Uplifting Journey

The elf high priest in charge of the World Tree Temple sighed softly after hearing what the red dragon said, and turned his gaze to the small altar in front of the red dragon's head.

For the countless beings who came to visit and study, the altar made of vines was always empty, but the high priest could always see a phantom of a branch with vague details on the altar.

"Actually, I have never understood." After being silent for a while, the high priest shook his head and said, "Why do the twigs of the World Tree that even the gods cannot observe and touch will always pick out among the elves who can see it?" exists, and grants us the special ability to observe the River of Destiny."

"Thanks to this ability, I have lived in worry and fear for most of my life. No matter how hard we try, the elves who started from scratch cannot survive the catastrophe of the alternation of the era." The high priest looked at the red dragon and smiled. , "But your arrival shattered the shadow of our family in the future, and also pointed out the way forward for us

"On the day that child Lacey concluded the thread of faith with you, I truly confirmed the change of the river of fate, and slept well without any burden. Now, I really don't want to toss too much, and some The method of prolonging life really challenges the concept of us old people. Anyway, I may not be able to live to the day when my life span reaches the limit."

After listening to the high priest's emotion, the red dragon squinted and snorted: "That's right. You are also the group of beings with the highest authority in the new version of the magic net. You have recently introduced so many laws to adjust and limit the expansion of the demiplane. Isn't it just to integrate most of the half-planes and transform them into six-dimensional star warships? I think you are very clear about what you will face in the future.

"From this point of view, if I didn't get involved, although you elves will experience hardships, you can still keep the fire and develop again, but if you follow me to do things, if you fail, the end may not be as good as that of the great arcane. How much better is the teacher's civilization—in the face of a future where all traces of civilization are completely erased from history, are you sure you can still sleep well?"

Hearing the words, the high priest looked at the red dragon calmly, and said with a smile: "The possibility of that kind of future is very small after all, and the pressure brought about by personal worries about advance and the obstacles that civilization development must face is not a type of it was you who led us down this path but we kept going only because of ourselves

"We all know what this plane has now, and how precious it is in this stagnant world ruled by gods for countless epochs. Whether it is greed or protection, we will hold on to it firmly, without being confused or won't back down."

In the multi-racial united civilization in the pilot plane, the higher the authority, the wider the vision, and the farther the ruler has, the more he will realize how terrifying the obstacles ahead of civilization are—

That is the vast majority of gods in the entire world, as well as the endless believers and dependents of these gods in countless planes.

Even with the red dragon leading the way with bottomless abilities, even with the support of the divine forces represented by the source of the holy light, even though connections and covenants have been established with a large number of civilizations in the order camp, the deep pressure still makes the United All knowers of civilization feel suffocated.

The source of the holy light is very powerful, but the gods are not omnipotent, and the divine power of the gods is also limited, and the source of the holy light has a large number of god-level enemies, and the mortal forces in the countless material planes of the vast astral world are generally weak , the existence itself is a united civilization subverting the foundation of the gods, and it is impossible to pin all hopes on the protection of a few gods.

After the barrier that separates the inside and outside like a safe haven is lifted, and the existence of the new version of the magic net and the United Civilization is noticed by the gods, an unprecedented war with fewer enemies and more enemies will surely burn throughout the entire star world and void.

Facing the High Priest with a sense of mission on his face, Cheng Bin turned his head and showed a subtle look—although the most ideal situation is that the plan will be officially launched when the gods fall at the turn of the era, but if it develops in a bad direction, everyone The future that the priests feared is very likely, and it may even be far more sinister than they expected.

If the plan of the source of the holy light is exposed in advance, even if Cheng Bin has enough confidence to win the final battle of the gods, there is no way to guarantee that the whole world will not be smashed into a mash by the huge war—if he does not use the high-dimensional The words of interference.

After all, although the new version of the magic net is strong, it is all the intelligent life that participates in it that supports its operation and growth. In the new era, whether it is the god of element rules at the bottom, the wisdom civilization at the material layer, or the concept god that exists in the heart, Its membership size, knowledge and technology, and structure and system all need time to accumulate and adjust.

Even if Mystra fully upgrades the magic net immediately, those gods who have studied the magic net for many years and left many traces in the old magic net directly violently destroy the magic net in a large area and replace it with the fake magic net developed by themselves, even It is not a big problem to join hands to kill Mystra.

Even if Cheng Bin took over the control of the magic net, it would be difficult for him to directly confront the super-large-scale divine power and protect all things covered by the magic net, not to mention that many planes have not yet been covered by the magic net. within.

After all, the bottom layer of the world is maintaining the idealistic mechanism supported by the godhead and real name. As long as those gods don’t die, they just give up all their skills and forcefully change reality with extraordinary power, and Cheng Bin will also have a headache—Mystra is far more powerful than the God of Shadows , but in actual combat, it is much easier for Cheng Bin to deal with this goddess who uses most of her power to run the magic net than to deal with the idealistic Shadow Kingdom.

And most importantly, if the plan goes smoothly to the last step, Cheng Bin, who has collected the godhead, will inevitably meet with the existence that he has been avoiding contact with. What will happen at that time, even he cannot predict.

So in the worst case, the new version of the magic net that the United Civilization relies on may even collapse. Can they maintain their own technical level without the convenient magic net? It's really hard to say if you persevere under the encirclement and suppression of forces.

After the red dragon told the high priest about these problems, the old elf, who had no signs of aging on the surface, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and smiled at the red dragon: "In the worst plan , we have to account for this level of risk.

"After all, our generations did not rely on the magic net to cast spells. Under our adjustment and management, the magic net here is very convenient, but the use of any in-depth functions requires strict knowledge and ability. All permissions are higher than the basic ones. Citizens are aware of the power of the magic net they are involved in

"And the existing key magic creations, especially the plane warships under construction, all retain the seemingly redundant ability to operate at a low load after breaking away from the magic net, so that even if the magic net suddenly collapses, civilization can still start Various contingency plans will be organized and personnel will be quickly organized to resume normal operations.”

"Okay, as long as you are conscious and prepared." Cheng Bin, who controls the bottom authority of the pilot magic net, is naturally aware of these preparations for the United Civilization. After he hesitated for a while, he looked up and down with strange eyes Looked at the high priest.

The high priest, who was a little uneasy after being stared at by the red dragon, couldn't help asking in confusion, "What's wrong? Do you have any instructions?"

"In case I mean in case," Cheng Bin emphasized, "in case you really encounter the worst situation, and your situation is critical and you are at the end of your rope, then... I have a last resort that is not very reliable , you can try to gamble at the last minute."

The high priest saw the red dragon stretching out its claws, and the tip of the claws twisted a cube crystal with extremely precise force and stretched out in front of him, so he quickly reached out and carefully caught the crystal on the tip of the red dragon's claw, and looked it over curiously. .

After the red dragon put away its claws, the high priest raised his head and cast doubtful eyes on the red dragon, and asked with some uncertainty: "This, is it the seed of the ancient war tree?"

The ancient tree of war, which originated from the previous generation of elf civilization, played a great role in the early stage of the development of the elves, but since the new version of the magic net covered the plane, the ancient tree of war, a powerful weapon with many functions, fell behind the times.

Just at that time, the ancient war tree group had gradually sprouted wisdom under the adjustment of the elves, so the elves simply spent a lot of energy on making a set of functional modules based on the magic net to replace the existing ancient war tree. After a period of development, the Ancient War Trees who worked in their job became semi-independent from the elves and joined the United Civilization as normal intelligent life forms.

Having gone through all the processes of the ancient tree of war's return, adjustment, birth of wisdom, and semi-independence, the high priest is naturally very familiar with the sealed seeds of the ancient tree of war. it's just -

If it was an ordinary ancient war tree seed, as a powerful god, the red dragon would not be so serious.

"That's right, it is the seed of the ancient tree of war." Cheng Bin's eyes fell on the cube crystal on the high priest's open palm, "but the deep structure information of this one has been specially adjusted

"Those Ancient War Trees who have become intelligent citizens, don't most of them live in a demiplane? You only need to unseal the seeds where they live, and let the newly born Ancient War Trees integrate into their magic network, and there will be May cause some... indescribable changes."

"Indescribable?" The high priest was obviously a little hard to understand, "Which planting this seed is the last resort mentioned earlier?"

"That's right, this kind of unblocking may bring power beyond imagination, and it may also completely collapse the world as you know it. It is more likely that nothing will happen." Cheng Bin said vaguely , "So you can only use this method to gamble when you are really desperate and have no way out."

Hearing the power of this seed, the High Priest was taken aback. He carefully looked at the seed in his palm, and then carefully put it away in his personal space. The space may not be safe, so he took out the seeds again and stuffed them into the distorted space-time bubble created in his body.

"By the way," Cheng Bin emphasized to the high priest after thinking for a while, "Only you, or the life who has inherited the position of high priest, can unseal the seeds and activate this final means—I mean you can see To the life of the twigs of the world tree, do you remember?"

——Just touch the magic to start the unblocking process, this kind of thing that can be done by anyone needs to be limited? And why must it be able to see the life of the twigs of the world tree? Could it be that

The high priest was stunned for a moment, countless guesses flashed through his mind, and then he nodded with a serious face and said, "I understand. I will immediately go to carry out a comprehensive body strengthening transformation. Before the successor, I will not take the risk myself."

"Well, don't think too much," Cheng Bin looked at the high priest's expression and soul fluctuations, then smiled and said, "This seed is only used to adjust the details of the magic network of the ancient war tree, and awaken it in a special way." Just to activate a little bit of their collective consciousness

"The best result is that they can successfully obtain a little special shared memory in the magic network connecting the mind, and then they can obtain some kind of high-level power. But this is gambling after all, don't hold out too much hope, after all, the world environment And their origins are a bit strange, and I have no way of knowing what will happen in the end."

The high priest nodded half-understood, and after carefully inquiring about the details of the seeds, he bid farewell to the red dragon, put aside his work and teleported to the research demiplane to adjust his body and prolong his lifespan.

Beside the World Tree Temple where there were only some elves babbling and babbling, the red dragon looked at the place where the high priest disappeared thoughtfully: "There must be a reason why the World Tree gave the high priest special treatment. Changes are inseparable from the world tree, so it should be more appropriate for the high priest to do things that involve high-dimensional skeletons."

The incarnation of the red dragon, who didn't have much strength, lay down again. When the elves were excited to climb the dragon, he connected to the god's body to see the changing trend of the river of fate, and then murmured: "If you can use the final insurance, don't use it. It really succeeded, and the risks and impact on the plan are quite large

"However, the situation of the United Civilization is so bad that the high priest needs to use this. I'm afraid the situation at the level of the gods is really a bit bad. Although there are some risks in this way, it is better than me directly. something."

"Anyway. I can't just watch the civilization I brought out crash and die on the road, can I? I have to be responsible if I can't see the changes in the world line. I hope I don't really use it."

While the red dragon was murmuring in his body and mind, Cheng Bin's main body in the source of the holy light had withdrawn his attention from the pilot plane, and began to discuss the expedition plan against the abyssal demons with Tyre and Arthur who returned to his position.

Has the Spring Festival visits gradually started, and with the addition of playfulness, the little things that came out of the extra yards are easily gone. Tsk. Will you get full attendance this month?