Overturned Tower

Russell's pupils suddenly contracted.

One locks all sentient beings, and the other locks the sky.

These are the two seals composed of elves and dragons.

"Planet...an alien planet."

He murmured quietly.

Russell captured this key word keenly.

Because it wasn't until now that he truly realized one thing... something that he had ignored for a long time.

It seems that in all the official documents, papers and books Russell has seen so far, there is no knowledge about "planet".

Russell didn't realize there was any problem here because he regarded this place as a "foreign world" as a matter of course.

——You see, the sky has been gray instead of blue since the beginning of time; the stars at night are also so sparse that they cannot form constellations; there are various "animal-eared ladies" with different spiritual relatives in this world , as well as magical psychic powers, holy orders, spells... and even legendary elves and the incredible floating island.

If you accept the existence of these settings, then it is very reasonable that there is no concept of planets in other worlds, right?

In this case, it makes sense why this world has not developed aerospace technology at all even though its technology is so advanced that it can build floating cities that can accommodate tens of millions of people - because this world does not exist on a planetary model.

What caused Russell's worldview to collapse was the sculpture he saw on Tongshen Island before.

"The Knotted Pistol".

Its existence proves that this world is still on the earth... and it is an era that is unknown how many years after the earth civilization that he is familiar with.

Russell has been on a floating island since his birth, and has not even been able to touch the "shape of land"; the history, books and texts of the old era have all been abandoned, obviously because he does not want today's humans to recall the past culture.

It is said that in the "land age", there were different kingdoms, nations and wars. There were also fights between various spiritual relatives, there was hunting, there was preying... Alice's "killing intention" is proof of this.

For example, when a fox jumps into a chicken pen or a wolf jumps into a sheepfold, it will not necessarily hunt the "one" that fully meets its needs for survival, and keep the rest as a reserve food. Instead, he will kill all the prey...even if he is full or cannot take it away at all, he will kill without meaning or reason - this is the behavior of "killing".

Even in today's sky age, it is very difficult to treat the heart that has been killed. Not to mention the land era with even more backward technology...

Because of this characteristic that only appears in carnivorous spirit relatives, there will definitely be a war between carnivorous spirit relatives and vegetarian spirit relatives.

This is especially true for aquatic spiritual relatives - whether they are killer whales, great white sharks, or sperm whales, they all belong to the chordate phylum, and their spiritual relatives will still be born. And the living environment they need is completely different from that of terrestrial souls... This will give birth to wars with different stances. Today's Sky Age is more of a compromise than peace... The Islamic War is the last war, but it is by no means the only war.

As for the named elves like Deer Head, they even had knowledge of "planet" and had the concept of "enemies from alien planets" from the very beginning - because she just made it clear that these bans did not come from alien planets. But theoretically, Russell had no knowledge of "planets" at all, and there was no need to talk about "extraterrestrials".

This means that this planet may have reached, or at least been exposed to, the technology of the "interstellar" era.

Those "ancient technologies" that seem so magical today are the knowledge from that era!

That is ancient times for modern people and future for Russell. The concept of "spiritual relatives" should have been born at that time.

That is to say...

After the earth's civilization had developed to the interstellar age, it was pushed back to the feudal era for some reason. Although various technologies existed, the system was directly cleared and restarted. To this day, this world is still banning all aerospace technology, and the dragons no longer even allow humans to touch the sky. Therefore, this world has long been able to manufacture aircraft, but it can only use airships... and they are not high-altitude airships.

This extremely crucial information, which Russell would not be able to deduce in any case if the deer-headed statue had not informed him, was just like an extremely crucial key. Opened the long-delayed door to knowledge.

Many thoughts, guesses, and ideas gathered quickly in Russell's mind, like invisible threads, weaving together unbelievable truths.

But at this moment, an extremely strong question, like strong liquor, suddenly popped up in Russell's mind.

"...you mean, the ban on 'alien planets'?"

Russell raised his head and stared at the deer head statue: "Why do you have to explain this?

"Or, when have I ever said or heard the word 'planet'?"

"'You did hear it'."

The deer-headed statue replied calmly.

"when?"

Russell asked rhetorically.

The answer given by the deer head statue made Russell feel cold: "'It was when you first met Tovatus, he said this word in front of you. But you were not surprised by it. Doubtful. From that moment on, I knew that the concept of 'star' existed in your memory.'"

...It seems that this is indeed the case.

Russell recalled the incident.

Those were the words Towatus said when he recruited Russell.

"...The key you promised to the caged bird is another cage? Do you treat me as a pet?"

Russell asked at the time.

But Tovatus' casual answer contains the biggest secret in the world: "What you said is a joke. What is the difference between this floating island, or even this planet, and a huge birdcage? If not Due to work requirements, I'm afraid you will never leave your hometown very far in your life. What does the size of this world have to do with you? Places you can never reach are just scenery textures in the game."

——Even this planet.

He said it clearly.

This planet is the "Birdcage", no different from the floating island.

As a rebellious among the elf directors, Tovatus cares nothing about the rules and traditions. I even hope to tear it all to pieces.

The secret that others regarded as a treasure, he casually told in public to the people he met for the first time.

It’s just that at that time, all Russell’s attention was focused on the sentence “Eternal Life Like a Dragon”. He didn't pay any attention to the weirdest word "planet".

"So that was his test of me..."

"'It's a temptation, but also a test. Testing your value and potential. Because he wants to know that when he deliberately reveals some flaws... can you grasp the most unreasonable details in the first time.'"

The synthesized voice of the deer-headed statue sounded flatly: "'It's a blessing that you didn't pass his test. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here talking to me now... you would be kidnapped directly by him.'