Although her combat power is always the same, Lin Xue is indeed a mascot who can ensure good fortune and avoid disaster, whether in her previous life or in this life - she often claims that just by sneezing, she will crush millions of enemy soldiers to death in the future.
Although no one has ever believed her nonsense, her ability to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune is still recognized by everyone.
If it hadn't been for her, or if it hadn't been for several important prophecies made by "Reki" in her previous life, I'm afraid the new empire wouldn't even have appeared at all.
After she assisted the Emperor of the Heaven Region in completing the feat of dividing the capital of the Fifteen Heaven Region into two, she also arranged a task that was inexplicable to Odysseus without anyone knowing:
Hidden Heart of the World. At that time, no one except herself could guess the purpose of this mission, but in our eyes today, this arrangement is obviously designed to target today's fallen apostles - she predicted the fall of the empire
, predicted the only dawn, predicted that we would enter the Assembly Hall after so many years, and even predicted the appearance of the fallen apostle and the value of the heart of the world. It is really hard to imagine how much more she knew and what she knew.
To what extent. Now I somewhat sympathize with those fallen apostles who were repeatedly hit hard by Lin Xue's prophecy ability, and I also understand their helplessness in spending so much money to develop new warships just to interfere with the prophets on the battlefield for a few minutes:
It is really an unsolvable matter to have such an unreasonable existence as an opponent.
Of course, her predictions were also inaccurate, such as the reason why this secret mission was entrusted to Odyssey alone. Perhaps she had foreseen that a large number of Xiling apostles would become rebels for "some reason".
But she couldn't determine the scope of this "rebel", so she could only arrange it so that as few people knew about it as possible. In fact, she made a mistake: the one who really rebelled against the empire was supposed to be there when the disaster broke out.
The fallen apostles were all wiped out in an instant, not the surviving compatriots in the Fifteen Days District. However, one cannot blame Reki for her distrust of her own people. This was not distrust, but just indispensable caution. After all, even if
Even a prophet's power is limited, and she cannot have everything in her hands. Just like Reki who foresaw the fall of the empire back then, but was still unable to stop everything. She sacrificed herself to the void in exchange for the last bit of hope.
The price is his own downfall—things in the world are impermanent.
"Mumu, I'm embarrassed that you sighed," the eldest lady smiled and pinched my ears, because I didn't hide those sighs from her. "Odysseus, now I don't know as much as you do.
Let’s talk about what happened back then in detail. And regarding the sealing status of the Heart of the World, you know what part of the situation we all know, so just talk about the part you know.”
"Yes," Odysseus' blurry half-body projection shook, "As for the mission of my subordinates, it is basically what I mentioned before, to hide the heart of the world. And for this purpose, a secret sealing system was built.
Regarding this matter, Reki-sama and His Majesty the Emperor had directly ordered that it must be carried out in secret. It was even listed as an absolute secret in any imperial information link. At the time, the subordinates did not understand why this order was issued. However, it is their duty to obey orders.
, so after the entire mother planet fell into sleep as planned, my subordinates woke up, transformed, and built the current North Icefield on their own, hiding the heart of the world here."
"What does this kind of hiding mean? Hiding in a different space? Or simply blocking the breath?" Alleria asked a detailed question, and she became very interested in this secret plan that even she had no way of knowing.
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"A combination of both, the Heart of the World is stored in a proper space fold, and at the same time, the identification characteristics of this space fold are disguised. The level of confidentiality is so high that it can even hide from the empire's most advanced scanning technology.
"Odysseus explained patiently, "My subordinates designed this system to run continuously on any secondary energy source, and created a group of elemental creatures to maintain the seal. The task of these elemental creatures is to ensure that the entire system will always operate.
Normal operation until the end of the world, or the empire recovers. They can collect primitive minerals from the northern border to maintain the magic energy array. In the era when energy is insufficient and difficult to collect, they will use themselves as fuel. If the situation is worse, these
The elemental creatures will forcefully awaken the subordinates and restart everything. This is the best possible design that the subordinates can do. The options available are really limited, and the several 'safe' areas pointed out by Reki-sama are all in this planet.
On a small planet, and she specifically emphasized that the current carrier of the World Heart must not be damaged, otherwise once the World Heart is transferred, the risk will increase exponentially, so the subordinates can only protect the World Heart and its carrier here.
On the ice sheet. Now it seems that Lady Reki's judgment is correct. Only this planet was not affected after the disaster broke out. Most of the other planets, including the mother planet, have been torn apart. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, some were destroyed.
Traces of severe damage caused by the subspace storm."
I thought about it and felt that something was wrong, so I asked hesitantly: "So, there should also be a World Heart on the technology side. After all, the mother planet is conceptually divided into two parts, and the World Heart cannot always be
There is only one, right? Since the World Heart of this world is properly hidden, where is the other one?"
"Although my subordinates are not very clear about the situation there, the two worlds should be corresponding. Reki-sama must have arranged things for the other universe. I think the world on the other side must also have the heart to preserve the world.
The place."
"But I've never heard Gaia mention it!" I replied immediately. As soon as I said this, everyone fell silent instantly. We found again that everyone had ignored something very important.
I quickly contacted Gaia, and after a moment, I shook my head to the people around me: "Gaia's memory bank does not have information about the Heart of the World. She said that the universe where the technological side's home star is located has never discovered the Heart of the World. She
We also asked all the Xiling apostles who are currently online, and no one remembers any similar secret mission back then."
Lin Xue covered her forehead and closed her eyes slightly. After a moment, a worried look appeared on her face. She looked at me and said: "The situation is not good. I am afraid that the heart of the world has fallen into the hands of some people, and the stealing method is quite clever.
, and even blocked the memories of the Xiling apostles who may have participated in the corresponding mission back then."
"Why go to such great lengths to protect the Heart of the World in the capital of the Fifteenth Heaven District?" Qian Qian thought for a long time and finally figured out another key point, "Aren't there many universes? The Heart of the World in the capital of the Fifteenth Heaven District
Very special?”
"Speciality, specialness, it must be special." Lin Xue quickly tapped her temple with her index finger, as if this could speed up her thinking, "I remember that the fallen apostles had a goal in collecting the hearts of the world. They did not
Not just any universe's World Heart can be used. The World Heart in the capital of the Fifteenth Heaven District must be a key item. I definitely saw something back then, but now...meow. It would be great if I were still as powerful as I was then.
... Can wood be used with supernatural powers?"
"Sacrifice yourself into the void again?" I slapped Lin Xue on the back of the head. "What are you thinking about? The situation is not too bad. Even if the fallen apostle gets the heart of the world, tens of thousands of years have passed.
, but their great cause is still in the preparation stage. You can be sure that they have a lot of shortcomings. We always have the opportunity to defeat them, as long as we achieve results every time they take action."
"Wise decision," Alleria glanced at me. "I already have a general understanding of the current situation of the Fallen, and their plan cannot be completed overnight. Perhaps the Heart of the World in the capital of the Fifteen Days District is crucial.
But it is definitely not the only factor. We should consider it in the long term. Odysseus, the Heart of the World you preserved should still be intact, right?"
"Yes, I checked its status immediately after waking up."
"Very well, leave it to us for protection. You can be freed from this weak state. Now we need you to do a more important thing: unlock the core of the Sky Tower."
"Speaking of which, what does the Heart of the World look like?" Qian Qian's face was full of curiosity. She knew that the body of the Heart of the World was actually intangible and qualityless. It was just an information entanglement point, but the Heart of the World would
It is randomly attached to anything in the current world. Only when the current object is destroyed, the Heart of the World will jump to the next object. This is why Odyssey wants to use a different space to connect the Heart of the World with it.
The reason why Qian Qian was sealed together with her possessions was to prevent that thing from suddenly jumping to other objects, thereby adding unnecessary variables to her mission. Now that Qian Qian is interested in the heart of the world that is protected in every possible way, she can’t wait to
Look what that baby looks like.
To be honest, I am also a little curious, because I am busy with things on weekdays... so-called busy things, I rarely come into contact with that thing. The most impressive heart of the world in my memory is Milia from the Mobrado world (many times
, the ontology and host of the World Heart can actually be confused), it seems that there is nothing special about the World Heart. After all, it is almost impossible to destroy before the world is destroyed, and the change of the host only makes the information entangled.
It’s just jumping back and forth. For the Heart of the World, the current host is almost a container. Cats and dogs can even be used. The host of the Heart of the World in the universe of the capital of the Fifteenth Sky District must have been selected by humans. I am very curious about my sister back then.
Choose something to serve as the host.
Odysseus, who was in a state of pimples, readily agreed: "The moment Alleria contacted me, this task was actually completed. If you want to see it, I can send the Heart of the World to you now."
The passage to the storage point is open, just outside."
As he spoke, the two-foot-square crystal block Odysseus was resting on suddenly shattered and quickly reorganized in the air. After a burst of crunching sounds, it turned into a person similar to the Goodel man outside.
He moved his body and said apologetically to us: "I'm sorry, my subordinates can only maintain this state for less than ten minutes, and they cannot leave the ice field, but it will be over soon."
We left this small igloo and found that the wind and snow outside had subsided, and in the far distance, a huge ice and snow hurricane that stretched across the sky and the earth was hovering strangely high in the sky, and was gradually approaching here. That hurricane
It is mixed with a large amount of broken ice and stones, so its boundaries and shapes can be clearly seen. The shape is not like natural formation at all, and it is still changing: as it gradually approaches here, it even gradually appears
The face of a middle-aged man with an angry beard appeared - only one face. Appeared at the upper end of the hurricane in a very strange state, but in the lower half of the hurricane there was only a pair of huge arms that seemed to be constantly twisting and shaking clouds.
, which makes it look like a frozen version of Aladdin.
After getting very close, the hurricane had turned into a giant nearly 100 meters tall - but only its upper body, while the giant's lower body was still a swirling storm, emitting a deafening roar.
"Oh, this is the storm giant rumored on the mainland," Lin Xue pointed at the hurricane. "It looks really spectacular."
"Unlike the ancient spirits and natural phenomena incarnated by other compatriots, the storm giant was created with the consciousness of its subordinates. Its mission is to guard the sealed place of the heart of the world, so it can never leave the ice field. It is entrenched in the ice field.
The wind and snow above are all the incarnations of storm giants, so he can sense the movements of the entire ice sheet at all times. After his subordinates fall asleep again, he becomes the most powerful guardian of the planet. Although only a small number of his subordinates
fragments of his soul, but he still completed the task very well."
"I may know how those Goodel elemental creatures were created." I looked at the storm giant in the distance. Small-scale whirlwinds were continuously splitting near his inverted cone-shaped lower body. These small-scale whirlwinds
After the cyclone was split, it seemed that it had its own consciousness. It began to wander around and collect nearby ice, snow and stones to build its own body. It soon turned into crystal clear "ice-breakers", some of which
The icebreakers are flying in mid-air, so they have no lower body and look like smaller storm giants. The icebreakers walking on the ground look exactly like our guides.
"Yes, the storm giant and the Goodel elemental creature were created at the same time. The latter is the split body of the former," Odysseus said. "The storm giant's body is the seal hub, and now his subordinates and this incarnation are shared.
A conscious mind, please see, that is where the heart of the world is stored, and it is already open."
As Odyssey spoke, he pointed at the storm giant a few hundred meters away with his transparent arm made of broken crystals. Deep in the latter's body, there was a red core that was rapidly brightening and gradually breaking away from the storm.
Bound by the giant's body, I saw many bright lines and rune marks covering the red core, and connected to the surrounding hurricanes. As the core floated away from the storm giant's body, these lines and runes also broke one by one,
Judging based on my little occult knowledge, this means that the entire set of seals is one-time use and will be completely destroyed once opened. Only by destroying these runes in the correct order can the stability of the space be guaranteed, otherwise something will definitely happen.
Particularly disharmonious things - such as the northern ice sheet turning into the northern hemisphere ice sheet, or the mother continent turning into an ice continent, and then the heart of the world will be collapsed onto God knows what at the end of the world.
Odysseus pointed to a group of luminous objects that gradually floated over and said: "That is the heart of the world that my subordinates were ordered to hide, and it is intact."
When the halo finally gradually dissipated, I saw the appearance of the thing clearly, and I was stunned.
A large and heavy metal ring, dark black, about one meter in diameter, with dots of blue-purple starlight shining on its surface, floating in the air as if unaffected by gravity, with ripples visible to the naked eye radiating radioactively around it: it should be the air.
Distortion occurs under the action of some kind of force field. It may be light, or even space itself that is distorted.
Now let's combine two things: onee-sama, and a circle.
A huge circle from the peak of Onee-sama's power...
The moment we saw this metal ring, Lin Xue and I, even Qian Qian, who is often thoughtless, couldn't help but take a few steps back. We were covered in cold sweat layer by layer, jingling on top, in this extremely cold place with hundreds of degrees below zero.
, I sweated all over my brow!
There were two people at the scene who didn't react at all: Alaya and Alleria. The former probably didn't react, and the latter was hard to see any changes. Who knows what her expression is now?
"You can't touch this thing directly with your hands, right?" I kept a safe distance and pointed at the metal ring.
Odysseus nodded: "You seem to know your Majesty's power very well. This metal ring itself has also been given the ability to protect itself. Your Majesty's power is attached to it and has never dissipated for tens of thousands of years. It is too important.
, so Your Majesty tried to make it as difficult to destroy as possible. Oh, the system shows that the information entanglement point of the Heart of the World is still attached to the ring."
I continued to sweat coldly, you said such a thing... How can I get back to you!
After thinking for a long time, I finally connected to Avalon and contacted Miss Artemis, the director of the local subdistrict office: "Little Artemis, I need support here. Send a battalion immediately... no, send a regiment.
The spearmen are coming..."
Before I finished speaking, Lin Xue directly interjected: "Ignore him, we can handle it ourselves." Then she hung up the communication, and then the eldest lady looked at me angrily: "Don't be so exaggerated, okay? You can take care of it."
It goes back."
"If I rub it, my life will be worse than death!"
"What are you afraid of?" The eldest lady rolled her eyes, "You are not an enemy. Sister Chen Qian's curse will not be activated on you."
"You are mistaken. This is the power left by the emperor of the Fifteenth Heaven District back then. She doesn't know me! If you put this thing in the portable space, you will lose your skin even if you don't die!"
The eldest lady was stunned: "Hey, I forgot about this."
"Odysseus, there must be a way to transfer this thing, right?" I glanced at the crystal-clear imperial officer standing next to me expectantly, "Packaging box? Switch? At least give it some protection.
Gloves are fine too, this thing is untouchable, how can I transport it to the City of Angels?"
Odysseus shrugged: "Your Majesty's power cannot be isolated, but it can identify ourselves and the enemy. As long as you have the empire's identification code, you will not be affected by the curse in theory. Of course, if you find your Majesty now,
You can also let her lift the curse herself."
I thought it would be a bit troublesome to call my sister over just for this matter, so I looked at the group of people around me. Odyssey didn't need to think about it now. Lin Xue and Qian Qian did have identification codes back then, but their
The imperial household registration book was revoked 70,000 years ago, and the same goes for Alaya. The two parts of the home planet have not yet been reorganized. She is a shady person on the mysterious side of the home star. Among the remaining people...
Finally, my eyes fell on Alleria.
"Alleria, can I leave it to you?"
The always calm Kite Angel shivered like never before, then nodded, almost as if he was looking forward to death, and approached the black ring that was still floating in the air. Under the attention of everyone, he gently bowed.
Touched the latter.
To my relief, nothing happened.
"It works." Alleria was also very happy. She nodded and put the ring into her personal space.
I smiled, stepped forward and patted Alleria's wings in commendation: "Good job, now hurry back to Angel..."
Before I finished speaking, I felt my eyes go dark...