"… …"
Huai Shi was dumbfounded. "The Astral? Trains can dream too? "
"If it were a normal train, it wouldn't. But do you think that a normal train could travel on the Endless Sea as if it were walking on flat ground, and on such a large scale?"
Crow said, "Under certain circumstances, a person's dreams will be close to or even overlap with each other, just like soap bubbles flying in the air.
If there is something in the area that emits a strong gravitational force, everyone will even enter a common dream. In the end, dreams are just illusions created by the activity of Origin Substances during sleep. As long as there are enough containers, you can store as many dreams as you want. "
"To put it bluntly, you can plug into a server and turn it into an online game, right?"
"… … I've discovered that you have a special ability to comprehend things in some strange places."
"You flatter me," Huai Shi smiled reservedly.
"But right now, the connection isn't that close. At most, we can sense each other."
Crow sighed softly. "After all, the Astral has been asleep for so many years … … After its consciousness has dissipated, even the dreams will become fleeting and thin … … The old Oryses has fallen to this extent. It's really sad."
"What's that?"
Huai Shi seemed to have heard something incredible. "Oryses something something?"
"Yes, it's Oryses."
Crow tilted her head and looked at him in confusion. "Hm? Didn't I tell you before? "
Huai Shi smiled and grabbed her by the neck. He took out the Book of Destiny. "How about this? Let's look back at the past records. If you did tell me, I'll give you all the money. If you didn't, I'll break your neck. How about that? "
"Hey, young man, calm down." Crow flapped her wings and struggled. "Why are you treating a beautiful big sister like this? Don't be angry. I'll give you benefits. I'll give you benefits, okay? "
"I don't care. Thank you!"
Huai Shi stared at her with his eyes wide open. "Can you please explain to me what's going on with Orysses?"
"… Well, it's a long story. Don't, don't rush, I'll keep it short."
Crow, who knew that he was in the wrong, looked around and said, "I wasn't sure at first. After all, it has been sleeping for a long time, and it looks completely different from before.
It wasn't until the Book of Destiny reacted that I was able to confirm it. "
"So, what exactly is Orysses?"
Huai Shi crossed his arms and looked at her.
Thinking with his heel, he knew that the person who was named after the Egyptian god of the underworld was definitely not a good person.
"If my guess is correct, the predecessor of the Stellaris should have been an official member of the Republic — a Rank-5 Ascendant of the 'Eternal Road' in the Celestial genealogy."
The Crow said gravely:
"— Hell-Destroyer Orysses."
"… WHAT?!!!"
In the silence, Huai Shi felt her jaw drop uncontrollably to the ground.
"Didn't you hear clearly? It's the Hell-Destroyer Orysses."
The Crow spread her little wings. "It's a battle-level combat weapon codenamed the Nether God. Once it arrives on the battlefield, it represents the arrival of the Day of Judgment … With the support of the Republic, it's a combat robot that can put the Ruler on trial …"
"Wait a minute."
Huai Shi forcibly dispelled the sudden emotion in his heart and raised his hand to stop her. "If I remember correctly, isn't the first stage of the Eternal Road 'Knight'?"
"It's a knight, that's right." The Crow nodded. "But you didn't specify what they rode, right? It's the 22nd century, young man. There are cars and planes. Who would ride a horse? "
"Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Huai Shi burst into tears. He grabbed the Crow's neck and shook it vigorously. "I was just one step away! I was just one step away from becoming a pilot of a giant machine. Why? Why?! "
"Because you're poor, young man."
The Crow sighed. "The Eternal Road is the most expensive Celestial genealogy! Do you think you don't need money to buy equipment? All the combat power of a knight is above their mounts. They're both Tier 1, but they drive alchemy heavy-duty motorcycles and even exoskeleton armor. What do you drive? Do you think that's a permanent bike?
When it advanced to Orysses, do you know how much money it burned through the Republic? Just to prepare armor for it, all the minerals at the four borders and even the borders themselves were completely crushed … That one or two hundred million can't even cover a floor. How can you be so stubborn? "
Huai Shi wanted to cry but had no tears. He looked up at the sky and sighed.
He was just a little bit away from becoming a pilot of a superstar robot …
People just couldn't know what they had missed out on.
Huai Shi even had the thought of cutting it down and starting all over again.
"Okay, the time for chit-chat is over. Orysses is already a thing of the past. The current Stellaris doesn't even have 1% of the power of the former Orysses. At best, it's just a wreckage.
Otherwise, as long as it could be used, it wouldn't have been turned into a train that could only run once a year … But the fact that it was once a member of the Republic will not change.
The reaction of the Book of Destiny proves this point — there's definitely a fragment of Heaven inside it. "
All official members of the Utopia would receive a personal portrait imprint in Heaven and carry that book with them as proof of their identity.
In addition to giving them rare assistance and abilities, this book would also grow with them and eventually complete a breakthrough with them, reaching a higher degree of completion.
"Therefore, we must enter the last remaining consciousness of Orysses, find the location of the fragment of Heaven, and determine to what extent this car has been eroded by external forces and whether there's still room to save it."
Crow sighed. "According to my original plan, if it's possible to recover, I'll just find a way to pack it up and take it away. Now it seems … it's most likely dead. Otherwise, it would have reacted as soon as we got on the car."
With the fragment of Heaven in front of him, Huai Shi certainly wouldn't run away.
Besides, he was also curious about the former Orysses.
Following Crow's instructions, he inserted his S-level authorization card from the paradise into the gap reserved by the Dreamcatcher and hung it on the bed.
After Huai Shi lay down, it didn't take long for him to feel sleepy.
It was as if there was a silent call from somewhere, gently pulling at him, wanting to bring him to its side.
"Do you feel it? Orysses is calling you … It has recognized your existence. "
By his ear, the crow's voice sounded, low and gentle, "This is your destiny. All the dreams of those who have passed away will be placed in your hands … and only you, are worthy of being the true inheritor of this enormous inheritance."
Me?
Huai Shi couldn't help but laugh at himself in his drowsiness.
On what basis?
A snitch who was more like a prostitute than a prince? A salted inspector who had no ambition and spent all his time fooling around? He didn't even know what he was capable of. The Book of Destiny must be blind to have taken a fancy to him …
Compared to the dream that was about to come, everything he had was more like a dream.
Why did it have such great expectations of him?
Huai Shi didn't know.
Perhaps one day, it would recognize its own unbearable nature. At that time, would it abandon him and leave?
"Don't be afraid, Huai Shi."
In her daze, she felt as if someone was gently caressing her cheeks. It was so gentle. "Before you can take on this responsibility, I will always be by your side … until the day you no longer need me."
It was like an illusion.
He couldn't hear the rest of the words clearly.
He had already sunk into the dream.
.
After passing through the seemingly endless darkness, he fell to the end of the dark abyss.
When Huai Shi came to his senses, he was already standing on the burning deck.
A scorching wind came from afar.
When he turned around, he saw the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers. But now, at the end of his sight, all the mountains and rivers that he could see had been destroyed.
Along with the broken fortress that fell from the sky, it was on the verge of destruction.
Under the broken light of the setting sun, the steel giant that was lingering on the edge of death let out a silent cry.
Huai Shi seemed to be standing on its chest. When he looked up, he could see countless tragic wounds. The steel rolled, like open wounds, and real blood flowed out from them.
The blood was burning and flowing down, forming a river of lava.
Under the solemn steel crown, the giant's face was broken. Its eyes were dim, and its face was falling apart. It no longer had the terrifying majesty that dominated everything in the past.
The lower half of its body was broken, and it was unknown where it was lost.
It leaned on the mountain in such a sorry state, bathing in the dim light of the setting sun.
It was going to die.
Even Orysses, even the God of the Underworld, had to face death.
Now, death was coming.
This was Orysses' dream of death, the only remnant of the former Level Five Ascendant left in the world.
[Come here —]
It was as if someone was calling in his ear, whispering: [Come here.]
In front of the giant's chest, the steel armor slowly opened, revealing a gap. Sparks flew out from the broken circuit, and a plume of smoke rose.
After the gap, flickering lights lit up, illuminating a narrow path.
But when Huai Shi walked in, he realized that he was not the only outsider here. There was an even more disgusting existence entrenched here.
It could be seen everywhere.
On the ceiling, on the walls, and even in the corners of the corridor, there were countless specks of purple and red.
Those specks looked like mold, but they had the texture of internal organs. It was incomparably nauseating.
As if deformed flesh and blood were parasitic on steel, the mold constantly wriggled, forming hollow eyes that indifferently stared at Huai Shi who had barged in.
A sharp roar sounded.
But then, as the door closed, they were isolated behind the door.
Blazing electric light shot out, forcibly sweeping away the 'flesh mold' that had seeped into the door, clearing a path for Huai Shi to continue forward.
Huai Shi walked through the huge metal structure, as if he was walking through a steel temple, feeling an indescribable sense of solemnity and oppression.
The calling continued, guiding him forward, passing through layer after layer of massive gates until he reached the core.
Finally, he arrived in front of the heart.
Its heart had already been shattered, and the Origin Substance furnace, which was the size of a building, was covered in cracks. It had already been completely extinguished.
It had stopped beating.
But a thin layer of Origin Substance still slowly rose from the cracks in the 'heart'.
It was a metal cube that was as tall as Huai Shi himself.
If one looked closely, they would discover that it was made up of countless extremely small and complicated components. They were pieced together seamlessly, forming the outline of a book.
It was calling for Huai Shi's arrival.
And when Huai Shi followed its guidance and pressed his palm against the steel book, the smooth surface of the metal suddenly trembled.
Countless specks of light appeared, intertwining and moving across the surface of the metal book, displaying the last words that had come from Olysses long ago.
[Xiong Hou, Mother Xiong Hou?]
？？？
A hundred thousand question marks rose from Huai Shi's head.
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