At the last moment of the mass extinction 10,000 years ago, some of the safety devices of the Seed of Life were suddenly activated, forcing the out-of-control First Born into a deep sleep. Thus, a small number of races in the universe survived. The residents of Holletta were one of the survivors. Although Hao Ren had not seen more survivors, he thought that there must be other planets like Holletta that survived the First Born. They were just hiding in some corners of the universe waiting to be discovered.
However, what activated the safety lock of the Seed of Life was not the alarm mechanism of the seed or the accidental self-rescue of the mage emperors. Instead, it was the giant and some of his brothers and sisters in front of him — the guardians who had just watched their mother being killed by mortals with their teeth gnashing with hatred. They activated the safety protocol in the control center of the Seed of Life at the center of the universe, which protected a small number of mortal civilizations.
In the eyes of the guardians, the "mortal race" was the culprit that caused their mother's death. They had completely lost faith in the loyalty and morality of any mortal species, and were unwilling to distinguish between the good and the bad of those mortals. This thinking was the reason why all the guardians fell into madness and mutation. But the last command of the goddess had forced some of the guardians to maintain their sanity. Even if they were filled with anger and grief, they still regarded their mother's command as the first rule. Thus, the rational giant in front of Hao Ren survived.
This was the truth from ten thousand years ago, and it was completely different from their initial conjectures. It was so unexpected that it left everyone dumbstruck.
"No mortal species is worth saving," the giant lowered his head, and his voice seemed to come from his chest. "But this is the last command of our mother before she died, and we must unconditionally carry it out. So we activated the safety lock. After the Star of Creation was pushed into the Umbral Realm by the Big Bang, the Seeds of Life and their first generation products in the universe entered a sealed state. Our crazy brothers fell into a deep sleep. But at that time, there were not many lives left in the universe. "
Hao Ren guessed that "the Star of Creation was pushed into the Umbral Realm by the Big Bang" should refer to the explosion of the red nova, which was the moment when the treacherous children killed the Goddess of Creation. Now all the timelines corresponded.
"What happened after that?" Vivian looked at the giant curiously. "How did you … rational guardians survive after that?"
"We split up." The giant shook his head. "Some of the Guardians wanted to find Mother's remains. They set off to search for the Umbral Realm, but there was no news of them after that. Some of them slept in various corners of the universe, using this method to bury themselves. Mother is no longer here, and most of our compatriots have mutated. The remaining guardians realized that they had lost the meaning of their existence, so we fell apart … "
The giant slowly talked about the last days of the guardians and the reason why he came to Holletta. After bidding farewell to his brothers and sisters, he piloted the spaceship that was severely damaged in the war and wandered aimlessly in the universe for a thousand years. His original plan was to wander to death and wait for the ship to completely lose control before looking for a star to end his life. He believed that many other guardians who were awake like him would have chosen this path. But just as he was about to reach the end of this wandering, he found a planet: Holletta.
The giant realized that when the safety device of the Seed of Life was activated, it protected not only the "innocents" who did not know what had happened, but also the rebellious comrades who refused to provide support to Mother. So he changed his plan.
Since the enemies of that day were not all dead, it was necessary to continue to seek revenge.
"When I found this planet, the whole world had not yet recovered from the Bloodtide disaster." The giant seemed to have calmed down. He talked about his arrival in Holletta without emotion. "There were tentacles of the original guardians and destroyed human kingdoms everywhere. But even so, there were still many mortals surviving in the world. They survived between the ruins and the wilderness. Civilization had regressed to an almost primitive era, but in any case, they were still alive and shamelessly covering up the sins of the past. I had observed them for several years in orbit, watching them burn down the religious books of the past, indoctrinate newborns with a distorted history, and constantly eliminate the remaining 'reflective elements' in society. They even completely sealed the memory of the Goddess of Creation, as if doing so could wash away the sins on them. So they lived, trembling and sinful, while I lurked under the cover of a meteorite strike. I needed time to repair the weapons on the spaceship and heal my injuries … "
"You hid for thousands of years," Hao Ren could not help but say. "You witnessed the reconstruction of the Holletta civilization."
"I saw a lot of things with my own eyes," the giant said with a sense of contradiction in his voice. "Yes, this is the source of my hesitation. I did not expect that they would regain their faith in the Goddess of Creation, and I did not expect that they could restore so many things from the thin innate memory and historical fragments. The original executioners died one by one. The psychological pressure and the curse from the origin of the world made those who could have lived for many years very short-lived. After they died, their children inherited the world and began to worship the Goddess of Creation again. I soon found that the mortal world changed faster than I thought, and even before I could take revenge, the whole era was over. "
"So after you repaired the spaceship, it became very awkward." Hao Ren could not help but sigh for the giant. He raised his head and looked at the enormous figure, but he could see endless contradictions, entanglements, confusion, and bewilderment in the figure that was as imposing as a god. The giant struggled in the shadows of the countless past, judging anything related to him with pure good and evil right and wrong seemed feeble. He was indeed obsessed with destroying the civilization on Holletta, but at the same time, he had long given up the idea in his heart. He spent thousands of years preparing weapons and plans of destruction, but these actions were more like driven by pure obsession.
The giant knew that revenge was meaningless, but if he did not do it, he himself would be meaningless.
Lily wanted to break this uncomfortable silence. She mentioned the Cult of Origination. "Did you organize those cultists?"
"I did not take the initiative to organize any cult," the giant shook his head. "They gathered spontaneously. When I first landed on this planet, I slept for a short period of time to recover my energy, and it was during that time that some humans found the cave where I hid the spaceship. The thoughts that leaked out of my sleep affected the minds of these humans. They knew about the Goddess of Creation and the treacherous children … Even I was surprised that they became fanatical Returnees. I did not expect that there would be humans who became as angry as the guardians after knowing the truth, and were even willing to attack their own compatriots. In any case, their behavior made me feel a little relieved, so I did not stop them. Later, I even opened up a part of the cavern structure for them and their descendants to live in. I also taught them some knowledge so that they could help me maintain my base … That's all. "
There was no need for the giant to make up lies at this time, so his words were highly credible. It seemed that the giant was indeed the behind-the-scenes leader of the Cult of Origination, but more like a symbolic spiritual leader. The beliefs of the Returnees were spontaneously generated after they came into contact with the giant's thinking. This also explained what the Cult of Origination's biological transformation between magic and technology was all about: the giant should not have the mind to study the biochemical technology of a group of small mortals, so the technology should be the result of thousands of years of self-exploration by the Returnees. The level of technology was naturally not comparable to the giant's battleship and base.
"The Returnees once tried to assassinate the Pope with a scroll," Hao Ren took out the fragment of the divine scroll from the dimensional pocket. "This is it. Did you give it to them? "
The giant looked down and said, "Indeed, but I gave them only some raw materials at first. This material was made on a satellite of the Star of Creation and blessed by Mother. The returnees used these ancient materials to make holy objects, but I don't know the specific use. I don't pay attention to these things. "
Hao Ren looked at the scroll fragment in his hand and said, "No wonder this thing has divinity …"
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