We already know the origin of the Lost Religion, and the reason for the weird technological blockade of this world has finally been revealed. As if the fog has dispersed, it turns out that everything is so simple - what Sandora and I most unexpectedly encountered was the location of this world. It turned out to be
In the center of the abyss!
Not only is it in the center of the abyss area, this world was also sealed off by the Abyss Xiling himself back then! This place is right under the noses of the fallen apostles, and some of the fallen apostles were even among the builders of the original shelter! Reality is indeed fuller than fiction.
Dramatic, because novels must at least be reasonable, right? Reality is so random!
This universe has not been discovered for 70,000 years. Sandora and I have to admit that the Abyss Xiling in its heyday was a terrifying guy. She can call on all the computing resources and high-end equipment in the entire empire, and she can naturally create countless miracles.
, and only she launched one fire plan after another in the short century when the empire was about to collapse, and the success rate was still so high. But except for the powerful protective barrier created by the Abyss Xiling, the world has survived to this day.
It is also inseparable from the efforts of these survivors.
Whether it is the three elves who serve as "guardians of sobriety" or other races who are willing to accept the "degeneration of knowledge", all the survivors in this world have paid a too heavy price for continuing the fire of civilization, and some of them are not even allowed to
To cover the entire civilization with darkness without violating one's own conscience, as the bishops said:
Everyone is helpless and everyone is burdened with sin.
This is a world where it is never clear who is right and who is wrong. Everyone is just playing their own role. The technological revivalists are the pioneers of civilization as a whole, but the Lost God Cult has to suppress them in order to protect the fire of civilization. Who is right?
Who is at fault? We have no choice but to blame fate.
Religion and ignorance cover the people. Ninety-nine and ninety-nine percent of the people on this planet are ignorant of the truth, but religion and ignorance also save the people, so that they do not have to face the despair behind the fog, but just embrace it.
Such an ordinary life can last from birth to death, at least for the vast majority of ordinary people. This kind of life is the most suitable: rather than dying in despair, it is better to live in ignorance. Of course, some people choose to accept the truth, and those who have experienced various revivals
No matter whether they regret in the end that they were too curious and uncovered things they shouldn't have uncovered, in short, they got their wish and learned how cruel the world is. Fate is fair to everyone, because it is unfair to everyone.
fair.
"Now the fallen apostles in the abyss area have been eliminated. The pollution is still there, but they have been adjusted to a harmless state by the Abyss Xiling. The next step is to find a way to lift the blockade of this universe. Oh, the Abyss Xiling refers to the second generation.
," I waved my hands to the four old bishops in front of me. "But before that we still have the biggest question - what exactly is the God's Forge? Did Abyss Xiling tell you anything when he asked you to keep it?
"
I thought again of the ancient cemetery-like ruins on the edge of the Milky Way, the hidden planet fortress, and the strange and unexplorable hole in the core of the planet fortress. In addition, there were also those who were teleported away in front of me and Sandora.
Star ring fragments, the last one is particularly puzzling: How come Abyss Xiling’s fire plan is still connected with Viska? That little lunatic seemed to have done nothing but smash, loot, and burn... Could it be that her star
The ring was destroyed by the Abyss Xiling? There seems to be no big conflict in time: because we don’t know when the star ring was destroyed...
"The Forge of the Gods... We know that its body is a planetary battleship, and some of the elven exiles escaped to this world on it," Bishop Gale frowned. With the long lifespan of the elves, he had to recall 70,000 years ago.
The details are also quite difficult. "The adult built this planet battleship and handed it over to the white elves and tree elves. She said that the planet was not just a colony ship, but a storage warehouse at the core of the planet.
But we have never been to the core: it is protected by a fully enclosed shield. The adult said before leaving that the core of the God Forge must not be opened rashly. It is a one-time storage warehouse, which contains
The most precious thing is also the switch of the 'safety barrier', which can only be opened after ensuring that everything is absolutely safe. The pollution from the outside world has faded or the crazy apostles are dead. In fact, one of the reasons why we persist until now is to protect this god.
Forge - before that adult leaves, we promise to protect her legacy until the new Xiling Apostle appears again."
It seems that these elves do not know the information related to the star ring, but they mentioned the most precious thing? I immediately became interested in this. It is the "most precious" thing to the Abyss Xiling. This is of extraordinary significance.
!
"You know how to open the God's Forge, right?" I glanced at Liefeng, "Sandora and I went to the God's Forge a few days ago, and you got the news immediately."
"Yes, we have the key to the God's Forge in our hands," it was the Technology Pope who spoke. He and his sister stood up at the same time, "because we are the key."
Sandora and I said in unison: "You are the key!?"
"Here is the key," Morrowind (Magic Pope) pointed to his head, and the girl's face was filled with a heartless smile, "It's near our brains. There are three keys to open the God's Forge.
One of them is buried deep underground in this church and is connected to an ancient AI. The other two are implanted in the brains of the two popes respectively and activated through thoughts. Moreover, it is connected to the soul to ensure that even if the popes go crazy, they will not be affected by it.
It means confusion and misoperation. Only when the three keys are opened at the same time, the God's Forge will appear from another space. This system was left by that adult, and even the scientists of the empire may not be able to solve it.
The three keys have been passed down from ancient times to the present day, and have been in the heads of... well, many popes anyway."
"To put it bluntly, we are the carrier of the key. Our mission for this hundred years is to keep it well. Although the popes before us never had the chance to activate the key in their lifetime, this keeper is indispensable," the Tech Pope patted the key.
His sister's hair, with a look of doting on her face, "In the Republic Era, the keys were kept by the heads of the three elven clans. In the Empire Era, the keys were kept by the late Tree Elf Head of State alone. In the Federation Era, the keys were kept by AI and
The federal speaker at the time kept it, but kept it outside. Later we discovered that this was a huge hidden danger. There was a possibility that the key would be stolen or the custodian lost control. So in the theocratic era, the key was kept by the pope and AI - through implantation in the brain.
method. However, our technology is limited and we can only make very crude modifications to this imperial equipment. The races with the highest technological level at that time tried their best to make it symbiotic with the human body. But there are still some sequelae... Haha."
"Salute to your sacrifice," Sandora solemnly floated into the air, "You are the heroes of the empire. Then activate the key quickly, and then go to the medical bay of the Imperial Admiral to remove the implants from your brains.
Come out, it’s not a good thing if this thing stays symbiotic with the body for too long.”
"Okay, we have to go underground to find that ancient AI. It will only work if the three keys are activated at the same time within ten meters of each other." The Technology Pope raised his face with an indifferent smile on his face, "It's really impossible.
Thinking that Morrowind and I will become the popes who activate the key - for so many years, it has been the 'habitual responsibility' of successive popes to carry the key throughout their lives, and some people almost feel that this key will never be activated."
The other bishops also stood up one after another. I saw various expressions on the old faces, including relief, joy, and a little confused and at a loss. After 70,000 years, this long mission has finally come to an end.
, they have devoted their entire lives to this task. Many of them may have thought that this task will never be completed, but today it has finally reached the end... Confusion and confusion naturally came to their hearts, and the empire owed them
A life of seventy thousand years.
Sandora's voice rang in her mind: "I suddenly felt that the Xiling Apostles were not much stronger than these 'mortals' in front of me. In addition to being physically weak, their spirits were as strong as the best warriors."
We came out of the reception room and found that many people had gathered outside, most of them were gray-haired old elves, and there were also a few young elves mixed in. That was after the original founder of the church also died of old age, and from "Saints"
The successors selected from the "Sequence", a total of more than forty cardinals, are the people in this world who know the entire truth (of course, there are also many old people in the three elven tribes who know what happened back then, but they are either dying,
Or they were just civilians who fled in the first place and didn't know anything too core).
I didn't see Celine: although it was a pity, she was not qualified to participate in this matter, so she was temporarily sent back to the rest area.
Eighty percent of the group of people are old men and women with beards. They were the elf queens, elf princes, elf generals, and various young and promising elf leaders in the past.
As an elderly person taking Suxiao Jiuxin Pills, I noticed that there were dozens of complicated eyes focused on me, and the eyes were so weighty. Fortunately, after years of strength, I have been able to face my responsibilities and obligations calmly, so I only need to
The silent and waiting crowd nodded and signaled Bishop Gale to lead the way.
We walked through the ancient and solemn central corridor of the cathedral, passed through large murals depicting the God of Technology and the God of Magic, passed through layers of arches and curtains, and continued until we reached a deep corridor entirely carved from gray-white stones.
, a long passage sloping downward appeared in front of everyone. Judging from the direction of progress and the building structure, they had now left the scope of the church and entered the mountain of this magnificent mountain: the church is perfectly integrated with the mountains, and its
The second half is carved directly into the mountain rock. I originally thought it was an ordinary architectural wonder, but I didn't expect that the entire church was actually the entrance to the tunnel in the mountain!
The sloping downward passage reached the end and was already in the center of the mountain. Here, we saw an unusually large rock hall. The entire hall was carved from gray-white stones, and the walls and dome were made of solid alloy frames.
Reinforcement, although the walls are full of primitive atmosphere, traces of high technology can be seen everywhere: there are bright modern lighting equipment on the walls, security devices and sentry machine gun stations are installed at each entrance, and four machines can be seen in the four corners of the hall.
It is an operating device similar to a data terminal, and a few clergymen work here.
In the center of the hall, there is a large elevator cabin, which is the most technological thing here. The silver-white elevator cabin is installed on a circular base that protrudes from the ground. Although there is no psionic response, the elevator cabin is obviously
Made of Imperial extraordinary alloy.
"The entire mountain range has been modified and filled with explosives. If a disaster occurs, we will detonate the entire mountain. Even if we kill everyone together, we cannot expose the God's Forge to the madmen outside," Gale Feng
The bishop led everyone towards the elevator cabin, "Some of the building materials here are standard metal parts made by the empire, but we dare not use psionic energy. Moreover, all the imperial equipment with cross-void communication capabilities have been sent to the Celestial Forge. Please go there
The lift is very old, but it works well.”
The third key was located very deep underground. Anyway, the elevator seemed to have been descending for more than ten minutes before it finally hit the bottom. When the hatch was opened, I was shocked to find that there was an underground garden in front of me!
This is obviously a cave deep underground. But the top of the cave uses artificial light to create a light that looks like daytime, and the floor of the cave is full of various flowers and plants. In the center of the open space is a tree that looks like a tangled vine.
Strange "tree", except for the elevator cabin behind us and the lighting equipment above, there seems to be no trace of technology here.
"We have used special magic to build an ecosystem here that can be maintained for a long time. Even if there is a big disaster on the ground, life will continue here. At the same time, this constant magic effect also maintains the vitality of the giant tree, making it look like
"It will survive forever like the mother tree," Liefeng pointed at the strange "tree" in the center that looked like both a vine and a tree, "The third key was fused with it."
Sandora was curious: "Didn't you say that the third key was fused with an ancient AI?"
"That's right," Morrowind smiled like a flower, "This is the product of the fusion of the technologies of the three elves. We used a twig of the mother tree, the life magic of the white elves, and the programming technology of the high elves to create this mother.
Tree replica - the real mother tree has left with an ark that fled in another direction, so we can only keep its twigs, but that’s not bad, this is our mother tree! By the way, although
I don’t have any hope... There should have been another group of tree elves who escaped on a planetary fortress called the Green Star. They followed a different path than us, so..."
"They are still alive. And they were rescued two years earlier than you." Only then did I finally remember that I had not told the tree elves present this exciting news. "You will be reunited soon. In addition, your mother tree is also here.
, although it almost died on the journey, we used the power of the goddess of life to revive it. Now the tree elves are one of the most prosperous families in the new empire."
"Oh——" There were bursts of joyful cries from all directions. Nearly half of the people here are tree elves, and they are tree elves who have lived for more than 70,000 years. Nothing makes them more excited than this news.
, a wrinkled elf grandma even subconsciously raised her hair: "I... can I see him again? I remember that he was the navigator of Green Star when we set off... Is he still alive?
After so many years, I...I have become like this, so old..."
"Everything will be rewarded," Sandora solemnly floated to the highest place, "Don't worry, we have reunited many dependents from the old empire era and refugees who suffered due to the empire's mistakes. The Xiling Apostle has never
I will shirk responsibility and never forget the heroes. In the name of the head of the empire, I promise that all races will be rewarded. As for now - let us finish the work at hand and activate the key!"
The two popes nodded, and under the attention of a group of people, they approached the big tree that was tens of meters high. The latter looked like a plant, but it could obviously sense the changes in the surrounding environment. As soon as they approached the giant tree, the latter's
A light green halo quickly spread among the branches and leaves, and then many twigs stretched out from the trunk made of entangled vines, and wrapped around the two popes to form a structure like a console. I heard the bishops group
Someone was talking in a low voice: "After seventy thousand years, I finally waited until today... It still feels like a dream." "Just turned the key on? Are we not in hallucinations?" "What are you thinking, you old fool and suspicion?"
A lifetime. But speaking of it... it seems a bit hasty to turn the key on like this." "Should we hold some kind of ceremony first to show solemnity?" "I also think there should be some commemorative part... By the way, remember.
Record this scene." "How about playing some music to spice things up?" "Get out."
Sandora and I: "..."
Are these elves using this spirit of taking pleasure in hardship to persist to this day?
Activating the three keys didn't make as much noise as I imagined. Everything was done quietly. I only saw the light flowing between the branches and leaves of the big tree. After a while, the two popes left the console, and at the same time they came from the underground.
There was a slight sound of mechanical friction, and a circular hole with a radius of more than one meter suddenly opened on the grass, and a crystal column emerged from the ground.
The crystal cylinder is a fully sealed protective cover. In the center of it is a small empire-style device suspended quietly. It looks like a data terminal, but it is more narrow and elongated, and like all the equipment made by Abyss Xiling: This
There are no markings on the surface.
Gale stepped forward and opened the protective cover, solemnly took out the small device inside with both hands, then presented it to Sandora and I, and bent deeply: "The space blockade near the God's Forge has been closed.
Disarm, this is the command device to awaken the planet's main engine. The tree elf general Gale Feng followed the ancient order and returned it to the head of the empire."
I took over this extraordinary ancient creation, and the strong wind breathed a sigh of relief:
"Finally...we have done our duty."
(Hey, I’ll go and ask for a monthly ticket! I looked at the calendar today and realized that something almost happened. It’s now!)