When all the dust settled, the people of Atlantis began to clean up their home that had been devastated by the disaster. After the joy of victory, grief for the dead soon followed. This disastrous event had a profound impact on Atlantis.
The scars caused by the people of Sri Lanka are unimaginable. Since they fled their homeland 760,000 years ago, these remaining "descendants of gods" have been fighting side by side like brothers and sisters, supporting each other and surviving the darkest times together.
The years have persisted to this day because of an almost impossible hope, but this sudden disaster caused nearly two-thirds of them to leave the world forever. In the corners of the city, you can see bodies being cleaned up and the aftermath dealt with everywhere.
Atlantis civilians, the sadness in their eyes almost diluted the joy of victory.
A large number of corpses were concentrated in the square in the center of the city. Among them were mutated humans who were killed, and city guards who died in the counterattack. When the abyss retreated, these enemies and ourselves who had exhausted their last efforts to fight each other were reunited.
Lying on the same land, there is no more hatred and fighting, and we jointly accept the condolences from our tribesmen.
Before Atlantis set sail, Sandora and I left the carrier ship and came to the city again. There was a ceremony here that required our presence in person - this was our request.
"Most of the people gathered in this square are war dead who have no relatives. Their entire families have been sacrificed, or they were alone," Ares leaned over and said in my ear, "most of them
Man could not hold on until the gods returned. But your gaze and concern can comfort the souls of these warriors, and they can go home with peace of mind."
As Ares spoke, the crowd in the square suddenly dispersed to both sides. The time was up, and the priest in charge of the requiem ceremony walked out of the crowd passage. He wore a thick black cloak that completely covered his face, and wore a
Wearing the sacred emblem of the Crystal Cross and holding a tray filled with crystal dust, he walked barefoot on the cold stone road. Behind the priest were two assistant priests in white cloaks. The latter held two ancient devices in his hands.
It looks like a small suitcase.
"The soldiers who shed all their blood, the heroes who fell on the battlefield, and the dead who finally got rid of the curse of the devil and obtained a clean soul," the priest stood in front of the huge pile of corpses that was almost unbearable to look at, and spoke with a strange
, a voice that was not very loud but could reach the ears of every listener recited a short prayer, "You have gone through a difficult time and experienced a dangerous fate, and now you can finally relax your body and mind and welcome the peace of life at this moment.
The last battle in the journey has ended. You have not retreated or surrendered. Regardless of victory or defeat, you are worthy of the name of Atlantis. Now, the journey at the other end is waiting for you, on this road that no living person can walk on.
Above, I hope you can continue to move forward with the glory given by God. The crystal given by God will soothe your tired body, and the pure blue light will heal your soul. Children, go on the road, travel lightly, and let
We meet again in our hometown..."
With the low chanting, the tray in the priest's hand also emitted a soft blue light, and special crystal powder floated out one after another, as if it had turned into light and merged into the corpses in the square. The two assistant priests completely merged with the crystal powder.
After entering the pile of corpses, he took a step forward and opened the strange machine in his hand. But at this moment, a sudden commotion came from outside the crowd, interrupting the ceremony that was about to be completed.
Two small figures squeezed in through the gaps between the tall figures in large strides, carrying a severe low pressure along the way, arousing exclamations of surprise from all around.
"Why are you two here?"
I looked at the two little twins in front of me in surprise, and quickly pressed their heads one by one with one hand to comfort them gently: "Ding-dang, sir, how much mental determination did these two ten-thousand-year-old 1.2-meter-twenty-year-olds who are full of resentment just walk away from each other?"
A group of giants who were at least twice as tall as me walked calmly between the calves!
Pandora and Visca had been obeying my orders and stayed on the mothership obediently. Even in the final battle, they did not show up (I was really afraid that Visca's fighting posture would destroy the morale of the Atlantean warriors.
sexual assault), but why did they come out without saying a word now?
I looked up at the crowd around me. Obviously, Viska's appearance triggered a very serious wave of panic. Almost all the civilians looked at us with frightened eyes. They retreated one after another, whispering softly.
Phew, the buzzing sound like a swarm spread throughout the square in an instant, and the "blood-red demon with vertical pupils" spread among the crowd like a curse. When faced with the disaster caused by the star ring fragments, no one retreated.
After seeing Huesca, the people of Atlantis burst into collective fear.
But the panic turned into panic, and the chaos and violence did not happen. The civilians and soldiers just retreated out of instinct, and then whispered in low voices. No one took any hostile actions. Apparently, the "blood-eyed demon" had been sealed into the body of a god.
"The statement has been spread by Ares. Everyone looked at the little girl who had brought them the fear of the end of the world with doubtful eyes. Gradually, after discovering that the latter did not have any hostility, the crowd
Only then did I dare to get a little closer.
"You two are not afraid of causing chaos."
I looked at Pandora and Viska with a headache. To be precise, I said this to Viska. Pandora probably just accompanied her sister out.
"We have to face it. It is impossible for me to never appear in front of the Atlanteans, otherwise my brother will definitely be distressed." Viska shook her head, always acting like a childish little sister.
For a moment, he showed unexpected maturity, "Brother, let Huesca do whatever he wants for once."
"Well, you are my baby sister, you can do whatever you want as many times as you want." I shrugged with a helpless expression, knowing in my heart that it was not Huesca's view of good and evil or her guilt mentality that prompted her to stand up at this time.
Come out - this girl doesn't have that kind of thing at all. She came out completely considering "not to make her brother feel embarrassed because of this kind of thing in the future." In comparison, Huesca's determination was even more passionate than Pandora's.
The determination from above is even harder to break.
This girl was just able to calmly pull her sister, who is also 1.2 meters tall, through the feet of a group of two or three meter tall giants. This already shows how firm her determination is... Well, too firm.
"I understand this, the second-frequency psionic energy diffuser," Viska strode up to the three clergymen and pointed at the suitcase-shaped "holy object" in each other's hands. The latter saw the other party approaching.
I trembled visibly at the time, but finally calmed down. A two- to three-meter-tall giant was so frightened by a one-meter-and-two-meter little lolita. Somehow I couldn’t laugh at all. “You two can go down, I
I think it would be better for these warriors to be sent off by the real Xiling apostle - sister."
It was the first time that Viska formally called Pandora her sister. The latter's eyes brightened obviously, and she quickly walked to the black-robed priest: "Continue."
The priest was a little confused, but after all, the "god" he believed in was personally giving the order. He was just stunned for a moment, and then continued to recite the prayer that was very different from ordinary religions.
Viska and Pandora closed their eyes slightly. After the psionic energy swept through them quickly like flames, their hair turned into ice blue in an instant.
The nether energy radiation of a specific frequency slowly spread out with the movements of the two little lolita, forming circles of halos. This energy spread outward at an incredibly slow speed, like ripples on the water in slow motion, and
Faintly echoing the low prayers of the black-robed priests, I don't quite understand the meaning of these religious rituals derived by the Atlanteans based on their worship of the Xiling Apostles, but it seems that Pandora and Visca passed through other
The path knew what to do now. When those halos came into contact with the corpses in the square, the latter immediately began to crystallize.
Perhaps the blue crystal dust scattered by the priest before became the trigger for the chain reaction. The nether energy radiation released by Pandora and Viska caused subsequent crystallization changes. The corpses in the square quickly condensed under the blue light.
As it stood, it gradually turned into crystal clear crystal sculptures. This reminded me of the first time I saw Medusa when she was radiated by ghost energy and turned into a crystal heroic spirit. However, the Atlanteans did not
They are not energy creatures. Their corpses turned into crystal must be due to another reason - well, there is no point in thinking about this now.
The corpses turned into crystal did not stop changing. As the priest recited in a low voice, faint blue flames were rising from these corpses. At first, I thought I was hallucinating because I had been staring at the crystal, but soon
, these dreamlike blue flames turned into a raging fire, silently beginning to devour every corpse in the square.
In the pure blue flames, the corpses turned into crystal sculptures quickly dissolved. When the ceremony came to the end, they finally disappeared completely, leaving only a few blue lights flying in the air, showing that they had once existed.
The deceased made his final stop here.
"They finally completed the final reincarnation of life and became part of their hometown. Their bodies turned into energy, flowing in the energy pipe network under the city, and their spirits merged with the air of the city. They
"My soul will burn forever in the years after Atlantis," Ares said with a proud and emotional expression, "Making the best use of everything is the greatest virtue God teaches us, and contributing the last bit of his value
Give a race these warriors would be proud of."
After hearing this explanation, I finally understood what this religious ceremony was about. Although I knew I shouldn't blame it, I still felt a little uncomfortable. The distortion of this civilization by the old empire was too serious, although we cannot simply judge this
This kind of distortion is good or bad, but watching Ares proudly call the act of burning the corpses of his kind in exchange for energy a noble virtue...
"Ajun," Sandora squeezed my hand, "If the deceased's life can leave its value in this form and live forever in the gratitude and memory of future generations, this may also be a good way home.
"
Sandora's words may be just a kind of comfort, but I can only nod. After all, in the eyes of the Atlanteans, this kind of final dedication is the best way to commemorate the deceased. Looking at the grief on the faces of the civilians around me
A slightly calmer expression may be the only way to make them feel that the person they cherish is still alive in their hearts.
After the last religious ceremony in Atlantis City, Sandora and I took Pandora and Viska back to the spacecraft. The unauthorized actions of the two little lolita today were beyond my expectations, but they still seemed to have achieved success.
A good result was achieved. As members of the "gods", they personally walked among the mortals and stood in the position of assistant priests to see off the dead soldiers. This behavior greatly won the favor of the people and also made Atlan
The Tis people's fear of the "Red-Eyed Demon" has been greatly alleviated. At least from now on, Viska should be able to safely appear in front of these ancient people who were almost exterminated by him.
The power system of the floating island has been repaired and the world teleportation system is ready. I set its teleportation target to Avalon because Ares once said after seeing the scene of Avalon that that place is
He thought of the scenery of his hometown and lamented that the Imperial scientific expedition team paid great attention to environmental protection back then. At the same time, we finally decided on where the Atlanteans would live in the future. Fortunately, as a place where only heroic spirits live, it is sparsely populated and still there.
In a world that is constantly growing, Avalon has a lot of free space, and its sky is even more empty. If there is an additional floating island, there should be no other trouble except that it may affect the unicorns from basking in the sun in certain places.
On the way back from the spaceship, I gathered the monster girls from Gensokyo and started discussing... well, policy-based housing subsidies.
Yakumo Purple, Hakurei Reimu, Yakumo Blue, Yuyuko, Izayoi Sakuya, the eldest lady...all the big shots from Gensokyo gathered together in the spacious lounge, eating melon seeds and whispering to each other, the atmosphere was very
The harmonious and lively atmosphere fully matches the atmosphere of our group of imperial high-level officials every time we meet to discuss issues. Under such circumstances, Shandora and I felt particularly cordial while sipping tea and presiding over the meeting.
"Ahem, let me say a few words first - Lan, what are you doing?"
I coughed twice to attract everyone's attention, and then looked at Yakumo Lan with dissatisfaction. This fox girl has been playing with her ears since just now, and now she has begun to practice using willpower to make her ears go in opposite directions.
The stunt of rotating 180 degrees, although this did not affect other people's listening, it seriously interfered with my concentration: I really wanted to go over and help that guy tie his ears.
"Ah, I'm sorry," the fur on the fox girl's tail suddenly popped up, as if she was startled by me, "I still have a little tinnitus, don't worry about me, please continue."
Is it because the Atlanteans cheered for half an hour before? The unlucky guy with sensitive ears?
After seriously reminding Yakumo Blue to pay attention to the impact, Sandora and I complemented each other and talked about the arrangements for Gensokyo...
Before departure, we had designed many plans to deal with the degree of damage that Gensokyo might suffer, from the worst of the annihilation of the Eastern world to the slightest of a slight scratch of 70 yards on the continent of Atlantis.
coping methods.
The current situation is much better than the worst-case scenario that Sandora initially expected. Atlantis did not drop a bomb to cause the end of the world in Gensokyo, but the damage was not light. At least the monster mountain was affected.
The damage is very serious: half of the mountain that is home to a large number of social monsters has become barren of vegetation due to long-term exposure to strong radiation from the Atlantis energy vent. It is expected that the Chernobyl ruins will be compared with that place.
It can be regarded as a national first-level scenic spot, and along the water bodies in the mountain, highly toxic radiation also appears in the foothills. The monsters may not be afraid of the radiation for a short time, but they will definitely not be able to bear it for a long time.
Apparently, it is temporarily uninhabitable until the radiation dissipates.
This is the most serious disaster point, and the slightly less severe ones are in the area around Monster Mountain. Due to the rupture of the main energy pipeline of Atlantis, the leaked nether energy residue has caused several forest fires, although they were all immediately destroyed.
It was extinguished by me, but the power of nether energy is too powerful after all. Basically, in just an instant, several kilometers of forest can be turned into steam by high temperature. No matter how fast it is extinguished, there will still be places that can slip through the net. Therefore, many people live on the plains under the mountains.
The monsters lost their homes. Apart from Reimu, who was unscrupulous and openly declared that she had twenty-seven properties in the forest that needed compensation, we also had to resettle a large number of people because of those fires.
The above two points are all the problems that need to be solved. The situation is not complicated and the damage is not serious, but they are unavoidable responsibilities in any case. Gensokyo certainly has the ability to rebuild the damaged houses and villages in time after such an incident.
, but several seriously irradiated places are not easy to recover in a short time. There is psionic energy wandering everywhere there. Even with the empire's technology, it will take time to deal with psionic energy radiation, which is not the same concept as nuclear radiation. And
Although Gensokyo seems to be harmonious, there are actually complicated divisions of forces. These divisions of forces are different from the borders where humans fight with each other at every turn. Instead, they are divided based on the monsters' usual gregarious habits and territorial concepts. Even so,
The areas of influence are not as serious as national borders, but it also shows that different monsters have their own territories. Residents on Monster Mountain cannot register in the forest, and retail investors on the plains cannot apply for visas when going to the lake. Short-term borrowing
It's not a big problem if you stay for a day or two, but I'm afraid it will become a problem after a long time: everyone knows that monsters are usually the most powerful.
So the idea of letting the guys from Youkai Mountain rent a house with relatives and give them a severance package is not feasible.
The most ideal solution now is to temporarily move the monsters who lost their homes to Avalon. I fully believe that the environment of that place can make any guy with normal aesthetics linger and fool them in a short time.
He spent all the demolition compensation money to buy a house with a local mortgage, but the only resistance at present is Reimu Hakurei: In order to get more demolition compensation money, the unscrupulous Kohaku has been sparing no effort to promote himself and Yakumo Murasaki.
In the Shadow City, she was bullied, worked hard, and worked hard to redeem her time. She tried to make all Gensokyo residents fear the Shadow City and all its attached living facilities, so that she could "convert the compensatory living area of all residents into cash."
I have always been deeply abhorred by the evil purpose of poaching the corners of imperialism to line the pockets of individualism, defrauding rural residents of their legal urban Suqian land, and seeking personal gain through information asymmetry, so last night
I sent an urgent call to Artemis and asked Artemis to seize the time to organize the heroic spirits to start compiling a guide to living in Avalon, and also planned to establish more than 20 public welfare travel agencies, headed by the most famous 20 heroic spirits in Avalon who are good at using spears.
The president of the travel agency, in order to ensure that the residents of Gensokyo during the field trip have a perfect travel experience (believe me, all unexpected situations will be attracted by the presidents), and on these foundations, he quickly established a travel agency oriented by imperialist values.
The new generation of Avalon real estate development promotion leadership team must quickly let the demolished households in Gensokyo move in no matter what. Even if they don’t move in, they must quickly use various tourism projects to earn back the demolition compensation money, at least they must not do it cheaply.