Fishing required patience, and so did brewing tea.
It was not necessary to drink tea, but one had to wait for the tea to be brewed before drinking it.
The silvery coals in the small stove turned red slowly, and the water in the iron kettle would boil for a while.
Jing Jiu walked to the deck and looked at the night sky, reflecting on something.
The stars could be seen during the day here, and there were even more stars at night, more than in Chaotian and the Stargate. The stars seemed to fill up the entire sky. It was impolite to those with trypophobia. If it weren't for the protective shield, the Main Planet would be unsuitable for humans to sleep at night.
Even though the protective shield had filtered most of the starlight, the manor house and the distant mountains could still be seen clearly.
Zong Lizi, Jiang Yuxia and Hua Xi were sitting on the grass.
Hua Xi was playing with the tangible starlight with her fingers, feeling quite happy.
Zong Lizi said softly, "I knew he must be an outstanding person, but I didn't expect him to be so outstanding."
He was regarded as a new god by the female priest of the Stargate, but he had come back unscathed. This was beyond her imagination.
Looking at the figure on the deck, Jiang Yuxia sighed, "I didn't expect it either."
Hua Xi didn't know why her two big sisters looked at them with widened eyes, looking at them with a heavy heart on such a beautiful night and under the starlight.
"I didn't expect that I wouldn't even be qualified to say that I liked a boy in front of him after I fell in love with him," Jiang Yuxia continued.
Zong Lizi said comfortingly while rubbing her head, "It's useless even if I said that. He would definitely say something boring like hormone secretion, reproduction, and inferior."
"How did you know that?" asked Hua Xi curiously.
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He had learned everything he needed to know.
It was about the attack on the building of the military headquarters.
Of course, only the important figures in the upper echelons of the Federation of the Milky Way and the military officers in the building knew the truth.
The populace who had seen the news felt uneasy, and then they were enraged and courageous. A few demonstrations took place on Planet Tianpu, which had always been aloof from worldly affairs, to demand the government to crack down harder on the capitulators.
The Fire-Passing Pagoda on various planets had received countless well-wishers, and the praying hall had received more offerings. It was unclear if this was a pleasant surprise or not.
The military had to do something regardless of whether it was to alleviate the anger of the populace or to give a superficial explanation.
The military's Internal Affairs Division worked together with the powerful police department to crack down on the capitulators in various Sectors.
The Starpeak Fleet entered the deep part of the Jiali Star Region bravely and began to wipe out the remaining monsters of the Sea of Dark Matter on the surface of the cold planet.
Young Master Shen, the highest-ranking advisor of the Army, was the commander of this fleet. Naturally, he had also left the main planet.
The news would not be broadcasted, and the ordinary people would not be able to see the real danger of the remaining monsters and the terrorist attacks of the capitulators in some places.
What did the movement of the Star Edge Fleet have to do with the return of the fleet stationed at the second forward operating base?
Why did the important departments of the government, the manors of the priest masters and the praying halls in various places suddenly turn on the devices of the gravitational fields at the same time and turn them on to the maximum without regard for the energy consumption?
The Alliance Management Committee suddenly held an emergency meeting in the early hours of the morning. Could it be that they were only discussing the fleet budget?
More importantly, why did Cluster, the most advanced command warship of the Alliance, leave the Star Chain Fleet and come to the main planet through the Yinhai Nebula alone?
Three days after the command warship named Cluster had passed through the Yinhai Nebula, the invitation from the praying hall had finally passed through the gravitational field of the manor and landed on the tea table.
There was a small stove not far from the tea table, on which the water in the iron kettle gurgled. It sounded like a mocking voice, at least in the ears of the main preachers of the praying hall.
Jing Jiu didn't look at the invitation, nor did he make things difficult for these main preachers. He got up and said, "Let's go."
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There was a female priest in every sector of the Federation of the Milky Way, responsible for inheriting the tinder of the civilization and gathering the belief of the populace.
These female priests were named after the planets they resided on, like the female priest of the Stargate whom Jing Jiu was most familiar with.
The female priest on the Main Planet was the only one who was special; it was because she was special to begin with.
She was the first female priest during the rebirth of the human civilization, and it was unclear where she got the inheritance of the distant ancient civilization.
With the tinder of the distant ancient civilization, the humans who reappeared on the Main Planet developed their intelligence again and entered the interstellar era at a great speed.
She was the only connection between this world and the civilization that had disappeared more than one hundred thousand years ago, and she was the true enlightened person.
All the female priests were her students and had to be appointed by her. As such, she came here from the Stargate Base.
The whole human world appreciated her existence and admired her.
All the councilors of the Management Committee, the heads of the clans for thousands of generations and those ambitious generals had to kneel down when they saw her and kiss the instep of her feet.
Nobody dared call her by her real name, and nobody knew her real name. It was even unclear how many generations she had inherited the title.
She didn't have a title either. Everybody called her "that one".
The female priest of the Stargate believed that Jing Jiu was the new god in the prophecy, but she had to get the approval of "that one".
This was one of the three purposes for which Jing Jiu came to the Main Planet.
The gravitational field of the mansion of the priest clan opened a passage. A silvery, streamlined spaceship left the ground and headed toward the north of the magnificent mountains.
The human civilization had entered the interstellar era and possessed endless energy sources. As a result, a streamlined spaceship like this was rarely seen, which gave it a classical beauty.
The beautiful silvery spaceship passed the mountains and arrived at a patch of more beautiful prairie.
Sitting by the window, Jing Jiu looked down and saw many buildings scattered on the prairie. He could smell the gravitational field that he didn't like everywhere. In the next moment, he noticed that there were many heat sources under the prairie; it was unclear if they were the laser guns, the missile platforms, or the heavy ion cannons secretly developed by the military.
These buildings were the praying halls on the Main Planet.
The silvery spaceship didn't land here, but kept heading north. After a long while, it arrived at the northernmost Pingmo Plateau.
The surface of the plateau was covered with white snow, and patches of moss could be seen once in a while, looking like the paints thrown onto the canvas by the avantgarde artists.
In comparison to the ground, the scene in the sky was even more marvelous.
Countless snowflakes drifted down from the dark clouds, but they couldn't land on the ground. They were restrained by an invisible force, drifting or flowing slowly along a curved surface. Looking from a distance, it looked like a huge snowball that had been pounded into the ground by a god.
Gazing at the surface of the huge snowball, Jing Jiu recalled a small toy he had seen in Zong Lizi's apartment. The main preachers of the praying hall on the spaceship were used to seeing such a scene, so they remained calm. It was the first time for Ran Handong to see such a thing. "What is this? Why is it not on the satellite map? "
"It's the gravitational field," replied Jing Jiu.
Judging from the flowing tracks of the snowflakes and the curved surface of the snowball, it was easy to infer that it was the effect of the gravitational field.
Ran Handong was very knowledgeable, so she was able to ascertain this fact soon enough; but she still couldn't believe it. "How could the surface of the planet have such a powerful gravitational field?" she exclaimed.
Jing Jiu didn't answer her question, and the main preachers of the praying hall didn't explain it either. It took a while before she realized it.
That person lived here, so any kind of miraculous phenomenon could happen.
The silvery spaceship flew to the front of the huge snowball. The gaps between the alloy plates vibrated at a high frequency. If it continued for a long time, the spaceship would break apart. Fortunately, it didn't take long for a hole to appear on the surface of the huge snowball. The silvery spaceship flew into the hole soundlessly. The scenery outside the window had changed instantly.
The snowflakes caused by the strong gravitational field were like the catkins stuck to the surface of the lake, blocking the entire sky. Yet, they didn't block all the sunlight; it was just a bit dark, like a regular cloudy day.
There were many mountains in this world, but they were not too high and densely covered with forests. The snowflakes could be seen once in a while, giving off a sense of cold beauty.
There was a green lake amid the mountains. The water was calm and smooth, looking like the Green Sky Mirror.
If one looked at it in the distance, one could even see the traces of glaciers.
It was a beautiful scene.
There was a gray building by the lake. Its surface should be made of cement, but it didn't look out of place by the edge of the forest. It was at least much better than the dozen spaceships.
Dozens of people stood in front of the gray building, discussing something in a low voice in a few groups.
"The middle-aged men and women on the left in the dark formal suits are the councilors of the Management Committee. The old men in casual clothes in the front are the generals in the military. You should have seen my father." Ran Handong followed Jing Jiu to the lakeside as she introduced the identities of those people in a low voice.
The councilors of the Federation of the Milky Way and the governments of various planets were very cautious about the military and the organization hiding in the shadows.
The military was not as united as before, and they all obeyed the orders of General Li. And there were many forces like Ran Donglou who were loyal to the female priest.
These important figures came to this plateau in the extreme north that day because they wanted to know the result as soon as possible.
If that person really believed that Jing Jiu was the new god, they would cooperate with her no matter whether it was a propaganda tactic of the priest clan or something else.
Seeing the silvery spaceship land, the important figures looked in his direction, but they didn't move.
Jing Jiu didn't heed them either. He came to the lakeside under the lead of the main preacher of the praying hall and boarded a fishing boat propelled by the primitive gasoline, heading toward the center of the lake.
A straight crack appeared on the mirror-like surface of the lake. The fog in the deep end of the lake was disturbed, but it didn't grow thinner; instead, it grew thicker.
Seeing the fishing boat disappear into the fog on the surface of the lake, Ran Handong crossed her arms reflexively, her eyes full of worry.
"If he were the new god, he would have won the approval of that person, and he would be fine. If he were the god chosen by that person, he would be even more fine."
Ran Donglou came up behind her.
Ran Handong turned to her father. She intended to say something, but she didn't know how to start.
Noticing her expression, Ran Donglou asked, "What's wrong?"
Ran Handong said after a moment of silence, "I don't think he came here to win the approval of that person."
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The fishing boat entered the fog and soon arrived at the other shore.
Jing Jiu got off the boat and landed on the shore. After passing a patch of forest, he saw a city.
His intuition was correct. The green lake enshrouded by the mountains had a huge generating device for the gravitational field and a high-level protective shield.
No one could be seen in the city, and it was soundless. It was like a graveyard.
The buildings here were all very tall, usually dozens of stories high. The surfaces of the buildings were strangely covered with glass panels, showing no intention of conserving the energy.
The streets between the buildings were also very wide, much wider than those in Shou 'er City and the Special District of Capital City. They were wide enough for one hundred people to walk side by side.
Soon, he found out the reason, because he saw the vehicles parked on both sides of the street.
Those vehicles were rusty, as if they would fall apart if he touched them with his hand; but the particles emitting from them could still be detected.
These vehicles, like the fishing boat, were powered by the lowest form of biological energy.
However, the time of more than one hundred thousand years was enough for the bones of the big demons at the bottom of the Gathered-Soul Valley to turn into powder; but why could these vehicles retain their original shape?
The whole city was enshrouded in the faint fog. He was walking in the city.
It didn't take long for him to ascertain that this place was a part of the rumored ruins of the distant ancient civilization.
There was no generating device for the gravitational field, no nuclear device, and no space elevator in the ruins. Judging from the details, it should be in the early stage of the distant ancient civilization, which was much more backward than the current Federation of the Milky Way. Why did that person choose to live here?
"It's because this is the world I experienced in the beginning, and it's the time I miss the most."
The door of a black car by the street opened slowly.
A young woman walked out of the car.
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