Last Totem Novel - Chapter 311
Chapter 311 Reception
In the deep and quiet darkness, occasional cold winds swept by, rustling the ferns on the cliff.
This was an icy cold and barren world. Apart from the scattered rocks scattered on both sides of the cliffs, which emitted a faint green light, there was no other source of light. These stones are called “ghostly stones” and are unique to the bottomless abyss. According to scientists, they can slowly absorb the psionic stardust that is floating in the air, giving off a dim glow.
After the cold wind, the area fell into a deathly silence. After an unknown amount of time, a soft “pa-pa-pa-pa” sound suddenly came from above.
If he looked up now, he would see two eyes that were bright and dark, emitting a dark red glow. This was a juvenile Abyss Lizard. It was about 15 meters long and weighed about 2.5 tons. At this time, it was looking for food. The Abyss Lizard is an omnivorous animal that eats plants growing on cliffs as well as meat.
However, it had not tasted the taste of flesh and blood for many days. If it only ate ferns, it would not be able to evolve into a youth. Thus, it took the risk to step into this area, hunting for food, or becoming food.
A few hours later, the Lizard of the Abyss, which had been crawling downwards, circled around a protruding boulder and suddenly stopped. It raised its huge triangular head vigilantly. In an instant, a white dot appeared in its red retina. That was the target of its hunt, a human stronghold across the abyss, Dawn Stronghold, built on vertical cliffs.
Of course, all creatures in the Abyss possessed a certain level of intelligence. This Abyss Lizard was no exception. Its target was not a stronghold, where it would only be cooking ingredients, not predators.
Its real target was the complex passageways near the stronghold. It would hide in a dark corner and wait for an opportunity. If it was lucky, it could swallow a few scouts and quickly leave.
At the same time that the Lizard of the Abyss was climbing down, on the approach bridge across the cliffs of the Dawn Stronghold, an ancient and unadorned planar gate was emitting a faint azure light. Upon closer inspection, the olive-shaped door emitted a liquid-like fluorescence, rippling with green waves.
At this moment, not far from the plane gate, two Silver City nobles wearing second-generation psionic power armor were standing together and chatting in a low voice.
“It’s just a person on the ground. Is there a need to come so early? Is there a need to be so serious?” One of them complained to the other.
“Don’t speak nonsense. This person on the ground has received the blessings of the three great faiths at the same time. It’s not something we can offend.” The noble said. His name was Billy, a Tier 4 Psionic. The companion who complained to him earlier was Eudith, a Psionic, who was on the same level as him.
“He’s not a noble. Why should he bow to us when we meet?” Eudith continued to complain.
“Have you forgotten? His Highness the Princess has already conferred him the title of Guardian Knight at the commendation ceremony. According to our tradition, the Golden Grand Duke holds the title of Duke, and his first successor extends the title of Marquis. The Guardian Knight of the successor extends the title of Earl. He is already a noble of Silver City. We should call him the Earl.” Billy said.
“It’s just an honorary noble title. It’s not officially recognized by the World Council.” Eudith said disdainfully.
“Even an Honorary Count, we can’t neglect him. Didn’t General Bryan emphasize it again and again before we came?” Billy said.
‘”Sigh” Eudith sighed and said, “Looks like our leader was scared out of his wits by the princess. I really don’t understand. Reinhart is also a noble, so there’s no need for him to make such a concession.”
“We don’t know what kind of deal there is between big shots, so don’t think too much about it. Just do your part.” Billy advised.
‘”Tsk …” said Eudith unhappily. “What purpose can they have?” Didn’t this so-called Wilderness Knight set an example for the commoners to participate actively in planar exploration? “That person was just lucky. It wasn’t because of his noble character. Furthermore, I heard that …” Eudith purposely lowered his voice and said, “Captain Alan Rudolph and Captain McRowe were killed by him before. Their ultimate goal was to occupy their legions. It was just that during the war, there was no way to gather evidence. If …”
“Stop talking. They’re here.” At this moment, Billy suddenly interrupted the former and reminded him.
In an instant, there was a surge of fluorescence in the plane’s entrance. It was as if a stone had suddenly fallen into the calm lake, stirring up waves of water that spread outwards.
In the next moment, dozens of material trucks and armoured personnel carriers flew out from the rippling void and drove towards the bottom of the bridge. The sound of engines rang out from the originally quiet approach bridge.
After the convoy appeared, the two nobles put away their casual expressions and their expressions became serious. They stared fixedly at the gate, and a few minutes later a jeep followed the convoy out of the gate.
The two nobles exchanged a glance and immediately went forward to wave their hands with all their might. The jeep stopped. There were two people sitting in the jeep, a very white-skinned male driver and a young man in a tarpaulin uniform.
“Good evening, Lord Wilderness Knight.” The two nobles greeted at the same time. Tie Zha nodded in response.
“My name is Billy, and he is Eudith. We have been ordered by Major General Bryan Reinhart to welcome you.” Billy said respectfully.
“Yes, you’ve worked hard.” Tie Zha said, then waved his hand, signaling for the two of them to get on the car. Before coming here, You Ge told him that she and the Reinhart family had reconciled, and that Bryan was now an ally, so she asked him to accept the hospitality of the other party without worry. Although Tie Zha did not understand why they were enemies one moment and became friends the next, he trusted You Ge and knew that she would definitely not harm him.
Facing his gesture, the two nobles did not immediately get on the carriage. Instead, they suggested that he get off the carriage first and stand on the bridge to see the entire Dawn Stronghold.
At their suggestion, Tie Zha and Bai Xiaoyun got out of the car. Standing by the bridge, he looked around and saw that the cliffs on both sides were brightly lit. The buildings made of steel and glass were embedded on the vertical stone wall. From afar, they looked like tinplate patches nailed to the stone wall. They were scattered and reliable.
Billy then introduced that the strongholds in the bottomless abyss were usually built on narrow cliffs on both sides, which facilitated the construction of bridges and the expansion of control areas. However, the Dawn Stronghold was somewhat different, because the exit of the spatial rift was right here. Even though the cliffs on both sides were a bit far away, they were still built here. This was the human stronghold that Silver City World had built after hundreds of years of hard work and generations of blood and sweat.
Dawn Stronghold, also known as “Light of the Abyss”, was the first and largest stronghold of humans in the bottomless abyss. It was as large as a small city. The pioneers dug hundreds of meters deep into the cliffs on both sides until they reached the hard rock layer.
The stone walls of the bottomless abyss are roughly divided into four regions according to their hardness, namely, hard rock region, hard rock region, soft rock region, and earth-rock region. The hard rock area was also known as the “World Stone Area,” and its hardness was extremely high. With the current technology of humans, it was still unable to be excavated. Hard rock areas could be exploded with explosives. Although it was very difficult to excavate, they could be used as permanent strongholds. Soft rock areas were relatively easy to excavate. Generally, they were used as passageways or temporary strongholds. As for earth and rock areas, they were also known as “landslides.” Being in them would pose a certain amount of danger and would generally be used only as temporary passageways.
At this point, Billy looked at the planar gate and continued to introduce. Dawn Stronghold was bounded by this bridge. It was divided into east and west sides, and the two sides were divided into upper, middle and lower regions. They were respectively the upper east region, the middle east region, the lower east region, and the upper west region, the middle west region, and the lower west region.
Since the bottomless abyss was an endless space, rocks could fall from above the stronghold, or objects could overflow from its lower planes. Most of these crashes burn to ashes at high speeds, and a small portion of them can hit the top of bridges or strongholds, so bridges and protruding platforms in the upper regions are the most dangerous. The impact of these high-speed falling objects was extremely terrifying. Although there were several layers of buffer net above the stronghold, the probability of the falling object penetrating the net surface was extremely low, but it still could not guarantee absolute safety. Billy suggests not staying too long on bridges and protruding platforms in the upper regions if not necessary.
After a brief introduction, the four of them returned to the jeep and followed the approach bridge under Billy’s guidance. After a while, the jeep drove into the highway connecting the approach bridges and headed towards the east and middle levels of the stronghold.
This is a spiral tunnel road, half built in the cliff, half exposed outside the cliff. The road was brightly lit and traffic flowed endlessly, making it seem very prosperous.
A few minutes later, the jeep drove out of the spiral road and into a very wide tunnel after passing through a lead road. Looking around, the two sides of the tunnel were filled with shops of all colors, and the sidewalks were filled with people. It was a lively scene.
“This is the busiest section of Shangrati Avenue, the stronghold of Dawn …” Billy introduced enthusiastically. “It’s said to be named after a female writer named Shangrati. According to legend, Shangrati has bright, milky blonde hair and a pair of bright ruby-like eyes; For some unknown, mysterious reason, somewhere here Shangrati ended her young and short life with a small handkerchief and a small stick; Later, in honor of this peerlessly beautiful woman writer, the street was named after her. ”
“I admit that this is a sad story, but why can’t I feel sad? Instead, I feel inexplicably happy.” Bai Xiaoyun couldn’t help but ask after hearing Billy’s words.
“Perhaps it was because her suicidal methods were too strange …” Billy said as he gestured, “Using a small handkerchief and a small wooden stick is simply too unimaginable …”