In the study, Lin Tuo stared at the sand table seriously and solemnly, his brows furrowed.

On the virtual panel, although the ether concentration is still "low-level", the bright red falling arrow at the end is still a bit disturbing.

Throughout the morning, ether fell, but it did not last long.

Most of the time, it goes up.

But right now, something is obviously wrong with the situation.

"What went wrong? It stands to reason that the current social situation is still on the rise, and there is no reason for it to fall.

It can't be that there is some unparalleled spiritual genius who absorbs the ether too fast, so there is no time to replenish it, right?"

Lin Tuo thought in confusion, and at the same time controlled the virtual panel with his mind, opened the running log, and began to read some recent information, trying to find the reason.

At a glance, there were no words such as "war", "famine", "disease", etc., which made him even more confused.

After browsing several times, Lin Tuo finally focused on one of them:

[In the year 30652 of the Evolution of the World, the Northern Church promulgated the "Heresy Trial" decree and wanted to hunt down and kill wizards in the Kingdom of Delai]

"Heresy trial?" Seeing this, Lin Tuo suddenly smelled something unusual.

This piece of information is not very eye-catching in the log. If it were normal, Lin Tuo would probably only regard it as a religious war and a kind of power struggle.

Combined with the falling situation of ether, it deserves his serious attention.

"Could it be said that the decline of ether is due to the hunting of wizard groups?"

If he guessed correctly, the wizard group should refer to the descendants of evolvers with extraordinary abilities, or a group that has reached a higher level of life than ordinary people through practice.

It stands to reason that this type of group should be at the upper echelon of human society. Even if different power groups fight, it cannot be described as "hunting". It sounds full of imbalance.

In fact, referring to the contents of the operation log, it seems that the wizard group has indeed enjoyed a high level of authority in the past thousand years.

As for whether it declined later, there is no clear record, and Lin Tuo is also unknown.

"It's always a doubtful point. Let's not discuss the reasons behind it. It is assumed that the life quality of the wizard group is indeed far higher than that of ordinary people.

Then their large number of deaths in a short period of time offset the upward momentum of the slow development of civilization and caused the ether to decrease, which is logically explained."

While thinking, Lin Tuo immediately closed the virtual panel to avoid interference with his field of vision, and then slowly approached the sand table, trying to observe the distribution of ether clouds on the north and south continents inside the isolation cover.

As Lin Tuo's vision swept over, the wisps of blue and white air floating in the sky slowly came into view.

They cover the sky above the human kingdom.

The larger the city, the more prosperous it is, the richer and more conspicuous the ether in the sky is. As for remote places, places with few people, if he does not observe carefully, Lin Tuo will even ignore their existence.

Looking at the northern and southern continents, it can be seen with the naked eye that the northern continent is more dense. Among the northern countries, the sky above the Kingdom of Terai is the most dense and visible.

This is also the main source area for Lintuo's collection.

At this moment, the ether cloud hangs calmly in the sky and flows slowly. Since the time flow rate has been adjusted to 1:1, its decrease is not very large.

This also proves that the decline in ether in the sandbox is not a short-term cliff-like decline caused by natural disasters or wars, but is more gentle.

When Lin Tuo's gaze swept across the entire sky, the illusory filaments became clear.

Each one represents an individual who is practicing the breath-taking method. Among them, the capital city of the Terai Kingdom has the most threads, densely packed and connected.

Every second, many threads break and new threads grow.

But when Lin Tuo tried to compare it with the observation results in the morning, he found that those threads that were thicker, that is, those with better talent, were significantly less.

"Could it really be related to hunting wizards?"

Lin Tuo raised his eyebrows, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to investigate.

He still doesn't know the whole story. It would be fine if it was just a fight between factions. This is part of the development of human society. However, he feels uneasy in his heart and always feels that something is wrong.

In comparison, it is better to have peace of mind if you have a clear understanding.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it."

After laughing at himself, Lin Tuo didn't waste any time and immediately raised his hand to summon his clone.

After thinking about it, he did not arrive directly at the capital, but chose the nearest small town with floating etheric threads, and slowly lowered his right hand.

At the same time, the "zoom" ability is turned on.

In his field of vision, the entire sandbox map quickly zoomed in on this point, and the originally tiny town gradually became clear and concrete.

…

…

spring.

No matter where you are, spring is always a joyful season for most races.

In the northern continent, east of the Sunset Plain, the tail of the Pale Mountains turns here. The towering mountains resist the cold wind blowing from a distance, and the Yinma River flows under the mountains.

The rapids that had thawed early spread along the ancient river channels to the entire plain, nourishing countless lives.

There are human towns dotted along the way.

The town of Oak is located here.

The name of the town is quite simple, and it is said that it dates back to the pioneering times, and is completely different from the fancy style that is popular in the Terai Kingdom today.

The size of Oak Town is not small, even within the entire kingdom, it is considered above average.

There are all kinds of facilities, such as churches and monasteries, and there are poor slave laborers, wealthy merchants, and nobles. Especially closer to the center of the town, there are also many bright and beautiful people, as well as magnificent buildings.

It's just that the old city walls on the outside are exposed to wind and rain, are in disrepair, and are seriously aging. Looking from a distance, they always look shabby.

"Lord Baron, the city wall must be renovated before this winter, especially the southeastern section, which has collapsed seriously and cannot be repaired without repair."

Baron Carter walked expressionlessly along the corridor of his castle, through the garden, and slowly walked into his study where he handles daily affairs.

He saw his butler and deputy coming over with a grimace on his face, holding a repair document drawn up last year, and said.

He was in a daze for a brief moment, then came back to his senses, nodded, and said expressionlessly:

"I know, leave it there, I'll look at it later, is there anything else?"

"There is one thing. In the morning, someone from the church sent a document. Well, since you haven't gotten up yet, and it doesn't seem very important, I collected it. Here it is."

The housekeeper heard this and immediately handed over a letter together with the repair document.

However, Baron Carter did not answer.
Chapter completed!