Chapter 655 The history of the empire is also dark
Chapter 655 The history of the empire also has its dark side
Originally, I had many things to ask Her Majesty the Queen, who is so knowledgeable in Sandora, but after returning from the Shadow City, I didn’t see the shadow of that girl. There were only a bunch of dolls in the living room who were busy watching TV.
Outside, there were only two maids cleaning the room.
"Where did Sandora go?"
When I saw Anweina floating past my eyes, I immediately stopped her and asked.
The little ghost blinked in confusion and twisted the buttons of the maid's coat unconsciously. This was a subconscious action in her tangled state.
"Mistress Sandora said she was bored at home and went out to look for food..."
Listen! Foraging! Now even Anweina dares to openly call Shandora's behavior foraging!
Hearing Anweina's words, I suddenly broke into a cold sweat. In the past two days, there have been more and more cases of mysterious disappearances of isolation piers in the xx block of Xincheng and of landscape trees being broken for unknown reasons. Sandora, are you not afraid of triggering mankind's desire for material things?
Do you question the law of conservation?
There is a girl who goes out to look for food when she is bored and eats everything she sees. I am very stressed. You can say that she is more or less a queen. She usually looks majestic and domineering in other situations. How can she wait for no one?
Why is it such a headache?
After saying hello to Anweina and Seiko, and telling Mercury Lamp and my sisters to play at home and not go out, I grabbed the jingle that jumped from the table and stuffed it into my pocket. I hurried out of the house to look for someone who might be there.
Her Majesty the Queen foraging for food in a corner of New Town.
Fortunately, Shandora keeps her mental connection open at all times, so I can easily locate her. But that girl is also really good at wandering around. She even wanders to the border with the old city when looking for food - that place is far away from home.
It's nearly ten kilometers.
I picked a deserted place and used time and space to travel. A few minutes later, I found Sandora. She was wandering around the entrance of a large city park. She was carrying a large bag with probably hundreds of malas in her hand.
Prepare to enjoy Luojiu's story while eating, "There was a period of crazy expansion in the history of the empire. At that time, we believed that the most effective way to destroy the abyss was to control all the worlds in our own hands and let all mortal races accept it unconditionally.
Rule by oneself and take absolute precautions against the abyss with an absolute iron fist. This is the product of the Xiling apostle’s military unification thinking. In our opinion, this decision is full of efficiency and value, and the weak mortal race does not need to choose at all. In fact, we
That's what it does.
I won’t go into the specifics. Anyway, this period lasted for a full hundred thousand years. It was during this period that the empire’s territory rapidly expanded to tens of millions of worlds. The great expansion was called the Golden Age. At that time
, the power of the empire is extremely powerful, even the gods must recognize our authority. The super civilization in the entire void follows the empire. Everyone thinks that the crazy Xiling apostles will expand forever until they rule all the unexplored people in the endless void.
A world included in the territory of the gods, and even advanced to the third race of gods in the multiverse.
But one day, we encountered a weird super civilization.
That civilization is what we call 'akionec', or roughly pronounced 'Okanic', a weird pronunciation, right? In the common language of the empire at that time, this word meant 'crystal', and this race was ours
The weirdest civilization I have ever seen. They are very powerful. They are almost on par with the empire in terms of individual combat effectiveness and legion combat effectiveness. It can even be said that it was the most powerful civilization encountered during the empire's development period, but this race has not developed.
Any technology and mysterious power, they are born with a wonderful talent, which is to rely on meditation to achieve balance with the universe, and then inject their own will into a certain substance, turn it into a 'crystal' that can achieve miracles, and then use the power of the crystal
To accomplish many things. Due to the mysterious nature of this ability, we classify it as a mysterious type of plastic magic, but for 'akinnec', they have no concept of magic, and creating crystals is just their
Instinct is as simple as eating and drinking water.
Such a wonderful race attracted great attention from the top officials of the empire at that time. We sent envoys to establish diplomatic relations with this race. For the old empire with extremely simple values, 'a race with strong combat effectiveness' was the only criterion for establishing diplomatic relations. At that time, the empire and
The battle in the Abyss has become more intense. We need any new force that is strong enough to expand our advantage. Under this premise, the leaders of the empire may not even care about the other party's attitude towards the empire. As long as we can fight, as long as we can fight against the abyss, we must join forces.
Chariot.
For other races, even those that are weaker than the Empire but can still be called super civilizations, this kind of invitation is a great honor. It means that you have become one of the most powerful civilizations in the multiverse.
A cannon fodder, but as a warrior standing on the front line with the Xiling Apostle, so our invitation to establish diplomatic relations with foreign nations has never been rejected, but..."
"That Oshaka race rejected you, right?" I was intrigued by this ancient story. The prosperity of any super civilization is accompanied by a dark and barbaric expansion history, and the Xiling Empire is even more impossible.
Exception, I have heard about their expansion years, but this is the first time I heard about what happened in that era.
"Reject? Maybe it's rejection," Sandora said with a weird expression, "Actually, I still don't quite understand the situation at that time. The 'Crystal' race simply ignored our invitation. It may not be easy for you, Jun.
Understand, that race can't...can't communicate, yes, that's it, our envoys can't communicate with each other, the 'akionec' have a way of thinking that we can't understand at all, they don't communicate with any foreign race, and even to the point where every individual
The degree of self-isolation is as if except for a shell left in the real world, their spirits have already left the main material plane. The envoys sent by the empire stayed on the other side's first star for several months, but they failed to
If you have a successful dialogue with any 'akionec', the situation at that time is even so weird: the envoy walks into the palace of 'akionec' in a swagger, stands on the other party's leader's table and reads out the empire's invitation to establish diplomatic relations, while the other party still studies the pile of things in his own way.
Glowing stone. You don’t know how angry the unlucky envoy was at that time. It’s not easy to make even Xiling apostles have negative emotions.”
"You have been completely ignored," I nodded. "Because of this, you killed others?"
"Of course not," Sandora immediately glanced at me, "We later discovered the power of the abyss in the universe ruled by 'akionec'.
Although it cannot be compared with the Empire, the 'akionec' are still a very powerful race, but they only rule one universe. Of course, we cannot understand this. In addition, several attempts to communicate have failed, and we have become a bit lost.
The patient ruler of the empire finally decided not to worry about respecting the powerful race, but directly sent a detector to patrol the opponent's ruled area. It was then that we discovered traces of the abyss: there were some members of 'akionec'
The abyss reaction in the body is positive."
"Do you think this race is infected by the Abyss?"
"That's it. Although there is no evidence that the entire Okanik family has been infected, at that time, some members had traces of the abyss on their bodies and lived among the crowd. It was already some evidence. At that time, it happened to be a new round of the Abyss Gate outbreak.
During this period, the battles on the front line were extremely brutal, and there were two or three small-scale reports of abyssal infection in the empire. Even Emperor Xiling would be nervous in this situation, and after encountering two frontline infectious mutinies (I am not without malicious intent
I guess this may also be related to the long-term iron-fisted rule of those single-minded war maniacs). The empire's vigilance against strange races in the outside world has been directly raised to SSS level, which means 'infection means extinction'. In such extreme situations
Next, 'akionec' was ordered to be exterminated by the emperor of the corresponding ruling area at that time."
Shandora paused, and I clicked my tongue: Infection means extinction. What kind of iron fist is contained in these five words? Although I know that the former empire played the role of executioner on many occasions, I really heard it from Shandora's mouth.
When I saw this example, my heart suddenly tightened.
"That race must not be able to resist."
"They didn't resist at all - until we attacked the opponent's home planet, the opponent almost stood there waiting for us to kill. The strange 'akionec' race has been determined by us to have extremely strong fighting power. The empire even prepared for that battle
Two King's Rules fortresses were deployed in the war, but hundreds of millions of 'akionecs just sat calmly in front of our cannons, waiting for death. No one could understand what those silent ones who never spoke were thinking.
, but once the extermination order was issued, it could never be stopped. Under the sweep of the ultimate battleship, hundreds of millions of 'akionec' died without resistance in the artillery fire of the imperial army...
The 'war' was overwhelming. With absolutely no resistance, we smashed the ancient stardust belt created by 'akionec' using crystal power. The army filled every inch of space on the opponent's home planet, but at that moment,
The Silence of the Lambs began to rebel.
That was the first time since the beginning of the Great Expansion Era that the Empire encountered an evenly matched battle against ordinary races. All the 'akionec' tribesmen gathered on their home planet and fought tooth and nail to resist the Empire's Purifier Legion.
With the weak force, they killed the same number of Imperial troops before being completely annihilated. No one can explain why the Silent Ones showed no resistance at the beginning, but fought crazily in the end. This is still unknown to this day.
It’s a mystery in my mind, but their power really left a deep impression on everyone... But that’s all in the past. After the battle to defend the home planet, ‘akionec’ was removed from the civilization map.”
"It is indeed a regrettable war. It is so weird from beginning to end, with an inexplicable beginning and an inexplicable end." I patted the somewhat depressed Sandora on the shoulder comfortingly, "Well, those who use crystal power
How did the leader bee appear?"
"We discovered a giant device on the home planet of 'akionec'," Sandora's answer was a bit inconsistent, but the second half of her sentence made my expression suddenly stiffen, "The Abyss Purification System.
Even the empire at that time was unable to develop an abyssal infection reverse engineering device. Then, we deciphered the data recorded on that device.
'akionec' has not been infected by the entire race, it can even be said that they have not been infected at all. Those silent creatures who use a mysterious world view to think about the universe are only studying methods to eliminate the abyss infection. The members who carry the abyss reaction are just researchers.
Just like the Xiling technician who carries a notebook with him, that race... has been fighting against the abyss from the beginning."
I kept reaching out to pat Sandora's shoulder, and was speechless for more than ten seconds.
"This is a tragedy caused by the three factors of inability to communicate, blind destruction, and extreme rule."
"The person who executed the extermination order at that time was the famous general of the Empire's 116th District, the commander of the Empire's only Psychic Assault Legion formed entirely of female apostles, Ola Evelin. She is my friend and your current number one leader.
Bee," Sandora gently leaned her face on my hand and closed her eyes, "This is not a good story, Arjun, for us, it is a heinous crime to eliminate another warrior race that fights against the abyss.
, that means that you have become an accomplice of the abyss to a certain extent. Aura violated this taboo at that time. After returning to the empire, she will face the trial of the imperial court, and even the emperor who issued the extermination order will
It may be questioned by other emperors."
"So, Aura, who caused all this with her own hands, inherited the crystal power of 'akionec' and let their shadows be inherited on her soldiers as atonement?"
"That's pretty much it. Aura was once a powerful soul controller. Like me, she knows how to survive the soul. The souls of the massacred 'akionec' tribe are still floating on the battlefield, falling into chaos because of violating the ban.
And the painful Aura attracted the souls of those who died in vain into her body at all costs, and her soldiers followed suit. The originally destroyed 'akionec' was reborn in another sense ten minutes after the genocide.
Ola Evelin disappeared from then on, her soul was twisted, and merged with countless 'akionec' tribe to form a new life, which is the current leader Bee Ola, and this happened to all her soldiers.
Mutated, the most special race in the history of the empire was born. Jun, haven't you always wondered why the leader bees are so dull? This is the reason: after the alienation, they were affected by the 'akionec' and began to use the latter's ability that cannot be ordinary people.
Thinking about some issues in the worldview that people understand, this makes the leader bees appear extremely dull when communicating with people. This situation has slightly improved in the second generation of leader bees copied after the empire, but the first generation leader bees with stronger abilities have
The acting leader bee is very serious in this regard. Like Aura, she has even lost the communication ability of a normal senior apostle... Because the ruling area where she is stationed is relatively close, she and I have been involved in several cross-dimensional joint operations.
We fought side by side, and we became very good friends, but after becoming the leader bee, she never said a word to me outside of the mission. I can no longer understand what Aura is thinking... except that she still
Outside of allegiance to the Empire."
"From that day on, Aura became the leader of the new heroic combat soldiers of the empire. It was many years later that she and her warriors reappeared on the battlefield as the leader bee and fought side by side with me again. At that time, Aura
La and her soldiers put on face shields. In fact, those things were not protective equipment, but 'accessories' made to imitate the heads of the 'akionec' tribe. The leader bees stubbornly wore those things.
To show that 'akionec' is still standing in the forest of civilization, and also to express its never-ending atonement in this way."
"The scale of that war is not comparable to the interdimensional wars we frequently engage in. It only affected one universe, but its nature had a huge impact on the entire empire because of blind hatred and extreme policies without thinking.
, we personally destroyed a brave race that was fighting against the abyss, which might be as full of potential as ourselves and could transform into another Xiling Empire at any time, and we massacred them when the opponent almost gave up resistance on their own initiative, 'Attack and Abyss'
Fighting warriors, killing the weak who do not resist', we have overturned the warrior code that we are proud of in one fell swoop."
"It brought a revolution to the empire?" I looked into Sandora's eyes and asked curiously.
"It was not very successful, but the empire has finally changed. First of all, this incident indirectly caused the empire's era of great expansion to end early. Although it is not the decisive reason, it is definitely an important reason. Then, we finally became a little more flexible.
I have learned a lot, started to try to communicate with ordinary races, learn the advantages of other races, develop a harmonious society, use the extermination order with caution...Okay, Arjun, don't show that look, I know that besides ending expansion, we are doing several other things.
No one has succeeded in reform."
"Sorry for reminding you of these unpleasant things."
Seeing the gloomy expression on Sandora's face, I finally couldn't help but say sorry.
Although I have always thought that the leader bee was strange, and Sandora also hid the story about Aura, I really didn’t expect that there was such a dark history hidden behind the birth of those bees, or to put it simply, that the empire would also have such a story.
black history.
For Sandora, who has always regarded the honor of the empire as very important, these memories are definitely not good things.
"Arjun, I can probably guess what you are thinking," the girl with a connected mind immediately sensed my vague thoughts, "My loss is just lamenting the mistakes made by the empire and what happened to a friend. As for the black history,
Yes, that’s the second best thing.”
"Any mortal race will encounter twists and turns in the process of development, and even go astray. I never think that the Xiling Apostles are a perfect species. We also have shortcomings and make mistakes, otherwise we would not study taboos out of arrogance in the end.
Without knowledge, I have destroyed my own civilization." Sandora held my arm and rubbed her face hard against it. "The destruction of 'akionec' and the birth of the leader bee are both sighing events in the development of the empire.
, but in the long history of the development of the empire, there have been darker histories than this, but... we will still stand up in the end and always move towards victory."
Translated into vernacular, this sentence means: No matter what kind of natural disasters or man-made disasters, hardships or setbacks they encounter, these stubborn people will unswervingly follow the path that goes against the will of heaven and end in darkness.
Of course, I didn’t dare to say this complaint, and even as soon as it rolled out of my mind, I decisively strangled it to death: Sandora’s teeth are better than a mercury lamp.
"Huh, okay, okay, let's adjust the mood," I stood up and pulled Sandora to stand up too, "We shouldn't get into this dull atmosphere together, right? After all, it's all in the past.
That’s it, Xue Hua Qijing is the one, and the Black History of the Empire is even more so. Now let’s talk about something romantic—Sandora, look at this bleak park with fallen leaves in winter, isn’t it a gray and artistic place?”
The queen girl next to her looked at the surrounding scenery and shook her head inexplicably: "I didn't see this, but I know that the ones with big leaves are not very tasty. Those shrubs taste good but the texture is not good. In comparison,
I am more interested in the isolation pier..."
oh my god! Ding dong on top! Now that we’ve talked about the heavy stuff, do we still want to talk about the curious stuff?
I let Shandora's curious speech suddenly stimulate me to the point where I can't restart. I don't know how to describe the Queen next to me who only thinks about eating. Although the boring topic just now made her happy all of a sudden,
But it’s wrong to act cute like this, my baby Sandora.
"Oh! Look who is this! Coming to see Sandora?"
Suddenly, a shout came from not far away and someone was pulled out of Sandora's gluttony hell. I was stunned for a moment, feeling that the voice was slightly familiar. As a result, I followed the call and saw a young man I had never seen before.
Coming this way.
Damn Darwin! This is a handsome guy!
Although she was wearing twenty-yuan trousers, even though the wrong threads could still be seen on her white casual top, and even though the shoes on her feet were openly printed with n1ke, none of these could hide the oncoming people.
The fact that this 1.8 meter tall, muscular young man with messy black hair is a handsome guy!
When did I know this kind of creature? Or is this the Queen of K City that has been extinct for a long time but has recently resurfaced?
I looked at Sandora next to me, and suddenly remembered the series of urban farces that this girl had caused.
"Ah, stupid brother, you walked so fast - eh? Chen? Are you here too? Are you here to see Sandora?"
Just when I was wondering about the identity of the black-haired young man, several more men and women came from behind, and they were all somewhat familiar.
A girl with a delicate appearance, long black hair and waist-length hair, wearing a black winter coat, and a petite girl, wearing a blue down jacket, with short shoulder-length hair, her expression always seemed to be suffering from anger, and she looked like she was about to cry.
There is always a girl, a European-faced man with a serious and majestic face, an untimely artist-like beard and thick hair, wearing a white coat, and...
There was a top-notch royal lady walking in front of the three of them.
Even though it was winter, she was still wearing a long skirt. Her ankle-length black hair, which is absolutely rare among humans, was flowing back and forth with her footsteps. She was full of energy as she walked. She looked so noble and elegant, but she suddenly looked like a ruffian.
With the temperament of a gangster...ah, just a female gangster.
I don't usually pay much attention to it, but this guy's swaying when he walks is really worse than that of Zizi... Ahem, my girlfriend is next to me, Sandora's is not bad either.
When I saw this group of people appearing, it would be too Sylvia if I didn't recognize them. I almost shouted:
Isn't this the five-man gang from the God Clan who eat, drink, cause trouble, and stir up trouble?!
Who released these guys!
"They say it's boring to be bored at home all day long," Sandora knew what her lover was thinking by looking at my face, and explained nonchalantly, "Bingtis said that Shadow City no longer has the value of collecting protection fees, and Avalon Environment
Taisu has no sightseeing significance, while Monina became interested in the cooking methods of humans outside. 123 I heard that Sicaro would occasionally come here to set up a stall in addition to hanging out in the Shadow City, and Kense came to help the family buy food.
Choi-he usually does this in the Dingdang team."
It seems that the opinion of Long Shenlin, who has always been shunned for thousands of years, has been ignored. Sandora, you did it on purpose, right? That girl almost cried!
In a daze, several protoss demons have come to me and Sandora. Their human appearance must be disguised. I can feel the very obscure energy coverage on their bodies, but where did they find these top-quality equipment?
?Not to mention anything else, the 123 pair marked with n1ke (that’s the number 1!) and with a sharp-angled check mark underneath are simply top-notch! You can find a copycat to this level in Erliqiao
It’s considered a work of art on the market!
And Kense, your coat, if I’m not mistaken, this outfit is definitely priced at 1,080 yuan. The stall owner vomited blood and quoted 500 yuan. The bargain price was 280 yuan. You stared at it for 83 yuan.
The one I took away! I saw this clothing store on the Old Town Pedestrian Street four or five months ago. It advertised an off-season sale and sold items all summer long. It’s already winter again, so what?