Volume 3: Tide of Gray Mist Chapter 64 This is our dawn
Under the majestic pure white tower, several fully armed flame warriors stood tall. The flame patterns engraved on their black robes were beating and burning like their powerful hearts.
Also coming along were Huang Hongtian and several other important figures from the Investigation Bureau.
There are not many people.
Because the Shuize Base City is still under high alert, more soldiers are stationed throughout the city to prevent the evil from suddenly emerging from the depths and setting foot in reality.
But, not after today!
"Come on, let's light up the dawn."
Fang You took the lead and walked forward, entering the three-hundred-meter-high pure white tower.
The interior of the tower is very spacious, with lamps hanging all around, emitting a soft and bright light of pale golden color . A closer look reveals that these lamps are not suspended by any threads and are two or three inches away from the wall. They are truly suspended lamps, or in other words, these lamps are solidified in the space not far from the wall.
Apart from this, there are not many ornaments inside, only a staircase that spirals up around the wall of the lighthouse and leads directly to the top of the lighthouse, which is full of glow.
But climbing stairs is still... too slow!
This is the modern era. Even when mystery strikes, we still seek convenience and speed. In the center of the entire lighthouse stands a white pillar that requires five or six people to hug. This is also the "elevator" of the Dawn Lighthouse.
Fang You naturally didn't understand how it worked and the specific principles. He only roughly knew that the operation of the Dawn Lighthouse consumed energy from the strange crystals, and that the lighthouse itself probably had the ability to absorb "energy from heaven and earth."
The consumption of strange crystals is not very large - compared to the many bright lights in the tower.
If there is a chance in the future, Master Wang can study the internal structure of the lighthouse and extract the technological crystallization therein, but for now, of course, we still have to activate this lighthouse and let its capabilities truly come into play.
The elevator carrying several people whooshed up to the highest point of the lighthouse. In a moment, with a click, the white door opened and the wide lighthouse aerial platform appeared in front of everyone.
The structure of the Dawn Lighthouse is slightly tightened from bottom to top, but it bulges outward at the top observation deck. The space is quite open, and an observation corridor surrounds the tower. Through the glass, one can have a clear bird's eye view of the Shuize City outside.
The buildings are tall, and tiny lights shine through the windows, slightly illuminating the dim day.
Looking up, you can see the dark clouds that are thickly covering the entire sky. Standing on the 300-meter-high observation platform, the feeling of oppression becomes more obvious, and there is not a ray of sunlight within the field of vision.
This is the world now, a world with only cloudy days.
After a circle, Fang You came to the control console located in the central area.
He stretched out his hand, opened his palm and gently pressed it on the crystal plate in front of him. Suddenly, golden streams of light appeared and spread around along fixed lines. Information was displayed on the console.
This is for Director Huang and An Jianyou and others to see.
It is like the control center of the Xinhuo Base, where you can perform some operations on the operation of the base, but the real core console is still within the game interface.
[Beacon of Dawn (not activated)]
[Rank: Golden Legend]
〔Category: Special Building〕
[Ability ①: Light of Dawn]
[Within the range of the light of dawn, the darkness will be completely dispelled, and the filth lurking deep beneath reality will find it extremely difficult to breed.]
[Ability 2: Dawn Guardian]
[Within the protection range of the Tower of Dawn, evil will have nowhere to hide, and the impact on human rationality will be greatly weakened.]
[Ability ③: Dawn Wall]
[When enough dawn lighthouses stand at the nodes of the surging waves, the light of dawn may be able to stop the spread of the gray fog. Please explore the details yourself.]
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[Hint: The Dawn Lighthouse has been built but has not yet been activated. Do you want to start activating it?]
[Tip: The Dawn Lighthouse can only be activated in areas with a large population. When it is activated for the first time, the larger the population in the surrounding area, the stronger the dawn power condensed by the lighthouse.]
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"bite!"
"Activate?"
White and gold lettering appeared on the console panel.
Director Huang stared at the Xinhuo mentor in front of him who was wearing a white robe, and his hands clenched involuntarily.
An Jianyou clasped his hands together in front of his chest, looked out the window, and then looked back at his mentor's face.
Black knife, no expression can be seen.
But there is no doubt that everyone present at this moment was a little nervous and expectant, until Fang You uttered two words, "Activate!"
The golden light became brighter and brighter, and the entire control room seemed to be warm.
Outside, the pure white tower standing on the earth also diffused a faint moon-golden glow. Originally just an isolated individual lighthouse of dawn, at this moment it gradually connected with the entire earth and the people living on this earth into a whole.
Located higher up on the observation platform, the pointed spire was emitting golden light, flickering and gradually becoming brighter.
In this gloomy and cloudy sky, the Dawn Lighthouse, which is already a landmark building, became even more eye-catching at this moment. People walking on the road and staying in the house all looked up.
"What is that, glowing?"
"It's the tall white tower! It was built in the past few days, but the area is closed to traffic."
"Is the light from the tower to replace sunlight?"
Many people raised questions, but before they could discuss with the people around them, their eyes widened and stared into the distance, looking at the sky not far from the pure white tower.
The sky is dark and has been since a few days ago.
There wasn't much rain, but the depressing, thick grey-black clouds lingered for a long time.
Maybe it will never disperse.
I will never see the sunshine again, the clear sky, the blue sky and white clouds again.
Many people have to accept this fact.
But at this moment, a golden hue gradually appeared in the center of the sky that had been covered by dark clouds, becoming brighter and brighter. Suddenly, a beam of light appeared, and the golden beam was like a spear of war in the sky, tearing through the thick and dense dark clouds, tearing open the black sky that had been covering the city, and shining heavily on the earth.
There were outlines of light on the earth.
At first, the light only fell on an area of one or two square meters, and soon, the golden outline on the ground spread, spreading rapidly, sweeping across the dark asphalt road, the puddles in the alleys, the walls of the buildings, and the faces with slightly open mouths.
The dark veil was torn apart!
The light of dawn starts from the sky above the lighthouse and spreads rapidly in all directions, bringing sunlight to the entire city.
The asphalt road became shiny, the puddles of water shone, and the glass windows of the buildings sparkled in the light.
The world suddenly had color.
In the outer area of Shuize City, the last batch of migrants got off the bus with confusion on their faces, confusion about being far away from home and about their future lives.
But at this moment, they saw the golden light shining down from the distant clouds.
The brilliant light spread at an extremely fast speed, soon spreading from the distant central city to them, and then continued to shine towards the distance.
"It's light!"
A girl stretched out her hand and touched the falling light spots. Her palms gradually became warm and her eyes were filled with tears.
The old man holding the child's hand stared at him with a happy smile on his face.
Further away,
The investigator who had been escorting the team all the way was surprised, excited, and happy. He looked up at the dawn light, tears glistening in his eyes.
He blinked hard, but still couldn't bear to look away.
"This sunlight is too dazzling."
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Pure white tower and observation platform.
The sunlight shines through the glass and falls on the corridor, shining golden.
An Jianyou couldn't help but take a few steps forward, pressing his hand against the transparent glass window. His watery eyes were filled with ripples, reflecting the colors of the light.
White clouds float across the blue sky.
A huge fireball hung high above, emitting endless light and heat.
It was the sun. She thought she would never see it again.
On the lookout platform, both the torch fighters and investigators were excited. It was because they knew the truth better than ordinary people that they realized how rare it was to see the sunlight tear through the dark clouds.
Huang Hongtian suppressed his excitement and came forward to express his gratitude.
"This is the light of dawn, Master Fang. You have brought dawn to this city."
Hearing his words, Fang You shook his head slightly, "It's not me."
He looked outside, and under the golden light there was a crowd of people and smiling faces.
"It is because we never give up hope that dawn will come."
Today's dawn belongs to everyone in Base City.
but,
"The lighting of the lighthouse is only the first step of the Dawn Project. Now is not the time to relax."
"Um……"
"I will never let this hard-earned light be lost again."
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Mizusawa Base City, Wonju Investigation Bureau Building, which is also the current headquarters.
Huang Hongtian came here without stopping after leaving the Dawn Lighthouse. He stared at the light screen in front of him that displayed the map of Shuize Base City and asked his deputy.
"What's the situation? Is there any evil?"
"No evil disasters have been found so far."
"Keep watching."
Director Huang was also reluctant to close his eyes. He stayed in the command center from the time the sun was high in the sky to the time it gradually disappeared into the dark clouds at the end of the sky.
With a nervous and apprehensive mood, he stared at the strange and evil map of the Sky Eye.
In one hour, only one one-star disaster occurred.
In four hours, only two one-star disasters occurred.
Throughout the whole day, there were only a handful of strange and evil disasters, and they all occurred in the sparsely populated areas outside the Shuize Base City.
Eight! All one-star. This is the disaster data of the Mizusawa Base City after the dawn!
When the news was announced, all the staff in the command center cheered.
“We did it!”
"Since the mysterious advent, the frequency of evil spirits appearing has been increasing, and the disasters have been getting more and more serious. For the first time, the frequency of evil spirits breeding has decreased! It has even decreased to a level far lower than the number before the gray fog tide arrived!"
"This is dawn, the real dawn!"
“ Wuwuwu——!”
All the previous anxiety and worry, at this moment, all turned into tears of joy.
The same is true for Director Huang.
Their efforts were not in vain and they achieved success beyond their imagination.
However, as Mr. Fang said,
"We have only achieved a small victory. The disaster is still difficult to deal with and the danger facing the city of Mizusawa has not really passed."
"Cheer up, we are about to enter the second stage!"
