The foreign battlefield that suddenly appeared in the sky was just a flash in the pan, but its majestic yet terrifying madness was deeply imprinted in Constance's mind. She was still looking up at the sky, and even though the sky was once again shrouded in clouds, the distorted dimension that burned amidst the flames and lightning was still imprinted in her retina.
Finally, she retracted her gaze and looked around blankly, only to find that the soldiers around her were still minding their own business. None of them were looking at the sky, and none of them showed any signs of panic or helplessness. It was as if they did not hear the loud bang, and did not see the scene that appeared after the sky split open.
The others did not see what happened?
Constance instantly understood, and looked down at Rheia, who was rubbing her fingers nervously.
"What was that?" Constance could not help but ask, "The one in the sky …"
"It was an illusion," Rheia looked up and said with a serious face.
Constance blinked, "But I did see …"
"It was an illusion," Rheia's face was tense as she tried to be serious.
Constance was speechless.
"Alright, it's not an illusion," Rheia thought for a moment, and gave up on the idea of using the Word of God to distort reality, "What you saw just now was something happening on the other side of the world."
"As expected …" Constance frowned as countless thoughts flooded her mind, "I know … I've seen that dimension, and even though it was only from afar, I know it's Gorgon's Abyss … But the Gorgon's Abyss in my memory did not have such a battlefield …"
Rheia looked at the armlet that she had thrown on the ground in a hurry, and the armlet glowed under her gaze. She then picked it up and wore it on her arm. This time, there was no strange phenomenon in the sky, "I didn't want you to know too much in advance … Because Hao Ren was worried that your will would be shaken, and that would affect the final battle. After all … you might be the last inheritor who has the ability to end the Cycle of Annihilation, and your battle will be the last hope of this world. "
Constance was smart, and even if she was not, the experience and training she had accumulated through countless reincarnations was enough to give her enough wisdom. She sighed softly, "So … Hao Ren and the rest should be in Gorgon's Abyss? What I saw just now should be them … What is that? Is this a parallel battlefield in this world? "
"As you said, the inheritor has gone through countless reincarnations, and each reincarnation causes part of the memory to be stripped away, so you naturally do not know the existence of the other battlefield … It is not just Gorgon's Abyss, but the other side of the world," Rheia shook her head. "Come on, I will tell you the truth in detail."
…
"The second echelon of the Guardian Legion has suffered serious damage. Retreat for repairs. The third echelon, enter the artillery formation!"
"The droid swarm has released a pulse cloud. Enemy fleet activity reduced. Annihilation Lance in standby mode!"
"High-energy reaction detected. Prepare for impact. Three, two, one, impact arrival!"
A violent tremor came from beneath their feet, and a large white flash appeared on the screen from the external monitors. The Petrachelys' shield shook violently under the bombardment of a high-energy beam, but it quickly regained stability.
Hao Ren held onto his seat as he looked at the images from the various probes. "Nolan, damage report."
"The shield is not penetrated, and the ship is slightly damaged." Nolan's voice came over the bridge. "Also, this dimensional structure is still expanding, and the existing probes can no longer meet the surveillance needs. The expansion of the dimensional structure is faster than the probes can replenish and deploy." "That's normal.
"That's normal. We can't scan the entire space-time structure." Hao Ren was not surprised by the result. "This space-time structure is the reconstruction of the universe after countless annihilation and rebirth. It contains the fragments and obsessions of the universe after each doomsday. Our probes can scan a battlefield, but it's impossible to scan every change in the world."
Vivian looked at the large holographic projection in the center of the bridge and frowned. "Something different from the Gorgon battleships has surfaced."
At the edge of the chaotic battlefield, time and space were in a state of extreme chaos. Large swathes of clouds were torn apart by the roar of the cannons, and countless intersecting dark stripes floated in the air, forming a bizarre and horrifying structure that resembled a spider web. Within those dark stripes, one could vaguely see the flickering stars of the old days, as well as the gradually rising shadows of chaos.
The silhouettes gradually solidified and finally revealed their true appearance. They were huge starships that looked like inverted pyramids. The surface of each starship was inlaid with a large number of crystals and runic arrays. Around the starships, there were countless floating turrets and minarets of unknown purpose.
These new phantoms of the Great Old began to change rapidly after they solidified. Their silver-white armor was almost instantly covered in darkness, and a large number of mutated tentacles spread out from the body of the ship, wriggling and extending in a terrifying manner in space. As the starship armor opened up, countless warp carriers and heavy warp missiles swarmed out like bees guarding a hive, rushing towards the guardian fleet and the armed droids everywhere on the battlefield.
The emotionless tactical support AI once again broadcasted, "Unknown unit materializing in current space-time. Hostile confirmed. Preparing plan to meet enemy. Basic battle plan issued. Heavy droids 1 to 195 in position to intercept. Wide area warp jammer deployed."
"It's the echo of another era materializing." Hao Ren pressed his hand on the control panel as he said coldly, "This is the rule of this parallel battlefield. As long as the Order exists, the power of madness will continue to awaken the echoes of eras and send them to the battlefield, and this dimensional structure continues to expand for the same reason. As long as we hold on here, there will be a more ancient and more powerful ancient civilization appearing. We were only dealing with Haersona's low-tech armed satellites at the start, but now these … are clearly more powerful than the Gorgon starships. "
Lily's eyes widened. "Doesn't that mean it'll get harder and harder? Won't anyone die?! "
"There is a highest difficulty," Hao Ren grinned, "and it will at most reach the Ancestral Civilization."
Lily thought for a moment and almost jumped out of her chair, "You said the Ancestral Civilization could fight better than the Guardian Legion!"
"So our mission on this battlefield is to hold on, and hold on as many times as we can until Constance completes the Turn of the Eras," Hao Ren said quietly, "And as she gets closer to the imperial capital, to the final battlefield, our enemies in this dimension will appear and evolve at a faster rate. The two parallel battlefields will interfere with each other, and when one advances, the other will accelerate, and when one is defeated, the other will fall. And once both battlefields fall, that will be the end of the world of order, and it will be time for the rebirth of the era."
"Before this, the countless cycles of annihilation and the Turn of the Eras were all triggered by the complete collapse of the two battlefields, right?" Vivian said, "And ever since this civilization has completely lost the defense line deep in the world, they have lost the chance to turn the tables under normal circumstances. No matter how hard they struggle, they will not be able to achieve true victory."
"So this is what inspectors do." Hao Ren smiled, "This civilization has potential, resilience, courage, and faith. They just lack an opportunity, and now, we are giving them that opportunity."
As soon as his voice trailed off, Rheia's voice rang in his mind. "Hao Ren, I've found something."
"What is it?"
"Constance saw what happened on your side, but only she and I saw it."
"Huh?" Hao Ren was shocked, "How did this happen? What happened? "
"Looks like when my rampaging divine power split L 'Haronne into two a few thousand years ago, it did not just leave behind a simple World Scar." Rheia's voice sounded a little helpless, "We found some' divine artifacts' near the imperial capital, and they were left behind from the Pantheon of Creation, my personal belongings."
Rheia's voice did not just ring in Hao Ren's head, and at that moment, the three of them on the bridge looked at each other.
"My divine power had reshaped this world, and in the process, there would definitely be some traces left behind, but I did not expect these traces to be so strong that they would materialize," Rheia said, "Constance and I came into contact with that thing at the same time, and accidentally opened the boundary between the surface and the deeper layers of the world. The reason behind this should be the resonance of the divine power through space and time. Anyway, Constance had seen your battlefields, and I told her everything. "
Hao Ren was silent for a moment, "So … how did she react?"
"She decided to continue towards the imperial capital, just like what we planned before, to end the Turn of the Eras. I don't think she wavered at all. "
"… Did you also tell her the truth about her personal life? She did not waver either? "
"No. Even I am surprised by this. "
"Then … very well." Hao Ren let out a soft sigh, "She has chosen her path, so let her go. Rheia, give me the data when you activated the divine resonance, I have a plan. "
"Alright. I'll give you the 'thing' we found, and I can roughly guess what you want to do. But be careful, the power of a god is not that easy to control. "
"Don't worry, at least at this stage, I've read more than you."
"Eek …"
Rheia's spiritual power left Hao Ren's mind, and at the same time, a flash of light appeared on the bridge's control panel, and as the light faded, a small armband appeared before Hao Ren.
As the armband was transported to the 'deep battlefield', Hao Ren felt a slight 'shift' in the dimension, and it was an indescribable feeling. It was beyond human senses and thought, and if Hao Ren had to describe it, it would be that in that instant, he felt that the dimension outside the Petrachelys had suddenly turned into nothingness, and aside from the guardian fleet and the droid swarm, everything on the battlefield had lost their physical form, and in the next instant, that feeling disappeared.
Even if it was just a momentary feeling, it was enough to convince him of one thing: his guess was correct.
The divine shockwave that split L 'Haronne into two thousands of years ago … had not dissipated yet.
Its power could still be unleashed one more time.
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