Chapter 268 Deterioration
Sword of Dawn Text Since the last aberration attack on the camp, Gao Wen has never stopped paying attention to the Magnificent Wall. As someone who has witnessed the process of establishing the Magnificent Wall, he knows better than anyone what that magic barrier means to the various races on this continent. Once there is a problem with that magic barrier, the consequences will be.
So even in the most difficult situation in the territory, he still spent a lot of money to set up several observation posts near the southern pass of the Dark Mountains, and kept monitoring the situation of the Magnificent Wall day and night. The pass was the mountain gap that the distorted one looked through the mountains and invaded the territory. It can be said to be the biggest weakness of the entire Dark Mountains barrier, and it is also the only "window" to look at the Magnificent Wall from a safer place.
Just this morning, information came from several observation posts. They observed a very strange "flash" in the middle of the magnificent wall. The huge magic barrier dimmed a little, and then the overall process became particularly bright again. The whole process lasted only a few seconds, but it was clearly visible.
It is not the entire barrier that flashes, and after flashing, the barrier returns to normal, which is the only good news: it seems that it is not at risk of a complete collapse, and the barrier's self-healing function is still operating normally.
After receiving the report, Gao Wen did not even attend the subsequent launch ceremony of the Magic Obelisk. He locked himself in his study and retrieved satellite surveillance information for the last period. He finally calmed down after confirming that there was no excessive magic energy surge around the territory, and there was no abnormal energy reading in the direction of the Dark Mountains: the problem was still the Gondor wasteland itself, and it had nothing to do with the giant sun in the sky or the magic environment of the entire world.
"What are Saldrin doing these two days?" Gao Wen suddenly changed his mind and mentioned the bald strong man who is currently eating and drinking in the territory as a "captive".
Hetty thought about it and said with little certainty: "He has always cooperated very well and basically won't leave his place. But it is said that he has been a little close to Pitman recently, but it is normal to think that the druid heritage originated from elves after all, and they may have some common topics in the way of nature."
Gao Wen couldn't help but tremble, thinking that Saldrin is indeed a strong man who never gives up easily. He hasn't given up yet to cure his hair loss! He just put his mind on Pittman's unreliable fake medicine dealer... Saldrin is planning to exchange the commission he earned over the years for amulets and transportation ointments?
Only Gao Wen himself knew about Saldrin’s “truth of the strong man”, so he couldn’t explain anything to Hetty, so he just ordered: “Go and find him.”
Not long after, Saldrin came to Gaowen's study. The "Officer Tifeng" who was theoretically a prisoner on the battlefield was not treated badly at all in Cecil. In addition to some necessary surveillance, his life treatment was almost the same as Hetirebecca and others, and he could move freely in most parts of the territory. At this time, he greeted Gaowen happily: "Hey! Gaowen, I'll tell you something, there is a place in your territory..."
"Don't believe that, except for the normal potions in the druid system, most of the ointments he privately peddled is fake."
Saldrin: “…”
"The amulets are also fake. The ancient amulets found in ancient ruins are all taken from scrap piles in steel mills."
Saldrin: “…”
"Don't believe that the health care style is good for his hair because he is born, and it's useless if he believes in it, who is not the same race as you."
Saldrin: "...I'll go to him for five steps now!"
"Come back!" Gao Wen glared at the strong man, "I have something to do with you!"
Saldrin finally noticed the seriousness in Gao Wen's expression and immediately became serious: "What happened?"
"You're a silver elves, right?" Gao Wen pointed to the chair next to him, letting Saldrin sit down at the desk. "How much do you know about the magnificent wall?"
"It is indeed the silver elves who built the magnificent wall... but that's the matter of the magistrates. I'm just a ranger and have limited knowledge of magic." One of the advantages of Saldrin is that he never boasts about what he is not good at. "Is there any problem with the magnificent wall?"
Gao Wen did not hide it, and now he told the silver elf about the flashes of the magnificent wall and the aberration attacks at the beginning of the construction of this pioneering corpse. At the end, he also mentioned the disaster of the old Cecil: "... the old Cecil was also destroyed by the aura of the aura of the devil and the demonic tide. You should know that the original Cecil was not in this place, but the hilly land further northwest."
The expression on Saldrin's face became more and more solemn as Gao Wen said. After hearing that similar aberrant attacks had erupted more than once, his eyebrows were almost frowning together, and the green eyes unique to the silver elves were filled with worry.
Humans with short lifespans can completely forget the terrible disaster of a country destruction hundreds of years later, but the long-lived elves are not forgetful races. Until today, the time when they were chasing the thorns on the wasteland of Gondor still occasionally appears in Saldrin's dreams. He knows too much about what Gowen said if it is true.
"Did you confirm that those are the 'distortions' we dealt with back then?" Saldrin confirmed it with some concern, and received Gao Wen's affirmative reply: "It is impossible to admit his mistake. When I fought with them for decades, there were still a lot of people around me. How could I admit my mistake?"
Before closing my eyes, Mom's distortions, when she opened her eyes, Mom's distortions were still distortions. The last version was vain. This is the most real feeling that Gao Wen had after inheriting the memory of Gowen Cecil.
"The power of the magic tide is sealed inside the magnificent wall, and now it is not normal to appear in the territory of civilization again..." Saldrin frowned and began to recall his knowledge about the magnificent wall. "Well... Although I am not a magician, I do know more about the magnificent wall than you humans. As far as I know, the magnificent wall is a magic barrier built on an ancient 'adaptive shield' technology. Relying on a series of 'sentinal towers' erected on the border of Gondor's wasteland, the shield of the magnificent wall can be spontaneously adjusted to adapt to the complex magic environment in the wasteland of Gondor. You know, the magnificent wave brings a chaotic and disorderly energy surge. This constantly fluctuating energy surge is its most dangerous feature. Only the adaptive shield can adjust itself at any time according to the ups and downs of the chaotic energy, and always maintain sufficient strength protection with the minimum energy consumption..."
Gao Wen listened carefully and asked a question at this time: "That is, if there is energy fluctuation in Gondor wasteland beyond the range of shield adaptation, the magnificent wall will 'can't react', thus partially overloading?"
"In principle, this is the case..." Saldrin said with little certainty, "but I heard from the elves of the elves that each sentinel tower has a very large margin, which is enough to deal with the sudden large-scale surges inside the Gondor wasteland. Moreover, there are still fifty percent of the sentinel towers in the entire protective barrier area with backup. If the barrier really starts to overload, those sentinel towers will also be activated immediately to balance the load, and there will be no serious problem as if the barrier is temporarily damaged..."
"Ah, I have also heard of the backup Sentinel Tower. There is such a setting," Gao Wen's memory showed corresponding information, "Well... have you ever returned to your hometown over the years?"
"I only went back once three hundred years ago," Saldrin smiled faintly. "It's really difficult to go back and there is a wasteland in the middle of the continent. Returning to the Silver Empire from the north of the continent, I have to circle the entire continent for most of the time. I don't have my own griffin or dragon eagle."
"Then how do you usually contact your compatriots? Or... are you still keep in touch with your hometown?"
"There is still a connection," Saldrin explained. "The Sentinel Tower itself has a magical communication function, which can transmit communication signals from the Temple of Stars. This function is used to monitor the situation of each Sentinel Tower. There are barrier monitoring stations set up by the Silver Empire in Tifeng and the border line of Ansuxi. I can contact my motherland there. But the frequency is not very high. The Sentinel Tower can transmit limited information, but there are many elves traveling abroad."
"When was the last time you communicated with the Silver Empire?"
"You are worried..." Saldrin realized Gao Wen's concerns, "Worried that there was something wrong with the maintenance of the Magnificent Wall, but the Silver Elf did not tell the world?"
"This possibility is not ruled out. After all, since the collapse of the large information network between the Gondor Empire and the Silver Empire, it has been difficult for human countries to get news about elves in time. Now only the southernmost Gaoling Kingdom on the continent maintains direct contact with elves, and the Gaoling Kingdom is the most mysterious of the four human countries," Gao Wen said slowly, "Even if nothing else is considered, there is indeed something wrong with the magnificent wall now, but no news has been heard from the Silver Elf. This matter itself is worth worrying, isn't it?"
Saldrin's face became solemn. He did not hide his deep worries at all. Although he had lived in the human world for many years, Saldrin himself was still a silver elf after all, and he could not let go of his hometown.
"The last time I contacted my hometown was more than ten years ago... You know, according to the elves' concept of time, this was not long ago," Saldrin raised his head and looked at Gao Wen and said, "But now I feel it is necessary to contact me again... As a high-level ranger, I know many people with some identities in the Silver Empire, and maybe I can find out about the Magnificent Wall."
"You can tell them about the resurrection of Gowen Cecil. I have many acquaintances among you Silver Elf, which can make your contact more important," Gowen nodded. "Even if there is no problem in the Silver Empire, it is good for you to tell them the news that the northern barrier has temporarily expired. It is somewhat of a warning. After all, the line of the Dark Mountains is the most difficult section to monitor in the entire magnificent wall. Maybe your magicians still don't know that there is something wrong with the barrier."
Chapter completed!