Chapter 1270 Asuman

In fact, only a few people know that the Crystal Holy Mountain Asuman has an extremely vast and mysterious internal space, and that there is an ancient gatekeeper who has been guarding this majestic holy place throughout human history - those who are qualified to enter Asuman Everyone in Suman is a bishop-level figure from the Creation Goddess Sect, and the only one who can communicate with the gatekeepers and open or close various halls in Asuman at will has been the Pope since ancient times.

The gatekeeper opened a light door wordlessly. The edge of the light door shook a few times and then stabilized into a transmission channel. On the other side of the channel, you can see a crystallized hall filled with a faint halo. Pope Ogu St. VII nodded slightly to the gatekeeper and stepped into the door.

The transmission channel shook and then closed. August VII had arrived at the "Hall of Stars" inside Asuman. This was a pyramid-shaped space with four walls gradually gathering toward the middle, and finally at the top of the hall. At the intersection, a huge white crystal was suspended high there, making a low buzzing sound. Mysterious runes and pictures kept wandering on the walls and floor of the hall, and only a small part of them could be Human understanding - this is the result of thousands of years of study by the sect's wisest scholars.

Most of the spaces inside Asuman are in the shape of a pyramid. The only difference is size and lighting. Scholars have spent countless generations deciphering the names of some of the halls, but they have no idea of ​​their specific functions and operating mechanisms. known.

The name of the space in front of me is "Hall of Stars".

The Astrology Hall is the name engraved on the entrance and exit leading from here to other areas, so there is no doubt about it. However, in fact, church scholars have always been confused about this: Judging from the name, this room should be a place for observing the stars or storing astrological data. place, but in fact there is no opening at all to observe the external starry sky, and the equipment in the room has nothing to do with astrology.

In the world of Koro, astrology is a profound knowledge. This world has an eternal starry sky that never twinkles. It is the image of the stars left on the boundary of space when this space was isolated from the material universe - Keluo The Luo people did not understand the secrets involved, but this did not prevent them from understanding the operation of their world from the stars. Although the stars do not move, the various phantom lights produced by the ups and downs of the Sea of ​​Karnos will be projected on the starry sky. These lights wander on the natural chessboard formed by the stars, causing various disturbances with the starlight. Astrologers can use it to Infer the movements of chaos and the length of years of order. It can be said that as long as the history of the world of Koro is as long as the history of human astrology, people in this world are not unfamiliar with this knowledge at all.

However, there is nothing related to astrology in Asuman's astrological hall. There are only a lot of mysterious crystals. On the largest crystal, year after year, there is a mysterious text, August VII. The world believes that this passage must be of great significance, but unfortunately, scholars have not yet been able to decipher the secrets in this passage.

The runes inside Asuman are too profound. Even if he printed out all the runes inside Asuman and gave them to the highly respected linguists in the Holy Land for analysis, no one would be able to understand this Holy Land. The meaning of every sentence in it.

The old pope came to the crystal tower in the center of the astrology hall, and the gatekeeper followed behind the old man without saying a word. The words that no one could understand were floating on the crystal tower as always, but after sensing the Pope's approach, the words temporarily stepped aside, and other symbols and pictures appeared in the air.

August VII put his hand on the crystal tower and carefully touched the delicate ridges on the surface of the crystal column, and the picture projected in the air also changed accordingly.

It culminates in a holographic image of Kolo's world.

The picture is blurry and constantly shaking, as if the equipment is malfunctioning. Some of the words floating on the map are not clear at all. There is only one sign in the entire holographic image that is meaningful, and that is located on the Ansu continent. A beacon of light in south central.

This sign suddenly appeared less than a month ago - and after its appearance, many originally closed areas within Asuman suddenly woke up from their slumber. The Pope firmly believed that this must be the guidance of God.

"... Ansu Continent... the ancient Casuan Temple..." the old pope murmured to himself, "this temple that has disappeared from the world of order for a thousand years still exists... Goddess, what do you want? What do you want me to understand?"

It was naturally impossible for the holographic image to answer the old pope's question. It just floated quietly in the air and was constantly blurred by some interference lines.

August VII turned off the holographic image and continued to activate other systems.

He brought up the few interfaces that could be controlled and understood by mortals. One of the interfaces displayed an image of the entire Holy Crystal Mountain: This image was quite clear, and it showed that about one-third of the Holy Mountain was still hidden. Under the earth, there are extremely complex structures inside the Holy Mountain. In many places on the image, you can see eye-catching orange signs, and August can still understand those words:

"Unknown error, unable to read resolution data."

He zoomed in on the image and focused on the crack at the top of the holy mountain. The image showed that there was a terrible penetrating wound there, and a "foreign object" was stuck in the deepest part of the penetrating wound.

A few months ago, it was this mysterious extraterrestrial object that pierced the sky and tore a crack in the sacred mountain of Asuman. From that day on, the state of the Holy Crystal Mountain deteriorated day by day until not long ago. Before, even Symmetra had faded from the Holy Mountain.

In this process, Asuman himself is actually working hard to heal himself: the crack has now healed nearly two-thirds, but because the "foreign object" is still stuck in the deepest part, this healing has never been complete. , and the self-healing speed is much slower than the rate of depletion of the Holy Mountain.

The top of the holy mountain on the holographic image shines orange as a warning, and the cracks are marked in red. There is also a line of text floating next to it: serious warning, #x-on:￥ # % x-on:￥Severe damage, output power reduced. , the self-healing function is limited and manual intervention is required immediately.

The old pope looked at these pictures and asked without looking back: "Is there a way to there?"

The gatekeeper stood silently behind him, showing no sign of anything.

The old pope knew that this meant "negative".

If something can be performed, the gatekeeper will perform it immediately. If she does not respond, it means that the task must not be performed. The gatekeeper is such a mechanical guard who cannot be persuaded by reason or even communicate.

The old pope frowned, but could not say anything more to the silent gatekeeper. He knew that this matter had exceeded the limit of mortal ability.

That "extraterrestrial object" bombarded the peak of Asuman, the highest crystal cluster known as the "Throne of Divine Will", which was undoubtedly a forbidden area for mortals. The crystal holy mountain Asuman is shrouded in powerful divine energy all year round. From the foot of the mountain upward, for every hundred meters it rises, the sacred energy wandering around the mountain wall will double. The mountain corresponding to the high platform at the top of the "Icon Palace" The height of the wall is actually the limit that mortals can bear, which is why only people at the level of the pope or bishop can stand on that high platform: this is not only a symbol of status, but also because the strength of ordinary people has nothing to do with it. Not enough to face the pressure of Asuman.

Even August VII himself could only hold on for more than ten minutes if he climbed onto the throne of divine power - and then he would be burned to ashes by divine power, not to mention other monks.

Therefore, even if everyone knew that the "extraterrestrial object" that caused Asuman's continuous decline was in the Throne of Divine Will area, they could not take it out.

It was impossible to climb to the top of the Holy Mountain from the outside, so August VII once hoped to reach that place from the inside of the Holy Mountain.

But the gatekeeper never opened the passage to that location - this mysterious guardian mechanically adhered to a certain principle like a magical doll. Compared with this principle, she seemed not to care about Asuman at all. A weakening reality.

After staying in the Astrology Hall for a while, the Pope left the place.

He did not leave Asuman, but asked the gatekeeper to take him to several other opened halls. Some of these halls have been open to the public since thousands or even ten thousand years ago, while others just woke up from their slumber last month and suddenly appeared in front of outsiders.

Among the recently opened halls, one particularly caught the attention of August VII, who had visited this place more than once in the past half month.

Structurally, this newly emerged hall should be located halfway up the sacred mountain of Asuman and be penetrated by the central axis of the sacred mountain. No one was aware of the existence of this room until the crystal barriers blocking the hall suddenly disappeared. .

The Pope was led by the gatekeeper into the hall known as the "Hub of Will". Just like several times before, when he stepped into this place, he immediately felt a soft and low voice softly ringing in his mind. Come.

However, the sound was so weak and intermittent that it was almost indistinguishable.

The Pope raised his head, and he saw a huge irregular-shaped crystal standing quietly in the center of this pyramid-shaped hall. The crystal was three meters high, with a halo of light, and something seemed to be sealed inside the crystal.

Of course he was no stranger to this sight. In fact, he had been studying the crystal for half a month. However, even though he was as knowledgeable as the Pope, he still did not understand what was in the crystal.

There is a ball of light sealed inside, a ball of light that looks like a starry sky.