Chapter 640 Chapter 599: Entering the Planetarium at Night

A group of people galloped out of the city and headed northwest. In the middle of the night, I arrived at the Tulip Courtyard on Brokeback Mountain. Du Wei met Chris in the other courtyard. This guy seems to be very addicted to being the head of the griffin breeder here recently, but Du Wei murmured in his heart. This time when he came to see Chris, Du Wei didn't talk nonsense, and said straightforwardly: "I'm going to the front line to fight the criminals." "Well, I know." Chris is holding a little griffin in his hand. After all, it is now the body of a golden dragon possessed. Under the pressure of Longwei, Chris hugged him, but he didn't dare to struggle at all, with a look of fear.

The old guy was holding a griffin, and his expression was lazy, but he was similar to those lazy people in the imperial capital holding cats and dogs to bask in the sun. Du Wei was a little dissatisfied when he saw it, and frowned and said: "I want to bring a team of griffin knights up front." "Oh, bring it." Chris was a little more serious: "Now that you have completed the air riding training, you can make up a hundred riding for you." But after saying this, the light in the old guy's eyes dimmed, and he continued to "doze" with the pet in his arms.

"Chris." Du Wei sighed: "I ran to rescue you from the cage, I didn't let you stay here for the elderly! I need your help! I need strength! I'm on the front line, I'm not afraid Charge... But, what should I do if I encounter some of their gods? You said at the beginning that what the gods can't give me, the devil can. But you have been staying here since you came out with me..." Speaking of which, seeing Chris' indifferent expression, Du Wei was a little annoyed: "The power you promised to give me! And the treasure of the demon god... I need those things!"

"I'll give it to you." Chris raised his eyelids: "Now is not the time." "It's been a few months." Du Wei was dissatisfied: "How is it time?" Chris smiled, the old guy's current body belongs to the third prince Long, and he is quite handsome in human form, but there is always a hint of evil in Chris' eyes: "You are in a hurry, Du Wei ?” "Nonsense, I'm going to go to the front and fight the criminals." Du Wei shook his head: "I don't believe in goddesses, since she won't show up, then I have to do something... After all, I am also a human being."

"I'm a fugitive." Chris sighed: "I can't go to the front with you. I guess the goddess might not know that I escaped now, otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sit here so safely , was captured by her long ago. So, I can’t show up to help you openly fight, this is one of them.” Chris pondered for a while: "Secondly...the place left by His Majesty the Demon God...is not easy to go to. Although I know how to get there, what I can tell you is that there are some ways to go to that place. Only at special times and under special conditions, the door to the place will be opened! Hmph, if it wasn’t so complicated, how could it survive the goddess’s 10,000 years!”

"Special time, special conditions?" Chris smiled slightly, raised his head and pointed to the top of his head, with a faint tone: "When the sun is obliterated by darkness." ... Du Wei left the other courtyard, and when he was on the way, he thought about what Chris had said. When the sun is obliterated by darkness? Is it night? No, the old guy was talking about special times.There are nights every day, and it cannot be considered special. So…… Du Wei's eyes lit up: "Total solar eclipse!" Then he suddenly felt cold! hell!Total solar eclipse! ! God knows when a total solar eclipse will appear in this world!What if it happens only once in a few decades!Then I... don't I have to wait? ! !

Thinking of this, Du Wei couldn't help shivering as he rode on the horse. He narrowly escaped death and rescued the old guy Chris. If he had to wait decades...the day lily would be cold! His old Chris is an undead creature with a nearly infinite life, and his soul can be transferred repeatedly.Let alone decades, it can wait even hundreds of years! But... I can't wait. Du Wei couldn't help raising his whip and whipped it hard, urging the horse under his crotch to speed up and gallop all the way back to the imperial capital. ... That night, Du Wei didn't even dare to delay for a moment, and immediately took people with him, and ran to knock on the door of the Empire's "Astrology Museum" in the middle of the night.

The astronomical hall of the Roland Empire is similar to a national astronomical institution.Of course, in the Roland Empire, this kind of astronomical hall is not a real astronomical observation institution, and it is even less likely to be like NASA in the United States. This place, in a more sense, is an astrologer's office. People in this world believe in astrology, and even more believe that astrology can see the will of heaven or gods from the stars in the sky.And even in the imperial palace, the position of court astrologer has been maintained all year round.Whenever there are major national events, such as National Day and Memorial Day, court astrologers will be used to observe the astrology and perform some divination.

The curator of the current astrology hall is also the chief astrologer of the palace. Objectively speaking, although this kind of place has nothing to do with real "astronomy", it is a real magic organization with a strong feudal superstition color, even more magic than the church.But from a historical point of view, the Empire's astrology hall has produced a few very remarkable figures. Among them, Du Wei's great-great-great-grandmother Semel was also briefly served as the curator of the Imperial Planetarium in the past—this position is very honorable. Being able to serve as the curator almost means that you are recognized as the number one astrologer in the mainland.

The astrologer also supports many astrologers, who are also responsible for performing various divinations for the noble families of the empire on weekdays. The existence of these astrologers is indispensable for daily matters such as weddings and funerals. Although the people here may not have much power, their status is undoubtedly prominent.Many nobles also respect the people in the planetarium. But in the middle of the night, Du Wei didn't care so much, and directly sent a team of cavalry to knock on the door. In the end, if someone inside didn't finally come out to open the door, I'm afraid those Biaohan cavalry from the northwest under Du Wei's men would directly smash the door. The door is closed.

Du Wei himself also holds the title of a court astrologer - he himself almost forgot about this title.Anyway, there are too many titles on his head: Magician, Duke of the Empire, Admiral of the Empire, former Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Northwest, member of the Imperial Society of Magic, Dean of the Imperial Academy of Magic, Dean of the Imperial Military Academy, Court Magician, court scholar... There are too many titles, Du Wei himself is too lazy to remember.But today, the title of court astrologer has given him a lot of use. Because there is a special regulation in the astrology hall, and it is clearly stipulated by the law of the empire: no outsider is allowed to enter the astrology hall to look up information! Because there are many secrets kept in the astrology hall, which are the results of divination by astrologers for every major national event over the years-among them, there are naturally good and bad ones. Although most of this so-called divination is a deceptive trick in Du Wei's view, after all, people in this world believe in these things. Stable, these results will be archived secretly. Therefore, not just anyone can go in and look up information in the astrology hall. Fortunately, Du Wei has a title of court astrologer on his head, so he is not within the ban. I was woken up in the middle of the night, and saw a group of wolf-like cavalry rushing in with a murderous aura. Most of the astrologers in the astronomy hall are weak people. Where have you seen this?Two of them fainted from shock on the spot, and Du Wei didn't talk nonsense, and directly revealed his identity, saying that he would borrow some materials kept in the astronomical museum. The curator of the astronomy museum quickly ran out. Facing this imperial celebrity, even though he was the chief astrologer of the palace, he didn't dare to put on airs. This Duke can be regarded as his colleague, and he is also an astrologer. , the curator still wanted to get close, but Du Wei was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, so he got into the archive warehouse of the library, searched in the middle of the night in a pile of ancient materials covered by dust, and finally found what he needed. thing! eclipse! Then Mingren lit the lamp, and Du Wei sat on the floor of the dusty warehouse, covered his nose, frowning and began to read. Solar eclipse... solar eclipse... Du Wei searched all night, and when it was almost dawn, he finally found what he was looking for. Although the astrologers in this world are purely superstitious divination activities, at least they have recorded some strange celestial phenomena.Solar and lunar eclipses are naturally included. When Du Wei found a line of words on a dilapidated parchment, his heart immediately became cold. "In the summer of the seven hundred and forty-two year of the empire, at noon, the sky and the sun were invaded by darkness...the sky and the earth are full of light, and the day is like night..." Fortunately, Du Wei is very proficient in the ancient grammar of Roland's mainland characters, and it is not too difficult to read these ancient records. But... the most recent total solar eclipse happened two hundred years ago... When will the next one be? ! Keep searching...Finally, I found something that made Du Wei heave a sigh of relief. In the astronomical museum, there are several records of the peculiar celestial phenomenon of solar eclipse. The earliest record of total solar eclipse is more than 800 years ago. Du Wei made a simple calculation. The time of total solar eclipse in this world is not very accurate. In the future, it should happen once every two hundred years—of course, it cannot be ruled out that some records are lost, damaged, or omitted. In this way, the last total solar eclipse was more than two hundred years ago, so the next one should not be too far away. If you are lucky, it may be in the near future—if you are unlucky, you may have to wait more than ten years. This result can be regarded as mixed. After getting the result, Du Wei went through it again carefully, and after making sure that there was nothing missing, he stood up. The air in this warehouse was really bad, and the air was filled with a smell of rotten dust. While Du Wei was flipping through the materials in the warehouse, his cavalry guards were guarding the door outside, and no one was allowed to disturb him.Those astrologers who were woken up in the middle of the night, including the curator, could only stay outside and wait. Just as Du Wei patted the dust on his body and was about to leave, he turned around and accidentally saw a strange symbol on an iron shelf in the innermost corner of the warehouse... Du Wei glanced over it purely casually, but when he saw the symbol, his heart moved. Subconsciously walked over, on the iron frame, there was a row of densely packed boxes full of dust, and the boxes were naturally filled with parchment materials that had been nitrated to prevent corrosion. But on the corner of this shelf, there is a black box, which looks very strange: the color is black and not bright, but with a faint luster, at first glance, it is difficult to tell whether the box is wood or iron. quality. The mark on it was half covered by dust, and Du Wei gently wiped it with his hand, revealing its original appearance. Du Wei's expression was shocked, just because he recognized this mark! When you touch it with your fingers, seven protruding star-like patterns cleverly form a spoon-like outline. Big Dipper! ? Du Wei took the box down carefully, weighed it twice in his hand, and it was a bit heavy.There was a pull ring at the opening of the box, and Du Wei subconsciously stretched out his hand and pulled it. There were two clicks, and there seemed to be the sound of some mechanism turning inside. Yi?Is it mechanical? But then, suddenly, two small holes were exposed from the opening of the box, and with two sounds, two jets of black light shot out from inside, rushing towards Du Wei's face! Du Wei's eyes flickered, he stretched out his fingers and pinched them in front of him, and made two puffs. He stretched out his hands to look, but what was caught between his fingers were two crossbow arrows as long as a cigarette! The body of the arrow is black and completely made of iron, but I don't know what kind of paint was applied, but there is no trace of rust at all.On the arrow, there was a faint blue light. Du Wei's heart moved, he leaned over and sniffed it, and immediately recognized that it was a highly poisonous magic potion. His curiosity was hooked!