Changfeng Fortress Defense Line, No. 3 Railway Hub.

Accompanied by a crisp ringing sound on the platform, a huge and majestic iron-black steel train slowly drove into the hub station and docked smoothly beside the platform.

The barrier near the platform rises and is integrated with the barrier of the track itself, blocking the cold wind blowing from the plains. Some light and dark stripes projected on the surface of the shield, which have an interference effect also block the possibility of Hawkeye's snooping in the distance.

At the end of both ends of the platform, soldiers guarded the high sentry towers, and in the castle level with the platform, the muzzles of the track acceleration cannon and the shooting ports of scorching rays were poked out. There were also fully armed soldiers patrolling everywhere, with secret sentries spreading inside and outside the platform, turning the entire hub station into a front-line fortification armed to the teeth.

"Iron Throne - Earthly Python," Maryland stood on the platform, watching the fully armed black train stopping beside the platform, and many technicians stepped forward to check the train situation and smiled. "With a second armored train added to this line of defense, the defense of Changfeng Fortress can finally make people feel relieved."

"Iron Throne - Zero can also have a chance to trim it," next to Maryland, Philip, who was wearing knight's armor, also smiled. "Its overload damage last year has not been completely repaired yet. Every time it accelerates, the tail No. 2 arsenal section shaking like it is about to jump out of the track."

He paused and continued: "After these two standard armored trains are delivered, the heavy factories in the rear will temporarily focus on the production of civilian trains. The second-tier factories in Kant and Glen areas will be responsible for manufacturing the kind of 'downgraded armored trains' you mentioned earlier. Their production speed should be much faster than the Iron Throne.

"In addition, the superiors have already shaped this type of light armored train, corresponding to the Iron Throne, and they have been named "Iron Scepter". Given that the number of Iron Scepter will definitely be much more than the Iron Throne, and it is more likely to have various modifications and variants, unless there are special circumstances, they will probably be only given numbers and will not be named separately."

Maryland nodded while listening. The construction of the Changfeng Defense Line has been progressing smoothly, which greatly reduced the pressure in the middle-aged knight's heart. However, while the pressure was reduced, he had to face the changes on the other side of the border line, the Winter Wolf Castle from last winter to the present.

The "Wolf General" who was once forced to retreat and was called back to Aldernan for accountability has long been back. Not only has he returned, it seems that he has not suffered any blows due to the last failure. She still firmly holds the Winter Wolf Legion, controls the entire defense line, and is more actively enhancing the power of Winter Wolf Castle.

"The little wolf general... is a little more troublesome than I thought," Maryland frowned. "The last time she returned to Aldernan, she must have brought back a lot of key intelligence and sought a lot of support. Now more and more magic vehicles and various advanced machinery have begun to appear in the Winter Wolf Fort. The Tifeng people use them to build forts and strengthen defense lines. The wolf general seems to have planned to use these new technologies to improve the troops in her hands. She has never seen tanks, but she has definitely seen intelligence in this regard. With the magic background of the Tifeng people, coupled with the keen mind of the wolf general, they will sooner or later find alternatives to tanks."

"Technical progress is the general trend," Philip shook his head. "In his majesty, the Tifeng people had already started preparing for the industrial outbreak more than ten years ago. Their stone-burning acid chemical plants were five years earlier than our alchemy factories, the reserves of literate workers were seven years earlier than us, and the agricultural reforms were ten years earlier than us. In this case, it was a miracle that we had relied on magic technology and the government affairs department system to catch up with so many in less than four years. It would be easier to expect the Tifeng people to be dull and stupid at this time, it would be better to expect their emperor to die suddenly tomorrow."

Maryland looked at the top army commander in front of him in surprise: "...it's rare that you'll make jokes."

"I'm not kidding," Philip was stunned for a moment and said seriously. "I heard that the Tifeng royal family had family diseases and mostly died in a frenzy in their later years. Now Rosetta Augustus is already middle-aged. In terms of probability, the chance of his sudden death tomorrow is indeed higher than the sudden reduction of intelligence among the millions of Tifeng people..."

Maryland: "…"

After a few seconds of shock, Maryland, who felt that the current topic could not be continued, could only shake his head and forcefully shift the topic to another direction: "According to the scheduled plan, the mission of Tifeng will arrive in the Contracting Fort in two days... Do you have any other arrangements for this?"

"Everything is done according to the previous plan," Philip said casually. "Do your reception, take the mission and escort it safely on board the car. Please drive the two iron thrones to Paramel and the northern hills in advance, and keep the military confidentiality work in the military area."

As he spoke, the young Army commander turned around and looked into Maryland's eyes.

He smiled: "Tifeng and Cecil are opponents. The more we are, the more we need to show our knightly demeanor, we will politely bring them and send them away, and your mission is to make them see nothing in the process."

...

At Cecil Palace, Gowan received a secret contact from Daniel.

The Eternal Sleeper finally completed a series of preparations, completed the reinforcement of the sandbox and the analysis and sorting out the last "Phantom Town" exploration report. Today, they will conduct a second exploration of the mysterious unmanned town projection!

After arranging the real world affairs, Gao Wen did not waste time and settled his spirit down and connected the spiritual network of the eternal sleeper.

As the creator of the Eternal Sleeper's mental network security system and the biggest vulnerability creator, he has long been familiar with the entire process.

After the chaotic changes of light and shadow, Gao Wen arrived at the dream city that was always in perfect condition, and followed the address left by Daniel to the assembly site of the eternal sleepers.

It was still the circular square surrounded by fallen leaves and decorative columns last time. The three main figures in the square were still familiar Daniel, Yuri and Selena Ger, three archbishops. Their images were elegant middle-aged mages, gentle young man, and a lady with a soft face holding a lamp. In addition to the three of them, Gao Wen also saw a strange face this time:

A particularly tall man stood next to Daniel. He looked around thirty years old, wearing a black robe with complex patterns, and had short red hair, looking quite imposing.

His name is shown as Archbishop Magnan, the peak of the higher level, and his position is in Tifeng.

Gao Wen looked at the archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper with red hair, and quickly matched the information submitted by Daniel. This is the older archbishop of the Eternal Sleeper. It is said that he has a bad temper and has unique insights in the field of consciousness.

Gao Wen couldn't tell whether he had a bad temper or not, but the other party's name sounded quite a bit...

After complaining about the other person's name in his heart, Gao Wen couldn't help but look at the big man who was almost comparable to Gao Wen, which made the red-haired archbishop extremely eye-catching when standing in the square, but the giant-like body shape was wearing a spellcaster's robe, which made Gao Wen subconsciously think of Leter wearing a priest's robe.

This figure does not look like a spellcaster, but the several sleeping people standing in the square at this moment should be using the image of the spiritual network. I don’t know what this archbishop with a large name looks like in reality.

Gao Wen's thinking diverged, and his eyes swept over the advanced tool-made people wearing owl masks behind the four archbishops compared to the last time. The exploration of Eternal Sleeper this time was obviously more serious and cautious. Not only did the number of these priests covering the masks increased to six, but their robes were also embroidered with eye-catching patterns. Everyone's patterns were different.

Is this to avoid the "extra" situation that happened last time?

But relying on this pattern... does it really work in an environment where Phantom Town can influence judgment and tamper with thinking?

A little doubt flashed through Gao Wen's heart, and in the short few seconds of his observation and thinking, the ten-person exploration team in front of him also completed the preparations and negotiations before departure.

As last time, Archbishop Yuri was responsible for opening the "pass" to the Phantom Town. He opened his hands, and the light golden runes outlined a complex circular magic circle on the ground of the square. Daniel and others stood in the center of the magic circle. Archbishop Magnan with red hair spoke: "This time, be vigilant, no one should believe his first impression too much."

"Of course," Archbishop Yuri's golden runes flashed. The gentle man smiled and his eyes swept across the ten-person exploration team. "Not only we are more vigilant, this time the surveillance team at the rear will also conduct more active and more effective tracking and surveillance, and no additional people will be mixed in with us."

Will Eternal Midnight also update the surveillance technology this time?

Gao Wen still remembered the "Extra" last time and felt strange about it. At this time, he felt a little relieved when he heard Archbishop Yuri's words, so he walked into the rune range with a smile and stood at the eleventh person.

As the teleportation light and shadow began to flash, Gao Wen's gaze turned slightly and fell on Selena Gerfon.

The quiet temperament of the lantern saint just stood there quietly, holding the lantern in his hand, looking quietly ahead, without any sense of the outside gaze.

Gao Wen's thoughts fluctuated. Did Selena Gerfen really participate in the mysterious voyage seven hundred years ago? If she really participated, how much did she know about the things that happened back then? If she even knew about Gowan Cecil's "deal", then would she know the truth about the "extraterritorial wanderer"?

If she had known that the "extraterritorial wanderer" occupied the body of Gowan Cecil, then what was she waiting for until now?

The scene in front of him blurred. When the chaotic light and shadow stabilized again, the empty phantom town appeared in front of Gao Wen.

He and ten other sleepers stood in the square in the middle of the town, which was exactly where they left the place last time.

The turbid dark clouds enveloped the entire town as usual, with strange fog rising and falling in the distance, and the huge town was empty, without any residents and no lights.

There was no bell in the town, and the church could not be seen in the square. The last change seemed to have completely disappeared, and the town looked like it was during its first visit.

"It does have a very strange atmosphere," Archbishop Magnan looked around and nodded, his voice was very loud, and it had a scary effect when it suddenly exploded in this empty and quiet place. "The dream of an empty and uninhabited... In a psychological symbolic sense, does this represent some kind of escape? Or extreme loneliness?"

Everyone seemed to have become accustomed to the voice of the Archbishop Magnan. Archbishop Yuri just frowned when he heard this: "If this is a dream of a certain 'one' mind, it may be possible to analyze and explain it with psychology, but this may be a projection of the mind formed by countless people in the sandbox No. 1, then it will be difficult to talk about."

"Then it's group psychology," Archbishop Magnan waved his hand indifferently, "After all, there are only a few dreams of this tendency: fear, escape, strong desire, or extreme repulsion of something."

"It's too early to analyze these things. So far, we have only come into contact with one mind related to Sandbox No. 1, which is the weird and suspected malicious elderly priest. It cannot be determined that the operation of Sandbox No. 1 is in line with various psychological laws in the real world," Selena shook her head, "but what happened in this town should indeed have a certain reflection of the reality. According to the report of the sandbox management team, the legend that if the bell is not avoided in time on the day when the bell rings, it should correspond to the early timing reset operation of Sandbox No. 1..."

Gao Wen immediately became interested in the new noun mentioned by Selena.

"Reset time?" Daniel showed a look of confusion just right after communicating with Gao Wen, "What is that?"

Considering that Daniel was recently promoted to Archbishop, it is understandable that he did not understand some early things in Project Zero, Yuri did not have doubts and explained casually: "In the early stage of the project, the sandbox No. 1 was not perfect, and a partial reset was required every ten days to delete the virtual residents generated in the sandbox, and only the 'world' itself in the sandbox was retained.

"We suspect that after being deleted, some memory fragments remained in the brains of some brains, and kept until today, these memory fragments affected the collective subconscious of Sandbox No. 1, resulting in the strange custom of "the day the bell rings" in the sandbox world."

Daniel nodded and suddenly realized, "So that's it."
Chapter completed!