The apocalypse was upon them, but the ancestral civilization had delayed the end of the world time and time again. By folding the world's information, they had opened up the world lines that were supposed to be closed along with the apocalypse, and thus avoided the worst possible future — the future where the end of all things became history.
Therefore, whenever the world was destroyed to the limit, and the power of the Mad Lord was about to devour all Order, the world would restart, as if loading a file to restart everything. The ancient civilization used this method to refuse to accept the end of the world, and until today, this cycle and postponement had happened countless times.
The delay seemed to be endless, but it was proven that the ancestral civilization could not do it completely.
The world continued to deteriorate, and the heritors who were responsible for finding a way to defeat the Mad Lord after the restart and rebuilding the civilization system were also declining. The original complete universe was getting weaker and weaker as it retreated from the sea of stars to the planet's surface, and the heritors had also turned from god-like leaders of the ancestral civilization to muddle-headed mortals.
According to the records in the Heart of God's database, there were thirteen leaders among the heritors when the era was first restarted, but after the Turn of the Eras, these leaders had weakened one by one, and some were even corrupted and consumed by the power of the Mad Lord. After the world had been restarted over a hundred times, most of them had completely disappeared, and even those who managed to hold on until the last few eras had almost forgotten about the first era.
They could only remember a few reincarnations before, or even the last reincarnation.
That King Berentine of the Dragon Empire and Princess Constance were probably the last heritors who still retained most of their memories.
If even the leaders with powerful mental powers were like that, then the normal warriors who followed them were even more so.
So, the truth of the constantly delayed apocalypse, and the obsession of the ancestral civilization had completely disappeared in the river of time. Ever since the Holy King of Haersonca had forgotten how to access the database of the "Heart of God", no one had been able to retrieve the ancient knowledge, and so Constance only knew about the war that happened in the real world during the Turn of the Eras, but she did not know that in the depths of this world, amidst the messy echoes of history, another war was starting at the same time.
The so-called Turn of the Eras was actually two wars.
"The guardian fleet has encountered the enemy. Minor damage. Currently constructing a stable space channel. The follow-up troops will arrive in fifteen minutes."
"The UAV fleet has engaged the enemy. Negligible losses. Constructing bunkers and turrets at the frontline. Route of advance has been opened."
"Detected the formation of spatial distortion. Detected the fluctuation of abnormal information. Detected the rewinding of the time axis … The time axis has stabilized. Confirming the current space is expanding … Determining the current space-time evolution model."
The eternal chaotic sky of Gorgon's Abyss gradually distorted, and masses of dark red clouds were stirred by an invisible force, forming a strange structure that looked like parallel interference patterns, and in the sea of clouds, countless shadows were gradually emerging.
They were distant continents, shattered celestial bodies, wreckage of starships, and all sorts of ancient echoes from different eras.
"When the Turn of the Eras began, it was not just the real world that changed." Hao Ren looked at the changing sky. The UAV fleet had already responded, and the fortress-type UAVs were constructing a defensive position. "The 'fragments of the world line' produced after countless times of destruction have stacked together, forming a deeper world, and the Mad Lord's corruption will begin in both worlds at the same time. In other words, ever since the heritors of a certain era forgot about this, the resistance of the civilization of Order has been confined to reality, and in this' deep world ', the power of the Mad Lord will proliferate without interference … "
Vivian took a deep breath. "So since then, every time they resist, they will be defeated faster, and there will never be any hope of victory, because the world is collapsing from the depths, and they have no idea about it?!"
"That's right, Haersonca's era was the last era in which two battlefields were fought at the same time, but ever since the Holy King was turned into the Tree of Life and was forever bound to the end of the era, there was a major deviation in the legacy of the next era, and as long as there is a deviation, the future will be beyond redemption." Hao Ren shook his head. "But it doesn't matter, Nolan found this information in the database of the Heart of God. The L 'Haronneans are going to protect their real world, and the battle in the deep world … we will fight for them."
A low hum came from below the sea of clouds, and then a silver-white shadow split the clouds and slowly floated to the asteroid where Hao Ren and the rest were. As the Petrachelys approached, Nolan's voice rang out. "Don't just stand there, get on board!"
Lily was a little surprised. "Nolan … Aren't you working in the center of the planet?"
"The infrastructure is all done, and a stable connection has been established. The rest can be left to my server, I'll just command from afar." Nolan's proud voice came from the ship. "As an outstanding internet celebrity ship, how can I miss the chance to take a selfie at the front of the fleet!"
Hao Ren facepalmed helplessly. "Be serious, this battle may not be easy. While you can sweep L 'Haronnean with just one ship, a few generations ago, they could cross the sea of stars, and if we go further back to the Ancestral Civilization … even against the guardian fleet, they might be able to hold their own, and we're facing the corrupted version, which is even harder to deal with."
As the armed droids were busy building the frontline fortress, Hao Ren, Lily, and Vivian stood on the bridge of the Petrachelys.
"The main enemy we have to face is the fragments of the Cycle of Annihilation." Nolan's projection stood in the air, following Hao Ren's reminder, she was now serious. "I've found the basic flow of the 'World Reset' system in the Heart of God's database, and found that it has a major flaw. Because the Ancestral Civilization had not reached the level of being able to control the information of the universe, they used the power of the apocalypse to make up for their lack of technology, so the entire reset process was basically out of control. It will reset the world, but what will be molded after the reset, and how much will be restored, these are all undetermined, and because of that, it left behind a large number of system errors and 'loopholes' for the Mad Lord to grow, and these loopholes have been piling up here for era after era, and once the power of the Mad Lord starts to spread, they are the most susceptible to infection."
"To be honest, this is a rather talented civilization," the MDT sighed. "Researching and trying to control all the information within the universe, this is the prerequisite technology to create a cross-world engine. They are already on the right path, and as long as they continue down this path, they can jump out of the universe, and become one of the super civilizations that sail in the void … What a pity, what a pity."
Hao Ren did not say a word, but looked at the data sent by the frontline probes.
The data showed that an unprecedentedly large distorted dimensional structure was rapidly forming, it rose from the bottom of the world, and gradually turned from illusory to solid, and wrapped the planet of L 'Haronne in a hyperdimensional manner, and its structure was like a crisscrossing ant nest. Gorgon's Abyss had become a part of this dimensional structure, and at the edge of Gorgon's Abyss, the expanding space had begun to show signs of Mad Lord reactions of varying strengths.
"If Constance knew about the existence of this battlefield …" Looking at the increasingly shocking dimensional structure, Lily could not help but stick out her tongue, "Mr. Landlord, it's not that I'm scared, but if a normal person knew the truth, wouldn't they have to change their strategy?"
"She is a determined warrior, but determination does not mean that she will not be distracted. With the heritors weakened to this extent, Constance and her knights will not be able to do anything on this battlefield in the depths of the world. If that's the case, it's better to not let her know about this, at least not before the war is over." Hao Ren shook his head. "Of course, if the situation calls for it, Rheia will tell her everything."
Vivian glanced at him, "There's a reason why you insist on letting Constance complete the last battle, right?"
"The heritors need to be completed by the heritors, too much help is not help, but charity, and they do not need charity." Hao Ren nodded, "Another reason is the setting of the Heart of God. It will detect and record the results of the Turn of the Era, and the end of the war marks the final battle in the real world. I don't know what will happen if an outsider completes the process … But according to the basic programming of the Heart of God, only the heritors can end the Cycle of Annihilation."
The broadcast on the bridge rang, "A large number of physical units have been detected floating from the dimensional border, energy spectrum analysis … Determined to be tainted by the Mad Lord. The guardian fleet has engaged the attack, the droid swarm has engaged the attack, and all levels of automated fortresses have engaged the attack. "
Hao Ren smiled as he turned on the communicator, and Salaman's figure appeared on the holographic projection.
"Commander Salaman, I'll leave the flanks to you."
Salaman laughed out loud, "Haha, don't worry, Observer. Fighting against these monsters is the job of the guardian army!"
Hao Ren hung up and looked at Nolan, "Get the droids to prepare the 'test subjects' as well. Before the battle with the Mad Lord, it's a rare opportunity to test the targets."
…
The Dragon Empire, the battlefield between the six northern provinces and the central region.
The fully recovered Duke Owen and Constance stood on the battlements, and the imperial army's battle formation was taking shape in the distance, and the army-grade shields were spread out like a sparkling shoreline.
From within the majestic formation, a dark aura of decay and decay was rising continuously.
The corruption had spread to all of the imperial army, and be it the Ebon Blades or the normal soldiers, it would be hard to find a pure living person.
In the central region of the empire that was locked down by the Ebon Blades, how bad was the situation?
Constance did not know, she only knew that this war that had been repeated for countless eras would continue today.
Heavy footsteps came from below the city, and the giants called the "guardians" began to stride towards the battlefield, and around them was an unprecedentedly powerful energy turbulence that human spellcasters could not even imagine.
With them, the direction of the war might really be different …
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