"Let's sort through the timeline. Wuying Qi and Li Linghai must've noticed the Great Iron Plants a long time ago."
Li Yao said, "Even before they decided to end on bad terms with the four Kurfürst families, they were already planning to do something shocking below the ground. Something that could only be done with more than ten super-enormous shield tunneling machines couldn't have been done easily.
"In order to push forward their plan, they needed to produce more super-enormous shield tunneling machines, as well as more expendable components such as vibration teeth and blast drills.
"That was the reason why they reacted so quickly and sent out an army so quickly, led by 'Moon Devil' Yue Wushuang, a central person of the reformists!"
"Exactly."
Long Yangjun nodded quickly. "Let's put ourselves in their shoes. Assuming that we are Wuying Qi or Li Linghai, the capital hasn't completely fallen into our hands yet, and there are still one or two 'openings' through which the people of the four Kurfürst families can escape incessantly. At such a moment, it should be the most important thing to concentrate all our forces and completely block the 'openings', right?
"However, Wuying Qi and Li Linghai have spared part of their precious forces to supervise the production of a batch of expendable components for the super-enormous shield tunneling machines. It is obvious that what is going on below the ground is as important as the battle against the four Kurfürst families on the ground in their eyes!"
"Considering Wuying Qi's unexpected decision to end on bad terms with the reformists, the whole thing is even more interesting."
Li Yao analyzed calmly, "We discussed Wuying Qi's intentions a month ago. At such a delicate moment, it is not a very appropriate choice to end on bad terms with the four Kurfürst families with the relatively weak forces of the reformists and his personal prestige. Besides, the main fleet of the Holy League is still coveting in the dark space.
"As a schemer who has slept for a thousand years, Wuying Qi certainly doesn't want to die together with the four Kurfürst families after he wakes up, only to be taken advantage of by the Holy League, does he?
"Therefore, since he was bold enough to jump out of the darkness and reveal his real identity to some of the Immortal Cultivators, it means that he must have the greatest trump card. He is confident that he will crush the four Kurfürst families thunderously and unstoppably before the main force of the Holy League arrives. He can even take care of the people of the Holy League who come later and establish a 'perfect country of Immortal Cultivators' in his ideal 'New Imperium'!
"Is his eagerness to expand the space with more than ten super enormous shield tunneling machines related to the mysterious trump card?"
"It's not necessarily about expanding the space. It's also possible that he is exploring relics."
Long Yangjun said, "For a hundred thousand years, the Empyreal Terminus Sector has always been the heart of the civilization of mankind. Even in the primeval war hundreds of thousands of years ago, this place was still one of the most important hubs. It was the center of politics, economy, training, and research for the Pangu's alliance. The infinite mysteries hidden below the ground are beyond my imagination.
"Even if human beings can dig to thirty thousand meters below the ground and even dig through the crust, they will only be piercing through the 'eggshell'. However, the Pangu and the Nuwa civilizations in the past both had enough technology to dig deeper than human beings.
"Did they leave anything deeper? Who knows?"
Li Yao's body shivered. He asked, "Have you remembered anything?"
"Not exactly, but anything is possible."
Long Yangjun opened her hands and said, "Don't forget that the Pangu civilization left eight volumes of the 'Book of Revelation' when it was destroyed. It is said that the 'Supreme Emperor', the founder of the Star Ocean Imperium, established the brilliant civilization of modern Cultivators with the heritage of three of the volumes. Later, the three volumes have been the targets of the magnates in the sea of stars. Whoever gets one of the volumes will be able to establish a great force.
"Since Blackstar the Great is the ancestor of the Imperium of True Human Beings, is it possible that he still has one or two volumes of the Book of Revelation? Or rather, is it possible that he has received more intelligence about the Book of Revelation in a certain way?
"Between his escape from the Martial Meritocrats Sector and his mysterious appearance in the Star Ocean Republic, he drifted in the dark sea of stars for almost a hundred years. What happened to him during the hundred years? What did he get? Who did he meet? Nobody knows. "
Li Yao was shocked. "You suspect that a volume of the 'Book of Revelation' is buried deep below the ground of the capital?"
"I didn't say that it has to be the 'Book of Revelation', but it won't be strange even if it is."
Long Yangjun said, "You should know very well that the so-called 'Book of Revelation' does not look like a book or a jade chip. It is even possible that … it is in a form that has nothing to do with a book or a jade chip. For example, it is an underground relic.
"Of course, other than the 'Book of Revelation', countless powerful weapons in the primeval war were sealed below the ground. Many of them were even legacies left by the primeval civilizations before the Pangu alliance was born. Who knows?"
Li Yao, Li Jialing, and the two little fellows looked at each other in bewilderment. Pondering for a long time, they said cautiously, "It's true that everything is possible, but it is just a 'possibility'."
"The possibility is very high."
Looking at the specifications of the shield tunneling machines on the secret order, Long Yangjun said, "When I saw the consumables of the super enormous shield tunneling machines and thought of Blackstar the Great's scheme, I suddenly thought of something else, or rather, a legend.
"It's the fierce battle between the Supreme Emperor and his evil incarnation, the Mad Armageddon, on the capital planet in the Empyreal Terminus Sector ten thousand years ago when the Star Ocean Imperium collapsed.
"It is said that it was an unprecedentedly fierce battle that almost tore apart the entire planet. Both the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon were heavily wounded because of it. They perished or went missing."
Li Yao did not know why Long Yangjun suddenly mentioned such an ancient legend. Thinking for a moment, he said, "What happened ten thousand years ago, after so many years of war, is already a 'myth'. Human power is limited. Even the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon couldn't blow up a medium-sized planet with brute force.
"Therefore, many historians and geologists believe that the fierce battle between the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon ten thousand years ago merely activated the dormant energy in the most vulnerable part of the tectonic belt and raised an unprecedented earthquake."
"Yes, I've heard such a theory before. It's much more reasonable than 'two people tore apart a planet with bare hands'."
Long Yangjun smiled and said, "But if you think about it carefully, the two theories are equally absurd. It's just the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps.
"The Supreme Emperor was the dominator of the sea of stars. He had more than a thousand generals and millions of elites under his command, right?
"The Mad Armageddon was also the leader of the rebels. The rebels under his command used to be the strongest expedition army of the Star Ocean Imperium. Shouldn't he have been best at troop battles and fleet command?
"An emperor and a leader of the rebels, instead of commanding the fleets under their command, went to the capital planet of the Empyreal Terminus Sector for a 'duel' and almost blew up the entire planet. Is this an epic battle of the civilization of mankind or a drunken brawl in the marketplace?
After a long daze, Li Yao managed to say, "… Now that you mention it, it does seem to make sense. After all, it's a legend from ten thousand years ago. It's perfectly normal to exaggerate it, isn't it?
"At the very least, the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon did have a destructive battle on the capital planet in the Empyreal Terminus Sector. Countless rifts thousands of meters deep were ripped apart on the ground. That's absolutely true. You and I saw it with our own eyes!"
"That's the truth. However, we'll have to figure out what the truth is behind the truth. We'll have to work hard to find out."
Long Yangjun said, "When I came to the capital planet and saw so many enormous and deep rifts, and when I saw people developing toward the underground, I had such a question in my heart. After years, the question grew bigger and bigger, but I couldn't find an answer. What was the truth about the battle between the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon in the capital planet ten thousand years ago?
"At this moment, when I vaguely perceived Blackstar the Great's scheme, it was like an iron needle that finally pierced the puzzle in my heart!
"Come on, please think carefully. Compared to the 'mythical story' where the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon fought each other on the capital planet until the planet almost exploded, isn't the following deduction more likely?
"Assuming that a relic of paramount importance was buried deep below the ground of the capital planet in the Empyreal Terminus Sector, it was at least as valuable as the Book of Revelation.
"For the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon, whoever got the relic would secure a decisive victory and control the universe.
"Therefore, the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon each commanded an elite troop that was best at underground battles and relic exploration. They ran into each other at the center of the planet in the Empyreal Terminus Sector.
"It was not the two of them, but the battle between the two 'relic exploration troops' that led to the drastic changes in the geological structure, turning the Empyreal Terminus Sector into what we see today.
"I estimate that neither party gained any advantages. It was very likely that both parties suffered heavy losses. The universe was in chaos for the next ten thousand years until the Star Ocean Republic emerged, in which a slightly unified and stable regime was established.
"Since Blackstar the Great spent hundreds of years in the Supreme Emperor's mausoleum, it was very possible that he learned the secret through a certain channel.
"Then, what he did today makes perfect sense! He was looking for something that the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon failed to find even though they were both heavily wounded! "
Long Yangjun's words cast Li Yao, Li Jialing, and the two little fellows into a long silence.
"This is too hilarious. Why would we have believed such bullsh * t as the Supreme Emperor and the Mad Armageddon had a duel on the capital planet and almost blew up the planet?"
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