The information revealed by Modir Wilder in the details of his notes made Gao Wen interested.

No matter how you look at it, the food and drinking water mentioned by the adventurer six hundred years ago are like... canned and bottled water.

This inconspicuous little detail gave Gao Wen additional thoughts. Although he had realized before that the dragon was a smart race with a long history than humans, so it may have a civilization that was stronger than the countries in the mainland. It was not until this time that he began to seriously think about what height such a civilization that could ignore the sustainable development of the demon tide might have-

Canned food and bottled water are inconspicuous, and Cecil can be produced easily at this moment (in fact, similar products have appeared), but the canned food that Melita brought to Modir is a symbol, a symbol that can trigger Gao Wen's deep thoughts. His thinking couldn't help but expand in this direction, and even gradually extended to "whether the dragon tribe eats in human form or dragon form" and "Is the food in the two forms huge difference? How can the eating efficiency of human form maintain the huge consumption of dragon form?", but soon, his scattered thinking converged and pointed to a question he had always ignored:

A race like the Dragon Clan who is not affected by the demon tide and is obviously as curious as humans... After so many years of development, why haven't they entered the space age yet?!

Do they don’t yearn for the starry sky? Or do the dragons rely on the planetary environment so highly that they encounter bottlenecks in the process of leaving the planet? Or are the simple technology trees without pointing so that countless years have passed and they have not been able to break through the atmosphere?

It was vaguely, Gao Wen felt that this was probably a very critical question, but no one here could answer his question.

"Ask Melita next time..." After thinking for a while, he whispered to himself, "This time her name actually appears in this travel notation... It's really time to inquire with her."

As he spoke, his eyes returned to the transcript of Modir Wilder:

"...I explored most of the Iron Island in the next few days - I mean the place where I can enter. This ruin has been abandoned for many years, and is surrounded by a lonely atmosphere. However, these ancient buildings themselves are extremely solid. After many years of wind and rain, they are still indestructible. Except for those unimportant structures, the materials of these pillars, foundations, and roofs are stronger than any artificial material I have ever seen, and have excellent magic resistance...

“………On x month, the day when the dragon lady agreed to return, the previous uneasy premonition became a fact – she did not come.

"On x-month, after waiting for an extra day, Melita still did not appear... I couldn't help but think of her abnormal behavior when she left before, her poor mental state... It seems that she really forgot, and even blocked my memories mentally. This is an incredible but only possible explanation. I can't help but care very much about what happened to Miss Dragon, which led to such an unsettling result.

"I don't know other dragons, and there is no way to compare whether this is a kind of "disease" of the dragon clan, but I suspect that all this is related to the Iron Island itself, which is a forbidden area and a place that the dragon clan fears... Now that I am left here, as a more pitiful guy, I am afraid I am not qualified to worry about the health of a dragon. I must first solve my own survival problem.

"There are some foods and bottles of water in iron boxes, and it will be no problem to support for three days, and even if they are exhausted, I can continue to get supplies from the sea. As a powerful magician, I am not worried about dying of hunger and thirst. Unless the disorderly turbulence rushes to the island, I may be able to survive here for a long time... But I don't want to live alone in this weird ghost place!

"I had conceived some plans to leave the Isle of Steel and return to the human world, but before I could execute those plans, I decided to explore the entire ruins first, in order to get some resources or something that would help... Well, I can't lie to myself, it was my damn curiosity that worked, Modir Wilder was a bold and unrepentant guy, I just couldn't control my urge to take risks!

"Now, I've been surfing the entire island, leaving only the only place I haven't explored... that awesomely huge metal tower."

From here, Modir Wilder's handwriting suddenly shook violently, as if he was in a very excited state when recording these contents-

“…I have to record everything I see, that shocking, incredible thing!

"Today is x-month. As expected, Melita did not show up, and I had fully recovered after a night of rest. Today is the day of action. After bringing the few supplies, I came to the foot of the giant tower - it was not difficult to find its entrance. In fact, I discovered several gates at the base of the tower as early as before, and most excitingly, some of them were not completely sealed, they were slightly open.

"For the first time I walked through the open door, I walked into its interior. After passing through some dark and abandoned corridors, I heard the sound and saw the light - the magic goddess Milmina! The inside of this tower is actually alive!

"Okay, that's not accurate. I mean, the inside of this tower... is still running! After being abandoned for many years, it has been mottled, old and dead on the outside, and it has been running inside!

"I saw a cylindrical hall with bright lights and huge pillars running through its dome and floor, and countless flashing lights were running around the hall, making a buzzing sound or clicking sound; there was a huge pillar in the center of the hall, made of metal and crystal, and the columns were hollow, and occasionally some very fast flash flashed through it; magical projections were floating in many parts of the hall, and a large number of characters and geometric figures were constantly wandering on those illusions, which were words that I didn't know, and of course, words that I didn't know!

"A kind of ecstasy feeling suddenly surged up, and I suddenly felt that this failed adventure seemed to be worth it suddenly - what an amazing discovery! The still-moving prehistoric ruins, the unknown civilization heritage of mankind! It was right in front of me, showing my greatness in a shocking posture. I couldn't help but recite the name of the Magic Goddess loudly, which was more pious than ever. Of course, the goddess did not respond, and there was no reaction at all, but I didn't care... I came to the center of the hall, came to the pillar, and then made an even more amazing discovery.

"This whole pillar... I don't know if it was dazzled by myself or the excitement that destroyed my judgment, but it seemed to be made of "eternal stone slab"! The whole pillar is!

"I have seen the eternal stone slabs they treasured in the Church of Holy Light, only one foot square, with broken edges, protected by the priests as treasures, and even pressed on the deepest part of the tombs of the Popes of all ages. What a precious thing that is! But here, there is a pillar in front of me that looks like a bell tower, and it seems to be made of that material!

"I wrote these words with excitement. Now, I am going to try to touch the ancient metal-if they really have some commonality with the eternal slab, what reaction should my touch cause..."

After reading this, Gao Wen suddenly frowned.

Modir Wilder's behavior...is a bit unnatural.

Although he is indeed a very brave adventurer and has the impulsive side of his exploration of the heart, his actions in that giant metal tower are really too impulsive and too reckless. This is completely different from the judgment that a wise and knowledgeable powerful magician should have when facing unknown things.

Moreover, the violently shaking handwriting and a slightly exaggerated way of writing... All this seemed a little wrong, just as if another consciousness was suddenly mixed into Modir's behavior. This consciousness secretly changed the adventurer's actions little by little, but the latter was unaware of it!

But since this note has been passed down, and Modir Wilder returned safely and continued to take risks for many years, Gao Wen felt that there must be corresponding explanations or reflections left by Modir (if not, the situation would be terrible), so he patiently took the initiative and continued to look down—

“…When my hand touched the pillar, all doubts disappeared.

“No doubt it is an eternal stone slab, or another 'artifact' of a huge scale made of material like eternal stone slab.

"I felt some knowledge enter my mind, and this place suddenly became familiar, and the words floating in the projection became recognizable, and I instantly knew the name of the place... Ah, it is called "Monitoring Tower No. 1", and there is another name called "Arctic Casting Center", which is a factory, a factory that was once used to produce weapons...

"I also know that there are two other monitoring towers in the world, but they are not factories, but some kind of... passage? bridge? I don't know what specific knowledge is..."

The words on the notes suddenly became even more chaotic and sloppy, and the shaking lines seemed to contain some kind of madness. Gao Wen frowned tightly. Next to those words, there were also the notes left by scholars responsible for repairing ancient books - chaotic and meaningless letters, which could not be read at this stage.

And among these chaotic texts, Gao Wen only found a few useful accounts:

"...I know how this machine is used! I know...I also found the casting materials, and the former users had not had time to completely consume them...I have to record the usage method... (unrecognized text)!

"Knowledge! Valuable knowledge!! I have to record it (messy strokes), and I can't leave a word!

"I plan to create something to prove that I have been here, oh... I have an idea... (messy and sloppy handwriting)"

Each paragraph is filled with a lot of hard-pressed marks. This disturbing mark seems to reveal a certain... Resistance is like Modir is constantly writing something, and then he constantly smearing them himself. After a few paragraphs of words that can be barely read, Gao Wen suddenly saw a few huge letters on the next page of paper, as if they were so powerful that they could penetrate the back of the paper:

"leave!!"

A whole page of paper only has these letters written on it.

Gao Wen was attracted by these letters, and his eyebrows couldn't help but tremble for a moment. He was 100% sure that Modir Wilder had encountered trouble after entering the tower - his behavior was absolutely out of control, but not completely out of control. His only remaining rationality and almost conditioned "recording behavior" left behind these disturbing words, and in the end, he was extremely lucky to get rid of this state.

The word "leave" shows the ultimate winner of this battle of will. However, for some reason, the handwriting of this word is different from any of Modir Wilder's previous handwriting... Gao Wen even had a vague idea. He felt that those letters were neither left by Modir nor left by affecting Modir's consciousness, but... the third consciousness was left by.

And after this shocking word, Modir Wilder obviously returned to his normal handwriting:

“I woke up outside the tower.

"Some kind of terrible dizziness and headache tangled me for a few minutes, and I could not remember my experience in the tower at all, only a fearful palpitations lingered.

"I found my notebook and it was on my hand, as if I had staggered outside and threw it there. I opened it and saw the words I left before, and instantly sweated coldly all over my back.

"Magic goddess! What exactly happened?

"I had almost no impression of that experience. From entering that door, everything that happened seemed to be covered with a heavy curtain. I only remember that I was wandering in a bizarre place. Did I shout? Did I write something? Why did I touch the mysterious and unknown ancient relics? It was completely illogical!

"The only thing I remember is the light that flashed through my mind at one moment... A golden light seemed to make me wake up, and I remembered another picture: I was writing hard, and then suddenly wrote the word "leave" on the paper without being controlled. I looked at the word in horror, as if it had magic, and then I turned around and ran... I remembered more things, recalling how I ran all the way out of the tower, like a frightened stupid child...

"When I checked whether there was anything different in my body, I found something in my outer robe's pocket, it was a snowflake-shaped talisman. I don't remember when I had such a talisman, but it was engraved with the family's emblem on the surface... It contained powerful magic, and the magic was obviously injected into it myself, and...its material seemed to be an eternal stone slab...

"This thing is very uneasy to me. It seems to confirm some of the crazy words I left in my previous notes. I instinctively wanted to throw it away, but hesitated... This may be the only gain I have gained in this mysterious place and the only thing I can bring back. My memories in the tower have been erased for some reason, and I don't plan to go back again...

“I want to think about it carefully.

"X-Month x, this is a note that will be added in the future - after tossing and turning all night, I still haven't decided how to deal with this amulet, and on this morning, someone... or a human-shaped dragon suddenly appeared.
Chapter completed!