Giotto's Bell, the famous bell tower located in the seat of the Holy See, is controlled by the chaos algorithm of super artificial intelligence Raphael.
The huge dial on the clock tower only has an hour hand. It is said that as the hour hand gets closer to 12 o'clock, it means that human civilization is getting closer to the edge of overturning.
During the long years of peace, the hour hand basically pointed vertically at 6 o'clock downwards. When some political turmoil occurred in the world, the hour hand would slightly turn clockwise by a few ticks; after the turmoil subsided, it would turn back again.
Only during the magic tide, the position of the hour hand will change drastically. Basically, every time the upper limit of the magic tide increases by Lv.5, the hour hand will rotate 2.5 scales clockwise, which is the so-called "advance half an hour".
The current maximum level of the magic tide is Lv.15, and the hour hand is pointing to 7 o'clock...at least in the morning.
However, at 11:27 this night, while the Lateran Palace was still holding an emergency meeting, the hour hand suddenly crossed 15 marks in a row and jumped directly to 10 o'clock!
The believers in the square below Giotto's Bell almost immediately fell into a panic like doomsday. Many devout believers even kept kowtowing to the stone slab in front of them, praying and begging God to forgive mankind's sins, until they tragically died
His forehead was bleeding and he passed out.
There was also chaos in the Lateran Palace. The two bishops from the Big Data Group and the Algorithm Group were the first to resign, followed closely by the Cardinals from the Department of International Strategy and the Department of External Relations, who hurried to the departments they were in charge of.
The remaining cardinals stayed in the conference room of the Lateran Palace, and the atmosphere was so solemn and terrifying. Although everyone had nothing to do until more detailed results were analyzed, it would definitely be necessary even if they went back individually.
To have insomnia.
It's better to stay here and wait for the final result.
About 23 minutes later, Bishop Celestine of the International Strategy Department rushed into the conference room, holding a report tightly in his hand:
"Everyone..." Under the eager gazes of the bishops, he forced a forced smile, "The reason for the change of Giotto's Bell has been found out."
"The city of Verona in northern Italy was completely wiped out just now."
"Physically erased."
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Half an hour later.
The original site of the city of Verona.
Peggy sat blankly on the stone, looking blankly into the distance.
Her spirituality has been exhausted. As a price, she released all the tadpoles, dragging the entire city of Verona into the concept of complete death.
Now there is only a piece of flat land around her, as well as large and small mounds, which are the corpses left behind after the "death" of the buildings in Verona.
Paige suddenly had a strange illusion, as if she was in the same cemetery, surrounded by such graves (it would be more like it if there were tombstones and crosses). She had just emerged from the sleep of death.
I broke out of the ground and was so confused that I didn’t know what to do.
Then the man appeared in front of him and stretched out his hand to him.
But now, no one can pull her up again.
Paige hugged her legs with her hands and buried her face deeply in her knees.
She felt extremely tired.
If I die like this, will I be able to see him again?
The world-weary thoughts lingered in her mind, and her vision became blurred from the overflowing tears.
Suddenly she half raised her head and saw Ask standing in front of her again, stretching out a hand to her.
...Even if it is a false illusion, it is much better than this indifferent real world.
It's great to see you again.
Peggy slowly closed her eyes, fell into the dust, and fell into a deep coma.
Ask:???
Is this some new welcome ceremony?
He folded his arms in silence and looked at Peggy who was unconscious on the ground. The latter was curled up with a petite body, her eyelashes were tightly closed, and her long black hair was spread behind her head like petals, exuding a certain pitiful aura.
Well, it's not like he was pretending, it seemed like he passed out due to excessive spiritual consumption.
Ask sighed. Since Paige was in this state, there was nothing he could do to reprimand her that he had planned in advance.
Let's take her back first.
He bent down and picked up Peggy. The vampire girl's body was unusually light, making Asker feel like he was holding a big cat.
Go back! Ask looked around, then headed north... Huh?
What about the city of Verona?
What about the huge city of Verona?!
The perspective turned back to the Lateran Palace again. With the efforts of the cardinals, the Holy See had quickly passed an emergency military decree, intending to use land-based strategic neutron bombs to kill a very high-threat target in the city of Verona.
Of course, with the terrifying yield of strategic-level nuclear weapons, there is no doubt that it will affect the Emperor's Allied Forces in the north, so there is nothing we can do about it.
After all, he is a dangerous person who can make the hour hand of Giotto's clock jump from 7 o'clock to 10 o'clock - some bishops even suspect that Miss Peggy is the incarnation of the Antichrist, so she must be killed as soon as possible.
The nuclear button has been sent to the Holy See, and all the cardinals are ready. Bishop Varian is as anxious as a grasshopper on a hot pot, because the Holy See prohibits him from contacting Nora who is in the emperor's camp at this time, so as not to disturb the
Target dangerous people.
At this point, Varian can only hope that his sister will be smarter and find a bunker in time when she sees the nuclear explosion on the opposite side of the southern trench, so as not to be blown head-on by the radiation wind after the nuclear explosion.
Of course, the Licinius family is also well prepared for rescue. Once the nuclear explosion is completed, dozens of medical helicopter formations in ready formation will rush to the nuclear explosion site from the nearest city to search and rescue Nora.
Innocent pressed the nuclear button on the suitcase, and a camera popped up from the case:
"Iris authentication completed."
"Voiceprint authentication, please enter password."
"Hallelujah." Innocent said solemnly.
"Voiceprint authentication completed. Welcome, Holy See." The top cover of the box opened automatically, and the electronic mechanical voice said solemnly, "The end of all flesh and blood has come."
The nuclear button slowly pops out from the base. Next to it is the nuclear button safety and lock cylinder. The Holy See needs to use a special key to open the lock cylinder, pull out the safety, and then press the nuclear button. The devastating land-based neutron bomb will eject from the depths of the Apennine Mountains.
Emit everywhere.
The Holy See grabbed the key pendant on his chest and took a deep breath. Suddenly, a bishop rushed in from outside.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" He was so excited that tears filled his eyes, "The hour hand of Giotto's clock has rolled back! It jumped back to 7 o'clock!"
Innocent:???
Cardinals:???
"What's going on?" Innocent pushed down the lid of the nuclear button's suitcase in one fell swoop, as if he was slamming the table. "Giotto's clock... is out of order?"
"No! Your Majesty!" the bishop said quickly, "Not only Giotto's Bell, but also Raphael's warning process has been suspended!"
"This crisis is over!"
Innocent:………………
The crisis has been resolved before I even pressed the nuclear button? The city of Verona has been wiped out, and the murderer is still fine. Tell me how the crisis was resolved?
A large number of curse words passed through his mind for a while, but Innocent was a man who could be the Pope after all. He calmed down for a moment before signaling the cardinal next to him to lock the nuclear button suitcase again.
"Find out the cause of the incident." He calmly ordered the cardinal in charge of the Big Data Department, "Issuing an analysis report on this incident as soon as possible."
"Understood, Your Majesty." The Cardinal quickly bowed in agreement.