The birth of the Hero Altar originated from the joint research between Matthew and many arcanists in the Gulf Territory.
They used the state of the soul of evil objects, the preservation and maintenance of consciousness of the remnant soul, many information and technologies from the ruins of the Idras Kingdom, and the Eastern secrets from Mozi and the Mohist family.
Many were combined into one, and many trials and attempts were made before the birth of the Hero Altar was finally determined.
The video playback of the line connection through the space channel gave a live broadcast to the big guys in the command center.
The statue representing the monument to the fallen heroes of the Gulf Territory slowly exuded a bright aura, and dense and complicated formation patterns emerged, constantly absorbing the surrounding fog.
The surging cold wind blew slowly.
Various phantoms seemed to appear in the sky, outlining dense and twisted shadows.
They seemed to be attracted by the absorbed power and couldn't wait to get in.
Regarding such changes, many commanders showed a little worry in their eyes.
Fortunately, the Gulf Territory was very well prepared and outlined a flashing light magic circle, which is the magic sealing circle that everyone is very familiar with.
However, the magic sealing array that was used to seal and imprison has now become a defense and barrier.
Wave after wave of cold breath filled the air.
More and more energy was transferred, and incomplete shadows emerged from the hero altar.
They are the souls of the sacrificed people collected by Matthew.
Various incomplete gaps appeared on their bodies, and their souls complemented the power released by the magic circle.
Let these souls begin to gradually recover, and their bodies will become more solid from the previous nothingness, becoming no different from real people.
They quickly regained their consciousness, the expressions on their faces gradually returned, and their memories soon returned.
They stared at the strange shadow in the sky, and the desire to kill and devour it suddenly emerged in their hearts.
Before they could take action, the delicate pale golden chains fell down and slowly wrapped around their bodies.
The Demon Sealing Chain seems to suppress their power, but it also has another function, which is to prevent external forces from affecting them.
From the fact that they gradually came back to their senses and prepared to communicate with the dragon warriors outside the magic circle, it can be seen that the effect is indeed very obvious.
Zhang Fang, who was still in disbelief, looked blankly at Ji Fan, who was striding forward, stretched out his hand, and shook it hard.
It is indeed a real feeling, and it is almost exactly the same as when I was alive.
However, there was a special sense of emptiness that reminded her all the time that she no longer had a body of flesh and blood.
Before Zhang Fang could react, Ji Fan walked over with a bright smile, saluted her, and said to her impatiently:
"Commander Zhang Fang, you have been sleeping for a month. This is a long time. How do you feel now? Is your head clear?"
Different changes, different feelings, and the same communication and emotions made Zhang Fang suddenly feel excited with tears in her eyes.
She bit her lip gently, forcing herself not to think about other things. She still chose to believe in the territory as before. She also saluted, and then replied with a smile:
“I haven’t slept so comfortably for a long time, and I feel like moving around.”
Jifan smiled and shook his head, pointing at more and more twisted figures outside, and continued to say expectantly:
"Now is not the time, you need to train hard."
The familiar feeling came back. Zhang Fang, who liked training very much, nodded eagerly and tried to move his body, as if he wanted to find the original feeling.
Jifan took out a piece of slightly shiny light silver armor, with Fang's head and the emblem of the Bay Collar engraved in the middle of the armor.
The complicated lines constantly absorb the gray power floating around.
Zhang Fang reached out without hesitation, only to find that the armor was not as heavy as she imagined, but rather very light.
After putting on the armor, there was a different kind of thickness and heaviness that made Zhang Fang feel down to earth.
Then she felt that the warm power spread from the inside of the armor to her body, removing a little bit of the coldness, making her feel like she was alive again.
"This is the Heroic Soul Armor, specially designed for you. It can stabilize your consciousness and thinking, and at the same time strengthen your combat effectiveness."
"This is not something that can be maintained for a long time, just like the career path that has been being strengthened and promoted."
"You need to develop in this area and cooperate with researchers in research."
"According to the Lord's research, you can at least survive as long as you still have before you are alive."
"But during these times, you have to work harder to grow and train, so as to gain stronger strength and have a longer existence."
"In the end, the Lord will overcome the final difficulty, allowing everyone to complete another reincarnation of a new life while preserving their consciousness."
The heroic souls who woke up with Zhang Fang went from being confused and excited at first to depression and sadness. After listening to Ji Fan's introduction and words, they regained their calm and expectation.
Especially when they saw the Lord telling them the story again through the magic image screen, the firm faith of the Gulf Territory warriors allowed them to regain their condition.
"Ha, I have no regrets in the first place. I didn't expect that there would be a new opportunity. Is there anything better than this?"
"It makes sense. I have already received the pension from my family. Who knows that I am not dead yet? The territory is very good to us."
"Hey, the territory has chosen a new track for us. Doesn't this give us a chance?"
"The choice of first-mover advantage is sometimes much stronger than talent and hard work."
"Haha, we can train with peace of mind. I wonder if we still need to eat and drink now?"
"If you don't use it, wouldn't it be possible to keep training?"
"Well said, even if we cannot reach the final shore and get a new beginning, at least we have tried hard and will not have any regrets."
"I am very happy to see my son and daughter grow up healthily and progress in their studies, so I will definitely live longer!"
"..."
Various discussions and exchanges gradually eased the somewhat dull atmosphere.
The heroic souls gradually thought about it. Their thinking and personalities had not changed, and they quickly began to take action.
Especially Zhang Fang, who has the strongest strength and willpower, is already communicating with Ji Fan, discussing his physical condition, various attributes, as well as the existence form and situation of the enemy.
Jifan and the other dragon warriors who had been prepared patiently communicated with them and recorded various information.
"Judging from the physical strength, it should be weakened to 1/3 compared to before death, but the recovery ability is very strong, and most injuries can be recovered."
"The movement speed has been increased, but it is related to energy consumption and has a closer relationship with intelligence attributes."
"There is an upper limit to the absorption and accumulation of energy. Repeated consumption and absorption can slowly increase the upper limit."
"Various fighting skills are still retained, but they are not suitable for the current body."
"You can still use various magic equipment and props skillfully..."
"The use of magic props and scrolls requires the same level of strength, and the power is also related to the ability to master."
"On the contrary, the use of various medicines and potions can achieve a more perfect absorption effect, and the cooling time will be shortened a lot."
"..."
All kinds of information gathered in Matthew's hands.
He licked the corner of his mouth slightly and continued to consume the power of destiny to explore the path for these heroic souls in the Gulf Territory.
Now that they have decided to let them take this path, they must be responsible to the end.
However, Matthew soon got a very interesting situation based on various information and feedback from the power of destiny.
Just like death and rebirth, it is a completely different process.
The channel for increasing the power of heroic souls has no obvious relationship with other professionals and the paths of professionals during their lifetime.
This means that they can choose to start from scratch.
And, considering their current bodies, the key is to absorb accommodation and more soul energy.
The feedback Matthew received mainly came from two aspects: body and soul consciousness.
First, continue to strengthen the body, have higher strength and recovery capabilities, and become an entity similar to soul-like evil objects.
Second, continue to improve the power of soul control and become a spell caster similar to a lich.
There is no clear boundary or distinction between the two. If you are talented enough, you can even go hand in hand.
However, Matthew would not let them do this unless they were extremely talented.
Even if it becomes a soul, it still has a lifespan limit. The urgency to improve their strength can also give them the motivation to continue to become stronger.
Fortunately, Matthew is very experienced in this area.
He spent 20 million of the power of destiny to create two professional paths from low to high levels called "Dark Warrior" and "Shadow Master" for the heroic souls in the Gulf Territory.
He has adapted many skills and expertise that are similar to him.
The heroic souls of the Gulf Territory need to relearn and accumulate more data and information to provide more accumulation for Matthew's subsequent transformation and development.
The construction of the first hero altar in the shadow plane was completed, and the heroic souls were successfully re-summoned, allowing them to exist stably for a long time.
Next, the Gulf Territory will complete the construction of hero altars in various places on the material plane.
After all, it was impossible for Matthew to release countless clones to collect souls from various battlefields in the Gulf Territory.
Fortunately, Matthew and the researchers in the Gulf Territory have already considered this and incorporated the function of preserving souls into the new batch of combat armors built.
By cleaning the battlefield, the soul collection device can be disassembled and sent to a nearby hero altar for temporary storage and stabilization.
Wait until the situation stabilizes or the battle is over.
Then you can send it to the shadow plane to complete the entire rebirth ceremony of heroic soul transformation.
Moreover, in order to make the heroes train harder and keep their minds focused and clear.
When their strength reaches a certain stage, or they complete their training tasks every day, the Gulf Territory will allow them to communicate with their relatives.
That's right, since they haven't completely "died", they still have consciousness left.
Even if they cannot see their loved ones in a short period of time, the Gulf Territory is willing to give them stronger faith and hope!
Take into account the conditions and hazards of the actual situation.
If both parties want to meet, they will have to work harder to improve their strength.
For such a surprise, all the heroic souls felt inexplicable anticipation.
They accepted the reality in a very short period of time, and then worked hard to study and train.
It seems that because of their death, the Heroic Spirits have become more mature in thinking, more focused, and their learning speed and efficiency are faster than before.
Regarding this situation, Matthew expressed his affirmation and hoped that they would persevere and continue to work hard for the future of themselves and their loved ones.
The construction of new hero altars in various places in the Gulf Territory has also attracted the attention of many forces.
They are all speculating on the role of the Hero Altar and analyzing the Gulf Territory's plan.
They wanted to communicate with the people in the Gulf Territory just like before and ask the Gulf Territory if they had any new plans.
Regarding their questions, the Gulf Territory did not give a positive answer this time because the matter has not yet been settled.
However, they also gave hints in some aspects.
“If you still want to follow us from the bay this time, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
In response to such an explicit hint, the lords and nobles who thought they understood it all chose to "join".
Their thinking was simple and thorough. The cost of building the Hero Altar was not particularly high, but it had very obvious characteristics—it required personal maintenance by the Gulf leaders.
This is enough to explain a lot of problems!
Whether to follow the boss or not is obviously a matter of attitude.
Even if there is no gain, they are still willing to pay this money to express their position.
Of course, this is only a superficial effort, and only they themselves know more about their plans and ideas.
The next month or so.
Matthew has always been in the Shadow Plane and the Underworld.
The first is to accumulate data and improve the two career paths.
The second is to improve their strength and train various legendary spells.
The various creatures in the Shadow Plane have naturally become the targets of Matthew's cleanup.
In the process of cleaning up these creatures, he discovered that in addition to physical creatures such as souls, he also found many creatures with flesh and blood.
These creatures live in this demiplane, endure the erosion of soul power, and seem to have gradually adapted.
Matthew would not cause havoc casually. After cleaning up many threatening legendary monsters, he allowed these creatures to continue to exist.
Maybe these creatures living here have unexpected value.
Whether it is their body structure, their absorption and adaptation of soul power, various organs that stimulate life force, and some hidden talents, they can provide considerable additions to the Gulf Territory's database.
Maybe some of these substances or individuals can provide the Gulf Territory with new research ideas or the invention of some new materials.
Maintaining the diversity of species and developing their advantages has always been what the Gulf Territory does.
Targeted cultivation and optimization, and the construction of various resource points, can better utilize land and resources.
The reason why the Gulf Territory cultivates talents far exceeds that of other forces.
It is inseparable from the policy set by Matthew and Bay Leader that everyone can enjoy the fruits of development together.
It is even more inseparable from the huge resources for training and development!
There is also competition and pressure within the Gulf Territory.
But compared with other forces, internal friction and waste have been reduced to an extremely low level.
With Matthew's "protection" and assistance, the Gulf Territory began to aggressively "advance" in the shadow plane.
Various semi-automatic cities and fortresses were built, allowing normal Gulf Territory soldiers and staff to survive.
The resource enhancement and advantageous development brought about by this will not only allow the Gulf Territory to continuously increase its control over the Shadow Demiplane, but also develop more resource points.
The biological resources in the Shadow Plane are relatively scarce, but various magic materials and mineral resources can be said to be very abundant.
Three types of super rare metals have been discovered, and the output is not low.
The astonishing profits and gains made the Gulf Army fall silent in the underground world.
They developed silently and provided support to the drow who were shocked by the fierce battle.
Time passes day by day.
December has arrived in a blink of an eye.
Facing the upcoming 135 years and the next increase in the upper limit of strength in the material plane.
Matthew had to leave the rapidly developing underground world and shadow demiplane and return to Bay City.
The reason for coming back at this critical time is naturally because there are more important things to deal with.
Mordenkainen took a long breath and continued to point at the huge magic image, conjuring up small parts one after another and quickly placing them on it.
In a short time, a very complete image of the huge city appeared in front of Matthew and many commanders.
Looking at the floating city with clearly marked areas such as "living area", "experimental area", "weapon area", "combat area", "agricultural area", "production area", etc., most commanders stared expectantly. Big eyes.
It can be seen that everyone still has very deep impressions and thoughts on the meaning of the floating city.
Matthew was not particularly cold about this. He carefully studied the various functions of the floating city. Under Mordenkainen's somewhat nervous gaze, he smiled and asked a question:
"For us in the Gulf Territory, what is the positioning of the existence of the floating city?"
What is the positioning of the floating city?
Represents the crystallization of supreme technology?
A spectacle that represents the identity and majesty of the Grand Arcanist?
A beautiful place that countless people yearn for or long for?
Or is it an invincible super weapon destined to dominate everything?
What kind of positioning determines the direction of its function.
What kind of bias represents the investment of various resources and the choice of using various technologies.
Once these are determined, the complete manufacturing plan can basically be determined.
Regarding this issue, Mordenkainen had a passionate and heated discussion with the commanders and managers.
Matthew just watched their "discussion", looking forward to a burst of ideas and inspiration.
There is not only one floating city! (End of chapter)