According to the intelligence provided by Hollander's intelligence department, it was learned that Adam was not dead, but sent a distress signal from a sea area in Area Z.

Although the intelligence personnel did not know how Adam survived at sea and was able to send out continuous distress signals, they asked Hollander to agree to Mei's request for action and sent them to search and rescue Adam. Due to yesterday's operation, the sea

The boat had been seriously damaged, so after being salvaged, it was parked in the maintenance area for repairs.

This time, they did not prepare a battlecruiser to support the five people's actions, but used small ships to carry them to the action location.

"That is……"

As soon as they reached the sky above the sea area of ​​Z area, everyone discovered the clues. After the battle with the sea monster Botu Nie yesterday, where she sank, there was a huge hole with a radius of several hundred meters. And the distress signal came from inside.

Sent out.

"Let's go down and see what's going on inside."

Mei ordered the ship operators to sink it, and the small spacecraft flew towards the giant sinkhole.

Rin seemed a little frightened when he saw the scene in front of him. The operators who were traveling with him also had the same reaction. They all looked at the sinkhole and the seawater and fish pouring down around them.

"It's so spectacular. How could such a spectacle happen?" Lin sighed sincerely.

Aiden on the side was staring closely at the scene under the seabed. It was very dark here, and the light was getting farther and farther away from them. However, soon, they saw a strange scene emerging under the seabed.

In front of them - it was a city, shrouded in the night sky, and the water under the sea bed reflected above their heads, with bright stars emerging. At this time, the city was brightly lit under the night sky,

Schools of fish are flying among the high-rise buildings in the city, like birds in the sky.

"It seems that we have reached the bottom, Dr. Aiden, can we go down outside?" Mei asked Aiden.

Aiden looked at the micro-detector in his hand and found that the surrounding conditions were no different from those on the surface. They were parked on a cliff on the gumline of the seabed, and they had a clear view of the big city in front of them.

"It's unbelievable..." The driver also showed an expression of extreme surprise, looking at the brightly lit city in front of him.

Everyone stepped off the spacecraft and found that there was no sea water here at all. They could also see the sinkhole in the sky, a little far away from them. From a distance, it looked like the moon, a round sphere, emitting the same light as when it came.

White moonlight like the sky.

"It's so beautiful." Chela also sighed after watching this scene.

So, everyone got on the spaceship again and came to the entrance of the city. There was no one here, and there was no one checking the gate. After getting off the spaceship and walking into the streets of the city, the buildings here looked particularly tall, and the surrounding buildings were very tall.

The streets are also twice as wide as regular streets, and it feels like you have arrived in the land of giants.

"You are coming from outside, I guess this is your first time coming to the Holy City of Iglai... Welcome everyone."

On the empty street, the phantom of a young man appeared. He was dressed in strange clothes and was particularly tall. Gradually, more phantoms emerged in the city, and vehicles kept coming and going. The man's phantom was a full height taller than them.

A body was walking towards them loomingly.

"Welcome everyone, new humans."

When everyone looked surprised, the man phantom introduced this place to them. This is the "Saint Gama King City", the capital of the "Kingdom of Iglai", the largest country established by the ancient Gama people. Moreover, the man also knew them.

What's the reason for coming here?

"You have discovered the signal of your companions here, right?"

"how do you know?"

Meiyi asked the man, seemingly a little surprised.

After hearing these words, the man laughed loudly, and then said that he had been waiting for them here for a long time. He was a staff member of the "Holy City Immigration Administration" and was responsible for receiving people from out of town.

After leading them through the huge streets and entering the gate of the administration, they found Adam sitting on a large chair that matched the height of the locals here, seemingly waiting for someone. After seeing Mei and the others coming,

, he jumped off the bench and quickly asked them if they encountered any danger when they came here.

"We haven't encountered any danger... By the way, Adam, why are you here? And, where exactly is this place?" Mei Yi asked him.

Adam said that after being attacked by Potato yesterday, he fell into the sea. He originally thought he was going to die, but he suddenly discovered that after sinking for a while, he began to breathe freely and no longer choked on the water, and then he died.

Got here.

Although it had been almost a day since he came here, he felt nothing, neither sleepy nor tired, nor even hungry, so he began to investigate where this place was. However, due to the presence of "locals", he also

Learned some information about this "Holy City", including the "Gamma People".

The Nagama man has not left yet. He asked everyone to go to the front counter to complete the formalities before they can continue to stay here, otherwise they will be expelled.

"Sorry, Mr. Gamma Man, we are just here to pick someone up." Rin said.

After hearing this, the Gamma male showed a puzzled expression and asked:

"Isn't the outside world corrupted by the 'Oracle'? Isn't it safe for you to stay here? Why do you want to leave here?"

When Mei heard the word "oracle", she asked: "What is the 'oracle' you are talking about? Why does the oracle erode your world?"

So, the Gamma man told everything he knew.

When the Gamma people still existed, there were ten beings called "Heavenly Saints". They represented the ten virtues of the Gamma people, namely 'hope', 'loyalty', 'tolerance', '

Love', 'miracle', 'equality', 'humility', 'temperance', 'justice', 'sacrifice'. However, on a certain day, the heavenly saint named "Hope" sent an "oracle" to give

When all Gamma people are put to the test, the world has already begun to change.

Various natural disasters, plagues, and shining silver monsters attacked every city of the Gama people. Finally, the homeless Gama people came to the holy city and sought refuge here, and asked for the help of the heavenly saints.

Forgiveness. At this time, Aiden, who knew about the Gamma people, began to give everyone some popular science knowledge about the ancient Gamma civilization.

"Those ten 'Celestial Saints' are the ten Herrschers from the time when the ancient Gamma civilization was still on Earth. The 'Oracle' they spoke of is what we now call 'Hengkai', but the name is different.

That’s all.”

So, he went on to say that the Gamma people at that time respected the Herrschers. They not only regarded the Herrschers as "Heavenly Saints", but also obtained from them a technological level that far exceeded the current human civilization on earth. Heavenly

Before the Saints descended on Honkai, the Gama people and they lived in peace for a long time. At that time, the Celestial Saints managed their own cities respectively, and regarded the Gama people as their own people.

"By the way, have you ever seen the Pope? Today is the day when the Pope goes on a pilgrimage. There will be free food and redemption money. Do you want me to take you there?" asked the Gamma male phantom.

At this time, Rin seemed to remember some of the things Bronya had given him yesterday, and asked the Gamma human:

"Sir, excuse me, did you see a giant monster falling near the Holy City or elsewhere yesterday?"

The Gamma man paused, shook his head, and said that the Holy City was peaceful and there were no giant monsters.

"Because the Lord of Advancement is also the last 'Heavenly Saint' here. Under his protection, nothing happened to us."

So, driven by everyone's curiosity, the Gamma man took them to the street. After passing through one Gamma man-style ancient civilization high-rise building after another, they finally saw the "Heavenly Saint" in the man's mouth.

——It is a huge round sphere, and the whole body looks like it is made of mercury. The mercury flowing down from the tail forms a huge "∞" ring on the ground, standing in the center of the circular square on the street.

"That is our Heavenly Saint. Come worship it with me."

Everyone couldn't believe that this translucent mercury ball was actually the "Heavenly Saint" in the man's mouth. Rin wanted to call the Gamma man back, but found that when he just stretched out his hand and touched the corner of his clothes, it was like grabbing him.

It was like air, and the moment my hand touched him, it passed through him.

"It seems they are just phantoms."

"But the surrounding buildings are real, and the materials are materials that have never been seen on earth."

Adam answered Rin, and everyone discovered that the residents here were worshiping the mercury ball, as if Rin and the others did not exist. The mercury ball exuded a strange light blue light, and it seemed that the residents were paying homage to it.

Feeling of joy and respect.

"A rapid increase in the Honkai Impact threshold has been detected."

The detector Aiden was carrying began to sound an alarm.

After everyone heard the sound, they took out their weapons, but there was nothing around except the phantom of the mercury ball and the phantoms of the Gamma residents, but the sirens were still ringing. After about a few minutes, the enemy was still there.

It didn't appear. It wasn't until the mercury ball floated into the air and disappeared that the alarm went silent.

"It seems that that thing is similar to the 'Herrscher', but what exactly is the real body?" Aiden said with a hint of doubt.

Mei thought of the "Ten Heavenly Saints" she had just learned about, and said that it must be one of the Ten Heavenly Saints, and the Möbius strip it left on the ground represented "infinity" and was not recorded in any

A celestial sage from ancient literature. The Gamma man came back. Mei decided to get some words out of his mouth. Although it was the phantom of people in the past, it was a very strange thing to be able to communicate with them normally.

.

"Everyone, let me take you to taste the local food. Please follow me."

When the Gamma man wanted to continue touring the holy city with everyone, Mei opened his mouth and asked the Gamma man:

"My lord, what is that person called here? We are here for the first time and we want to know more about it."

The male Gamma man laughed after hearing this, and explained: "That 'Heavenly Saint' is the pioneer of civilization that we Gamma people are proud of. It represents the progress of Gamma civilization and is our

It’s a guarantee to live a life without worries about food and clothing.”

"Could it be, 'The Lawyer'?"

"The Lawyer? What is the Lawyer? Here, there is only the Heavenly Sage, not the Lawyer."

Seeing that Aiden remembered something, Mei quickly asked him: "Dr. Aiden, did you remember anything?"

Therefore, Aiden explained that in the ancient civilization of the Gamma people, in addition to the ten existences that caused the great collapse, the "Ten Heavenly Saints", there was another one born from the Gamma people's civilization, which was completely

The man-made "Celestial Saint" does not exist among the Ten Heavenly Saints, and has nothing to do with the collapse of civilization. It's just that the man-made Herrscher was not created by the Gamma people, and was even related to the alien civilization.

"Civilization of Extraterrestrials" has some relevance.

"The Herrscher of Advancement is the last heavenly sage recorded in the ancient Gamma literature. Because of its protection, the Gamma people's civilization will be able to leave some traces until the end."

"However, scholars of ancient civilizations are still not clear about whether the Herrscher of Advancement wants to protect the Gamma people or the civilization built by the Gamma people?"

After Aiden finished speaking, the Gamma man also joined everyone's conversation. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone was surprised:

"Anyway, our Gamma people's civilization has been destroyed for tens of thousands of years. If Lord Tiansheng hadn't protected us, I guess future generations wouldn't know the full picture of the Holy City, right?"

He just showed a smile and answered nonchalantly, as if he knew his current situation, acting normal.

"Do you know you are already dead?" Rin shouted to him as if he understood something.

The Gamma man replied with a smile: "Yes, I am already dead. What you see in front of you is just a phantom. If you want to introduce the behavior here to future generations, I guess it is just self-impression."

"Then why don't you let us leave?"

"It's so dangerous outside, is it better to stay here and continue living? After all, this is what the Holy City was built for."

Seeing how sincere the Gamma man was, everyone didn't know what to answer for a while. After all, what he said was true. After the Honkai Era, the remaining population in the world was less than 40% of the previous one. More

Some were killed in the collapse.

"Then, please go through the formalities and follow me. After all, you are the proof that our civilization continues."

Seeing the Gamma man's persistence, everyone had no choice but to discuss getting information from him and investigate the place to see what information they could bring back.

The one who was most interested was the scientist Aiden. Although he knew some information about the Gamma people from his colleagues, it was his dream to observe the largest holy city in the Gamma people civilization at close range. Even if the holy city here

It was just a model, and he didn't care. If he could understand something about the Gamma people, it would be a treasure for him, and he would also know how amazing a level of civilization the Gamma people had created during that time.

After completing the immigration procedures according to what the Gamma man said, the Gamma man took them to a restaurant. However, the man did not order food, but sat there quietly, recalling something.

"Um, sir, we don't know what to call you yet?" Rin spoke first, breaking the deadlock of silence.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My name is Sotu Hada. For you new humans, this name is relatively new, right? But for us Gamma people, Sotu is a good name. In Ruyin

In Chinese, the meaning of 'Sotu' is 'messenger of the sky'."

So, the man introduced the current situation of the Gamma people. Most of the Gamma people's compatriots have now left the earth, carrying forward the civilization left behind by Tiansheng. Some have reached the back of the moon, and some have gone to Europa.

, those left on the earth have basically been destroyed. Then, Suotu said that he was very happy when he saw new humans for the first time, so he acted much happier than usual, even though he already knew and

It was fate that they met.

"Well, Mr. Sotu, we still have important things to do. Now that my team members have been found, we have decided to go back and won't disturb you."

After hearing this, Suotu sighed and had to give up and said:

"In that case, please do as you please. I know that keeping you here is just wishful thinking, and no one is interested in ancient things that have been lost for tens of thousands of years. So, I hope you will not forget that we once existed

Just get on with things."

Seeing that Suotu seemed a little sad, Suotu also knew that he was just a phantom left in the world by the Gamma people, so he stopped trying to persuade everyone. After pushing open the tall store door and leaving, everyone decided to leave from where they had just entered.

"Dr. Aiden, does the map still work?"

"Sorry, something went wrong."

At this time, the navigator didn't know where this place was. There was only darkness above the instrument, so everyone decided to go back to the store to find Suotu and let him lead them back to the place where they just entered the city.

As a result, when I went back to the store, there were many people sitting there just now, but now it was empty.

"Now we're trapped, alas." Aiden sighed and sat on a high stool in the store.

Mei Yi signaled the team members to calm down and think carefully about the road ahead before returning.

"Captain Mei." Jingliu, who had not spoken before, suddenly said. "I still remember the way to the Immigration Bureau just now, so let's go there first."

Although everyone had just been there not long ago, the streets in this place were frighteningly wide, nearly twice as wide as the usual roads in Maitreya City. If you want to find your way back in such an unfamiliar place, you must

Without navigation, getting lost is inevitable.

However, not long after they walked out of the store, everyone discovered that in the central circular square not far away, everyone was still worshiping the mercury sphere, just like what happened just now.

"Welcome to the holy city of Iglai. You must have gotten lost."

It was a familiar voice again. After the worship ceremony, those phantoms appeared together again, and it was Suotu again. He seemed to have found everyone as programmed.

"Wasn't Mr. Sotu in the store just now?"

"What store? Also, do you know my name?"

It seems that his memory has been cleared as if programmed, returning to the beginning.

However, one thing he has not changed is to find Rin and his party and take them to visit the Holy City of Iglai. Even if they appear in different places, Sotu's phantom can accurately find them.

"We are leaving here, please lead the way."

"Are you leaving so soon? And since it's so dangerous outside, I think it's safer for you all to stay here."

Still using the same familiar rhetoric, Suotu still persuades everyone to stay in the Holy City.

Rin thought that this was not the way to go. Although they had received Adam's distress signal, if this continued, they and Adam would get lost here together.

"If the distress signal can be received... why can't the navigation work?" Aiden seemed to have remembered something. "Captain Mei, please send a request to the Tianming headquarters to request a regional scan so that we can go out."

It has to be said that Aiden, as a scientist, has a really quick mind. Based on the distress signal sent by Adam before, he found a way to get everyone out.

"Why didn't I think of it? Fortunately, you are here, otherwise how could we people think of this method?" Rin praised Aiden.

Aiden didn't say much, but shrugged his shoulders, indicating that this was not a difficult problem for him.

At this time, a young woman wearing a white robe came from the other side of the street. Under the tight cover of the white robe, she showed a light beige hair color, and her face looked like a young and beautiful girl.

.She is only about 1.6 meters tall, and her appearance is not that tall like a phantom. She is slowly walking towards them.

"It seems that this ruins is relatively well preserved. What Knight Commander Kiana said is indeed correct."

The muttering words in her mouth seemed to be heard by everyone. Seeing that there were other people besides her, she immediately became vigilant and stopped walking toward everyone.

"Wait a minute, who are you? Why are you here?" the girl asked seriously.

Realizing that this girl was an entity and not a phantom, everyone began to become wary.

"We're lost here, are you too?"

"That's about right. This ruins is quite big. It's not easy to get out."

Just when Rin was communicating with the girl, Mei noticed the words "Knight Commander Kiana" in the girl's mouth, so she walked up. When the girl saw Mei walking towards her, she took off her robe, revealing

He was dressed in pure white, like a robe, with transparent water balls in his hands, and he was in a fighting posture.

"I just heard you say that your knight commander is... Kiana?"

"Yes, Knight Commander Kiana, what, do you know her?" The girl still did not let go of the condensed water ball in her hand.

Mei Yi seemed to have remembered something and asked quickly: "Does your knight commander have white hair and isn't he very tall?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Is she a woman with blue eyes?"

"That's right."

"Can you take me to see her?"

Mei anxiously expressed that she would take her to see Kiana. This request triggered a sudden reaction from the girl. She picked up a water ball with her right hand and flew straight towards Mei. The girl shot out a water ball, hitting Mei just as she reacted.

When he came over and pulled out the knife, there was a "click" sound, and the water ball exploded like a glass ball, and the split fragments cut Mei Yi's face.

"I don't know what your intentions are. You are just a new human being, and you are not a member of my clan. Why should I take you to see the Knight Commander?"

Seeing that the girl was about to fight, Rin pulled out Hypernetus, summoned the flying blade, and attacked the girl, but the girl waved her backhand, and two huge water glass walls firmly controlled the flying blade, and then manipulated it

The body of water formed a solid spear and was thrown towards Rin.

I saw her opening her mouth and saying:

"I don't have time to fool around with you here. Also, madam, if you want to see the Knight Commander, no matter what your intention is, I will not let you see her without the Knight Commander's order."

The girl saw Rin commanding Hypernetus to rush forward, so she took a few steps back. A solid water splash controlled his feet. Then, Rin found that she had been surrounded by solid water splashes.

Seeing this, Jingliu also wanted to help. He and Mei drew their weapons and rushed forward, but the girl remained calm.

"c912g62c, holy engraved pattern, 'blue cannon', liberation!"

Following the girl's command, the water molecules in the surrounding air began to become active, condensing into a solid water jet at room temperature, and falling from the sky like a diamond flying blade.

"careful!"

Mei Yi quickly gathered her mental power and exploded a thunder barrier above her and Shizuru to resist the girl's fierce attack.

Aiqia and Chela on the side also hurriedly entered the store to avoid the attack. Since Aiqia was still too timid to help, she hugged her floating cannon tightly for fear of taking action herself.

Aiden, on the other hand, turned into a crowd of crows and lurked in the darkness between the buildings. When the offensive after the diamond rain was over, he controlled the crowd of crows to surround the girl.

"Bah."

The crow released a purple laser beam from its mouth, hitting the water shield that had condensed as the girl reacted.

"Get away!"

The girl shouted loudly and exploded the water shield. The violent explosion affected all the crows. Seeing that he couldn't hold on any longer, Aiden returned to his human form and squatted on the ground, vomiting blood.

"Dr. Aiden!"

When Mei saw this, she swung her sword, and a bolt of thunder struck the girl. Seeing that Mei in front of her could control thunder and lightning, the girl subconsciously wanted to withdraw the water shield, but she was hit by a thunder and was severely injured.

"Um...ahem..."

The girl breathed out black smoke, unable to hold on to her own strength, so she released her restraints on Rin, and then fell to the ground unsteadily.

"It seems that she can manipulate water to form a solid body to attack. What's the origin?" Rin asked.

Seeing that the girl had lost consciousness, Mei picked her up and brought her inside for treatment.

After Aiqiya took care of Aiden's injury, she picked up a syringe and injected the girl with a tube of thick light green medicine.

"After injecting the bile serum, you should be fine..." Aqiya said with some trepidation.

Just now, Chera and Aqia were busy avoiding the rain of diamonds dropped by the girl, so they didn't have time to help. This time, the five of them teamed up to deal with the girl alone. Thanks to Mei's timely use of thunder and lightning that can penetrate the water shield, they were able to subdue her perfectly.

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After waiting for more than half an hour, the girl woke up from her coma. When she saw that the person taking care of her was Mei, she was frightened and shrank towards the wall.

"I'm sorry for attacking you just now, but you have to believe that we are not the ones who want to harm you."

While the girl calmed down, she introduced her identity.

Her name is Freya Slatos, and she is a Gamma person. She originally came to the ruins to collect data according to the orders of Knight Commander Kiana, but she met Mei and her group.

Although the ruins belonged to the Gamma people, because the ruins were too big, Freya, who was carrying out the mission alone, also got lost here and wandered around without finding the exit.

"Wait a minute, aren't the Gamma people extinct? Are you really a Gamma person?" Aiden asked her in surprise.

Freya replied with a look of disdain:

"What? New humans, if the Gamma people are extinct, how could I appear here? You have to speak wisely."

"Just now we met an ancient Gamma man here. He told us that all the descendants of the Gamma man have left the earth."

"Yes. I came to Earth with my companions not long ago. If we can get the inheritance of advancing the Heavenly Saint here, we can rebuild the Holy City of Iglai and return to our hometown."

Freya also said that they originally established the new city of the Gamma people in the lightless sea on the back of the moon. She was also the second daughter of the Gamma people's Paladin family and the eldest lady of the "Slatos" family.

Kiana was also discovered by the Gamma people on the back of the moon. After taking Kiana back to the Gamma people city, he took care of her for a long time. In the end, she accepted the "gift" from the Pope and received the Holy Spirit.

Engraved, served as a knight in the Paladin Army.

"When you return to Earth, do you know that you can find things from the past here?" Mei Yi continued to ask her.

Freya also answered unabashedly: "Yes, at least that's what the Pope said, and if we can find it, we can come back to live again."

It seems that Freya is very much looking forward to the prospect of this "great cause", and, as a New Gamma person, it is her lifelong dream to come back and live.

"In this case, there is no conflict between us. Since we are all lost, we can do something for you, but you also need to tell us some information. Can you accept this deal?"

Aiden thought that he could get some more valuable information from her, so he suggested this.

This suggestion also made Mei, Jingliu and others feel very good. After all, they had not seen Kiana for a long time, and they were very happy to know that she was still alive.

I don’t know how she is doing, that’s what Mei Yi thought at this time.

Therefore, with the cooperation of Freya, everyone decided to continue their journey to the ancient ruins of the Holy City of Iglai, and they were bound to find the whereabouts of the "ancient heritage" that Freya said.

However, just as she was about to leave, Freya turned her attention to Rin, who was talking to Aiqia.

"Wait, can I look at your elbow?"

Before Rin could react, Freya grabbed her right hand and looked at the thing above Rin's right elbow carefully.
Chapter completed!