The smooth and smooth days lasted for a long time, and I once thought that the days would continue so peacefully. I had been looking forward to the long-awaited "eating, sleeping and entertaining the children, going to and from work to entertain the children, feeding the birds and walking the dogs to entertain the children, and just having fun."
The beautiful life of "eating until death and teasing children" has arrived, but one morning Tavel caused ripples in his already peaceful life with a report.
Today I was playing chess with the little crows. The chess pieces were figures of crow gods and wild jingle bells. These little guys were wearing mini armors and uniforms and acted as chariots and horses on the chessboard. They looked weird, but they were little guys.
One of our favorite entertainments.
I commanded a wild Tinker Bell to take a step forward on the chessboard, and then watched the miniature crow on the chessboard fight with the wild Tinker Bell. In the end, the miniature crow who should have been kicked off according to the rules of chess relied on his physical skills instead.
The advantage kicked the wild Ding Dong off the chessboard... Don't be surprised, the rules of chess in our family are so magical. Although it is someone else playing chess, who wins and who loses on the chessboard still depends on the fight of these little girls.
Ability, I really don’t know how I can play with Little Crow with such enthusiasm until now.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a movement in my heart, and Tavel's slightly urgent voice came from the spiritual connection: "Your Majesty, the news from the other side came from the ancestors."
"What's going on?" I heard that Tavel's tone was not normal, and I realized that this was not the "homely" content like the previous few days, and I immediately frowned. Although the little crow opposite didn't know what was going on,
But I can recognize the atmosphere very well. So I quickly put the little girls on the chessboard back into my hair, and then looked at me curiously along with a bunch of wild jingle bells.
Tavel did not answer directly. Instead, he sent a compiled document directly. I read it quickly and suppressed the fluctuation in my heart: "Does Sandora know? Where are Haran and the others?"
"It has been sent simultaneously to all Xiling apostles of generals and above," Tavel replied, "Her Majesty Sandora suggested convening an emergency meeting. Should you start it now? Do you want a virtual meeting or..."
"Go to the Shadow City Headquarters. This matter is extraordinary," I made a quick decision. Then I hesitated a little and decided to bring a few other people with me. "By the way, I notified Abyss Xiling and asked her to tell it to her apostle who meets the authority requirements.
We. They also have this qualification."
Tavel didn't express any questions. He agreed and went to prepare the venue. I turned around and saw a curious little face almost pressed against the tip of my nose. The little crow was rubbing against me affectionately.
Ceng: "Master! What happened?"
"Don't worry, it's not a bad thing." I rubbed the head of this stupid but well-behaved bird, "I found the reason for the destruction of my hometown... and found it under such circumstances."
The little crow tilted her head and looked at me. It was obvious that she didn't have much real experience with this issue. I had no choice but to pat the little girl's hair and let her wait at home with peace of mind. Then I opened the portal and prepared to go to the Shadow City: Sandora was originally
In Shadow City, Qian Qian and her sister should be able to open the door and teleport there later - they are walking outside right now.
The portal had just opened and I hadn't had time to step in. I heard a crackle of bare feet on the floor from the second floor, and then a long, drawn-out voice sounded from far to near: "The child—her father—wait a minute."
its me……"
I watched the loli-shaped child in a white dress and her mother pounce on her like a hungry tiger, raised her hand to catch her in mid-air, and then grabbed this otaku with all the five poisons and shook her in the air: "Are you not right now?
Are you supposed to be working overtime in Shadow City? You didn't say anything when you came back?"
Bubbles swayed in the air twice: "I just came back. The first thing I do is of course say hello to the figures in the room. Then I'll say hello to you - but now we have serious business, so I can only put down the figures first.
It’s aside. Let’s leave quickly, the child’s father!”
I:"……"
However, Paopao's occasionally unscrupulous behavior is considered normal. At least she can put down her puppets when faced with big events, so I didn't argue with her and just put the little girl under my arm and took a step forward.
Enter the portal.
As soon as I came out of the portal, I arrived at the headquarters of Shadow City. There were already many people sitting in the conference room. Commanders with general or above authority and who were currently on standby in Shadow City were eligible to attend. I looked around and found my seat.
So her mother walked to her seat with the struggling child: Pao Pao, as the mother host, has special permissions: she is not a general or a branch leader, but she is the super administrator of all databases in the empire, so when it comes to "confidentials"
"She has the right to know everything by default (but not necessarily the right to decide).
"Hey, Chen," I just sat down next to Sandora when I heard a carefree voice behind me, "I've been called here too... Why does it feel so weird? I'm such a half-assed disciple.
Does it count?"
"Who made you the leader of the clan? The system defaults to the fact that the leader of each clan has general authority. There can never be a situation where a certain clan is excluded from the empire circle." I turned to Bingtis and bared my teeth, and found this female gangster
With a face full of interest, "It's okay for you to know about this anyway. It will all be made public soon. But then... now you understand how I feel as an apostle of Xiling who has become a monk on the way, right? It's my first time to participate in this kind of thing."
Doesn't 'Intra-Clan Meeting' feel weird?"
"It's a bit." Bingtis, as the weirdest "Xiling Apostle" in history, could not help but look a little restless at this time. She adjusted her dress and looked at me with a serious expression, "Then you
Do you think my clan leader’s current appearance is appropriate?”
I looked at the rare serious female gangster and said, "Okay - but first put away the bricks in your hand."
"This is a notebook! I am used to taking notes during meetings..." Bingtis was about to quibble, but accidentally touched the chain tied under the "notebook", so she put away her notebook with a dry laugh amidst a burst of clattering sounds.
Brick, then with a straight expression, "Is everything in the notice true? Is the demise of the home world related to the last bridge building?"
I nodded silently and said no more. At the same time, a twisted portal suddenly appeared in the air not far away from me. A beautiful silver-haired figure walked briskly out of it, it was Bella Vera.
"I thought you couldn't come," Harlan raised his head and glanced at her, "Isn't Sylvia always in charge at this time?"
"If it were anything else, I wouldn't have come, but today is different," Belavera smiled, sitting in the position of the emperor-level Xiling apostle, she looked at the people around her. Her eyes suddenly fell on a board
On the tall and thin man with a stern face: That is the leader of the fallen apostles who came with the Abyss Xiling, Ivan Sain, "It seems that everyone who can come is here, even the 'old friends' from the Abyss area are here...
A great event.”
"There is also a meeting in the Abyss District," Abyss Xiling was three seats away from me. She chuckled at this side, "It was 'broadcasted' through me. We can not discuss the 'legitimacy' issue of the two empires for now.
. Chen Jun is right at least in one sentence: the fallen apostles are also qualified to know these things, and the home world belongs to all of us."
"Everyone should be here," I looked up at the seat opposite, and found that two seats seemed to be empty. "Why is the general's seat empty? This room should automatically set the seats according to the specific attendees, right?
?”
As soon as he finished speaking, two stupid hairs stood up with a "beep" sound. The voices of Pandora and Viska came from the "empty seats": "Brother, we are here!"
Me: "...Oh, everyone is here, let's get down to business."
"Everyone should have received the information," Sandora said without any nonsense. She got down to business. "This news came from the other side. The sender is Ansel, the ancestor. There is a guarantee of the authenticity of the news at the end of the document.
.In addition, it has been confirmed through technical means that the signal source and encryption process are all correct, and it can be directly regarded as real intelligence."
"If this news is true," I took Sandora's words naturally, "then our home world was most likely destroyed due to man-made reasons, and it was precisely because of an unsuccessful bridge building."
Although this news had already been sent to the memory bank of everyone present, when I said this conclusion again, it still caused a small buzz.
"This is the original text of the information," Sandora put the complete report, which was divided into more than a dozen times before being sent, on the holographic projection so that everyone could see it. "Remember, we are not 100% sure now. We can only say hometown
There is a 90% chance that the world is the 'New World' mentioned in the information."
I didn’t look at the holographic projection because I knew what it said:
"... After further contact with the Federation of Stars, the other party happily disclosed their database in areas such as bridge construction, including various technical documents, as well as files and files related to bridge construction. These technical data should have been classified originally, but
Firstly, the technology required for 'bridging' is difficult to apply in other areas, and the harm caused by leakage is actually limited. Secondly, we have been regarded as a 'technical partner', and it seems that we have gained a lot of trust...
…
...Technical documents have been organized into multiple data packages, which will be forwarded to the empire after the second relay station goes online, and we found some shocking things in the historical files: Since each void cycle is very long, it is enough
Several super civilizations were produced, so there were many civilizations that tried to build bridges before the Ring Federation. These civilizations that tried to build bridges have all died out, but various records of their bridge building have been preserved and are in the
It has long been said in the civilized circles of 'this side' that...
...There was once the closest to successful bridge building. That civilization had the ability to launch a detector directly to the other side, and could ensure that the detector survived after that. The civilization was named Σ. Their detector reached the other side, that is
The empire and the gods were in the void, and found a 'new world' that was extremely suitable as a 'bridge pier', so they unilaterally activated the Long Bridge activation end...
...Due to not knowing enough about bridge construction and not knowing that establishing a long bridge requires two start-up terminals and calibration, the bridge construction that was closest to success ultimately failed. The long bridge survived for twenty-one seconds before collapsing, and the load-bearing bridge collapsed.
The 'New World' was hit hard, and the Σ civilization was also impacted by the abyss. It never recovered and lasted for 120,000 years before being annexed by another super civilization that came from behind...
...This dossier mentions the basic situation of the 'new world', including space parameters, cosmological constants, material spectral bands, and a star map. It is more than 90% similar to the home world in our memory...
...The imaginary diagram of the 'Bridge of the Void' that collapsed that year (the exact information has been lost) was in the form of a huge space crack. It was completely different from the normal gate of the abyss, like a long eye... and
The 'Gate of the Abyss' that destroyed our home world in our memory is more than 90% similar..."
After that, there were some more fragmented descriptions. Obviously, the ancestors could not sort out too many coherent things from those complicated ancient files for a while. After all, they were mortals, not super computing units like Bubbles, but
Even though these information are a bit messy at the moment, they are enough to reveal a lot.
"The situation is very clear," Sandora coughed lightly. "A very long time ago, even before the establishment of the 'Star Ring Federation' on the other side and the empire on this side, there were many bridges on the other side.
Try, one of the civilizations called Σ was the overlord of the void on the other side at that time. They had superb deep-diving technology and launched detectors to the shore - this just confirms the information we have from the Protoss: the home world once
Being patronized by a super civilization, the Protoss found no trace of the existence of the super civilization around their home world.
Now it seems that Σ civilization does not know enough about bridge building. Or they misunderstood the concept of "starting construction at both ends" and thought that they could start building bridges by just launching a detector here, so their attempt to build bridges failed.
, a rift containing the power of the abyss was opened in the home world, which indirectly led to the 'primordial disaster', and the Σ civilization itself became a burial object in this process.
The truth that our family has been searching for so far. Maybe it really is like this."
Sandora still used the word "maybe" cautiously, but to be honest... I think this is the truth.
In fact, I had speculated about this matter long before today: the destruction of my home world is really strange, and the various scenes before the end are different from the normal abyss phenomena, so I suspected from the beginning that it was related to "building bridges".
But it has been so long since the destruction of the home world. It has even been so long ago that the Xiling civilization, which was almost wiped out, has developed into the third god race in the void... In such a long time, the race that almost succeeded in building a bridge has never been able to
Appeared. The long bridge in the void only exists in drawings so far. There are only two possibilities: either my guess is wrong and the home world has nothing to do with building the bridge, or... the civilization that originally tried to build the bridge has become extinct.
Anyway, it is definitely not the Star Ring Federation on the other side - their deep-diving technology obviously cannot meet that standard.
After Shandora finished speaking, the place fell into silence for a short period of time. I saw a bunch of hair dangling behind the table opposite, so I asked: "Vesca, if you have any opinions, please tell me."
"Oh," Viska jumped off the chair and stood up... Actually, there is no difference between standing and sitting. Since the chair is already very high, I can still see her nodding her hair when she is sitting, but now I can only hear it.
Her voice came from under the table, "Brother, brother, what are we going to do? Revenge? But the civilization that built the bridge back then is completely extinct."
As expected, he is a war maniac twinned with Pandora. The first thing that comes to mind is to fight.
"As Visca said, the culprit of the original disaster has killed himself, so the premise of 'revenge' does not exist," Harlan coughed lightly and said slowly, "What we want to announce today is another thing.
:Regarding detailed modifications to the original order.”
Because I was just a "foreign apostle," I didn't realize what the original instruction was when Harlan mentioned it, but soon I remembered the concept of these four words, and I suddenly became frightened.
The initial instruction was the strongest obsession in the hearts of the Xiling people when they fled their hometown. It was also the first course of action input when the first-generation apostle "Primarch" was born. It is the most powerful and terrifying war race so far.
Motive for action: revenge.
Perhaps it is difficult for perceptual and changeable mortals to understand what this "initial instruction" means, but for the Xiling Apostles, the importance of the initial instruction even exceeds their lives!
Revenge, never-ending revenge against the culprit who caused the "original disaster", driven by hatred to this day, ignited by hatred, but not devoured by hatred, instead controlling the power of hatred to evolve oneself step by step until today,
Everything is to avenge the culprit. Even if the opponent is something that can never be eliminated, even if the opponent is a "natural phenomenon" in the void, we must continue to fight. This is the initial order.
Before today, the object of revenge in Apostle Xiling's heart was "the abyss", which was simple and clear, but now the object of revenge suddenly became complicated: it was indeed an abyss, but the abyss was only a part of it. There was something behind the disaster that year.
So many causes and effects: a long-dead super civilization, a failed attempt to build a bridge, a collapsed gate, an out-of-control abyss... What was originally a simple doomsday has finally been reduced to a complex and huge operation, and the fate of the home world is...
Destruction is just an insignificant "small problem" in this operation!
"The core of the original order was 'revenge', but now the target of our revenge has perished, and the Abyss was just a small factor in that 'accident', and it is not qualified to be the person responsible for the whole thing," Sando
La said in a deep voice, "Therefore, there was a conflict between the initial instructions and the current situation. According to the corresponding logic left by the ancestors, it can be considered that the conditions for 'revenge' are missing and have been terminated."
"Free the race from the obsession of 'revenge'?" A cunning gleam flashed in Bellavilla's eyes, and she seemed to have guessed Sandora's meaning, "Then our long-term war with the abyss..."
"This war will never stop. As long as the world of order is still under the threat of the abyss, Xiling civilization will continue to move forward," Sandora looked at Bellavilla, "but our initial motivation is no longer the obsession with revenge.
, but a simpler, simpler, and longer-lasting power: the defense of order and the glory of the empire. This is also what the ancestors meant - but they did not force us to modify the original instructions as creators, they just proposed
The above suggestions. Let's vote now. This may be the smallest emperor's meeting in history, and it is also the meeting with the largest number of participants. Those with authority above the general level have the right to vote. This vote is of great significance. The revision of the original directive
, is there anyone who objects?”
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