By the time we returned to the Imperial District, it was already the afternoon of the second day—3:30 pm capital time.
The reason for delaying this day's work is not for anything else, but to drag the sanctuary world into the empire. Although the abyss area has been rendered harmless by the abyss spirit, and the surrounding pollution has also become inert, the abyss environment is not suitable for ordinary races after all.
Survival, no matter how inert it is, is harmful. Those remnants of the old empire are safer living in the empire area. In fact, if it is just to resettle refugees, there is no need to drag the entire universe over. After all, all the remnants now live in
There are not many of them on a planet. However, after a wider range of scans, we found many abandoned ruins throughout the universe. Considering that these things can still be used when rebuilding, even if they are not used
It could also be used by Tavel to play with, so Sandora simply wrote the word "shift" in the cosmic background radiation with a stroke of her pen.
Then the whole world was demolished.
Now this world has settled in the Empire District and has begun a series of infrastructure construction.
A large number of engineering ships are busy in space. This is an open area less than one astronomical unit away from the "Sanctuary Planet". The engineering troops want to build a permanent world gate here to connect this universe with other parts of the empire.
Incorporate into the world network. Every new territory must be dealt with in this way. Building the world gate is the first step. The second step is to build a sovereign hub deep in the universe. If this universe is set as a military or industrial world, then it
A large number of imperial bases need to be built - but the last step is not needed here. The civilians on the sanctuary planet will not know that a door to a new world is opening so close to their own planet, let alone how many stars there are.
The ship is traveling around their galaxy, preparing for their future life, but even if they don’t know anything, they are still experiencing the most earth-shaking moment in tens of thousands of years: the Lost God Cult announced to the world that the darkness of freezing civilization
The years are over.
Countless priests - who do not know the truth of history - received a carefully rhetorical propaganda document from the Holy City Cathedral. This propaganda document was drafted many years ago and was just revised and revised yesterday.
Completed, the promotional document explained in a doctrinal way the forgiveness of mankind by the God of Technology and Magic, as well as the process of the Supreme God reopening the God's Forge, and roughly announced the full opening of global ruins in the next few years.
schedule, as well as plans to rebuild various civil academic organizations. The priests also announced news that shocked the people even more: due to the extraordinary grace of God, technology revival organizations around the world have received "religious pardons."
These revivalists will be cleared of heresy, and the extremists and radicals among them will be punished by the human code, but ordinary scholars who were once regarded as heretics will be freed. The impact of this announcement is almost as great as
The news of "the end of the technological winter" is very likely to reduce the majesty of the Lost God Religion, but everything is within the plan of those old people: the church will continue to weaken, slowly reduce its influence, and in the end it is likely to become a mere
The philosophical organization or spiritual symbol no longer has divine authority. It may even disappear completely after thousands of years. This is the result they want. The world is about to usher in a new order. It no longer needs any chains.
Of course. In a short period of time, the church still has to rule the world, and it must continue to maintain its prestige to completely control the revival process of the entire civilization. The explosive revival after the end of the technological winter can easily get out of control, and the wise old elves know that someone must be there
To steer the ship in the coming stormy waves, this mission can only be undertaken by the Lost Church of God - this was also their realization when they established the church many years ago.
There is much more to come:
The masked ones will appear in front of the world with a new image, and those revivalists who have been under house arrest so far (many of them have been under house arrest for almost a lifetime) have also received the news that "the pollution has subsided". They have been trapped by this desperate situation.
The truth is driving people crazy. But now that the dark clouds have subsided, there is no need for these people to continue to be imprisoned. Most of them will have the opportunity to return to normal society, while a small number of people have been transferred to the neurology department - great joy, great sorrow, crazy
Even more powerful.
Various schools and private scientific research organizations are quietly being established. On the surface, these teams are completely formed spontaneously by the people, but in fact they have the shadow of the lost god religion behind them. They will use various channels to subtly change the people's way of thinking. As long as one or two generations
People can cultivate new enterprising power. The younger generation used to be the biggest factor of instability and even disaster in this world, but now the Lost God Religion will personally cultivate young people who are more active and creative than before. The ship of civilization has already
Again, it needs younger and stronger sailors.
Some elf monks are planning public opinion matters, which is a relatively long task that takes time to advance slowly: they must find ways to tell the truth to the people bit by bit, change the atmosphere and direction of public opinion in the entire society, and ultimately
Let ordinary people also rekindle their interest in the starry sky above their heads - this work needs to be carried out in conjunction with the previous plan.
In short, everything is going according to plan, everything seems to be developing smoothly, and the world no longer has to worry about facing the dangerous situation of doomsday if there is a slight mistake - now they have a backing, even if something goes wrong in the revival process, there will be
The empire and other dependent families will come to help: a large number of assistance personnel from the Galactic Civilization Community, the New Eden Federation and the Exiles United Fleet are already in place. They are experienced, well-equipped, and have abundant theoretical reserves and practical case reserves. They are specialized
The team that solves this kind of problem has been operating in the empire for a long time and has a great reputation. Qianqian named them "Rebirth Company". Yes, this is a group of ultimate businessmen who specialize in providing reconstruction services to other civilizations. Their service projects include
Rebuilding after a race is on the verge of extinction, rebuilding after the disintegration of civilization, appeasing people's hearts after a world-class disaster, and other businesses you can't even imagine. We also undertake various technical consultations and colonial star rentals.
Now these members of the Rebirth Company have built workstations on the back of the satellite of the sanctuary planet. Some representatives are in contact with the Lost God Religion. Because the latter itself has a careful reconstruction plan, it seems that this business of the Rebirth Company will be more difficult.
Perhaps only technical consultation and equipment support can be negotiated. But they don't seem to care much: after all, most of their activity funds come from their respective civilized governments, and this is a semi-public welfare organization - I think of the Animal Protection Association.
manage?
I really didn't expect that these races that have experienced post-disaster reconstruction would have such a magical new industry. Moreover, they have also developed rapidly and formed a cross-world company. Even Sandora said that it was unheard of - it seems that the new empire is for the dependents.
The relaxed and gentle environment provided and various clan policies that can enhance cohesion have produced considerable unexpected gains. How could the old empire have this?
Thinking about it for a moment, it seems that there are really many incredible businesses in the empire today, including void-level mercenary organizations, "colonial merchants" who manufacture artificial planets for wholesale and retail, and "rapid transportation" that provides mass migration of races and even planets.
"Passepartout" moving company, and the "Yiwu Small Commodity Wholesale Market" across the entire macro world (yes, that's the name, who dares to give it an opinion). And the empire is providing technology for the above industries.
In addition to the foundation (not everyone can build the world gate), we are still the largest world manufacturer... Although we never charge fees, what we charge is "loyalty".
One final word: The most amazing thing is that I recently discovered that the Fiari Void Consortium has a hand in almost all of the above industries. Except that they really can't create the world like the empire, they are almost becoming all-round businessmen. That
The Hawker Queen is simply amazing! Ding Dong is above. Their civilization level has just broken through the world barrier. How did these geniuses evolve?
I really can’t imagine what will happen to these strange organizations in the empire after the entire Xiling Apostle family is deified: There is always a sign hanging next to the Temple of the World Tree that reads “Stop stalls are strictly prohibited within 100 meters of heaven.”
But the Xiling God System has established diplomatic relations with a group of void vendors. We have really taken a completely different path from the Star Territory...
The day after returning, Shadow City Military Zone, Headquarters.
I turned my eyes away from the holographic projection in front of me. I felt a lot happier when I saw that the shelter world was beginning to be rebuilt. Then I thought about Celine's stunned look when I formally said goodbye to her two days ago. And the little girl Ellu.
The scene where she was jumping up and down and yelling about going to the God's Forge to help the God burn the furnace... made her feel even happier. Celine seemed interested in coming to live in the Shadow City, but she still wanted to wait until Ellu became an adult before discussing this matter.
, I respect her choice, but in two days we can still bring them to the Shadow City to play for a few days. It also allows the mother and daughter who live a hard life to enjoy a few days of happiness in advance.
I exhaled, gathered my thoughts away from the slightly irrelevant trivial matters, and looked up at the woman sitting opposite me: black hair, black skirt, calm temperament, and a huge black box beside me, which was the abyss.
Xi Ling.
"Are you really not going to meet those elves?" I looked at the woman in front of me who was my former enemy and is now an ally. "They have been waiting for you for 70,000 years. The oldest generation of the three elves still remember
you."
"They have completed the task very well. The agreement between me and them has ended and there is nothing to follow, so this kind of meeting is meaningless," Abyss Xiling's tone was calm and calm, "meaningless things are best
Do less and waste energy.”
I smiled: "It's really standard Xiling thinking. Sandora was just like you five years ago."
"I believe she is the same now. This is the nature of the Xiling apostle and cannot be changed." Abyss Xiling shook his head, "And what about those elves... meeting them? They still remember me, but I don't.
With them, I don’t think there’s anything to say to a group of strangers.”
"You have completely erased your own memory. We have searched through all the databases in the Abyss Zone and still can't find the asylum record of that world." I pulled the corner of my mouth helplessly and quickly checked on the data terminal.
Flicking through reports one after another, "Now we are in trouble - no one knows what the thing you stuffed into the Tianshen Forge was. At least tell the Tianshen Forge, you know that you
After closing the door of the shelter, you have to clear your memory. Why don't you know to save the truth about the things in the storage room somewhere else? It will be a big headache for future generations."
After closing the shelter, in order to prevent himself or other contaminated apostles from destroying the protective layer he had just established, Abyss Xiling took a drastic preventive measure, which was to remove all the information in the shelter world from the data network.
It was deleted in the middle, and now it seems that the deletion is really clean: Abyss Xiling was even more surprised than us when she learned that there was a clean world deep in the abyss zone. Then the problem came out - even she couldn't remember her own life back then.
What exactly are the things given to Tenjin Forge used for?
Abyss Xiling rubbed her forehead, as if she really needed to use her "brain" to think: "I don't think I will make such a stupid mistake - in fact, I would rather believe that I did tell the secret of the storage warehouse back then.
The host of the God’s Forge. It’s just that the latter forgot about it, or she didn’t listen at all back then.”
I thought about it and couldn't help sweating on my forehead: "Don't say it, it's really possible, those crazy people created by Huesca..."
Abyss Xiling and I had an unprecedented tacit understanding: when we mentioned the insane AI, we both lowered our heads and sighed at the same time.
"In short, we can only leave it to Tavel and her scientific research team. I hope they can figure out what that thing is as soon as possible." I looked into Abyss Xiling's eyes, "But I would like to ask you personally.
What do you think - about that weird thing that looks like a bunch of ice cream balls?"
"You have so many adjectives," Abyss Xiling said while sitting on the sofa, unconsciously stroking the black box next to her, "Personal guess... I'm not good at this form of thinking, but I do have some ideas.
I agree with what you said - that equipment is not like something created by the Empire, and it was probably not made by me back then. Instead, I got it from somewhere else. If I have to say... I suspect it is related to the 'other shore'. There are three reasons: First, back then
The empire is about to collapse. The things I tried my best to preserve at the last moment must be extremely important. After excluding the empire's property, it seems that only the creations on the other side have this value. Secondly, the technical level of that thing is obviously quite high. Don't you mean it?
Does it have the power to transform the abyss, or even purify those star ring fragments? This kind of thing is now the top technology of the gods and the empire. There was no such advanced third-party civilization near the empire at that time, so I suspect that it comes from the other side; in the end, the third
Three points... I tried to put myself in the same situation again in the virtual environment. I wanted to see what choice I would make in such a desperate situation, and then I found that what I cared about most was to let 'later people' know.'
The other side exists, and knows about building the bridge. This matter is even as important as the empire in my mind."
Abyss Xiling finally sighed: "In that situation back then, I was not sure how many imperial fires could survive. So the relics I protected were not only for the survivors, but also for the gods and other powerful people.
It doesn't matter if it's a mortal civilization, in short, it doesn't matter who it is, as long as they can realize the cataclysm of the void and build the bridge - maybe the relics in the God's Forge are to tell others about the existence of the 'other shore'."
After listening to Abyss Xiling's confession, I remained speechless for a moment, and then changed the topic: "Speaking of which, another problem was unexpectedly solved this time - the tree elves finally knew that the 'return memory' of their mother tree was
What's going on?"
"Tree elves?" Abyss Xiling raised his eyelids, "I'm not very interested in them, but it doesn't hurt to listen to you."
"Actually, the Green Star really didn't return. The memory of the mother tree's voyage was an illusion. Although it sounds strange, that plant did produce hallucinations." I laughed. "Didn't the tree elves escape in two groups back then? The first
One group was on the Green Star, and the second group failed to escape and was trapped in the Sanctuary Universe. When Mother Tree rushed out of the Empire Zone, she learned about the situation of the second batch of fleeing troops who failed to escape successfully. Although the specific details later
The mechanism is not clear yet, but the plant was depressed, and then it had hallucinations due to the intense depression, and it began to imagine that it would return to the Empire District to kill everyone and rescue other elves... that's what happened."
Therefore, people like Abyss Xiling were stunned at this moment: "...A tree, it is depressed?! And it can also think about it? Are you sure that there is no problem with this investigation result?"
"Anyway, this is what the report given to me by the tree elves said," I raised the data terminal in my hand, "Didn't the Green Star tree elves and the shelter tree elves reunite? There were a group of old men and women from each side who had a reunion yesterday afternoon.
In a warm and friendly gathering, after one-third of the people suffered a heart attack and were sent to rescue, the remaining two-thirds decided to go to the Mother Tree to pray and tell the Mother Tree the good news of the 'wanderers' reunion', and then...
Well, the report says that an old elf heard the mother tree's murmur and translated it, finally uncovering the mystery of the 'return memory'. All the elves present had a brief discussion and jointly agreed to pay more attention to the mental health of the mother tree in the future.
resolution."
Abyss Xiling listened blankly, with a strange expression: "This... even a plant has such complex emotions, the world of mortal races is really unreasonable."
"Get in touch with the 'mortal' world you talk about. There are still many things that will surprise you." I finally finished processing the report at hand and stretched myself to stand up. "By the way, why did you show up to me so early in the morning?"
In his office?”
I've been holding back this question for several hours, and now I can't help but ask it. It's okay if someone else shows up here. Even if Little Bubble comes over and makes trouble, it's normal, but Abyss Xiling relies on me early in the morning.
What's the situation like in her office? Firstly, she doesn't look like such a busy person, and secondly...she is also the current commander-in-chief of the Abyss Zone (and has become the sole commander-in-chief again). Such a character is sitting in the office chatting with herself.
Xiantian, I feel so awkward.
Abyss Xiling glanced at me, opened his mouth and scared me:
"Let's see if there are any sequelae after you blew yourself up. After all, you are my logical father." (To be continued...)