The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

For the tribes and city-states in the central area of ​​the cracked canyon, the thing that most concerned them during this period was not the war with the unified peripheral tribes, but the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy tower.

No one knows when the three major city-states and the holy tower disappeared, but one day someone habitually looked at the place taken by the three major city-states, and found that the scenery was not right. The fog disappeared, and along with the fog, the three major city-states and holy towers wrapped in it disappeared.

When the news spread, all the city-states and tribes in the central region sent people to investigate the situation one after another. The results of the feedback were all consistent, that is, the three major city-states had indeed disappeared without a trace, and how they disappeared No one can figure it out, as if an invisible force directly erased it.

For the city-states and tribes in the central region, the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy city has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that there is one less master who can absolutely suppress them, allowing them to truly grasp autonomy for the first time.

Although the three major city-states and the holy towers have never made any demands on the city-states and tribes in the central region, or interfered in the internal affairs of these tribes and city-states, the people of the tribes and city-states dare not ignore the three major city-states and holy towers at all. Tower, every time they need to implement any new policy or make a major decision, they will send people to the three major city-states and the holy tower, even if they cannot enter the three major city-states and the holy tower, they will use sacrifices at the entrance All in all, to a certain extent, the people in the three major city-states and the holy tower are like gods to the city-states and tribes in the central region.

However, now that the three major city-states and the holy towers have all disappeared, the power holders of the city-state tribes in the central region have all felt a sense of relaxation from the body to the heart, as if they had been pressed on their bodies and hearts since birth. The stones seemed to have disappeared. This unprecedented sense of ease made them plunge into joy, excitement, etc., and each of them secretly held a banquet to celebrate the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy city.

In addition to the relief of body and mind and power, the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy city has also reduced a lot of material burdens. You must know that the celebrations held every year require various city-states and tribes to spend a lot of materials, plus paying tribute to the three. The part of the big city-state and the holy tower, because the total consumption caused by the three major city-states and the holy tower accounted for almost two-thirds of the total tax revenue of the various city-states and tribes in the central region, it can be said to be a huge burden.

But now this burden does not need to be taken out, not only the power holders of the city-state tribes can get amazing benefits from it, the remaining part can even be used to complete some projects and plans that could not be completed before, especially now and the peripheral tribes. The continuous war, whether it is directly used for war materials or pensions for the war dead, can be taken from this windfall.

Although the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy tower has a lot of benefits, it also has a lot of disadvantages. For example, the city-state tribes in the central region have lost a powerful backer and source of knowledge.

In the past, the three major city-states and the Holy Tower have always been the reliance of all the tribes and city-states in the Crack Plain. There have been large-scale animal disasters several times in the past. The three major city-states and the holy tower sent Valkyrie to help them extinguish the animal disaster, and it was also the three major city-states and the holy tower that sent a large amount of supplies to help the city-state of the crack plain The tribe is rebuilding. It is no exaggeration to say that once a major disaster occurs, the people in the cracked plain will first think of relying on the three major city-states and the holy tower.

Therefore, many people regard the three major city-states and holy towers as spiritual symbols, establish religious-like organizations, and spread them in the cracked plain, because the city-states and tribes in the central region monopolize the resources of the three major city-states and holy towers, and All relevant news was blocked, so the peripheral tribes did not know much about the three major city-states and the Holy Tower, and the religious organization did not spread in the peripheral tribes, and almost all of them were concentrated in the central city-states and tribes, especially the bottom Most widely spread among commoners and even slaves.

So when the news of the disappearance of the three major city-states and the Holy Tower spread, the various city-states and tribes became polarized in their emotions. The spiritual pillar disappeared, which also affected the morale of the army of various city-states and tribes to a certain extent, making the coalition forces fighting on the front line also appear to be in decline, and they were about to be wiped out by the peripheral tribes.

However, the city-states and tribes in the central region are lucky. The peripheral tribes seem to be preparing for the founding of the country. They have temporarily stopped their attacks and have not pursued the coalition forces in the central region. This will allow the city-states and tribes in the central region to take a breather and restore their strength. It also made the management of the city-states and tribes who were still in the mood of joy begin to realize the serious problems caused by the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy tower. For this reason, they fabricated a lie, claiming that the three major city-states and the holy tower did not disappear , but hidden, only truly pious people can see, and only truly pious people can enter the three major city-states in the next celebration, and even enter the holy tower to become a god.

Although this has slightly stabilized morale, everyone knows that once the day of the celebration comes, this lie will be exposed, and how to make up for this loophole, the leaders of the city-state tribes have not yet thought of a suitable method.

In addition to the blow to the spirit and morale, knowledge rupture is also a far-reaching problem. Almost all the knowledge of the city-states and tribes in the central region comes from the three major city-states and holy towers. Almost every time the three major city-states and holy towers will Provide some magical new knowledge, which can help them better use and maintain the mysterious weapons and devices left over from ancient times. In addition, after each celebration, those who are not allowed to live in the city-state will get some powerful Weapons and magical devices, that is, these powerful and magical weapon devices and knowledge of civilizations involving ancient mythological ages have created the difference between the central land and the periphery of the plain.

However, all of this is gone now. Although this will not have any adverse effects on the city-states and tribes in the central zone in a short period of time, in the long run, it will make the city-states and tribes in the central zone no longer have civilization. Any chance of evolution might even bring them back to being as primitive as the tribes on the outskirts of the plains, some city-states and tribes wise men and scholars have seen this serious problem, but their voice is too low to let Those in power are touched.

In addition to the more obvious disadvantages and benefits, there is another thing that may be bad news not only for the city-state tribes in the central region, but also for the tribes in the outer plains, and that is the problem of the land city.

The tribes in the outer plains don't know about the Dixing City, but the city-states and tribes in the central region have very detailed records. In the past, the Dixing City tried to enslave the people of the Crack Plain, and in the end it was the three major city-states and the Holy Tower General. Xingcheng was defeated, and finally reached an agreement with Dixing City. Dixing City can conduct some transactions with people in the cracked plain, but it is not allowed to enter the cracked plain.

But now, the three major city-states and the holy city have disappeared, so it is not known whether the next time the underground city will find out about it, thereby tearing up the agreement and attacking the cracked plain, at least those who know the situation now feel that It is very likely that Dixing City will tear up the agreement.

It's just that they are a little bit lucky, because if the Dixing City wants to attack the cracked plain, the tribes on the periphery of the plain will bear the brunt. At that time, they may be able to fight both sides, and the city-state tribes in the central area will be able to take advantage of it.

However, no matter what the follow-up development is, the most important thing for the city-states and tribes in the central region is naturally to recruit soldiers and develop the army so that they have enough combat power to deal with possible crises.

Just when the central region launched a series of policy adjustments due to the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy tower, and began to recruit soldiers aggressively, the peripheral plain tribes seemed very calm.

Because the central region blocked the news of the three major city-states and the holy tower, except for a few chiefs among the tribes in the outer plains, everyone else knew nothing about it, so the disappearance of the three major city-states and the holy tower did not cause trouble here. any movement.

For the tribes in the outer plains, the most important thing now is to establish a country.

Just a few days ago, the last tribe in the outskirts of the Crack Plain had completely surrendered to Sylvia, and the establishment of a nation was officially on the agenda.

Except for a few tribal chiefs who served as regional military chiefs and chiefs who fought on the front line, all other tribal chiefs gathered in the Thresh Tribe to participate in the meeting hosted by Sylvia to discuss matters related to the establishment of the country, such as the national flag and the name of the country , national system and other basic matters.

In fact, the participation of these tribal chiefs is just a formality, because they can’t put forward any good opinions at all. It’s just a trick to let them participate, so that these tribal chiefs have a certain sense of belonging to the country established later. In fact, all Sylvia single-handedly formulated all matters concerning the founding of the nation. For her with rich experience and relevant knowledge, it was as simple as drinking water.

In fact, for Sylvia, nation-building is not necessary, because raising her original strength requires war and chaos, and the nation-building will inevitably bring stability and order, which is not conducive to her strength improvement.

But Sylvia thought that she would not stay here for too long. Once she left, without her restraint, civil strife would inevitably occur in this newly established country.

Because the strengths of the various chiefs are not much different, and each tribe also has a considerable number of legendary warriors, no one has enough strength to make others surrender, and the time for the founding of the country is still short, the concept of the country has not yet been formed, each tribe The people still refer to themselves as members of a certain tribe, so the established national system will inevitably collapse, and the chiefs of each tribe will have civil wars for power, which is in line with the conditions she needs to improve her original strength.

Because of this, when Sylvia formulated the national system, she did not completely copy Velen's method, but basically maintained the original power of each tribe, and the chiefs of each tribe did not change their positions. They were given the status of a senior member of the Senate, allowing them to directly participate in the country's government affairs, allowing them to personally feel the great power of controlling the operation of a country, and strengthening their desire for power and ambition.

At the same time, she also re-divided the territories controlled by the various tribes, allowing their forces and territories to intersect and intertwine with each other. Under control, these frictions and conflicts will appear from time to time. Once Sylvia disappears, these frictions and conflicts will inevitably become the fuse of the tribal war.

In this way, Sylvia gradually established a national system that would collapse at any time, and the tribal chiefs who participated were still kept in the dark, unaware that the things they participated in would one day become A protracted tribal war covering the entire cracked plains.

After completing the establishment of the Senate system, Sylvia ended the meeting and asked the chiefs of each tribe to go back to prepare the list of recommended officials from the kingdom. After that, she returned to her residence in the Thresh tribe and went straight to the Areas of the backyard that have been designated as no-go zones.

I saw Leo sitting quietly on the stone bench in the backyard, tapping the table with his fingers rhythmically, as if he was thinking about something.

"Didn't try again?" Seeing Leo's appearance, Sylvia asked suspiciously.

Leo didn't answer, just shook his head.

After returning from the central zone, Leo told Sylvia what had happened, and then stayed here alone, trying to control the artifact in his consciousness, but the result was not satisfactory.

At first, he thought it was the wrong choice of power, because the first time he tried to control the artifact, he used psionic power, and the artifact didn't respond to it, so he replaced it with the power of the Stone Throne, and this time the artifact was no longer There was no response at all. He could sense the situation inside the artifact through the weak power resonance, but it was only vaguely sensed, and he still couldn't control it.

After returning to the Thresh Tribe, he has been repeatedly using the power of the Stone Throne to make various attempts these days, but there is still no change. On the contrary, there is an extra stone pillar on the Stone Pillar Square, because he is repeatedly generating power with the artifact. When it resonated, a piece of divine power belonging to Odin that remained in the revolving tower in the artifact was pulled out and introduced into the stone throne, and then there was a stone pillar belonging to Odin's divine power on the stone pillar square.

At first, Leo didn't pay too much attention to this stone pillar, but as he fused the mystery of Odin's power contained in the stone pillar, he suddenly discovered that a certain magic called the Eternal Spear in Odin's power was actually the same as him from before. The Sunshine Spear obtained from Trader Loki has very similar features, so after repeatedly researching the artifact to no avail, he shifted his research focus to Sunshine Spear, Eternal Spear and other powers.