Lockmarton's threat to the world had finally been lifted.
But for Hao Ren, the work had just begun.
His experience in Collow was the most special experience he had ever had. He had uncovered more mysteries, found more clues, and found more relics than any previous adventure, and each clue was far more important than the past. As the dust of the Lockmarton incident settled, Hao Ren had to face a lot of follow-up work, and the reconstruction of Collow was just a small part of it.
"Due to the great damage caused by the special tide of Chaos and the exhaustion of the kingdoms of Order, the reconstruction of the continents of Collow must be completed together instead of fighting separately as before. The Sanctum has the most complete cultural books and technical data, so the reconstruction work will be coordinated by the Sanctum, and the specific part will be led by Calaxus I.
"The storm of Chaos over the mysterious realm of Kanaan has dissipated. The Sanctum will form a joint investigation team with the kingdoms to explore the ancient continents. The ancient continents are the common heritage of the ancestors of all intelligent races, and no single kingdom can occupy them.
"Since Lockmarton is dead, the ancient seal of Collow will be opened, and the various enchantments left by the goddess of creation will be lifted. There will be great changes in the starry sky. Spellcasters and observers who are concerned about the stars do not need to panic. We will send you the star chart and the comparison table of the changes in the stars.
"Due to the temporary absence of the goddess of creation, Collow is now under the protection of the foreign goddess, Raven 12345. Calaxus has mentioned this before. Let me explain. There will be no conflict of faith and personal conflict between the true gods, just like humans. So the believers in the modern world do not have to worry about it. No one will be forced to change their faith, and no one will be blamed for their beliefs. There is no need for anyone to take action to maintain their faith in any name. The goddess of creation is still the supreme god of Collow, and this will not change.
"We will build a series of monitoring stations and control towers on the continents of Collow. The purpose of these facilities is …"
In order to prevent chaos and panic after the lifting of the divine barrier, and to ensure that many follow-up projects could be carried out smoothly, some things must be announced in advance in this way. As for how the rulers of the secular kingdoms would interpret the notice and announce it to the world, it was not Hao Ren's concern. He had handed over the specific matters to Calaxus, and he believed that the tenacious and capable new pope would take care of everything.
In a crystal hall in the sacred mountain of Asurmen, everyone was waiting for Lady Gloom to complete the system's self-examination. Hao Ren glanced at the crystal wall above, which was constantly updating a large amount of data, and sighed softly. "This spaceship has also completed its historical mission."
"All of Collow's creations have completed their historical mission." Loken, the Lord of the Lords, and Geddon, the Lord of the Mountains, were present as well. Loken nodded. "Our purpose of existence is to watch over Lockmarton. Before today, I had never thought that anyone could truly kill that monster … From today onwards, our mission ends, and the era of mortals shall come."
Hao Ren nodded and looked at the Lord of the Mountains. "Geddon, how are your injuries?"
Hao Ren was referring to the ten prison wardens, including the Lord of the Mountains, who fought against Lockmarton with everyone else. They had suffered a backlash because they had forcibly used Raven 12345's divine power.
"We're fine now," Geddon replied with a rumbling voice. "The Outer God's Divine Power had no intention of attacking us, so the internal injuries we suffered were mostly caused by forcefully carrying too much divinity. After the divinity was stripped away, we slowly recovered."
Hao Ren nodded and did not say anything.
The entire plan from before appeared in his mind again.
Ever since he came into contact with the Tablet of Commandments, he had learned part of the truth about Lockmarton. While he could not fully decipher the tablet, perhaps Lockmarton really was the thing that the goddess of creation had left the deepest impression on him. This information was so strong that he did not need to deliberately decipher it. From the Tablet of Commandments, he knew that Lockmarton had a core that was protected by divinity. This core was given by the goddess of creation, and even contained part of the power of a true god. With this core, there was almost no possibility of Lockmarton dying, especially in the Plane of Dreams.
This was because the goddess of creation had left behind a sentence:
Nothing in this world can kill my child.
The power of this divine incantation had been distorted, strengthened, and expanded under the influence of Lockmarton's will over a long period of time. As a result, Lockmarton had become an invincible existence in the Plane of Dreams. You could weaken it, attack it, and dismantle it, but as long as it was within the scope of the Plane of Dreams, using weapons created in the Plane of Dreams, it was absolutely impossible to kill it.
This was an unsolvable problem for the mortals and even demigods in the Plane of Dreams, but Hao Ren could find a loophole. He could "trick" Lockmarton into another universe, and then use the power of other true gods to kill it, wouldn't it?
So, from the beginning, the trap he had set for Lockmarton was a series of traps.
The battle at Spiral Hill was the first trap, and also the most difficult one. He had to use the limited power of the Sanctum expeditionary force and himself to make Lockmarton feel a sense of crisis. Conventional damage was limited, and the only thing that could really make Lockmarton panic and run away was the goddess of creation.
Although Lockmarton had betrayed the goddess, and it was very likely that he was the cause of the goddess' final fall, Hao Ren was absolutely certain that once the real power of the goddess appeared, Lockmarton would absolutely panic — because this was fear that was rooted in his bones.
So, he handed the items with the divine power of Raven 12345 to the ten wardens, and let them use their own power of the goddess of creation to forcibly activate these items, to create the illusion that the true body of the goddess of creation was about to awaken.
It turned out that the plan was successful, and Lockmarton was forced to the outer universe, which happened to be the second trap.
As early as when the Sanctum expeditionary force set off from Fidelinopolis, Hao Ren had arranged for the MDT to set up this trap. At that time, he opened up access to his Dimensional Pocket to let the MDT carry the "Door-Opening Crystal" back to the outer universe and open the "Gate of the Universe" that connected the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World. Because they had partially cracked the divine shield around Collow, even in the Nightmare World, it was very easy for a small "object" like the MDT to travel back and forth.
Hao Ren was 100% sure that after Lockmarton was concentrated in space, he would definitely escape to the Gate of the Universe, and not into the deep space of the Plane of Dreams.
Because the entire Plane of Dreams was filled with the remnant information of the goddess of creation!
Even if a true god had fallen, the impact of his words and actions would not dissipate easily. The same was true of the goddess of creation. Although the divine power of the goddess was now minimal in the Plane of Dreams, it still existed. The fact that the priests of Holletta could continue to perform divine spells through prayer was proof. In this way, when the entire universe was full of the goddess' aura, but suddenly there was a door without any aura, it was obvious where Lockmarton would run to. As the Gate of the Universe had to cross the Wall of Reality, Raven 12345 had already set it up. The door itself did not carry any divine aura!
Another "arrangement" that he had asked the MDT to do on the city wall was to post a highlighted topic in the special information link of the inspectors:
Bomb Man is going to blow up a demigod from the other world! Live broadcast in the Scarred Nebula!
As soon as the post was posted, the crowd was excited. Demigods from all over the universe came. In fact, even Raven 12345 replied to the post with a "666" …
Then, Lockmarton was beaten up by dozens of demigods and typed "GG" amidst the laughter.
The most difficult part of the plan was the first step, but the riskiest one was the last step, which was to kill Lockmarton within the range of the Scarred Nebula and not let him leave the radiation range of the Gate of the Universe alive!
Because Lockmarton was a demigod from the Plane of Dreams, he had a terrifying amount of information. Once such a huge entanglement of information passed through the Wall of Reality, it was likely to directly cause the Wall of Reality to collapse. That was not something that could be fooled by writing a checklist.
The Gate of the Universe was similar to the space crack that Hao Ren and his team found in Siberia. The former was equivalent to an extreme enlarged and artificially controlled version of the latter. Things in the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World could not be directly exchanged, but through this crack, the impact on the Wall of Reality could be minimized. Near this crack, time and space would appear to have the information characteristics of both universes at the same time. Raven 12345 called this state the superposition state. Because of the size of the Gate of the Universe, its radiation range was far greater than that of the small crack in Siberia. Under its influence, the entire Scarred Nebula was actually equivalent to being in this superposition state. This was something Hao Ren had heard from the goddess a long time ago.
In the Scarred Nebula, it was equivalent to being in the Plane of Dreams and the Surface World.
Therefore, it was safe to let Lockmarton pass through the Gate of the World and stay in the Scarred Nebula, but they must not let him continue to run out alive. Because Lockmarton's information capacity was too large, even with a "safety gate" as a buffer, he could not be allowed to enter the Surface World.
But although there was a risk, Hao Ren was not worried. If all the demigods in the Surface World could not catch Lockmarton, then he and other colleagues would all be whipped to death by Raven 12345.
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