Before ascending to God, be a good lord

In the early morning of September 9, Hindukel Basin, Eagle Rock City.

Eagle Rock City is located on a flat mountaintop among the mountains in the northwest of the basin. The city is only a few square kilometers in size and is surrounded by cliffs.

There is no city wall in the city, and there are not many buildings. There is a towering stone tower in the center of the top of the mountain, surrounded by circular 4-storey small buildings, and some stone houses are scattered outside.

Although there are few buildings on the flat ground, on the cliff leading to the top of the mountain, there are indeed a large number of wooden houses and stone houses stacked on top of each other. These houses are not so much a complete building as a doorway leading to the cave.

Just after dawn, Ranter was brought to Eagle Rock City by the legendary pandaren Shu Yun. Originally, Ranter hoped to come back in two days, but Shuyun smiled and said that he couldn't wait any longer.

The legendary pandaren took Rand up to the tower in the center of the city, and showed him the mountains and rivers around the city. About 10 kilometers to the north of the city, there was a mountain lake. The emerald green lake was embedded in the mountains like emeralds. between.

"The lake you saw is the largest source of fresh water in the area: Yunhu Lake. The water source of the lake mainly comes from snowmelt in the mountains," Shu Yun introduced, "We will go to the underground of that lake to install a magic furnace in a while! "

Rand stood on the top of the stone tower, and said with some concern, "Your Excellency, the building we are in should be a dragon station, right? Shouldn't it be used only by dragons? If we stay on it like this, won't the passing dragons miss it?" ?”

"Hahaha, you know the buildings here quite well," Shu Yun said with a smile, "There used to be a Zhulongtai here, and this city used to be the territory of Ou Zhutai, the god of feathered dragons.

Among his family members were the four-legged harpy and the six-legged Aven family, but after he ascended the throne of the righteous god, he has not returned for thousands of years, and this tower has also become the flying platform for the leader of the harpy. "

As soon as the pandaren finished speaking, a black shadow landed in front of the two of them. It was a gigantic harpies, more than 7 meters from head to toe, with two colorful feathered wings fully stretched even more than ten meters.

"Master Shu Yun, this is Master Lante Benma, right?" The harpy's face was beautiful and dignified, except for a slightly pointed mouth, there was no bird at all in other places.

The pandaren nodded, "Yes, Chief Zhuoya, Lord Lante is very busy now, let's hurry up!"

Before Lante could say anything, the harpies named Zhuoya grabbed Lante with both claws, and flew him down the valley with a flap of wings, all the way to the bottom of the mountain where the lake was.

What Lante didn't expect was that apart from a lake with a diameter of 1 km and a depth of [-] meters at the top of this mountain, the lower part of the mountain was completely covered with blue ice. Only a few hundred meters below the ice, there was a small Small ice cave.

Lante in the cave kept looking at the head shape, seeing the light falling from the top through the ice, and sighed after a long silence: "Is this the mighty power of that god?"

"Yes, Ou Zhutai, the god of feathered dragons, once dominated the glacier. Before leaving Eagle Rock, he used his mighty power to bring this water source to the local air life." Shu Yun confirmed.

"However, this cloud lake is in great trouble now," Harpy Zhuoya said, "There is a passage in this iceberg, which can connect the cloud lake on the mountain with the branch of the Benma River underground. Let the two water sources complement each other, and His Majesty's mighty power maintains the water pressure between the passages."

"However, the water level of the Benma River has dropped this year, and more magic is needed to pump the deeper water up. Once the water level of Yunhu Lake is too low and the two suns hit the ice layer, it will melt the magic circle at the bottom of the lake, causing A permanent drop in height." The Harpy said rather worriedly.

"Doesn't our lake rely entirely on glaciers to replenish water?" Lante was a little puzzled, "Then why do we need to connect with the Benma River?"

"The water source of the Benma River is the melting snow from the mountains. This mountain is like a magic tower of ice and water systems. It absorbs the water vapor in the air in winter and spring and fills it into the underground of the Benma River. Draw water from the Ma River to ensure the water level of the lake."

The legendary pandaren Shu Yun explained with a smile, "Once the water level is too low in autumn, the magic pattern on the ice surface at the bottom of the lake will be burned by the two suns, and then the height of the lake bottom will drop irreparably.

About 2000 years ago, the depth of the entire Yunhu Lake was only a dozen meters. After a long-term drought in the basin, the depth increased by half a meter. Since then, it has gradually deepened every year. The deeper the lake is, the more water needs to be replenished in autumn. So it enters a vicious circle. "

"So, you need the magic furnace to pump the river water to replenish it?" Lan point nodded, probably understanding what Shu Yun meant when he said that there was too little time.

"Yes, the weather was cold this year, so I wasn't in such a hurry, but recently, the water in the Benma River has dropped sharply. Yingyan City is located at the water source, and the underground river has pumped out too much water, causing the groundwater level to drop. Once the water supply to Yunhu Lake cannot be maintained , it will immediately cause the water level of Yunhu Lake to drop, feeding back groundwater.”

"That is to say, there will always be a connection between Yunhu Lake and the dark river, and the two can be regarded as a body of water. It is only because of His Majesty's great power that they are at different heights." The power of the gods shocked Rand. , It was far more shocking than when I saw the frozen lake just now.

However, when Rant looked at Shu Yun, he found that there was a different meaning in the pandaren's smile to him.

Recently, the dark river has continued to decline, because the construction of the ruins of Moga Fort led by Rand has begun, and a huge amount of water has been pumped from the underground river and poured into part of the ruins, or Rand himself directly caused the current predicament of Yunhu Lake .

Seeing that Rand probably understood, the pandaren said: "So you need to install the magic furnace as soon as possible."

There are no mineral deposits or leylines at the bottom of Yunhu Lake, but the mountain range where it is located is not far from Moga Fort. Shu Yun directly suggested that the new magic furnace be connected to a magic circle, and it is connected with the Moga Castle. The magic furnace is connected.

"Are you sure you can do it?" After hearing the pandaren's suggestion, Rand was a little confused, "You said that there are no demigods or gods can't make it at all?"

"The magic circle is ready-made. A few days ago, the God of Yulong issued an oracle, telling me that there is a magic circle in the underground itself. Tens of thousands of years ago, this was his home. It was he and a goblin. The master negotiated to use several magic furnaces in a nearby town to supply the magic power here."

Undoubtedly, the town mentioned by Shu Yun is Fort Morge. In his opinion, letting Rand come over to install the magic furnace today can be regarded as a continuation of the inheritance for thousands of years.

The installation process of the magic furnace is not complicated. The cooperation between Shu Yun and Lante is very tacit. After the installation is successful, Lante can detect the underground magic passage from the magic furnace. After connecting, he can even feel the magic furnace of Moga Castle along the passage Condition.

The leylines in the Mogebao mines flowed continuously under the cloud lake along with the magic channel, but these magic powers did not enter the underground river, but rose up with the glacier.

Inside the ice cave, the pandaren Shu Yun and the leader of the harpy, Zhuo Ya, sensed the gaze of the gods, while Rand, who was still manipulating the magic furnace, felt a pair of wise eyes and a pair of huge red and white wings appear above his head. Surrounded by the magic furnace.

"Your Excellency Shu Yun! It's His Majesty who has come!" Zhuo Ya exclaimed excitedly.

Before the two of them could react, they heard the sound of "click...click" from the ice above their heads, and the sound of running water under their feet.

"What's going on?" Shu Yun felt something was wrong, opened the portal, and dragged the Harpy to the sky above Yunhu Lake.

Looking down from the sky, the water level of Yunhu Lake has not changed, but the color of the lake is slowly getting lighter.

"Could it be... that the water at the bottom of the lake froze again?" Zhuo Ya looked at it for about 10 minutes and finally understood.

"Yes, and after freezing, the volume of the ice has increased, and the water level has not changed, so the lake water continues to be replenished to the dark river." Shu Yun nodded.

"Oh! That is to say, the river and the lake... are not in short supply?" The harpy did not understand the physical reason, but understood the final result.

When the water depth of Yunhu Lake returned to 15 meters, the freezing of the bottom of the lake stopped completely. Not only did the water replenishment relationship between the lake and the river return to the state it was thousands of years ago, but also because the magic furnace was connected to the bottom of the lake, even if the magic circle at the bottom was destroyed in the future , can also be repaired in time.

When he was done, Rand climbed into the air through Shuyun's portal, overlooking the entire Yunhu Lake, and listened to the legendary Pandaren tell about the ingenious design of Yulong God Ou Zhutai.

"It's no wonder that His Majesty Ou Zhutai was once the God of Knowledge. The magic design of this mountain is indeed very delicate." Rand also nodded involuntarily.

Just when Rand, Shu Yun, and Zhuo Ya were praising the gods loudly, large bubbles about 1 meter in size appeared on the surface of the underground lake, and then with a "gudong", a black square object emerged from the water and floated on the water surface above.