Chapter 895 — Never Stopped
Blade of Dawn · Page 4 of 4
"...That is indeed so," Kamael paused for a moment, then said with a bitter smile. "I cannot suppress my own curiosity... Though this may be a trap, I think I will involuntarily set about understanding and studying it."
"We do indeed need to understand and study it," Gao Yang rose from behind the desk, looking at the two Defiers before him. "I have a premonition that this 'Deep Sea' may be the key to understanding all truths—whether it be the gods, or the mechanisms behind the Magic Tide... even the very essence of magic. I have a vague sense that they are all connected. Kamael, Virolai, I authorize you to initiate research in the relevant fields, and find some way to locate traces of this 'Deep Sea.' Additionally, I suggest we pursue cooperation with the elves in this domain—the elves have a long heritage, and within their ancient treasury of knowledge, there may already exist fragments of insight regarding the mysteries of the world."
"In the same way, we can open cooperation with the sirens as well — they are an alien race, true, but they have lived in this world far longer than we have, and over their long ages of study and adaptation, they may well have observed certain signs..."
"I understand. I will arrange a technical exchange as soon as possible," Kamel said at once. "As it happens, we have accumulated a great many problems in our high-altitude vehicle project of late, and we have precisely the need to trade interim results with the elves..."
"High-altitude vehicle..." Gao Shaoke was drawn at once by the project Kamel had named — it was one of the key projects he had approved this year, as vital as the high-speed vehicle, the study of the stars, and the exploration of the oceans. It was the hope of the next generation of flight technology, and it bore on that dream of a sea of stars in Gao Yang's heart. "How is it progressing?"
"Everything went smoothly until we reached the top of the static magic boundary layer — stronger anti-gravity generators, more efficient power spines, more rational rune layouts... with the help of certain new techniques, we lifted the unmanned craft with ease to altitudes even Thunder Swallow birds cannot reach. But once past the static magic boundary layer, matters changed. The magic environment of the atmospheric turbulence layer is nothing like that near the surface: the primal magic is stronger, and yet far harder to control. The magic web can scarcely run stably in such a chaotic environment, and stable lift is out of the question — every one of the unmanned craft came down."
As he spoke, Kamel spread both hands — or rather, two streams of arcane energy whose forms were bound by rune armor plates: "We recovered every recording device carried aboard the craft, and we mean to run a comprehensive analysis of the data, to see whether we can find the patterns of the turbulence layer, and to see what the elves make of it..."