In the depths of the Typhon Empire, in a secret underground palace.
The circular hall was illuminated by the bright light of magic crystals. The archbishops in black or white robes had already taken their seats around the ancient stone round table inlaid with countless mysterious runes. The oppressive hall was silent, with only the occasional twitch of the artificial nerve ropes on the surrounding walls. Only a slight sound could be heard.
After what felt like a century of silence, the silence was finally broken.
Spots of dark purple light appeared above the round table and slowly formed an indescribable shape. From the cloud of starlight, the deep voice of the Pope of Eternal Rest was heard. "Everyone, let's begin."
"Yes, Your Holiness." A bishop in a white robe nodded and stood up. "We have completed the analysis of Bishop Lemont's brainwave and reproduced it in the Brain Servant Array. Based on the previous trial runs, this fake brainwave can deceive the filtering law of the God of Holy Light. It won't be long before we can use it for a second observation."
"Good progress." A compliment came from the starlight cloud, but it was almost emotionless. "Remember the safety rules. Even the archbishops are not allowed to peep into the Kingdom of God twice in ten days. If anyone is found to be murmuring, sleeping, or praying to a god after peeping into the Kingdom of God, their brains must be sealed and their memories erased."
The white-robed bishop bowed his head. "Yes, Your Holiness."
Then a black-robed bishop beside the white-robed bishop stood up. "Your Holiness, the 'extraterritorial wanderer' has destroyed the old aristocratic forces in the southern part of Ansu. He has shown … military strength and leadership that are beyond our expectations."
The starlight cloud seemed to be quiet for a moment before it floated up again. "What is he doing now?"
"He has issued a lot of decrees and began to rule the entire southern part of the Kingdom of Ansu according to the way he ruled the Cecil region," the black-robed bishop said. "He has shown many characteristics similar to a 'great monarch'. Although his decrees and actions are difficult to understand, he seems to really want to establish a stable and long-term rule and build a mortal kingdom …"
The starlight cloud did not speak, but another bishop could not help but ask, "Does he really intend to become a monarch?"
"All the words and deeds of the extraterritorial wanderers can't be speculated with common sense. But at least according to the information we have, the extraterritorial wanderers usually only play one role after they arrive in a world," the black-robed bishop said. "Judging from their actions since their arrival, we may think that what they want to do this time is to be a monarch."
"It is also possible that he will destroy a powerful mortal kingdom after building it." A slightly shrill female voice came from the other side of the round table. It was a female bishop in a black robe. "After all, he is an evil god, and we have seen him destroy a kingdom after building it."
"The Evil Gods have their own purpose, and the only thing that is completely aimless is the Chaos in the Deep World." A voice came from the starlight cloud, interrupting the bishops' discussion and debate. "At least we have not had a head-on conflict with the extraterritorial wanderers. This is a good thing."
The white-robed bishop who spoke first looked up curiously. "Your Holiness, you mean …"
"As long as it can continue our world, we don't mind doing anything," the starlight cloud said faintly. "Of course, now we have to continue to observe him. Until we are sure that the extraterritorial wanderers are not hostile to this world, then we can take the next step."
All the bishops bowed their heads. "Yes, Your Holiness, we will follow your order."
"Then let's move on to the next topic, Project Zero …"
…
The temporary dizziness receded like the tide. Gwen saw the magnificent palace walls of the City of Dreams and the "citizens" of the Eternal Sleepers walking leisurely on the wide walkways.
He felt that it had been a long time since he last entered the Dream World, although in fact, he had come in a few days ago to check on Daniel's progress.
There were many things to do in the real world, and the newly conquered Southern Territory still needed to be built slowly. Gwen had almost no extra time to pay attention to the affairs outside the construction of the territory. Even if he took time to "surf the net," he came and went in a hurry.
But fortunately, he had a little free time today, so he had time to enter the Dream World for a while.
The scenery in the City of Dreams was not much different from before. It was as if it was always so magnificent and peaceful. No one would have thought that there was a huge amount of data flowing behind the city, and no one would have thought that the builders of the city were a group of notorious cultists. But for the current Gwen, these things were not important for the time being. Before the situation in the Southern Territory was stabilized, he did not have much time to pay attention to what these cultists were doing.
At most, he would take time to take a look at the City of Dreams and make sure that these Eternal Sleepers were not targeting the Southern Territory.
Gwen came to the center of the city and found the crystal node that connected to the deep data of the network. He then began to search in the Network of Eternal Sleepers. Just as he browsed a small part of the information, he could not help but smile.
He saw that the information flow in the Network of Eternal Sleepers had become much more orderly than before, and there was a crude, conceptually similar to a "search engine" running. When he searched for some recent information on the construction of the mental network, he saw the name "Nightmare Bishop Daniel" at the end of many of the data.
That "student" seems to be doing well.
With a rather interesting thought in mind, Gwen began to search for what he needed in this more convenient mental network than before. The first thing he did was to pay attention to the information on Project Zero. And of course, he still could not find anything.
Even if he used a special "background authority" to access the deep data of the database, he could not see any information on Project Zero.
It seemed that this project was of great significance to the Eternal Sleep Congregation. Even Daniel, who had been promoted to Nightmare Bishop, had no way to get this information for the time being.
Gwen had no regrets about this. He paid attention to Project Zero just out of routine and personal curiosity. After he found that there was no progress in this regard, he skipped this part and began to search for information related to himself in the mental network.
After using "Ansu Southern Territory", "Gwen · Cecil", "extraterritorial wanderers" and other keywords as search keywords, a large amount of information appeared in front of Gwen's "eyes" almost immediately.
"Ansu Southern Territory fell into war. Terrifying extraterritorial wanderers and the Southern Territory nobles broke out in a head-on conflict."
"Thousands of people were slaughtered in Brokenstone Ridge in a day. The coalition of more than 40 nobles was defeated in an instant."
"The army of extraterritorial wanderers destroyed Count Peibo's fleet on the Whitewater River …"
"Powerful extraterritorial wanderers continue to pursue the nobles' defeated army."
"The Southern Territory will usher in a new monarch …"
"What the hell …" Gwen was dumbfounded. "… Can't these cultists do some serious work like conspiring to subvert the world? Can't they hold back their gossip when they have the Internet? "
Although he knew that many of these messages were just randomly posted by some of the Eternal Sleepers, Gwen could not help but twitch a few times when he saw some familiar sentences. When he was a keyboard warrior in his previous life, he was also a fan of memes. He never thought that he would be part of a meme as a person involved!
But anyway, as a knowledgeable person who had been a satellite in the sky for millions of years, Gwen was just stunned for a moment and then quickly recovered. He then smiled helplessly and continued to browse other things on the Internet.
He first paid attention to the overall activities of the Eternal Sleepers in the Southern Territory, and then found that the activities of these cultists in the Southern Territory seemed to be declining … Their superiors clearly asked the cultists to keep a low profile in the Southern Territory … Is this because they are worried about conflicts with an "extraterritorial wanderer"?
In this regard, Gwen did not know whether to laugh or cry, but it was a good thing anyway, so he continued to read.
Then he saw that the Eternal Sleepers seemed to be paying attention to the civil war in the Ansu, but for the time being, there was no sign of them participating in this war.
Then, he unexpectedly saw some news related to the Children of the Storm:
"The Children of the Storm are becoming more and more paranoid about the deep sea. They seem to be planning to completely abandon the human world?"
"It seems that a large number of Children of the Storm have disappeared in the sea. They may be involved in a new war with the sirens …"
"Their actions are gradually deviating from the track. Perhaps the Children of the Storm have been bewitched by the storm after all …"
The information in this regard was fragmentary, and no one seemed to be reliable and decisive. It seemed that some of the Eternal Sleepers who were related to the Children of the Storm had released it in their own name. Looking at this information, Gwen could not help but be a little curious.
Those Children of the Storm who went crazy into the far sea … Why are they fighting with those Deep Sea Idlers again?
Didn't Tyre say that the sirens would be lying on the seabed to digest their food recently and have no time to fight with the "landfolk" for the time being? Could it be that those Deep Sea Idlers have digested ahead of time?
With all kinds of doubts, Gwen browsed through the information in this regard. He wanted to search for more information related to the Children of the Storm or the sirens, but it seemed that there was only so much information in this regard.
After browsing for a long time in the database of the Eternal Sleepers, Gwen felt a little tired, so he ended the connection with the node crystal.
The illusions in front of him receded, and the scene of the node crystal square stabilized in his vision again.
An Eternal Sleepers follower came from the side and seemed to want to connect with the crystal. Gwen took a few steps back and gave the position to the Eternal Sleepers.
Then, he left the node square and walked along the path to the garden.
During this process, he tried to open the "tracking" line that he instructed Daniel to set up and began to search for a familiar brainwave in the surroundings.
Ten minutes later, on a boulevard in the garden, he saw the person he was looking for.
The little girl Patty was sitting alone on a swing by the flower bed.
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