The once glorious imperial capital has been reduced to ruins, and there are no survivors at the source of the explosion of annihilation power.
The entire city was demolished into rubble by the bombardment of burning crystal cannons and the subsequent advance of ground troops. The original soldiers and civilians in the city had all been transformed into monsters, and all of them disappeared into thin air after the death of Emperor Berrentine.
A heavy rain not only washed away the bloodstains in the ruins, but also purified the smoke and bloody smell on the battlefield. When the light penetrated the clouds and sprinkled on the land, only the word "new life" could be used to describe it.
The surviving soldiers began to reorganize their formations under the orders of commanders at all levels and count the damage. However, the progress of their reorganization was not ideal, because even their commanders could not help but be fascinated by the scene in the sky at this time.
Attract attention:
In the high and distant blue sky that has completely cleared up, there are countless huge starships floating, and there are even a vast swarm of armed drones shuttled between the starships, and those starships have obviously just experienced war: many giant ships
Sparks are still bursting out from the surface, and even smoke is billowing out. Some have even completely lost power and are being fixed in the sky by friendly forces with some kind of traction device to prevent them from falling to the earth.
After the alienated space-time structure was restored to its original position, those remnants of the past also disappeared, and the fleet originally hidden on the other side of the world was naturally exposed to the Lahirien.
In fact, the fleet that the Lahirien saw at this moment was only a small part of the total force on the previous battlefield: most of the battleships had left the atmosphere when the space-time structure was reset, and they were currently hovering in the high orbit of the planet.
, however, due to the existence of the divine barrier, people on the surface cannot find them even with detection magic, let alone naked eyes.
Fortunately, the existence of this interstellar fleet did not cause riots or panic. At least Constance's soldiers were relatively calm, because they had seen the same spacecraft at close range: although they only saw three ships.
Constance stood in front of the gate of the palace that had been reduced to ruins, looking in the direction of the city. Smoke and dust were rising from the collapsed buildings, quickly dissipating under the light of the sky.
She heard footsteps coming from behind her, and before turning around, she heard Leah's voice: "He left, and he walked very peacefully. Nothing will disturb him again in the future."
Constance was silent for a few seconds and nodded slightly: "That's good."
"what's on your mind?"
"...Actually, I don't know either," Constance turned around with a rare trace of confusion on her face, "I can't even believe that it's all over... So many reincarnations and restarts, we have fought so hard
After fighting for countless years, the universe restarted again and again, and then it ended in one day. All the power of annihilation, the process of constant restarting of the universe...really ended like this?"
"There are indeed some remaining things to deal with," Leah laughed, "but that's not your business."
"Are you...really..." Constance looked Leah up and down, "are the memories I saw after touching the armband real?"
"We have said from the beginning that we are from the World Tree Temple," Leah raised her head, with a smile that seemed like a successful prank, "I didn't lie to you, I live in the World Tree Temple now. Of course,
The composition of other people may be more complicated, but that is something from another world, and it would be too troublesome to explain to you, so you can just understand us as a team."
"...Really," Constance said softly, then turned around and looked at the soldiers who were resting on the ground after losing their strength and the officers walking around among the soldiers, "Actually, I have never believed in God.
of."
"It can be seen that I still remember what you said in Eagle City. At that time, I knew that you had great opinions on God."
"Because in so many eras, the inheritors have come through on their own. We rely on human strength, and God... has never appeared. The inheritors do not believe in God, and even resist God. I am
In this way, my father is also like this."
"But there are temples in your empire."
"Because for the common people, their existence has value," Constance said. "The inheritors do not believe in God, but if faith can be used to maintain order, we will use it. This is our way of life.
"
At this time, a teleportation beam suddenly lit up behind the two of them, and Hao Ren's voice came: "You are right, and this is also the meaning of the existence of the church in the mortal world in most cases."
"I already know everything you have done," Constance bent down to Hao Ren solemnly, "You are fighting for this world with the enemy in a place we can't see, and you didn't have to do anything at all.
To this point.”
"Don't say that, this is really my job," Hao Ren quickly helped Constance up, "And to be honest, you can see now that God doesn't care about you, it's just that she couldn't control you before, so she has to
Don’t think about it, will you promote a church or something like that in the future? At least it’s true.”
A trace of trouble flashed across Constance's face: "This...I haven't thought about it..."
"You can give it a try, it doesn't cost any money anyway," Hao Ren said cheerfully, "And if you think Lia is difficult to promote, I can recommend another one to you. That's my boss. Although she can't control you right now,
But the business will always expand.”
The trouble on Constance's face turned into confusion: "...Huh?"
Leah immediately stared: "Why is it difficult for me to promote!"
Seeing Constance's tangled look, Hao Ren finally couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, it's just a joke. You guys, it's better not to do this for now, and if you can... use invisibility.
It would be better if we use the rhetoric of the World Organization to explain it to us.”
Constance was really surprised this time: "Why?"
"Some civilizations need gods, and some don't," it was Leah who answered, with a serious expression on her face at the moment, "You have excellent qualities, you are the most tenacious I have ever seen.
Even if your civilization has declined to its present level, and only half of the inheritors are left, I have seen those soldiers, those reinforcements from Ys, and their inner qualities have not changed.
Believe me, Constance, you don't need gods. You can go on relying on human strength. In this case, if a god appears to protect you, it will be a waste and insult to your talents."
She continued: "But if you need a strong friend, I am always happy to help. I will listen to your voices. If you encounter any trouble when rebuilding civilization, you can come to me. I can hear but don't believe
Don't worship me, lest you tie your own hands and feet. You know, once I become your belief, it will not be so easy to overthrow the altar.
"In this war, the God of Day did not appear, the God of Night did not appear, and neither god appeared. Do you understand?"
"I...understand," Constance said in a daze, her eyes focused on Leah, "I just didn't expect to hear suggestions for promoting atheism from a god. You actually reject people's beliefs. This is different from what I imagined.
You guys are very different...Are you all like this?"
"Absolutely," Leah spread her hands and said, "Just like the pragmatism of the inheritors, we are also pragmatic. Some races are naturally tough-minded and stubborn. For them, an altar is a chronic poison.
However, some races need faith to gather strength and rely on the name of gods to grow. But there is nothing shameful about this. In the end, it is just a different form of civilization."
At this moment, Hao Ren took out the data terminal and turned on the holographic projection to take a look, and then he waved his hand: "I think we can leave the discussion about religious beliefs to be discussed later. For now, let's continue to think about our next work. Kang
"That governing scepter," Hao Ren said, "is actually the control component of the 'Heart of God'."
Constance's eyes widened in surprise.
The platinum scepter that circulated through the restarts of eras was taken out, and driven by the power of the scepter itself, it floated quietly in front of everyone.
"...We always thought that the scepter of dominance was an object used in the ceremony of the change of eras," Constance looked at it in a daze. "The ancestral civilization created it, but then everyone forgot its true function...
"
"Because it has the ultimate protection protocol, on the final battlefield of every epoch-changing war, the scepter of dominance must be part of the final line of defense. After this line of defense collapses, the world will restart. Over time, you will regard it as the execution era.
It's not surprising that the ritual items are alternated," Hao Ren said unhurriedly, and then took the scepter into his hand, "Although I borrowed it... but is it okay to leave it to us?"
"The change of eras has ended. Whether it is the Scepter of Dominance or the Heart of God, we no longer need it," Constance said lightly, "And there are countless layers of technological generations between it and our era.
Poor, today we don’t even have the ability to reach the heart of God, and even if we develop one day, we may take a different technical route. An ancient relic that comes from ancient times but cannot be studied... should be left to the real
It’s more useful to people who need it.”
As she said that, the corner of her mouth curled up: "What's more, you saved the world, are there any other gifts we can give you as a thank you?"
"Then I'm welcome," Hao Ren put away the scepter of control, "We will make the Heart of God more useful."
Constance smiled slightly, and then said with some emotion: "Heart of God... I can't help but wonder, what kind of mentality did the ancestral civilization have when it created it and gave it this name? Maybe then
At that time, they were so desperate that they hoped that a god could help them..."
"Although it's a little late, we've finally arrived." Hao Ren said with a smile, and then disappeared into the teleportation light with the others. 8)