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Therefore, no matter how hard a normal person pushes himself, the instinct for survival will not allow him to go beyond the limit. He will specifically distinguish the power driven by humans and retain the part that is sufficient to maintain life functions.

For example, after suffering excessive pain, the body will force humans into a coma.

The so-called "Yin Iron" of the Night Blade is an ability that acts on the Night Blade holder himself. It can directly command his body to completely forget the pain and shut down the body's self-protection mechanism.

Break free from the constraints of instinct and squeeze out from the depths of the soul the power that living things should not use.

To use the terminology from Last's previous life's online articles, it is the so-called unlocking of the "genetic lock".

However, the cost is also very high. After activating the Night Blade, the user will often fall into coma due to the immense pain.

Due to the burden on the soul, excessive use can even lead to permanent shortening of life and even soul damage.

This is undoubtedly a rather mediocre Nightblade.

At the cost of hurting oneself, or even damaging one's flesh, one gains an explosion that exceeds the limits of biological instinct. However, even this power gained at such a price seems insignificant compared to those truly powerful Night Blades.

however--

The senior student in front of me relied on such a mediocre Night Blade to become the second seat at the round table of that session and the current director of the Supervisory Department.

Thinking of this, Ingrid looked at the disappearing moonlight on Rast's shoulder.

She sat down on the train's reclining seat, but her posture still carried a military-like aura of sternness and solemnity.

Ingrid smiled wryly. "I knew it would be like this."

"Senior sister, do you have a bad relationship with Dean Yin?" Last asked.

“It’s not a bad relationship.”

"But I knew early on that Dean Yin preferred Hiltina, including the current First Seat of the Round Table... people with pure hearts, who could devote their entire lives to a single belief without distraction."

Ingrid watched the rapidly changing scenery outside the car window and the Star University moving further away.

"But I really can't do it like them."

"Ten years ago, when I arrived in the imperial capital on a crowded green train, holding the admission letter from Star University in my arms, and saw the prosperous world before me—"

"I knew that even if I died, I would die here."

"I swore to myself that one day I would take control of my own destiny and obtain all the things I could only watch in the past."

She lifted a strand of her black hair that was a little messy due to the strong wind outside the car window.

"Of course, everything I desire, envy, and will pursue by any means..."

"Perhaps Hiltina and the others have become so accustomed to this scenery that they're tired of it and want to escape."

"But I'm not pure and simple, but rather extremely complicated."

Ingrid turned her gaze away from the shrinking academy outside the car window.

"Sorry, I've been back to the academy for a long time. The scene brought back a lot of emotions and made me think of many things... I accidentally said too much in front of you."

She spoke with a hint of apology, "Especially since it has affected your relationship with Dean Yin, including Hiltina and the others, it might be embarrassing for you."

"fine--"

Luster shook his head. "Instead, I should be thanking you, Senior. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't have been able to find any clues about Canaan. I even asked you to take me there."

"It's a trivial matter. I just happened to be on my way back to attend the school anniversary celebration."

Ingrid smiled and said, "Besides, I heard about you too."

"I heard you also come from a remote, isolated village. Due to an accident and coincidence, you stumbled into the night world, became a night traveler, and enrolled in Starry University."

"We have similar backgrounds and neither of us has any relatives in the Imperial Capital or at Star University. Of course, we should help each other."

"But you are better than me. The fact that you are so close to Dean Yin shows that even after seeing the bustling and noisy big city, you can still maintain a pure heart."

She shook her head in self-mockery: "Unlike me, who is full of ambition."

……

No wonder I felt an inexplicable sense of closeness when I came into contact with this senior student.

It turned out that she considered herself as someone who had also come to the imperial capital from a small border town to study.

However, strictly speaking, this is not a misunderstanding. After all, his hometown is indeed from an unknown border town, and he really has no relatives in the imperial capital.

The train passed through the golden plain with a loud whistle.

The two of them didn't speak during the whole journey. In addition, Dean Yin also ran to his own subspace and lay down to catch up on his sleep among the piles of dried fish. The carriage fell into a long silence.

until--

The train slowly slowed down.

Outside the car window, in the heavily guarded military area, a towering black tower can be seen in the distance.

We have arrived at the headquarters of the "Mysterious Tower".

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 made Last think 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 whole picture 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 slender figure, her movements were as precise as a machine. Even the frequency of her steps was as accurate 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 was surprised to see that wherever Ingrid passed, all the soldiers bowed and saluted.

From this, it can be seen that this senior schoolmate of his has a very high status 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 Supervisory Department is not a nominal position, but a real power.

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

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.

A flash 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 database secret. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss?"

Last looked 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 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 full force deployed by the Empire and the Academy for the Arcana Tower, what you've seen is just the tip of the iceberg."

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

She paused slightly and pointed at the azure sky above them. "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 previous lives, the actual lethality of this tungsten rod bullet is far less than expected, and because of the enormous difficulty of precise guidance to the ground from space... this thing is just a fantasy weapon that only circulates in street literature and science fiction novels.

but--

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

As soon as this 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's the spear of judgment hurled down from the sky, the sword of Damocles."

"It is currently in geosynchronous orbit, and the surface coordinates locked onto 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 Last'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, razing the entire Mystery 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 wanting to ask for 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."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that he's only at the second level now. However, he's been credited with deciphering over two extremely difficult reverberations. Less than a month after joining the academy, his Obelisk ranking has already reached the top 20, putting him just one step away from becoming one of the twelve seats at the Round Table."

"Given his character, he'll eventually come into contact with these things even if you don't tell him."

Ingrid nodded. "I understand. As expected of a student like you, Dean Yin, who has chosen to invest in her, her Obelisk ranking has risen so quickly."

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

"I just had nothing better to do and found some 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 disappeared hood, smiled and shook her head, and did not continue the topic.

Then she looked at Rast again and began to explain.

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

"Before our own era of civilization, before that 'Pale Age' shrouded in layers of mist, there existed a total of six eras of civilization."

"According to the latest theory proposed by the Institute of Ruins... the total number of night worlds should be seventy-two, grouped in twelve, belonging to six vanished eras."

"Among them, the night worlds of the first five old eras have all been completely conquered. In other words... the existing night worlds and those 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 difficult dungeon like the Echo of Disaster as the final challenge and conclusion."

"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.

"For an ordinary night world, the time interval recorded is generally 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 in a certain era, after the rest of the night world has been fully explored and the historical secrets have been completely solved..."

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

"Or rather, 'The Last Echoes of the End.'"

She paused for a moment.

"And what is recorded in the Echoes of the Final Hour is naturally the catastrophe that destroyed an entire civilization and ended the entire era at the end of the Old Era."

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