Suddenly, Amides waved his hand and said: "All senior scholars and below should get out."

The scholars in the room bowed to their teacher one after another and left one after another, leaving only a few people.

Mina bit her red lip and held on, but the teacher didn't chase her away.

She was overjoyed, thinking that maybe it was the privilege that Rhodes had brought to her, so she quietly moved and stood behind him.

Amides looked at Rhodes with his old eyes and said slowly.

"What I'm going to tell you next is the top secret of the royal city. You are now qualified to know it, but you are not allowed to tell it outside."

Rhodes felt a chill in his heart and replied in a deep voice: "I know."

"The Fire King's City outside Trolian exists."

Amides said word for word.

"More than two hundred years ago, we communicated with humans other than Trorian and tried to establish long-term and effective communication channels with them."

"But it is a pity that after a huge disaster, our contact with them was interrupted, and no news about them was found again. This part of the historical data was burned in a strange crisis, and only one remains.

A small portion."

Rhodes felt a sense of uncertainty in his heart.

"You mean, they..."

Amides said in a deep voice: "There are two possibilities."

"First, they were destroyed."

"Second, the disaster caused some changes that cut off the connection between us."

Amides paused.

"But the most suspicious thing about this incident is that we later captured a doomsday cultist and learned from his soul that the destruction of historical materials was done under the instructions of the Grand Leader of the Defiled Sect."<

/p>

"Unfortunately, we did not learn their motives from his soul."

"There are many opinions about this matter, and it is generally believed that it was to prevent human beings from uniting together, becoming more powerful, and destroying their conspiracy to destroy human beings."

Rhodes frowned and asked, "Haven't these maggots been cleaned up yet?"

Amides shook his head: "They all hid deeper in the sewers of the royal city. This is a product of the age of giants. It is extremely complicated. Asa, the leader of the Polluter Sect, also holds the Book of Destiny, which can distort the tracking of people."

Knowing each other has brought great trouble to our pursuit."

The dark figure behind the scenes that I met last time may be him.

Rhodes thought.

We must dig him out in the future and hand over that torn book to the public.

Mina couldn't help but ask: "Why is this information top secret? Isn't it good to let everyone know that there are other Fire King cities?"

Amides shook his head slightly.

"We have used a variety of methods to find them."

"Our search team once even went as far as the dark depths 10,000 yards away, and even took the risk of using level 12 psychic powers to carry out wide-area communications. Over the past two hundred years, such attempts have not been interrupted, but regardless of

No matter what we tried, we didn't get any response."

University scholar Oberon said: "In fact, we know that the most likely thing is that they were destroyed."

"No one can resist not contacting another human civilization. In this era, we are like lost children. The terror of loneliness in the dark night can make anyone go crazy. The existence of another human civilization is not only a place where we can hug each other for warmth

, can also bring courage and hope, proving that human beings can survive in this dark environment for a long time."

"Similarly, the destruction of a Fire King city will bring us great despair."

Amides said in a deep voice: "So, this news must not be spread outside."

Rhodes and Mina nodded together: "I understand."

The great scholar Delan smiled and said: "You don't have to despair. It is unimaginable that the thick black fog can isolate the message. We are like a grain of sand sinking under this dark sea. The possibility of finding another grain of sand is very high."

Slim."

"But the world is so big, and the four continents are boundless. It is impossible that only our royal city has survived. There may be other human heroes who have preserved the fire and continued civilization."

"Yes." Amides agreed: "We are building a bell tower that can listen to the sounds of the world. When it is completed, we will be able to hear the sounds at the end of darkness, and we will definitely be able to discover other fire civilizations."

Rhodes was moved in his heart. He remembered that Molly had told him the same thing, and couldn't help but ask: "How long will it take to build the World Clock Tower, and what materials will be needed?"

"The progress of the World Clock Tower has reached 80%, and it currently lacks star marrow and starlight fragments."

Rhodes nodded and wrote down these two items of information.

Amides said kindly: "Little Rod, you now know how uncertain we are facing in the future. The disasters of the past may reappear at any time. Each of us is doing our best to find a way to survive.

, the exploration of truth is for this purpose, I hope you can write your book as soon as possible."

University scholar Oberon said: "The entire Trorian is longing for more power, and every time we take a step towards the truth, we may gain new power from it."

Rhodes smiled and said: "You are right, knowledge is power."

This insightful motto won a lasting round of applause.

University scholars are simply impressed by this young star.

I was worried before that he was exaggerating, but now it seems that he is not exaggerating enough.

Several of them have secretly decided to go to Horus to ask him not to be too conservative and to be more aggressive.

Mina was jealous and dissatisfied. Before she knew it, this little boy who was once very young in her eyes had almost grown into a thick and strong towering tree, making her drool with envy.

"Your Excellency Amides."

Rhodes thought for a while and then asked.

"What is the disaster you have been talking about just now? Is it the Kuroshio?"

Amides shook his head: "The black tide is just one kind of disaster."

Mina rushed to answer: "Disaster is a misfortune that has been avoided throughout the entire history of civilization. It is a misfortune that people are extremely afraid of but cannot escape from."

"Standard answer."

Amides tilted his head slightly.

"In layman's terms, any continuous event that is detrimental to mankind is collectively called a disaster."

"There are many kinds of disasters, some coming from the weather, some coming from monsters, some coming from changes in the environment, some coming from the invasion of black fog, some coming from the inside, etc."

"For example, the worst time, do you know what it is?"

Mina quickly replied: "Long night."

"Yes, when the long night comes, the sky is dark, the black fog is thick, monsters are active, and the power of the fire is greatly reduced. The scope of the holy fire will retreat to the upper city, lasting for dozens of days, and in rare cases, even for several months. This

It’s a disaster.”

University scholar Deland said: "The great extinction four hundred years ago was a nine-month long night, and 90% of the entire Trorian population died in this disaster."

"So." Amides said: "We need to know what kind of disasters happened in the past so that we can avoid them in the future."

University scholar Oberon said: "What we most urgently need to understand about the past is..."

"In the second era, the birth of the Black Mist and the First Fire, and the fall of the ancient gods."

"In the third era, the survival of mankind in the initial period, and the destruction of mankind in its heyday."

"In the Fourth Age, the truth about Trorian's mass extinction nine hundred years ago, and other Fire King cities."

Amides smiled and said: "If you are willing, you can join us in our exploration of the past. Many of our schools are happy to have a person with both strength and wisdom like you to join. You are also proficient in linguistics. In the ruins

This is very important in our exploration."

Rhodes patted his chest: "Of course, I'm happy to."

The academics all smiled. Exploring the ruins in the depths of darkness is a very dangerous and difficult task.

Because you have to go deep into the dark world, the number of people traveling each time is limited. The more functions you have, the more popular you will be.

And a multi-functional all-rounder like Rhodes is simply the savior they dream of.

After discussing the details of the exploration of the ruins for a while, the meeting came to an end.

Everyone said goodbye to Rhodes one by one, repeatedly urging him to complete the work as soon as possible.

Rhodes clapped his chest and said goodbye as everyone looked at him with reluctance.

This trip to the academy refreshed Rhodes' worldview and made him truly understand that they are now in danger of life and death all the time.

Momentary victories are temporary and cannot change their fundamental situation.

No wonder some people want to expand outward even if they die.

And some people will stick to the city gate even to death.

Rhodes sighed in his heart, this is probably the reaction of different people in the same crisis.

In the period that followed, Rhodes visited Jinworth College and the secret branch one after another.
To be continued...