Belsetia stared at the green on the horizon for a long time before finally realizing that it was a continuous canopy—or, more strictly, a branch on the edge of the canopy, pointing high to the sky, looking down from the air, it turned into a border at the end of the horizon.

The Silver Queen's eyes widened in shock.

"That's the Thorin tree, a branch of the branches spreading out on the main trunk of her southern part," Gowan noticed Belsetia's gaze and pointed at the holographic projection with a smile. "In fact, we are still far away - the external monitor will enlarge the picture in the distance, and the aircraft will further reduce its speed after approaching the Thorin area."

"So large!?" Belsetia couldn't help but exclaim, "How big is Belsetia covering her...?"

"The entire Solin Castle, plus the entire Solin Territory, was not that large at the beginning, but nearly half a year after drilling out of the surface, the Solin Tree went through a very rapid expansion stage, and this expansion gradually stopped until the huge natural force reached a balance within it. In fact, Belltila said that she could grow a little longer, but she was worried that this would have an unpredictable impact on the ecological cycle in other parts of the Holy Spirit Plain, so she stopped in this state."

"...I have seen a description of the Thorin tree in a report from the north, but now it seems that what written information can describe is still too conservative compared to the real thing," Belsetia took a breath and shook her head with some sigh. "I really can't imagine... how powerful the power of nature is to give birth to such a miracle."

"The deceased religions once copied a 'god'. Although it was not complete, it was indeed made with real divine factors. The Thorin tree was drilled out of the 'hatchery' where they created the gods, so you can think of it as a 'god miracle'," said Gao Wen. "Although all things will fail in the end, on the other hand, they did prove one thing with examples: God's power can be controlled by mortals, as long as the method is right."

"Born from the hatchery of God..." Belsetia whispered. As the nominal supreme priestess of the God of Nature, although she had deviated from ancient beliefs, her knowledge in theology was still genuine. Gao Wen's description made her quickly remind some records in ancient books, "So does this tree symbolize the giant tree of 'reincarnation' described in the sacred texts? Is this mythological manifestation?"

Gao Wen thought for a while: "Some scholars also think so, but this matter lacks practical and reliable theoretical support except for the interpretation of religious symbols, so it cannot be used as a conclusion."

"Then... how does 'he' think about this?" Belsetia couldn't help but ask, "I mean..."

She refers to Amoen, the god of nature, but here, she did not rashly say the name.

Gao Wen understood it and showed a little strange: "He suggested that we believe in science and not mess with religious symbols and myths..."

Belsetia: "…"

"Ahem," realized that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Gao Wen coughed twice, and then the topic changed. "The Thorin tree is the last trace that everything will die in the land. Now all their technological achievements have been accepted by Cecil and are transformed into medical and biochemical products that are beneficial to the people, but another group of cultists hiding in the wasteland is a hidden danger."

"It's true," Belsetia's expression quickly became serious, and her tone became serious. "After hearing your information, I have ordered the magicians of the Temple of Stars to check the tower logs of each node of the Magnificent Wall again, especially those monitoring records of the energy flow in the wasteland area. Although there is no real evidence of the activities of the cultists you mentioned, we have really found some suspicious traces that have not been found before.

"Specifically, we found that in a few log records, there were small-scale energy enrichment and unnatural transfers in the wasteland, and in other logs, we found that some sentinel towers had communication reset and intermittent in seconds. You know, when we first learned that cultists were active in the wasteland, we had checked these parameters, but at that time we only thought that these cultists were trying to steal channels in the sentinel system, but now it seems... these clues may indicate that from a long time ago, they had collected free magic power in the wasteland there and had some technology to convert chaotic magic energy.

"Unfortunately, all this information is very indirect. We still lack the means to directly monitor the internal wasteland. The main function of the Sentinel Tower is to maintain the barrier operation, and it cannot move itself. If it were in the past, we would only worry about those unsanitary distortions. The Sentinel Tower is more than enough to monitor the monitoring efficiency, but now we have to deal with those cunning cultists, those towers are not enough."

Gao Wen nodded slightly, and his eyes swept across the surrounding cockpit: "In the past two years, we have also built a number of observation points and advance bases on the southern foot of the Dark Mountains to enhance the monitoring of Gondor wasteland, but the effect of this monitoring is very limited. Recently, we are trying to find breakthroughs from the air, which may allow us to more clearly control the changes inside the magnificent wall."

"In the air?" Belsetia frowned slightly, and then realized that the basis of this matter was the anti-gravity aircraft she was riding in. "You mean... using this magic device called the 'Dragonist' to break into the interior of the magnificent wall to conduct direct reconnaissance on the wasteland of Gondor?"

"The Dragoon is just a model of the anti-gravity aircraft. There are many and many models. For example, the one we are riding in, its official model name should be "Cloud Bottom" - this is a carrier dedicated to transport personnel," Gao Wen explained first, and then nodded slightly. "We are indeed trying to build a more efficient and safer aircraft to perform direct reconnaissance missions on wasteland. After all, no matter what, the premise of success of any military operation must have reliable reconnaissance methods. If we want to counterattack the wasteland, we must at least see clearly where we are going to step into."

"It's probably not easy," Belsetia frowned, obviously not optimistic about the matter. "Air units are indeed the best means of reconnaissance, but the fragility of the aircraft is its fatal weakness. In the wasteland, the air environment has always been dangerous - the magic turbulence there is always, and large-scale energy releases will occur near the clouds at any time. The magic radiation from the deep blue well has been reflected many times between the clouds and the earth, threatening all things that have taken off like a dense blade rain. To resist that environment, conventional magic shields are very inefficient, and although the heavy armor is reliable... it cannot be hung on a vehicle that needs to fly flexibly."

"Indeed, the sky environment in the wasteland is completely different from the outside. There, strong enough protection is the prerequisite for survival," Gao Wen said, and suddenly asked, "I am a little curious when I talk about this. With the protective power of the Temple of Stars... can it fly safely over the wasteland of Gondor?"

Belsetia was stunned for a moment and said with some uncertainty: "I really haven't thought about this problem... In theory, I think it's OK. The Temple of Stars has a very high-powered magic shield with multi-layered layers, and has a solid ancient alloy armor and an internal force field stabilization device. If you just fly over the wasteland of Gondor, it should be fine. But this is just a theory - The Temple of Stars is the treasure of the Silver Empire. It only has one, and it cannot be rebuilt and difficult to repair. I think no one will use it to perform reconnaissance missions in the wasteland..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but look at Gao Wen, and suddenly became a little alert: "Even Uncle Gao Wen can't speak."

"Well, of course I don't mean that. I'm just making an analogy," Gao Wen said quickly, and then showed a thoughtful expression, "But that means that things like giant sky fortress are useful for special environments like wasteland..."

Belsetia seemed to have not heard Gao Wen's words, and her attention seemed to be back on the aircraft based on magic technology. The aircraft was approaching the giant Thorin tree smoothly. The towering and huge tree canopy in the distance had occupied a considerable field of view in the holographic projection - this flight trip brought the Silver Queen a very novel experience, which was completely different from the "flying" she felt on the throne of the Temple of Stars and the experience of riding in the giant eagle.

On the throne of domination, she felt that she was connected with countless ancient machines, her senses were stripped, encoded, transferred, and returned, as if she had become a part of the ancient fortress in the sky. She could only watch the cold data slipping quickly through her mind, the machines moaned words that humans could not understand, while she had almost no energy to feel the feeling of looking down at the earth.

Riding in a giant eagle is another kind of experience: the giant eagle is in harmony with its owner, but it is not as exhausting as the Star Temple. However, the wider eagle back is definitely not a comfortable seat. No matter how well-equipped saddle is used, riding in a giant eagle is also a laborious task. At the same time, the rider himself has to devote part of his mind to control the breeze shield to help him resist the airflow and temperature changes in the sky, and the flight experience becomes worse and worse.

The ride experience brought by this aircraft, called "Bottom of the Cloud", was the most satisfying thing she had ever encountered since her first contact with the sky.

Is this thing sold? I guess it was sold... If it is verified that it has sufficient practical value in the southern part of the mainland, maybe you can consider introducing a batch of... It is better than the giant eagle with limited practicality or the "original elf technology" that is already irreproducible.

While thinking, she noticed the nervous look of the maid Elaine beside her and couldn't help asking: "Elaine, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"No, I'm just a little...unused," Elaine smiled awkwardly. Although she had tried her best to hide it, it seemed that her nervousness had caught the Queen's attention. "This is the first time I call the Cecilian anti-gravity aircraft."

"You didn't react when you were working in the Temple of Stars," Belsetia couldn't help but say, "Isn't that also an anti-gravity aircraft?"

"That's different," Elaine said immediately. "The Temple of Stars is a flying city. As long as you don't stand on the edge of its deck, the feeling of working and living in the internal area is no different from standing on the flat ground, but here... it's buzzing everywhere."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a thunderous sound of impact from the aircraft, and at the same time, a great vibration came. The high-level elf maid suddenly changed her face and jumped up - but then she was pulled back to her seat by her seat belt: "Ah! We crashed?!"

Gao Wen's lips trembled. He didn't expect that Elaine, who was running around with Belsetia seven hundred years ago, had a slight fear of heights: "...we have landed."

So how did such a fearful guy ride in a giant eagle with the entire elves and flew from the Silver Empire to the Northern Continent? Was he knocked himself out and tied himself to the back of the giant eagle and then flew by other giant eagle knights?

Elaine looked embarrassed and turned her head to look at the Silver Queen. Belsetia sighed helplessly. She looked at the holographic projection at the front of the cockpit, but found that the magic device had been turned off at some point, and the light-shading barrier covering the cockpit was gradually dissipating. The brilliant sky light shone in from the outside of the hatch, and the slight clicking sound of the mechanical lock opening sounded from the edge of the hatch.

Gao Wen untied his seat belt and stood up from the seat: "Let's go, let's say hello to Belltila."

Belsetia left the aircraft, but before stepping onto the ground, the first thing she did was to look up subconsciously - but all she saw was the brilliant blue sky and sparse clouds, and the tree canopy that was expected to cover the sky and the sun did not appear in her eyes.

"What are you looking for?"

Gao Wen's voice came from the side, and Belsetia subconsciously replied: "Where is the giant Thorin tree?"

Gao Wen, who was standing beside him, smiled: "Look down, you are on the canopy."

Belsetia was stunned, and then her attention turned to her feet. She saw a huge landing platform with a faint wood grain extending in her view. Outside the platform was a wider green land. She saw this green from the corner of her eyes just now, but she didn't realize that these extremely flat greens were actually made up of precise growth and stacked leaves. And further afield, she saw those antenna devices, energy towers, research facilities and many things that could not even guess the names.

There is also a group of air defense tree warriors holding magic guns and patrolling the edge of the green earth.

The Silver Queen was stunned for a moment before taking a breath: "...It's shocking, this is a miracle no less than the temple of stars."

"Thank you for your praise," a voice came from not far away, with a hug texture like a rubbing wood structure. "It took me a long time to make this look here."

Belsetia immediately looked in the sound. The next second, she saw the figure standing next to the aircraft - she had a female upper body, but a plant-like lower limb with a strange structure. A large number of blooming vines extending behind her like a cloak, extending from her body to the huge leaves in the distance. The vines squirmed gently in the sun, making rustling sounds.

Belsetia paused, and she stared at the vaguely familiar face and the strange, unlike human body.
Chapter completed!