Chapter 182 The Forgotten Thing
The craftsmen had mixed emotions.
For them, Ethan's words confirmed that the secret treasure in each of their minds was real.
It was a power armor built by the Lord of Tides himself, and it may also contain the knowledge left by the greatest craftsman in human history. Anyone who gets this power armor is equivalent to having unlimited "inspiration" ".
To this day, they still cannot imagine the changes that these losses may bring. According to Ethan's inference, the master craftsmen of the past generations have only obtained one of the countless treasures from that treasure house of knowledge. It is enough. Let them illuminate the future of the Western Continent like a beacon.
No craftsman can resist this temptation.
They couldn't understand that as the first person to discover this knowledge, Ethan seemed to have no interest in it.
The action of a craftsman brought everyone back to reality.
He is Gray Lid's father.
The man in his forties tried his best to suppress the emotions raging in his heart, and walked towards Gray who was lying on the ground at the door of the hall. He leaned down to detect Gray's breath, and finally knelt down and sat there dejectedly. .
Not long ago, he also listened to the Tide Lord's trial of Gray.
Cheater.
This is a message delivered to all craftsmen by the Lord of Tides himself.
Not only is his son dead, but he has no honor at all. This is equivalent to being expelled from the Brotherhood of Craftsmanship. Gray Lid's name will not be recorded in the Hall of Valor of the Brotherhood, but will most likely be nailed. On the pillar of shame of history.
The father decided to leave this noisy place. When he carried Gray's body and walked towards the distance, the craftsmen in the hall did not pay attention to them. Everyone realized that there was a huge good thing. News - this amateur from the Empire knows the location of the treasure, and he has no interest in it.
The expressions of the craftsmen were all different, and no one put this topic on the table.
They have evil intentions and do not want to share with others the loot that the Tide Lord left them.
There is only one power armor, which means that only one person can inherit this treasure.
"What a shame, he's still so young."
After leaving the mechanical castle, someone called out to the man who was carrying Gray Lid on his back. The man followed the sound and saw a woman with snake eyes and a voluptuous figure. He recognized this woman who always accompanied Flo The woman around you can smell the rich aroma of incense when she gets close.
A dangerous woman with deep intentions, this is his evaluation of women.
"Sorry Ms. Rattletail, I'm not in the mood right now."
The man maintained basic etiquette, but the thoughts in his mind overlapped and became disorganized. He could only follow his instinct and take his son who had lost vital signs back home. This was the only thing he could do now.
Maybe...
He could use some "inspiration" and he could transform Gray-Lee's body.
While steam technology can't bring people back from the dead, it can at least make them look like they're alive.
"I'm just saying that he just set a record and will become a master craftsman no less than Mr. Gelb in the future. It would be a pity to die like this."
Rattletail smiled back at him.
The amber snake eyes were locked on this hesitating man, as if looking at prey that was about to be obtained.
"What exactly do you want to say?"
"If steam technology doesn't work, try something else."
Xiangwei paused briefly, "I think what you need now is a miracle, a miracle that can bring your son back to life... How about, do you want to negotiate a business deal with the consortium?"
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At the same time, an inconspicuous white ragdoll cat walked up the steps of the Parliament with elegant steps and walked straight into the building that symbolized the peak of Ofila's power.
The two guards guarding the door saw the figure of the ragdoll cat and leaned down, trying to look as gentle as possible.
There are very few small animals here.
They had never seen such a beautiful cat, and what was even more interesting was that she didn’t seem afraid of people at all.
"Kitten, you——"
The gentle voice stopped suddenly, and the guard froze on the spot.
They clearly saw the white cat turn into a phantom and disappear when it returned to God, as if what they just saw was just an illusion.
"Did you...see it?"
"I saw it. There is obviously a kitten here."
The two looked at each other and confirmed each other's doubts.
This is so strange.
Why did the cat suddenly disappear?
Logically speaking, they shouldn't both be hallucinating at the same time.
What greeted Ling Dong's eyes was a different scene. She saw the stairs stained red with blood, and only one of the two guards was left, or to be more precise, half of them.
The upper half of his body was being eaten by some kind of wriggling shadow creature, and he still held a weapon tightly in his hand, but this was not enough to change his fate.
The wriggling shadows looked like mud, constantly emerging from the black cracks torn in the space. She saw someone passing by these broken bodies, as well as the horrific human remains. The figure looked exactly like her. With long white hair, his eyes did not stay on the corpse and the shadow for a second.
Ofila has changed a lot.
It sank to the bottom of the sea, and the sky was shrouded by the ocean. Only an extremely weak light shined on the city through the sea water, but the light that emitted was not the sun, but something that was heart-stopping and indescribable.
These black cracks are the result of looking at it.
The Deep Sea Council is already a relatively "clean" place. Winter walked all the way from the direction of the mansion. The residents of Ofila formed a temporary defense team, but in the end they were unable to resist the invasion of the shadows. Even they thought The proud steam chariot was also corroded. It grew wriggling black roots and fired "cannonballs" towards the crowd.
Anyone affected will be swallowed up by the shadow in an instant and assimilated into a twisted shadow.
Under such an offensive, the residents' defense lines became increasingly fragile. The comrades who were fighting side by side with them one second would turn into monsters pounced on them the next moment. It was only a matter of time before they collapsed completely.
And there is no point in killing these shadow creatures.
Just like the contaminated area they encountered in Wolf's Head Fort, Ling Dong soon realized that what she was experiencing was also part of history, a history that did not happen. She found some key information - this was five days later, when Election Day arrived. On this day, this is the glorious tradition of Ofila, and all the residents came to the street to witness this solemn scene.
Therefore, the speed of death and injury spread too fast. By the time people reacted, most of them had already been killed or injured.
Winter also saw an unusual scene on the edge of the city.
Waves tens of meters high surrounded the entire city. There was no end to the waves, turning the entire Ofila into an isolated island. Those steam-powered ships that tried to sail before the city was destroyed were all about to enter the water curtain. Beaten to pieces by tentacles.
Different from Wolf's Head Fort, this time it was Winter himself who found the opening to enter here.
After the battle in the Imperial Capital, she had a further understanding of the concept of "time". She followed the figure in front of her and walked into the Deep Sea Parliament. The place was already shrouded in panic. The elite Ofila guarding the entrance barely blocked the attack of the creeping shadow. What really worked was some kind of mechanical creation that looked like an iron man. Master Craftsman Gelb was on the front line, directing the iron men to establish a line of defense in the front hall.
The surviving craftsmen established a new line of defense here, which brought the war situation to a temporary balance, but it was only a matter of time before it was destroyed.
Lin Dong walked into the parliament hall, where a meeting was going on, and she saw many familiar faces.
The speaker, diplomat Richard, Yug and his maid, all looked solemn. The content of this meeting was only one - they needed to formulate a plan to escape Ofila before the craftsmen were defeated.
They can no longer prevent the sinking of the continent, and escape is the only option.
The survivors had heated discussions about where to go and inevitably reached an impasse, as they seemed to have nowhere to go.
From the conversations among the congressmen, Winter learned that a civil war broke out in the empire. Not long ago, the scarlet plague spread rapidly in the imperial capital. As the main leaders of the empire died of the plague, turmoil quickly swept across the entire empire. People who were dissatisfied with the heavy labor revolted. , snatched the muskets and launched a rebellion. Evil God believers ran rampant in various towns and villages, and a large number of empire residents died in sacrifices to the Evil God.
Other continents fell into the same situation at almost the same time.
At this desperate moment, the Speaker had to reveal to the few survivors the last secret left by the Tide Lord to them. He led everyone into the room belonging to the Speaker, moved an oil painting, and revealed the hidden secrets. button behind the oil painting.
What followed was the sound of the shaft rotating.
The Lord of Tides hopes that the knowledge he left behind can help the people of the Western Continent cope with the crisis that is destined to come in a few epochs, but he also considers the possibility of failure. When the situation becomes irreversible, the surviving people will have to The human fire remains.
There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!
Then...
Go and join other people chosen by "God".
That would be the worst possible future.
However, the Speaker failed to convey this secret to anyone. The road leading to the bottom of the chamber was shrouded in shadow, and a twisted and terrifying face was vaguely revealed in the depths of darkness. All those who approached were instantly captured. Countless wriggling shadow tentacles tore it to pieces.
The first person to be killed was the Speaker himself. Before he could even say anything, he became pieces of meat scattered on the ground.
Ling Dong vaguely noticed a familiar aura from those shadows.
He, Lao Ba and Kane seem to belong to the same kind of existence.
However, the other woman ignored the shadow shrouded under the stairs and walked straight in.
She also walked towards the stairs.
Then, activate the field and switch back to reality.
This is a rather dark room, and the way in is still blocked. In the real world, the Speaker is still alive and should be on his way to the underground research facility with Flor.
Looking at a room full of collections, Maomao wagged her tail excitedly, and she jumped onto the table lightly.
Entered another restricted area.
The exploration of the Forbidden Zone of Ofila has been completed!
This was an achievement she had set for herself. As she gained further mastery of the elemental upgrades, she took further steps in her ability to trespass into restricted areas.
Now, there is no restricted area in this world that can stop her.
Maomao decided to bring back some trophies as a reward for herself. In exchange, she decided to leave some gifts for the Speaker-cat paw prints on the table as proof that she had broken into this place.
She picked up the parchment on the table, with "Enlightenment" written on the cover.
Ethan must love this.
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When Ethan returned to the mansion, he met Winter, who held her head high and said, "Come and see me." She placed several parchment books in the most conspicuous position.
"What is this?"
Ethan followed her and asked.
"Treasure, I stole it from the secret room of the speaker's room!"
Lindong maintained the humanoid form of cat ears and tail, and the big fluffy tail swayed rhythmically, which was very eye-catching. "The Speaker never imagined that he had been robbed."
"You are indeed a teacher. I'm afraid there is no mechanism in this world that can stop you."
"That's natural."
Lin Dong looked like she wanted to maintain her dignity as a teacher, but she couldn't hold her mouth shut at all. She motioned to Ethan to sit down with her eyes, then sat on his lap, put her hands around his neck, and coughed lightly, Try to make your voice sound as dignified as possible, "Ethan, although I admit that you have made remarkable achievements in upgrading elements recently, you still have a lot to learn and improve."
For example, the ability to steal things in restricted areas.
It is foreseeable that in their future journeys, there will be many people like the Speaker who are unwilling to communicate, so breaking into restricted areas is a practical and necessary skill.
She put the parchment with the cover of "Enlightenment" in Ethan's hand, "This book can answer your questions."
This is a motto left by the Lord of Tides himself.
He never gave up his research on the evil god, until he had a premonition that he was about to disappear, so he wrote this book and left it to the people of the Western Continent.
This is a qualified god.
Even Li Dong, who had no good impression of the gods, couldn't find any fault. She couldn't help but suspect that maybe every orthodox god was like this. They deserved people's praise, but with the changes of the times, These compliments gradually became a tool to maintain dominance.
"On Forgetting".
Ethan found the answers to all his questions in the most prominent place in this book.
When he first arrived in the Western Continent, he couldn't help but have doubts about the atheism system here. In his opinion, the atheism of the people in the Western Continent was a bit forced, and even reached a point where it could not be explained by logic. What they pursued was not the truth and essence, but It is ignored, as if as long as the existence of evil gods is not acknowledged, those destructive fables will not come here.
He found a detailed explanation in this book.
In the years that followed, the Tide Lord studied the power of the evil gods and the system in which they were born, and gradually realized that the soul was the source of the evil gods' power, and the operating mechanism of this power was faith.
Extremely fanatical beliefs make believers flock to offer their souls as fuel to their gods.
Therefore, He came up with a conjecture.
If the concept of evil gods can be completely eliminated in some way, the supply of fuel can be cut off from the source.
Even if this cannot actually kill the evil gods, it can keep them in a weak state and exile them to another plane forever.
However, this research was not completed and he died.
The Lord of Tides could only hope that someone could continue the research, and he gave his successor a mission, that is, the first Speaker.
They want to eliminate the traces of "god"'s existence.
(End of chapter)