Evetrona's old stories

It didn't know when it started, the scenery of the forest was constantly changing in their eyes, and there seemed to be an invisible prism in the air, dividing the space around them——Yuqie once thought he was under some kind of magic spell.

"This is a normal phenomenon, we are going to cross the dimension." Lelier said to everyone, "Okay, from here on, everyone listen carefully—don't fall behind."

So, the rope brought down from the snow mountain came in handy.

Streiki tied ropes around everyone's waists, including Yuqie.The herd of deer followed them, and Delize gave Laffer an idea - she asked the white deer to hold each other's tails and walk behind the team in a long file.And it wasn't until then that everyone remembered that there seemed to be a little dragon in the team that hadn't been arranged-Sindra said that he could sit on Laffer's back, but Streki was not at ease about it, and she put a magic dragon The guide rope was tied to the base of his fan-shaped tail, and the other end was connected to the rope around Delize's waist.

"Before we set off, I want to explain the situation first." Lelier said, "No matter what you see, please remember that the rope will not be broken easily. Even if you see something strange happening to the teammates in front of you or behind you, or other situations, such as hearing something, smelling something, or suddenly realizing that you are alone...don't panic, as long as the rope is pulling you, then continue walking forward...we must make sure to pass this road safely."

After listening to Lelier's entrustment, everyone couldn't help cheering up.Delize was a little worried about the situation of the deer herd, so she patiently explained it to the head deer Laffer several times.

"If you feel scared, then close your eyes." Before setting off, Stricky said - in fact, some timid people had already closed their eyes before she spoke, such as Ruidi Luo, Jiayepin with Carney.

At this time, Lelier was at the front of the line, and Delize was at the bottom. She let Laffer the deer hold the rope around her waist.

"Alright, let's go." Lelier said to the people behind her while holding a compass.In fact, Lelier herself was a little nervous.

Eve walked in the middle of the line, with Streiki and Erinde behind her.

For the first distance, Eve didn't notice anything special about the surrounding environment, until she heard Rui Diluo's exclamation—the girl was walking in the front row, but the exclamation stopped abruptly in the next second, as if her voice was blocked by something.

"Don't worry, go your own way, and pay attention to your feet." Stricky reassured the people around her in a timely manner.

Slowly, the surroundings became eerie, and the forest changed shape before their eyes.Eve saw that the trees were spinning at an imperceptible speed, and at a certain moment, she could even see the canopies of all the trees. It felt like overlooking the jungle from the sky—huge and slender trees lay across her around, even hanging upside down on the earth-covered sky.There was a rattling sound from the trees, and the sound of the scream that Ridilo had just made was faintly mixed-like an echo-but now it sounded more like a scream.

In front of her, Streiki's figure was slowly fading, as if melting into the air. Through her transparent outline, Eve could see a big tree directly in front of her—the tree was gradually elongating, and its black branches were pressing towards her head. She could clearly see the brown texture on the bark.

Something cold touched her back—something alive—and she was about to cry out, and then she felt a hand behind her, and she thought, it must be Erinde's hand, So he kept holding it.

Eve didn't dare to look back, she was afraid of seeing something even more unimaginable.

It was hard to describe what she saw or heard after that—the trees were not like trees, and the earth gradually curved—as the viewing angle changed, all objects became jagged and grotesque, like another thing with a certain appearance: rocks with spikes, soil swaying in the wind, plants with bloated spores... Eve thought, this is probably the case in the dream of a madman.

So she closed her eyes too.

In the darkness, strange voices always lingered in her ears, making her nervous and inexplicable, but she never opened her eyes until Lelie's voice sounded again.

"Okay, now we can untie the rope, let's make an inventory."

Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The warm air blows on the cheeks, and the sun shines a warm red through the closed eyes.

Eve opened her eyes, the nightmarish scene was no longer there, and what unfolded in front of her was a beautiful scenery.

They are standing on a gentle slope - there are sparse shrubs and small trees growing on the slope, and the red and yellow leaves are all over the end of the field of vision; the continuous slope extends to the distance, forming a belt with warm colors with gradual changes; A mirror-like dark lake sits in the open area between the mountains, reflecting the bright and fiery coastal scenery.

At the left and right ends of the lake, there are sloping cliffs facing each other far away, the height of which is enough to make people look up - and above the deep blue sky pointed by the tip of the cliff, eight dazzling "suns" are arranged in a ring shape - but it is not so much the sun, as it is eight smaller virtual images projected by one sun.

These "suns" have dazzling and sharp four-pointed rays, they are surrounded to form a huge crown of thorns, hanging in the center of the zenith, it looks extremely magnificent.

Almost everyone is looking around, observing this strange and strange land.

"I feel like I'm going to float, is it an illusion?" Erinde asked Eve.

"I have this feeling too... my body seems to have become lighter." Eve confirmed her guess.

Regarding this topic, Eve and Erinde are still in the discussion stage, but the young children have already started to practice: they are jumping non-stop, and they are jumping higher - when Eve turned her head, she just saw that Gayapin easily jumped over the head of Lopel who was standing upright.

Not only people, but also the Chenia white deer are also restless because of this. They are jumping on this slope at such a fast speed that they seem to be a little out of control.

"Where is this? Is this where the elves live?" Yuqie asked.

"Not to mention, we are still some distance away from our destination." Lelier replied, "This place can be regarded as a relic. It was once called the Mid Valley Continent... the hub of time and space in the old era."

"Middle Valley Continent..." Eve repeated.She has heard this word before, and in the various documents of Yudi, the meaning of "Zhongguzhou" and "Zhonggu Continent" is like "Daxizhou" and "Atlantis" in another world. Its existence is controversial. In general perception, Zhongguzhou is more like a beautiful fictional place.

Perhaps it was because they had just witnessed the existence of Centurion a few days ago, when they heard Le Lier's answer, they didn't show much surprise—after seeing these miraculous scenes with their own eyes, they must feel that : It would be surprising if the place didn't have a big name.

With the help of the head deer, Laffer, Delize counted the number of white deer again. At this time, there were 42 deer gathered around them—because everyone was patronizing the scenery just now, and they didn’t know the missing deer. Did he get lost before entering the Zhonggu Continent, or did he get lost here.

"Oh... I hope I got lost here." Stricky said with a sad tone.

The ring-shaped sun hangs overhead, and there is no sign of it setting. Walking on this strange continent, Eve can hardly see her own shadow.

"Why don't we just play here for a day." Rui Diluo said, "The scenery here is so beautiful."

"Don't forget, there are still important things to do." Lelier said, "And this place may not be safe. I have only been here twice and I am not familiar with it, so I have to be careful in everything."

"I've never seen any plants here." Yuqie said, "It doesn't look like the north or the south, and the climate here... there is no wind at all."

When Yuqie said this, the white deer were gnawing on those "unseen" plants-they seemed to only remember that the plants with certain tastes could not be eaten, and except those that could not be eaten, they could try everything else.

"Geographically speaking, this place is located to the west of the Sea of ​​Origin." Lelie said.

"West of the Beginning Sea?" Yuqie smiled. "Is there really a place further west than the Beginning Sea? If someone says that there is a continent in the north of the Infinity Mountains, maybe I can believe it more. Even In a place where the sea water freezes, there is still such a warm corner hidden like spring, is this world really so unreasonable?"

"Did you mean 'reason' or 'experience'? What you haven't seen doesn't mean you don't have it." There was a bit of mockery in Lelier's tone.

"Fogue once brought me into the eye of the storm, and flew with the storm for a certain distance... It was stormy outside, but it was clear and cloudless inside." Eve said, "If this place is indeed west of the Sea of ​​Beginning, then we are probably in—"

"The end of the world, the apex." Yuqie understood what she meant.

That is to say - in this world inside the egg, they are at the tip of the egg.

"Who is Scourge?" Erinde asked Eve.

"It's a proto-dragon from Benlong Castle. I remember his name is 'Fauge Manning'." It was the little dragon Mingla who answered her.

"You know Fuge?" Eve was a little surprised.

"There are only a few dragons that can be named in the entire Klikin... Tianke Annisi and Fugemanning of Benlong Castle, it's hard to know." Sindra said, "I don't know, I just heard of it... But you, how did you convince a dragon to allow you to ride on him?"

"He invited me." Eve recalled the scene at that time. "To be honest, I was a little scared at first."

"What happened next?" Erinde asked.

"We became friends with him later on." Eve couldn't help adding in her heart: she even co-authored a book with him.

"I really can't imagine that he can tolerate humans riding on him..." Sindra said, "Think about it, if someone else rides on me—"

Eve and Erinde looked at the spikes on his back at the same time, and couldn't help shaking their heads.

After relaxing and chatting, the team moved on again, and they walked along the slope towards the lake.

"It's getting dark, let's hurry up." Lelier said.

Eve looked up at the sun that was still hanging above her head - as time went on, these four-pointed star-shaped suns were also changing - the eight suns gradually became one, and the long radial awns were disappearing - They become dazzling rings.

"I think it's brighter now than before." Erinde said.

"You will know later. The sun here will not set, but it will go out." Le Lier said, "Although the scenery is good, but if I stay here...I'm afraid I still can't stand it—too Weird."

After walking for a while, just as Lelie said, the brightness of the sun is weakening—the ring-shaped sun is shrinking inward until it becomes a glowing red ball, just like a sunset, but this " "Sunset" is still hanging in the middle of their heads.

The mid-valley continent has a unique scene at dusk: there are no elongated shadows, no rays of light on the horizon, only a blood-red and mottled sun and an abyss-like black sky.On the ground, all the trees and cliffs cast dark shadows. This scene made people feel uncomfortable... Eve even felt as if she was in a dying world.

"It's getting dark so fast." Erinde sighed.

When night falls, the sky reveals its true face—in the center of the sky, countless jewel-like stars are enclosed in a huge, pure black bubble, and this "bubble" fully covers three-quarters of the sky.

So far, exclamation has been heard one after another in the team.

Even Eve had never seen such a clear and bright starry sky—those dense and shining stars almost illuminated the ground under their feet, and I am afraid that such a scene can only be seen deep in the core of the galaxy.

"It's so beautiful, this... what is this?" Rui Diluo was excited and eager, she pointed to the top of her head, and her tongue seemed to be tied up when she spoke.

"Eye of the Ether." Lelier looked at the sky, "You can see the universe from here."

Eve vaguely remembered that the word "universe" in Kriging generally has two meanings—one, referring to everything beyond human cognition, a relatively abstract concept; The world of chaos, in some contexts, is synonymous with "chaos".

"What does it mean to be able to see the universe?" Eve couldn't help asking her.

"It's like—the starry sky stone, the crystal of ether." Lelie's voice was so clear on the empty lakeside, "We put the starry sky stone in a box, but the starry sky stone can hold objects that the box itself can't fit in... This box is a miniature of the world. The sun moves in the ether, and our world contains the ether. As early as the second era, people came to the conclusion that the size of the sun is much larger than the world we live in, perhaps hundreds of thousands of times as big."

Believe it or not, everyone was shocked by her words. They stood on the solid ground and looked at the mysterious ether starry sky quietly.

Perhaps, there is no distinction between inside and outside in the world, just like the Klein bottle.The ether wraps the universe, and the universe wraps the world under their feet. An unknown and majestic force is affecting the nature of space. It creates a higher dimension that is difficult for humans to understand and cannot perceive—Kedral was born from this.

［204］Rebirth under withering: the microscopic appearance of the stalwart · Part [-]

When I first came here and saw the night sky, I was very shocked.I don't remember how long ago it was - at that time, the Fox Clan hadn't established a city here, so it wasn't called Zhongguzhou at that time, it was just an unknown place.

That is, since then, I have doubts about the world: Who are these exquisite machines running for?Why does it look like this?How are those luminous things different from the "stars" in other realms?And the most important among these questions is—in the space we live in, what kind of position does human beings... occupy?

Perhaps, as Sen Tuffin said, human beings always appear at dusk, and they are a group of unwelcome guests.

The second era (well... what the new humans call the second era).The cataclysm brought destruction, not only destroying the gates and passages, but also promoting the birth of new humans-these new humans are short-lived, but have amazing reproductive capabilities-I once lamented that this is a kind of deterioration, but Karol Qi pointed out that these weak people are the masters of the new world.

Looking at it now, Karoqi's statement is not wrong. The new human race has gained continuity between the third and fourth eras, and the new round of catastrophes cannot make them extinct. , some of them can also gain "comprehension", and thus gain a long life-well, we can only watch them grow and grow, and then accept their own demise.

However, Sen Tuffin believes that these new humans are developing too fast, and perhaps the end of the Fourth Era will come quickly because of this, and the world will continue to go back and forth between new birth and destruction... that is the last thing he wants to see scene.

If then, will a savior come again?

My daughter - like her mother, is not so smart in my opinion (probably... that's why I love them so much), she is too involved with the new humans, willing to give her life to help them, and As a descendant of monitors and guardians, she also believes that she does have such obligations and abilities.Lafleur terminated the "Sky Plow" by herself, but was polluted by an unknown force and was trapped on the north bank of Featherfall.Later, we found her, but we couldn't revive her, and the Hidak Gou she held was never seen again. The fragments of the "Tianli" scattered there, burning through the land and the sea, making parts of Yudi and Tianyi an inextinguishable sea of ​​molten iron.As a last resort, Kroach and his disciples froze the area, together with Lafleur (they built a facility to drain the heat and magic energy "outside").

To this day, the White Fox Society and Yafantu are still looking for a way to get Raphne out of trouble... But what worries me is that they have their own plans.As a father, a very incompetent father, I can only borrow the power of the dragon clan to create a beautiful dream for her sleeping.

Everyone pinned their hopes on her, because they were sure that only she could fight against "Tian Li".To be honest, sometimes I don't even want her to wake up, at least she is safe now.

Supplement: I had a serious disagreement with Karoqi on how to rescue the trapped Lafleur. He used Lafleur's cell samples when I strongly disagreed. It was precisely because of this that we broke up.

I don't regret it at all. I can't tolerate what Karoche did... But I can't stop it either, after all... Lafleur...

In the end, I can only go back here.

(Aisin - "Central Valley Observatory Audio Log 048-7120")

"So, has anyone been there?" Eve asked Lelier, "Has anyone observed these stars? And... why can't the two moons be seen here?"

"These questions are not easy to answer." Lelier said, "You seem to be very interested in this place?"

"Who isn't curious?" Erinde took up the conversation, "This place is so beautiful, but also kind of scary...Eye of the ether, those glowing stars—it's as if there are pairs of eyes staring at us, these What the hell is it?"

Le Lier was silent for a moment, and then said: "Well, let's go there to try our luck." She pointed to the cliff in front of her, "When I first came here, Tyrian visited a strange man there, and I also heard about it from his conversation with Tyrian."

"Then let's go!" Eve said hastily.

Lelier nodded with a smile.She felt that Eve seemed to be a little abnormally active tonight, which was not surprising: who hasn't been interested in something?

"You can go, but there are some things I want to say first-this man is a strange person, I don't know him, I don't know who he is. I don't know if he will welcome us, and if we get rejected later, don't be too serious. disappointment."

Under the night, the team left the lakeside and headed for the hillside.

In this silent and lost place, sometimes the sound of stormy waves crashing on the shore can be heard in the distance.Eve raised her head, and on the top of the cliff, the leaning building was faintly visible, showing a dark shadow under the milky white starry sky.

Although the cliff is high, climbing is easier than they imagined.There is a wide dirt road leading to the top of the cliff on the hillside. Follow this road in the direction you came from, and the end of the road extends to another unknown place.

Eve took out the compass from her pocket, trying to see the direction.She was a little curious about where in the world this place was, but the compass seemed to be out of order—the pointer on it was spinning around.

"Try to tilt it?" Yuqie suggested beside her.

So, Eve erected the compass, but the needle of the compass steadily pointed to... the sky.

"I also discovered this situation just now, it seems that Lelier didn't lie to us." He said.

Soon, they came to the top of the cliff, and the low buildings seen in the distance now looked like huge barns, and those wide cylinders almost covered half of the sky.There seemed to be strange-looking facilities built on the top of some buildings, and their outlines reminded Eve of something called a dish antenna.

It was dark here, and in the overgrown space under the building, countless evenly arranged columns were distributed around them, which looked a bit like street lamps.

"I remember this is here." Lelier pointed to one of the buildings - she got off the horse, went to the door to explore, but came back soon, "unlucky...it seems that there is no one inside."

"Then what?" Erinde asked.

"Let's set up camp, it's almost time to rest today." Lelier looked around, "The location here is not bad, let's spend the night here."

Weak cheers sounded from the team—the two-day forest journey made them extremely exhausted at this time.

"I feel like I'm going to have a nightmare tonight. The scene on that road is really... a bit weird." Erinde whispered to Eve, "You have to get closer to me tonight."

Eve nodded.

However, before Stricky had time to take out the tent, she heard a strange sound in the distance, like the sound of an engine - a group of bright lights was rapidly approaching them from the hillside.

At this moment, all the street lamps were turned on, and the lights on the cliff were brightly lit.A "motorcycle" was speeding forward along the road they had walked before, and Eve didn't take a closer look at it until it approached - this "motorcycle" was actually suspended in mid-air without wheels.

A slovenly man drove past the crowd. He glanced at them but didn't stop.

He threw the mobility aid under the steps of another building.Seeing that he was walking straight towards the entrance of the building, Lelier actually treated her group of people as air, so she hurriedly followed, while the rest of the people also moved with her.

"Hello!" said Lelier—she spoke Old Franto.

The man stopped on the steps, his eyes swept across the faces of Lelier and everyone.

"We... are here to visit you." At this moment, Lelier felt a little at a loss in front of him.