The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

In the eighteenth year of the Imperial calendar, the eldest prince, Lindrick, was assigned to govern the North.

Although this matter concerns the heir to the empire, it did not cause much of a stir in the empire, because the eldest prince, Lindrick, had been brought by His Majesty to observe politics since he was a child. Although he was still very young, he already had several years of work experience.

Hmm... the Child Labor Law may not apply to royalty.

Of course, Lindrick was only assisting His Majesty in handling government affairs and did not have any practical work experience on his own, which is why he was sent to the North to gain experience.

Moreover, for the empire at this time, there was something even more important: the fleet that had prepared to traverse the fog eight years ago had returned.

This fleet at the time could be said to have brought together all of the Empire's latest technologies, and even some technologies that had not yet been implemented in the military were used on this fleet, including a prototype small Well of Eternity.

Furthermore, the empire commissioned an entire ship of dragons to escort it, and these greedy dragons certainly didn't ask for a low price.

Besides the dragons, there are also many elven druids. These druids can even farm on the ship to ensure supplies, allowing them to stay ashore for extremely long periods of time.

All of this is in order to see through that fog.

Whether it's the Mu Continent or the almost unified Solon Continent, there are virtually no records of the Mist. The only reference is the experience of the Mist coastal routes. So, although everything was ready for this voyage and all the crew members were armed to the teeth, everyone boarded the fleet with the determination to die and not be able to return.

Eight years later, the fleet returned.

When the fleet appeared in the near sea and sent out signals, the port officials were almost incredulous and immediately reported it. The matter was reported all the way to the palace, where it was personally handled by His Majesty the Emperor.

After the knights of Lars confirmed that there were no abnormalities in the fleet, that the remaining personnel were mentally stable and their consciousness was normal, and that there were no strange phenomena on any of the ships, the crew members were allowed to disembark and were sent to the capital.

Of course, after confirming that there were no abnormalities, all the crew members were immediately reported by major media outlets. All those who were still alive received the respect due to heroes, and His Majesty the Emperor awarded the crew members the highest imperial medal, which had not been awarded for a long time.

This has also made many people curious about what this fleet discovered overseas.

The one in gray robes was responsible for reporting on behalf of the entire fleet.

Although the man in the grey robe was quite old, he still looked very energetic, even more so than when Lind first met him.

It was because eight years ago, there was nothing left on the continent of Soren that required Grey Robe's assistance, so he volunteered to go to sea with him.

"Your Majesty, we have searched the continent beyond the mist for a long time, but we have indeed not found any intelligent life."

Linde already knew this news through his new personal terminal, but when he actually heard Grey Robe say it, he couldn't help but pause for a moment, as if he were communicating with 550C.

Of course, the absence of intelligent life does not mean there are no signs of intelligent life, especially since the accompanying dragons have a sense of nostalgia for that place, and some of them even want to live there permanently.

"However, that continent is very vast, and on the highest peak of that continent, we observed traces of stone carvings. In order to climb that ridiculously high mountain and take pictures and make rubbings of the stone carvings, we spent some extra time."

"It's alright, it's good that you're back."

Linde really didn't expect to have any success. Although he had conducted many trial voyages in coastal waters before, he never expected that his first long voyage would be successful. Let alone finding other continents, just being able to return would be beyond his expectations.

"Because the stone carving is very large, the copies to be made are also very large. Your Majesty, please prepare a space so that we can spread out the copies."

"I understand. How big of a space do we need? Is the palace enough?"

Of course, before the carving was laid out, Linde had already learned about its contents through photographs.

Above were the characters Lind knew best, each stroke, the familiar square characters, the memories etched deep in Lind's mind awakened once more.

When these familiar words were spread out in the open space, Lind felt tears welling up in his eyes.

"Greetings to gentlemen from other places."

"If you can see this passage, it means you have enough power to cross the fog. Congratulations on surviving the collapse of civilization and restoring its former glory."

"The space on this continent is unusually unstable, but it has also given us unique talents."

"Through these talents, we have left this beautiful homeland and left some gifts for future gentlemen. We hope you will make good use of them and that we may meet among the stars."

This continent was personally named Pangu Continent by the emperor, and the so-called gift was the towering tower on this continent—the Tower of Babel.

When the Empire actually entered the Tower of Babel, Lind discovered what the so-called gift meant. The entire tower was not only very well preserved, far superior to the Tower of Babel, but it had also been reverse-engineered, and some of its permissions had even been cracked.

The entire Tower of Babel records the complete history of this continent, as well as many valuable documents.

The exploration of a stable route to that unknown continent was immediately put on the agenda and became one of the main projects promoted during Linde's reign. This route was extremely dangerous, as the chaotic magic and fog caused some magic-powered devices to have side effects in certain sea areas. Therefore, in addition to experienced captains and sailors, the development of the Well of Eternity was also very important for the opening of this route.

His Majesty the Emperor and the Pope of the Empire also fully supported the opening of the sea route, even investing the latest prototype of the Well of Eternity into it each time, which ensured the stability of the subsequent sea route.

As the flight path stabilized and research on the Tower of Babel progressed, more and more information about the Pangu Continent became available.

The Dyson Sphere project divided the Earth into regions, and the different "waves" that affected each region led to vastly different developments in the civilizations of those regions.

Just like the magic that originated on the continent of Mu where Linde is located, it was all thanks to the "waves" that impacted the stability of matter. The impact on the continent of Pangaea was even more outrageous, and even space itself was no longer stable.

Of course, similar magical techniques also existed on the Pangu Continent. In fact, because the stability of space was very poor, these magical skills were even more exaggerated, far beyond the imagination of the spellcasters on the Mu Continent.

Yes, the Pangu Continent is a civilization of cultivation. The dragons were driven out of this civilization when it was still immature due to defeat. This civilization has an extremely advanced cultivation system, but apart from these systems, its other technological level is hard to describe and is very extreme.

The dragons are not yet in their complete form. Because the space on the Mu Continent is more stable, the dragons can only perform simple form changes. To be precise, the dragons do not change their form, but rather replace it. This is a fact that has already been established in the research on dragons. As for how the human form and the dragon form came about, we need to start from the beginning to study this cultivation civilization.

The information from the Tower of Babel reveals that the civilization on the Pangu Continent was clearly more advanced. They had already known the truth and had broken free from their constraints using a method similar to ascension.

However, it is clear that their method of ascension is not universally applicable and cannot be used as a reference. It is a completely different system. This is probably why this cultivation civilization has not interfered with other regions. In any case, this has saved Linde a lot of trouble. Linde's biggest worry is that after crossing the fog, he will have to go to war with other civilizations.

Of course, the civilization on the Pangu Continent did not have a smooth journey. After all, an unstable space means more dangers. In order to deal with these dangers, the civilization on the Pangu Continent chose an extremely crazy path, which was to actively throw themselves into the "waves" in order to obtain more knowledge and information. In this process, the Pangu Continent even developed a mistaken worship of ancient gods.

However, a powerful figure appeared midway through the Pangu Continent and managed to straighten out the distorted Pangu Continent. It was thanks to that powerful figure that everyone was able to ascend together.

Finally, thanks to that brave warrior and the successive generations of those who followed and passed on the torch, the Pangu Continent was able to ascend to heaven. If the Mu Continent was a gentle bundle of firewood, then the Pangu Continent was a fiercely burning flame.

But it must be said, this is indeed a warm civilization.

May we meet among the stars.