Lu Ning didn't know much about these war maniac elves. If she went straight into hand-to-hand combat without even testing, she might have to prepare some back-ups——

Snapped.

She suddenly heard a high-five. After this sound, the feeling of being stared at disappeared immediately.

"The visitor is a guest."

A bud bloomed on the ground, and a male elf with lake-blue hair walked out of it. He is tall and handsome, with a face that makes people fall in love with him at a glance.

"I'm really sorry. Due to the impact of the war, we always have to be wary of outsiders, even elves. The establishment of New Tree Studios cost us a lot of effort."

The elf walked over to the three people, smiling.

"The three of you should not be evil guests. After all, Lyudmila did not shoot you directly, which means that the 'Detect Evil' detection results on you are pretty good."

"Lyudmila, is that the one who just stared at us?" Lu Ning asked with interest.

"Yes, my name is Shen Du, and I am currently the outsider registration manager of Xinshu Cinema. In terms of responsibilities, I should be the one to receive you all."

The elf bowed slightly and saluted, while Lu Ning was mentally sighing that another very difficult guy had appeared.

Shen Du made no effort to hide his identity as a tourist. When introducing Xinshu Cinema, the knowledge and conversation he showed were completely beyond the capabilities of a native elf. However, when Lu Ning asked about some more critical information, such as how those war towers were built, he only said that they were technical secrets.

The current population of Xinshu Cinema exceeds 50,000, of which the majority are elves, with other races filling in the population. The ruler of this city is the "King of Ancient Trees" Yisu, the leader of the Elf Ancient Tree Clan. Nowadays, the race here is no longer just the Gushu clan, the people here consider themselves residents of Xinshu Cinema.

The prosperity here is no less than that of Chen Geng, but it just doesn't have the legacy of the angels. However, since there are tourists here, Lu Ning feels that the presence of ruins may not have a great impact on the development of this place.

After throwing the two siblings into the temporary residence here, Lu Ning sent Shen Du to the door alone.

"Xinshu Cinemas, you must be the driving force behind it," she said.

"It's obvious, right? In the northern hemisphere of Haifa continent, only this city in the west has returned to normal." Shen Du said with a smile, "We don't know much about things in the east. After all, many things now are enough It’s making us miserable.”

"The end?" Lu Ning asked.

Shen Du nodded: "Our aspirations should be the same, Army Corps."

"Words are unfounded." Lu Ning whispered, "We still need to see the results."

"It is indeed inappropriate to stand still, but I am afraid that the elves will not be able to produce any results that can shock you for the time being. The west is barren and does not have the cities and technologies of angels as compared to the east. I think your development must be faster than ours. Much more.”

This guy is really slippery.

"Technology requires communication to advance. Besides, in this scene, it is better for tourists to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. If there is not a deep enough connection to be tied to the same tank, then this ally... would rather not be there." Lu Ning answered.

"The force you belong to must be very powerful. Only in this way can we support you in saying such things." Shen Du was still smiling, "I will ask for instructions and strive for an opportunity for dialogue, but you still need to seize this opportunity. Live. There are certain difficulties in establishing long-distance communication in this world. We have a technology that can do it. What about you?"

"Technical docking is not that easy." Lu Ning also smiled back, "But we can try."

Chen Geng's relay tower can solve the communication problem, and the spiritual network of the Hermit Valley can also solve it. However, both of them must rely on the existence of base stations to establish communication. Since Shen Du has proposed a plan, it means that they have not relied on These are also means of communication.

There are currently no satellites in this world.

"Christine, are you there? Can you help me?"

[Magic resonance, over-distance convergence theory. 】

"Thanks."

After asking about the external brain solution, Lu Ning felt relieved. For the subsequent docking, just continue to ask Christine for technical means. Anyway, for Christine, the elves' technology can probably make up for a large part of her needs. Who will benefit more from this technical docking? It’s unknown.

"By the way, please inform Chen Geng."

[You are Chen Geng’s man, why do you have to do it from me? 】

"Chen Geng can't handle the communication across the continent right now, so of course I have to ask you to relay it. Anyway, we have a cooperative relationship, and Jun Ying also knows about it."

【Row. 】