Night World Players

Chapter 85 The End of the Night World
The headquarters of the Mystery Tower, as its name suggests, is a magnificent tower that reaches into the sky.

This reminded Last of his own "Library of Fools". The twenty-one steps were located inside a tall tower, but Last had never had the opportunity to see the entire view from the outside.

The military's special train stopped outside the military restricted area. Although it was called a military restricted area, its size was comparable to that of a small city.

As soon as the two men stepped out of the train door, soldiers in Black Eagle uniforms came forward to verify their identities and only let them pass after confirmation.

Ingrid walked in front, her shoulder-length black hair swaying slightly and her black windbreaker fluttering in the wind.

Although she had a very slender figure, her movements were as meticulous as machines. Even the frequency of her steps was as precise as a clock. There was a fierce aura in her every move, which echoed the cold and murderous atmosphere in the military restricted area.

Rast followed behind and saw that wherever Ingrid passed, all the soldiers bowed and saluted.

From this, it can be seen that this senior schoolmate of his indeed holds a very high position in the military.

Although she only had six years of experience since graduation, and she had no relevant background, she could only start as an ordinary non-commissioned officer after joining the military...

But at this moment, Ingrid's identity as the director of the Inspectorate is not a nominal position, but a real power.

This made Rast understand a little more about the weight of Ingrid's casual words: "Do whatever it takes to climb up."

As the two men went deeper, the number of patrolling soldiers began to decrease.

However, correspondingly, various types of armored equipment, mechanical weapons, and various restrictions have increased in number.

A ray of moonlight flashed in the air, and Dean Yin also emerged from the subspace of the secondary dimension and squatted on Last's shoulder again.

There seemed to be restrictions around the Arcane Tower that could directly interfere with the subspace.

"It's just to keep an intelligence base secret. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?"

Last was looking at a giant cannon not far away, which was more than ten meters high and comparable in specifications to the "Gustav Heavy Cannon" in his memory, and he fell into deep thought.

The huge black muzzle pointed straight towards the dark tower, and its rough surface was engraved with various rune circuits and alchemical matrices.

Even a city wall would be ruthlessly destroyed by this rune cannon.

Even considering the confidentiality level and importance of the Secret Tower headquarters, dispatching an army of this size is a bit too exaggerated.

Those who knew understood that this was to protect confidential intelligence, while those who didn't thought that it was a war of annihilation against the royal city of a hostile country.

"Compared to the complete forces deployed by the Empire and the Academy for the Arcana Tower, what you have seen is just the tip of the iceberg."

Ingrid noticed Rast's gaze directed at the rune cannon.

She paused and pointed at the blue sky above them: "Student Last, have you heard of "space-based kinetic weapons"? "

Space-based kinetic weapons?

Last was slightly stunned, and then he thought of some street literature he had read in his previous life.

The so-called space-based kinetic weapons are generally based on a satellite in low-Earth orbit, carrying a tungsten rod weighing several kilograms, which is then locked, guided and launched in space.

By using gravitational potential energy as a power source, precise strikes can be achieved on strategic targets on the surface.

Of course, according to actual verification in the previous life, the actual lethality of this tungsten rod bullet is far less than expected, and because of the enormous difficulty of precise guidance on the ground in space... this thing is just a fantasy weapon that is only circulated in street literature and science fiction novels.

but--

If this were a world with extraordinary powers, magic matrices, and rune circuits...

As soon as such a thought arose.

Rast heard Ingrid's faint voice ringing in his ears.

"Not long ago, the Imperial Military just produced a prototype of a space-based cannon."

"To put it in a more elegant way, it is the spear of judgment thrown down from the sky, the sword of Damocles."

"It is currently in synchronous orbit, and the surface coordinates locked by the prototype space-based cannon are—"

Ingrid smiled and pointed to the dark tower not far away: "It's the Mystery Tower."

? Even with Rast's knowledge, he couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.

He subconsciously glanced at the blue sky above his head.

In other words, a sword could fall from the sky at any time and raze the entire secret tower and the surrounding military restricted areas to the ground?
"It's just an intelligence repository, is that so serious?"

“Not just for the intelligence base.”

Noticing Rast's confusion, Ingrid turned her gaze to Dean Yin, as if she wanted to seek his opinion.

Seeing this, Dean Yin casually shook his furry tail and said, "Just tell this guy directly."

"For ordinary night travelers, knowing too many secrets in advance is not necessarily a good thing...but this guy is an exception."

"Although he is only at the second level now, he has cracked more than two extremely difficult reverberations. In less than a month since joining the academy, his Obelisk ranking has already reached the top 20, and he is only one step away from becoming one of the twelve seats at the Round Table."

"Given his character, he will be exposed to these things sooner or later even if you don't tell him."

Ingrid nodded and said, "I understand. As expected of a student that Dean Yin has chosen to invest in, his ranking in the Obelisk has risen so quickly."

"Don't talk nonsense. I don't like this unfortunate thing..."

"I just had nothing better to do and found a silly freshman to kill time with."

As he spoke, Dean Yin crawled back into the hood of Last's jumpsuit.

Ingrid glanced at Dean Silver's disappearing hood, smiled and shook her head, not continuing the topic.

Then she looked at Rast again and began to explain.

"Student Rast, you should have learned about the division of the old eras in the overnight world at the academy."

"Before our civilization, before the Pale Age shrouded in layers of fog, there were six civilization eras in total."

"According to the latest theory proposed by the Institute of Relics... the total number of night worlds should be seventy-two, with twelve in each group, belonging to six old eras that have already disappeared."

"Among them, the night worlds of the first five old eras have all been completely conquered. In other words... the existing night worlds and the ones that will appear in the future all belong to the Sixth Era."

"But, have you ever thought about—"

"Even the most ordinary night world, after being opened up by night travelers and explored, will have a high-difficulty dungeon like the Echo of Disaster as the final challenge and ending."

"So, when the entire Old Era is fully explored, what will emerge?"

While the two were talking, they had already arrived at the foot of the magnificent tower, at an inconspicuous side entrance.

Ingrid smiled and once again turned her gaze towards the Mystery Tower in front of her.

"In an ordinary night world, the recorded time interval generally ranges from a few months to several decades, which is the entire process of a disaster that civilization has experienced."

"Compared to the entire era, this is just an insignificant aspect, a fragment."

"And after the rest of the night world has been fully explored in a certain era and the historical secrets have been completely solved..."

"What appeared was the night world at the end of this era—"

“Or, ‘The Echo of the End’.”

There was a slight pause in her words.

“And what is recorded in the Echoes of the End is naturally the catastrophe at the end of the Old Era that destroyed an entire civilization and ended the entire era.”

Without Ingrid saying anything, Rust had already guessed her next words.

"As for the world at the end of the sixth era——"

"At this moment, we are in the Secret Ritual Tower."

(End of this chapter)