Luke waved his hand and asked other personnel to leave the carriage. After all the carriage doors at both ends were closed, he said: "How credible do you think this news is?"

Agatha looked solemn and fell into deep thought.

Emperor Augustine asked Queen Christina to assist in handling government affairs, and there were clues before they left the imperial capital to go to the west. However, at that time, the queen only read memorials and documents for the emperor, and had no authority to give instructions.

But how could such a major change take place in the palace in just one month?

Agatha told Luke her analysis: "Queen Christina comes from the Kingdom of Lucien and is a very traditional royal princess. The queen she married to my father is very low-key in the palace and has no other hobbies except reading.

, and rarely even leaves the bedroom.

The Queen has no foundation in the palace, and the Lucien Kingdom will not have any support in the palace.

I guess that the emperor asked the queen to handle government affairs for health reasons, so that he would not have to worry about giving away power and not being able to take it back. If the emperor really passed away, she would not dare or have the ability to keep the mourning secret.

Those who spread such rumors will be punished!"

In his heart, Luke did not agree with Agatha's judgment.

Queen Christina is not without foundation in the empire. Although she can only control the palace, she can still do things such as keeping the mourning secret.

"This is your family matter!" Luke didn't know what happened in the palace. He first removed himself from the incident: "After I arrived in the imperial capital to complete my report, I must return to Raging Waves City as soon as possible. I was delayed for a month in the Western Territory.

There are too many things going on.”

Agatha understood that Luke was unwilling to wade into this muddy water.

"If it weren't for the fact that the identity of the eldest princess couldn't be changed, I wouldn't want to face that bunch of shit. I really don't know what those people think. We are trying our best to maintain the stability of the empire and prevent foreign invasion, and they...

I can only see the throne."

Speaking of where she was annoyed, Agatha punched the table hard, causing a dent to form on the metal table top.

Luke didn't know how to comfort him.

The palace of the Golden Shield Empire had completely changed. Without the strategy, he didn't know what the situation was like inside the palace now.

Was Augustine the Great alive or dead?

How far has Queen Christina gained control of the palace, and what will she do next?

What role does the eldest prince Fania play in this? Will he lead his troops to attack the palace?

And how will the second prince Alec react when he hears this news? Will he lead the newly reorganized Western Army to march to the imperial capital?

Luke could imagine what kind of scene Agatha would face when she arrived in the imperial capital, and at this moment... the Art County Alliance invasion was imminent!

Luke suddenly had an impulse and told Agatha: I will accompany you to face it.

He knew that Agatha was also waiting for the promise he made to her.

But two people can't fall into it all.

"We should continue the previous division of labor. You are in the imperial capital to investigate His Majesty's current situation, stabilize all parties so that the situation does not escalate, and investigate the source of the rumors.

Leave the East China Sea and the North to me."

Agatha looked at Luke.

She really wanted him to accompany her to investigate the matter, but her reason told her that what Yue Xing said was right.

If the struggle in the palace is not handled well, the operation of the entire empire will stagnate. If no one handles the external pressure, the country will perish.

In this kind of situation, someone always has to stand up and take on the heavy responsibilities that others cannot bear, and turn the tide in the crisis.

Agatha said to Luke: "Leave it to me to stabilize the palace and investigate. In the eastern sea, you have been planning for the Kingdom of Leo for a long time, so I can rest assured. But in the north, we are facing the very powerful Yate County.

Alliance, and the strength of the Northern Army has been severely weakened, and most of it is controlled by Fania."

"Then I'll go talk to the eldest prince. After all, it won't be good for him if the Yate County Alliance attacks him all the way from the north."

"This is the only thing we can do..." Agatha turned to look outside the carriage. After leaving the oasis, it was full of gravel. She said quietly: "May God bless the empire!"

Luke picked up the newspaper and continued reading.

The train clanked eastward along the tracks.

Western Territory, Ancestor Grassland, Moonlight Court.

The Moon Lake, which is already surrounded by lush craters, is as calm as a mirror. The World Tree in the middle of Moon Lake has grown to a thousand meters high, and its huge canopy shrouds the entire lake below.

Under the World Tree, Qingkong sat cross-legged on the lake, closing her eyes and entering deep meditation. Dots of green light slowly rotated around her body, sometimes entering her body and then emerging again.

At this moment, Qingkong entered a state she had never experienced before, looking at herself and the world from a special perspective, as if everything existed in certain laws and connections.

Qingkong, who had learned the ancient Shuojin language, soon realized what he was encountering.

Mysterious energy is everywhere, it can be weak and unnoticed, or it can be powerful enough to destroy the world.

The secret words are a way to stimulate mysterious energy, and the known secret words, even if the secret words recorded in Luke's mobile phone database are added, the mysterious energy that can be used is only an extremely small part of the mysterious energy that exists.

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Ancient civilizations were only powerful because they mastered extremely convenient methods of using mystical words. They had sounds, graphics, and cognition to directly mobilize mysterious energy for their own use.

Ancient writings are the analysis and application of secret techniques.

This means that occult arts are not without rules as is generally accepted now, but belong to empirical academics. It actually has its own set of logic, which can be learned, utilized, and created.

It’s just that during the ancient wars, the artifacts of the five civilizations were lost, which made it more difficult to inherit the ancient writings. Now, let alone the creation of the five ancient civilizations, after thousands of years of loss, there are not many ancient writings left.

Now Qingkong is very sure that what he has realized from meditation is the underlying logic of mysterious energy. However, his current knowledge cannot see through the rules, and he cannot use the ancient shimmering gold language to reflect it.

This is World Tree's interpretation of the mysterious energy contained in all things in the world. It is another ancient language system and an ancient language that is different from the five ancient civilizations.

Qingkong had an epiphany and understood what the so-called artifact was.

The artifact is actually a decoder of mysterious energy. The race that masters the artifact can analyze the mysterious energy through the artifact, and then summarize the method of using the mysterious energy systematically, so there is ancient language.

The artifact is also a server. Ancient civilized races send instructions through ancient languages, and the artifact activates secret techniques.

The difference between ancient language and magic is: the magician is an independent terminal, and his own strength determines the level of magic he can release; while ancient language completely relies on the artifact server, and the degree of mastery of ancient language determines the level of magic he can release.

The power of.

Therefore, the loss of the artifact caused weak server signals and high latency, which directly caused the rapid decline of ancient civilizations that flourished for an era.

From this inference... the World Tree is the artifact of the ancestors' grassland.

It's just that the creatures in the ancient ancestors' grasslands had no way to communicate with the World Tree, and they only guarded an artifact without knowing how to use it. Otherwise, there would not be five civilizations in ancient times but six.

From this, we can figure out why ancient wars broke out on the paradise-like grasslands of the Ancestors, which eventually led to the destruction of the World Tree.

No one should get the artifact that you can’t get!

Qingkong opened his eyes and looked at the world tree that resonated with him.

This thing attracts more firepower than the Book of Disaster.

Fortunately, in the game plot, the World Tree does not seem to attract too much attention from the five ancient civilizations. I don’t know if it is because today’s ancient civilizations do not know the true function of the World Tree; or they know it, but do not dare to openly compete for it for some reasons.

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After all, the World Tree is so big that it cannot be moved. If it is destroyed during the fight, no one will benefit.

This is the only artifact in existence!

It really caused another big trouble.

Qingkong did not feel too happy about discovering the secret of the World Tree. As the Moonlight Queen who inherited the authority of the previous generation of World Tree, she should have guests coming to her door soon.

"Her Majesty the Queen!"

When Qingkong didn't know whether to be happy or worried, Modesti, who had become the leader of the Yueyong tribe again, stepped on the ripples and walked behind her.

Modesty knelt down on one knee, lowered her head and shouted softly and piously.

Qingkong floated up and stood on the water again, turned around and said to Modesty: "The resurrection of the World Tree is a serious accident for this world. In view of the disasters that have happened in the past, the Moonlight Court must form a team to defend the World Tree as soon as possible.

defense force."

Modesty raised her head, and the tree core gem hanging on her chest was extremely dazzling.

She said firmly: "The Moonlight Knights, the ferocious war song, the people on the grasslands of the First Men, and all the barbarians in the West will defend our World Tree to the death."

"It's not enough to just have a desperate heart. I think the ancestors of the past also made tragic sacrifices to defend the World Tree, but the ending... we all know.

Guarding requires not only determination, but also the strength to defeat all enemies.

The outside world already has relatively mature means of improving individual strength. As a professor of magic and head of the Occult Department at Oulu College, I intend to open a research laboratory for extraordinary warriors, integrating all the technologies and equipment I can use to research and cultivate extraordinary warriors.

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I need volunteers to serve as experimenters."

"I am willing to become a volunteer." Modesty said without any hesitation: "In order to prevent the disaster from happening again, I can sacrifice my life. I just hope that I can be buried in the Moon Lake after my death, so that I can become

A tree man can continue to protect the World Tree."

Qingkong pulled Modesty up and said with a smile: "Don't sound so tragic. All experiments will go through repeated demonstrations and animal experiments, and human experiments will only start when the safety rate is ensured.

You have received the blessing of the World Tree, you also possess the tree core gem, and you have very strong recovery ability, so you are indeed a suitable candidate to accept this research and development."

Modesty's expression became much more relaxed: "Thank you Her Majesty the Queen for trusting me. It is an honor for me to contribute to this project."
To be continued...