Chapter 1808 The Will to War
But apart from the shock of seeing the Blackstone Fortress for the first time, what worries Soshyan most now is the unique feeling of being noticed, so he asked Veronica in a low voice .
“Did you feel it?”
“Well, I felt it.”
“What is it?”
"World spirit. No, it is colder and more aggressive. Is this the will to war recorded in the classics?"
"Be more specific?"
"It is said that the ancient empire imitated Kai A spiritual entity created by En's violent thoughts to control giant war weapons. It is somewhat similar to the world spirit of the virgin world. It can make the huge war machine operate like a living creature. It does not require a large number of people to operate it. It is simple. It is said to be artificial intelligence in human cognition, but more powerful and controllable.”
At this time, Veronica turned to Patricia.
“Have you communicated with the Will of War?”
Patricia shook her head.
“Although it was activated, it did not communicate with us, but it communicated with Tal Anlek.”
“Tal Anlek? That Styx Lantern? Butterfly's will to fight?"
"Yes, Tal Anlek once told us that the Seferi War Crown thought we were waiting for death and called us weak."
At this time they had walked through the flight channel and entered a corridor.
The walls on both sides of the corridor are hung with paintings and covered with antique armor, making it look like everyone is moving among the silent crowd.
At the end of the corridor is an octagonal hall, which vaguely corresponds to the outline of the Blackstone Fortress. Each side corresponds to a passage, and the main decorative colors of its arches are different, including sapphire, amethyst, and emerald. Colors of color, amber, crystal, violet and onyx. Soshyan did not understand the art of the Eldar, and therefore did not understand the purpose of such design.
Veronica gave him an explanation. In Ada's understanding, people who are troubled by different emotions will move from one place to another until they find the place that best matches their inner emotions. .
Color represents mood. Those who are addicted to introspection will prefer sapphire. Those who are creative are attracted to the amethyst side, and those who are energetic are attracted to the emerald side.
But all passages can actually go to the same place.
Soshyan still doesn't understand what kind of thinking is behind creating such a mood design inside a space fortress. This is probably also a reflection of the exaggerated side of the Ada Empire in the past.
However, they did not choose any passage. Instead, the huge octagonal hall began to rise slowly. In the process, Soshyan saw many buildings of different shapes outside through the translucent walls. They are like carefully blown glass, protruding inward among the pearly light. Between them, or in the center of the entire Blackstone Fortress, is a huge space with a height of more than a hundred kilometers.
The top and bottom of this space cannot be seen. The ceiling and floor disappear in the shadows. Only a huge black column stands in it, which is like a dark and divine twisted tree trunk. , radiating out hundreds of bridges, stairs, platforms, arches, and countless dark portals leading to the heart of the Blackstone Fortress.
At the same time, in the center of the column, there are several huge crystals, like pearls, inlaid. The entire column is inlaid with luminous gems and petals, reflecting countless light spots, making it look gleaming. Those bronzes are crimson. , intertwined with gold.
In addition, Soshyan vaguely saw something else among those brilliance.
It looked like a living creature, but it didn't have many life characteristics. Suddenly a group of these things passed by the edge of the moving octagonal hall, and Soshyan finally saw their appearance clearly.
They have huge spindle-shaped heads, with a huge one-eye embedded in the smooth metal-like exoskeleton, and a small secondary eye next to it, both of which are rose-like red. Below the lower body is a slender body, connected to three slender and sharp lower limbs.
These unique structures range from large to small. The larger ones have unique protrusions on their heads. In addition to the three lower limbs, the slender body also has two short arms.
They swam through the gorgeous light spots like a school of fish, occasionally tumbling and gathering, as if they were aquatic animals in a beautiful coral reef, but Soshyan felt that they were not living creatures.
"These are Vaal elves."
Veronica conducted a timely "science popularization" on Soshyan.
“They are helpers used by Vaal priests to repair various instruments and war machines. Their efficiency is much higher than that of Bonesingers. They can create a kind of liquid spiritual bone to repair damaged places, but this requires Vaal. Only the priests' spells and commands can do it. When there are no Vaal priests, they can only perform simple physical repairs and temporary guard work. After all the Vaal shrines were extinguished, this kind of elves became extinct. I didn't expect that they would still be here. It can be seen that they are a kind of spiritual bone structure, strictly speaking, they are not living things."
After a few minutes, the octagonal hall stopped, and then an arch door opened and everyone walked out.
This is a spacious passage. The huge entrance seems to be made for some kind of behemoth. After walking through the passage, everyone comes to a suspended bridge, which connects the central column and the towers in other areas of the fortress. The bridge was wide enough for Imperial Titans to pass, and from time to time the Vaal elves passed over everyone's heads.
As everyone approached the huge column, the sound of metallic horns suddenly resounded. Although a group of slightly loose Eldar soldiers walked out of the door of the column, they were wearing unique and rather heavy armors with white gold rims. Scale-like metal could be vaguely seen under the burqa, decorated with signs and symbols that Soshyan could not identify. Each soldier was equipped with a unique forked spear and a side that looked half human. A tall shield, with a huge symbol of a black and white yin-yang fish engraved on the white shield.
Shield, this is the first time Soshyan has seen this kind of weapon among the Eldar. Almost all the weapons of the Eldar tend to be guerrilla and lightweight. The shield is only used in frontal combat. equipment has almost disappeared from their arsenals.
“If I remember correctly, these soldiers should be called sea guards. They belong to the Marine Corps in the armed forces of the ancient empire. They mainly perform anti-jump gangs and landing operations. The spears in their hands are shining spears. The Star Spear used by the Taoist Bishops is an older and more powerful version. It is a weapon that combines both distance and distance. Their shield is called the Shield of Enchantment. This shield can produce a distortion force field. It makes enemies aiming at a distance feel dislocated, and it can also create psychic shields to resist attacks. These weapons were inherited by the Craftworld, but as the road changed everyone's tactics, some equipment eventually disappeared from the armory. ”
(End of this chapter)