The first thousand four hundred and twenty-two chapters
In the upper area of the Earthly Dawn, in a viewing room where you can see the open sky, Gao Wen was sitting quietly in front of a wide floor-to-ceiling window that occupied a whole arc wall. The too dazzling sky light over the clouds was filtered by the crystal windows, turning into a bright but soft light that sprinkled into the room, illuminating the furnishings in the room and illuminating a document on the small table next to it.
Gao Wen glanced at the document and muttered to the air beside him: "To be honest, this is indeed not the best solution."
"But in the end it was passed," Amber's voice came from the air, and her petite figure jumped out of a shadow crack and landed lightly next to Gao Wen. "This shows that everyone knows that there is no better way at this stage - just like you said, you can't fight another civil war at this time."
Gao Wen didn't speak for a moment, but just silently reviewed the final result of the Talash Conference in his heart, and calculated how long the world could develop.
The large area of land that has been purified in the marginal area of the wasteland is re-established as the "developing the country", which is based on legal legality, and the other is to make up for the huge war costs paid by the four countries of Tifeng, Gaoling, Augure and Cecil in the previous wars. After the collapse of the grand wall, these four countries surrounding the wasteland faced the most positive and heaviest pressure, and of course the price they paid was the greatest, which no one can question.
On the other hand, the Deep Blue Well and the core area of the Talash Plain were classified as neutral zones. At the same time, the three empires established an international energy regulatory organization and invested in technology to transport the magic energy output from the Deep Blue Well to the world. This was also the plan agreed by Gao Wen with Ophelia from the beginning, and after he received the support of the other two empires, there was almost no opposition in the alliance.
Finally, the large areas in the Gondor wasteland that were "remained" after being allocated were directly classified as common property of the world. The three empires took the lead and countries participated in cooperation for joint development and research. No country could claim any sovereignty over the above-mentioned areas, and set up a strict supervision and management system based on the alliance framework. Although nominally, all countries in the alliance can implement supervision rights, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the final say of the three empires.
As Gao Wen said, this is indeed not the best solution - but it is the most available solution at this stage.
"When a big country is full, at least one sip of soup should be left for the small country. Even if the right to distribute the soup must be controlled in the hands of the big country, at least we can ensure the existence of this sip of soup. This is the 'bottom line' for maintaining the order of the alliance," Gao Wen broke the silence softly. "The so-called joint pioneering organization with shares in various countries is essentially a soup pot. We give each country the opportunity to share some benefits. Then as long as the three empires do not fight themselves, special member states such as the Dragon Clan and the Siren have no further 'thoughts' about the Gondor wasteland, the remaining countries will not be in chaos, at least not in chaos for the time being."
"Yes, the premise is that the three empires themselves have not started fighting," Amber shrugged, "It is of course good to maintain the friendship between now and Tifeng and Silver, but who can say it accurately in the long run? Tifeng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, elves... elves are even more nervous. Although they have been a peace-loving race in the forest for thousands of years, based on my summary and deduction of existing information, they may have some changes in the future.
"The fall of the temple of stars has caused great fluctuations in the elves. This ancient empire with a dull aura is like suddenly awakened by the thunder. Now all the things that have been dormant for thousands of years in the forest are active little by little. The ancient foundry is being renovated. Scholars are establishing new research facilities, dusty archives and ancient books scattered in the empire, and books are being unsealed. This time, the Silver Queen even took the initiative to propose the concept of transnational pioneering organizations at the Talash Conference. All signs indicate that this ancient race has woken up from the dream of peace, and they are interested in the outside world..."
"Sooner or later," Gao Wen was obviously not surprised by what Amber said. "The Temple of Stars is like a lock to the elves, and is even considered a 'spirit seal' in another sense. After this lock disappears, they will sooner or later come out of the forest - pioneering is not just a privilege of humanity. But..."
He shook his head and gently tapped the armrest of the seat: "Gondor's hometown is still very large, and this cake can be divided for a long time. At least within a few decades, this 'dining table' is enough to feed every mouth in the alliance. When the dining table gradually becomes saturated and the conflicts between countries begin to emerge, we must find a larger dining table."
"Biger dining table?" Amber frowned curiously, but Gao Wen did not respond to her question. He just raised his head thoughtfully and looked at the clear and open blue sky outside the window.
"Have you encountered a 'mysterious situation' related to Ms. Ye's divine power recently?" Gao Wen suddenly withdrew his gaze and glanced at Amber with some concern, "I haven't been exposed to 'tide-reverse' issues during this period, right?"
"Don't worry, I cherish my life. I heard those technicians discussing the word "reverse tide" now and then I ran away very far," Amber waved his hands repeatedly, "and never encountered any abnormal phenomena again. Whether it was shadows and dust or shadow marks, they all seemed very quiet. I felt that Ms. Ye's power should be temporarily calmed down..."
Gao Wen frowned slightly: "...Is it still unfathomable to understand the essence and function of that shadow mark?"
"I have been studying for a long time, but there is no progress," Amber muttered helplessly, and waved it in the air casually. The gray-white mark, like a phantom, appeared in her palm, slowly floating in the air like a cloud without weight. "Although it is certain that this thing was left by Ms. Ye, no matter how I sense it, its 'source of power' does not point to anywhere, even if it is placed in the shadow world, it has not changed at all. It seems that it is unlikely to rely on this thing to find Ms. Ye's Kingdom of God..."
As she said that, she grabbed both ends of the mark and pulled it hard, and then shook it around like she was swinging a rope: "But then again, this thing is really amazing to use as a slingshot. It is elastic and tough, and it will not break no matter how you use it. I have never seen a slingshot rubber band that is easier to use than it in my life..."
"...Ms. Ye's divine nature can do this when it reaches your hands, right?" Gao Wen immediately glared at the slim half-elf, "Shadow Sand and Dust make you throw it out to cover your eyes when you fight, and the shadow marks make you use slingshots to pop up glass. What are you planning to steal Ms. Ye's scepter? Or open a bottle of wine?"
Amber immediately turned red and said, "That depends on the specific form of the Shadow Scepter. Maybe he can only be a crowbar..."
"It's really a pity that you swear to say that you are the choice of Dark Night God." Gao Wen waved his hand, but just as he was about to say something, he heard the door of the viewing room being pushed open suddenly. Looking back, he saw Tyre leaning into his head and thinking.
"Gaowen, you are indeed here!" Seeing that there were only Gaowen and Amber in the room, Tyre immediately laughed, and the long tail behind him followed and entered the room one by one. At the same time, he had not forgotten to bring the door with the tip of his tail, "I've been looking for you for a long time."
"...You have rubbed those six clones into tails?" Gao Wen wanted to ask the other party about his purpose, but suddenly noticed the long tail behind her and said casually, "I thought you were planning to bring those six clones with you for a long time."
"Hi, the meeting is over, why do I still take them with me? I am so tired when I control seven bodies and walk upright all day long," Tyre immediately waved his tail tip, "It's better to walk in this form, at least the center of gravity is very stable..."
"...Anyway, I can't quite understand your sirens' way of thinking," Gao Wen coughed twice before asking the other party's purpose, "Have you been looking for me for a long time? What's the matter?"
"Oh, let me tell you, I will report the results of the Talash meeting to the Queen. Now Anta Vien is preparing. In a while, a transport ship will arrive in the Loren continent and bring all the runes we have salvaged so far - and then take a ship of 'cargo' back," Tyre said casually, "In addition, the Queen also said that she would specially arrange some sisters who are good at online butterfly swimming to sneak into the deep blue network to find the whereabouts of other runes and to place signal repeaters.
"Theoretically, once those signal repeaters recognize runes, they will try to build a more stable and controllable transmission and reception link. Although they don't know whether this method works or not, it will be no harm to try it more."
Gao Wen nodded slightly while listening to Tyre's words. Amber next to him asked after thinking for a while, "When you talk about pulling a ship of 'cargo' back... have you really decided that way? As one of the main legions of this wasteland war, even if you are not a country on the Loren continent, you are qualified to get a share of the joint development. As a result, you have a small piece of corpse that has reversed the tide..."
"For us, this is much more useful than the 'resources' on land," Tyr laughed and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth without hesitation. "There is everything we need in the deep sea, which is much richer than what land can give us. In comparison, the corpse of a god is much rarer..."
Gao Wen noticed the lit marks on the corner of Miss Siren's mouth very keenly, and his expression became particularly weird: "To be honest, can you really put that thing on your mouth?"
"You can go down," Tyre nodded immediately, and nodded while slapping the floor with his tail tip, making a slap sound. "Don't you really think that thing looks good? I went and took a look, and the fleshy...sheep..."
Gao Wen & Amber: “…”
"Hey, you don't understand," Tyre saw the faces of Gaowen and Amber and knew that there was a serious species barrier here. As a siren, she was used to this barrier between the land races, so she waved her hand indifferently, "You don't know how many strange things there are in the deep sea. They are placed in Anta Vien's restaurant like tide, at most, it's a big meatball... Ah, I won't describe it, I feel that you two are almost vomiting out. But then again, we pulled that thing back not only for the sake of taste, but mainly for the sake of research..."
Siren's technology allows them to extract extremely high-purity powerful energy from the corpses of gods. This kind of energy cannot be mastered by the land race, but it can be used to power their huge starship. Gao Wen knew this, and he also knew that Siren's project to repair the starship in the past two years has made great progress. With the gradual perception of the "magic power" of this world, Siren finally found a way to fight against the "law deviation". They have successfully restarted many units of Antawien. Although it is still far from the full launch of the starship, this race that has been in trouble on the "primitive planet" for hundreds of thousands of years... now has a glimmer of hope.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Talk about it, how is your spacecraft restoration project progressing?"
"I heard that it is progressing very quickly. Now we can make Antawayen's core fusion tower run stably for a period of time, and the energy output efficiency has reached more than 50%," Tyr said in a good mood. "As long as energy is not a problem, many things will be much more convenient. But I don't know the specific situation. After all, I am not a deep water technician or a deep sea witch... Oh, right, there is another thing!"
Tyre seemed to suddenly remember something, and his sudden voice shocked Gao Wen and Amber. Then she raised her tail tip and said with a serious look: "I heard... they successfully started the superluminal communication array, although it only took a short time."
"Super-light speed communication array?" Gao Wen was stunned and subconsciously looked at Amber next to him. After two seconds of thinking gap, he suddenly realized the meaning behind it.
Something passed through his mind like lightning - the communication between the stars!
"Antavine has the ability to communicate with superluminal speed?" He asked subconsciously, but then said, "Ah, yes, of course you have this ability. After all, it is a giant ship for deep space immigration. Communication on astronomical scales must be broken through this problem... Your superluminal speed communication array has been launched for a while, which means that at least in a short period of time, that thing can be used?!"
"Ah...of course it can be used," probably because he was startled by Gao Wen's sudden and extremely serious expression. Tyre's tail was tense for a moment, and then nodded quickly, "But it's very unstable - we originally planned to use it to search for the other three sister ships that had lost contact, but we didn't expect that the main antenna had just completed a round of scanning and it went down... Now the big witch Hathaway is trying to find out the fault inside..."
Amber looked at Gao Wen and then looked at Tyre. After thinking hard in his head, hesitated to keep up with the current topic. He spoke to Gao Wen: "That... Although I don't quite understand what the 'super-light communication array' means, I probably guess what you are talking about. You are planning to... use Antavern's communication device to respond to the 'signal' we received? I mean while that communication device can be used..."
Gao Wen frowned, as if he was thinking fiercely, but in the end he shook his head: "...You can't be so reckless. It's not a wise move to respond rashly to an alien civilization that is very likely to be more advanced than us. This matter needs to be discussed slowly, not to mention that Anta Vien's super-light communication array may not necessarily complete this task. It sounds like its condition is really bad- and the Siren may not necessarily be willing..."
Chapter completed!