Metal tower!!

When he saw this word, Gao Wen's pupils subconsciously shrank. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the map hanging not far away. His eyes swept through the southwest, southeast and northwards of the Loren Continent - the ocean in the southwest and the "New World" in the southeast, the schematic icons of the two towers have been roughly marked, but near Tallongde in the north, it is still blank.

There is a giant metal tower there! There is a third "tower" in this world!

Numerous questions suddenly popped up in Gao Wen’s mind - what do these mysterious towers do? Are they all the legacy of the God-killing Fleet? Are they still operating today? In those towers... what exactly are there?

Repressing the problems that kept popping up in his heart, he quickly turned his attention back to Modir's narrative. In the paper pages with six hundred years of wind and frost, this great adventurer with countless legendary experiences is writing an incredible journey-

"...I was so shocked by the scene in front of me that I could not speak for a long time - all the gods in this world and all my ancestors are above me! That is definitely not something that humans can create, nor something that any known race in this world can create - is that really a tower? Or a pillar that runs through the small planet under our feet?

"It stands unparalleled on the sea, and it should be on the west side of the mysterious continent (I'm not sure, my sense of direction is already very chaotic recently). Its appearance is filled with a metallic texture, light silver light. Under the sunlight at dusk, the entire tower is filled with a certain magnificence of "divine". It seems to be accumulated by countless cylinders and geometric structures. On the complex shell, many connected pipes and pillars can be seen. It seems that it has stood here for millions of years, so that the upper half of it is covered with scars and mottled vicissitudes, and the bottom is located on a base made of metal - the base is so huge that it can even be regarded as a giant island. I can clearly see that the surface of it is piled with gray-white seawater sediments, and the huge metal structure is also large in scale...."

As he was serious, Gao Wen slowly turned on the next page, and a sketch that was obviously drawn in a hurry suddenly came into his eyes!

Modir Wilder actually left a hand-painted manuscript!

On the old paper that has turned yellow or even black, Gao Wen saw a tower that looks absolutely strange in style to humans in this era. It is indeed standing on the sea surface as Modir said, with a metal base. It also has many complex and exquisite external structures with unknown uses on its surface.

Gao Wen was instantly attracted by the hand-painted painting. He looked at it carefully several times until he completely imprinted it in his mind.

To be honest, he could not see any additional information from this hand-drawn manuscript - lacking the necessary accumulation of technology and knowledge, this precious hand-drawn manuscript is just a picture, but at least in terms of style, it is similar to some models seen by Gao Wen on the holographic miniature of the Sky Station, which can prove that they are indeed the legacy of the "God-killing Fleet" in the past. And as for more...Modir Wilder is just a human wizard after all, and has never been exposed to those facilities in space. The sketches he left may be generally accurate, but the details may not be reliable - he only painted the structure of the tower with his strong memory, and there will inevitably be mistakes and omissions, and it is not very referenceable.

Then, Gao Wen continued to look down:

"...I remembered the scene I saw in the air as much as I could and painted it. I don't know what value this picture will be in the future - I just feel that I may not have a second chance to get close to the dragon kingdom in my lifetime, and it is difficult for other humans to experience like me, so I want to record as much as possible, just hope that these things will be helpful to future generations.

"The Miss Dragon, who calls herself Melita, put me on the base of the tower—or on the steel island, and she gave me a route to enter some open areas around the tower, and some abandoned buildings could block the wind and sunlight... But she obviously did not intend to take me to find shelter in person, and I could clearly feel nervous from her attitude... It seemed that she was doing something that was against the taboo, or something that scared her in the tower.

"This made me extremely curious - I care very much about what makes such a powerful dragon deeply afraid, so I asked, and Miss Dragon's answer was intriguing-

"'The dragon wants to come here, but God does not allow it. I took a huge risk to send you here. If I go one step further, the trouble I will encounter is not just economic problems' - this is what she said.

"She mentioned a 'god', so the dragon clan obviously also believes in some kind of god, and this god also forbids the dragon clan from entering the giant tower in front of me... This is very interesting, because this tower is located near the kingdom of the dragon. When I stand here and look far away, I can even vaguely see the continent... Placed in the forbidden area at my doorstep? I am becoming more and more curious about the dragon's affairs...

"Of course, Miss Dragon refused to answer more questions, and I couldn't force the answer from her.

"Now, I'm alone again - the Miss Dragon is going to return to the Dragon Kingdom. She said she would find a way to apply for permission to go to the human world and send me back - she said she broke my 'ship' and therefore would be responsible to the end. To be honest, my impression of this lady has completely changed now. Although she was a little reckless, destroyed my plan, put me in danger, and cared too much about her 'economic problems', this did not affect her being a responsible and honest good person in essence... It is obviously inappropriate to continue calling it an evil dragon.

"And most importantly, based on the current situation, whether I can return to the human world smoothly... I'm afraid I can only count on this Miss Melita.

"In addition, Miss Dragon promised to send me some drinking water and food as soon as possible before leaving... I am very much looking forward to this, especially the former. As a curious person, I am very curious about what the dragons eat on weekdays. I don't expect them to be rich - as long as they are no longer fish. Of course, if possible, I hope I can have some wine..."

Gao Wen looked through the records on the pages and couldn't help but smile and muttered: "The humor and optimistic spirit of this 'big explorer' is indeed quite impressive..."

In a short record that followed, Modir wrote about his small-scale exploration experience on the "Island of Steel", and he successfully found a shelter: on the base of the giant metal tower, there seemed to be many abandoned facilities, their doors were open and solid, and they were used to shelter from wind and rain. Modir also specifically mentioned that these facilities seemed to have never been disturbed, and were filled with dazzling ancient devices, but each one was beyond his understanding. He tried to use sketches to describe the appearance and characteristics of some of the facilities, and these sketches...each is extremely precious to Gao Wen.

In the notes that followed, Modir mentioned what happened after Melita returned from the Dragon Kingdom:

"...A little later that day, the dragon lady returned to the Iron Island as promised - she landed on the edge of the island, and still refused to take a step forward. It seemed that the so-called "the prohibition issued by the gods" had a profound impact on her. She brought packed food and water, which was enough for my consumption in terms of volume and portion, but I did not unpack and eat it in front of her, which was obviously inappropriate.

"Miss Dragon told me that she needs to work harder to get permission to go to the human world, because of some kind of shift mechanism, her application did not seem to be very smooth. I can only express my understanding and urge her to get this matter as soon as possible - I have been away from the human world for too long. If this continues, I am afraid that the whole country will announce the death of Duke Modir Wilder...

"After a brief conversation, Miss Dragon was about to leave again. This time she said she might leave for many days, but she also promised to come back before my supplies were exhausted. Before leaving, she said that I could walk around the giant tower, and there was nothing dangerous here, but only one thing, she reminded me very seriously-

"You must not take anything away from the tower, especially the 'knowledge' here.

"Her serious attitude was unprecedented, and even scared me a little. I couldn't help but ask her curiously why, especially the intention of the second half of her sentence - how can she "carry" something like "knowledge"?

“She didn’t explain in detail, but just said seriously – ‘There are the legacy of the sailors in the tower, and although they have been sealed, the risk of leakage needs to be avoided’.

"To be honest, her answer made me even more confused, because I could clearly hear that this giant tower is not only the forbidden area of ​​the dragon clan, but also a place where they strictly guard and isolated from the outside. What is there in the tower...that thing is absolutely not allowed to be leaked to outsiders, but since that's the case... Why did this dragon lady bring me here, and even specifically mentioned that allowing me to walk and explore here at will?

"This obvious contradictory words and actions made it difficult for me to suppress my curiosity. I couldn't help expressing my doubts and asked her why she brought me, the foreigner, here, and after she brought her here, she specifically advised her many contradictory words.

"After I asked these questions, an incomprehensible scene happened - Miss Dragon, who had everything in normal the previous second, suddenly widened her eyes, and then she seemed to be in great pain. Then she began to roar, and kept muttering some difficult and incomprehensible words. I only heard a few words in a few scattered places, and she mentioned something like "reverse the tide", "deflection of thinking", "leakage". Although I didn't know what happened, I knew that all this was caused by my inappropriate question. I tried to remedy and tried to soothe the dragon in front of me, but it was useless...

"After a few minutes of chaos, she suddenly recovered...at least it seemed to have recovered. Her eyes returned to awake and looked around. It was disturbing that her eyes ignored my position throughout the whole process, until at the end, she suddenly soared into the air and flew towards the blurry continent in the distance... She didn't even look at me again.

"It's like she's completely forgotten what's going on here, she's completely forgotten that she's brought me here! Even I yelled behind me and threw arcane missiles into the sky, she didn't look back!

“…Is she really recovered?

"I felt great anxiety overwhelmed my mind. I woke up from my expectation of going home, realizing that I was still in a dangerous and weird environment. Here... there was weird, this tower, these dragons living in the extreme north, this ocean, this side of the eternal storm... there was weird!"

Gao Wen stopped slowly, his brows frowned a little bit, just like Modir Wilde six hundred years ago. He also had countless questions instantly, and even a faint feeling of anxiety. From the written description, he was completely sure that Melita was indeed in abnormal condition at that time. That condition made him unable to help but think of the other party's reaction when he asked her some secrets about the gods, but after careful comparison, he felt that it was not exactly the same - the "symptoms" recorded by Modir were obviously more serious and more dangerous!

In addition, Modir's record also mentioned that Melita muttered words like "reverse the tide" at that time, and this muttering in a state of mental out of control is also extremely abnormal!

Gao Wen frowned, and his fingers unconsciously tapped the table, and the same confusion as Modir emerged:

What exactly is inside that giant tower near Tallond...?

It is obviously full of weirdness, what is the connection between "reverse tides" and the "fight against tide" in ancient times?

With this unnegligible question, he continued to look down, and in the second half of this note, Modir's bizarre experience continued:

"...I'm very worried about the situation of the dragon lady, but I can't do anything about it - the flight technique can't catch up with a dragon flying with flapping its wings. She didn't stop at all and left at full speed. I could only watch from afar in the direction where she disappeared, hoping that nothing would happen to her.

“I returned to the shelter I found on the island with the supplies left by the other party. In this temporary residence, I could at least get away from the distracting tides and the cold winds and get some chance to think quietly.

"I opened the food and drinking water, and their appearance... were somewhat unexpected. I had never seen anything like it, and I was not even sure at first whether they were food or not - in terms of size, they seemed to be prepared for humans. Things that were suspected of food were enclosed in small metal boxes. The boxes were well sealed and well-fitting, with colorful patterns on the surface, while the water was loaded in bottles, which looked like some kind of soft ‘crystal’, but were extremely tough.

"This exquisite and weird way of packing...is eye-opening. It seems that I have to find a way to open these boxes and bottles to get the food and water inside. Fortunately, it's not difficult - if you don't consider maintaining its integrity, a sharp ice blade can do everything.

“I opened one of the food, it was the seasoned fish…

"Well, this is not the time to complain, just fish, at least... they are treated with spices.

"Today's notes end here, I think...I need to think carefully about my future while having a meal."
Chapter completed!