"The Dark Night Labyrinth is an unmarked secret place. It would be wise for you not to mention it directly to the Forging General."
As Li spoke hoarsely, a holographic map appeared in the projection device in his hand, illuminating the dark space inside the shuttle.
Just as Soshyan's fleet left Terra and reached the orbit of Mars, Li also came to find him with the relics of the Yemenga Star Monolith.
The atmosphere of the second meeting between the two parties was actually a bit awkward, because Soshiyang had already met Mortal, and Li had obviously come to test him on behalf of Mortal before. Of course, this did not mean that what the other party said was false, at least as far as Soshiyang was concerned. Most of what Li said about what he saw and heard during this period is true, but this still cannot avoid the strange feeling when the two meet again.
Fortunately, Li is not a nagging person. He has already taken out the thing from Saturn. What surprised Soshyan is that the thing is just a weird nine-sided body, only the size of a fist, with one of his figures engraved on each side. The unknown symbol, at least not human, nor Ada's, seems to be different from the Necrontyr's, like a combination of countless spirals and circles.
Li couldn't tell exactly what it did and what it was used for, so it was probably up to Soshiyang to figure it out himself.
After the things were delivered, Li also said that he was the one who led Soshyan to the Dark Night Maze.
In the end, he praised Soshyan for not acting rashly. Originally, Soshyan planned to ask General Foundry about the Dark Night Maze, but he changed his mind before the meeting, mainly because he recalled that this place seemed to have been there before. I had never seen it on the topographic map when I went to Mars. It was probably a very hidden or secret place. Asking about this kind of place rashly might make the foundry general suspicious.
After meeting with Li, the other party confirmed his guess. The Dark Night Maze is a secret among the secrets of Mars. It involves the ancient secrets of Mars. Once Soshyan tells it, it will be difficult for even Li to end it.
You can't even disturb anyone by going to this place.
Fortunately, although Soshyan arrived, the Foundry General was a step slower. It would take at least 20 hours to arrive from Terra. This time difference was something Soshyan could take advantage of.
So he took action directly and took a shuttle with a covert signal function straight to the dark night maze. He had to get this done before the Foundry General returned to Mars.
Time is quite tight.
"The Dark Night Labyrinth is located between the Tharsis Plateau and Mariner Canyon, hidden under the terrain of the Broken Rift Valley."
Li's bandaged face looked a little weird under the green holographic light, like a mummy waking up in an ancient tomb. At the same time, he used his dry fingers to draw a red line on the map.
"Its characteristics are firstly deep. The deepest part of the deep canyon there is six thousand meters deep. It was formed by fault movement in ancient times. Secondly, it is complex. Under the canyon is a grid-like labyrinth terrain, and there are complex Some Mechanicus monks once tried to build a forge nearby, but none of them lasted long and were plagued by technical problems, so there were rumors that this place was unfriendly to machine spirits."
"Actually, it's because a star god is imprisoned underground."
Hearing Soshyan's words, Li shrugged.
"You all know that I won't explain it. We still have a way to walk after we get down there."
The shuttle has arrived near the stratosphere of Mars and is descending rapidly. Its pitch-black body contains shielding technology to prevent detection equipment from detecting it. After all, Mars can be said to be the place with the highest concentration of technological equipment in the Empire. It’s hard for the real thing to avoid ubiquitous detection.
When the altitude dropped to 5,000 meters, one side window of the shuttle opened, and the Tharsis Mountains appeared on the horizon, as if the ground suddenly rose to form a series of steep cliffs, and then dropped back to the vast land of the plateau.
The distant Forge Complex occupies the end of the horizon, but as Li said, the Mechanicus seems to be afraid of this cursed land. Even the most hungry sages who want to expand their territory dare not go there. Any construction on the northern end of the plateau also leaves the entire area extremely empty and lonely.
Soon, Soshyan saw that the mountains suddenly sank at the end of the plateau, as if some kind of huge collapse had turned into a series of maze-like deep valleys, overhanging walls and sunken canyons.
The shuttle gradually lowered its altitude, and soon there was darkness outside the window, as if it had fallen from the sky into the deep sea.
"Lee, how much do you know about Ada."
As the shuttle descended slowly, Soshyan, standing in the dim cabin, suddenly asked in a low voice.
Hearing his question, Li's purple eyes blinked and replied:
"I know a little, but not too much."
"Do you know how the Dark Flame Holy Grail that the Imperial Army sent to me came from?"
After a moment of silence, Li responded slowly.
"My father discovered it when he was exploring the ruins of the City of Miracles."
"What is the City of Miracles?"
"It is the hidden entrance to the webway of Terra, a glorious ancient Eldar webway city no less large than the former Commorragh. It is the starting point and key to my father's great webway plan, and the ending of a broken dream. "(Personally understood, Bianrou was probably planning to build a Comoros for mankind, and he took advantage of the situation by occupying the magpie's nest. However, he failed to understand the fire door mechanism of Douya. As a result, he built an inferior composite board security door. Kicked to death)
"etc--"
Soshyan immediately grasped the point.
"How is Terra connected to an ancient Eldar Webway city?"
"I don't know. I wasn't even born when my father discovered the City of Miracles. These were all what my mother said in her spare time. My father also organized a team to explore, including my mother, Malcador, and There were two other people but my mother never said their names. The Holy Grail of Dark Flame was found there. This thing was stored with my mother for a while and was used in some difficult battles. There are also some other things, but most of them should be sealed in the dark dungeon now."
Soshyan thought for a while and continued to ask:
"Thanks for the explanation. Speaking of the Spiritual Race, have you ever met the Spiritual Race?"
Li tilted his head slightly and looked at Suo Shiyang with a strange look in his eyes.
Then he said something.
"In terms of personal aesthetics, I actually prefer plumper and bigger breasts."
Soshiyang suddenly looked very embarrassed and quickly explained:
"Uh, no, that's not what I mean. I, ahem, um. Okay, let me get it straight. Has the Emperor ever had contact with the Eldar in the past? After all, the Webway is a technology mastered by the Eldar. Where did the Emperor come from? Once you know it, how do you learn to use it or even build it?”
(End of chapter)
