The fifteenth Celestial Zone of the Old Empire did not have an Emperor — I think it is impossible.
There are exceptions to everything, but the position of the Emperor of the Xiling Empire will never have an exception. This is almost the second absolute thing in the entire Void after the Law of Zero. The Old Empire had 135 Celestial Zones and 135 Emperors. Any zone, no matter how many universes it contains, as long as it is classified as a "Celestial Zone" in the Empire's system of control, it will inevitably have a supreme monarch as its core. This rule has never changed until the collapse of the Old Empire. This is the law carved into the core logic of all the Shiring Apostles. No one would dare to say that the ruler of a Celestial Zone will be anything other than an Emperor. It is impossible.
Of course, the New Empire has changed. Even though there are two and a half Emperors (Belavilla counts as half, right? In fact, even I feel uncomfortable even if I count as half …), the New Empire has no plans to divide the Celestial Zones. After all, we are starting from scratch and do not have the capital to do so. The Celestial Zone-Emperor relationship of the Old Empire was developed after the Empire grew to a considerable scale and the Shiring Apostles realized that the "Imperial Parliament" system was more suitable for their race. It has its own background. The scale of the New Empire is not even the size of one Celestial Zone of the Old Empire (excluding the macro world network, strictly speaking, the macro world is not a direct administrative region). Naturally, there is no need to divide multiple Celestial Zones for two Emperors (me and Sandora) to govern. Even if the territory of the New Empire expands to more than one Celestial Zone in the future, I am afraid that we will not be able to recreate the "Imperial Parliament" system of more than a hundred Emperors in the Old Empire. After all, the era is different. Without going through the same stages of evolution and development, it is impossible to copy the experience and methods of the predecessors.
Putting aside the above, Icetis mentioned that there was no emperor in the fifteen heavens of the old Empire. Something must have gone wrong.
"Of course, I know something is wrong." Icetis leaned on the chair and swayed. "The Book Collection Tower is just an ancient spirit that manages knowledge and draws a reference conclusion based on what it records. This can only prove one thing. The Emperor of the 15th Heaven of the Old Empire has been erased. On all levels, not only in the memories of the Shiring Apostles, but also on a conceptual level. "
Sandora's expression changed rapidly as she thought of many things. She suddenly said, "Why hasn't anyone noticed this?"
I was stunned. Yeah, why hasn't anyone noticed this before? This is not a small mistake that can be easily overlooked!
The Emperor of the 15th Heaven of the Old Empire had been deleted from everyone's memory and historical data. Everyone knew that there should be an emperor in that Heaven, but no one realized that they didn't know the other party's name. The New Empire, which had many things to do, did not organize the relevant information. The people in the Protoss who were responsible for recording knowledge were also not curious about this phenomenon. They didn't even realize that the information in the Book Collection Tower had changed halfway through. (I don't believe that when the Old Empire still existed, the Book Collection Tower's records about the Emperor of the 15th Heaven were also blank. This information must have changed after the collapse of the Old Empire.) Such a huge loophole actually deceived two super civilizations that stood at the pinnacle of the Void. It was only now that we inadvertently noticed this problem. This in itself was an extremely suspicious point of inconsistency.
"There is something that continuously interferes with everyone's cognition, or the whole thing is covered up by some kind of information structure." Icetis stretched out her hand and drew an arc. "Distorting specific information into a closed flow circle is equivalent to deleting it on a conceptual level. But the difference is that the deletion on a conceptual level will cause such information to be lost forever. It will never exist from the beginning to the end. But if it is sealed into an information cover, it will still exist, but it can't be perceived by anything outside the cover."
What Icetis said was very profound, but it was not completely incomprehensible. I thought about it and raised the only situation that I could guess, "In other words, we have broken through this interference?"
"It can't be called interference, it should be … Well, you are right." Sandora took over the conversation. The golden light wandering around her body finally calmed down. It seemed that she had given up on extracting the non-existent information from her memory. "We must have coincidentally met a certain condition to bypass this phenomenon. Could it be … because we came to this world? "
"That should be one of the reasons. The other reason is probably …" Icetis looked around at everyone and her eyes finally fell on Lin Xue. "Prophet. I don't know if you have thought about it, but regarding the abnormality in the fifteenth Heaven, the first person to 'pay attention' was Lin Xue. "
As if I suddenly penetrated the clouds, I instantly understood Icetis's thoughts and realized that there was a powerful person among us who could completely ignore the 'secret'. Only Lin Xue, using her prophetic power, could have the opportunity to bypass any form of information cover. A thing, as long as it existed, had the possibility of being observed. Any cover built around this thing for Lin Xue would only increase the difficulty of observation and reduce the amount of information that was observed. For a prophet, 100% shielding didn't exist.
But if she didn't know the existence of the target in advance, Lin Xue wouldn't be able to 'pay attention' to something that she didn't think of. Therefore, her unimmune perception was a bit like a random scan, which was quite dependent on luck. Today, it could only be said that as the topic gradually moved to this point, by coincidence, Lin Xue became interested in the matters of the fifteenth Heaven of the old Empire. If this topic hadn't been discussed today, I'm afraid that no one would have noticed this abnormality that had been ignored by everyone for a long time.
Although the tip of the iceberg had been revealed, the information we had was still too little. The original ruler of the fifteenth Heaven had become just one of the many mysteries in front of us. The tons of questions thrown at us by this strange world had now become tangled into a messy ball of string. Fortunately, all the questions pointed to a vague area and time: the fifteenth Heaven of the old Empire, during the period when the Empire was destroyed. As long as we could figure out what happened in this area, everything might be solved.
"I'm going back to rest first." It was already late at night. I didn't expect that we would discuss until now. Big Sister was the first to stretch tiredly and yawn. She didn't say much tonight. She seemed to have consumed a lot of energy during the battle in the Sky Tower. During the day, she didn't rest much because she had to take care of the lively little guys. At this time, she was the first to show signs of fatigue.
"Let's rest for a while and prepare to go to the Dragon race's territory." Sandora simply decided on the next step of the itinerary. Everyone agreed. After that, Big Sister led the group of yawning little girls to the second floor of the Crow God Temple. Icetis also led the Protoss cops to bid goodnight to everyone. When Shallow Shallow and I returned to our rooms to rest, only Sandora and I were left in the dining hall.
"Ah Jun, wait for a moment." When I was about to go upstairs, Sandora suddenly called out.
"What's wrong?" I looked at Sandora curiously. Her ocean-blue eyes shone with the light from the magic crystals on the ceiling, causing people to be dazed for a moment. Then, Sandora suddenly smiled. "Accompany me for a while."
The night sky in this world was clearer and more enchanting than on Earth. There wasn't a huge and bright moon like on Earth. The planet where the Mother Continent was located only had three small moons. Under the night sky, they were three dim orange-red spots that would only appear in the sky at dusk and dawn. Without the bright moon to compete with, the night sky here was filled with more brilliant stars. Sandora and I sat on a bench by the window as we gazed at the sky outside the window. The girl beside me seemed to have a lot on her mind. She leaned her head on my shoulder and didn't speak for a long time. However, as we were connected mentally, I could feel that she was thinking non-stop.
"Hey, Ah Jun. How long has it been since we have been so quiet and alone?" Sandora suddenly said softly. However, it was obvious that she wasn't concerned about this question. Hence, before I could reply, she continued, "Do you think that many years ago, when we looked up at the night sky from the Mother Planet in the 15th sky zone, we would see the same universe?"
"Who knows? All the people who once knew all this have no relevant memories now." Looking at the brilliant sea of stars in the night sky, I shook my head and said, "Do you want to say that not only those lost worlds, but even the entire universe here was once part of the 15th sky zone?"
"What if this is the 15th sky zone?" Sandora arched her body into my arms and changed into a more comfortable position. "Don't you think it's strange? Gaia once said that in her memory, there were no celestial bodies around the mother planet. The original Gaia's mother planet existed as an independent wandering planet … As a capital planet, this is actually a suspicious point."
I spread my hands and didn't comment on these endless puzzles.
"Ah Jun, you … What do you think of the old emperor of the 15th sky zone who has become a 'suspected existence'?" After a moment of silence, Sandora suddenly changed the topic to a direction I didn't expect.
"Opinion … It's impossible to say that I don't care at all, but I don't know what to think of him. I don't even know if he is a man or a woman. All the information is lost. It's like he was deleted from the Empire. Even Pandora can't remember what that person looks like. In fact, if there's a chance, I really want to meet the former emperor. He left everything for me, the unfinished business. After accepting it so calmly, I always feel that I should at least say thank you … "
Sandora suddenly raised her head, her bright eyes hiding a deep light. "What if one day in the future, the missing emperor really appears? Have you ever thought about it? "
"You mean …" I looked into Sandora's eyes and vaguely thought of a lot of things.
"The most likely situation is that the emperor has died in battle. He was destroyed on the conceptual level in the great disaster, so now he has lost his history. However, there is also another possibility. If he didn't die, he would almost certainly have become a fallen apostle. What if we meet on the battlefield in the future? Pandora and the others don't have relevant memories now, but if one day the guards really open fire on the former emperor, will the soldiers of the 15th sky zone really be okay? "
Sandora's question was direct and sharp. I didn't know how to answer for a moment. The return of the 15th sky zone's former emperor? If such a scenario really happened, it definitely wouldn't be a fun thing. Also, there would be an even greater hidden danger: If Pandora and the others recovered their memories, how chaotic would the whole thing be?!
But after these messy speculations in my mind for a while, I suddenly shook my head indifferently. "That's not important."
"Oh?" Sandora looked at me curiously.
I extended my hand and stroked the young lady's waterfall-like blonde hair. Then, I carefully wrapped them around my hand and untied them. "Sandora, if you were on such a battlefield, what would you do?"
Sandora smiled. "Is Ah Jun by my side?"
"Of course, I will always be there."
"Attack," Sandora replied with only two words without any hesitation.
"So, it doesn't matter. I know what you will do, and I also know what Pandora and the others will do. I trust each and every one of you," I said slowly. I looked into Sandora's beautiful blue eyes and saw that they were filled with smiles. "I won't give up on anything. The Empire's current foundation was built by us together. No one can even think of shaking it — including a remnant soul that became an enemy tens of thousands of years ago. I will thank him, thank him for everything he left me. Then, I will send him into the void, just like what every fallen apostle did … "
Before I could finish my sentence, I was suddenly interrupted. Sandora suddenly leaned forward and gave me a deep kiss without any warning.
It wasn't the first time that we had such intimate contact. The two of us naturally hugged each other. The deep kiss lasted for a long time. Then, Sandora mischievously bit my lips. "Ah Jun is really different from four years ago."
"Different?" I looked at the Queen in front of me in confusion. Sometimes, the way she spoke was really confusing.
"If it was you four years ago, you wouldn't be able to say such words." Sandora laid on my lap and stretched her body without a care for her image. "It is a good thing. But, you don't have to think too much about it. No one knows the exact situation. In any case, I will always be on your side. The Empire has never failed before. We will always walk on the path that leads to the final victory. "
My heart skipped a beat. I almost blurted out, "Because all of you have a one-track mind."
Of course, I didn't dare to say this out loud. Even though the Queen was so soft now, if she really got angry, she would still bite me. It would hurt more than anyone else in the family!
Of course, I now knew why Sandora had asked me to stay. Of course, one of the reasons was to let her lover accompany her. But, the bigger reason was probably the urgency and pressure brought about by the complicated matters in the old 15th Heaven. She was worried that the Queen, who had never been bound by anything, would only waver because of two things: the fate of the Empire and her own partner. The sudden appearance of the shadow of the 15th Heaven meant that both things were threatened at the same time. That was why she asked me to stay. After thinking through these things, I didn't say much. I only tightly hugged the body in my arms that looked so strong that others couldn't look at directly, but in my eyes was as slender as an ordinary girl's. I muttered, "Speaking of which, the night is long …"
"Huh?" Sandora looked at me strangely.
"It seems like I haven't been to your room for a few days. Let's not be shy …" I smiled and pinched Sandora's cheeks. Seeing her face gradually blush, I felt that this girl was really cute. Then … Then, Jingle crawled out of my chest pocket and stretched. "Phew … Ah Jun, Jingle is awake! It's not even dawn yet! "
Sandora and I fell into a daze at the same time. "…"
How did this little thing who had completely gotten over her jet lag appear at such a perfect time?!
Early the next morning, the sun was shining brightly and the weather was fine. I appeared in front of everyone with two dark circles under my eyes. My life last night was simply too colorful. You definitely wouldn't be able to guess what I was doing. After midnight, I accompanied Jingle to play Gomoku for most of the night!
The chess pieces were the candy that Jingle had saved up. We played until Jingle couldn't eat anymore. Then, the little thing finally fell asleep in a daze. Looking at the gradually brightening sky outside the window, I realized a terrible fact. If Jingle still couldn't successfully get over her jet lag, then I would have to think of a way to get over my jet lag in a few days. That was too scary. A spoiled pet was too scary.
Originally, our plan was to immediately head to the Dragon's territory. It was said that it was a mysterious country that was closed off to all mortals. The Dragon race didn't like to accept strangers, but this wasn't a problem for us. With Lin's personal order, the Dragon Kingdom would definitely open its doors to us. If worst came to worst, Lin could transform into her Golden Twin-headed Dragon form and carry us directly to the Dragon Kingdom. I believed that even the guards of the Dragon Kingdom wouldn't dare to stop us in that situation. However, in the end, we still stayed in the Holy Capital for another two days. Firstly, it was to let Liliana and Vanilla deal with the matters of the Crow God Religion. Secondly, it was to let Shakina and Sona deal with the matters of their own race. It was the first time that the draconians came into contact with their fellow draconians. These two days were bustling like a festival. Shakina and Sona, as the current spiritual leaders of the draconians (even though their current spiritual leaders were still largely unreliable), couldn't just leave at this time. Furthermore, the Silver Dragon Char had many things to understand from his fellow draconians. Thus, two days passed by just like that.
Today, it was finally time to head to the Dragon Kingdom.
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