Simulate the heavens from Faerûn

Chapter 211 Star Journey 【Subscription】

The star realm is a special zone where the nature of time and space is extremely chaotic.Here, chaotic time and space storms, violent ether energy, disordered magic elements... and even all kinds of strange debris and even stranger weird monsters... are all normal.

In the boundless star realm, darkness, dead silence, and emptiness are the eternal colors here. Occasionally, one or two comets fly by at high speed. Material is scarce here, there is no air, no gravity, no water, and even no sound. Everything is so dead.

At this time, a starlight flashed deep in the star realm, and then a huge bubble suddenly appeared in the void. If anyone saw this scene, they would know that this was someone traveling through space and about to enter the star realm. .

The bubble expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it expanded nearly ten times. Soon the outline of a city appeared in the bubble. With a flash of light, the bubble suddenly shattered and disappeared, leaving a gray "glass ball" hidden in the bubble. A huge city appeared in front of you.

It was the floating city that Ober drove when he ran away from the world of Toril with a bucket. Although this floating city was very large in the material plane, it was as inconspicuous as a speck of dust in the star realm.

After entering the star realm, the entire floating city has been opened to a closed state. A powerful magic barrier has wrapped the entire floating city, as if it was frozen in a "glass ball", isolating the floating city from the star realm. Not only for concealment, but also to reduce the panic of residents in the floating city. After all, not every resident is mentally prepared to go to the star realm for a journey to the star realm.

Moreover, in order to allow people in the city to live closer to the material plane without facing the boring and terrifying true appearance of the star realm, this magic barrier also simulates the scene of the sky in the material world. Of course, in fact, this is all an illusion, but this is different from the boring and terrifying star realm. The living environment that is very close to the main material plane has also successfully calmed the uneasy psychology of most residents.

Martial law is still maintained throughout the floating city, and no one walks around on the streets except soldiers and golems. All residents stay at home, looking up at the sky and the Tower of Stars, listening to the announcements conveyed by the tower spirits.

"...The fall of the Netherese Empire...made the world of Toril no longer suitable for Netherese people to live in...

As the successors of the Netheril Empire, we are about to go to a new world to rebuild the great Netheril... There are vast and fertile lands, warm and diverse climates, rich and abundant resources... spread the spirit of the gods Glory and brilliance...

Our descendants will be proud of us...the empire of Netheril will be in our hands..."

"Is this the star realm? It feels so strange... Although it's not as beautiful as the material world, the phlogiston energy here is so rich... Moreover, I feel that my spell casting ability has been directly improved to a higher level. This place is simply a spell caster's. Heaven..."

Rey, who came to the Star Boundary for the first time, had no intention of listening to his teacher Ober pouring chicken soup and making pancakes for the people in the territory. Instead, he stared curiously at the projected picture in mid-air, opened his palms, and felt The magic network and magic power in the star world were more active, and he couldn't help but have a smile on his face.

"This is natural. Phlogiston energy can be directly controlled by our spiritual power. Compared with the material world, the energy here is richer and the rules of the magic network are looser. We can easily leverage the powerful power of the rules..."

After announcing the announcement, Ober suddenly appeared in the laboratory and explained to Rey, "At the beginning, the reason why our family insisted on developing the Star Boundary and invested heavily in it was because we saw the powerful bonus for spellcasters here. A blessed place for spellcasters...it's just a pity that the empire and family were delayed by those pointed ears..."

"It's a good place, but the environment in the star realm is too dark! It's too desolate! I still prefer the material world full of life and vitality..."

Rey nodded, smiled at Ober and said, unhurriedly and very calmly.

"This is how the star world is originally. Besides, we mages don't care much about these external conditions..."

Ober smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, looking very relaxed and comfortable. Come to think of it, exposing the floating city and taking Aylward away from Toril made Ober feel a lot more relaxed. At least he didn't have to worry about the Black Hand all the time. A thunderous strike will be launched, and the family will suddenly face disaster.

"Although the star realm is empty, dark, and dead, there are still many creatures living in the star realm, such as astral whales, evil gods, deities, other astral travelers, and even divine corpses. However, The chance of encountering these things is smaller than finding a needle in a haystack..."

"It's still very dangerous here. Legendary dragon species, power dragons, and iridescent dragons live in their nests here, and many ancient dragons that cannot live in the main material world will also move their lairs to the astral world. In addition , as well as space-time storms, space cracks, etc. So, be careful in the star realm."

Ober said warmly to Rey. At the same time, he stretched out his hand and fiddled with it a few times in the air. A three-dimensional virtual imaging system appeared next to the astral screen projection. It was the star map of the floating city and its surroundings. .

The star map is densely marked with many light points, and as the floating city travels and observes in the star realm, the bright spots on the star map also light up.This star map is very detailed and vast, with all kinds of information marked on it. At a glance, it looks like it was drawn in the star realm that has been wandering around all year round.

By comparing the observed images with the star coordinates recorded on the star map, Taling quickly found the star coordinates of the floating city and began continuous transmission according to the predetermined route.

Using astral coordinates for ultra-long-distance teleportation is one of the most common ways to travel in the astral realm. Because matter is scarce in the astral realm, the magic network is loose, and energy is dense, it is very difficult to use teleportation spells, and with the help of astral coordinates , you can easily use teleportation to cross hundreds of millions of kilometers in a short time, and there are even special star gates that can teleport even further.

The floating city uses the star coordinates that have been determined in the star map to continuously transmit to a predetermined place.

"Okay, now I have left the world of Toril with the floating city and completed the most important arrangements for returning to Faerun. There is nothing important to do next. We will reach our destination in a while. !
Now that I have plenty of time and am in a very good mood, Rey, didn't you have questions you wanted to ask me before? Now, tell me, tell me all the doubts in your heart, and I will try my best to satisfy your curiosity. My heart, I’ll tell you in detail..."

Ober sat down comfortably and watched the icon representing the floating city flashing on the star map. He turned back and said to Rey with a smile.

"Teacher, this... what is going on with this floating city? Did the family not only build a Star Tower, but also left a floating city in Aylward..."

"Hahaha... How is it possible, Rey, you have to know that the floating city is the symbol of the Grand Arcanist. If you are not a Grand Arcanist, then you cannot build, own, or keep a floating city. Even the top family in the empire cannot Make an exception... not to mention me back then... And if I were a great arcanist, how could I have stayed in such a remote place, and how could I have survived that catastrophe?!
However, from a certain perspective, this floating city can indeed be said to be left behind by the family... I believe you have also read about Aylward's history... You know that I was the back-up person for the family to prevent risks, leading people to Aylward created a foundation...

However, you must know that although I was not the best successor of the family back then, I was also the third in line of the family at that time. Benefits, why did I choose to leave the Floating City and stay? "

Ober rubbed the staff in his hand with one hand, put his forehead with the other, and said with a look of reminiscence.

"Star Tower, and..."

Rey nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this and murmured in a low voice.

"Yes, when the family built the Star Tower and Aylward, they were built according to the design of the floating city. Although the floating city was not completely built, the entire framework was set up and left for future construction. The foundation was laid...even the family left three Mythra cores...

As long as I can successfully advance to Grand Arcanist within the 100-year mission period, then the prototype of this floating city will belong to me, and the family will send people to help with the subsequent construction of the floating city - building a demiplane, a secret realm, and a mythra. Activation and linking of the core...

It's a pity that when I became the Grand Arcanist, the empire and the family had long since disappeared... But fortunately, the family still left a back-up in the Star Tower. As long as the tower owner is promoted to the Grand Arcanist, the full set of the floating city will be opened. Technology and construction materials, resources..." "In other words, we can recreate the scene of Netheril's floating cities flying all over the sky in the new world..."

Rey asked Ober in surprise when he heard that the family still retained a complete set of technology and construction materials for the floating city.

"How is it possible... The floating city is not a golem. You can build it as much as you want... Not to mention that the construction of the floating city itself is difficult, the technology is complicated, and it also requires many rare resources and costs a lot of money. Time... At the beginning, after I became the Grand Arcanist, I also wanted to build the floating city with great interest... Only then did I realize that the construction of the floating city was not an easy task even for the Grand Arcanist...

Not to mention that the general environment has changed, first of all, the superior gods will not tolerate us mortals having the opportunity to challenge them again. Even the magic network has restricted the use of many spells... and there are many forces who do not want Netheril. Recovery and return... Furthermore, one floating city in the world is enough, no more are needed... Therefore, even if we arrive in the new world, we will not continue to build new floating cities...

And at that time, after getting and studying these materials, the dark cloud of the fall of the empire still hung over my heart. I kept wondering whether to build a floating city. Later, I figured out that the future of the Pedler family lies there. In the sea of ​​stars... Therefore, the floating city must be built...

However, due to the environmental reasons at the time, the construction of the floating city was destined not to be carried out with great fanfare, and a peaceful environment and sufficient time had to be created for the construction of the floating city..."

"So...so, Red Dragon Queen Mero Jialan was supported by the family...then...why..."

"Hahaha, don't worry, Rey, listen to me and tell me slowly... As you expected, the Red Dragon Queen Mero Galan is supported by the family, but we only have a cooperative relationship with her. This red dragon is very cunning. He was also very wise...at the beginning...

We gradually transferred the unnecessary territory to her, reducing the threat of the family in the eyes of some people, and also improved our shrinkage power, increasing our control and defense against Aylward... And, during this period , we completely eliminated the monsters around Aylward and created conditions for the construction of the floating city...

If Aylward is to completely become a floating city, the first problem to be solved is the urban underground connection.These connections need to be disconnected from the earth when the floating city takes off, and remain intact when the floating city is not completed, supporting the prototype of the floating city to remain on the ground without any abnormalities being discovered.And these excavated passages need to be very careful.

According to the requirements of the floating city, the city needs to be separated from the earth in the end, so the bottom is excavated very carefully. If excavated indiscriminately, it is very likely that Aylward will not be able to support the underground and eventually cause collapse.

Fortunately, we used the golem to successfully complete the construction underground under the operation of the tower spirit, and we have been hiding this secret from being discovered..."

"No wonder, no wonder I heard that Aylward has strict requirements for the construction of buildings and the excavation of basements... It turns out that this is the reason..."

After hearing this, Rey nodded and recalled Aylward's strange rules and strange architectural layout. As far as he knew, Aylward's buildings were built in an orderly and uniform way. He originally thought I thought my teacher had a strong obsessive-compulsive disorder about the appearance of the city, but I didn’t expect it to be like this...

“After completing this most dynamic project, over the next 100 years, we worked with our family to complete the unfinished life cycle system, air circulation system and other supporting systems in the prototype of the floating city.

However, since we were building these things for the first time, and we had to keep them hidden, we experimented many times in the demiplane that we opened up, and many precious materials and resources were used up... Fortunately, we found them in the empire's floating city ruins. Enough resources, otherwise, the matter of the floating city would still be pending...

Thanks to the family, the main body of the floating city was almost completed. After the ecosystem of the floating city was completed and all supporting systems were installed, these systems jointly activated the ecosystem system.

The ecosystem system is the key to the floating city's ability to travel between planes and astral realms. The ecosystem system can allow the environment inside the floating city to maintain a state close to the main material plane in any environment, and at the same time, it can keep the outside world in a state close to that of the main material plane. The environment is blocked outside the floating city.

Only with the ecosystem system in place can the floating city enter the star realm, and those low-level mages and ordinary humans who are not strong enough will not die due to the extreme environment.

Of course, after our long-term research, we also found that there are many benefits for ordinary people if they can live in the astral world for a long time. Some people who live in the astral world for a long time can even awaken their psychic talents and become psykers.

But if you leave the star realm and return to the material world, this spiritual talent will gradually disappear. If you live in the material plane for too long without entering the star realm, the humans in the astral realm will also transform into ordinary humans again.

Of course, this talent has not disappeared completely, but has been hidden. Once they enter the star realm again, this ability will be reawakened. "

"Um... Since building a floating city is so troublesome and dangerous, why must we build a floating city?! Can't we build a magic ship like the 'Star Chaser'?"

Rey was a little confused as to why his family, despite having an interstellar battleship like the Star Chaser, still persisted in building the floating city. After all, it seemed that the functions of the Star Chaser magic ship and the floating city were similar. He touched his cheek. asked curiously.

Ober was silent for a long time, and then replied: "It's different. Although the functions of the Star Chaser and the Floating City seem to be similar, in fact, the Floating City is much more important, because I am the Grand Arcanist and we are Nese. Riel people, the floating city is our root and the foundation for us to travel through different worlds...

The Star Chaser is just a weapon of war. It is too small and too restrictive. It can never become our home..."

"You see...this is our home and foundation..."

As he spoke, Ober pointed to the Star Tower at his feet and Aylward's projection in mid-air.

Looking at the smoke rising from the homes of residents in the city, thinking about this small square city with a side length of only 1.2 kilometers, and thinking about the laughter, roars, blood and tears here, Rey nodded: "It's true, this is A floating city is our foundation, then...teacher, you...where are we going now?"

Although Rey was surprised by Ober's strange calmness and conversation, Rey still chose to ask another question without asking the question in his heart.

"Go to the Gray Mist Realm, a new material realm that we have just discovered and conquered... There will be a new place for our Pedler family to rise... It will be there soon..."

Ober said warmly with a smile.

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