High Above

  Chapter 646 The vanguard of the rebellious mountain people

More than that.

...

   "Then I have to go."

At the bottom of the lake, holding the Book of Silver Glory in his hand, Ian muttered to himself: "With the silver chip and the authority of the Book of Silver Glory, I might be able to obtain more secrets related to the follow-up of Skyfall, as well as secrets related to the secret of the real dragon." information!"

   "The holy land of the mountain people is simply a treasure house for me."

He raised his head and looked up at the direction of the western Baisen Mountains from the bottom of the lake, his eyes were burning: "Whether it's memory, secrets or technology - I know a little about the truth about the disaster that fell from the sky, but there is definitely other information! "

   "I have to go to those holy places and 'read' them once!"

   "No matter which holy place!"

  Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Ian bent down, and he brushed away the sand and dust at the bottom of the lake.

  The light blue source quality surged around the young man, controlling the water flow, forming a vortex, slowly lifting off the 'blue' silver sand in the foreseeable vision, and piled it aside.

  Silver sand is a special material, its real name is 'Dragon Crystal'.

  Although the name startled Ian at first, but after carefully observing the information fed back by the silver chip, the boy sighed in disappointment.

  In essence, the dragon crystal is no different from the source quality crystals overflowing from the ether crystal in Ian's left hand. They are all condensed from the body's source quality mixed with part of the living body, and have a solid structure similar to nails and teeth.

   It's just that the source quality of the real dragon is too large, and the crystal structure that can be formed is also more complex and strong, so that it can last forever like ore.

  Actually, some real dragons, such as the King of the Mountain Ian has seen, have body armor composed of dragon crystals condensed from their bodies mixed with some high-strength alloys, which are comparable in strength to the highest-level ether armour.

This dragon crystal is naturally the dragon crystal of the Iron Dragon. He used this material to bury the wreckage of the "Ghost Crystal Engine" at the bottom of the lake, covering up its breath and existence, and used it to communicate with the Ghost Crystal Engine to stabilize the ghost crystal. The power in the engine is channeled throughout the Leonland.

  An extremely large amount of source quality overflowed from this place and infiltrated the entire territory of Lai'an.

   "It turns out that the technology of the real dragon connected the Nether Crystal Engine."

When I saw this, Ian couldn't help suddenly: "No wonder the Book of Silver Glory and the silver chip are needed to fully activate these ancient memories-the silver chip activates the Nether Crystal Engine, and the Book of Silver Glory links to the Dragon Crystal, and the Dragon Crystal puts the spaceship debris into Translate the bits of data we have into a comprehensible schema.”

  Seeing this, Ian actually had a guess in his mind.

  That is, the silver chip, perhaps very likely, is the key thing in the 'Spaceship Falling from the Sky'.

  Ian still remembered what Mr. Hilliard said when he delivered the silver chip to himself.

   "The key to open the eternal labyrinth..."

Talking softly to himself, the boy closed his eyes: "The mazes I have seen so far are all special areas caused by pre-epoch civilizations or various disasters—and in this world, how many mazes can be called eternal? , what kind of disaster can be so great as to fall from the sky?"

  Only the maze caused by the spaceship falling from the sky...

  All kinds of thoughts flashed in my heart, and the silver sand was slowly opened under Ian's control.

   Then, a huge metal artifact is revealed at the bottom of Lake Rhian.

  A 'black metal ball' with a radius of 120 meters.

  Pure black absorbed all the light, and the huge metal sphere was buried by silver sand more than twenty meters thick.

  Ian only lifted the outermost layer, and could only see part of the black metal ball exposed to the outside world.

  But both the vision horizon and the silver chip told him that this thing was extraordinary.

  The dense mist is as dazzling as the scorching sun in the sky...

   "Fifth energy level...golden light!"

   Slowly let out a breath, Ian forced himself to calm down: "Sure enough...it's related! Even the damaged wreckage has golden feedback, so complete..."

  Maybe, is the rainbow color? !

  Ian can't be sure of this. In fact, so far, Ian can't be sure about the relationship between the foreseeable horizon and each energy level.

  But golden things, no matter what they are, whether they are paths or people, inheritance or objects, they definitely have the potential to change the whole world!

  The metal sphere is broken, and there is a huge crack in its outer shell, from which a steady stream of source quality flows out.

   Staring at the black metal ball, Ian closed his eyes and thought for a long time.

   Then, he leaned over, reached out, touched.

   Then, the boy felt a trembling from the soul

  【Core component detected: Youjing engine】

  【Status: Seriously damaged】

  【The core vacuum area has been damaged, the energy supply system is completely abnormal, the space cavity maker cannot operate, and the space-time supercharger structure is damaged...】

  【This part is almost irreparable, it is recommended to deal with it immediately to avoid irreversible impact on the crashed planet/star field/subspace】

  【It is detected that the damaged part has been properly handled, please continue to maintain it】

   "Sure enough."

  The moment he touched the Nether Crystal Engine, Ian had already fully understood that the silver chip had exactly the same source as it!

  They're all from Skyfall ships!

The Nether Crystal Engine has suffered irreparable damage, but even so, it still maintains a unique function—it can collect all kinds of radiation, geothermal energy, and even the energy formed by water flow, and then make it into' Primium'…

  Similarly, it can also collect all the original source quality from the sun and the center of the earth, gather it around itself, and process it into an extremely high-quality source quality.

  It was supposed to capture all the source matter in the surrounding time and space, resulting in the appearance of a large "dead source matter area". There is a wasteland within a thousand miles, leaving only the source matter around Lake Laian.

  But this kind of source plasm deposition will not bring life, because the source plasm with too high energy level is like high-energy radiation, which will kill all surrounding creatures.

  But, fortunately, the Nether Crystal engine was damaged.

   All the source quality it gathered diffused out from the crack.

   And the dragon crystal of the Iron Dragon acts as a buffer zone, evenly spreading these source qualities to the entire surrounding area, making Lai'an collar a rich source of texture.

  This is also the reason why the surrounding environment of Leian Territory is so good, and what kind of life is planted-the Nether Crystal Engine is the artificial source of the surrounding mountains and the center of the spiritual energy field.

  This kind of condition can be used not only as a psionic plantation, but also as a core area of ​​industrial facilities.

  No matter which one it is, it can greatly strengthen the strength and capital of his lord.

If it were written with data similar to the game BUFF, it would probably be an exaggerated data such as [Phantom Engine Burial Site: Base Output +150%, Psionic Plant Output +100%, Sublimation Industry Energy Supply Demand -50%] .

  The original lord of Laian lord just obeyed the superficial phenomenon and took advantage of this environment. At most, he was an ordinary rich man, a rich lord.

But if it is Ian... he has already thought of an excellent idea in his mind, which can perfectly use the high source quality environment brought by the Nether Crystal Engine and the excellent geographical location of Laian Lake to plant far more than Laian's leader Psionic plants that are twice or even dozens of times stronger!

  It's called 'Vertical Hydroponic Farm'!

   This kind of facility on Earth, which is regarded as the source of crops for colonies in outer space, can make perfect use of the superior water quality of Lake Laian, which is so difficult to add, to show its talents in Terra!

More than that.

  Ian also found a little familiar feeling from the functions of the Nether Crystal Engine.

   "Isn't this the 'Earth Leys Engine' I created on the way to the Spiritual Disaster? It should have imitated some of the current capabilities of the Nether Crystal Engine, and then used it as an 'artificial source quality gathering point'."

  Ian couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "The ability of a prophet...often there is such a thing as knowing the 'end' of the answer, and then knowing the 'cause' of the question..."

   "Although it can't be repaired for the time being, in the future, as I collect more and more spaceship data, the silver chip should also help me find out how to repair it."

   Recording the damaged structure of the Nether Crystal Engine, Ian ended his exploration of the bottom of Lake Laian.

   I have to say that the harvest this time is beyond imagination...but it is reasonable.

A long time ago, Ian knew that Lake Laian was a meteorite lake, and that this place was also a sacred place for mountain people. He also knew that the source quality environment here was extremely favorable, and even spiritual plants such as Xiahui grass could grow vigorously. weed.

  Indeed, a special kind of natural source quality condensing point, such as a labyrinth, is a typical example.

  Therefore, other people in the continent of Terra will take this situation as ‘natural’, and both the mountain people and Lord Lean are just the lucky ones who just happened to find these special locations.

  But Ian knows that behind every maze, there may be secrets related to pre-epoch civilizations or alien sparks.

  The same is true for the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, and the same is true for the Avakya Space Labyrinth.

   "It's still a bit careless."

  While floating up from the bottom of the lake, Ian reflected on himself: "The next time you encounter such a special area or anomaly, you must be more vigilant! Who knows what remains of pre-epoch civilization or alien spaceship fragments are behind it?"

If it wasn't the Dragon Crystal of the Iron Dragon who reacted to the Book of Silver Glory this time, and Ian went to check it himself at the first time to be cautious, it is very likely that the abnormal situation in Lake Laian will be caught by other mountain people or It was the Imperials who discovered it!

  Of course, the greater possibility is to regard this place as the holy land of dragons—the homeland of true dragons of the fifth energy level, what is impossible?

  Accompanied by the noise of the lake's turbulence, Ian jumped out of the lake.

  At night, the pale silver moonlight hangs down from the phantom moon, shining on the lake and the young man standing floatingly on the water.

   Tossed his long hair, although with the help of the goblin blood, he wouldn't really get soaked in water, but this is Ian's habit.

  At this moment, Ian, who happened to be looking up at the moon, noticed something.

   "In the moonlight, there is also source quality..."

   Gazing at the bright phantom moon above his head, Ian couldn't help but think of the scene in the ancient memory he saw before, where the Watching Moon attracted most of the Watching Moon to shatter into pieces.

  Maybe... the moon also has some fragments of the skyfall ship?

"grown ups?"

   After briefly looking up at the moon, Ian walked on the water and came to the lakeside.

  While waiting for Ian all the time, Scott, who commanded the soldiers to isolate the crowd from Lake Laian, stepped forward.

  He didn't ask anything, but his eyes were concerned.

"Nothing."

  Ian shook his head slightly. Of course, he couldn’t secretly tell Scott about the Nether Crystal Engine, a spaceship fragment that might attract the prying eyes of the empire and even the world’s major powers—that’s definitely not trusting him, but harming him.

  Since everyone thinks that the Lai'an Territory is a natural gathering place of source matter, so it is a holy place...then let everyone think so!

  Ian reluctantly held the truth in his stomach and endured the disturbing and even frightening truth alone!

   Moreover, Ian is basically sure.

  In the kingdoms of Terra, there must be forces that own and even analyze some of the fragments of the spaceship that fell from the sky.

  Dragon Island located in the orbit of Terra may be the force that specializes in this project—otherwise, Ian can't think of any reason to bring together true dragons like lone rangers to cooperate.

  Exposing the Nether Crystal Engine, although it is unlikely to usher in a mortal end like exposing the silver chip and the immovable fortified city, it will definitely lead to it being recycled and taken away, making the entire territory lose its specialness.

   must remain confidential,

   "An iron scale fish came to the lake."

  Looking at the lake with Scott, Ian lowered his eyes and said lightly: "That's the way to publicize to the outside world—that the monster has been expelled by me."

   "Understood, my lord."

  Scott understood Ian's meaning clearly: "There is only one caliber to the outside world—but my lord, there will be no more visions, right?"

"Won't."

  Ian shook his head slightly.

  Things come to an end.

  All the citizens of Lai'an City firmly believed in Ian's statement of 'monster harassment'.

  After all, this is Nanling, the territory inside the Baisen Mountains, and the sharp-clawed tiger cutting the way is not news. Is it strange that a monster came along the water in Lake Laian?

  The responsibility of the sublime nobles as lords is to 'expel or kill monsters'.

   This is also the source of income for most frontier lords, and it is many times faster than searching for a few rations of the lords.

With the fighting power expressed by Ian in the battle to retake the city of Laian, no one would doubt that he could not beat the monsters—even everyone was still regretting that Ian didn't catch that fish, grilled it fiercely, and vented those fish. The indignation of the startled citizens.

the next day.

  Ian asked the local elderly mountain people, and learned that there have been three holy places for the mountain people who worship the dragon **** since ancient times.

   Today's Laianling is exactly the 'Xiahui Lake', one of the three holy places in the past.

   The second holy place, which Ian is also very familiar with, is one of the landmarks of Nanling, the 'Steel Mountain' under the jurisdiction of the Manya Elder Tribe.

  The third holy place is farther away.

  It is located in the center of the Midra Autonomous Region, and it is also the underground lair of the former Byson Dragon God, a huge underground cavity called the "Steel Dragon Lair".

"interesting."

This is Ian's evaluation. He looked at the map and was immediately amused: "I have already been to Xiahui Lake - as long as Qigangshan can contact the Dragon Worshiper, it will probably be just a matter of talking. At worst, Yinyao news of the book in exchange."

   "After I go to the steel dragon's lair again, return this book to them."

  Dragon Cult secrets and identity are indeed of great help to Ian. The King of the Mountain and Xiou also have a good impression of Ian, and Ian treats them as well.

   Not to mention, the Dragon Worshiper also gave Ian a set of real estate in the imperial capital—although he has never lived in it, they do regard him as one of their own.

   In the blink of an eye, it will be November 1st in the year 773 of Starfall.

  Ian's first week of commanding the Rhianland is over.

  With the help of Lan Dian and Amber, the assembly of the magnetic storm armor has been completed, and the restoration of the city has also been basically completed.

  On the west side of the Leian Territory, fortifications have also been erected for the entrance and exit areas of the gorge, and there are three magnetic storm coils flashing dangerous arcs.

  In recent days, besides trying to test the actual combat capability of the magnetic storm armor, Ian is also sending spies to investigate the movements of most of the mountain people today.

  However, this week, there were neither spies nor scouts on the side of the mountain people, which made the boy very confused, not knowing what the rebellion mountain people were doing.

   You know, it's not Ian who is in a hurry, but them!

   In a few days, when Ian builds a few more magnetic storm coils to form an array, even if the enemy comes over with armor, he will be shocked by the electric shock!

  But soon, a good news and a bad news ended Ian's confusion.

  Good news—Qing Chao led the "mercenaries" from Port Harrison to Laian Territory. Ian has another batch of reinforcements.

  Bad news—The Mountain People aren't just waiting these days.

  They just had a plan to hide it from everyone.

  A mountaineer spy with a hurried face came to Ian and reported to him: "My lord, the mountaineer's forward troops bypassed our sight through the trail, and now they are approaching the mouth of the Guyan Peak Gap!"

   "And... in their camp, there is armor!"

  (end of this chapter)