Chapter 554

Qiaoqiao Tianyi squatted in the bridge room, sighing with distress.She was worrying about the two foreigners staying on board.Although Allerica assured her that the two would not cause any trouble, she seemed at a loss for what to do with the subtle animosity between them.

"Primitive males!" she said resignedly. "Like wild hulks. They just can't get together!"

As the person in charge of all this, Allerica had to assure her that neither Yi nor Bodi--her nickname for the slick servant of the immortals--would never give the ship's most important expert cause any trouble.Yi was completely submissive to her, and had been extraordinarily insistent on joining the trip, with Boddy as a guide to the base of the Ageless, hostage and shield if necessary.

Qiaoqiao Tianyi finally compromised.They have more important issues.During the brief moment when the Silence made its slow, deliberate flight toward the edge of the world, they had to agree on several key issues.

"I'm a bit confused about the situation here." Qiaoqiao Tianyi said, "As far as we know so far, the owner of Frost House is the foundling, right? Did that male tell you anything?"

"No more useful. I want to hear your opinion about the flying machines placed in those cities..."

"The same person. At least they must have been taught by the same person. That's how I see it. I think those who were placed are a little behind than those who went to the gate city. Their material is probably some kind of bismuth alloy...but the material is not the point, It's very much in line with those baby boats."

Sky Wing paused for a moment.

"But, I heard that the master of Frost House lost to the immortal?"

"All the history that can be found in this land claims so."

"They do have physical evidence, don't they? But I guess the old people must have paid some price. Think about what they have been doing on the back of this continent for more than 100 years? Maybe they are all dormant in the medical cabin now Woolen cloth."

That was the most likely guess in their minds, but there were still some questions that were difficult to answer.In the more than 100 years since Podi was awakened from hibernation by the Ageless, trained, and sent to the world, they have not left a single person in charge of the aftermath.Perhaps the war with the Frost House had decimated them, losing a considerable number of them.The rest fell into hibernation, allowing the guards created in advance to take over the world—but if the guards couldn't contact the Ageless, what would happen even if the spies from the House of Frost were discovered?
This inevitably makes them face another question, which is exactly what kind of abilities the immortals possess.They found that there are always some long-term sticklers near the transportation hubs of every city. Not all of them have undergone sophisticated transformation and training like Bodi, but they have implanted radio signal receivers in their bodies and have been hypnotized for a long time.Yale Liga tested two or three of these people, and found that most of them were demented and forgetful, with vague memories of the past.

These assigned spies and gatekeepers never rule over each other.The Elders only operate as separate functions: the spies are just mindless eyes, observing and recording in perceptible but unrecorded bands, and then the devices in their bodies send signals to the city guards, making the gatekeepers Their tattooed fake skins tingle and heat up.

That's what all goalkeepers are told in training, although Poddy revealed that it was the first time it had happened since he has consistent memory.He didn't know where or how the spies responsible for the stinging pain had been remodeled—it seemed to be done by another system.All he knew was that he, like the other guards, had three times the lifespan of ordinary people, but would be replaced by new guards before aging.Somebody with tattoos came to him one day, cut up his body and burned it, and it was over.

Perhaps this is a sympathetic fate, but for Yale Liga, what is more worth considering is what kind of abilities the immortals have revealed in this incident.The transformation and optimization of primitive organisms has always been a sign.In the area outside the trap zone, when a civilization can learn to actively use tools to evolve, it is often only a few steps away from finding the tunneling equation.

The transformation of the old people is not that advanced - Qiaoqiao Tianyi advocates so.A perfect and popular mature transformation technology should be balanced, taking into account the ability, convenience and entertainment, which means that even if the transformation is accepted, the technical part and the original part should be perfectly fitted, without causing pain and morbidity.They saw that the creations of the immortals were not like this: the guards were stiff and insensitive to touch, unable to adjust and enjoy sensual pleasures on their own; the spies were almost all stupid, in order to let their subconscious mind and the instructions of the radio wave receiver connected.

What if that's what they did on purpose?Yale Liga asked back.They can do it, but they deliberately don't.For pleasure will shake the will of the guards, and long and hopeless surveillance will make the spies eager to flee.For unreserved loyalty, they bestowed the inherent torment and torture—though, in Poddy's case, that failed completely without a watcher.Those who are not old cannot keep people loyal forever from the ideological level, which at least shows that they are not mages with spiritual power, but indeed some technicians who transcend this worldly level.Are they also outsiders?So why stay here?And why conflict with the owner of Frost House?Were they always part of the land?Whence comes the knowledge that takes them beyond this world?

As the Silence sank along the edge of the world, they made every possible guess.From the criminals who escaped and lived here in seclusion, to the lucky ones who accidentally came into contact with other outsiders.They even speculate that the Old Ones may also be the out-of-control creations of others, such as the master of Frost House.That's not unusual, artificial life backfires on the Creator is an enduring topic.If a mage and a technician were to tell such a story, they could take turns telling it for a dozen days and nights, until one fainted from overexcitement while laughing at the other.

Ultimately, they had to go and see for themselves.Capturing Boddy did not bring much useful information, and all the probes flying towards the back of the world were destroyed.From this, they know that the old people are good at using sonic weapons, and it is not that they have never developed lasers and electromagnetic pulses.But that also gave them confidence, because despite their blatant provocations, they hadn't encountered nuclear mutation, optical hypnosis, static pollution, or any intermediate products of imminent evolution.

There are indications that the Old Ones are stronger than the world, but they seem to be far from being strong enough to threaten the safety of the Silence.The monitors mounted in the bronze statues, and the lasers plugged into the same sound tubes, caused no trouble when they made it safely across the edge of the world.When they were convinced that the opponent's defense was not enough to cause harm, the Silence began to accelerate, and in just half a minute, it jumped from the life-bearing surface to its constantly collapsing backside.

That is not significantly different from other areas in the abyss.Same darkness and sound turmoil.Constantly stretched time.Beyond the chasm, like a cold blue star shining on the surface of a dark ocean, is the House of Frost, darkened from the light and heat of the upper world—but it is indeed shining at the moment.Legends have distorted the facts, or accidents have happened quietly, and they will solve the mystery after visiting the undead.

Now they are going to a closer location.At the bottom of the ever-collapsing world, the chains arranged in a ring and the fixed frame of the grid replaced the land.They are like an upside-down tent inserted deep into the world, supporting the loose surface rocks and soil.And on the top of the upside-down tent is a huge iron ball.

On the iron ball, near the fixed frame, sat a person.He did not know how long he had been sitting there, but when Yareriga approached him, he showed no sign of awareness.He sat quietly in the void, his eyes lowered hollowly, as if he was looking for the bottom of the chasm, or that cold and distant blue star grain.He didn't listen or look, and continued to think in vain that no one could understand, until Yale Liga, who ruled out all threats and traps, walked in front of him and pushed away the arms wrapped around his abdomen.

Jingle Bell.A golden ball rolled from his arms.The thinker lay dead and stupefied on the ground.

 Sorry, I got caught, it's a little late today.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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